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. That the ceremonies then controverted were imposed by Papists, with Popish intention, which kind of Ceremonies the Rej. doth seem, in all his book to disclaim. 5. That in this Question, the Rej. (under the •ame of certain reverend Divines, doth seem to join •im self with the Adiaphorists and the interim, against which Calvin, and Illiricus did contend. 6. It may •urther also be observed, that the Rej. doth on the other •art, join with Illiricus, in defence of images for religious use even in temples, for about these images did •lliricus write, against the reformed churches, as is to be •eene in Ursine, Par. 2. Pag. 45. where he is confuted by name, and accused to have too large a conscience, in esteeming such images indifferent; yet both D. Morton, •nd D. Burgess are now come to the same largeness, that they may find room for significant Ceremonies in ⟨p. 10⟩Gods worship as appeareth in this Rej. cap. 3. sect. 7. For the Protestants most received opinion of human Ceremonies, Cassander (whose steps the Def. and Rej. follow in this cause) is a good witness. They have not only omitted these Ceremonies as less profitable, ¹& superfluous, but the most have esteemed them, as foppish, babish and ridiculous, yea that they were to be condemned, and abandoned as noxious & pernicious. And our Martyr book doth give sufficient testimony, how diverse of the Godly Martyrs, did absolutely condemn all human Ceremonies in Gods worship. To name one for all: This was the first occasion of Mr. Tho. Hawkes, his persecution, and this he defended unto the death, against Bonner: Harpsfeild, Fecknam and Chadsye: No ceremonies (saith he) but those which Christ hath appointed: In which story, it is to be marked,² that Boners Chaplain, and Kinsman Derbyshire, granted as our Def. and Rej, do, that their human Ceremonies were not necessary to salvation, but only to instruction: In this cause of Cerem. saith: Dr. Willet, Richard Gibson gave up his life pa. 111. Synop. In the beginning of Queen Elizabeth Reign, there was a company of honest men, that for the Ceremonies, refused to join with the Parish assemblies at London, as appeareth in the examination of John Smith, W. Nyxson &c. extant in the book called part of a Register, will any man think, that they esteemed those Cere: for which they made a kind of separation to be lawful?