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A64270 A disswasive from contention being a sermon preached and designed for the last itineration of the King's preachers in the county Palatine of Lancaster / by Zachary Taylor ... Taylor, Zachary, 1653-1705. 1683 (1683) Wing T596; ESTC R81 21,461 36

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unto_o the_o very_a modes_n of_o worship_n can_v sure_o misconstrue_v so_o legible_a a_o text_n they_o that_o resist_v shall_v receive_v to_o themselves_o damnation_n rom._n 13.2_o it_o be_v also_o against_o signal_n favour_n and_o personal_a obligation_n and_o ingratitude_n be_v a_o inhuman_a sin_n the_o very_a savage_n be_v oblige_v by_o kindness_n and_o the_o lion_n of_o the_o forest_n too_o generous_a to_o be_v undmindful_a of_o beneficence_n seneca_n seneca_n ingratum_fw-la si_fw-la dixeris_fw-la omne_fw-la dixeris_fw-la declar._n shaftsbury_n lord_n chanc._n essex_n ld._n lieut._n of_o irel._n russel_n of_o the_o pri._n coun._n a_o hundred_o old_a cap._n declar._n yet_o many_o of_o these_o be_v man_n that_o owe_v their_o life_n and_o fortune_n to_o his_o majesty_n clemency_n and_o what_o a_o barbarous_a requital_n this_o so_o siren_n charm_n the_o ear_n that_o lend_v they_o audience_n so_o viper_n eat_v the_o womb_n that_o give_v they_o be_v but_o the_o party_n will_v say_v and_o 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they_o call_v they_o imposition_n i_o will_v entreat_v they_o to_o inspect_v 1._o the_o necessity_n of_o admit_v ceremony_n to_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n there_o never_o yet_o '_o be_v that_o religion_n in_o the_o world_n that_o do_v appear_v without_o they_o judaical_a as_o well_o as_o heathen_a in_o what_o it_o be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o natural_a be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o system_fw-la of_o ceremony_n although_o their_o institution_n be_v divine_a whence_o st._n august_n affirm_v positive_o that_o there_o be_v no_o religion_n whether_o true_a or_o false_a 11._o aug._n l._n 19_o cont_n faust_n c._n 11._o that_o can_v subsist_v without_o ceremony_n and_o vrsin_n as_o dogmatical_o who_o be_v no_o episcopal_a divine_a i_o hope_v may_v have_v your_o ear_n that_o the_o church_n may_v 3._o potest_fw-la ac_fw-la debet_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la quasdam_fw-la ceremonias_fw-la instituere_fw-la urs_n cat._n q._n 103._o par_fw-fr 3._o yes_o and_o must_v institute_v some_o ceremony_n and_o since_o man_n be_v teach_v by_o the_o eye_n as_o well_o as_o the_o ear_n and_o the_o more_o last_a impression_n issue_v thence_o i_o will_v glad_o understand_v why_o we_o may_v not_o be_v edify_v by_o the_o gesture_n of_o the_o body_n in_o some_o measure_n as_o well_o as_o by_o the_o labour_n of_o the_o li_n or_o why_o the_o erection_n of_o my_o person_n may_v not_o advise_v the_o beholder_n of_o the_o elevation_n of_o the_o mind_n as_o much_o as_o if_o the_o deacon_n do_v admonish_v they_o with_o his_o sursum_fw-la corda_n happy_a be_v the_o man_n that_o condemn_v not_o himself_o in_o the_o thing_n that_o he_o allow_v rom._n 14.22_o for_o pray_v tell_v i_o what_o be_v these_o ecclesiastical_a ordinance_n pass_v and_o ordain_v by_o the_o small_a and_o great_a council_n of_o the_o the_o city_n of_o geneva_n geneva_n law_n of_o geneva_n which_o the_o minister_n thereof_o promise_v and_o swear_v to_o keep_v have_v they_o for_o ordinance_n substitute_v injunction_n or_o cannon_n which_o be_v all_o the_o same_o the_o church_n