Furthermore as the wisedome of God hath thought it the best way, to keepe his people from infection of idolatrie, to make them most vnlike the idolaters: so hath the same wisedome of God thought good that to keepe his people in the vnitie of the truth, there is no better way, than that they should be most like one to another, and that as much as possibly may be, they should haue all the same ceremonies. And therefore Sainct Paule to establish this order in the Churche of Co∣rinth,* 1.1 that they shoulde make their gat〈1 line〉〈1 line〉erings for the poore vpon the firste day of the Sabboth (which is our Sunday) alleadgeth this for a reason, that he had so ordeyned in other Churches, so th〈1 line〉〈1 line〉t as children of one father, and scruantes of one family he will haue all the Churches, not onely haue one dyet, in that they haue one word, but also weare (as it were) one liuerie in vsing the same ceremonies.
You take vpon you to tell what the wisedome of God is, withoute any warrante of gods word, which is presumptiō. I told you before, that in outward shew and 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉orme the Israelites had many things like vnto the Gentiles, which cannot be denyed. U∣nitie of Ceremonies is to be wished in all Churches, though it be not so necessary: for from the beginning there hath bin therein great varietie: but s〈1 line〉〈1 line〉eing it is a thing so greatly to be desired, why are you an occasion of the contrary? why do you not sub∣mit your sel〈1 line〉〈1 line〉e to the Church, that vnitie in all things may be obserued.