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.…

If non-residents, double treble beneficed men, unable, perverse, scandalous, half-Popish Ministers, have not had a finger in them? If those trumpeters, & drummers, who proclaim the innocency, & justness of our Prelates proceedings, have not brought something to the furtherance of these mischiefs? If you speak your conscience, it must needs say, yes; &, so confess, it was your passion, not your judgement, that obtruded all upon Non-conformity.

If non-residents, double treble beneficed men, unable, perverse, scandalous, half-Popish Ministers, haue not had a finger in them? If those trumpetours, & drummers, vvho proclayme the innocency, & justnesse of our Prelats proceedings, haue not brought something to the furtherance of these mischeifes? If you speake your conscience, it must needs say, yes; &, so confesse, it vvas your passion, not your judgement, that obtruded all upon Non-conformity.

The state of this war is this: we (as it becometh Christians) stand upon the sufficiency of Christs institutions, for all kind of worship: and that exclusively, the word, (say we,) & nothing but the word, in matters of Religious worship. The Prelates rise up on the other side, & vvill needs have us allow, & use certain humane Ceremonies of Religion in our Christian worship. We desire to be excused, as holding them unlawful. Christ we know: & all that cometh from him, we are ready to embrace. But these human Cerem: in divine worship we know ⟨image 40⟩not, nor can have any thing to do with them; upon this they make fierce war upon us, & yet by the pen of D. B. lay all the fault of this war, & the mischiefs of it, upon our backs. Now all ye that pass by, consider, & judge, what equity is used, in such dealing? They vvill say, all things are to be done decently & in order. To which we willingly consent, but allege again, that we cannot apprehend these Cerem: to be necessary for order, & decency. They (as our Lords) tell us, it is enough for our Consciences, that They esteem them so. Our Consciences tell us, this is to usurp the place of God, what can we say less, then that we vvill follow our Consciences, rather then their wills?