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no_o manner_n of_o ill_a but_o good_a character_n set_v upon_o it_o be_v join_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o humility_n which_o i_o hope_v be_v not_o yet_o condemn_v to_o be_v quite_o so_o criminal_a and_o abominable_a to_o god_n as_o pride_n and_o heresy_n be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v however_o in_o this_o preface_n before_o my_o interpretation_n of_o col._n 2._o 23._o have_v be_v endeavour_v to_o be_v confute_v this_o so_o eminent_a criminousness_n thereof_o be_v not_o with_o more_o reason_n than_o charity_n suppose_v by_o he_o 2._o that_o he_o have_v affirm_v in_o a_o parenthesis_n of_o some_o man_n that_o they_o account_v these_o and_o superstition_n be_v evident_o one_o of_o these_o their_o virtue_n rather_o than_o crime_n which_o again_o if_o apply_v to_o i_o or_o i_o think_v to_o any_o protestant_a living_n be_v very_o unkind_a and_o unprovoke_v have_v no_o ground_n in_o any_o part_n of_o my_o discourse_n 3._o that_o will-worship_n have_v be_v by_o he_o elsewhere_o demonstrate_v to_o be_v as_o criminal_a as_o heresy_n which_o in_o what_o notion_n soever_o he_o have_v express_v himself_o to_o understand_v the_o word_n be_v with_o no_o truth_n assume_v by_o he_o as_o far_o as_o refer_v to_o these_o diatribae_fw-la and_o if_o it_o be_v elsewhere_o attempt_v 1._o he_o shall_v have_v refer_v we_o thither_o if_o but_o to_o vindicate_v his_o own_o veracity_n or_o else_o have_v recite_v the_o head_n of_o such_o demonstrative_a argument_n in_o this_o place_n or_o in_o the_o second_o diatribe_n and_o yet_o neither_o of_o these_o be_v do_v by_o he_o sect._n 2._o of_o be_v too_o religious_a of_o the_o intention_n or_o degree_n the_o messalian_o neglect_v of_o charity_n of_o particular_a calling_n eccl._n 7._o 16._o of_o multitude_n of_o ceremony_n too_o many_o ceremony_n no_o argument_n of_o too_o much_o but_o of_o too_o little_a religion_n his_o four_o mistake_n be_v that_o he_o have_v recite_v it_o as_o one_o cause_n of_o my_o miscarriage_n in_o this_o business_n that_o i_o affirm_v that_o a_o man_n can_v be_v too_o religious_a and_o that_o i_o attest_v this_o both_o of_o the_o intention_n or_o degree_n and_o of_o the_o extension_n or_o number_n of_o ceremony_n take_v into_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n whereas_o that_o which_o i_o affirm_v be_v evident_o this_o 1._o that_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o degree_n there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o nimiety_n or_o excess_n in_o religion_n no_o possibility_n of_o be_v religious_a in_o too_o high_a a_o degree_n sect._n 33._o and_o this_o be_v not_o deny_v by_o mr._n c._n nor_o can_v be_v by_o any_o pious_a man_n who_o know_v that_o all_o his_o fault_n be_v omission_n and_o defect_n but_o never_o excess_n of_o piety_n or_o religion_n 2._o the_o main_a objection_n imaginable_a against_o this_o from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o messalian_o or_o the_o neglect_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o charity_n and_o the_o particular_a call_n incident_a to_o the_o intense_a practice_n of_o holy_a duty_n be_v foresee_v and_o prevent_v there_o the_o messalian_o fault_n be_v not_o their_o excessive_a practice_n but_o their_o lay_v that_o obligation_n on_o themselves_o and_o other_o the_o same_o that_o tertullian_n and_o the_o montanist_n be_v guilty_a of_o in_o respect_n of_o other_o austerity_n and_o so_o it_o be_v their_o dogmatize_v in_o their_o imposition_n of_o heavy_a burden_n wherein_o their_o heresy_n not_o their_o superstition_n consist_v and_o the_o other_o crime_n be_v his_o idleness_n and_o walk_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d disorderly_o a_o crime_n censure_v by_o the_o apostle_n 2_o thes_n 3._o 11._o yet_o far_o enough_o from_o superstition_n again_o and_o in_o like_a manner_n his_o want_n of_o charity_n and_o so_o not_o nimiety_n but_o unseasonableness_n of_o piety_n contrary_a to_o the_o express_a word_n of_o christ_n i_o will_v have_v mercy_n and_o not_o sacrifice_v and_o if_o yet_o a_o three_o objection_n be_v offer_v from_o the_o word_n of_o the_o preacher_n eccl._n 7._o 16._o which_o yet_o this_o diatribist_n have_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o offer_v be_v not_o righteous_a overmuch_o why_o shall_v thou_o destroy_v thyself_o i_o suppose_v the_o answer_n be_v obvious_a that_o those_o word_n be_v the_o intimation_n of_o the_o worldling_n objection_n who_o take_v that_o for_o excess_n of_o duty_n which_o bring_v any_o damage_n or_o worldly_a destruction_n upon_o he_o and_o