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           Lord's Supper.
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               Aedes
               Christi
               in
               Academiâ
               Oxoniensi
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
           THE
           SECOND
           PART
           
             OF
          
           A
           PLAIN
           DISCOVRSE
           OF
           AN
           VNLETTERED
           CHRISTIAN
           ,
           WHEREIN
           BY
           WAY
           OF
           demonstration
           hee
           shevveth
           vvhat
           the
           reasons
           bee
           vvhich
           hee
           doth
           ground
           upon
           ,
           in
           refusing
           conformity
           to
           kneeling
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           .
           *
           ⁎
           *
        
         
           By
           
             Tho.
             Dighton
             .
          
           Gent.
           
        
         
           PSAL.
           119.
           113.
           
        
         
           I
           hate
           vaine
           inventions
           ,
           but
           thy
           law
           doe
           I
           loue
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           yeare
           1619.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           ALL
           FAITHFVL
           MINISTERS
           AND
           CHRISTIANS
           WHO
           ARE
           perswaded
           of
           the
           lawfulnes
           of
           kneeling
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ;
           grace
           in
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           and
           satisfaction
           by
           these
           presents
           .
        
         
           AL
           this
           whole
           world
           and
           all
           the
           learning
           and
           wisdome
           thereof
           
             lies
             in
             wickednes
             or
             darknes
             ,
          
           
           and
           cannot
           possibly
           discerne
           or
           judge
           and
           find
           out
           whether
           any
           gesture
           be
           indifferent
           ,
           
           or
           if
           they
           were
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           fittest
           gesture
           :
           for
           
             he
             that
             walketh
             in
             darknes
             knoweth
             not
             whither
             he
             goeth
             ,
          
           
           whither
           he
           conforme
           to
           a
           right
           gesture
           or
           to
           a
           wrong
           it
           is
           all
           oneto
           him
           .
           Harken
           not
           then
           to
           the
           arguments
           or
           reasons
           of
           
             Darknes
          
           or
           of
           flesh
           &
           bloud
           (
           though
           all
           the
           chosen
           chariots
           of
           Egipt
           go
           before
           thē
           )
           but
           let
           vs
           goe
           to
           the
           light
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           doctrine
           onely
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Ceremonie
           also
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           substance
           onely
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           gesture
           also
           ,
           for
           no
           error
           may
           be
           conformed
           vnto
           in
           either
           :
           and
           whatsoeuer
           is
           
           not
           warranted
           by
           the
           light
           ,
           must
           needs
           bee
           darknes
           ;
           yea
           if
           it
           come
           not
           from
           the
           truth
           ,
           of
           necessity
           it
           is
           erroneous
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           to
           bee
           conformed
           vnto
           .
           If
           then
           
             Christ
             bee
             the
             light
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           
           and
           his
           
             word
          
           be
           the
           onely
           
             truth
          
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           
           then
           whosoever
           followes
           not
           Christ
           in
           the
           gesture
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           testimony
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           walkes
           in
           darknesse
           and
           conformes
           to
           errour
           therein
           .
           Howsoever
           therefore
           I
           doe
           with
           all
           thankefulnesse
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           due
           respect
           of
           you
           ,
           confesse
           and
           acknowledge
           that
           I
           doe
           highly
           reverence
           you
           with
           
             Peter
             :
          
           yet
           
             I
          
           doe
           avow
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           his
           Churches
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           are
           
             worthy
             to
             be
             blamed
             ,
          
           
           who
           either
           iustifie
           or
           approue
           conformity
           to
           kneeling
           in
           that
           manner
           and
           order
           as
           it
           is
           urged
           ,
           (
           and
           by
           the
           meaner
           or
           poorer
           sort
           refused
           )
           or
           especially
           that
           presse
           it
           with
           such
           violence
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           would
           take
           it
           by
           force
           :
           yea
           herein
           
             I
          
           am
           bold
           through
           Christ
           ,
           to
           
             resist
             you
             ,
          
           because
           
             I
          
           know
           ,
           
             Whosoever
          
           (
           be
           his
           gifts
           never
           so
           excellent
           and
           admirable
           )
           
             doth
             any
             thing
          
           (
           in
           substance
           or
           in
           ceremony
           
             presumptnously
          
           against
           the
           apparant
           practise
           of
           the
           Apostolicall
           primitiue
           Churches
           ,
           
           grounded
           in
           the
           evidence
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           upon
           the
           plaine
           testimony
           of
           the
           inspired
           Scriptures
           ,
           being
           approved
           by
           Christ
           himselfe
           in
           the
           very
           institution
           ,
           and
           haue
           no
           warrant
           from
           the
           word
           of
           God
           for
           their
           so
           doing
           ,
           do
           directly
           
             blaspheme
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           which
           place
           ,
           that
           
             I
          
           be
           not
           censured
           to
           abuse
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           at
           any
           time
           upon
           this
           
           occasion
           mentioned
           by
           me
           ,
           this
           once
           for
           alwayes
           ,
           
             I
          
           doe
           in
           all
           humility
           desire
           the
           godly
           to
           consider
           and
           remember
           ,
           that
           howsoever
           every
           place
           of
           Scripture
           hath
           a
           particular
           intendment
           or
           speciall
           respect
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           large
           extent
           thereof
           (
           as
           it
           hath
           relation
           unto
           all
           ages
           ,
           Churches
           ,
           and
           persons
           )
           there
           is
           also
           ,
           and
           that
           warrantably
           a
           more
           generall
           drift
           and
           purpose
           directly
           intended
           :
           though
           therefore
           
             I
          
           presse
           them
           not
           in
           that
           speciall
           or
           particular
           intent
           ,
           yet
           if
           according
           to
           the
           true
           Analogie
           of
           faith
           ,
           
             I
          
           use
           and
           urge
           them
           in
           the
           larger
           sence
           ,
           and
           respectiue
           meaning
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           
             I
          
           hope
           
             I
          
           may
           sasely
           ,
           yea
           in
           the
           assurance
           of
           faith
           iustifie
           ,
           that
           
             I
          
           erre
           not
           from
           the
           direct
           purpose
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           truth
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             not
             to
             heare
             the
             the
             voyce
             of
             Christ
          
           even
           in
           
             all
             things
             ,
          
           
           will
           harden
           
             the
             heart
             .
          
           Whence
           
             I
          
           conclude
           from
           the
           large
           extent
           and
           generall
           scope
           of
           these
           places
           .
           That
           not
           to
           heare
           and
           regard
           the
           word
           of
           God
           (
           which
           is
           the
           voyce
           of
           Christ
           )
           which
           plainly
           declares
           that
           Christ
           hath
           approued
           a
           table-gesture
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           ,
           and
           yet
           to
           declare
           and
           teach
           the
           people
           that
           any
           gesture
           ordained
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           particular
           this
           in
           question
           ,
           is
           lawfull
           and
           ought
           onely
           to
           be
           conformed
           to
           ,
           or
           in
           cases
           of
           extremity
           may
           bee
           vndergone
           as
           a
           burden
           ,
           though
           Christ
           haue
           given
           no
           warrant
           for
           it
           ,
           
             I
          
           say
           such
           positions
           and
           courses
           taken
           and
           maintained
           ,
           will
           
             harden
          
           the
           wisest
           ,
           most
           learned
           ,
           best
           disposed
           ,
           and
           most
           zealous
           heart
           or
           hearts
           of
           the
           sincerest
           
           teachers
           and
           professors
           in
           the
           best
           reformed
           Churches
           in
           the
           world
           .
           Againe
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             When
             Christ
             commeth
             hee
             will
             tell
             us
             all
             things
             ,
          
           
           the
           particular
           intent
           of
           this
           place
           concernes
           the
           publicke
           worship
           of
           God
           ;
           from
           the
           larger
           and
           generall
           scope
           whereof
           ,
           
             I
          
           hold
           it
           a
           most
           warrantable
           conclusion
           ,
           that
           
             Christ
          
           in
           his
           word
           hath
           certainly
           made
           knowne
           what
           gesture
           we
           may
           conforme
           to
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           (
           being
           essentially
           necessary
           in
           this
           part
           of
           his
           worship
           )
           but
           in
           the
           whole
           Scrip.
           Christ
           hath
           not
           given
           approbation
           to
           any
           but
           a
           Table-gesture
           :
           therefore
           no
           other
           may
           bee
           conformed
           unto
           .
           For
           these
           things
           were
           not
           written
           for
           them
           of
           those
           times
           onely
           ,
           
           but
           for
           
             us
             also
             :
          
           yea
           for
           all
           the
           churches
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Another
           thing
           I
           also
           desire
           not
           to
           be
           mistaken
           in
           ,
           namely
           that
           though
           I
           do
           verily
           beleeue
           and
           therfore
           confidently
           affirme
           ,
           that
           Conformitie
           to
           any
           gesture
           of
           religious
           vse
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           being
           not
           warranted
           by
           the
           word
           ,
           is
           absolutly
           vnlawfull
           and
           sinfull
           ,
           yet
           do
           I
           not
           thereby
           Iudge
           ,
           or
           hold
           all
           Conformitants
           ,
           to
           be
           vile
           and
           wicked
           persons
           :
           
           or
           that
           such
           Congregations
           are
           not
           the
           true
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           I
           know
           ,
           it
           is
           
             God
             which
             works
             both
             the
             will
             and
             the
             deede
             ,
             euen
             of
             his
             good
             pleasure
             ,
          
           as
           he
           sees
           best
           ,
           not
           alike
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           nor
           to
           all
           persons
           ,
           but
           some
           shall
           remaine
           ignorant
           of
           some
           truths
           (
           yet
           not
           to
           be
           therfore
           seperated
           from
           .
           
           Others
           
             hate
             all
             Inventions
          
           (
           yet
           not
           therfore
           to
           be
           runne
           after
           
           as
           if
           they
           were
           the
           onely
           true
           churches
           ,
           and
           salvatiō
           no
           where
           els
           to
           be
           found
           )
           some
           
             I
          
           say
           ignorantly
           conforme
           to
           error
           ,
           others
           according
           vnto
           knowledge
           abhorre
           and
           
             hate
             all
             false
             waies
             ,
          
           
           and
           yet
           both
           of
           these
           the
           true
           Churches
           and
           faithfull
           servants
           of
           God.
           Onely
           my
           desire
           before
           the
           Lord
           is
           to
           strip
           hypocrits
           of
           that
           conceite
           which
           they
           haue
           of
           their
           wisdom
           ,
           learning
           ,
           authoritie
           ,
           and
           great
           estimation
           which
           they
           haue
           purchased
           or
           obtained
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           nature
           ,
           or
           the
           naturall
           man
           ,
           putting
           on
           the
           shew
           of
           grace
           ,
           or
           the
           name
           and
           title
           of
           the
           
             spirituall
             man
          
           (
           as
           the
           Asse
           in
           the
           lyons
           skinne
           )
           is
           presently
           conceated
           ,
           that
           forthwith
           they
           are
           Canonically
           holy
           ,
           spirituall
           ,
           or
           diuine
           ,
           because
           such
           traditionall
           titles
           ,
           are
           successiuoly
           compounded
           for
           thē
           (
           though
           none
           in
           the
           world
           be
           more
           lycentious
           and
           profane
           then
           euen
           some
           of
           thē
           )
           yea
           and
           that
           in
           these
           outward
           forms
           of
           Godlines
           divised
           by
           man
           for
           Gods
           diuine
           worship
           and
           service
           ,
           the
           verie
           substance
           of
           Religion
           so
           farre
           as
           it
           is
           outward
           and
           subiect
           to
           sence
           ,
           doth
           in
           a
           speciall
           or
           principall
           parte
           consist
           :
           for
           they
           hold
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           neede
           or
           ought
           to
           make
           question
           ,
           but
           that
           these
           humane
           inventions
           being
           performed
           (
           not
           in
           superstition
           but
           in
           a
           good
           Intention
           ,
           )
           are
           most
           acceptable
           &
           well
           pleasing
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           of
           verie
           conscience
           to
           be
           conformed
           unto
           .
           In
           which
           respect
           I
           do
           stryue
           gladly
           to
           dryue
           them
           from
           this
           deceitfull
           and
           conceited
           kinde
           of
           pleading
           ,
           by
           a
           Iudicial
           proceeding
           to
           the
           triall
           of
           their
           faith
           ,
           for
           so
           shall
           wee
           quickely
           discern
           
           what
           they
           are
           ,
           
             Infidels
          
           or
           
             Vnbeleevers
             ;
          
           for
           profession
           of
           the
           truth
           (
           though
           never
           so
           fundamentall
           )
           no
           nor
           practise
           of
           it
           also
           ,
           makes
           not
           a
           true
           beleever
           ,
           though
           a
           true
           professor
           ,
           for
           even
           that
           man
           of
           sin
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           of
           like
           ambitious
           humour
           ,
           know
           and
           acknowledge
           ,
           professe
           and
           practise
           many
           excellent
           truths
           ;
           
           but
           
             faith
          
           onely
           puts
           the
           difference
           ,
           and
           proues
           who
           is
           for
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           who
           bolds
           on
           the
           other
           side
           against
           him
           .
           What
           action
           or
           ceremony
           then
           soever
           of
           Religious
           use
           is
           not
           conformed
           unto
           in
           faith
           ,
           is
           conformed
           to
           in
           infidelity
           ,
           unlesse
           we
           must
           admit
           of
           
             Agrippa
          
           his
           
             almost
             a
             Christian
             ,
          
           
           halfe
           faithfull
           ,
           halfe
           infidell
           ,
           halfe
           Papist
           halfe
           Protestant
           ,
           halfe
           of
           God
           and
           halfe
           of
           the
           Divell
           ,
           halfe
           Turke
           and
           halfe
           Christian
           :
           not
           that
           
             I
          
           aime
           at
           any
           other
           perfection
           but
           that
           which
           is
           Evangelicall
           ,
           even
           sincerity
           and
           truth
           in
           all
           things
           ;
           
           but
           to
           declare
           that
           
             all
             are
             shut
             up
             under
             unbeliefe
             ,
          
           though
           they
           be
           never
           so
           wise
           and
           learned
           ,
           great
           and
           many
           ,
           till
           they
           bee
           enlightned
           .
           But
           these
           men
           say
           and
           sweare
           ,
           they
           haue
           faith
           ,
           yea
           a
           iustifying
           ,
           living
           ,
           and
           saving
           faith
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           best
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           conformity
           do
           liue
           and
           walke
           thereby
           .
           This
           is
           soone
           said
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           soone
           proved
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           come
           to
           the
           tryall
           :
           Faith
           consists
           not
           in
           good
           opinion
           ,
           or
           well
           meaning
           ,
           or
           preventing
           inconueniences
           .
           For
           though
           I
           intend
           in
           kneeling
           before
           an
           image
           ,
           onely
           to
           stirre
           up
           my
           heart
           to
           devotion
           ,
           that
           
             I
          
           may
           with
           greater
           feeling
           and
           fervency
           call
           
           vpon
           God
           in
           the
           confession
           of
           my
           sins
           ,
           and
           craving
           pardon
           for
           the
           same
           ;
           yet
           this
           is
           not
           done
           in
           faith
           ,
           no
           though
           
             I
          
           finde
           that
           in
           my
           conceit
           such
           effect
           therein
           ,
           even
           as
           
             I
          
           did
           purpose
           and
           desire
           ;
           for
           nothing
           that
           is
           in
           nature
           ,
           as
           wisedom
           ,
           reason
           ,
           sence
           ,
           discretion
           ,
           iudgement
           ,
           experience
           ,
           or
           whatsoeuer
           can
           bee
           by
           any
           possible
           meanes
           ,
           in
           any
           respect
           the
           true
           object
           of
           saving
           faith
           (
           for
           the
           learned
           and
           devout
           of
           all
           nations
           haue
           these
           ,
           and
           yet
           all
           in
           the
           true
           churches
           (
           though
           true
           professors
           )
           haue
           not
           faith
           )
           but
           onely
           the
           
             word
             of
             God
          
           is
           the
           obiect
           of
           faith
           ,
           yea
           true
           and
           saving
           faith
           in
           all
           things
           of
           holy
           and
           religious
           use
           in
           the
           divine
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           rejects
           not
           onely
           what
           is
           forbidden
           therein
           ,
           but
           conformes
           to
           no
           thing
           but
           what
           in
           the
           evidence
           of
           the
           spirit
           is
           plainly
           grounded
           on
           the
           Scriptures
           :
           for
           without
           the
           warrant
           and
           commandement
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           subscription
           to
           or
           approbation
           of
           any
           thing
           of
           divine
           use
           cannot
           bee
           an
           act
           of
           the
           faith
           of
           Gods
           elect
           ,
           but
           of
           some
           other
           counterfet
           faith
           ,
           transformed
           
             I
          
           confesse
           into
           the
           likenesse
           or
           appearance
           thereof
           ,
           which
           (
           like
           
             Will
             with
             wispe
             ,
          
           ar
           
             Megg
             with
             Lanthorn
             ,
          
           or
           some
           other
           
             hob-goblin
          
           with
           a
           false
           light
           )
           having
           dazled
           their
           sight
           ,
           or
           darkened
           their
           iudgement
           ,
           will
           by
           degrees
           lead
           them
           into
           the
           boggs
           and
           quagmires
           of
           
             Armenius
          
           his
           inherent
           grace
           ,
           free-will
           ,
           or
           other
           like
           deceiueable
           fables
           ,
           and
           damnable
           errors
           .
           So
           that
           this
           is
           not
           an
           argument
           of
           true
           faith
           ,
           if
           
             I
          
           doe
           not
           conforme
           ,
           the
           people
           will
           bee
           untaught
           ,
           or
           the
           
           church
           overtbrowne
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           or
           it
           is
           not
           forbidden
           in
           the
           scripture
           ,
           therefore
           though
           it
           be
           of
           religious
           use
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           be
           onely
           devised
           by
           man
           ,
           yet
           thou
           mayest
           ,
           yea
           being
           commanded
           ,
           oughtest
           to
           conforme
           unto
           it
           :
           but
           directly
           it
           is
           a
           plaine
           doctrine
           of
           infidelity
           .
           For
           whereon
           I
           pray
           you
           is
           faith
           grounded
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           but
           onely
           upon
           meere
           and
           wilde
           vncertainty
           (
           a
           sea
           whereof
           this
           sluce
           will
           open
           .
           )
           As
           therefore
           it
           is
           the
           property
           of
           
             fooles
          
           to
           doubt
           of
           any
           thing
           which
           the
           Scriptures
           teach
           ;
           
           so
           it
           must
           needes
           be
           a
           speciall
           branch
           of
           infidelity
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           conformity
           to
           things
           of
           religious
           use
           in
           Gods
           publicke
           worship
           ,
           to
           ground
           our
           faith
           therein
           (
           for
           hope
           they
           will
           not
           say
           but
           they
           doe
           it
           in
           faith
           )
           on
           any
           thing
           but
           the
           sacred
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Word
           telleth
           vs
           plainely
           that
           a
           table
           gesture
           was
           sanctified
           by
           our
           Lord
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           are
           they
           not
           fooles
           then
           (
           by
           Christs
           owne
           doome
           )
           who
           will
           not
           beleeue
           that
           it
           is
           a
           good
           &
           boly
           gesture
           ,
           &
           that
           our
           faith
           in
           cōforming
           thereto
           is
           plainly
           grounded
           on
           the
           scriptures
           ?
           and
           seing
           no
           other
           gesture
           is
           warranted
           by
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           doctrine
           of
           conformitie
           to
           any
           other
           whatsoeuer
           our
           faith
           therein
           being
           grounded
           on
           vncertainty
           a
           direct
           doctrine
           of
           Infidelity
           ?
           may
           not
           the
           Evangelists
           justly
           crie
           out
           ,
           
             Lord
             who
             hath
             beleeued
             our
             Report
             ?
          
           
           why
           so
           
             I
          
           pray
           you
           will
           some
           say
           ,
           what
           do
           they
           reporte
           ?
           euen
           this
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           first
           institution
           by
           Christ
           him self
           the
           sacramentall
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           taking
           or
           receving
           
           the
           holy
           bread
           and
           wine
           ,
           was
           onely
           a
           table
           gesture
           and
           no
           other
           will
           the
           professing
           and
           beleeving
           many
           other
           truthes
           ,
           though
           thou
           willfuly
           (
           against
           the
           plane
           ouidence
           of
           the
           truth
           )
           refuse
           to
           beleeue
           this
           ,
           euer
           prooue
           the
           to
           be
           a
           sound
           Christian
           ;
           hath
           Christ
           honoured
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           and
           do
           men
           onely
           honor
           another
           gesture
           ?
           will
           you
           say
           then
           conformity
           to
           them
           is
           an
           action
           of
           faith
           and
           yet
           refuse
           thereby
           that
           gesture
           which
           Christ
           by
           his
           presence
           &
           approbation
           honored
           ?
           is
           not
           this
           
             to
             loue
             the
             praise
             of
             men
          
           (
           or
           that
           which
           men
           praise
           )
           
             more
             then
             the
             praise
             of
             God
             ?
          
           
           (
           or
           that
           which
           his
           word
           commends
           )
           true
           it
           is
           
             I
          
           knowe
           ,
           that
           men
           do
           preferre
           those
           that
           conforme
           vnto
           them
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           Christ
           doe
           so
           also
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           a
           marke
           of
           infidelity
           to
           
             receiue
          
           such
           
             honour
             one
             of
             another
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             seeke
             not
             the
             honour
             that
             commeth
             from
             God
             alone
             ?
          
           Will
           you
           feare
           the
           displeasure
           of
           man
           if
           you
           doe
           not
           conforme
           ?
           and
           will
           you
           not
           feare
           the
           displeasure
           of
           God
           if
           you
           do
           not
           conforme
           to
           his
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ?
           I
           say
           his
           gesture
           ,
           for
           so
           none
           can
           deny
           but
           it
           was
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           
             I
          
           meane
           of
           his
           direct
           appoynting
           ;
           and
           did
           he
           ever
           cashiere
           it
           ?
           or
           did
           his
           Apostles
           or
           true
           churches
           ever
           dislike
           or
           refuse
           it
           ?
           Take
           heed
           therefore
           ,
           for
           hee
           that
           beleeues
           not
           every
           place
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           beeing
           made
           known
           unto
           him
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           bound
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           any
           scripture
           further
           then
           hee
           lusts
           or
           likes
           :
           
           They
           that
           will
           not
           
             beleeue
             Moses
             or
             his
             writings
             ,
          
           will
           not
           beleeue
           the
           
           doctrines
           or
           practise
           of
           
             Christ
          
           himselfe
           ;
           reject
           one
           place
           wittingly
           ,
           and
           in
           effect
           thou
           renouncest
           all
           .
           
           Let
           us
           then
           
             beleeue
             the
             word
             of
             Iesus
          
           in
           this
           controversie
           ;
           he
           tels
           us
           by
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           a
           table-gesture
           is
           a
           holy
           gesture
           ,
           of
           divine
           institution
           ;
           let
           us
           never
           therefore
           conforme
           to
           any
           other
           without
           like
           warrant
           .
           
           
             For
             whatsoever
             hee
             hath
             done
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             for
             ever
          
           (
           unlesse
           himselfe
           alter
           it
           )
           to
           it
           
             can
             no
             man
             add
          
           (
           such
           deepnesse
           of
           learning
           is
           the
           very
           height
           of
           dark
           ignorance
           )
           
             from
             it
             can
             none
             diminish
          
           (
           to
           assume
           such
           power
           is
           direct
           presumption
           .
           Hath
           
             Christ
          
           sanctified
           a
           Table-gesture
           ?
           
           
             Come
             let
             us
             worship
             and
             fall
             downe
             ,
             and
             kneele
             before
             the
             Lord
             our
             Maker
             ,
          
           euen
           giue
           this
           honour
           of
           devising
           his
           owne
           worship
           and
           service
           ,
           both
           in
           matter
           and
           manner
           ,
           both
           in
           substance
           &
           order
           to
           him
           onely
           &
           to
           non
           other
           :
           for
           his
           is
           the
           kingdome
           ,
           in
           devising
           his
           own
           service
           ;
           and
           the
           power
           ,
           in
           making
           it
           effectuall
           to
           his
           church
           ;
           and
           the
           glory
           ,
           of
           praise
           and
           honour
           for
           making
           known
           and
           exhibiting
           his
           eternall
           loue
           thereby
           ,
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Egyptians
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           grievous
           plagues
           which
           God
           sent
           amongst
           them
           ,
           were
           content
           to
           let
           Israel
           goe
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           would
           leaue
           their
           hoofes
           or
           cattell
           behinde
           them
           :
           We
           haue
           thrust
           the
           Egyptians
           out
           ,
           let
           us
           send
           their
           hoofes
           after
           them
           ,
           lest
           they
           come
           to
           fetch
           them
           ,
           and
           God
           by
           a
           more
           grievous
           
           hand
           then
           ever
           yet
           we
           felt
           ,
           make
           us
           willing
           through
           experience
           of
           their
           blouddy
           cruelty
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           all
           their
           Reliques
           and
           Remainders
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           
             ROM
             .
             1.
             16.
             
