their freedom from the yoke of the nempe Legis ceremonialis jugo, cui ceremonial law, to which the Jew- subjecta erat Ecclesia Judaica, exish Church was subjected;' and in imuntur;' majoremque confidengreater boldness of access to the tiam ad thronum gratiæ accedendi, throne of grace, and in fuller com- sed et effusiorem gratuiti Spiritus munications of the free Spirit of Dei communicationem sunt conseGod, than believers under the law cuti, quam ordinarie sub Lege fidid ordinarily partake of.3 deles participarunt.'

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II. Deus solus Dominus est conscientiae, quam certe exemit doctrinis

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II. God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments et mandatis hominum, ubi aut verbo of men which are in any thing contrary to his Word, or beside it in matters of faith or worship.' So that to believe such doctrines, or to obey such commands out of conscience, is to betray true liberty of

ejus adversantur, aut in rebus fidei et cultus quicquam ei superaddunt. Unde qui ejusmodi aut doctrinas credunt, aut mandatis obtemperant, quasi ad id ex conscientia teneantur, veram ii conscientiæ libertatem produnt. Qui autem vel fidem implicitam, vel obedientiam absolutam cœand blind obedience, is to destroy camque exigunt, næ illi id agunt, ut cum conscientiæ, tum rationis etiam destruant libertatem."

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conscience; and the requiring of

an implicit faith, and an absolute

liberty of conscience, and reason also.

III. They who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, do practice any sin, or cherish any lust, do thereby destroy the end of Christian liberty; which is, that, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, we might serve the Lord without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life."

Gal. iv. 1-3, 6, 7; v. 1; Acts xv. 10, 11. "Heb. iv. 14, 16; x. 19-22.

III. Qui sub prætextu Christianæ libertatis, cuivis aut cupiditati indulgent aut pcccato assuescunt, eo ipso libertatis Christianæ finem corrumpunt; nempe ut e manibus inimicorum nostrorum liberati, Domino in sanctimonia et justitia coram ipso omnibus diebus vitæ nostræ absque metu serviamus."

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'Col. ii. 20-23; Gal. i. 10; v. 1; ii. 4, 5; Psa.
[Am. ed. omits of.]
[v. 1.

9 Rom. x. 17; xiv. 23; Isa. viii. 20; Acts
xvii. 11; John iv. 22; Hos. v. 11; Rev.
xiii. 12, 16, 17; Jer. viii. 9.

10 Gal. v. 13; 1 Pet. ii. 16; 2 Pet. ii. 19; John

viii. 34; Luke i. 74, 75.

IV. And because the power' IV. Quoniam vero potestates quas which God hath ordained, and the Deus ordinavit, et libertas quam acliberty which Christ hath purchased, quisivit Christus non in eum finem are not intended by God to destroy, a Deo destinatæ sunt ut se mutuo but mutually to uphold and preserve perimant, verum ut se sustentent ac one another; they who, upon pre- conservent invicem; Qui itaque sub tense of Christian liberty, shall op- libertatis Christianæ prætextu popose any lawful power, or the law-testati cuivis legitimæ (civilis sit sive ful exercise of it, whether it be civil Ecclesiastica) aut legitimo ejusdem or ecclesiastical, resist the ordinance exercitio contraiverint, ordinationi of God.' And for their publishing divinæ resistere censendi sunt," Quiof such opinions, or maintaining of que vel ejusmodi opiniones publicasuch practices, as are contrary to verint, praxesve defenderint, quæ luthe light of nature, or to the known mini naturæ, aut religionis Christiprinciples of Christianity, whether ana de fide, de cultu, aut moribus concerning faith, worship, or con- principiis notis, aut pietatis denique versation; or to the power of god-vi ac efficacia adversantur; vel ejusliness; or such erroneous opinions modi opiniones praxesve erroneas, or practices, as, either in their own quæ aut sua natura aut publicationis nature, or in the manner of pub- defensionisve modo, externæ paci ac lishing or maintaining them, are eutaxiæ, quas in Ecclesia sua stabidestructive to the external peace livit Christus, perniciem minitantur; and order which Christ hath estab- omnino licitum est tum ab iis facti lished in the Church; they may rationem reposcere, tum in eos qua lawfully be called to account, and censuris Ecclesiasticis,' qua civilis proceeded against by the censures magistratus potestate animadverof the Church,' and by the power tere.

* Matt. xii. 25; 1 Pet. ii, 13, 14, 16; Rom. xiii. 1-8; Heb. xiii. 17.

Rom. i. 32 with 1 Cor. v. 1, 5, 11, 13; 2 John v. 10, 11; and 2 Thess. iii. 14, and 1 Tim. vi. 3-5, and Titus i. 10, 11, 13 and iii. 10, with Matt. xviii. 15-17; 1 Tim. i. 19, 20; Rev. ii. 2, 14, 15, 20; iii. 9.

'Deut. xiii. 6-12;

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Rom. xiii. 3, 4, with 2 John v. 10, 11; Ezra vii. 23-28; Rev. xvii. 12, 16, 17; Neh. xiii. 15, 17, 21, 22, 25, 30; 2 Kings xxiii. 5, 6, 9, 20, 21; 2 Chron. xxxiv. 33; xv. 12, 13, 16; Dan. iii. 29; 1 Tim. ii. 2; Isa. xlix. 23; Zech. xiii. 2, 3.

