The Account Audited and Discounted, Exercitation 2 · Section 24-28
Sect. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. The fourth occaſion of the miſtake (he ſays) is the uſe, &c.
WHat was ſaid of the two foregoing Sections, may be alſo ſaid of theſe four; the Doctor ſayes nothing to what I ſaid againſt him, but repeats and refers his Reader to what he had ſaid in his other Tract: or very little more, that needs to be taken notice of; I ſhall onelyonly note theſe few things. p. 170. n. 2.1. He ſays, [the foreign, as it denotes ſuperfluity of ceremonies, is not pleaded for by him,] yet in his 26. Sect. of Will-worſhip, ſays, [I cannot acknowledge that word (foreign,) is taken by Epiphanius, in an ill ſenſe.] Surely then, either Epiphanius or the Doctor, muſt allow and plead for ſuperfluity of ceremonies, for that's part of the word. If foreign, were good, yet foreign, is bad; and foreign, having influence upon the foreign, as well as upon foreign, muſt needs in that reſpect be ill; will deviſed ſuperfluous Ceremonies are evill, as well as will deviſed Worſhip: The will (he ſaid) in ſuch caſes muſt bear the blame, as afore. 2. n. 3.The fault then was not onelyonly that they taught them as doctrines (of God) and laying them as burthens on others (though if they did ſo, that was bad enough) but that they made them alſo parts of worſhip: [In vain no they worſhip me.] 3. Our Saviour taxing them, for theſe very things, their will-worſhip, n. 4.and Superfluity of that worſhip, ſurely Epiphanius would not take it, in a good ſenſe, to approve what Chriſt condemned. 4. The Doctor who had before made [the main crime of the Phariſees to be, n. 6.their proud deſpiſing of other men, not ſo godly as themſelves,] makes a ſecret retreat, and confeſſes, [Hypocrifie was the Phariſees chief crime, and withal the fewel to their pride and deſpiſing of others,] as I had ſaid; which I the rather note, becauſe it is ſo rare for him to acknowledge any mistake, but rather to juſtifie what he ſays. But ſays he, [doing ſome things not commanded, was no part of their hypocrifie.] Some things not commanded, is a blinde; he ſhould have ſaid, ſome worſhip not commanded; for that our Saviour blames them: And the doing of ſome things not commanded, was the fruit (though no part) of their Hypocrifie; the ſuperfluity and ſupererogations of their Traditions, was the very mantle of their hypocrifie, p. 171. n. 8.as I ſaid. 5. As for the Aſidaei. 1 Macc. 2.42. ſome read it foreign, the Jews; others Aſchidaei (as Junius) who were not of the Phariſees Sect; but notes (ſays he) thoſe Profugos, that for Religions ſake were ſcattered here and there; for Aschid (ſayes he) ſignifies diffuſum: Theſe are deſcribed, firſt, foreign, more of ſtrength or valour, in Iſrael, and then well minded to the law. But the Phariſees were not ſuch Warriors, that I read of: And he renders, foreign, qui voluntariè adhaerebant legi, and ſuch as fled from the wiced, ver. 43. Theſe being zealous for their Law, their Religion, joyn'd themſelves to Mattathias. [Liſted themſelves voluntarily,] n. 9.(ſayes the Doctor,) to defend the Law by Arms. And this every one that was able was bound to do, in that caſe: and then it was their duty, and no uncommanded performance; much leſs uncommanded worſhip. The ſum is this, every one that was ſtrong, and godly, well minded to the Law, as he was bound, did voluntarily liſt themſelves under that Captain, to defend the Law: and this makes nothing for the Doctors ſenſe, of [volunteers to the Law,] much leſs for uncommanded worſhip. Theſe indeed are commended, that they did ſo freely offer themſelves to defend their Law, &c. Juſt as Zebulun and Naphtali in Deborahs. ſong, Judg. 5.18. [A people that jeoparded their lives, unto the death, in the high places of the field.] But if the text be well conſidered, it makes nothing for voluntary performances, much leſs for uncommanded Worſhip. n. 10.6. I cannot but obſerve one thing more, that the Doctor waves my 28. Sect. alſo, as to the ſubſtance of it, becauſe he cannot anſwer it, viz. The progreſs of will worſhip in general, with the application of it to himſelf, and his party; both in the text and marginable reference; which he thinks not good to meddle with, in both places; and therefore paſſes it over in ſilence.