          
           I
           
             Am
             not
             ashamed
             of
             the
             Gospell
             of
             Christ
          
        
         
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ;
           nor
           I
           of
           that
           gesture
           ,
           which
           the
           Gospell
           mentions
           that
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           approued
           in
           the
           Institution
           of
           his
           Supper
           .
        
         
           
             Philip.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Be
             followers
             of
             me
             &
             looke
             on
             them
             which
             walke
             so
             as
             yee
             haue
             vs
             for
             an
             exsample
             .
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.
             1.
             
          
           
             Be
             yee
             followers
             of
             me
             as
             I
             am
             of
             Christ
          
        
         
           But
           Christ
           and
           all
           his
           discriples
           vsed
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           and
           therfore
           vnles
           our
           adversaries
           can
           proue
           that
           they
           vsed
           some
           other
           gesture
           we
           may
           not
           followe
           or
           conforme
           to
           any
           other
           ,
           then
           a
           table
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receaving
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             3.
             11.
             
          
           
             For
             other
             foundation
             can
             no
             man
             lay
             then
             that
             which
             is
             laid
             which
             is
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
        
         
           We
           haue
           this
           foundation
           for
           the
           elements
           and
           for
           the
           gesture
           ,
           to
           conforme
           therefore
           to
           other
           elements
           or
           another
           gesture
           is
           to
           lay
           another
           foundation
           and
           so
           to
           follow
           some
           other
           Christ
           then
           our
           Christ
           or
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           but
           we
           haue
           not
           so
           learned
           Christ
           .
        
         
         
           
             Hebr.
             4.
             14.
             
          
           
             Seing
             then
             wee
             haue
             such
             an
             high
             priest
             ,
             let
             us
             hold
             fast
             our
             profession
             .
          
        
         
           Euen
           professe
           him
           to
           be
           our
           high
           preist
           as
           well
           in
           the
           gesture
           as
           in
           the
           elements
           ,
           in
           the
           ceremonie
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           substance
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.
             24.
             
          
           
             Do
             this
             in
             remembrance
             of
             me
             .
             Master
             speakest
             thou
             this
             to
             vs
             also
             ?
          
        
         
           All
           actions
           of
           Institution
           are
           for
           Imitation
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             1.
             6.
             7.
             
          
           
             If
             we
             say
             we
             haue
             fellowship
             with
             him
             and
             walk
             in
             darknes
             (
             
               whether
               it
               be
               in
               substance
               or
               in
               ceremonie
            
             )
             wee
             lie
             and
             do
             not
             truely
             .
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             He
             that
             saith
             
               I
            
             knowe
             him
             and
             kepeth
             not
             his
             commandements
             is
             a
             lyar
             ,
             &
             the
             truth
             is
             not
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Yea
           but
           how
           may
           wee
           know
           in
           this
           controversie
           what
           his
           commandement
           is
           ?
        
         
           
             Vers
             .
             5.
             
          
           He
           that
           kepeth
           his
           word
           ,
           in
           him
           is
           the
           loue
           of
           God
           perfect
           indeede
           :
           hereby
           we
           knowe
           that
           we
           are
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           hereby
           we
           know
           &
           are
           assured
           our
           reverent
           pastors
           are
           of
           him
           and
           our
           godly
           brethren
           are
           in
           him
           bycause
           they
           keep
           his
           commandements
           ,
           &
           refuse
           Conformity
           to
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           not
           
           in
           his
           word
           nor
           groūded
           thereon
           ▪
           whosoeuer
           therefore
           professeth
           or
           
             saith
             he
             remaineth
             in
             him
             ought
             even
             so
             to
             walke
          
           (
           both
           in
           substance
           and
           in
           Ceremonie
           )
           
             as
             he
             hath
             walked
             .
          
           Vers
           .
           6.
           and
           so
           haue
           they
           doone
           in
           these
           Controuersies
           ,
           neuer
           broaching
           or
           reviving
           any
           new
           commandement
           ,
           
             but
             the
             old
             which
             was
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             even
             the
             Word
             ,
          
           vers
           .
           7.
           which
           directs
           alwayes
           to
           the
           institution
           ,
           and
           never
           so
           much
           as
           inferrer
           any
           kinde
           of
           alteration
           from
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             Math.
             12.
             50.
             
          
           Whosoever
           doth
           the
           will
           of
           my
           father
           which
           is
           in
           heaven
           ,
           the
           same
           is
           my
           brother
           ,
           and
           sister
           and
           mother
           .
        
         
           Christ
           preferres
           spirituall
           kindred
           before
           carnall
           ,
           because
           they
           heare
           and
           obey
           the
           word
           of
           God.
           And
           we
           preferre
           this
           spirituall
           gesture
           of
           the
           table
           ,
           being
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           warranted
           by
           Christs
           own
           practise
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           before
           that
           carnall
           gesture
           of
           kneeling
           having
           no
           warrant
           from
           scripture
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           be
           
             the
             will
             of
             our
             father
             which
             is
             in
             heaven
             .
          
        
         
           Accept
           my
           willing
           endevours
           heerein
           good
           Reader
           ,
           choosing
           rather
           to
           expose
           my selfe
           the
           malice
           of
           the
           ambitious
           ,
           then
           the
           light
           of
           this
           truth
           shall
           not
           be
           maintained
           .
           All
           that
           loue
           the
           truth
           ,
           helpe
           me
           with
           your
           prayers
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           DEMONSTRATIVE
           REASONS
           AGAINST
           conformity
           to
           kneeling
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           .
        
         
           
             HAVE
             you
             not
             read
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             The
             stone
             which
             the
             Builders
             refused
             ,
             is
             become
             the
             head
             of
             the
             corner
             ?
          
           And
           must
           a
           Table-gesture
           ,
           which
           Christ
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Apostles
           in
           the
           first
           institution
           used
           ,
           as
           the
           very
           sole
           foundation
           for
           all
           future
           ages
           to
           build
           upon
           ,
           bee
           therefore
           now
           reiected
           ,
           and
           another
           conformed
           unto
           (
           as
           farre
           more
           seemly
           and
           significant
           )
           because
           it
           pleases
           learned
           and
           wise
           men
           of
           speciall
           note
           and
           eminencie
           in
           the
           Church
           (
           by
           profession
           and
           reputation
           even
           chiefe
           pillars
           and
           arch-builders
           )
           to
           lay
           that
           imputation
           upon
           it
           ,
           &
           so
           by
           their
           canons
           to
           conclude
           and
           determine
           against
           it
           ?
           I
           beseech
           you
           rather
           to
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           this
           disgracefull
           foundation
           thus
           openly
           laid
           upon
           the
           divine
           doctrine
           of
           the
           holy
           ceremony
           ,
           presage
           not
           (
           though
           they
           pretend
           the
           
           contrary
           )
           some
           evill
           intendment
           closely
           to
           depraue
           and
           corrupt
           by
           degrees
           the
           very
           heavenly
           substance
           .
           Looke
           to
           their
           positions
           ,
           obserue
           their
           discourses
           ,
           compare
           their
           pretences
           and
           practises
           together
           ,
           and
           so
           proceed
           to
           sentence
           .
        
         
           May
           any
           thing
           appropriated
           to
           religious
           use
           in
           the
           publick
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           be
           prophane
           or
           carnall
           ?
           And
           are
           not
           the
           best
           devised
           devotions
           of
           the
           holiest
           and
           devoutest
           persons
           that
           ever
           were
           ,
           or
           ever
           possibly
           can
           be
           ,
           of
           this
           very
           nature
           ?
           yea
           ,
           doth
           not
           the
           Scripture
           usually
           set
           in
           direct
           opposition
           unto
           God
           himselfe
           ,
           whatsoever
           being
           essentially
           necessary
           in
           his
           worship
           (
           as
           a
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           is
           )
           which
           is
           not
           ordained
           by
           God
           ,
           or
           warranted
           by
           his
           word
           ?
           stiling
           them
           with
           the
           titles
           of
           
             Novelty
          
           &
           
             Innovation
             ,
          
           or
           devises
           ,
           imaginations
           of
           their
           own
           hearts
           ,
           new
           gods
           ,
           strange
           or
           other
           gods
           ,
           &c.
           not
           that
           ever
           thereby
           (
           in
           the
           Church
           especially
           )
           any
           other
           Deitie
           was
           once
           imagined
           ,
           or
           any
           foundation
           concerning
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           blessed
           Trinity
           ,
           shaken
           or
           controverted
           :
           but
           ,
           though
           they
           held
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           inward
           substance
           sound
           ,
           as
           
             Ieroboam
          
           did
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           outward
           actions
           and
           ceremonies
           of
           his
           worship
           ,
           or
           outward
           manner
           of
           his
           service
           they
           erred
           ,
           not
           onely
           from
           the
           particuler
           directions
           of
           the
           ceremoniall
           law
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           generall
           scope
           of
           the
           second
           commandement
           ,
           viz.
           to
           serue
           God
           onely
           as
           hee
           
           requires
           in
           his
           word
           .
        
         
           Gods
           worship
           is
           either
           inward
           or
           outward
           :
           that
           concernes
           the
           soule
           and
           is
           contained
           in
           the
           first
           commandement
           :
           this
           pertaines
           to
           the
           bodily
           exercises
           ,
           and
           is
           taught
           in
           the
           doctrines
           appertaining
           to
           the
           second
           commandement
           ,
           forbidding
           all
           other
           not
           required
           therein
           ;
           not
           that
           these
           may
           bee
           separated
           ,
           though
           distinguished
           :
           for
           as
           soule
           and
           body
           make
           an
           entire
           person
           ,
           so
           do
           these
           two
           make
           an
           entire
           worship
           ,
           and
           neither
           of
           them
           can
           in
           this
           world
           be
           performed
           alone
           :
           for
           as
           the
           inward
           is
           the
           life
           and
           soule
           of
           the
           outward
           ,
           so
           the
           outward
           is
           the
           instrument
           of
           the
           soule
           to
           expresse
           the
           inward
           ;
           yea
           both
           these
           without
           those
           affections
           of
           the
           third
           commandement
           ,
           even
           
             holines
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             are
             in
             vaine
             ;
          
           and
           all
           three
           (
           if
           possibly
           that
           can
           be
           )
           without
           a
           conscionable
           observation
           of
           the
           Sabboth
           ,
           are
           abhominable
           .
           Now
           as
           all
           the
           inward
           graces
           of
           the
           first
           commandement
           ,
           are
           the
           meere
           and
           free
           gifts
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           a
           mans
           command
           :
           so
           all
           things
           essentially
           necessary
           in
           his
           outward
           worship
           (
           as
           a
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           is
           )
           are
           Gods
           instruments
           for
           the
           edification
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           even
           his
           conduits
           to
           convey
           those
           inward
           graces
           by
           :
           which
           supernaturall
           vertue
           ,
           or
           divine
           property
           they
           cannot
           possibly
           haue
           from
           the
           canons
           or
           precepts
           of
           men
           (
           though
           all
           the
           Christian
           world
           ioyne
           together
           therein
           )
           but
           onely
           from
           
           the
           free
           will
           of
           God
           in
           making
           choyce
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           appointing
           and
           ordaining
           them
           to
           such
           holy
           ends
           and
           purposes
           .
           As
           therefore
           nothing
           ought
           to
           bee
           conformed
           unto
           in
           his
           outward
           worship
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           for
           edification
           :
           so
           nothing
           can
           possibly
           be
           for
           edification
           in
           any
           degree
           or
           respect
           ,
           but
           what
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           hath
           appointed
           for
           that
           use
           and
           purpose
           .
           Either
           then
           kneeling
           for
           matter
           and
           manner
           as
           it
           is
           urged
           ,
           is
           for
           edification
           (
           as
           indeed
           is
           pretended
           )
           or
           else
           it
           may
           not
           bee
           conformed
           unto
           :
           but
           for
           edification
           it
           cannot
           be
           ,
           unlesse
           God
           haue
           commanded
           it
           ;
           and
           therfore
           either
           proue
           by
           the
           word
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           commanded
           it
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           or
           else
           (
           though
           he
           haue
           commanded
           it
           in
           other
           parts
           of
           his
           worship
           ,
           and
           though
           you
           say
           it
           is
           not
           forbidden
           in
           this
           )
           it
           is
           a
           humane
           device
           (
           which
           never
           edifies
           but
           destroyes
           )
           and
           therefore
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           to
           conforme
           thereto
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           L.
           Supper
           ,
           is
           sin
           .
        
         
           The
           Iewes
           silled
           the
           outward
           worship
           of
           God
           with
           actions
           ,
           and
           ceremonies
           deuised
           by
           them selves
           or
           by
           some
           other
           bordring
           people
           whose
           affinity
           they
           desired
           and
           whose
           conuersion
           they
           perhapps
           intended
           not
           hauing
           the
           least
           thought
           of
           setting
           vp
           another
           God
           ;
           or
           of
           declining
           from
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           but
           to
           stirre
           vp
           them selues
           with
           greater
           zeal
           and
           deuotion
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           their
           God
           and
           to
           draw
           others
           also
           to
           ioyne
           therein
           with
           them
           .
           
           Yet
           ,
           did
           not
           this
           turne
           still
           to
           theire
           confusion
           &
           many
           times
           to
           the
           ouerthrow
           of
           their
           state
           ?
           The
           Papists
           with
           the
           same
           consideratiō
           haue
           ordained
           new
           sacraments
           ,
           &
           others
           in
           like
           humane
           boldnes
           ordain
           new
           sacramentals
           or
           ceremonies
           in
           the
           administration
           of
           the
           true
           sacraments
           ,
           you
           refuse
           conformity
           to
           theirs
           ,
           iustly
           as
           you
           speake
           because
           they
           are
           additions
           to
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           may
           wee
           conforme
           to
           yours
           without
           good
           warrant
           from
           the
           word
           ?
           you
           Conclude
           against
           them
           that
           of
           necessitie
           the
           word
           must
           come
           to
           the
           elements
           ,
           to
           prooue
           and
           make
           it
           plaine
           that
           God
           hath
           ordained
           these
           verie
           visible
           signs
           to
           be
           his
           instruments
           of
           grace
           for
           the
           edification
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           or
           els
           (
           though
           they
           haue
           all
           the
           devoutest
           significations
           that
           man
           can
           deuise
           )
           there
           can
           be
           no
           sacrament
           ,
           and
           haue
           your
           ceremoniall
           signes
           such
           a
           supreame
           prerogatiue
           as
           without
           direct
           warrant
           from
           the
           word
           they
           ought
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           to
           be
           conformed
           vnto
           ?
           Indeed
           if
           a
           Reall
           presence
           (
           which
           in
           the
           scriptures
           sence
           we
           acknowledg
           )
           had
           destroyed
           the
           nature
           as
           it
           changeth
           the
           vse
           ,
           of
           the
           elements
           then
           the
           breaden
           gesture
           ,
           or
           the
           gesture
           of
           kneeling
           vsed
           to
           the
           breaden
           god
           ,
           had
           beene
           an
           vnavoidable
           consequence
           .
        
         
           God
           is
           the
           God
           of
           the
           order
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           substance
           of
           his
           worship
           ,
           yea
           the
           verie
           outward
           order
           is
           a
           speciall
           parte
           of
           the
           substance
           of
           his
           outward
           worship
           ,
           and
           a
           principall
           parte
           of
           the
           proper
           subiect
           of
           
           the
           second
           Commandement
           ,
           which
           honor
           of
           ordaining
           &
           ordering
           his
           owne
           ceremonies
           in
           his
           own
           worship
           he
           neuer
           committed
           to
           Angell
           prophet
           or
           Apostle
           ,
           but
           laid
           the
           gouernment
           thereof
           only
           vpon
           Christ
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           giue
           it
           to
           any
           other
           .
           Now
           Christs
           gouernment
           for
           order
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receving
           ,
           we
           see
           to
           be
           a
           table
           gesture
           dare
           we
           then
           forsake
           this
           and
           conforme
           to
           your
           order
           of
           kneeling
           without
           any
           warrant
           from
           the
           word
           of
           Christ
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           from
           an
           Angel
           ,
           a
           prophet
           ,
           or
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           or
           Apostolicall
           Churches
           ?
        
         
           In
           the
           Institution
           ,
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           sacrament
           had
           the
           same
           warrant
           from
           Christ
           that
           the
           signes
           had
           .
           If
           then
           it
           be
           an
           infallible
           marke
           of
           Antichrist
           to
           take
           away
           or
           alter
           the
           Elementall
           signes
           ,
           in
           which
           spiritually
           Christ
           is
           Really
           exhibited
           ;
           how
           can
           you
           Iustifie
           the
           alteration
           of
           the
           ceremoniall
           signe
           by
           which
           euery
           faithfull
           beleeuer
           doth
           really
           receaue
           him
           ;
           are
           not
           both
           these
           signs
           together
           sacramentally
           vnited
           ,
           to
           be
           those
           verie
           visible
           &
           grauen
           Images
           ,
           or
           most
           liuely
           and
           reall
           representions
           ,
           whereby
           as
           by
           his
           selected
           and
           predestinated
           instruments
           ;
           God
           the
           father
           doth
           giue
           Iesus
           Christ
           his
           son
           ,
           &
           all
           his
           graces
           to
           his
           children
           according
           to
           the
           measure
           of
           euery
           man
           ,
           by
           the
           effectual
           working
           of
           the
           holy
           ghost
           ;
           yea
           ,
           are
           not
           these
           together
           (
           for
           without
           both
           nothing
           can
           be
           effected
           )
           I
           meane
           the
           elementall
           and
           ceremonial
           signes
           ,
           by
           Gods
           
           owne
           ordinance
           efficient
           (
           instrumentally
           )
           to
           exhibit
           and
           receaue
           whole
           Christ
           and
           all
           his
           benefits
           ?
           and
           yet
           will
           you
           (
           O
           what
           will
           not
           the
           Rebellious
           will
           of
           man
           presume
           to
           do
           ?
           )
           against
           his
           direct
           Commandement
           
             make
             vnto
             your selues
             other
             Images
          
           and
           alter
           these
           ?
           Hereto
           you
           reply
           and
           say
           they
           are
           but
           ceremonies
           ;
           and
           thereto
           say
           I
           no
           more
           was
           the
           calf
           in
           
             Horeb
          
           or
           those
           in
           
             Dan
          
           and
           
             Bethel
             :
          
           yea
           these
           are
           Christs
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Ark
           or
           Cherubims
           were
           no
           more
           .
           These
           are
           not
           therefore
           Idle
           ,
           or
           for
           state
           and
           ornament
           ,
           or
           vpon
           any
           respect
           or
           consideration
           to
           be
           varîed
           ,
           but
           purposely
           ordained
           and
           in
           the
           most
           absolute
           perfection
           of
           the
           divine
           wisdome
           in
           the
           verie
           institution
           ,
           for
           the
           help
           and
           strengthening
           of
           our
           weak
           faith
           ,
           vsed
           and
           established
           :
           being
           therefore
           by
           Christ
           vnited
           ,
           and
           Ioyned
           with
           the
           word
           to
           make
           a
           perfect
           sacrament
           and
           a
           compleat
           maner
           of
           pertaking
           spiritual
           food
           ,
           how
           may
           they
           by
           any
           humane
           authority
           ever
           bee
           altred
           ?
           doth
           not
           such
           a
           graunt
           strike
           mainly
           and
           fundamentally
           at
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           second
           Commandement
           ?
           yea
           is
           it
           not
           high
           presumption
           when
           the
           Lord
           offers
           this
           heavenly
           food
           ,
           not
           by
           peeces
           but
           in
           fullnes
           ,
           neither
           seuering
           his
           graces
           from
           the
           substance
           ,
           nor
           the
           substance
           from
           the
           graces
           ,
           but
           even
           whole
           Christ
           and
           all
           his
           merits
           ,
           for
           us
           to
           alter
           not
           the
           placing
           or
           order
           onely
           ,
           which
           himselfe
           used
           (
           and
           therefore
           being
           never
           repealed
           ,
           thereby
           
           established
           )
           which
           yet
           were
           a
           fault
           foule
           enough
           ;
           but
           the
           very
           dishes
           or
           ceremonies
           themselues
           ,
           wherein
           this
           spirituall
           food
           is
           prepared
           ,
           tendred
           and
           received
           as
           some
           in
           restraining
           the
           cup
           ,
           others
           in
           altering
           the
           very
           elements
           ,
           and
           you
           in
           altering
           the
           gesture
           (
           for
           so
           much
           doth
           conformity
           professe
           )
           wherewith
           it
           is
           received
           ?
           As
           therefore
           no
           one
           part
           of
           Christ
           wrought
           our
           salvation
           ,
           but
           whole
           Christ
           ,
           and
           as
           where
           there
           is
           no
           more
           but
           the
           body
           and
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           received
           (
           if
           that
           possibly
           could
           be
           ,
           yea
           though
           really
           )
           there
           is
           no
           Christ
           received
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           the
           spirit
           or
           divine
           grace
           that
           quickneth
           unto
           eternall
           life
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           true
           receiving
           must
           be
           spirituall
           and
           of
           whole
           Christ
           ,
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           or
           else
           no
           benefit
           is
           received
           :
           even
           so
           the
           visible
           instruments
           (
           corporall
           substances
           or
           bodily
           exercises
           )
           which
           in
           the
           institution
           our
           Lord
           united
           for
           the
           exhibiting
           and
           receiving
           this
           spirituall
           food
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           separated
           ,
           omitted
           ,
           altered
           ,
           or
           displaced
           .
           Seeing
           then
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           for
           the
           effecting
           of
           this
           divine
           and
           spirituall
           worke
           ,
           hath
           ioyned
           them
           together
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           high
           presumption
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           alter
           them
           ,
           or
           put
           them
           asunder
           :
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           spirituall
           eye
           ,
           hand
           ,
           and
           mouth
           ,
           onely
           seeth
           ,
           receiveth
           ,
           and
           pertaketh
           this
           heavenly
           food
           ,
           and
           I
           dare
           appeale
           to
           any
           who
           haue
           this
           eye
           to
           bee
           iudge
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           even
           which
           gesture
           is
           
           most
           decent
           and
           seemly
           ,
           that
           which
           out
           blessed
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           in
           the
           institution
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           made
           choyce
           of
           ,
           as
           the
           very
           best
           of
           all
           other
           whatsoever
           (
           for
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           deny
           but
           that
           if
           he
           had
           known
           a
           better
           ,
           I
           mean
           would
           he
           ever
           haue
           had
           his
           Churches
           to
           haue
           a
           better
           opinion
           of
           any
           other
           as
           more
           decēt
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           respect
           more
           useful
           or
           as
           fit
           ,
           he
           would
           either
           then
           haue
           chosen
           it
           ,
           for
           some
           of
           his
           disciples
           to
           haue
           used
           ,
           or
           else
           left
           warrant
           in
           the
           word
           for
           our
           conformity
           thereto
           )
           or
           whether
           that
           gesture
           in
           case
           of
           deprivation
           be
           rather
           to
           be
           conformed
           unto
           (
           for
           so
           much
           you
           inferre
           notwithstanding
           your
           distinctions
           of
           unwillingnesse
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           not
           what
           )
           which
           many
           hundred
           yeares
           after
           was
           devised
           by
           Antichrist
           :
           were
           his
           doctrines
           ,
           doctrines
           of
           Divels
           because
           they
           were
           of
           his
           owne
           devising
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           his
           ceremonies
           of
           the
           same
           disposition
           ?
           And
           yet
           must
           we
           conforme
           unto
           them
           ,
           or
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           ,
           to
           the
           likenesse
           of
           them
           ?
           Is
           there
           no
           transgression
           in
           this
           ,
           haue
           we
           no
           precept
           for
           
             things
             of
             good
             report
             ?
          
           Doth
           no
           commandement
           forbid
           
             all
             appearance
             of
             evill
             ,
          
           yea
           the
           use
           of
           any
           thing
           (
           not
           being
           commanded
           by
           God
           ,
           for
           then
           the
           abuse
           indeed
           is
           onely
           to
           bee
           taken
           away
           )
           which
           hath
           been
           an
           instrument
           of
           Idolatry
           ?
        
