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.…

IN the second section, the Rejoinder hath nothing materially, to be newly, or now first confuted, save only that about adding to Gods word, and worship: which only therefore, needeth here to be discussed.

IN the second section, the Rejoynder hath nothing materially, to be newly, or now first confuted, save onely that about adding to Gods word, and worship: which onely therfore, needeth here to be discussed.

1. Gods laws of Praemunire, against all humane presumptions, in his Worship, are famously known. Deut. 4. and 12. Thou shalt not add any thing thereto. No man ever writ one sheet of paper against Popish Ceremonies, which did not confute them by these places. The Papists have marked this: Haeretiti accusantes Ceremonias a Deo non institutas, superstitionis, & idolatriae, fundantur praecipue in Deut. 12. Swarez de Relig. vol. 1. lib. 2. cap: 1. The Def. and the Rejoinder their answer, is the same, that most Papists use: In these places, where ⟨p. 116⟩addition is forbidden, is meant only addition of corruption, not any addition of preservation and additions made divine, not humane. Now 1. for the first part of the first distinction, God forbiddeth only an addition of corruption, It is worth the considering, which learned Chamier answereth,¹ The bringing in of a Contrary precept is neither used for, nor can be called Addition, for in Addition both remain, but contraries destroy each other. He that setteth a house on fire, or poisoneth a man, or corrupteth any thing, is not usually said to add unto them. 2. By the second distinction, no addition unto Gods will and testament, is more forbidden, then unto mans. As it were a sin to add any thing unto Gods Testament as divine, so also were it to add any thing unto mans testament, or testimony, and make it his, when it is not his. None may add any thing to D. M. his Defence, or D. B. his Rejoinder, and make it theirs, when it is not theirs. Such additions, are usually called lies, sufficiently forbidden by the ninth Commandment: so that no indifferent man will think, that nothing more is contained in these prohibitions, so often and earnestly urged, in strict reference unto the holy ordinances, and worship of God, which by this interpretation, can challenge no privilege from them.