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for_o the_o common_a good_a and_o your_o edification_n q._n 14._o may_v man_n add_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o prescribe_a worship_n of_o god_n a._n worship_n be_v a_o doubtful_a word_n if_o you_o will_v call_v mere_a mutable_a accident_n and_o circumstance_n by_o the_o name_n of_o worship_n man_n may_v add_v to_o they_o such_o as_o be_v put_v off_o the_o hat_n the_o metre_n and_o tune_n of_o psalm_n and_o such_o like_a but_o man_n may_v do_v nothing_o which_o imply_v a_o defect_n in_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n and_o therefore_o may_v make_v no_o new_a article_n of_o faith_n or_o religion_n or_o any_o thing_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n nor_o any_o sacrament_n or_o ordinance_n of_o worship_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n with_o christ_n much_o less_o contrary_a thereto_o q._n 15._o may_v we_o hold_v communion_n with_o a_o faulty_a church_n and_o worship_n a._n or_o else_o we_o must_v have_v communion_n with_o none_o on_o earth_n all_o our_o personal_a worship_n be_v faulty_a we_o join_v 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great_a and_o weighty_a a_o work_n as_o our-christening_a a._n 1._o a_o soul_n in_o flesh_n be_v apt_a to_o use_v sense_n and_o needs_o some_o help_n of_o it_o 2._o idolater_n have_v fill_v the_o world_n with_o image_n and_o outward_a ceremony_n and_o the_o jew_n have_v be_v long_o use_v to_o abundance_n of_o typical_a rite_n and_o christ_n be_v to_o deliver_v the_o world_n from_o these_o and_o teach_v they_o to_o worship_n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n will_v not_o run_v into_o the_o extreme_a of_o avoid_v all_o sensible_a sign_n and_o help_n but_o have_v make_v his_o sacrament_n few_o and_o fit_v to_o their_o use_n to_o be_v instead_o of_o image_n and_o man_n vain_a invention_n and_o the_o jewish_a burden_n as_o meet_v and_o sufficient_a help_n of_o that_o kind_n to_o his_o church_n