         
           This
           Sacrament
           was
           ordained
           ,
           not
           to
           nourish
           to
           a
           carnall
           or
           temporall
           life
           ,
           but
           
           to
           a
           holy
           and
           spirituall
           ,
           that
           so
           in
           all
           the
           occasions
           and
           occurrences
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           we
           might
           liue
           by
           faith
           ,
           and
           be
           made
           able
           more
           and
           more
           to
           bring
           forth
           the
           fruits
           thereof
           ,
           it
           must
           of
           necessity
           therefore
           follow
           ,
           that
           this
           ceremonial
           signe
           or
           gesture
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           essentially
           necessary
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           this
           holy
           nourishment
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           carnall
           ,
           or
           of
           humane
           devising
           ,
           but
           holy
           and
           spirituall
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           party
           (
           for
           so
           was
           theirs
           to
           the
           Calfe
           )
           but
           of
           divine
           ordinance
           ,
           or
           else
           whatsoever
           the
           world
           esteemes
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           abhominable
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           dare
           we
           then
           conforme
           unto
           it
           ?
           so
           that
           what
           gesture
           soever
           is
           proposed
           ,
           if
           Christ
           haue
           not
           ordained
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           strange
           and
           vnlawfull
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           being
           holy
           ,
           conformity
           thereto
           is
           hatefull
           ,
           for
           none
           can
           make
           a
           gesture
           for
           the
           sacrament
           holy
           ,
           but
           onely
           he
           that
           may
           ordaine
           a
           sacrament
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           elementall
           signe
           being
           delivered
           hath
           relation
           to
           the
           spirituall
           thing
           signified
           ,
           so
           the
           ceremoniall
           signe
           or
           significant
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           hath
           relation
           to
           the
           very
           true
           and
           assured
           partaking
           of
           that
           heavenly
           feast
           and
           spirituall
           food
           which
           is
           the
           thing
           signified
           ,
           and
           whereunto
           the
           Lord
           hath
           invited
           us
           as
           his
           most
           welcome
           guests
           ,
           and
           deerely
           beloved
           friends
           ,
           even
           to
           his
           owne
           Table
           to
           haue
           communion
           and
           fellowship
           with
           him
           in
           partaking
           of
           his
           divine
           nature
           in
           the
           act
           
           of
           receiving
           this
           sacrament
           .
           Therefore
           as
           in
           cases
           of
           extremitie
           to
           use
           other
           signes
           herein
           ,
           is
           erroneous
           ,
           and
           wilfully
           to
           persist
           therein
           ,
           is
           directly
           heresie
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Papists
           (
           in
           ordaining
           an
           other
           manner
           of
           union
           or
           coniunction
           betwixt
           the
           elementall
           signes
           and
           the
           spirituall
           things
           signified
           ,
           then
           the
           nature
           of
           them
           will
           suffer
           )
           do
           destroy
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           by
           changing
           it
           into
           a
           sacrifice
           ,
           commit
           most
           damnable
           Idolatry
           :
           so
           you
           in
           iustifying
           ,
           defending
           ,
           or
           excusing
           without
           warrant
           from
           God
           ,
           this
           gesture
           of
           kneeling
           as
           it
           is
           urged
           )
           altogether
           disproportionall
           to
           a
           Feast
           ,
           or
           Supper
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           Table
           wherein
           the
           visible
           signes
           are
           set
           apart
           ,
           and
           prepared
           (
           though
           you
           wash
           your
           hands
           neuer
           so
           often
           ,
           to
           giue
           testimony
           of
           your
           innocency
           )
           doe
           giue
           sentence
           against
           Christ
           his
           own
           practise
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           the
           sole
           president
           of
           the
           whole
           action
           ,
           and
           doe
           directly
           inferre
           that
           you
           hane
           a
           more
           fit
           and
           decent
           gesture
           then
           he
           could
           finde
           out
           and
           make
           choyce
           of
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           sacrament
           admits
           no
           other
           coniunction
           betwixt
           the
           visible
           signes
           and
           the
           things
           signified
           then
           a
           sacramentall
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           subiect
           to
           sence
           and
           reason
           ,
           but
           is
           meerly
           misticall
           ,
           secret
           and
           spirituall
           ,
           so
           the
           gesture
           by
           the
           same
           ordinance
           of
           Iustitution
           is
           of
           the
           very
           same
           nature
           ,
           and
           may
           not
           without
           grievous
           sin
           vpon
           any
           terms
           or
           consideration
           whatsoeuer
           ▪
           admit
           of
           any
           Innouation
           or
           alteration
           
           though
           all
           the
           reason
           wisdome
           ,
           learning
           common
           sence
           and
           vnderstanding
           in
           the
           whole
           world
           do
           neuer
           so
           highly
           approoue
           thereof
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           misticall
           ,
           secret
           ,
           and
           spirituall
           perpetually
           ,
           euen
           hold
           proportion
           with
           and
           haue
           relation
           vnto
           a
           table
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           feast
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           supper
           set
           and
           to
           be
           communicated
           thereon
           .
           Whosoeuer
           therfore
           shall
           bnt
           ad
           any
           other
           misticall
           signification
           therevnto
           ,
           or
           translate
           this
           to
           any
           other
           gesture
           then
           was
           in
           the
           institution
           seeme
           it
           neuer
           so
           full
           of
           decencie
           ,
           deuotion
           ,
           and
           humilitie
           ,
           yea
           though
           the
           godly
           themselues
           protest
           they
           can
           as
           comfortably
           receiue
           the
           sacrament
           there
           with
           ,
           as
           with
           that
           of
           the
           institution
           ,
           yet
           shall
           they
           be
           Iudged
           as
           those
           that
           add
           vnto
           the
           ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           therfore
           shall
           receiue
           an
           additiō
           of
           his
           indignation
           .
           Therefore
           no
           gesture
           but
           a
           sacramentall
           (
           and
           such
           in
           this
           case
           is
           the
           table
           gesture
           only
           ,
           which
           our
           Lord
           him self
           in
           the
           institutiō
           being
           author
           thereof
           )
           may
           vpon
           any
           termes
           or
           in
           any
           respect
           ,
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           be
           conformed
           vnto
           ,
        
         
           Vnles
           you
           hold
           that
           Christs
           institution
           is
           herein
           defectiue
           ,
           and
           therefore
           variable
           without
           his
           own
           warrant
           ,
           which
           we
           haue
           for
           the
           alteration
           of
           the
           time
           )
           who
           but
           that
           blasphemous
           man
           of
           sin
           and
           his
           louers
           or
           freinds
           dare
           professe
           ,
           they
           haue
           power
           to
           ordaine
           a
           sacramentall
           gesture
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           essentiall
           propertie
           of
           a
           sacrament
           ,
           
           for
           it
           that
           of
           the
           institution
           by
           Christ
           be
           sufficient
           (
           and
           els
           you
           deny
           his
           sufficience
           in
           this
           )
           then
           any
           other
           is
           superfluous
           and
           therefore
           a
           humane
           addition
           ?
           which
           admitted
           to
           haue
           dominion
           in
           one
           thing
           will
           be
           resisted
           in
           nothing
           .
           Is
           not
           this
           a
           speciall
           parte
           of
           the
           foundation
           of
           our
           Comfort
           and
           stay
           in
           all
           occasions
           that
           whatsoeuer
           God
           hath
           done
           must
           needs
           be
           good
           and
           iust
           ,
           and
           to
           open
           our
           mouthes
           against
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           call
           in
           question
           his
           wisdom
           ,
           goodnes
           and
           truth
           ,
           and
           yet
           dare
           flesh
           and
           bloud
           with
           voyces
           of
           trumpets
           ,
           or
           the
           flashing
           report
           of
           a
           thundring
           Canon
           proclaime
           ,
           that
           though
           Christ
           haue
           done
           it
           ,
           euen
           approued
           of
           a
           table
           gesture
           onely
           ,
           in
           all
           his
           disciples
           in
           the
           institution
           and
           neuer
           gaue
           warrant
           for
           any
           other
           ,
           yet
           kneeling
           is
           better
           ,
           more
           significant
           and
           decent
           ;
           yea
           do
           not
           the
           best
           of
           you
           by
           your
           vnwilling
           conformity
           willfully
           admit
           imperfection
           and
           defection
           in
           the
           gesture
           of
           the
           institution
           seing
           you
           haue
           no
           warrant
           from
           Christ
           to
           varie
           from
           it
           ?
        
         
           As
           the
           misticall
           ,
           spirituall
           and
           secret
           Coniunction
           betweene
           the
           signes
           and
           things
           signified
           ,
           is
           not
           seene
           with
           the
           Corporall
           eye
           ,
           nor
           can
           possibly
           be
           apprehended
           or
           demonstrated
           by
           humane
           learning
           wisdom
           or
           sence
           ?
           so
           I
           do
           verely
           beleue
           that
           they
           cannot
           chose
           but
           grievouslly
           err
           (
           be
           they
           neuer
           so
           wise
           ,
           learned
           ,
           Iudicious
           ,
           zealous
           and
           holy
           )
           who
           take
           vpon
           them
           
           to
           Indge
           and
           discerne
           the
           fitnes
           ,
           decencie
           and
           lawfulnesse
           of
           this
           sacramentall
           gesture
           ,
           or
           the
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           sacrament
           ,
           by
           the
           iudgement
           of
           reason
           and
           sence
           ,
           without
           warrant
           from
           the
           word
           of
           God.
           For
           as
           the
           blind
           cannot
           iudge
           of
           colours
           ,
           no
           more
           can
           the
           quickest
           or
           most
           learned
           and
           best
           qualified
           sence
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           discerne
           or
           iudge
           of
           that
           which
           is
           sacramentall
           ,
           or
           is
           of
           a
           significant
           or
           spirituall
           use
           in
           the
           sacrament
           or
           publick
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           blinde
           esteemes
           every
           colour
           alike
           ,
           so
           doth
           sence
           thinke
           every
           gesture
           indifferent
           ,
           onely
           the
           spirituall
           eye
           is
           able
           to
           put
           this
           spirituall
           difference
           ,
           and
           to
           discerne
           of
           the
           mistery
           or
           spirituall
           secresie
           of
           the
           Table
           gesture
           (
           which
           in
           and
           by
           the
           institution
           onely
           hath
           ●●e
           seale
           and
           brand
           of
           Christ
           set
           upon
           it
           )
           which
           must
           needes
           be
           relatiue
           or
           respectiue
           ,
           even
           according
           to
           that
           which
           on
           the
           Table
           is
           tendred
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           guests
           or
           communicants
           receiued
           ,
           and
           so
           holds
           due
           Analogy
           ,
           likenesse
           or
           proportion
           therewith
           .
        
         
           There
           bee
           three
           things
           considerable
           concerning
           this
           blessed
           sacrament
           .
           First
           ,
           that
           which
           goes
           before
           :
           secondly
           ,
           the
           action
           it selfe
           :
           thirdly
           ,
           that
           which
           followes
           after
           .
           Now
           as
           to
           omit
           any
           of
           these
           is
           a
           grievous
           sinne
           ,
           so
           to
           displace
           them
           is
           wicked
           and
           abhominable
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ,
           preparation
           must
           go
           before
           ,
           &
           thanksgiving
           is
           to
           come
           after
           ,
           and
           meditation
           
           properly
           belongs
           to
           the
           action
           it selfe
           :
           he
           that
           leaues
           his
           preparation
           ,
           and
           doth
           not
           examine
           himselfe
           till
           after
           the
           action
           ,
           is
           an
           unworthy
           receiver
           ,
           and
           eates
           &
           drinks
           iudgement
           ;
           yet
           I
           confesse
           that
           these
           are
           so
           united
           as
           they
           are
           inseparable
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           any
           one
           of
           thē
           cā
           be
           alone
           in
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           are
           all
           mixed
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           onely
           the
           soule
           is
           properly
           to
           haue
           respect
           unto
           these
           in
           this
           manner
           and
           order
           ;
           and
           so
           accordingly
           we
           are
           to
           esteeme
           the
           fittest
           and
           most
           proper
           time
           for
           preparation
           to
           be
           before
           ,
           for
           meditation
           to
           be
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           action
           ,
           for
           thankesgiving
           after
           :
           which
           shewes
           ,
           that
           howsoever
           there
           is
           thankesgiving
           in
           all
           these
           ,
           yet
           it
           cannot
           properly
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           action
           is
           a
           thankesgiving
           ,
           and
           yet
           if
           it
           might
           ,
           kneeling
           is
           not
           the
           fittest
           gesture
           for
           thankesgiving
           in
           this
           action
           .
        
         
           There
           be
           two
           sorts
           of
           signes
           in
           this
           sacrament
           .
           Elementall
           that
           is
           bread
           and
           wine
           ,
           and
           Ceremoniall
           that
           is
           actions
           and
           gestures
           some
           of
           these
           concern
           ,
           or
           are
           proper
           to
           the
           past
           or
           alone
           ,
           some
           to
           the
           people
           alone
           ,
           some
           common
           to
           both
           ,
           and
           euery
           one
           of
           these
           haue
           divine
           significations
           peculier
           and
           seuerall
           to
           themselues
           euen
           haue
           a
           misticall
           and
           seetet
           Relation
           to
           an
           invisible
           grace
           or
           heavenly
           thing
           ,
           not
           by
           the
           appointment
           of
           any
           morall
           power
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           ordinance
           of
           God
           for
           all
           the
           Churches
           in
           the
           world
           cannot
           make
           or
           ordain
           any
           thing
           of
           Religious
           vse
           to
           haue
           
           a
           spirituall
           signification
           ,
           this
           power
           is
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           vnto
           Iesus
           Christ
           so
           that
           howsoeuer
           ,
           wyse
           ,
           honest
           ,
           learned
           and
           godly
           men
           thinke
           this
           or
           that
           ,
           may
           very
           well
           haue
           such
           a
           holy
           vse
           and
           signification
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           can
           with
           as
           good
           deuotion
           and
           heavenly
           meditation
           receaue
           with
           this
           gesture
           of
           kneeling
           ,
           as
           with
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           and
           from
           their
           owne
           experience
           professe
           as
           much
           ,
           yet
           all
           this
           is
           no
           more
           then
           
             Ieroboams
          
           pretence
           for
           the
           calues
           ,
           the
           inward
           substance
           he
           held
           and
           established
           ,
           the
           outward
           substance
           of
           action
           and
           ceremonie
           he
           mixed
           with
           these
           diuises
           of
           his
           owne
           ,
           which
           yet
           had
           by
           his
           appointment
           ,
           reference
           and
           relation
           to
           the
           same
           heauenly
           thing
           in
           their
           intention
           that
           the
           arke
           had
           ,
           euen
           to
           be
           the
           visible
           representations
           of
           God
           presence
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           signifie
           or
           to
           haue
           relation
           to
           any
           other
           thing
           els
           whatsoeuer
           .
           But
           yet
           the
           Lord
           calls
           them
           deuils
           ,
           and
           why
           because
           they
           did
           signifie
           any
           diuelish
           thing
           ?
           nothing
           lesse
           .
           But
           though
           they
           signified
           by
           common
           consent
           and
           publicke
           decree
           and
           Ecclesiasticall
           canon
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           euen
           Iehouah
           ,
           and
           many
           with
           great
           deuotion
           and
           feeling
           made
           that
           comfortable
           vse
           of
           them
           as
           they
           thought
           ,
           euen
           as
           well
           as
           if
           they
           had
           gon
           to
           
             Ierusalē
             ,
          
           yet
           because
           they
           were
           not
           warranted
           by
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           therfore
           they
           were
           deuills
           ,
           &
           all
           the
           deuotion
           that
           the
           people
           Imagined
           they
           found
           themselves
           stirred
           vp
           vnto
           by
           
           their
           spirituall
           signification
           and
           mysticall
           relation
           was
           meerly
           of
           a
           divellish
           disposition
           ,
           leading
           from
           God.
           Seeing
           then
           not
           man
           but
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           is
           author
           both
           of
           the
           Elementall
           and
           Ceremoniall
           signes
           ,
           and
           also
           vnited
           them
           sacramentally
           together
           in
           this
           mysticall
           action
           ,
           that
           by
           our
           worthy
           pertaking
           thereof
           we
           might
           haue
           an
           inseperable
           vnion
           and
           euerlasting
           fellowship
           with
           him
           ,
           how
           dare
           we
           conform
           to
           any
           alteration
           or
           innouation
           herein
           ?
           If
           we
           reiect
           the
           gesture
           which
           Chaist
           vsed
           or
           approved
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           what
           right
           can
           wee
           plead
           to
           the
           sacrament
           which
           then
           and
           therewith
           he
           ordained
           ?
        
         
           Christ
           vnites
           and
           ioynes
           himselfe
           to
           his
           own
           ordinances
           in
           the
           administration
           of
           the
           word
           and
           sacraments
           ,
           not
           fantastically
           ,
           or
           doubtfully
           ;
           but
           truly
           ,
           really
           ,
           and
           verily
           ,
           that
           partaking
           in
           sincerity
           of
           them
           ,
           we
           might
           be
           assuredly
           conioyned
           unto
           him
           ,
           even
           as
           certainly
           as
           the
           elementall
           signes
           are
           united
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           ceremoniall
           signes
           are
           performed
           by
           us
           .
           Let
           all
           Christians
           therefore
           who
           loue
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           ,
           and
           desire
           to
           partake
           of
           this
           heavenly
           and
           spirituall
           union
           with
           him
           ,
           take
           heed
           that
           they
           never
           yeeld
           to
           conforme
           to
           a
           fantasticall
           gesture
           ,
           or
           doubtfull
           ceremony
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           especially
           having
           so
           essentiall
           a
           property
           as
           the
           gesture
           hath
           ,
           lest
           by
           casting
           off
           the
           Lords
           gesture
           (
           or
           that
           gesture
           which
           our
           Lord
           himselfe
           caused
           his
           Apostles
           to
           use
           in
           the
           
           institution
           of
           the
           sacrament
           )
           they
           cast
           off
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           Lords
           sacrament
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           be
           found
           authour
           of
           an
           anti-gesture
           which
           our
           Lord
           never
           warranted
           ;
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           to
           the
           conformers
           thereunto
           be
           ever
           sanctified
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           our
           happinesse
           to
           bee
           united
           unto
           Christ
           in
           the
           sacrament
           ,
           and
           is
           it
           our
           misery
           to
           cleaue
           fast
           to
           that
           gesture
           which
           in
           the
           institution
           thereof
           was
           by
           all
           his
           Apostles
           used
           ,
           and
           by
           himselfe
           blessed
           for
           that
           very
           end
           ?
           Here
           is
           spirituall
           meat
           ,
           come
           thou
           with
           spirituall
           hunger
           :
           here
           is
           a
           holy
           table
           ,
           come
           thou
           with
           a
           holy
           gesture
           :
           and
           who
           can
           make
           a
           gesture
           holy
           ,
           or
           of
           holy
           use
           ,
           but
           the
           Lord
           ?
           Not
           that
           a
           right
           gesture
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           unlesse
           thou
           come
           with
           a
           right
           heart
           also
           ,
           examined
           or
           prepared
           and
           purged
           ,
           not
           onely
           from
           Popery
           ,
           Non-residency
           ,
           Atheisme
           ,
           usurie
           ,
           ambition
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           murder
           ,
           covetousnesse
           ,
           blasphemy
           ,
           whooredome
           ,
           drunkennesse
           ,
           and
           other
           bloudy
           and
           abhominable
           vices
           ;
           but
           from
           every
           worldly
           lust
           ,
           or
           fleshly
           pleasure
           ,
           which
           thy
           soule
           longeth
           after
           :
           that
           I
           doll
           I
           say
           must
           be
           thrust
           out
           before
           Christ
           cā
           be
           let
           in
           .
           It
           is
           but
           folly
           to
           professe
           thy
           faith
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           hast
           not
           repented
           of
           that
           (
           I
           speak
           not
           of
           their
           order
           which
           of
           these
           is
           first
           ,
           but
           of
           their
           inseparation
           .
           )
           All
           therefore
           who
           haue
           not
           this
           spirituall
           hunger
           ,
           and
           see
           not
           in
           the
           elementall
           and
           ceremoniall
           signes
           this
           holy
           union
           ,
           haue
           some
           invisible
           Idoll
           in
           
           them
           ,
           even
           some
           secret
           corruption
           or
           bosome
           sin
           which
           lies
           lurking
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           custome
           or
           continuall
           fume
           whereof
           hath
           so
           darkned
           the
           sight
           ,
           and
           flattered
           the
           taste
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           as
           it
           cannot
           discern
           or
           iudge
           truly
           in
           this
           controversie
           ,
           but
           esteemes
           of
           one
           gesture
           as
           good
           as
           another
           ,
           that
           which
           Antichrist
           devised
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           Christ
           approued
           &
           hallowed
           .
        
         
           As
           Gods
           worship
           even
           for
           the
           substance
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           partly
           inward
           and
           partly
           outward
           ;
           so
           this
           sacrament
           being
           a
           speciall
           part
           of
           his
           worship
           ,
           is
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           .
           The
           inward
           substance
           is
           the
           spirituall
           things
           signified
           :
           the
           outward
           substance
           or
           essence
           is
           the
           visible
           signes
           signifying
           or
           having
           relation
           to
           those
           spirituall
           things
           signified
           .
           Now
           whatsoever
           in
           Gods
           worship
           is
           conformed
           unto
           ,
           as
           having
           relation
           to
           these
           spirituall
           things
           signified
           (
           whether
           it
           be
           purity
           or
           holinesse
           of
           life
           ,
           or
           humility
           ,
           devotion
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           )
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           cōfessed
           to
           be
           (
           in
           the
           acceptation
           of
           these
           that
           so
           use
           it
           )
           a
           part
           of
           Gods
           outward
           worship
           ,
           which
           consists
           of
           outward
           and
           visible
           things
           ,
           as
           actions
           ,
           gestures
           and
           ceremonies
           ,
           signifying
           ,
           and
           having
           reference
           unto
           some
           invisible
           thing
           signified
           .
           True
           indeed
           ,
           every
           thing
           used
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           not
           I
           confesse
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           as
           our
           usuall
           apparrell
           ,
           places
           of
           assembling
           ,
           seats
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           which
           therefore
           come
           within
           the
           termes
           of
           indifferency
           and
           decency
           ,
           
           but
           to
           say
           and
           defend
           that
           any
           one
           thing
           of
           significant
           use
           in
           the
           divine
           service
           of
           God
           is
           either
           not
           of
           the
           essenc
           of
           his
           outward
           worship
           ,
           or
           is
           indifferent
           and
           variable
           ,
           is
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           a
           fault
           more
           then
           remarkeable
           :
           yet
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           makes
           such
           a
           part
           of
           Gods
           worship
           of
           this
           or
           that
           spirituall
           use
           and
           signification
           ,
           may
           verily
           vary
           and
           alter
           it
           .
           But
           as
           no
           mortall
           or
           created
           power
           can
           giue
           the
           spirituall
           gift
           or
           grace
           signified
           ,
           and
           therfore
           may
           not
           devise
           the
           thing
           signifying
           :
           so
           if
           God
           haue
           approved
           and
           sanctified
           any
           action
           ,
           gesture
           or
           ceremony
           of
           such
           holy
           significancie
           ,
           none
           but
           he
           can
           alter
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           hold
           that
           such
           a
           thing
           is
           or
           can
           possibly
           bee
           indifferent
           ,
           or
           may
           in
           any
           case
           be
           conformed
           unto
           ,
           is
           sin
           .
           But
           the
           Table
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           body
           and
           bloud
           ,
           is
           of
           divine
           signification
           ,
           assuring
           us
           that
           as
           verily
           as
           we
           take
           and
           partake
           of
           those
           visible
           signes
           ,
           so
           verily
           in
           that
           very
           action
           we
           by
           faith
           take
           and
           partake
           of
           the
           very
           body
           and
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           signified
           and
           represented
           ,
           yea
           truely
           exhibited
           in
           and
           by
           them
           .
           And
           this
           gesture
           onely
           was
           hallowed
           by
           the
           Lord
           in
           the
           institution
           of
           the
           Supper
           ,
           in
           the
           action
           of
           all
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           types
           of
           all
           communicants
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           that
           very
           end
           and
           purpose
           :
           therefore
           none
           but
           Christ
           may
           alter
           it
           ,
           who
           was
           authour
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           that
           
           it
           is
           variable
           (
           whatsoever
           sence
           and
           reason
           babble
           for
           it
           )
           is
           a
           fearefull
           sin
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           inward
           substance
           of
           the
           sacrament
           ,
           and
           the
           outward
           signes
           elementall
           or
           ceremoniall
           ,
           having
           relation
           thereunto
           ,
           even
           the
           whole
           sacramentall
           action
           is
           holy
           and
           heavenly
           (
           which
           nothing
           can
           possibly
           be
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           of
           divine
           institution
           )
           so
           let
           thy
           care
           in
           partaking
           thereof
           bee
           faithfull
           and
           zealous
           according
           to
           knowledge
           and
           godlinesse
           .
           Look
           not
           so
           to
           the
           inward
           substance
           as
           thou
           neglectest
           the
           outward
           signes
           and
           ceremonies
           ,
           as
           if
           divine
           reverence
           belonged
           not
           to
           them
           ,
           being
           Gods
           divine
           instruments
           or
           holy
           mysteries
           ,
           and
           so
           might
           be
           varied
           according
           to
           the
           will
           &
           pleasure
           ,
           or
           determination
           of
           man.
           Neither
           yet
           let
           it
           suffice
           ,
           that
           thou
           commest
           with
           a
           right
           gesture
           ,
           unlesse
           thou
           come
           with
           a
           right
           heart
           also
           ,
           lest
           in
           stead
           of
           receiving
           a
           blessing
           ,
           thy
           heart
           be
           hardned
           ,
           and
           thou
           goe
           away
           with
           a
           curse
           :
           for
           even
           as
           not
           to
           use
           Gods
           ordinances
           with
           divine
           reverence
           ,
           is
           the
           mother
           of
           Apostasie
           and
           Atheisme
           ,
           so
           to
           use
           mans
           ordinances
           with
           divine
           or
           holy
           reverence
           in
           Gods
           divine
           service
           (
           as
           every
           thing
           of
           divine
           signification
           ought
           )
           is
           the
           father
           of
           superstition
           and
           heresie
           :
           to
           conforme
           therfore
           to
           a
           ceremony
           of
           divine
           signification
           ,
           not
           being
           established
           by
           God
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           wicked
           and
           sinfull
           .
        
