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         Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
      
       
         
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             A brief discourse concerning the lawfulness of worshipping God by the common-prayer being an answer to a book entituled A brief discourse concerning the unlawfulness of the common-prayer worship lately printed in New-England, and re-printed in London, in which the chief things objected against the liturgy, are consider'd.
             Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
          
           
             The second edition corrected.
          
           [4], 36 p.
           
             Printed for Ri. Chiswell ...,
             London :
             1694.
          
           
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           A
           BRIEF
           DISCOURSE
           Concerning
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           Worshipping
           GOD
           BY
           THE
           COMMON-PRAYER
           .
           Being
           in
           ANSWER
           To
           a
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           A
           Brief
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           Vnlawfulness
           of
           the
           Common-Prayer
           Worship
           .
           Lately
           Printed
           in
           New-England
           ,
           and
           Re-printed
           in
           London
           .
           In
           which
           ,
           the
           Chief
           Things
           Objected
           against
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           are
           consider'd
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Edition
           Corrected
           .
        
         
           
             Let
             all
             things
             be
             done
             decently
             ,
             and
             in
             order
             ,
             
               1
               Cor.
               14.
               40.
               
            
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ri.
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           M
           DC
           XCIV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           IMPRIMATUR
           ,
        
         
           
             
               August
               9.
               1693.
               
            
          
           
             GEO.
             ROYSE
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           HOW
           Pious
           or
           Learned
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Book
           I
           undertake
           to
           answer
           may
           be
           ,
           I
           am
           no
           more
           concern'd
           to
           know
           ,
           than
           I
           am
           who
           the
           Author
           is
           ,
           whom
           the
           Publisher
           bath
           thought
           fit
           to
           commend
           as
           such
           ;
           and
           having
           so
           done
           ,
           to
           conceal
           .
           But
           he
           is
           not
           (
           as
           far
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           the
           more
           Learned
           or
           Pious
           for
           Writing
           this
           Book
           :
           Not
           the
           more
           Learned
           ;
           for
           by
           all
           the
           helps
           he
           professes
           to
           have
           had
           from
           Didoclavius
           ,
           &c.
           he
           is
           guilty
           of
           many
           gross
           and
           palpable
           Mistakes
           :
           And
           not
           the
           more
           Pious
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           uncharitable
           Reflections
           and
           Inferences
           he
           every
           where
           makes
           .
           For
           would
           any
           man
           of
           a
           truly
           Christian
           Temper
           alledge
           these
           things
           now
           against
           the
           Common-Prayer
           ,
           which
           were
           alter'd
           or
           expunged
           above
           thirty
           years
           before
           he
           published
           his
           
             Brief
             Discourse
          
           ?
           Or
           charge
           us
           with
           violating
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           because
           we
           change
           the
           word
           Sabbath
           for
           the
           Seventh
           Day
           ;
           or
           say
           that
           we
           
             sacrilegiously
             steal
          
           from
           it
           ,
           because
           Hallelujah
           ,
           or
           
             Praise
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           is
           sometimes
           left
           out
           in
           the
           Reading-Psalms
           ;
           or
           that
           we
           equal
           the
           Apocrypha
           to
           ,
           and
           set
           it
           up
           above
           the
           Canonical
           Scriptures
           ,
           because
           it
           s
           read
           on
           the
           Highest
           Holy-days
           (
           as
           he
           saith
           ,
           but
           not
           very
           truly
           )
           tho
           the
           Articles
           of
           our
           Church
           expresly
           declare
           them
           to
           be
           only
           of
           humane
           composition
           .
           Suppose
           now
           I
           should
           treat
           this
           Author
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           ;
           and
           whereas
           he
           professes
           to
           have
           compared
           our
           Liturgy
           with
           the
           Missal
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           should
           take
           all
           advantages
           given
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           this
           ,
           he
           had
           never
           read
           them
           .
           I
           am
           certain
           ,
           I
           could
           much
           more
           easily
           ,
           and
           as
           Charitably
           do
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           make
           good
           his
           abovesaid
           Charge
           .
           For
           would
           any
           one
           conversant
           in
           the
           
             Missal
             ,
             Breviary
          
           and
           Ritual
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           have
           said
           (
           as
           he
           doth
           ,
           
             p.
             5.
             )
             That
          
           Beza
           
             notes
             ,
             that
             in
             the
          
           Roman
           
             Liturgy
             ,
             men
             are
             taught
             to
             cry
             ,
          
           Jesu
           Miserere
           mei
           ,
           
             no
             less
             than
             ten
             times
             one
             after
             another
             ?
          
           For
           what
           need
           he
           quote
           Beza
           for
           that
           which
           he
           has
           (
           as
           he
           saith
           )
           read
           himself
           ;
           and
           which
           after
           all
           ,
           Beza
           mistook
           ,
           and
           he
           with
           Beza
           ;
           or
           rather
           he
           mistakes
           Beza
           in
           ;
           since
           the
           
             Jesu
             Miserere
          
           thus
           repeated
           ,
           is
           not
           in
           the
           Missal
           ,
           &c.
           but
           in
           private
           Offices
           of
           that
           Church
           .
           Who
           again
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           conversant
           in
           our
           Liturgy
           ,
           would
           have
           said
           ,
           as
           the
           Author
           ,
           
             Some
             have
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             of
             172
             Apocryphal
             Chapters
             ,
             but
             38
             are
             omitted
             ?
          
           
           For
           what
           need
           he
           to
           be
           beholden
           to
           another's
           Observation
           ,
           for
           what
           he
           that
           had
           thus
           read
           the
           Liturgy
           must
           have
           under
           his
           own
           eye
           ?
           So
           easy
           is
           it
           to
           repay
           him
           in
           his
           own
           Coin
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           reflect
           and
           infer
           after
           his
           way
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           a
           shrewd
           sign
           this
           Author
           was
           hard
           put
           to
           it
           to
           make
           good
           his
           Charge
           against
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           and
           to
           prove
           his
           Point
           ,
           That
           it
           's
           unlawful
           to
           
             be
             present
             at
             the
             Common-Prayer
             Worship
             .
          
        
         
           And
           after
           all
           ,
           it
           's
           of
           little
           Service
           to
           our
           Author
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           his
           Communion
           ,
           to
           make
           such
           Exceptions
           as
           he
           has
           done
           ;
           for
           if
           all
           things
           were
           alter'd
           and
           remov'd
           that
           he
           objects
           against
           ,
           they
           of
           his
           way
           would
           be
           no
           nearer
           to
           us
           than
           they
           are
           ,
           as
           the
           things
           stand
           at
           present
           ;
           as
           long
           as
           we
           are
           a
           National
           Church
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           Liturgy
           ;
           and
           whilst
           they
           continue
           Independent
           and
           Congregational
           ,
           are
           against
           the
           use
           of
           any
           Forms
           ,
           even
           such
           as
           are
           Scriptural
           (
           as
           the
           Lord's
           Prayer
           and
           Decalogue
           ;
           )
           nay
           ,
           against
           reading
           the
           Scripture
           in
           their
           Publick
           Congregations
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           he
           had
           dealt
           more
           sincerely
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           acquainted
           his
           Reader
           ,
           That
           they
           hold
           it
           unlawful
           to
           communicate
           with
           us
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           a
           National
           Church
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           don't
           joyn
           in
           the
           Common-Prayer
           Worship
           ,
           because
           it
           's
           a
           Form
           ,
           and
           all
           Forms
           are
           in
           his
           Opinion
           unlawful
           .
           This
           indeed
           had
           struck
           at
           the
           Root
           of
           all
           ;
           but
           this
           he
           knew
           was
           not
           so
           easily
           prov'd
           ,
           nor
           would
           look
           so
           popularly
           ,
           as
           to
           cry
           out
           
             Heathenism
             ,
             Judaism
          
           ,
           and
           Popery
           ,
           which
           he
           charges
           our
           Service-Book
           with
           .
           This
           indeed
           will
           rouze
           the
           Multitude
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           no
           wonder
           when
           possess'd
           with
           this
           Representation
           of
           our
           Worship
           ,
           that
           the
           deluded
           People
           broke
           into
           the
           Church
           (
           Erected
           at
           Boston
           for
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           )
           to
           search
           for
           the
           Images
           they
           supposed
           we
           worship'd
           .
           The
           time
           was
           when
           the
           Antinomians
           from
           among
           themselves
           ,
           
           treated
           them
           in
           the
           like
           way
           ,
           and
           call'd
           them
           
             Legal
             Preachers
             ,
             Popish
             Factors
             ,
             Scribes
             ,
             and
             Opposers
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           And
           they
           may
           remember
           what
           had
           like
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Effect
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           taken
           up
           what
           their
           Adversaries
           call'd
           a
           
             Bloody
             Tenet
          
           .
           And
           truly
           we
           had
           reason
           to
           fear
           it
           ,
           if
           there
           had
           not
           been
           a
           Superior
           Authority
           to
           over-rule
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           shall
           forbear
           to
           recriminate
           ,
           and
           shall
           leave
           the
           rest
           to
           the
           Book
           ,
           where
           I
           have
           let
           nothing
           escape
           that
           requires
           an
           Answer
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           have
           given
           a
           sufficient
           Answer
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           issue
           have
           prov'd
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           far
           as
           his
           Exceptions
           go
           )
           they
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           forbear
           being
           present
           at
           ,
           or
           joyning
           in
           the
           Common-Prayer-Book
           Worship
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           First
           Question
           :
           Nor
           that
           it
           's
           unlawful
           to
           take
           an
           Oath
           by
           laying
           the
           Hand
           upon
           the
           Bible
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           Second
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           BRIEF
           DISCOURSE
           Concerning
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           Worshipping
           GOD
           BY
           THE
           COMMON-PRAYER
           .
        
         
           THE
           First
           Question
           proposed
           by
           the
           Author
           ,
           is
           ,
           
           Q.
           What
           are
           the
           Reasons
           why
           you
           judge
           it
           unlawful
           to
           be
           present
           at
           ,
           or
           to
           partake
           in
           the
           Common-Prayer
           Worship
           ?
        
         
           The
           Reasons
           he
           gives
           are
           four
           ,
           taken
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           the
           Original
           of
           the
           Common-Prayer-Book
           ,
           which
           ,
           
             saith
             he
          
           ,
           with
           the
           Ceremonies
           and
           Worship
           prescribed
           therein
           ,
           I
           find
           to
           be
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           Popish
           and
           Heathenish
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           From
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           Common-Prayer-Book
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Because
           Publick
           Liturgies
           of
           humane
           Composure
           ,
           are
           an
           Innovation
           and
           Deviation
           from
           Primitive
           Purity
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           In
           this
           Age
           of
           Light
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           great
           Apostacy
           in
           the
           least
           to
           countenance
           or
           comply
           with
           the
           Common-Prayer-Worship
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Reasons
           he
           advances
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           he
           endeavours
           to
           justify
           their
           continuance
           in
           a
           Separation
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Worship
           therein
           Administred
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           I
           shall
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           examine
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           clearer
           discoursing
           upon
           which
           ,
           I
           shall
           divide
           what
           I
           have
           to
           say
           ,
           into
           so
           many
           Chapters
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           Of
           the
           Original
           of
           the
           Common
           Prayer
           ,
           or
           English
           Liturgy
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Of
           the
           Matter
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Of
           the
           Original
           of
           Liturgies
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Of
           Worship
           by
           a
           Liturgy
           .
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Original
             of
             the
             English
             Liturgy
             .
          
           
             
               OUR
               Author
               saith
               ,
               That
            
             the
             Common-Prayer-Book
             ,
             with
             the
             Ceremonies
             and
             Worship
             prescribed
             therein
             ,
             are
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             Popish
             and
             Heathenish
             ;
             
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               unlawful
               to
               joyn
               with
               it
               .
            
          
           
             This
             will
             be
             resolved
             into
             two
             Questions
             .
          
           
             Q.
             1.
             
             Whether
             the
             Common
             Prayer
             be
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ;
             and
             be
             Heathenish
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Popish
             ?
          
           
             Q.
             2.
             
             Whether
             the
             being
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ,
             makes
             it
             unlawfull
             to
             be
             used
             or
             joyned
             with
             ,
             tho
             it
             be
             good
             and
             lawful
             in
             it self
             ?
          
           
             Q.
             1.
             
             Whether
             the
             Common-Prayer
             is
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ?
             As
             our
             Author
             takes
             care
             to
             represent
             it
             ,
             one
             would
             think
             there
             is
             little
             of
             the
             Roman
             Service
             left
             out
             in
             ours
             .
             
               The
               Common-Prayer
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               is
               in
               a
               great
               measure
               Popish
               —
               is
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               Popes
               Mass-Book
               —
               it
               cannot
               be
               denied
               it
               's
               derived
               from
               thence
               ,
            
             p.
             1.
             
             
               There
               is
               very
               little
               in
               the
            
             English
             ,
             
               which
               is
               not
               to
               be
               found
               in
               the
               other
               ,
            
             p.
             2.
             
             This
             is
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             not
             to
             be
             determined
             by
             Authority
             .
             He
             himself
             makes
             a
             fair
             proposal
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             accept
             of
             ,
             viz.
             
               Let
               such
               as
               have
               any
               hesitancy
               about
               this
               matter
               compare
               the
               Popish
               Missal
               ,
               &c.
               with
               the
            
             English
             
               Liturgy
               ,
               and
               they
               will
               be
               convinced
               ,
            
             Of
             what
             ?
             That
             he
             had
             never
             read
             and
             compared
             them
             ;
             or
             is
             guilty
             of
             a
             notorious
             Abuse
             that
             he
             puts
             upon
             his
             ignorant
             Reader
             ,
             that
             after
             he
             pretends
             to
             have
             read
             and
             compared
             ,
             shall
             assert
             so
             gross
             a
             falshood
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             There
             is
             very
             little
             in
             the
             English
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             For
             there
             is
             little
             comparatively
             in
             the
             English
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Roman
             Liturgy
             ,
             and
             far
             more
             is
             left
             out
             ,
             than
             ever
             was
             taken
             thence
             .
             This
             is
             indeed
             directly
             contrary
             to
             what
             he
             affirms
             ,
             and
             yet
             let
             any
             one
             compare
             them
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             be
             convinced
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             it
             .
             Take
             that
             which
             is
             called
             
               the
               Cannon
               of
               the
               Mass
            
             ,
             or
             Form
             of
             Administring
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             Agreement
             ,
             not
             one
             Collect
             or
             Prayer
             the
             same
             .
             Go
             we
             to
             Baptism
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             one
             Prayer
             belonging
             to
             that
             Office
             that
             is
             in
             ours
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             Litany
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             a
             third
             part
             of
             theirs
             in
             ours
             ,
             and
             much
             in
             ours
             which
             is
             not
             in
             theirs
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             There
             is
             nothing
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             which
             makes
             it
             
               the
               Popes
               Missal
            
             ,
             and
             is
             peculiar
             to
             that
             Church
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             ours
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Popery
             in
             our
             Liturgy
             .
             This
             he
             is
             in
             part
             forced
             to
             acknowledge
             .
             
               There
               are
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               things
               (
               as
               Prayers
               for
               the
               Dead
               ,
               &c.
               )
               in
               the
            
             Roman
             
               Liturgy
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               translated
               into
            
             English
             .
             His
             
               Et
               cetera
            
             ,
             if
             branched
             into
             particulars
             ,
             would
             be
             very
             large
             ,
             as
             he
             could
             not
             but
             know
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             read
             and
             compared
             them
             .
             As
             for
             Example
             ,
             Where
             are
             their
             Crossings
             ,
             Elevation
             ,
             and
             Adoration
             of
             the
             Elements
             ?
             Where
             their
             Solitary
             Communion
             ,
             and
             Communion
             in
             one
             kind
             ?
             Where
             their
             frequent
             Crossings
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Book
             ?
             Where
             their
             material
             Crosses
             ,
             and
             the
             Adoration
             of
             them
             ?
             Where
             their
             Prayers
             for
             the
             Dead
             ?
             Where
             their
             Intercessors
             ,
             the
             Virgin
             Mary
             and
             Saints
             ,
             that
             are
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Cannon
             of
             the
             Mass
             ?
             Where
             are
             the
             many
             Exorcisms
             in
             Baptism
             ,
             the
             Puffs
             they
             blow
             in
             the
             Infant
             's
             face
             ,
             their
             Conjuration
             of
             Salt
             ,
             
               for
               a
               wholesome
               Sacrament
               to
               the
               driving
               away
               of
               Devils
               ,
            
             that
             's
             put
             into
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Infant
             ,
             
               as
               a
               propitiation
               unto
               Eternal
               Life
               ?
            
             Where
             the
             Spittle
             with
             which
             the
             Ears
             and
             Nostrils
             of
             the
             Infants
             are
             touched
             with
             an
             
               Ephphatha
               ,
               be
               opened
            
             ?
             Where
             the
             
               Oyl
               of
               Salvation
            
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             's
             call'd
             )
             wherewith
             the
             Priest
             anoints
             the
             Child's
             Breast
             and
             Shoulders
             in
             form
             of
             a
             Cross
             ?
             Where
             the
             Chrism
             or
             Oyntment
             wherewith
             he
             anoints
             the
             Crown
             of
             the
             Head
             in
             figure
             of
             a
             Cross
             ?
             Where
             the
             change
             of
             Garments
             ,
             their
             Purple
             and
             White
             Robe
             ,
             that
             the
             Child
             is
             to
             
               carry
               unspotted
               before
               the
               Tribunal
               of
               our
               Lord
               ?
            
             Where
             the
             lighted
             Candle
             put
             into
             the
             Child's
             hand
             ,
             that
             
               when
               our
               Lord
               shall
               come
               to
               the
               Wedding
               ,
               he
               may
               meet
               him
               ?
            
             Where
             the
             many
             Crossings
             of
             the
             Head
             before
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Eyes
             ,
             Ears
             ,
             Nostrils
             ,
             Breast
             ,
             Shoulders
             ,
             Mouth
             ,
             &c.
             to
             be
             found
             in
             their
             Ritual
             and
             Pastoral
             ?
             Lastly
             ,
             To
             go
             no
             farther
             ,
             Where
             are
             the
             
               O
               Holy
            
             Mary
             ,
             
               Mother
               of
               God
               ,
               &c.
               pray
               for
               us
               ?
            
