The practical divinity of the papists discovered to be destructive of Christianity and mens…

But since they think it too much to Love God every Holy-day, are we bound to Love him upon his own day? No, not once a week neither. ^(t)For though the Church oblige them to be present at his Worship, to mind things above, to praise his infinite Divinity, and to give thanks for his bounty towards them; yet in all this they are not bound to any act of Love; and Soto gives this reason for it, The end of the Commandment (which is Love) is not commanded. The assertion is hardly so absurd as the reason given for it; that the end, which is the principal in moral actions, should not be commanded. This is to say, that the Law do's not require to be fulfilled; for Love, which is the end of the Commandment, is by the Apostle expressly said to be the fulfilling of the Law. But notwithstanding all this, in this Maxim, (which is one of their chief Engines, whereby they demolish Christianity in the practice of those who profess it; make void the Commandments of God depriving them of their life and spirit, and leave nothing of the whole body of Religion, but the mere superficies:) ^(u)Their Divines (he tells us) unanimously agree with Aquinas. So that it seems the worship of God may be sufficiently discharged without any love to him. We may serve him well enough (as far as the Command for his Service ⟨p. 95⟩will have us) without any affection. In all acts of worship, there needs not any act of Love (by their doctrine) in any part, or any of the times of worship, either their own Holy-days, or the Lords. They have no more respect to his than theirs, nor for him in either, but serve them and him all alike; and think they hallow them, and honour him enough, without any motion of love in their hearts, when, (if ever it were needful in their account,) it should be most in motion. Certainly those that think not this Love due to God in his worship, think it not due to him at all.

But since they think it too much to Love God every Holy-day, are we bound to Love him upon his own day? No, not once a week neither. ^(t)For though the Church oblige them to be present at his Worship, to mind things above, to praise his infinite Divinity, and to give thanks for his bounty towards them; yet in all this they are not bound to any act of Love; and Soto gives this reason for it, The end of the Commandement (which is Love) is not commanded. The assertion is hardly so absurd as the reason given for it; that the end, which is the principal in moral actions, should not be commanded. This is to say, that the Law do's not require to be fulfilled; for Love, which is the end of the Commandement, is by the Apostle expresly said to be the fulfilling of the Law. But notwithstanding all this, in this Maxim, (which is one of their chief Engines, whereby they demolish Christianity in the practice of those who profess it; make voyd the Commandements of God depriving them of their life and spirit, and leave nothing of the whole body of Religion, but the meer superficies:)