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Ridley. The Prophets, Christ, nor the Apostles did not communicate with the people in any kind of worshipping forbidden by the law, or repugnant to the word. Saint Augustine in his Epistle Ad Januarium, speaking of the ceremonies of the Jews, he saith, They were burdens of the law which were delivered by the word of God, and not by the presumptions of men; but now the ceremonies are of men, and contrary to the word of God, and therefore not to be borne. In the story of Tobias, when all other went to the golden calves of Jeroboam to worship, he alone went to the Temple of the Lord to worship In the third of Kings the man of God threatened terrible plagues to the Priest of Bethel, and to the Altar which Jeroboam had made, which came to pass by King Josiah. The Prophets vehemently rebuked the people still for going a whoring with their Hill-Altars: and this was the chief cause wherefore the false Prophets ceased not to malign the true Prophets, therefore they beat them, and banished them. How otherwise can you understand the saying of S. Paul, What concord hath Christ with Belial, the believer with the Infidel, & the temple of God with Idols: for we are said to be Gods temple because God dwelleth in us: wherefore we are bidden to come out & separate our selves from them, and to touch no unclean thing, and God will receive us and be our Father, and we shall be his Sons and Daughters. In the 12. of Judith, she would not defile her self with the meats of the wicked. The Maccabees died manfully in the defence of the Law: S. Augustine saith, If we praise the Maccabees for their stoutness for the Law of Moses, how much more ought we to suffer all things for our baptism and the Lords supper, which the Mass utterly abolisheth and corrupteth.

Ridley. The Prophets, Christ, nor the Apostles did not communicate with the people in any kind of worshipping forbidden by the law, or repugmant to the word. Saint Aug•stine in his Epistle Ad Ianuarium, speaking of the ceremonies of the Iewes, he saith, They were burdens of the law which were deliuered by the word of God, and not by the presumptions of men; but now the ceremonies are of men, and contrary to the word of God, and therefore not to be borne. In the story of Tobias, when all other went to the golden calues of Ieroboam to worship, hee alone went to the Temple of the Lord to worship In the third of Kings the man of God threatned terrible plagues to the Priest of Bethell, and to the Altar which Ieroboam had made, which came to passe by King Iosias. The Prophets vehemently rebuked the people still for going a whoreing with their Hill-Altars: and this was the chiefe cause wherefore the false Prophets ceased not to maligne the true Prophets, therefore they beate them, and banished them. How otherwise can you vnderstand the saying of S. Paul, What concord hath Christ with Beliall, the beleeuer with the Infidel, & the temple of God with Idols: for we are said to be Gods temple because God dwelleth in vs: wherfore we are bidden to come out & seperat our selues from them, and to touch no vncleane thing, and God will receiue vs and be our Father, and we shall be his Sonnes and Daughters. In the 12. of Iudith, she would not defile her selfe with the meats of the wicked. The Machabees died manfully in the defence of the Law: S. Augustine saith, If we praise the Machabees for their stoutnesse for the Law of Moses, how much more ought we to suffer all things for our baptisme and the Lords supper, which the Masse vtterly abolisheth and corrupteth.