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 Rejoinder meaneth by the Church (in England) the Convocation house; and by Christian liberty, their licentiousness, in Abridging Gods people of that liberty which Christ hath left unto them. So that, as in some parts of Germany, and Polonia, the Noble men stand mightily for the Liberty of their Country; And yet when the course of things is well weighed, that liberty is only licence for them to oppress the common people, or Boors; whom they keep under as slaves, or little better; whose goods they take from them upon every slight pretence; whose lives (in some places) can scarce satisfy them for the life of a stag, if they shoot one, spoiling their corn, even so, this Christian liberty is only for our Convocation-house to oppress the Congregations of Christ, as they do.

The Rejoynder meaneth by the Church (in England) the Convocation house; and by Christian libertie, their licentiousnesse, in Abridging Gods people of that libertie which Christ hath left unto them. So that, as in some parts of Germanie, and Polonia, the Noble men stand mightilie for the Libertie of their Countrie; And yet when the course of thinges is well weighed, that libertie is onely licence for them to oppresse the common people, or Boores; whome they keep under as slaves, or litle better; whose goods they take from them upon every slight praetence; whose lives (in some places) can scarce satisfie them for the life of a stagge, if they shoot one, spoiling their corne, even so, this Christian libertie is onely for our Convocation-house to oppresse the Congregations of Christ, as they doe.

2. The Defender his second reason, was such, as the Repl. could find no conclusion in, but that somethings abused, may afterward be rightly used: which he granted. The Rejoinder addeth, that his reason did conclude this of some human Ceremonies, from the Law of shadows. He said in deed, among other instances, that a Man or Woman, legally unclean, might he legally cleansed or purged. And can he conclude from Men and Women, to human unnecessary Ceremonies? He may as well conclude, that because ⟨p. 513⟩