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               ΕΚΤΕΝΕ'ΣΤΕΡΟΝ
               .
               OR
               The
               Degrees
               of
               Ardency
               IN
               CHRISTS
               PRAYER
               Reconciled
               with
               His
               fulnesse
               OF
               HABITVAL
               GRACE
               .
            
             
               In
               Reply
               to
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Book
               ,
               intituled
               ,
               
                 A
                 mixture
                 of
                 Scholastical
                 Divinity
                 with
                 Practical
                 .
              
            
             
               By
               H.
               HAMMOND
               .
               D.
               D.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               R.
               ROYSTON
               at
               the
               Angel
               in
               Ivie-lane
               .
               1656.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               The
               Degrees
               of
               ardency
               in
               Christ's
               Prayer
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   §
                   .
                
                 1
              
               I
               Was
               very
               willing
               to
               hearken
               to
               the
               seasonable
               advice
               of
               many
               ,
               and
               to
               wholly
               withdraw
               my self
               
                 à
                 foro
                 contentioso
              
               ,
               to
               some
               more
               pleasing
               &
               profitable
               imployment
               ;
               but
               discerning
               it
               to
               be
               the
               desire
               of
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Book
               ,
               Intituled
               ,
               
                 A
                 mixture
                 of
                 Scholastical
                 and
                 Practical
                 Divinity
                 ,
              
               that
               I
               should
               reply
               to
               his
               examination
               of
               one
               passage
               of
               mine
               against
               Mr.
               Cawdrey
               ,
               I
               shall
               make
               no
               scruple
               immediately
               to
               obey
               him
               ,
               not
               only
               because
               it
               may
               be
               done
               in
               very
               few
               words
               ,
               but
               especially
               because
               the
               doctrine
               ,
               which
               he
               affixeth
               to
               mee
               ,
               seems
               (
               and
               not
               without
               some
               reason
               )
               to
               be
               contrary
               to
               the
               truth
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               which
               I
               am
               to
               look
               on
               with
               all
               reverent
               submission
               and
               acquiesce
               in
               ,
               with
               captivation
               of
               understanding
               ,
               and
               so
               not
               assert
               any
               thing
               from
               my
               own
               conceptions
               ,
               which
               is
               but
               seemingly
               contrary
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 2
              
               The
               proposition
               which
               he
               affixes
               to
               mee
               ,
               is
               *
               this
               ;
               
                 That
                 Christs
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 was
                 capable
                 of
                 farther
                 degrees
                 ,
              
               and
               that
               he
               refutes
               ,
               as
               being
               
                 contrary
                 to
                 that
                 point
              
               (
               a
               truth
               of
               Scripture
               )
               which
               he
               had
               in
               hand
               ,
               viz.
               The
               
                 dwelling
                 of
                 all
                 fulness
                 of
                 habituall
                 grace
                 in
                 Christ
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 3
              
               By
               this
               I
               suppose
               I
               may
               conclude
               his
               meaning
               to
               bee
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               affirmed
               
                 Christs
                 love
              
               of
               God
               (
               meaning
               thereby
               that
               
                 habituall
                 grace
              
               of
               
                 divine
                 Charity
              
               )
               to
               have
               been
               
                 capable
                 of
                 further
                 degrees
              
               ,
               so
               as
               that
               capacity
               of
               
                 further
                 degrees
              
               ,
               is
               the
               denyall
               of
               
                 all
                 fulness
                 of
                 that
                 habitual
                 grace
              
               already
               in
               him
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 4
              
               And
               truly
               ,
               had
               I
               thus
               exprest
               my self
               ,
               or
               let
               fall
               any
               words
               ,
               which
               might
               have
               been
               thus
               interpretable
               ,
               I
               acknowledge
               I
               had
               been
               very
               injurious
               not
               onely
               to
               the
               verity
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               also
               to
               my
               
                 own
                 conceptions
              
               ,
               and
               even
               to
               the
               cause
               which
               I
               had
               in
               hand
               ,
               which
               had
               not
               been
               supported
               ,
               but
               betrayed
               by
               any
               such
               apprehension
               of
               the
               
                 imperfection
                 of
                 Christs
                 habitual
                 graces
              
               .
            
             
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 5
              
               This
               I
               could
               easily
               shew
               ,
               and
               withall
               how
               cautiously
               and
               expresly
               it
               was
               fore-stall'd
               by
               mee
               ;
               But
               to
               the
               matter
               in
               hand
               ,
               it
               is
               sufficient
               ,
               that
               I
               professe
               I
               never
               thought
               it
               ;
               but
               deem
               it
               a
               contrariety
               to
               expresse
               words
               of
               Scripture
               in
               any
               man
               who
               shall
               think
               it
               ,
               and
               in
               short
               ,
               that
               I
               never
               gave
               occasion
               to
               any
               man
               to
               believe
               it
               my
               opinion
               ,
               having
               never
               said
               it
               in
               those
               words
               which
               he
               sets
               up
               to
               refute
               in
               mee
               ,
               never
               in
               any
               other
               that
               may
               be
               reasonably
               interpretable
               to
               that
               sense
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 6
              
               First
               ,
               I
               said
               it
               not
               in
               those
               words
               ,
               which
               he
               undertakes
               to
               refute
               ;
               These
               are
               p.
               258.
               of
               his
               Book
               thus
               set
               down
               by
               him
               .
            
             
               This
               point
               may
               serve
               for
               confutation
               of
               a
               passage
               in
               Dr.
               H.
               against
               Mr.
               C.
               to
               wit
               ,
               That
               Christs
               love
               of
               God
               was
               capable
               of
               farther
               degrees
               ]
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 7
              
               These
               words
               I
               never
               said
               ,
               nor
               indeed
               are
               they
               to
               be
               found
               in
               the
               Passage
               ,
               which
               he
               sets
               down
               from
               mee
               ,
               and
               whereon
               he
               grounds
               them
               ;
               which
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               is
               this
               :
            
             
               
                 Dr.
                 H.
                 p.
                 222.
                 
              
               In
               the
               next
               place
               he
               passeth
               to
               the
               inforcement
               of
               my
               argument
               ,
               from
               what
               we
               read
               concerning
               Christ
               himself
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               more
               intense
               in
               Prayer
               at
               one
               time
               than
               another
               ,
               when
               yet
               the
               lower
               degree
               was
               sure
               no
               sin
               ,
               and
               prepares
               to
               make
               answer
               to
               it
               .
               viz.
               That
               Christ
               was
               above
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               did
               more
               then
               the
               Law
               required
               ,
               but
               men
               fall
               short
               by
               many
               degrees
               of
               what
               is
               required
               .
               But
               sure
               this
               answer
               is
               nothing
               to
               the
               matter
               now
               in
               hand
               ,
               for
               the
               evidencing
               of
               which
               ,
               that
               example
               of
               Christ
               was
               brought
               by
               mee
               ,
               viz.
               That
               sincere
               Love
               is
               capable
               of
               degrees
               .
               This
               was
               first
               shewed
               in
               severall
               men
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               same
               man
               at
               several
               times
               ,
               in
               the
               severall
               rankes
               of
               Angels
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               in
               Christ
               himself
               ,
               more
               ardent
               in
               one
               act
               of
               Prayer
               than
               in
               another
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 8
              
               Here
               the
               Reader
               findes
               not
               the
               words
               [
               
                 Christs
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 capable
                 of
                 further
                 degrees
              
               ]
               and
               when
               by
               deduction
               he
               endeavours
               to
               conclude
               them
               from
               these
               words
               ,
               his
               conclusion
               falls
               short
               in
               one
               word
               
                 viz.
                 [
                 further
              
               ]
               and
               't
               is
               but
               this
               ,
            
             
               
               That
               the
               example
               of
               Christ
               will
               never
               prove
               D.
               H.
               his
               conclusion
               ,
               unlesse
               it
               inferre
               ,
               that
               Christs
               love
               of
               God
               was
               capable
               of
               degrees
               .
               ]
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 9
              
               This
               is
               but
               a
               slight
               charge
               indeed
               ,
               yet
               may
               be
               worthy
               to
               be
               taken
               notice
               of
               in
               the
               entrance
               (
               though
               the
               principal
               weight
               of
               my
               answer
               be
               not
               laid
               on
               it
               )
               and
               suggest
               this
               seasonable
               advertisment
               ,
               that
               he
               which
               undertakes
               to
               refute
               any
               saying
               of
               another
               ,
               must
               oblige
               himself
               to
               an
               
                 exact
                 recital
              
               of
               it
               to
               a
               word
               ,
               and
               syllable
               ;
               Otherwise
               he
               may
               himself
               become
               the
               onely
               Author
               of
               the
               Proposition
               ,
               which
               he
               refutes
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 10
              
               The
               difference
               is
               no
               more
               than
               by
               the
               addition
               of
               the
               word
               [
               further
               .
               ]
               But
               that
               addition
               may
               possibly
               beger
               in
               the
               
                 Readers
                 understanding
              
               ,
               a
               very
               considerable
               difference
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 11
              
               For
               this
               proposition
               [
               
                 Christs
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 was
                 capable
                 of
                 further
                 degrees
              
               ]
               is
               readily
               interpretable
               to
               this
               dangerous
               sense
               ,
               that
               
                 Christs
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 was
                 not
                 ful
                 ,
              
               but
               so
               farre
               imperfect
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               
                 capable
                 of
                 some
                 further
                 degrees
              
               than
               yet
               it
               had
               ;
               And
               thus
               sure
               the
               Author
               I
               have
               now
               before
               mee
               ,
               acknowledges
               to
               have
               understood
               the
               words
               ;
               and
               accordingly
               proposeth
               to
               refute
               them
               from
               the
               consideration
               of
               
                 the
                 all-fulness
                 of
                 habitual
                 grace
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               which
               he
               could
               not
               doe
               ,
               unlesse
               he
               deemed
               them
               a
               prejudice
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 12
              
               But
               those
               other
               words
               ,
               which
               though
               he
               findes
               not
               in
               my
               papers
               ,
               he
               yet
               not
               illogically
               inferres
               from
               them
               [
               
                 that
                 Christs
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 was
                 capable
                 of
                 degrees
                 ,
                 more
                 intense
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 than
                 at
                 another
              
               ]
               are
               not
               so
               liable
               to
               be
               thus
               interpreted
               ,
               but
               onely
               import
               that
               
                 Christs
                 love
                 of
                 God
              
               had
               in
               its
               latitude
               or
               amplitude
               severall
               degrees
               ,
               one
               differing
               from
               another
               .
               See
               
                 magis
                 &
                 minus
              
               ,
               all
               of
               them
               comprehended
               in
               that
               
                 all-full
                 perfect
                 love
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               which
               was
               alwayes
               in
               Christ
               so
               full
               ,
               and
               so
               perfect
               ,
               as
               not
               to
               want
               ,
               and
               so
               not
               to
               be
               capable
               of
               
                 further
                 degrees
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 13
              
               The
               Matter
               is
               cleare
               ;
               The
               degrees
               of
               which
               
                 Christs
                 love
                 of
                 God
              
               is
               capable
               ,
               are
               by
               me
               thus
               exprest
               ,
               that
               
                 his
                 love
                 was
                 more
                 intense
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 than
                 at
                 another
              
               ;
               but
               still
               the
               higher
               of
               those
               degrees
               of
               intensness
               ,
               was
               as
               truly
               acknowledged
               to
               be
               in
               
                 Christs
                 love
              
               ,
               at
               some
               time
               ,
               viz.
               in
               his
               agonie
               ,
               as
               the
               lower
               was
               at
               〈◊〉
               ;
               and
               so
               all
               the
               degrees
               ,
               which
               are
               supposed
               to
               be
               mentioned
               of
               
               his
               love
               ,
               are
               also
               supposed
               ,
               and
               expresly
               affirmed
               to
               have
               been
               
                 in
                 him
              
               at
               some
               time
               or
               other
               ;
               whereas
               a
               supposed
               
                 capacity
                 of
                 further
                 degrees
                 ,
                 seems
              
               at
               least
               (
               and
               so
               is
               resolved
               by
               
                 that
                 Author
              
               )
               to
               inferre
               ,
               that
               these
               degrees
               were
               not
               in
               Christ
               (
               the
               direct
               contradictorie
               to
               the
               former
               Proposition
               )
               and
               so
               that
               they
               were
               wanting
               in
               him
               ,
               &
               the
               but
               seeming
               asserting
               of
               that
               want
               is
               justly
               censured
               ,
               as
               prejudiciall
               to
               
                 Christs
                 fulness
              
               .
               Here
               then
               was
               one
               misadventure
               in
               his
               proceeding
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 14
              
               But
               this
               is
               but
               the
               proaemial
               ,
               part
               of
               my
               Reply
               ,
               there
               is
               another
               more
               material
               branch
               of
               it
               still
               behind
               ,
               which
               may
               yet
               seem
               necessarie
               to
               be
               
                 added
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               to
               mind
               him
               of
               (
               what
               he
               well
               knowes
               )
               the
               distinction
               between
               habits
               and
               acts
               of
               virtues
               ,
               or
               graces
               ;
               and
               that
               love
               the
               Genus
               doth
               equally
               comprehend
               both
               these
               species
               ,
               and
               that
               his
               discourse
               of
               
                 all
                 fulness
              
               belonging
               to
               the
               
                 habitual
                 grace
              
               of
               
                 Christ
                 ,
                 I
              
               speak
               distinctly
               of
               another
               matter
               ,
               viz.
               of
               the
               
                 degrees
                 of
              
               that
               grace
               discernable
               in
               the
               
                 several
                 acts
              
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 15
              
               This
               distinction
               I
               thought
               legible
               enough
               before
               ,
               both
               in
               the
               Tract
               of
               Will-worship
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Answer
               to
               Mr.
               Caw
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 16
              
               In
               the
               former
               the
               *
               Refuter
               confesseth
               to
               finde
               it
               ,
               reciting
               these
               words
               of
               mine
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 possible
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 person
                 constantly
                 to
                 love
                 God
                 above
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 to
                 have
                 higher
                 expressions
                 of
                 that
                 love
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 than
                 another
                 .
              
               Where
               the
               
                 expressions
                 at
                 one
                 time
              
               ,
               and
               at
               another
               ,
               must
               needs
               referre
               to
               the
               
                 severall
                 acts
              
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               
                 all-full
                 habituall
                 love
              
               .
               Onely
               I
               guesse
               not
               what
               temptation
               he
               had
               to
               choose
               that
               expression
               ,
               which
               he
               there
               makes
               use
               of
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               [
               That
               there
               D.
               H.
               minceth
               the
               matter
               ,
               and
               speaketh
               more
               cautelously
               ]
               adding
               [
               that
               what
               he
               there
               saith
               is
               nothing
               to
               the
               matter
               now
               in
               hand
               ]
            
             
               Whereas
               1.
               those
               of
               Will-worship
               being
               the
               
                 First
                 papers
              
               written
               on
               that
               subject
               ,
               are
               sure
               very
               pertinent
               to
               ascertain
               him
               of
               the
               meaning
               of
               the
               latter
               ,
               written
               in
               defense
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               secondly
               the
               
                 early
                 cautelous
              
               speaking
               there
               ,
               might
               have
               made
               
                 further
                 later
                 caution
              
               unnecessary
               :
               and
               3ly
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               be
               said
               to
               mince
               (
               which
               to
               vulgar
               eares
               signifies
               to
               retract
               in
               some
               degree
               what
               I
               had
               said
               before
               ,
               )
               and
               again
               ,
               
                 speak
                 more
                 cautiously
              
               ,
               when
               that
               was
               the
               first
               time
               of
               my
               speaking
               of
               it
               .
            
             
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 17
              
               Mean-while
               it
               is
               manifest
               ,
               and
               his
               own
               confession
               ,
               that
               
                 there
                 these
                 were
                 my
                 words
              
               ,
               and
               those
               so
               cautious
               ,
               that
               this
               sense
               of
               the
               words
               which
               he
               undertakes
               to
               refute
               ,
               could
               not
               be
               affixt
               on
               them
               .
               And
               this
               I
               should
               have
               thought
               sufficient
               to
               have
               preserved
               my
               innocence
               ,
               and
               forstalled
               his
               Vse
               of
               Confutation
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 18
              
               But
               the
               answer
               to
               
                 Mr.
                 C.
              
               which
               occasioned
               it
               was
               ,
               I
               think
               ,
               as
               cautious
               also
               ,
               1.
               
