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.…

Now for the second way of one church, by association, and combination of all particular churches into one profession, worship, and discipline: This is good, thus far, and the very same with that collective consideration, which the Repl. mentioned, and the Rej. termed a new misty inexplicable nothing, except combination doth mistily cover under it, the swallowing up of particular congregations, by National, Provincial, Diocesan churches. But ⟨p. 91⟩•s for that clause, that this must needs include, such orders and offices as our Hierarchy: this is either a begging, or a stealing of the main question: For 1. this Hierarchy consisteth of officers and orders (by the Rej. own confession) human, not divine: now association of profession, worship and discipline, may certainly be had by officers and orders divine. 2. The reformed churches of France, have their association, and combination, without any Hierarchy. 3. The Hierarchy doth not associate churches, under it, but subdue all to it self, so that, as the Pope, is sometime esteemed the Church of Rome, and sometime, he with his assistants, so is our Hierarchy in England.¹ Beza in his notes of the church not far from the end, giveth warning of this: I most willingly leave the whole frame of Episcopal authority to the Papists: of which (I openly profess) the Holy Spirit of God, was never the author, but human policy, which if we do not observe, to be accursed by God, we certainly as yet see nothing at all: and nourish we do a viper in our bosoms which will kill the mother. This prophecy is too true of the Hierarchy, as in other respects, so in this, that it seemeth to devour, our mother churches title, liberty, right and power, and in a great part hath prevailed.

Now for the second way of one church, by association, and combination of all particular churches into one profession, worship, and discipline: This is good, thus farr, and the very same with that collective consideration, which the Repl. mentioned, and the Rej. termed a new mistie inexplicable nothing, except combination doth mistyly cover under it, the swallowing up of particular congregations, by Nationall, Provinciall, Diocesan churches. But ⟨p. 91⟩•s for that clause, that this must needs include, such orders and offices as our Hyerarchye: this is either a begging, or a stealing of the mayne quaestion: For 1. this Hierarchye consisteth of officers and orders (by the Rej. owne confession) humaine, not divine: now associaion of profession, worship and discipline, may certainly be had by officers and orders divine. 2. The reformed churches of France, have their association, and combinaion, without any Hierarchye. 3. The Hierarchye doth not associate churches, under it, but subdue all to it self, so that, as the Pope, is sometyme esteemed the Church of Rome, and sometyme, he with his assistants, so is our Hierarchye in England.