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.…

Many reasons have been in other mens heads, which never came to the knowledge of our Def. and Rejoinder. And he is immediately told, that it is for substance in every one of our Divines, which hath written of worship: because they all, teaching that the common nature of worship required no more, then that it hath the honouring of God for the direct end of it, they add, that if this be according to Gods commandment, it is true worship, if not, false. And the Def. was urged to show one instance to the contrary. The Rejoinder is made, 1. by repeating over the empty terms, of in it self proper, essential, real, necessary, etc. Which have been so often discovered to be nothing but terms, that it were an idle tedious business, for to insist upon them again. Yet some few things may be observed, as proper to this place.

Many reasons have been in other mens heads, which never came to the knowlege of our Def. and Rejoynder. And he is immediatly tould, that it is for substance in every one of our Divines, which hath written of worship: because they all, teaching that the common nature of worship required no more, then that it hath the honoring of God for the direct ende of it, they adde, that if this be according to Gods commandement, it is true worship, if not, false. And the Def. was urged to shew one instance to the contrarie. The Rejoynder is made, 1. by repeating over the emptie termes, of in it self proper, essentiall, reall, necessarie, etc. Which have been so often discovered to be nothing but termes, that it were an idle tedious buisinesse, for to insist upon them againe. Yet some few thinges may be observed, as proper to this place.

First we are told here, that it is essential to proper essential worship, be it true or false, that it tend of it self, and immediately, to the honour of God. So then we have the common nature of proper worship, as it is common to true and false worship. Now add unto this that which is added, pag. 125.126. that this worship, if it be required of God, is true, if not, false. Now this being granted, our whole Argument is granted, so far as it concerneth proper worship. For by this confession of the Rejoinder it is plain, that the institution of God doeth not make a thing proper worship, but only true proper worship, and the want of it doeth make proper worship false.