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         Dopping, Anthony, 1643-1697.
      
       
         
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             A form of reconciliation of lapsed Protestants and of admission of Romanists to the communion of the Church of Ireland / written by the Right Reverend Father in God Anthony Lord Bishop of Meath.
             Dopping, Anthony, 1643-1697.
          
           [2], 86 p.
           
             Printed and are to be sold by Andrew Crook ... and by Eliphal Dobson ...,
             Dublin :
             1691.
          
           
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           A
           FORM
           OF
           RECONCILIATION
           OF
           Lapsed
           Protestants
           ,
           AND
           OF
           ADMISSION
           OF
           Romanists
           To
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           IRELAND
           .
        
         
           
             Written
             by
             the
             Right
             Reverend
             Father
             in
             God
          
           Anthony
           
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
          
           Meath
           .
        
         
           DVBLIN
           ,
           Printed
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Andrew
             Crook
          
           at
           Their
           Majesties
           Printing-house
           on
           Ormonde-Key
           ,
           and
           by
           
             Eliphal
             Dobson
          
           a●
           the
           Stationers-Arms
           in
           Castle-street
           ,
           1601.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           FORM
           OF
           Reconciliation
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THere
           was
           never
           any
           signal
           Deliverance
           afforded
           by
           God
           Almighty
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           proved
           an
           occasion
           of
           greater
           piety
           to
           the
           devout
           and
           sincere
           Christian
           ,
           so
           it
           stir'd
           up
           a
           desire
           in
           such
           as
           were
           either
           it
           's
           open
           enemies
           ,
           or
           disguised
           friends
           ,
           to
           joyn
           themselves
           in
           external
           communion
           with
           the
           true
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           delivered
           from
           their
           oppressions
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           we
           read
           of
           a
           mixt
           multitude
           that
           joyned
           themselves
           
           to
           the
           Jews
           and
           went
           up
           with
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Land
           of
           Egypt
           :
           These
           certainly
           were
           no
           others
           than
           some
           of
           the
           Egyptians
           and
           other
           nations
           ,
           who
           having
           seen
           the
           miracles
           wrought
           by
           Moses
           ,
           and
           being
           convinced
           by
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           whose
           favour
           so
           many
           amazing
           prodigies
           had
           been
           effected
           ,
           thought
           it
           their
           wisest
           course
           to
           forsake
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           joyn
           themselves
           with
           the
           Professors
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Samaritans
           that
           disclaim'd
           all
           friendship
           and
           alliance
           
           with
           the
           Jews
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           
           of
           their
           distress
           ,
           did
           notwithstanding
           
           court
           and
           implore
           their
           favour
           ,
           pretended
           to
           be
           of
           the
           of
           the
           same
           religion
           and
           communion
           with
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           restored
           to
           the
           liberty
           of
           their
           religion
           ,
           and
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           their
           properties
           in
           their
           own
           countrey
           :
           And
           it
           
           was
           foretold
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           ,
           that
           their
           deliverance
           out
           of
           Captivity
           should
           be
           so
           wonderful
           to
           the
           Heathen
           Nations
           round
           about
           them
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           invite
           vast
           numbers
           of
           them
           to
           joyn
           themselves
           to
           their
           communion
           :
           And
           what
           was
           thus
           foretold
           so
           long
           before
           their
           return
           out
           of
           the
           Babylonish
           Captivity
           ,
           did
           accordingly
           come
           to
           pass
           after
           their
           deliverance
           ,
           for
           many
           of
           the
           
           Nations
           that
           before
           were
           their
           
           Enemies
           ,
           did
           declare
           themselves
           in
           favour
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           desired
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           their
           communion
           .
           And
           as
           it
           happen'd
           thus
           with
           the
           Jews
           before
           the
           coming
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           it
           was
           so
           likewise
           with
           the
           Christian
           Church
           after
           it
           :
           For
           300
           years
           she
           enjoyed
           little
           of
           delight
           or
           quiet
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           few
           or
           none
           embraced
           her
           Religion
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           did
           it
           on
           a
           pure
           principle
           of
           conscience
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           secular
           profit
           or
           advantages
           ;
           but
           when
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           became
           nursing
           Fathers
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           the
           Religion
           by
           making
           Laws
           for
           its
           security
           ,
           and
           countenanc'd
           
           the
           professors
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           large
           priviledges
           and
           promotions
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           then
           many
           of
           the
           Heathens
           flock'd
           to
           its
           communion
           ,
           and
           embraced
           the
           profession
           of
           it
           ;
           not
           because
           they
           loved
           it
           better
           than
           their
           own
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           saw
           it
           enjoyed
           the
           countenance
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           the
           ready
           way
           to
           those
           honours
           and
           advantages
           which
           they
           knew
           they
           must
           want
           in
           the
           profession
           of
           their
           own
           :
           This
           having
           been
           the
           state
           and
           condition
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           former
           Ages
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           will
           be
           again
           the
           consequent
           of
           that
           great
           deliverance
           that
           God
           has
           afforded
           her
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           it
           being
           reasonable
           to
           presume
           
           that
           those
           who
           never
           were
           of
           her
           communion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           who
           Apostatized
           from
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           desirous
           to
           be
           received
           into
           her
           communion
           :
           The
           latter
           out
           of
           a
           principle
           of
           shame
           and
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           the
           former
           out
           of
           desperation
           ,
           as
           being
           out
           of
           all
           hopes
           of
           seeing
           their
           Religion
           to
           flourish
           again
           among
           us
           ,
           especially
           since
           it
           received
           so
           remarkable
           a
           disappointment
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           when
           they
           flattered
           themselves
           with
           the
           hopes
           of
           an
           entire
           establishment
           of
           it
           .
           And
           because
           it
           is
           fit
           that
           some
           penance
           should
           be
           imposed
           on
           those
           that
           forsook
           us
           in
           time
           of
           danger
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           method
           propounded
           for
           the
           admission
           of
           those
           that
           
           never
           were
           of
           our
           communion
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           former
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           a
           due
           sense
           of
           their
           sin
           and
           danger
           ,
           and
           the
           latter
           encouraged
           to
           continue
           in
           our
           communion
           ,
           I
           shall
           therefore
           presume
           to
           offer
           my
           thoughts
           upon
           this
           point
           ,
           and
           lay
           down
           such
           a
           Scheme
           for
           the
           admission
           of
           them
           both
           ,
           as
           may
           serve
           the
           present
           necessities
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           'till
           the
           wisdom
           of
           the
           Convocation
           shall
           prescribe
           another
           in
           its
           stead
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           this
           I
           shall
           consider
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             What
             the
             Ancient
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             was
             ,
             in
             receiving
             Penitents
             that
             had
             fallen
             from
             her
             .
          
        
         
           2ly
           ,
           
             How
             far
             that
             Discipline
             is
             at
          
           
           
             present
             practicable
          
           .
        
         
           3ly
           ,
           
             What
             methods
             are
             most
             proper
             to
             be
             used
             for
             the
             admission
             of
          
           Papists
           ,
           
             or
             the
             reconciling
             of
          
           Apostates
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           handling
           of
           the
           first
           head
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           design
           to
           insist
           
           upon
           all
           the
           particulars
           of
           the
           ancient
           discipline
           of
           Penance
           ,
           for
           that
           would
           be
           a
           laborious
           and
           voluminous
           work
           ,
           but
           shall
           only
           mention
           such
           branches
           of
           it
           as
           may
           be
           serviceable
           to
           my
           present
           design
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           that
           I
           consider
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           there
           were
           peculiar
           
           places
           appointed
           for
           the
           Penitents
           and
           Catechumens
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           some
           difference
           indeed
           there
           is
           in
           the
           number
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           Councils
           of
           
           Nice
           and
           Ancyra
           mention
           only
           three
           ,
           because
           they
           did
           not
           esteem
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           weepers
           to
           be
           any
           order
           of
           penitents
           ,
           but
           rather
           as
           Candidates
           and
           expectants
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           they
           are
           said
           by
           Tertullian
           ,
           to
           be
           
             in
             vestibulo
             panitentiae
          
           ,
           rather
           in
           the
           way
           and
           passage
           to
           it
           ,
           than
           reckon'd
           up
           as
           a
           distinct
           Order
           of
           them
           :
           But
           the
           great
           St.
           Basiil
           takes
           notice
           of
           four
           ,
           viz.
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           &
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             Weepers
             ,
             Hearers
             ,
             Prostrates
          
           and
           Consistents
           ,
           and
           so
           doth
           Balsamon
           in
           his
           notes
           on
           the
           Council
           of
           Neocaesaria
           .
           To
           these
           
             Greg.
             Thaumatur
             gus
          
           adds
           a
           fifth
           order
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           Communicants
           ,
           tho'
           they
           cannot
           properly
           
           be
           reckon'd
           any
           Order
           of
           penitents
           ,
           but
           should
           rather
           be
           esteemed
           as
           persons
           that
           have
           performed
           their
           penance
           ,
           and
           so
           were
           admitted
           to
           an
           entire
           communion
           with
           the
           Church
           ;
           but
           notwithstanding
           this
           difference
           in
           the
           number
           ,
           it
           is
           agreed
           on
           all
           hands
           that
           there
           were
           several
           places
           appointed
           for
           the
           several
           Orders
           of
           penitents
           .
        