               In
               the
               words
               recited
               by
               the
               
                 Refuter
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               that
               
                 Christ
                 himself
                 was
                 more
                 ardent
                 in
                 one
                 act
                 of
                 prayer
                 then
                 in
                 another
                 .
              
               2.
               
               In
               the
               words
               following
               in
               that
               answer
               ,
               but
               not
               recited
               by
               him
               ,
               viz.
               that
               
                 the
                 sincerity
                 of
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 virtue
                 exprest
                 in
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 performance
                 ,
                 is
                 it
                 we
                 speake
                 of
                 when
                 we
                 say
                 it
                 consists
                 in
                 a
                 latitude
                 and
                 hath
                 degrees
              
               ;
               where
               the
               
                 [
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 performance
                 ]
                 are
              
               certainly
               Acts
               of
               the
               virtue
               ,
               consisting
               in
               a
               latitude
               and
               the
               having
               
                 degrees
                 (
                 viz
              
               in
               that
               latitude
               )
               no
               way
               implies
               him
               that
               hath
               that
               virtue
               in
               that
               
                 latitude
                 (
                 viz.
                 Christ
              
               )
               to
               want
               at
               present
               ;
               and
               in
               that
               sense
               to
               be
               
                 capable
                 of
                 farther
                 degrees
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 19
              
               I
               am
               willing
               to
               look
               as
               jealously
               as
               I
               can
               on
               any
               passage
               of
               my
               own
               ,
               which
               falls
               under
               any
               mans
               censure
               ;
               and
               therefore
               finding
               nothing
               in
               the
               words
               
                 set
                 down
              
               by
               him
               as
               the
               ground
               of
               the
               Refutation
               )
               which
               is
               any
               way
               capable
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               have
               reviewed
               the
               
                 whole
                 section
              
               ,
               and
               weighed
               every
               period
               ,
               as
               suspiciously
               as
               I
               could
               ;
               to
               observe
               whether
               I
               could
               draw
               or
               wrest
               that
               consequence
               from
               any
               other
               passage
               ,
               not
               recited
               by
               him
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 20
              
               And
               I
               find
               none
               in
               any
               degree
               liable
               ,
               except
               it
               should
               be
               this
               in
               the
               *
               beginning
               of
               the
               Sect.
               Where
               setting
               down
               the
               argument
               ,
               as
               it
               lay
               in
               the
               
                 Tr.
                 of
                 Will-wor
              
               .
               I
               say
               
                 t
                 is
                 possible
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 person
                 which
                 so
                 loves
                 God
              
               (
               i.e.
               
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 heart
                 )
                 to
                 love
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 expresse
                 that
                 love
                 more
                 intensely
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 than
                 another
                 ,
                 as
                 appeared
                 by
                 the
                 example
                 of
                 Christ
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 21
              
               If
               this
               be
               thought
               capable
               of
               misapprehension
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               [
               and
               ]
               
                 disjoyning
                 love
              
               from
               the
               expressions
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               expressions
               belonging
               to
               the
               acts
               ,
               the
               love
               be
               deemed
               to
               denote
               the
               
                 habitual
                 love
              
               ;
               I
               must
               onely
               say
               ;
               that
               this
               is
               a
               misapprehension
               ,
               for
               that
               by
               
                 loving
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 heart
              
               ,
               in
               
                 the
                 first
              
               place
               ,
               I
               certainly
               meant
               the
               
                 sincere
                 habit
              
               of
               Love
               ,
               by
               love
               in
               the
               latter
               place
               ,
               the
               
               inward
               acts
               of
               love
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               expressions
               of
               love
               ,
               the
               
                 outward
                 expressions
              
               of
               those
               
                 inward
                 acts
              
               ,
               and
               of
               
                 those
                 acts
              
               onely
               I
               speak
               ,
               and
               of
               
                 those
                 expressions
              
               ,
               when
               I
               say
               they
               are
               
                 more
                 intense
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 then
                 another
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 22
              
               The
               word
               love
               ,
               as
               I
               said
               ,
               is
               a
               genus
               ,
               equally
               comprehending
               the
               
                 two
                 species
                 ,
                 habitual
              
               and
               
                 actual
                 love
              
               ,
               and
               equally
               applicable
               to
               either
               of
               the
               species
               ,
               to
               the
               acts
               as
               well
               as
               habit
               of
               love
               .
               And
               so
               when
               I
               say
               love
               is
               capable
               of
               degrees
               ,
               the
               meaning
               is
               cleare
               ,
               The
               generical
               word
               love
               restrained
               to
               the
               
                 later
                 species
                 ,
                 i.
                 e.
              
               considered
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               acts
               of
               
                 love
                 ,
                 gradually
              
               differenced
               one
               from
               the
               other
               ,
               is
               that
               
                 respect
                 ,
                 capable
                 of
                 degrees
              
               ,
               both
               inwardly
               and
               in
               
                 outward
                 expressions
              
               ,
               that
               act
               of
               love
               ,
               that
               poured
               out
               ,
               and
               exprest
               it self
               in
               the
               
                 more
                 ardent
                 prayer
              
               ,
               was
               a
               more
               
                 intense
                 act
              
               of
               love
               ,
               then
               another
               act
               of
               the
               same
               
                 habitual
                 love
              
               ,
               which
               did
               not
               so
               
                 ardently
                 expresse
              
               it self
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 23
              
               I
               shall
               explain
               this
               by
               the
               Refuters
               own
               Confession
               .
               The
               
                 death
                 of
                 Christ
              
               ,
               
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 was
                 an
                 higher
                 expression
                 of
                 Christs
                 love
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 then
                 his
                 poverty
                 ,
                 hunger
                 ,
                 or
                 thirst
                 .
              
               To
               this
               I
               subjoyn
               that
               such
               as
               the
               expression
               was
               ,
               such
               was
               the
               act
               of
               
                 inward
                 love
              
               ,
               of
               which
               that
               was
               an
               expression
               ,
               it
               being
               certain
               that
               each
               of
               these
               expressions
               had
               an
               act
               of
               
                 internal
                 love
              
               ,
               of
               which
               they
               were
               so
               many
               
                 proportionably
                 different
                 expressions
              
               ;
               And
               from
               hence
               I
               suppose
               it
               unavoidably
               consequent
               ,
               that
               that
               act
               of
               
                 internal
                 love
              
               ,
               exprest
               by
               his
               dying
               for
               us
               ,
               was
               superior
               to
               those
               
                 former
                 acts
              
               ,
               which
               onely
               exprest
               themselves
               in
               his
               poverty
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               same
               person
               that
               
                 loved
                 sincerely
              
               ,
               did
               also
               love
               ,
               and
               
                 expresse
                 that
                 love
                 more
                 intensly
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 then
                 at
                 another
                 ,
              
               which
               was
               the
               very
               thing
               I
               had
               said
               in
               another
               instance
               .
               But
               this
               I
               have
               added
               
                 ex
                 abundanti
              
               more
               then
               the
               Refuters
               discourse
               required
               of
               me
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 24
              
               It
               now
               onely
               remaines
               ,
               that
               I
               consider
               whether
               this
               Refuter
               have
               in
               the
               process
               of
               his
               discourse
               added
               any
               thing
               ,
               wherein
               I
               may
               be
               any
               whit
               concern'd
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 25
              
               And
               1.
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 the
                 falsehood
                 of
                 such
                 an
                 assertion
                 is
                 evident
                 from
                 the
                 point
                 there
                 handled
                 and
                 confirmed
                 ,
                 the
                 absolute
                 fulnesse
                 of
                 Christs
                 grace
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 the
                 general
                 consent
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Fathers
                 and
                 School-men
                 was
                 such
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 it
                 excluded
                 all
                 intensive
                 growth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 26
              
               But
               to
               this
               the
               reply
               will
               bee
               easily
               foreseen
               ,
               from
               the
               premisses
               ,
               that
               as
               the
               point
               by
               him
               
                 handled
                 and
                 confirmed
              
               was
               distinctly
               the
               
                 all-fulness
                 of
                 habituall
                 grace
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               so
               his
               proofs
               of
               it
               by
               the
               
                 consent
                 of
                 Fathers
                 and
                 School-men
              
               belong
               still
               to
               that
               
                 fulness
                 of
                 habitual
                 grace
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 27
              
               Witness
               one
               for
               all
               ,
               
                 Aquin.
                 is
                 Ser.
                 3.
                 qu.
                 7.
                 art
                 .
                 12.
                 ad
                 secundum
                 ,
                 licet
                 virtus
                 divina
                 possit
                 facere
                 aliquid
                 majus
                 &
                 melius
                 quàm
                 sit
                 habitualis
                 gratia
                 Christi
                 ,
                 non
                 tamen
                 —
                 though
                 the
                 divine
                 power
                 may
                 make
                 somewhat
                 greater
                 and
                 better
                 ,
                 than
                 is
                 the
                 habitual
                 grace
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 yet
                 —
              
               so
               't
               is
               plain
               he
               speaks
               of
               the
               fulness
               of
               the
               
                 habituall
                 grace
              
               .
               And
               
                 ad
                 tertium
                 .
                 In
                 sapientia
                 &
                 gratia
                 aliquis
                 proficere
                 potest
                 dupliciter
                 ;
                 uno
                 modo
                 secundùm
                 ipsos
                 habitus
                 sapientiae
                 &
                 gratiae
                 augmentatos
                 ,
                 &
                 sic
                 Christus
                 in
                 eis
                 non
                 proficiebat
                 .
                 Alio
                 modo
                 secundùm
                 effectus
                 ,
                 in
                 quantum
                 aliquis
                 sapientora
                 &
                 virtuosiora
                 opera
                 facit
                 ,
                 &
                 sic
                 Christus
                 proficiebat
                 sapientia
                 &
                 gratiâ
                 ,
                 sicut
                 &
                 atate
                 ,
                 quia
                 secundùm
                 processum
                 aetatis
                 perfectiora
                 opera
                 faciebat
                 ,
                 —
                 et
                 in
                 his
                 quae
                 sunt
                 ad
                 Deum
                 ,
                 et
                 in
                 his
                 quae
                 sunt
                 ad
                 homines
                 .
                 One
                 may
                 increase
                 in
                 wisdome
                 and
                 grace
                 two
                 waies
                 ,
                 one
                 way
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 habits
                 of
                 them
                 increased
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 Christ
                 increased
                 not
                 ;
                 another
                 way
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 effects
                 ;
                 when
                 any
                 doth
                 more
                 wise
                 and
                 virtuous
                 workes
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 Christ
                 increased
                 in
                 Wisedome
                 and
                 grace
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 did
                 in
                 age
                 ,
                 because
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 processe
                 of
                 his
                 age
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 more
                 perfect
                 workes
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 both
                 in
                 things
                 belonging
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 men
                 also
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 28
              
               And
               thus
               are
               the
               Schoolmen
               understood
               by
               the
               Refuter
               himself
               ,
               in
               his
               producing
               their
               testimonies
               ,
               as
               appeares
               by
               the
               expresse
               words
               [
               
                 habitual
                 grace
              
               p.
               260.
               lin
               .
               penult
               .
               and
               holiness
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Image
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 him
              
               ]
               p.
               261.
               lin
               .
               13.
               
               And
               so
               't
               is
               most
               cleare
               ,
               their
               consent
               belongs
               not
               ,
               even
               in
               his
               own
               opinion
               ,
               to
               the
               matter
               I
               had
               ,
               and
               have
               in
               hand
               ,
               no
               way
               denying
               but
               asserting
               a
               capacity
               of
               degrees
               among
               the
               acts
               of
               Christs
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               expressions
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 29
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 heare
                 the
                 Doctors
                 objection
                 ,
                 and
                 consider
                 of
                 what
                 weight
                 it
                 is
                 .
              
            
             
               Objection
               ?
               against
               what
               ?
               against
               the
               
                 fulness
                 of
                 habitual
                 grace
                 ▪
                 
                 in
                 Christ
                 ?
              
               sure
               never
               any
               was
               by
               me
               urged
               againstit
               .
               And
               he
               cannot
               now
               think
               there
               was
               .
               The
               degrees
               of
               intenseness
               observable
               in
               the
               several
               
                 acts
                 of
                 Christs
                 love
              
               ,
               his
               praying
               more
               
                 ardently
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 then
                 another
                 ,
              
               was
               all
               that
               I
               concluded
               from
               that
               
                 text
                 ,
                 Luke
              
               22.
               44.
               and
               that
               is
               nothing
               to
               his
               
                 habituall
                 love
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 30
              
               But
               even
               to
               this
               he
               is
               pleased
               to
               frame
               answers
               (
               though
               I
               hope
               his
               doctrine
               of
               the
               
                 fulnesse
                 of
                 Christs
                 habitual
                 grace
              
               be
               no
               way
               concern'd
               in
               it
               )
               and
               to
               these
               I
               shall
               briefly
               attend
               him
               ,
               as
               my
               last
               stage
               in
               this
               no
               very
               long
               voyage
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 31
              
               And
               1.
               
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 the
                 vulgar
                 translation
                 renders
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
                 prolixius
              
               ;
               and
               
                 if
                 this
                 version
                 bee
                 good
                 ,
                 then
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 place
                 for
                 the
                 Doctors
                 objection
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               though
               I
               seek
               no
               advantage
               by
               that
               vulgar
               reading
               ,
               yet
               thinking
               it
               a
               duty
               of
               reverence
               to
               that
               version
               ,
               to
               take
               leave
               civilly
               ,
               whensoever
               I
               depart
               from
               it
               (
               wherein
               I
               shall
               have
               the
               suffrage
               of
               Protestants
               as
               learned
               in
               both
               the
               Languages
               *
               Hebrew
               and
               *
               Greek
               ,
               as
               any
               )
               and
               that
               I
               may
               to
               the
               utmost
               observe
               the
               Refuters
               steps
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               utterly
               reject
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 32
              
               'T
               is
               certain
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               doth
               primarily
               signifie
               extension
               ,
               and
               that
               properly
               belongs
               to
               length
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               comparative
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               to
               a
               
                 greater
                 degree
              
               of
               that
               length
               .
               And
               if
               it
               bee
               granted
               ,
               that
               it
               so
               signifie
               here
               ,
               there
               will
               yet
               be
               
                 place
                 equally
                 for
                 my
                 conclusion
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 33
              
               For
               in
               every
               act
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               be
               it
               but
               the
               shortest
               ejaculation
               ,
               sent
               out
               by
               Christ
               ,
               I
               suppose
               (
               and
               my
               Refuter
               must
               not
               doubt
               of
               it
               )
               there
               was
               some
               degree
               of
               ardency
               or
               intension
               ;
               And
               then
               sure
               according
               to
               the
               multiplying
               of
               those
               
                 acts
                 ,
                 lengthening
              
               that
               prayer
               ,
               there
               must
               still
               in
               Christ
               (
               I
               say
               not
               in
               every
               one
               of
               us
               )
               be
               a
               proportionable
               multiplication
               of
               those
               degrees
               ,
               and
               so
               parallel
               to
               a
               greater
               length
               ;
               a
               greater
               intension
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 34
              
               This
               is
               cleare
               ,
               and
               I
               need
               not
               adde
               (
               what
               else
               I
               might
               )
               that
               the
               very
               multiplication
               of
               
                 more
                 acts
              
               of
               any
               virtue
               ,
               supposing
               it
               equally
               sincere
               in
               the
               habit
               (
               and
               such
               is
               the
               length
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               in
               Christ
               )
               is
               more
               valuable
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               (
               and
               that
               argues
               it
               more
               excellent
               )
               than
               the
               smaller
               number
               of
               those
               acts
               would
               be
               ,
               and
               proportionably
               more
               
                 abundantly
                 rewarded
              
               
               by
               him
               ,
               who
               rewardeth
               every
               man
               not
               onely
               according
               to
               the
               sincerity
               of
               his
               heart
               ,
               but
               also
               
                 secundùm
                 opera
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 multiplied
                 acts
                 or
                 workes
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 more
                 abundant
                 labour
              
               proceeding
               from
               this
               sincerity
               .
               And
               so
               that
               will
               suffice
               for
               his
               
                 first
                 Answer
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 35
              
               
                 But
                 then
              
               2.
               
