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at_o most_o but_o a_o privilege_n rather_o than_o any_o state_n of_o perfection_n §_o 12.6_o when_o man_n think_v by_o their_o own_o uncommand_v worship_n and_o service_n of_o god_n either_o to_o merit_v pardon_n of_o their_o sin_n against_o other_o commandment_n as_o she_o pro._n 7.14_o etc._n etc._n i_o have_v peace_n offering_n with_o i_o this_o day_n have_v i_o pay_v my_o vow_n which_o be_v free_a willing_a offering_n as_o not_o command_v come_v let_v we_o take_v our_o fill_n of_o love_n etc._n etc._n q._n d._n though_o i_o have_v run_v into_o debt_n by_o my_o former_a whoredom_n i_o have_v now_o satisfy_v god_n with_o freewilloffering_n and_o have_v quit_v the_o score_n or_o to_o purchase_v glory_n at_o least_o a_o great_a degree_n of_o glory_n for_o themselves_o and_o to_o supererogate_v for_o other_o by_o do_v something_o not_o command_v as_o papist_n plain_o do_v how_o near_o the_o doctor_n come_v to_o this_o kind_n of_o superstition_n we_o shall_v show_v anon_o willworship_n sect._n 50._o etc._n etc._n §_o 13.7_o when_o man_n place_v more_o please_v of_o god_n and_o expect_v more_o acceptation_n from_o god_n for_o service_n or_o worship_n uncommand_v than_o for_o those_o command_v by_o god_n the_o apostle_n intimate_v some_o such_o conceit_n in_o man_n 1_o cor._n 8.8_o when_o he_o say_v meat_n commend_v we_o not_o to_o god_n for_o neither_o if_o we_o eat_v be_v we_o the_o better_o in_o ourselves_o or_o better_o accept_v with_o god_n neither_o if_o we_o eat_v not_o be_v we_o the_o worse_o or_o be_v less_o and_o less_o accept_v with_o god_n yet_o such_o as_o abstain_v from_o some_o meat_n have_v such_o thought_n of_o themselves_o and_o this_o shall_v be_v manifest_v to_o be_v the_o opinion_n and_o expectation_n of_o the_o doctor_n for_o his_o voluntary_a worship_n worship_n not_o command_v by_o god_n to_o be_v better_o please_v and_o to_o find_v better_a acceptance_n from_o god_n tract_n of_o willworship_n sect._n 16.19_o and_o here_o sect._n 52._o §_o 14.8_o last_o to_o add_v no_o more_o the_o place_n of_o more_o virtue_n and_o efficacy_n in_o thing_n than_o either_o nature_n or_o the_o institution_n of_o god_n have_v place_v in_o they_o this_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v a_o excess_n and_o so_o superstition_n by_o the_o doctor_n sect_n 45._o the_o place_n of_o more_o virtue_n in_o some_o thing_n than_o either_o natural_o or_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o god_n word_n or_o in_o the_o estimation_n of_o pure_a age_n of_o the_o church_n may_v be_v think_v to_o belong_v to_o they_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o nimiety_n his_o instance_n give_v be_v very_o pertinent_a and_o considerable_a 1._o place_v virtue_n or_o force_n in_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n which_o be_v do_v not_o only_o by_o papist_n in_o cross_v themselves_o to_o scare_v away_o the_o devil_n but_o also_o by_o many_o ignorant_a and_o ill-taught_a protestant_n who_o require_v cross_v of_o their_o child_n in_o baptism_n as_o think_v they_o not_o well_o baptize_v without_o 2._o the_o woman_n parvula_fw-la evangelia_fw-la 3._o opus_fw-la operatum_fw-la the_o common_a superstition_n of_o all_o natural_a man_n and_o hypocrite_n concern_v which_o his_o judgement_n be_v good_a the_o do_v of_o which_o be_v either_o groundless_a and_o then_o it_o be_v folly_n or_o else_o it_o fasten_v some_o promise_n on_o christ_n which_o he_o have_v not_o make_v in_o the_o gospel_n etc._n etc._n but_o why_o he_o shall_v add_v 34._o see_v infra_fw-la sect_n 34._o in_o the_o estimation_n of_o the_o pure_a age_n of_o the_o church_n i_o do_v not_o well_o understand_v but_o shall_v consider_v in_o its_o place_n §_o 15._o have_v thus_o make_v way_n for_o our_o debate_n with_o the_o doctor_n by_o show_v the_o nature_n of_o superstitiion_n we_o shall_v now_o enter_v the_o list_n 1_o sect._n 1_o and_o consider_v what_o he_o say_v about_o it_o and_o to_o his_o first_o section_n we_o say_v it_o may_v be_v true_a that_o some_o may_v unjust_o be_v charge_v with_o the_o crime_n of_o superstition_n by_o ignorant_a or_o