62 :Thieorderofthecabfes rious fhewe of the feruice 'ofGod. 2. it is fhárpefi htcd,aa`dbatheiles eyes toobiéruc otherniensbehauiour,when in the regarding itsòwne, it isas blindeas abeetle. 3. Tobemorecurious qtì the:Obieruätionofancient tra ditions, then the flatutesandcon matindemenrs"ofalnaighti6Çod 4. Tc Humble at a ftraw,and skip-ouer ablocke, that is;-to omit fer`iótrs affaires;and hunt after trifles. Matth.23,4. S. Todoeall things that they maybe feenè° ofinen.Matth.64. Popifh farting,ismeerehypocrifte:becaufe it flandeth in the diflinó ion of meates,and it isviedwithan opinion ofmerite. Externall abflinence frommeates,withoutinternall and"fpiritnallfá{-ing fromfinne,andvnlavvfull delires. Efay58.5,6.Is thisfetch afall,as Tlh#echo= fen,thatamanAmidofflilt hisfettleforaday,àsad bore;dñ,vnèhis headaa abtsl' itsjh,and lye down inlackcloth andafhes ?wilt thou callthis'a f zffing,orán ac ceptableday cinto the' Lord? Isnotthis thefagots. that Ihatechofen,to loorethe bands ofwickednefe, to take oftheheauuiebmrdens,andto let the opprefed goo free,and thatyebreas emeryyoke? VIL Contempt,negle&,and intermifsionof-Gods, feruice.Reu.3..t 5,i 6. Iknow thyworkes,that thouart neithercold nor hoe: Iwoaeldthouwere cold ordote. Thereforebecaufe thouartlike warme,andneithercoldnor bote, it will come to paffe,thatI/hall/pew theeout ofmymouth. VIII. CorruptingofGods worfhippe, and that order ofgouernment, Which he bathordained forhis Church the which is done,whei any thing is added,detra6 ed,oranyway,againfltfiisprefcript,mangled. Deut.i 2.3 2. Eue- ry thing whichIcommandyott,that doe:neither adde to it, nordetraUfront it. This condemneth that popifh eleuation ofbread in the Lords Supper, and the adminiflrationof it alone to thepeople without wine,together with that fearefull abomination oftheMale. By this we may learne to reieaall popifh traditions,M atth. r 5.9. In vaine doe they worJhipme,teachingfor dalrrnes,mensprecepts. Now it is manifefl, that all popifh traditions, they either on their owne nature,er others abufing ofthem,ferue as well to fuperflition andfalfeworfhip, as toenrich that couc- tous &proudHierarchic:whereasthe Scripturescontained intheOld&New Teflament,areall fufficient,not only to cbfirnmedohrines, but alto to reforme manners.2.Ti m.3. i6.rhewholeScripture isgittenby intfiirationofGod,andit profitable to teach,to impreoue,and to cornet, and toinflrts in righteoufnes: that the man ofGodmay be abfoltte,being madeperfoci vetoallgoodworkes. The RomifhHierarchie is hereancondemned, from the parratour to the Pope : the gouernmentwhereof, is an expreffeimageoftheoldRomane Em- pire,whether weeconfider the regiment it felfe, or theplaceoftheEmpire, or the large circuite ofthat gouemment. Reuel. i3.15. And it waspermitted to hies, to gime afÍiirite to the image ofthebeaft, fe that the image of the beafii fhonldfpeahe,andfhottldeassfe that asmany of wouldnot aver,hip the tineofthe betJ, fwouldbektlled. o
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