         
           As
           no
           person
           may
           meddle
           with
           the
           administration
           
           of
           a
           sacrament
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           called
           by
           God
           in
           the
           word
           thereunto
           ;
           so
           may
           not
           they
           who
           are
           truely
           called
           of
           God
           ,
           presse
           to
           any
           thing
           therein
           ,
           but
           what
           the
           Lord
           hath
           in
           his
           word
           required
           or
           commanded
           .
           For
           howsoever
           it
           is
           God
           onely
           that
           giues
           the
           spirituall
           grace
           ,
           or
           heavenly
           things
           signified
           ,
           so
           yet
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           use
           the
           ministery
           of
           man
           in
           the
           dispensation
           thereof
           by
           those
           meanes
           or
           instruments
           which
           himselfe
           hath
           appoynted
           ;
           and
           as
           wee
           cannot
           haue
           the
           blessing
           but
           from
           him
           ,
           nor
           from
           him
           by
           any
           other
           meanes
           then
           those
           which
           himselfe
           hath
           appoynted
           :
           so
           to
           receiue
           the
           signes
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           as
           he
           hath
           not
           sent
           or
           called
           ,
           or
           to
           conforme
           to
           ,
           or
           approue
           of
           any
           ceremonies
           of
           significancie
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           (
           though
           it
           bee
           at
           the
           hāds
           or
           by
           the
           advise
           of
           such
           as
           are
           truly
           called
           of
           God
           )
           which
           himselfe
           hath
           not
           ordained
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           convocated
           or
           gathered
           together
           against
           the
           Lord
           ,
           as
           
             Corah
             ,
          
           (
           though
           not
           every
           one
           in
           the
           same
           degree
           )
           for
           as
           the
           best
           ministers
           in
           the
           world
           can
           exhibite
           and
           giue
           no
           more
           but
           the
           outward
           and
           visible
           signes
           (
           and
           yet
           even
           in
           such
           their
           exhibition
           the
           inward
           and
           invisible
           thing
           and
           grace
           signified
           is
           given
           by
           God
           through
           Christ
           by
           the
           effectuall
           working
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           )
           so
           to
           professe
           that
           either
           they
           haue
           power
           to
           giue
           more
           then
           the
           signe
           ,
           or
           haue
           warrant
           to
           devise
           any
           signe
           to
           represent
           or
           exhibit
           ,
           
           or
           to
           receiue
           grace
           by
           ,
           is
           meere
           and
           high
           presumption
           against
           the
           Lord
           ▪
           Conformity
           therefore
           for
           the
           approbation
           thereof
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           abhominable
           ,
           upon
           what
           tearmes
           ,
           or
           in
           what
           case
           soever
           it
           bee
           .
        
         
           Let
           vs
           content
           our selues
           with
           the
           holy
           Counsel
           and
           determination
           of
           God
           concerning
           the
           right
           administration
           of
           this
           sacrament
           ,
           euen
           whatsoeuer
           is
           of
           ministeriall
           elementall
           or
           ceremoniall
           vse
           therein
           ,
           concerning
           all
           which
           the
           institution
           is
           without
           all
           exception
           ,
           and
           seing
           it
           was
           to
           be
           the
           verie
           patterne
           and
           president
           to
           all
           Churches
           for
           euer
           (
           as
           Christ
           his
           precept
           
             Doe
             this
          
           vndeniable
           includes
           )
           let
           vs
           neuer
           conforme
           to
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           any
           of
           these
           therein
           ,
           vnles
           wee
           haue
           from
           the
           patterne
           or
           from
           some
           other
           part
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           Christs
           warrant
           so
           to
           doe
           .
           And
           howsoeuer
           wee
           shall
           hereby
           procure
           great
           dammage
           to
           our selues
           ,
           yet
           seing
           nothing
           that
           is
           in
           the
           flesh
           (
           or
           is
           not
           of
           Gods
           own
           ordaining
           and
           appointment
           can
           possibly
           please
           God
           ,
           let
           vs
           remember
           it
           is
           farre
           lesse
           danger
           to
           offend
           those
           ,
           that
           for
           not
           conforming
           to
           their
           Canons
           can
           but
           depriue
           vs
           of
           our
           goods
           and
           comfortable
           conditions
           ,
           exposing
           vs
           to
           open
           disgrace
           and
           contempt
           ,
           or
           at
           worst
           can
           but
           take
           a
           way
           our
           liues
           ,
           then
           to
           offend
           him
           that
           can
           do
           all
           this
           ,
           &
           then
           cast
           our
           bodies
           and
           souls
           into
           hell
           .
           Let
           no
           mā
           therefore
           by
           conformity
           to
           kneeling
           intimate
           disability
           
           in
           the
           institutor
           ,
           or
           insufficiencie
           in
           the
           institution
           :
           for
           either
           is
           a
           blasphemous
           sin
           .
        
         
           He
           that
           is
           sole
           author
           of
           the
           sacrament
           ,
           is
           sole
           author
           of
           all
           the
           ceremonies
           and
           significant
           signs
           therein
           ,
           either
           concerning
           minister
           or
           people
           :
           for
           he
           that
           is
           the
           sole
           author
           of
           the
           blessing
           must
           needs
           be
           sole
           author
           of
           the
           means
           and
           instrument
           wherby
           he
           wil
           giue
           it
           :
           therefor
           seing
           the
           Lord
           onely
           giues
           the
           spiritual
           blessing
           signified
           ,
           represented
           ,
           and
           verily
           exhibited
           by
           the
           gestures
           and
           ceremonies
           therein
           ,
           and
           his
           word
           neither
           by
           precept
           nor
           example
           giues
           any
           warrant
           for
           any
           other
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receaving
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Institution
           ,
           (
           which
           on
           all
           sides
           is
           graunted
           to
           be
           a
           table
           gesture
           )
           how
           dare
           wee
           by
           conformitie
           varie
           from
           Christs
           owne
           practise
           without
           Christs
           owne
           warrant
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           said
           and
           that
           truly
           (
           but
           how
           fitly
           and
           wisely
           let
           others
           iudge
           )
           that
           God
           is
           the
           author
           of
           kneeling
           euen
           in
           his
           divine
           worship
           ,
           therefore
           we
           ought
           to
           conform
           vnto
           it
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           .
           I
           answere
           that
           God
           is
           the
           author
           of
           images
           euen
           in
           his
           diuine
           worship
           as
           the
           Arke
           and
           Cherubims
           ,
           yea
           differing
           from
           the
           first
           institution
           as
           the
           brasen
           serpent
           ,
           therefore
           wee
           may
           conforme
           to
           the
           calues
           at
           
             Dan
          
           and
           
             Bethell
          
           which
           are
           but
           images
           and
           consecrated
           onely
           to
           his
           worship
           and
           diuine
           service
           ,
           but
           either
           let
           the
           Lord
           be
           God
           in
           the
           order
           of
           the
           outward
           ceremonies
           as
           well
           as
           
           in
           the
           inward
           substance
           of
           his
           worship
           ,
           or
           if
           you
           will
           conforme
           to
           
             Ball
          
           in
           the
           gesture
           or
           in
           the
           order
           ,
           follow
           him
           euen
           in
           all
           ,
           for
           God
           is
           the
           God
           of
           the
           order
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           God
           of
           the
           substance
           of
           his
           worship
           (
           Inward
           or
           outward
           )
           let
           him
           be
           therfore
           either
           all
           in
           all
           ,
           or
           els
           not
           God
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           word
           of
           God
           and
           by
           it
           onely
           the
           minister
           knowes
           what
           to
           deliuer
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           how
           to
           deliuer
           and
           how
           not
           ,
           to
           whom
           to
           deliuer
           and
           to
           whom
           not
           ;
           the
           guests
           also
           or
           communicants
           doe
           thereby
           vnderstand
           ,
           at
           whose
           hands
           to
           receaue
           and
           at
           whose
           not
           ,
           what
           to
           receue
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           and
           with
           what
           gesture
           to
           receaue
           ,
           and
           what
           gesture
           not
           to
           conforme
           vnto
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           :
           for
           the
           word
           of
           God
           is
           the
           life
           or
           soule
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           of
           the
           sacrament
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           onely
           in
           generall
           ,
           but
           even
           of
           euery
           particular
           ,
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           required
           therein
           (
           as
           a
           gesture
           is
           )
           so
           that
           whatsoeuer
           is
           ordained
           to
           be
           of
           holy
           vse
           therein
           (
           as
           the
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receauing
           is
           )
           if
           it
           receaue
           no
           life
           or
           quickning
           warrant
           from
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           absolutely
           dead
           ,
           or
           vncleane
           ,
           and
           defiles
           ,
           and
           therfore
           may
           not
           vpon
           any
           terms
           be
           conformed
           vnto
           ,
           as
           good
           and
           lawfull
           .
        
         
           The
           word
           of
           institution
           sets
           forth
           first
           the
           precept
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             Doe
             this
             :
          
           secondly
           the
           promise
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             body
             :
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           practise
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           having
           relation
           to
           the
           comandement
           or
           precept
           
           in
           their
           obedience
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           faith
           having
           reference
           to
           the
           word
           of
           promise
           ,
           now
           this
           being
           the
           type
           of
           all
           the
           true
           administrations
           of
           this
           sacrament
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           doth
           plainly
           and
           vndeniably
           teach
           this
           truth
           that
           what
           soeuer
           is
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           in
           the
           sacrament
           (
           as
           a
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receauing
           is
           )
           must
           ,
           both
           in
           minister
           and
           people
           haue
           relation
           to
           the
           precept
           of
           Christ
           that
           so
           it
           may
           be
           donne
           in
           obedience
           and
           also
           to
           the
           promise
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           so
           it
           may
           be
           donne
           in
           faith
           or
           els
           it
           is
           absolutely
           sin
           ?
           and
           then
           ,
           though
           kneeling
           which
           in
           that
           act
           &
           manner
           as
           it
           is
           vrged
           hath
           neither
           precept
           nor
           promise
           of
           Christ
           would
           convert
           Turke
           and
           Pope
           too
           ,
           yet
           I
           hope
           you
           wil
           confesse
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           conforme
           thereto
           ;
        
         
           Is
           kneeling
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receaving
           the
           sacrament
           of
           the
           altar
           ,
           the
           gesture
           of
           the
           masse
           ?
           let
           all
           that
           abhorre
           the
           grosse
           Idolatry
           of
           that
           ,
           neuer
           conforme
           to
           the
           likenes
           of
           this
           (
           vnlesse
           they
           haue
           dispensation
           from
           the
           scripture
           so
           to
           doe
           )
           because
           in
           similitude
           though
           not
           in
           intention
           it
           holds
           proportion
           with
           ,
           and
           hath
           Relation
           to
           the
           Coporall
           and
           Reall
           presence
           locally
           .
           Yea
           let
           all
           faithfull
           Christians
           holde
           themselues
           onely
           to
           the
           name
           and
           gesture
           and
           to
           what
           soeuer
           els
           in
           the
           institution
           and
           word
           of
           God
           is
           established
           ,
           and
           was
           therein
           by
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           sanctified
           and
           ordained
           to
           be
           of
           perpetuall
           vse
           .
           unles
           him selfe
           in
           the
           word
           shall
           teach
           otherwise
           .
        
         
         
           The
           sacraments
           (
           even
           whatsoever
           is
           sacramentall
           were
           ordained
           of
           God
           ,
           not
           to
           giue
           any
           novelty
           or
           new
           thing
           by
           way
           of
           tran
           -
           or
           con-substantiatiō
           ,
           or
           like
           humane
           devise
           ,
           but
           having
           respect
           to
           our
           weaknesse
           ,
           to
           bee
           a
           helpe
           unto
           us
           in
           sealing
           up
           that
           righteousnesse
           which
           is
           by
           faith
           ,
           even
           to
           increase
           that
           assurance
           of
           faith
           ,
           which
           we
           haue
           through
           the
           word
           in
           a
           greater
           measure
           and
           degree
           then
           is
           had
           by
           the
           ministery
           thereof
           (
           let
           every
           one
           labour
           to
           haue
           the
           feeling
           of
           this
           use
           )
           if
           then
           it
           be
           dangerous
           to
           add
           unto
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           being
           the
           hand
           writing
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           even
           his
           most
           gracious
           pardon
           for
           all
           our
           sins
           and
           offences
           ,
           and
           his
           patent
           also
           for
           our
           liuelihood
           and
           hope
           of
           eternall
           life
           .
           Surely
           it
           cannot
           in
           any
           respect
           be
           lesse
           dangerous
           (
           seeing
           nothing
           passes
           by
           the
           writing
           alone
           without
           the
           seale
           (
           I
           speake
           herein
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           men
           )
           to
           make
           (
           or
           conforme
           to
           )
           any
           innovation
           in
           the
           Kings
           seale
           ,
           even
           in
           any
           thing
           which
           is
           of
           sacramentall
           institution
           ,
           being
           speciall
           and
           effectuall
           parts
           (
           instrumentally
           )
           of
           our
           spirituall
           Evidences
           ,
           or
           assurance
           which
           is
           by
           faith
           through
           the
           word
           .
           But
           if
           such
           cōformity
           be
           committed
           against
           our
           knowledge
           .
           I
           leaue
           it
           to
           the
           iudgement
           of
           the
           godly
           learned
           ,
           whether
           the
           wilfull
           persisting
           therein
           doe
           not
           (
           though
           not
           alter
           the
           outward
           essentiall
           forme
           ,
           yet
           )
           diminish
           and
           lessen
           every
           time
           more
           and
           more
           the
           powerfull
           
           effect
           ,
           and
           comfortable
           benefit
           of
           this
           blessed
           and
           most
           holy
           sacrament
           .
           For
           seeing
           in
           the
           institution
           this
           ceremoniall
           signe
           hath
           relation
           to
           that
           spirituall
           supper
           and
           most
           heavenly
           food
           ,
           or
           divine
           nourishment
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           apparant
           to
           all
           that
           will
           not
           winke
           lest
           they
           should
           perceiue
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           very
           manner
           of
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           there
           is
           by
           intimation
           a
           grounded
           expectancie
           and
           good
           assurance
           of
           partaking
           that
           holy
           and
           divine
           nourishment
           visibly
           represented
           unto
           us
           ,
           a
           thing
           which
           in
           the
           matter
           the
           Lord
           saw
           to
           be
           needful
           for
           his
           blessed
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           therefore
           purposely
           caused
           them
           to
           use
           this
           very
           manner
           to
           be
           a
           helpe
           herein
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           every
           communicant
           though
           never
           so
           learned
           and
           well
           instructed
           .
        
         
           This
           sacrament
           is
           called
           a
           communion
           ,
           sealing
           up
           unto
           us
           our
           holy
           communion
           with
           God
           in
           Christ
           ,
           by
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           our
           fellowship
           with
           all
           the
           Saints
           &
           faithfull
           children
           of
           God.
           Can
           there
           bee
           (
           by
           any
           possible
           meanes
           )
           therefore
           any
           good
           discretion
           or
           decencie
           ,
           humilitie
           or
           devotion
           ,
           to
           leaue
           a
           Table
           gesture
           which
           inferres
           thus
           much
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           sence
           is
           so
           often
           mentioned
           in
           the
           scripture
           ,
           and
           conform
           to
           another
           ,
           or
           the
           likenesse
           therof
           ,
           which
           inferres
           and
           intimates
           communion
           with
           Antichrist
           and
           his
           followers
           ,
           or
           well-willers
           ,
           as
           kneeling
           doth
           ?
           Whereof
           therefore
           there
           is
           not
           onely
           no
           mention
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           but
           continuall
           intimations
           
           both
           in
           this
           and
           in
           all
           things
           else
           of
           religious
           use
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           it
           is
           very
           true
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           visible
           signes
           representing
           ,
           nor
           the
           ceremoniall
           signes
           or
           gestures
           giving
           or
           receiving
           ,
           haue
           any
           naturall
           or
           inherent
           power
           ,
           efficacie
           ,
           or
           vertue
           to
           convey
           any
           manner
           or
           measure
           of
           spirituall
           grace
           to
           the
           receiver
           more
           then
           kneeling
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           gesture
           or
           signes
           whatsoever
           ;
           but
           the
           Lord
           was
           pleased
           to
           select
           and
           make
           choyce
           of
           these
           before
           all
           other
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           was
           his
           very
           will
           (
           which
           concludes
           nothing
           without
           consulting
           with
           his
           wisedom
           and
           loue
           )
           to
           make
           these
           efficient
           (
           instrumentally
           )
           hereunto
           .
           As
           therefore
           our
           Lords
           using
           the
           bread
           and
           wine
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           and
           never
           approving
           of
           any
           other
           ,
           made
           them
           the
           onely
           visible
           signes
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           by
           any
           meanes
           may
           in
           the
           act
           of
           giving
           or
           receiving
           ,
           be
           conformed
           unto
           ,
           so
           his
           very
           using
           a
           table
           gesture
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           and
           never
           giving
           warrant
           in
           the
           scripture
           for
           any
           other
           ,
           is
           a
           direct
           commandement
           to
           use
           this
           ,
           and
           a
           plaine
           prohibition
           to
           conforme
           to
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           table
           and
           visible
           signes
           thereon
           ,
           be
           necessary
           in
           the
           administration
           of
           the
           sacrament
           ,
           then
           the
           gesture
           of
           necessity
           both
           in
           giving
           and
           receiving
           ,
           must
           haue
           reference
           thereunto
           :
           if
           there
           bee
           a
           feast
           for
           the
           guests
           invited
           to
           that
           table
           to
           eate
           and
           drinke
           that
           provision
           which
           is
           prepared
           &
           set
           thereon
           ,
           then
           a
           festivall
           gesture
           
           must
           needs
           be
           most
           seemly
           ,
           as
           having
           relation
           to
           a
           feast
           (
           even
           as
           at
           weddings
           wedding
           garments
           )
           yea
           if
           it
           had
           been
           left
           to
           the
           wisedome
           and
           discretion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           a
           table
           gesture
           by
           the
           naturall
           Law
           of
           Correlatiues
           must
           needs
           of
           all
           other
           be
           most
           fit
           and
           decent
           .
           Indeed
           seeing
           the
           Papists
           haue
           altered
           the
           Table
           to
           an
           Altar
           ,
           and
           the
           feast
           of
           God
           unto
           man
           ,
           to
           a
           sacrifice
           by
           men
           unto
           God
           ,
           they
           haue
           very
           wisely
           enioyned
           such
           a
           gesture
           ,
           as
           may
           hold
           correspondency
           with
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           most
           fit
           relation
           to
           an
           Altar
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           sacrifice
           thereon
           .
           Of
           all
           the
           gestures
           therefore
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           likenesse
           of
           theirs
           is
           most
           unlawfull
           for
           us
           to
           conform
           unto
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           heavenly
           things
           signified
           ,
           are
           never
           received
           ,
           if
           the
           earthly
           signes
           or
           instrumentall
           meanes
           be
           neglected
           :
           so
           if
           the
           ceremoniall
           signe
           or
           gesture
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           holy
           elements
           are
           received
           ,
           bee
           wittingly
           innovated
           ,
           and
           against
           our
           knowledge
           perverted
           from
           the
           order
           of
           the
           institution
           ,
           such
           conformity
           hath
           no
           promise
           of
           a
           blessing
           from
           God
           ;
           continuance
           or
           custome
           therein
           must
           needs
           therefore
           harden
           the
           heart
           ,
           which
           of
           all
           iudgements
           and
           curses
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           grievous
           .
        
         
           
             Ieroboam
          
           and
           the
           Iewes
           never
           purposed
           or
           intended
           in
           their
           calues
           or
           other
           abominations
           of
           
             Molech
             ,
             Ashtaroh
             ,
             Baal
          
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           to
           alter
           the
           substance
           of
           Gods
           
           inward
           worshipe
           ,
           no
           nor
           yet
           to
           varie
           from
           the
           maine
           end
           or
           intent
           of
           his
           outward
           worshippe
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           knit
           the
           hart
           more
           and
           more
           vnto
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           these
           or
           any
           other
           of
           their
           images
           were
           nor
           representations
           of
           any
           other
           Trinitie
           or
           person
           then
           is
           therein
           but
           onely
           in
           a
           dyuers
           manner
           )
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Iehovah
           ,
           for
           considering
           the
           naturall
           disposition
           and
           diuers
           education
           or
           customes
           of
           those
           seuerall
           nations
           with
           whom
           they
           were
           mixed
           and
           desirous
           to
           draw
           them
           to
           the
           true
           religion
           and
           service
           of
           God
           and
           salvation
           of
           their
           soules
           they
           inclined
           some
           thing
           to
           the
           ceremonies
           and
           inventions
           of
           these
           heathens
           in
           the
           actions
           and
           gestures
           of
           Gods
           outward
           worship
           ,
           but
           were
           most
           carefull
           to
           haue
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           inward
           substance
           and
           spirituall
           significations
           concerning
           faith
           in
           the
           Messias
           to
           come
           preserued
           sound
           ,
           namely
           to
           loue
           the
           Lord
           with
           all
           their
           heart
           and
           with
           all
           their
           soule
           and
           to
           thinke
           no
           thing
           too
           deare
           for
           him
           ,
           whole
           Ryuers
           of
           oyle
           ,
           thowsands
           of
           Bullocks
           and
           Ramms
           ,
           yea
           the
           first
           borne
           of
           their
           children
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           neuer
           people
           killed
           no
           nor
           silenced
           or
           imprisoned
           for
           teaching
           this
           inward
           substance
           ,
           though
           hee
           were
           a
           son
           of
           thunder
           ,
           neuer
           so
           zealous
           and
           fervent
           therein
           ,
           but
           onely
           for
           refusing
           conformitie
           to
           theire
           state
           ,
           ceremonies
           ,
           wherein
           yet
           many
           learned
           prophets
           ,
           and
           reuerend
           Leuits
           ,
           and
           graue
           preists
           protested
           there
           
           was
           nothing
           intended
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           same
           decencie
           ,
           humillitie
           ,
           vnity
           ,
           and
           stirring
           vp
           of
           the
           heart
           to
           deuotion
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           aimed
           at
           &
           required
           ,
           and
           diuers
           of
           them
           did
           vow
           vpon
           their
           saluation
           (
           I
           speake
           by
           way
           of
           supposition
           )
           that
           they
           having
           had
           experience
           of
           both
           ceremonies
           or
           formes
           of
           worship
           ,
           haue
           found
           as
           much
           inward
           comfort
           and
           heavenly
           consolation
           ,
           and
           haue
           been
           rapt
           up
           with
           as
           divine
           meditations
           in
           the
           ceremonies
           of
           
             Baal
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           Calues
           ,
           as
           in
           those
           at
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           and
           they
           yeeld
           a
           sufficient
           reason
           ,
           which
           will
           giue
           a
           satisfaction
           to
           any
           honest
           and
           indifferent
           heart
           :
           for
           say
           they
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           that
           these
           ceremonies
           &
           gestures
           in
           their
           originall
           among
           the
           heathens
           ,
           were
           Idolatrous
           ,
           damnable
           ,
           and
           divellish
           ,
           for
           they
           used
           them
           to
           other
           gods
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           true
           God.
           Now
           we
           haue
           put
           it
           into
           the
           Magistrates
           head
           when
           he
           consulted
           for
           the
           setling
           of
           the
           state
           in
           peace
           ,
           that
           the
           retaining
           of
           these
           being
           purged
           from
           their
           Idolatrous
           abuse
           ,
           and
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           worship
           of
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           being
           preserved
           sound
           ,
           and
           ioyned
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           mysticall
           significations
           of
           Gods
           ordinances
           being
           transferred
           unto
           these
           ;
           will
           be
           so
           farre
           off
           from
           confirming
           them
           in
           their
           old
           superstitions
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           proue
           the
           onely
           meanes
           in
           all
           learned
           probability
           and
           wise
           experience
           to
           make
           them
           all
           absolute
           prosolites
           .
           But
           to
           this
           you
           say
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           such
           pretences
           ,
           their
           
           sin
           is
           most
           fearfull
           and
           damnable
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           the
           law
           of
           God
           as
           well
           direct
           for
           every
           ceremony
           and
           gesture
           in
           the
           outward
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           either
           for
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           outward
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           inward
           worship
           :
           and
           God
           never
           left
           or
           referred
           any
           action
           ,
           gesture
           ,
           or
           ceremony
           of
           religious
           use
           ,
           especially
           in
           his
           divine
           service
           to
           
             Moses
             ,
             David
             ,
          
           or
           
             Salomon
             ,
          
           but
           referred
           his
           Church
           still
           to
           the
           patterne
           which
           onely
           by
           the
           revealed
           word
           was
           made
           known
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           though
           it
           be
           never
           so
           true
           that
           they
           intended
           to
           serue
           God
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           had
           very
           considerately
           ▪
           and
           painfully
           purged
           them
           (
           in
           a
           devised
           purgatory
           )
           from
           their
           black-Mootes
           hue
           ;
           yet
           not
           being
           warranted
           by
           his
           word
           ,
           they
           offered
           their
           service
           in
           them
           not
           unto
           God
           ,
           but
           unto
           Divels
           .
           For
           the
           Lord
           is
           not
           therefore
           God
           unto
           men
           ,
           because
           they
           suppose
           him
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           or
           verily
           intend
           to
           esteeme
           of
           him
           thus
           or
           so
           ,
           but
           because
           by
           his
           word
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           true
           as
           his
           own
           maiesty
           ,
           he
           hath
           manifested
           and
           made
           himselfe
           known
           to
           be
           so
           ;
           yea
           whatsoever
           doctrine
           concerning
           God
           in
           essence
           ,
           nature
           ,
           person
           ,
           property
           ,
           or
           attribute
           ,
           is
           other
           then
           the
           word
           doth
           teach
           ,
           is
           an
           Idoll
           of
           their
           owne
           heart
           ,
           a
           vision
           of
           their
           owne
           braine
           ,
           an
           imagination
           of
           their
           owne
           devising
           ,
           yea
           though
           all
           the
           learning
           and
           wisedom
           in
           the
           world
           do
           never
           so
           well
           intend
           therby
           ,
           or
           religiously
           esteem
           therof
           .
           