         
           These
           places
           and
           stations
           were
           introduced
           into
           the
           
           Church
           long
           before
           the
           Council
           of
           Nice
           ,
           or
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           's
           time
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           disputes
           between
           the
           Novatians
           and
           the
           Catholicks
           concerning
           the
           reception
           of
           the
           Lapsi
           ,
           and
           the
           Story
           of
           Philip
           
           the
           Emperour
           in
           Eusebius
           ,
           who
           
           tells
           us
           that
           the
           Bishop
           would
           not
           admit
           him
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Church
           before
           he
           had
           made
           a
           confession
           of
           his
           sins
           and
           stood
           in
           the
           place
           of
           penitents
           .
           And
           it
           is
           plain
           by
           the
           forementioned
           Canon
           of
           Nice
           ,
           that
           it
           rather
           supposeth
           them
           as
           things
           of
           long
           use
           and
           practice
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           then
           prescribes
           any
           new
           rules
           or
           directions
           about
           them
           :
           And
           as
           they
           were
           introduced
           very
           early
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           so
           they
           continued
           in
           practice
           much
           longer
           in
           the
           Western
           than
           the
           Eastern
           Church
           ,
           for
           the
           three
           first
           were
           abrogated
           in
           the
           fifth
           Century
           ,
           soon
           after
           the
           days
           of
           Nectarius
           Patriarch
           of
           Constantinople
           ;
           
           but
           they
           continued
           in
           the
           Western
           Church
           till
           the
           ninth
           Century
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           Capitulars
           of
           Charles
           the
           
           Great
           :
           After
           which
           time
           the
           discipline
           of
           penance
           beginning
           to
           be
           relax'd
           ,
           the
           stations
           of
           the
           penitents
           decay'd
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           2ly
           ,
           That
           the
           place
           for
           the
           
           Weepers
           was
           in
           the
           Church-porch
           without
           the
           doors
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           place
           for
           the
           Hearers
           was
           at
           the
           further
           end
           of
           the
           Narthex
           ,
           the
           place
           for
           the
           Prostrate
           within
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           before
           the
           Ambon
           the
           Pulpit
           or
           reading
           desk
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           the
           Consistents
           before
           the
           Choire
           or
           Chancel
           :
           This
           will
           be
           more
           
           evident
           by
           applying
           proofs
           out
           out
           of
           ancient
           Writers
           to
           each
           of
           these
           particulars
           .
           First
           then
           for
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Weepers
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           testimonies
           of
           Greg.
           
           Thaumaturgus
           and
           St.
           Basil
           ,
           the
           former
           of
           whom
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           without
           the
           doors
           of
           the
           Oratory
           where
           the
           penitent
           stood
           and
           beseeched
           the
           ●●ithful
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           :
           and
           the
           latter
           
           saith
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           to
           stand
           without
           the
           doors
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           confess
           their
           sins
           and
           desire
           the
           prayers
           of
           the
           faithful
           in
           their
           behalf
           .
           The
           
           place
           for
           the
           Hearers
           was
           at
           the
           hither
           end
           of
           the
           Narthex
           ,
           or
           the
           entry
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           whether
           it
           was
           within
           or
           without
           the
           Church
           is
           not
           
           much
           material
           to
           my
           present
           purpose
           ,
           it
           being
           only
           incumbent
           on
           me
           to
           make
           good
           that
           there
           was
           such
           a
           peculiar
           determined
           place
           appointed
           for
           this
           order
           of
           penitents
           :
           perhaps
           that
           controversy
           is
           easily
           reconciled
           by
           adjusting
           the
           several
           notions
           of
           the
           Ancients
           concerning
           the
           word
           Ecclesia
           ,
           which
           some
           extended
           not
           only
           to
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           but
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           also
           ,
           and
           included
           the
           Nave
           or
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           under
           the
           word
           Ecclesia
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           must
           be
           granted
           that
           the
           Narthex
           was
           within
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           a
           part
           of
           it
           :
           But
           others
           take
           the
           word
           Ecclesia
           in
           a
           more
           restrained
           sense
           as
           including
           only
           the
           Nave
           or
           Body
           of
           the
           
           Church
           where
           the
           faithful
           did
           assemble
           to
           Prayers
           and
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Narthex
           was
           no
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           a
           part
           without
           it
           :
           However
           let
           that
           controversy
           lie
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           I
           am
           only
           concerned
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           the
           Narthex
           was
           the
           place
           or
           station
           of
           the
           Hearers
           :
           And
           by
           the
           Narthex
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           the
           fore-part
           or
           first
           entry
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           extending
           from
           the
           West
           door
           till
           you
           come
           to
           the
           Pulpit
           ;
           of
           which
           we
           have
           some
           footsteps
           remaining
           in
           the
           two
           Cathedrals
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Trinity
          
           &
           St.
           Patricks
           
           Dublin
           ,
           in
           each
           of
           which
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           stone
           Pulpit
           fix'd
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Nave
           or
           Body
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           Now
           the
           Narthex
           will
           contain
           all
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Church
           that
           reacheth
           from
           the
           great
           West
           door
           ,
           till
           you
           come
           near
           the
           stone
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           here
           anciently
           the
           Catechumens
           and
           Daemoniacks
           ,
           and
           the
           Hearers
           had
           their
           stations
           ;
           the
           place
           before
           the
           Pulpit
           (
           which
           anciently
           was
           fixed
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Nave
           ,
           tho'
           now
           removed
           to
           the
           Wall
           )
           was
           the
           place
           of
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           the
           prostrate
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           ,
           to
           the
           Choire
           or
           
           Chancel
           ,
           was
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Faithful
           or
           Consistents
           ,
           where
           they
           stood
           to
           hear
           the
           Word
           &
           pray
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           forward
           is
           the
           Chancel
           ,
           called
           by
           the
           Ancients
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
        
         
           Now
           that
           the
           Narthex
           was
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Hearers
           ,
           is
           plain
           from
           the
           testimony
           
           of
           
             Greg.
             Thaumatur
             gus
          
           ,
           who
           saith
           that
           the
           station
           of
           Hearers
           was
           within
           the
           doors
           ,
           in
           the
           Narthex
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           to
           stand
           till
           the
           Catechumens
           were
           dismissed
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           goe
           out
           with
           them
           :
           To
           the
           same
           purpose
           are
           the
           words
           of
           Balsamon
           and
           Zonaras
           and
           Gabriel
           
           the
           metropolitan
           of
           
           Philadelphia
           affirms
           ,
           that
           the
           place
           of
           Hearers
           ,
           was
           within
           the
           door
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           viz.
           in
           the
           Narthex
           ,
           where
           the
           Hearers
           stood
           and
           communicated
           in
           the
           Hymns
           and
           reading
           of
           the
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           The
           place
           for
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
           or
           Prostrate
           ,
           was
           behind
           the
           Ambon
           ,
           or
           the
           Reading
           Desk
           :
           All
           the
           Scholiasts
           on
           the
           
             Codex
             canonum
          
           agree
           on
           this
           ,
           as
           Balsamon
           and
           
             Zondras
             Aristenus
          
           and
           
             Math.
             Blastares
             ;
             Balsamon
          
           places
           it
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
           behind
           the
           Reading
           Desk
           Zonaras
           and
           Aristenus
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           in
           the
           hind
           
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           Blastares
           affirms
           ,
           
           it
           was
           within
           the
           Church
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           but
           behind
           the
           Ambon
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           went
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           with
           the
           Catechumens
           when
           the
           Deacon
           pronounced
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
        
         
           The
           last
           place
           for
           the
           Consistents
           ,
           was
           between
           the
           
           Reading
           Desk
           and
           the
           Chancel
           ,
           tho'
           not
           without
           some
           distinction
           of
           place
           between
           them
           and
           the
           faithful
           that
           were
           not
           under
           the
           censures
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           This
           is
           plain
           not
           only
           from
           the
           aforementioned
           Canons
           of
           Nice
           and
           Ancyra
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           
           Annotations
           of
           the
           Scholiasts
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           we
           do
           all
           place
           them
           in
           the
           same
           rank
           and
           station
           with
           the
           faithful
           ,
           and
           allow
           them
           the
           same
           priviledges
           with
           them
           ,
           except
           the
           participation
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           and
           the
           liberty
           of
           bringing
           their
           Offerings
           to
           the
           Holy
           Table
           .
        
         
           3ly
           .
           That
           those
           several
           
           Orders
           of
           Penitents
           were
           not
           only
           distinguished
           from
           the
           faithful
           in
           their
           places
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           their
           habits
           ,
           in
           the
           form
           of
           prayer
           that
           was
           used
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           time
           of
           their
           departure
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           several
           
           Writers
           on
           the
           discipline
           of
           
           penance
           do
           take
           notice
           of
           a
           distinct
           habit
           that
           they
           were
           to
           put
           on
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           their
           penance
           ,
           which
           by
           some
           is
           called
           
             Sordida
             vestis
          
           ,
           by
           others
           
             lugubris
             ,
             atra
          
           &
           pullata
           ,
           by
           others
           
             velamen
             paenitentiae
          
           ,
           &
           
             habitus
             religiosus
          
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           ,
           others
           require
           ,
           as
           necessary
           signes
           of
           contrition
           ,
           tears
           in
           their
           eyes
           ,
           and
           sadness
           in
           their
           countenance
           ,
           shaving
           of
           the
           haire
           and
           lying
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           the
           putting
           sackcloth
           on
           their
           bodies
           and
           ashes
           on
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           this
           end
           and
           purpose
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           known
           to
           all
           persons
           that
           they
           were
           under
           
           the
           censures
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           prove
           by
           these
           tests
           whether
           they
           were
           sincere
           in
           their
           reformations
           ;
           If
           any
           denyed
           to
           undergoe
           these
           severities
           ,
           they
           looked
           upon
           him
           as
           an
           hypocrite
           ,
           and
           a
           person
           unquallify'd
           for
           their
           communion
           .
        
         
           Besides
           they
           were
           distinguished
           
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           and
           man-of
           their
           departure
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           form
           of
           prayer
           and
           benediction
           that
           were
           used
           over
           them
           :
           for
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Hymns
           were
           sung
           ,
           and
           the
           Scriptures
           read
           and
           the
           Sermon
           finished
           ,
           the
           
           Hearers
           were
           dismiss'd
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           doors
           were
           shut
           ,
           &
           the
           Catechumens
           were
           prayed
           for
           ,
           and
           when
           that
           prayer
           was
           finished
           ,
           the
           Catechumens
           were
           dismiss'd
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Penitents
           come
           under
           discipline
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           had
           kneeled
           down
           ,
           and
           some
           certain
           prayers
           were
           offered
           up
           in
           their
           behalf
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop
           or
           Presbiter
           had
           laid
           his
           hands
           on
           them
           ,
           then
           they
           were
           dismissed
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           doors
           were
           shut
           again
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Faithful
           proceeded
           to
           the
           second
           Service
           ,
           and
           the
           participation
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           .
           These
           things
           
           are
           so
           plainly
           set
           down
           in
           the
           synod
           of
           Laodicea
           ,
           and
           in
           those
           Authors
           that
           have
           given
           us
           an
           account
           of
           the
           manner
           and
           order
           of
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           I
           need
           not
           insist
           any
           further
           on
           them
           .
        
