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.…

It being an old received rule, amongest not only Logicians, but even reasonable men, idem operari, ide• esse, the same working, and the same being, go bot• together.

It being an ould receaved rule, amongest not only Logitians, but even reasonable men, idem operari, ide• esse, the same working, and the same being, goe bot• together.

But where the same use and the same end is properly religious, there is same operari or acting of the essential causes of worship: Ergo, there must need be the same essential causes: For when God hath ⟨p. 47⟩appointed such means to be used to such an end, the appointment being past, the worship is not yet, before those means and end come, and they carry the essence of the action.

But where the same use and the same end is properl• religious, there is same operari or acting of the essentiall causes of worship: Ergo, there must need be the same essentiall causes: For when God hath ⟨p. 47⟩appointed such meanes to be used to such an end, the appointment being past, the worship is not yet, before those meanes and end come, and they cary the essence of the action.

2. We may borrow the ground of another argument from he Rej. own grant elsewhere, for pag. 38. speaking of superstitious Ceremonies he hath these words: Ceremonies are superstitious, when men worshipping only the true God, yet place and utt upon their own Ceremonies, the title of Divine, as in effect, when the proper service of God is placed in them, or merit, r necessity, holiness and efficacy, though by virtue of the churches institution: For what can be said more of Gods ordinances then this, nay not all this truly, I mean, for merit &c. hence I reason diversly.