Let not Us then introduce any thing […] ⟨image ?⟩•he Church of God, of which we have no• His Allowance and Countenance for its being here. We are most, or all of us, Under-•uilders about the Ark of God; we have •ome work assigned us, in the Edification of •he Church. But let us keep close to the •ord of God, in our Building. Are there any materials which we would build the Church […] the Admission of? Let them all be of •ods Constitution. Let us not willingly lay […] Rotten Timber of either Heretics or Hypocrites in the sides of our Ark, nor allow ••urch-privileges with us to evidently ungodly men. We are admonished in Heb. 12.•6. Look diligently, lest there be any profane •••son among you. Even so, we are to Look diligently, that the Church which we more ••mediately belong un•o, be not filled with […] ungodly Company. Some Great Men […] God, have professed, That they would ••oner Loose their Hands, than with those Hands administer the Sacraments to a visibly ungodly […]; and it is a Golden Sentence, which ••opt from the Pen of that Learned Scotch-•an; I believe (saith Mr Gilespy) no Conscientious Minister, would Baptise a man, whose •orks and words manifestly declare him to be […] Unregen•rated, an unconverted man; and […] shall we then bring such an one unto the Table ⟨p. 8⟩of the Lord? No, they will be a sort o• Barnacles, growing to the sides of the Ark, with not a little prejudice to its Interest. Again, are there any Exercises which we would Build the Church, by our attendance on? Let all them too be of Gods Institution. Let us not perform any Worship, or Service, about our Ark, but such as God calleth for. Our Lord saith in Mat. 15.9. In vain do they worship me, teaching the Commandments of men. The Commandments of men, must not be our Guide, in What we do in and for the Church. We should not fetch a stroke there, of which God has not said, This do▪ Luther judiciously reckoned This, one of the three things which the Church would be fatally Endangered by, Sapientia mundi, quae vult omnia redigere in Ordinem, & impjis med•is Ecclesiae paci consulere; To follow the Dictates of Worldly Wisdom for the maintaining of it. There are uninstituted Ceremonies brought into the House of God; the bold Inventors whereof, resemble them to Pins in the Building;
Let not Us then introduce any thing 〈…〉 ⟨image ?⟩•he Church of God, of which we have no• His Allomance and Countenance for its being here. We are most, or all of us, Vnder-•uilders about the Ark of God; we have •ome work assigned us, in the Edification of •he Church. But let us keep close to the •ord of God, in our Building. Are there any •aterials which we would build the Church 〈…〉 the Admission of? Let them all be of •ods Constitution. Let us not willingly lay 〈…〉 Rotten Timber of either Hereticks or Hy••crites in the sides of our Ark, nor allow ••urch-priviledges with us to evidently un•odly men. We are admonished in Heb. 12.•6. Look diligently, lest there be any profane •••son among you. Even so, we are to Look •iligently, that the Church which we more ••mediately belong un•o, be not filled with 〈…〉 ungodly Company. Some Great Men 〈…〉 God, have professed, That they would ••oner Loose their Hands, than with those Hands •dminister the Sacraments to a visibly ungodly 〈…〉; and it is a Golden Sentence, which ••opt from the Pen of that Learned Scotch-•an; I believe (saith Mr Gilespy) no Con••ientious Minister, would Baptise a man, whose •orks and words manifestly declare him to be Unregenrated, an unconverted man; and shall we then bring such an one unto the Table