             Where
             are
             the
             Angels
             and
             Arch-Angels
             ,
             the
             Patriarchs
             and
             Prophets
             ,
             the
             Apostles
             and
             Evangelists
             ;
             the
             Martyrs
             ,
             Popes
             ,
             and
             Confessors
             ,
             the
             Priests
             and
             Levites
             ,
             the
             Monks
             and
             Hermits
             ,
             the
             Virgins
             and
             Widows
             ,
             the
             Forty
             seven
             Saints
             in
             particular
             ,
             and
             all
             Saints
             in
             general
             ,
             that
             are
             called
             upon
             in
             their
             Litany
             ,
             
               Pray
               for
               us
            
             ?
             And
             if
             nothing
             that
             is
             truly
             Popish
             be
             to
             be
             found
             in
             our
             Liturgy
             ,
             we
             have
             so
             far
             reason
             to
             deny
             that
             it
             's
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             I
             add
             ,
             That
             our
             Service
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             taken
             out
             of
             he
             Missal
             ,
             that
             whatsoever
             in
             it
             is
             the
             same
             with
             the
             Office
             in
             the
             
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             is
             mostly
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Ancient
             Offices
             of
             the
             Christian
             Church
             .
             And
             because
             every
             one
             cannot
             compare
             it
             ,
             I
             will
             produce
             Impartial
             Authority
             for
             it
             .
             Thus
             saith
             Mr.
             Ball
             ,
             a
             Nonconformist
             of
             great
             Note
             in
             the
             last
             Age
             ,
             The
             English
             Liturgy
             
             
               is
               not
               a
               Collection
               out
               of
               the
               Mass-Book
               ,
               but
               a
               refining
               of
               the
               Liturgy
               ,
               which
               heretofore
               had
               been
               stained
               with
               the
               Mass
               —
               and
               is
               not
               a
               Translation
               of
               the
               Mass
               ,
               but
               a
               Restitution
               of
               the
               Ancient
               Liturgies
               .
            
             So
             the
             Ministers
             of
             
               Old
               England
            
             ,
             in
             a
             Letter
             to
             the
             Ministers
             of
             
               New
               England
            
             ,
             wrote
             Anno
             1637.
             
             
               It
               's
               no
               hard
               task
               to
               shew
               ,
               that
               our
               Service-Book
               was
               reformed
               in
               most
               things
               according
               to
               the
               purest
               Liturgies
               ,
               which
               were
               in
               use
               long
               before
               the
               Mass
               was
               heard
               of
               in
               the
               World
               ,
            
             p
             2.
             
          
           
             
               To
               these
               I
               will
               add
               one
               more
               ,
               for
               the
               Character
               our
               Author
               gives
               of
               him
               ,
            
             viz.
             Bishop
             Jewel
             
               (
               whom
               he
               calls
            
             that
             great
             Light
             in
             the
             English
             Church
             ,
             
               p.
               9.
               )
               Who
               saith
            
             ,
             We
             are
             come
             as
             near
             as
             possibly
             we
             could
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             old
             Catholick
             Bishops
             and
             Fathers
             —
             And
             besides
             ,
             we
             have
             aimed
             not
             only
             our
             Doctrine
             ,
             but
             Sacraments
             also
             ,
             and
             Forms
             of
             our
             Publick
             Prayers
             ,
             after
             the
             patern
             of
             their
             Rites
             and
             Ordinances
             .
          
           
             To
             say
             the
             truth
             ,
             it
             's
             a
             very
             odd
             thing
             to
             represent
             our
             Liturgy
             as
             Popish
             ,
             when
             those
             that
             composed
             and
             used
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             were
             burnt
             by
             the
             Papists
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             when
             to
             this
             day
             they
             will
             not
             communicate
             in
             it
             ,
             nor
             with
             the
             Church
             that
             useth
             it
             .
             Our
             Author
             saith
             ,
             
               There
               have
               been
               Jusuits
               and
               Popish
               Intelligencers
               that
               approved
               of
               our
               Service
               ,
               and
               Pope
            
             Pius
             5
             
               th
               would
               have
               ratified
               it
            
             ?
             And
             is
             it
             therefore
             Popish
             ?
             The
             Independent
             allows
             the
             Presbyterian
             Confession
             of
             Faith
             ;
             And
             this
             Author
             saith
             ,
             p.
             4.
             
             
               It
               must
               be
               acknowledged
               that
               such
               of
               the
            
             Church-of-England
             -
             
               men
               ,
               as
               keep
               to
               the
            
             39
             
               Articles
               in
               matters
               of
               Doctrine
               ,
               are
               as
               Orthodox
               as
               any
               Protestants
               in
               the
               world
               .
            
             And
             is
             therefore
             the
             Independent
             a
             Presbyterian
             ,
             or
             this
             Author
             a
             Church-of
             -
             
             England-man
             ?
             I
             trow
             not
             .
             All
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             agree
             in
             the
             Common
             Principles
             the
             other
             receives
             ,
             and
             yet
             one
             is
             no
             more
             the
             other
             ,
             than
             if
             they
             had
             no
             agreement
             in
             such
             Principles
             .
             And
             so
             is
             it
             here
             ,
             the
             English
             Liturgy
             has
             nothing
             but
             what
             is
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             allowable
             by
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ;
             and
             therefore
             what
             the
             Papists
             will
             ,
             or
             ought
             to
             allow
             ;
             but
             for
             all
             ▪
             that
             ,
             we
             are
             no
             more
             Papists
             ,
             nor
             that
             any
             more
             Popish
             ,
             than
             the
             Independent
             is
             a
             Presbyterian
             ,
             or
             our
             Author
             a
             Church-of
             -
             
             England-man
             .
             It
             was
             not
             then
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             Popish
             ,
             that
             they
             approved
             of
             our
             Service
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             was
             Christian
             ,
             and
             pure
             in
             its
             Order
             and
             Composure
             ;
             neither
             was
             it
             because
             
             it
             was
             Popish
             ,
             that
             the
             Pope
             would
             have
             ratified
             it
             ,
             but
             because
             upon
             any
             terms
             he
             would
             have
             prevailed
             upon
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             to
             own
             his
             Authority
             ,
             and
             regain'd
             her
             to
             their
             Church
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             However
             I
             deny
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Compilers
             of
             the
             Liturgy
             did
             peruse
             the
             Popish
             Offices
             ,
             and
             take
             as
             much
             from
             thence
             ,
             as
             was
             conformable
             to
             the
             Ancient
             Offices
             ,
             and
             was
             fit
             to
             be
             used
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             rather
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             the
             more
             easily
             satisfie
             doubting
             or
             discontented
             Minds
             under
             the
             Alterations
             then
             made
             ,
             and
             induce
             them
             to
             comply
             with
             them
             .
             And
             this
             was
             the
             meaning
             of
             King
             
             Edward's
             Proclamation
             .
             A
             practice
             very
             Christian
             and
             commendable
             ,
             and
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Apostolical
             prudence
             ,
             which
             we
             read
             of
             ,
             Acts
             15.
             16.
             3.
             1
             
             Cor.
             9.
             19
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             which
             the
             Nation
             soon
             felt
             the
             happy
             effects
             of
             ,
             when
             by
             this
             excellent
             Conduct
             it
             became
             ,
             generally
             speaking
             ,
             Reformed
             .
             But
             yet
             after
             all
             ,
             so
             little
             was
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ,
             &c.
             that
             they
             differ'd
             more
             than
             they
             agreed
             in
             ,
             and
             more
             was
             left
             than
             taken
             out
             .
          
           
             But
             our
             Author
             stays
             not
             here
             ,
             
               That
               the
            
             English
             Liturgy
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               is
               originally
               Heathenish
               as
               well
               as
               Popish
               ,
               is
               manifest
               ,
            
             1.
             
             
               In
               that
               the
               Pope's
               Liturgy
               from
               whence
               ours
               is
               deriv'd
               ,
               is
               so
               .
               The
               Principal
               Parts
               of
               the
               Mass-Book
               were
               borrowed
               from
               Idolatrous
               Pagans
               .
               They
               came
               from
            
             Numa
             Pompilius
             ,
             p.
             4.
             
             Ans
             .
             It
             has
             been
             sufficiently
             made
             out
             by
             Protestants
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             great
             Affinity
             and
             Agreement
             between
             the
             Heathenish
             and
             Popish
             Rites
             ;
             but
             our
             Author
             does
             an
             injury
             to
             the
             Argument
             ,
             when
             affirming
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Principal
               Parts
            
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ,
             were
             borrowed
             from
             Idolatrous
             Pagans
             ,
             he
             goes
             no
             further
             than
             
               Vestments
               ,
               Holy
               Water
            
             ,
             and
             Incense
             ,
             as
             if
             these
             were
             the
             
               principal
               Parts
            
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             things
             that
             that
             agreed
             in
             with
             the
             Idolatry
             of
             the
             Heathens
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             indeed
             is
             not
             to
             our
             purpose
             .
             Well!
             suppose
             there
             be
             this
             Conformity
             between
             the
             Papist
             and
             the
             Pagan
             ;
             what
             is
             that
             to
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             agree
             with
             neither
             ?
             but
             that
             he
             attempts
             to
             prove
             .
          
           
             
               For
               tho
               he
               cannot
               find
            
             Incense
             and
             Holy
             Water
             ,
             
               and
               his
            
             Et
             caetera
             
               among
               us
               ,
               yet
               he
               saith
               ,
            
             What
             Vain
             Repetitions
             does
             the
             Common-Prayer
             Book
             abound
             with
             ?
             In
             one
             Service
             the
             Worshippers
             must
             repeat
             these
             words
             .
             
               Good
               Lord
               deliver
               us
            
             ,
             Eight
             times
             over
             .
             And
             ,
             
               We
               beseech
               thee
               to
               hear
               us
               ,
            
             Twenty
             times
             over
             .
             The
             
               Gloria
               Patri
            
             is
             to
             be
             repeated
             Ten
             times
             in
             the
             same
             Morning
             or
             Evening
             Service
             .
             That
             the
             Heathens
             were
             wont
             to
             Worship
             their
             Idols
             just
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             is
             clear
             from
             
               Matth.
               7.
            
             &c.
             
             And
             Beza
             notes
             ,
             that
             the
             Roman
             Liturgy
             does
             abound
             with
             them
             ,
             wherein
             Men
             are
             taught
             to
             cry
             
               Jesu
               ,
               Jesu
               ,
               miserere
               mei
               ,
            
             no
             less
             then
             Ten
             times
             one
             after
             another
             .
          
           
           
             For
             the
             better
             Resolution
             of
             which
             ,
             I
             shall
             proceed
             in
             this
             order
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             We
             grant
             ,
             that
             there
             may
             be
             such
             things
             as
             vain
             Repetitions
             in
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             other
             Divine
             Offices
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             a
             fault
             our
             Saviour
             charges
             on
             the
             Heathens
             ;
             and
             what
             we
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             our
             Author
             ,
             charge
             on
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             is
             also
             frequently
             charged
             by
             those
             that
             use
             and
             plead
             for
             Forms
             ,
             on
             those
             that
             use
             extemporary
             Prayers
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             We
             yet
             do
             maintain
             ,
             That
             there
             are
             such
             Repetitions
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             as
             are
             not
             vain
             ,
             that
             are
             neither
             Heathenish
             or
             Popish
             .
             Such
             do
             we
             read
             of
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             ,
             as
             ,
             Psalm
             ,
             57.
             1.
             75.
             1
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             94.
             1.
             103.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             22.
             107.
             8
             ,
             15
             ,
             21
             ,
             31.
             136.
             throughout
             .
             And
             thus
             our
             Saviour
             repeated
             the
             same
             words
             thrice
             in
             his
             Agony
             in
             the
             Garden
             ,
             Matt.
             26.
             44.
             and
             twice
             on
             the
             Cross
             ,
             Matt.
             27.
             46.
             
             And
             consequently
             all
             Repetitions
             are
             no
             more
             condemned
             by
             our
             Saviour
             in
             Matt.
             6.
             7.
             than
             all
             long
             Prayers
             are
             ,
             Matt.
             23.
             14.
             
             So
             that
             the
             vanity
             of
             Repetitions
             does
             not
             consist
             in
             using
             the
             same
             words
             eight
             times
             or
             twenty
             times
             in
             Prayer
             .
             For
             do
             we
             repeat
             in
             our
             Service
             ,
             
               Good
               Lord
               deliver
               us
            
             ,
             eight
             times
             :
             And
             
               Glory
               be
               to
               the
               Father
            
             ,
             &c.
             ten
             times
             ?
             And
             ,
             
               We
               beseech
               thee
               to
               hear
               us
               ,
               good
               Lord
               ,
            
             twenty
             times
             ?
             So
             we
             find
             ,
             that
             they
             not
             only
             had
             their
             thrice
             ,
             and
             their
             four
             times
             ,
             but
             their
             twenty
             seven
             times
             in
             every
             Verse
             of
             Psalm
             136.
             
             
               His
               mercy
               endureth
               for
               ever
            
             ;
             which
             Psalm
             was
             most
             used
             on
             solemn
             Occasions
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             find
             it
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             5.
             13.
             7.
             3
             ,
             6.
             20.
             21.
             
             Ezra
             3.
             11.
             
             Jer.
             33.
             11.
             
             So
             that
             we
             may
             more
             truly
             say
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             amongst
             the
             Jews
             ,
             than
             he
             doth
             of
             the
             Heathens
             ,
             and
             their
             Idols
             ,
             that
             
               they
               were
               wont
               to
               Worship
            
             God
             
               just
               after
               the
               same
               manner
            
             ,
             with
             Repetitions
             in
             their
             Service
             ,
             as
             we
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             We
             are
             to
             consider
             wherein
             the
             vanity
             of
             Repetitions
             consists
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             the
             Heathens
             .
             This
             admits
             great
             variety
             ,
             and
             just
             bounds
             cannot
             be
             set
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             's
             not
             to
             be
             exactly
             said
             ,
             Here
             the
             vain
             Repetitions
             begin
             .
             But
             they
             are
             such
             ;
          
           
             1.
             
             When
             they
             that
             use
             them
             ,
             think
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             
               heard
               for
               their
               much
               speaking
            
             ,
             as
             our
             Saviour
             saith
             ,
             the
             Hethens
             did
             :
             Thus
             the
             Priests
             of
             Baal
             did
             ,
             crying
             out
             ,
             
               O
               Baal
               hear
               us
            
             ,
             from
             Morning
             till
             Noon
             ;
             and
             accordingly
             Elijah
             upbraids
             them
             ,
             1
             Kings
             18.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             When
             it
             is
             nothing
             but
             Tautology
             ,
             viz.
             a
             Repetition
             of
             the
             same
             words
             without
             new
             Matter
             ;
             or
             of
             the
             same
             matter
             ,
             but
             in
             different
             words
             .
             Such
             were
             the
             Verses
             of
             Battus
             the
             babling
             Poet.
             Such
             were
             the
             Hymns
             used
             often
             by
             the
             Heathens
             ,
             in
             the
             worship
             of
             their
             Gods.
             Such
             are
             the
             
               Jesu
               ,
               Jesu
            
             ,
             &c.
             without
             Intermission
             ,
             sometimes
             used
             in
             the
             Roman
             Church
             .
          
           
           
             But
             when
             there
             are
             distinct
             Petitions
             ,
             as
             when
             we
             say
             ,
             
               We
               beseech
               thee
               to
               hear
               us
               good
               Lord
               ,
            
             it
             's
             as
             lawful
             to
             close
             each
             after
             that
             manner
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             to
             say
             Amen
             ,
             which
             we
             find
             to
             follow
             every
             particular
             Petition
             ,
             and
             was
             distinctly
             repeated
             for
             twelve
             times
             together
             after
             that
             manner
             ,
             Deut.
             27.
             15.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Vain
             Repetitions
             ,
             are
             when
             the
             words
             are
             thought
             sufficient
             ,
             tho
             the
             Heart
             be
             not
             with
             them
             ;
             but
             this
             may
             be
             common
             to
             any
             .
             So
             that
             tho
             there
             are
             Repetitions
             in
             our
             Service
             ,
             as
             there
             were
             among
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             and
             are
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             yet
             ours
             are
             not
             vain
             ,
             nor
             such
             Repetitions
             as
             theirs
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             matter
             only
             ,
             if
             accompanied
             with
             the
             heart
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             He
             saith
             ,
             
               Some
               of
               the
               most
               Learned
               Patrons
               of
               Liturgies
               produce
               it
               as
               an
               Argument
               for
               them
               ,
               that
               the
               Heathens
               made
               use
               of
               Forms
               in
               their
               Idolatrous
               Worship
               ,
            
             p.
             5.
             
             And
             so
             he
             makes
             this
             the
             difference
             between
             the
             Heathens
             and
             Christians
             ,
             that
             the
             first
             used
             Forms
             ,
             but
             the
             last
             prayed
             without
             them
             .
             As
             for
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             Christians
             ,
             we
             shall
             have
             occasion
             to
             speak
             of
             it
             under
             another
             Head
             ;
             neither
             shall
             I
             trouble
             my self
             with
             the
             Opinion
             of
             those
             
               Learned
               Patrons
               of
               Liturgies
            
             ,
             he
             speaks
             of
             :
             But
             I
             shall
             take
             his
             Argument
             as
             it
             lies
             before
             us
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             That
             our
             Liturgy
             is
             Heathenish
             ,
             because
             we
             use
             Forms
             as
             they
             did
             .
             He
             might
             as
             well
             have
             said
             ,
             our
             Liturgy
             is
             Heathenish
             ,
             because
             we
             use
             words
             as
             they
             did
             ;
             since
             it
             's
             no
             more
             Heathenish
             to
             use
             Forms
             than
             Words
             .
             If
             they
             had
             the
             use
             of
             Forms
             ,
             it
             rather
             shews
             the
             sense
             that
             Mankind
             generally
             have
             of
             this
             matter
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             cannot
             be
             too
             great
             a
             care
             taken
             of
             our
             demeanour
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Direction
             of
             the
             Wise
             man
             ,
             Eccl.
             5.
             2.
             
             
               Be
               not
               rash
               with
               thy
               mouth
               ,
               &c.
               for
               God
               is
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               &c.
               therefore
               let
               thy
               words
               be
               few
               ,
            
             and
             well
             considered
             .
             But
             if
             the
             Heathens
             had
             Forms
             ,
             so
             had
             the
             Jews
             ,
             so
             had
             Christians
             ,
             as
             I
             shall
             shew
             ;
             and
             so
             Forms
             no
             more
             make
             our
             Worship
             Heathenish
             than
             Jewish
             .
             But
             of
             this
             afterwards
             .
             But
             supposing
             ,
             that
             our
             Liturgy
             was
             (
             as
             he
             would
             have
             it
             )
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ;
             yet
             ,
          
           
             Q.
             2.
             
             Will
             the
             being
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ,
             make
             that
             Worship
             ,
             which
             is
             otherwise
             good
             and
             lawful
             ,
             to
             become
             unlawful
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             or
             joyned
             with
             ?
          
           
             This
             he
             affirms
             ,
             and
             offers
             to
             prove
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
          
           
             It
             's
             a
             known
             maxim
             
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               Omnis
               honor
               Idoli
               est
               Idolatria
               .
            
             He
             that
             shall
             put
             any
             respect
             upon
             an
             Idol
             ,
             cannot
             be
             clear
             of
             the
             Sin
             of
             Idolatry
             ;
             but
             the
             Mass-Book
             is
             an
             Idol
             .
             And
             he
             that
             useth
             a
             Prayer
             ,
             or
             joyns
             with
             a
             Prayer
             taken
             out
             of
             that
             Book
             ,
             thereby
             puts
             an
             Honour
             upon
             an
             Idol
             —
             How
             then
             can
             we
             joyn
             in
             Prayers
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Idolatrous
             Mass-Book
             ,
             and
             offer
             them
             to
             the
             Holy
             God
             ?
          