         
           4ly
           .
           confession
           of
           their
           sin
           
           was
           also
           required
           of
           them
           according
           to
           the
           nature
           and
           quality
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           judged
           so
           necessary
           a
           part
           of
           their
           repentance
           ,
           and
           so
           sure
           a
           sign
           of
           the
           sincerity
           of
           their
           sorrow
           ,
           that
           without
           it
           no
           one
           could
           receive
           the
           benefit
           of
           Absolution
           :
           The
           antient
           canons
           indeed
           take
           notice
           of
           two
           sorts
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           
           confession
           ,
           the
           one
           ,
           before
           the
           penance
           was
           imposed
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           done
           either
           in
           private
           to
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           in
           publick
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           the
           Bishop
           should
           direct
           ,
           the
           other
           after
           the
           penance
           was
           performed
           :
           The
           former
           of
           these
           was
           looked
           on
           as
           necessary
           to
           free
           the
           Church
           from
           the
           guilt
           and
           the
           scandal
           of
           publick
           sins
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           case
           of
           private
           ones
           it
           was
           required
           as
           a
           means
           to
           bring
           the
           sinners
           to
           a
           more
           due
           sence
           and
           conviction
           of
           their
           faults
           :
           Thus
           Tertullian
           commends
           it
           
           to
           the
           penitent
           as
           a
           thing
           highly
           available
           to
           Repentance
           ,
           for
           he
           calls
           it
           prosternendi
           
           &
           
             humilificandi
             hominis
             disciplina
          
           ,
           and
           saith
           that
           it
           is
           the
           parent
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           disposeth
           the
           penitent
           for
           pardon
           and
           forgiveness
           and
           St.
           Cyprian
           in
           his
           accompt
           of
           the
           proceedings
           with
           the
           penitents
           ,
           tells
           us
           that
           by
           outward
           gestures
           and
           tokens
           they
           shewed
           themselves
           to
           be
           sorrowful
           for
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           then
           made
           an
           humble
           confession
           of
           them
           before
           the
           whole
           congregation
           ,
           and
           desired
           all
           the
           brethren
           to
           pray
           for
           them
           :
           This
           was
           also
           the
           
           practice
           in
           
           Origen's
           time
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           an
           ample
           account
           of
           the
           custom
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           this
           particular
           out
           of
           Sozomen
           ,
           
           where
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
           it
           was
           the
           custom
           at
           first
           for
           the
           penitents
           to
           confess
           their
           sins
           in
           publick
           ,
           that
           afterwards
           to
           consult
           the
           modesty
           of
           the
           penitents
           ,
           and
           because
           it
           was
           thought
           a
           little
           to
           severe
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           congregation
           privy
           to
           their
           sins
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           peculiar
           Penitentiary
           appointed
           to
           receive
           their
           confessions
           ;
           that
           this
           office
           was
           after
           abolish'd
           by
           Nectarius
           ,
           upon
           the
           occasion
           of
           a
           crime
           confess'd
           by
           a
           penitent
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           were
           conscious
           to
           themselves
           of
           having
           offended
           ,
           did
           fall
           down
           flat
           upon
           the
           the
           ground
           ,
           with
           weeping
           and
           lamentation
           ,
           
           &c.
           
           In
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Bishop
           runs
           to
           them
           with
           tears
           in
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           falls
           down
           to
           the
           ground
           in
           token
           of
           sorrow
           and
           compasion
           ,
           the
           whole
           Congregation
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           sympathizing
           with
           them
           both
           ,
           and
           expressing
           their
           compassion
           with
           tears
           and
           sorrow
           :
           It
           would
           be
           an
           endless
           thing
           to
           transcribe
           all
           the
           authorities
           of
           the
           primitive
           Writers
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           I
           shall
           therefore
           only
           mention
           two
           particulars
           ,
           that
           are
           a
           plain
           evidence
           of
           it
           .
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           word
           ,
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           confesion
           is
           frequently
           used
           by
           Ecclesiastical
           
           Writters
           for
           the
           whole
           action
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           so
           common
           in
           the
           Greek
           and
           Latin
           Fathers
           ,
           in
           Ireneus
           ,
           &
           
             St.
             Basil
             ,
             Tertullian
             ,
             St.
             Cyprian
             ,
             Pacianus
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           the
           crafty
           Sophisters
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           make
           use
           of
           it
           as
           an
           argument
           to
           prove
           their
           new
           Doctrine
           of
           Auricular
           Confession
           ,
           and
           wherever
           they
           find
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           confessio
           mentioned
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           so
           much
           inquire
           into
           the
           genuine
           sense
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           as
           force
           it
           into
           a
           proof
           for
           the
           practice
           of
           their
           Church
           in
           this
           particular
           .
           Now
           to
           me
           it
           is
           a
           plain
           evidence
           that
           
           confession
           of
           sins
           in
           publick
           was
           estemed
           a
           necessary
           part
           or
           principal
           ingredient
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           because
           it
           could
           give
           a
           dinomination
           to
           the
           whole
           action
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           discipline
           of
           Repentance
           to
           pass
           under
           that
           name
           ,
           2ly
           .
           That
           the
           Romish
           Doctrine
           of
           Auricular
           Confession
           has
           been
           superstructed
           upon
           this
           foundation
           :
           for
           it
           is
           realy
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           publick
           exomologesis
           reduced
           to
           ashes
           and
           sprang
           up
           in
           the
           Church
           out
           of
           it's
           ruines
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           late
           
           excellent
           Author
           saith
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           reliques
           of
           that
           excellent
           discipline
           of
           Ecclesiastcal
           repentance
           which
           was
           in
           some
           
           cases
           necessary
           ,
           in
           very
           many
           usefull
           ,
           until
           by
           the
           disolution
           of
           manners
           ,
           it
           became
           unsufferable
           ,
           and
           a
           bigger
           scandal
           than
           those
           which
           it
           did
           intend
           to
           remedy
           .
        
         
           5ly
           .
           That
           during
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Ecclesiastical
           penance
           ,
           
           they
           were
           required
           to
           fast
           .
           There
           is
           none
           of
           the
           ancient
           Writers
           on
           the
           discipline
           of
           penance
           ,
           but
           among
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           austerities
           that
           were
           practised
           by
           the
           penitents
           ,
           do
           mention
           this
           of
           fasting
           ,
           as
           a
           principal
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           sometimes
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           jejunium
           ,
           sometimes
           under
           the
           terms
           of
           
             cibus
             siccus
          
           ,
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           this
           
           will
           be
           evident
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           several
           periods
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           deduce
           the
           History
           of
           fasting
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           it
           through
           them
           ;
           from
           whence
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           tho'
           it
           was
           always
           continued
           as
           a
           part
           of
           the
           penitential
           discipline
           ,
           yet
           it
           admitted
           of
           different
           degrees
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           fasting
           and
           the
           time
           of
           it
           :
           
           for
           the
           three
           first
           Centuries
           we
           only
           read
           of
           fasting
           in
           general
           without
           determining
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           time
           how
           long
           ,
           or
           the
           kinds
           of
           meat
           that
           were
           to
           be
           abstain'd
           from
           ;
           and
           where
           there
           is
           any
           mention
           of
           the
           
           time
           of
           performing
           it
           ,
           't
           is
           rarely
           extended
           beyond
           seven
           weeks
           at
           most
           .
           The
           incestuous
           
           
             Corint
             hian
          
           mention'd
           in
           St.
           Paul
           (
           who
           was
           the
           first
           instance
           of
           the
           Churches
           severity
           in
           her
           censures
           ,
           and
           of
           her
           indulgence
           in
           the
           relaxation
           of
           them
           )
           did
           not
           continue
           aboue
           a
           year
           under
           that
           discipline
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           be
           permited
           to
           draw
           any
           argument
           from
           the
           distance
           of
           time
           between
           the
           writing
           of
           the
           two
           Epistles
           ,
           and
           the
           
           young
           man
           reclaim'd
           by
           St.
           John
           from
           the
           society
           of
           Robbers
           ,
           was
           not
           above
           a
           month
           or
           two
           at
           most
           under
           the
           severity
           of
           it
           :
           And
           it
           is
           plain
           
           from
           that
           story
           and
           several
           passages
           in
           Tertullian
           and
           St.
           Cyprian
           ,
           where
           they
           describe
           
           the
           manner
           and
           order
           of
           this
           discipline
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           only
           mention
           of
           tears
           and
           fasting
           ,
           of
           sackcloth
           and
           ashes
           ,
           and
           prostrations
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           of
           
             cibus
             siccus
          
           ,
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           cibus
           and
           
             potus
             purus
          
           without
           any
           determination
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           fast
           or
           the
           time
           of
           it's
           continuance
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           4th
           Century
           ,
           as
           the
           time
           of
           the
           penance
           was
           made
           more
           tedious
           ,
           so
           the
           time
           of
           fasting
           was
           inlarged
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           fasting
           confined
           to
           a
           spare
           diet
           ,
           and
           an
           abstinence
           from
           some
           particular
           
           meats
           :
           We
           read
           in
           the
           
           Councils
           that
           were
           call'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Fathers
           that
           writ
           within
           this
           Century
           ,
           of
           penance
           imposed
           for
           5.
           7.
           10
           
           :
           12.
           20.
           30
           years
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           crimes
           that
           the
           penitents
           had
           been
           guilty
           of
           ;
           and
           because
           it
           was
           impossible
           for
           men
           to
           fast
           so
           long
           from
           all
           manner
           of
           food
           ,
           we
           are
           therefore
           to
           presume
           ,
           that
           their
           fasting
           did
           consist
           rather
           in
           a
           spare
           dyet
           during
           all
           the
           time
           ,
           or
           a
           setting
           apart
           of
           some
           one
           or
           more
           days
           in
           a
           week
           (
           wherin
           they
           eat
           nothing
           till
           Evening
           )
           than
           in
           a
           total
           abstinence
           from
           all
           manner
           of
           food
           .
        
