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conclusion_n case_n i._n wherein_o do_v superstition_n or_o the_o appearance_n of_o it_o consist_v resol_n this_o case_n have_v visible_o two_o branch_n 1_o touch_v the_o reality_n 2_o the_o appearance_n of_o superstition_n 1_o for_o the_o reality_n of_o superstition_n all_o divine_n conclude_v that_o it_o stick_v not_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n use_v or_o require_v but_o in_o the_o person_n that_o superstitious_o require_v or_o use_v they_o superstition_n therefore_o be_v right_o say_v by_o divine_n to_o be_v ground_v in_o that_o false_a doctrine_n or_o superstitious_a opinion_n that_o superstitious_a person_n have_v of_o they_o polanus_fw-la with_o many_o other_o of_o unquestionable_a credit_n in_o this_o particular_a have_v reduce_v those_o error_n that_o constitute_v circumstance_n of_o worship_n true_o and_o real_o superstitious_a to_o four_o head_n 1_o meriti_fw-la when_o we_o think_v god_n be_v bind_v to_o reward_v our_o invention_n and_o that_o by_o our_o purse_n or_o labour_n therein_o we_o purchase_v his_o favour_n this_o be_v superstition_n 2_o cultus_fw-la dei_fw-la when_o thing_n be_v require_v as_o part_n or_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o divine_a worship_n or_o so_o use_v this_o be_v superstition_n 3_o perfectionis_fw-la when_o we_o conceive_v that_o the_o true_a beauty_n and_o excellency_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o perfection_n of_o christianity_n consist_v in_o thing_n of_o humane_a invention_n this_o be_v superstition_n 4._o necessitatis_fw-la when_o such_o thing_n be_v require_v as_o simple_o necessary_a in_o their_o nature_n and_o so_o use_v when_o they_o be_v but_o thing_n indifferent_a this_o be_v also_o superstition_n quest_n but_o when_o may_v a_o thing_n be_v say_v to_o appear_v superstitious_a or_o to_o have_v the_o appearance_n of_o superstition_n for_o that_o also_o must_v be_v avoid_v answ_n we_o must_v
ipsi_fw-la sicut_fw-la par_fw-fr est_fw-la suâ_fw-la libertate_fw-la but_o last_o admit_v that_o our_o ruler_n ought_v to_o abolish_v the_o thing_n that_o have_v be_v so_o use_v to_o superstition_n but_o do_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o do_v it_o &_o enjoin_v we_o by_o their_o command_n to_o leave_v the_o superstitious_a use_n and_o to_o use_v it_o as_o we_o lawful_o may_v it_o need_v not_o enter_v into_o a_o question_n whether_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o forsake_v the_o superstition_n and_o also_o to_o obey_v authority_n in_o the_o lawful_a use_n of_o that_o thing_n without_o fear_n of_o superstition_n case_n iii_o whether_o the_o impute_v of_o significancy_n to_o thing_n impose_v render_v they_o superstitious_a resol_n true_o some_o reverend_a and_o learned_a man_n seem_v so_o affright_v at_o the_o very_a mention_n of_o sacred_a mystical_a ceremony_n significant_a symbolical_a rite_n of_o humane_a institution_n that_o i_o can_v but_o fear_n rhat_o they_o have_v apprehend_v some_o very_a great_a danger_n in_o they_o shall_v we_o once_o grant_v that_o ceremony_n of_o humane_a institution_n may_v be_v appoint_v to_o signify_v the_o favour_n of_o god_n or_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o sacrament_n or_o to_o be_v a_o mean_n of_o receive_v any_o blessing_n from_o god_n no_o doubt_n there_o be_v so_o much_o danger_n in_o it_o that_o if_o corrupt_a and_o superstitious_a man_n shall_v at_o any_o time_n rule_v the_o church_n we_o may_v quick_o have_v not_o only_o seven_o but_o seventy_o time_n seven_o if_o not_o entire_a yet_o semi-sacrament_n the_o church_n and_o service_n of_o god_n be_v thereby_o obnoxious_a to_o all_o the_o antic_a and_o conceit_a crotcher_n that_o the_o vain_a imagination_n of_o overcurious_a man_n can_v cumber_v they_o with_o