           
           
             In
             which
             there
             are
             Three
             things
             contained
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             Mass-Book
             is
             an
             Idol
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             to
             take
             a
             Prayer
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             is
             a
             respect
             to
             an
             Idol
             ,
             and
             is
             Idolatry
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             it
             's
             unlawful
             to
             joyn
             in
             Prayers
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
               The
               Mass-Book
               is
               an
               Idol
            
             .
             This
             we
             may
             justly
             question
             ,
             because
             an
             Idol
             is
             the
             Representation
             of
             some
             Divine
             or
             Beatified
             Object
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             as
             such
             propounded
             and
             set
             up
             for
             Adoration
             ;
             such
             are
             the
             Images
             of
             God
             and
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             of
             Angels
             and
             Saints
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
             But
             in
             this
             sense
             the
             Mass-Book
             is
             no
             Idol
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             Prototype
             or
             Object
             it
             represents
             ,
             nor
             is
             any
             such
             Adoration
             paid
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             is
             paid
             to
             an
             Image
             ,
             or
             a
             Crucifix
             .
             We
             grant
             as
             well
             as
             he
             ,
             that
             the
             Mass-Book
             is
             Idolatrous
             ,
             as
             it
             contains
             some
             things
             that
             are
             so
             ,
             and
             is
             used
             in
             Idolatrous
             Worship
             :
             But
             it
             no
             more
             follows
             from
             thence
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             an
             Idol
             ,
             than
             that
             the
             Incense
             ,
             Holy
             Water
             ,
             or
             Vestments
             ,
             are
             Idols
             ,
             which
             are
             used
             when
             they
             say
             Mass
             .
             But
             supposing
             the
             Mass-Book
             for
             once
             to
             be
             an
             Idol
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             proceed
             to
             the
             next
             question
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Whether
             the
             taking
             a
             Prayer
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ,
             be
             such
             a
             respect
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             makes
             the
             Prayer
             to
             be
             Idolatrous
             ?
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             the
             Prayers
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ,
             and
             inserted
             in
             our
             Liturgy
             ,
             are
             so
             far
             from
             being
             a
             respect
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             disrespect
             to
             it
             .
             For
             at
             the
             same
             time
             that
             some
             Prayers
             were
             taken
             out
             ,
             those
             were
             rejected
             that
             were
             left
             behind
             ,
             for
             the
             gross
             Corruptions
             that
             were
             in
             them
             ;
             and
             by
             so
             doing
             ,
             the
             Reformers
             as
             much
             testified
             to
             all
             the
             World
             their
             abhorrence
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             emptying
             of
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Goods
             and
             Utensils
             not
             infected
             by
             the
             Leprosy
             ,
             and
             their
             forsaking
             it
             ,
             was
             a
             plain
             declaration
             of
             its
             Pollution
             .
             So
             that
             if
             Prayers
             taken
             from
             thence
             are
             good
             ,
             the
             using
             them
             when
             taken
             thence
             ,
             is
             no
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             Communion
             in
             them
             no
             Sin
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             unlawful
             than
             it
             was
             to
             use
             the
             Vessels
             that
             were
             carried
             out
             of
             the
             infected
             House
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             is
             the
             main
             Question
             ,
             viz.
             
             Q.
             Whether
             that
             which
             has
             been
             used
             in
             Idolatrous
             Worship
             ,
             may
             ,
             if
             otherwise
             good
             and
             lawful
             ,
             be
             used
             where
             the
             Worship
             is
             not
             idolatrous
             ?
          
           
             This
             he
             denies
             ,
             and
             for
             it
             offers
             these
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             1
             We
             ought
             not
             to
             name
             an
             Idol
             ,
             but
             with
             detestation
             ;
             much
             less
             may
             we
             offer
             it
             as
             Worship
             to
             God.
             
               Psal
               .
               16.
               4.
               
               Exod.
               23.
               13.
               
            
             Hos
             .
             
               2.
               16
               ,
               17.
               
               P.
               4.
               
            
          
           
           
             2.
             
             It
             was
             Paul's
             Judgment
             ,
             that
             Meat
             once
             offer'd
             to
             Idols
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             
               1
               Cor.
               10.
               28.
            
             
             Therefore
             a
             Service-Book
             offer'd
             to
             Idols
             ought
             not
             to
             used
             .
             For
             there
             is
             a
             parity
             of
             Reason
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             God
             hath
             strictly
             prohibited
             his
             people
             all
             symbolizing
             with
             the
             Heathen
             in
             civil
             usages
             ,
             because
             he
             would
             not
             have
             them
             imitate
             the
             Heathen
             
               Levit.
               19.
               19
               ,
               27.
            
             —
             especially
             in
             matters
             referring
             to
             the
             Worship
             of
             God.
             Hence
             they
             were
             prohibited
             going
             up
             by
             steps
             to
             the
             Altar
             .
             
               Exod.
               20.
               24
               ,
               26.
            
             to
             plant
             a
             Grove
             near
             the
             Altar
             ,
             
               Deut.
               16.
               31.
            
             
             And
             to
             worship
             to
             the
             East
             ,
             
               Ezek.
               8.
               16.
            
             
          
           
             Before
             I
             proceed
             to
             consider
             these
             Arguments
             in
             particular
             ,
             I
             shall
             state
             the
             Case
             it self
             ;
             for
             resolving
             of
             which
             ,
             we
             may
             observe
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             there
             are
             things
             Idolatrous
             in
             their
             own
             nature
             ,
             or
             by
             a
             standing
             positive
             Law
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             always
             the
             same
             .
             Such
             is
             the
             Picture
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Worshipping
             by
             Images
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             There
             are
             things
             that
             have
             been
             customarily
             appropriated
             to
             Idolatrous
             Worship
             ,
             and
             the
             use
             of
             which
             in
             common
             estimation
             ,
             has
             been
             accounted
             Idolatrous
             .
             Such
             was
             the
             offering
             Incense
             among
             the
             Heathens
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             primitive
             Christians
             refused
             it
             ,
             as
             an
             acknowledgment
             of
             their
             Worship
             ;
             and
             the
             Thurificati
             were
             reputed
             Idolaters
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             There
             are
             other
             things
             that
             are
             used
             as
             well
             in
             true
             as
             Idolatrous
             Worship
             ,
             and
             are
             lawful
             in
             themselves
             ;
             such
             as
             Time
             ,
             Place
             ,
             Habit
             ,
             Posture
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             is
             always
             ,
             unlawful
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             worship
             Idolatrous
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             is
             not
             to
             be
             used
             where
             it
             has
             been
             thus
             appropriated
             ,
             and
             thus
             accounted
             ,
             during
             such
             an
             opinion
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             it
             's
             the
             last
             of
             these
             that
             the
             whole
             turns
             upon
             ;
             for
             after
             all
             the
             clamour
             he
             makes
             about
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             the
             charge
             he
             would
             fain
             fasten
             upon
             us
             ,
             he
             can
             produce
             nothing
             that
             is
             Idolatrous
             amongst
             us
             ,
             no
             Images
             ,
             no
             Prayers
             to
             Saints
             ,
             nor
             so
             much
             as
             any
             thing
             appropriated
             ,
             or
             in
             common
             estimation
             so
             accounted
             ;
             no
             incensings
             of
             Books
             or
             Images
             ,
             no
             sprinklings
             of
             Holy
             Water
             ;
             but
             it
             all
             amounts
             to
             this
             ,
             that
             Forms
             and
             Repetitions
             have
             been
             us'd
             by
             Idolaters
             ;
             that
             they
             had
             
               White
               Garments
            
             ,
             and
             observ'd
             Holy-days
             ;
             So
             p.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             8.
             
             Which
             are
             things
             lawful
             in
             themselves
             (
             as
             I
             shall
             shew
             )
             and
             cannot
             be
             made
             unlawful
             by
             being
             us'd
             in
             Idolatrous
             Worship
             .
             For
             when
             Idolatry
             is
             not
             in
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             use
             ,
             take
             away
             the
             use
             ,
             and
             Idolatry
             ceaseth
             ;
             and
             consequently
             it
             may
             be
             lawfully
             used
             where
             there
             is
             no
             Idolatry
             in
             the
             Worship
             ,
             and
             no
             Idolatry
             in
             the
             use
             of
             it
             .
             And
             if
             it
             be
             not
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             it
             's
             not
             because
             it
             's
             unlawful
             in
             it self
             to
             use
             it
             ,
             but
             because
             
             it
             's
             forbidden
             by
             God
             ,
             as
             was
             the
             case
             among
             the
             Jews
             ;
             or
             because
             of
             some
             circumstances
             that
             make
             it
             inconvenient
             and
             dangerous
             .
             Thus
             it
             was
             lawful
             to
             eat
             that
             Meat
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             offer'd
             to
             Idols
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             afterward
             expos'd
             to
             sale
             in
             the
             Shambles
             ,
             
             or
             set
             upon
             the
             Table
             at
             an
             Entertainment
             ;
             because
             it
             was
             thereby
             restor'd
             to
             a
             common
             use
             ;
             when
             yet
             it
             was
             not
             lawful
             to
             sit
             at
             Meat
             in
             an
             Idols
             Temple
             ,
             for
             that
             was
             to
             have
             fellowship
             in
             the
             Idolatry
             ,
             Chap.
             8.
             10
             ,
             20.
             
             It
             is
             then
             no
             more
             Idolatry
             to
             use
             a
             White
             Garment
             ,
             or
             a
             Temple
             ,
             or
             observe
             a
             Day
             ,
             or
             to
             use
             a
             Prayer
             that
             has
             been
             used
             or
             observ'd
             in
             Idolatrous
             Worship
             ,
             or
             by
             an
             Idolatrous
             Church
             ,
             than
             it
             was
             to
             eat
             Meat
             that
             had
             been
             offer'd
             to
             Idols
             .
             Purifie
             the
             Gold
             ,
             and
             separate
             the
             Dross
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             Gold
             is
             not
             the
             worse
             for
             the
             Dross
             that
             was
             before
             mingled
             with
             it
             .
             Scrape
             the
             Walls
             ,
             and
             cast
             out
             the
             infected
             materials
             of
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             House
             be
             freed
             from
             the
             Leprosie
             ,
             and
             it
             might
             have
             been
             as
             well
             inhabited
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             had
             never
             been
             infected
             ,
             Num.
             14.
             41.
             
             (
             to
             make
             use
             of
             former
             Comparisons
             ,
             p.
             2
             d.
             and
             3
             d.
             )
             and
             take
             the
             things
             lawful
             from
             the
             things
             unlawful
             ,
             and
             they
             become
             lawful
             again
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             lawfully
             used
             .
          
           
             
               But
               saith
               he
            
             ,
             The
             Rubbish
             of
             the
             Leprous
             house
             was
             to
             be
             cast
             into
             an
             unclean
             place
             :
             And
             the
             Leprosie
             breaks
             out
             still
             ;
             therefore
             we
             may
             have
             no
             communion
             with
             it
             .
             
               p.
               3.
            
             
          
           
             But
             surely
             it
             's
             the
             same
             thing
             if
             we
             leave
             the
             House
             that
             is
             infected
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             to
             carry
             away
             the
             Rubbish
             into
             an
             unclean
             place
             ;
             else
             why
             doth
             he
             talk
             of
             leaving
             the
             Communion
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             the
             Leprosie
             of
             Idolatry
             ?
             We
             grant
             the
             Church
             we
             left
             to
             be
             Idolatrous
             ,
             there
             the
             Leprosie
             is
             ;
             and
             therefore
             we
             left
             it
             ;
             but
             we
             left
             the
             Idolatry
             with
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             prove
             there
             is
             any
             of
             the
             Leprosie
             of
             Idolatry
             in
             what
             we
             have
             taken
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             would
             say
             somewhat
             to
             the
             purpose
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             is
             far
             from
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             however
             consider
             his
             Arguments
             relating
             to
             the
             general
             part
             .
             1.
             
             We
             ought
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             not
             to
             name
             an
             Idol
             ,
             but
             with
             detestation
             ,
             much
             less
             offer
             it
             as
             worship
             to
             God.
             
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             1
             st
             .
             The
             naming
             there
             forbidden
             ,
             is
             the
             naming
             an
             Idol
             with
             respect
             ;
             and
             indeed
             the
             addressing
             any
             Worship
             to
             it
             .
             So
             Psal
             .
             16.
             4.
             
             
               Their
               sorrows
               shall
               be
               multiplied
               that
               hasten
               after
               another
               God
               ;
               their
               drink-offering
               of
               Blood
               will
               I
               not
               offer
               ,
               nor
               take
               up
               their
               name
               into
               my
               Lips
               :
            
             That
             is
             ,
             they
             might
             not
             name
             them
             by
             way
             of
             worship
             ,
             nor
             offer
             Sacrifice
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             2
             d.
             Where
             is
             there
             such
             a
             naming
             of
             an
             Idol
             amongst
             us
             ?
             what
             respect
             do
             we
             give
             to
             his
             Idol
             the
             Mass-Book
             ?
             what
             Saint
             do
             we
             
             adore
             ?
             But
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               The
               Prayers
               are
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               Idolatrous
            
             Mass-Book
             .
             But
             what
             then
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             nothing
             of
             their
             Idolatry
             in
             the
             Prayers
             that
             are
             taken
             thence
             ;
             when
             such
             are
             taken
             thence
             they
             are
             no
             more
             Idolatrous
             than
             before
             they
             were
             taken
             into
             the
             Mass-Book
             .
          
           
             
             2d
             .
             
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             It
             was
             
             Paul's
             ▪
             Judgment
             ,
             that
             meat
             once
             offer'd
             to
             Idols
             should
             not
             be
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             
               1
               Cor.
               10.
               28.
            
             
             Therefore
             a
             Service-Book
             offer'd
             to
             Idols
             ought
             not
             be
             us'd
             .
             For
             there
             is
             a
             parity
             of
             Reason
             .
          
           
             I
             conceive
             he
             is
             much
             mistaken
             in
             the
             account
             he
             gives
             of
             the
             Apostle's
             Judgment
             ,
             who
             is
             so
             far
             from
             maintaining
             
               meat
               offer'd
               to
               Idols
               to
               be
               unlawful
               ,
            
             that
             he
             makes
             it
             a
             thing
             indifferent
             (
             as
             before
             )
             ;
             and
             what
             a
             person
             may
             with
             a
             safe
             conscience
             eat
             of
             without
             scruple
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             with
             respect
             to
             another's
             conscience
             that
             is
             thereby
             offended
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             determines
             it
             ,
             v.
             28
             ,
             29.
             
             Now
             if
             Meat
             offered
             to
             Idols
             might
             be
             eaten
             of
             ,
             then
             a
             Service-Book
             that
             has
             been
             used
             in
             Idolatrous
             Worship
             may
             be
             lawfully
             us'd
             (
             when
             the
             things
             contain'd
             in
             it
             are
             otherwise
             lawful
             and
             good
             .
             )
             
               For
               there
               is
               a
               parity
               of
               Reason
               ,
            
             as
             he
             argues
             .
          
           
             
               3.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             God
             hath
             prohibited
             his
             People
             all
             Symbolizing
             with
             Heathen
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             We
             grant
             that
             God
             did
             prohibit
             the
             Jews
             all
             symbolizing
             and
             agreement
             with
             the
             Heathens
             in
             their
             Idolatry
             .
             That
             is
             not
             the
             Question
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             Whether
             an
             agreement
             with
             Idolaters
             in
             what
             was
             once
             used
             by
             them
             in
             Idolatry
             ,
             becomes
             Idolatry
             ,
             or
             be
             unlawful
             because
             it
             has
             been
             so
             used
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Or
             whether
             what
             was
             forbidden
             to
             the
             Jews
             is
             forbidden
             to
             all
             People
             ,
             And
             to
             Christians
             as
             well
             as
             they
             ?
          
           
             These
             we
             deny
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             we
             deny
             as
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             that
             every
             thing
             us'd
             in
             Idolatrous
             Service
             was
             unlawful
             to
             them
             ;
             for
             he
             says
             ,
             
               The
               Priests
               of
            
             Isis
             
               used
               to
               wear
               Linnen
               Surplices
            
             ,
             p.
             9.
             and
             yet
             such
             Linnen
             Garments
             were
             the
             Priests
             and
             Levites
             to
             officiate
             in
             .
             So
             Circumcision
             was
             used
             among
             the
             Egyptians
             ,
             &c.
             and
             yet
             continued
             to
             be
             used
             among
             the
             Jews
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             we
             deny
             that
             what
             was
             in
             that
             kind
             forbidden
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             was
             forbidden
             and
             unlawful
             to
             all
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
             1
             st
             .
             A
             great
             part
             of
             what
             they
             were
             forbidden
             ,
             was
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             people
             that
             before
             inhabited
             the
             Land
             ;
             with
             whom
             they
             were
             to
             make
             no
             Covenant
             ,
             but
             were
             utterly
             to
             destroy
             them
             ,
             their
             Altars
             and
             Groves
             ,
             &c.
             Exod.
             23.
             32
             ,
             33.
             34.
             12.
             
             Deut.
             7.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
           
             2.
             
             They
             were
             a
             People
             very
             prone
             to
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             so
             were
             tied
             up
             by
             strict
             Restraints
             and
             Penalties
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             They
             both
             came
             from
             Egypt
             ,
             where
             they
             had
             long
             convers'd
             with
             Idolatrous
             Service
             ,
             and
             afterward
             border'd
             upon
             Nations
             violently
             addicted
             to
             Idolatry
             and
             Sorcery
             ;
             and
             in
             such
             circumstances
             there
             were
             these
             Checks
             laid
             upon
             them
             ;
             and
             an
             assimilation
             to
             the
             Customs
             of
             such
             forbidden
             .
          
           
             And
             all
             this
             was
             not
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             and
             because
             all
             usages
             of
             Idolators
             were
             unlawful
             ,
             but
             because
             of
             the
             circumstances
             of
             people
             ,
             time
             ,
             and
             place
             :
             And
             if
             so
             ,
             then
             we
             must
             leave
             the
             case
             of
             symbolizing
             ,
             and
             no
             longer
             make
             it
             a
             Case
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             but
             of
             prudence
             and
             expediency
             ;
             and
             so
             we
             are
             left
             to
             judge
             what
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             retained
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             ;
             what
             practised
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             our
             Reformers
             shew'd
             their
             Prudence
             and
             Moderation
             ,
             by
             what
             they
             chose
             ;
             when
             the
             Ceremonies
             were
             few
             ;
             and
             what
             were
             the
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
             Ancient
             Church
             ,
             rather
             than
             the
             Romish
             .
             When
             they
             chose
             some
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             give
             offence
             to
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             in
             other
             parts
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             yet
             retain'd
             no
             more
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             burden
             their
             own
             Communion
             .
             When
             the
             Offices
             they
             selected
             were
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Ancientest
             Offices
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             there
             was
             no
             Reformation
             in
             any
             place
             ,
             where
             so
             much
             temper
             was
             preserv'd
             ,
             and
             where
             the
             purity
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Simplicity
             and
             solemnity
             of
             Divine
             Service
             were
             more
             regarded
             :
             that
             what
             was
             good
             was
             retained
             ;
             what
             was
             noxious
             was
             purg'd
             out
             ,
             and
             even
             what
             was
             superfluous
             was
             exscinded
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             he
             will
             not
             allow
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             
               saith
               he
            
             ,
             the
             use
             of
             such
             a
             Liturgy
             doth
             harden
             the
             Papists
             in
             their
             Idolatry
             ,
             
               p.
               4.
               
