ge vnto me / I maye not
awaie with your newe moones. &c. I hate your holie dayes / &c.
Thus dothe god reiect the seruice apointed in his worde /
because it was done without faithe. If the seruice and worshippe
of God taughte in his worde maie be done with out faithe / and
therfore displease god / mutch moore these worshippinges which
haue not their ordinaunce in godds worde ar done withe out
faithe / therfor do displease godd: for faithe hathe no place at
all where goddes worde is not: now these inuentions of men be
they neuer so glorious to the eye / they be not ordeyned in
godds worde / they can not therfor be doone in faythe / they can
not please god /
[[uuhat so euer is not of faith is synne. Ro. 14.]]
yea god dothe abhorre them / and accompte them as an
abhomination / because they be not so done / in faithe I meane
In faithe they be not done / because they are not taughte in
godds worde / for where ther is no worde of god there is no
faithe / and where no faithe is / there is no worshippe of
godd / but a filthie hypocrisie / and stinking abhomination.
Nowe let the papistes shewe that ther masse is a worshippe of
god / taughte in his worde / whiche we saie plainlie that they
can not do / let them do it therfore if they can / and when they
haue do yt / then will we saye with them: But vntill they haue
done it / their masse shall remaine a filthie and stinkinge
abhomination before the lorde / and suche a thinge as the lorde
dothe deteste and abhorre. If so be that we will do honour and
worshippe vnto men / we are accustomed principallie to obserue
with what thing they are moste delighted / which thinge after
that we haue perceiued / we do it / and then do we thinke to
haue bestowed our labour wel when we haue done it: God is
delighted onlie with that seruice which he hathe set forthe in
his worde / wherfore he that will do godd acceptable seruice /
muste do that which his worde teachethe / and in suche wise as
it techethe / els as the lorde by the Prophet Esaie sayeth / he
dothe detest and abhorre their sacrifices.
[[Isay. 1.]]
And to proue that the masse with all such popishe baggadge is
verye Idolatrie / I neade not to bring mani reasons / for this
one thing dothe easelie teache it. There is no true god that
wilbe worshipped with this popishe seruice: for the true liuinge
god hathe in his worde plainlie apointed the maner howe he wilbe
worshipped / in wich word this masse / and their popishe pelf is
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