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.…

2. The second answer is, that Convocations do good sometimes, in confirming what was decreed before. Which is sometime true, viz. If the things decreed before, were of themselves good, and had need of the Convocations confirmation. But sometime such confirmations are only for fashion-sake; As when the Council of Trent confirmed the Holy Scripture, the Apostolical Creed &c. and then there is very little, or no good done, more than was formerly done to their hands. Any other confirmation of good, I do not know our Convocations to be guilty of, nor can I understand, when, whence, and how the Convocation had Commission to confirm any thing, without making of new Canons. A Law of Confirmation is necessary to Canons: but Canons of confirmation are not necessary to Laws established. Neither can it be showed that so much hath been given or committed to the Convocation. Nor if it were, could that be done without Canons (in some respect) new. And so much (it seemeth) Dr. B. knew, from whence it is that he addeth; Or if they have done nothing, ⟨p. 119⟩because they have had no commission, to which they are limited •y Act of Parliament, where lieth the blame? If they have •one nothing! What a miserable supposition is this? To •oe nothing in so long a time, is to be no Synod, no Mother-Church, nor good Milk-nurse, but a dead Carcass, bearing an empty name of both. If they had no •ommission to do good, they had no commission to be • Mother-Church. If the Parliament hath limited them •o a commission, it was because they durst not trust •hem without. Yet the blame of not doing good cannot •ye upon the Parliament, because they never sought to •t, or by it, for a commission of doing any good; Nor yet of the Kings Majesty, (where the Rej. seemeth to leave •t) except they have declared what necessity there was •hey should do some good, and to that intent made petition for a commission; Let it lye therefore upon the convocation it self, which representeth, as an Image, or maketh show of some good but doth none at all.