354 a Ifar a, i a, Gods Wordmoms complete andEure Puide. Chrift, doe yeworfhip me, teaching forDomtrines the com- mandment: ofmen. He that mingles humanedevices withhis religious duties, makesit a humane, and no divine fervice r As the Elements' puce mingled in acompoundbody doe lofe theirproper formes: fo Religions mingled withhumane tra- ditions, and made compounding parts _of .a mixed worship and f rvice,doe lsfe their formes, and ceafeto be religious in Gods account. As tilver mingled with braffe doth lofe the nature, and name-of silver, and currant coyne, and will not -puff: with men, the touchftonedifcovers it, and the skìlfull Goldfinith rejects it : Thus.the worihipofGodmixed with thedroll': ofmans invention, lofeth both thename and nature oftrueworihip. The worddifcovers it tobe counterfeit,and God doth not regard it, nor the performers of it Of filch therefore the Prophet f.:ith, reprobatelalver.(hallmencall them, becaufe. the Lord hash reieEed ehem. This alienates.fìom Chrift, it divides the heart, and places the feare, truft, love, and joy of the foule upon force Lorraine thing, force Idoli ofmans. deviling. A woman that embracetha flranger with her hus- band in her bulbul:, and mingles hangers with her hus band, is nomore a chaite, and loving wife, her heart is divi- ded, and the is become an adulterefl. 'The mingling offor raine inventionswithChrifls precepts in his fervices, is in Gods interpretation, foirituall fornication, their hearts are gone from Chrift their husband, they are taken up with flrang , lovers: To this ptarpofe is that of the Prophet Efay,. the faithful City t become an a harlot; and what other but this was 7/41ab'.s whore,dome for which the Lord upbraideth her by the Prophet, Paying, thou haft played the harlot with many Lovers, thou haft emOracei many forreignedoftrines, thou haft adulterated my, worihip with many novel{ and.ítrangc inventions, theft have drawne thy. love from me, and my truth, and thou haç committed adultery with them. When . human devices are ìnadc, ingredients and compounding parts of Gods fervicethey are in Gods accou,at very thine- full pollutions and.doubtleff:,he that in Gods worfhi ;, isan . admirer ofhumme 'inventions, isno lover of theLord Jefas : Oise will not mix:, it felfe with ,water, nor iron'witn clay, no
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