The divine right of church-government and excommunication

Nor doth the Word any where condemn killing of men as a worship, except that i• commandeth it not as a worship, which we say, as it is a breach of the sixth Commandment, it is forbidden as man-slaughter, but not as unlawful worship. But then how will Morton and Burges justify. Circumcision which they say is lawful, yet, so it have not a Jewish intention, nor any necessity or efficacy imposed on it? it is a degree of murder, and why may not, upon the same ground cutting the flesh for the dead, lancing of the body with knives, the Popish self-scourging be lawful? Now the text signifieth no allowance at all of the rounding of the corners of the head, and the cutting of the body▪ and how shall Hooker prove that only heathenish and Pagan-rounding of the hair, and cutting of the flesh, as they betoken mourning in a hopeless manner for the dead were forbidden, 1 Thess. 3. divers of the Pagans, amongst whom is¹ Phocillides and many others taught the resurrection of the dead, They might then sow their land with divers seeds, cut their flesh for the dead, yea, and observe times, be dismayed at the signs of the heaven, as the heathen. And what ever the Pagans did in their worship, they might do so to the Lord their God, and do all the judgements, ordinances, and laws of Egypt. Canaan, Turkey, of Rome materially, even to the falling down before Bread, sacrificing of Beasts, cutting of the hair, &c. 3. What Hooker meaneth by a dis-similitude, with the heathen of set purpose, ²is easily known. Only in things wicked and unlawful (saith he) or Idolatrous, or against the law of God, we are to be dislike to the heathen, because it is said, Ye shall do my judgements, for he expressly denieth that there was any danger of infection by reason of nearness to the Egyptians, and Canaanites, in these indifferent things, or that they were forbidden, because the Pagans used them, they were unlawful, though the Pagans bad ever used them.

Nor doth the Word any where condemne killing of men as a worship, except that i• commandeth it not as a worship, which we say, as it is a breach of the sixt Commandement, it is forbidden as man-flaughter, but not as unlawfull worship. But then how will Morton and Burges justifie. Circumcision which they say is lawfull, yet, so it have not a Jewish intention, nor any necessitie or efficacie imposed on it? it is a degree of murther, and why may not, upon the same ground cutting the flesh for the dead, launcing of the body with knives, the Popish selfescourging be lawfull? Now the text signifieth no allowance at all of the rounding of the corners of the head, and the cutting of the body and how shall Hooker prove that only heathenish and Pagan-rounding of the haire, and cutting of the flesh, as they betoken mourning in a hopelesse manner for the dead were forbidden,