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.…

The Rejoinder answereth, that in deed, the Ceremonies themselves cannot be called worship without madness, but only the use and application of such circumstances, and rites. Now 1. mark here, how the Rejoinder who defineth a Ceremony, it is an action etc. and laugheth at the Repl. (because he said, some Ceremonies may be put to other good use, as if all Surplices were turned into poor-folks under-garments) as if the good wife of Bilson had burnt a Ceremony, when she burnt a Surplice in her oven, mark (I say) that this same Rejoinder doeth distinguish Ceremonies from their use and application. 2. Who ever was so mad (because it pleaseth him to use this term) as to say, that standing in a Pulpit, the better to be heard (which is all the use of it) is to be called worship? 3. Crossing with such expression of the signification thereof, as is used in Baptism, can neither be distinguished from the use of a Cross, nor equalled to the use of a pulpit, not yet lawfully styled true worship, without a spice of one disease or other.

The Rejoynder answereth, that in deed, the Ceremonies themselv•s cannot be called worship without madnesse, but onely the use and application of suche circumstances, and rites. Now 1. marke here, how the Rejoynder who defineth a Ceremonie, it is an action etc. and laffeth at the Repl. (because he sayd, some Ceremonies may be put to other good use, as if all Surplices were turned into poor-folkes under-garments) as if the good wife of Bilson had burnt a Ceremonie, whē she burnt a Surplice in her oven, marke (I say) that this same Rejoynder doeth distinguish Ceremonies from their use and application. 2. Who ever was so mad (because it pleaseth him to use this terme) as to say, that standing in a Pulpit, the better to be heard (which is all the use of it) is to be called worship? 3. Crossing with suche expression of the signification therof, as is used in Baptisme, can neyther be distinguished from the use of a Crosse, nor aequalled to the use of a pulpit, not yet lawfully styled true worship, without a spice of one disease or other.

4. The first witness brought in for us, is Calvin, inst. l. 4. cap. 10. sect. 8. All those constitutions are wicked, in the observation whereof we place any worship to God. The Def. answereth, he meant not by worship, circumstances of order. Which the Repl. readily granted: because it were non sense, to say, all observations in which circumstances of order are placed, be wicked. To this the Rejoinder saith first, it is a baby. 2. he saith,