SECT. I. II.
THE third Argument is, because all humane ceremonies, appropriated to God service, if they be ordained to teach any spirituall duty by their mysticall signification, are unlawfull. Concerning this, vve haue in the first Section a flourish of words.
In the second Section, some thing is said of Math. 7 8 10 11. But •• vvhat vvas the reason that this Confuter of the Abridge∣ment, should passe by or put off the first and second reason or confirmation there alledged, and snatch at one place of Scripture, vvhi•••• his but a parcell of those confirmations vvherewith the se∣cond reason is backed? The first confirmation in the Abridge∣ment is, that the second commandement forbids us to make to our selues the likenesse of any thing whatsoever for religious use: as it is understood by Bucer, Virel, Fulk, Andrewes and others. The second confirma∣tion is, that Christ is the onely Teacher of his Church, and appointer of all meanes whereby we should be taught and admonished of any tholy du∣ties. For illustration of this second reason, among twenty other allegations, something is brought out of Math. 7. Now the Def. passeth by the maine reasons, and all other allegations that belon∣geth to them, and maketh a stand at this place of Mat. 7, vvhich yet for substance hath once been handled before in the former Chapter. Is not this proper confuting?
Secondly, in this very text, he toucheth not that wherein one∣ly the Abridgment groundeth their reason. For in the Abridge∣ment, p. 32. there is nothing cited out of Mark. 7, but the 4 and 7 verses; he answereth to the 8 10 and 11 verse. What should a man say to such dealing?
Thirdly, they say that our Saviour by this Argument (among others) condemnes the Iewish purifyings and ••ustifieth himselfe and his disciples in refusing that ceremonie, because being (the precept of men) it was taught and used as a doctrine by way of signification, to teach what inward purity should be in them, and how they ought to be clean∣sed from the pollutions of the Heathen. For which interpretation of the place, they alledge Chrysostome, Whitakers, the Church of Wit∣tenberg. Calvin, Virel, Zepperus, Fulk, Rainoldus and others. To all this the Def. answereth nothing, but that with a simple denyall, he sheweth that there were other causes vvhy our Saviour con∣demned those vvashings: which is the very same thing vvhich the Abridgement affirmeth, vvhen they say, by this Argument among others, our Saviour condemned them. So that in all this