A44672:15
The Case of the Protestant dissenters represented and argued
London : s.n., 1689
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THE CASE OF THE Protestant Dissenters, REPRESENTED and ARGUED. › Question 2
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Q. 2. Whether the Laws enjoining such Additions to our Religion, as the exclusive Terms of Christian worship and Communion, ought to have been made; when it is acknowledged on all hands, the things to be added, were before not necessary; and when it is known, a great number judg them Sinful, and must thereby be restrained from worshipping the True and Living God?
Q. 2. Whether the Laws enjoyning such Additions to our Religion, as the exclusive Terms of Christian worship and Communion, ought to have been made; when it is acknowledged on all hands, the things to be added, were before not necessary; and when it is known, a great number judg them Sinful, and must thereby be restrained from worshipping the True and Living God?
A. The Question to any of common Sense, answers it self. For it is not put concerning such as dissent from any Part of the Substance of Worship which God hath commanded; but concerning such Additions as he never commanded. And there are sufficient Tests to distinguish such Dissenters, from those that deny any substantial Part of Religion, or assert any thing contrary thereto. Wherefore to forbid such to worship that God that made them, because they cannot receive your devised Additions, is to exclude that which is necessary, for the mere want of that which is unnecessary.
A. The Question to any of common Sense, answers it self. For it is not put concerning such as dissent from any Part of the Substance of Worship which God hath commanded; but concerning such Additions as he never commanded. And there are sufficient Tests to distinguish such Dissenters, from those that deny any substantial Part of Religion, or assert any thing contrary thereto. Wherefore to forbid such to worship that God that made them, because they cannot receive your devised Additions, is to exclude that which is necessary, for the meer want of that which is unnecessary.