           Even
           so
           this
           gesture
           ,
           or
           that
           ceremony
           in
           divine
           worship
           ,
           is
           not
           therefore
           done
           unto
           God
           ,
           because
           in
           conformity
           thereto
           it
           is
           simply
           and
           seriously
           intended
           to
           doe
           it
           onely
           unto
           him
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           be
           not
           warranted
           by
           the
           word
           ,
           it
           is
           wicked
           and
           Divellish
           ,
           what
           good
           intent
           soever
           be
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           Hereto
           the
           better
           sort
           of
           these
           graue
           and
           reverend
           Rabbins
           reply
           and
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           though
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           law
           is
           as
           direct
           for
           the
           ceremonie
           as
           for
           the
           substance
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Church
           is
           as
           strictly
           tied
           to
           the
           direction
           and
           warrant
           of
           the
           word
           for
           every
           one
           of
           them
           as
           for
           the
           most
           fundamentall
           poynt
           in
           the
           doctrine
           of
           
             Iustification
             ,
          
           or
           the
           substance
           or
           inward
           worship
           ,
           and
           may
           not
           vary
           one
           iot
           therefrom
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           any
           thing
           whatsoever
           ,
           without
           warrant
           thereof
           ;
           yet
           seeing
           it
           is
           not
           in
           their
           choyce
           to
           use
           or
           not
           to
           use
           them
           ,
           but
           a
           very
           great
           necessitie
           is
           layd
           upon
           them
           by
           the
           Magistrate
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           for
           some
           secret
           causes
           ,
           and
           State
           considerations
           ,
           haue
           in
           a
           most
           solemne
           Convocation
           or
           Assembly
           ,
           considerately
           by
           an
           vniversall
           consent
           determined
           the
           lawfulnesse
           and
           fitnesse
           of
           the
           ceremonies
           of
           these
           golden
           Calues
           ,
           and
           therefore
           haue
           decreed
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           will
           not
           conforme
           thereunto
           ,
           shall
           be
           (
           after
           Canonicall
           admonition
           )
           deprived
           ,
           and
           no
           longer
           suffered
           to
           minister
           before
           the
           Lord.
           In
           this
           case
           of
           extremi●y
           therefore
           
             utrum
             horum
             ?
          
           yea
           seeing
           the
           
           Magistrate
           professeth
           open
           detestation
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           Idolatry
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           condemnes
           all
           Idolatrous
           or
           superstitious
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           themselues
           understand
           the
           use
           of
           them
           in
           a
           sincere
           sence
           (
           which
           qualifies
           whatsoever
           can
           be
           obiected
           against
           them
           .
           )
           Therfore
           rather
           then
           they
           will
           be
           contentious
           and
           breake
           (
           yea
           or
           disturbe
           )
           the
           quiet
           peace
           of
           the
           holy
           Church
           ,
           and
           leaue
           their
           flockes
           and
           charges
           so
           deere
           unto
           them
           ,
           unto
           woolvish
           or
           ambitious
           or
           carnall
           teachers
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           deprived
           of
           their
           ministery
           ,
           as
           deere
           unto
           them
           as
           their
           liues
           ,
           they
           are
           perswaded
           from
           these
           grounds
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           case
           they
           may
           very
           warrantably
           undergoe
           conformity
           ,
           doing
           it
           unwillingly
           ,
           as
           the
           Lord
           in
           whose
           pressence
           they
           stand
           ,
           beares
           them
           witnesse
           ,
           and
           bearing
           it
           as
           a
           heavy
           burthen
           till
           it
           please
           the
           Lord
           to
           visit
           his
           Churches
           with
           his
           salvation
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           from
           the
           shoulders
           thereof
           this
           heavy
           load
           ,
           which
           even
           bends
           the
           backe
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           will
           breake
           the
           necke
           thereof
           .
           For
           prevention
           whereof
           ,
           they
           will
           teach
           and
           maintaine
           ,
           preserue
           and
           defend
           the
           substance
           and
           foundation
           sound
           and
           sincere
           from
           error
           and
           corruption
           :
           and
           therfore
           though
           the
           Magistrate
           and
           Church
           do
           grivously
           sin
           in
           cōmanding
           ,
           yet
           they
           in
           conformity
           unto
           them
           ,
           are
           meere
           patients
           ,
           and
           not
           agents
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           so
           doing
           incline
           rather
           to
           martyrdome
           for
           God
           then
           rebellion
           against
           
           God.
           Hereunto
           you
           reioyne
           and
           tell
           them
           in
           louing
           (
           yea
           in
           most
           wise
           and
           learned
           termes
           ,
           that
           if
           their
           case
           had
           been
           indeed
           as
           yours
           is
           ,
           they
           had
           well
           sayd
           ,
           and
           most
           sufficiently
           answered
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Vniversities
           in
           the
           whole
           world
           could
           never
           haue
           confuted
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           having
           so
           direct
           lawes
           for
           all
           manner
           of
           ceremonies
           of
           religious
           use
           ,
           and
           direct
           prohibitions
           against
           any
           other
           ,
           though
           an
           Angel
           from
           heaven
           should
           ioyne
           with
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           they
           ought
           rather
           to
           haue
           followed
           that
           holy
           ,
           remarkeable
           ,
           and
           matchlesse
           president
           of
           their
           zealous
           fellow-Priests
           ,
           and
           learned
           Levies
           ,
           and
           other
           devout
           and
           iust
           persons
           ,
           who
           had
           set
           their
           very
           hearts
           to
           seeke
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           to
           haue
           left
           their
           suburbs
           and
           possessions
           ,
           their
           livings
           and
           free-holds
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           haue
           gone
           to
           
             Iuda
          
           and
           
             Ierusalem
          
           to
           haue
           offered
           to
           the
           Lord
           God
           of
           their
           fathers
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           warrant
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           haue
           strengthened
           the
           kingdom
           both
           with
           peace
           and
           prosperity
           ;
           whereas
           the
           varying
           from
           the
           warrant
           of
           the
           word
           in
           the
           doctrine
           and
           practise
           of
           these
           ceremonies
           of
           religious
           use
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           hath
           the
           cleane
           contrary
           effect
           ,
           and
           strongly
           ,
           yea
           strangely
           weakens
           the
           kingdom
           ,
           and
           Church
           by
           breeding
           diversity
           of
           opinions
           ,
           schismes
           ,
           divisions
           ,
           oppositions
           ,
           heart-burnings
           and
           grudges
           ,
           with
           infinite
           other
           muddy
           perturbations
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           variety
           of
           
           humor
           (
           which
           men
           experienced
           in
           fishing
           can
           tell
           how
           to
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           &
           therefore
           are
           content
           to
           foresee
           and
           further
           :
           )
           therefore
           conformity
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           unwillingly
           undergone
           ,
           yea
           though
           with
           all
           reasonable
           and
           wise
           considerations
           tempered
           ,
           and
           iudicious
           expositions
           ,
           and
           honest
           intentioms
           qualified
           ,
           is
           so
           farre
           off
           from
           looking
           after
           ,
           or
           inclining
           unto
           martyrdom
           ,
           as
           it
           opens
           the
           very
           widest
           gate
           to
           mutinie
           and
           rebellion
           both
           against
           God
           and
           man.
           If
           then
           wee
           haue
           as
           direct
           warrant
           for
           the
           lawfulnesse
           of
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           as
           ever
           the
           Iewes
           had
           for
           their
           worship
           at
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Gospell
           bee
           as
           sure
           and
           certaine
           being
           spoken
           by
           Christ
           and
           his
           blessed
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           that
           under
           the
           Law
           (
           which
           it
           cannot
           be
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           giue
           as
           certaine
           and
           sound
           directions
           for
           the
           ceremonies
           under
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           as
           that
           by
           
             Moses
          
           did
           for
           the
           ceremonies
           under
           the
           Law
           :
           For
           if
           it
           bee
           an
           unsure
           word
           in
           the
           ceremonie
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           be
           sure
           ,
           it
           is
           sure
           in
           the
           substance
           ?
           )
           then
           (
           I
           say
           )
           to
           erre
           from
           the
           practise
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           without
           a
           direct
           precept
           or
           warrant
           from
           the
           sure
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           though
           you
           haue
           the
           same
           holy
           intent
           in
           such
           gestures
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           reverend
           respect
           to
           such
           ceremonies
           as
           you
           haue
           to
           Gods
           own
           ordinances
           ,
           yet
           conformity
           thereto
           ,
           even
           in
           them
           that
           do
           it
           ignorantly
           ,
           is
           sinfull
           ,
           but
           in
           those
           that
           doe
           it
           wilfully
           against
           
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           it
           is
           dangerous
           to
           the
           State
           and
           Church
           ,
           and
           breeds
           carnall
           ,
           worldly
           ,
           yea
           divellish
           dispositions
           and
           practises
           in
           such
           hearts
           when
           time
           and
           opportunity
           shall
           call
           for
           the
           effectes
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Will
           any
           man
           be
           content
           that
           his
           liuely
           Image
           shall
           in
           any
           part
           thereof
           bee
           defaced
           ?
           The
           whole
           action
           of
           this
           sacrament
           both
           in
           signes
           and
           ceremonies
           ,
           and
           not
           some
           parcels
           thereof
           without
           the
           rest
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           liuely
           Image
           and
           representation
           of
           the
           most
           precious
           body
           and
           bloud
           of
           our
           Lord
           Iesus
           ,
           as
           God
           the
           Father
           hath
           ordained
           and
           appoynted
           to
           exhibit
           and
           giue
           it
           to
           be
           the
           spirituall
           nourishment
           of
           our
           soules
           (
           even
           meat
           and
           drinke
           indeed
           )
           unto
           eternall
           life
           .
           Suppose
           the
           gesture
           be
           but
           the
           meanest
           part
           of
           this
           Image
           of
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           if
           without
           his
           warrant
           it
           be
           altered
           from
           the
           first
           institution
           (
           the
           very
           patterne
           for
           the
           pourtraying
           of
           all
           others
           afterwards
           )
           is
           there
           not
           iust
           cause
           of
           offence
           ?
           And
           dare
           any
           ,
           by
           conformity
           to
           any
           alteration
           therein
           ,
           professe
           &
           vow
           that
           though
           it
           doe
           directly
           differ
           in
           this
           and
           that
           ,
           yet
           if
           we
           thinke
           so
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           his
           very
           true
           Image
           ,
           though
           something
           bee
           superfluous
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           the
           first
           order
           ?
           Is
           not
           every
           errour
           (
           though
           not
           in
           the
           same
           degree
           )
           opposite
           to
           truth
           ,
           and
           every
           defect
           contrary
           to
           perfection
           ?
        
         
           As
           there
           is
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           sacrament
           (
           Christ
           Iesus
           our
           
           Lord
           )
           and
           the
           fruits
           and
           benefits
           of
           the
           sacrament
           (
           our
           holinesse
           ,
           sanctification
           ,
           and
           redemption
           )
           so
           I
           confesse
           there
           is
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           elementall
           signes
           (
           bread
           and
           wine
           )
           and
           the
           ceremoniall
           signes
           (
           the
           actions
           and
           gestures
           )
           but
           as
           the
           substance
           ,
           and
           the
           benefits
           or
           vertues
           are
           inseparable
           (
           for
           where
           the
           one
           is
           in
           truth
           ,
           the
           other
           is
           also
           in
           power
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           in
           hypocrisie
           ,
           though
           perhaps
           in
           marvellous
           great
           weaknesse
           )
           so
           the
           signes
           exhibiting
           or
           giving
           the
           substance
           ,
           or
           in
           which
           the
           substance
           is
           given
           or
           exhibited
           ,
           and
           the
           signe
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           or
           partaking
           the
           substance
           ,
           or
           by
           and
           with
           which
           the
           substance
           is
           taken
           and
           received
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           parted
           ,
           changed
           ,
           nor
           displaced
           ,
           least
           by
           degrees
           the
           sacrament
           it selfe
           be
           perverted
           :
           for
           he
           that
           instituted
           one
           ,
           instituted
           all
           ,
           even
           whatsoever
           is
           sacramentall
           :
           and
           a
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           is
           as
           essentially
           necessary
           ,
           as
           the
           visible
           signes
           in
           giving
           or
           delivering
           ,
           I
           meane
           ,
           there
           is
           as
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           that
           as
           of
           these
           .
           Now
           therefore
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           shew
           vs
           the
           like
           divine
           warrant
           for
           kneeling
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           Christian
           world
           sees
           there
           is
           for
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           even
           by
           our
           Saviours
           owne
           practise
           ,
           and
           most
           holy
           and
           matchlesse
           example
           in
           the
           behaviour
           of
           all
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           we
           will
           most
           willingly
           and
           readily
           conforme
           unto
           you
           therein
           :
           but
           if
           heaven
           and
           earth
           (
           true
           
           Churches
           ,
           nor
           false
           or
           counterfet
           Churches
           )
           cannot
           possibly
           produce
           such
           warrant
           ,
           conformity
           thereunto
           is
           not
           onely
           a
           most
           heynous
           sin
           in
           all
           that
           command
           it
           ,
           but
           a
           fearefull
           transgression
           in
           all
           that
           wittingly
           ,
           though
           unwillingly
           yeeld
           unto
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           gesture
           (
           as
           it
           is
           commanded
           and
           used
           in
           Gods
           service
           )
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           is
           either
           holy
           or
           unholy
           (
           though
           in
           civill
           actions
           it
           may
           be
           indifferent
           )
           and
           all
           holinesse
           comes
           from
           the
           Lord
           (
           for
           the
           Lords
           using
           or
           commanding
           any
           thing
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           never
           so
           vile
           and
           uncleane
           before
           ,
           makes
           it
           holy
           ,
           and
           his
           not
           using
           or
           commanding
           any
           thing
           ,
           makes
           it
           in
           his
           worship
           and
           service
           abhominable
           and
           unholy
           ,
           what
           reverend
           opinion
           soever
           men
           ,
           yea
           good
           men
           ,
           haue
           thereof
           .
           )
           Either
           then
           you
           must
           proue
           that
           kneeling
           as
           it
           is
           urged
           in
           this
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           comes
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           was
           used
           or
           commanded
           by
           him
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           is
           unholy
           (
           though
           all
           the
           holy
           men
           in
           the
           world
           say
           to
           the
           contrary
           )
           and
           then
           conformity
           thereto
           is
           unholy
           and
           sinfull
           .
        
         
           Not
           onely
           the
           outward
           signes
           and
           visible
           substance
           or
           elements
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           outward
           forme
           ,
           and
           visible
           order
           also
           of
           the
           sacrament
           ,
           even
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           was
           sanctified
           by
           Christ
           ,
           and
           being
           never
           repealed
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           by
           divine
           warrant
           established
           (
           the
           sacrament
           being
           perpetuall
           ,
           and
           a
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           
           therein
           essentially
           necessary
           )
           must
           needs
           be
           of
           divine
           institution
           (
           for
           it
           was
           once
           divine
           ,
           a
           face
           of
           brasse
           cannot
           deny
           it
           )
           unlesse
           therefore
           you
           can
           proue
           it
           by
           divine
           warrant
           repealed
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           commanded
           ,
           it
           is
           perpetually
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           yea
           no
           other
           in
           any
           case
           ,
           or
           upon
           any
           condition
           to
           be
           conformed
           unto
           .
        
         
           The
           Church
           may
           not
           (
           though
           civill
           authority
           for
           some
           urgent
           or
           weightie
           occasions
           neerely
           and
           deeply
           concerning
           the
           welfare
           of
           the
           whole
           State
           ,
           do
           approue
           thereof
           )
           appoynt
           Beefe
           or
           Lambe
           ,
           Bacon
           or
           Veale
           to
           be
           used
           in
           stead
           of
           bread
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           nor
           Beare
           ,
           Ale
           ,
           Milke
           ,
           or
           Water
           in
           stead
           of
           Wine
           (
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           vine
           )
           no
           though
           wee
           hold
           and
           teach
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           invisible
           things
           signified
           never
           so
           soundly
           and
           zealously
           ,
           and
           free
           all
           the
           poynts
           thereof
           from
           Popish
           Apostasie
           ,
           or
           other
           humane
           absurdity
           .
           And
           may
           any
           pervert
           the
           order
           of
           delivering
           or
           receiving
           these
           unchangeable
           signes
           without
           a
           command
           from
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           deliver
           first
           the
           wine
           and
           then
           the
           bread
           (
           may
           Christians
           in
           cases
           of
           extremity
           conforme
           to
           such
           a
           Canon
           ?
           )
           or
           to
           vary
           frō
           the
           gesture
           of
           the
           institution
           either
           in
           forme
           or
           in
           order
           without
           a
           divine
           warrant
           ?
           hath
           not
           the
           Lord
           alwayes
           reserved
           this
           honour
           of
           devising
           all
           the
           parts
           ,
           whether
           actions
           ,
           gestures
           ,
           or
           ceremonies
           of
           his
           outward
           worship
           to
           himselfe
           ?
           And
           though
           hee
           haue
           
           given
           many
           high
           prerogatiues
           and
           very
           great
           preferments
           unto
           his
           deputies
           and
           vice
           gerents
           ,
           yet
           hee
           never
           imparted
           this
           to
           any
           creature
           ,
           but
           was
           alwayes
           very
           iealous
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           very
           top
           of
           his
           supremacie
           :
           yea
           doe
           they
           not
           by
           a
           direct
           consequence
           destroy
           or
           deny
           this
           essentiall
           property
           or
           attribute
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           hold
           and
           teach
           that
           the
           Magist●ate
           and
           Church
           may
           devise
           the
           visible
           parts
           ,
           or
           actions
           and
           gestures
           of
           Gods
           outward
           worship
           ,
           even
           those
           that
           are
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           therein
           (
           as
           a
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           is
           ?
           )
           is
           not
           this
           the
           very
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           obiect
           of
           his
           burning
           and
           consuming
           iealousie
           ?
           Let
           them
           be
           consumed
           and
           destroyed
           then
           that
           herein
           rise
           up
           against
           him
           .
           Conformity
           therefore
           in
           this
           case
           is
           the
           ready
           way
           to
           destruction
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           obiected
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           action
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           is
           a
           th●nksgiving
           and
           kneeling
           (
           being
           the
           fittest
           gesture
           for
           thankesgiving
           )
           doth
           best
           beseeme
           the
           whole
           action
           ,
           and
           therefore
           also
           this
           particular
           act
           of
           receiving
           .
           The
           whole
           action
           cannot
           be
           said
           properly
           to
           be
           a
           thanksgiving
           though
           it
           may
           be
           safely
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           whole
           action
           ,
           and
           every
           part
           thereof
           there
           is
           thankesgiving
           ;
           but
           the
           speciall
           end
           of
           this
           Sacrament
           is
           to
           work
           in
           us
           a
           more
           liuely
           feeling
           of
           our
           union
           with
           God
           ,
           the
           increase
           whereof
           he
           conferres
           in
           this
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           onely
           for
           the
           effecting
           thereof
           did
           ordaine
           it
           :
           and
           
           howsoever
           he
           would
           not
           haue
           his
           Disciples
           unthankfull
           in
           the
           very
           act
           of
           receiving
           so
           inestimable
           a
           blessing
           ,
           yet
           in
           his
           wisedom
           (
           which
           is
           sufficient
           for
           our
           warrant
           ,
           and
           a
           plaine
           proofe
           that
           this
           obiection
           is
           but
           a
           drugg
           of
           human
           wisedom
           )
           he
           consecrated
           a
           table
           gesture
           for
           them
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           and
           not
           kneeling
           or
           any
           other
           gesture
           proper
           to
           thanksgiving
           .
           I
           confesse
           ,
           to
           be
           unthankfull
           is
           to
           be
           unfaithfull
           :
           but
           as
           the
           proper
           time
           for
           preparation
           goes
           before
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           truth
           and
           measure
           thereof
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           blessing
           ▪
           so
           the
           fittest
           time
           for
           thankesgiving
           comes
           after
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           benefit
           and
           blessing
           :
           and
           according
           to
           the
           truth
           and
           measure
           thereof
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           true
           comfort
           and
           spirituall
           consolation
           .
           Let
           the
           practise
           of
           Christ
           stop
           the
           mouth
           of
           babbling
           ●ence
           and
           iangling
           reason
           :
           and
           howsoever
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           soule
           these
           duties
           are
           so
           mixed
           ,
           as
           they
           cannot
           be
           one
           without
           another
           ,
           but
           are
           inseparably
           united
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           distinct
           propriety
           of
           time
           peculiar
           to
           every
           one
           of
           them
           :
           the
           sensible
           manifestation
           whereof
           giues
           true
           denomination
           to
           the
           proper
           manner
           of
           their
           seasonable
           existence
           and
           visible
           subsisting
           .
           Howsoever
           therefore
           the
           soule
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           act
           and
           instant
           ,
           can
           heare
           ,
           see
           ,
           receiue
           ,
           taste
           ,
           and
           be
           thankfull
           ,
           yet
           cannot
           the
           body
           possibly
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           act
           and
           instant
           ,
           performe
           and
           use
           proper
           and
           fit
           gestures
           to
           manifest
           and
           
           expresse
           the
           same
           :
           and
           if
           it
           could
           ,
           yet
           the
           patterne
           of
           the
           institution
           proclaimes
           silence
           to
           all
           the
           wit
           and
           learning
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           therefore
           kneeling
           cannot
           bee
           the
           fittest
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           no
           though
           it
           should
           be
           granted
           that
           the
           whole
           action
           were
           a
           thankesgiving
           .
        
