[ 1249] Men hardly drawn out of old customs and forms in Re∣ligious Worship.
IT is reported of the King of Morocco,* 1.1 that he told the English Ambassadour, in King Iohns time, that he had lately read St. Pauls 〈◊〉〈◊〉, which he liked so well, that were he to chuse his Religion, he would embrace Christianity: But, saith he, every one ought to die in the faith wherein he was born. So it is with many amongst us, they are perswaded they ought, and are resolved they will live and die in those customs and waies,* 1.2 wherein they were born: and so they may do, nay, so they must do; provided that such customs and forms, whereunto they seem to be so fast glued, be according to the pattern in the Mount, the revealed will of God: But it is to be feared, that such are more addicted to Customs then Scriptures, chusing rather to follow what hath been, though never so absurd and irregular, then con∣sider what should be, though never so orthodox and uniform.