until_o they_o become_v stench_n in_o the_o nostril_n of_o all_o sober_a and_o staid_a man_n and_o of_o god_n himself_o with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o if_o by_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n we_o mean_v only_o the_o circumstance_n of_o divine_a worship_n by_o scripture_n leave_v to_o the_o liberty_n and_o prudence_n of_o the_o church_n and_o by_o the_o significancy_n of_o they_o we_o intend_v nothing_o but_o that_o they_o be_v fit_v to_o commend_v the_o exercise_n with_o order_n and_o decency_n to_o express_v the_o gravity_n and_o devotion_n of_o the_o worshipper_n tend_v also_o as_o such_o thing_n be_v capable_a to_o unity_n and_o edification_n if_o this_o be_v all_o true_o i_o can_v discover_v so_o much_o danger_n yea_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o add_v that_o to_o quarrel_v with_o they_o because_o they_o be_v such_o seem_v to_o be_v angry_a with_o these_o ceremony_n which_o be_v better_a and_o because_o they_o be_v better_a than_o other_o and_o to_o quarrel_v with_o their_o very_a fitness_n and_o their_o conformity_n to_o the_o general_a rule_n of_o scripture_n by_o which_o alone_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v measure_v again_o if_o nothing_o that_o be_v so_o pure_o indifferent_a as_o to_o be_v of_o no_o use_n or_o service_n and_o not_o to_o be_v more_o expedient_a than_o inexpedient_a aught_o to_o be_v impose_v as_o all_o moderate_a man_n allow_v and_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n in_o hand_n nothing_o that_o have_v its_o use_n or_o significancy_n may_v be_v require_v who_o see_v not_o but_o the_o church_n be_v crucify_v between_o two_o opinion_n that_o open_o rob_v she_o of_o all_o power_n about_o thing_n indifferent_a some_o very_a wise_a and_o unsuspected_a person_n have_v free_o declare_v themselves_o not_o to_o discover_v any_o such_o danger_n in_o the_o bare_a significancy_n of_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o church_n as_o other_o be_v affright_v with_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a say_v peter_n martyr_n to_o hooper_n to_o deprive_v the_o church_n of_o that_o liberty_n that_o she_o shall_v not_o by_o her_o action_n and_o rite_n of_o the_o church_n aliquid_fw-la significare_fw-la signify_v something_o yea_o further_o say_v he_o the_o very_a apostle_n himself_o use_v that_o liberty_n when_o he_o teach_v ut_fw-la illis_fw-la signis_fw-la that_o with_o those_o sign_n they_o shall_v be_v admonish_v of_o their_o duty_n again_o rerum_fw-la significationes_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o signification_n of_o thing_n call_v to_o our_o mind_n quid_fw-la nos_fw-la deceat_fw-la what_o be_v expedient_a ministri_fw-la magis_fw-la memores_fw-la sint_fw-la svi_fw-la officii_fw-la vid._n aret._n in_o 1_o cor._n 10._o 10._o &_o 16._o 16._o pet._n mart._n in_o 1_o cor._n 16._o 26._o geneva_n annotation_n in_o 1_o cor._n 16._o 20._o perkins_n case_n consci_fw-la cap._n 3._o sect._n 3._o calvin_n also_o be_v nothing_o 29._o calv._n instit_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 10._o 28_o 29._o fearful_a to_o the_o iver_n his_o mind_n in_o the_o point_n there_o be_v say_v he_o rite_n which_o draw_v veneration_n to_o holy_a thing_n etc._n etc._n with_o such_o little_a help_n we_o be_v provoke_v to_o piety_n they_o be_v adapt_v to_o the_o reverence_n of_o holy_a mystery_n thereby_o the_o exercise_n be_v suit_v to_o holiness_n they_o be_v not_o without_o fruit_n thereby_o the_o faithful_a be_v admonish_v with_o what_o modesty_n and_o religion_n they_o be_v to_o worship_v god_n kneel_v say_v beza_n when_o we_o receive_v the_o sign_n have_v a_o show_n of_o godly_a and_o christian_a veneration_n case_n iu._n whether_o it_o be_v a_o sinful_a betray_v our_o christian_a liberty_n to_o