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.…

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,² that we should have seals of the covenant to confirm us in regard of our infirmity, how ever there needed none in regard of Gods immutability, but to let out his love to us, in the full source of it: Again equal and necessary it is, we should in the name of Christ, cast out what is contrary, and will destroy his kingdom, his prophetical and priestly office, and so his honour: But to have outward elements carnal, and sensible rites, to teach our minds, to carry up our hearts to God, laying aside the minority of the church, there is not a perpetual necessity of •hese, nor add they to the substance of the service, but only help me, because I am weak, and dim sighted, like so many spectacles, to succour my dazzling eye: and therefore are Cerem. the first draught of outward ordinances: Now all the outward types appointed thus by God, which foretold Christ to come, and those other rites which by way of signification taught our minds, and so helped and stirred our hearts outward to grace or duty, all these are ceremonies: