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.…

Moreover, either they be ordained of God by Moses, or they be delivered by Christ God manifested in the flesh, or they be ordained by the holy Ghost working and speaking in the Apostles, or they are of men, either godly or wicked. Those Ceremonies & Levitical garments, which were ordained of God by Moses, ought all of them to have an end after the death of Christ, as the Scriptures show plainly, especially the Epistles of Paul to the Coloss. and Hebr. therefore they cannot be revoked and called back without the transgression of Gods will. It cannot be said that Christ taught them, because there is no word extant to that end, but rather he taught plainly oftentimes, that all Moses his Ceremonies were ended. And the same ⟨p. 60⟩I affirm concerning the Apostles. It remains therefore that they be said to be of men. If they be from godly men, then were they ordained of them, either to edification, or for order and comeliness. But they avail not to edification, that is, to further comeliness, but rather tend to the overthrow of it, as we saw before; neither for any good order, but rather they tend to disorder, for there is a confusion of godly & wicked Bishops, whereas it is meet and equal, that one of them be discerned from another, even by their garments also. Neither do they make Christs spouse comely, as we showed a little before. Therefore we ought not to yield unto them. And such things as have been invented by men, void of Gods Spirit, do nothing appertain to us. Lastly, the Apostles used not these garments. For we have no authentic testimony. Now the church is to be fashioned after the rule of that Apostolical Church in Ceremonies and garments, as well as in Doctrine. What do we then with these garments in the Church? By whose authority can they be approved? What profit or wholesome use can the Christian people have by them? But on the contrary we have showed that godliness is weakened by them, the pure worship of God is violated, Popish superstition is by little and little called back, the godly be offended, the wicked be confirmed and hardened in their ungodlinesses; the weak in faith are brought into hazard of their salvation; there are occasions of many evils given; Monks and other Popish preachers are hereby helped to confirm their followers in their superstition; the wrath of God is provoked against us;

Moreover, either they be ordained of God by Moses, or they be delivered by Christ God manifested in the flesh, or they be ordained by the holy Ghost working and speaking in the Apostles, or they are of men, either godly or wicked. Those Ceremonies & Leviticall garments, which were ordained of God by Moses, ought all of them to have an end after the death of Christ, as the Scriptures shew plainly, especially the Epistles of Paul to the Coloss. and Hebr. therfore they cannot be revoked and called back without the transgression of Gods will. It cannot be sayd that Christ taught them, because there is no word extant to that end, but rather he taught plainly oftentimes, that all Moses his Ceremonies were ended. And the same