be_v answer_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n with_o this_o solid_a aphorism_n of_o eternal_a verity_n be_v not_o thou_o overmuch_o wicked_a why_o shall_v thou_o die_v before_o thy_o time_n the_o fear_n and_o from_o thence_o the_o prudential_a but_o oft_o time_n very_o impious_a practice_n of_o the_o worldling_n be_v far_o the_o more_o probable_a path_n to_o the_o most_o hasty_a ruin_n and_o so_o still_o this_o branch_n of_o my_o doctrine_n as_o far_o as_o assert_v by_o i_o be_v neither_o untruth_n nor_o miscarriage_n nor_o cause_n of_o either_o in_o my_o discourse_n 5._o as_o for_o the_o 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down_o in_o the_o follow_a word_n sect._n 39_o and_o sure_a that_o be_v contrary_a enough_o to_o his_o report_n of_o my_o opinion_n that_o there_o can_v be_v too_o many_o of_o they_o and_o so_o that_o which_o be_v no_o part_n of_o my_o belief_n can_v be_v no_o cause_n of_o any_o miscarriage_n of_o i_o in_o that_o business_n 6._o to_o which_o if_o i_o shall_v now_o add_v that_o my_o grant_v there_o aught_o to_o be_v few_o and_o so_o that_o there_o may_v be_v too_o many_o ceremony_n in_o a_o church_n be_v no_o way_n the_o yield_v a_o possibility_n that_o a_o man_n may_v be_v too_o religious_a but_o on_o the_o contrary_a when_o the_o too_o many_o ceremony_n either_o cause_n or_o occasion_n or_o be_v accompany_v with_o inward_a neglect_n there_o be_v not_o too_o much_o but_o too_o little_a religion_n too_o much_o formality_n but_o too_o little_a devotion_n too_o much_o outward_a pharisaical_a wash_n but_o too_o little_a inward_a christian_a fervour_n as_o there_o may_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d word_n too_o many_o but_o too_o little_a pray_n i_o may_v add_v too_o many_o offer_v of_o proof_n but_o too_o little_a reason_n and_o remind_v the_o diatribist_n that_o this_o be_v express_o say_v before_o in_o the_o end_n 6._o of_o sect._n 39_o by_o the_o token_n of_o the_o insectile_a animal_n who_o want_n of_o blood_n cause_v their_o multitude_n of_o leg_n i_o shall_v then_o sure_o have_v give_v he_o ground_n of_o conviction_n that_o there_o be_v more_o than_o one_o calumny_n in_o his_o assignation_n of_o the_o cause_n particular_o in_o this_o of_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o my_o miscarriage_n sect._n 3_o mr._n c._n his_o distinction_n of_o be_v too_o religious_a multiply_v unnecessary_o frequency_n of_o duty_n if_o secure_v from_o other_o neglect_v no_o excess_n nor_o criminous_a prayer_n a_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v but_o one_o species_n of_o superstition_n if_o take_v as_o the_o word_n import_v for_o daemonum_n cultus_fw-la but_o all_o false_a worship_n be_v superstition_n and_o the_o rather_o because_o it_o be_v spontaneous_a voluntary_a i._n e._n will-devised_n worship_n here_o be_v a_o fair_a proportion_n of_o mistake_n without_o any_o tender_a of_o proof_n for_o any_o no_o less_o than_o three_o in_o these_o so_o few_o word_n first_o he_o begin_v with_o a_o presumption_n that_o superstition_n and_o will-worship_n be_v all_o one_o and_o that_o he_o know_v be_v now_o the_o one_o thing_n deny_v by_o he_o with_o who_o he_o be_v dispute_v and_o he_o can_v be_v ignorant_a how_o illogical_a a_o argument_n that_o be_v we_o have_v oft_o mind_v he_o of_o that_o fallacy_n second_o he_o affirm_v that_o either_o of_o these_o be_v more_o general_a than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereas_o 1._o superstitio_fw-la be_v superstitum_fw-la cultus_fw-la be_v direct_o all_o one_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v daemonum_fw-la cultus_fw-la the_o superstites_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o same_o in_o several_a language_n and_o the_o other_o notion_n of_o superstition_n that_o in_o aquinas_n for_o prohibit_v or_o illegitime_a worship_n that_o be_v but_o a_o branch_n of_o the_o former_a arise_v by_o analogy_n with_o it_o and_o be_v not_o any_o opposite_a species_n to_o it_o and_o for_o will-worship_n if_o that_o be_v more_o general_a than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o very_a thing_n will_v prove_v it_o 1._o not_o to_o be_v all_o one_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o substance_n which_o be_v the_o more_o general_a be_v not_o all_o one_o with_o a_o body_n which_o be_v a_o species_n of_o substance_n the_o truth_n be_v that_o the_o generical_a will-worship_n as_o that_o comprehend_v all_o worship_n uncommand_v by_o god_n have_v several_a species_n under_o it_o jewish_a out-dated_n and_o so_o now_o uncommand_v worship_n 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