The divine right of church-government and excommunication

Hence observe 1. The materials of worship, as linen, clothes, habits, gestures may be in their physical consideration indifferent, but as applied by formulists, they cannot be indifferent, for in their use, kneeling appropriated to sacramental bread, linen appropriated to the body of a Priest, while he officiateth, cannot be but religious or profane. 2. If God command gestures he commandeth this gesture, hic & nunc. If in general, ••ealing be forbidden, then for Achan, to steal this Babylonish garment, must be forbidden. 3. It seemeth to have been after-noon with Henry Leslie (^a) of after cups, when he saith, if Papists and Protestants be two divers kinds ⟨p. 8⟩of worshippers then their actions of worship must be indifferent, as be their agents, for actions are distinguished by their objects and ends, Papists in kneeling worship their God of bread, we in kneeling at the Sacrament worship the true God. For when a Turk and a Christian do both worship Dagon, it is the same Idolatry, though turkism and Christianism be different religions. Though kneeling to an Image, the similitude of God, and that same kneeling to Jehovah, represented in that similitude, Es▪ 40. v. 8. make one formal object, the Image the material, Jehovah the formal object▪ yet is it idolatry. 4. Our circumstances of time and place, cannot properly be called indifferent, for they may be considered two ways. 1 Physically. 2 Religiously. Physically. The Commandment enjoining a thing, enjoineth also time and place convenient, he that saith (th• shalt not kill) in that same very Commandment said (Cain, thou shalt not kill Abel in this place of the field, at this time,) so to believe, and to believe in this time and place, falleth both under one, and the same Commandment; And it is true, the lawfulness of Worship may be marred by bad Circumstantiating of the worship, If one shall pray, when the Pastor doth preach; But Circumstances must be convenient, and so commanded, and so not indifferent, but Circumstances have no religious respect put on them by God, and therefore in that state have no room in Gods worship,

Hence observe 1. The materialls of worship, as linnen, cloathes, habites, gestures may be in their physicall consideration indifferent, but as applyed by formulistes, they cannot be indifferent, for in their use, kneeling appropriated to sacramentall bread, linnen appropriated to the body of a Priest, while he officiateth, cannot be but religious or prophane. 2. If God command gestures he commandeth this gesture, hic & nunc. If in generall, ealing be forbidden, then for Achan, to steale this Babylonish garment, must be forbidden. 3. It seemeth to have been after-noon with Henry Lesly (