               Saith
               he
               ,
               
                 suppose
                 we
                 stick
                 unto
                 our
                 own
                 translation
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 place
                 may
                 fairly
                 be
                 so
                 interpreted
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 no
                 wayes
                 advantage
                 the
                 purpose
                 of
                 the
                 Doctor
                 .
                 For
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
                 more
                 earnestly
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 considered
                 in
                 reference
                 unto
                 either
                 the
                 object
                 unto
                 whom
                 he
                 prayed
                 ,
                 God
                 ;
                 or
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 against
                 which
                 he
                 prayed
                 ,
                 the
                 evils
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 conflicted
                 in
                 his
                 agony
                 .
              
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 Then
                 ,
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 in
                 his
                 agony
                 pray
                 more
                 earnestly
                 then
                 at
                 other
                 times
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 consider
                 his
                 prayer
                 in
                 reference
                 unto
                 the
                 object
                 ,
                 unto
                 whom
                 it
                 was
                 ,
                 God.
                 The
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 inward
                 worship
                 of
                 his
                 prayer
                 ,
                 was
                 for
                 degrees
                 alwayes
                 alike
                 equal
                 .
                 His
                 trust
                 and
                 dependance
                 upon
                 God
                 ,
                 love
                 of
                 zeal
                 and
                 devotion
                 towards
                 God
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 all
                 his
                 prayers
                 slowed
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 more
                 intense
                 then
                 at
                 another
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 But
                 now
              
               2.
               
               
                 He
                 prayed
                 more
                 earnestly
                 in
                 his
                 agony
                 then
                 at
                 other
                 times
                 ,
                 in
                 regard
                 of
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 against
                 which
                 he
                 prayed
                 ,
                 the
                 evils
                 which
                 he
                 encountred
                 with
                 ,
                 which
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 greater
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 that
                 he
                 deprecated
                 in
                 the
                 former
                 prayer
                 ,
                 v.
              
               42.
               
                 yet
                 at
                 least
                 they
                 made
                 a
                 greater
                 impression
                 upon
                 his
                 humane
                 nature
                 ;
                 for
                 they
                 put
                 him
                 into
                 a
                 bloody
                 sweat
                 .
                 Being
                 in
                 an
                 agony
                 ,
                 he
                 prayed
                 more
                 earnestly
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 sweat
                 was
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 great
                 drops
                 of
                 blood
                 ,
                 falling
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 36
              
               These
               are
               the
               words
               of
               his
               
                 second
                 answer
              
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               in
               the
               second
               part
               ,
               the
               very
               
                 distinct
                 confession
              
               of
               all
               that
               I
               pretend
               in
               this
               matter
               (
               and
               therefore
               I
               need
               not
               make
               any
               reflections
               on
               the
               first
               part
               of
               them
               )
               For
               whatsoever
               ,
               or
               how
               great
               soever
               the
               occasion
               of
               the
               increase
               of
               his
               intension
               was
               (
               which
               I
               am
               willing
               to
               beleeve
               proportionable
               to
               the
               degree
               of
               the
               intension
               ,
               a
               very
               weighty
               occasion
               that
               thus
               inflamed
               his
               ardency
               )
               yet
               still
               ,
               't
               is
               confest
               ,
               that
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               he
               now
               prayed
               
                 more
                 earnestly
              
               then
               at
               
                 other
                 times
              
               ,
               that
               which
               now
               approached
               made
               a
               
                 greater
                 impression
                 on
                 his
                 humane
                 nature
              
               ;
               which
               what
               is
               it
               but
               a
               proof
               of
               the
               point
               by
               me
               asserted
               ,
               that
               Christ
               himself
               was
               
                 more
                 ardent
                 in
                 one
                 act
                 of
                 prayer
              
               (
               this
               in
               his
               agonie
               )
               then
               in
               another
               .
            
             
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 37
              
               As
               for
               the
               greatnesse
               of
               the
               occasion
               ,
               so
               
                 confest●ly
                 great
              
               as
               to
               
                 cast
                 him
                 into
                 that
                 prodigious
                 sweat
                 ,
              
               falling
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 drops
                 of
                 blood
                 ,
              
               that
               may
               testifie
               ,
               but
               it
               cannot
               prejudge
               the
               ardency
               ,
               which
               was
               occasioned
               thereby
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 38
              
               T
               was
               not
               in
               Christ
               (
               he
               will
               easily
               suppose
               with
               me
               )
               as
               it
               is
               oft
               discernable
               in
               many
               of
               us
               ,
               that
               those
               which
               have
               really
               no
               sincerity
               of
               love
               or
               zeal
               to
               God
               ,
               can
               yet
               like
               the
               Mariners
               in
               the
               tempest
               ,
               by
               some
               pressing
               fear
               or
               danger
               be
               awaked
               to
               but
               formal
               ,
               and
               ,
               be
               they
               never
               so
               loud
               ,
               but
               
                 hypocritically
                 zealous
              
               prayers
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 39
              
               The
               ardency
               in
               Christ
               was
               
                 sincere
                 ardency
              
               ,
               accompanied
               with
               acts
               of
               love
               and
               trust
               of
               the
               same
               temper
               ;
               and
               the
               heightning
               it
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               was
               an
               addition
               of
               degrees
               to
               that
               act
               of
               ardency
               ,
               and
               so
               of
               prayer
               ,
               and
               proportionably
               of
               love
               and
               trust
               in
               God
               ,
               above
               either
               what
               there
               was
               ,
               or
               what
               there
               was
               ,
               occasion
               for
               ,
               at
               other
               times
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 40
              
               Of
               this
               I
               shall
               hope
               it
               is
               possible
               to
               finde
               some
               instances
               among
               men
               (
               of
               whose
               graces
               it
               can
               be
               no
               blasphemie
               to
               affirm
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               
                 capable
                 of
                 degrees
              
               )
               suppose
               we
               
                 a
                 sincerely
                 pious
              
               man
               ,
               a
               true
               lover
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               no
               despiser
               of
               his
               
                 poor
                 persecuted
                 Church
              
               ,
               and
               suppose
               we
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               very
               supposeable
               ,
               that
               at
               some
               time
               the
               
                 seas
                 roar
              
               ,
               the
               tempest
               be
               at
               its
               hight
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 waves
                 boat
              
               violently
               upon
               this
               frailbrittle
               vessel
               ,
               may
               it
               not
               ▪
               be
               a
               season
               for
               that
               pious
               mans
               ardency
               to
               receive
               some
               growth
               ?
               for
               his
               zeal
               to
               be
               emulous
               of
               those
               ,
               waves
               ,
               and
               poure
               it self
               out
               more
               profusely
               at
               such
               ,
               then
               at
               a
               
                 calmer
                 season
              
               ?
               I
               hope
               there
               be
               some
               at
               this
               time
               among
               us
               ,
               in
               whom
               this
               point
               is
               really
               exemplified
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               not
               ,
               it
               is
               an
               effect
               of
               want
               ,
               not
               fulness
               of
               love
               .
               But
               I
               need
               not
               thus
               to
               inlarge
               ;
               It
               is
               not
               by
               this
               Refuter
               denied
               of
               the
               person
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               my
               intyre
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               in
               reference
               either
               to
               Mr.
               C.
               or
               to
               him
               ,
               the
               utmost
               that
               I
               undertook
               to
               demonstrate
               then
               ,
               or
               to
               justifie
               now
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 41
              
               And
               so
               .
               I
               shut
               up
               this
               hasty
               paper
               ,
               hoping
               that
               he
               which
               invited
               ,
               and
               promised
               it
               a
               welcome
               ,
               in
               case
               it
               were
               given
               him
               in
               a
               
                 fair
                 and
                 Scholastical
                 way
              
               ,
               having
               nothing
               to
               accuse
               in
               it
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               
                 first
                 Epithet
              
               ,
               will
               abate
               somewhat
               in
               reference
               to
               the
               second
               ,
               and
               allow
               it
               a
               friendly
               ,
               though
               being
               unqualified
               ,
               it
               pretend
               not
               to
               a
               more
               
                 hospitable
                 reception
              
               .
            
             
               The
               end
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               ἘΥΣΧΗΜΌΝΩΣ
               ΚΑῚ
               ΚΑΤᾺ
               ΤΆΞΙΝ
               ▪
               OR
               ,
               THE
               GROUNDS
               OF
               UNIFORMITY
               From
               1
               Cor.
               14.
               40.
               
               Vindicated
               from
               Mr
               JEANES'S
               exceptions
               to
               One
               passage
               in
               the
               View
               of
               the
               DIRECTORY
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 H.
                 Hammond
              
               D.
               D.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 J.
                 G.
              
               for
               
                 Richard
                 Royston
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Angel
               in
               Ivy.
               Lane
               ,
               M.DC.LVII
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               
                 1
                 Cor.
                 14.
                 40.
                 
              
               
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 .
                 Decently
                 ,
                 and
                 according
                 to
                 appointment
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 1
              
               SInce
               the
               publishing
               that
               Answer
               to
               Mr
               J.
               concerning
               the
               
                 degrees
                 of
                 ardency
                 in
              
               Christ's
               prayer
               ,
               I
               am
               advertised
               of
               another
               passage
               in
               that
               volume
               ,
               in
               which
               I
               am
               concern'd
               ,
               relating
               to
               some
               words
               of
               mine
               in
               the
               view
               of
               the
               Directory
               pag.
               19.
               on
               the
               head
               of
               Vniformity
               in
               
                 Gods
                 service
              
               ,
               and
               particularly
               respecting
               my
               rendring
               of
               the
               Apostle
               1
               Cor.
               14.
               40.
               
               
                 Let
                 all
                 things
                 be
                 done
              
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 2
              
               These
               indeed
               I
               thus
               rendred
               [
               
                 decently
                 ,
                 and
                 according
                 to
                 order
                 ,
                 or
                 appointment
              
               ]
               and
               affirmed
               the
               importance
               of
               that
               place
               to
               be
               ,
               that
               all
               be
               done
               in
               the
               
                 Church
                 according
                 to
                 custome
              
               ,
               and
               appointment
               ,
               rendring
               this
               reason
               of
               the
               
                 former
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 was
                 implied
              
               in
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               decently
               (
               
                 custome
                 being
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
              
               &c.
               )
               and
               of
               the
               latter
               ,
               because
               the
               words
               do
               literally
               import
               this
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 i.
                 e.
                 according
                 to
                 order
                 or
                 appointment
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 3
              
               To
               the
               former
               of
               these
               he
               makes
               his
               
                 first
                 exception
              
               ,
               thus
               ,
               
                 [
                 He
                 dares
                 not
                 affirm
                 that
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 immediate
                 sense
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 but
                 onely
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 implied
                 ;
                 It
                 cannot
                 be
                 denied
                 but
                 that
                 decency
                 doth
                 imply
                 such
                 customes
                 ,
                 the
                 omission
                 of
                 which
                 necessarily
                 infer
                 
                 indecency
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 omission
                 of
                 such
                 ceremonies
                 as
                 ours
                 ,
                 doth
                 infer
                 undecency
                 ,
                 the
                 Doctor
                 &
                 all
                 his
                 party
                 can
                 never
                 make
                 good
                 ;
                 What
                 undecency
                 can
                 the
                 Doctor
                 prove
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 administration
                 of
                 Baptisme
                 without
                 the
                 Cross
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 in
                 publick
                 prayers
                 and
                 preaching
                 without
                 a
                 Surplice
                 ?
                 But
                 of
                 this
                 see
                 farther
                 in
              
               Ames
               
                 in
                 the
                 places
                 but
                 now
                 quoted
                 ;
                 The
                 Doctor
                 may
                 perhaps
                 look
                 upon
                 him
                 as
                 an
                 inconsiderable
                 adversary
                 .
                 But
                 we
                 shall
                 think
                 his
                 Arguments
                 considerable
                 ,
                 until
                 the
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 of
                 his
                 party
                 give
                 a
                 satisfactory
                 answer
                 unto
                 them
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 while
                 let
                 us
                 examine
                 the
                 proof
                 that
                 the
                 Doctor
                 brings
                 for
                 this
                 sense
                 :
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 because
                 custome
                 is
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 This
                 prop●sition
                 ,
                 though
                 very
                 strange
                 ▪
                 is
                 prooflesse
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 we
                 might
                 as
                 well
                 reject
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Doctor
                 dictates
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 shall
                 add
                 a
                 confutation
                 of
                 it
                 from
                 these
                 following
                 arguments
                 .
              
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 If
                 custome
                 be
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 ,
                 then
                 nothing
                 else
                 can
                 be
                 a
                 rule
                 thereof
                 besides
                 custome
                 ;
                 but
                 this
                 is
                 false
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 light
                 and
                 law
                 of
                 nature
                 ,
                 is
                 also
                 a
                 rule
                 thereof
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 infallible
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Nothing
                 can
                 be
                 undecent
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 agreeable
                 unto
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 dicency
                 .
                 But
                 divers
                 things
                 are
                 undicent
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 can
                 plead
                 custome
                 :
                 and
                 this
                 is
                 so
                 evident
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 .
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 undervalue
                 the
                 Doctors
                 judgment
                 as
                 to
                 endeavour
                 any
                 proofs
                 thereof
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 impossible
                 that
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 should
                 be
                 undecent
                 :
                 But
                 yet
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 possible
                 that
                 many
                 customes
                 should
                 be
                 undecent
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 conclude
                 that
                 custome
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 unto
                 custome
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 in
                 both
              
               Aristotle
               and
               Aquinas
               ,
               
                 the
                 frequent
                 usage
                 of
                 a
                 thing
                 is
                 required
                 .
                 But
                 now
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 decency
                 or
                 handsomeness
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 usage
                 of
                 a
                 thing
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 this
                 decency
                 custome
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 rule
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 4
              
               The
               first
               thing
               here
               charged
               on
               me
               is
               timidity
               ,
               that
               
                 I
                 dare
                 not
                 say
              
               ,
               what
               I
               said
               not
               ,
               and
               this
               attended
               with
               a
               concession
               (
               in
               a
               limited
               sense
               )
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               what
               I
               did
               say
               ;
               the
               second
               ,
               is
               the
               impertinence
               ,
               or
               unsufficiency
               of
               that
               ,
               in
               that
               limited
               sense
               ,
               to
               prove
               what
               he
               conceives
               I
               would
               have
               from
               it
               ,
               viz.
               that
               
                 the
                 omission
                 of
                 our
                 ceremonies
                 doth
                 infer
                 indecency
              
               ;
               And
               the
               proof
               of
               this
               charge
               twofold
               ,
               1.
               by
               way
               of
               question
               ,
               founded
               in
               two
               instances
               ,
               the
               Crosse
               in
               Baptisme
               ,
               and
               the
               Surplice
               in
               
                 publick
                 prayer
                 
                 and
                 preaching
              
               ;
               2.
               by
               reference
               to
               Ames
               ,
               and
               resolving
               to
               think
               his
               
                 arguments
                 considerable
              
               ,
               till
               a
               
                 satisfactory
                 answer
                 be
                 given
                 them
              
               .
               And
               his
               
                 third
                 charge
              
               is
               ,
               my
               using
               an
               
                 unsufficient
                 proof
              
               to
               prove
               my
               
                 interpretation
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               this
               
                 because
                 custome
                 is
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
              
               ]
               which
               he
               confutes
               by
               three
               argument
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 5
              
               These
               
                 three
                 charges
              
               I
               shall
               now
               very
               briefly
               examine
               ,
               and
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               clearly
               evacuate
               .
               the
               first
               by
               assuring
               him
               ,
               1.
               that
               I
               did
               dare
               to
               say
               ,
               and
               indeed
               said
               (
               as
               I
               then
               thought
               ,
               perspicucusly
               )
               the
               full
               of
               what
               I
               meant
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               was
               no
               way
               incumbent
               on
               me
               ,
               to
               say
               either
               what
               I
               did
               not
               mean
               ,
               or
               what
               Mr
               J.
               or
               any
               other
               should
               be
               justly
               able
               to
               charge
               of
               want
               of
               truth
               in
               the
               least
               degree
               .
               And
               2.
               if
               what
               I
               said
               cannot
               ,
               as
               he
               confesses
               ,
               be
               denied
               ,
               to
               have
               truth
               in
               it
               in
               one
               sense
               ,
               I
               demand
               why
               must
               it
               be
               a
               not
               daring
               (
               which
               is
               wont
               to
               signifie
               timidity
               ,
               or
               cowardice
               )
               that
               I
               affirmed
               it
               not
               in
               another
               sense
               ,
               wherein
               be
               doth
               not
               consent
               to
               it
               ?
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 6
              
