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Repl. ¹But the Command for mans Institution of a new Worship of God, or Rites Sacramental, are so like to Sacraments as the Cross is; or for the unnecessary imposition of unnecessary things, which should be left to every prudent Ministers discretion, and this upon pain of being cast out of the Church or Ministry; and the Law for subscribing that all these are lawful, and for swearing obedience to the Bishops; all these Laws are not to be found in Scripture. If you should but command your Servant, to do what you bid him, decently and orderly, you would think he mistook you, if upon that pretence he would do any other work, which he could but say tended to the decency of yours. And we would gladly hear, what you can think your selves, is forbidden in Deut. 12. 32. if not such humane Ordinances? And why you forbear giving the truer sense of the Text? It is a sad Case with the poor Church, when Gods Wisdom that made a few and necessary things, the matter of his Churches Concord, is no more valued, but we will be wiser; and when the experience of the Church, that hath been torn into pieces 1400. ⟨p. 81⟩years, by mens inventions, and needless usages and impositions, is yet of no more force with us that come after them; but whatever can be said, or done, or seen, we will still make Laws, that all men shall be tantum non, unchristned, and damned (that is, cast out of the Ministry or Church-Communion) that will not wear this or that, or bow thus or thus, or look this way or that way, or say this word or that word; and when we have laid such a needless snare, we will uncharitably cry out [that the world will be brought into Confusion, because men that list not to obey, would have the Laws abrogated] where hath Christ set you to make such Laws? Is it not work enough for us and you, to obey the Laws that he hath made? why made he none for Postures, and Vestures, and Words, and Teaching Signs of this nature, if he would have had them? If he had not told us, that there is one Law-giver, one Lord; and that his Word is able to make us wise unto Salvation; and that he would lay no greater burden on us, than necessary things, and would not have us despise or judge each other on such occasions:

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