         
           Nothing
           can
           possibly
           be
           conioyned
           or
           united
           further
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           other
           manner
           or
           measure
           then
           the
           nature
           thereof
           will
           admit
           .
           As
           therefore
           you
           most
           iustly
           and
           religiously
           refuse
           conformity
           to
           the
           reall
           presence
           either
           by
           transubstātiatiō
           or
           consubstantiation
           ,
           because
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           signes
           cannot
           possibly
           admit
           it
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           nothing
           but
           the
           bare
           opinions
           ,
           and
           Canons
           or
           precepts
           of
           men
           to
           warrant
           it
           ?
           euen
           so
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receaving
           no
           gesture
           in
           the
           world
           can
           possibly
           in
           the
           nature
           thereof
           hold
           proportion
           with
           ,
           or
           haue
           relation
           vnto
           our
           spirituall
           coniunction
           with
           Christ
           and
           Communion
           and
           fellowship
           with
           the
           Saints
           ,
           in
           the
           pertaking
           of
           this
           spirituall
           meat
           and
           drinke
           prepared
           and
           set
           on
           the
           holy
           table
           in
           this
           divine
           action
           ,
           but
           onely
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           and
           therfore
           wee
           also
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           your
           example
           in
           the
           outward
           substance
           )
           do
           iustly
           refuse
           to
           conforme
           to
           any
           other
           gesture
           in
           the
           outward
           Ceremonie
           .
        
         
           Reason
           must
           not
           be
           our
           guide
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           or
           in
           ceremonies
           of
           Religious
           vse
           in
           the
           publicke
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           take
           it
           at
           the
           verie
           best
           ,
           without
           passion
           
           partialitie
           or
           preiudice
           ,
           yea
           excellently
           quallified
           with
           learning
           ,
           wisedom
           and
           experience
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           starke
           blinde
           in
           these
           things
           and
           will
           verily
           misleade
           vs.
           In
           these
           controversies
           therefore
           concerning
           conformitie
           wee
           must
           to
           the
           law
           and
           the
           Testimonie
           ,
           and
           whatsoeuer
           hath
           not
           warrant
           there
           from
           ,
           by
           Gods
           owne
           doom
           hath
           no
           true
           light
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           divine
           warrant
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           black
           darknes
           abydes
           vpon
           it
           for
           euer
           .
           What
           Angellical
           transformation
           soeuer
           therefore
           you
           provide
           for
           your
           significant
           kneeling
           ,
           you
           see
           from
           whence
           ir
           comes
           and
           whither
           it
           goes
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           that
           manner
           as
           it
           is
           vrged
           ,
           we
           dare
           not
           vpon
           any
           terms
           or
           with
           any
           limitation
           conforme
           vnto
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           coniunction
           in
           the
           sacrament
           is
           not
           sencible
           ,
           but
           meerly
           misticall
           ,
           spirituall
           &
           invisible
           :
           yet
           as
           the
           signes
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           ceremonies
           therein
           (
           not
           by
           nature
           or
           the
           ordinance
           and
           wise
           discretion
           or
           learned
           pollicie
           of
           man
           but
           by
           the
           sole
           institution
           and
           will
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           )
           haue
           relation
           to
           the
           things
           signified
           which
           are
           heavenly
           and
           spirituall
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           any
           deuised
           vnity
           ,
           pretended
           humility
           ,
           or
           manifestation
           of
           our
           corporall
           subiection
           to
           the
           civil
           magistracie
           ,
           (
           yea
           to
           brand
           them
           with
           such
           carnal
           relations
           or
           worldly
           significations
           is
           the
           verie
           high
           way
           to
           Apostacie
           )
           euen
           so
           these
           heavenly
           and
           spiritual
           things
           by
           the
           same
           law
           of
           institutiō
           ,
           haue
           Relation
           to
           those
           signs
           onely
           which
           
           are
           set
           apart
           by
           Christ
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           any
           other
           ;
           yea
           to
           holde
           that
           they
           either
           haue
           ,
           or
           possibly
           can
           haue
           relation
           to
           any
           other
           signes
           either
           deuised
           by
           man
           ;
           or
           not
           ordained
           by
           God
           for
           this
           verie
           end
           ,
           is
           the
           next
           way
           to
           heresie
           and
           Atheisme
           .
           For
           the
           things
           signified
           and
           the
           things
           signifiyng
           (
           either
           in
           the
           act
           of
           geving
           or
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receaving
           )
           are
           verely
           vnited
           by
           this
           mutuall
           relation
           or
           relatiue
           coniunction
           ,
           which
           no
           mortall
           power
           can
           ordeine
           or
           alter
           ,
           he
           that
           hath
           power
           to
           ordeine
           the
           relatiue
           ▪
           onely
           hath
           power
           to
           ordeine
           the
           correlatiue
           ,
           I
           meane
           he
           that
           hath
           power
           to
           giue
           the
           spirituall
           things
           signified
           ,
           onely
           hath
           power
           to
           ordein
           sings
           or
           ceremonies
           signifying
           or
           having
           relation
           therevnto
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           act
           of
           giuing
           or
           receving
           .
           For
           mortall
           power
           therfore
           to
           ordaine
           any
           action
           or
           gesture
           of
           spiritual
           signification
           ,
           is
           spirituall
           adultery
           ,
           and
           most
           grosse
           abhomination
           .
           Either
           proue
           then
           that
           the
           sign
           or
           Ceremonie
           you
           so
           eagerly
           presse
           vs
           vnto
           ,
           is
           in
           this
           verie
           action
           ordained
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           hath
           a
           promise
           of
           a
           blessing
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           els
           wee
           dare
           not
           conforme
           vnto
           it
           though
           for
           such
           ●efu●all
           wee
           receiue
           nothing
           but
           Curses
           from
           you
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           elementall
           signs
           (
           bread
           and
           wine
           )
           receiue
           their
           heauenly
           vertue
           and
           spirituall
           power
           onely
           from
           Christ
           ,
           and
           now
           differ
           from
           all
           other
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           being
           truly
           and
           verely
           changed
           into
           holy
           and
           diuine
           foode
           ,
           not
           in
           their
           nature
           and
           
           substance
           (
           for
           then
           they
           could
           not
           be
           signs
           if
           they
           were
           changed
           into
           that
           which
           they
           signified
           )
           but
           in
           their
           vse
           and
           service
           which
           is
           spirituall
           (
           and
           such
           a
           change
           no
           other
           creature
           but
           by
           Christs
           own
           ordinance
           can
           possibly
           admit
           or
           bee
           capable
           of
           )
           euen
           so
           the
           ceremoniall
           signs
           or
           gestures
           in
           the
           act
           of
           giving
           or
           receiving
           these
           element●ll
           signs
           thus
           spiritually
           changed
           ,
           do
           differ
           from
           all
           other
           signes
           or
           gestures
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           &
           haue
           from
           Christs
           institution
           a
           heavenly
           or
           spirituall
           power
           conferd
           vpon
           them
           ,
           which
           no
           other
           gesture
           can
           possibly
           be
           capable
           of
           though
           all
           the
           humane
           power
           in
           the
           world
           bestow
           all
           their
           craft
           and
           cunning
           vpon
           it
           .
           For
           this
           power
           is
           proper
           onely
           vnto
           Christ
           and
           not
           communicable
           to
           a
           creature
           ,
           yea
           to
           intimate
           such
           a
           power
           (
           without
           direct
           warrant
           from
           the
           worde
           of
           God
           )
           is
           directly
           to
           band
           themselues
           and
           to
           assemble
           together
           against
           the
           Lord
           and
           against
           his
           Christ
           .
           Either
           prooue
           then
           your
           conformitie
           to
           be
           warranted
           by
           Christ
           ,
           or
           els
           this
           banding
           disposition
           aff●ights
           vs
           from
           giving
           the
           least
           approbation
           therevnto
           .
        
         
           They
           that
           admit
           or
           would
           countenance
           any
           other
           coniunction
           ,
           in
           ,
           by
           ,
           with
           ,
           or
           vnder
           the
           elementall
           signs
           then
           a
           spirituall
           ,
           must
           of
           necessity
           cōtend
           for
           such
           innovation
           in
           the
           ceremoniall
           signe
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiuing
           ,
           as
           may
           hold
           due
           proportion
           with
           that
           conceited
           coniunction
           of
           their
           
           owne
           Imagination
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           that
           this
           carnall
           deuice
           in
           the
           ceremonie
           is
           so
           eagerly
           pressed
           and
           readily
           conformed
           vnto
           ,
           because
           not
           onely
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           the
           learned
           who
           are
           profane
           and
           wicked
           ,
           but
           euen
           the
           godly
           and
           the
           learned
           that
           are
           holy
           ,
           iudge
           of
           the
           lawfullnes
           thereof
           by
           carnall
           sence
           and
           reason
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           the
           rule
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           yea
           I
           would
           be
           hartily
           glad
           to
           meet
           with
           one
           good
           and
           sincere
           argument
           which
           is
           not
           of
           this
           dissposition
           ,
           yet
           I
           doe
           confesse
           I
           haue
           heard
           of
           many
           burnished
           with
           the
           glosse
           of
           humane
           wisdome
           and
           accademicall
           learning
           ,
           which
           makes
           indeed
           the
           verie
           drosse
           of
           nature
           to
           stroute
           it selfe
           out
           because
           it
           glisters
           ,
           and
           so
           looking
           bigg
           upon
           the
           matter
           seems
           to
           very
           many
           like
           the
           verie
           golden
           truth
           .
           But
           can
           the
           best
           quallified
           wisedom
           of
           the
           world
           savor
           the
           things
           that
           are
           of
           God
           ?
           yea
           are
           not
           the
           things
           which
           him self
           taught
           and
           vsed
           or
           ordained
           for
           the
           spirituall
           vses
           of
           his
           Church
           (
           &
           therefore
           onely
           spiritually
           to
           be
           discerned
           )
           meere
           folishnes
           ,
           yea
           verie
           enmitie
           vnto
           nature
           ?
           and
           therefore
           if
           this
           ceremonie
           haue
           not
           a
           diuine
           warrant
           how
           dare
           wee
           conforme
           unto
           it
           ;
        
         
           So
           much
           in
           the
           sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           supper
           as
           euery
           one
           sees
           ,
           so
           much
           he
           receiues
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           they
           that
           see
           nothing
           but
           with
           bodily
           eies
           ,
           or
           perceiue
           no
           further
           then
           naturall
           sence
           and
           wise
           or
           learned
           Iudgment
           giues
           vnderstanding
           .
           
           Receaue
           no
           more
           but
           earthly
           things
           ,
           euen
           the
           elementall
           signe
           ,
           &
           not
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           heauenly
           or
           spirituall
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           the
           more
           holy
           and
           vertuous
           ,
           and
           any
           gesture
           or
           ceremonie
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           and
           whence
           soeuer
           it
           comes
           ,
           is
           comely
           and
           decent
           or
           good
           enough
           for
           such
           a
           peece
           of
           service
           ,
           but
           all
           those
           that
           see
           with
           spirituall
           eies
           ,
           yea
           they
           onely
           receaue
           spirituall
           things
           ,
           and
           they
           dare
           not
           conforme
           to
           any
           gesture
           or
           ceremonie
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           of
           a
           spirituall
           or
           holy
           use
           ,
           and
           such
           none
           can
           be
           ,
           but
           those
           gestures
           and
           ceremonies
           onely
           ,
           which
           are
           ordained
           by
           our
           holy
           God.
           In
           all
           and
           euery
           one
           of
           which
           (
           being
           faithfully
           vsed
           )
           as
           there
           is
           certeinly
           and
           infallibly
           a
           blessing
           to
           be
           obtaind
           ,
           so
           whatsoeuer
           of
           religious
           vse
           is
           known
           not
           to
           be
           ordained
           by
           God
           ,
           but
           onely
           by
           man
           ,
           it
           is
           at
           least
           vtterly
           voide
           of
           all
           spirituall
           blessing
           ,
           if
           not
           filled
           with
           contrary
           effects
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           in
           any
           respect
           to
           be
           conformed
           vnto
           .
           But
           such
           is
           this
           ceremony
           and
           therefore
           vnlawfull
           .
        
         
           They
           that
           conforme
           to
           a
           right
           gesture
           or
           ceremonie
           in
           the
           sacrament
           ,
           and
           want
           the
           inward
           eye
           ,
           mouth
           ,
           and
           hand
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           receiue
           onely
           the
           elements
           with
           Iudas
           ,
           &
           not
           the
           spirituall
           things
           signified
           by
           which
           vnworthines
           ,
           they
           eate
           and
           drinke
           their
           owne
           damnation
           ,
           because
           they
           discern
           not
           the
           Lords
           body
           though
           they
           truly
           discerne
           &
           vse
           the
           Lords
           gesture
           ,
           &
           wil
           not
           by
           any
           means
           conforme
           to
           any
           other
           
           for
           they
           trample
           vnder
           foote
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           an
           unholy
           thing
           ,
           not
           that
           they
           esteem
           it
           so
           in
           their
           minde
           (
           for
           this
           trampling
           is
           inward
           or
           spirituall
           )
           but
           where
           faith
           is
           wanting
           there
           is
           unworthy
           partaking
           ,
           and
           faith
           is
           as
           necessary
           in
           the
           action
           ,
           or
           gesture
           of
           taking
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           act
           it selfe
           :
           for
           this
           whole
           action
           of
           the
           sacrament
           (
           and
           not
           some
           speciall
           or
           principall
           parts
           therin
           )
           is
           the
           evidence
           or
           seal
           of
           our
           assurance
           of
           partaking
           the
           divine
           mysteries
           or
           holy
           things
           signified
           ;
           even
           of
           our
           true
           and
           spirituall
           cōmunion
           with
           Christ
           .
           To
           conforme
           then
           to
           a
           wrong
           gesture
           having
           no
           promise
           of
           any
           blessing
           ,
           cannot
           be
           an
           action
           of
           faith
           ,
           aud
           therefore
           sin
           .
        
         
           
             Eating
          
           and
           
             Drinking
          
           are
           sacramentall
           phrases
           ,
           applying
           that
           to
           the
           soule
           which
           is
           proper
           to
           the
           body
           ,
           but
           doe
           necessarily
           imply
           ,
           that
           there
           must
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           be
           a
           spirituall
           eating
           and
           drinking
           in
           the
           very
           act
           of
           the
           corporall
           eating
           ,
           or
           els
           no
           benefit
           or
           spirituall
           blessing
           can
           possibly
           be
           sealed
           up
           by
           that
           action
           ,
           which
           necessarily
           inferres
           that
           such
           a
           gesture
           is
           onely
           lawfull
           in
           this
           action
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           nature
           thereof
           holds
           proportion
           with
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           and
           hath
           relation
           thereunto
           ,
           which
           onely
           a
           table
           gesture
           doth
           ,
           and
           therefore
           was
           selected
           and
           chosen
           by
           Christ
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           sacrament
           ,
           and
           sanctified
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           onely
           by
           his
           using
           preferred
           before
           all
           other
           ,
           but
           no
           other
           being
           commanded
           in
           
           the
           word
           ,
           it
           is
           thereby
           made
           onely
           usefull
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           to
           be
           conformed
           unto
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           corporall
           or
           visible
           and
           locall
           coniunction
           (
           which
           yet
           cannot
           profit
           the
           soule
           )
           or
           any
           other
           learned
           device
           of
           the
           spiritualtie
           were
           sufficient
           to
           bee
           conceited
           ,
           or
           with
           strong
           imagination
           to
           be
           beleeved
           ,
           then
           indeed
           any
           gesture
           or
           ceremony
           of
           carnall
           devising
           were
           indifferent
           or
           good
           enough
           ,
           and
           might
           safely
           be
           conformed
           unto
           ,
           but
           faith
           being
           invisible
           ,
           lookes
           (
           according
           to
           the
           nature
           thereof
           )
           not
           to
           reason
           and
           sence
           ,
           wisedom
           and
           discretion
           ,
           or
           other
           like
           humane
           considerations
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           things
           that
           are
           invisible
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           all
           the
           actions
           and
           ceremonies
           of
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           dare
           onely
           conforme
           to
           such
           as
           by
           his
           appointment
           who
           is
           invisible
           ,
           haue
           an
           inseparable
           relation
           (
           by
           his
           divine
           institution
           )
           to
           the
           invisible
           things
           signified
           or
           represented
           ,
           yea
           and
           verily
           exhibited
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           dare
           not
           conform
           to
           any
           other
           ,
           though
           by
           the
           learned
           Cleargie
           the
           same
           relation
           be
           appointed
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           Reason
           and
           Sence
           even
           in
           
             Nicodemus
          
           cry
           mainly
           out
           ,
           
             How
             can
             this
             be
             ?
          
           It
           is
           impossible
           .
           And
           in
           others
           ,
           
             Can
             this
             man
             giue
             us
             his
             flesh
             ?
          
           This
           is
           a
           hard
           saying
           ,
           who
           can
           choose
           but
           be
           offended
           at
           it
           ?
           So
           also
           in
           
             Naaman
             ,
          
           Why
           should
           not
           the
           rivers
           of
           
             Damascus
             ,
          
           being
           used
           with
           the
           like
           good
           intention
           and
           purpose
           ,
           be
           as
           full
           of
           vertue
           
           to
           wash
           away
           sin
           or
           leprosie
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           
             Iorden
             ,
          
           it
           is
           but
           an
           idle
           conceit
           of
           guiddy
           heads
           that
           makes
           this
           difference
           ,
           yea
           what
           good
           argument
           can
           any
           such
           finde
           out
           ,
           that
           is
           able
           to
           assure
           their
           consciences
           ,
           they
           do
           well
           in
           suffering
           for
           refusing
           conformity
           herein
           ?
           Even
           so
           concerning
           this
           blessed
           sacrament
           ,
           some
           cry
           out
           ,
           How
           can
           a
           peece
           of
           bread
           ,
           or
           a
           suppe
           of
           wine
           nourish
           my
           soule
           ,
           or
           increase
           my
           faith
           ,
           or
           patience
           ,
           humility
           and
           contentment
           .
           Others
           (
           which
           is
           a
           branch
           springing
           from
           the
           same
           root
           )
           with
           open
           mouth
           exclaim
           ,
           Why
           should
           not
           all
           gestures
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           be
           alike
           ,
           or
           any
           gesture
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           though
           deuised
           by
           man
           )
           be
           indifferent
           ?
           What
           reason
           can
           bee
           given
           that
           one
           should
           be
           better
           then
           another
           ?
           and
           therefore
           why
           should
           not
           kneeling
           be
           as
           good
           as
           the
           table-gesture
           ?
           Here
           wisedom
           ,
           learning
           ,
           discretion
           ,
           reason
           ,
           and
           experience
           ,
           in
           a
           temperate
           and
           graue
           modesty
           ,
           lay
           hand
           upon
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           and
           for
           peace
           sake
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           of
           extremity
           ,
           by
           silence
           doe
           subscribe
           ;
           but
           faith
           knowes
           full
           well
           (
           as
           a
           thing
           never
           denied
           ,
           unlesse
           by
           carnall
           and
           worldly
           minded
           persons
           )
           that
           every
           thing
           is
           therefore
           onely
           good
           ,
           and
           better
           then
           all
           other
           ,
           because
           God
           hath
           commanded
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           nothing
           can
           possibly
           be
           of
           good
           or
           holy
           use
           in
           the
           holy
           worship
           of
           our
           most
           holy
           God
           ,
           but
           that
           onely
           which
           himselfe
           hath
           commanded
           ,
           instituted
           or
           ordained
           ,
           and
           
           therefore
           that
           whatsoever
           (
           of
           religious
           use
           in
           his
           service
           )
           is
           not
           in
           the
           word
           directly
           commanded
           ,
           is
           by
           direct
           consequence
           by
           the
           same
           word
           forbidden
           :
           my
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           every
           action
           of
           Gods
           worship
           is
           either
           performed
           in
           obedience
           or
           disobedience
           :
           if
           it
           be
           in
           disobedience
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           case
           of
           extremity
           and
           danger
           ,
           or
           in
           case
           of
           commodity
           and
           advantage
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           (
           if
           performed
           against
           our
           knowledge
           )
           direct
           rebellion
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Saul
             ?
          
           And
           you
           cannot
           for
           shame
           say
           ,
           that
           your
           conformity
           is
           obedience
           ,
           unlesse
           a
           commandement
           from
           God
           go
           before
           .
           For
           if
           our
           holy
           intentions
           and
           good
           considerations
           and
           purposes
           ,
           or
           zealous
           devotions
           ,
           could
           make
           our
           devised
           gestures
           and
           actions
           in
           Gods
           service
           ,
           works
           of
           obedience
           ;
           which
           of
           all
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Iuda
          
           had
           not
           iust
           cause
           to
           punish
           and
           kill
           the
           Prophets
           for
           reproving
           them
           for
           their
           inventions
           ,
           which
           had
           as
           many
           good
           intentions
           as
           any
           in
           these
           dayes
           can
           haue
           ?
           But
           the
           old
           rule
           holds
           ,
           
             Whatsoever
             is
             not
             done
             in
             faith
          
           (
           especially
           in
           actions
           ,
           gestures
           ,
           and
           ceremonies
           of
           religious
           use
           )
           
             is
             sinne
             .
          
           If
           then
           you
           bring
           faith
           to
           make
           triall
           of
           the
           lawfulnesse
           of
           these
           things
           in
           question
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           hearken
           what
           Canons
           this
           Convocation
           made
           ,
           nor
           regard
           what
           that
           Councell
           decreed
           ,
           or
           what
           such
           a
           State
           commanded
           ,
           or
           such
           reformed
           Churches
           practised
           ,
           or
           those
           reverent
           preachers
           &
           godly
           people
           conforme
           unto
           :
           but
           what
           God
           
           commands
           ,
           or
           what
           saith
           the
           Lord
           in
           his
           word
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           particular
           controversie
           ,
           faith
           retires
           to
           the
           institution
           ,
           wherein
           is
           set
           downe
           upon
           divine
           record
           what
           the
           Apostles
           received
           of
           the
           Lord
           concerning
           the
           gesture
           for
           their
           direction
           in
           laying
           the
           foundation
           for
           the
           ceremony
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           in
           any
           Church
           whatsoever
           :
           yea
           faith
           dare
           not
           conforme
           to
           any
           thing
           of
           divine
           use
           in
           Gods
           publicke
           worshippe
           ,
           without
           Gods
           direct
           warrant
           in
           the
           word
           ,
           though
           all
           the
           wise
           and
           learned
           men
           in
           the
           world
           do
           never
           so
           highly
           commend
           and
           extoll
           it
           .
           So
           that
           if
           it
           be
           not
           done
           in
           obedience
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           done
           in
           faith
           :
           and
           then
           you
           will
           confesse
           it
           is
           sinne
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           know
           we
           may
           not
           conforme
           unto
           it
           ,
           though
           we
           might
           prevent
           thereby
           never
           so
           great
           and
           fearefull
           mischiefes
           ,
           and
           procure
           never
           so
           many
           benefits
           &
           blessings
           :
           &
           it
           cannot
           be
           done
           in
           obedience
           of
           faith
           unlesse
           a
           commandement
           goe
           before
           (
           for
           looke
           whom
           you
           obey
           ,
           his
           servants
           you
           are
           :
           )
           that
           therefore
           cannot
           be
           Gods
           divine
           service
           ,
           which
           God
           doth
           not
           by
           his
           divine
           word
           command
           :
           or
           that
           cannot
           be
           an
           action
           of
           faith
           which
           is
           not
           commanded
           by
           the
           word
           ?
           and
           every
           action
           of
           religious
           use
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           of
           faith
           is
           expressely
           forbidden
           .
           Try
           your selues
           therfore
           whether
           in
           conforming
           to
           kneeling
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           Lords
           holy
           Supper
           ,
           you
           stand
           in
           the
           faith
           or
           no
           :
           
           if
           you
           say
           you
           looke
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           haue
           powred
           out
           your
           soules
           before
           him
           ,
           as
           your
           consciences
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           can
           beare
           you
           witnesse
           ,
           and
           you
           dare
           appeale
           to
           him
           how
           deere
           your
           ministery
           is
           unto
           you
           ,
           and
           how
           loath
           you
           are
           to
           leaue
           your
           flockes
           to
           a
           company
           of
           roaring
           boyes
           ,
           or
           raging
           beasts
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           answer
           ,
           if
           you
           looke
           to
           God
           ,
           then
           you
           must
           look
           to
           him
           in
           his
           word
           :
           (
           for
           else
           whatsoever
           you
           intend
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           intend
           to
           be
           God
           unto
           you
           )
           if
           you
           haue
           not
           his
           warrant
           therein
           ,
           you
           do
           not
           looke
           to
           the
           true
           God
           (
           no
           more
           then
           the
           Barbarian
           or
           Turke
           doth
           )
           but
           do
           make
           a
           very
           Idoll
           of
           him
           ;
           I
           meane
           ,
           our
           God
           doth
           not
           blesse
           or
           approue
           of
           any
           thing
           of
           religious
           use
           in
           his
           worship
           ,
           as
           good
           and
           lawfull
           to
           bee
           conformed
           unto
           ,
           but
           onely
           those
           things
           which
           himselfe
           requires
           in
           his
           word
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           will
           accept
           of
           any
           thing
           which
           is
           not
           commanded
           in
           the
           word
           ,
           is
           an
           Idoll
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           true
           God
           :
           for
           all
           things
           concerning
           him
           or
           his
           worship
           ,
           are
           onely
           made
           known
           to
           his
           Church
           by
           the
           scriptures
           ,
           and
           the
           Churches
           never
           erre
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           want
           the
           commandement
           or
           warrant
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           the
           defect
           whereof
           all
           the
           learning
           ,
           devotion
           ,
           wisedom
           ,
           authority
           ,
           and
           zeale
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           cannot
           supply
           .
           I
           confesse
           you
           make
           goodly
           shewes
           for
           excusing
           your
           conformity
           ,
           but
           what
           haue
           you
           sayd
           ,
           or
           what
           can
           you
           pretēd
           ,
           which
           
             Ieroboam
          
           
           would
           not
           haue
           accepted
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           Priests
           who
           left
           their
           places
           and
           charges
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           conform
           to
           the
           ceremonies
           of
           the
           calues
           ?
           And
           if
           it
           be
           lawfull
           in
           you
           ,
           why
           not
           in
           them
           ?
           I
           confesse
           that
           which
           you
           obiect
           ,
           that
           their
           conformity
           overthrew
           the
           very
           substance
           of
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           but
           not
           that
           (
           you
           will
           not
           say
           )
           which
           was
           inward
           ,
           but
           that
           only
           which
           was
           outward
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           required
           in
           the
           second
           commandement
           :
           for
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           inward
           substance
           was
           (
           in
           the
           intention
           of
           that
           provision
           )
           preserued
           sound
           ,
           but
           the
           forme
           of
           Gods
           outward
           worship
           was
           mainly
           and
           diversly
           I
           confesse
           perverted
           ;
           and
           I
           also
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           your
           conformity
           is
           nothing
           so
           grosse
           and
           abhominable
           as
           theirs
           ,
           yet
           this
           I
           dare
           say
           and
           testifie
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           corrupts
           and
           perverts
           this
           part
           of
           Gods
           worship
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           the
           body
           and
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           :
           so
           that
           though
           they
           differ
           ,
           and
           differ
           very
           greatly
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           onely
           in
           the
           
             Species
             ,
          
           and
           not
           in
           the
           
             Genus
             .
          
