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.…

4. Out of the former premises, the Replier concluded that the Defendant had wretched penury of Scripture proofs, for retaining of human unnecessary Ceremonies, notoriously known to have been, and be abused unto Idolatry. This was his meaning, according to the state of the question. Here the Rejoinder first opposeth, that two instances from the holy Scripture, rightly taken, are proof enough. Which is very true: but that same rightly taken, was here wanting, as hath been sufficiently declared.

4. Out of the former premises, the Replier concluded that the Defendant had wreched penury of Scripture proof•s, for retaining of human unnec•ssary Ceremonies, notoriously knowne to have beene, and be abused unto Idolatry. This was his meaning, according to the state of the question. Heere the Rejoynder first opposeth, that two instances from the holy Scripture, rightly taken, are proofe enough. Which is very true: but that same rightly tak•n, was heere wanting, as hath beene sufficiently declared.

In the second place, to supply the Defendant his penury, the Rejoinder bringeth abundance of instances, out of his old store. 1. Kneeling, bowing, prostrating, lifting up of the eyes, and of the hands, shouting, and dancing for joy. But these we absolutely deny to be human inventions. The Rej. knew this: and therefore by prevention, replieth: to say these are not human inventions, because they partly spring out of natural light, is as much as to say, they are not, because th•y are human inventions: for what are human inventions, but such as spring out of natural light? What? the Cross, and Surplice; the Cornered-Cap, and tippet; the Bishops Rochet, and Cope; with a thousand such like; which whosoever will equal, or (in regard of naturalness and wilful invention) liken unto l•fting up of eyes and hands, &c. in prayer, must for that time, lay aside right natural invention, and judgement. I think it would trouble all the Graduates in England to find out that natural light, from whence Bachelors of Art, Masters of Art, Bachelors and Doctors of Divinity received their several kinds of Hoods; even as much as