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Secondly, humane inventions are not therefore unlawful in the forms, order, circumstances, solemnity of Divine Service or worship, because they are mere humane inventions, unless in some other respect, some sinfulness be found in them, no, nor though some kind of signification be aimed at in them. For example, In some Churches I have seen a Flower set up by the hour-glass on the Pulpit, to express this conceit, that the preaching of the Word is even the Flower of the place, yet cannot think ⟨p. 15⟩any man so scrupulous, as to think it unlawful. In other Churches, hath a Lantern been fairly engraven over the Pulpit, with this word above, Thy Word is a Lantern to my feet; yet I hope no sin committed. In most Churches of great Townes, you shall see the Bible held up with an Eagle; (no question, at the first this was done, to express some conceit of Gods carrying his Word upon Eagles wings) yet I never heard man that found fault with that Image in the service of God. So in swearing, we use to lay our hands upon the Bible, and to kiss the Bible, in token of that reverence we owe to him, by whom we swear according to the contents of that Book; yet no man that I know, hath picked a quarrel with this usage, although an oath be well known to be a worthy service of God, if it be duly performed. So you may note a solemnity in swearing, used by Abraham and Jacob, of putting the hand under the thigh. So there was a solemnity accustomed in reading the Law, Nehem. 8.5, 6. which the Law it self did never prescribe. For when the Priest opened the book, all the people stood up, then did Ezra bless God with a loud voice, then did the people bow down their heads and worship: surely such standing up, such blessing, such bowing down is no where commanded in the books of Moses, neither any where else, yet no man will say, they were sinful. So had the Jews Synagogues in their Cities, and portions to be read out of the Law and Prophets, some ⟨p. 16⟩on such a day, some on such a day; yet for these the Law taketh none order at all, neither for all that did the Jews sin in having Synagogues, and the Word in such order read in them. So in the manner of celebrating the Passover, the Jews had divers orders, by name these;

Secondly, humane inuentions are not therefore vnlawfull in the formes, order, circumstances, solemnitie of Diuine Seruice or worship, because they are meere humane inuentions, vnlesse in some other respect, some sinfulnesse bee found in them, no, nor though some kind of signification bee aimed at in them. For example, In some Churches I haue seene a Flowre set vp by the houre-glasse on the Pulpit, to expresse this conceite, that the preaching of the Word is euen the Flowre of the place, yet cannot thinke