         
         
           From
           the
           4th
           Century
           onward
           ,
           the
           manner
           of
           fasting
           came
           to
           be
           prescribed
           and
           limited
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           was
           thought
           a
           tolerable
           degree
           of
           abstinence
           ,
           if
           the
           penitent
           did
           fast
           with
           bread
           and
           water
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           Canons
           of
           several
           Councils
           and
           the
           penitential
           Canons
           extant
           at
           the
           end
           of
           Gratians
           decrees
           ,
           and
           thus
           things
           continued
           ,
           till
           the
           Eleventh
           Century
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           the
           disipline
           of
           the
           Church
           began
           to
           be
           Corrupted
           by
           the
           avarice
           of
           the
           Priests
           and
           the
           ease
           &
           luxury
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           then
           pilgrimages
           to
           the
           shrines
           of
           the
           saints
           ,
           and
           the
           
           entring
           into
           Monasterys
           ,
           the
           going
           on
           an
           expedition
           for
           the
           recovery
           of
           the
           Holy-Land
           ,
           or
           the
           maintaining
           of
           those
           that
           were
           willing
           to
           engage
           in
           the
           Expedition
           ,
           destroyed
           the
           ancient
           discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           reduced
           it
           to
           that
           weak
           and
           languishing
           state
           in
           which
           it
           is
           at
           present
           .
        
         
           2ly
           ,
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           second
           
           particular
           ,
           to
           enquire
           ,
           
             how
             far
             the
             antient
             discipline
             of
             the
             church
             ,
             is
             at
             present
             practicable
             ,
          
           and
           here
           I
           consider
           ,
           that
           some
           things
           are
           of
           the
           substance
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           continued
           the
           same
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           and
           were
           constantly
           practised
           as
           
           long
           as
           the
           discipline
           continued
           in
           its
           vigour
           ,
           and
           others
           are
           of
           a
           mutable
           and
           circumstantial
           nature
           ,
           which
           being
           altered
           and
           changed
           according
           to
           the
           custom
           of
           places
           and
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Governours
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           may
           still
           be
           laid
           aside
           as
           they
           think
           fit
           .
           Those
           things
           that
           are
           of
           the
           substance
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           they
           ought
           not
           still
           to
           be
           continued
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           practicable
           now
           as
           well
           as
           formerly
           ,
           and
           having
           received
           no
           alteration
           through
           the
           several
           Ages
           of
           the
           Church
           that
           have
           transmitted
           them
           to
           us
           ,
           are
           a
           plain
           evidence
           
           to
           any
           unprejudiced
           man
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           alterable
           at
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           that
           they
           may
           be
           suited
           to
           her
           in
           any
           state
           or
           condition
           ,
           and
           may
           still
           be
           reduced
           to
           practice
           when
           the
           wisdom
           of
           her
           Governours
           shall
           think
           it
           expedient
           :
           And
           among
           these
           I
           reckon
           three
           things
           formerly
           mentioned
           ,
           viz.
           The
           penitents
           confession
           of
           his
           fault
           ,
           his
           afflicting
           himself
           with
           fasting
           for
           a
           season
           ,
           and
           his
           standing
           for
           some
           time
           in
           a
           peculiar
           place
           of
           the
           Church
           appointed
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           before
           he
           be
           admitted
           to
           her
           communion
           .
           Among
           the
           
           circumstantial
           and
           less
           necessary
           things
           I
           reckon
           the
           distinction
           of
           their
           Apparel
           ,
           and
           the
           Ashes
           on
           their
           Heads
           ,
           the
           Sack-cloth
           on
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           prostrations
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           the
           abstinence
           from
           Feasts
           ,
           and
           and
           all
           kind
           of
           Civil
           Business
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           the
           macerating
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           by
           want
           of
           sleep
           ,
           and
           long
           and
           severe
           Fastings
           ,
           the
           length
           of
           time
           in
           which
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           continue
           under
           the
           Censures
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           wait
           for
           Absolution
           ,
           before
           they
           could
           receive
           it
           ,
           which
           sometimes
           and
           in
           some
           cases
           ,
           extended
           to
           
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           years
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           some
           particular
           Sins
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           grant
           a
           relaxation
           of
           their
           Censures
           ,
           till
           the
           penitent
           was
           expiring
           .
           These
           things
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           were
           the
           peculiar
           flights
           and
           excellencies
           of
           the
           primitive
           Christians
           ,
           and
           were
           an
           argument
           of
           a
           rare
           and
           excellent
           temper
           that
           reign'd
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           may
           put
           us
           into
           a
           just
           admiration
           ,
           whether
           the
           severity
           of
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Presbiters
           in
           imposing
           them
           ,
           or
           the
           readiness
           of
           the
           people
           in
           complying
           with
           them
           ,
           were
           more
           to
           be
           valued
           ,
           and
           esteemed
           .
           
           But
           alas
           !
           since
           ease
           and
           Luxury
           have
           broken
           all
           the
           forces
           of
           Piety
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           practice
           of
           Religion
           is
           decay'd
           in
           most
           ,
           't
           is
           in
           vain
           to
           talk
           of
           reducing
           a
           debauch'd
           Age
           to
           the
           austerities
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           or
           prescribe
           those
           things
           as
           a
           remedy
           for
           their
           Disease
           ,
           which
           they
           nauseate
           the
           thoughts
           of
           ;
           it
           is
           sufficient
           for
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           be
           able
           to
           revive
           the
           substance
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           we
           cannot
           be
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           recover
           it
           to
           its
           primitive
           vigour
           :
           There
           remains
           only
           to
           consider
           ,
        
         
           
             3ly
             ,
             What
             methods
             are
             most
          
           
           
           
             proper
             for
             the
             admission
             of
          
           Papists
           
             to
             our
             Communion
             ,
             or
             the
             reconciling
             of
          
           Apostates
           
             from
             it
          
           ,
           and
           here
           it
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
        
         
           
             First
             ,
             that
             the
             cases
             of
             these
             two
             are
             very
             different
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             method
             of
             dealing
             with
             them
             must
             be
             so
             too
             :
             For
             the
             Romanists
             having
             never
             been
             of
             our
             communion
             ,
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             treated
             with
             more
             tenderness
             then
             an
             
               Apostate
               Protestant
            
             ,
             for
             he
             has
             the
             pretence
             of
             ignorance
             for
             his
             excuse
             ,
             but
             the
             others
             sin
             is
             the
             more
             inexcusable
             ,
             because
             he
             has
             acted
             
             against
             the
             light
             of
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             has
             had
             the
             opportunity
             of
             knowing
             better
             things
             .
          
        
         
           2ly
           ,
           
             That
             some
             difference
             
             must
             be
             made
             as
             to
             the
             case
             of
             the
             Protestants
             that
             have
             fallen
             off
             from
             us
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             several
             grounds
             and
             occasions
             of
             their
             Apostacy
             :
             Some
             of
             them
             have
             been
             servants
             under
             the
             power
             of
             severe
             Masters
             ,
             and
             others
             wives
             under
             the
             authority
             of
             their
             husbands
             ,
             some
             have
             forsaken
             us
             out
             of
             a
             principle
             of
             fear
             ,
             lest
             they
             should
             be
             stript
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             exposed
             to
             want
             ,
             
             and
             others
             have
             complyed
             out
             of
             hopes
             of
             gain
             and
             making
             their
             fortunes
             by
             the
             exchange
             ;
             some
             have
             sat
             down
             quietly
             on
             their
             fortunes
             ,
             behaving
             themselves
             peaceably
             and
             inoffensively
             among
             their
             Protestant
             neighbours
             ,
             &
             endeavouring
             to
             do
             them
             all
             the
             good
             offices
             that
             lay
             in
             their
             power
             ,
             others
             have
             Joyn'd
             with
             the
             Romanists
             in
             their
             violence
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             more
             than
             ordinarily
             eager
             in
             the
             prosecution
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             approve
             their
             zeal
             and
             the
             sincerity
             
             of
             their
             conversion
             to
             their
             new
             Masters
             ;
             and
             as
             the
             motives
             to
             their
             change
             before
             they
             made
             it
             ,
             and
             their
             actions
             and
             behaviour
             after
             ,
             has
             been
             very
             different
             ,
             so
             the
             methods
             of
             treating
             them
             must
             be
             more
             mild
             or
             severe
             ,
             and
             temper'd
             according
             to
             the
             several
             circumstances
             of
             the
             party
             .
          
        
         
           3ly
           ,
           
             Let
             there
             be
             a
             seat
             
             prepared
             at
             the
             entry
             into
             the
             Church
             behinde
             the
             West
             door
             ,
             called
             by
             the
             name
             of
             the
             penitents
             seat
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             party
             ,
             that
             desires
             to
             be
             received
             ,
             sit
             there
             during
             the
             times
             of
             
             prayer
             &
             Sermon
             on
             every
             Sunday
             for
             a
             month
             together
             ,
             that
             the
             Congregation
             may
             know
             the
             person
             ,
             and
             take
             notice
             of
             his
             behaviour
             during
             his
             continuance
             there
             .
          
        
         
           4ly
           .
           
             Let
             none
             of
             them
             
             be
             permitted
             to
             come
             to
             Church
             ,
             or
             be
             present
             at
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             that
             do
             not
             give
             notice
             beforehand
             ,
             to
             the
             Minister
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             of
             his
             desire
             to
             be
             admitted
             to
             our
             communion
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             doth
             so
             ,
             let
             the
             Minister
             spend
             some
             time
             in
             conference
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             labour
             to
             bring
             him
             to
             a
             due
             sense
             and
             conviction
             
             of
             his
             fault
             ,
             in
             forsaking
             our
             communion
             (
             if
             he
             were
             a
             member
             of
             it
             )
             or
             of
             his
             danger
             in
             continuing
             so
             long
             in
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             a
             Romanist
             .
          
