recite_v but_o what_o he_o have_v to_o say_v to_o it_o he_o do_v not_o tell_v we_o i_o there_o show_v at_o large_a that_o god_n do_v not_o want_n entreaties_n to_o do_v good_a though_o his_o wisdom_n and_o justice_n may_v require_v a_o sacrifice_n and_o a_o highpriest_n to_o make_v atonement_n for_o sin_n to_o prevent_v that_o obvious_a objection_n that_o god_n command_v we_o to_o pray_v for_o one_o another_o on_o earth_n i_o observe_v that_o this_o be_v not_o by_o way_n of_o interest_n and_o merit_n as_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n pretend_v the_o saint_n in_o heaven_n pray_v for_o we_o but_o by_o humble_a supplication_n which_o i_o show_v be_v very_o reconcilable_a with_o the_o wisdom_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n from_o those_o excellent_a end_n it_o serve_v in_o this_o world_n this_o he_o call_v a_o misrepresentation_n p._n 68_o but_o i_o pray_v why_o do_v not_o they_o pray_v to_o god_n in_o the_o name_n and_o merit_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v not_o all_o their_o office_n full_a of_o 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blasphemy_n represent_v it_o that_o she_o can_v have_v any_o thing_n of_o he_o and_o thus_o they_o suppose_v the_o other_o saint_n to_o be_v much_o more_o pitiful_a than_o christ_n be_v and_o to_o have_v interest_n enough_o to_o protect_v their_o supplicant_n or_o else_o it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a why_o they_o shall_v need_v or_o desire_v any_o other_o advocate_n this_o he_o call_v another_o misrepresentation_n and_o make_v i_o â—ay_n that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n profess_v to_o believe_v all_o this_o but_o i_o say_v no_o such_o thing_n but_o only_o this_o be_v the_o natural_a interpretation_n of_o their_o seek_v other_o advocate_n and_o mediator_n beside_o christ_n when_o he_o can_v give_v a_o better_a account_n of_o this_o practice_n i_o will_v acknowledge_v i_o be_v mistake_v in_o my_o argument_n but_o be_o no_o misrepresenter_n for_o to_o argue_v ill_a and_o to_o misrepresent_v be_v two_o thing_n as_o the_o representer_n himself_o i_o suppose_v have_v learn_v by_o this_o time_n sect_n iii_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o thirty_o misrepresentation_n and_o calumny_n and_o some_o fanatical_a principle_n say_v to_o be_v offer_v in_o the_o three_o and_o four_o section_n here_o our_o jesuit_n foam_v and_o rage_n and_o i_o will_v make_v he_o rage_v a_o little_a more_o before_o i_o have_v do_v with_o he_o for_o bad_a spirit_n be_v apt_a to_o rage_v most_o the_o more_o they_o feel_v the_o power_n of_o exorcism_n and_o then_o there_o be_v no_o way_n to_o make_v they_o quiet_a but_o to_o cast_v they_o out_o the_o three_o section_n of_o the_o preservative_n concern_v the_o nature_n of_o christian_a worship_n what_o christ_n have_v reform_v in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o what_o worship_n he_o have_v prescribe_v 1._o as_o for_o the_o first_o i_o say_v that_o christ_n have_v take_v away_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v mere_o external_a in_o religion_n not_o external_a act_n nor_o the_o necessary_a external_a circumstance_n of_o worship_n but_o such_o exernal_a rite_n as_o either_o by_o the_o institution_n of_o god_n or_o superstition_n of_o man_n be_v make_v act_n of_o religion_n to_o render_v we_o more_o acceptable_a to_o god._n this_o i_o show_v be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o christian_a religion_n which_o have_v none_o of_o those_o end_n to_o serve_v for_o which_o these_o external_a rite_n be_v institute_v by_o god_n under_o the_o jewish_a law_n or_o invent_v by_o men._n for_o 1._o there_o be_v no_o expiation_n or_o satisfaction_n for_o sin_n under_o the_o gospel_n but_o only_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o place_n now_o for_o any_o expiatory_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n 2._o the_o gospel_n make_v no_o difference_n between_o legal_a cleanness_n and_o uncleanness_n and_o therefore_o distinction_n of_o meat_n and_o external_n wash_n and_o purification_n be_v now_o out_o of_o date_n 3._o nor_o be_v there_o any_o symbolical_a presence_n of_o god_n under_o the_o gospel_n which_o put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o legal_a holiness_n of_o place_n and_o thing_n 4._o nor_o be_v material_a and_o inanimate_a thing_n make_v the_o receptacle_n of_o divine_a grace_n and_o virtue_n to_o convey_v they_o to_o we_o mere_o by_o contact_n and_o external_n application_n like_o some_o annulet_n or_o charm_n to_o wear_v in_o our_o pocket_n or_o hang_v about_o our_o neck_n 5._o the_o christian_a religion_n admit_v of_o no_o external_n