{ 86 3 whole Palfage. The flenderer thefo Reafons are, the lefs neceíläry it was to fitpprefs any Part of them. Burnet's Hill. " It was argued, that as 11Vbite was Vot. lr P75." anciently the Colour of the Prieffs " Garments, in the . Mlofaical Difpen- fation, fo it was ufed in the African cc Churches in the fourth Century ( This Mr. N. thought proper to omit) " And it was thought a natural Ex- preffion of the Purity and Decency that became Prieffs ; befides, the " Clergy were then generally extream `t poor, fo that they could fcarce af- Ç` ford themfelves decent Clothes ; [the `` People allo running from the other cc Extream of fubmitting too much to " the Clergy, were now as much in- " clined to defpife them, and to make " light of the Holy Funaion ; fo that " if they fhould officiate in their own " mean Garments, it might make the " Divine Offices grow alfo into Con- " tempt. And therefore it was refol- ved to continue the Ufe of them ; " and it was Paid, that their being blef- fed and ufed fuperífitioufly, gave as " ffrong an Argument againft the Ufe " of Churches and Bells but that St. " Paul had laid, that every Creature of God was good, and even theMeat " of a Sacrifr0 offer'd to an Idol, than " which
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