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         Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
      
       
         
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             The case of indifferent things used in the worship of God proposed and stated, by considering these questions : Qu. I. Whether things indifferent used in divine worship (or, whether there be any things indifferent in the worship of God?) : Qu. II. Whether a restraint of our liberty in the use of such indifferent things be a violation of it?
             Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
             Bagshaw, Edward, 1629-1671.
          
           [2], 49, [1] p.
           
             Printed by J. Redmayne, Jun. for Fincham Gardiner ...,
             London :
             1682/3.
          
           
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           THE
           CASE
           OF
           
             Indifferent
             Things
          
           Used
           in
           the
           WORSHIP
           of
           GOD
           ,
           Proposed
           and
           Stated
           ,
           by
           considering
           these
           QUESTIONS
           .
        
         
           Qu.
           I.
           Whether
           things
           Indifferent
           ,
           though
           not
           Prescribed
           ,
           may
           be
           Lawfully
           used
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           ?
           [
           or
           ,
           Whether
           there
           be
           any
           things
           Indifferent
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ?
           ]
        
         
           Qu.
           II.
           Whether
           a
           restraint
           of
           our
           Liberty
           in
           the
           use
           of
           such
           Indifferent
           things
           be
           a
           violation
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Redmayne
          
           ,
           Jun.
           for
           
             Fincham
             Gardiner
          
           at
           the
           
             White
             Horse
          
           in
           Ludgate-street
           .
           1682
           /
           3.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Question
           .
        
         
           Q.
           Whether
           things
           not
           prescribed
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           may
           be
           Lawfully
           used
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           ?
        
         
           BEfore
           I
           proceed
           to
           the
           Case
           it self
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           fit
           to
           consider
           what
           the
           things
           are
           which
           the
           Question
           more
           immediately
           respects
           .
           For
           the
           better
           understanding
           of
           which
           ,
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           there
           are
           Essential
           parts
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           ,
           either
           by
           Nature
           or
           Revelation
           ,
           so
           determined
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           in
           all
           Ages
           necessary
           :
           In
           Natural
           Religion
           ,
           such
           are
           the
           Objects
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           Divine
           ;
           such
           are
           the
           acknowledgments
           of
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Reverence
           ,
           due
           and
           peculiar
           to
           those
           Objects
           ,
           as
           Prayer
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           in
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           such
           are
           the
           Sacraments
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           .
           These
           are
           always
           to
           be
           the
           same
           in
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           are
           other
           things
           relating
           to
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           which
           are
           arbitrary
           and
           variable
           ,
           and
           determined
           according
           to
           circumstances
           ,
           as
           Gesture
           ,
           Place
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           As
           to
           the
           former
           it
           's
           granted
           by
           the
           contending
           Parties
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           all
           already
           prescribed
           ,
           and
           that
           nothing
           in
           that
           kind
           can
           be
           added
           to
           what
           is
           already
           prescribed
           ,
           nor
           can
           any
           thing
           so
           prescribed
           be
           altered
           ,
           or
           abolished
           .
           Nothing
           now
           can
           be
           made
           necessary
           and
           binding
           to
           all
           Persons
           ,
           Places
           ,
           and
           Ages
           ,
           that
           was
           not
           so
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           and
           nothing
           that
           was
           once
           made
           so
           by
           Divine
           Authority
           can
           be
           rendred
           void
           or
           unnecessary
           by
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           
             Therefore
             the
             Question
             is
             to
             be
             applied
             to
             the
             latter
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             's
             no
             other
             than
             ,
          
           Whether
           things
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           Indifferent
           ,
           though
           not
           prescribed
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           may
           be
           lawfully
           used
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           ?
           Or
           ,
           Whether
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           Indifferent
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           Toward
           the
           resolution
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           shall
           
             
               1.
               
               Enquire
               into
               the
               Nature
               ,
               and
               state
               the
               Notion
               of
               things
               Indifferent
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Shew
               that
               things
               Indifferent
               may
               be
               Lawfully
               used
               in
               Divine
               Worship
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Consider
               how
               we
               may
               know
               what
               things
               are
               Indifferent
               in
               the
               Worship
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               How
               we
               are
               to
               Determine
               our selves
               in
               the
               use
               of
               Indifferent
               things
               so
               applied
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Shew
               that
               there
               is
               nothing
               required
               in
               the
               Worship
               of
               God
               in
               our
               Church
               ,
               but
               what
               is
               either
               Necessary
               in
               it self
               ,
               and
               so
               binding
               to
               all
               Christians
               ;
               or
               what
               is
               Indifferent
               ,
               and
               so
               may
               be
               Lawfully
               used
               by
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             I
             shall
             enquire
             into
             the
             Nature
             ,
             and
             state
             the
             Notion
             of
             things
             Indifferent
             .
          
           In
           doing
           of
           which
           we
           are
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           with
           reference
           to
           Practice
           are
           reducible
           to
           these
           three
           Heads
           :
           
             
               First
               ,
               Duty
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Sin.
               
            
             
               
               Thirdly
               ,
               Neither
               Duty
               nor
               Sin.
               
            
          
        
         
           Duty
           is
           either
           so
           Morally
           ,
           and
           in
           its
           own
           Nature
           ,
           or
           made
           so
           by
           Divine
           and
           Positive
           Command
           .
           Sin
           is
           so
           in
           its
           own
           Nature
           ,
           or
           made
           and
           declared
           to
           be
           such
           by
           Divine
           and
           Positive
           Prohibition
           .
           Neither
           Duty
           nor
           Sin
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           no
           Law
           ,
           either
           of
           Nature
           or
           Revelation
           ,
           hath
           determined
           ;
           and
           is
           usually
           known
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Indifferent
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           it
           's
           of
           a
           middle
           Nature
           ,
           partaking
           in
           it self
           of
           neither
           extremes
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           indifferently
           used
           or
           forborn
           ,
           as
           in
           Reason
           and
           Prudence
           shall
           be
           thought
           meet
           .
           Things
           of
           this
           kind
           the
           Apostle
           calls
           
             Lawful
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             23.
             
             &c.
          
           because
           they
           are
           the
           subject
           of
           no
           Law
           ,
           and
           what
           are
           therefore
           Lawful
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           which
           without
           Sin
           we
           may
           either
           chuse
           or
           refuse
           .
           Thus
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           determine
           ,
           
             Rom.
             4.
             15.
             
             Where
             no
             Law
             is
             there
             is
             no
             Transgression
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           no
           transgression
           to
           omit
           that
           which
           the
           Law
           doth
           not
           injoyn
           ,
           nor
           to
           do
           that
           which
           it
           doth
           not
           forbid
           ;
           for
           else
           that
           would
           be
           a
           Duty
           which
           the
           Law
           doth
           not
           injoyn
           ,
           and
           that
           would
           be
           a
           Sin
           which
           it
           doth
           not
           forbid
           ;
           which
           is
           in
           effect
           to
           say
           there
           is
           a
           Law
           where
           there
           is
           none
           ,
           or
           that
           Duty
           and
           Sin
           are
           so
           without
           respect
           to
           any
           Law.
           But
           now
           if
           Duty
           be
           Duty
           because
           it
           's
           injoyn'd
           ,
           and
           Sin
           be
           Sin
           because
           it
           's
           forbidden
           ,
           then
           Indifferent
           is
           Indifferent
           because
           it
           's
           neither
           injoyn'd
           nor
           forbidden
           .
           For
           as
           to
           make
           it
           a
           Duty
           there
           needs
           a
           Command
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           it
           a
           Sin
           there
           needs
           a
           Prohibition
           ;
           so
           where
           there
           is
           neither
           Command
           nor
           Prohibition
           ,
           it
           's
           neither
           Duty
           nor
           Sin
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           therefore
           Indifferent
           ,
           Lawful
           ,
           and
           Free.
           So
           that
           we
           may
           as
           well
           know
           by
           the
           Silence
           of
           the
           Law
           what
           is
           Indifferent
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           know
           by
           its
           Authority
           what
           is
           a
           Duty
           or
           a
           Sin.
           And
           I
           have
           no
           more
           Reason
           to
           think
           that
           a
           Duty
           or
           a
           Sin
           which
           it
           takes
           no
           notice
           of
           (
           since
           all
           Obligation
           ariseth
           from
           a
           Law
           )
           than
           that
           not
           to
           be
           a
           Duty
           or
           a
           
           Sin
           which
           it
           doth
           :
           The
           Nature
           of
           Lawful
           things
           being
           as
           much
           determined
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           by
           the
           want
           of
           such
           Authority
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Necessary
           is
           determined
           by
           it
           :
           And
           he
           that
           shall
           say
           that
           's
           a
           Duty
           or
           a
           Sin
           which
           is
           not
           so
           made
           and
           declared
           by
           any
           Law
           ,
           may
           as
           well
           say
           that
           's
           no
           Duty
           or
           Sin
           which
           there
           is
           a
           Law
           about
           .
           To
           conclude
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           Law
           to
           make
           it
           a
           Transgression
           ,
           and
           the
           want
           of
           a
           Law
           doth
           necessarily
           suppose
           it
           to
           be
           none
           ,
           and
           what
           there
           is
           no
           Law
           for
           or
           against
           ,
           remains
           Indifferent
           in
           it self
           ,
           and
           Lawful
           to
           us
           .
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           suppose
           there
           should
           be
           a
           Dispute
           concerning
           Days
           set
           apart
           for
           the
           Service
           and
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           how
           must
           this
           be
           determined
           but
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           or
           Revelation
           ?
           and
           how
           shall
           we
           be
           resolved
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           but
           by
           considering
           what
           the
           Law
           injoyns
           or
           forbids
           in
           it
           ?
           If
           we
           find
           it
           not
           injoyn'd
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           of
           it self
           no
           Duty
           ;
           if
           we
           find
           it
           not
           forbidden
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           of
           it self
           no
           Sin
           ;
           and
           consequently
           it
           's
           Lawful
           and
           Indifferent
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           we
           neither
           Sin
           by
           omitting
           nor
           observing
           .
           So
           the
           Apostle
           concludes
           ,
           
             Rom.
             14.
             6.
             
             He
             that
             regardeth
             a
             day
             ,
             regardeth
             it
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             regardeth
             not
             the
             day
             ,
             unto
             the
             Lord
             he
             doth
             not
             regard
             it
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           Law
           requiring
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           making
           the
           observation
           of
           it
           Necessary
           ;
           and
           no
           Law
           forbidding
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           making
           the
           observation
           of
           it
           Sinful
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Christians
           were
           at
           Liberty
           to
           observe
           ,
           or
           not
           to
           observe
           it
           as
           they
           pleas'd
           ;
           and
           in
           both
           they
           did
           well
           ,
           if
           so
           be
           they
           had
           
             a
             regard
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             I
             shall
             shew
             that
             there
             are
             things
             Indifferent
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             such
             things
             ,
             though
             not
             prescribed
             ,
             may
             be
             lawfully
             used
             in
             it
             .
          
           'T
           is
           allowed
           by
           all
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Command
           to
           be
           expected
           about
           the
           Natural
           Circumstances
           of
           action
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Service
           cannot
           be
           celebrated
           without
           ,
           such
           as
           Time
           and
           Place
           ,
           
           and
           that
           these
           are
           left
           to
           humane
           Prudence
           to
           fix
           and
           determine
           .
           But
           what
           those
           Natural
           Circumstances
           are
           is
           not
           so
           universally
           agreed
           to
           .
           And
           if
           they
           be
           such
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             such
             as
             the
             action
             cannot
             be
             performed
             without
             ,
          
           then
           it
           will
           very
           much
           serve
           to
           justify
           most
           of
           the
           things
           in
           dispute
           ,
           and
           defend
           our
           Church
           in
           the
           use
           and
           practice
           of
           them
           .
           For
           what
           is
           there
           almost
           in
           that
           kind
           amongst
           us
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           Naturally
           or
           Morally
           necessary
           to
           the
           action
           ,
           and
           if
           Time
           and
           Place
           fall
           under
           humane
           determination
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           naturally
           necessary
           ,
           then
           why
           not
           also
           Gesture
           and
           Habit
           ,
           which
           Worship
           can
           no
           more
           Naturally
           be
           celebrated
           without
           ,
           than
           the
           former
           ;
           and
           consequently
           a
           Surplice
           ,
           or
           Kneeling
           and
           Standing
           ,
           may
           be
           alike
           lawfully
           determined
           ,
           and
           used
           ,
           as
           Time
           for
           assembling
           together
           ,
           and
           a
           Church
           to
           assemble
           and
           officiate
           in
           .
           And
           what
           Natural
           Circumstances
           are
           to
           a
           Natural
           action
           ,
           that
           are
           Moral
           Circumstances
           to
           a
           Moral
           action
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           Moral
           as
           necessary
           to
           a
           Moral
           action
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           Natural
           necessary
           to
           a
           Natural
           action
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ,
           what
           Time
           and
           Place
           are
           to
           Natural
           ,
           that
           are
           Method
           and
           Order
           to
           Moral
           and
           Religious
           acts
           ,
           and
           can
           no
           more
           be
           separated
           from
           these
           than
           the
           other
           can
           be
           separated
           from
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Method
           and
           Order
           of
           Administration
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           (
           where
           not
           otherwise
           determined
           and
           appointed
           by
           God
           )
           may
           as
           well
           be
           determined
           by
           Men
           ,
           as
           Time
           and
           Place
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           nature
           ,
           end
           ,
           and
           use
           of
           the
           Service
           .
           So
           that
           the
           exception
           made
           against
           humane
           Appointments
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           
             viz.
             (
             that
             all
             but
             natural
             circumstances
             must
             have
             a
             Divine
             Command
             to
             legitimate
             their
             use
          
           ;
           and
           that
           
             whatever
             is
             not
             prescribed
             ,
             is
             therefore
             prohibited
             )
          
           is
           of
           no
           service
           to
           them
           that
           plead
           it
           ;
           and
           it
           remains
           good
           so
           far
           notwithstanding
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           things
           Indifferent
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           outward
           
           Order
           and
           Administration
           of
           it
           is
           left
           to
           Christian
           Prudence
           And
           this
           I
           shall
           more
           particularly
           prove
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           Rules
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           administration
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           which
           (
           except
           what
           refer
           to
           the
           Elements
           ,
           &c.
           in
           the
           Sacraments
           )
           are
           taken
           from
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ;
           and
           so
           always
           were
           obliging
           to
           all
           Ages
           under
           the
           several
           variations
           and
           forms
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           always
           so
           to
           all
           Christians
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           viz.
           such
           as
           respect
           
             Order
             ,
             Decency
          
           and
           Edification
           ,
           insisted
           upon
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           26
           ,
           40.
           
           So
           that
           we
           are
           no
           otherwise
           bound
           ,
           than
           as
           bound
           by
           these
           measures
           ,
           and
           where
           not
           bound
           by
           them
           we
           are
           free
           .
           For
           as
           in
           former
           Ages
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           where
           revelation
           did
           not
           interpose
           (
           as
           it
           did
           under
           the
           Mosaical
           Dispensation
           )
           all
           persons
           were
           left
           at
           liberty
           ,
           and
           if
           so
           be
           they
           had
           a
           respect
           to
           those
           natural
           rules
           ,
           might
           choose
           what
           ways
           they
           pleased
           for
           the
           regulation
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           :
           So
           when
           under
           the
           Gospel
           we
           have
           no
           other
           than
           those
           Natural
           rules
           (
           except
           as
           above
           excepted
           )
           the
           particular
           circumstances
           are
           as
           much
           now
           the
           matter
           of
           our
           free
           choice
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           then
           ,
           and
           this
           or
           that
           may
           be
           used
           and
           observed
           ,
           as
           the
           Case
           requireth
           and
           Occasion
           serves
           .
           So
           that
           if
           ever
           there
           were
           things
           Indifferent
           in
           Gods
           Worship
           ,
           and
           the
           administration
           of
           it
           was
           left
           to
           the
           Consideration
           and
           Prudence
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           still
           ,
           since
           the
           Gospel
           keeps
           to
           those
           eternal
           Rules
           which
           even
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Thing
           hath
           invariably
           established
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           if
           it
           ever
           was
           sufficient
           for
           the
           guiding
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           those
           particulars
           ,
           is
           certainly
           so
           when
           the
           Nature
           of
           Man
           is
           improved
           by
           new
           helps
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           is
           more
           capable
           of
           judging
           what
           may
           be
           sutable
           to
           that
           essential
           Worship
           which
           God
           hath
           prescribed
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           to
           Him
           whom
           that
           Worship
           is
           directed
           to
           .
           But
           then
           that
           which
           confirms
           
           this
           ,
           is
           that
           those
           Rules
           are
           also
           general
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           will
           in
           their
           use
           and
           end
           respect
           all
           People
           in
           the
           World.
           The
           Apostles
           in
           all
           their
           Discourses
           upon
           this
           subject
           rarely
           do
           descend
           to
           particulars
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           shew
           how
           far
           Custom
           and
           Charity
           ,
           and
           the
           Reason
           of
           the
           thing
           ought
           to
           govern
           us
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           mens
           being
           Uncovered
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           argue
           not
           from
           Institution
           ,
           but
           the
           Nature
           and
           Decency
           of
           it
           ,
           being
           in
           token
           of
           their
           preheminence
           ,
           and
           the
           headship
           they
           have
           over
           the
           Woman
           ,
           
             &c.
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.
             47.
             
