§. XXVIII.
The Worship of the Quakers.So that to conclude, The Worship, Preaching, Praying and Singing, which we plead for, Is such as proceedeth from the Spirit of God, and is always accompanied with its Influence, being begun by its Motion, and carried on by the Power and Strength thereof; and so is a Worship purely spiritual: Such as the Scripture holds forth, John iv. 23, 24. 1 Cor. xiv. 15. Ephes. vi. 18. &c.
Our Adversaries Worship.But the Worship, Preaching, Praying and Singing, which our Adversaries plead for, and which we oppose, Is a Worship which is both begun, carried on, and concluded in Man’s own natural Will and Strength, without the Motion or Influence of God’s Spirit, which they judge they need not wait for; and therefore may be truly performed, both as to the Matter and Manner, by the wickedest of Men, Such was the Worship and vain Oblations which God always rejected, as appears from Isa. lxvi. 3. Jer. xiv. 12. &c. Isa. i. 13. Prov. xv. 29. John ix. 31.