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A75477
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Antipharmacum Saluberrimum; or, A serious & seasonable caveat to all the saints in this hour of temptation. Wherein their present dangers are detected, and their present duties vigorously urged
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Wing A3503; ESTC R229361
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and_o expel_v out_o of_o these_o part_n of_o the_o the_o world_n or_o 2._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o manner_n when_o we_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n but_o in_o a_o way_n and_o manner_n which_o he_o have_v not_o prescribe_v in_o his_o word_n but_o be_v invent_v and_o devise_v by_o ourselves_o and_o this_o be_v condemn_v as_o idolatry_n in_o the_o 1.23_o the_o est_fw-la autem_fw-la idolo_fw-la latria_fw-la cum_fw-la vel_fw-la fingitur_fw-la esse_fw-la deus_fw-la et_fw-la colitar_n pro_fw-la deo_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la verus_fw-la deus_fw-la colitur_fw-la aliter_fw-la quam_fw-la vult_fw-la coli_fw-la pareus_n com._n in_o rom._n 1.23_o second_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o make_v to_o thyself_o i.e._n out_o of_o thy_o own_o brain_n or_o of_o thy_o own_o head_n any_o grave_v image_n under_o which_o title_n all_o humane_a invention_n corrupt_v the_o pure_a and_o simple_a worship_n of_o god_n be_v prohibit_v as_o idolatrous_a for_o 31._o for_o in_o this_o command_n the_o question_n be_v answeed_o which_o have_v so_o disquiet_v the_o church_n in_o all_o age_n sc_fw-la who_o shall_v prescribe_v the_o form_n of_o god_n worship_n shall_v angel_n shall_v man_n shall_v the_o church_n shall_v council_n the_o answer_n be_v that_o when_o we_o have_v choose_v jehovah_n for_o our_o god_n and_o reject_v all_o false_a god_n according_a to_o his_o first_o law_n lest_o our_o mind_n shall_v invent_v he_o any_o service_n he_o have_v here_o prescribe_v law_n himself_o for_o his_o own_o most_o divine_a and_o spiritual_a service_n holland_n fourfold_a state_n of_o man_n pag._n mihi_fw-la 31._o image_n be_v hereby_o a_o synecdoche_n put_v for_o all_o false_a way_n of_o worship_v god_n as_o the_o best_a expositor_n tell_v we_o see_v ames_n medulla_n lib._n 2._o p._n 334._o holland_n on_o the_o second_o com._n willet_n hexapla_n in_o loc_fw-la this_o invent_v or_o make_v to_o ourselves_o be_v that_o which_o make_v it_o idolatry_n amos_n 5.26_o numb_a 15.39_o hence_o the_o molten_n calf_n become_v a_o idol_n to_o the_o israelite_n not_o because_o it_o be_v the_o object_n of_o their_o worship_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a it_o be_v jehovah_n the_o true_a god_n they_o intend_v to_o worship_v by_o it_o as_o appear_v from_o exod._n 32.4_o 5._o to_o morrow_n be_v a_o feast_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o as_o dr._n willet_n observe_v it_o have_v be_v impossible_a that_o so_o good_a a_o man_n as_o aaron_n will_v have_v yield_v to_o they_o if_o they_o have_v intend_v to_o worship_v it_o as_o a_o god_n but_o yet_o it_o be_v a_o way_n or_o manner_n of_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n which_o be_v of_o their_o own_o devise_v it_o become_v idolatry_n and_o this_o worship_n of_o god_n in_o way_n of_o our_o own_o invention_n become_v idolatrous_a upon_o a_o double_a ground_n 1._o as_o it_o be_v will-worship_n i.e._n such_o worship_n as_o have_v no_o other_o ground_n or_o warrant_v but_o the_o will_n of_o man_n loc_n man_n deum_fw-la amare_fw-la quidem_fw-la cultorem_fw-la voluntarium_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la laetus_fw-la et_fw-la lubens_fw-la ea_fw-la facit_fw-la que_fw-la ipse_fw-la fieri_fw-la