          
           But
           otherwise
           they
           without
           doubt
           thought
           it
           unpracticable
           to
           tye
           all
           Nations
           up
           to
           the
           same
           Modes
           and
           Circumstances
           ,
           or
           if
           practicable
           that
           it
           was
           not
           worth
           the
           while
           ,
           when
           the
           Worship
           might
           as
           well
           be
           Administred
           ,
           and
           God
           as
           much
           Honoured
           by
           one
           as
           the
           other
           .
           Now
           if
           they
           did
           think
           it
           sufficient
           to
           prescribe
           only
           in
           this
           General
           way
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           that
           the
           particulars
           of
           those
           Generals
           must
           be
           Indifferent
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           chusing
           of
           one
           particular
           before
           the
           other
           was
           left
           to
           Christian
           Prudence
           .
           And
           if
           it
           should
           be
           said
           (
           as
           it
           is
           )
           that
           
             when
             the
             things
             are
             determined
             in
             general
             ,
             the
             particulars
             are
             therein
             also
             vertually
             determined
             ,
          
           and
           so
           are
           not
           Indifferent
           ;
           I
           shall
           content
           my self
           to
           reply
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           way
           of
           arguing
           there
           would
           be
           nothing
           Indifferent
           in
           the
           World
           :
           There
           being
           nothing
           how
           Lawful
           and
           Indifferent
           soever
           in
           it self
           ,
           but
           what
           we
           are
           limited
           by
           General
           Rules
           in
           the
           use
           of
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ,
           all
           Meats
           are
           now
           Lawful
           to
           Christians
           ,
           but
           yet
           there
           are
           General
           Rules
           by
           which
           we
           are
           determined
           in
           the
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           such
           as
           our
           own
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           our
           Quality
           ,
           or
           Scandal
           given
           to
           others
           :
           But
           the
           being
           thus
           bounded
           by
           such
           Rules
           ,
           doth
           not
           change
           the
           Nature
           of
           those
           Meats
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           to
           be
           other
           than
           Indifferent
           .
           So
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           
           Administration
           of
           which
           there
           are
           general
           Rules
           laid
           down
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           which
           we
           are
           to
           be
           determined
           in
           our
           choice
           of
           particulars
           ,
           but
           yet
           the
           particulars
           notwithstanding
           are
           Indifferent
           ,
           and
           matter
           of
           Christian
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           what
           humane
           prudence
           is
           to
           regulate
           us
           in
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           will
           yet
           be
           further
           confirmed
           by
           considering
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           things
           which
           are
           the
           Subject
           of
           those
           general
           Rules
           ,
           
             viz
             ,
             Order
             ,
             Decency
          
           and
           Edification
           ,
           which
           do
           mostly
           ,
           if
           not
           altogether
           ,
           depend
           upon
           variable
           circumstances
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           different
           according
           to
           those
           circumstances
           ;
           sometimes
           this
           ,
           and
           at
           other
           times
           that
           being
           subservient
           thereunto
           .
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           Decency
           doth
           generally
           depend
           upon
           Custom
           ,
           and
           the
           Custom
           of
           Ages
           and
           Countries
           being
           different
           ,
           Decency
           in
           one
           Age
           or
           Country
           may
           be
           and
           often
           is
           quite
           different
           from
           what
           it
           is
           in
           another
           .
           It
           was
           once
           comely
           amongst
           some
           Nations
           to
           be
           covered
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           and
           practised
           both
           amongst
           the
           Jews
           in
           their
           Synagogues
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           insinuate
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           3.
           14.
           and
           their
           own
           Authors
           do
           acknowledge
           a
           ;
           and
           also
           amongst
           the
           b
           Romans
           .
           But
           it
           was
           Comely
           amongst
           others
           to
           be
           Uncovered
           ,
           as
           amongst
           the
           Grecians
           ,
           c
           who
           in
           those
           Times
           giving
           Laws
           of
           Civility
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           things
           of
           Religion
           too
           to
           other
           Nations
           ,
           it
           became
           a
           prevailing
           Custom
           ,
           and
           was
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           decent
           ,
           introduced
           into
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           Thus
           it
           is
           also
           as
           to
           Edification
           ,
           which
           doth
           in
           like
           manner
           often
           depend
           upon
           circumstances
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           those
           circumstances
           the
           Edification
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           its
           Peace
           ,
           Union
           ,
           and
           Comfort
           may
           be
           promoted
           or
           hindered
           ,
           and
           that
           may
           be
           for
           Edification
           in
           one
           Age
           or
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           so
           in
           another
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           being
           covered
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           was
           for
           Edification
           in
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ,
           being
           used
           in
           token
           
           of
           Fear
           and
           Reverence
           ,
           Distance
           and
           Subjection
           ;
           in
           allusion
           to
           which
           the
           Seraphims
           are
           represented
           appearng
           before
           God
           ,
           after
           that
           manner
           ,
           
             Isai.
             6.
             2.
          
           and
           in
           mitation
           of
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           pleads
           that
           Women
           should
           be
           vailed
           in
           Religious
           Assemblies
           ,
           in
           token
           of
           Subjection
           and
           Shamefacedness
           ,
           1
           
             Cor
             ▪
          
           11.
           10.
           
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           He
           doth
           Judge
           and
           Determin
           that
           ,
           for
           the
           Reasons
           above
           given
           ,
           it
           was
           better
           and
           more
           for
           Edification
           ,
           that
           Men
           should
           be
           therein
           Uncovered
           .
           So
           the
           Love-feasts
           ,
           and
           Holy-kiss
           of
           Charity
           were
           at
           the
           first
           thought
           good
           for
           Edification
           ,
           and
           were
           accordingly
           used
           in
           Apostolical
           times
           ,
           
           (
           being
           an
           Excellent
           and
           Useful
           ,
           Admirable
           and
           Friendly
           ,
           Custom
           )
           as
           thereby
           was
           signified
           the
           Universal
           Love
           and
           Charity
           that
           Christians
           ought
           to
           maintain
           ,
           
           and
           which
           they
           should
           at
           all
           times
           but
           especially
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           be
           forward
           to
           express
           and
           renew
           :
           But
           when
           Disorder
           and
           Licentiousness
           arose
           from
           them
           ,
           
           they
           were
           generally
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           Abolished
           by
           Authority
           .
        
         
           So
           it
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           for
           Edification
           in
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           to
           Administer
           Baptism
           by
           immersion
           or
           dipping
           ,
           and
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           make
           use
           of
           it
           as
           an
           excellent
           argument
           to
           newness
           of
           life
           ,
           
             Rom.
             6.
             3
             ,
             4.
          
           and
           yet
           notwithstanding
           the
           signification
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Church
           for
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           a
           Charitable
           reason
           hath
           over-ruled
           it
           ,
           and
           brought
           in
           Sprinkling
           instead
           of
           it
           .
           Thus
           sitting
           at
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           is
           accounted
           decent
           by
           some
           ,
           and
           for
           Edification
           ,
           as
           it
           's
           a
           table
           posture
           ,
           and
           is
           a
           sign
           of
           our
           being
           feasted
           by
           God
           ;
           and
           yet
           in
           a
           general
           Synod
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           in
           Poland
           ,
           &c.
           it
           was
           declared
           that
           
             forasmuch
             as
             sitting
             was
             introduced
             first
             by
             the
          
           Arrians
           
             (
             beside
             the
             Custom
             used
             in
             all
             the
             Evangelical
             Churches
             throughout
          
           Europe
           ,
           
           )
           
             we
             reject
             it
             as
             peculiar
             to
             them
             (
             that
             as
             they
             do
             irreverently
             treat
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           
             so
             also
             his
             Sacred
             appointments
             )
             and
             as
             a
             Ceremony
             less
             Comely
             and
             
             Devout
             ,
             and
             to
             many
             very
             offensive
             .
          
           So
           that
           Order
           ,
           Decency
           ,
           and
           Edification
           being
           generally
           mutable
           things
           ,
           and
           varying
           as
           circumstances
           vary
           ,
           there
           could
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           be
           only
           general
           rules
           prescribed
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           particulars
           must
           be
           left
           to
           discretion
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           determined
           by
           those
           that
           are
           best
           able
           and
           have
           Authority
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           circumstances
           ,
           and
           to
           pick
           out
           of
           them
           those
           which
           are
           Indifferent
           ,
           what
           may
           best
           serve
           the
           ends
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           honour
           of
           its
           institutions
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           shall
           prove
           that
           
             things
             Indifferent
             in
             themselves
             ,
             though
             not
             prescribed
             ,
             may
             be
             Lawfully
             used
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
          
           from
           the
           practice
           of
           our
           Saviour
           and
           his
           Apostles
           .
           Under
           the
           Law
           the
           Constitution
           was
           very
           exact
           ,
           the
           Rites
           and
           Orders
           of
           it
           very
           particular
           ,
           and
           the
           Observation
           of
           them
           punctually
           required
           .
           But
           as
           it
           was
           not
           so
           precise
           but
           that
           many
           things
           respecting
           the
           outward
           order
           were
           added
           ,
           so
           some
           things
           were
           altered
           upon
           prudential
           considerations
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           addition
           or
           alteration
           of
           which
           the
           Authority
           of
           that
           Law
           was
           not
           conceived
           to
           be
           infringed
           ,
           nor
           violated
           ;
           as
           it
           's
           evident
           from
           the
           respect
           which
           our
           Saviour
           shewed
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           his
           compliance
           with
           them
           .
           An
           instance
           of
           this
           is
           the
           Synagogual
           Worship
           ;
           It
           's
           a
           controversy
           whether
           there
           was
           any
           provision
           made
           under
           the
           Law
           for
           the
           places
           themselves
           ,
           the
           intimations
           of
           that
           are
           (
           if
           any
           )
           very
           obscure
           ,
           but
           there
           are
           not
           so
           much
           as
           any
           intimations
           of
           the
           manner
           and
           order
           or
           parts
           of
           the
           Worship
           therein
           to
           be
           observed
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           find
           such
           there
           was
           ,
           
             Acts
             15.
             21.
          
           
           Moses
           
             being
             read
             and
             preached
             there
             every
             Sabbath
             day
          
           ;
           and
           that
           our
           Saviour
           frequently
           resorted
           to
           it
           and
           bore
           a
           part
           in
           it
           ,
           
             John
             ,
             18.
             20
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           like
           temper
           we
           find
           him
           of
           ,
           when
           he
           used
           the
           Cup
           of
           Charity
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           in
           the
           Passover
           ,
           though
           there
           was
           no
           institution
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           as
           many
           
           other
           things
           ,
           taken
           up
           and
           used
           amongst
           them
           by
           way
           of
           signification
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           Testimony
           of
           entire
           Friendship
           ,
           and
           Charity
           ,
           
             Luke
             ,
             22.
             17.
          
           
           But
           I
           conceive
           alteration
           of
           circumstances
           in
           the
           institution
           is
           much
           more
           exceptionable
           than
           the
           addition
           of
           such
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           this
           was
           both
           done
           by
           them
           and
           observed
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           nothing
           else
           to
           oblige
           him
           ,
           but
           only
           a
           condescension
           to
           them
           in
           such
           usages
           and
           rites
           as
           were
           inoffensive
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           what
           were
           then
           generally
           used
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           That
           the
           posture
           first
           required
           and
           used
           in
           the
           Passover
           was
           standing
           ,
           the
           circumstances
           ,
           being
           to
           be
           eat
           with
           Staves
           in
           their
           Hands
           and
           Shoes
           on
           their
           Feet
           ,
           
           &c.
           do
           prove
           ,
           and
           is
           affirmed
           by
           the
           Jews
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           as
           manifest
           that
           the
           Jews
           in
           the
           time
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           long
           time
           before
           ,
           did
           recede
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           did
           eat
           it
           in
           the
           posture
           of
           discumbency
           ;
           whether
           it
           was
           as
           they
           looked
           upon
           themselves
           as
           settled
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           Canaan
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           at
           the
           first
           institution
           Travelling
           towards
           ;
           or
           ,
           as
           it
           's
           said
           by
           the
           later
           Jews
           ,
           
           because
           it
           was
           
             a
             sign
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             Kings
             and
             Great
             men
             ,
          
           is
           not
           so
           material
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           that
           our
           Saviour
           did
           follow
           this
           Custom
           ,
           and
           complied
           with
           this
           practice
           of
           theirs
           without
           hesitation
           .
           And
           thus
           did
           the
           Apostles
           when
           they
           observ'd
           the
           hours
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           
             Acts
             ,
             3.
             1.
          
           which
           were
           of
           humane
           institution
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Pray●rs
           themselves
           ,
           (
           for
           without
           doubt
           they
           were
           publick
           Prayers
           ,
           which
           were
           used
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           )
           but
           though
           the
           place
           was
           ,
           yet
           that
           service
           was
           of
           no
           more
           Authority
           than
           what
           was
           used
           in
           the
           Synagogues
           .
           Now
           if
           the
           Jews
           did
           thus
           institute
           and
           alter
           things
           relating
           to
           external
           Order
           and
           Administration
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           case
           might
           require
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           lawful
           for
           them
           so
           to
           do
           (
           as
           it
           's
           plain
           from
           the
           compliance
           of
           our
           Saviour
           and
           the
           Apostles
           with
           them
           in
           it
           )
           then
           much
           more
           may
           it
           be
           supposed
           lawful
           for
           the
           
           Christian
           Church
           to
           exercise
           that
           liberty
           when
           they
           have
           no
           other
           than
           such
           general
           rules
           for
           their
           direction
           as
           they
           had
           then
           ,
           without
           such
           particulars
           as
           they
           had
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           this
           is
           no
           other
           than
           a
           certain
           Truth
           will
           appear
           from
           the
           same
           liberty
           taken
           in
           Apostolical
           times
           in
           Religious
           Assemblies
           ,
           when
           the
           Christian
           Church
           not
           only
           complied
           with
           the
           Jews
           in
           such
           Rites
           as
           they
           were
           under
           no
           Obligation
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           Charity
           ,
           to
           use
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           did
           use
           because
           they
           were
           not
           forbidden
           ,
           and
           so
           lawful
           ;
           (
           as
           when
           St.
           Paul
           took
           upon
           him
           a
           Vow
           ,
           
             Acts.
             21.
             26.
             
          
           )
           but
           also
           had
           some
           Observances
           of
           its
           own
           ,
           that
           were
           of
           a
           ritual
           nature
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           were
           taken
           up
           so
           might
           be
           laid
           down
           upon
           prudential
           consideration
           .
           Such
           I
           account
           was
           
             the
             Washing
             the
             Disciples
             Feet
          
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           by
           our
           Saviour
           in
           token
           of
           the
           Humility
           he
           was
           to
           be
           a
           president
           of
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           them
           follow
           him
           in
           ;
           and
           which
           it
           seems
           was
           obferved
           amongst
           them
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           5.
           10.
           and
           for
           a
           long
           time
           after
           continued
           in
           a
           sort
           in
           some
           Churches
           a
           .
           Such
           also
           were
           the
           Love-feasts
           at
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ;
           and
           the
           Holy-kiss
           used
           then
           amongst
           Christians
           ,
           if
           not
           as
           a
           constant
           attendant
           upon
           all
           publick
           Worship
           ,
           yet
           to
           be
           sure
           at
           Prayer
           b
           .
           Which
           and
           the
           like
           usages
           ,
           however
           taken
           up
           ,
           yet
           were
           in
           the
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Church
           no
           other
           than
           Indifferent
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           were
           upon
           the
           abuse
           of
           them
           (
           as
           I
           observed
           before
           )
           discarded
           .
           From
           all
           which
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           Prescription
           expected
           before
           any
           Rite
           should
           be
           introduced
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           before
           it
           would
           be
           lawful
           for
           Christians
           to
           use
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           where
           it
           was
           not
           forbidden
           ,
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Church
           was
           to
           determine
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           Prescription
           had
           been
           thought
           necessary
           for
           every
           thing
           used
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           Natural
           ,
           then
           certainly
           our
           Saviour
           
           and
           his
           Apostles
           would
           never
           have
           used
           or
           encouraged
           others
           to
           use
           any
           thing
           that
           wanted
           such
           Authority
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           not
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           it
           should
           be
           objected
           that
           these
           usages
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           were
           
             Civil
             observances
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             used
             as
             well
             out
             of
             God's
             Worship
             as
             in
             it
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           what
           there
           needed
           no
           institution
           for
           ,
           and
           might
           be
           lawfully
           used
           without
           .
           I
           answer
           1.
           
           That
           this
           doth
           justify
           most
           of
           the
           usages
           contended
           for
           ,
           and
           there
           would
           be
           nothing
           unlawful
           in
           using
           a
           White
           Garment
           ,
           &c.
           in
           Divine
           Service
           ,
           
           since
           that
           
             as
             a
             sign
             of
             Royalty
             and
             Dignity
          
           was
           used
           in
           Civil
           as
           well
           as
           Religious
           cases
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           this
           Argument
           may
           therefore
           lawfully
           be
           used
           in
           Religious
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           in
           Civil
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           They
           must
           say
           that
           either
           a
           Civil
           observance
           ,
           when
           used
           in
           Religious
           Worship
           ,
           remains
           Civil
           ,
           notwithstanding
           its
           being
           so
           applied
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           's
           Religious
           whilst
           so
           applied
           ;
           if
           the
           former
           then
           Kneeling
           or
           Standing
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           would
           be
           no
           acts
           of
           Adoration
           and
           not
           be
           Religious
           ,
           because
           those
           postures
           are
           used
           in
           Civil
           matters
           ;
           if
           the
           latter
           ,
           then
           it
           must
           be
           granted
           that
           there
           may
           be
           Rites
           used
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           and
           to
           a
           Religious
           end
           ,
           which
           there
           is
           no
           Divine
           Prescription
           for
           .
        