[Am. ed. omits and by the power of the Civil Magistrate, also the proof-texts.]

CHAPTER XXI.

Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day.

CAP. XXI.

De cultu religioso et de Sabbato.

I. Constat quidem naturæ lumine

I. The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lord- esse Deum qui in universa Priship and sovereignty over all; is matum obtinet ac absolutum Dogood, and doeth good unto all; and minium, eundemque bonum esse ac is therefore to be feared, loved, omnibus beneficum, proindeque toto praised, called upon, trusted in, and corde, tota anima, totisque viribus served with all the heart, and with timendum esse et diligendum, lauall the soul, and with all the might.' dandum ac invocandum, eique fiBut the acceptable way of worship- dendum esse ac serviendum.' At ing the true God is instituted by rationem verum Deum colendi achimself, and so limited to his own ceptabilem ipse instituit, itaque vorevealed will, that he may not be luntate sua revelata definivit, ut coli worshiped according to the imagi- non debeat secundum imaginationes nations and devices of men, or the ac inventa hominum, aut suggessuggestions of Satan, under any tiones Satana, sub specie quavis visible representations or any oth- visibili, aut alia via quaviscunque er way not prescribed in the Holy quam scriptura sacra non præScripture.* scripsit.

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II. Religious worship is to be II. Cultus religiosus Deo Patri given to God, the Father, Son, and Filio et Spiritui sancto, eique soli Holy Ghost; and to him alone: est exhibendus, non angelis, non not to angels, saints, or any other sanctis, neque alii cuivis creaturæ,* creature and since the fall, not nec ipsi Deo quidem post lapsum without a Mediator; nor in the citra Mediatorem, aut quidem per mediation of any other but of Mediatorem alium quam Jesum Christ alone.' Christum.

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* Deut. xii. 32; Matt. xv. 9; Acts xvii. 25; Phil. iv. 6.

iubet ab hominibus universis;' quæ, quo Deo grata sit et accepta, est in nomine Filii,' subsidio spiritus ejus,3

men;' and that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son, by the help of his Spirit,' according to his will, with under-et secundum ipsius voluntatem,* cum standing, reverence, humility, fer- intellectu, reverentia, humilitate, fervency, faith, love, and persever- vore, fide, amore, ac perseverantia ance; and, if vocal, in a known offerenda; et quidem, si vocalis sit, tongue." in lingua nota est efferenda.*

IV. Prayer is to be made for things lawful,' and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter; but not for the dead,' nor for those of whom it may be known that they have sinned the sin unto death.10

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IV. Preces pro rebus non nisi licitis sunt faciendæ,' pro hominibus autem cuiuscunque generis, vivis scilicet, aut etiam victuris aliquando; pro mortuis autem neutiquam; sed neque pró iis, de quibus constare possit eos peccatum ad mortem perpetrasse.1o V. The reading of the Script- V. Scripturarum lectio cum tiures with godly fear;" the sound more pio;" verbi prædicatio sopreaching;" and conscionable hear-lida," ejusdemque auditio religiosa ing of the Word, in obedience unto ex obedientia erga Deum, cum intelGod with understanding, faith, and lectu, fide et reverentia; Psalmoreverence;" singing of psalms with rum cum gratia in corde cantatio," grace in the heart; as, also, the prout etiam Sacramentorum, quæ due administration and worthy re- Christus instituit, debita adminiceiving of the sacraments instituted stratio, et participatio digna, sunt by Christ; are all parts of the or- divini cultus religiosi partes, et quidinary religious worship of God: dem ordinarii." Religiosa insuper besides religious oaths," vows," sol- juramenta," votaque;" solennia je

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2 John xiv. 13, 14; 1 Pet. ii. 5.

Rom. viii. 26.

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Psa. xlvii. 7; Eccles. v. 1, 2; Heb. xii. 28;
Gen. xviii. 27; James v. 16; i. 6, 7; Mark

xi. 24; Matt. vi. 12, 14, 15; Col. iv. 2;
Eph. vi. 18.

1 Cor. xiv. 14.

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92 Sam. xii. 21-23 with Luke xvi. 25, 26; Rev. xiv. 13.

1 John v. 16.

"Acts xv. 21; Rev. i. 3.

12 2 Tim. iv. 2.

13 James i. 22;

Heb. iv. 2;

Acts x. 33; Matt. xiii. 19; Isa. lxvi. 2.

14 Col. iii. 16; Eph. v. 19; James v. 13.

15 Matt. xxviii. 19; 1Cor. xi. 23-29; Acts ii. 42.

16 Deut. vi. 13 with Neh. x. 29.

* 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2; John xvii. 20; 2 Sam. vii. 17 Isa. xix. 21 with Eccles. v. 4, 5; [Am. ed.

29; Ruth iv. 12.

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Acts xviii. 18.-Am. ed. reads and vows].

emn fastings, and thanksgivings | junia,' solennesque gratiarum acupon several occasions;' which are, tiones, pro varietate eventuum' suo in their several times and seasons, quæque tempore ac opportunitate to be used in an holy and religious sancte quidem ac religiose sunt adhibenda.