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.…

8. Concerning faithfulness in Ritual ordinances, the Def. mentioned the ordaining of two essential and necessary Sacraments. Which allegation the Replier esteemed nothing to the purpose. Yes verily (saith the Rejoinder) it is some thing. It is in deed something, but this something is nothing at all pertaining to mere Rituals. For so the Defend. and Rejoinder both confess expressly, that these two Sacraments are not mere Rituals.

8. Concerning faithfulnesse in Rituall ordinances, the Def. mentioned the ordeyning of two essentiall and necessarie Sacraments. Which allegation the Replier esteemed nothing to the purpose. Yes verely (sayth the Rejoynder) it is some thing. It is in deed something, but this something is nothing at all perteyning to mere Rituals. For so the Defend. and Rejoynder both confesse expresly, that these two Sacraments are not mere Rituals.

9. The Def. addeth, that as Moses appointed Ceremonies, ⟨p. 11⟩so Christ removed them. Which explication of Scripture being blamed by the Replier, the Rejoinder answereth 1. That it is not an interpretation of the text, but an answer to an objection from the text. And yet the same Rejoinder in his Sum of the Def. his answer that it is a comparison of the fidelity of Christ and Moses. And all the text, and objection, from the text, consisteth in this comparison. 2. It is a proper answer saith the Rejoinder, for if Christ was faithful in removing Ceremonies, before necessary, then be need not prescribe other Ceremonies then simply necessary, and so not all mere Ceremonies. Is not this a proper consequence? there is no connection at all betwixt the first and second part, the appointed Ceremonies are therefore only called simply necessary, because they were appointed by Divine authority: and yet of such it is said, that Christ need not appoint other, whereas in deed he could not appoint other; and that he needed not appoint mere Ceremonies, that is Humane, which if he should have done, it had implied a contradiction, mere Ceremonies (in the Def. and Rejoinders opinion being such as are not appointed by authority divine. 3. It is added by the Rejoinder that the fidelity of Christ appeared in removing those Ceremonies of Moses, and the thing compared is fidelity. Both which are true, but not to the purpose: because the comparison is not in fidelity abstractly considered, but in fidelity about the building and furnishing all the house of God; of which, the abolishing of Mosaical Ceremonies, is no substantial part.