           Without
           further
           contention
           therefore
           let
           us
           bring
           it
           to
           the
           true
           rule
           .
           Whence
           doth
           your
           conformitie
           come
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           matter
           concerning
           Gods
           outward
           worship
           and
           divine
           service
           ,
           and
           so
           appertaining
           to
           the
           second
           commandement
           .
           What
           must
           bee
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           :
           for
           if
           the
           cause
           be
           good
           ,
           the
           effect
           is
           good
           :
           faith
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           true
           obedience
           ,
           and
           
           that
           obedience
           or
           conformity
           which
           is
           not
           an
           effect
           of
           faith
           ,
           cannot
           by
           all
           the
           trickes
           and
           devises
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           ever
           be
           made
           good
           (
           for
           where
           the
           cause
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           the
           effect
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           effect
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           the
           cause
           ,
           the
           effect
           can
           never
           bee
           in
           truth
           ,
           whatsoever
           is
           conceited
           or
           pretended
           ,
           where
           the
           cause
           is
           not
           .
           )
           If
           therefore
           kneeling
           as
           it
           is
           urged
           ,
           bee
           an
           effect
           of
           faith
           ,
           then
           haue
           you
           a
           precept
           &
           a
           promise
           for
           it
           is
           in
           the
           word
           ,
           upon
           which
           your
           faith
           is
           grounded
           ,
           and
           so
           your
           obedience
           and
           conformity
           is
           holy
           :
           but
           if
           it
           bee
           not
           in
           this
           very
           kinde
           required
           therein
           ,
           it
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           an
           effect
           of
           faith
           :
           and
           therefore
           set
           the
           best
           face
           you
           can
           upon
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           an
           Idoll
           of
           mans
           invention
           ,
           and
           therefore
           conformitie
           thereto
           upon
           what
           pretence
           ,
           or
           in
           what
           case
           of
           extremity
           soever
           ,
           is
           unlawfull
           and
           wicked
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           confessed
           and
           professed
           publikly
           by
           some
           of
           you
           that
           the
           magistrate
           sins
           greevously
           in
           requiring
           this
           conformity
           .
           but
           yet
           you
           do
           well
           in
           yeelding
           thervnto
           rather
           then
           to
           suffer
           such
           a
           world
           of
           incōveniences
           ,
           which
           you
           wisely
           &
           carfully
           foresee
           wil
           otherwise
           fall
           vpon
           Church
           &
           Cōmonweale
           .
           Cōpare
           your
           case
           with
           former
           times
           ,
           
             Dauid
          
           sinned
           grevously
           ,
           though
           not
           presūptuously
           ,
           as
           I
           think
           some
           of
           you
           do
           not
           ,
           in
           bringing
           the
           arke
           from
           Gibeah
           ,
           in
           a
           new
           Carte
           ,
           this
           Arke
           or
           outward
           worke
           (
           the
           glory
           of
           Israell
           )
           in
           this
           iorney
           was
           so
           dangerously
           shaken
           by
           
           the
           oxen
           (
           at
           the
           threshing
           floore
           of
           
             Ornan
          
           as
           if
           
             Vzza
          
           had
           not
           put
           to
           his
           hand
           it
           was
           like
           to
           haue
           bin
           broken
           all
           to
           peeces
           ,
           did
           not
           
             Vzza
          
           cōmendably
           therfore
           in
           putting
           forth
           his
           hand
           to
           preuent
           such
           a
           mischeif
           ;
           is
           not
           this
           your
           very
           argument
           ?
           many
           inseparable
           euils
           cleaue
           to
           this
           cōsequence
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           stricken
           for
           touching
           the
           ark
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Leuits
           might
           do
           ,
           but
           onely
           for
           the
           manner
           and
           order
           of
           touching
           it
           ,
           being
           in
           a
           cart
           which
           was
           not
           warranted
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           I
           tell
           you
           the
           best
           and
           most
           learned
           men
           in
           the
           whole
           world
           are
           but
           as
           oxen
           ,
           and
           put
           the
           Arke
           of
           Gods
           word
           into
           the
           most
           temperate
           Cart
           of
           their
           newest
           and
           best
           reformed
           Invention
           ,
           they
           will
           grieuouusly
           shake
           the
           verie
           substance
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           Seing
           then
           the
           sacraments
           and
           whatsoeuer
           is
           sacramentall
           (
           as
           a
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receaving
           is
           )
           are
           ordeined
           not
           by
           man
           but
           by
           God
           ,
           not
           for
           any
           worldly
           ,
           carnall
           or
           civill
           respects
           as
           to
           testifie
           our
           obedience
           to
           the
           magistrate
           which
           yet
           I
           confesse
           must
           most
           cheerfully
           be
           manifested
           ,
           but
           meerly
           and
           properly
           for
           spirituall
           vses
           ,
           euen
           to
           nourish
           our
           soules
           by
           sealing
           vp
           unto
           our
           hearts
           the
           assurance
           and
           certeintie
           of
           the
           couenant
           of
           grace
           in
           the
           free
           pardon
           of
           all
           our
           sins
           through
           the
           sole
           merit
           of
           the
           most
           pretious
           blood
           of
           our
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           most
           liuely
           represented
           ,
           and
           truly
           or
           effectually
           exhibited
           to
           every
           faithfull
           beleeuer
           herein
           ?
           let
           
           vs
           hold
           fast
           the
           right
           order
           and
           forme
           of
           administration
           thereof
           in
           all
           the
           signs
           elementall
           or
           ceremoniall
           ,
           euen
           in
           all
           the
           actions
           ,
           gestures
           ,
           or
           ceremonies
           ,
           which
           by
           Christ
           himself
           in
           the
           first
           administration
           being
           vsed
           ,
           and
           neuer
           after
           repealed
           not
           any
           other
           by
           his
           warrant
           established
           come
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           diuine
           institution
           ?
           Ieast
           wittingly
           ,
           though
           wee
           pretend
           vnwillingly
           conforming
           to
           the
           alteration
           of
           the
           signe
           (
           though
           but
           ceremoniall
           )
           wee
           depriue
           our selues
           of
           that
           which
           stands
           in
           relation
           therevnto
           (
           which
           is
           substantiall
           )
           .
        
         
           The
           sacraments
           with
           all
           the
           essentiall
           properties
           therein
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           scepter
           of
           the
           word
           truely
           administred
           ,
           are
           the
           vndoubted
           markes
           or
           proper
           Cognizances
           of
           the
           Churches
           communion
           both
           with
           Christ
           the
           head
           ,
           &
           with
           all
           the
           saints
           making
           one
           entire
           misticall
           body
           ;
           and
           by
           these
           they
           may
           be
           known
           ?
           where
           these
           are
           ,
           is
           a
           true
           Church
           whosoeuer
           say
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           Let
           vs
           therfore
           preserue
           not
           some
           fundamentall
           partes
           onely
           but
           all
           things
           of
           essential
           vse
           herein
           ,
           uncorrupted
           and
           vndefiled
           ,
           euen
           pure
           and
           vnspotted
           ,
           and
           therfore
           neuer
           conform
           to
           wordly
           rudiments
           ,
           carnall
           innovation
           ,
           &
           human
           invention
           in
           any
           part
           of
           Gods
           worship
           lest
           we
           decline
           from
           our
           first
           loue
           ,
           wherein
           we
           vowed
           and
           professed
           to
           haue
           a
           sincere
           respect
           not
           to
           some
           principall
           ,
           but
           to
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           euen
           to
           all
           his
           
           commandements
           ,
           and
           so
           shall
           wee
           rteaine
           the
           infallible
           markes
           of
           the
           true
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           but
           if
           wee
           forsake
           the
           gesture
           or
           ceremonie
           of
           the
           purest
           Church
           that
           euer
           was
           wherein
           the
           heavenliest
           order
           ,
           &
           diuinest
           decency
           that
           euer
           was
           vpon
           the
           earth
           was
           by
           our
           Lord
           and
           Sauiours
           owne
           presence
           and
           practise
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           sanctified
           and
           proposed
           for
           all
           succeeding
           Churches
           to
           follow
           for
           euer
           (
           as
           this
           neuer
           being
           repealed
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           approued
           by
           the
           scriptures
           doth
           plainly
           testifie
           )
           do
           we
           not
           bespot
           and
           obscure
           this
           marke
           of
           our
           visibilitie
           ,
           especially
           by
           conforming
           to
           the
           ceremonie
           (
           or
           the
           likenes
           thereof
           )
           of
           the
           falsest
           ,
           most
           perfidious
           ,
           bloodiest
           and
           most
           Apostate
           Church
           that
           euer
           was
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           ?
           is
           not
           euery
           thing
           which
           is
           of
           religious
           vse
           in
           Gods
           publicke
           worship
           being
           without
           warant
           frō
           the
           word
           erronious
           ?
           and
           doth
           not
           error
           in
           any
           one
           part
           ,
           though
           but
           in
           the
           ceremonie
           ,
           prooue
           a
           direct
           defect
           in
           the
           whole
           sacrament
           ,
           being
           an
           entire
           and
           an
           inseperable
           action
           ?
           if
           therefore
           we
           wittingly
           subscribe
           to
           the
           lawfullnes
           of
           that
           which
           we
           know
           wee
           are
           defectiue
           in
           ,
           we
           haue
           no
           promise
           of
           God
           for
           his
           blessing
           vpon
           vs
           in
           our
           so
           doing
           ,
           yea
           the
           very
           hoping
           of
           mercie
           in
           such
           a
           case
           (
           I
           meane
           where
           there
           is
           no
           ground
           for
           it
           in
           the
           word
           but
           onely
           in
           our
           owne
           intentions
           )
           is
           a
           main
           cause
           of
           Apostacie
           Atheisme
           and
           like
           abominable
           presumptions
           .
        
         
         
           Rytes
           and
           signes
           of
           religious
           vse
           in
           the
           publike
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           ordained
           by
           him
           to
           be
           seales
           (
           for
           as
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           seale
           make
           but
           one
           seale
           ,
           so
           euery
           part
           not
           being
           deuided
           may
           truly
           be
           faid
           to
           be
           the
           seale
           )
           of
           his
           covenant
           and
           instruments
           of
           his
           grace
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           true
           marks
           of
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           though
           the
           true
           Church
           vse
           them
           to
           that
           very
           intent
           ,
           and
           indowe
           them
           with
           the
           verie
           same
           properties
           and
           intentions
           :
           for
           none
           can
           ordain
           a
           sign
           in
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           (
           whethere
           actions
           ,
           gestures
           ,
           or
           any
           kinde
           of
           ceremonie
           of
           holy
           or
           religious
           signification
           ,
           which
           indeed
           are
           peculiar
           marks
           of
           Cognisances
           )
           but
           he
           onely
           that
           is
           able
           to
           giue
           that
           spirituall
           grace
           or
           heavenly
           &
           invisible
           blessing
           which
           is
           represented
           therein
           ,
           or
           signified
           thereby
           .
           Seing
           then
           the
           holy
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receauing
           the
           most
           pretious
           body
           and
           blood
           of
           our
           Lord
           Iesus
           sacramentally
           ,
           is
           on
           all
           sides
           confessed
           to
           be
           significant
           (
           and
           a
           part
           of
           the
           individuall
           seale
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           that
           none
           (
           of
           what
           condition
           of
           quallitie
           soeuer
           )
           may
           ordaine
           it
           ,
           but
           hee
           onely
           who
           is
           able
           to
           giue
           the
           thing
           signified
           or
           receaved
           thereby
           .
           If
           then
           kneeling
           in
           this
           very
           kinde
           ,
           manner
           ,
           &
           order
           as
           it
           is
           vrged
           ,
           be
           not
           ordained
           by
           the
           Lord
           and
           yet
           haue
           a
           spirituall
           signification
           (
           as
           all
           men
           agree
           )
           though
           all
           the
           wisdom
           of
           the
           world
           labor
           to
           grace
           it
           with
           all
           the
           complements
           ,
           than
           art
           ,
           wit
           and
           learning
           ,
           or
           authority
           can
           
           possibly
           conferre
           vpon
           it
           ,
           wee
           may
           not
           conforme
           vnto
           it
           ,
           neither
           is
           it
           a
           marke
           or
           seale
           of
           the
           true
           Church
           but
           a
           blot
           and
           staine
           thereof
           ,
           for
           the
           precept
           and
           promise
           of
           Christ
           haue
           no
           relation
           therevnto
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           those
           gestuers
           and
           other
           ceremonies
           in
           his
           worship
           which
           himselfe
           hath
           ordained
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           other
           may
           be
           with
           safety
           of
           conscience
           conformed
           vnto
           .
        
         
           Nothing
           ,
           of
           religious
           vse
           but
           what
           is
           of
           divine
           institution
           ,
           can
           be
           holy
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           are
           holy
           to
           the
           beleeuer
           though
           wicked
           persons
           administer
           them
           ,
           or
           be
           pertakers
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           if
           God
           haue
           not
           ordained
           it
           to
           be
           of
           religious
           vse
           ,
           in
           that
           very
           manner
           and
           order
           of
           his
           worship
           ,
           it
           is
           profane
           to
           the
           beleeuing
           receiuer
           ,
           though
           the
           holiest
           men
           in
           the
           world
           administer
           it
           ,
           and
           approoue
           thereof
           ,
           for
           therefore
           onely
           is
           any
           thing
           in
           divine
           service
           Gods
           instrument
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           ordained
           it
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           a
           ceremony
           of
           p●aier
           or
           of
           praise
           ,
           of
           receiving
           a
           blessing
           or
           shewing
           thankfulnes
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           of
           humiliation
           or
           of
           ioyfulnes
           ,
           or
           whatsoeuer
           is
           aimed
           at
           therein
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           blessing
           to
           be
           obtained
           where
           none
           is
           promised
           ,
           for
           if
           God
           had
           appointed
           the
           forme
           of
           the
           altar
           of
           
             Damascus
             ,
          
           it
           had
           beene
           as
           good
           and
           holy
           as
           that
           at
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           they
           were
           both
           altars
           and
           the
           same
           sacrifices
           to
           the
           same
           God
           offered
           thereon
           ,
           yet
           differing
           in
           the
           very
           forme
           ,
           made
           the
           whole
           worship
           
           abominable
           :
           therefore
           those
           who
           dare
           so
           confidently
           affirm
           that
           God
           will
           blesse
           our
           conformity
           to
           ceremoniall
           signs
           being
           some
           in
           matter
           ,
           some
           in
           manner
           of
           mans
           meere
           deuising
           ,
           is
           directly
           with
           the
           grossest
           idolators
           to
           adiure
           the
           holy
           ghost
           to
           sanctify
           or
           make
           of
           holy
           vse
           our
           ,
           owne
           carnall
           deuises
           ,
           because
           wee
           aime
           at
           nothing
           but
           deuotion
           therein
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           to
           goe
           a
           whoring
           after
           our
           owne
           Inventions
           ?
        
         
           The
           end
           of
           all
           Gods
           ordinances
           is
           to
           vnite
           vs
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           not
           carnally
           ,
           locally
           ot
           naturally
           ,
           but
           spiritually
           ,
           mystically
           ,
           sacramentally
           or
           holily
           ,
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           contracts
           or
           covenants
           .
           What
           beleeving
           heart
           then
           dare
           conform
           to
           any
           essentiall
           Ryte
           in
           this
           holy
           sacrament
           (
           a
           most
           speciall
           and
           effectuall
           instrument
           of
           increasing
           our
           assurance
           of
           this
           our
           spirituall
           vnion
           with
           God
           through
           Christ
           )
           which
           is
           not
           commanded
           or
           warranted
           by
           the
           scriptures
           ?
           may
           mortall
           men
           ,
           yea
           or
           Angels
           of
           heaven
           ordain
           any
           thing
           to
           be
           done
           in
           remembrance
           of
           Christ
           (
           and
           without
           a
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           this
           whole
           action
           of
           his
           remembrance
           vanisheth
           )
           or
           to
           put
           vs
           in
           mind
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           for
           vs
           ,
           or
           to
           vnite
           and
           knit
           vs
           more
           firmely
           vnto
           him
           ,
           doth
           not
           the
           opening
           of
           this
           gap
           in
           the
           gesture
           ,
           approue
           of
           ,
           and
           (
           not
           whisperingly
           )
           recall
           (
           alwaies
           provided
           that
           a
           Canon
           wash
           and
           wype
           away
           their
           superstition
           and
           Idolatry
           )
           all
           those
           fleshly
           
           and
           carnall
           abhominations
           ,
           which
           our
           forefathers
           and
           Churches
           ,
           both
           Princes
           and
           people
           ,
           haue
           cast
           out
           as
           the
           notorious
           workes
           of
           that
           infamous
           Beast
           ?
           Is
           conformity
           then
           to
           this
           humane
           devices
           in
           the
           gesture
           ,
           the
           very
           best
           way
           you
           can
           devise
           to
           preserue
           the
           Churches
           from
           utter
           ruine
           ?
           Are
           carnall
           inventions
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           this
           cleare
           light
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           the
           very
           best
           course
           to
           preserue
           holy
           Assemblies
           and
           Ecclesiasticall
           Ministery
           ?
           will
           God
           else
           quite
           forget
           to
           be
           gracious
           ?
           Doth
           the
           moisture
           hereof
           onely
           preserue
           his
           hand
           (
           of
           helpe
           and
           power
           )
           from
           withring
           and
           his
           arme
           of
           protection
           from
           being
           shortened
           ,
           do
           you
           verely
           beleeve
           indeed
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           case
           doth
           stand
           ,
           conformity
           to
           the
           liknes
           of
           Idolatrous
           &
           vncleane
           ceremonies
           will
           distinguish
           vs
           from
           Idolatrous
           &
           vnclean
           persons
           ,
           and
           are
           your
           consciences
           perswaded
           that
           this
           plaine
           &
           apparant
           difference
           ,
           and
           direct
           and
           wilful
           dissenting
           from
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           in
           the
           ceremonie
           of
           the
           acte
           in
           receaving
           (
           so
           long
           as
           we
           holde
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           inward
           substance
           sounde
           ;
           and
           free
           it
           in
           teaching
           from
           fundamentall
           corruption
           )
           hauing
           no
           warrant
           from
           scripture
           but
           only
           from
           sence
           ,
           and
           so
           conforming
           to
           a
           gesture
           which
           hath
           beene
           allwaies
           not
           in
           some
           but
           in
           all
           true
           Churches
           of
           ill
           reporte
           will
           this
           course
           I
           say
           giue
           sound
           testimonie
           of
           our
           vnion
           with
           Christ
           as
           our
           head
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           reformed
           Churches
           as
           
           fellow
           members
           ?
           haue
           you
           warrant
           from
           the
           words
           of
           eternall
           life
           for
           this
           perswasion
           ,
           or
           is
           it
           but
           a
           conceite
           of
           your
           owne
           imagination
           arysing
           from
           an
           honest
           affection
           to
           continue
           your
           ministery
           and
           to
           do
           good
           to
           your
           people
           ?
           I
           beseech
           you
           consider
           what
           is
           the
           true
           obiect
           of
           your
           faith
           in
           this
           choice
           which
           you
           haue
           so
           considera●ly
           made
           ?
           for
           if
           faith
           doe
           not
           guide
           you
           heerein
           you
           haue
           done
           an
           abominable
           thing
           ,
           and
           to
           ground
           faith
           on
           any
           thing
           but
           onely
           the
           worde
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           at
           best
           erronius
           ,
           but
           wittingly
           persisted
           in
           ,
           is
           Idolatrous
           ,
           wil
           
             vtrum
             horum
          
           or
           in
           a
           case
           of
           superior
           reason
           satisfie
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           and
           testifie
           for
           you
           that
           you
           are
           not
           gone
           from
           the
           truth
           in
           this
           conformity
           ,
           because
           you
           once
           were
           for
           it
           ?
           search
           the
           scriptures
           you
           were
           best
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           finde
           no
           good
           warrant
           there
           ,
           repent
           and
           returne
           ,
           for
           els
           you
           cannot
           rest
           here
           ,
           but
           do
           the
           best
           you
           can
           you
           shall
           decline
           more
           and
           more
           .
           Remember
           
             Demas
             .
          
        
         
           There
           haue
           been
           indeed
           signes
           or
           sacraments
           ,
           and
           ceremonies
           of
           religious
           use
           in
           the
           publicke
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           were
           variable
           and
           not
           perpetuall
           ,
           but
           differed
           from
           the
           first
           institution
           ,
           and
           came
           in
           and
           went
           out
           as
           the
           times
           and
           occasions
           of
           the
           Church
           required
           ,
           as
           the
           rocke
           was
           called
           Christ
           ,
           the
           sea
           Baptisme
           ,
           the
           brazen
           serpent
           was
           a
           figure
           also
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           divers
           other
           ,
           as
           Manna
           and
           the
           Rocke
           ,
           but
           was
           it
           ever
           heard
           (
           unlesse
           in
           
           the
           mouthes
           of
           false
           teachers
           )
           that
           the
           Churches
           ought
           to
           conforme
           to
           any
           sacraments
           ,
           either
           ordinary
           or
           extraordinary
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           such
           significant
           Rite
           or
           ceremony
           as
           the
           questioned
           gesture
           is
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           expressely
           grounded
           on
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ?
           but
           as
           it
           ever
           was
           no
           great
           or
           strange
           thing
           that
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Divell
           should
           transforme
           themselues
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           teaching
           many
           fundamentall
           truthes
           ,
           and
           by
           many
           pleasing
           passages
           of
           their
           life
           ,
           deceiue
           the
           world
           ;
           yea
           and
           notwithstanding
           their
           abhominable
           workes
           ,
           and
           most
           damnable
           hypocrisie
           ,
           yet
           be
           reputed
           and
           taken
           for
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Righteousnesse
           (
           being
           growne
           so
           absolute
           in
           the
           trade
           of
           Deceitfulnesse
           :
           )
           even
           so
           let
           it
           not
           seem
           any
           wonder
           that
           men
           of
           your
           parts
           and
           gifts
           having
           changed
           your
           mindes
           ,
           do
           labour
           to
           transform
           the
           traditions
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           ceremonies
           or
           rudiments
           of
           the
           world
           into
           the
           very
           likenesse
           of
           the
           ordinances
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           for
           whosoever
           liues
           shall
           see
           greater
           things
           then
           these
           breake
           forth
           in
           you
           .
           But
           as
           nothing
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           can
           possibly
           profit
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           mixed
           with
           true
           faith
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           utterly
           impossible
           that
           iustifying
           faith
           should
           upon
           any
           tearmes
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           respect
           bee
           mixed
           with
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           service
           or
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           grounded
           on
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ;
           if
           then
           your
           contentious
           gesture
           be
           not
           in
           that
           very
           manner
           and
           order
           as
           it
           is
           urged
           ,
           
           warranted
           by
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           ,
           neither
           possibly
           can
           bee
           of
           faith
           ,
           and
           therefore
           may
           not
           for
           prevention
           of
           the
           greatest
           mischiefe
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           bee
           conformed
           unto
           :
           for
           we
           may
           not
           do
           the
           least
           evill
           ,
           though
           the
           greatest
           good
           that
           could
           be
           wished
           ,
           would
           come
           to
           the
           Church
           thereby
           .
        