               To
               make
               short
               ,
               and
               prevent
               all
               possibility
               of
               his
               ,
               or
               any
               mans
               farther
               mistaking
               my
               words
               ,
               I
               shall
               hasten
               to
               tell
               him
               the
               full
               of
               my
               meaning
               in
               that
               passage
               ,
               that
               [
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               decently
               ]
               implies
               [
               
                 according
                 to
                 custome
              
               ]
               viz.
               that
               in
               such
               things
               as
               these
               ,
               of
               which
               then
               I
               spake
               ,
               
                 gestures
                 ,
                 habites
              
               and
               the
               
                 like
                 circumstances
              
               of
               
                 Gods
                 publick
                 service
              
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Apostle
               prescribes
               care
               of
               decency
               ,
               't
               is
               necessary
               to
               observe
               the
               customes
               of
               the
               place
               wherein
               we
               live
               :
               This
               I
               then
               thought
               sufficiently
               explicated
               by
               exemplifying
               in
               mens
               
                 wearing
                 long
                 hair
              
               ,
               which
               the
               Apostle
               proved
               indecent
               by
               its
               being
               against
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               saith
               Suidas
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               a
               custome
               of
               some
               continuance
               in
               that
               place
               (
               which
               yet
               in
               women
               there
               ,
               and
               in
               men
               in
               other
               places
               ,
               where
               that
               custome
               prevail'd
               not
               ,
               had
               nothing
               indecent
               in
               it
               .
               )
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 7
              
               But
               this
               exemplification
               of
               my
               meaning
               he
               thought
               fit
               to
               conceal
               from
               the
               Reader
               ,
               and
               supply
               that
               vacuity
               onely
               with
               an
               &c.
               yet
               reciting
               at
               length
               ,
               to
               a
               word
               ,
               what
               was
               immediately
               before
               ,
               and
               after
               it
               .
               His
               design
               in
               so
               doing
               I
               judge
               not
               ,
               but
               shall
               endeavour
               to
               undeceive
               the
               Reader
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               by
               farther
               inlarging
               on
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 8
              
               All
               people
               ,
               I
               think
               ,
               in
               the
               world
               have
               some
               outward
               significations
               ,
               and
               expressions
               of
               Reverence
               ,
               but
               all
               have
               not
               the
               
               same
               ,
               but
               according
               to
               
                 Topical
                 customes
              
               some
               different
               ,
               some
               contrary
               to
               others
               .
               We
               of
               this
               ,
               and
               all
               our
               neighbour
               Nations
               express
               reverence
               by
               
                 uncovering
                 the
                 head
              
               ,
               the
               Turkes
               do
               the
               contrary
               .
               Again
               among
               Christians
               ,
               't
               is
               customary
               for
               men
               so
               to
               express
               their
               Reverence
               ,
               but
               for
               women
               ,
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               ,
               but
               the
               contrary
               ;
               and
               so
               still
               it
               is
               among
               us
               .
               Nay
               it
               was
               once
               among
               some
               hethens
               (
               that
               worshipt
               Mercury
               )
               in
               act
               of
               the
               highest
               reverence
               ,
               even
               of
               adoration
               ,
               to
               
                 throw
                 stones
              
               at
               their
               God
               ,
               among
               others
               to
               
                 cut
                 themselves
                 with
                 lances
              
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               a
               praying
               to
               him
               .
               And
               it
               can
               be
               no
               news
               to
               Mr
               J.
               that
               these
               customes
               were
               not
               observed
               by
               other
               countreys
               ;
               the
               Jews
               that
               
                 threw
                 stones
              
               at
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               Damoniack
               that
               
                 cut
                 himself
              
               with
               them
               ,
               were
               neither
               of
               them
               interpretable
               to
               worship
               him
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 9
              
               This
               therefore
               was
               no
               dark
               ,
               but
               visible
               foundation
               of
               what
               I
               said
               ;
               In
               affigning
               any
               rite
               or
               ceremony
               for
               the
               service
               of
               
                 God
                 ,
                 decency
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               was
               to
               be
               observed
               ,
               the
               onely
               rule
               to
               judge
               of
               that
               ,
               is
               ,
               say
               I
               ,
               to
               consider
               the
               customes
               of
               that
               particular
               place
               ,
               of
               which
               we
               consult
               .
               Where
               bowing
               the
               knee
               ,
               or
               kneeling
               on
               the
               ground
               ,
               is
               customarily
               used
               as
               a
               token
               of
               reverence
               ,
               where
               
                 putting
                 off
              
               or
               
                 keeping
                 off
              
               the
               hat
               ,
               there
               the
               choice
               of
               ceremonies
               must
               be
               made
               with
               respect
               to
               those
               
                 particular
                 customes
              
               ;
               Here
               't
               is
               evident
               that
               I
               mean
               not
               the
               
                 frequent
                 usage
              
               of
               that
               ceremony
               ,
               in
               opposition
               to
               a
               first
               usage
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               Mr
               J.
               is
               willing
               to
               mistake
               me
               ,
               and
               sound
               one
               of
               his
               arguments
               on
               that
               mistake
               ,
               but
               the
               
                 standing
                 custome
              
               of
               the
               place
               ,
               by
               which
               ,
               as
               by
               an
               argument
               or
               evidence
               ,
               such
               a
               ceremony
               is
               demonstrated
               to
               be
               a
               reverential
               respect
               ,
               and
               so
               (
               for
               the
               service
               of
               God
               to
               whom
               all
               reverence
               is
               due
               )
               decent
               in
               that
               place
               ,
               though
               in
               Nature
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               estimation
               of
               all
               other
               men
               ,
               it
               be
               not
               so
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 10
              
               Certainly
               this
               is
               so
               evident
               in
               it self
               ,
               and
               so
               undeniably
               the
               importance
               of
               my
               words
               ,
               that
               there
               can
               be
               no
               need
               farther
               to
               inlarge
               on
               it
               ,
               much
               lesse
               to
               examine
               the
               weight
               ,
               or
               meaning
               of
               his
               concession
               ,
               that
               
                 it
                 cannot
                 be
                 denyed
                 but
                 that
                 decency
                 doth
                 imply
                 such
                 customes
                 ,
                 the
                 omission
                 of
                 which
                 necessarily
                 infers
                 indecency
                 .
              
               ]
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 11
              
               This
               saying
               of
               his
               some
               Readers
               may
               look
               on
               with
               Reverence
               ,
               as
               not
               readily
               comprehending
               the
               importance
               of
               it
               ,
               others
               may
               chance
               to
               despise
               it
               under
               the
               appearance
               of
               a
               tautologie
               .
               
               But
               upon
               pondering
               ,
               it
               will
               appeare
               that
               the
               Author
               had
               a
               meaning
               in
               it
               ,
               which
               he
               designed
               should
               bring
               in
               some
               advantage
               to
               his
               cause
               ,
               and
               without
               which
               he
               was
               not
               likely
               to
               advance
               far
               ,
               or
               succeed
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 12
              
               Some
               customes
               we
               know
               there
               are
               ,
               which
               are
               so
               highly
               decent
               ,
               as
               that
               the
               omission
               of
               them
               
                 necessarily
                 infers
                 indecency
              
               ;
               But
               what
               are
               they
               ?
               why
               ,
               such
               as
               the
               law
               of
               (
               at
               least
               Lapst
               )
               nature
               prescribes
               ,
               
                 covering
                 of
                 nakednesse
              
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ;
               of
               which
               t
               is
               evident
               among
               all
               that
               have
               not
               learnt
               of
               Carneades
               industriously
               to
               rase
               out
               all
               natural
               measures
               of
               honest
               and
               dishonest
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 omission
                 of
                 them
                 inferres
                 indecency
              
               ,
               yea
               and
               necessarily
               inferres
               it
               ,
               this
               sort
               of
               decency
               being
               natural
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               that
               ever
               were
               ,
               or
               shall
               be
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               born
               and
               educated
               in
               what
               nation
               ,
               or
               inured
               to
               what
               customes
               soever
               ,
               and
               this
               the
               very
               first
               houre
               after
               our
               first
               parents
               fall
               ,
               before
               any
               custome
               had
               been
               contracted
               which
               might
               recommend
               it
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 13
              
               And
               as
               of
               these
               his
               Rule
               is
               true
               ,
               that
               the
               omission
               of
               
                 these
                 necessarily
                 inferres
              
               undecency
               ,
               so
               it
               is
               in
               a
               manner
               proper
               to
               these
               ,
               and
               belongs
               not
               to
               any
               other
               sort
               of
               things
               ,
               whose
               decency
               flowes
               but
               from
               some
               
                 positive
                 command
              
               though
               it
               be
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               custome
               or
               command
               of
               men
               .
               To
               such
               things
               whose
               decency
               flowes
               from
               any
               command
               either
               of
               God
               or
               man
               ,
               this
               rule
               cannot
               be
               fully
               applied
               ,
               for
               that
               
                 command
                 might
              
               have
               been
               not
               given
               ,
               or
               there
               might
               be
               a
               space
               before
               it
               was
               given
               ,
               or
               a
               people
               to
               whom
               it
               was
               not
               given
               ,
               and
               then
               in
               any
               of
               those
               cases
               ,
               the
               omission
               would
               not
               be
               indecent
               to
               whom
               the
               law
               was
               not
               given
               ;
               and
               so
               it
               doth
               not
               necessarily
               and
               absolutely
               ,
               but
               onely
               dependently
               on
               that
               law
               ,
               and
               
                 conditionally
                 ,
                 inferre
                 indecency
              
               ;
               so
               in
               like
               manner
               the
               Rule
               holds
               not
               in
               those
               things
               ,
               whose
               decency
               is
               introduced
               onely
               by
               custome
               ,
               for
               that
               ,
               as
               
                 Mr.
                 I.
              
               truely
               saith
               ,
               
                 arising
                 from
                 frequency
                 of
                 actions
              
               ,
               it
               must
               again
               be
               granted
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               a
               time
               when
               that
               which
               now
               is
               custome
               ,
               was
               new
               ,
               and
               so
               
                 not
                 custome
              
               ,
               and
               again
               there
               are
               ,
               or
               may
               be
               nations
               ,
               with
               whom
               that
               custome
               (
               whatsoever
               can
               be
               inflanced
               in
               )
               hath
               not
               prevailed
               ,
               which
               prejudges
               still
               the
               necessity
               spoken
               of
               ,
               that
               such
               omission
               should
               
                 inferre
                 indecency
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 14
              
               And
               so
               we
               see
               the
               summe
               of
               
                 Mr
                 I.
              
               his
               liberal
               
                 concession
                 ,
                 viz
              
               :
               that
               decency
               implies
               
                 naturall
                 decency
              
               ,
               or
               such
               customes
               ,
               
               which
               are
               
                 naturally
                 decent
              
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               omission
               of
               them
               
                 naturally
                 indecent
              
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               Dr.
               or
               his
               party
               do
               not
               prove
               ,
               or
               make
               good
               ,
               that
               the
               administration
               of
               
                 baptisme
                 without
                 the
                 crosse
              
               ,
               is
               against
               the
               
                 law
                 of
                 nature
              
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 preaching
                 without
                 the
                 surplice
              
               beares
               analogy
               to
               the
               disclosing
               of
               Nakednesse
               ,
               he
               is
               utterly
               refuted
               by
               
                 Mr
                 I.
              
               in
               his
               interpretation
               of
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               or
               notion
               of
               decency
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 15
              
               That
               this
               is
               indeed
               his
               meaning
               (
               though
               somewhat
               darkned
               in
               that
               his
               expression
               )
               will
               appear
               but
               consequent
               to
               the
               two
               things
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               premised
               in
               this
               matter
               ,
               from
               Amesius
               his
               notion
               of
               decency
               ,
               p.
               64.
               in
               
                 Marg
                 :
                 1.
              
               that
               
                 decency
                 requires
                 not
                 that
                 any
                 sacred
                 things
                 be
                 instituted
                 de
                 novo
                 ,
                 but
                 onely
                 that
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 instituted
                 by
                 God
                 ,
                 be
                 used
                 in
                 that
                 manner
                 which
                 is
                 agreeable
                 to
                 the
                 dignity
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 2.
                 that
                 as
                 order
                 so
                 decency
                 belongs
                 to
                 civil
                 offices
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 sacred
                 things
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 indecorum
                 est
                 vitium
                 oppositum
                 debito
                 illi
                 modo
                 ,
                 qui
                 requiritur
                 ad
                 eorum
                 justum
                 finem
                 et
                 usum
                 consequendum
                 ,
                 indecency
                 is
                 a
                 vice
                 opposed
                 to
                 that
                 due
                 manner
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 required
                 to
                 the
                 obtaining
                 the
                 just
                 end
                 and
                 use
                 of
                 those
                 things
                 .
              
               Now
               if
               in
               the
               former
               of
               these
               ,
               the
               mode
               ,
               he
               speakes
               of
               ,
               as
               
                 agreeable
                 to
                 the
                 dignity
                 of
                 those
                 things
              
               which
               are
               instituted
               ,
               be
               it self
               supposed
               by
               him
               to
               be
               instituted
               by
               men
               ,
               then
               must
               he
               acknowledge
               
                 humane
                 power
              
               of
               
                 instituting
                 ceremonies
              
               ,
               which
               being
               so
               contrary
               to
               his
               design
               ,
               I
               must
               resolve
               not
               to
               be
               intended
               by
               him
               ;
               but
               rather
               that
               as
               the
               sacred
               things
               are
               instituted
               by
               God
               ,
               so
               the
               mode
               ,
               which
               is
               
                 consentaneous
                 to
                 their
                 dignity
              
               is
               instituted
               by
               God
               also
               ,
               and
               that
               nothing
               is
               
                 decent
                 in
                 sacris
              
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               so
               instituted
               .
               And
               so
               likewise
               on
               the
               
                 second
                 head
              
               ,
               that
               of
               
                 civil
                 offices
              
               .
               For
               that
               indecency
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               vice
               or
               sin
               ,
               must
               be
               contrary
               to
               some
               law
               of
               Gods
               ,
               and
               so
               also
               that
               which
               is
               
                 opposed
                 to
                 the
                 due
                 manner
              
               which
               is
               required
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               necessary
               either
               
                 necessitate
                 medii
              
               ,
               or
               praecepts
               also
               ,
               to
               obteining
               a
               
                 just
                 end
              
               ,
               this
               sure
               is
               more
               than
               the
               omission
               of
               an
               
                 indifferent
                 custome
              
               ,
               which
               may
               or
               may
               not
               be
               continued
               without
               any
               offence
               against
               nature
               ,
               even
               the
               omission
               of
               strict
               universal
               duty
               ,
               either
               
                 natural
                 decency
              
               ,
               or
               somewhat
               that
               beares
               proportion
               with
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 16
              
               Now
               this
               being
               thus
               far
               explained
               ,
               it
               is
               time
               to
               close
               with
               
                 Mr
                 I.
              
               and
               mind
               him
               ,
               what
               he
               cannot
               but
               know
               ,
               that
               the
               decency
               which
               I
               said
               
                 implied
                 custome
              
               ,
               is
               certeinly
               another
               thing
               from
               
                 natural
                 
                 decency
              
               ,
               and
               hath
               place
               onely
               in
               those
               things
               ,
               the
               omitting
               of
               which
               doth
               not
               
                 necessarily
                 inferre
                 indecency
              
               .
               That
               omission
               which
               
                 necessarily
                 inferres
                 indecency
                 ,
                 inferres
              
               it
               in
               all
               that
               e-ever
               did
               ,
               or
               
                 shall
                 omit
              
               it
               ;
               we
               know
               in
               logick
               ,
               that
               no
               proposition
               is
               necessary
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               true
               in
               the
               
                 whole
                 species
              
               ,
               of
               all
               ,
               and
               every
               one
               ,
               and
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               his
               judgement
               ,
               whether
               he
               think
               the
               Dr.
               and
               his
               party
               (
               i.
               e.
               Praelatists
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               )
               do
               conceive
               ,
               that
               Adam
               (
               whether
               in
               ,
               or
               out
               of
               paradise
               )
               Noah
               in
               ,
               or
               out
               of
               the
               Arke
               ,
               &c.
               were
               obliged
               to
               pray
               in
               Surplices
               ,
               under
               pain
               of
               Indecency
               ?
               And
               so
               (
               in
               his
               other
               instance
               )
               that
               
