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nmittine to fine the Praifes of God with a to-
Se Voice had been no fin, if their determination
had not made it fo.
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* He tells us, that foch fingmg is nc-
Bar, 2/y.
Either it was neceflary before the Church apnointed
it, or their appointment made it fo»
If it was neceflary in it felf, previous to that appoiEiment,ihen
there were forae reafons ground-
Jd upon Scripture to make it DecefTary before
that appointment was made } and then I hope
thev are able to produce them, that we may
•indRc of their validity as well as ihemfelves.
Bat if their firaple appointment thereof, and
aBteement thereto, makes iheir fmging with a
toi..bie Voice necefTary, and a part of dinne
worOiip,
I hope thofe that did never concern
themfelvesin that agreement, except to oppofc
it are not under any obligation fo to hng.
Vor, granting things enjoined, antecedently to
their injanftion, to be indifferent in their own
nature, and at the Churches liberty, and then
afterwards to give reafons taken from themfelves
as from their decency and order, tlieir
conducivenefs to Edification, their tendency to
the encreafe of Devotion, their fignificancy ot
this or that, is to fpeak amazing contradiQ-i-
^"'And to make things neceflary by an agreement
of the major part of the Church, not en-
Sined by the Word of God, is an aft purely
of Power : And fo far as it is aflirmed to be a part
of divine Worfliip, it is an InvaCon upon the
Regal Authority of the Son of Cod.
Is not thi?thc very Aigument that all th?