         
           Nay
           Thirdly
           ,
           It
           's
           evident
           that
           these
           and
           the
           like
           were
           not
           used
           by
           the
           Christians
           as
           meer
           Civil
           Rites
           ;
           this
           I
           think
           is
           made
           evident
           ,
           as
           to
           Washing
           the
           Feet
           ,
           by
           a
           Learned
           Person
           a
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           was
           the
           kiss
           of
           Charity
           called
           the
           Holy-kiss
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           (
           notwithstanding
           what
           is
           b
           objected
           )
           
             the
             Seal
             of
             Prayer
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Seal
             of
             Reconciliation
          
           ,
           and
           both
           consistent
           ,
           the
           one
           as
           it
           was
           an
           attendant
           upon
           that
           office
           ,
           the
           other
           as
           it
           was
           a
           testimony
           of
           their
           Charity
           and
           Reconciliation
           to
           each
           other
           in
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           If
           the
           being
           Civil
           usages
           did
           make
           them
           which
           were
           originally
           so
           ,
           to
           be
           lawful
           in
           or
           at
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           then
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           is
           used
           out
           of
           Worship
           in
           Civil
           cases
           and
           affairs
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           introduced
           into
           the
           Church
           ;
           since
           if
           it
           be
           for
           that
           reason
           that
           any
           usages
           of
           that
           kind
           are
           defended
           ,
           the
           reason
           will
           as
           well
           defend
           all
           as
           one
           .
           And
           then
           the
           Histrionical
           Practices
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           might
           warantably
           be
           introduced
           ,
           as
           the
           
             rocking
             of
             a
             Babe
             in
             a
             Cradle
             at
             night
             ,
             at
             the
             Nativity
             time
             ;
             the
             Harrowing
             of
             Hell
             at
             Easter
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Then
           
             a
             Maypole
             may
             be
             brought
             into
             the
             Church
             for
             Children
             to
             Dance-about
             and
             Climb
             up
             on
             ,
             in
             sign
             of
             their
             desire
             to
             seek
             the
             things
             above
             ;
             and
             a
             stiff
             Straw
             put
             into
             the
             Childs
             Hand
             ,
             for
             a
             sign
             of
             Fighting
             against
             Spiritual
             Enemies
             ,
             as
             with
             a
             Spear
          
           ;
           And
           all
           the
           absurdities
           of
           that
           Nature
           charged
           injuriously
           upon
           our
           Proceedings
           a
           would
           return
           with
           success
           upon
           themselves
           :
           Since
           all
           these
           are
           fetched
           from
           Customs
           and
           Practices
           in
           Secular
           matters
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           If
           this
           be
           a
           reason
           to
           Defend
           the
           Use
           of
           Rites
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           
             because
             they
             are
             used
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             Civil
             cases
          
           ;
           then
           what
           will
           become
           of
           that
           position
           ,
           before
           spoken
           of
           ,
           and
           generally
           asserted
           by
           those
           who
           oppose
           us
           ,
           that
           
             nothing
             is
             to
             be
             used
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             without
             Prescription
             ,
             except
             the
             Natural
             Circumstances
             of
             Action
          
           ;
           for
           though
           Civil
           and
           Natural
           are
           sometimes
           coincident
           ,
           yet
           they
           may
           be
           and
           often
           are
           Separated
           ;
           for
           Feasting
           and
           Salutation
           are
           Civil
           usages
           ,
           but
           are
           no
           Natural
           Circumstances
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           and
           which
           that
           cannot
           be
           performed
           without
           .
           And
           if
           these
           and
           the
           like
           were
           used
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           applied
           and
           annexed
           to
           Divine
           Worship
           ;
           then
           the
           reason
           upon
           which
           they
           were
           introduced
           and
           used
           doth
           ,
           wherever
           that
           reason
           is
           ,
           justify
           the
           like
           Practice
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           left
           still
           to
           choose
           and
           act
           according
           to
           the
           Permission
           and
           Allowance
           that
           
           is
           given
           us
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           all
           such
           things
           that
           are
           not
           forbidden
           are
           just
           matter
           of
           our
           Christian
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           Sin
           in
           a
           Prudent
           exercise
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           shall
           further
           prove
           and
           strengthen
           the
           Proposition
           ,
           that
           
             things
             Indifferent
             ,
             though
             not
             prescribed
             ,
             may
             be
             lawfully
             used
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
          
           from
           the
           ill
           consequences
           attending
           the
           contrary
           ;
           one
           of
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           hold
           all
           things
           not
           commanded
           to
           be
           prohibited
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           no
           Church
           or
           Religious
           Society
           in
           the
           World
           but
           are
           Guilty
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           doing
           so
           makes
           Communion
           with
           a
           Church
           unlawful
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Church
           we
           can
           hold
           Communion
           with
           .
           There
           are
           some
           Churches
           that
           do
           maintain
           and
           use
           such
           things
           as
           the
           Scripture
           expresly
           condemns
           ,
           and
           do
           lay
           aside
           such
           as
           the
           Scripture
           requires
           ;
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           in
           its
           Worshipping
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           and
           denying
           the
           Cup
           to
           the
           Laity
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           these
           things
           make
           it
           necessary
           for
           those
           to
           quit
           its
           Communion
           that
           are
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           those
           to
           avoid
           it
           that
           are
           not
           in
           it
           .
           But
           other
           Churches
           there
           are
           that
           are
           Guilty
           of
           no
           such
           Fundamental
           Errors
           and
           fatal
           miscarriages
           ,
           and
           may
           so
           far
           lawfully
           be
           Communicated
           with
           .
           But
           even
           none
           of
           these
           are
           there
           ,
           but
           what
           ,
           either
           wittingly
           or
           unwittingly
           ,
           do
           take
           the
           liberty
           of
           using
           what
           the
           Scripture
           hath
           no
           where
           required
           .
           It
           was
           notoriously
           so
           in
           the
           Ancient
           Church
           when
           some
           Customs
           did
           universally
           obtain
           amongst
           them
           ;
           as
           the
           Anniversary
           Solemnities
           of
           the
           Passion
           ,
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           Ascension
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Descent
           of
           the
           Holy-Ghost
           ,
           the
           receiving
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           Fasting
           ;
           a
           the
           Praying
           toward
           the
           East
           b
           ;
           the
           Standing
           in
           their
           Devotions
           on
           the
           Lords
           Days
           ,
           c
           especially
           from
           Easter
           to
           Whitsuntide
           ;
           the
           Dipping
           the
           Baptized
           thrice
           in
           Water
           d
           ,
           
             &
             c..
          
           
           Now
           whatever
           some
           of
           the
           Fathers
           might
           plead
           for
           any
           of
           these
           from
           Scriptures
           misunderstood
           ,
           yet
           it
           's
           plain
           that
           none
           of
           these
           are
           required
           
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           a
           Person
           that
           holds
           it
           unlawful
           to
           use
           any
           thing
           uncommanded
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           Communion
           with
           a
           Church
           so
           using
           ,
           must
           have
           separated
           from
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           since
           (
           if
           there
           be
           Credit
           to
           be
           given
           to
           the
           Fathers
           so
           reporting
           )
           they
           all
           agreed
           in
           the
           use
           and
           practice
           of
           the
           things
           above
           recited
           .
           And
           he
           that
           held
           all
           fixed
           Holy-Days
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Institution
           unlawful
           ,
           and
           all
           Ceremonies
           not
           instituted
           by
           God
           to
           be
           prohibited
           ,
           must
           not
           have
           Worshipped
           with
           them
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           only
           thus
           do
           ,
           but
           thought
           it
           unlawful
           ,
           when
           universally
           Practised
           to
           do
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           But
           again
           as
           there
           were
           some
           Rites
           universally
           held
           in
           estimation
           ,
           so
           there
           were
           others
           that
           were
           peculiar
           to
           some
           Churches
           ,
           and
           that
           were
           not
           thought
           to
           be
           obliging
           out
           of
           that
           Particular
           Communion
           ,
           as
           when
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           it
           was
           the
           Custom
           to
           Fast
           on
           the
           Saturday
           ;
           and
           of
           most
           others
           to
           make
           no
           such
           distinction
           betwixt
           that
           and
           other
           days
           .
           a
           In
           the
           Church
           of
           Milain
           they
           Washed
           the
           Feet
           of
           those
           that
           were
           to
           be
           Baptized
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           they
           used
           it
           not
           b
           .
           Now
           if
           persons
           did
           believe
           such
           things
           unlawful
           ,
           they
           could
           have
           no
           Communion
           with
           any
           particular
           Church
           ,
           because
           no
           Church
           was
           without
           such
           Uncommanded
           Rites
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           could
           be
           so
           fond
           as
           to
           think
           the
           Rites
           of
           their
           own
           Church
           to
           be
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           yet
           how
           could
           they
           have
           Communion
           with
           a
           Church
           ,
           where
           the
           contrary
           Custom
           did
           prevail
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           cases
           abovesaid
           .
           And
           as
           it
           was
           then
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           now
           with
           all
           stated
           and
           settled
           Churches
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           do
           Practise
           against
           this
           Principle
           ,
           and
           either
           expect
           not
           or
           are
           not
           able
           to
           find
           a
           Command
           for
           every
           thing
           established
           amongst
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           Practise
           with
           as
           much
           contrariety
           to
           each
           other
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           and
           Milain
           once
           did
           .
           So
           in
           some
           Churches
           they
           receive
           the
           Lord's
           
           Supper
           Kneeling
           ,
           in
           some
           Standing
           ,
           in
           others
           Sitting
           .
           In
           some
           they
           Sprinkle
           the
           Child
           in
           Baptism
           but
           once
           ,
           and
           in
           others
           thrice
           .
           Now
           there
           would
           be
           no
           reconciling
           of
           these
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           no
           possibility
           of
           holding
           Communion
           with
           them
           under
           these
           circumstances
           ,
           or
           of
           being
           a
           Member
           of
           any
           Church
           ,
           if
           we
           must
           have
           an
           institution
           for
           every
           thing
           done
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           must
           joyn
           in
           nothing
           ,
           which
           has
           it
           not
           .
           As
           for
           Instance
           what
           Church
           is
           there
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           has
           not
           some
           form
           or
           forms
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           whose
           Service
           for
           the
           most
           part
           (
           generally
           speaking
           )
           is
           not
           made
           up
           of
           them
           ;
           especially
           that
           doth
           not
           use
           them
           in
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           .
           But
           now
           if
           a
           Person
           holds
           that
           whatever
           is
           not
           prescribed
           is
           unlawful
           ,
           and
           that
           forms
           of
           Prayer
           are
           no
           where
           prescribed
           ,
           then
           he
           cannot
           joyn
           with
           the
           Church
           so
           using
           ,
           but
           while
           in
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           residence
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           no
           Member
           of
           that
           Body
           in
           Communion
           .
        
         
           Nay
           further
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           then
           none
           must
           hold
           Communion
           with
           them
           who
           are
           of
           this
           Opinion
           ;
           since
           those
           that
           pretend
           most
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           urge
           it
           as
           a
           reason
           against
           Communion
           with
           us
           ,
           live
           in
           contradiction
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           do
           Practise
           and
           Use
           things
           which
           they
           have
           no
           more
           Authority
           ,
           nor
           can
           give
           more
           reason
           for
           ,
           than
           we
           do
           for
           the
           things
           they
           condemn
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           lawful
           ,
           expedient
           ,
           and
           convenient
           .
           As
           for
           Example
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           ,
           we
           might
           expect
           particular
           Prescription
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           meer
           Institutions
           ;
           where
           do
           they
           find
           that
           the
           Baptized
           Person
           is
           necessarily
           to
           be
           Sprinkled
           ?
           What
           Command
           or
           Example
           have
           they
           for
           it
           ,
           or
           what
           reason
           more
           than
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           thing
           taken
           from
           expedience
           and
           the
           general
           Practice
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           colder
           Climates
           ?
           And
           yet
           this
           is
           as
           much
           used
           amongst
           them
           that
           pretend
           to
           keep
           exactly
           to
           the
           Rule
           
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           amongst
           us
           that
           take
           a
           liberty
           in
           things
           Uncommanded
           ;
           but
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           it
           upon
           the
           supposition
           of
           a
           Command
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           it
           necessary
           ,
           and
           our
           Church
           leaves
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           Indifferent
           .
           Again
           ,
           where
           do
           they
           find
           a
           Command
           for
           Sitting
           at
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           an
           Example
           ?
           (
           For
           the
           Posture
           of
           our
           Saviour
           is
           left
           very
           uncertain
           .
           )
           Where
           again
           do
           they
           find
           a
           Command
           for
           the
           necessary
           use
           of
           conceived
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           that
           that
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           ,
           should
           be
           used
           in
           the
           publick
           Worship
           of
           God
           ?
           And
           that
           they
           must
           prove
           that
           maintain
           publick
           Forms
           unlawful
           .
           Where
           again
           do
           they
           find
           it
           required
           that
           an
           Oath
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           by
           laying
           the
           Hand
           on
           the
           Gospel
           and
           Kissing
           the
           Book
           ?
           which
           is
           both
           a
           Natural
           and
           Instituted
           part
           of
           Worship
           ,
           being
           a
           Solemn
           Invocation
           of
           God
           and
           an
           Appeal
           to
           him
           ,
           with
           an
           acknowledgment
           of
           his
           Omniscience
           ,
           and
           Omnipresence
           ;
           his
           Providence
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           his
           Truth
           and
           Justice
           to
           Right
           the
           Innocent
           and
           Punish
           the
           Guilty
           ;
           all
           which
           is
           owned
           and
           testified
           by
           Kissing
           that
           Book
           that
           God
           has
           declared
           this
           more
           especially
           in
           .
           And
           if
           we
           more
           particularly
           descend
           to
           those
           that
           differ
           from
           us
           in
           this
           point
           :
           Where
           do
           those
           of
           the
           Congregational
           way
           find
           that
           ever
           Christians
           were
           otherwise
           divided
           from
           Christians
           than
           by
           place
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           did
           combine
           into
           particular
           Churches
           ,
           so
           as
           not
           to
           be
           all
           the
           while
           reputed
           Members
           of
           another
           ,
           and
           might
           be
           admitted
           ,
           upon
           removal
           of
           place
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           terms
           that
           they
           were
           of
           that
           they
           removed
           from
           ;
           or
           indeed
           that
           they
           were
           so
           Members
           of
           a
           particular
           as
           not
           to
           be
           Members
           of
           any
           or
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           upon
           their
           being
           Baptized
           ?
           Where
           do
           they
           find
           that
           Christians
           were
           gathered
           out
           of
           Christians
           ,
           and
           did
           combine
           into
           a
           Society
           Excluding
           those
           from
           it
           that
           would
           not
           make
           a
           Profession
           of
           their
           Faith
           and
           Conversion
           distinct
           from
           
           that
           at
           Baptism
           ?
           Where
           do
           we
           ever
           read
           that
           he
           that
           was
           a
           Minister
           of
           one
           Church
           was
           not
           a
           Minister
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           he
           that
           was
           Baptized
           in
           one
           was
           reputed
           a
           Christian
           and
           Church-Member
           wherever
           he
           came
           ?
           Again
           ,
           where
           do
           we
           read
           that
           its
           necessary
           that
           Ministers
           should
           be
           alike
           in
           Authority
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           to
           be
           no
           difference
           in
           point
           of
           Order
           and
           Superiority
           amongst
           them
           :
           Or
           that
           there
           are
           to
           be
           Elders
           for
           Governing
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           Ordained
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           no
           other
           State
           after
           than
           they
           were
           before
           that
           Service
           ,
           both
           of
           which
           are
           held
           by
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           strictly
           so
           called
           ?
           And
           if
           it
           be
           said
           these
           respect
           Government
           but
           not
           Worship
           ;
           I
           answer
           the
           case
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           for
           if
           we
           are
           to
           do
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           prescribed
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           because
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           it
           derogates
           from
           the
           Priestly
           Office
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           doth
           detract
           from
           the
           Sufficiency
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           then
           I
           say
           upon
           the
           like
           reason
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           nothing
           used
           in
           Church
           Government
           but
           what
           is
           prescribed
           ,
           since
           the
           Kingly
           Office
           is
           as
           much
           concerned
           in
           this
           as
           the
           Priestly
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           the
           Sufficiency
           of
           Scripture
           in
           both
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           Where
           do
           any
           of
           them
           find
           that
           position
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           
             there
             is
             nothing
             lawful
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             but
             what
             is
             prescribed
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             what
             is
             not
             Commanded
             is
             Forbidden
             ?
          
           And
           if
           there
           be
           no
           such
           position
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           then
           that
           can
           no
           more
           be
           true
           than
           the
           want
           of
           such
           a
           position
           can
           render
           things
           not
           Commanded
           to
           be
           unlawful
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           am
           come
           to
           that
           which
           must
           put
           an
           Issue
           one
           way
           or
           other
           to
           the
           dispute
           ;
           for
           if
           there
           be
           no
           such
           position
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           either
           expressed
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           gathered
           by
           good
           consequence
           from
           it
           ,
           we
           have
           gain'd
           the
           point
           ;
           but
           if
           there
           be
           ,
           then
           we
           must
           give
           it
           up
           .
           And
           this
           is
           indeed
           contended
           for
           .
           For
           it
           s
           Objected
           ,
           
        
         
           That
           it
           s
           accounted
           in
           Scripture
           an
           hainous
           Crime
           
           to
           do
           things
           
             not
             Commanded
          
           ;
           as
           when
           Nadab
           and
           
             Abihu
             offered
             strange
             Fire
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             he
             Commanded
             them
             not
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           From
           which
           form
           of
           expression
           it
           may
           be
           collected
           ,
           that
           what
           is
           not
           Commanded
           is
           Forbidden
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           every
           thing
           used
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           there
           must
           be
           a
           Command
           to
           make
           it
           lawful
           and
           allowable
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           that
           the
           Proposition
           infer'd
           ,
           
           
             that
             all
             things
             not
             Commanded
             are
             Forbidden
             ,
          
           is
           not
           true
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           cannot
           be
           the
           Sence
           and
           Meaning
           of
           the
           Phrase
           ;
           for
           1.
           then
           all
           things
           must
           be
           either
           Commanded
           or
           Forbidden
           ;
           and
           there
           would
           be
           nothing
           but
           what
           must
           be
           Commanded
           or
           Forbidden
           ;
           but
           I
           have
           before
           shewed
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           be
           granted
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           things
           neither
           Commanded
           nor
           Forbidden
           ,
           which
           are
           called
           Indifferent
           .
           2.
           if
           things
           not
           Commanded
           are
           Forbidden
           ,
           then
           a
           thing
           not
           Commanded
           is
           alike
           Hainous
           as
           a
           thing
           Forbidden
           .
           And
           then
           
           David's
           Temple
           which
           he
           designed
           to
           Build
           would
           have
           been
           Criminal
           as
           well
           as
           
           Jeroboam's
           Dan
           and
           Bethel
           ;
           and
           the
           Feast
           of
           a
           Purim
           ,
           like
           
           Jeroboam's
           Eighth
           Month
           b
           ;
           and
           the
           Synogogal
           Worship
           like
           the
           Sacrificing
           in
           Gardens
           c
           ;
           and
           the
           hours
           of
           Prayer
           d
           like
           
           Nadab's
           Strange
           Fire
           .
           The
           former
           of
           which
           were
           things
           Uncommanded
           ,
           and
           the
           latter
           Forbidden
           ;
           and
           yet
           They
           were
           approved
           and
           These
           condemned
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           things
           ,
           to
           which
           this
           Phrase
           
             not
             Commanded
          
           is
           applied
           ,
           do
           give
           no
           encouragement
           to
           such
           an
           Inference
           from
           it
           ;
           for
           its
           constantly
           applied
           to
           such
           as
           are
           absolutely
           Forbidden
           .
           This
           was
           the
           case
           of
           Nadab
           and
           Abihu
           ,
           who
           offered
           Fire
           not
           meerly
           Uncommanded
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           prohibited
           ;
           which
           will
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           that
           the
           Word
           Strange
           when
           applied
           to
           matters
           of
           Worship
           doth
           signify
           as
           much
           as
           Forbidden
           .
           Thus
           we
           read
           of
           
             Strange
             Incense
          
           ,
           
           that
           is
           ,
           other
           than
           what
           was
           compounded
           
           according
           to
           the
           directions
           given
           for
           it
           ;
           which
           as
           it
           was
           to
           be
           put
           to
           no
           common
           uses
           ,
           
           so
           no
           common
           perfume
           was
           to
           be
           put
           to
           the
           like
           uses
           with
           it
           .
           
