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among themselves, to celebrate sacrifices ac- 

 cording to the Law ; and the Christians have 

 a sanction among themselves also, to celebrate 

 the devotions according to their Gospel. But 

 the Banians comply with neither of these sanc- 

 tions, because placing a sanctity in custom and 

 opinion, not well considering that the world was 

 made for man, and not man for the world ; meats 

 for the belly, and not the belly for meats. This 

 in some measure might reform their error, and 

 undeceive deluded posterity, hudled under the 

 false gloss of custom and opinion. On the other 

 hand, as every man has a natural right and crea- 

 tional privilege as lord of the creation ; so no 

 man has a creational right, nor natural priviledge 

 to make his appetite the rule for destruction* 

 Providence allows due supplies to every man ; 

 but no man can warrant or justify his riot. 



Theoph* Were this argument approv'd of, it 

 would, I suspect, overthrow our design of an*- 

 gling. 



Arn~ Not at all ; for my opinion is, the argu- 

 ment it self manifestly strengthens it. The tex 

 calls to Peter, Arise, kill and eat ; and Peter ob- 

 jects against what's common and unclean : But 

 Peter was answered by a voice from heaven, 

 Nothing was unclean that God had cleansed. 

 Sacrifices and oblations were under the seal of 

 the Law, but the last supper and miracle shined 



