84Cafes of Confcience. l.Booke. ahvay p.rouided, that the fame partie be dif- A fomefociall;becaufe it is the adoration or wor. pleafed with him[elfe;that hecannot doe that Ouppe·, that fcllotv~creatures glue one eoan- . wb~ch he would and pughr, ~or in rhat meaother. And this(as the former)harh mittwo fore·char is required. And fuch a one mu(\ things. Theoneis,the IntentiOn ofhim,that conGdcr thi!itohis comfort, that though he performetb ir,which mufl be this l That tile doe notappt'ther.d Chrj(l, yet Chrifl apprecreature worOtipped,IS indued with excellent hctidrth and acceptethhim. gi!tsofGod: or, that he~athapowcrofgo- 1 s.a. 3• uernement oucrvs. For one of rhe(c rwo~ts e.:. I Riglnvre In the third place; after the receiuing of uertheGratmd of ciuill Adoration. Theoaft(:t·rc:ceithe Sacrament 1 twp thmgsare required. ther is, the Action oroutward Gc£lure ohhe , uinc. Fir£l,thatThanks begiuen vn.toGod, not ~~dic,in token th~r chec~r:Lturc worOHpped, , onely in \VOtd, but in cuery acbon ofour life, '"ndued wllh excellent gtfts,and graced with [or Chrifl andall)Jis benefits.Secondly,that authoririebefore named. Here we mull re. not on~ly for the pref.ent~bur euer afterward, mcmber,that the bowing ofthe body,&c.and fldl we ~Qewour faith, repentance,and ob<· mgcnerall, all bodrlygctlur~ performed, is diencc. ·('-' · . . B• oncand thefame, both in Religious, and CiBuG wha_t is a man _to. doe, if after receamll worlh•p,and rhe dillmClion tlandctboneuing,hefindenocpmfor.t i AI>{. Fir£l.bemu!l ty in theimenr ofthe minde. examme,wherhcr -he,h~th I!Uiybeleeucd and Sdl, z, repen<cd,ye~pr 110,. Ifhe hath not_, then the N01v the ~ellions abou"tAdoration ,arc fault i<in himfclf<t>, jtpd not in Gods "rd•· two. nonce. Ifhe hath,let hjo) nptbe dilntaied,for I. ~etlion. rhe ioy QfthcSpJnt.\s.fo\vn~. in hish~an; and though it he hid for a.llmc,yet_iltlength itwil. To what thing is.Adoratl~ Otcw itJelfe,Pfal.97,t1... on clue, andin whatmanner? '(;HA~.' XI. .,, A"f. We &lull dj(\ioguiflllheihingsrhar l are, aud they be ofthrecforrs,or rankes.- In Of(idor•ri;,, ,. ' the firfl tanke,comes God the Creator,in the THe Fourth Head of~hc outward wor· fccond,tbe creaturcs:in rhctpird,rhe Worke ' ofthecreatures. . · j !hipofGod~isAdorarion; wherein we c Forrhe firll,Adoration thatisdueto God confider tworhrngs.F>rll,what it is ?Sethe Creator, muU notbofociall,(forwcate condly, what be.theQ_;,.e(\i\ms,ptopuunded not Gods m.ates and companions) butonly concerning it l .... Religious. Yca,all religious wor/hip is due ro St£1. 1, God, and to hima!otu: which l prooue thus. WhncJ\- For the former: Adoration ingeneraU,is:m ITbe Diuell when he tempted our Sauiour, doratlonis. outward Wor01Ip, fig'oifying and,reOif~ing ·dclired no more ofhim, butthe proflrating the inward worOtip oftheheart.MorefPma!IJ, ofhis body;rcrvpon thisground,that he wa•. by it we muflconceiue., t~e boll(iojl q_f the the giuer and difpofer of all the kingdomes i head,•nd kn ee;thc bending and prollratlr>g ofthe earrh.But ChriU denies it,and anfwers: oftbe body;thehfungvpof the ha~ds, ey<s, Thoufoalt wor(hip the LcrdrhJ God, A•d HIM and fuch hke. 0 NE L Y foa/ahoufome,Mat..p o.Againe, Adpr~uon is tw~-'f~Ia l Rebg'jom,or CHJJ!l. the very fcopeofReligious Adoration is, to RcllgtousAdoratto!l, ss that uorOup of acknowledge the Godhead, and the proper. God, in which),\clt~ionand G,odlinesis<x· tiesthereof. Andhereupon,itmutl bcgiuen erctfed,expretled,amUignified. In («here be to God alone, and conle3:'enrly not to rhe rwothingsalwaics iGyned together, and yet !D qearure, vnlctfewewillac nowledge a god· di£linClly to be conlidered. The 6rfl and bead mthecrc:aiUre. principal!, beeu1g the foundatian of all rhe Here we arc to remember two Caueats, rdl,ts theintenti~ncf tiJeminde, whereby God touching Religious Adoration. is conceiued, as an a\>folute.and omnipotent F11tl, if Adoration begiuen to the true Lord, knmvingall things, yea the heart of God,with afalfcand erronious intention, it man;hcaring the prayers ofall men,in all pia· ma~cshim an Idol. For example:Ifthc body ces,at aiLtimcs;the author, pre1Cruer, and gib~ bowed, with this iorenr to wor/hip God uer ofall good tliings.The fecond,depending outofrhe Trinitie,as the Turkedoth,orrfhe vpon the tOrmer, Js,theoutwArdproflraring of be worOtipp'd outofthe Son, wirh the Icw; thebody,asthC bowingofthe knce,and fuch rbus doing,we worlhip not therrueG('Id, bur JJke,for thisend,m tdhfic our fubicd:ion\'ll~ an Idol Thereafonis, becauteGodisfoto to God, ~s ourab{ohitelord,&c, This im, , be cpncciued .of vs, as he hath manife£lcd fu~iS\l~~kes AdOrn~~~atrue religiousw~or~ fiimCcJfc in his 0\\'De word ,andno otherwife. 'P· . . Ifotherwi(e; God isnotcon<eiUed, but an J. The prhcr kind ofAdoration,is Ci•itl, perdol or fit!ion ofthe braice, and theAdorari· taming ro the (econd 'Table, rearmed by 1 on isnot done rO'God,but ro theJdol. I Secondly, r -
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