               So
            
             the
             Liturgy
             came
             from
             Rome
             ,
             and
             will
             perhaps
             lead
             thither
             again
             .
             
               p.
               18.
            
             
          
           
             But
             ,
             1.
             
             How
             can
             such
             a
             Liturgy
             harden
             them
             in
             their
             Idolatry
             ,
             or
             lead
             thither
             ,
             which
             has
             none
             of
             their
             Idolatry
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             in
             which
             the
             Papists
             are
             expresly
             charged
             with
             Idolatry
             ?
             Vid.
             Rubrick
             at
             the
             Communion
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             How
             can
             this
             harden
             them
             ,
             or
             lead
             thither
             ,
             which
             has
             been
             the
             means
             of
             banishing
             and
             keeping
             their
             Idolatry
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             How
             can
             this
             harden
             them
             ,
             or
             lead
             thither
             ,
             when
             the
             Papists
             agree
             with
             our
             Author
             ,
             
               That
               it
               's
               unlawful
               to
               be
               present
               at
               ,
               or
               partake
               in
               the
               Common-Prayer
               Worship
               ,
            
             and
             are
             excommunicated
             if
             they
             do
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             How
             can
             this
             harden
             them
             ,
             or
             lead
             thither
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             nothing
             that
             the
             Papists
             more
             labour
             to
             possess
             the
             people
             with
             prejudices
             against
             ?
          
           
           
             
               But
               he
               adds
            
             ,
             p.
             4.
             
             The
             Jews
             themselves
             are
             scandalized
             by
             the
             Liturgy
             .
             It
             's
             a
             celebrated
             Saying
             among
             them
             ,
             That
             the
             Christians
             have
             their
             Jephilleth
             from
             Armillus
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             their
             Prayer-Books
             from
             Antichrist
             .
          
           
             At
             what
             are
             the
             Jews
             scandalized
             ?
             is
             it
             that
             we
             have
             a
             Liturgy
             ?
             So
             have
             they
             themselves
             had
             of
             latter
             Ages
             at
             least
             .
             And
             so
             the
             Author
             saith
             ,
             p.
             13.
             
             That
             he
             had
             
               seen
               Liturgies
               written
               in
               the
            
             Hebrew
             Tongue
             .
          
           
             Is
             it
             that
             we
             receive
             our
             Prayer-Book
             from
             Antichrist
             ?
             Yes
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             and
             for
             this
             quotes
             a
             
               Celebrated
               saying
            
             of
             theirs
             .
             But
             is
             this
             the
             truer
             for
             their
             saying
             so
             ?
             they
             say
             ,
             it
             seems
             ,
             that
             
               Christians
               have
               receiv'd
               their
            
             Prayers
             from
             Antichrist
             :
             but
             I
             hope
             that
             there
             are
             many
             Christians
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             have
             Prayer-Books
             which
             they
             never
             received
             from
             the
             Antichrist
             he
             speaks
             of
             ;
             So
             the
             Greeks
             and
             Abyssins
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             whole
             is
             at
             least
             a
             sorry
             Mistake
             ,
             and
             which
             ,
             for
             ought
             I
             see
             ,
             he
             understands
             no
             more
             than
             we
             do
             his
             Jephilleth
             .
             The
             case
             is
             plainly
             thus
             ;
             That
             the
             Rabbins
             say
             ,
             that
             Armillus
             was
             to
             be
             a
             person
             of
             prodigious
             form
             ,
             begot
             of
             a
             Marble
             Statue
             in
             Rome
             ,
             and
             was
             to
             be
             the
             last
             Enemy
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             and
             the
             Leader
             of
             the
             Christian
             Forces
             against
             them
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             kill
             Messias
             
               Ben
               Ephraim
            
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             be
             killed
             by
             Messias
             
               Ben
               David
            
             .
             That
             he
             should
             give
             Tephilleth
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             and
             a
             Law
             to
             the
             Christians
             ,
             which
             he
             and
             they
             set
             up
             in
             opposition
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             .
             So
             that
             we
             see
             that
             his
             Tephilleth
             is
             the
             Law
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Prayers
             of
             Christians
             ;
             and
             they
             make
             Armillus
             to
             be
             toward
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             the
             last
             Enemy
             of
             the
             Jews
             ;
             and
             how
             could
             our
             Liturgy
             ,
             or
             the
             Liturgies
             now
             used
             by
             Christians
             ,
             be
             the
             Prayers
             received
             from
             Armillus
             ,
             when
             Armillus
             is
             yet
             to
             come
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Rabinical
             Notion
             ?
             if
             the
             Reader
             pleases
             he
             may
             have
             a
             fuller
             account
             of
             this
             
               Jewish
               Garagantua
            
             in
             
             Buxtorf's
             
               Lexicon
               ,
               Chald.
               Talmud
               .
               Rabbin
            
             ;
             for
             I
             am
             weary
             of
             this
             trifling
             ,
             and
             unintelligible
             Jargon
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Matter
             of
             the
             Common
             Prayer-Book
             .
          
           
             BEfore
             I
             proceed
             to
             the
             particular
             consideration
             of
             his
             Objections
             Relating
             to
             this
             Head
             ;
             let
             me
             observe
             ,
             that
             if
             we
             should
             grant
             what
             he
             finds
             fault
             with
             to
             be
             blame-worthy
             ;
             yet
             it
             's
             not
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             and
             the
             point
             he
             proposed
             ;
             which
             is
             to
             give
             
               Reasons
               why
               he
            
             
             
               judges
               it
               unlawful
               to
               be
               present
               at
               ,
               or
               partake
               in
               the
            
             Common-Prayer
             Worship
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             for
             these
             Reasons
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             There
             may
             be
             many
             things
             that
             are
             a
             reason
             against
             Ministerial
             Conformity
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             be
             a
             reason
             against
             communion
             with
             the
             Church
             ;
             since
             there
             are
             those
             things
             required
             to
             the
             one
             ,
             that
             are
             not
             required
             to
             the
             other
             .
             Such
             is
             the
             Surplice
             ,
             the
             Office
             for
             Burying
             the
             Dead
             ,
             Marrying
             ,
             p.
             8.
             &c.
             which
             belong
             to
             the
             Minister
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             the
             People
             :
             And
             therefore
             tho
             it
             should
             be
             unlawful
             to
             wear
             a
             Surplice
             ,
             or
             use
             these
             Offices
             ,
             yet
             since
             Lay-Communion
             is
             not
             concern'd
             in
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             no
             reason
             for
             separation
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Many
             of
             his
             Objections
             are
             only
             directed
             against
             the
             occasional
             Offices
             ,
             and
             so
             can
             be
             no
             reason
             against
             constant
             communion
             in
             the
             Daily
             office
             ,
             or
             in
             those
             Offices
             in
             which
             they
             do
             not
             occur
             .
             As
             supposing
             what
             he
             alledgeth
             out
             of
             the
             Office
             of
             Burial
             ,
             Marriage
             ,
             Baptism
             ,
             &c.
             to
             be
             true
             and
             sufficient
             ,
             yet
             tho
             they
             may
             be
             a
             reason
             against
             being
             present
             at
             the
             Offices
             of
             Burial
             ,
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             Marriage
             ,
             they
             are
             no
             reason
             against
             Communion
             ,
             where
             those
             Offices
             are
             not
             concerned
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Things
             inconvenient
             ,
             if
             not
             unlawful
             ,
             are
             no
             reason
             for
             a
             separation
             ,
             because
             then
             there
             could
             be
             no
             Communion
             with
             any
             Church
             ,
             since
             no
             Church
             is
             without
             them
             :
             And
             if
             we
             should
             grant
             the
             reading
             a
             worse
             Translation
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             the
             Apocrypha
             ,
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             to
             be
             things
             of
             that
             nature
             ;
             yet
             it
             will
             be
             hard
             to
             shew
             them
             to
             be
             unlawful
             in
             themselves
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             make
             it
             necessary
             to
             withdraw
             from
             the
             Church
             where
             they
             are
             used
             .
          
           
             If
             these
             things
             be
             consider'd
             ,
             most
             of
             what
             he
             has
             said
             will
             be
             prevented
             ;
             but
             that
             I
             may
             not
             seem
             to
             avoid
             any
             thing
             ,
             I
             shall
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             Particulars
             as
             they
             lie
             in
             order
             .
             And
             his
             Arguments
             taken
             from
             the
             Matter
             of
             the
             Service-Book
             ,
             are
          
           
             
               (
               1.
            
             )
             Some
             things
             appointed
             therein
             are
             ,
             in
             the
             judgment
             of
             sober
             and
             judicious
             persons
             ,
             extremely
             ridiculous
             .
             
               As
               how
            
             ?
          
           
             First
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               How
               many
               odd
               and
               senseless
               Translations
               of
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               have
               been
               found
               therein
               ?
            
             It
             's
             well
             ,
             he
             said
             
               have
               been
               found
            
             ;
             for
             he
             is
             fain
             to
             draw
             all
             his
             inferences
             of
             that
             kind
             ,
             but
             one
             ,
             from
             the
             Service-Book
             ,
             as
             it
             stood
             before
             the
             last
             revisal
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             Psal
             .
             58.
             9.
             
             
               Or
               ever
               their
               pots
               be
               made
               hot
               with
               thorns
               ,
               so
               let
               indignation
               vex
               them
               ,
               as
               a
               thing
               that
               is
               raw
               .
            
             At
             which
             he
             Triumphs
             ,
             
               What
               nonsence
               is
               this
            
             !
             Now
             I
             do
             not
             think
             that
             to
             be
             Nonsence
             which
             is
             not
             soon
             understood
             ;
             for
             then
             what
             will
             he
             make
             of
             the
             Hebrew
             in
             this
             Verse
             ,
             which
             has
             several
             difficulties
             in
             it
             ?
             But
             I
             think
             there
             is
             a
             good
             account
             to
             be
             
             given
             of
             the
             sense
             of
             this
             Version
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             E're
             that
             the
             Pots
             are
             made
             hot
             with
             the
             Thorns
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             severely
             punished
             :
             The
             being
             made
             hot
             with
             the
             Thorns
             ,
             sets
             forth
             the
             suddenness
             ;
             and
             the
             phrase
             ,
             
               vexing
               a
               thing
               that
               is
               raw
               ,
            
             denotes
             the
             severity
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             His
             next
             Instance
             of
             
               things
               extremely
               ridiculous
            
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             
               in
               the
               Liturgy
               ,
               the
               Writings
               of
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               Acts
               and
               Revelations
               ,
               are
               called
               Epistles
               .
            
             If
             these
             were
             formerly
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             now
             so
             called
             ;
             but
             of
             these
             when
             read
             in
             the
             place
             of
             Epistles
             ,
             it
             's
             said
             ,
             
               The
               portion
               of
               Scripture
               for
               the
               Epistle
               .
            
             That
             is
             ,
             the
             Sections
             of
             Scripture
             read
             in
             that
             order
             ,
             are
             generally
             Epistles
             ;
             and
             so
             ,
             as
             it
             's
             usual
             in
             other
             cases
             ,
             gives
             the
             name
             to
             all
             :
             And
             as
             it
             is
             not
             now
             ,
             so
             never
             was
             it
             called
             the
             Epistle
             of
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             Acts
             ,
             or
             Revelations
             ;
             but
             the
             Epistle
             taken
             out
             of
             Isaiah
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             He
             objects
             against
             the
             Responses
             ,
             
               Those
               broken
               Responds
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               and
               shreds
               of
               Prayer
               (
               as
            
             Mr.
             Cartwright
             
               calls
               them
               )
               which
               the
               Priests
               and
               People
               toss
               between
               them
               like
               Tennis-Balls
               ,
               seem
               extremely
               ridiculous
               to
               standers-by
               .
            
             Without
             doubt
             this
             is
             a
             venture
             of
             Wit
             ;
             but
             I
             suppose
             there
             are
             standers-by
             that
             will
             call
             it
             by
             another
             Name
             ;
             and
             instead
             of
             Wit
             ,
             term
             this
             scurrility
             in
             Conversation
             ,
             and
             prophaneness
             in
             Religion
             ;
             Especially
             if
             we
             consider
             how
             many
             Psalms
             there
             are
             in
             Holy
             Writ
             ,
             that
             are
             penn'd
             (
             or
             supposed
             at
             least
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             by
             Learned
             men
             )
             after
             this
             way
             .
             And
             whatever
             his
             Standers-by
             may
             think
             ,
             there
             are
             Persons
             of
             Piety
             ancient
             and
             modern
             ,
             that
             have
             thought
             this
             way
             very
             becoming
             ,
             and
             of
             excellent
             use
             to
             quicken
             Devotion
             ,
             and
             excite
             attention
             .
             What
             may
             not
             be
             said
             in
             any
             case
             by
             such
             persons
             as
             these
             ,
             that
             call
             this
             way
             of
             Devotion
             (
             as
             he
             doth
             )
             
               a
               taking
               God's
               Name
               in
               vain
               ?
            
             And
             what
             occasion
             may
             others
             take
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             to
             treat
             their
             long
             Prayers
             ,
             that
             are
             often
             nauseous
             to
             standers-by
             ,
             for
             their
             affected
             length
             ,
             and
             tedious
             enlargements
             ,
             and
             forced
             Repetitions
             .
          
           
             
               2.
               
               He
               objects
            
             ,
             The
             Common-Prayer
             Book
             is
             guilty
             of
             violating
             the
             sacred
             Word
             of
             God
             :
             
               And
               here
               he
               charges
               it
               with
               no
               less
               than
               obliterating
               ,
               contradicting
               ,
               adding
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               detracting
               from
               it
               ;
               and
               then
               concludes
               ,
            
             Amongst
             men
             ,
             clipping
             and
             corrupting
             if
             Coin
             is
             Treason
             ;
             and
             certainly
             it
             's
             a
             dreadful
             thing
             to
             add
             to
             ,
             or
             take
             from
             the
             Word
             of
             God.
             
               Dent.
               4.
               2.
               
               Rev.
               22.
               19.
               
            
          
           
             And
             it
             's
             
               certainly
               a
               dreadful
               thing
            
             ;
             and
             wo
             to
             them
             that
             are
             guilty
             .
          
           
             Here
             I
             should
             have
             expected
             a
             rounder
             Charge
             by
             one
             that
             had
             so
             exactly
             read
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             have
             told
             the
             World
             that
             we
             take
             whole
             Chapters
             from
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             which
             have
             no
             place
             in
             our
             Kalendar
             ,
             nor
             are
             read
             publickly
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             
             as
             I
             do
             acknowledge
             .
             And
             surely
             if
             the
             omission
             of
             one
             Verse
             in
             a
             Psalm
             ,
             and
             of
             Hallelujah
             in
             others
             ,
             be
             a
             
               taking
               from
               the
               Word
               of
               God
            
             ;
             then
             much
             more
             is
             the
             omission
             of
             whole
             Chapters
             ;
             nay
             ,
             of
             three
             whole
             Books
             .
             But
             he
             durst
             not
             press
             that
             too
             far
             ;
             for
             if
             he
             had
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             fallen
             hard
             upon
             such
             as
             never
             have
             the
             Scriptures
             read
             in
             their
             Congregations
             ,
             tho
             that
             was
             a
             solemn
             part
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             in
             the
             Churches
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             Scripture
             informs
             us
             ,
             Acts
             15.
             21
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             if
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             is
             so
             deservedly
             blamed
             for
             reading
             the
             Scriptures
             in
             an
             unknown
             tongue
             ,
             what
             do
             they
             not
             deserve
             that
             never
             read
             them
             at
             all
             in
             their
             Congregations
             ?
             Surely
             if
             they
             had
             ,
             according
             to
             our
             Saviour's
             advice
             ,
             considered
             the
             Beam
             in
             their
             own
             eye
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             have
             thus
             magnified
             the
             Mote
             in
             their
             Brother's
             eye
             .
             I
             remember
             a
             Question
             in
             a
             Book
             of
             the
             same
             kind
             with
             our
             Author's
             ,
             
             Whether
             Protestants
             
               do
               not
               sin
               in
               defrauding
               the
               people
               of
               some
               Books
               and
               Chapters
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               as
               well
               as
            
             Papists
             
               in
               defrauding
               them
               of
               all
            
             ?
             And
             then
             what
             sort
             of
             Protestants
             are
             they
             ,
             that
             with
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             defraud
             the
             people
             of
             all
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             the
             Publick
             Service
             of
             God
             is
             concern'd
             ?
          
           
             But
             to
             return
             :
             Before
             I
             shall
             consider
             his
             few
             Instances
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             make
             good
             this
             Bloody
             Charge
             by
             ,
             I
             shall
             premise
             a
             few
             things
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             Instances
             he
             offers
             are
             ,
             at
             the
             worst
             ,
             Mistranslations
             ,
             Slips
             ,
             and
             Errors
             ,
             and
             not
             chargeable
             with
             Perverseness
             ,
             according
             to
             what
             we
             charge
             upon
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
             For
             here
             is
             no
             interest
             to
             be
             served
             :
             For
             what
             is
             our
             Church
             concern'd
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             read
             as
             the
             Liturgical
             Translation
             has
             it
             ,
             the
             7
             
               th
               Day
            
             ;
             or
             as
             the
             Common
             Translation
             ,
             
               The
               Sabbath
            
             ?
             whether
             as
             that
             ,
             
               they
               were
               not
               obedient
               to
               his
               word
            
             ;
             or
             as
             this
             ,
             
               they
               rebelled
               not
               against
               his
               word
               ?
            
             whether
             as
             that
             ,
             
               The
               rod
               of
               the
               wicked
               cometh
               not
               into
               the
               lot
               of
               the
               righteous
            
             ;
             or
             as
             this
             ,
             
               resteth
               not
            
             ?
             Whether
             ,
             as
             in
             that
             ,
             the
             Titles
             of
             some
             Psalms
             and
             Hallelujahs
             are
             omitted
             ;
             or
             as
             in
             this
             ,
             they
             are
             inserted
             ?
             Surely
             here
             is
             no
             interest
             visible
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             should
             incline
             our
             Translators
             of
             the
             Psalter
             to
             pick
             out
             these
             Texts
             above
             all
             others
             to
             make
             bold
             with
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Mistranslations
             and
             Errors
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             are
             no
             sufficient
             reason
             for
             not
             using
             such
             a
             Translation
             ,
             and
             much
             less
             for
             separating
             from
             a
             Church
             where
             they
             are
             used
             ;
             for
             then
             no
             Translation
             could
             be
             us'd
             ,
             or
             no
             Church
             communicated
             with
             ,
             because
             no
             Church
             is
             without
             such
             Translations
             ,
             and
             no
             Translation
             without
             such
             Errors
             .
             Thus
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             when
             the
             Septuagint
             was
             used
             in
             publick
             ;
             Which
             doth
             often
             alter
             and
             add
             to
             the
             original
             Hebrew
             ;
             and
             yet
             was
             not
             only
             used
             ,
             but
             is
             quoted
             by
             the
             
               Divine
               Writers
            
             ,
             even
             in
             many
             places
             where
             those
             Alterations
             and
             Additions
             are
             .
             So
             it
             alters
             ,
             Heb
             10.
             5.
             11.
             21.
             
