XXVIII.
"And what are we to believe concerning _Sunday_ (the Lord's day,) and other similar ordinances and ceremonies of the church?
To this inquiry we reply, the bishops and clergy may make regulations, that order may be observed in the church, not with the view of thereby obtaining the grace of God, nor in order thus to make satisfaction for sins, nor to bind the consciences, to hold and regard this as a _necessary_ worship of God, or to believe that they would _commit sin_ if they _violated_ these regulations without offence to others.

Thus St.Paul to the Corinthians (1 Cor.xi.

5,) has ordained that _women shall have their heads_ covered in the congregation; also, that ministers should not all speak at the same time in the congregation, but in an orderly manner, one after another.
"It is becoming in a Christian congregation to observe such order, for the sake of love and peace, and to obey the bishops and clergy in these cases, and to observe these regulations so far as not to give offence to one another, so that there may be no disorder or unbecoming conduct in the church.

Nevertheless, the consciences of men must not be oppressed, by representing these things as _necessary to salvation_, or _teaching that they are guilty of sin, if they break these regulations without offence to others;_ for no one affirms that a woman commits sin who goes out with her head uncovered, without giving offence to the people.

SUCH ALSO IS THE ORDINANCE CONCERNING SUNDAY, Easter, Whitsunday, and similar festivals and customs.