The traditions of men...

The traditions of men...

The following excerpt is from C. H. Spurgeon's
Treasury of David, on Psalm 81, verse 4--

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of
Jacob. It was a precept binding upon all the tribes that a sacred
season should be set apart to commemorate the Lord's mercy; and
truly it was but the Lord's due, he had a right and a claim to
such special homage.

When it can be proved that the observance of Christmas,
Whitsuntide, and other Popish festivals was ever instituted by
a divine statute, we also will attend to them, but not till then.
It is as much our duty to reject the traditions of men, as to
observe the ordinances of the Lord. We ask concerning every rite
and rubric, "Is this a law of the God of Jacob?" and if it be not
clearly so, it is of no authority with us, who walk in Christian
liberty.