༄ be what it may, sanctions what is contrary to the commandment, what is debasing to the mind, and what destroys the simplicity of worship. My brethren of the Roman Catholic Church will not perhaps deem it presumption in me that I take the liberty of calling their attention to this matter:-as for my Protestant brethren, they need not to be warned by me, for they have long ago entered their protest against this idol practice: I shall therefore only remind them. that it is forbidden that the dumb observances;-only orderly proceeding*, and simplicity and singleness of heart ‡, and patience, and kindness, and meekness, and hope, and joy§, long suffering || and rejoicing for ever. ¶ * 1 Cor. xiv. 40. + 2 Cor. i. 17, 2 Cor. xi. 3, and Wisdom of Solomon i. 1. Acts ii. 46, Eph. vi. 5. § Rom. xii. 10. || Col. i. 11, 2 Cor. xii. 9, 10, 11, and xi. 30, &c. Col. i. 24, and 2 Cor. xiii. 4. Phil. iv. 4, Thess. v. 16. END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. |