         
           Some
           please
           themselues
           with
           a
           conceited
           evasion
           from
           the
           phrase
           of
           
             Supper
             ,
          
           earnestly
           contending
           that
           we
           are
           no
           more
           tied
           to
           Christs
           gesture
           ,
           then
           to
           Christs
           supper
           ,
           which
           I
           willingly
           grant
           to
           be
           very
           true
           ,
           even
           that
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           both
           alike
           ;
           but
           yet
           let
           them
           also
           be
           pleased
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           the
           purpose
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           is
           not
           by
           this
           sacramentall
           phrase
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           fittest
           time
           (
           in
           the
           peaceable
           condition
           of
           the
           Church
           )
           for
           the
           administration
           of
           this
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           being
           to
           succeed
           and
           come
           in
           the
           roome
           of
           the
           passover
           ,
           was
           (
           as
           I
           may
           safely
           say
           )
           by
           a
           casuall
           necessity
           inforced
           to
           attend
           the
           evening
           (
           or
           Supper
           )
           passover
           ,
           but
           to
           expresse
           for
           ever
           to
           all
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           this
           sacrament
           is
           the
           solemne
           &
           great
           feast
           of
           the
           Lord
           IEHOVAH
           ,
           wherein
           he
           keepes
           open
           house
           ,
           and
           sets
           forth
           his
           rich
           loue
           ,
           exceeding
           bounty
           ,
           and
           admirable
           greatnesse
           ,
           yea
           immeasurable
           goodnesse
           ,
           by
           the
           surpassing
           excellency
           of
           his
           all-sufficient
           provision
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           hearty
           welcome
           ,
           loving
           countenance
           ,
           kinde
           and
           familiar
           entertainment
           of
           his
           
           beloved
           guests
           ,
           who
           are
           invited
           to
           his
           owne
           table
           ,
           not
           as
           strangers
           ,
           or
           by
           way
           of
           curtesie
           ,
           or
           to
           shew
           his
           magnificence
           and
           bounty
           ,
           but
           as
           his
           deerest
           and
           most
           respected
           friends
           ,
           to
           whom
           onely
           he
           admits
           this
           particular
           and
           speciall
           familiarity
           ;
           must
           not
           therefore
           of
           necessity
           (
           I
           speake
           but
           by
           the
           way
           )
           their
           gesture
           in
           this
           action
           hold
           correspondencie
           with
           ,
           and
           haue
           relation
           unto
           a
           feast
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           table
           ,
           and
           to
           beloved
           friends
           ,
           of
           whose
           hearty
           welcome
           this
           whole
           action
           (
           whereof
           the
           gesture
           is
           a
           part
           )
           is
           a
           most
           certaine
           assurance
           .
           Yet
           the
           word
           
             Supper
          
           is
           not
           put
           in
           at
           random
           ,
           or
           accedentally
           ,
           but
           purposely
           and
           for
           speciall
           instruction
           ,
           to
           teach
           the
           Church
           for
           ever
           ,
           that
           as
           usually
           their
           greatest
           and
           most
           solemne
           sumptuous
           feasts
           ,
           wherein
           they
           desired
           to
           expresse
           and
           manifest
           the
           superabundance
           of
           their
           loue
           ,
           and
           entire
           good
           will
           ,
           were
           not
           at
           dinners
           but
           at
           suppers
           :
           so
           this
           great
           feast
           or
           supper
           of
           the
           Lord
           doth
           affoord
           to
           every
           worthy
           partaker
           a
           most
           plentifull
           and
           abundant
           increase
           of
           all
           those
           graces
           and
           heavenly
           comforts
           ,
           which
           are
           formerly
           or
           elsewhere
           obtained
           by
           any
           other
           of
           Gods
           ordinances
           whatsoever
           :
           and
           that
           there
           is
           no
           where
           the
           like
           provision
           to
           be
           sound
           againe
           (
           for
           even
           aske
           the
           father
           what
           you
           can
           ,
           here
           it
           is
           to
           be
           had
           )
           he
           that
           neglects
           this
           ,
           must
           never
           looke
           for
           the
           like
           againe
           any
           where
           else
           .
           Now
           I
           beseech
           you
           (
           I
           meane
           those
           that
           stand
           so
           
           much
           upon
           sence
           and
           reason
           )
           consider
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           very
           high
           ,
           yea
           intollerable
           presumption
           for
           any
           invitant
           to
           thinke
           any
           thing
           wanting
           in
           this
           princely
           feast
           of
           this
           King
           of
           eternall
           glory
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           take
           upon
           him
           either
           to
           ad
           matter
           of
           substance
           ,
           or
           ornamēt
           ,
           or
           order
           ;
           &
           having
           seen
           the
           carriage
           and
           gesture
           of
           the
           kings
           owne
           person
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           his
           most
           honourable
           guests
           ,
           yet
           in
           a
           conceit
           of
           his
           owne
           wisedom
           ,
           learning
           ,
           and
           experience
           (
           having
           perhaps
           been
           a
           farre
           traveller
           )
           undertakes
           to
           set
           downe
           a
           more
           seemly
           and
           decent
           ceremony
           for
           the
           gesture
           or
           behaviour
           of
           the
           guests
           ,
           then
           then
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           by
           his
           owne
           presence
           approved
           and
           appointed
           :
           dare
           wee
           conforme
           to
           the
           practise
           of
           such
           a
           device
           as
           lawful
           ,
           &
           good
           ,
           especially
           being
           very
           like
           the
           behauiour
           of
           the
           most
           mortall
           and
           deadly
           enemy
           that
           the
           King
           hath
           ?
           Your
           conformitie
           therefore
           may
           bee
           farre
           fetcht
           and
           deere
           bought
           ,
           but
           yet
           not
           good
           for
           Lord
           nor
           Lady
           ,
           nor
           any
           Invitant
           ,
           at
           this
           heavenly
           banquet
           .
        
         
           Whatsoever
           of
           essenciall
           necessity
           was
           in
           the
           first
           institution
           ,
           &
           no
           alteration
           therof
           is
           in
           the
           word
           of
           God
           recorded
           ,
           nor
           any
           varying
           therefrom
           warranted
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           mentioned
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           for
           imitation
           :
           yea
           the
           approbation
           therof
           by
           Christ
           our
           Lord
           ,
           is
           not
           onely
           a
           sufficient
           warrant
           for
           the
           lawfulnes
           ,
           holines
           ,
           or
           decencie
           and
           goodnesse
           thereof
           ,
           but
           a
           direct
           binding
           
           precept
           to
           use
           it
           ,
           yea
           it
           onely
           ,
           and
           a
           plaine
           prohibition
           for
           ever
           ,
           upon
           any
           occasion
           or
           condition
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           conforme
           to
           any
           other
           .
           For
           as
           Christ
           his
           using
           it
           made
           it
           holy
           and
           good
           ,
           so
           none
           but
           hee
           onely
           can
           either
           make
           it
           unseemly
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           gesture
           lawfull
           or
           comely
           .
           Consider
           therefore
           ,
           yet
           not
           by
           reason
           and
           sence
           (
           for
           they
           though
           never
           so
           wise
           and
           learned
           ,
           are
           but
           blind
           Iudges
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           )
           but
           by
           the
           unerring
           iudgement
           of
           true
           faith
           ,
           (
           which
           begins
           where
           these
           end
           )
           whether
           any
           gesture
           can
           beseeme
           a
           guest
           ,
           a
           friend
           ,
           a
           familiar
           ,
           yea
           a
           sonne
           or
           daughter
           of
           yeares
           and
           good
           understanding
           ,
           at
           the
           Table
           and
           feast
           ,
           yea
           at
           the
           great
           supper
           (
           of
           the
           immortall
           King
           indeed
           ,
           but
           yet
           )
           of
           our
           deere
           ,
           loving
           ,
           and
           well
           pleased
           Father
           ,
           so
           well
           as
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           being
           not
           onely
           directly
           intimated
           in
           these
           mysticall
           phrases
           of
           significant
           vse
           ,
           viz.
           
             Feast
             ,
             Supper
             ,
             Table
             ,
             Communion
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           but
           purposely
           also
           recorded
           to
           be
           the
           practise
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           his
           Apostles
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           and
           never
           altered
           or
           questioned
           ,
           till
           the
           manifest
           declaration
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           which
           was
           many
           hundred
           yeares
           after
           ,
           who
           indeed
           by
           solemne
           decree
           or
           canon
           ,
           did
           ordain
           that
           a
           table
           gesture
           should
           be
           left
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           ,
           and
           having
           set
           up
           another
           Christ
           in
           his
           breaden
           devise
           ,
           he
           appoints
           kneeling
           in
           the
           stead
           thereof
           to
           bee
           onely
           conformed
           unto
           .
           Now
           as
           Christ
           his
           using
           that
           gesture
           (
           the
           word
           no
           
           where
           commanding
           any
           other
           )
           is
           a
           divine
           warrant
           for
           the
           goodnes
           thereof
           :
           so
           Antichrists
           ordaining
           this
           (
           and
           the
           word
           of
           God
           not
           commanding
           it
           )
           is
           a
           divine
           prohibition
           ,
           never
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           to
           conforme
           unto
           it
           upon
           any
           tearmes
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           case
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           Wee
           do
           not
           conforme
           to
           the
           blessed
           Apostles
           
             Paul
          
           or
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           or
           to
           our
           most
           godly
           and
           learned
           pastors
           ,
           in
           vsing
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           but
           onely
           followe
           them
           because
           they
           follow
           Christ
           ,
           whose
           most
           holy
           and
           vnerring
           practise
           )
           not
           any
           where
           in
           all
           the
           scripture
           altered
           )
           we
           hold
           to
           be
           his
           expresse
           will
           ,
           and
           directly
           contained
           in
           his
           commandement
           ,
           
             Doe
             this
             ,
          
           wherein
           he
           left
           it
           not
           to
           the
           discretion
           of
           the
           Apostles
           or
           their
           successors
           ,
           to
           dispose
           of
           the
           gesture
           ,
           as
           times
           or
           occasions
           should
           require
           ,
           but
           to
           prevent
           al
           colour
           of
           innouation
           (
           which
           he
           ful
           well
           foresaw
           matchlesse
           Ambition
           would
           audaciously
           presume
           to
           bring
           in
           ,
           &
           Machiuillian
           pollicie
           would
           arrogantly
           contend
           to
           continue
           )
           he
           purposely
           administred
           this
           sacrament
           first
           himself
           both
           in
           the
           elements
           and
           gesture
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           to
           the
           verie
           best
           and
           moste
           vnreproueable
           president
           ,
           in
           all
           controuersies
           about
           this
           or
           any
           other
           ceremonie
           herein
           )
           the
           Churches
           might
           retire
           and
           haue
           recourse
           ,
           still
           to
           his
           owne
           practise
           for
           their
           safe
           direction
           and
           full
           satisfaction
           ,
           for
           euer
           ,
           so
           that
           as
           in
           matter
           of
           doctrine
           you
           do
           most
           worthely
           answer
           the
           papists
           ,
           with
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             
             Lord
             '
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Lord
           neuer
           required
           this
           ,
           so
           we
           say
           to
           you
           in
           the
           ceremonie
           ,
           thus
           did
           our
           Lord
           ,
           he
           vsed
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           &
           there
           is
           no
           mention
           in
           the
           scripture
           that
           euer
           kneeling
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           was
           vsed
           ,
           therefore
           seeing
           ,
           
             Non
             fuit
             sic
             ab
             initio
             ,
          
           wee
           dare
           not
           with
           any
           limitation
           or
           fauorable
           construction
           conforme
           vnto
           it
           ,
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           nowe
           a
           time
           in
           the
           act
           of
           institution
           ,
           to
           vse
           gestures
           at
           randome
           ,
           or
           ceremonies
           of
           indifferencie
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           which
           is
           primarily
           or
           principally
           ,
           and
           therfore
           (
           vnlesse
           himself
           giue
           warrant
           to
           the
           contrary
           )
           perpetually
           necessary
           ,
           for
           euen
           now
           was
           he
           to
           set
           vpon
           the
           greatest
           worke
           that
           euer
           he
           did
           .
           Hath
           he
           then
           at
           this
           verie
           time
           ,
           by
           his
           owne
           personall
           practise
           ,
           bequeathed
           to
           all
           his
           Churches
           for
           ever
           (
           in
           this
           leagacie
           of
           his
           infinite
           ,
           eternall
           and
           incomprehensible
           loue
           )
           the
           ceremoniall
           signe
           of
           a
           table
           gesture
           ?
           where
           is
           then
           the
           faith
           and
           vnderstanding
           of
           these
           learned
           scribes
           ,
           and
           the
           deepe
           wisdom
           of
           these
           great
           disputers
           become
           ,
           who
           reuerently
           lapping
           vp
           the
           table
           gesture
           in
           a
           faire
           white
           Cloth
           ,
           cast
           it
           aside
           into
           a
           corner
           of
           their
           vestrie
           (
           that
           if
           it
           euer
           come
           in
           request
           againe
           ,
           they
           know
           where
           to
           fetch
           it
           )
           and
           most
           eagerly
           contend
           for
           kneeling
           in
           the
           stead
           thereof
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receaving
           this
           blessed
           sacrament
           was
           neuer
           approoued
           of
           in
           any
           Catholike
           Church
           thorow
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           till
           the
           darknes
           of
           the
           grossest
           Idolatry
           
           that
           euer
           was
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           ,
           had
           brought
           confusion
           into
           the
           whole
           publicke
           worship
           and
           service
           of
           God
           through
           the
           Ambitious
           Tyranny
           ,
           of
           that
           man
           of
           sin
           ,
           yet
           doe
           I
           not
           by
           any
           means
           inferre
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           being
           ignorant
           of
           the
           abhomination
           that
           lies
           lurking
           in
           this
           very
           gesture
           ,
           and
           being
           therefore
           perswaded
           of
           the
           indifferency
           or
           lawfulnesse
           thereof
           ,
           do
           conform
           thereto
           ,
           doe
           not
           also
           receiue
           comfortably
           and
           effectually
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           faith
           ,
           the
           very
           things
           themselues
           which
           are
           signified
           ;
           onely
           I
           hold
           it
           a
           sin
           of
           their
           ignorance
           (
           which
           God
           regardeth
           not
           )
           and
           therfore
           beseech
           them
           better
           to
           consider
           of
           it
           hereafter
           ,
           seeing
           the
           table
           gesture
           had
           been
           indifferent
           ,
           yea
           unseemly
           ,
           yet
           the
           practise
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           using
           onely
           it
           and
           no
           other
           ,
           makes
           it
           now
           most
           decent
           ,
           and
           without
           all
           exception
           ,
           yea
           onely
           to
           be
           conformed
           unto
           before
           all
           other
           ,
           unlesse
           a
           divine
           warrant
           can
           bee
           brought
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           that
           all
           gestures
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receiving
           were
           indifferent
           ,
           Christ
           he
           makes
           choyce
           of
           a
           table
           gesture
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           his
           very
           using
           it
           ,
           sanctifies
           it
           ,
           and
           makes
           it
           of
           holy
           use
           :
           Antichrist
           he
           mislikes
           it
           ,
           and
           takes
           up
           in
           the
           stead
           thereof
           kneeling
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           very
           using
           of
           it
           profanes
           it
           ,
           and
           makes
           it
           uncleane
           ;
           for
           he
           being
           the
           greatest
           Idolater
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           appropriated
           it
           ro
           the
           grossest
           Idolatry
           that
           ever
           was
           .
           Now
           I
           beseech
           all
           you
           that
           are
           indifferent
           ,
           
           
             utrum
             horum
             ?
          
           Did
           CHRIST
           our
           Lord
           blesse
           the
           whole
           action
           ,
           or
           some
           principall
           partes
           thereof
           onely
           ?
           Consider
           therefore
           not
           by
           naturall
           reason
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           eye
           of
           supernaturall
           aith
           ,
           how
           far
           this
           precept
           ,
           
             Do
             this
             ,
          
           extends
           ,
           whether
           to
           the
           whole
           action
           of
           the
           sacrament
           or
           to
           the
           elemetall
           signes
           onely
           ;
           or
           if
           so
           be
           ,
           to
           some
           of
           the
           ceremoniall
           signs
           ,
           as
           setting
           aparte
           ,
           breaking
           ,
           powring
           out
           ,
           and
           giving
           ,
           why
           not
           to
           the
           rest
           also
           in
           taking
           or
           receaving
           ?
           or
           if
           to
           some
           of
           them
           as
           to
           the
           considerate
           beholding
           or
           looking
           on
           ,
           reuerent
           taking
           ,
           cheerful
           eating
           and
           comfortable
           drinking
           ,
           why
           not
           to
           the
           very
           gesture
           also
           ;
           or
           if
           you
           cannot
           but
           grant
           ,
           that
           a
           gesture
           ,
           or
           some
           gesture
           is
           included
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           this
           precept
           ,
           why
           then
           not
           that
           gesture
           which
           our
           Lord
           and
           Sauiour
           vsed
           at
           the
           very
           time
           of
           geving
           this
           precept
           ,
           rather
           then
           that
           (
           or
           the
           similitude
           thereof
           )
           which
           that
           man
           of
           sin
           the
           verie
           child
           of
           perdition
           invented
           and
           ordeined
           ,
           for
           this
           is
           a
           most
           undoubted
           truth
           ,
           looke
           how
           farre
           the
           commaundement
           extends
           ,
           so
           farre
           doth
           the
           blessing
           of
           the
           commander
           euen
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           our
           Lord
           extend
           ,
           and
           no
           further
           .
           Therefore
           whatsoeuer
           in
           the
           same
           sacrament
           you
           haue
           not
           a
           commandement
           for
           (
           and
           is
           of
           necessary
           vse
           therein
           )
           you
           haue
           no
           promise
           from
           Christ
           for
           his
           blessing
           thereon
           ,
           dare
           wee
           then
           conforme
           to
           a
           gesture
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           not
           promised
           to
           
           blesse
           ,
           yea
           which
           being
           not
           warranted
           by
           his
           word
           he
           will
           verely
           curse
           and
           bring
           contempt
           vpon
           though
           all
           the
           world
           blesse
           it
           ;
        
         
           I
           confesse
           the
           table
           gesture
           doth
           not
           so
           liuely
           expresse
           and
           call
           to
           remembrance
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           his
           torments
           and
           breaking
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           his
           greevous
           passion
           and
           sheading
           of
           his
           most
           pretious
           bloud
           ,
           as
           some
           other
           ceremoniall
           signes
           do
           ,
           for
           which
           cause
           it
           was
           not
           ordained
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           and
           the
           breaking
           of
           the
           bread
           and
           powering
           out
           of
           the
           wyne
           ,
           were
           appointed
           as
           perfectly
           sufficient
           for
           that
           purpose
           and
           vse
           ,
           but
           no
           other
           gesture
           in
           the
           world
           can
           possibly
           so
           liuely
           expresse
           our
           communion
           with
           Christ
           our
           Lord
           through
           our
           assured
           pettaking
           truely
           and
           really
           the
           verie
           things
           themselues
           and
           the
           whole
           merit
           thereof
           ,
           which
           spiritually
           are
           represented
           and
           exhibited
           to
           euery
           faithfull
           receauer
           in
           the
           visible
           elements
           ,
           assuring
           vs
           that
           they
           are
           as
           verely
           ours
           as
           if
           wee
           had
           done
           ,
           and
           suffered
           the
           same
           things
           our selues
           ,
           which
           are
           herein
           called
           to
           our
           remembrance
           .
           Let
           not
           conformity
           therefore
           to
           any
           other
           gesture
           intimate
           a
           grevous
           indiscretion
           in
           Christ
           ,
           either
           in
           leauing
           this
           waightie
           matter
           vncerteine
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           varied
           according
           to
           the
           humors
           of
           times
           ,
           or
           if
           making
           it
           certeine
           ,
           then
           in
           choosing
           ,
           and
           so
           causing
           ,
           all
           his
           Apostles
           (
           representing
           all
           the
           communicants
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           )
           to
           conforme
           to
           a
           gesture
           in
           the
           act
           
           of
           receaving
           nothing
           so
           de●rnt
           and
           seemly
           as
           that
           which
           Antichrist
           ordained
           ,
           especially
           nothing
           so
           comely
           and
           significant
           as
           the
           similitude
           thereof
           ,
           which
           others
           hauing
           purged
           ,
           haue
           also
           canonized
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           institution
           of
           this
           holy
           sacrament
           there
           was
           nothing
           vsed
           or
           approued
           by
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           holy
           &
           necessary
           ,
           and
           neuer
           being
           by
           him
           repealed
           ,
           is
           still
           most
           pretious
           .
           Let
           all
           that
           loue
           him
           labour
           to
           keepe
           it
           from
           the
           vile
           ,
           and
           neuer
           conforme
           to
           any
           humane
           deuise
           in
           the
           stead
           thereof
           ,
           which
           all
           the
           canons
           of
           all
           the
           learned
           men
           in
           the
           world
           cannot
           possibly
           make
           a
           holy
           or
           pretious
           vse
           .
           It
           is
           necessary
           for
           al
           that
           desire
           to
           be
           saued
           or
           to
           haue
           (
           by
           worthy
           pertaking
           this
           sacrament
           )
           assurance
           of
           falvation
           ,
           to
           haue
           good
           assurance
           for
           their
           certeine
           persvvasion
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           vvhom
           therefore
           in
           al
           hearty
           humility
           pray
           and
           beseech
           ,
           that
           they
           labor
           and
           striue
           to
           get
           the
           vvedding
           garment
           ,
           and
           it
           vvill
           quickly
           teach
           them
           the
           supper
           gesture
           .
        
         
           
             Revel
             .
             14
             ▪
             3.
             
          
           
             And
             they
             sang
             as
             it
             were
             a
             new
             song
             before
             the
             throne
             and
             before
             the
             fowre
             beasts
             and
             the
             Elders
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             could
             learne
             that
             song
             but
             the
             hundred
             forty
             and
             fowre
             thouand
             which
             were
             bought
             from
             the
             earth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Verse
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             These
             are
             they
             which
             are
             not
             defiled
             
             with
             woemen
             for
             they
             are
             Virgins
             ,
             these
             follow
             the
             Lamb
             whither
             soeuer
             he
             goeth
             ,
             these
             are
             bought
             from
             men
             ,
             being
             the
             first
             fruits
             vnto
             God
             ,
             and
             vnto
             the
             Lamb.
             
          
        
         
           
             Verse
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             And
             in
             their
             mouth
             was
             found
             no
             guile
             for
             they
             are
             without
             spot
             before
             the
             throne
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             Ezek.
             16.
             2.
             
          
           
             Sonne
             of
             man
             ,
             cause
             Ierusalem
             to
             knowe
             her
             abominations
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ps
             .
             64.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Hide
             me
             from
             the
             conspiracie
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             rage
             of
             the
             workers
             of
             iniquity
             which
             haue
             whet
             their
             tongue
             like
             a
             sword
             ,
             and
             shoote
             for
             their
             arrowes
             bitter
             words
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hebr
             ,
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Thou
             hast
             put
             all
             things
             in
             subiection
             vnder
             him
             ,
             and
             left
             nothing
             that
             should
             not
             bee
             subiect
             to
             him
             .
             Epes
             .
             1.
             22.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A20466-e140
           
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             5.
             19
             
          
           
             Eph.
             5.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             12.
             35.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             17.
             17.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             2.
             11.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             15.
             30
             
          
           
             heb
             .
             3
             13.
             15
             with
             Act.
             3.
             22.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             4.
             25.
             
          
           
             Ro.
             4.
             23.
             ver
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             ps
             .
             119.
             113.
             
          
           
             ps
             .
             119.
             104.
             120.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             4.
             2.
             with
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             Act.
             26.
             28.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             32
             
          
           
             Luk.
             24.
             25
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             53.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             12.
             43.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             5.
             44.
             
          
           
             vers
             .
             47.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             4.
             50.
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             psal
             .
             95.