The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

3. Again, Those Ceremonies were typical, and the presence of God might be with them, and a spiritual efficacy might be expected; but as for the Ceremonies of men, there can be no such thing expected with them, and therefore it is apparent that the Jews under the Ceremonies of the Law were in a better condition, then the Christians should be in now, if they were under the power of any to appoint Ceremonies, and therefore to be under the power of those that do appoint Ceremonies, that is a miserable bondage.

3. Againe, Those Ceremonies were typicall, and the presence of God might be with them, and a spirituall efficacie might be expected; but as for the Ceremonies of men, there can be no such thing expected with them, and therefore it is apparent that the Jews under the Ceremonies of the Law were in a better condition, then the Christians should be in now, if they were under the power of any to appoint Ceremonies, and therefore to be under the power of those that do appoint Ceremonies, that is a miserable bondage.

10. Again another bondage that they are in is, that they are urged to the ways of Idolatry, and sin by violence, without regarding the weakness of any, or seeking to inform any, not regarding that place, Ezek. 34.4. When God complains, they did Rule his people with Cruelty: And if any be weak and desire to be informed they jeer at them, and say a prison, or a fire, or a fagot, shall inform them. These and many other things might be named, to show the most abominable and vile bondage that those are in that are under Antichrist; but put both together the outward and the inward bondage, to be under those that are of such base and vile spirits this is mightily against the spirit of an ingenious man: And for a Church of God, a thousand Congregations, to be under the power of a base, filthy abominable, Whoremaster, that is known to be so, to be troubled by him when he please, what a most horrible bondage is this? And so for any Congregation to be, in which there may be thousands of Souls, to be under the power of a Tapster, or Hostler, or any base fellow, this is a mighty bondage: As now suppose a rich man die, and he hath a Kinsman, though never so vile and base, then his land coming to him he hath the Advowson of the place, then may be he sends two or three hundred miles for a Priest, may be one like himself, and though he