           So
           we
           also
           read
           of
           
             Strange
             Vanities
          
           ,
           
           which
           is
           but
           another
           Word
           for
           
             Graven
             Images
          
           ;
           and
           of
           
             Strange
             Gods.
          
           And
           after
           the
           same
           sort
           is
           it
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           the
           case
           before
           us
           ,
           viz.
           for
           what
           is
           Forbidden
           .
           For
           that
           such
           was
           the
           Fire
           made
           use
           of
           by
           those
           Young
           Men
           will
           be
           further
           confirm'd
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           that
           there
           is
           scarcely
           any
           thing
           belonging
           to
           the
           Altar
           (
           Setting
           aside
           the
           Structure
           of
           it
           )
           of
           which
           more
           is
           said
           than
           of
           the
           Fire
           burning
           upon
           it
           .
           For
           1.
           
           It
           was
           lighted
           from
           Heaven
           a
           .
           2.
           
           It
           was
           always
           to
           be
           burning
           upon
           the
           Altar
           .
           b
           3.
           
           If
           it
           was
           not
           made
           use
           of
           in
           all
           Sacred
           matters
           (
           where
           Fire
           was
           to
           be
           used
           )
           yet
           it
           was
           most
           Holy
           ,
           and
           when
           Atonement
           was
           to
           be
           made
           by
           Incense
           ,
           the
           Coals
           were
           to
           be
           taken
           from
           thence
           c
           ,
           and
           therefore
           surely
           was
           as
           peculiar
           to
           those
           Offices
           as
           the
           Incense
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           as
           constantly
           used
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           never
           to
           be
           used
           in
           any
           other
           .
           And
           it
           will
           yet
           make
           it
           more
           evident
           if
           it
           be
           considered
           4.
           
           That
           just
           before
           there
           is
           an
           account
           given
           of
           the
           Extraordinary
           way
           by
           which
           this
           Fire
           was
           lighted
           ,
           for
           the
           Text
           saith
           ,
           there
           
             came
             out
             a
             Fire
             from
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             consumed
             upon
             the
             Altar
             the
             Burnt-Offering
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           immediately
           follows
           the
           Relation
           of
           
           Nadab's
           miscarriage
           .
           Now
           for
           what
           reason
           are
           these
           things
           so
           closely
           connected
           ,
           but
           to
           shew
           wherein
           they
           Offended
           .
           For
           before
           it
           was
           the
           Office
           of
           
           Aaron's
           Sons
           to
           put
           Fire
           upon
           the
           Altar
           ,
           
           and
           now
           through
           Inadvertency
           or
           Presumption
           Attempting
           to
           do
           as
           formerly
           ,
           when
           there
           had
           been
           this
           Declaration
           from
           Heaven
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           they
           Suffered
           for
           it
           .
           5.
           
           It
           appears
           further
           from
           the
           conformity
           betwixt
           the
           Punishment
           and
           the
           Sin
           ;
           as
           
             there
             came
             Fire
             from
             before
             the
             Lord
             and
             consumed
             the
             Burnt-Offering
          
           ;
           to
           teach
           
           them
           what
           Fire
           for
           the
           future
           to
           make
           use
           of
           :
           So
           upon
           their
           Transgression
           
             there
             came
          
           out
           Fire
           from
           the
           Lord
           and
           devoured
           them
           ;
           to
           teach
           others
           how
           Dangerous
           it
           was
           to
           do
           otherwise
           than
           he
           had
           Commanded
           .
           So
           that
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           be
           like
           the
           case
           of
           Vzzah
           ,
           when
           they
           carried
           the
           Ark
           in
           a
           Cart
           ,
           
           which
           the
           Levites
           were
           to
           have
           born
           upon
           their
           Shoulders
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           not
           an
           Offering
           without
           a
           Command
           ,
           
           but
           otherwise
           than
           Commanded
           ,
           that
           was
           their
           Fault
           ;
           and
           without
           doubt
           they
           might
           with
           no
           more
           Offence
           have
           taken
           what
           Fire
           they
           would
           for
           their
           Incense
           ,
           than
           what
           Wood
           they
           pleased
           for
           their
           Fire
           ,
           if
           there
           had
           been
           no
           more
           direction
           about
           the
           one
           than
           the
           other
           .
           But
           to
           proceed
           in
           the
           other
           places
           of
           Scripture
           where
           this
           Phrase
           of
           
             not
             Commanded
          
           is
           to
           be
           met
           with
           ,
           it
           s
           also
           so
           applied
           to
           things
           Forbidden
           ;
           as
           to
           what
           is
           called
           Abomination
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Worshipping
           of
           
             Strange
             Gods
          
           ,
           
           
             the
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
             and
             Stars
             ,
             and
             the
             Host
             of
             Heaven
             :
          
           
           
             To
             the
             building
             the
             High
             Places
             of
          
           Topheth
           ,
           
           
             and
             the
             burning
             their
             Sons
             and
             Daughters
             in
             the
             Fire
             to
          
           Baal
           ,
           
           
             and
             causing
             them
             to
             pass
             through
             the
             Fire
             unto
          
           Molech
           .
           Of
           such
           and
           the
           like
           its
           said
           ,
           
             which
             I
             Commanded
             them
             not
             ,
             neither
             came
             it
             into
             my
             mind
             .
          
           And
           lastly
           it
           's
           applied
           to
           the
           false
           Prophets
           ,
           
           who
           
             spake
             Lies
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           in
           which
           case
           the
           meer
           being
           not
           Commanded
           nor
           sent
           by
           him
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           no
           less
           than
           a
           Prohibition
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           Belying
           God
           ;
           though
           there
           had
           been
           no
           such
           place
           as
           ,
           
             Deut.
             18.
             20.
          
           to
           forbid
           it
           .
           Now
           if
           so
           much
           stress
           was
           to
           be
           laid
           upon
           the
           Phrase
           ,
           as
           the
           Objection
           doth
           suppose
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           must
           take
           a
           Non-Commanding
           for
           a
           Prohibition
           ,
           we
           might
           reasonably
           expect
           to
           find
           the
           Phrase
           otherwhere
           applied
           to
           things
           that
           were
           no
           otherwise
           Unlawful
           than
           because
           not
           Commanded
           ;
           but
           when
           it
           s
           always
           spoken
           of
           things
           plainly
           Prohibited
           ,
           it
           s
           a
           sign
           that
           it
           s
           rather
           God's
           Forbidding
           that
           made
           them
           Unlawful
           ,
           
           than
           his
           not
           Commanding
           .
           But
           it
           may
           still
           be
           said
           ,
           why
           should
           then
           the
           Phrase
           be
           used
           at
           all
           in
           such
           matters
           ,
           and
           why
           should
           the
           case
           be
           thus
           Represented
           ,
           if
           not
           Commanded
           is
           not
           the
           same
           with
           Prohibited
           ?
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           all
           things
           Prohibited
           are
           by
           consequence
           not
           Commanded
           ;
           but
           it
           follows
           not
           that
           all
           things
           not
           Commanded
           are
           Prohibited
           .
           If
           it
           was
           Forbidden
           to
           Offer
           Strange
           Fire
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           a
           thing
           not
           Commanded
           (
           for
           otherwise
           the
           same
           thing
           would
           be
           Forbidden
           and
           Commanded
           )
           but
           if
           it
           had
           been
           a
           thing
           not
           Commanded
           only
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           by
           being
           so
           have
           been
           any
           more
           Prohibited
           than
           the
           Wood
           that
           was
           to
           be
           burnt
           upon
           the
           Altar
           .
           Now
           it
           s
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           former
           that
           things
           Prohibited
           are
           call'd
           things
           not
           Commanded
           ;
           and
           not
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           latter
           .
           2.
           
           Indeed
           the
           Phrase
           
             not
             Commanded
          
           is
           only
           a
           Meiosis
           or
           Softer
           way
           of
           speaking
           ,
           when
           more
           is
           understood
           than
           express'd
           .
           A
           Figure
           usual
           in
           all
           Authors
           and
           Languages
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           of
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           frequently
           to
           be
           met
           with
           in
           Scripture
           .
           Thus
           it
           s
           given
           as
           a
           Character
           of
           an
           Hypocritical
           People
           ,
           
           
             they
             chose
             that
             in
             which
             I
             Delighted
             not
             ,
          
           which
           is
           but
           another
           Word
           for
           what
           was
           said
           in
           the
           verse
           before
           ,
           
           
             their
             Soul
             Delighted
             in
             their
             Abominations
             ,
          
           or
           Idolatries
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Apostle
           would
           Describe
           the
           evil
           state
           of
           the
           Gentile
           World
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           Hainous
           and
           Flagitious
           Crimes
           ,
           
           
             such
             as
             Fornication
             ,
             Covetousness
             ,
             Maliciousness
             ,
             Envy
             ,
             Murder
             ,
          
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           he
           saith
           of
           these
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           
             things
             not
             convenient
          
           .
           And
           it
           is
           as
           evident
           that
           the
           Phrase
           
             not
             Commanded
          
           is
           of
           the
           like
           kind
           ,
           when
           the
           things
           its
           applied
           to
           are
           alike
           Notorious
           and
           Abominable
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           s
           further
           Objected
           ,
           
           that
           it
           s
           said
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           
             ye
             shall
             not
             add
             unto
             the
             Word
             which
             I
             Command
             you
             ,
          
           
           
             neither
             shall
             ye
             diminish
             ought
             from
             it
             :
          
           And
           that
           our
           Saviour
           condemning
           the
           Practices
           of
           the
           Scribes
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           
           concludes
           ,
           
           
             In
             Vain
             do
             they
             Worship
             me
             ,
             Teaching
             for
             Doctrines
             the
             Commandments
             of
             Men.
          
           From
           whence
           it
           may
           be
           collected
           1.
           
           That
           all
           things
           not
           Commanded
           by
           God
           in
           his
           Word
           are
           additions
           to
           it
           .
           2.
           
           That
           such
           additions
           are
           altogether
           unlawful
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           reply
           ,
           
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           they
           mean
           by
           
             adding
             to
             the
             Word
          
           ,
           the
           doing
           what
           that
           Forbids
           ,
           and
           by
           diminishing
           ,
           the
           neglecting
           of
           what
           that
           requires
           (
           as
           the
           next
           Words
           do
           intimate
           ,
           
           and
           is
           plainly
           the
           sense
           otherwhere
           a
           ,
           when
           it
           s
           no
           sooner
           said
           ,
           
             What
             thing
             soever
             I
             Command
             you
             ,
             Observe
             to
             do
             it
          
           ;
           but
           it
           immediately
           follows
           ,
           
             thou
             shalt
             not
             add
             thereto
             ,
             nor
             diminish
             from
             it
             )
          
           it
           s
           what
           we
           willingly
           condemn
           ;
           
           according
           to
           that
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             Whosoever
             shall
             break
             one
             of
             these
             least
             Commandments
             ,
             and
             shall
             teach
             Men
             so
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             called
             least
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           they
           mean
           by
           adding
           the
           appointing
           somewhat
           else
           instead
           of
           what
           God
           hath
           appointed
           ,
           as
           Jeroboam
           did
           the
           Feast
           of
           the
           Eighth
           Month
           ;
           and
           by
           diminishing
           ,
           the
           taking
           away
           what
           God
           hath
           Commanded
           ,
           as
           Ahaz
           did
           the
           Altar
           ,
           
           and
           Laver
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           is
           what
           we
           condemn
           also
           ,
           and
           do
           blame
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           whilst
           they
           feed
           the
           People
           with
           Legends
           instead
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           both
           that
           and
           the
           Cup
           from
           the
           Laity
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           they
           mean
           by
           adding
           ,
           the
           adding
           insolent
           expositions
           to
           the
           Command
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           end
           of
           it
           is
           frustrated
           .
           This
           our
           Saviour
           condemn'd
           in
           the
           
             Pharisees
             ,
             Why
             do
             ye
             Transgress
             the
             Command
             of
             God
             by
             your
             tradition
             ?
          
           
           
             For
             God
             Commanded
             saying
             ,
             Honour
             thy
             Father
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             but
             ye
             say
             ,
             whosoever
             shall
             say
             to
             his
             Father
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             gift
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Thus
             ye
             have
             made
             the
             Commandment
             of
             God
             of
             none
             effect
             by
             your
             tradition
             .
          
           And
           this
           we
           condemn
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           who
           do
           defeat
           the
           Commands
           of
           God
           by
           their
           Doctrines
           of
           Attrition
           and
           Purgatory
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           4.
           
           If
           they
           mean
           by
           adding
           ,
           the
           making
           of
           that
           which
           is
           not
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           to
           be
           of
           equal
           Authority
           with
           it
           ;
           This
           our
           Saviour
           condemn'd
           in
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           when
           they
           
             Taught
             for
             Doctrines
             the
             Commandments
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           and
           esteem'd
           them
           as
           necessary
           to
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           of
           equal
           force
           with
           what
           was
           Authorized
           by
           him
           ;
           nay
           it
           seems
           ,
           they
           had
           more
           regard
           to
           the
           Tradition
           of
           the
           Elders
           than
           the
           Commandment
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           Insinuates
           ,
           verse
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           and
           has
           been
           observed
           from
           their
           own
           Authors
           .
           This
           we
           also
           condemn
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           which
           decrees
           that
           the
           Apocrypha
           and
           Traditions
           should
           be
           received
           
             with
             the
             like
             Pious
             regard
          
           ,
           
           
             as
             the
             Sacred
             Writ
          
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           If
           by
           adding
           they
           mean
           the
           giving
           the
           same
           Efficacy
           to
           humane
           Institutions
           ,
           as
           God
           doth
           to
           his
           ,
           by
           making
           them
           to
           confer
           Grace
           upon
           the
           rightly
           disposed
           ;
           and
           by
           diminishing
           ,
           that
           the
           Service
           is
           not
           complete
           without
           it
           .
           This
           our
           Saviour
           condemn'd
           in
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           when
           they
           maintained
           that
           to
           
             eat
             with
             unwashen
             Hands
             defiled
             a
             Man
             ,
          
           verse
           20.
           
           And
           this
           we
           condemn
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           in
           their
           use
           of
           Holy-Water
           ,
           and
           Reliques
           and
           Ceremonies
           .
        
         
           Thus
           far
           we
           agree
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           proceed
           ,
           and
           will
           conclude
           that
           the
           doing
           any
           thing
           not
           Commanded
           ,
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           is
           a
           Sin
           though
           it
           have
           none
           of
           the
           ingredients
           in
           it
           before
           spoken
           of
           ,
           we
           therein
           differ
           from
           them
           and
           upon
           very
           good
           reason
           .
           For
           therein
           they
           differ
           from
           our
           Saviour
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           all
           Churches
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           .
           Therein
           also
           they
           depart
           from
           the
           notion
           and
           reason
           of
           the
           thing
           :
           For
           adding
           is
           adding
           to
           the
           substance
           ,
           and
           making
           the
           thing
           added
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           thing
           it
           s
           added
           to
           ;
           and
           diminishing
           is
           diminishing
           from
           the
           substance
           ,
           and
           taking
           away
           from
           the
           Nature
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           substance
           remains
           intire
           ,
           as
           much
           after
           this
           humane
           appointment
           as
           it
           was
           
           before
           it
           ,
           without
           Loss
           and
           Prejudice
           ,
           without
           Debasement
           or
           Corruption
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           called
           an
           addition
           to
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           sence
           that
           the
           Scripture
           takes
           that
           Word
           in
           .
        
         
           Nay
           so
           far
           are
           we
           from
           admitting
           this
           charge
           ,
           that
           we
           return
           it
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           do
           bring
           them
           in
           Criminals
           upon
           it
           .
           For
           those
           that
           do
           Forbid
           what
           the
           Gospel
           Forbids
           not
           ,
           do
           as
           much
           add
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           Command
           what
           the
           Gospel
           doth
           not
           Command
           :
           And
           if
           it
           be
           a
           Crime
           to
           Command
           what
           that
           Commands
           not
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           so
           to
           Forbid
           what
           it
           Forbids
           not
           .
           And
           this
           is
           what
           they
           are
           Guilty
           of
           that
           do
           hold
           that
           
             nothing
             is
             to
             be
             used
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             but
             what
             is
             prescribed
             ,
          
           for
           if
           that
           be
           not
           a
           Scripture
           Proposition
           and
           Truth
           (
           as
           certain
           it
           is
           not
           )
           then
           what
           an
           addition
           is
           this
           ?
           A
           greater
           surely
           than
           what
           they
           charge
           upon
           us
           ;
           for
           all
           that
           is
           Commanded
           amongst
           us
           ,
           is
           look'd
           upon
           not
           as
           necessary
           but
           expedient
           ;
           but
           what
           is
           Forbid
           by
           them
           is
           Forbid
           as
           absolutely
           unlawful
           ;
           the
           latter
           of
           which
           alters
           the
           Nature
           ,
           whereas
           the
           other
           only
           affects
           the
           circumstances
           of
           things
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Commandment
           ,
           
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             make
             unto
             thee
             any
             Graven
             Image
             ,
          
           &c.
           is
           frequently
           made
           use
           of
           to
           prove
           that
           we
           must
           apply
           nothing
           to
           a
           Religious
           Use
           but
           what
           is
           Commanded
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           told
           that
           the
           sence
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           
             We
             must
             Worship
             God
             in
             no
             other
             way
             ,
             and
             by
             no
             other
             means
             or
             Religious
             Rites
             ,
             than
             what
             he
             hath
             prescribed
             .
          
        
         
           The
           best
           way
           to
           answer
           this
           is
           .
           
           1.
           
           To
           consider
           what
           is
           Forbidden
           in
           this
           Commandment
           ,
           and
           2.
           
           To
           shew
           that
           we
           are
           not
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Prohibition
           .
           As
           to
           the
           former
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           this
           Command
           it
           is
           provided
           ,
           that
           there
           be
           no
           act
           of
           Adoration
           given
           to
           any
           besides
           God.
           By
           this
           the
           Heathens
           are
           condemned
           in
           their
           Plurality
           of
           Gods
           ,
           and
           
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           in
           the
           Veneration
           they
           give
           to
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Honour
           we
           give
           to
           God
           be
           sutable
           to
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           agreeable
           to
           his
           Will.
           Sutable
           to
           his
           Nature
           ;
           and
           so
           we
           are
           not
           to
           Worship
           him
           by
           Creatures
           ,
           as
           the
           Sun
           ,
           &c.
           for
           that
           is
           to
           consider
           him
           as
           Finite
           ;
           nor
           by
           Images
           and
           External
           Representations
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           to
           consider
           him
           as
           Corporeal
           :
           Agreeable
           to
           his
           Will
           ;
           and
           so
           we
           are
           Forbidden
           all
           other
           Worship
           of
           him
           than
           what
           he
           hath
           appointed
           .
           It
           s
           in
           the
           last
           of
           these
           we
           are
           concerned
           ,
           for
           I
           believe
           there
           will
           be
           no
           attempt
           to
           prove
           that
           there
           is
           any
           thing
           in
           our
           Worship
           that
           doth
           derogate
           from
           the
           perfections
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           is
           unsutable
           to
           his
           Nature
           ,
           further
           than
           the
           defects
           that
           must
           arise
           from
           all
           Worship
           given
           by
           Creatures
           to
           a
           Creator
           .
           And
           if
           we
           come
           to
           consider
           it
           as
           to
           what
           he
           hath
           revealed
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           nothing
           deduced
           thence
           to
           prove
           Rites
           instituted
           by
           Men
           for
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           God's
           service
           to
           be
           Forbidden
           ;
           and
           which
           for
           ought
           I
           see
           is
           not
           attempted
           to
           be
           proved
           from
           this
           Commandment
           ,
           or
           from
           Scripture
           else
           where
           ,
           but
           by
           crowding
           such
           Rites
           into
           and
           representing
           them
           as
           a
           part
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           .
           This
           way
           goes
           one
           of
           the
           most
           industrious
           in
           this
           cause
           .
           Ceremonies
           ,
           
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             are
             External
             Rites
             of
             Religious
             Worship
             ,
             as
             used
             to
             further
             Devotion
             ,
             and
             therefore
             being
             invented
             by
             Man
             are
             of
             the
             same
             Nature
             with
             Images
             ,
             by
             which
             and
             at
             which
             God
             is
             Worshipped
             .
          
           In
           which
           are
           no
           less
           than
           three
           mistakes
           .
           As
           1.
           he
           makes
           whatever
           is
           used
           to
           further
           Devotion
           to
           be
           Religious
           Worship
           .
           2.
           he
           makes
           it
           a
           fault
           in
           External
           Rites
           in
           Religious
           Worship
           that
           they
           are
           used
           to
           further
           Devotion
           3.
           he
           makes
           External
           Rites
           taken
           up
           by
           Men
           ,
           and
           used
           for
           that
           end
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           Nature
           with
           Images
           .
           If
           I
           shew
           that
           these
           are
           really
           mistakes
           I
           think
           that
           in
           doing
           so
           the
           whole
           argument
           taken
           from
           the
           2.
           
           Commandment
           
           falls
           with
           it
           .
           1.
           
           He
           mistakes
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           makes
           
             whatever
             is
             used
             to
             further
             Devotion
             to
             be
             Religious
             Worship
             :
          
           The
           error
           of
           which
           will
           appear
           from
           this
           confideration
           ;
           that
           all
           things
           relating
           to
           Divine
           Worship
           are
           either
           Parts
           or
           Adjuncts
           of
           it
           ;
           Parts
           ,
           as
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ;
           Adjuncts
           ,
           as
           Form
           and
           Posture
           .
           Now
           Adjuncts
           are
           not
           Parts
           ,
           because
           the
           Worship
           is
           intire
           and
           invariable
           in
           all
           the
           Parts
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           remains
           the
           same
           though
           the
           Adjuncts
           vary
           .
           Prayer
           is
           Worship
           ,
           whether
           with
           a
           Form
           or
           without
           ;
           and
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           is
           Worship
           ,
           whether
           Persons
           Kneel
           ,
           Sit
           ,
           or
           Stand
           in
           the
           receiving
           of
           it
           .
           And
           yet
           though
           the
           Adjuncts
           are
           no
           part
           of
           Worship
           ,
           they
           further
           Devotion
           in
           it
           .
           This
           those
           that
           are
           for
           conceived
           Prayer
           plead
           for
           Their
           Practice
           ,
           and
           this
           also
           is
           pleaded
           by
           those
           that
           are
           for
           a
           Form.
           This
           do
           they
           urge
           that
           are
           for
           Sitting
           at
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           and
           this
           they
           say
           that
           are
           for
           Kneeling
           ;
           so
           that
           these
           and
           the
           like
           Adjuncts
           do
           further
           Devotion
           ,
           and
           are
           for
           Edification
           ,
           is
           an
           argument
           used
           by
           both
           .
           Now
           if
           Adjuncts
           are
           not
           part
           of
           Worship
           and
           may
           be
           yet
           used
           to
           further
           Devotion
           ,
           then
           the
           furthering
           Devotion
           by
           any
           Rite
           doth
           not
           in
           it self
           make
           that
           Rite
           so
           used
           to
           be
           Worship
           .
           I
           acknowledge
           there
           is
           False
           Worship
           as
           well
           as
           True
           ;
           True
           Worship
           is
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           and
           False
           Worship
           is
           of
           Humane
           Appointment
           ;
           and
           becomes
           Worship
           when
           either
           Divine
           Institution
           is
           pretended
           for
           it
           ,
           or
           it
           s
           used
           for
           the
           same
           special
           ends
           that
           God's
           Worship
           is
           instituted
           for
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           necessary
           to
           acceptance
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           means
           of
           Grace
           .
           And
           so
           I
           confess
           Adjuncts
           may
           be
           made
           parts
           of
           False
           Worship
           ,
           as
           many
           Ceremonies
           are
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           not
           the
           case
           with
           any
           things
           used
           in
           the
           Administration
           of
           Worship
           in
           our
           Church
           ;
           we
           plead
           nothing
           of
           Divine
           Authority
           to
           enforce
           them
           ,
           use
           them
           not
           as
           necessary
           ,
           nor
           as
           means
           of
           Grace
           ;
           after
           the
           manner
           we
           do
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Sacraments
           .
           2.
           
           It
           s
           another
           mistake
           ,
           that
           
           its
           charged
           as
           a
           fault
           upon
           Rites
           in
           Worship
           ,
           that
           
             They
             are
             used
             to
             further
             Devotion
             .
          
           Without
           this
           end
           surely
           they
           are
           not
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           not
           to
           be
           encouraged
           ;
           for
           Divine
           Worship
           being
           the
           acknowledgment
           of
           God
           and
           a
           giving
           Honour
           to
           Him
           ,
           should
           have
           all
           things
           about
           it
           Grave
           and
           Solemn
           ,
           that
           may
           best
           sute
           it
           ,
           and
           promote
           the
           ends
           for
           which
           it
           s
           used
           ,
           But
           if
           Rites
           are
           used
           in
           it
           that
           have
           no
           respect
           to
           such
           ends
           ,
           they
           become
           Vain
           and
           Trifling
           ,
           neither
           worthy
           of
           that
           nor
           our
           Defence
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           justly
           blame
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           for
           the
           Multitude
           of
           Ceremonies
           used
           in
           their
           Worship
           ,
           and
           for
           such
           that
           either
           have
           no
           signification
           ,
           or
           whose
           signification
           is
           so
           obscure
           as
           is
           not
           easie
           to
           be
           observed
           or
           traced
           ,
           and
           that
           rather
           hinder
           than
           further
           Devotion
           .
           Surely
           it
           would
           not
           so
           well
           answer
           the
           end
           if
           the
           Hand
           in
           Swearing
           was
           laid
           upon
           another
           Book
           ,
           as
           when
           on
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           nor
           if
           the
           Love-feasts
           at
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           had
           been
           only
           as
           a
           Common
           Meal
           ,
           without
           respect
           to
           Charity
           signified
           by
           it
           .
           3.
           
           It
           s
           another
           mistake
           that
           
             External
             Rites
             taken
             up
             by
             Men
             ,
             and
             used
             for
             the
             furthering
             Devotion
             are
             made
             to
             be
             of
             the
             same
             Nature
             with
             Images
             .
          
           This
           there
           is
           no
           foundation
           for
           ,
           for
           the
           Religious
           use
           of
           Images
           is
           expresly
           contrary
           to
           the
           Command
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Forbidden
           ,
           because
           it
           tends
           to
           debase
           God
           in
           the
           thoughts
           of
           those
           that
           Worship
           him
           by
           such
           mediums
           .
           But
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           the
           use
           of
           such
           External
           Rites
           (
           as
           are
           before
           spoken
           of
           )
           that
           fall
           under
           the
           censure
           of
           either
           of
           these
           ;
           but
           that
           we
           may
           lawfully
           use
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           which
           is
           not
           therefore
           at
           all
           Forbidden
           in
           the
           2.
           
           Commandment
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           be
           not
           a
           Rule
           for
           all
           things
           belonging
           to
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           
           the
           Gospel
           would
           be
           less
           perfect
           than
           the
           Law
           ;
           and
           Christ
           would
           not
           be
           so
           Faithful
           as
           Moses
           ,
           in
           the
           care
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           
             Heb.
             3.
             2.
          
           which
           is
           not
           to
           be
           supposed
           .
        
         
         
           The
           sufficiency
           of
           Scripture
           and
           Faithfulness
           of
           Christ
           are
           not
           to
           be
           judged
           of
           by
           what
           we
           fancy
           they
           should
           have
           determined
           ,
           
           but
           by
           what
           they
           have
           .
           It
           s
           a
           plausiable
           Plea
           made
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           for
           an
           Infallible
           Judge
           in
           matters
           of
           Faith
           ,
           that
           by
           an
           Appeal
           to
           him
           all
           controversies
           would
           be
           decided
           ,
           and
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           secured
           .
           But
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           advantages
           which
           they
           so
           hugely
           amplify
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           one
           Word
           in
           Scripture
           (
           which
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           that
           importance
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           )
           that
           doth
           shew
           that
           it
           is
           necessary
           ;
           or
           (
           were
           it
           so
           )
           who
           the
           Person
           or
           Persons
           are
           that
           should
           have
           this
           Power
           or
           Commission
           .
           And
           in
           this
           case
           we
           must
           be
           content
           to
           leave
           things
           as
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           hath
           thought
           fit
           to
           leave
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           on
           in
           the
           old
           way
           of
           sober
           and
           amicable
           debate
           and
           fair
           reasoning
           to
           bring
           debates
           to
           a
           conclusion
           .
           Thus
           it
           is
           in
           the
           matter
           before
           us
           ,
           the
           pretence
           is
           very
           Popular
           and
           Plausible
           ,
           that
           ,
           Who
           can
           better
           determine
           things
           Relating
           to
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           God
           whose
           Worship
           it
           is
           ?
           And
           where
           may
           we
           expect
           to
           find
           them
           better
           determined
           than
           in
           his
           Word
           ,
           which
           is
           sufficient
           to
           all
           the
           ends
           it
           was
           writ
           for
           ?
           But
           when
           we
           come
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           case
           ,
           we
           find
           no
           such
           thing
           done
           ,
           no
           such
           care
           taken
           ,
           no
           such
           particular
           directions
           as
           they
           had
           under
           the
           Law
           ;
           and
           therefore
           its
           certain
           that
           neither
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           nor
           Faithfulness
           of
           Christ
           stand
           upon
           that
           foundation
           .
           And
           if
           we
           do
           not
           find
           the
           like
           particular
           prescriptions
           in
           Baptism
           as
           Circumcision
           ;
           nor
           in
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           as
           in
           the
           Passover
           ;
           nor
           in
           Prayers
           as
           in
           Sacrifices
           ;
           its
           plain
           that
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           Scripture
           and
           Faithfulness
           of
           Christ
           do
           respect
           somewhat
           else
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           not
           the
           less
           for
           the
           want
           of
           them
           .
           Christ
           was
           Faithful
           ,
           as
           
             Moses
             ,
             To
             him
             that
             appointed
             him
             ,
          
           in
           performing
           what
           belonged
           to
           him
           as
           a
           Mediator
           (
           in
           
           which
           respect
           Moses
           was
           a
           Type
           of
           him
           )
           and
           discovering
           to
           Mankind
           in
           Scripture
           the
           method
           and
           means
           by
           which
           they
           might
           be
           Sav'd
           ;
           and
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           Scripture
           is
           in
           being
           a
           sufficient
           means
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           and
           putting
           Men
           into
           such
           State
           as
           will
           render
           them
           capable
           of
           attaining
           to
           it
           .
           And
           as
           for
           modes
           and
           circumstances
           of
           things
           they
           are
           left
           to
           the
           prudence
           of
           those
           who
           by
           the
           Grace
           and
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           have
           been
           converted
           to
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           have
           received
           it
           in
           the
           Love
           of
           it
           .
           I
           have
           been
           the
           larger
           in
           the
           consideration
           of
           this
           principle
           ,
           viz.
           that
           
             Nothing
             but
             what
             is
             prescribed
             may
             be
             lawfully
             used
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
          
           that
           I
           might
           relieve
           the
           consciences
           of
           those
           that
           are
           Insnared
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           cannot
           be
           so
           ,
           without
           subjecting
           themselves
           to
           great
           inconveniences
           .
           For
           if
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           of
           that
           Nature
           may
           be
           used
           or
           joyned
           with
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           second
           Commandment
           doth
           with
           as
           much
           Authority
           Forbid
           the
           use
           of
           any
           thing
           not
           Commanded
           ,
           as
           the
           Worshipping
           of
           Images
           :
           If
           
           Nadab's
           and
           
           Abihu's
           Strange
           Fire
           ,
           and
           
           Vzza's
           touching
           of
           the
           Ark
           be
           examples
           Recorded
           for
           caution
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           every
           thing
           Uncommanded
           ,
           is
           of
           the
           like
           Nature
           ,
           attended
           with
           the
           like
           Aggravations
           ,
           and
           alike
           do
           expose
           to
           God's
           Displeasure
           :
           If
           the
           use
           of
           any
           thing
           not
           prescribed
           be
           such
           an
           addition
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           leaves
           us
           under
           the
           Penalty
           of
           that
           Text
           ;
           
           
             If
             any
             Man
             shall
             add
             unto
             these
             things
             ,
             God
             shall
             add
             unto
             him
             the
             Plagues
             that
             are
             Written
             in
             this
             Book
          
           ;
           we
           cannot
           be
           too
           cautious
           in
           the
           Examination
           of
           what
           is
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           not
           prescribed
           .
           But
           withall
           if
           this
           be
           our
           case
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           more
           intolerable
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Jews
           .
           For
           amongst
           them
           every
           thing
           for
           the
           most
           part
           was
           plainly
           laid
           down
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           particular
           Rites
           and
           Circumstances
           prescribed
           in
           their
           Service
           were
           many
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           sufficiently
           describ'd
           in
           their
           Law
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           but
           consulting
           that
           ,
           or
           Those
           
           whose
           Office
           and
           Employment
           it
           was
           to
           be
           well
           versed
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           might
           be
           presently
           inform'd
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           see
           it
           as
           the
           Book
           was
           laid
           open
           .
           This
           they
           all
           agreed
           in
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           so
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           greater
           proof
           of
           it
           than
           the
           several
           schemes
           drawn
           up
           for
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           Order
           ,
           by
           those
           that
           have
           been
           of
           that
           Opinion
           and
           made
           some
           attempts
           to
           describe
           them
           .
           And
           then
           when
           things
           are
           thus
           dark
           and
           obscure
           ,
           so
           hard
           to
           trace
           and
           discover
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           thus
           perplexed
           and
           baffled
           those
           that
           have
           made
           it
           their
           business
           to
           bring
           these
           things
           within
           Scripture
           Rules
           ,
           how
           perplexed
           must
           they
           be
           that
           are
           not
           skilled
           in
           it
           :
           And
           (
           as
           I
           have
           above
           shewed
           )
           must
           all
           their
           Days
           live
           in
           the
           Communion
           ,
           its
           likely
           ,
           of
           no
           Church
           ;
           since
           though
           a
           Church
           should
           have
           nothing
           in
           it
           but
           what
           is
           prescribed
           ,
           yet
           it
           would
           take
           up
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           time
           to
           examine
           ,
           and
           more
           to
           be
           satisfied
           that
           all
           in
           it
           is
           prescribed
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           shall
           consider
           ,
           
             How
             we
             may
             know
             what
             things
             are
             Indifferent
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ?
          