                 John
                 Baptist
              
               ,
               that
               Christ
               ,
               or
               (
               because
               the
               text
               saith
               that
               he
               
                 baptized
                 not
                 but
                 his
                 disciples
              
               )
               that
               those
               disciples
               ,
               even
               before
               the
               death
               of
               Christ
               ,
               might
               not
               baptize
               any
               without
               the
               sign
               of
               the
               Crosse
               ,
               but
               under
               the
               same
               penalty
               ?
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 17
              
               Nay
               ti
               's
               allready
               past
               question
               ,
               that
               
                 Mr
                 I.
              
               in
               his
               
                 first
                 argument
              
               against
               my
               dictate
               (
               as
               he
               calls
               it
               )
               saith
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 light
                 and
                 law
                 of
                 Nature
                 is
                 also
                 a
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               not
               
                 onely
                 custome
              
               :
               And
               if
               so
               ,
               then
               custome
               is
               a
               
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 also
              
               ,
               and
               not
               
                 onely
                 the
                 Law
                 and
                 light
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
              
               and
               where
               custome
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               light
               of
               Nature
               is
               the
               rule
               ,
               there
               the
               omission
               of
               that
               doth
               not
               
                 necessarily
                 inferre
                 indecency
              
               .
               And
               of
               such
               decency
               alone
               it
               is
               evident
               that
               I
               spake
               ,
               on
               the
               head
               of
               Vniformity
               ,
               (
               and
               could
               not
               speake
               sense
               ,
               if
               I
               spake
               ,
               either
               of
               any
               other
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               
                 General
                 notion
              
               of
               Decency
               ,
               which
               is
               competible
               to
               any
               other
               )
               and
               from
               thence
               it
               followes
               demonstratively
               ,
               that
               of
               that
               Decency
               of
               which
               I
               spake
               ,
               (
               though
               not
               of
               that
               ,
               of
               which
               it
               is
               certain
               I
               spake
               not
               )
               still
               
                 Custome
                 is
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               therefore
               I
               hope
               may
               serve
               in
               answer
               to
               his
               
                 first
                 charge
              
               ,
               that
               of
               my
               
                 timidity
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 dared
                 not
                 say
                 ,
              
               what
               I
               said
               not
               ;
               together
               with
               a
               view
               of
               his
               concession
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               what
               I
               did
               say
               ,
               and
               the
               wary
               limitation
               of
               that
               concession
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 18
              
               Secondly
               then
               to
               his
               
                 second
                 charge
              
               ,
               the
               unsufficiency
               of
               that
               limited
               truth
               (
               which
               is
               the
               utmost
               he
               will
               yield
               my
               proposition
               )
               
                 to
                 prove
                 what
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 from
                 it
              
               ]
               It
               will
               soon
               appear
               of
               how
               little
               force
               it
               is
               ,
               when
               1.
               my
               meaning
               was
               quite
               another
               thing
               from
               what
               he
               affixt
               to
               my
               words
               ,
               or
               yielded
               me
               in
               his
               limited
               concession
               ,
               as
               hath
               already
               been
               largely
               manifested
               ;
               and
               2.
               my
               
                 conclusion
                 is
              
               regularly
               consequent
               to
               that
               which
               was
               alone
               my
               
               meaning
               .
               This
               latter
               the
               addition
               of
               a
               few
               words
               will
               clear
               also
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 19
              
               My
               
                 conclusion
                 designed
              
               in
               that
               Section
               ,
               was
               the
               justifying
               of
               Vnformity
               of
               ceremonies
               in
               the
               
                 service
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               the
               grounds
               to
               support
               that
               ,
               the
               decency
               of
               those
               ceremonies
               ,
               wherein
               all
               should
               joyn
               ,
               and
               that
               
                 decency
                 ruled
              
               ,
               and
               judged
               of
               by
               the
               custome
               of
               the
               place
               ,
               in
               which
               such
               or
               such
               a
               ceremony
               was
               an
               usual
               indication
               ,
               and
               expression
               of
               that
               reverence
               ,
               which
               being
               due
               from
               all
               inferiours
               to
               their
               superious
               ,
               is
               much
               more
               due
               from
               all
               Christians
               to
               God.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 20
              
               In
               these
               it
               is
               certain
               ,
               custome
               is
               the
               rule
               and
               the
               
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
              
               ;
               Neither
               Nature
               nor
               
                 Gods
                 Law
              
               obliges
               all
               man-kind
               to
               this
               ,
               or
               that
               expression
               of
               reverence
               .
               Several
               Nations
               have
               their
               several
               manners
               of
               doing
               it
               ;
               Onely
               Nature
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               the
               most
               reverened
               manner
               of
               treating
               is
               best
               becoming
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               cannot
               be
               decent
               ,
               to
               treat
               God
               in
               that
               manner
               as
               we
               would
               not
               do
               any
               superior
               beside
               ,
               and
               Gods
               own
               expostulation
               about
               the
               
                 offering
                 polluted
                 bread
                 upon
                 his
                 altar
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               
                 sacrificing
                 the
                 lame
                 &
                 the
                 sick
                 ,
              
               Mal.
               1.
               8.
               is
               a
               confirmation
               of
               that
               ,
               
                 Offer
                 it
                 now
              
               ,
               saith
               
                 God
                 ,
                 unto
                 thy
                 governour
                 ,
                 will
                 he
                 be
                 pleased
                 with
                 thee
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 21
              
               Apply
               this
               to
               a
               particular
               case
               ,
               to
               a
               Nation
               ,
               where
               't
               is
               customary
               to
               address
               to
               
                 Kings
                 ,
                 kneeling
              
               ,
               and
               there
               the
               Analogie
               will
               hold
               exactly
               ,
               (
               but
               not
               where
               that
               is
               not
               custome
               .
               )
               Among
               such
               I
               may
               say
               ,
               Did
               ever
               any
               man
               that
               had
               his
               limbs
               and
               health
               ,
               offer
               a
               petition
               to
               his
               Prince
               in
               the
               gesture
               of
               sitting
               ,
               or
               lying
               along
               upon
               a
               table
               ?
               and
               if
               he
               did
               not
               ,
               then
               I
               must
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               regularly
               conclude
               from
               custome
               ,
               the
               one
               rule
               of
               decency
               in
               such
               matters
               ,
               that
               according
               to
               Gods
               arguing
               it
               cannot
               be
               decently
               done
               in
               his
               service
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               tendring
               our
               petitions
               or
               requests
               to
               that
               infinite
               Majesty
               .
               And
               so
               proportionably
               in
               other
               things
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 22
              
               This
               I
               did
               not
               there
               apply
               to
               the
               
                 Cross
                 in
                 Baptisme
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Ministers
                 using
                 of
                 the
                 Surplice
              
               ,
               as
               being
               not
               pertinent
               to
               that
               place
               .
               
                 Another
                 head
              
               was
               set
               apart
               for
               those
               ,
               and
               proceeded
               to
               §
               .
               28.
               the
               Cross
               expresly
               named
               ,
               and
               the
               Surplice
               implied
               under
               the
               title
               of
               
                 other
                 ceremonies
              
               ,
               of
               which
               it
               may
               there
               be
               seen
               ,
               what
               my
               conclusion
               was
               ,
               not
               what
               is
               here
               deem'd
               incumbent
               on
               me
               to
               prove
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 omission
                 of
                 them
                 infers
                 indecency
              
               ,
               
               but
               that
               standing
               on
               those
               grounds
               ,
               whereon
               they
               are
               known
               stand
               ,
               
                 Conscience
                 duly
                 instructed
                 cannot
                 think
                 it
                 necessary
                 or
                 tending
                 to
                 edification
                 to
                 cast
                 them
                 causlesly
                 out
                 of
                 this
                 Church
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 whole
                 Liturgie
                 for
                 their
                 sakes
                 .
              
               ]
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 23
              
               And
               yet
               if
               Mr
               J.
               shall
               now
               desire
               to
               know
               what
               the
               grounds
               of
               those
               two
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 rites
              
               are
               ,
               which
               alone
               he
               is
               pleased
               to
               name
               ,
               on
               perswasion
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               as
               fit
               ,
               if
               not
               fitter
               then
               any
               others
               ,
               for
               the
               disproving
               my
               position
               ,
               of
               [
               
                 custom
                 being
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
              
               ]
               I
               shal
               now
               render
               him
               a
               brief
               account
               of
               them
               ,
               such
               as
               may
               in
               some
               degree
               confirm
               the
               truth
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 24
              
               And
               first
               for
               the
               Crosse
               in
               Baptisme
               .
               1.
               
               'T
               is
               known
               to
               all
               that
               our
               Christian
               course
               is
               a
               
                 spiritual
                 warfare
              
               under
               Christ
               our
               
                 Great
                 General
              
               ;
               Now
               it
               is
               ,
               and
               alwayes
               hath
               been
               customary
               over
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               Militia
               there
               should
               be
               some
               banner
               ,
               or
               Insigne
               ,
               to
               which
               every
               one
               should
               resort
               and
               fight
               under
               it
               .
               This
               hath
               custome
               made
               decent
               among
               all
               ,
               and
               supposing
               that
               custome
               ,
               the
               omission
               of
               it
               in
               an
               army
               is
               indecent
               ,
               yet
               not
               so
               ,
               as
               things
               dishonest
               ,
               or
               breaches
               of
               the
               
                 Law
                 of
                 Nature
              
               ,
               are
               indecent
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 25
              
               
                 And
                 the
              
               Crosse
               
                 on
                 which
              
               Christ
               was
               crucified
               ,
               the
               Embleme
               
                 also
                 of
                 that
              
               state
               
                 that
                 every
              
               Christian
               
                 enters
                 into
                 ,
                 a
              
               constant
               couragious
               patience
               
                 for
                 all
                 afflictions
                 was
                 by
                 the
              
               primitive
               Christians
               
                 thus
                 used
                 ,
                 as
                 their
              
               a
               symbol
               or
               Insigne
               ,
               
                 and
                 every
                 man
                 that
                 is
              
               inrolled
               
                 in
                 the
              
               Christian
               Militia
               ,
               
                 is
                 by
                 him
                 that
              
               inrols
               
                 him
                 ,
                 signed
                 with
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 practice
                 being
                 thus
              
               founded
               ,
               
                 and
                 received
                 in
                 the
              
               Church
               ,
               Saint
               Augustines
               
                 words
                 are
                 worth
              
               remembring
               ,
               
                 and
                 cannot
                 be
                 denied
                 to
                 have
              
               truth
               
                 in
                 them
              
               ,
               b
               Signum
               crucis
               nisi
               adhibeatur
               ,
               sive
               frontibus
               credentium
               ,
               sive
               ipsi
               aquae
               quâ
               regeneramur
               &c.
               nihil
               ritè
               perficitur
               ,
               unless
               the
               sign
               of
               the
               cross
               be
               used
               either
               to
               the
               foreheads
               of
               the
               believers
               (
               
                 who
                 are
              
               Baptized
               )
               or
               to
               the
               water
               it self
               by
               which
               we
               are
               regenerate
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               duly
               performed
               ,
               
                 i.
                 e.
                 with
                 such
              
               ceremonies
               ,
               
                 as
                 by
              
               custome
               
                 of
                 the
              
               Church
               the
               Rule
               of
               decency
               ,
               
                 belong
                 to
                 it
                 ;
                 and
              
               ,
               Crucis
               signo
               in
               fronte
               hodie
               tanquam
               in
               poste
               signandus
               es
               ,
               omnesque
               Christiani
               signantur
               (
               de
               Catechiz
               .
               rud
               .
               c.
               20.
               tom
               .
               4.
               pag.
               915.
               )
               thou
               must
               be
               signed
               now
               in
               the
               forehead
               with
               the
               sign
               of
               the
               Cross
               ,
               as
               the
               Israelites
               on
               their
               door-posts
               ,
               and
               so
               must
               all
               Christians
               .
               
                 In
                 the
              
               forehead
               
               head
               particularly
               c
               in
               fronte
               figat
               ubi
               sedes
               pudoris
               )
               because
               the
               seat
               of
               shame
               is
               there
               ,
               
                 which
                 we
                 render
              
               in
               token
               that
               the
               baptized
               shall
               rot
               be
               ashamed
               —
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 26
              
               Secondly
               ,
               the
               usage
               of
               this
               ceremony
               of
               signing
               with
               the
               Cross
               ,
               was
               we
               also
               know
               ,
               frequent
               in
               the
               Church
               (
               while
               the
               gifts
               of
               healing
               continued
               )
               in
               d
               
                 curing
                 diseases
              
               ,
               and
               casting
               out
               Devils
               ,
               so
               that
               Athanasius
               frequently
               affirmes
               of
               it
               ,
               e
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 by
                 the
                 sign
                 of
                 the
                 cross
                 all
                 magick
                 and
                 witchcraft
                 is
                 brought
                 to
                 nought
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 Idol
                 Temples
                 laid
                 waste
                 and
                 empty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 27
              
               And
               then
               Baptisme
               being
               the
               exorcising
               of
               Devils
               (
               the
               
                 ancient
                 Catechists
              
               we
               know
               were
               called
               exorcists
               )
               the
               rescuing
               a
               person
               from
               the
               power
               of
               Satan
               into
               
                 Gods
                 sonship
              
               and
               family
               ,
               what
               can
               be
               more
               proper
               ,
               or
               agreeable
               ,
               or
               exactly
               symbolical
               ,
               then
               the
               use
               of
               this
               in
               Baptisme
               ,
               according
               to
               that
               of
               
                 Tertullian
                 ,
                 de
                 Resurr
                 .
                 Carn
                 .
                 Caro
                 signature
                 ut
                 anima
                 muniatur
                 ,
                 the
                 flesh
                 or
                 body
                 is
                 signed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 soul
                 may
                 be
                 defended
                 or
                 fortified
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 28
              
               And
               if
               instead
               of
               the
               f
               frequent
               use
               of
               it
               among
               the
               ancients
               ,
               even
               g
               before
               the
               cumbersome
               weight
               of
               
                 ce
                 emonies
              
               came
               in
               (
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Quest
               .
               and
               Resp
               .
               ascribed
               to
               
                 Justin
                 Martyr
                 ,
                 Qu.
              
