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.…

so that it hath relation to all these religious politic, profane practises at once, I would fain have the Rej. tell me, what a kind of Ceremony this is? If he say religious, ⟨p. 61⟩I then demand, is it Anabaptisticall, Papistical, Judaical, Lutheran, Protestant, Arminian, superstitious, or truly religious cerem. is it any one of these, or all of these, for to them all it serves in their intentions, and purposed observation, and by the institution of him that set it up haply. Nay it hath relation to many other affairs, and so it shall be a politic, civill cerem. it serves to that end, it may be called, a riding, a playing, a drunken ceremo. for it serves at once to all these purposes, and in all their intentions and purposed observations hath equal relations unto all: Again those things whose end is immediately Gods honour, they must be able to cause that honour, for each thing can reach his own and immediate end, in the course of nature, or rational institution, one time or other: But all things which only attend upon religious affairs, can never attain this end, or cause the worship of God in lifting up his honour: of this kind are time and place, being bare circumstances: the like may be said of the font, which is no more sacred, then the mud & banks were that contained the water of Jordan where baptism was celebrated.

so that it hath relation to all these religious politike, prophane practises at once, I would fayne have the Rej. tell me, what a kynd of Ceremony this is? If he say religious, ⟨p. 61⟩I then demaund, is it Anabaptisticall, Papisticall, Iudaicall, Lutheran, Protestant, Arminian, superstitious, or truely religious cerem. is it any one of these, or all of these, for to them all it serves in their intentions, and purposed observation, and by the institution of him that sett it up happely. Nay it hath relation to many other affaires, and so it shall be a politike, civill cerem. it serves to that end, it may be called, a riding, a playing, a drunken ceremo. for it serves at once to all these purposes, and in all their intentions and purposed observations hath equall relations unto all: Againe those things whose end is immediatly Gods honour, they must be able to cause that honour, for each thing can reach his owne and immediate end, in the course of nature, or rationall institution, one tyme or other: But all things which only attend upon religious affaires, can never attaine this end, or cause the worship of God in lifting up his honour: of this kynd are tyme and place, being bare circumstances: the like may be sayd of the font, which is no more sacred, then the mudd & banks were that contained the water of Iordā wher baptisme was celebrated.