14 f QHeffions=and Cafes ofConfcienceaboutAdoratron,&c. Chap,4 I. I. 1I. Quef}, VVhat Adoration is doe to God ? Anfw. It mull not be Sociall, ( for we are not Gods companions,) but Re -i ligious, which is due to him, and to him alone, Mat. 4. to. Quella VV/hat Caveats are to be remembied herein ? nfm. If Adoration be given togod with a falfe and erroneous intension,, it makes-him an Idol. As ifour bodies be bowed to worfhipGodout ofthe Tri- nity, as the Turksdo : or if hebe worlhipped out of the Son, as the Yews do, we worthip nor the true God, but an Idol. For God muff be fo conceived of us, as he bath manifefied himfelf in his Word, and nor otherwife. ToworfhipGod in, at, or before a creature, is fuperflition and idolatry : and God foworlhipped is made an Idol. Queft. Vichy fo r Anfw. Becaufe, he that fo worfhips him, binds hisprefence, operation and grace to thofe places, towhich God never bound himfelf, nor his Pre fence., &c. Godbathnot appointed Images tobe Pledges of thefe things, eithet by Pro- mife or Precept. He therefore that worfhips God otherwife thenhe requires, or looks tobe heard where Godwill not hear, is an Idolater. God exprefly forbids the VVorfhipofhis Majefiy, in, at, or beforeany crea- ture in heavenor earth, Deist. 1.. 16, 17, 18, 19. Objeí?. But I intend not to worfhip the Image, but God in the Image? Anfw. It matters not what thy meaning is, feeing God detefts thatmanner of Worfhip ; the Ifraeliter worlhipped not the Calfe, but God in the Calfe, Ex od. 32. 8. yet they are faid to worfhipan Idol. Obj. God was worlhipped before the Ark, and there hepromifed tohear thepray- ers of his people? . Anfw. Theyhadan expreffe Command from God toworfhip before the Ark, and a Promife that they fhould be accepted and heard, which the Idolater bath nor. Obj. Subjefts kneelbefore the Chaire of State, though the King beabfent, in token oftheir fubjeftion due to him, thereforemuch moremay we to the Images of God, andthe Saints in Heaven ? Anfw. Kneeling before the Chaire ofState is a meet Civil VVorfhip, only to fhevì our fubiediion to our lawful Soveraign, and fo is commanded by God : but we have no fuch warrant to bowe to Images : neither is it Gods VVill, that fhould be Tokens of his Prcfence. Qtieff. What Yenisei are required in religiotos Adoration ? *pp. Feare, which is a great part of GodsVVorlhip, Ifa.29. 13. with Mat; 15. 8, 9. where feare and worfhip ate taken for one and the fame. Inward obedience ofthe hidden man of the heart: which is preferred before facrifice, 1 AS' a'. T 5.2z. and this hands in two things. I. Inyielding fubjetlionof the Confience to the Commands, Threats, and Promifes of God,fo that we arc willing to be bound by them. z'. VVhen the refi of the powers of the foul, in their place and time , perform obedience to Gòd, a Cor. Io. ç. Patience, . which is, when a man inhis affidiions fubmits hisVVillto Gods, and quiets his heart, becaufe its the Lords doing, 'PM. 37. 7. and 39, g. 2 Sam. 15. a6. Thankfulneffe toGod, which fhewes it felf in two things. , r. In acknowled ing that our felvesand whatfoever we have is Gods, and pro .ceeds from his blefling alone, 2. In confecrating our bodies, foules, callings, labours, and our lives to the ho- nour and fervice of God. Quefi. What Adoration is due to the creatures ? Anfw,
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