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.…

3. Every error of opinion doeth not make essential false worship: he should therefore have told us, what error he meant. The Def. nameth opinion of justice, sanctity, efficacy, or divine necessity: and the Rejoinder mentioneth often such and such opinion, held of the Papists, concerning all their Ceremonies. Of this enough is said, Manud. sect. 7. For the present, I deny, that such an erroneous opinion, by it self, and of it self, doeth not make essential false worship. Opinion is but an adjuvant efficient cause of that affective act, wherein the essence of internal worship consisteth: and the external acts of worship, though efficiently differenced by opinion, or faith, are essentially distinguished by their form, and end. A man may have an opinion, that is just, holy, efficacious, and necessary, to perform diverse works of the second Table, nay upon some occasions, to tell a lie, even against the second Table. Yet none speaking properly, will call, that essential false worship, which is a sin directly against the first Table. Hitherto therefore, I see no monster of the Repl. his making. And if we consider his reason well, which the Rejoinder made to it, the mishaping of things will be found on the other side. If (saith the Repl.) worship did vary according unto mens opinions, then a man may go to Mass, conceiving another private opinion to himself, then Mas-mongers use to have: and our Convocation may appoint us the grossest of all Popish Ceremonies, if they set another opinion upon it. The Rejoinder his answers are diverse, and some of them strange ones. 1. His first is, that going to mass may be a ⟨p. 127⟩sin of scandal and presumption, though a man go not thitherto worship. By going to Mass (according to the use of our speech) is meant, doing all those external actions, which Mas-mongers use to perform. Now the question is, whether he that performeth all those external actions (intending only to save his life thereby, as having no opinion of any other good in so doing) doeth only sin of scandal, and presumption, or else over and beside this, is guilty of external false worship? the Rejoinder seemeth to say, no, he is not guilty of false worship. But when the Christians of the Primitive Church, did with such an opinion, lay but a little incense upon the Heathens Altars, they were by all Orthodox censured for Idolatry.

3. Every error of opinion doeth not make essentiall false worship: he should therfore have tolde us, what error he meant. The Def. nameth opinion of justice, sanctitie, efficacie, or divine necessitie: and the Rejoynder mentioneth often suche and such opinion, held of the Papists, concerning all their Ceremonies. Of this enough is sayd, Manud. sect. 7. For the present, I denie, that suche an erronious opinion, by it self, and of it self, doeth not make essentiall false worship. Opinion is but an adjuvant efficient cause of that affective act, wherin the essence of internall worship consisteth: and the externall acts of worship, though efficiently differenced by opinion, or faith, are essentially distinguished by their forme, and ende. A man may have an opinion, that is just, holy, efficacious, and necessarie, to performe diverse workes of the second Table, nay upon some occasions, to tell a lie, even against the second Table. Yet none speaking properly, will call, that essentiall false worship, which is a sinne directly against the first Table. Hitherto therfore, I see no monster of the Repl. his making. And if we consider his reason well, which the Rejoynder made to it, the mishaping of thinges will be found on the other side. If (sayth the Repl.) worship did varie occording unto mens oppinions, then a man may goe to Masse, conceyving another privat opinion to himself, then Mas-mongers use to have: and our Convocation may appoint us the grossest of all Popish Ceremonies, if they set another opinion upon it. The Rejoynder his answers are diverse, and some of them strange ones. 1. His first is, that goeing to masse may be a