             Rom.
             10.
             18.
             
             Act.
             7.
             8.
             
             It
             adds
             ,
             as
             Luk.
             3.
             36
             ,
             37.
             
             Act.
             7.
             14
          
           
           
             Then
             also
             must
             not
             our
             common
             Translation
             be
             used
             ,
             which
             besides
             the
             mistakes
             allowed
             to
             be
             in
             it
             ,
             does
             add
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             and
             particularly
             half
             a
             Verse
             ,
             1
             John
             2.
             23.
             
             So
             it
             adds
             the
             Dates
             and
             Subscriptions
             to
             the
             Epistles
             ,
             Chapters
             ,
             Verses
             ,
             and
             Arguments
             ,
             throughout
             the
             whole
             ,
             
               as
               if
               Canonical
            
             .
             And
             of
             this
             kind
             are
             all
             his
             Instances
             .
          
           
             
               As
               (
               1.
               )
               He
               saith
               ,
            
             The
             Common-Prayer-Book
             violates
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             sometimes
             the
             words
             of
             Scripture
             are
             obliterated
             ,
             and
             others
             put
             in
             their
             room
             .
             Thus
             in
             the
             Catechism
             they
             have
             changed
             those
             words
             in
             the
             Fourth
             Commandment
             ,
             the
             Lord
             blessed
             the
             sabbath-day
             ,
             into
             the
             Seventh
             day
             .
          
           
             A.
             We
             grant
             it
             is
             so
             ;
             but
             it
             's
             to
             be
             remember'd
             ,
             that
             it
             's
             not
             so
             in
             the
             20th
             of
             Exodus
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Liturgy
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             Liturgy
             differs
             from
             Exodus
             ,
             it
             's
             a
             difference
             without
             a
             distinction
             ,
             since
             the
             Seventh
             day
             and
             Sabbath
             are
             all
             one
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             differs
             from
             Exodus
             ,
             it
             agrees
             with
             the
             first
             Institution
             ,
             Gen.
             2.
             3.
             where
             it
             's
             said
             ,
             
               God
               rested
               on
               the
               seventh
               day
               ,
               and
               God
               blessed
               the
               seventh
               day
               ,
               and
               sanctified
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               (
               2.
               )
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             Sometimes
             the
             Liturgy
             makes
             bold
             directly
             and
             in
             terms
             to
             contradict
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             so
             
               Psalm
               105.
               28.
            
             it
             's
             said
             they
             were
             not
             rebellious
             ,
             but
             the
             Common-Prayer-Book
             saith
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             obedient
             ;
             and
             so
             
               Psal
               .
               125.
               3.
            
             
          
           
             We
             grant
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             a
             seeming
             contradiction
             in
             words
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             the
             meaning
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             the
             relative
             they
             being
             undetermined
             ,
             and
             indifferently
             to
             be
             applied
             to
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Egyptians
             ,
             accordingly
             is
             this
             place
             to
             be
             interpreted
             ;
             if
             understood
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             it
             's
             to
             be
             read
             in
             the
             common
             Translation
             ,
             
               they
               were
               not
               rebellious
            
             ;
             if
             of
             the
             latter
             ,
             it
             's
             to
             be
             read
             in
             the
             Translation
             of
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             
               they
               were
               not
               obedient
            
             .
             And
             this
             last
             reading
             is
             according
             to
             the
             present
             reading
             of
             the
             Septuagint
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             Translations
             that
             follow
             that
             .
             And
             yet
             that
             Translation
             was
             generally
             used
             by
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             ,
             and
             was
             worse
             than
             any
             ever
             used
             by
             us
             .
             As
             for
             Psal
             .
             125.
             3.
             
             
               The
               rod
               of
               the
               wicked
               shall
               not
               come
               ,
            
             &c.
             that
             is
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             rest
             there
             ,
             and
             so
             as
             to
             tempt
             them
             beyond
             what
             they
             are
             able
             .
          
           
             
               (
               3.
               )
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             Sometimes
             the
             Common-Prayer-Book
             adds
             to
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             there
             are
             three
             whole
             Verses
             added
             to
             the
             
             14th
             Psalm
             .
             And
             the
             
               Gloria
               Patri
            
             is
             frequently
             added
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             Canonical
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             When
             he
             saith
             ,
             That
             
               it
               is
               a
               dreadful
               thing
               to
               add
               to
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             charges
             our
             Church
             with
             it
             ,
             we
             might
             expect
             some
             very
             criminal
             instances
             to
             make
             it
             good
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             saith
             three
             whole
             Verses
             are
             added
             ,
             one
             would
             think
             that
             this
             was
             somewhat
             invented
             ,
             and
             herein
             inserted
             by
             the
             Church
             upon
             some
             wicked
             selfish
             design
             .
             But
             ,
             1.
             tho
             we
             allow
             that
             such
             Verses
             are
             added
             ,
             yet
             it
             's
             not
             an
             addition
             to
             Scripture
             ;
             for
             tho
             not
             found
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             in
             another
             ,
             
               viz.
               Rom.
            
             3.
             13.
             and
             quoted
             by
             the
             Apostle
             from
             other
             
             Psalms
             ,
             &c.
             2.
             
             It
             's
             not
             the
             common-Prayer-Book
             that
             adds
             ,
             but
             the
             Translations
             which
             the
             common-Prayer
             followed
             ,
             viz.
             the
             Septuagint
             and
             Vulgar
             ;
             and
             tho
             it
             was
             a
             mistake
             ,
             yet
             it
             's
             far
             from
             being
             such
             as
             incurs
             the
             penalty
             of
             Deut.
             4.
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             
               Gloria
               Patri
            
             ,
             I
             deny
             that
             it
             's
             added
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             
               as
               Canonical
            
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             the
             Contents
             of
             the
             Chapters
             ,
             the
             Chapters
             and
             Verses
             of
             the
             Bible
             ,
             or
             the
             Dates
             of
             the
             Epistles
             are
             ;
             nay
             ,
             I
             deny
             that
             it
             's
             added
             at
             all
             ;
             for
             any
             one
             that
             can
             read
             ,
             will
             see
             that
             it
             's
             not
             inserted
             in
             the
             Psalter
             ,
             but
             only
             rehearsed
             as
             the
             Rubrick
             directs
             .
             And
             it
             was
             for
             a
             good
             end
             that
             this
             was
             anciently
             used
             in
             the
             Orthodox
             Churches
             of
             old
             ,
             and
             is
             continued
             in
             ours
             ,
             viz.
             in
             opposition
             to
             the
             Arians
             ,
             and
             
               Anti-Trinitarians
               .
               Sozom.
               l.
            
             26.
             
          
           
             
               (
               4
               )
               .
               He
               saith
               ,
            
             Sometimes
             words
             are
             sacrilegiously
             stolen
             out
             of
             the
             Bible
             .
             As
             the
             last
             Verse
             is
             omitted
             ,
             
               Psal
               .
               72.
            
             
             So
             are
             the
             Scriptural
             Titles
             of
             many
             Psalms
             .
             And
             I
             know
             not
             how
             often
             those
             words
             ,
             
               Praise
               ye
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             are
             left
             out
             .
          
           
             He
             durst
             not
             trust
             his
             Reader
             with
             the
             things
             left
             out
             ,
             for
             they
             would
             have
             appear'd
             of
             so
             little
             Consequence
             ,
             as
             would
             have
             betrayed
             the
             weakness
             of
             his
             Cause
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             his
             own
             partiality
             :
             That
             verse
             omitted
             ,
             Psal
             .
             72.
             is
             this
             ,
             
               the
               Prayers
               of
               David
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               Jesse
               ,
               are
               ended
               .
            
             The
             Titles
             of
             the
             Psalms
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             such
             as
             are
             no
             key
             to
             the
             matter
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             without
             which
             the
             Psalms
             are
             as
             intire
             as
             the
             Chapters
             without
             the
             Contents
             :
             The
             Clause
             ,
             
               praise
               ye
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             
               Hebrew
               ,
               Hallelujah
            
             ,
             and
             is
             only
             left
             out
             when
             it
             's
             independent
             ,
             and
             has
             no
             immediate
             Relation
             to
             the
             preceding
             or
             following
             Verse
             .
             And
             the
             reason
             of
             these
             Omissions
             seems
             to
             be
             ,
             Because
             the
             Psalms
             being
             to
             be
             read
             in
             Parts
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             ancient
             Custom
             in
             
             Chrysostom's
             time
             and
             before
             ,
             or
             chanted
             ,
             and
             so
             read
             on
             without
             naming
             the
             Psalm
             ,
             the
             Titles
             ,
             &c.
             would
             have
             made
             a
             break
             in
             that
             order
             .
             And
             this
             was
             done
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             Singing
             the
             Psalms
             in
             the
             Temple-Service
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Titles
             ,
             and
             the
             passage
             ,
             
               the
               Prayers
               of
               David
               the
               Son
               of
               Jesse
               ,
               are
               ended
               ,
            
             were
             to
             be
             sure
             no
             part
             .
             And
             so
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Singing-Psalms
             ,
             used
             by
             the
             Dissenters
             as
             well
             as
             us
             :
             And
             who
             may
             as
             well
             be
             charged
             with
             such
             Omissions
             as
             we
             ,
             who
             there
             ,
             for
             the
             reason
             abovesaid
             ,
             use
             neither
             the
             Verse
             nor
             Titles
             .
             Surely
             these
             Persons
             are
             hard
             put
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             after
             such
             a
             bloody
             charge
             of
             violating
             ,
             adding
             to
             ,
             and
             taking
             from
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             can
             produce
             no
             better
             proofs
             and
             evidences
             for
             it
             ,
             but
             only
             that
             we
             leave
             out
             the
             Titles
             and
             Hallelujah
             ,
             and
             that
             only
             in
             the
             ordinary
             Service
             in
             the
             publick
             ,
             where
             they
             themselves
             read
             it
             not
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             when
             upon
             the
             like
             way
             of
             arguing
             ,
             we
             may
             charge
             them
             with
             
             laying
             aside
             the
             whole
             Scripture
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             they
             read
             not
             one
             Chapter
             for
             the
             information
             of
             the
             People
             .
             He
             goes
             on
             ,
          
           
             3.
             
             
               In
               the
               Liturgy
               the
               Apocrypha
               Books
               are
               made
               equal
               with
               ,
               nay
               advanced
               above
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               .
            
             Strange
             !
             that
             a
             Church
             should
             be
             guilty
             of
             this
             ,
             that
             in
             their
             Articles
             exclude
             them
             out
             of
             the
             Canon
             ;
             and
             saith
             ,
             That
             they
             are
             not
             read
             to
             confirm
             any
             Doctrine
             ,
             but
             only
             for
             informing
             the
             Manners
             .
             But
             let
             us
             see
             how
             he
             proves
             this
             ,
             not
             by
             any
             Assertion
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             some
             stretches
             of
             Arguing
             .
             As
             ,
          
           
             
               (
               1.
               )
               They
               are
               made
               equal
               .
               For
            
             in
             the
             Preface
             to
             the
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             it
             's
             said
             ,
             nothing
             ordained
             is
             to
             be
             read
             but
             the
             pure
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             that
             which
             is
             evidently
             grounded
             on
             the
             same
             .
             But
             is
             the
             Apocrypha
             so
             ?
          
           
             Here
             for
             improving
             his
             Argument
             ,
             he
             alters
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Preface
             ;
             and
             for
             that
             which
             is
             in
             that
             ,
             
               agreeable
               to
               the
               same
            
             ,
             he
             reads
             
               evidently
               grounded
               on
               the
               same
            
             ,
             and
             then
             triumphs
             ,
             
               Is
               the
               Apocrypha
               so
            
             ?
             But
             take
             it
             how
             he
             will
             ,
             its
             evident
             from
             hence
             ,
             that
             the
             Apocrypha
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             made
             equal
             with
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             plain
             difference
             between
             them
             ;
             for
             that
             to
             which
             a
             thing
             is
             agreeable
             ,
             and
             on
             which
             it
             's
             grounded
             ,
             is
             above
             that
             which
             is
             agreeable
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             grounded
             upon
             it
             .
             A
             Plea
             grounded
             on
             the
             law
             ,
             is
             surely
             of
             less
             Authority
             than
             the
             Law
             on
             which
             it
             is
             grounded
             .
             The
             Apocrypha
             being
             read
             ,
             not
             for
             establishing
             any
             Doctrine
             ,
             but
             for
             informing
             the
             Mannners
             ;
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             what
             is
             appointed
             of
             that
             kind
             to
             be
             read
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             agreeable
             to
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             contrary
             to
             it
             ;
             and
             so
             may
             be
             read
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             Sermons
             be
             heard
             ,
             which
             can
             pretend
             to
             no
             more
             .
          
           
             
               (
               2.
               )
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             The
             Liturgy
             appoints
             the
             Apocrypha
             to
             be
             read
             as
             Lessons
             ,
             just
             as
             I
             find
             it
             in
             the
             Pope's
             Service-Book
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             greater
             proportion
             than
             Scripture
             ;
             for
             (
             as
             some
             have
             observ'd
             )
             of
             172
             Apocryphal
             Chapters
             ,
             but
             38
             are
             omitted
             .
             So
             that
             these
             Books
             are
             equalized
             with
             the
             pure
             word
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             But
             surely
             he
             doth
             not
             find
             it
             in
             our
             Service-Book
             ,
             that
             the
             Apocrypha
             Lessons
             are
             read
             for
             Canonical
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             declared
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             in
             the
             
               Pope's
               Service-Book
            
             ;
             but
             only
             as
             Apocrypha
             .
             He
             that
             will
             look
             for
             the
             Apocrypha-Books
             in
             the
             Pope's
             Bible
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Service-Book
             ,
             will
             find
             them
             mixed
             with
             the
             Canonical
             ,
             as
             Hester
             and
             Esdras
             ,
             &c.
             but
             he
             that
             will
             find
             them
             in
             our
             Bibles
             ,
             will
             find
             them
             by
             themselves
             ,
             and
             Apocrypha
             in
             the
             head
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             If
             ,
             as
             he
             affirms
             ,
             the
             Apocrypha
             is
             read
             in
             a
             
               greater
               proportion
            
             than
             Scripture
             ,
             it
             doth
             more
             than
             equalize
             ,
             and
             doth
             rather
             advance
             it
             above
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             so
             belongs
             to
             his
             next
             Assertion
             ,
             which
             he
             would
             have
             done
             well
             to
             have
             reserv'd
             it
             to
             ,
             to
             make
             up
             the
             proof
             he
             is
             there
             wanting
             in
             .
          
           
           
             As
             for
             what
             he
             affirms
             ,
             that
             the
             Apocrypha
             is
             read
             in
             greater
             proportion
             than
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             nothing
             more
             false
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             All
             the
             Second
             Lessons
             throughout
             the
             Year
             ,
             are
             out
             of
             the
             
               New
               Testament
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             All
             Epistles
             and
             Gospels
             read
             on
             Sundays
             and
             Holy-days
             ,
             are
             wholly
             out
             of
             Canonical
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             All
             First
             Lessons
             ,
             on
             Sundays
             are
             out
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             ,
             and
             none
             out
             of
             the
             Apocrypha
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             On
             the
             33
             Holy-days
             ,
             on
             the
             Week-days
             ,
             there
             are
             but
             26
             Apocrypha
             First
             Lessons
             ,
             whereas
             there
             are
             40
             out
             of
             the
             Canonical
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             When
             the
             Apocrypha
             is
             appointed
             to
             be
             read
             in
             Course
             ,
             it
             's
             not
             clear
             two
             Months
             for
             First
             Lessons
             ,
             but
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             is
             read
             all
             the
             other
             Ten
             Months
             ,
             and
             more
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Of
             the
             39
             Books
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             ,
             but
             3
             are
             entirely
             omitted
             ,
             
               viz.
               Chronicles
            
             ,
             and
             Canticles
             ;
             but
             of
             the
             13
             of
             the
             Apocrypha
             ,
             6
             are
             not
             read
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Of
             the
             929
             Chapters
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             ,
             753
             are
             read
             in
             course
             ,
             and
             176
             only
             omitted
             (
             the
             reasons
             for
             which
             generally
             will
             appear
             to
             the
             Reader
             )
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             the
             172
             Chapters
             of
             the
             Apocrypha
             ,
             there
             are
             (
             not
             as
             he
             saith
             38
             )
             66
             omitted
             ,
             and
             among
             them
             that
             of
             Tobit
             ,
             that
             he
             objects
             against
             .
             Where
             methinks
             he
             that
             pretends
             to
             have
             read
             and
             compar'd
             ,
             shou'd
             have
             had
             more
             value
             for
             his
             own
             understanding
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             beholding
             to
             others
             ,
             and
             to
             say
             
               some
               have
               observed
            
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             nothing
             like
             a
             man
             's
             own
             observation
             in
             matter
             of
             Fact.
             
          
           
             
               3.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             The
             Liturgy
             advanceth
             the
             Apocrypha
             above
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             by
             intimating
             that
             they
             are
             more
             edifying
             ,
             and
             can
             be
             less
             spared
             than
             many
             portions
             of
             the
             Holy
             Canon
             ;
             and
             by
             ordering
             them
             to
             be
             read
             on
             the
             highest
             Holy-days
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             them
             twice
             ,
             some
             thrice
             in
             one
             year
             .
          
           
             Methinks
             in
             such
             a
             round
             Charge
             as
             this
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Liturgy
               advanceth
               the
               Apocrypha
               above
               Scripture
               ,
            
             he
             should
             have
             had
             more
             than
             an
             intimation
             for
             his
             evidence
             .
             He
             calls
             it
             before
             ,
             High-Treason
             ;
             and
             surely
             it
             's
             very
             hard
             to
             be
             condemned
             for
             it
             by
             a
             bare
             Innuendo
             ;
             and
             yet
             even
             he
             fails
             in
             his
             intimation
             .
             For
             ,
             1.
             if
             it
             were
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             Liturgy
             order'd
             the
             Apocrypha
             to
             be
             read
             on
             the
             
               highest
               Holy-days
            
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             them
             
               twice
               or
               thrice
               in
               the
               Year
            
             ;
             it
             would
             not
             follow
             ,
             that
             they
             accounted
             them
             
               more
               edifying
               ,
               and
               less
               to
               be
               spared
            
             than
             Scripture
             ;
             especially
             when
             Scripture
             is
             read
             on
             the
             highest
             Holy-days
             ,
             and
             some
             portions
             of
             it
             twice
             or
             thrice
             in
             the
             year
             too
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             's
             not
             true
             ,
             that
             it
             's
             
               ordered
               to
               he
               read
               on
               the
               highest
               Holy-days
               :
            
             For
             on
             the
             highest
             Holy-days
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             but
             Scripture
             to
             be
             read
             ;
             such
             are
             all
             the
             days
             dedicated
             to
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             as
             the
             Nativity
             ,
             
             Circumcision
             ,
             Epiphany
             ,
             Good-Friday
             ,
             Resurrection
             ,
             Ascension
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             Lords-days
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             He
             saith
             ,
             
               Many
               of
               them
               are
               read
               twice
               ,
               some
               thrice
               in
               the
               year
               .
            