        
         
           5ly
           .
           
             Let
             the
             Minister
             ,
             
             the
             next
             Lords
             Day
             (
             after
             notice
             given
             him
             by
             the
             person
             that
             desires
             to
             be
             reconciled
             )
             appoint
             him
             to
             attend
             him
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             come
             to
             the
             Church
             door
             ,
             let
             the
             penitent
             (
             standing
             without
             the
             door
             )
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             some
             of
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             say
             these
             words
             to
             him
             :
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               have
            
             
             
               formerly
               been
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               &
               am
               now
               sensible
               of
               my
               sin
               and
               danger
               in
               being
               so
               ,
               &
               I
               am
               come
               hither
               to
               desire
               that
               I
               may
               be
               admitted
               into
               the
               communion
               of
               your
               Church
               ,
               and
               to
               desire
               yours
               ,
               and
               the
               Prayers
               of
               the
               faithful
               ,
               to
               God
               in
               my
               behalf
            
             ;
             To
             which
             let
             the
             Minister
             answer
             :
             
               Brother
               ,
               the
               Arms
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Church
               are
               always
               open
               to
               embrace
               those
               that
               are
               truly
               penitent
               for
               their
               faults
               ,
               but
               you
               must
               wait
               here
               a
               while
               ,
               till
               I
               go
               into
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               desire
               to
               know
               the
               minds
               of
               my
               Christian
               Brethren
               ,
               whether
               they
               are
               willing
               that
               you
               should
               be
               admitted
               ,
               for
               since
               they
               have
            
             
             
               been
               scandalized
               by
               your
               fall
               ,
               it
               is
               but
               reasonable
               that
               they
               should
               be
               satisfied
               in
               your
               Repentance
               .
            
             :
          
        
         
           6ly
           .
           
             Then
             let
             the
             Minister
             
             go
             into
             the
             Church
             (
             the
             penitent
             still
             standing
             without
             the
             door
             )
             and
             acquaint
             the
             Congregation
             with
             the
             request
             of
             the
             penitent
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             be
             willing
             to
             have
             him
             admitted
             ,
             let
             him
             go
             to
             him
             again
             ,
             attended
             with
             three
             or
             four
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             bring
             him
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             placing
             him
             in
             the
             penitents
             seat
             ,
             and
             saying
             :
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               have
               acquainted
               the
               Congregation
               with
               your
               desire
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               they
               are
               willing
               to
               consent
               to
               it
               ,
               but
               you
               must
               be
               content
               to
               wait
               for
               four
               several
            
             Sundays
             
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               and
               communicate
               only
               in
               the
               prayers
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               the
               preaching
               of
               the
               Word
               ,
               till
               you
               be
               admitted
               to
               a
               more
               full
               communion
               with
               them
               .
            
             When
             this
             is
             done
             ,
             let
             him
             proceed
             in
             the
             Office
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             when
             prayers
             are
             ended
             ,
             let
             a
             Sermon
             be
             preached
             ,
             
             adapted
             to
             the
             present
             occasion
             ,
             and
             consisting
             of
             these
             heads
             .
             First
             ,
             the
             laying
             open
             the
             errors
             and
             corruptions
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             both
             in
             Doctrine
             and
             Worship
             .
             2ly
             ,
             The
             
             danger
             of
             continuing
             in
             the
             communion
             of
             a
             Church
             that
             is
             so
             corrupt
             .
             3ly
             .
             That
             notwithstanding
             this
             danger
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             hopes
             of
             pardon
             with
             God
             upon
             the
             sincere
             repentance
             of
             the
             party
             .
             4ly
             .
             Let
             the
             nature
             of
             Repentance
             be
             opened
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             be
             told
             what
             Acts
             and
             Offices
             he
             is
             to
             do
             for
             the
             making
             his
             repentance
             acceptable
             with
             God.
             5ly
             .
             Let
             him
             give
             him
             some
             general
             Rules
             for
             the
             regulation
             of
             his
             life
             &
             conversation
             .
          
        
         
           7ly
           .
           
             When
             this
             is
             done
             ,
             
             let
             the
             Parish
             Minister
             go
             to
             his
             house
             ,
             and
             discourse
             
             over
             the
             heads
             of
             his
             Sermon
             to
             him
             .
             Let
             him
             advise
             him
             to
             set
             apart
             one
             day
             in
             a
             week
             during
             his
             suspension
             ,
             for
             the
             work
             of
             fasting
             and
             prayer
             ;
             Let
             him
             direct
             him
             how
             to
             observe
             that
             fast
             ,
             and
             give
             him
             a
             few
             short
             prayers
             ,
             suited
             to
             his
             occasions
             ,
             and
             advise
             him
             how
             to
             employ
             his
             thoughts
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             interfere
             for
             want
             of
             a
             subject
             fit
             for
             meditation
             :
             In
             particular
             ,
             let
             him
             advise
             him
             to
             say
             the
             Litany
             and
             the
             seven
             Penitential
             Psalms
             ,
             and
             the
             three
             prayers
             in
             the
             Office
             
             of
             Commination
             :
             All
             this
             is
             advised
             in
             case
             the
             party
             can
             read
             ,
             but
             if
             he
             cannot
             ,
             the
             Minister
             must
             take
             more
             pains
             with
             him
             in
             instructing
             him
             ,
             and
             learning
             him
             some
             few
             prayers
             by
             heart
             .
             8ly
             .
             Let
             him
             also
             acquaint
             him
             
             that
             a
             publick
             confession
             of
             his
             sin
             ,
             in
             forsaking
             the
             communion
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             will
             be
             expected
             from
             him
             ,
             together
             with
             an
             abjuration
             of
             the
             errors
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             an
             open
             promise
             of
             continuing
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             in
             the
             communion
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             form
             hereafter
             
             prescribed
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             read
             over
             to
             him
             the
             several
             things
             that
             he
             is
             to
             do
             in
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             upon
             the
             day
             of
             his
             admission
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             not
             be
             surprized
             at
             the
             time
             of
             doing
             them
             .
          
        
         
           9ly
           .
           
             When
             the
             party
             
             has
             observed
             these
             Rules
             ,
             and
             has
             stood
             four
             Sundays
             in
             the
             penitents
             seat
             ,
             as
             before
             directed
             ,
             let
             the
             Minister
             on
             the
             last
             Lords
             Day
             tell
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             intends
             to
             admit
             him
             into
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             the
             next
             Lords
             Day
             following
             ,
             and
             desire
             him
             to
             prepare
             himself
             accordingly
             
             for
             it
             ;
             And
             when
             the
             day
             for
             his
             admission
             is
             come
             ,
             which
             must
             always
             be
             some
             Sunday
             or
             Lords
             Day
             ,
             publickly
             in
             the
             Church
             )
             let
             the
             penitent
             sit
             in
             his
             seat
             ,
             till
             after
             the
             Second
             Lesson
             at
             Morning
             prayer
             ,
             and
             then
             let
             the
             Minister
             go
             down
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             bring
             him
             up
             to
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Church
             before
             the
             Reading-Desk
             ,
             and
             then
             let
             him
             pray
             ,
          
        
         
           
             PRevent
             us
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             in
             all
             our
             doings
             with
             thy
             most
             gracious
             favour
             ,
             and
             further
             us
             with
             thy
             continual
             help
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             our
             
             works
             begun
             continued
             and
             ended
             in
             thee
             we
             may
             Glorify
             thy
             holy
             name
             &
             finally
             by
             thy
             mercy
             obtain
             everlasting
             life
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             Our
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           ¶
           Then
           let
           the
           penitent
           say
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             I
             am
             come
             hither
             with
             a
             design
             to
             make
             a
             publick
             
             confession
             of
             my
             fault
             ,
             in
             deserting
             the
             communion
             of
             this
             reformed
             Church
             ,
             in
             the
             times
             of
             danger
             and
             affliction
             ,
             &
             embracing
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             to
             preserve
             my selfe
             from
             trouble
             ;
             I
             doe
             here
             
             publickly
             own
             this
             to
             be
             a
             great
             sin
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             doe
             beg
             your
             assistance
             ,
             in
             readmitting
             me
             to
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             from
             which
             I
             have
             Apostatized
             ,
             as
             also
             your
             holy
             prayers
             ,
             and
             the
             prayers
             of
             the
             Congregation
             unto
             God
             for
             me
             ,
             for
             the
             pardon
             of
             this
             great
             and
             crying
             sin
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             assistance
             of
             his
             Spirit
             to
             preserve
             and
             strengthen
             me
             in
             this
             Communion
             all
             the
             days
             of
             my
             life
             .
          
        
         
           If
           the
           person
           can
           read
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           read
           the
           aformentioned
           profession
           ,
           if
           not
           let
           some
           one
           that
           can
           read
           ,
           repeat
           it
           for
           him
           saying
           Sir
           ,
           I.
           N.
           of
           C
           ,
           in
           the
           parish
           of
           B
           ▪
           
           is
           come
           hither
           &c.
           
           And
           then
           let
           the
           penitent
           express
           his
           assent
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           ¶
           Then
           let
           the
           Priest
           say
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Before
             you
             are
             admitted
             
             into
             the
             communion
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             it
             is
             fit
             that
             you
             should
             make
             some
             publick
             profession
             of
             your
             faith
             ,
             and
             acquaint
             the
             present
             Congregation
             with
             the
             motives
             of
             your
             Change
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             it
             may
             appear
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             you
             do
             not
             return
             to
             us
             again
             rashly
             &
             unadvisedly
             ,
             for
             worldly
             ends
             and
             secular
             respects
             ;
             but
             upon
             sober
             
             grounds
             and
             weighty
             arguments
             of
             conviction
             ,
             I
             demand
             therefore
             of
             you
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             Doe
             you
             believe
             all
             the
             Articles
             of
             the
             Christian
             faith
             ?
          
