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.…

For a conclusion of this, that we may not altogether send the Reader away with these uncertainties, withdrawing our selves from the Rej. his by paths, we will in a word or two, a little enquire, what the word of truth, gives us to consider, touching Ceremonies, and see if we can hit the old and the good way, the Kings road of righteousness.

For a concl•sion of this, that we may not altogether send the Reader away with these uncertainties, withdrawing our selves from the Rej. his by paths, we will in a word or two, a little enquire, what the word of truth, gives us to consider, touching Ceremonies, and see if we can hitt the ould and the good way, the Kings roade of righteousnes.

If then we look into the scriptures,¹ which are all to inform us, in all things we should do, we shall find no other names of such Cere. which the Lord hath either required, or the church used, but those: TO RAH CHOKIM MISPAT: but the Cere. part of Gods service, was made known most usually by the last word CHO KIM, coming of a root, which signifies, to grave, frame, carve, fashion in manner of a statue or picture, and is applied as the Hebrews observe, to appoint or make the first rude draught of a thing, and so it fitly imports those services which were enjoined the Israelites, by means of outward sensible, carnal things, all which were but like the horn-book or primmer, for the church to be schooled by, when it was in its infancy and nonage, and therefore are called, elements of the world, carnal rites, beggarly rudiments, to wit, because these were only supplementa to those spiritual ordinances, which are called moral or substantial: for whereas there be some ordinances of God, which carry a constant and perpetual equity and necessity of our honouring of the Lord: As that there should be a rule made known, to counsel and advise ⟨p. 36⟩us, how he will be worshipped: requisite it is, we should hear, read, meditate, confer, suffer our selves to be squared by this rule and word: Equity, necessity requires we should pray,