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
                 pag.
                 364.
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 prayer
                 we
                 sign
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 any
                 need
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 any
                 way
                 ill
                 affected
              
               )
               we
               in
               this
               our
               Church
               retein
               it
               ,
               onely
               in
               our
               
                 solemne
                 
                 entrance
              
               into
               
                 Christs
                 camp
              
               ,
               in
               token
               that
               we
               mean
               valiantly
               to
               fight
               under
               his
               banners
               ,
               and
               in
               confidence
               that
               he
               that
               thus
               signed
               to
               Constantine
               victory
               from
               heaven
               (
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 in
                 this
                 overcome
              
               )
               will
               thus
               give
               grace
               ,
               and
               seal
               to
               us
               victory
               over
               our
               ghostly
               enemies
               .
               What
               question
               can
               there
               ever
               be
               of
               the
               
                 perfect
                 decency
              
               of
               this
               usage
               among
               us
               ?
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 29
              
               And
               then
               for
               the
               Surplice
               :
               It
               is
               no
               news
               I
               hope
               for
               several
               sorts
               of
               men
               to
               have
               
                 solemn
                 garments
              
               for
               solemn
               actions
               ,
               which
               they
               do
               not
               use
               at
               other
               times
               .
               The
               Judges
               upon
               the
               Bench
               ,
               or
               the
               Lords
               at
               their
               coming
               to
               Parliament
               ,
               are
               a
               sufficient
               evidence
               of
               this
               ,
               who
               weare
               not
               those
               robes
               in
               common
               occasions
               which
               there
               they
               do
               ,
               as
               betokening
               their
               quality
               and
               the
               imployments
               they
               are
               about
               .
               And
               then
               what
               is
               thus
               customarie
               in
               civil
               matters
               (
               viz
               :
               to
               
                 difference
                 persons
              
               and
               imployments
               ,
               yea
               and
               dayes
               by
               distinction
               of
               garments
               )
               and
               is
               allowed
               to
               be
               decent
               therein
               ,
               this
               by
               analogie
               undeniable
               ,
               is
               as
               fitly
               and
               decently
               from
               thence
               derived
               to
               
                 solemne
                 sacred
              
               actions
               also
               ,
               such
               are
               the
               
                 publick
                 offices
              
               of
               the
               Priest
               ;
               and
               the
               commands
               of
               our
               Superiors
               being
               added
               to
               this
               decency
               of
               the
               matter
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               to
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               it
               is
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               ,
               more
               than
               undecent
               for
               inferiors
               to
               be
               obstinate
               ,
               and
               deny
               obedience
               to
               them
               .
               In
               the
               choice
               of
               the
               garment
               there
               hath
               been
               also
               ,
               as
               neare
               as
               may
               be
               ,
               a
               resemblance
               observed
               of
               those
               garments
               ,
               which
               in
               Scripture
               are
               mentioned
               for
               the
               like
               
                 solemnities
                 ,
                 long
                 ,
                 shining
              
               ,
               i.
               e.
               
                 white
                 robes
              
               ,
               or
               garments
               ;
               And
               if
               the
               constant
               usage
               of
               
                 other
                 Churches
              
               beside
               this
               of
               ours
               ,
               Eastern
               as
               well
               as
               Western
               ,
               for
               so
               many
               centuries
               together
               ,
               be
               considered
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               competently
               able
               to
               establish
               an
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 cust
                 me
              
               also
               ,
               which
               ,
               in
               things
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               were
               
                 external
                 ornaments
              
               ,
               and
               formalities
               ,
               is
               a
               more
               rational
               ground
               ,
               and
               rule
               or
               measure
               of
               decency
               ,
               then
               any
               Mr
               J.
               (
               or
               Amesius
               to
               boote
               )
               will
               readily
               be
               able
               to
               produce
               for
               the
               rejecting
               of
               them
               ,
               or
               breaking
               ,
               and
               
                 casting
                 away
              
               those
               bands
               ,
               which
               tyed
               no
               harder
               a
               yoke
               than
               this
               upon
               their
               shoulders
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 30
              
               In
               this
               case
               I
               believe
               (
               though
               not
               in
               the
               garments
               themselves
               )
               there
               is
               place
               for
               that
               decency
               ,
               the
               
                 omission
                 of
                 which
                 necessarily
                 inferres
                 indecency
                 ,
              
               and
               for
               such
               order
               the
               breaking
               of
               which
               must
               soon
               end
               in
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               (
               which
               
                 Mr
                 I.
              
               saith
               ,
               
                 St.
                 Paul
              
               opposes
               to
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               )
               viz
               :
               down
               right
               confusion
               .
            
             
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 31
              
               
                 Having
                 sa'd
                 thus
                 much
              
               ex
               abundanti
               ,
               
                 above
                 what
                 was
              
               incumbert
               
                 on
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 flatter
                 my self
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 now
                 spare
                 any
              
               larger
               
                 paines
                 ,
                 in
                 survey
                 of
              
               Amesius's
               arguments
               ,
               
                 which
                 Mr
              
               J.
               
                 is
                 resolved
                 to
                 think
              
               considerable
               ,
               
                 and
                 to
                 speake
                 very
              
               magnificently
               
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 as
              
               proving
               
                 that
                 the
              
               text
               is
               1
               Cor.
               xiv
               .
               40.
               rightly
               understood
               doth
               not
               onely
               not
               authorize
               any
               humane
               institution
               of
               ceremonies
               ,
               but
               on
               the
               contrary
               plainly
               condemnes
               them
               ,
               and
               this
               ,
               
                 saith
                 he
              
               ,
               was
               so
               well
               managed
               by
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               quite
               beaten
               out
               of
               the
               field
               Bishop
               Morton
               and
               his
               second
               ,
               Dr
               J.
               Burges
               :
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 32
              
               Here
               is
               triumph
               indeed
               .
               And
               I
               suppose
               the
               Reader
               already
               discernes
               ,
               what
               are
               the
               grounds
               of
               it
               ,
               viz.
               that
               Amesius
               acknowledges
               nothing
               decent
               ,
               but
               that
               ,
               the
               
                 omission
                 of
                 which
                 necessarily
                 inferres
                 indecency
                 ,
              
               i.
               e.
               as
               hath
               been
               shewed
               ,
               nothing
               but
               
                 natural
                 decency
              
               ,
               the
               omission
               of
               which
               is
               a
               
                 vice
                 contrary
                 to
                 that
              
               ,
               by
               consequence
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               such
               thing
               ,
               as
               an
               
                 indifferent
                 gesture
              
               or
               garment
               ,
               which
               either
               civil
               ,
               or
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 custome
              
               ,
               or
               obedience
               to
               our
               
                 lawfull
                 superiors
              
               may
               render
               decent
               ;
               that
               whatsoever
               some
               
                 eternal
                 Law
              
               of
               Nature
               commands
               not
               ,
               the
               doing
               of
               that
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               but
               wearing
               such
               a
               garment
               ,
               which
               the
               Canons
               of
               any
               Church
               prescribe
               ,
               nay
               ,
               by
               parity
               of
               reason
               ,
               a
               cloake
               or
               a
               
                 buttond
                 doublet
              
               ,
               is
               absolutely
               unlawfull
               by
               force
               of
               1
               Cor.
               xiv
               .
               40.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 33
              
               This
               being
               the
               bottome
               of
               those
               arguments
               of
               Amesius
               ,
               I
               may
               safely
               tell
               Mr
               J.
               that
               they
               could
               no
               otherwise
               beat
               either
               
                 Bishop
                 Morton
              
               ,
               or
               Dr
               
                 J.
                 Burgesse
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 field
                 ,
              
               than
               that
               they
               thought
               them
               utterly
               unworthy
               their
               making
               replies
               to
               ;
               He
               that
               thinkes
               there
               is
               nothing
               indifferent
               ,
               nothing
               lawfull
               ,
               the
               omission
               of
               which
               is
               not
               sin
               ,
               doth
               certainly
               use
               other
               dictonaries
               than
               we
               do
               ;
               discernes
               no
               difference
               betwixt
               lawfull
               ,
               and
               necessary
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               Assertors
               of
               
                 Fatall
                 production
              
               of
               all
               things
               will
               not
               allow
               a
               cause
               to
               be
               sufficient
               to
               produce
               any
               effect
               which
               it
               doth
               not
               produce
               ,
               and
               so
               produce
               ,
               that
               it
               cannot
               not
               produce
               it
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               tell
               me
               that
               I
               sit
               ,
               and
               walke
               at
               the
               very
               time
               ,
               when
               I
               stand
               still
               ,
               it
               being
               certain
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               
                 equally
                 able
              
               to
               do
               both
               those
               ,
               when
               yet
               I
               really
               do
               the
               third
               onely
               ,
               so
               he
               will
               not
               allow
               any
               thing
               
                 morally
                 possible
              
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               
                 morally
                 necessary
              
               ,
               which
               is
               certainly
               the
               giving
               
                 new
                 lawes
              
               to
               words
               (
               making
               the
               word
               [
               lawfull
               or
               possible
               ]
               which
               was
               wont
               to
               be
               interpreted
               
               that
               which
               may
               or
               
                 may
                 not
              
               be
               done
               ,
               to
               signifie
               onely
               that
               which
               must
               be
               done
               ,
               and
               may
               not
               be
               emitted
               )
               and
               not
               new
               reasons
               to
               confirme
               
                 old
                 paradexes
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 34
              
               This
               argument
               of
               Amesius
               against
               things
               indifferent
               ,
               that
               
                 learned
                 Bishop
              
               was
               well
               acquainted
               with
               ,
               by
               his
               familiar
               conferences
               with
               Mr.
               Lapthorne
               a
               vehement
               disputer
               against
               ceremonies
               ,
               and
               whom
               the
               Bishop
               thought
               fitter
               to
               refute
               by
               trifling
               instances
               ,
               of
               unbuttoning
               ,
               and
               buttoning
               his
               cass●ck
               ;
               than
               by
               more
               serious
               attempts
               of
               conviction
               ,
               i.e.
               in
               plain
               termes
               to
               despise
               and
               smile
               at
               ,
               than
               to
               dread
               ;
               and
               if
               Mr
               J.
               have
               really
               read
               Mr
               Hooker
               ,
               whom
               he
               somwhere
               intitles
               our
               
                 Patrone
                 of
                 ceremonies
              
               ,
               he
               may
               in
               him
               remember
               a
               discourse
               of
               lawes
               ,
               which
               will
               supersede
               all
               necessity
               ,
               or
               benefit
               of
               my
               farther
               inlarging
               on
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 35
              
               Meane
               while
               ,
               to
               the
               reproch
               of
               my
               great
               stupidity
               ,
               I
               willingly
               acknowledge
               ,
               that
               it
               cannot
               enter
               into
               my
               understanding
               ,
               what
               sense
               that
               text
               is
               capable
               of
               ,
               which
               with
               the
               best
               (
               possible
               )
               managery
               can
               be
               taught
               
                 plainly
                 to
                 condemne
                 all
                 institution
                 of
                 ceremonies
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
              
               i.
               e.
               by
               what
               
                 prosyllogismes
                 ,
                 or
                 supplies
              
               or
               advantages
               of
               art
               this
               Enthymeme
               shall
               be
               rendred
               
                 concludent
                 .
                 The
                 Apostle
                 commands
                 that
                 all
                 things
                 be
                 done
                 decently
                 and
                 in
                 order
                 .
                 Ergo
                 ,
                 He
                 condemnes
                 all
                 institution
                 of
                 Ceremonies
                 for
                 Gods
                 worship
                 .
              
               He
               that
               can
               maintain
               this
               consequence
               not
               onely
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               but
               (
               as
               Mr
               J.
               affirmes
               of
               him
               )
               plain
               and
               evident
               ,
               will
               be
               a
               
                 formidable
                 adversarie
              
               indeed
               ,
               much
               better
               deserving
               that
               title
               ,
               than
               one
               whom
               he
               knowes
               not
               ,
               and
               therefore
               honours
               with
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 36
              
               His
               third
               and
               last
               impression
               now
               remaines
               ,
               wherein
               he
               undertakes
               to
               prove
               by
               3.
               arguments
               that
               
                 custome
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
              
               ;
               and
               his
               
                 first
                 argument
                 is
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 light
                 and
                 law
                 of
                 nature
                 is
                 also
                 a
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 .
              
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               that
               in
               those
               things
               ,
               whereof
               alone
               he
               knowes
               I
               there
               speak
               ,
               in
               the
               §
               .
               concerning
               Vniformity
               ,
               i.e.
               in
               things
               
                 indifferent
                 ,
                 gestures
              
               and
               other
               ceremonies
               in
               Gods
               service
               ,
               the
               
                 Law
                 of
                 Nature
              
               is
               no
               rule
               at
               all
               ,
               and
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               he
               cannot
               think
               ;
               I
               am
               sure
               ,
               he
               pretends
               not
               to
               prove
               ,
               or
               so
               much
               as
               affirme
               ,
               it
               is
               ,
               and
               therefore
               though
               not
               simply
               in
               all
               sorts
               of
               things
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               spake
               not
               ,
               nor
               can
               by
               any
               rules
               of
               discourse
               be
               supposed
               to
               have
               spoken
               ,
               yet
               as
               to
               the
               matters
               then
               before
               me
               ,
               wherein
               
                 Ecclesiastick
                 Conformity
              
               
               consisted
               ,
               custome
               and
               onely
               custome
               was
               the
               rule
               of
               Decency
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 37
              
               His
               
                 second
                 argument
              
               is
               wholly
               deceitfull
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               discovered
               to
               be
               so
               by
               reducing
               it
               to
               rules
               of
               art
               .
               'T
               is
               by
               him
               variously
               formed
               into
               two
               several
               Syllogismes
               .
               The
               first
               is
               this
               .
            
             
               
                 Nothing
                 can
                 be
                 undecent
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 agreeable
                 to
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 Decency
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 divers
                 things
                 are
                 undecent
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 can
                 plead
                 custome
                 .
                 The
                 conclusion
                 now
                 must
                 be
                 ,
                 Therefore
                 custome
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 38
              
               But
               this
               is
               no
               
                 regular
                 Syllogisme
              
               ,
               't
               is
               in
               no
               mood
               or
               figure
               ,
               nor
               readily
               reducible
               to
               any
               ,
               and
               therefore
               t
               was
               his
               onely
               way
               to
               presume
               it
               evident
               ,
               and
               never
               to
               endeavour
               any
               proof
               thereof
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 39
              
               But
               he
               hath
               thought
               fit
               to
               vary
               this
               syllogisme
               ,
               and
               give
               it
               in
               other
               termes
               ,
               and
               then
               one
               might
               hope
               it
               would
               be
               exactly
               form'd
               .
               'T
               is
               thus
               ,
               
                 
                   It
                   is
                   impossible
                   that
                   the
                   onely
                   rule
                   of
                   decency
                   should
                   be
                   undecent
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   yet
                   it
                   is
                   very
                   possible
                   that
                   many
                   customes
                   should
                   be
                   indecent
                   .
                
                 
                   Therefore
                   he
                   shall
                   conclude
                   that
                   custome
                   is
                   not
                   the
                   onely
                   rule
                   of
                   decency
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 40
              
               But
               this
               is
               no
               syllogisme
               neither
               ,
               being
               far
               removed
               from
               the
               measure
               that
               Logicians
               exact
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               by
               which
               I
               will
               prove
               any
               thing
               true
               ,
               that
               is
               the
               most
               distant
               from
               it
               .
               For
               example
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               granted
               truth
               ,
               that
               Law
               is
               the
               
                 onely
                 rule
                 of
                 Justice
              
               ,
               yet
               this
               I
               shall
               disprove
               by
               a
               syllogisme
               exactly
               formed
               by
               Mr
               J.
               his
               model
               ,
               Thus
               ,
               
                 
                   It
                   is
                   impossible
                   that
                   the
                   onely
                   rule
                   of
                   justice
                   should
                   be
                   unjust
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   yet
                   it
                   is
                   very
                   possible
                   that
                   many
                   Laws
                   should
                   be
                   unjust
                   .
                
                 
                   Therefore
                   I
                   shall
                   conclude
                   that
                   Law
                   is
                   not
                   the
                   onely
                   rule
                   of
                   justice
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 41
              
               To
               discover
               this
               deceit
               then
               ,
               the
               syllogisme
               which
               is
               now
               no
               syllogisme
               must
               be
               somewhat
               better
               form'd
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               rules
               of
               Logick
               ,
               and
               reduced
               ,
               as
               near
               as
               it
               can
               ,
               into
               a
               
                 true
                 syllogisme
              
               .
               Thus
               ,
               
                 
                   Whatsoever
                   is
                   it self
                   undecent
                   ,
                   cannot
                   be
                   the
                   onely
                   rule
                   of
                   decency
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   custome
                   is
                   it self
                   undecent
                   .
                