             For
             the
             twice
             ,
             it
             's
             only
             25
             Chapters
             ,
             viz.
             7
             in
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             18
             in
             Ecclesiasticus
             :
             And
             as
             for
             his
             thrice
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             but
             the
             5th
             .
             Chapter
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             which
             after
             it
             had
             been
             read
             on
             
               the
               Conversion
               of
               St.
            
             Paul
             ,
             has
             17
             Verses
             of
             it
             read
             on
             All-Saints
             .
             But
             now
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             the
             whole
             
               New
               Testament
            
             ,
             except
             the
             Revelation
             ,
             is
             read
             over
             thrice
             in
             the
             year
             in
             course
             ,
             besides
             Epistles
             ,
             Gospels
             ,
             and
             Lessons
             out
             of
             it
             on
             Holy-days
             .
             And
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             is
             read
             over
             once
             ,
             except
             as
             before
             excepted
             ,
             in
             course
             .
             And
             many
             Portions
             are
             read
             again
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             Sundays
             and
             Holy-days
             ,
             which
             amount
             to
             above
             140
             Lessons
             ;
             and
             some
             few
             have
             a
             third
             Course
             .
          
           
             Would
             any
             one
             that
             observes
             this
             ,
             think
             such
             a
             Writer
             ,
             a
             Person
             of
             any
             care
             ,
             I
             had
             almost
             said
             Conscience
             ;
             that
             utters
             as
             black
             Slanders
             as
             Pen
             can
             Write
             ,
             or
             Mouth
             can
             utter
             ,
             and
             charges
             a
             whole
             Church
             with
             violating
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             adding
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             detracting
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             of
             advancing
             human
             Writings
             above
             it
             ,
             and
             yet
             shall
             come
             off
             with
             changing
             a
             Seventh
             day
             for
             Sabbath
             ,
             with
             leaving
             out
             Hallelujah
             ,
             with
             Intimations
             ,
             and
             Falsities
             ,
             with
             others
             Observations
             ,
             that
             pretends
             to
             have
             read
             and
             compared
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             ;
             and
             after
             all
             ,
             charges
             us
             with
             this
             ,
             for
             Lessons
             appointed
             to
             be
             read
             in
             the
             Publick
             Congregation
             ,
             when
             they
             themselves
             read
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             have
             no
             other
             Translation
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             than
             what
             was
             translated
             by
             us
             ,
             and
             which
             they
             use
             in
             Common
             with
             us
             ?
             This
             is
             hard
             usage
             indeed
             ;
             and
             if
             we
             should
             retort
             upon
             them
             in
             the
             like
             way
             ,
             we
             should
             think
             ,
             if
             we
             may
             judge
             of
             their
             value
             for
             Scripture
             by
             their
             Publick
             Service
             ,
             there
             are
             none
             have
             a
             less
             esteem
             for
             it
             than
             they
             ,
             that
             read
             not
             one
             Chapter
             of
             it
             by
             way
             of
             Lesson
             throughout
             the
             year
             ,
             as
             has
             been
             before
             said
             .
          
           
             
               4.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             Such
             things
             are
             enjoyned
             in
             the
             Common-Prayer-Book
             ,
             as
             (
             to
             my
             Conscience
             )
             cannot
             be
             practised
             without
             Sin.
             
          
           
             But
             what
             is
             this
             to
             those
             that
             are
             not
             obliged
             to
             practise
             them
             ?
             What
             is
             it
             to
             Laymen
             ,
             that
             the
             Priests
             are
             required
             to
             give
             the
             Holy
             Communion
             to
             all
             new-married
             Persons
             ;
             or
             to
             use
             the
             Prayers
             over
             the
             Dead
             ;
             or
             to
             put
             the
             Ring
             on
             in
             Marriage
             ;
             or
             use
             the
             Surplice
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
          
           
             But
             what
             is
             this
             which
             cannot
             be
             practised
             without
             Sin
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             Ministers
             are
             requir'd
             to
             give
             the
             Holy
             Communion
             to
             all
             new-married
             Persons
             ,
             whereas
             Marriage-Festivals
             used
             to
             be
             accompanied
             with
             such
             Divertisements
             as
             unfit
             them
             .
             By
             this
             Doctrine
             ,
             all
             that
             may
             Marry
             ,
             may
             come
             to
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             ,
             whereas
             Marriage
             is
             An
             Ordinance
             which
             Men
             as
             Men
             
             (
             and
             not
             as
             Christians
             only
             )
             have
             a
             right
             unto
             .
             So
             that
             by
             this
             Prescription
             many
             will
             eat
             and
             drink
             Damnation
             to
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             (
             1.
             )
             If
             this
             was
             required
             ,
             yet
             it
             's
             not
             inconsistent
             with
             that
             state
             ,
             which
             is
             rightly
             call'd
             ,
             
               The
               Holy
               Estate
               of
               Matrimony
            
             ;
             and
             besides
             ,
             those
             Divertisements
             do
             not
             precede
             but
             follow
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             Surely
             those
             Persons
             that
             are
             married
             amongst
             us
             ,
             are
             supposed
             to
             be
             Christians
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             married
             meerly
             as
             Men.
             
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             If
             any
             eat
             and
             drink
             their
             own
             Damnation
             ,
             it
             's
             their
             own
             fault
             ;
             and
             the
             danger
             of
             it
             doth
             not
             release
             any
             of
             their
             Duty
             ,
             or
             justify
             their
             neglect
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             (
             4.
             )
             But
             the
             Common-Prayer-Book
             doth
             not
             compel
             them
             ;
             it
             saith
             only
             ,
             That
             
               it
               's
               convenient
               at
               their
               Marriage
               ,
               or
               at
               the
               first
               opportunity
               after
               it
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             When
             any
             man
             is
             buried
             ,
             the
             Priest
             must
             say
             ,
             Almighty
             God
             has
             taken
             to
             himself
             the
             Soul
             of
             our
             dear
             Brother
             ,
             perhaps
             the
             most
             wicked
             Wretch
             on
             earth
             .
             And
             that
             his
             Body
             is
             committed
             to
             the
             Ground
             ,
             in
             sure
             and
             certain
             hope
             of
             a
             Resurrection
             to
             Eternal
             Life
             ;
             tho
             he
             did
             never
             truly
             ,
             nor
             so
             much
             as
             visibly
             ,
             to
             the
             judgment
             of
             Charity
             ,
             repent
             of
             his
             Sins
             .
          
           
             A.
             (
             1.
             )
             The
             Office
             of
             Burial
             ,
             supposes
             that
             of
             Visitation
             of
             the
             Sick
             to
             go
             before
             ,
             where
             the
             Minister
             is
             appointed
             to
             examine
             ,
             
               Whether
               he
               repent
               him
               truly
               of
               his
               Sins
               ?
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             It
             supposes
             the
             Exercise
             of
             Discipline
             ,
             and
             that
             such
             as
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             have
             the
             Censures
             of
             the
             Church
             exercised
             on
             them
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             be
             not
             exercised
             ,
             we
             know
             whom
             we
             are
             to
             thank
             for
             the
             relaxation
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             However
             ,
             the
             Church
             provides
             not
             for
             extraordinary
             ,
             but
             ordinary
             Cases
             ;
             and
             if
             an
             extraordinary
             Case
             happens
             ,
             and
             be
             notorious
             ,
             no
             Rule
             of
             this
             nature
             then
             binds
             .
          
           
             (
             4.
             )
             If
             it
             be
             not
             notorious
             ,
             it
             's
             safer
             to
             err
             on
             the
             charitable
             side
             .
          
           
             
               (
               5.
               )
               It
               's
               not
               now
               said
               ,
               That
               it
               's
            
             certain
             hope
             of
             a
             Resurrection
             to
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             putting
             on
             the
             Ring
             in
             Marriage
             ,
             especially
             the
             making
             that
             Ceremony
             to
             be
             an
             essential
             Matter
             ,
             is
             Superstition
             .
          
           
             A.
             (
             1.
             )
             What
             Superstition
             can
             there
             be
             in
             this
             ,
             more
             than
             in
             joyning
             of
             Hands
             ,
             both
             of
             which
             are
             Civil
             Rites
             ,
             and
             fit
             Declarations
             of
             pledging
             their
             Troth
             to
             each
             other
             ?
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             How
             can
             that
             be
             Essential
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             of
             the
             alterable
             things
             meant
             in
             the
             Preface
             ?
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             It
             's
             necessary
             there
             should
             be
             some
             Rite
             used
             ,
             and
             some
             actions
             by
             which
             the
             espousal
             should
             be
             solemnized
             ,
             and
             why
             not
             a
             Ring
             as
             well
             as
             joyning
             hands
             ?
             And
             why
             not
             these
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ?
             Therefore
             Bucer
             calls
             it
             ,
             
               a
               very
               fit
               Ceremony
            
             .
             Script
             .
             Angl.
             cens
             .
             c.
             20.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Churching
             Women
             ,
             and
             their
             Offerings
             ,
             is
             Jewish
             Superstition
             .
          
           
           
             A.
             (
             1.
             )
             Why
             Jewish
             ?
             Is
             there
             any
             other
             Sacrifice
             than
             that
             of
             Thanksgiving
             offered
             ?
             as
             there
             was
             ,
             Levit
             12.
             6.
             
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             What
             Superstition
             is
             there
             more
             in
             kneeling
             down
             at
             offering
             up
             Thanks
             to
             God
             ,
             than
             in
             putting
             up
             a
             Bill
             .
             However
             Bucer
             saith
             ,
             
               This
               is
               agreeable
               to
               Scripture
            
             ,
             c.
             24.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Observation
             of
             Popish
             Holy-days
             ,
             especially
             such
             as
             are
             dedicated
             to
             Saints
             ,
             I
             look
             upon
             as
             highly
             Superstitious
             .
          
           
             A.
             (
             1.
             )
             He
             looks
             upon
             them
             as
             such
             ,
             but
             how
             far
             soever
             his
             Opinion
             may
             pass
             with
             his
             own
             Disciples
             ,
             yet
             others
             expect
             somewhat
             more
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             Why
             doth
             he
             add
             Popish
             ?
             Surely
             he
             that
             has
             read
             and
             compared
             the
             Popish
             Liturgy
             with
             ours
             ,
             must
             needs
             know
             that
             we
             have
             no
             Holy-days
             for
             Popish
             Saints
             in
             our
             Liturgy
             .
             As
             to
             which
             ,
             I
             shall
             refer
             our
             Author
             to
             Mr.
             Perkins
             on
             Gal.
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             
               6.
               
               Of
               the
               Surplice
               ,
               he
               saith
               ,
            
             It
             's
             highly
             Superstitious
             .
             When
             Holy
             Vestments
             were
             in
             use
             among
             the
             Jews
             ,
             they
             had
             an
             express
             Command
             for
             them
             .
             Should
             they
             have
             made
             a
             Mitre
             or
             Ephod
             ,
             or
             other
             Ecclesiastical
             Garment
             of
             their
             own
             heads
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             sinned
             greatly
             ?
             Witness
             
               Judg.
               8.
               27.
            
             
             If
             then
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             had
             no
             power
             to
             appoint
             Sacred
             Vestments
             ,
             no
             more
             has
             the
             Church
             in
             these
             days
             .
             —
             Moreover
             the
             Surplice
             is
             immediately
             borrowed
             from
             Idolatrous
             Mass-mongers
             .
             —
             Dr.
             Abbot
             (
             who
             was
             no
             Fanatick
             )
             saith
             ,
             That
             all
             Priestly
             Garments
             ,
             whereby
             Ministers
             are
             distinguished
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             are
             a
             special
             part
             of
             the
             Character
             of
             the
             Beast
             .
             The
             Papists
             take
             the
             Surplice
             from
             Jews
             and
             Heathens
             .
             There
             were
             Vestments
             for
             the
             Worshippers
             of
             
               Baal
               ,
               2
               Kings
               10.
               12.
               
            
             Bishop
             Jewel
             saith
             ,
             The
             Priests
             of
             Isis
             used
             to
             wear
             Linnen
             Surplices
             .
             Moreover
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             our
             Protestant
             Divines
             have
             disliked
             this
             Superstitious
             Garment
             .
             So
             Martyr
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             His
             Argument
             is
             ,
             the
             Jews
             had
             express
             Command
             for
             their
             Garments
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             A.
             (
             1.
             )
             Had
             the
             Jews
             no
             Power
             to
             appoint
             or
             observe
             any
             thing
             relating
             to
             Worship
             without
             express
             Command
             ?
             How
             then
             came
             the
             Feasts
             of
             Purim
             and
             Dedication
             ,
             the
             Places
             and
             Houses
             of
             Prayer
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             whence
             came
             the
             alteration
             of
             the
             posture
             at
             the
             Passover
             (
             which
             our
             Saviour
             complied
             with
             )
             contrary
             to
             the
             first
             institution
             ?
             And
             surely
             Vestments
             are
             much
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             with
             Times
             and
             Places
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             Supposing
             the
             Jews
             might
             not
             ,
             what
             is
             that
             to
             us
             ?
             Yes
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               no
               more
               can
               we
            
             .
             Why
             so
             ?
             The
             Apostle
             shews
             we
             have
             a
             Liberty
             they
             had
             not
             ,
             and
             we
             may
             as
             well
             do
             what
             they
             could
             not
             ,
             as
             forbear
             what
             they
             might
             not
             .
             They
             had
             not
             a
             liberty
             as
             we
             ,
             because
             under
             a
             Schoolmaster
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Temper
             that
             needed
             it
             ,
             and
             whose
             Service
             was
             Typical
             .
             And
             yet
             notwithstanding
             this
             ,
             they
             had
             a
             liberty
             which
             they
             might
             use
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             then
             have
             we
             .
          
           
           
             
               2.
               
               The
               Surplice
               ,
               he
               saith
               ,
            
             is
             immediately
             borrowed
             from
             Idolatrous
             Mass-mongers
             .
          
           
             A.
             (
             1.
             )
             What
             is
             that
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             no
             Idolatry
             borrowed
             with
             it
             ?
             Do
             we
             use
             it
             to
             sanctify
             Holy-water
             ,
             Bells
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             As
             for
             his
             Quotation
             from
             Dr.
             Abbot
             ,
             it
             's
             a
             gross
             mistake
             ,
             at
             least
             ;
             all
             he
             saith
             is
             ,
             That
             
               the
               Buyers
               and
               Sellers
            
             ,
             Rev.
             13.
             16.
             
               are
               the
               Bishops
               ,
               Priests
               ,
               and
               Monks
               ,
               that
               expose
               to
               sale
               Masses
               and
               Indulgences
               ,
               &c.
               that
               bind
               themselves
               by
               Oath
               to
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               and
               in
               testimony
               of
               it
               ,
               are
               divided
               from
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Church
               by
               Rites
               ,
               Vows
               ,
               Vnctions
               ,
               Tonsures
               ,
               Garments
               .
            
             Where
             he
             speaks
             of
             Garments
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             of
             Surplices
             than
             Gowns
             ;
             and
             of
             Garments
             they
             ordinarily
             wear
             ,
             such
             as
             belong
             to
             Monastick
             Orders
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             if
             he
             had
             spoke
             of
             all
             Garments
             that
             distinguish
             the
             Clergy
             from
             the
             Laity
             ,
             Dr.
             Abbot
             had
             been
             in
             that
             a
             Fanatick
             ,
             and
             not
             Dr.
             Abbot
             ,
             who
             himself
             wore
             such
             Garments
             ,
             and
             surely
             did
             not
             think
             by
             that
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             
               special
               Character
               of
               the
               Beast
            
             upon
             him
             .
          
           
             What
             he
             quotes
             from
             Bishop
             Jewel
             ,
             is
             not
             in
             that
             place
             (
             if
             any
             where
             )
             he
             refers
             to
             ;
             neither
             in
             the
             English
             or
             Latin
             Volume
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Papists
             take
             the
             Surplice
             from
             Jews
             and
             Heathens
             ;
             
               and
               for
               this
               latter
               ,
               quotes
               the
               Priests
               of
            
             Baal
             .
          
           
             A.
             But
             the
             Text
             doth
             not
             say
             ,
             they
             were
             any
             more
             White
             ,
             than
             Blue
             or
             Black
             ;
             and
             he
             might
             as
             well
             have
             prov'd
             our
             Gowns
             we
             ordinarily
             wear
             ,
             or
             others
             prove
             their
             Cloaks
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             he
             prove
             our
             Surplices
             Heathenish
             from
             that
             Text.
             
          
           
             
               4.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             The
             greatest
             part
             of
             our
             Protestant
             Divines
             have
             disliked
             it
             .
          
           
             A.
             (
             1.
             )
             What
             saith
             he
             to
             the
             Lutherans
             ,
             who
             all
             use
             the
             like
             ?
             Are
             not
             they
             Protestants
             ?
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             Do
             any
             he
             names
             dislike
             it
             so
             ,
             as
             to
             think
             it
             unlawful
             ?
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             Do
             they
             dislike
             it
             so
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             a
             Schism
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             or
             for
             it
             Separate
             from
             a
             Church
             ?
          
           
             I
             am
             certain
             these
             he
             produces
             ,
             do
             declare
             just
             contrary
             .
             Thus
             
               Pet.
               Mart.
               Epist
               .
               Amico
               &
               Hoopero
               ,
               &c.
               Beza
               Epist
               .
               Grindallo
               .
               Zanchy
               Confes
               .
            
             c
             25.
             
             §
             .
             30.
             
             
               Hemingius
               in
            
             4
             
               Leg.
               Decal
            
             .
             §
             .
             29.
             &c.
             
               Enchir.
               tit
               .
               Adiaph
            
             .
             c.
             16.
             
             
               Polanus
               in
               Ezek.
            
             44.
             
             And
             Zanchy
             chuses
             the
             Linnen
             before
             the
             Woollen
             Garment
             for
             Divine
             Offices
             ,
             as
             a
             Sign
             of
             Innocence
             and
             Holiness
             ,
             
               de
               Redempt
            
             .
             c.
             16.
             
             I
             could
             much
             enlarge
             the
             Catalogue
             of
             such
             Testimonies
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             necessary
             .
          
           
             So
             little
             did
             these
             Learned
             Men
             think
             Mr.
             
             Nichol's
             Argument
             of
             any
             force
             ,
             which
             our
             Author
             proposes
             viz.
             
             
               That
               all
               Vestments
               appropriated
               to
               the
               Worship
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               appointed
               for
               the
               Signification
               of
               Spiritual
               Duties
               ,
               by
               the
               will
               of
               Man
               ,
               are
               unlawful
               .
               But
               the
               Surplice
               is
               so
               .
            
             This
             our
             Author
             saith
             is
             ,
             
               Not
               easy
               to
               be
               answer'd
               ▪
            
             
             But
             if
             it
             be
             to
             be
             answer'd
             ,
             no
             matter
             whether
             it
             's
             not
             easy
             in
             his
             Opinion
             .
             From
             hence
             arise
             two
             Questions
             ▪
          
           
             Q.
             1.
             
             Whether
             it
             's
             unlawful
             to
             use
             any
             thing
             appropriated
             to
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             by
             the
             Will
             of
             Man
             ?
          