           I
           may
           answer
           ,
           to
           this
           that
           we
           may
           know
           what
           is
           Indifferent
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           by
           the
           same
           Rule
           that
           we
           may
           know
           what
           is
           Indifferent
           out
           of
           Worship
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           the
           thing
           to
           be
           enquired
           after
           be
           neither
           required
           nor
           Forbidden
           :
           For
           the
           Nature
           of
           Indifferency
           is
           always
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           what
           it
           is
           in
           one
           kind
           or
           instance
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           all
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           want
           of
           a
           Law
           to
           Require
           or
           Forbid
           doth
           make
           a
           thing
           Indifferent
           in
           Natural
           or
           Civil
           matters
           ,
           it
           doth
           also
           the
           same
           in
           Religious
           :
           And
           in
           things
           Forbidden
           by
           Humane
           Authority
           ,
           the
           not
           being
           required
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           and
           in
           things
           required
           by
           Humane
           Authority
           the
           not
           being
           Forbidden
           in
           Scripture
           is
           a
           Rule
           we
           may
           safely
           determine
           the
           case
           ,
           and
           judge
           of
           the
           Lawfulness
           and
           Indifferency
           of
           things
           in
           
             Divine
             Worship
             by
          
           .
           But
           I
           confess
           the
           Question
           requires
           a
           more
           particular
           Answer
           ,
           because
           things
           in
           their
           Nature
           Lawful
           and
           Indifferent
           ,
           
           may
           yet
           ,
           in
           their
           use
           and
           application
           ,
           become
           unlawful
           .
           As
           it
           is
           in
           Civil
           cases
           and
           Secular
           matters
           ,
           to
           be
           Covered
           or
           Uncovered
           is
           a
           thing
           in
           it self
           Indifferent
           ;
           but
           to
           be
           Covered
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           such
           of
           our
           Betters
           ,
           as
           Custom
           and
           Law
           have
           made
           it
           our
           Duty
           to
           stand
           bare
           before
           ,
           would
           be
           unlawful
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           be
           no
           excuse
           for
           such
           an
           Omission
           and
           Contempt
           ,
           that
           the
           thing
           is
           in
           it self
           Indifferent
           .
           And
           then
           much
           more
           will
           this
           hold
           where
           the
           case
           is
           of
           an
           higher
           Nature
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           where
           things
           in
           themselves
           Indifferent
           may
           become
           Ridiculous
           ,
           Absurd
           and
           Profane
           ,
           and
           argue
           rather
           contempt
           of
           God
           than
           reverence
           for
           him
           in
           the
           Persons
           using
           them
           .
           Again
           ,
           the
           things
           may
           ,
           though
           Grave
           and
           Pertinent
           ,
           yet
           be
           so
           numerous
           that
           they
           may
           obscure
           and
           oppress
           the
           Service
           ,
           and
           confound
           and
           distract
           the
           Mind
           that
           should
           attend
           to
           the
           Observation
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           so
           for
           one
           reason
           or
           another
           are
           not
           to
           be
           allowed
           in
           the
           Solemnities
           of
           Religion
           .
           Therefore
           in
           Answer
           to
           the
           Question
           ,
           I
           shall
           add
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           things
           Indifferent
           are
           so
           called
           from
           their
           general
           Nature
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           if
           in
           practice
           and
           use
           ,
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           cases
           ,
           they
           always
           were
           so
           ,
           and
           never
           unlawful
           ;
           for
           that
           they
           may
           be
           by
           Accident
           and
           Circumstance
           ;
           being
           lawful
           unlawful
           ,
           expedient
           or
           inexpedient
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           used
           and
           applied
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           observe
           that
           there
           are
           several
           Laws
           which
           things
           Indifferent
           do
           respect
           ;
           and
           that
           may
           be
           Required
           or
           Forbidden
           by
           one
           Law
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           Forbidden
           or
           Required
           by
           another
           ;
           and
           that
           may
           be
           Indifferent
           in
           one
           State
           which
           is
           Unlawful
           in
           another
           ,
           and
           by
           passing
           out
           of
           one
           into
           the
           other
           may
           cease
           to
           be
           Indifferent
           ,
           and
           therefore
           when
           we
           say
           things
           are
           Indifferent
           ,
           we
           must
           understand
           of
           what
           Rank
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           what
           Law
           they
           do
           respect
           ;
           As
           for
           example
           ,
           Humane
           Conversation
           ,
           
           and
           Religious
           Worship
           are
           different
           Ranks
           to
           which
           things
           are
           referred
           ;
           and
           therefore
           what
           may
           be
           Indifferent
           in
           Conversation
           may
           be
           unlawful
           in
           Worship
           .
           Thus
           to
           Enterchange
           Discourse
           about
           Common
           Affairs
           is
           a
           thing
           lawful
           in
           it self
           ,
           and
           useful
           in
           its
           place
           ;
           but
           when
           practised
           in
           the
           Church
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Religious
           Solemnities
           is
           Criminal
           .
           This
           distinction
           of
           Ranks
           and
           States
           of
           things
           is
           useful
           and
           necessary
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           and
           which
           if
           observed
           would
           have
           prevented
           the
           objection
           made
           by
           some
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           Church
           or
           Authority
           may
           Command
           Indifferent
           things
           ,
           then
           they
           may
           require
           us
           to
           Pray
           Standing
           upon
           the
           head
           ,
           &c.
           for
           that
           though
           Indifferent
           in
           another
           case
           is
           not
           in
           that
           ,
           as
           being
           unsutable
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Therefore
           we
           must
           come
           to
           some
           Rules
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           may
           know
           what
           things
           in
           their
           Nature
           Indifferent
           ,
           are
           therein
           also
           Indifferent
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           lawfully
           used
           :
           It
           being
           not
           enough
           to
           plead
           they
           are
           Indifferent
           in
           themselves
           (
           as
           some
           unwarily
           do
           )
           and
           therefore
           presently
           they
           may
           be
           used
           ;
           For
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           a
           Person
           may
           Spit
           in
           anothers
           Face
           ,
           may
           keep
           on
           his
           Hat
           before
           the
           King
           ,
           &c.
           the
           Spitting
           and
           being
           Covered
           being
           in
           their
           Nature
           Indifferent
           .
           But
           now
           as
           there
           are
           certain
           Rules
           which
           we
           are
           to
           respect
           in
           Common
           and
           Civil
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           which
           even
           in
           that
           case
           do
           tye
           us
           up
           in
           the
           use
           of
           things
           otherwise
           Indifferent
           :
           So
           it
           is
           as
           reasonable
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           much
           more
           allowed
           that
           there
           are
           some
           Rules
           of
           the
           like
           Nature
           which
           we
           must
           have
           a
           regard
           to
           in
           the
           Administration
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           .
           And
           as
           in
           Common
           matters
           ,
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ;
           in
           actions
           the
           end
           ;
           in
           Conversation
           the
           circumstances
           are
           to
           be
           heeded
           ,
           viz.
           Time
           ,
           Place
           ,
           Persons
           ;
           as
           when
           ,
           where
           ,
           before
           whom
           we
           are
           Covered
           or
           Uncovered
           ,
           &c.
           
           So
           in
           Sacred
           matters
           ;
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           in
           the
           Decency
           and
           Solemnity
           
           of
           the
           Worship
           ;
           the
           end
           for
           which
           it
           was
           appointed
           ,
           in
           the
           Edification
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           the
           Peace
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Security
           of
           that
           ,
           in
           its
           Order
           are
           to
           be
           respected
           .
           And
           according
           to
           these
           Rules
           and
           the
           circumstances
           of
           things
           ,
           are
           we
           to
           Judge
           of
           the
           Indifferency
           ,
           Lawfulness
           ,
           or
           Expediency
           of
           things
           used
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           as
           they
           do
           make
           for
           or
           against
           ,
           and
           do
           approach
           to
           or
           recede
           from
           these
           Characters
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           to
           be
           rejected
           or
           observed
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           or
           less
           esteemed
           .
           But
           yet
           we
           are
           not
           come
           to
           a
           conclusion
           ,
           for
           1.
           
           These
           are
           general
           Rules
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           particulars
           are
           not
           so
           easily
           pointed
           to
           .
           2.
           
           Decency
           ,
           and
           Edification
           ,
           and
           Order
           are
           (
           as
           was
           observed
           before
           )
           Variable
           and
           Uncertain
           ,
           and
           depend
           upon
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           so
           in
           their
           Nature
           not
           easily
           determined
           .
           And
           ,
           3.
           
           Persons
           have
           very
           different
           Opinions
           about
           what
           is
           Decent
           ,
           Edifying
           ,
           and
           Orderly
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           Apostles
           time
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           some
           were
           for
           ,
           and
           others
           against
           the
           Observation
           of
           Days
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Corinth
           ,
           some
           doubtless
           were
           for
           being
           Covered
           ,
           others
           for
           being
           Uncovered
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           .
           And
           therefore
           there
           is
           somewhat
           further
           requisite
           to
           give
           Satisfaction
           in
           the
           point
           ;
           and
           by
           which
           we
           may
           be
           able
           to
           Judge
           what
           is
           Decent
           ,
           Edifying
           ,
           and
           Orderly
           ;
           as
           well
           as
           we
           are
           by
           what
           is
           Decent
           ,
           &c.
           to
           Determine
           what
           is
           fit
           to
           be
           used
           in
           Religious
           Worship
           .
           And
           this
           we
           may
           be
           help'd
           in
           by
           considering
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           some
           things
           make
           so
           Eminently
           for
           ,
           or
           are
           so
           Notoriously
           opposite
           to
           these
           Rules
           ,
           that
           Common
           Reason
           will
           be
           able
           forthwith
           to
           Judge
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           declare
           for
           or
           against
           them
           .
           So
           when
           the
           Love-feasts
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           were
           appointed
           for
           the
           testifying
           and
           increase
           of
           mutual
           Charity
           ;
           if
           one
           took
           his
           Supper
           before
           another
           ,
           
           it
           was
           to
           make
           it
           rather
           a
           private
           Meal
           than
           a
           Religious
           Feast
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           a
           Notorious
           
           Breach
           of
           Order
           and
           Christian
           Fellowship
           .
           So
           a
           Tumultuous
           speaking
           of
           many
           together
           is
           less
           for
           Edification
           ,
           and
           hath
           more
           of
           Confusion
           than
           the
           Orderly
           speaking
           of
           one
           by
           one
           .
           And
           Service
           in
           an
           Unknown
           Tongue
           doth
           less
           conduce
           to
           Edification
           than
           when
           it
           is
           in
           a
           Language
           Vulgarly
           known
           and
           Understood
           ;
           
           this
           is
           a
           case
           that
           Reason
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           Determine
           to
           our
           Hands
           ,
           and
           which
           Mankind
           would
           with
           one
           consent
           soon
           agree
           to
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           a
           certain
           Church
           in
           the
           World
           that
           carries
           those
           of
           its
           Communion
           ,
           against
           Sense
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Nature
           ,
           for
           its
           own
           advantage
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           there
           are
           other
           things
           which
           are
           not
           so
           Clear
           and
           Evident
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           case
           needs
           further
           consideration
           .
           For
           the
           clearing
           of
           which
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           we
           are
           not
           so
           much
           to
           Judge
           of
           Decency
           ,
           Order
           ,
           and
           Edification
           asunder
           ,
           as
           together
           ;
           these
           having
           a
           mutual
           Relation
           to
           and
           dependance
           upon
           each
           other
           .
           
           So
           it
           s
           well
           observed
           by
           St.
           
             Chrysostom
             ,
             That
             nothing
             doth
             so
             much
             Edify
             ,
          
           
           
             as
             Order
             ,
             Peace
             and
             Love
             :
          
           And
           the
           Apostle
           when
           he
           had
           reproved
           the
           Disorders
           of
           their
           Service
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Corinth
           concludes
           it
           ,
           
           
             Let
             all
             things
             be
             done
             to
             Edifying
             .
          
           The
           not
           observing
           of
           this
           is
           the
           occasion
           of
           very
           great
           Mistakes
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           For
           Persons
           when
           they
           would
           Judge
           of
           Edification
           consider
           presently
           what
           they
           conceive
           doth
           most
           improve
           them
           in
           Knowledge
           or
           any
           particular
           Grace
           ;
           and
           having
           no
           further
           consideration
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           this
           throw
           down
           the
           Bounds
           of
           publick
           Order
           and
           bring
           all
           into
           Confusion
           ;
           and
           for
           Edifying
           (
           as
           they
           apprehend
           )
           themselves
           do
           Disturb
           if
           not
           Destroy
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           render
           the
           means
           used
           in
           it
           ineffectual
           to
           themselves
           and
           others
           .
           Thus
           again
           they
           Judge
           of
           what
           is
           Decent
           ,
           and
           Indecent
           ;
           and
           conclude
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Indecency
           in
           Sitting
           ,
           suppose
           at
           
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           or
           the
           Prayers
           ;
           but
           they
           mistake
           in
           such
           a
           conception
           ,
           whilest
           what
           is
           against
           publick
           Order
           and
           Practice
           ,
           is
           for
           that
           reason
           Indecent
           ,
           were
           there
           no
           other
           reason
           to
           make
           it
           so
           .
           So
           that
           if
           we
           would
           Judge
           aright
           of
           either
           of
           these
           we
           must
           Judge
           of
           them
           together
           ;
           and
           as
           Order
           alone
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           make
           a
           thing
           Decent
           which
           is
           in
           it self
           Indecent
           ;
           so
           Decency
           or
           particular
           Edification
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           recommend
           that
           which
           is
           not
           to
           be
           Introduced
           or
           Obtained
           without
           the
           Disturbance
           and
           Overthrow
           of
           publick
           Order
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           When
           the
           case
           is
           not
           apparent
           ,
           we
           should
           rather
           Judge
           by
           what
           is
           contrary
           than
           by
           what
           is
           agreeable
           to
           those
           Rules
           .
           We
           know
           better
           what
           things
           are
           not
           than
           what
           they
           are
           :
           And
           if
           Christians
           should
           never
           agree
           to
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           External
           Administration
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           till
           they
           agree
           in
           the
           notion
           of
           Decency
           ,
           Order
           ,
           and
           Edification
           ;
           or
           till
           they
           can
           prove
           that
           the
           things
           used
           ,
           or
           required
           to
           be
           used
           in
           a
           Church
           ,
           do
           exactly
           agree
           to
           the
           Notion
           and
           Definition
           of
           it
           ;
           Worship
           must
           never
           be
           Administred
           ,
           or
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           Christians
           must
           Exclude
           themselves
           from
           it
           .
           And
           yet
           this
           must
           be
           done
           before
           it
           can
           be
           positively
           said
           (
           unless
           in
           things
           very
           manifest
           )
           that
           this
           is
           Decent
           ,
           or
           that
           is
           Orderly
           ,
           &c.
           
           These
           things
           as
           I
           have
           said
           are
           variable
           ,
           and
           depend
           upon
           Circumstances
           ;
           and
           so
           Persons
           must
           needs
           be
           Wonderfully
           Confounded
           if
           they
           come
           to
           Niceties
           and
           insist
           upon
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           we
           better
           know
           what
           is
           Indecent
           than
           Decent
           ,
           Disorderly
           than
           Orderly
           ,
           against
           than
           for
           Edification
           ,
           so
           it
           s
           better
           to
           take
           the
           course
           abovesaid
           in
           Judging
           about
           it
           .
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           enquire
           into
           the
           Decency
           of
           the
           Posture
           to
           be
           used
           in
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           or
           the
           Edification
           that
           may
           arise
           from
           it
           ;
           some
           will
           say
           its
           best
           to
           receive
           it
           in
           the
           Posture
           frequently
           used
           in
           the
           Devotions
           
           of
           the
           ancient
           Church
           of
           Standing
           or
           Incurvation
           ;
           others
           would
           choose
           Sitting
           ,
           as
           the
           dissenting
           Parties
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           some
           Forreign
           Churches
           ;
           others
           be
           for
           the
           Posture
           of
           Kneeling
           used
           in
           ours
           and
           many
           more
           ,
           and
           all
           with
           some
           shew
           of
           reason
           .
           In
           these
           different
           cases
           it
           may
           not
           perhaps
           be
           so
           easy
           for
           a
           Person
           (
           Educated
           in
           a
           different
           way
           from
           what
           is
           Practised
           and
           Prescribed
           )
           to
           Judge
           of
           the
           Decency
           or
           Edification
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           find
           it
           not
           Indecent
           ,
           or
           Destructive
           of
           Piety
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           ends
           for
           which
           the
           Ordinance
           was
           Instituted
           ,
           he
           is
           therewith
           to
           satisfy
           himself
           .
           
           St.
           Austin
           puts
           a
           like
           case
           and
           gives
           the
           like
           answer
           .
           
             Some
             Churches
             Fast
             on
             the
             Saturday
             ,
             because
             Christ's
             Body
             was
             then
             in
             the
             Grave
             ,
             and
             he
             in
             a
             State
             of
             Humiliation
             .
             Others
             do
             Eat
             on
             the
             Saturday
             ,
             both
             because
             that
             Day
             God
             Rested
             from
             his
             Work
             ,
             and
             Christ
             Rested
             in
             the
             Grave
             .
          
           And
           how
           in
           such
           a
           case
           to
           Determine
           our selves
           ,
           both
           in
           Opinion
           and
           Practice
           ,
           that
           Father
           thus
           directs
           ,
           If
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             what
             is
             injoyned
             be
             not
             against
             Faith
             ,
             or
             good
             Manners
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             accounted
             Indifferent
             .
          
           And
           I
           may
           add
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           Indecent
           ,
           Disorderly
           and
           Destructive
           of
           Piety
           ,
           its
           lawful
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           the
           case
           be
           not
           apparent
           ,
           and
           we
           cannot
           easily
           find
           out
           how
           the
           things
           used
           and
           injoyned
           in
           a
           Church
           are
           Decent
           ,
           &c.
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           that
           we
           are
           in
           ,
           or
           Obliged
           to
           be
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           and
           that
           these
           things
           do
           respect
           such
           a
           Society
           ;
           and
           therefore
           are
           to
           be
           Cautious
           how
           we
           Condemn
           this
           or
           that
           for
           Indecent
           ,
           Confused
           ,
           and
           Inexpedient
           ,
           when
           we
           see
           Christians
           agreeing
           in
           the
           Practice
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           such
           whom
           for
           other
           things
           we
           cannot
           Condemn
           .
           When
           we
           find
           if
           we
           argue
           against
           it
           ,
           they
           argue
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           produce
           Experience
           against
           Experience
           ,
           and
           Reason
           against
           Reason
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           have
           a
           whole
           Church
           against
           our
           particular
           conceptions
           of
           things
           of
           this
           Nature
           ;
           we
           should
           be
           apt
           to
           think
           the
           Fault
           may
           be
           in
           our selves
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           s
           for
           want
           of
           
           Understanding
           and
           Insight
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Use
           and
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           by
           Reason
           of
           some
           Prejudices
           or
           Prepossessions
           that
           we
           thus
           differ
           in
           our
           Judgment
           from
           them
           .
           We
           see
           what
           little
           things
           do
           Determin
           Men
           ordinarily
           in
           these
           matters
           ;
           how
           addicted
           some
           are
           to
           their
           own
           Ways
           and
           Customs
           ,
           and
           forward
           to
           Like
           or
           Condemn
           according
           to
           their
           Education
           ,
           which
           doth
           form
           their
           conceptions
           and
           fix
           their
           inclinations
           ;
           how
           Prone
           again
           others
           are
           to
           Novelty
           and
           Innovation
           .
           
           So
           St.
           Austin
           observes
           ,
           some
           warmly
           contend
           for
           an
           usage
           ,
           
             because
             its
             the
             Custom
             of
             their
             own
             Church
             ;
             as
             if
             they
             come
             ,
             suppose
             into
             another
             Place
             where
             Lent
             is
             observed
             without
             any
             Relaxation
             ,
             they
             however
             refuse
             to
             Fast
             ,
             because
             it
             s
             not
             so
             done
             in
             their
             Country
             .
          
