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The sinfulness of worshipping God with men's institutions as it was delivered in a…
The sinfulness of worshipping God with men's institutions as it was delivered in a sermon / by Samuel Willard.
printed by Benjamin Harris and John Allen, 1691
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In the words then there are two things,
1 The sin which is here reproved; Preaching for Doctrines the Commandments of men, i. e. introducing Humane Institutions into, and making them parts of Divine Worship:
1 The sin which is here reproved; Preaching for Doctrines the Commandments of men, i. e. introducing Humane Instirutions into, and making them parts of Divine Worship:
Here observe;
1. The subject matter about which this Sin was conversant; The Commandments of men; i. e. mens Inventions, by which he doth not understand civil laws respecting civil Government; for they were not wont to be men's Texts to ⟨p. 4⟩Preach upon, and as for the Authority of Rulers to Enact such Laws; Christ never called it into question: Nor yet can he intend the civil Sanctions which are put upon Divine Institutions by Humane Authority, for this also is to be accounted warrantable, as well from Scripture-precept, as the Example of Godly Rulers in all the Ages of the Church of God; but that which he intends, is things devised by men, and imposed as parts of Worship, which are no where commanded by God: such a thing was this under debate, viz. the washing of the hands before meat.