                 
                   Therefore
                   custome
                   cannot
                   be
                   the
                   onely
                   rule
                   of
                   decency
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               Here
               before
               it
               can
               be
               defin'd
               whether
               this
               be
               a
               
                 regular
                 syllogism
              
               ,
               or
               no
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               demanded
               ,
               
                 quanta
                 est
                 minor
              
               ,
               is
               the
               
                 assumption
                 Vniversal
              
               or
               particular
               ?
               If
               it
               be
               particular
               ,
               then
               either
               the
               conclusion
               must
               be
               particular
               also
               ,
               or
               else
               t
               is
               a
               
                 false
                 syllogism
              
               .
               And
               if
               the
               conclusion
               be
               particular
               ,
               then
               it
               infers
               no
               more
               then
               that
               
                 some
                 undecent
                 custome
                 cannot
                 be
                 the
                 only
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
                 ,
              
               which
               is
               willingly
               granted
               by
               me
               ,
               who
               do
               not
               at
               all
               affirm
               it
               of
               
                 undecent
                 customes
              
               ;
               But
               if
               the
               minor
               be
               Vniversal
               ,
               then
               't
               is
               a
               
                 false
                 proposition
              
               ,
               for
               certainly
               
                 all
                 customes
              
               are
               not
               indecent
               .
               The
               short
               is
               ,
               Nature
               may
               be
               the
               rule
               of
               one
               sort
               of
               decency
               ,
               &
               custom
               the
               only
               rule
               of
               another
               ;
               yet
               if
               the
               custom
               be
               in
               it self
               indecent
               ,
               then
               of
               such
               
                 indecent
                 custom
              
               it
               is
               not
               pretended
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               either
               onely
               ,
               or
               
                 at
                 all
              
               the
               
                 rule
                 of
                 decency
              
               .
               And
               so
               still
               my
               proposition
               may
               stand
               good
               ,
               which
               as
               it
               belonged
               not
               to
               
                 natural
                 decency
              
               ,
               so
               much
               less
               to
               what
               is
               by
               Nature
               ,
               or
               in
               it self
               undecent
               ,
               never
               imagining
               it
               reasonable
               ,
               that
               what
               gestures
               were
               against
               those
               Laws
               of
               Nature
               ,
               or
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Law
               of
               decency
               ,
               or
               rather
               of
               
                 natural
                 comliness
              
               and
               honesty
               ,
               should
               by
               pretence
               of
               any
               custome
               whatever
               ,
               be
               introduced
               into
               
                 Gods
                 worship
              
               ;
               'T
               is
               sufficient
               that
               
                 some
                 customes
              
               may
               be
               decent
               ,
               or
               in
               themselves
               not
               indecent
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               decency
               in
               the
               service
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               regulated
               and
               judged
               of
               by
               conformity
               with
               them
               :
               For
               I
               said
               not
               that
               
                 all
                 customes
              
               were
               the
               rule
               of
               decency
               ,
               but
               that
               
                 some
                 were
              
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               was
               no
               other
               rule
               ,
               but
               custome
               .
               This
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               hath
               discovered
               the
               invalidity
               of
               his
               second
               argument
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 42
              
               His
               
                 last
                 argument
              
               [
               
                 because
                 there
                 is
                 dicency
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 usage
                 of
                 some
                 things
              
               ]
               falls
               upon
               that
               mistake
               of
               my
               words
               ,
               which
               I
               discoursed
               of
               ,
               and
               cleared
               at
               the
               beginning
               ,
               for
               I
               never
               said
               ,
               that
               a
               thing
               must
               be
               customary
               ,
               before
               it
               is
               decent
               in
               any
               kind
               ;
               (
               knowing
               unquestionably
               that
               there
               is
               a
               
                 natural
                 decency
              
               )
               but
               that
               the
               decency
               of
               any
               ceremony
               in
               
                 Gods
                 service
              
               ,
               wherein
               God
               and
               Nature
               have
               
                 prescribed
                 nothing
              
               particularly
               ,
               must
               be
               regulated
               according
               to
               those
               measures
               ,
               which
               the
               customes
               of
               any
               place
               do
               allow
               to
               be
               reverential
               among
               them
               ;
               Or
               ,
               in
               yet
               plainer
               words
               ,
               the
               
                 civil
                 customes
              
               of
               any
               Nation
               ,
               by
               which
               this
               or
               that
               sort
               of
               gesture
               is
               rendred
               a
               token
               of
               reverence
               ,
               are
               the
               
                 onely
                 rule
              
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               decency
               of
               
                 indifferent
                 gestures
              
               ,
               &c.
               is
               to
               be
               judged
               of
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               
                 God's
                 service
              
               .
               And
               so
               much
               for
               the
               
                 last
                 argument
              
               
               also
               ,
               and
               consequently
               for
               the
               first
               part
               of
               his
               exception
               ,
               that
               against
               my
               interpretation
               of
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               decently
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 43
              
               But
               there
               is
               yet
               a
               
                 second
                 charge
              
               behind
               against
               my
               rendring
               of
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 according
                 to
                 appointment
              
               ]
               which
               he
               hath
               managed
               in
               these
               words
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 44
              
               
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 other
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 words
                 ,
                 let
                 all
                 things
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 order
                 ,
              
               Ames
               
                 in
                 the
                 place
                 forementioned
                 sheweth
                 that
                 order
                 requireth
                 not
                 such
                 ceremonies
                 as
                 ours
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 giveth
                 this
                 reason
                 ,
                 because
                 order
                 requireth
                 not
                 the
                 institution
                 of
                 any
                 new
                 thing
                 but
                 onely
                 the
                 right
                 placing
                 and
                 disposing
                 of
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 formerly
                 instituted
                 :
                 and
                 this
                 he
                 makes
                 good
                 from
                 the
                 notation
                 of
                 the
                 word
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 definitions
                 of
                 order
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 given
                 by
                 Philosophers
                 and
                 Divines
              
               &c.
               
                 from
                 the
                 context
                 of
                 the
                 chapter
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 usage
                 of
                 the
                 word
                 elsewhere
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 words
                 may
                 give
                 some
                 countenance
                 unto
                 our
                 ceremonies
                 ,
                 adventureth
                 upon
                 a
                 new
                 interpretation
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 words
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 )
                 literally
                 import
                 according
                 unto
                 appointment
                 ,
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 sometimes
                 signifies
                 to
                 appoint
                 ,
              
               as
               
                 Mat.
                 28.
                 16.
                 
                 Act.
                 22.
                 10.
                 and
                 28.
                 23.
                 
                 And
                 we
                 may
                 here
                 upon
                 argue
                 à
                 conjugatis
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 may
                 be
                 sometimes
                 rendred
                 appointment
                 .
                 But
                 because
                 it
                 may
                 sometimes
                 be
                 rendred
                 appointment
                 ,
                 will
                 it
                 therefore
                 follow
                 that
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 so
                 rendred
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ?
              
            
             
               We
               may
               say
               
                 as
                 will
                 as
                 the
              
               Dr.
               
                 that
                 the
                 words
              
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
                 literally
                 import
                 according
                 unto
                 order
                 ,
                 as
                 order
                 is
                 taken
                 strictly
                 for
                 the
                 right
                 placing
                 or
                 ranking
                 of
                 things
                 one
                 before
                 ,
                 another
                 after
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 we
                 have
                 confessed
                 even
                 by
              
               Dr
               John.
               Burgesse
               
                 in
                 his
                 rejoynder
                 unto
              
               Ames
               p.
               78.
               
                 a
                 book
                 published
                 by
                 the
                 special
                 command
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 King.
                 Moreover
                 this
                 sense
                 is
                 favoured
                 by
                 the
                 coherence
                 ,
                 for
                 .
              
               v.
               31.
               
                 we
                 have
                 a
                 particular
                 instance
                 of
                 order
                 in
                 this
                 acception
                 of
                 the
                 word
                 ,
                 ye
                 may
                 all
                 prophesie
                 one
                 by
                 one
              
               &c.
               
                 and
                 not
                 all
                 or
                 many
                 speake
                 at
                 once
                 .
                 2.
                 
                 We
                 have
                 the
                 opposite
                 of
                 order
                 taken
                 in
                 this
                 sense
                 .
              
               1.
               v.
               33.
               
                 confusion
                 .
                 Let
                 all
                 things
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 order
                 ,
                 then
                 is
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 ,
                 let
                 all
                 things
                 be
                 done
                 without
                 confusion
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 hope
                 confusion
                 may
                 be
                 avoided
                 in
                 the
                 worship
                 of
                 God
                 without
                 such
                 ceremonies
                 as
                 ours
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 But
                 we
                 will
                 for
                 once
                 suppose
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 grant
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 clear
                 importance
                 of
                 the
                 words
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 according
                 to
                 custome
                 and
                 appointment
                 .
                 Yet
                 the
              
               Dr
               
                 hath
                 a
                 hard
                 taske
                 to
                 performe
                 ,
                 before
                 he
                 can
                 come
                 nigh
                 his
                 conclusion
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 words
                 
                 of
              
               Paul
               
                 are
                 a
                 proofe
                 of
                 the
                 more
                 than
                 lawfulnesse
                 of
                 prescription
                 of
                 such
                 ceremonies
                 as
                 ours
                 in
                 a
                 Church
                 :
                 For
                 he
                 must
                 prove
                 that
                 custome
                 and
                 order
                 here
                 are
                 taken
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 latitude
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 they
                 include
                 not
                 onely
                 the
                 customes
                 and
                 appointments
                 of
                 the
                 Apostolical
                 Churches
                 ▪
                 but
                 also
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Churches
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 succeeding
                 ages
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 performance
                 of
                 this
                 he
                 will
                 find
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 easie
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 may
                 imagine
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 am
                 sensible
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 by
                 this
                 discourse
                 provoked
                 a
                 very
                 learned
                 and
                 formidable
                 adversary
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 onely
                 love
                 of
                 the
                 truth
                 hath
                 ingaged
                 me
                 in
                 so
                 unequal
                 an
                 incounter
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 hope
                 the
              
               Dr
               
                 will
                 pardon
                 and
                 excuse
                 my
                 boldnesse
                 .
                 If
                 he
                 can
                 by
                 dint
                 of
                 argument
                 prove
                 the
                 truth
                 to
                 be
                 on
                 his
                 side
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 sorry
                 or
                 ashamed
                 to
                 be
                 overcome
                 by
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 45
              
               To
               this
               my
               answer
               will
               be
               very
               briefe
               ,
               1.
               by
               giving
               the
               reason
               of
               my
               rendring
               ,
               2.
               by
               evidencing
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               vulgar
               were
               acknowledged
               the
               righter
               rendring
               ,
               yet
               my
               conclusion
               would
               very
               regularly
               ,
               follow
               thence
               ,
               and
               that
               therefore
               I
               have
               no
               need
               to
               contend
               with
               any
               gainsayer
               ,
               about
               my
               rendring
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 46
              
               For
               the
               first
               ,
               it
               is
               manifest
               to
               any
               that
               knowes
               but
               the
               elements
               of
               Greeke
               ,
               that
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               literally
               and
               properly
               signifies
               [
               
                 according
                 to
                 ordination
                 or
                 appointment
              
               ]
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               signifies
               [
               according
               to
               ]
               not
               [
               in
               ]
               and
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               or
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               [
               
                 an
                 ordinance
                 or
                 constitution
              
               ]
               millions
               of
               times
               in
               authors
               ,
               and
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               orderly
               ,
               or
               
                 in
                 order
              
               ]
               lying
               more
               consonant
               with
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               no
               reason
               can
               be
               rendred
               ,
               why
               if
               that
               had
               been
               the
               designed
               meaning
               ,
               that
               word
               should
               not
               have
               been
               used
               there
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 47
              
               That
               it
               may
               so
               signifie
               Mr
               J.
               acknowledges
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               have
               obtained
               all
               I
               seek
               in
               my
               first
               proposal
               ,
               which
               was
               not
               ,
               that
               it
               must
               necessarily
               thus
               signifie
               ,
               but
               that
               this
               being
               the
               literal
               regular
               rendring
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               had
               sufficient
               reason
               to
               render
               it
               thus
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 48
              
               I
               proceed
               then
               to
               the
               second
               thing
               ,
               that
               if
               what
               he
               pretends
               to
               be
               possible
               also
               ,
               were
               indeed
               the
               
                 onely
                 possible
              
               ,
               or
               (
               by
               way
               of
               supposition
               ,
               but
               not
               concession
               )
               if
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ]
               did
               really
               import
               no
               more
               than
               [
               
                 in
                 order
              
               ]
               as
               that
               is
               opposed
               to
               disorder
               or
               confusion
               ,
               yet
               I
               say
               ,
               it
               will
               soon
               appear
               ,
               that
               the
               Apostles
               commanding
               such
               order
               or
               orderlynesse
               ,
               and
               forbidding
               all
               confusion
               in
               ecclesiastical
               affaires
               ,
               must
               by
               consequence
               be
               interpreted
               to
               command
               the
               instituting
               and
               
                 observing
                 uniformity
              
               of
               ceremonies
               in
               a
               Church
               .
               This
               I
               thus
               deduce
               .
            
             
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 49
              
               First
               there
               is
               no
               possibility
               of
               
                 worshipping
                 God
                 externally
              
               and
               publickly
               ,
               without
               use
               of
               some
               ceremonies
               or
               circumstances
               of
               
                 time
                 ,
                 place
              
               ,
               and
               gesture
               ,
               &c.
               
               Secondly
               there
               is
               no
               possibility
               of
               order
               in
               a
               multitude
               ,
               without
               uniformity
               in
               the
               same
               circumstances
               ,
               Thirdly
               ,
               there
               is
               as
               little
               possibility
               of
               Vniformity
               among
               many
               ,
               without
               either
               agreement
               one
               with
               another
               ,
               or
               direction
               of
               some
               superior
               to
               them
               all
               ,
               what
               shall
               by
               all
               be
               uniformely
               performed
               .
               Fourthly
               the
               agreement
               one
               with
               another
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               onely
               voluntarie
               ,
               and
               such
               ,
               as
               by
               which
               none
               are
               obliged
               ,
               no
               way
               secures
               the
               end
               ;
               but
               if
               it
               be
               such
               an
               agreement
               ,
               that
               every
               single
               person
               is
               obliged
               to
               observe
               ,
               then
               still
               is
               that
               a
               law
               of
               that
               body
               ,
               as
               of
               a
               Councel
               ,
               &c.
               and
               as
               truely
               so
               ,
               as
               the
               constitution
               of
               a
               
                 single
                 Praelate
              
               can
               be
               thought
               to
               be
               .
               And
               so
               the
               conclusion
               regularly
               followes
               ,
               that
               to
               the
               preserving
               but
               of
               order
               ,
               or
               orderlynesse
               in
               a
               Church
               ,
               it
               is
               necessary
               ,
               there
               be
               appointment
               ,
               what
               shall
               by
               all
               be
               uniformely
               performed
               ;
               confusion
               unavoidably
               coming
               in
               ,
               where
               no
               certain
               rules
               are
               prescribed
               for
               Vniformity
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 50
              
               What
               can
               be
               denyed
               in
               this
               processe
               ,
               I
               fore
               see
               not
               ,
               yet
               when
               ti
               's
               granted
               ,
               one
               reserve
               Mr
               J.
               hath
               still
               left
               him
               .
               For
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 granted
                 that
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 signifies
                 appointment
                 or
                 ordination
                 ,
                 yet
                 still
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 incumbent
                 on
                 the
              
               Dr.
               
                 to
                 prove
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 extends
                 not
                 onely
                 to
                 the
                 customes
                 and
                 appointments
                 of
                 the
                 Apostolike
                 Churches
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 to
                 the
                 Churches
                 of
                 succeeding
                 ages
                 .
              
