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.…

The reasons rendered by the Defendant, for the Nicene prohibition of keeping Easter as the Jews, are three: 1. Hatred of the Jews. 2. Because of the Jews insultations. 3. For uniformity. Of the last, it was Replied, that uniformity might have been, if all could have been drawn to the same time with the Jews. Which the Rejoinder confesseth to be true, if they could have been drawn thereto as well. Where 1. He taketh it for granted, that all were well drawn to the time determined; the contrary whereof appeareth, as in others, so in our ancient Britons. 2. Well or ill, that is, easily or hardly, these make no difference in uniformity, but only in the means of accomplishing the same. The other two reasons are said by the Replier, to agree unto our Ceremonies; because we are to hate the Idolatrous superstitions of the Papists, with a perfect hatred; and the Papists insult over us, for borrowing our Ceremonies from them. About this (because it could not be denied) the Rejoinder spendeth many words and phrases, partly ⟨p. 450⟩Rhetorically good, and partly Morally not good; which I leave as I found: because there is no doing with them, but in great leisure, or in idle time.

The reasons rendred by the Defendant, for the Nicene prohibition of keeping Easter as the Iewes, are three: 1. Hatred of the Iewes. 2. Because of the Iewes insultations. 3. For uniformity. Of the last, it was Replied, that uniformity might have beene, if all could have beene drawne to the same time with the Iewes. Which the Rejoynder confesseth to be true, if they could have beene drawne thereto as well. Where 1. He taketh it for granted, that all were well drawne to the time determined; the contrary whereof appeareth, as in others, so in our ancient Britons. 2. Well or ill, that is, easily or hardly, these make no difference in uniformity, but onely in the meanes of accomplishing the same. The other two reasons are sayd by the Replier, to agree unto our Ceremonies; because we are to hate the Idolatrous superstitions of the Papists, with a perfect hatred; and the Papists insult over us, for borrowing our Ceremonies from them. About this (because it could not be denied) the Rejoynder spendeth many words and phrazes, partly ⟨p. 450⟩Rhetorically good, and partly Morally not good; which I leave as I found: because there is no doing with them, but in greate leisure, or in idle time.