jussit_fw-la sed_fw-la odisse_fw-la cultum_fw-la voluntarium_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la opera_fw-la que_fw-la pro_fw-la immediato_fw-it dei_fw-la cultu_fw-la illi_fw-la offeruntur_fw-la come_v ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la non_fw-la fuerent_a prescripta_fw-la et_fw-la mandata_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la finem_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la fornicari_fw-la in_o ad_fw-la inventionibus_fw-la suis_fw-la psal_n 106.39_o daven_n in_o loc_n col._n 2.23_o and_o so_o dethrone_n god_n by_o set_v up_o the_o will_n of_o the_o creature_n above_o he_o and_o bestow_v the_o peculiar_a honour_n and_o incommunicable_a sovereignty_n and_o glory_n of_o the_o bless_a god_n upon_o the_o creature_n for_o the_o absolute_a sovereignty_n of_o god_n which_o be_v his_o glory_n 1_o tim._n 6.15_o be_v manifest_v in_o two_o thing_n especial_o in_o his_o decree_n rom._n 9.20_o and_o in_o his_o law_n isa_n 33.22_o jam._n 4.12_o the_o lord_n be_v our_o king_n and_o lawgiver_n and_o there_o be_v one_o lawgiver_n now_o by_o prescribe_v any_o thing_n by_o our_o own_o authority_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n the_o command_v of_o god_n be_v make_v void_a mat._n 15.6_o his_o royal_a law_n be_v slight_v the_o throne_n of_o god_n invade_v by_o the_o creature_n who_o will_v be_v a_o lawgiver_n too_o which_o can_v no_o more_o be_v bear_v than_o the_o heaven_n can_v bear_v two_o sun_n and_o god_n be_v hereby_o forget_v as_o hos_n 8.14_o israel_n have_v forget_v his_o maker_n and_o build_v temple_n i.e._n by_o build_v temple_n when_o god_n have_v appoint_v but_o one_o temple_n this_o be_v as_o melancton_n observe_v cum_fw-la deo_fw-la certare_fw-la aliud_fw-la instituendo_fw-la to_o strive_v with_o god_n by_o institute_v some_o thing_n of_o our_o own_o and_o chrysostome_n note_n hom._n 2._o in_o rom._n that_o it_o be_v a_o great_a sin_n in_o god_n worship_n to_o do_v what_o we_o shall_v not_o than_o to_o omit_v what_o we_o shall_v for_o say_v he_o by_o the_o one_o we_o show_v the_o difficulty_n of_o the_o law_n but_o by_o the_o other_o we_o charge_v the_o law_n and_o lawgiver_n with_o folly_n make_v ourselves_o wise_a than_o god_n in_o the_o one_o we_o show_v our_o weakness_n in_o not_o do_v the_o will_n of_o god_n but_o in_o the_o other_o our_o impudence_n tocontroul_v the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n and_o it_o be_v as_o lactantius_n phrase_n it_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 13._o summam_fw-la arrogantiam_fw-la sibi_fw-la vendicare_fw-la quod_fw-la humana_fw-la conditio_fw-la non_fw-la recipit_fw-la the_o high_a arrogance_n to_o challenge_v that_o to_o ourselves_o which_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o creature_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o and_o upon_o this_o account_n it_o be_v that_o the_o indignation_n and_o wrath_n of_o god_n smoke_v so_o dreadful_o against_o such_o usurper_n as_o in_o the_o sad_a story_n of_o nadab_n and_o abihu_n you_o see_v because_o god_n be_v a_o jealous_a god_n and_o jealousy_n be_v the_o rage_n of_o a_o man_n zelotes_n est_fw-la nolens_fw-la habere_fw-la consortium_fw-la in_o amando_fw-la can_v endure_v no_o corrival_n this_o god_n look_v upon_o as_o the_o great_a and_o most_o dare_a wickedness_n that_o a_o creature_n can_v light_o commit_v hos_fw-la 9.15_o all_o their_o wickedness_n be_v in_o gilgal_n a_fw-la pro_fw-la summo_fw-la i.e._n the_o height_n of_o their_o wickedness_n be_v there_o because_o there_o they_o worship_v he_o according_a to_o their_o own_o device_n which_o be_v such_o a_o affront_n to_o the_o wisdom_n and_o sovereignty_n of_o god_n that_o