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.…

To this it was replied, that it doeth not appear out of the text, that there was intended any use for the praesent age, that then lived: nay the contrary may be gathered out of the 24. and 25. verses: We have done it for f•ar of this thing, saying: In time to come, your children might speak unto our children, &c. So shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord. The Rejoinder opposeth, that there is afterward mention made of us, and you. But that is nothing: because it noteth only, that the generations to come, may deny us, on this side Jordan, not ⟨p. 325⟩to have been joint Tribes with you on the other side of that River. Upon this, the Repl. concluded, that this Altar was no direct help unto devotion. To which is rejoined, that it was not a direct (that is immediate) help unto devotion; but immediately significative, & collaterally for devotion it was. Such distinctions I never heard, nor read. Any man may see, that a Ceremony directly and immediately signifying a spiritual duty, is a direct & immediate help to devotion. To what other help, this help was collateral, I would fain know.

To this it was replied, that it doeth not appear out of the text, that ther was intended any use for the praesent age, that then lived: nay the contrarie may be gathered out of the 24. and 25. verses: We have doen it for f•ar of this thing, saying: In time to come, your children might speak unto our children, &c. So shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord. The Rejoynder opposeth, that ther is afterward mention made of us, and you. But that is nothing: because it noteth onely, that the generations to come, may denie us, on this side Iordan, not ⟨p. 325⟩to have been joint Tribes with you on the other side of that River. Vpon this, the Repl. concluded, that this Altar was no direct helpe unto devotion. To which is rejoyned, that it was not a direct (that is immediat) help unto devotion; but immediatly significative, & collaterally for devotion it was. Suche distinctions I never heard, nor read. Any man may see, that a Ceremonie directly and immediatly signifying a spirituall dutie, is a direct & immediat help to devotion. To what other help, this help was collaterall, I would fain know.