to god in Worfhip. Incenfe though there was no direct Commandement againft Ifthe Lord hath fpared you, and not manifefted any difpleafure span you, you have caufe to acknowledg Gods mercy, and to behumbled for all your falfe Worfhip; CertainlyGod doth ex- P _ they ea it from this Land tobe humbled for their Wil-worfhip, or othiWe among Therm: A,l1he Reformation that is among us, ifthere be not a humiliation before, for all our fall& worfhip ; 'cis not enough that we let up now the true Worfhip of God, but we mutt be humbled for our falfe Worfhip. And that's the Fait Note; That in theWorfhipof God there mutt be nothingbut what GodCommands. The SecondNote is, In the matter! of Worfhip,godflandfup- on little thing', Such things as feem to be very fmall and little to us, yet God thuds muchupon them in the matter of Worfhip. For there is nothing_wherein the Prerogative of God doth more appear than in Workp : as Princes, they Rand much upon theirlirerogatives : Now God bath written the Law of natural Worfhip in our hearts, as chat we fhould love God, fear God, truft in God, and pray to God : this God bath written in our heatts : But there are other things in the Worfhip of God that are nor written in our iearts,. that only_ de end upon the Will of God revea ted word, which were no duties exce t the were reveafidiih. And thefe are ofTUC anature ai we can fee no reaforifor -but only this, becaufe God will have them. As now, There are manykinds of Ceremonies to mani- feft honor to Princes that there is no reafon for them at all, but meerly becaufe it is a Civil Inftitution fo appointed : So God would have fume wales for the honoring of him, that the Crea- ture thould not fee into the reafon ofthem, but meerly the Will ofGod to have them fo : Now God ftands much upon little things, thoughmen would think it a little matter whether this Fite, or that Fire, and will not this burn as well as that t But God ftands upon it : And fo for theArk when cl),4v: did but touch theArk, when it was ready tofallL we Would think it no rgeit-Eatfei,ThTifiiiii-touch ofthe Ark colt him his life. There is not anyone aunnim in the Worfhip of God, but God ftands mightily upon it : In the matter of the Sabbath that's WoriChip, for apoor marl togather a few (ticks ; what great mat.- to
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