he_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n bear_v it_o this_o be_v call_v a_o set_v our_o threshold_n beside_o the_o lord_n threshold_n ezck_v 43.8_o and_o the_o near_o this_o come_v to_o he_o the_o more_o it_o provoke_v he_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o same_o text_n there_o be_v a_o wall_n betwixt_o i_o and_o they_o i.e._n either_o it_o cause_v a_o wall_n of_o separation_n betwixt_o i_o and_o they_o as_o it_o be_v general_o expound_v or_o else_o it_o note_n how_o god_n be_v provoke_v by_o bring_v their_o own_o invention_n so_o near_o he_o for_o in_o the_o hebrew_n it_n be_v there_o be_v but_o a_o wall_n betwixt_o i_o and_o they_o and_o hence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o doctrinal_a symbolical_a ceremony_n i_o mean_v such_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n as_o be_v bring_v into_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n with_o a_o spiritual_a signification_n mere_o upon_o the_o authority_n of_o man_n be_v idolatrous_a mixture_n and_o addition_n and_o such_o by_o which_o the_o lord_n be_v dreadful_o provoke_v it_o be_v true_a man_n pretend_v order_n and_o decency_n and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n in_o such_o case_n but_o as_o learned_a amesius_n well_o note_n 345._o note_n illa_fw-la igitur_fw-la quae_fw-la pertivent_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinem_fw-la et_fw-la decorem_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la relinquuntur_fw-la hominum_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la ut_fw-la possint_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsislibet_fw-la sub_fw-la illo_fw-la no_o nine_o eeclesiis_fw-la optrudere_fw-la medulla_n p._n 345._o those_o thing_n which_o pertain_v to_o order_n and_o decency_n be_v not_o so_o leave_v to_o the_o will_n of_o man_n that_o they_o may_v under_o that_o name_n obtrude_v what_o they_o please_v upon_o the_o church_n all_o the_o liberty_n that_o scripture_n 1_o cor._n 15.40_o give_v we_o be_v but_o this_o to_o observe_v and_o perform_v those_o thing_n which_o god_n have_v institute_v in_o a_o orderly_a and_o comely_a manner_n and_o not_o to_o innovate_v new_a thing_n what_o and_o as_o many_o as_o we_o please_v and_o then_o 2._o it_o become_v idolatrous_a upon_o this_o ground_n also_o because_o this_o dare_a impudence_n of_o man_n in_o worship_v god_n in_o their_o own_o way_n argue_v gross_a and_o carnal_a notion_n and_o conception_n of_o god_n when_o we_o devise_v a_o carnal_a pompous_a way_n of_o worship_n for_o he_o it_o be_v a_o argument_n we_o have_v set_v up_o a_o idol-god_n
first_o in_o our_o imagination_n one_o like_o ourselves_o and_o utter_o unlike_o the_o true_a god_n who_o be_v a_o most_o simple_a pure_a spiritual_a be_v and_o as_o such_o will_v be_v worship_v joh._n 4.24_o but_o by_o devise_v such_o a_o fleshly_a way_n of_o worship_n i_o say_v it_o be_v manifest_a we_o have_v fancy_v to_o ourselves_o another_o god_n altogether_o different_a from_o that_o god_n reveal_v to_o we_o in_o the_o word_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o joshuah_n tell_v the_o people_n josh_n 24.19_o you_o can_v serve_v the_o lord_n sore_o he_o be_v a_o jealous_a god_n and_o will_v not_o forgive_v your_o sin_n q.d._n you_o can_v serve_v the_o true_a god_n till_o you_o have_v get_v right_a apprehension_n of_o he_o you_o fancy_v to_o yourselves_o a_o god_n make_v up_o all_o of_o mercy_n as_o if_o he_o have_v no_o justice_n nor_o righteousness_n to_o call_v you_o to_o a_o account_n for_o your_o sin_n and_o so_o do_v but_o worship_v a_o idol_n form_v in_o your_o own_o imagination_n instead_o of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o if_o the_o thing_n be_v due_o weigh_v