           
             Q.
             2.
             
             Whether
             it
             's
             unlawful
             to
             use
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             that
             is
             appointed
             for
             the
             signification
             of
             Spiritual
             Duties
             by
             the
             Will
             of
             man
             ?
          
           
             By
             the
             first
             it
             's
             unlawful
             for
             men
             to
             appropriate
             places
             ,
             or
             times
             ,
             or
             postures
             to
             the
             Worship
             of
             God.
             And
             so
             it
             's
             necessary
             ,
             to
             avoid
             this
             Superstition
             ,
             to
             make
             all
             the
             Meeting-places
             to
             be
             houses
             of
             Merchandise
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             equally
             divided
             between
             Religious
             and
             Common
             Uses
             .
             By
             the
             2d
             ,
             any
             thing
             that
             has
             such
             a
             Signification
             applied
             to
             it
             ,
             is
             made
             unlawful
             ,
             by
             Vertue
             of
             such
             Signification
             ,
             and
             which
             without
             such
             Signification
             would
             have
             been
             lawful
             .
             So
             a
             Surplice
             would
             have
             been
             a
             lawful
             Garment
             ,
             if
             not
             appropriated
             ,
             and
             without
             Signification
             ;
             and
             might
             have
             been
             in
             its
             self
             worn
             as
             well
             as
             a
             Cloak
             ,
             since
             Custom
             and
             Use
             only
             makes
             the
             difference
             ;
             but
             appropriate
             it
             ,
             and
             clap
             a
             signification
             upon
             it
             ,
             it
             's
             unlawful
             :
             And
             so
             a
             Cloak
             may
             be
             turn'd
             out
             of
             Service
             by
             the
             same
             way
             .
             So
             it
             's
             in
             posture
             ,
             kneeling
             and
             standing
             are
             indifferent
             ;
             but
             once
             appropriate
             kneeling
             to
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             significative
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             a
             posture
             of
             reverence
             ,
             and
             it
             becomes
             unlawful
             .
             And
             so
             without
             end
             .
             So
             much
             for
             Mr.
             
             Nichol's
             Argument
             ,
             and
             it's
             difficulty
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Come
             we
             now
             to
             the
             Cross
             ,
             
               the
               greatest
               Devil
               amongst
               all
               the
               Idols
               of
            
             Rome
             ;
             as
             he
             tells
             us
             Mr.
             
               Parker
               sheweth
            
             .
          
           
             He
             saith
             ,
             1.
             
             The
             first
             users
             of
             it
             were
             the
             Hereticks
             ,
             Valentinus
             and
             Montanus
             .
          
           
             A.
             That
             seems
             hard
             ,
             when
             those
             that
             wrote
             against
             them
             used
             it
             ,
             as
             
               Origen
               ,
               Irenaeus
               ,
               Tertullian
            
             ,
             and
             Epiphanius
             did
             against
             the
             former
             ;
             and
             several
             others
             against
             the
             latter
             .
             We
             find
             it
             as
             ancient
             as
             
               Tertullian
               ,
               Cyprian
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               2.
               
               He
               saith
               ,
               Mr.
            
             Parker
             proveth
             it
             a
             sin
             against
             all
             the
             Commandments
             ,
             and
             a
             breach
             of
             the
             Letter
             of
             the
             second
             :
             for
             men
             to
             appoint
             a
             Religious
             Ceremony
             ,
             is
             a
             direct
             violation
             of
             the
             
             2d
             Commandment
             ,
             which
             forbids
             all
             human
             Inventions
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             as
             any
             part
             thereof
             .
          
           
             A.
             There
             is
             a
             way
             of
             proving
             too
             much
             ,
             and
             that
             any
             one
             that
             reads
             Mr.
             Parker
             will
             soon
             perceive
             he
             doth
             :
             And
             of
             this
             I
             take
             this
             Instance
             of
             the
             2d
             Commandment
             to
             be
             one
             ,
             of
             the
             letter
             of
             which
             the
             Author
             saith
             ,
             the
             Cross
             is
             a
             breach
             .
             Now
             the
             Letter
             of
             the
             Command
             respects
             two
             things
             ;
             1.
             
             Not
             to
             make
             any
             Graven
             Image
             for
             Religious
             Worship
             .
             2.
             
             Not
             to
             bow
             down
             to
             any
             such
             Object
             .
             
             Now
             the
             Cross
             used
             in
             Baptism
             is
             an
             
               Aerial
               Cross
            
             ,
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             ;
             and
             where
             is
             the
             Object
             or
             the
             Worship
             ?
             But
             our
             Author
             goes
             on
             to
             prove
             it
             after
             this
             manner
             ;
             
               for
               men
               to
               appoint
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Here
             we
             grant
             the
             Proposition
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             because
             God
             only
             is
             to
             appoint
             his
             own
             Worship
             ;
             and
             so
             it
             's
             not
             in
             the
             power
             of
             man
             to
             appoint
             any
             part
             of
             it
             :
             But
             now
             if
             Religious
             Ceremonies
             may
             be
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             be
             part
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             no
             such
             human
             Inventions
             as
             are
             forbidden
             ;
             and
             no
             direct
             or
             indirect
             violation
             of
             the
             2d
             Commandment
             .
             Therefore
             it
             remains
             upon
             him
             to
             prove
             the
             
               Cross
               a
               part
               of
               Divine
               Worship
               :
            
             For
             we
             say
             it
             's
             only
             an
             adjunct
             ,
             and
             is
             no
             more
             a
             part
             of
             Worship
             ,
             than
             the
             striking
             the
             Blood
             upon
             the
             Door-posts
             was
             (
             to
             make
             use
             of
             Zepperus
             his
             Similitude
             )
             or
             sitting
             or
             kneeling
             at
             the
             Sacrament
             .
          
           
             
               3.
               
               He
               saith
            
             .
             The
             Arguments
             which
             are
             brought
             against
             the
             use
             of
             Oyl
             ,
             Cream
             ,
             Salt
             ,
             Spittle
             in
             Baptism
             (
             practised
             by
             the
             Papists
             )
             hold
             as
             well
             against
             the
             Cross
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             This
             I
             deny
             ;
             for
             the
             Scripture
             speaks
             honourably
             of
             the
             Cross
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             this
             refers
             to
             ,
             but
             not
             at
             all
             of
             the
             rest
             .
             Again
             ,
             the
             Cross
             was
             traduced
             and
             reproached
             by
             the
             Heathens
             ,
             which
             gave
             occasion
             to
             the
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             were
             not
             the
             rest
             .
             So
             that
             this
             was
             used
             with
             reason
             ;
             those
             without
             it
             .
          
           
             His
             instance
             of
             the
             Gallows
             looks
             so
             prophanely
             ,
             that
             I
             shall
             rather
             pass
             it
             by
             ,
             than
             correct
             it
             .
          
           
             
               4.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             The
             Papists
             adore
             the
             Cross
             ,
             and
             it
             's
             an
             Idol
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             But
             do
             they
             adore
             the
             
               Aerial
               Cross
            
             ?
             But
             what
             is
             their
             Adoration
             (
             if
             it
             were
             )
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             do
             not
             adore
             it
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             This
             hath
             been
             testified
             against
             by
             
               Zegedinus
               ,
               Lepperus
               (
               it
               should
               be
            
             Zepperus
             )
             Goulartius
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             The
             Lutheran
             Churches
             use
             it
             .
             See
             
               Hemingius
               ,
               &c.
               
               Bucer
            
             accounts
             it
             
               neither
               indecent
               ,
               nor
               unprofitable
            
             ,
             but
             a
             Ceremony
             
               of
               much
               simplicity
               ,
               and
               of
               present
               admonition
               of
               the
               Cross
               of
               Christ
            
             ;
             Script
             .
             Angl.
             censur
             .
             c.
             12.
             
             And
             generally
             they
             account
             it
             lawful
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             sufficient
             reason
             for
             separation
             ;
             but
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             so
             it
             be
             without
             Superstition
             .
             So
             Goulartius
             in
             
               Cypr.
               lib.
               ad
               Demetr
               .
               c.
            
             9.
             
          
           
             8.
             
             His
             last
             Instance
             of
             Superstition
             is
             
               kneeling
               at
               the
               Sacrament
            
             .
             Let
             us
             consider
             what
             he
             has
             to
             say
             against
             it
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             Men
             pretend
             in
             it
             reverence
             to
             Christ
             ;
             but
             Christ
             himself
             was
             personally
             present
             ,
             when
             his
             Disciples
             partook
             of
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             ;
             yet
             they
             did
             not
             kneel
             ,
             but
             used
             the
             Table-gesture
             then
             customary
             among
             the
             Jews
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             (
             1.
             )
             How
             is
             he
             certain
             the
             Disciples
             did
             not
             kneel
             ,
             but
             used
             the
             customary
             Posture
             in
             receiving
             ?
             For
             the
             Jews
             in
             the
             Passover
             changed
             Postures
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             throughout
             keep
             to
             that
             of
             discumbency
             .
             See
             D.
             Lightfoot
             .
          
           
           
             (
             2.
             )
             The
             Question
             is
             not
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             but
             what
             may
             lawfully
             be
             done
             ?
             and
             then
             the
             Question
             is
             ,
             whether
             kneeling
             be
             unlawful
             ?
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             They
             themselves
             no
             more
             observe
             our
             Saviour's
             Posture
             ,
             than
             the
             Jews
             did
             that
             required
             at
             the
             first
             institution
             .
             Our
             Author
             words
             it
             cautiously
             ,
             when
             he
             saith
             the
             Disciples
             used
             the
             Table-gesture
             
               then
               customary
            
             ;
             for
             he
             well
             knew
             it
             was
             not
             sitting
             ,
             but
             leaning
             ,
             or
             lying
             along
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             used
             this
             by
             way
             of
             signification
             .
          
           
             (
             4.
             )
             If
             the
             Table
             be
             the
             Rule
             to
             guide
             us
             ,
             then
             to
             put
             on
             our
             Hats
             is
             suitable
             ,
             as
             he
             knows
             who
             reasons
             .
          
           
             
               2.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             Good
             and
             Wise
             men
             have
             chosen
             great
             sufferings
             ,
             rather
             than
             comply
             with
             this
             Invention
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             And
             there
             were
             good
             and
             wise
             men
             that
             compiled
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             and
             used
             and
             enjoined
             this
             posture
             ;
             which
             is
             an
             argument
             he
             seeks
             to
             overthrow
             ,
             p.
             16.
             
             And
             as
             Good
             and
             wise
             men
             have
             allowed
             and
             approved
             it
             ;
             and
             thought
             it
             by
             no
             means
             allowable
             to
             separate
             and
             break
             Communion
             for
             it
             .
             Such
             as
             
               P.
               Martyr
               ,
               Zanchy
               ,
               Beza
               ,
               Zepperus
               ,
               &c.
               Bains
               ,
               Noyes
               ,
               Ames
               ,
               Cartwright
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             Primitive
             times
             Christians
             did
             not
             kneel
             in
             the
             participation
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             (
             1.
             )
             It
             's
             certain
             they
             did
             not
             sit
             ,
             for
             they
             had
             no
             Notion
             at
             all
             of
             a
             Table-gesture
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Word
             Altar
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             counted
             that
             a
             posture
             of
             irreverence
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             If
             they
             stood
             (
             as
             he
             saith
             )
             on
             the
             Lord's-days
             ,
             their
             standing
             was
             a
             posture
             of
             adoration
             ,
             to
             be
             sure
             ,
             when
             they
             received
             :
             So
             St.
             Cyril
             expresly
             ,
             Catech.
             5.
             
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             It
             's
             probable
             that
             on
             other
             days
             ,
             when
             not
             obliged
             to
             stand
             ,
             that
             they
             kneeled
             ;
             and
             since
             they
             received
             every
             day
             ,
             on
             six
             Days
             they
             kneel'd
             ;
             So
             
               Just
               .
               Mart.
               Respons
               .
               ad
               quest
               .
            
             115.
             and
             that
             more
             especially
             ,
             because
             they
             had
             a
             Prayer
             at
             receiving
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             .
          
           
             
               4.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             It
             was
             enjoyned
             by
             Pope
             Honorius
             ,
             being
             fitted
             to
             the
             Idolatry
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             This
             is
             a
             mistake
             ;
             for
             Honorius
             did
             first
             indeed
             decree
             Adoration
             to
             the
             Host
             ,
             but
             not
             kneeling
             at
             it
             .
             For
             that
             is
             a
             posture
             no
             where
             enjoyn'd
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ;
             and
             some
             of
             them
             say
             ,
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             received
             standing
             ;
             but
             which
             way
             ,
             whether
             ●●●…ing
             standing
             ▪
             or
             lying
             ,
             or
             kneeling
             ,
             is
             not
             material
             say
             others
             ,
             as
             the
             Pope
             
             himself
             ordinarily
             receives
             sitting
             ,
             unless
             he
             celebrates
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             as
             all
             Priests
             then
             do
             ,
             he
             receives
             standing
             .
             And
             all
             adore
             not
             at
             the
             receiving
             ,
             but
             at
             the
             elevation
             of
             the
             Host
             .
          
           
             
               5.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             That
             Religious
             Worship
             ,
             which
             is
             before
             a
             Creature
             ,
             and
             with
             respect
             to
             it
             ,
             having
             no
             allowance
             from
             God
             ,
             is
             against
             the
             Commandment
             ;
             but
             so
             is
             kneeling
             before
             the
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             .
          
           
           
             Ans
             .
             (
             1.
             )
             I
             question
             whether
             God
             ever
             allow'd
             any
             Religious
             Worship
             before
             a
             Creature
             ,
             and
             with
             respect
             to
             a
             Creature
             ;
             for
             that
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             no
             allowance
             from
             God
             can
             be
             supposed
             to
             Justifie
             or
             require
             Idolatry
             .
          
           
             
               (
               2.
               )
               I
               deny
               that
               there
               is
               any
               Religious
               Worship
               with
               respect
               to
               the
               Bread
               and
               Wine
            
             ;
             For
             
               that
               ,
               saith
               our
               Rubrick
            
             ,
             were
             Idolatry
             to
             be
             abhorred
             of
             all
             faithful
             Christians
             .
             
               But
               it
               's
               only
               ,
               as
               it
               's
               there
               said
               ,
            
             for
             a
             signification
             of
             our
             humble
             and
             grateful
             acknowledgment
             of
             the
             Benefits
             of
             Christ
             therein
             given
             to
             all
             worthy
             receivers
             .
          
           
             
               6.
               
               He
               draws
               a
               Conclusion
               from
               the
               whole
               ,
            
             The
             English
             Liturgy
             is
             very
             Corrupt
             ;
             now
             to
             offer
             to
             the
             Lord
             a
             Corrupt
             thing
             ,
             is
             evil
             ,
             
               Mal.
               1.
               13.
            
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             A
             corrupt
             thing
             there
             ,
             is
             what
             is
             plainly
             prohibited
             :
             Now
             let
             him
             prove
             the
             things
             before
             disputed
             to
             be
             such
             :
             As
             for
             example
             ,
             that
             kneeling
             is
             forbidden
             .
             As
             for
             that
             place
             in
             Malachi
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             his
             perusal
             the
             
               Letter
               of
               the
               Ministers
               of
            
             Old-England
             
               to
               those
               in
            
             New-England
             ,
             p.
             14.
             where
             that
             is
             explained
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             Publick
             Liturgies
             of
             humane
             Composure
             are
             an
             innovation
             ,
             and
             deviation
             from
             primitive
             Antiquity
             :
             
               And
               again
            
             ,
             Set
             Forms
             of
             Prayer
             devised
             by
             men
             are
             an
             Innovation
             .
          
           
             FOR
             this
             he
             offers
             several
             Arguments
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Saith
               he
            
             ,
             Had
             a
             Liturgy
             been
             needful
             for
             the
             edification
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             undoubtedly
             Christ
             ,
             or
             the
             Apostles
             by
             his
             direction
             ,
             would
             have
             composed
             one
             ,
             which
             none
             of
             them
             ever
             did
             .
             And
             therefore
             these
             men
             ,
             who
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             compose
             and
             impose
             a
             Liturgy
             on
             the
             Churches
             ,
             assume
             to
             themselves
             more
             than
             Apostolical
             Power
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             I
             deny
             his
             consequence
             :
             For
             tho
             our
             Saviour
             and
             his
             Apostles
             did
             ,
             declared
             and
             left
             all
             things
             essential
             to
             a
             Church
             ,
             yet
             there
             were
             many
             things
             
               needful
               to
               the
               edification
               of
               the
               Church
            
             in
             future
             Ages
             that
             were
             not
             expresly
             provided
             for
             .
             Our
             Saviour
             told
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             that
             
               it
               should
               be
               given
               to
               them
               in
               that
               hour
               what
               they
               should
               speak
            
             ;
             and
             they
             spoke
             all
             Languages
             by
             present
             infusion
             ;
             and
             so
             were
             not
             obliged
             to
             think
             before
             ,
             or
             study
             or
             learn
             a
             Language
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             with
             relation
             to
             the
             present
             condition
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             those
             times
             .
             And
             there
             are
             no
             directions
             for
             after
             Ages
             to
             learn
             Languages
             ,
             &c.
             
             So
             there
             
               was
               a
               miraculous
               gift
               of
               Prayer
               in
               the
               Apostolical
               times
            
             (
             as
             St.
             Chrysostom
             observes
             ,
             Hom.
             14.
             in
             Rom.
             8.
             )
             and
             no
             express
             directions
             given
             about
             
             it
             ,
             when
             that
             Gift
             should
             cease
             (
             as
             he
             saith
             it
             did
             )
             and
             when
             by
             the
             cessation
             of
             it
             ,
             Forms
             would
             be
             necessary
             .
             Thus
             faith
             
               Capellus
               (
               Thes
               .
               Salmur
            
             .
             Part.
             3.
             )
             
               As
               soon
               as
               miraculous
               Gifts
               ceased
               ,
               and
               Hereticks
               began
               to
               trouble
               the
               Church
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               necessity
               for
               Liturgies
               .
            
             And
             therefore
             Mr.
             Ball
             saith
             ,
             
               The
               Christian
               Churches
            
             for
             the
             space
             of
             this
             1400
             years
             at
             least
             ,
             if
             not
             from
             the
             Apostles
             times
             ,
             have
             had
             their
             stinted
             Liturgies
             .
             Trial.
             p.
             96
             ,
             &c.
             So
             Letter
             of
             Min.
             of
             
               Old-England
               ,
               l.
            
             66
             ▪
             &c.
             
          
           
             But
             this
             our
             Author
             denies
             ,
             and
             calls
             it
             an
             Innovation
             .
          
           
             
               And
               saith
               ,
               2.
            
             
             The
             Liturgies
             father'd
             on
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             the
             ancient
             Writers
             
               (
               call'd
               Fathers
            
             )
             Learned
             men
             have
             evinced
             to
             be
             spurious
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             (
             1.
             )
             It
             's
             granted
             ,
             that
             those
             father'd
             on
             the
             Apostles
             were
             so
             ;
             but
             tho
             not
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             yet
             many
             of
             the
             Prayers
             in
             them
             were
             antient
             ,
             and
             the
             main
             of
             that
             call'd
             St.
             
             James's
             ,
             was
             used
             in
             the
             Church
             at
             Jerusalem
             ,
             as
             Dr.
             