           There
           are
           others
           again
           do
           like
           ,
           and
           are
           bent
           upon
           a
           particular
           Rite
           or
           Usage
           ,
           Because
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             they
             observ'd
             this
             in
             their
             Travels
             abroad
             ,
             and
             so
             a
             Person
             is
             for
             it
             ,
             as
             perhaps
             he
             would
             be
             thought
             so
             much
             the
             more
             Learned
             and
             Considerable
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             distant
             or
             doth
             disagree
             from
             what
             is
             observed
             at
             home
             .
          
           Now
           when
           Persons
           are
           Prone
           thus
           to
           Judge
           upon
           such
           little
           Reasons
           ,
           and
           may
           mistake
           in
           their
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           do
           Judge
           against
           a
           Church
           (
           which
           they
           have
           no
           other
           Reason
           against
           )
           it
           would
           become
           them
           to
           think
           again
           ;
           and
           to
           think
           that
           the
           case
           perhaps
           requires
           only
           time
           or
           use
           to
           wear
           off
           their
           Prejudices
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           these
           ways
           they
           may
           as
           effectually
           be
           reconciled
           to
           the
           things
           Practised
           in
           a
           Church
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           to
           the
           Civil
           Usages
           and
           the
           Habits
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           which
           at
           the
           first
           they
           looked
           upon
           in
           their
           kind
           as
           Indecent
           and
           Inexpedient
           ,
           as
           they
           can
           do
           of
           the
           Usages
           of
           a
           Church
           in
           theirs
           .
           As
           suppose
           the
           Dispute
           should
           be
           about
           Forms
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           or
           the
           use
           of
           responsals
           in
           it
           ,
           we
           see
           that
           Decency
           ,
           Order
           ,
           and
           Edification
           are
           pleaded
           by
           the
           Parties
           contending
           for
           and
           against
           ,
           but
           when
           a
           Person
           considers
           that
           whatever
           Opinion
           he
           therein
           hath
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           be
           against
           
           them
           ,
           he
           is
           at
           the
           same
           time
           against
           all
           formed
           Churches
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           he
           may
           conclude
           safely
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Decency
           ,
           Order
           ,
           and
           Expediency
           in
           the
           Publick
           use
           of
           them
           ;
           
           and
           as
           St.
           Austin
           saith
           of
           a
           Christian
           living
           in
           Rome
           where
           they
           fasted
           upon
           the
           Saturday
           that
           
             such
             a
             one
             should
             not
             so
             praise
             a
             Christian
             City
             for
             it
             ,
          
           
           
             as
             to
             Condemn
             the
             Christian
             World
             that
             was
             against
             it
          
           ;
           so
           we
           should
           not
           be
           so
           Zealous
           against
           a
           Practice
           ,
           as
           to
           Condemn
           those
           that
           are
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           be
           so
           addicted
           to
           our
           own
           Opinion
           as
           to
           set
           that
           against
           a
           Community
           and
           a
           Church
           ,
           nay
           against
           all
           Churches
           whatsoever
           .
           This
           will
           give
           us
           reason
           to
           suspect
           its
           a
           
             Zeal
             without
             Knowledge
          
           when
           we
           presume
           to
           set
           our
           Judgment
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Experience
           ,
           against
           the
           Judgment
           ,
           Reason
           and
           Experience
           of
           the
           Christian
           World.
           Which
           brings
           to
           the
           Fourth
           General
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
             How
             are
             we
             to
             determine
             our selves
             in
             the
             use
             of
             Indifferent
             things
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ?
          
           For
           resolution
           of
           which
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           our selves
           in
           a
           threefold
           Capacity
           .
           1.
           
           As
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           solitary
           and
           alone
           .
           2.
           
           As
           we
           are
           in
           Ordinary
           and
           Civil
           Conversation
           .
           3.
           
           As
           we
           are
           Members
           of
           a
           Publick
           Society
           or
           Church
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           capacity
           ,
           every
           Christian
           may
           chuse
           and
           act
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           ;
           and
           all
           Lawful
           things
           remain
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           their
           own
           Nature
           ,
           Free.
           He
           may
           eat
           this
           or
           that
           ;
           chuse
           this
           day
           or
           another
           ,
           and
           set
           it
           apart
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           and
           his
           own
           soul.
           In
           this
           state
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           Law
           of
           man
           to
           require
           ,
           he
           may
           forbear
           to
           use
           what
           is
           Indifferent
           ;
           where
           there
           is
           no
           Law
           to
           forbid
           ,
           he
           may
           freely
           use
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           second
           capacity
           ,
           as
           in
           Conversation
           with
           others
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           have
           a
           regard
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           his
           Liberty
           so
           as
           shall
           be
           less
           to
           the
           prejudice
           ,
           and
           more
           to
           the
           benefit
           of
           those
           he
           converses
           with
           .
           So
           saith
           the
           
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             all
             things
             are
             lawful
             for
             me
             ,
             but
             all
             things
             are
             not
             expedient
             ;
             all
             things
             are
             lawful
             for
             me
             ,
             but
             all
             things
             Edify
             not
             .
          
           In
           this
           capacity
           Men
           are
           still
           in
           their
           own
           Power
           ;
           and
           whilst
           it
           s
           no
           Sin
           they
           may
           safely
           act
           ,
           and
           where
           it
           s
           no
           Sin
           they
           may
           forbear
           in
           complyance
           with
           those
           that
           are
           not
           yet
           advanced
           to
           the
           same
           Maturity
           of
           Judgement
           with
           themselves
           ;
           as
           the
           Apostle
           did
           ,
           
           Though
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             I
             be
             free
             from
             all
             Men
             ,
             yet
             have
             I
             made
             my self
             Servant
             unto
             all
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             gain
             the
             more
             .
             And
             unto
             the
          
           Jews
           
             I
             became
             a
          
           Jew
           ,
           &c.
           
           In
           such
           a
           case
           the
           strong
           should
           not
           despise
           ,
           affront
           ,
           or
           discourage
           the
           weak
           ;
           nor
           the
           weak
           censure
           and
           condemn
           the
           strong
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           third
           Capacity
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           Members
           of
           a
           Church
           and
           Religious
           Society
           ,
           so
           the
           use
           of
           Indifferent
           things
           comes
           under
           further
           consideration
           ,
           since
           then
           the
           Practice
           of
           a
           Church
           and
           the
           Commands
           of
           Authority
           are
           to
           be
           respected
           .
           And
           as
           what
           we
           may
           lawfully
           do
           when
           alone
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           to
           do
           in
           Conversation
           ,
           because
           of
           Offence
           :
           So
           what
           we
           may
           allowably
           do
           when
           alone
           or
           in
           Conversation
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           do
           in
           Society
           ,
           if
           Forbidden
           by
           the
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           of
           it
           .
           For
           the
           same
           reason
           (
           if
           there
           was
           no
           more
           )
           that
           Restrains
           or
           Determines
           us
           in
           Conversation
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           more
           forcible
           in
           Society
           ,
           as
           the
           Peace
           and
           Welfare
           of
           the
           whole
           is
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           that
           of
           a
           part
           ;
           And
           if
           the
           not
           grieving
           a
           Brother
           ,
           or
           endangering
           his
           Soul
           makes
           it
           reasonable
           ,
           just
           ,
           and
           necessary
           to
           forego
           our
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           to
           Restrain
           our selves
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           much
           more
           is
           the
           Peace
           of
           a
           Church
           (
           upon
           which
           the
           present
           Welfare
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           the
           Future
           Welfare
           of
           many
           depend
           )
           a
           sufficient
           reason
           for
           so
           doing
           ,
           and
           to
           Oblige
           us
           to
           act
           or
           not
           to
           act
           accordingly
           .
           The
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           
             Let
             every
             one
             of
             us
             please
             his
             Neighbour
             for
             his
             good
             ▪
             to
             Edification
             ,
          
           
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           his
           Improvement
           in
           Knowledge
           
           or
           Grace
           ,
           or
           Christian
           Piety
           ,
           and
           the
           promoting
           of
           Christian
           Concord
           and
           Charity
           :
           Now
           Edification
           is
           eminently
           so
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           whole
           ,
           as
           the
           Church
           is
           
             the
             House
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           every
           Christian
           one
           of
           the
           
             living
             Stones
          
           of
           which
           that
           Spiritual
           building
           is
           compacted
           ;
           
           and
           so
           he
           is
           to
           consider
           himself
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           he
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           as
           a
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           study
           what
           may
           be
           for
           the
           Edification
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           good
           of
           any
           particular
           Member
           of
           it
           .
           And
           how
           is
           that
           but
           by
           promoting
           Love
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Order
           ,
           and
           taking
           Care
           to
           Preserve
           it
           ?
           
           So
           we
           find
           Edification
           Opposed
           to
           Destruction
           ,
           
           to
           Confusion
           ,
           to
           Disputacity
           and
           Licentiousness
           :
           
           And
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           
           we
           find
           Peace
           and
           Edifying
           ,
           
           Comfort
           and
           Edification
           ,
           Union
           and
           Edification
           joyned
           together
           ,
           
           as
           the
           one
           doth
           promote
           the
           other
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           the
           Good
           and
           Edification
           of
           the
           whole
           is
           to
           be
           always
           in
           our
           Eye
           ,
           so
           it
           s
           the
           Rule
           by
           which
           we
           ought
           to
           act
           in
           all
           things
           lawful
           ;
           and
           to
           that
           end
           should
           comply
           with
           its
           Customs
           ,
           observe
           its
           Directions
           ,
           and
           Obey
           its
           Orders
           ,
           without
           Reluctancy
           ▪
           and
           Opposition
           .
           Thus
           the
           Apostle
           resolves
           the
           case
           ,
           Writing
           about
           publick
           Order
           and
           the
           Custom
           newly
           taken
           up
           of
           Worshipping
           Uncovered
           ,
           
             if
             any
             Man
             seem
          
           ,
           or
           have
           a
           mind
           
             to
             be
          
           ,
           
           
             contentious
             ,
             we
             have
             no
             such
             Custom
             ,
             neither
             the
             Churches
             of
             God
          
           ;
           looking
           upon
           that
           as
           sufficient
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           all
           Contentions
           and
           Debates
           ;
           that
           whatever
           might
           be
           Plausibly
           urged
           against
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           Jewish
           Practice
           ,
           and
           the
           Representation
           even
           of
           Angels
           adoring
           after
           that
           manner
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           thing
           as
           a
           signification
           of
           Shame
           and
           Reverence
           ;
           or
           from
           the
           Practice
           of
           Idolators
           that
           did
           many
           of
           them
           Worship
           Uncovered
           ;
           yet
           he
           peremptorily
           concludes
           ,
           
             We
             have
             no
             such
             Custom
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           to
           a
           Peaceable
           Mind
           sufficient
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           all
           Disputes
           about
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           depending
           upon
           
           the
           Observation
           of
           its
           Customs
           ,
           that
           is
           infinitely
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           Scrupulosity
           and
           Niceness
           ,
           or
           a
           meer
           inclination
           to
           a
           contrary
           Practice
           .
           For
           in
           publick
           cases
           a
           Man
           is
           not
           to
           go
           his
           own
           way
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           his
           own
           mind
           ,
           for
           that
           would
           bring
           in
           Confusion
           (
           one
           Man
           having
           as
           much
           a
           right
           as
           another
           .
           )
           There
           must
           be
           somewhat
           Established
           ,
           some
           Common
           Order
           and
           Bond
           of
           Union
           ;
           and
           if
           Confusion
           is
           before
           such
           Establishment
           ,
           then
           to
           break
           that
           Establishment
           ,
           would
           bring
           in
           Confusion
           ;
           and
           where
           that
           is
           likely
           to
           ensue
           it
           is
           not
           worth
           the
           while
           for
           the
           trial
           of
           a
           new
           experiment
           to
           decry
           and
           throw
           down
           what
           is
           already
           Established
           or
           Used
           in
           a
           Church
           ,
           because
           we
           think
           better
           of
           another
           ;
           for
           saith
           a
           Grave
           Author
           ,
           and
           well
           Skill'd
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           
           
             The
             very
             change
             of
             a
             Custom
             though
             it
             may
             happen
             to
             profit
             ,
             yet
             doth
             disturb
             by
             its
             Novelty
             .
          
           Publick
           Peace
           is
           worth
           all
           new
           Offers
           (
           if
           the
           Church
           is
           Disquieted
           and
           its
           Peace
           Endangered
           by
           them
           )
           though
           in
           themselves
           better
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           better
           to
           labour
           under
           the
           infirmity
           of
           publick
           Order
           than
           the
           mischief
           of
           being
           without
           it
           ,
           or
           ,
           what
           is
           next
           to
           that
           ,
           the
           trial
           of
           some
           Form
           ,
           seemingly
           of
           a
           better
           Cast
           and
           Mould
           that
           hath
           not
           yet
           been
           experimented
           .
           I
           say
           it
           again
           ,
           Infirmity
           in
           a
           Church
           is
           better
           than
           Confusion
           ,
           or
           Destruction
           which
           is
           the
           Consequent
           of
           it
           :
           And
           I
           had
           rather
           choose
           that
           as
           I
           would
           a
           House
           ,
           to
           have
           one
           with
           some
           Faults
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           have
           none
           at
           all
           ;
           And
           if
           I
           cannot
           have
           them
           mended
           (
           when
           tolerable
           )
           I
           think
           my self
           bound
           not
           only
           to
           bear
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           do
           all
           I
           can
           for
           its
           preservation
           though
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           observe
           all
           things
           that
           are
           lawful
           for
           its
           suppore
           and
           encouragement
           .
           In
           doing
           thus
           I
           serve
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
           my
           own
           Soul
           and
           the
           Souls
           of
           others
           ,
           promote
           Religion
           and
           Charity
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           
           
             For
             God
             is
             not
             the
             Author
             of
             Confusion
             but
             of
             Peace
             in
             all
             the
             
             Churches
             of
             the
             Saints
             .
          
           In
           things
           which
           neither
           we
           nor
           the
           Worship
           are
           the
           worse
           for
           ,
           but
           the
           Church
           the
           better
           for
           observing
           ,
           Peace
           and
           Order
           is
           far
           to
           be
           prefer'd
           before
           Niceties
           :
           And
           certainly
           neither
           we
           nor
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           can
           be
           the
           worse
           for
           what
           God
           hath
           concluded
           nothing
           in
           .
           What
           the
           Gospel
           looks
           at
           is
           the
           Main
           and
           Essential
           parts
           of
           Religion
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           Worship
           and
           Practice
           .
           And
           if
           these
           be
           Secured
           ,
           we
           are
           under
           no
           Obligation
           to
           contend
           for
           or
           against
           the
           modes
           and
           circumstances
           of
           things
           further
           than
           the
           Churches
           Order
           and
           Peace
           is
           concerned
           in
           them
           .
           So
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             Let
             not
             your
             Good
             be
             Evil
             spoken
             of
             :
          
           
           
             For
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             is
             not
             Meat
             and
             Drink
             ,
             but
             Righteousness
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Joy
             in
             the
             Holy-Ghost
          
           ;
           the
           promoting
           Love
           and
           Charity
           ,
           and
           substantiul
           Righteousnes
           .
           
             He
             that
             in
             these
             things
             Serveth
             Christ
             is
             acceptable
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             approved
             of
             Men.
             
          
           
           
             The
             Beauty
             of
             the
             Kings
             Daughter
             is
             within
             ,
             saith
             St.
             Austin
             ,
             and
             all
             its
             observations
             are
             but
             its
             vesture
             ,
             which
             though
             various
             in
             different
             Churches
             ,
             are
             no
             prejudice
             to
             the
             Common
             Faith
             ,
             nor
             to
             him
             that
             useth
             them
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           what
           he
           and
           his
           Mother
           received
           from
           St.
           Ambrose
           ,
           and
           looked
           upon
           as
           a
           Divine
           Oracle
           ,
           
           is
           worthy
           to
           be
           recommended
           to
           all
           ,
           
             That
             in
             all
             things
             not
             contrary
             to
             Truth
             and
             good
             Manners
             ,
             it
             becometh
             a
             Good
             and
             Prudent
             Christian
             to
             Practise
             according
             to
             the
             Custom
             of
             the
             Church
             where
             he
             comes
             ,
             if
             he
             will
             not
             be
             a
             Scandal
             to
             them
             ,
             nor
             have
             them
             to
             be
             a
             Scandal
             to
             him
             .
          
        
         
           And
           if
           the
           Custom
           and
           Practice
           of
           a
           Church
           should
           be
           thus
           taken
           into
           consideration
           by
           a
           Good
           Man
           ,
           then
           certainly
           much
           more
           ought
           it
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           when
           that
           is
           Established
           ,
           and
           is
           made
           a
           Law
           ,
           and
           is
           backed
           by
           Authority
           :
           For
           then
           to
           stand
           in
           Opposition
           is
           not
           only
           an
           Offence
           but
           an
           Affront
           ;
           and
           to
           insist
           upon
           the
           Gratifying
           our
           own
           Inclination
           against
           publick
           Order
           ,
           is
           to
           contend
           whether
           we
           or
           our
           Superiours
           shall
           Govern
           ,
           whether
           
           our
           Will
           or
           the
           publick
           Good
           and
           Order
           must
           take
           place
           And
           what
           can
           be
           the
           Issue
           of
           such
           a
           temper
           but
           the
           distraction
           if
           not
           Dissolution
           of
           Government
           ;
           which
           as
           it
           cannot
           be
           without
           Governed
           as
           well
           as
           Governours
           ,
           so
           cannot
           be
           preserved
           without
           the
           submission
           of
           the
           Governed
           in
           all
           lawful
           things
           to
           the
           Governours
           ;
           and
           the
           permitting
           them
           to
           choose
           and
           determine
           in
           things
           of
           that
           kind
           as
           they
           shall
           see
           meet
           .
           It
           s
           pleaded
           
             That
             there
             should
             be
             a
             Liberty
             left
             to
             Christians
             in
             things
             Vndetermined
             in
             Scripture
             ,
          
           and
           such
           things
           indeed
           there
           are
           that
           Christians
           may
           have
           a
           Liberty
           in
           and
           yet
           hold
           Communion
           ,
           as
           in
           Posture
           ,
           &c.
           (
           though
           Decency
           would
           plead
           for
           Uniformity
           in
           those
           things
           also
           )
           but
           there
           are
           other
           things
           ,
           which
           they
           must
           agree
           in
           ,
           or
           else
           there
           can
           be
           no
           publick
           Worship
           or
           Christian
           Communion
           ,
           which
           yet
           they
           differ
           in
           as
           much
           as
           the
           other
           .
           As
           now
           whether
           Worship
           is
           to
           be
           celebrated
           with
           or
           without
           a
           Form
           ;
           whether
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           is
           to
           be
           received
           in
           the
           Morning
           or
           Evening
           ;
           whether
           Prayers
           should
           be
           long
           or
           short
           ,
           &c.
           