           
             2ly
             .
             Repeat
             them
             then
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             Congregation
             .
          
           
             I
             believe
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             3ly
             ,
             Do
             you
             here
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             and
             of
             this
             Congregation
             renounce
             all
             the
             errors
             and
             corruptions
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             as
             they
             stand
             determin'd
             by
             the
             Council
             of
             Trent
             ,
             and
             are
             at
             present
             taught
             and
             practised
             in
             that
             Church
             ?
          
           
             4ly
             ,
             Declare
             unto
             the
             
             Congregation
             for
             what
             reasons
             you
             forsook
             the
             communion
             of
             our
             Church
             .
          
           
             5ly
             ,
             Are
             you
             sensible
             of
             your
             sin
             in
             forsaking
             our
             communion
             for
             those
             reasons
             ,
             and
             sorry
             for
             so
             doing
             ?
          
           
             6ly
             ,
             Doe
             you
             desire
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             the
             communion
             of
             our
             Church
             which
             you
             have
             forsaken
             ?
          
           
             7ly
             ,
             Are
             you
             resolved
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             to
             live
             and
             die
             in
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Catholick
             faith
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Ireland
             as
             it
             is
             reform'd
             from
             the
             errors
             and
             corruptions
             of
             Popery
             ?
          
        
         
         
           ¶
           Then
           let
           the
           Priest
           say
        
         
           
             ALmighty
             God
             who
             has
             
             put
             these
             good
             resolutions
             into
             your
             heart
             give
             you
             grace
             and
             strength
             to
             perform
             them
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           ¶
           After
           this
           let
           the
           party
           read
           his
           abjuration
           ,
           openly
           in
           the
           Church
           (
           if
           he
           can
           read
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           let
           some
           one
           of
           the
           standers
           by
           read
           it
           for
           him
           )
           and
           at
           the
           end
           of
           it
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           asked
           by
           the
           Priest
           whether
           he
           assents
           to
           the
           contents
           of
           it
           .
           Then
           say
           ,
           
             let
             us
             pray
          
           .
        
         
           
           
             O
             Most
             merciful
             God
             ,
             who
             according
             to
             the
             multitude
             of
             thy
             mercies
             ,
             dost
             so
             put
             away
             the
             sins
             of
             those
             that
             truly
             repent
             ,
             that
             thou
             remembrest
             them
             no
             more
             ,
             open
             thine
             eyes
             of
             mercy
             ,
             upon
             this
             thy
             servant
             who
             most
             earnestly
             desires
             pardon
             and
             forgivness
             ,
             renew
             in
             him
             ,
             whatsoever
             has
             been
             decay'd
             either
             by
             the
             fraud
             of
             the
             devil
             or
             by
             his
             own
             carnal
             will
             and
             frailty
             ,
             preserve
             and
             continue
             him
             in
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             restore
             him
             to
             thy
             peace
             and
             favor
             in
             heaven
             ,
             upon
             our
             admission
             of
             him
             into
             the
             communion
             of
             
             thy
             Church
             on
             earth
             :
             Give
             him
             Grace
             to
             perform
             the
             good
             Resolutions
             that
             he
             has
             made
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             sense
             of
             his
             former
             frailty
             ,
             in
             departing
             from
             the
             truth
             ,
             have
             so
             strong
             an
             influence
             upon
             his
             Soul
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             him
             embrace
             it
             the
             more
             firmly
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord.
             
          
           
             MOst
             Gracious
             God
             and
             Merciful
             Father
             ,
             receive
             we
             beseech
             thee
             ,
             this
             wandring
             Sheep
             into
             thy
             Fold
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             snares
             of
             the
             Tempter
             ,
             &
             the
             frailty
             of
             his
             nature
             has
             gone
             astray
             from
             it
             ;
             pardon
             his
             sin
             in
             so
             doing
             ,
             &
             accept
             of
             his
             Repentance
             
             for
             it
             ;
             let
             thy
             Fatherly
             pitty
             be
             extended
             towards
             him
             ,
             and
             receive
             him
             into
             the
             Arms
             of
             thy
             Mercy
             ,
             now
             that
             he
             desires
             to
             return
             into
             the
             way
             of
             truth
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             Enemy
             may
             not
             triumph
             in
             the
             ruine
             of
             thy
             Servant
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Church
             may
             rejoyce
             like
             an
             Indulgent
             Mother
             ,
             at
             the
             conversion
             and
             return
             of
             her
             lost
             Child
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           ¶
           Then
           let
           the
           Priest
           stand
           up
           (
           the
           Penitent
           kneeling
           )
           and
           lay
           his
           hand
           on
           his
           head
           saying
           ,
        
         
           
             BY
             vertue
             of
             the
             Authority
             ,
             
             to
             me
             committed
             ,
             by
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             I
             do
             readmit
             this
             person
             into
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             restore
             him
             to
             the
             prayers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             participation
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             other
             Rites
             and
             Symbols
             of
             communion
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
             
               Let
               us
               pray
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             MOst
             Gracious
             God
             and
             merciful
             Father
             ,
             who
             hast
             vouchsafed
             to
             call
             this
             thy
             Servant
             from
             the
             darkness
             of
             error
             ,
             to
             the
             light
             of
             thy
             truth
             ,
             and
             to
             recall
             him
             into
             the
             bosom
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             ;
             send
             down
             upon
             him
             ,
             we
             beseech
             thee
             ,
             the
             
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             the
             Comforter
             ,
             and
             daily
             encrease
             in
             him
             the
             gifts
             of
             thy
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Wisdom
             and
             Understanding
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Counsel
             &
             Ghostly
             strength
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Knowledge
             and
             true
             Godliness
             ,
             and
             fill
             him
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             with
             the
             Spirit
             of
             thy
             holy
             fear
             ,
             now
             and
             for
             ever
             .
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           ¶
           After
           this
           let
           the
           Minister
           make
           some
           short
           exhortation
           to
           him
           on
           these
           heads
           .
           1st
           .
           The
           nature
           of
           the
           Promise
           and
           Obligation
           that
           he
           has
           entred
           into
           .
           2ly
           .
           the
           necessity
           of
           performing
           a
           promise
           that
           has
           been
           made
           so
           publickly
           and
           upon
           such
           solemn
           occasion
           .
           3ly
           .
           The
           shame
           ,
           danger
           &
           hazard
           of
           breaking
           it
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Form
                   of
                   Abjuration
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     I
                     H.
                     E.
                  
                   of
                   S.
                   in
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   T.
                   and
                   Dioces
                   of
                   M.
                   Do
                   acknowledge
                   my self
                   ,
                   to
                   have
                   been
                   an
                   unworthy
                   Member
                   of
                   the
                   Reformed
                   Church
                   of
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   until
                   by
                   the
                   treachery
                   of
                   my
                   own
                   sinful
                   heart
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   sinister
                   ends
                   and
                   worldly
                   respects
                   ,
                   and
                   especially
                   for
                   
                     [
                     *
                  
                   ]
                   I
                   forsook
                   the
                   same
                   :
                   I
                   am
                   truly
                   sensible
                   of
                   my
                   great
                   sin
                   in
                   so
                   doing
                   ,
                   and
                   am
                   heartily
                   sorry
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   for
                   the
                   future
                   renounce
                   all
                   the
                   errors
                   and
                   corruptions
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   stand
                   determined
                   by
                   the
                   Council
                   of
                   Trent
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   at
                   present
                   taught
                   and
                   practised
                   in
                   that
                   Church
                   ;
                   and
                   do
                   resolve
                   by
                   
                   the
                   grace
                   of
                   God
                   to
                   live
                   and
                   die
                   in
                   the
                   unity
                   of
                   the
                   Catholick
                   faith
                   ,
                   &
                   in
                   the
                   Communion
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   reformed
                   from
                   the
                   errors
                   and
                   corruptions
                   of
                   Popery
                   ,
                   Intestimony
                   whereof
                   I
                   do
                   hereunto
                   put
                   my
                   hand
                   this
                   day
                   of
                   1691.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               This
               Abjuration
               should
               be
               signed
               by
               the
               party
               ,
               and
               witnessed
               ,
               and
               then
               delivered
               to
               the
               Priest
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               be
               entred
               into
               the
               Parish
               Registry
               ,
               then
               let
               it
               be
               sent
               to
               the
               Bishop
               of
               the
               Diocess
               that
               it
               may
               remain
               on
               Record
               on
               his
               Registry
               also
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               If
               the
               lapsed
               person
               has
            
             
             
               done
               injury
               to
               any
               of
               his
               Protestant
               Neighbours
               by
               robbing
               them
               of
               their
               goods
               ,
               he
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               admited
               till
               he
               makes
               restitution
               ,
               or
               professes
               a
               willingness
               to
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     A
                     Form
                     of
                     Admission
                     of
                  