obey_v the_o law_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n resol_n this_o question_n seem_v to_o engage_v god_n and_o cesar_n and_o to_o cause_v a_o quarrel_n betwixt_o duty_n and_o liberty_n which_o neither_o god_n or_o cesar_n duty_n or_o liberty_n will_v own_v or_o defend_v the_o doubt_n apparent_o result_v out_o of_o a_o too_o gross_a mistake_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o true_a gospel-liberty_n the_o internal_a part_n whereof_o though_o it_o indeed_o free_v we_o from_o inward_a bondage_n yet_o bind_v we_o the_o fast_a in_o service_n to_o god_n so_o the_o external_a part_n thereof_o do_v also_o deliver_v we_o from_o outward_a slavery_n to_o the_o lust_n of_o man_n yet_o it_o the_o more_o oblige_v we_o in_o duty_n to_o superior_n polanus_fw-la place_v external_n christian_n liberty_n which_o indeed_o be_v proper_o christian_a as_o it_o may_v be_v distinguish_v from_o gospel-liberty_n in_o two_o thing_n a_o liberty_n from_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n 2._o a_o liberty_n in_o the_o use_n of_o indifferent_a thing_n now_o though_o the_o first_o branch_n may_v not_o be_v touch_v yet_o he_o doubt_v not_o in_o the_o least_o but_o that_o the_o latter_a may_v be_v determine_v upon_o just_a occasion_n of_o the_o church_n order_n by_o lawful_a authority_n libertas_n christiana_n est_fw-la duplex_fw-la à _fw-la legibus_fw-la mosis_fw-la &_o in_o adiaphoris_n quales_fw-la sunt_fw-la ceremoniae_fw-la humanâ_fw-la autoritate_fw-la institutae_fw-la boni_fw-la ordinis_fw-la causâ_fw-la christian_n liberty_n say_v polanus_fw-la be_v twofold_a from_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o in_o thing_n indifferent_a of_o which_o sort_n mean_v thing_n indifferent_a be_v ceremony_n appoint_v by_o humane_a authority_n for_o order_n sake_n now_o neither_o of_o these_o branch_n of_o christian_a liberty_n can_v be_v sober_o think_v to_o make_v void_a the_o law_n as_o moral_a or_o natural_a in_o any_o one_o jot_n or_o tittle_n of_o it_o which_o our_o saviour_n come_v to_o fulfil_v matth._n 5._o and_o establish_v rom._n 3._o ult_n but_o to_o assert_v that_o ruler_n have_v no_o power_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a because_o of_o christian_a liberty_n seem_v to_o weaken_v he_o arm_v of_o authority_n ecclesiastical_a civil_a political_n oeconomical_a and_o even_o to_o raze_v out_o the_o five_o commandment_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n yea_o what_o unnatural_a consequence_n of_o all_o disorder_n be_v like_a to_o ensue_v in_o church_n in_o state_n in_o family_n and_o all_o society_n in_o the_o world_n the_o beauty_n and_o comeliness_n of_o all_o which_o lie_v not_o a_o little_a in_o the_o due_a order_n of_o thing_n indifferent_a yea_o how_o often_o be_v the_o apostle_n himself_o the_o great_a assert_v of_o christian_a liberty_n thus_o make_v a_o invader_n of_o it_o how_o injurious_o do_v that_o famous_a synod_n act._n 15._o bind_v the_o church_n to_o those_o indifferent_a thing_n what_o council_n father_n scholman_n church_n nay_o what_o wise_a man_n be_v ever_o of_o this_o opinion_n or_o who_o be_v that_o solid_a writer_n in_o any_o age_n almost_o that_o have_v not_o declare_v the_o contrary_a give_v i_o leave_v therefore_o to_o repeat_v it_o the_o nature_n of_o christian_a liberty_n be_v much_o mistake_v it_o be_v not_o only_o consistent_a with_o but_o it_o even_o consist_v in_o the_o determination_n of_o thing_n indifferent_a by_o lawful_a authority_n it_o be_v one_o part_n of_o this_o liberty_n as_o calvin_n assert_n legibus_fw-la libertas_n aufertur_fw-la ablato_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o legibus_fw-la that_o the_o church_n have_v power_n to_o regulate_v the_o circumstantes_fw-la of_o worship_n for_o peace_n and_o unity_n order_n and_o decency_n