it_o will_v appear_v as_o well_o idolatry_n to_o submit_v to_o and_o acknowledge_v the_o 335._o the_o hinc_fw-la implicit_a et_fw-la per_fw-la interpretationem_fw-la dei_fw-la ipsius_fw-la illum_fw-la nobis_fw-la deum_fw-la constitutimus_fw-la et_fw-la honorem_fw-la deo_fw-la deb_fw-mi tum_fw-la deferimus_fw-la illi_fw-la cujus_fw-la authoritati_fw-la vel_fw-la institutis_fw-la nosinetipsos_fw-la subjicimus_fw-la in_o religioso_fw-la cultu_fw-la ames_n medulla_n lib._n 2._o p._n 335._o sovereign_a authority_n of_o a_o creature_n in_o appoint_v law_n for_o worship_n or_o fall_v down_o before_o a_o imaginary_a god_n or_o idol_n form_v in_o our_o own_o fantasy_n as_o to_o bow_v to_o and_o worship_v a_o grave_a image_n or_o the_o stock_n of_o a_o tree_n now_o hence_o you_o may_v come_v to_o see_v at_o once_o both_o the_o nature_n of_o this_o second_o sort_n of_o idolatry_n and_o also_o the_o rise_n and_o original_n of_o it_o which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o proud_a &_o carnal_a heart_n of_o man_n which_o not_o willing_a to_o contain_v itself_o within_o the_o limit_n of_o the_o word_n wherein_o a_o plain_a simple_a and_o spiritual_a way_n of_o worship_n be_v rule_v out_o invent_v to_o itself_o new_a rite_n ceremony_n and_o way_n of_o worship_v god_n more_o suitable_a and_o please_a to_o the_o flesh_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o idolatry_n be_v in_o scripture_n reckon_v a_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n gal._n 5.20_o because_o man_n natural_o have_v a_o proud_a heart_n and_o a_o work_a imagination_n which_o depend_v upon_o sense_n and_o not_o elevate_v and_o rectify_v by_o faith_n first_o form_n to_o its_o self_n carnal_a conception_n and_o notion_n of_o god_n and_o then_o devise_v a_o way_n of_o worship_n suitable_a to_o those_o notion_n of_o he_o so_o that_o as_o one_o well_o observe_v putamus_fw-la observe_v erroris_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la principium_fw-la quod_fw-la quae_fw-la nobis_fw-la placent_fw-la deoetiam_fw-la placere_fw-la putamus_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la nobis_fw-la displicent_fw-la deo_fw-la etiam_fw-la displicere_fw-la putamus_fw-la this_o be_v the_o fountain_n and_o principle_n of_o all_o error_n that_o man_n think_v that_o those_o thing_n which_o please_v they_o must_v needs_o please_v god_n and_o what_o displease_v they_o must_v also_o displease_v he_o so_o that_o this_o brat_n idolatry_n be_v beget_v betwixt_o a_o proud_a carnal_a heart_n and_o the_o devil_n who_o since_o he_o can_v draw_v man_n to_o the_o former_a sort_n of_o idolatry_n endeavour_v all_o he_o can_v to_o entangle_v and_o defile_v they_o with_o this_o and_o that_o partly_o out_o of_o malice_n to_o god_n know_v what_o a_o dear_a thing_n his_o worship_n be_v to_o he_o and_o partly_o out_o of_o a_o design_n of_o ruinng_a such_o as_o he_o can_v entice_v to_o it_o for_o he_o know_v their_o sorrow_n shall_v be_v multiply_v psal_n 16.4_o and_o god_n seldom_o let_v it_o escape_v without_o some_o remarkable_a stroke_n upon_o the_o whole_a then_o you_o plain_o see_v worship_n may_v be_v right_a as_o to_o its_o object_n and_o yet_o idolatrous_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o manner_n because_o the_o assume_v of_o a_o despotical_a power_n in_o this_o case_n be_v not_o only_o a_o slight_n of_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o royal_a law_n but_o as_o high_a a_o piece_n of_o treason_n against_o jesus_n christ_n as_o can_v light_o be_v commit_v by_o a_o creature_n i_o will_v shut_v up_o this_o with_o two_o worthy_a and_o full_a testimony_n to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n the_o first_o be_v melancton_n in_o loc_n com._n de_fw-fr