                   Romanist's
                   
                     into
                     our
                     Communion
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   First
                   ,
                   WHensoever
                   any
                   person
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   educated
                   in
                   the
                   communion
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   Rome
                   desires
                   to
                   forsake
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   embrace
                   the
                   communion
                   of
                   our
                   Church
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   fit
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   should
                   give
                   notice
                   of
                   his
                   intentions
                   some
                   time
                   before
                   ,
                   to
                   
                   the
                   Minister
                   of
                   the
                   Parish
                   ,
                   wherein
                   he
                   lives
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   the
                   Minister
                   may
                   be
                   satisfied
                   in
                   the
                   motives
                   of
                   his
                   change
                   ,
                   and
                   spend
                   some
                   time
                   with
                   him
                   in
                   convincing
                   him
                   of
                   the
                   errors
                   and
                   corruptions
                   of
                   Popery
                   .
                   If
                   the
                   person
                   be
                   ignorant
                   ,
                   and
                   uninstructed
                   in
                   the
                   common
                   principles
                   of
                   Religion
                   ,
                   contained
                   in
                   the
                   Creed
                   ,
                   the
                   Lords
                   prayer
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Ten
                   Commandments
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   am
                   afraid
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   Papists
                   are
                   )
                   the
                   Minister
                   ought
                   to
                   spend
                   the
                   more
                   time
                   upon
                   him
                   ;
                   First
                   in
                   instructing
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   common
                   
                   agenda
                   &
                   credenda
                   of
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   descending
                   from
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   doctrines
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   and
                   shewing
                   him
                   the
                   errors
                   of
                   them
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   word
                   of
                   God
                   :
                   For
                   it
                   is
                   in
                   vain
                   to
                   gain
                   a
                   Proselyte
                   to
                   our
                   Church
                   that
                   is
                   not
                   acquainted
                   with
                   the
                   common
                   grounds
                   of
                   Christian
                   Religion
                   that
                   are
                   owned
                   by
                   all
                   Chistians
                   as
                   necessary
                   to
                   Salvation
                   ;
                   &
                   the
                   admitting
                   any
                   person
                   as
                   a
                   member
                   of
                   a
                   distinct
                   communion
                   ,
                   doth
                   necessarily
                   presuppose
                   him
                   instructed
                   in
                   those
                   principles
                   of
                   Religion
                   in
                   which
                   
                   the
                   Christians
                   of
                   all
                   communions
                   are
                   agreed
                   ;
                   But
                   if
                   he
                   be
                   better
                   educated
                   and
                   instructed
                   in
                   the
                   grounds
                   of
                   Religion
                   ,
                   the
                   Minister
                   of
                   the
                   parish
                   need
                   only
                   examin
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   reasons
                   and
                   motives
                   of
                   his
                   intended
                   change
                   ;
                   And
                   if
                   he
                   finds
                   him
                   able
                   to
                   give
                   a
                   good
                   account
                   of
                   his
                   Change
                   ,
                   Then
                   let
                   him
                   ask
                   him
                   in
                   private
                   whether
                   he
                   has
                   had
                   any
                   hand
                   in
                   the
                   Rappareeing
                   of
                   his
                   Neighbours
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   he
                   confesseth
                   he
                   hath
                   ,
                   let
                   him
                   lay
                   the
                   danger
                   of
                   that
                   sin
                   before
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   acquaint
                   him
                   with
                   the
                   necessity
                   of
                   making
                   
                   restitution
                   ;
                   and
                   let
                   him
                   not
                   be
                   admitted
                   ,
                   till
                   he
                   makes
                   some
                   restitution
                   if
                   he
                   be
                   able
                   ,
                   or
                   where
                   he
                   is
                   not
                   ,
                   profess
                   a
                   willingness
                   to
                   do
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   2ly
                   .
                   Let
                   him
                   appoint
                   him
                   to
                   attend
                   him
                   at
                   the
                   Church
                   door
                   ,
                   the
                   next
                   Lords
                   Day
                   after
                   notice
                   given
                   as
                   formerly
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   let
                   the
                   person
                   that
                   desires
                   to
                   be
                   admitted
                   stand
                   at
                   the
                   Church
                   door
                   ,
                   and
                   say
                   in
                   the
                   presence
                   of
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   Congregation
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     have
                     formerly
                     been
                     a
                     Member
                     of
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                  
                   Rome
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     being
                     sensible
                     of
                     my
                     sin
                     and
                     danger
                     in
                     continuing
                     so
                     long
                     in
                     the
                     communion
                  
                   
                   
                     of
                     that
                     Church
                     ,
                     I
                     am
                     willing
                     to
                     forsake
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     embrace
                     the
                     communion
                     of
                     your
                     Church
                     ,
                     and
                     am
                     now
                     come
                     hither
                     with
                     an
                     earnest
                     desire
                     to
                     be
                     admitted
                     into
                     it
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   3ly
                   .
                   Then
                   let
                   the
                   Minister
                   tell
                   him
                   (
                   as
                   before
                   directed
                   )
                   that
                   he
                   must
                   go
                   into
                   the
                   Church
                   and
                   enquire
                   the
                   consent
                   of
                   the
                   Congregation
                   to
                   his
                   admission
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   the
                   Congregation
                   be
                   willing
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   let
                   him
                   return
                   to
                   the
                   party
                   with
                   three
                   or
                   four
                   of
                   the
                   Congregation
                   ,
                   and
                   introduce
                   him
                   into
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   placing
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   penitents
                   seat
                   ,
                   and
                   saying
                   as
                   before
                   directed
                   in
                   
                   the
                   Office
                   for
                   the
                   Lapsi
                   §
                   .
                   6.
                   except
                   only
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   his
                   standing
                   in
                   the
                   penitents
                   seat
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   left
                   to
                   the
                   Minister's
                   discretion
                   to
                   enlarge
                   or
                   abridge
                   as
                   he
                   sees
                   cause
                   .
                
                 
                   4ly
                   .
                   Then
                   let
                   the
                   prayers
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   begin
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   that
                   ,
                   a
                   Sermon
                   preached
                   on
                   the
                   heads
                   formerly
                   mentioned
                   §
                   .
                   6.
                   then
                   let
                   him
                   be
                   put
                   in
                   mind
                   of
                   appointing
                   a
                   day
                   once
                   a
                   week
                   for
                   fasting
                   and
                   prayer
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   directions
                   §
                   .
                   7.
                   
                
                 
                   5ly
                   .
                   Let
                   him
                   acquaint
                   him
                   also
                   ,
                   that
                   a
                   publick
                   Abjuration
                   of
                   the
                   errors
                   of
                   
                   the
                   Roman
                   Church
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   an
                   open
                   promise
                   of
                   continuing
                   in
                   the
                   Communion
                   of
                   our
                   Church
                   ,
                   will
                   be
                   expected
                   from
                   him
                   before
                   he
                   be
                   admitted
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   prevent
                   surprize
                   at
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   to
                   do
                   ,
                   let
                   the
                   Minister
                   preacquaint
                   him
                   with
                   them
                   before
                   he
                   come
                   to
                   perform
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   6ly
                   .
                   When
                   the
                   party
                   has
                   observed
                   the
                   foregoing
                   Rules
                   ,
                   and
                   has
                   stood
                   in
                   the
                   penitents
                   seat
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   time
                   limitted
                   by
                   the
                   Minister
                   ,
                   let
                   him
                   on
                   the
                   last
                   day
                   tell
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   intends
                   to
                   admit
                   him
                   to
                   the
                   communion
                   of
                   the
                   
                   Church
                   the
                   next
                   Lords
                   Day
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   the
                   day
                   is
                   come
                   ,
                   letthe
                   directions
                   formerly
                   prescribed
                   §
                   9
                   be
                   observed
                   ,
                
                 
                   7ly
                   .
                   After
                   the
                   prayer
                   
                     [
                     Prevent
                     us
                  
                   O
                   Lord
                   ]
                   is
                   finished
                   ,
                   let
                   the
                   party
                   ,
                   standing
                   before
                   the
                   Reading
                   Desk
                   ,
                   say
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Reverend
                     Sir
                     ,
                     I
                     am
                     come
                     hither
                     with
                     a
                     design
                     to
                     renounce
                     the
                     errors
                     and
                     corruption
                     of
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                     Rome
                     ,
                     in
                     which
                     for
                     many
                     years
                     past
                     I
                     have
                     been
                     educated
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     implore
                     your
                     paternal
                     assistance
                     in
                     admitting
                     me
                     to
                     the
                     Communion
                     of
                     your
                     Church
                     ,
                     as
                     also
                     your
                     holy
                     prayers
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     prayers
                     of
                     this
                     Congregation
                     unto
                     God
                     in
                     my
                     behalf
                     for
                     
                     the
                     pardon
                     of
                     all
                     the
                     sins
                     ,
                     errors
                     and
                     ignorances
                     of
                     my
                     life
                     past
                     ,
                     and
                     for
                     the
                     assistance
                     of
                     his
                     spirit
                     to
                     preserve
                     and
                     strengthen
                     me
                     in
                     this
                     Communion
                     all
                     the
                     days
                     of
                     my
                     Life
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           ¶
           Then
           let
           the
           Priest
           say
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             BEfore
             you
             are
             admitted
             to
             the
             Communion
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             it
             is
             fit
             that
             you
             make
             some
             publick
             profession
             of
             your
             Faith
             ,
             &
             acquaint
             the
             Congregation
             with
             the
             motives
             of
             your
             change
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             to
             them
             that
             you
             have
             neither
             forsaken
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             nor
             embraced
             the
             communion
             of
             ours
             ,
             for
             finister
             ends
             ,
             and
             worldly
             respects
             ,
             but
             
             upon
             sober
             grounds
             ,
             and
             solid
             arguments
             of
             conviction
             ;
             I
             demand
             therefore
             of
             you
             ,
          
           
             
               First
               .
            
             Do
             you
             believe
             all
             the
             Articles
             of
             the
             
               Christian
               Faith.
            
             
          
           
             
               Ans
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               2ly
               .
            
             Repeat
             them
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             Congregation
             .
          
           
             
               3ly
               .
            
             Do
             you
             here
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             &
             this
             Congregation
             heartily
             and
             sincerely
             renounce
             all
             the
             errors
             and
             corruptions
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             they
             stand
             determined
             by
             the
             Council
             of
             Trent
             ,
             and
             are
             at
             present
             taught
             and
             practised
             in
             that
             Church
             ?
          
           
             
               Ans
               .
            
             
               I
               renounce
               them
               all
            
             .
          
           
             
               4ly
               .
            
             Are
             you
             sensible
             of
             your
             sin
             and
             danger
             in
             continuing
             so
             long
             in
             the
             communion
             of
             that
             
             Church
             ?
          
           
             
               Ans
               .
            
             
               I
               am
            
             .
          
           
             
               5ly
               .
            
             Do
             you
             desire
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             the
             communion
             of
             our
             Church
             ?
          
           
             
               Ans
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               desire
               it
            
             .
          
           
             
               6ly
               .
            
             Are
             you
             resolved
             by
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             to
             live
             and
             die
             in
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Catholick
             faith
             and
             in
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Ireland
             as
             it
             stands
             reformed
             from
             the
             errors
             and
             corruptions
             of
             Popery
             ?
          