or_o ceremonial_a righteousness_n now_o this_o cut_v off_o every_o thing_n which_o be_v external_n in_o religion_n at_o a_o blow_n because_o it_o cut_v off_o all_o hope_n and_o relyance_n on_o a_o external_n righteousness_n 6._o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o christian_a religion_n can_v admit_v nothing_o that_o be_v external_n but_o only_o some_o faederal_n rite_n such_o as_o the_o two_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n and_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v and_o such_o rite_n as_o these_o be_v necessary_a in_o all_o institute_v religion_n which_o depend_v upon_o free_a and_o voluntaâ—â—â—â—venants_n for_o since_o mankind_n have_v by_o sin_n forfeit_v their_o natural_a rigâ—t_n to_o god_n favour_n they_o can_v challenge_v nothing_o from_o he_o now_o but_o by_o promise_n and_o covenant_n and_o since_o such_o covenant_n require_v a_o mutual_a stipulation_n on_o both_o side_n they_o must_v be_v transact_v by_o some_o visible_a and_o sensible_a rite_n whereby_o god_n oblige_v himself_o to_o we_o and_o we_o to_o he_o this_o he_o call_v a_o fanatical_a principle_n but_o why_o i_o know_v not_o and_o say_v that_o this_o be_v destroy_v by_o my_o former_a principle_n of_o take_v away_o all_o rite_n that_o be_v act_n of_o religion_n this_o be_v a_o severe_a man_n who_o will_v not_o allow_v i_o to_o make_v one_o exception_n from_o a_o general_n rule_n which_o no_o man_n yet_o be_v ever_o deny_v especial_o when_o i_o give_v such_o a_o peculiar_a reason_n for_o the_o exception_n as_o be_v applicable_a to_o nothing_o else_o that_o a_o institute_v religion_n be_v and_o must_v be_v found_v on_o a_o covenant_n that_o a_o covenant_n must_v be_v transact_v by_o visible_a and_o sensible_a rite_n for_o there_o can_v be_v a_o visible_a covenant_n nor_o a_o visible_a church_n found_v on_o this_o covenant_n without_o visible_a and_o sensible_a rite_n and_o this_o i_o suppose_v he_o will_v think_v a_o sufficient_a answer_n to_o what_o he_o say_v that_o on_o this_o principle_n i_o ought_v to_o teach_v that_o the_o mutual_a stipulation_n betwixt_o god_n and_o we_o must_v be_v make_v by_o his_o interior_a grace_n and_o our_o interior_a worship_n 86._o because_o god_n must_v be_v worship_v as_o a_o mere_a spirit_n that_o god_n must_v be_v worship_v as_o a_o mere_a spirit_n and_o therefore_o without_o any_o external_a act_n of_o worship_n i_o never_o say_v much_o less_o do_v i_o assign_v it_o as_o my_o reason_n here_o against_o a_o mere_a external_a
extirpate_v all_o idolatry_n to_o this_o purpose_n he_o have_v more_o perfect_o instruct_v we_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o god._n to_o this_o end_n he_o confine_v all_o religious_a worship_n to_o god_n alone_o thou_o shall_v worship_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n 10._o and_o he_o only_o shall_v thou_o serve_v it_o be_v his_o answer_n to_o the_o devil_n when_o he_o tempt_v he_o to_o fall_v down_o and_o worship_v he_o but_o he_o give_v such_o a_o answer_n as_o exclude_v all_o creature_n not_o only_o good_a but_o bad_a spirit_n from_o any_o share_n in_o religious_a worship_n for_o he_o do_v not_o deny_v to_o worship_v he_o mere_o because_o he_o be_v the_o devil_n but_o because_o we_o must_v worship_v none_o but_o god._n which_o be_v as_o good_a a_o reason_n against_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o most_o glorious_a angel_n as_o of_o the_o devil_n himself_o this_o he_o call_v a_o misrepresentation_n 61._o and_o to_o make_v it_o so_o first_o very_o silly_o misrepresent_v my_o word_n and_o say_v that_o i_o charge_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n that_o she_o do_v not_o pay_v to_o god_n alone_o that_o degree_n of_o worship_n which_o the_o tempt_a devil_n demand_v of_o christ._n but_o i_o say_v not_o one_o word_n there_o about_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n though_o the_o application_n be_v obvious_a and_o he_o make_v it_o for_o i_o but_o then_o i_o do_v not_o blame_v they_o that_o they_o do_v not_o pay_v that_o degree_n of_o worship_n to_o god_n which_o the_o devil_n demand_v of_o christ_n which_o be_v but_o a_o inferior_a degree_n of_o worship_n and_o therefore_o not_o proper_a for_o the_o supreme_a deity_n but_o that_o they_o pay_v any_o degree_n how_o inferior_a soever_o of_o religious_a worship_n to_o saint_n and_o angel_n or_o any_o other_o be_v beside_o god_n for_o that_o be_v the_o import_n of_o our_o saviour_n answer_n to_o the_o devil_n and_o answer_v the_o pretence_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n that_o she_o do_v not_o give_v latria_fw-la or_o that_o sovereign_a 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