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.…

3. From the former consideration, the Defen. was challenged, for having gone about to deceive us, often times before, by confounding all circumstances of order and decency, with properly called Ceremonies; whereas now, in the winding up of all, he confesseth, that they cannot be properly called Ceremonies, except they be significant. The Rejoinder his answer is, that all such circumstances are some way significant, though not symbolically: because they signify some way what is to be done, or where, or when, or why, or how. Now though every circumstance doeth some way argue that whereof it is a circumstance, and so in a large sense may be called a sign of it; yet 1. every circumstance is not a sign of what is to be done: because some have no place, until the thing be done. 2. Both the Def. and Rej. have hitherto confounded indicant and symbolical signs, except only one place, where (for a shift) the Rej. saith, Beza, differing in phrase from other Divines, meaneth by Symbolical, Sacramental signs, pag. 264.265. Here therefore to distinguish them, is to confess their former dealing not fair.

3. From the former consideration, the Defen. was challenged, for having gone about to deceive us, often times before, by confounding all circumstances of order and decency, with properly called Ceremonies; whereas now, in the winding up of all, he confesseth, that they cannot be properly called Ceremonies, except they be significant. The Rejoynder his answere is, that all such circumstances are some way significant, though not symbolically: because they signifie some way what is to be done, or where, or when, or why, or how. Now though every circumstance doeth some way argue that whereof it is a circumstance, and so in a large sense may bee called a signe of it; yet 1. every circumstance is not a signe of what is to be done: because some have no place, untill the thing be done. 2. Both the Def. and Rej. have hitherto confounded indicant and symbolicall signes, except onely one place, where (for a shift) the Rej. sayth, Beza, differing in phraze from other Divines, meaneth by Symbolicall, Sacramentall signes, pag. 264.265. Heere therefore to distinguish them, is to confesse their former dealing not faire.