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Whatsoever is made by man in a Religious Worship it is rejected of God,* 1.1 there must be nothing of mans making in Divine Worship;* 1.2 the very spirit and life of the second Commandement it consists in this, Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image. Thats one instance in the matter of
Worship, but by that we are to understand any thing in Divine Worship, we must not make to our selves; (I say) there lies the very life, and the very spirit of the second Commandement the making to our selves; if God will ap∣point Ceremonies significant to put us in mind of Heaven∣ly things,* 1.3 and stir up our hearts on high, we are to use them with reverence and respect; but if we will presume to do things as God hath done; that's the ground of all su∣perstitious Ceremonies, because they find God makes some, they think that they may presume to make others to imitate God; now it is a sin against the second Com∣mandement for us to presume to make any thing in mat∣ters of Divine Worship.
Obs.
Mans inven∣tions in the Wor∣ship of God rejected.
The 2d Comman∣dement.