A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship. Or a triplication unto. D.…A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's vvorship. Or a triplication unto. D.…

p. 73. The truth is: Mr. Jacob could never get over the block, which Mr. Cartwright, & the Admonitors ⟨image 33⟩had laid in his way (how ever Mr. Cartwright himself a man of more activity, made a shift to leap over it) namely thus: What soever is not commanded in the word, must not be in the Church:

p. 73. The truth is: Mr. Iacob could never get ouer the block, vvhich Mr. Cartvvright, & the Admonitors ⟨image 33⟩had layd in his vvay (hovv ever Mr. Cartvvright himself a man of more activity, made a shift to leape ouer it) namely thus: VVhat soeuer is not commanded in the vvord, must not be in the Church:

And yet Mr. Jacob, that he might seem to hold fair quarter with Mr. Cartwright, & other learned Divines, who acknowledge, that certain Ecclesiastical rites & Cerem: appropriated to holy actions, were left to the determination of the Church, under some general rules of the word, vvill seem to allow somewhat, he cannot tell what, some circumstances only civill, or occasional, as the time & place, which he rather calleth circumstances, then Cerem: that so, if any shall say, he alloweth nothing to the Churches determination, to be squared, by some rules: He may answer for himself & say: yes, certain circumstances are; namely such as are necessary in civill, as well as sacred actions. If on the other side, one challenge him to give some liberty to men, for the ordaining of rites, which are but extrinsical circumstances about the worship of God: He may answer for himself, he hath protested against all mere Ecclesiastical Rites, which are ordained by men, & not left so much as one, to their determination.

And yet Mr. Iacob, that he might seeme to hold fayre quarter vvith Mr. Cartvvright, & other learned Divines, vvho acknovvledge, that certayne Ecclesiasticall rites & Cerem: appropriated to holy actions, vvere left to the determination of the Church, under some generall rules of the vvord, vvill seeme to allovv somevvhat, he cannot tell vvhat, some circumstances only civill, or occasionall, as the tyme & place, vvhich he rather calleth circumstances, then Cerem: that so, if any shall say, he allovveth nothing to the Churches determination, to be squared, by some rules: He may ansvver for himself & say: yes, certayne circumstances are; namely such as are necessary in civill, as vvell as sacred actions. If on the other side, one challenge him to giue some liberty to men, for the ordayning of rites, vvhich are but extrinsecall circumstances about the vvorship of God: He may ansvver for himself, he hath protested agaynst all meere Ecclesiasticall Rites, vvhich are ordayned by men, & not left so much as one, to their determination.