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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	aaron_n	arise_v	moses_n	26	3	7.4968	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41505	A discourse about ceremonies, church-government and liturgy humbly offered to the consideration of the convocation / by J.G.G.	Gailhard, J. (Jean)	1696 (1696)	Wing G120; ESTC R25091	108,929	160

and Superstitions out of natural propensity in many to Superstition Of old Easter brought in a superstitious Lent to attend upon 't made Baptism wait for their Moon and conformed our Lord's Supper to the Jewish Passover with unleavened Bread so amongst us are superstitiously retained Popish Rites which hereafter I shall speak of in particular by God's Grace Would to God we would here follow good advice and not give way to a prejudice against advisers as in the beginning of Reformation it was done in Suitzerland when Anabaptists there opposed humane Ceremonies as unlawful by publick Authority and common Consent they were abolished and Thanks given them for the Advice because the thing was reasonable by those who in other things were their Adversaries so ours ought to be removed because they train up the People of God in subjecting themselves in the Worship of God uuto the pleasure of Men they make way for gross Superstitions as Images c. and they challenge to themselves that which is proper to God's Ordinances which doth offend many in and out of the Church and encourage Popery yet for these Ceremonies they stand as stiffly as Demetrius and his Ephesians did for their Diana and do not care how they disturb the Peace not only of one City but of the whole World besides right or wrong they defend them and make a point of Honour of it more than to seek after to find and own the Truth when found though they would say 't is our Opposition to these Ceremonies that is the Cause of the Mischief arising therefrom but that is no more the cause of it than the messages of Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh were the Causes of his Cruelty against the Children of Israel The Ceremonies are unjust and unlawful as by the Grace of God we shall make it appear imposing of them is that which breaks the Peace of the Church which consisteth in avoiding to give Scandal Lay aside such Humane Ceremonies which are the ground of Disputes and you take away the Cause of Offence which to give is a kind of Murther for St. Paul calls this Rom. 14.15 to destroy This is to prefer Division before Peace and thereby also to give Popery an inlet upon us and hindereth us from being like-minded one towards another Chap. 15 5 6. and from glorifying God with one mind and one mouth which is no small sin And I wish there be not too much of self worldly end in the case namely to keep out of the Church those who by means of their laborious and fruitful Preaching might have many followers and do Souls more good than others and so exclude them from Church Benefices and Preferments which they are willing to appropriate wholly to themselves Indeed it looks too much that way Ceremonies introduced into God's Worship are a palpable breach of the Second Commandment wherein Will-worship is expresly forbidden as all external Idolatry all Rites and Ceremonies of Man's devising in God's Worship Now the Ceremonies in question are Will-worship and not the least step for them in Scripture yet to make them lawful they must be warranted by the Word which not being they must own that whatsoever is besides the Word is against the Word Now those in question are significant and teaching Ceremonies of Man's invention stated in God's Worship and an addition expresly against the Rule of the Word and I think the dreadful threatnings against those that do so as expressed Rev. 22.18 should make any Man's Ears to tingle and his Heart to tremble Then they are Man's Inventions and have been and are Popish Idols whereby they make a Conformity between us and Idolaters in God's Worship and are Occasions and Appearances of Evil In a word they are the strange fire and garments spotted with the flesh Why then should we not with Ephraim say What have I to do any more with Idols Hos 14.8 God hath taught us as formerly he did his People Isa 30.20 to defile the covering of Images to cast them away as a menstruous Cloth and say unto it get thee hence Now whatsoever is brought in without God's Appointment is an Idol of Jealousie in his sight Civil Governours may according to the Constitution of their Government make new Laws but in God's Worship it may not be so 't is not under their Jurisdiction only they are to see God's Laws put in Execution All their Humane Inventions are as many Snares to destroy to adulterate the Worship of the Lord and to strip him of his Right who is the only Law-giver And the Tyranny of those that impose such things exceedeth the Laws of other Tyrants because they Tyranise over the Conscience Besides that this is contrary to the sufficiency and perfection of Scriptures and maketh Christians Condition worse and less tolerable than that of the Jews for their Ceremonies were imposed of God and there was but a certain number of them but as to ours though they be not many yet 't is in their power to bring in what they please Theirs were God's Ordinances ours are the Traditions of Men and yet theirs are abolished So that in such things from the power of God we pass under that of Men and thereby become their Servants which ought not to be for we are Christ's Servants by purchase and that very reason Paul giveth Ye are bought with a price 1 Cor. 7.23 be ye not the Servants of Men. If those Rites did cease by which God himself did instruct the World as we said before it is an imprudent part to press others in their place in the purer times they appointed no Ceremonies but were content with that pure and simple Form that God had commanded One in his Work called Verbum abbreviatum Petrus parisiensis doth relate how one Arnulphus in a Council of Lateran where they were about to make new Ceremonies said to them ye ought rather to take away the old ones which are a burthen to Christians Now they must not say ours are but few and theirs were many for though not in the same degree yet few are a burthen as well as many and in the beginning of our Reformation in his Censure of the English Liturgy Page 458. Bucer saith It is fit that in all outward things and actions of God's Worship as in Ministerial Garments we should accommodate our selves to the simplicity of Christ's Appointment and Apostles Practice and we should saith he witness to all Men that we have no Communion with the Relicks of the Romish Antichrist But our Teachers should teach and we should hear only that which Christ hath commanded Matth. 10. and John 10. Quaeritis quomodo Vincuntur pagani saith Austin Ye ask how Pagans may be overcome deserite eorum ritus the way is to leave off their Ceremonies and that same consideration made Tertullian so steddy that he would not endure Bays and Ivy at the Doors of Christians whom he forbideth to use any of