A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved

2. When their Practice is not rightly grounded, it is no better than Folly, how fair soever and plausible it may seem. When men set up a Religion merely of mans devising, contrive new ways of Worshipping God, which he himself never appointed, and so indeed impose upon him, and prescribe to him what they think must certainly please him. This is unreasonable, for men to think that their Inventions or others Traditions can be more acceptable to God than his own Institutions, that Sacrifice can go further than Obedience would have done. They would themselves be served according to their own minds and not their Servants pleasure, and why should not God? They would not have ⟨p. 59⟩their Commands neglected that their Servants Will might be performed, and how foolish is it then to adhere to their own Inventions though with the slighting of Gods Institutions? and yet how few be there that are so addicted to Humane Observances, but they are careless of Gods Appointments? Gods Commands being the Great, and only Warrantable reason of all Divine Worship, whatever Worship is uncommanded, cannot be but unreasonable.

2. When their Practice is not rightly grounded, it is no better than Folly, how fair soever and plausible it may seem. When men set up a Religion meerly of mans devising, contrive new wayes of Worshipping God, which he himself never appointed, and so indeed impose upon him, and prescribe to him what they think must certainly please him. This is unreasonable, for men to think that their Inventions or others Traditions can be more acceptable to God than his own Institutions, that Sacrifice can go further than Obedience would have done. They would themselves be served according to their own minds and not their Servants pleasure, and why should not God? They would not have ⟨p. 59⟩their Commands neglected that their Servants Will might be performed, and how foolish is it then to adhere to their own Inventions though with the slighting of Gods Institutions? and yet how few be there that are so addicted to Humane Observances, but they are careless of Gods Appointments? Gods Commands being the Great, and only Warrantable reason of all Divine Worship, whatever Worship is uncommanded, cannot be but unreasonable.