ceromon_n humaius_n his_o word_n be_v these_o and_o they_o be_v grave_a and_o weighty_a accedit_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la 632._o phil._n melan._n in_o loc_n come_v p._n 631_o 632._o quod_fw-la episcopi_fw-la arrogant_a sibi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la coudendi_fw-la traditiones_fw-la quam_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la concedit_fw-la eijs_fw-la evangeliam_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la est_fw-la leave_n crimen_fw-la tentere_fw-la deum_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la labi_fw-la sed_fw-la contemptu_fw-la dei_fw-la proposito_fw-la ipsius_fw-la verbo_fw-la quase_n cum_fw-la eo_fw-la certare_fw-la aliud_fw-la instituendo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la illius_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la nostram_fw-la anteferre_v the_o bishop_n arrogate_v to_o themselves_o a_o power_n of_o make_v tradition_n which_o the_o gospel_n have_v not_o give_v they_o it_o be_v no_o small_a crime_n to_o tempt_v god_n for_o this_o be_v not_o to_o slide_v by_o infirmity_n but_o by_o contempt_n of_o god_n his_o word_n be_v set_v before_o they_o as_o it_o be_v to_o contend_v with_o it_o by_o institute_v another_o thing_n and_o overcome_v it_o this_o be_v to_o prefer_v our_o wisdom_n to_o he_o and_o a_o little_a after_o have_v give_v some_o instance_n of_o it_o he_o proceed_v thus_o tales_n fuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la sunt_fw-la fontes_fw-la cultus_fw-la idolorum_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la arccana_fw-la mala_fw-la quae_fw-la political_a sapientia_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la judicare_fw-la sed_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la ea_fw-la considerare_fw-la debemus_fw-la ut_fw-la moniti_fw-la subjiciamus_fw-la nos_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la nec_fw-la nostris_fw-la opinionibus_fw-la regi_fw-la velimus_fw-la such_o have_v be_v and_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o the_o worship_n of_o idol_n these_o be_v secret_a evil_n which_o political_a wisdom_n can_v judge_v but_o we_o in_o the_o church_n aught_o to_o consider_v these_o thing_n that_o be_v warn_v we_o may_v submit_v ourselves_o to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o not_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v rule_v by_o our_o own_o opinion_n etc._n etc._n to_o this_o i_o shall_v add_v the_o most_o worthy_a testimony_n of_o that_o right_n honourable_a lord_n brook_n 61._o lord_n brooks_n treatise_n of_o episcopacy_n p._n 60_o 61._o a_o bishop_n wearing_z a_o surplice_n cope_n mitre_n use_v thè_z cross_n bow_v to_o the_o altar_n etc._n etc._n though_o they_o may_v be_v error_n yet_o all_o or_o one_o of_o these_o make_v he_o not_o a_o pope_n or_o pople_a or_o proper_o antichristian_a but_o receive_v these_o from_o the_o pope_n dictate_v do_v they_o because_o he_o command_v acknowledge_v his_o power_n in_o command_v they_o press_v they_o on_o other_o in_o such_o a_o despotical_a power_n make_v a_o true_a pope_n a_o real_a antichrist_n nor_o may_v our_o bishop_n evade_v by_o this_o which_o i_o easy_o see_v will_v be_v answer_v that_o though_o indeed_o they_o do_v and_o command_v these_o thing_n yet_o they_o neither_o do_v they_o from_o the_o pope_n command_n nor_o command_v they_o in_o the_o pope_n power_n though_o i_o shall_v grant_v this_o which_o yet_o many_o wise_a man_n will_v not_o grant_v for_o our_o bishop_n first_o power_n come_v from_o the_o pope_n and_o of_o late_a laso_n we_o have_v sound_a letter_n advice_n command_n dictate_v from_o the_o pope_n 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