A second manuduction, for Mr. Robinson. Or a confirmation of the former, in an…

4. He acknowledgeth that for the very use of a set form of prayer he will not separate from a true church in things lawful▪ But many differences he findeth betwixt the set forms of other churches & that which is used in England, even so many as make the service-book a hateful Idol advanced above all that is called God. The temper of which speech I leave to be considered of himself & others. My argument is granted; viz: that a set form of prayer in it self is not a sufficient cause of denying all public communion. Let the manner of imposing be as hateful as Mr. R. would make it: yet in those actions where it is not used, nor yet imposed, as in that exercise of Mr. Perkins with other like, that infection is conveyed by it I cannot possibly conceive. I desire a friend to hear with me a sermon preached by a godly man, where he shall neither see nor hear any thing else beside the sermon, & such prayers as belong unto it; will any sense allow him to answer, no I dare not, there is an idol imposed under the name of service? Surely I should think he wanted sleep that would speak so idly.

4. He acknowledgeth that for the very use of a set forme of prayer he will not seperate from a true church in things lawfull▪ But many differences he findeth betwixt the set formes of other churches & that which is used in England, even so many as make the service-book a hatefull Idol advanced above all that is called God. The temper of which speach I leaue to be considered of himself & others. My argument is granted; viz: that a set forme of prayer in it self is not a sufficient cause of denijng all publick communion. Let the manner of imposing be as hatefull as Mr. R. would make it: yet in those actions where it is not used, nor yet imposed, as in that exercise of Mr. Perkins with other like, that infection is conveyed by it I cannot possibly conceyve. I desire a freind to hear with me a sermon preached by a godly man, where he shall neyther see nor hear any thing else beside the sermon, & such prayers as belong unto it; wil any sense allow him to answer, no I dare not, ther is an idol imposed under the name of service? Surely I should think he wanted sleep that would speak so idly.