§. XXVII.
But Lastly, The great Advantage of this true Worship of God, which we profess and practise, is, that it consisteth not in Man’s Wisdom, Arts or Industry; No Splendor of this World attends this inward Worship.neither needeth the Glory, Pomp, Riches, nor Splendor of this World to beautify it, as being of a spiritual and heavenly Nature; and therefore too simple and contemptible to the natural Mind and Will of Man, that hath no Delight to abide in it, because he finds no Room there for his Imaginations and Inventions, and hath not the Opportunity to gratify his outward and carnal Senses: So that this Form being observed, is not likely to be long kept pure without the Power; for it is of itself so naked without it, that it hath nothing in it to invite and tempt Men to dote upon it, further than it is accompanied with the Power. The carnal Worship pleases Self.Whereas the Worship of our Adversaries, being performed in their own Wills, is self-pleasing, as in which they can largely exercise their natural Parts and Invention: And so (as to most of them) having somewhat of an outward and worldly Splendor, delectable to the carnal and worldly Senses, they can pleasantly continue it, and satisfy themselves, though without the Spirit and Power; which they make no Ways essential to the Performance of their Worship, and therefore neither wait for, nor expect it.