The Book called, The Cure of Church Divisions will tell you more such dividing principles, which you must unteach them. The Ministers that have bred and cherished these, have bin our subverters, and are our shame: and such principles are the shame of too many well meaning honest people. Woe to the selfish Teachers, that for their personal interest, dare not contradict them, but cherish them into their dividing errors; when their eyes are opened, and they see their mistakes, they will be tempted to show their own dislike of them, by running as far on the extreme of formality; In a word, help to save ⟨p. 96⟩and faulty, and so is all Mens Worship of God; and that he that will not communicate with faulty Worship, must renounce communion with all the World (and all with him.) Unteach them that false conceit, that all Book-prayers are unlawful, yea, or all that is imposed: Read over to them those Psalms that have frequent repetitions and responses, that they may know that such are not unlawful. If it be lawful for the people to sing Gods praise, it is not unlawful to say it. Do you doubt of the consequence: Prove to us, what difference there was between the ancient singing, and our Laudatory saying, and you will find your task too hard. Unteach them that paltry principle, of placing Religion in being cross to the rest of the Congregation. As when they will not stand up at the Creed, or at all the Hymns of praise, when reason and use tell us, that standing up is a convenient praising gesture; and when the primitive Churches (from an unknown original, calling it an Apostolical Tradition) unanimously commanded standing only, in all the Lords Days Adorations; which because we cannot now well observe, it is decently confined to praises only. And in this the Conformists do better and more decently than you: and it is sorry perverseness to fly from a better way, because that others use it. Unteach them their unwarrantable self-made ⟨p. 97⟩Tests of Church Communion; as if there must be any other proof of Holiness needs given, besides a sober profession of Christianity, (that is, of the Baptismal Covenant) not provedly contradicted by Heresy, or a wicked life:
The Book called, The Cure of Church Divisions will tell you more such dividing principles, which you must unteach them. The Ministers that have bred and cherished these, have bin our subverters, and are our shame: and such principles are the shame of too many well meaning honest people. Woe to the selfish Teachers, that for their personal interest, dare not contradict them, but cherish them into their dividing errours; when their eyes are opened, and they see their mistakes, they will be tempted to shew their own dislike of them, by running as far on the extreame of formality; In a word, help to save ⟨p. 96⟩and faulty, and so is all Mens Worship of God; and that he that will not communicate with faulty Worship, must renounce communion with all the World (and all with him.) Unteach them that false conceit, that all Book-prayers are unlawful, yea, or all that is imposed: Read over to them those Psalms that have frequent repetitions and responses, that they may know that such are not unlawful. If it be lawful for the people to sing Gods praise, it is not unlawful to say it. Do you doubt of the consequence: Prove to us, what difference there was between the ancient singing, and our Laudatory saying, and you will find your task too hard. Unteach them that paultry principle, of placing Religion in being cross to the rest of the Congregation. As when they will not stand up at the Creed, or at all the Hymns of praise, when reason and use tell us, that standing up is a convenient praising gesture; and when the primitive Churches (from an unknown original, calling it an Apostolical Tradition) unanimously commanded standing only, in all the Lords Days Adorations; which because we cannot now well observe, it is decently confined to praises only. And in this the Conformists do better and more decently than you: and it is sorry perversness to fly from a better way, because that others use it. Unteach them their unwarrantable self-made ⟨p. 97⟩Tests of Church Communion; as if there must be any other proof of Holiness needs given, besides a sober profession of Christianity, (that is, of the Baptismal Covenant) not provedly contradicted by Heresie, or a wicked life:
