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The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their…
The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their principles about civil and ecclesiastical authority and obedience ... : mostly written many years past, and now published to save our lives and the kingdoms peace, from the false and bloody plotters ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
34. There are abundance of Actions subordinate to these, being but the right modifying and circumstantiating of them, which may be called Worship and secondary diminutive sense (as being uncovered, […]bowing, […]standing, kneeling, the words of prayer and praise, &c. anonenumerated); ⟨p. 28⟩which as to these Worship-ordinances are but Adjuncts or modes; which God hath not commanded in particulars; but given general Laws for the performance of them, requiring men themselves to choose and use them prudently, not as they will themselves but according to these General Laws: And such an act of man is no sinful addition to the Laws of Christ.
34. There are abundance of Actions subordinate to these, being but the right modifying and circumstantiating of them, which may be called Worship and secundary diminutive sense (as being uncovered, 〈…〉bowing, 〈…〉standing, kneeling, the words of prayer and praise, &c. anonenumerated); ⟨p. 28⟩which as to these Worship-ordinances are but Adjuncts or modes; which God hath not commanded in particulars; but given general Laws for the performance of them, requiring men themselves to choose and use them prudently, not as they will themselves but according to these General Laws: And such an act of man is no sinful addition to the Laws of Christ.
35. Christ hath taken down the Judaical Law of Moses.
36. No man hath any authority to make Laws about Gods worship, but what Christ hath given him; he being now made the Universal King.