Fourthly, The Rule, according to his revealed will Every part of Divine Worship, must have a Divine Precept. As the first Command teacheth us what God is to be worshipped, so the second Command teacheth in what way he will be worshipped. The Tabernacle and all the instruments thereof, yea the very snuffers and ash-pans were to be made exactly according to the pattern in the mount, Exod. 25.40. Heb. 8.5. Typifying that all the exercise of worship used by the Church, whether in Doctrine or Discipline, must be conformed to the written Word, Gal. 1.8. Our Religion must be not only rational but regular; our worship must be both universal and canonical, [Greek or Hebrew], Gal. 6.16. As many as walk according to this canon, or rule, peace be unto them. The Saints service must be Word-service, [Greek or Hebrew], Ro. 12.1. so the word is rendered by our Translators, 1 Pet. 2.2. [Greek or Hebrew], the sincere milk of the Word. The institutions of Christ, not the inventions of men are the rule of worship. Our work is not to make Laws for our selves or others, but to keep the Laws which the great Prophet of his Church hath taught us: that coin of worship which is currant ⟨p. 20⟩amongst us must be stamped by God himself. 1We are to be governed as the point in the compass, not by the various winds (the practices of former ages, or the fashions of the present generation which are mutable and uncertain) but by the constant heavens. Our devotion must be regulated exactly according to the Standard of the Word. It is Idolatry to worship a false god, or the true God in a false manner.
Fourthly, The Rule, according to his revealed will Every part of Divine Worship, must have a Divine Precept. As the first Command teacheth us what God is to be worshipped, so the second Command teacheth in what way he will be worshipped. The Tabernacle and all the instruments thereof, yea the very snuffers and ash-pans were to be made exactly according to the pattern in the mount, Exod. 25.40. Heb. 8.5. Typifying that all the exercise of worship used by the Church, whether in Doctrine or Discipline, must be conformed to the written Word, Gal. 1.8. Our Religion must be not onely rational but regular; our worship must be both universal and canonical, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Gal. 6.16. As many as walk according to this canon, or rule, peace be unto them. The Saints service must be Word-service, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Ro. 12.1. so the word is rendred by our Translators, 1 Pet. 2.2. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the sincere milk of the Word. The institutions of Christ, not the inventions of men are the rule of worship. Our work is not to make Laws for our selves or others, but to keep the Laws which the great Prophet of his Church hath taught us: that coyn of worship which is currant ⟨p. 20⟩amongst us must be stampt by God himself. 1We are to be governed as the point in the compass, not by the various winds (the practices of former ages, or the fashions of the present generation which are mutable and uncertain) but by the constant heavens. Our devotion must be regulated exactly according to the Standard of the Word. It is Idolatry to worship a false god, or the true God in a false manner.
- 1Traditioni humanae nomen religionis applicant, ut religio appelletur, cum sit sacrilegium quia quod contra authorear est sacrilega mente in ventum est Amb. in Col. 2.