           Now
           unless
           one
           of
           these
           disagreeing
           Parties
           doth
           Yield
           to
           the
           other
           or
           there
           be
           a
           Power
           in
           Superiours
           and
           Guides
           to
           determine
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           to
           submit
           to
           them
           in
           it
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           nothing
           but
           confusion
           .
           And
           why
           Superiours
           may
           not
           then
           Command
           and
           why
           Inferiours
           are
           not
           to
           obey
           in
           all
           things
           of
           the
           like
           kind
           ;
           In
           Posture
           or
           Habit
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           time
           (
           above
           specified
           )
           and
           Forms
           ,
           I
           understand
           not
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           this
           ,
           if
           we
           find
           any
           thing
           required
           or
           generally
           practised
           in
           a
           Church
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           Forbidden
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           or
           any
           thing
           Omitted
           or
           Forbidden
           in
           a
           Church
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           required
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           we
           may
           and
           ought
           to
           act
           or
           to
           forbear
           as
           they
           that
           are
           of
           its
           Communion
           do
           generally
           act
           or
           forbear
           ,
           or
           the
           Laws
           of
           that
           Communion
           require
           ;
           and
           in
           such
           things
           are
           to
           be
           determined
           
           by
           the
           publick
           Voice
           of
           the
           Communion
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Authority
           ,
           Custom
           ,
           or
           the
           Majority
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           this
           it
           will
           be
           said
           ,
           
           If
           we
           are
           thus
           to
           be
           determined
           in
           our
           Practice
           ,
           then
           where
           is
           our
           Christian
           Liberty
           ,
           which
           being
           only
           in
           different
           things
           ,
           if
           we
           are
           restrained
           in
           the
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           we
           are
           also
           restrained
           in
           our
           Liberty
           ,
           which
           yet
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           Christians
           to
           
             stand
             fast
             in
          
           .
           
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           is
           no
           argument
           to
           those
           that
           say
           there
           is
           nothing
           Indifferent
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ;
           
           for
           then
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           it
           matter
           of
           Christian
           Liberty
           ;
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           restraint
           of
           our
           Liberty
           ,
           or
           receding
           from
           it
           is
           ,
           of
           it self
           ,
           no
           violation
           of
           it
           .
           All
           persons
           grant
           this
           in
           the
           latter
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           scrupulous
           are
           apt
           to
           plead
           that
           the
           Strong
           ought
           to
           bear
           with
           the
           Weak
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           no
           Offence
           to
           them
           by
           indulging
           themselves
           in
           that
           Liberty
           which
           others
           are
           afraid
           to
           take
           .
           But
           now
           if
           a
           Person
           may
           recede
           from
           his
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           is
           bound
           so
           to
           do
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Scandal
           ,
           and
           yet
           his
           Liberty
           be
           not
           thereby
           infringed
           ,
           why
           may
           it
           not
           be
           also
           little
           infringed
           ,
           when
           restrained
           by
           others
           ?
           How
           can
           it
           be
           supposed
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           so
           vast
           a
           difference
           betwixt
           restraint
           and
           restraint
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           that
           is
           restrained
           by
           Authority
           should
           have
           his
           Liberty
           prejudiced
           ,
           
           and
           yet
           he
           that
           is
           restrained
           
             By
             anothers
             Conscience
          
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           )
           should
           keep
           it
           intire
           ?
           And
           if
           it
           should
           be
           said
           this
           is
           Occasional
           ,
           but
           the
           other
           is
           perpetuated
           by
           the
           Order
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           of
           a
           Church
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           all
           Orders
           about
           Indifferent
           things
           are
           but
           temporary
           ,
           and
           are
           only
           intended
           to
           bind
           so
           long
           as
           they
           are
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Community
           .
           And
           if
           they
           are
           for
           continuance
           that
           alters
           not
           the
           case
           ;
           For
           though
           the
           Apostle
           knew
           his
           own
           Liberty
           and
           where
           there
           was
           Just
           Reason
           could
           insist
           upon
           it
           ,
           yet
           he
           did
           not
           suppose
           that
           could
           be
           damnified
           ,
           though
           for
           his
           whole
           life
           it
           was
           
           restrain'd
           .
           
           For
           thus
           he
           resolves
           ,
           
             If
             meat
             make
             my
             Brother
             to
             offend
             ,
             I
             will
             eat
             no
             flesh
             while
             the
             World
             standeth
             ,
          
           which
           certainly
           he
           would
           not
           have
           condescended
           to
           ,
           if
           such
           a
           practice
           was
           not
           reconcileable
           to
           his
           Exhortation
           of
           
             standing
             fast
             in
             that
             Liberty
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Therefore
           to
           find
           out
           the
           tendency
           of
           his
           Exhortation
           ,
           its
           fit
           to
           understand
           what
           Christian
           Liberty
           is
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           truly
           no
           other
           than
           the
           Liberty
           which
           Mankind
           naturally
           had
           ,
           before
           it
           was
           restrain'd
           by
           particular
           Institution
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           call'd
           Christian
           Liberty
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Jews
           which
           had
           it
           not
           under
           their
           Law
           ,
           but
           were
           restrain'd
           from
           the
           practice
           and
           use
           of
           things
           ,
           otherwise
           and
           in
           themselves
           Lawful
           ,
           by
           severe
           Prohibitions
           .
           Now
           as
           all
           the
           World
           was
           then
           divided
           into
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           ,
           so
           the
           Liberty
           which
           the
           Jews
           were
           before
           denied
           ,
           was
           call'd
           Christian
           ,
           because
           by
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           all
           these
           former
           restraints
           were
           taken
           off
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           both
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           did
           enjoy
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           when
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           exhort
           them
           to
           
             stand
             fast
             in
             it
          
           ,
           it
           was
           ,
           as
           the
           Scope
           of
           the
           Epistle
           doth
           shew
           ,
           to
           warn
           them
           against
           returning
           to
           that
           Jewish
           state
           ,
           and
           against
           those
           who
           held
           it
           necessary
           for
           both
           Jew
           and
           Gentile
           still
           to
           observe
           all
           the
           Rites
           and
           Orders
           of
           it
           .
           Now
           if
           the
           Usages
           of
           a
           Church
           were
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           ,
           or
           had
           the
           same
           tendency
           ,
           or
           were
           alike
           necessarily
           impos'd
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Mosaical
           Law
           ,
           then
           Christians
           would
           be
           concerned
           in
           the
           Apostles
           Exhortation
           ;
           but
           where
           these
           reasons
           are
           not
           ,
           our
           Liberty
           is
           not
           at
           all
           prejudiced
           by
           compliance
           with
           them
           .
           As
           long
           I
           say
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           neither
           peccant
           in
           their
           Nature
           ,
           nor
           End
           ,
           nor
           Number
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           unlawful
           to
           us
           ,
           nor
           is
           our
           Liberty
           injured
           in
           the
           use
           of
           them
           .
           And
           so
           I
           am
           brought
           to
           the
           last
           General
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
        
         
           V.
           That
           there
           is
           nothing
           required
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           
           which
           is
           not
           either
           a
           duty
           in
           it self
           ,
           and
           so
           necessary
           to
           all
           Christians
           ,
           or
           else
           what
           is
           indifferent
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           be
           lawfully
           used
           by
           them
           .
           By
           things
           required
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           used
           in
           the
           Communion
           and
           Service
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           imposed
           upon
           the
           Lay-members
           of
           it
           (
           for
           these
           are
           the
           things
           my
           Subject
           doth
           more
           especially
           respect
           .
           )
           This
           is
           a
           Subject
           too
           Copious
           for
           me
           to
           follow
           through
           all
           the
           particulars
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           indeed
           it
           will
           be
           needless
           for
           me
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           it
           ,
           if
           the
           foundation
           I
           have
           laid
           be
           good
           ,
           and
           the
           Rules
           before
           given
           are
           fit
           measures
           for
           us
           to
           Judge
           of
           the
           lawfulness
           ,
           or
           unlawfulness
           of
           things
           by
           ;
           for
           by
           these
           we
           shall
           soon
           bring
           the
           Cause
           to
           an
           Issue
           .
           I
           think
           there
           is
           nothing
           to
           be
           charged
           upon
           our
           Church
           for
           being
           defective
           in
           any
           Essential
           part
           of
           Divine
           Worship●
           (
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           is
           in
           its
           Half-Communion
           )
           nor
           of
           any
           practice
           that
           is
           apparently
           inconsistent
           with
           ,
           or
           that
           doth
           defeat
           the
           ends
           of
           any
           Institution
           (
           as
           the
           same
           Church
           doth
           offend
           by
           having
           its
           Service
           in
           an
           unknown
           Tongue
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           multitude
           of
           its
           Ceremonies
           )
           .
           I
           think
           it
           will
           be
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           is
           sincerely
           and
           freely
           Preached
           ,
           the
           Sacraments
           intirely
           and
           truly
           Administred
           ,
           the
           Prayers
           for
           matter
           inoffensive
           and
           good
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           matter
           in
           dispute
           is
           about
           the
           Ministration
           of
           our
           Worship
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           its
           performance
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           the
           things
           of
           that
           kind
           Objected
           against
           ,
           refer
           either
           to
           Time
           ,
           or
           Forms
           ,
           or
           Gesture
           .
           To
           Times
           ,
           such
           are
           Festivals
           ,
           or
           Days
           set
           apart
           for
           Divine
           Service
           ;
           to
           Forms
           such
           are
           our
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           the
           Administration
           of
           our
           Sacraments
           ;
           to
           Gestures
           ,
           as
           Standing
           up
           at
           the
           Creed
           or
           Gospels
           ,
           and
           Kneeling
           at
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           .
           But
           now
           all
           these
           are
           either
           Natural
           or
           Moral
           Circumstances
           of
           Action
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shew'd
           ,
           are
           inseparable
           from
           it
           .
           Of
           the
           former
           kind
           are
           Days
           and
           Gestures
           ;
           of
           the
           latter
           
           are
           Forms
           of
           Administration
           ,
           and
           so
           upon
           the
           reasons
           before
           given
           may
           be
           lawfully
           determined
           and
           used
           .
           Again
           ,
           these
           are
           not
           forbidden
           by
           any
           Law
           ,
           either
           expresly
           ,
           or
           consequentially
           ,
           and
           have
           nothing
           that
           is
           indecent
           ,
           disorderly
           ,
           or
           unedifying
           in
           them
           ;
           and
           which
           if
           any
           should
           engage
           his
           own
           opinion
           and
           experience
           in
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           answered
           in
           the
           like
           kind
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           opinions
           and
           experience
           of
           Thousands
           that
           live
           in
           the
           practise
           of
           these
           ,
           to
           contradict
           him
           .
           And
           if
           there
           be
           nothing
           of
           this
           kind
           apparent
           ,
           or
           what
           can
           be
           plainly
           prov'd
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           there
           cannot
           )
           then
           the
           Proposition
           I
           have
           laid
           down
           needs
           no
           further
           proof
           .
           But
           if
           at
           last
           it
           must
           issue
           in
           things
           inexpedient
           to
           Christians
           ,
           or
           an
           unlawfulness
           in
           the
           Imposure
           ;
           are
           either
           of
           these
           fit
           to
           be
           insisted
           upon
           ,
           when
           the
           peace
           of
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Churches
           in
           the
           World
           is
           broken
           by
           it
           ,
           a
           lamentable
           Schism
           kept
           up
           ,
           and
           our
           Religion
           brought
           into
           imminent
           hazard
           by
           both
           ?
           Alas
           how
           near
           have
           we
           been
           to
           ruin
           ,
           and
           I
           wish
           I
           had
           no
           reason
           to
           say
           ,
           how
           near
           are
           we
           to
           it
           ,
           considering
           the
           indefatigable
           industry
           ,
           the
           united
           endeavours
           ,
           the
           matchless
           policy
           of
           those
           that
           contrive
           and
           desire
           it
           !
           Can
           we
           think
           that
           we
           are
           safe
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           there
           is
           such
           an
           abiding
           reason
           to
           make
           us
           suspect
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           divisions
           are
           both
           fomented
           ,
           and
           made
           use
           of
           by
           them
           to
           destroy
           us
           ?
           And
           if
           this
           be
           our
           danger
           ,
           and
           Union
           as
           necessary
           as
           desirable
           ,
           shall
           we
           yet
           make
           the
           breach
           wider
           ,
           or
           irreparable
           by
           an
           obstinate
           contention
           ?
           God
           forbid
           !
           
             O
             pray
             for
             the
             peace
             of
          
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             they
             shall
             prosper
             that
             love
             thee
             :
             Let
             peace
             be
             within
             thy
             Walls
             ,
             and
             prosperity
             within
             thy
             Palaces
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Books
           Printed
           by
           Fincham
           Gardiner
           .
        
         
           A
           Continuation
           and
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Defence
           of
           Dr.
           
           Stillingfleet's
           Unreasonableness
           of
           Separation
           ,
           in
           Answer
           to
           Mr.
           Baxter
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Lob
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           Considerations
           of
           present
           use
           ,
           considering
           the
           Danger
           Resulting
           from
           the
           Change
           of
           our
           Church-Government
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           Perswasive
           to
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           Resolution
           of
           some
           Cases
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           Respect
           Church-Communion
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Case
           of
           indifferent
           things
           ,
           used
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           Proposed
           and
           Stated
           by
           considering
           these
           Questions
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           A
           Discourse
           about
           Edification
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
             The
             Resolution
             of
             this
             Case
             of
             Conscience
             ,
          
           Whether
           the
           Church
           of
           
           England's
           Symbolizing
           so
           far
           as
           it
           doth
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           makes
           it
           unlawful
           to
           hold
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ?
        
         
           6.
           
           A
           Letter
           to
           Anonymus
           ,
           in
           Answer
           to
           his
           Three
           Letters
           to
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           about
           Church-Communion
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Certain
           Cases
           of
           Conscience
           resolved
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           joyning
           with
           Forms
           of
           Prayer
           in
           Publick
           Worship
           .
           In
           two
           parts
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           The
           Case
           of
           Mixt
           Communion
           .
           Whether
           it
           be
           Lawful
           to
           separate
           from
           a
           Church
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           promiscuous
           Congregations
           ,
           and
           Mixt
           Communions
           ?
        
         
           9.
           
           An
           Answer
           to
           the
           Dissenters
           Objections
           against
           the
           Common
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Parts
           of
           Divine
           Service
           Prescribed
           in
           the
           Liturgy
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           The
           Case
           of
           Kneeling
           at
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           Stated
           and
           Resolved
           ,
           &c.
           The
           first
           Part.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66381-e130
           
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             Lightf
             .
             Hor.
             Hebr.
             in
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             4.
             
          
           
             b
             Plut.
             Probl.
             Rom.
             
          
           
             c
             Macrob.
             Saturn
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             Chrysost.
             and
             Theophyl
             .
             in
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             17.
             
          
           
             Tertul.
             Apol.
             c.
             39.
             de
             orat
             .
             l.
             6.
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Laod.
             c.
             28.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Synod
             .
             Petricov
             .
             conclus
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             An.
             1578.
             
          
           
             Philo.
             de
             Sacrif
             .
             Able
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Lightf
             .
             Hor.
             Matth.
             c.
             26.
             20.
             
          
           
             a
             Ambros.
             Tom.
             4.
             l.
             3.
             de
             Sacrament
             .
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             b
             Tertul.
             de
             orat
             .
             c.
             1
             ▪
             4.
             
          
           
             Ames
             .
             Fresh
             Suit
             ,
             l.
             2.
             
             Sect.
             23.
             &c.
             p.
             334.
             
          
           
             Casaub.
             Exercit
             .
             16.
             c.
             73.
             
          
           
             a
             Buxtorf
             .
             Exercit.
             Hist.
             Sacr.
             Coenae
             
          
           
             b
             Ames
             .
             ibid
             ▪
             p.
             342.
             n.
             XXX
             .
          
           
             a
             Ames
             .
             ibid.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             3.
             p.
             17.
             
          
           
             a
             Aug.
             Epis.
             118.
             
             Januar.
             
          
           
             b
             Basil.
             de
             Spir.
             S.
             c.
             27.
             
          
           
             c
             Aug.
             Epis.
             119.
             
             Januar.
             
          
           
             d
             Ambros.
             lib.
             2.
             de
             Sacrament
             .
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             a
             Aug.
             Epist.
             118.
             
          
           
             b
             Ambros.
             l.
             3.
             de
             Sacrament
             .
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             Levit.
             10.
             1
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             I.
             
          
           
             a
             Esth.
             9.
             27.
             
          
           
             b
             1
             King.
             12.
             32
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             c
             Isai.
             65.
             3.
             
          
           
             d
             Act.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             30.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             34.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             37.
             29.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             8.
             19.
             
          
           
             a
             Lev.
             9.
             24.
             
          
           
             b
             Ch.
             6.
             12.
             
          
           
             c
             Lev.
             16.
             12.
             46.
             
          
           
             Lev.
             9.
             24.
             
          
           
             Lev.
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             1
             Chron.
             13.
             7.
             10.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             15.
             2.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             17.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             7.
             31.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             19.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             32.
             35.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             29.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Isai.
             66.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             65.
             3
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             15.
             9.
             
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             4.
             4
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             a
             Deut.
             12.
             32.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             5.
             19.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             16.
             14
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             15.
             3.
             
          
           
             Con.
             Trid.
             Sess.
             4.
             
             Decr.
             1.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             III.
             
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Ames
             .
             Fresh
             Suit
             ,
             part
             .
             2.
             sect
             .
             2.
             command
             .
             p.
             228.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             IV.
             
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             22.
             18.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             16
             ,
             17.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Chrys.
             in
             1
             Cor.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             14.
             40.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             26.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             118.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             118.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             86.
             
          
           
             Casulano
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             2
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             19.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             15.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             10.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             14
             26.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             19.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             5.
             11.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             12.
             16.
             
          
           
             ●
             Cor.
             11.
             16.
             
          
           
             Aug.
             Epist.
             118.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             33.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             16.
             
          
           
             Aug.
             Epist.
             86.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             118.
             
             &
             86.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
          
           
             Gal
             5.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             29.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             8.
             13.
             
          
        
      
    
  

