Zions rjghts and babels rvine, or, The Church restored to her primitive lustre a treatise concerning the essence and subsistence of the christian church defecated and purged from the dregges of erroneous humane invention and erected by the vnerrable patterne of the Word of God / by William Fenwick.
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Zions rjghts and babels rvine, or, The Church restored to her primitive lustre a treatise concerning the essence and subsistence of the christian church defecated and purged from the dregges of erroneous humane invention and erected by the vnerrable patterne of the Word of God / by William Fenwick.
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Fenwick, William, 1616 or 17-ca. 1682.
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London :: Printed by A. N. for Lawrence Blacklocke and Edw. Husbands ...,
1642.
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Church -- Early works to 1800.
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How this Worship is correspondent to the
nature of God.
The Lord doth shew it in the fourth of John 23. and 24.
saying, the true worshippers, shall worship God in spirit and
truth, that is in the Spirit of sanctification dwelling in the
mind, helping our infirmities with sighes and groanes, which
cannot be exprest; and in the truth of his Word dwelling in
us in all wisedome and spirituall understanding, such as these
the Father requireth should worship him, because God is a
Spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spi∣rit
and truth, and not in the ignorance of the mind, nor in
the invention and will-worship of man; For this cause the
Psalmist saith in the 51 6. Thou O Lord lovest truth in the in∣ward
affections; and in the 50. Psalme he saith, Offer to God
the sacrifice of praise, and pay the vowes of the most high, and
call upon God; for the Lord loveth truth in the inward parts.
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This is the pure and simple worship of God, without the
glory and beautie of outward Ceremonies, agreeing with the
simple pure essence and nature of God himselfe.
Consider wel Pauls Caveat in the Coloss. 2, 8. 18. 20, 21, 22
23. warning all men to beware of humane wisedome, and
deceitfull inventions and traditions, according to the Rudi∣ments
of the world, and not after Christ; the outward shew
of holinesse which puffes up mens hearts with selfe-conceit,
being burthened with traditions, which having a glorious
shew of holinesse, of wisedome and voluntary religion,
wherein men are out of measure superstitious in zeale, not
sparing their bodily labour.