           
             
               Ans
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               so
               resolved
            
             .
          
           
             
               7ly
               .
            
             Read
             your
             Renuntiation
             .
          
        
         
           ¶
           After
           the
           reading
           of
           it
           let
           the
           Minister
           say
           ,
        
         
           
             ALmighty
             God
             ,
             who
             has
             put
             these
             good
             Resolutions
             into
             your
             heart
             ,
             and
             has
             discovered
             to
             you
             the
             light
             of
             
             his
             Truth
             ,
             give
             you
             grace
             and
             strength
             to
             walk
             in
             that
             light
             ,
             and
             perform
             those
             good
             resolutions
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord.
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           ¶
           Then
           let
           the
           Minister
           use
           the
           two
           former
           Collects
           ,
           &
           then
           proceed
           as
           in
           the
           former
           Office
           ,
           except
           only
           in
           the
           first
           Collect
           instead
           of
           these
           words
           
             [
             let
             the
             sense
             of
             his
             former
             frailty
             in
             departing
             from
             the
             truth
             ]
          
           let
           these
           be
           inserted
           ,
           
             Let
             the
             sense
             of
             his
             former
             ignorance
             of
             the
             truth
             have
             so
             strong
             an
             influence
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           After
           the
           two
           Collects
           ,
           let
           the
           Minister
           stand
           up
           (
           the
           Penitent
           kneeling
           )
           and
           lay
           his
           hand
           upon
           his
           head
           ,
           saying
           ,
        
         
           
           
             BY
             vertue
             of
             the
             Authority
             to
             me
             committed
             by
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             I
             do
             receive
             this
             person
             into
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             admit
             him
             to
             the
             prayers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             participation
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             other
             Rites
             and
             Symbols
             of
             communion
             ,
             In
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Son
             ,
             &
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           ¶
           Then
           shall
           follow
           the
           Collect
           in
           the
           former
           Office
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           a
           short
           Exhortation
           upon
           these
           following
           heads
           .
           
             First
             .
             To
             shew
             to
             him
             the
             advantages
             that
             the
             Protestant
             communion
             has
             beyond
             that
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             in
             allowing
             the
             liberty
             of
             reading
             
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             publick
             prayers
             in
             a
             known
             tongue
             ,
             in
             drawing
             its
             Members
             off
             from
             relyances
             on
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             ,
             on
             hallowed
             Beads
             and
             Medals
             ,
             and
             and
             fixing
             their
             trust
             and
             confidence
             only
             upon
             God.
             2ly
             .
             To
             lay
             before
             them
             the
             necessity
             of
             continuing
             stedfast
             in
             the
             communion
             that
             they
             have
             embraced
             .
             3ly
             .
             To
             shew
             them
             the
             danger
             and
             hazard
             of
             breaking
             the
             Promise
             which
             they
             have
             so
             solemnly
             and
             publickly
             made
             ,
             and
             to
             forewarn
             them
             of
             ,
             and
             arm
             them
             against
             the
             loud
             clamours
             of
             Heretick
             and
             Schismatick
             ,
             and
             their
             being
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             they
             
             must
             expect
             will
             be
             raised
             against
             them
             &
             said
             unto
             them
             by
             the
             men
             of
             the
             communion
             which
             they
             have
             forsaken
             .
             :
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Form
                   of
                   Abrenuntiation
                
                 
                   
                     I
                     H.
                     T.
                  
                   of
                   B.
                   in
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   M.
                   &
                   Diocess
                   of
                   M.
                   Having
                   been
                   educated
                   in
                   the
                   communion
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   by
                   means
                   whereof
                   I
                   was
                   neither
                   able
                   for
                   some
                   time
                   to
                   enquire
                   into
                   the
                   Doctrines
                   of
                   that
                   Church
                   ,
                   nor
                   to
                   shake
                   them
                   off
                   without
                   much
                   difficulty
                   after
                   enquiry
                   :
                   But
                   now
                   being
                   sensible
                   of
                   the
                   errors
                   and
                   corruptions
                   of
                   that
                   Church
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   great
                   hazard
                   of
                   my
                   salvation
                   by
                   continuing
                   longer
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   desirous
                   to
                   renounce
                   her
                   communion
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   be
                   
                   admitted
                   into
                   the
                   communion
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   os
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   stands
                   reformed
                   from
                   the
                   errors
                   and
                   corruptions
                   of
                   Popery
                   ;
                   humbly
                   imploring
                   the
                   Divine
                   Mercy
                   for
                   all
                   the
                   Ignorances
                   and
                   errors
                   of
                   my
                   life
                   past
                   ,
                   and
                   desiring
                   all
                   Christian
                   people
                   to
                   pray
                   to
                   God
                   for
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   not
                   be
                   laid
                   to
                   my
                   charge
                   ;
                   and
                   also
                   humbly
                   intreating
                   you
                   my
                   Spiritual
                   Pastor
                   to
                   admit
                   me
                   a
                   Member
                   ,
                   though
                   a
                   very
                   unworthy
                   one
                   ,
                   into
                   the
                   communion
                   of
                   your
                   Church
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   by
                   the
                   grace
                   of
                   God
                   I
                   do
                   fully
                   purpose
                   to
                   live
                   and
                   die
                   :
                   And
                   this
                   Declaration
                   I
                   do
                   make
                   willingly
                   ,
                   sincerely
                   and
                   unfeignedly
                   ,
                   without
                   any
                   Equivocation
                   or
                   Mental
                   Reservation
                   ,
                   
                     So
                     help
                     me
                     God
                  
                   ,
                   through
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                   this
                   
                     _____
                  
                   day
                   of
                   
                     _____
                  
                   1691.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A36345-e140
           
             2.
             
          
           
             5.
             
          
           
             an
             t
             .
             c.
             
          
           
             c.
             54
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Peculiar
             places
             appointed
             for
             the
             Penitents
             .
          
           
             Nic.
             c.
             11.
             
             Ancyr
             .
             c.
             4.
             
             Tert.
             de
             poen
             .
             Basil
             ad
             Amphil.
             c.
             22.
             56
             
          
           
             When
             first
             introduc'd
             ,
             how
             long
             continued
             .
          
           
             Hist
             .
             Eccl.
             6.
             34.
             
          
           
             L.
             5.
             c.
             71.
             
          
           
             Where
             those
             stations
             were
             .
          
           
             Can.
             11
             
          
           
             Ep.
             Can
             ▪
             c.
             56.
             75
             ▪
             
          
           
             The
             place
             for
             the
             hearers
             .
          
           
             can
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             in
             can
             .
             4.
             
             Ancyr
             .
             lib.
             de
             paenit
             .
             c.
             10.
             
          
           
             The
             place
             of
             the
             prostrate
             .
          
           
             in
             can
             .
             Nicen.
             ●
             1.
             12.
             
             Ancyr
             .
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             in
             can
             .
             praed
             .
             syntag
             .
             lit
             .
             m.
             6.
             
          
           
             The
             place
             of
             the
             faithfu
             
          
           
             distinction
             in
             habits
             ,
             prayers
             ,
             &c.
             made
             between
             them
             .
          
           
             Pacian
             .
             in
             paraen
             ad
             paenit
             .
             Ambrosad
             virglaps
             .
             c.
             8.
             
             Cypr.
             de
             laps
             .
             Hieron
             .
             Ep.
             30.
             ad
             Ocean
             .
             Conc.
             Agath
             .
             c.
             15.
             
             Tolet
             .
             3.
             c.
             12.
             
             B●rc
             .
             in
             c.
             6.
             
             Eligius
             hom
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             Laod.
             c.
             19.
             
             Clem.
             const
             .
             l.
             8.
             c.
             6.
             7.
             8.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             57.
             
             Dion
             .
             Hier.
             Eccl.
             c.
             3.
             
             Basil
             .
             Ep.
             can
             .
             c.
             56.
             75.
             
             Sozom
             .
             hist
             .
             l.
             7.
             c.
             16.
             
             Chrys
             .
             hom
             .
             72.
             in
             Math.
             &
             hom
             .
             3.
             in
             Ep.
             ad
             Ephesios
             .
          
           
             Confession
             required
             .
          
           
             de
             paenit
             .
             c.
             9
             ▪
             
          
           
             in
             Sal.
             37.
             
          
           
             Hist
             .
             Eccl.
             l.
             7.
             c.
             16.
             
          
           
             Bishop
             Taylor
             .
             Un.
             Necess
             .
             ch
             .
             10.
             
             S.
             4.
             
          
           
             fasting
             injoyned
             .
          
           
             Tert
             :
             de
             paenit
             .
             c.
             9.
             10.
             11.
             12.
             
             Morni
             .
             de
             paenit
             .
             l.
             4.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Corinth
             .
             5.
             2.
             
             Corinth
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Euseb
             .
             3.
             23.
             
          
           
             de
             paenit
             .
             c.
             9.
             10.
             
             Cypr.
             de
             lapsis
             .
          
           
             Ancyr
             .
             c.
             16.
             
             Nicen
             .
             c.
             11.
             12.
             
             Basil
             .
             Ep.
             Can.
             
          
           
             how
             far
             the
             antient
             discipline
             is
             practicable
             .
          
           
             present
             methods
             fit
             to
             be
             used
             .
          
           
             distinction
             to
             be
             made
             between
             the
             lapsi
             
          
           
             Penitents
             Seat.
             
          
           
             Conference
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             Penitents
             address
             to
             the
             Minister
             ,
             and
             his
             answer
             .
          
           
             Consent
             of
             the
             Church
             necessary
             .
          
           
             Sermon
             for
             the
             occasion
             .
          
           
             Fasting
             and
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             publick
             confession
             .
          
           
             Form
             of
             admission
             .
          
           
             Penitent's
             address
             to
             the
             Minister
             
          
           
             Interr●…tories
             
          
           
             Prayers
             to
             be
             used
             
          
           
             Absolution
             .
          
           
             Exortation
             .
          
           
             *
             Here
             let
             him
             mention
             his
             reasons
             .
          
        
      
    
  

