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The Def. and Rej. abstain every day upon conscience from innumerable things forbidden concerning Gods worship, as from Popish Idolatries, Mahometicall impostures, & all the rabble of those devilish devises, which are among the Heathen. Yet I do not think, that they themselves conceive, their acts of daily worship to arise in account, unto such a number, as is there to be found, of such things forbidden. The plain truth is, that an abstaining ⟨p. 101⟩from this or that instituted, or chosen to be observed, in the worship of God, & for the honouring of God •herby, is a kind of Cere. worship: But the mere abstaining from this or that unlawful action upon conscience of Gods command is no special worship, nor was ever •o esteemed. 6. But out of D.A. who saith; That Religion is an observance whereby we perform those things which directly belong to the giving of honour to God, so much may be wrung •s the Rej. meaneth, viz. that if any observance be made of •et doing any thing, which God hath not forbidden, of purpose & directly to give honour to God in the not doing thereof, this must needs be an excess of religion a negative superstition. Just so as not observing, is observance; not doing a thing, is performance of it, as the purposed abstaining from that which •ppeareth a dishonouring of God is a direct giving of honour •nto him. 7. Neither is the other allegation out of D. A. to any better purpose than the former: There is a superstition sometimes in abstaining from certain lawful things, viz. when some singular service, & honour is by that abstinence intended. Did the Rep. ever deny this? Nay, doeth he not expressly confess as much in these words; The superstitions excess of religion, do•th sometimes seem to consist in a •egation, viz. when t•at very negation, abstinence, or forbearing is held for a special worship? The Rej. indeed, seemeth to find a difference in that term of singular: But that is to find a knot in a rush; For by singular Dr. A. meant the same thing which the Replyer meant by special, according as these terms are often promiscuously used. The descant therefore which the Rej. maketh upon this occasion, that we fancy our non-conformity so singular a piece of service,