               And
               my
               answer
               to
               this
               will
               conclude
               this
               whole
               debate
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 51
              
               First
               then
               I
               acknowledge
               ,
               that
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               here
               necessarily
               ordained
               by
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               Churches
               of
               God
               in
               succeeding
               ages
               should
               institute
               ceremonies
               in
               worship
               ,
               for
               ,
               provided
               those
               ceremonies
               were
               once
               instituted
               ,
               all
               that
               this
               text
               inforces
               ,
               is
               
                 uniforme
                 obedience
              
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 52
              
               But
               then
               secondly
               ,
               when
               for
               many
               circumstances
               of
               
                 Gods
                 worship
              
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               order
               particularly
               taken
               by
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               as
               in
               what
               
                 gesture
                 publick
                 supplication
              
               shall
               be
               addrest
               ,
               in
               what
               ,
               lauds
               and
               hymnes
               ,
               and
               confession
               of
               the
               faith
               ,
               &c.
               and
               yet
               the
               rule
               is
               given
               by
               them
               ,
               that
               all
               shall
               be
               
                 done
                 according
                 to
                 appointment
              
               ,
               and
               moreover
               in
               other
               places
               that
               obedience
               be
               paid
               to
               
                 those
                 superiors
              
               which
               
                 watch
                 over
                 our
                 souls
              
               ;
               and
               when
               those
               rules
               are
               not
               given
               onely
               to
               the
               persons
               that
               then
               lived
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Corinth
               ,
               &c.
               but
               to
               all
               that
               should
               ever
               live
               
               in
               that
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               Churches
               ,
               it
               cannot
               then
               be
               deemed
               ,
               either
               that
               there
               were
               no
               superiors
               designed
               to
               
                 succeed
                 Christ
              
               ,
               and
               his
               Apostles
               in
               the
               ordering
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
               or
               that
               they
               should
               not
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
                 set
                 in
                 order
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 were
                 wanting
                 ,
              
               such
               as
               the
               Apostles
               had
               left
               undisposed
               of
               ,
               or
               that
               inferiors
               should
               not
               be
               bound
               to
               obey
               them
               uniformely
               when
               they
               thus
               gave
               orders
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 53
              
               When
               we
               are
               commanded
               to
               
                 obey
                 our
                 parents
                 ,
                 civil
              
               as
               well
               as
               natural
               ,
               by
               a
               law
               given
               by
               God
               to
               Moses
               ,
               or
               by
               Christ
               to
               his
               disciples
               ,
               can
               it
               be
               strange
               ,
               that
               we
               that
               lived
               not
               in
               either
               of
               those
               ages
               ,
               should
               thereby
               be
               obliged
               ,
               when
               God
               in
               his
               providence
               hath
               given
               us
               fathers
               of
               both
               kinds
               (
               as
               well
               as
               them
               )
               regularly
               presiding
               over
               us
               ,
               and
               making
               use
               of
               that
               liberty
               that
               is
               presumed
               in
               all
               
                 parents
                 ,
                 viz
              
               :
               to
               give
               commands
               ,
               and
               expect
               obedience
               from
               their
               children
               ?
               Certainly
               it
               cannot
               ,
               and
               as
               little
               can
               it
               be
               doubted
               ,
               either
               whether
               our
               
                 ecclesiastical
                 parents
              
               have
               power
               to
               institute
               in
               things
               omitted
               ,
               and
               thereby
               remitted
               to
               their
               care
               by
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               or
               whether
               we
               their
               
                 obedient
                 children
              
               ,
               that
               are
               commanded
               to
               act
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
                 according
                 to
                 appointment
              
               ,
               should
               from
               time
               to
               time
               be
               disobliged
               ,
               and
               free
               to
               disobey
               them
               in
               whatsoever
               they
               appoint
               us
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 54
              
               T
               is
               granted
               him
               ,
               if
               he
               please
               ,
               that
               what
               Christ
               ,
               and
               his
               Apostles
               have
               already
               prescribed
               ,
               should
               not
               be
               repealed
               by
               those
               that
               thus
               succeed
               them
               ;
               should
               they
               rashly
               assume
               that
               power
               ,
               they
               would
               not
               in
               so
               doing
               act
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               whether
               regularly
               or
               
                 according
                 to
                 appointment
              
               ;
               but
               for
               the
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               in
               which
               they
               have
               made
               no
               rules
               ,
               but
               left
               order
               to
               Titus
               ,
               &c.
               (
               i.e.
               by
               parity
               of
               reason
               ,
               to
               the
               Bishops
               in
               every
               Isl●nd
               )
               to
               make
               them
               ,
               here
               what
               power
               is
               left
               them
               ,
               may
               certainly
               with
               perfect
               safety
               be
               exercised
               by
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               
                 necessarily
                 inferres
              
               our
               obligation
               to
               yield
               obedience
               to
               their
               exercises
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 55
              
               This
               is
               all
               the
               observance
               Mr
               J.
               seemes
               to
               expect
               of
               me
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               unlesse
               his
               intimation
               to
               
                 all
                 admirers
                 of
              
               Mr.
               Hooker
               ,
               
               that
               they
               should
               
                 vindicate
                 their
                 great
                 Patrone
                 of
                 Ceremonies
                 ,
              
               may
               passe
               for
               an
               admonition
               to
               me
               ,
               who
               acknowledge
               my self
               a
               thankfull
               adorer
               of
               
                 Gods
                 graces
              
               in
               that
               
                 Godly
                 learned
              
               man
               ,
               and
               so
               exact
               a
               few
               lines
               more
               above
               the
               regular
               account
               .
            
             
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 56
              
               This
               will
               detain
               me
               no
               longer
               than
               whilest
               I
               mind
               the
               Reader
               that
               in
               a
               discourse
               of
               the
               ben●fits
               which
               we
               receive
               from
               Christ
               in
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 otherwise
              
               ,
               Mr
               Hooker
               undertakes
               to
               set
               down
               how
               Christ
               in
               his
               
                 human
                 nature
              
               is
               communicated
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               so
               
                 present
                 with
                 us
              
               ;
               To
               this
               end
               3.
               things
               he
               shewes
               at
               large
               ,
               1.
               that
               as
               
                 nothing
                 created
                 can
                 be
                 unlimited
                 ,
                 or
                 receive
                 any
                 such
                 accident
                 from
                 any
                 as
                 may
                 really
                 make
                 it
                 infinite
                 ,
                 so
                 neither
                 the
                 soul
                 nor
                 body
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 nor
                 Christ
                 as
                 man
                 ,
                 nor
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 humane
                 nature
                 ,
                 can
                 possibly
                 be
                 every
                 where
                 present
                 ,
                 no
                 nor
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 which
                 neither
                 hath
                 nor
                 can
                 have
                 any
                 presence
                 but
                 onely
                 local
                 .
              
               2.
               
               That
               
                 this
                 cannot
                 be
                 rendred
                 possible
                 either
                 by
                 the
                 grace
                 of
                 union
                 with
                 Deity
                 ,
                 nor
                 by
                 any
                 other
                 possible
                 means
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 at
                 large
                 excellently
                 deduceth
                 it
                 ,
              
               pag.
               300
               ,
               301
               ,
               302.
               3.
               
               That
               
                 it
                 may
                 peradventure
                 be
                 well
                 enough
                 granted
                 in
                 some
                 sense
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 a
                 sort
                 ,
                 that
                 Christ
                 is
                 every
                 where
                 present
                 ,
                 as
                 man
                 ,
              
               viz.
               1.
               
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 the
                 conjunction
                 of
                 the
                 humane
                 nature
                 with
                 the
                 Deity
                 ,
                 which
                 conjunction
                 is
                 extended
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 the
                 Deity
                 ,
                 the
                 actual
                 position
                 being
                 restrain'd
                 and
                 tied
                 to
                 a
                 certain
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 2.
                 by
                 cooperation
                 with
                 Deity
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 57
              
               Now
               on
               this
               third
               head
               ,
               
               (
               without
               reflecting
               on
               the
               two
               former
               ,
               which
               assure
               us
               of
               the
               authors
               meaning
               in
               it
               )
               two
               passages
               Mr
               J.
               
               takes
               hold
               of
               ,
               which
               ,
               if
               
                 he
                 know
                 any
                 thing
                 in
                 either
                 philosophy
                 or
                 scholastical
                 divinity
                 ,
                 are
                 both
                 guilty
                 of
                 a
                 gross
                 mistake
                 ,
                 and
                 cannot
                 be
                 sufficiently
                 wondred
                 at
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 fall
                 from
                 so
                 learned
                 a
                 pen.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 58
              
               But
               I
               suppose
               there
               is
               no
               great
               skill
               in
               either
               of
               those
               learned
               faculties
               ,
               required
               ,
               to
               distinguish
               betwixt
               that
               which
               truly
               and
               properly
               is
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               
                 may
                 in
                 some
                 sense
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 a
                 sort
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 in
                 two
                 respects
                 onely
              
               (
               neither
               of
               which
               belong
               to
               the
               propriety
               of
               being
               )
               be
               
                 well
                 enough
                 granted
              
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               a
               [
               peradventure
               ]
               also
               ,
               to
               have
               influence
               on
               all
               these
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 59
              
               And
               what
               severity
               is
               this
               ,
               to
               require
               of
               every
               learned
               man
               ,
               that
               hath
               most
               largely
               refuted
               an
               adversary
               ,
               to
               be
               so
               averse
               from
               all
               thoughts
               of
               peace
               and
               reconcilation
               with
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               not
               allow
               him
               to
               speak
               truth
               ,
               or
               but
               perhaps
               to
               speak
               truth
               
                 in
                 a
                 sort
              
               ,
               and
               in
               
                 some
                 sense
              
               ,
               and
               in
               
                 two
                 onely
                 respects
              
               ?
               all
               which
               are
               still
               more
               than
               intimations
               ,
               that
               he
               thinks
               him
               to
               be
               absolutely
               
               (
               and
               in
               simplicity
               and
               propriety
               of
               speaking
               )
               in
               a
               
                 gross
                 errour
              
               ,
               impossible
               even
               to
               the
               power
               of
               God
               to
               have
               truth
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 60
              
               If
               any
               should
               chance
               to
               say
               of
               an
               eloquent
               man
               ,
               that
               you
               might
               
                 hear
                 an
                 Angel
                 speak
                 in
                 him
                 ,
              
               and
               I
               should
               reply
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               
                 peradventure
                 be
                 well
                 enough
                 granted
                 in
                 a
                 sort
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 some
                 sense
                 ,
              
               that
               when
               he
               spake
               you
               might
               
                 hear
                 an
                 Angel
              
               ,
               assuring
               you
               at
               large
               of
               my
               opinion
               ,
               that
               no
               bare
               man
               can
               truly
               be
               an
               Angel
               ,
               nay
               that
               it
               was
               impossible
               for
               God
               himself
               to
               bring
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               at
               the
               same
               time
               he
               should
               be
               an
               Angel
               ,
               and
               not
               an
               Angel
               ,
               a
               man
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               man
               ,
               or
               which
               is
               all
               one
               ,
               a
               bare
               man
               ,
               and
               yet
               an
               Angel
               ,
               or
               (
               in
               fewer
               words
               )
               when
               Christ
               saith
               he
               is
               a
               door
               ,
               and
               a
               vine
               ,
               if
               I
               should
               say
               ,
               that
               
                 in
                 a
                 sort
              
               and
               in
               
                 some
                 sense
              
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               
                 two
                 respects
              
               ,
               each
               of
               these
               had
               truth
               in
               them
               ,
               would
               Mr
               J.
               think
               fit
               to
               leave
               his
               subject
               ,
               and
               let
               loose
               for
               three
               leaves
               together
               ,
               and
               pawn
               all
               his
               Philosophy
               and
               scholastical
               (
               not
               considering
               what
               the
               consequence
               also
               may
               be
               to
               his
               
                 practical
                 )
                 divinity
              
               ,
               to
               accuse
               and
               wonder
               at
               ,
               and
               never
               to
               
                 give
                 over
                 wondering
              
               ,
               and
               withall
               solemnly
               to
               refute
               this
               or
               that
               
                 improper
                 figurative
              
               speech
               ,
               so
               perfectly
               acknowledged
               by
               the
               
                 speakers
                 to
                 be
              
               such
               ?
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 61
              
               If
               he
               have
               that
               great
               leisure
               ,
               and
               any
               
                 prevalent
                 temptation
              
               thus
               to
               lay
               it
               out
               ,
               I
               shall
               onely
               assure
               him
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               not
               so
               much
               of
               either
               ,
               as
               to
               attend
               these
               his
               motions
               ,
               nor
               any
               other
               lover
               or
               
                 admirer
                 of
                 Mr
                 Hooker
              
               ,
               that
               I
               know
               of
               ,
               and
               therefore
               beseech
               him
               contentedly
               to
               rest
               in
               this
               general
               return
               to
               his
               charge
               of
               that
               learned
               man
               ,
               without
               expecting
               any
               more
               explicit●
               or
               
                 particular
                 survey
              
               of
               it
               .
               And
               so
               much
               for
               Mr
               H.
               also
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   section
                
                 62
              
               I
               have
               thus
               without
               any
               other
               obligation
               ,
               than
               what
               my
               desire
               to
               undeceive
               the
               Author
               and
               his
               Readers
               ,
               laid
               upon
               me
               ,
               paid
               him
               now
               this
               my
               
                 second
                 observance
              
               ;
               And
               may
               be
               allowed
               to
               think
               it
               time
               ,
               that
               he
               who
               hath
               been
               so
               liberal
               of
               his
               uses
               of
               publick
               refutation
               of
               
                 others
                 words
              
               ,
               should
               find
               some
               vacancy
               for
               one
               use
               of
               more
               private
               (
               if
               not
               reprehension
               ,
               yet
               )
               examination
               of
               his
               
                 own
                 actions
              
               ;
               And
               then
               I
               shall
               offer
               to
               his
               consideration
               ,
               how
               much
               more
               agreeable
               to
               the
               laws
               of
               
                 brotherly
                 kindnesse
              
               or
               candor
               it
               had
               been
               ,
               to
               have
               proposed
               his
               exceptions
               in
               such
               a
               manner
               of
               
                 friendly
                 address
              
               ,
               as
               might
               have
               brought
               him
               home
               the
               same
               satisfaction
               ,
               
               and
               saved
               others
               the
               importunity
               of
               these
               uselesse
               ,
               because
               personal
               debates
               .
               When
               he
               hath
               sincerely
               observed
               in
               himself
               the
               motive
               of
               his
               other
               
                 distant
                 choice
              
               ,
               I
               have
               obtained
               the
               end
               of
               my
               charity
               in
               mentioning
               it
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               more
               to
               return
               to
               him
               at
               this
               time
               .
            
             
               THE
               END
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Errata
           in
           the
           first
           Reply
           to
           Mr
           Jeanes
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           1.
           l.
           2.
           dele
           to
           .
           p.
           3.
           l.
           4.
           r.
           change
           .
           l.
           28.
           r.
           another
           ,
           see
           ▪
           magli
           .
           p.
           6.
           l.
           11
           ,
           r.
           
             is
             in
             that
          
           .
           p.
           10.
           l.
           30.
           r.
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
        
      
       
         
           Errata
           in
           the
           second
           Reply
           to
           Mr
           Jeanes
           .
        
         
           
             Pag.
             11.
             l.
             1.
             r.
          
           known
           to
           stand
           .
           
             p.
             13.
             l.
             28.
             r.
          
           meer
           external
           .
           
             p.
             15.
             l.
             6.
             r.
             Mr
          
           Hynde
           ,
           and
           Mr
           Glapthorne
           two
           vthement
           disputers
           .
           
             p.
             16.
             l.
             23.
             r.
          
           measures
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A70315-e150
           
             *
             Of
             the
             fulness
             of
             Christ
             .
             p.
             258.
             
          
           
             *
             p.
             259.
             
          
           
             *
             p.
             221.
             n.
             1.
             
          
           
             p.
             259.
             
          
           
             *
             Paulus
             Fagius
             ,
             Praf
             .
             in
             Vers
             .
             Chal.
             Paraph.
             in
             Pentat
             .
          
           
             *
             Joh.
             Boys
             Eliens
             .
             vet
             ,
             Interpr
             .
             cum
             .
             Beza-collat
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A70315-e7410
           
             a
             Sign●
             crucis
             actio
             Christiana
             describitur
             .
             
               Aug.
               de
               Doctr.
               Chr.
               l.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             b
             In
             Joh.
             Tr.
             118.
             
          
           
             c
             Tom.
             10
             p.
             289.
             B.
             
          
           
             d
             See
             Aug.
             de
             Civ
             .
             D●il
             .
             22.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             e
             De
             Incarnat
             .
             Tom.
             1.
             pag.
             84.
             
             So
             pag.
             101.
             
             D.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               And
               pag.
            
             102.
             6.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             And
             contr
             .
             Arian
             .
             Or.
             1.
             pag.
             285.
             
             A.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             And
             Praesente
             signo
             crucis
             obmutescit
             Paganitas
             .
             
               Aug.
               T.
            
             4.
             229.
             
             
               B.
               And
               832
               B.
            
             Daemonia
             nominatâ
             cruce
             Christi
             terrentur
             ,
             si
             impensius
             fiat
             ,
             fugantur
             .
             Dii
             Paganprum
             metu
             crucis
             responsa
             dare
             non
             possunt
             .
          
           
             f
             Ad
             omnem
             progressum
             frantem
             crucis
             signaculo
             terimus
             .
             
               Tertul.
               de
               Cor.
               Mil.
               c.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             g
             Vide
             Narrat●
             .
             Hippolyti
             Apostolorum
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             apud
             Pallad
             .
             Hist
             .
             Laus
             .
             pag.
             1049.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             p.
             144.
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             Pal.
             l.
             5.
             
             Sect.
             55.
             
          
           
             p.
             139.
             
          
           
             p.
             140.