malicious_a defamer_n of_o other_o best_o action_n but_o it_o be_v as_o true_a that_o some_o that_o think_v themselves_o assure_v in_o conscience_n that_o they_o be_v far_o enough_o from_o the_o guilt_n of_o it_o may_v just_o be_v charge_v with_o it_o common_o those_o that_o be_v most_o superstitious_a be_v most_o confident_a of_o their_o innocency_n and_o piety_n many_o of_o the_o romish_a proselyte_n do_v think_v they_o be_v far_o enough_o from_o this_o crime_n in_o their_o high_a will-worship_n and_o rather_o to_o deserve_v commendation_n from_o man_n and_o more_o acceptation_n from_o god_n than_o blame_v from_o any_o and_o no_o marvel_n if_o they_o understand_v superstition_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n that_o the_o doctor_n do_v in_o this_o discourse_n that_o be_v §_o 16._o superstition_n in_o latin_a be_v most_o clear_o 2._o sect._n 2._o superstitum_fw-la cultus_fw-la the_o worship_n of_o some_o depart_v from_o this_o world_n suppose_v to_o have_v life_n in_o another_o sect._n 2._o that_o the_o heathen_n so_o define_v it_o be_v true_a and_o that_o the_o worship_v of_o such_o then_o and_o by_o papist_n now_o be_v one_o kind_n of_o superstition_n 3._o so_o the_o dr_n in_o sect_n 3._o we_o have_v already_o grant_v as_o be_v the_o worship_v of_o creature_n with_o and_o beside_o the_o creator_n which_o be_v idolatry_n against_o the_o first_o commandment_n but_o the_o doctor_n will_v not_o say_v i_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o only_a superstition_n to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o world_n either_o then_o or_o now_o for_o he_o grant_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o excessive_a fear_n of_o the_o deity_n to_o have_v be_v another_o kind_n of_o superstition_n among_o the_o heathen_n and_o other_o kind_n also_o among_o christian_n as_o we_o shall_v hear_v anon_o some_o there_o be_v and_o they_o no_o mean_a one_o that_o derive_v it_o from_o super_fw-la and_o sto_z or_o statuo_fw-la as_o supra_fw-la statutum_fw-la some_o worship_n institute_v by_o man_n above_o the_o statute_n law_n of_o god_n but_o we_o rather_o rest_v in_o the_o definitiion_n of_o the_o schoolman_n superstition_n be_v a_o vice_n contrary_n to_o religion_n in_o the_o excess_n which_o may_v extend_v to_o the_o other_o commandment_n whereas_o this_o limit_n it_o to_o the_o second_o §_o 17._o the_o greek_a word_n for_o superstition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o it_o seem_v to_o come_v near_o the_o doctor_n sense_n of_o superstitum_fw-la cultus_fw-la yet_o the_o etymology_n of_o the_o word_n do_v not_o import_v so_o much_o but_o rather_o a_o slavish_a fear_n of_o a_o deity_n by_o imagine_v it_o cruel_a tyrannical_a etc._n etc._n as_o the_o doctor_n word_n dread_v the_o god_n as_o so_o many_o tyrant_n sect_n 13._o a_o cowardly_a tremble_a fear_n a_o care_n &_o fear_v of_o evil_a spirit_n sect_n 9_o for_o though_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o word_n signify_v daemon_n or_o spirit_n depart_v yet_o the_o former_a part_n do_v not_o 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whole_a work_n of_o our_o redemption_n by_o he_o be_v institute_v by_o himself_o or_o his_o apostle_n by_o he_o authorize_v and_o inspire_v for_o this_o very_a end_n &_o come_v about_o once_o in_o every_o week_n to_o limit_v it_o therefore_o to_o one_o day_n in_o a_o year_n to_o remember_v that_o mercy_n be_v not_o a_o exaltation_n but_o a_o derogation_n from_o it_o if_o this_o be_v do_v on_o his_o own_o design_a day_n we_o need_v not_o fix_v another_o day_n 2._o the_o exercise_n do_v upon_o the_o day_n be_v acceptable_a duty_n any_o day_n therefore_o upon_o this_o true_o but_o then_o any_o day_n whereon_o these_o duty_n be_v do_v be_v as_o holy_a a_o day_n as_o christmas_n day_n or_o if_o he_o think_v the_o duty_n be_v more_o acceptable_a for_o the_o day_n sake_n or_o for_o the_o voluntary_a dedication_n of_o it_o by_o man_n i_o fear_v they_o will_v be_v so_o much_o less_o acceptable_a to_o god_n and_o no_o better_a than_o superstition_n 3._o there_o may_v be_v excess_n and_o 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