               Comber
               [
               Original
               and
               Vse
               of
               Liturgies
               ,
            
             p.
             97.
             ]
             in
             Answer
             to
             Clarkson
             ,
             has
             shew'd
             from
             Cyril
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             It
             's
             certain
             there
             was
             a
             Liturgy
             composed
             by
             St.
             Chrysostom
             and
             Basil
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             part
             of
             what
             is
             so
             call'd
             was
             certainly
             theirs
             ;
             as
             the
             abovesaid
             Author
             has
             shew'd
             ,
             p.
             167.
             172
             ,
             209.
             and
             of
             this
             mind
             were
             *
             Mornay
             and
             †
             Rivet
             .
          
           
             
               (
               3.
               )
               The
               leaft
               that
               can
               be
               observed
               from
               these
               Books
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               when
               those
               Books
               were
               writ
               ,
               then
               Liturgies
               were
               in
               use
               ;
               so
            
             Daille
             ;
             We
             deny
             not
             but
             many
             of
             these
             Liturgies
             are
             ancient
             ,
             and
             written
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Fourth
             Century
             ,
             tho
             they
             were
             corrupted
             by
             Additions
             
             and
             Alterations
             at
             several
             times
             after
             their
             first
             original
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             He
             would
             prove
             from
             an
             obscure
             Passage
             in
             
               Justin
               Martyr
            
             and
             Tertullian
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             
               no
               Book
               of
               Prayer
               used
               by
               Christians
            
             200
             years
             after
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             The
             Passage
             in
             
               Justin
               Martyr
            
             is
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Which
             our
             Author
             is
             forced
             to
             corrupt
             ,
             and
             add
             to
             ,
             before
             he
             can
             work
             it
             to
             his
             purpose
             ;
             for
             thus
             he
             translates
             it
             ,
             
               according
               as
               strength
               and
               utterance
               was
               afforded
               to
               him
               from
               Heaven
               :
            
             whereas
             word
             for
             word
             it
             is
             ,
             
               in
               like
               manner
               he
            
             [
             the
             President
             ]
             
               offereth
               up
               Prayers
               to
               him
            
             [
             God
             ]
             
               as
               he
               has
               Power
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             fervently
             as
             he
             could
             :
             and
             so
             the
             same
             Phrase
             a
             little
             before
             .
             Of
             this
             see
             Dr.
             
               Comber
               ,
               p.
            
             33
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             as
             little
             does
             the
             Passage
             in
             Tertullian
             make
             for
             his
             purpose
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             Christians
             prayed
             ,
             
               Sine
               Monitore
               quia
               de
               pectore
            
             ;
             which
             surely
             relates
             not
             to
             the
             praying
             extempore
             ;
             for
             what
             testimony
             was
             that
             of
             their
             Loyalty
             ,
             more
             than
             if
             they
             prayed
             by
             a
             Form
             ;
             but
             his
             plain
             meaning
             is
             ,
             they
             needed
             no
             Prompter
             (
             as
             the
             Heathens
             )
             but
             prayed
             heartily
             for
             the
             Emperors
             ,
             &c.
             as
             their
             Offices
             shew'd
             .
          
           
           
             4.
             
             He
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               there
               was
               no
               Liturgy
               in
               some
               Churches
               ,
               or
               in
               general
               use
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               for
               above
               400
               years
               ,
               is
               manifest
               from
               Socrates
               ;
               who
               saith
               ,
               
                 There
                 were
                 scarcely
                 two
                 Christians
                 found
                 who
                 used
                 the
                 same
                 words
                 in
                 Prayer
                 ,
              
            
             l.
             5.
             c.
             21.
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             (
             1.
             )
             Here
             he
             perverts
             again
             :
             For
             (
             1.
             )
             Socrates
             doth
             not
             say
             two
             Christians
             ,
             but
             two
             Churches
             .
             (
             2.
             )
             He
             doth
             not
             say
             ,
             they
             used
             the
             same
             words
             ,
             but
             the
             same
             manner
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             The
             Words
             of
             Socrates
             do
             not
             infer
             what
             he
             would
             have
             ;
             for
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               In
               Summ
               among
               all
               Sects
               you
               shall
               scarcely
               find
               two
               Churches
               agreeing
               in
               the
               manner
               of
               Prayer
               :
            
             Which
             refers
             not
             to
             the
             Words
             ,
             but
             the
             Ways
             ,
             as
             before
             described
             ,
             viz.
             lighting
             up
             Candles
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             Supposing
             it
             was
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             Words
             ,
             what
             's
             that
             to
             Extempore
             Prayer
             ?
             for
             they
             may
             not
             have
             the
             same
             words
             ,
             when
             yet
             they
             may
             have
             Forms
             .
             The
             Historian's
             meaning
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             Churches
             had
             different
             Forms
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             different
             Rites
             :
             
             So
             Mornay
             speaking
             of
             the
             Liturgies
             of
             the
             Greek
             and
             Latin
             Churches
             ;
             
               Tho
               in
               substance
               the
               Service
               of
               these
               Churches
               do
               agree
               ,
               yet
               we
               must
               not
               think
               there
               was
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Prescript
               Form
               observed
               ,
               and
               kept
               in
               them
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               5.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             Some
             plead
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             of
             old
             there
             were
             Forms
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             besides
             those
             of
             Divine
             Inspiration
             ;
             but
             what
             was
             not
             ,
             
               are
               all
            
             late
             composures
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             1.
             
             If
             there
             were
             Forms
             of
             old
             in
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             ,
             of
             
               Divine
               Inspiration
            
             ,
             and
             those
             Forms
             to
             be
             used
             (
             as
             the
             Scripture
             shews
             )
             then
             it
             shews
             that
             Forms
             may
             lawfully
             be
             used
             .
          
           
             
             2.
             
             That
             the
             Jews
             had
             set-forms
             of
             human
             composure
             ,
             of
             ancient
             times
             ,
             Learned
             men
             agree
             :
             So
             Mornay
             shews
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             
               First
               Christians
               framed
               themselves
               after
               this
               manner
               of
               Service
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             Nay
             ,
             Learned
             men
             observe
             ,
             that
             Forms
             were
             used
             in
             our
             Saviour's
             time
             ;
             and
             yet
             he
             is
             so
             far
             from
             condemning
             them
             ,
             that
             
             he
             attended
             their
             Service
             ,
             and
             composed
             a
             form
             like
             to
             theirs
             .
             So
             Dr.
             Lightfoot
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             we
             see
             he
             has
             failed
             throughout
             in
             his
             attempt
             of
             proving
             Liturgies
             and
             set-forms
             an
             Innovation
             .
             But
             I
             can
             tell
             
               what
               is
               an
               Innovation
            
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             To
             hold
             Liturgies
             unlawful
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             It
             's
             an
             Apostacy
             in
             this
             Age
             of
             Light
             ,
             to
             countenance
             or
             comply
             with
             the
             
             Common-Prayer-Book
             Worship
             .
          
           
             UPON
             this
             his
             chief
             Topick
             is
             :
          
           
             That
             Good
             and
             Learned
             men
             have
             born
             witness
             against
             the
             Corruptions
             of
             the
             English
             Liturgy
             ,
             and
             chose
             to
             suffer
             rather
             than
             comply
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             1.
             
             There
             have
             been
             as
             Good
             and
             Learned
             men
             that
             have
             shew'd
             those
             not
             to
             be
             Corruptions
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             There
             have
             been
             several
             of
             his
             Learned
             and
             Good
             men
             ,
             who
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               chose
               rather
               to
               suffer
               ,
               than
               sin
               ,
               by
               complying
               with
               the
               Liturgy
               ,
            
             that
             have
             shew'd
             those
             Corruptions
             not
             to
             be
             a
             sufficient
             reason
             for
             Separation
             :
             So
             Mr.
             Bradshaw
             ,
             Mr.
             Nicols
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             They
             were
             so
             far
             from
             refusing
             Communion
             for
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             Old
             
               Nonconformists
               ordinarily
               and
               constantly
               used
               the
               Common-Prayer-Book
               in
               their
               publick
               Ministrations
            
             ;
             as
             Mr.
             Ball
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             declares
             ,
             Tryal
             ,
             p.
             121
             ,
             155.
             
          
           
             
               4.
               
               All
               of
               them
               testified
               against
               the
            
             Brownists
             ,
             
               and
               against
               a
               separation
               from
               the
               Church
               .
            
             It
             was
             
               (
               saith
               Mr.
            
             Baxter
             )
             the
             Parish-Churches
             that
             had
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             which
             Mr.
             Jacob
             the
             Father
             of
             the
             Congregational
             Party
             wrote
             for
             communion
             with
             .
             The
             same
             I
             may
             say
             of
             Mr.
             Bradshaw
             ,
             Dr.
             Ames
             ,
             and
             other
             Nonconformists
             ,
             whom
             the
             Congregational
             Brethren
             think
             more
             favourable
             to
             their
             way
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             close
             ,
             our
             Author
             offers
             some
             farther
             Objections
             from
             
               the
               false
               and
               corrupt
               Doctrine
            
             he
             pretends
             to
             find
             in
             the
             Liturgy
             .
          
           
             
               (
               1.
               )
               As
               ,
               that
            
             it
             's
             certain
             by
             God's
             word
             ,
             that
             Children
             Baptized
             dying
             before
             they
             commit
             actual
             sin
             ,
             are
             undoubtedly
             saved
             :
             This
             ,
             
               saith
               he
            
             ,
             savours
             of
             Pelagianism
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             I
             don't
             understand
             the
             falseness
             ,
             or
             Pelagianism
             of
             it
             .
             It
             's
             certain
             by
             God's
             Word
             ,
             that
             
               of
               such
               is
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             so
             they
             must
             be
             capable
             of
             it
             .
             If
             capable
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             upon
             Gospel
             terms
             ;
             but
             what
             terms
             they
             are
             capable
             of
             but
             Baptism
             ,
             I
             understand
             not
             .
          
           
             
               (
               2.
               )
               That
            
             there
             are
             two
             Sacraments
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             which
             implies
             a
             double
             Error
             ,
             viz.
             that
             the
             Sacraments
             are
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             are
             more
             Sacraments
             of
             the
             New-Testament
             than
             two
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             I
             don't
             see
             wherein
             is
             the
             first
             Error
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             truly
             represented
             it
             ;
             for
             it
             's
             said
             in
             the
             Catechism
             ,
             two
             Sacraments
             generally
             necessary
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             a
             Duty
             belonging
             to
             all
             persons
             that
             
             are
             capable
             of
             it
             ;
             where
             there
             are
             persons
             to
             baptize
             ,
             and
             a
             Congregation
             to
             communicate
             with
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             's
             not
             said
             absolutely
             ,
             but
             generally
             necessary
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             latter
             ▪
             a
             Sacrament
             is
             not
             a
             Scripture-word
             ,
             but
             a
             Term
             of
             Art
             ,
             and
             so
             hath
             been
             variously
             used
             and
             applied
             ;
             and
             therefore
             to
             set
             out
             what
             it
             means
             ,
             the
             Church
             has
             defined
             what
             a
             Sacrament
             is
             ,
             and
             then
             shew'd
             there
             are
             but
             two
             :
             and
             so
             this
             Phrase
             is
             used
             to
             distinguish
             it
             from
             any
             other
             so
             called
             ;
             and
             that
             then
             none
             but
             these
             two
             are
             generally
             necessary
             to
             all
             Christians
             .
          
           
             
               (
               3.
            
             )
             The
             Book
             saith
             ,
             Some
             Sins
             are
             deadly
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Popish
             distinction
             of
             sins
             into
             Mortal
             and
             Venial
             ,
             were
             a
             sound
             distinction
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             How
             can
             that
             be
             ,
             when
             Fornication
             ,
             which
             is
             called
             deadly
             in
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             is
             ordinarily
             accounted
             a
             Venial
             Sin
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             distinction
             between
             Mortal
             and
             Venial
             (
             as
             used
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             )
             is
             so
             contrary
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ?
             It
             's
             plain
             that
             our
             Church
             means
             thereby
             no
             other
             than
             heinous
             .
          
           
             
               (
               4.
               )
               It
               's
               said
            
             ,
             Christ
             has
             redeemed
             all
             mankind
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             
               The
               Scripture
               saith
            
             ,
             God
             will
             have
             all
             men
             to
             be
             saved
             ;
             
               and
               that
            
             Christ
             died
             for
             all
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               2.
               
               He
               argues
               farther
               ,
               That
            
             A
             stinted
             Liturgy
             ,
             is
             opposite
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             
               Eph.
               6.
               18.
            
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             
               (
               1.
               )
               If
               so
               ,
               then
               the
               Spirit
               will
               not
               communicate
               it self
               in
               a
            
             
             
               Liturgy
               ,
               or
               stinted
               Form
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               sense
               of
               all
               sober
               Divines
               .
               So
               Dr.
            
             Owen
             :
             Supposing
             ,
             
               saith
               he
            
             ,
             those
             who
             make
             use
             of
             ,
             and
             plead
             for
             Forms
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             especially
             in
             publick
             ,
             do
             in
             a
             due
             manner
             prepare
             themselves
             for
             it
             by
             holy
             meditation
             ,
             &c.
             
             I
             do
             not
             judge
             that
             there
             is
             any
             such
             evil
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             that
             God
             will
             not
             communicate
             his
             Spirit
             to
             any
             in
             the
             use
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             If
             so
             ,
             then
             
               almost
               all
               Churches
               in
               the
               world
               for
               these
            
             1300
             
             
               years
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               to
               this
               day
            
             (
             as
             Mr.
             Baxter
             allows
             )
             have
             been
             without
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             If
             so
             ,
             then
             we
             cannot
             lawfully
             communicate
             in
             ,
             or
             with
             a
             stinted
             Liturgy
             ,
             which
             has
             yet
             
               been
               approved
               by
               all
               Reformed
               Churches
               ,
            
             as
             
             Mr.
             Ball
             saith
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             Norton
             saith
             it's
             
               lawful
               to
               embrace
               Communion
               with
               Churches
               ,
               where
               such
               Forms
               in
               Publick
               worship
               are
               in
               use
               .
            
          
           
             (
             4.
             )
             As
             for
             Eph.
             6.
             18.
             that
             we
             are
             to
             
               pray
               with
               all
               Prayer
            
             ;
             why
             is
             that
             not
             possible
             by
             a
             Liturgy
             ,
             when
             there
             are
             in
             it
             Supplications
             ,
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             giving
             of
             thanks
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             He
             le
             ts
             pass
             the
             Argument
             ,
             from
             the
             mischief
             of
             a
             prescript
             Liturgy
             ,
             and
             so
             will
             I
             pass
             what
             follows
             from
             the
             trivial
             ,
             unintelligible
             ,
             and
             dirty
             Reflections
             of
             it
             .
             For
             he
             knows
             we
             can
             match
             his
             
             Fidler
             with
             Stories
             of
             some
             of
             those
             that
             have
             been
             Eminent
             the
             other
             way
             ,
             and
             could
             argue
             upon
             the
             sinfulness
             of
             unpremeditated
             and
             conceived
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             
               3.
               
               He
               saith
               ,
               Mr.
            
             Cotton
             
               speaketh
               weightily
               ,
               in
               saying
            
             ,
             It
             's
             unlawful
             to
             bring
             ordinarily
             any
             other
             Book
             into
             the
             Publick
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             besides
             the
             Book
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             A.
             I
             know
             no
             difference
             between
             Reading
             and
             Reciting
             in
             this
             case
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             heard
             Mr.
             Cotton
             used
             a
             Form
             of
             Prayer
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             .
             
             If
             he
             did
             not
             ,
             yet
             all
             the
             Nonconformists
             in
             former
             times
             did
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             ever
             I
             could
             learn.
             
          
           
             
               To
               close
               all
               ;
               he
               undertakes
               to
               Answer
               an
               Objection
               ,
               That
            
             Good
             men
             were
             the
             first
             Collectors
             and
             Publishers
             of
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             and
             died
             Martyrs
             .
          
           
             This
             he
             endeavours
             to
             answer
             ;
             and
             yet
             when
             it
             's
             to
             serve
             his
             own
             Cause
             ,
             it
             's
             a
             considerable
             Argument
             .
             Thus
             saith
             he
             before
             ,
             
               The
               Corruptions
               of
               the
               Liturgy
               have
               been
               born
               witness
               against
               by
               good
               Men
               ;
               and
               his
               Father
               ,
               a
               Holy
               Man
               ,
               suffered
               much
               for
               his
               Nonconformity
               ,
            
             and
             what
             not
             .
             Now
             surely
             ,
             if
             this
             sort
             of
             arguing
             is
             good
             for
             them
             ,
             it
             's
             good
             for
             us
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             Replies
             further
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             All
             Persons
             employed
             in
             it
             ,
             were
             not
             good
             Men
             ,
             as
             Day
             Bishop
             of
             Chichester
             .
             He
             was
             a
             dissembling
             Hypocrite
             ,
             pretending
             to
             be
             a
             Protestant
             ,
             but
             afterwards
             shew'd
             himself
             to
             be
             a
             Papist
             .
          
           
             A.
             Here
             he
             betrays
             gross
             ignorance
             ,
             or
             somewhat
             worse
             .
             For
             tho
             Day
             was
             one
             of
             the
             18
             Bishops
             imployed
             for
             compiling
             the
             Service-Book
             at
             first
             ,
             Anno
             1548.
             yet
             at
             that
             time
             he
             was
             for
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             and
             Solitary
             Masses
             ,
             and
             against
             having
             the
             Service
             in
             the
             
             Vulgar
             Tongue
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             the
             next
             Review
             was
             ,
             which
             was
             1550.
             when
             Cranmer
             wrote
             to
             Bucer
             about
             it
             ,
             it
             does
             not
             appear
             that
             Day
             was
             concerned
             ;
             nay
             ,
             rather
             that
             he
             was
             against
             it
             ,
             for
             he
             refused
             to
             set
             his
             hand
             to
             the
             Book
             ,
             before
             it
             was
             enacted
             by
             a
             Law
             ;
             and
             was
             afterward
             turn'd
             out
             of
             his
             Bishoprick
             ,
             and
             depriv'd
             .
             But
             to
             say
             all
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             What
             
             was
             this
             dissembling
             Hypocrite
             to
             those
             who
             
               were
               truly
               Pious
               Men
               ,
               and
               acted
               faithfully
               according
               to
               the
               Light
               they
               had
               ?
            
             as
             our
             Author
             acknowledgeth
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             He
             saith
             ,
             Good
             men
             chang'd
             their
             minds
             ,
             so
             did
             Ridley
             and
             Cranmer
             .
          
           
             
             A.
             Both
             gross
             mistakes
             .
             For
             Archbishop
             Cranmer
             took
             upon
             him
             to
             defend
             the
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             Ministration
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             and
             other
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             ,
             when
             in
             Prison
             .
          
           
           
             
               And
               Bishop
            
             Ridley
             ,
             
               a
               little
               before
               his
               Martyrdom
               ,
               in
               a
               Letter
               to
            
             
             
               his
               Friend
               ,
               saith
            
             ,
             This
             Church
             had
             of
             late
             the
             whole
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             all
             Common
             and
             Publick
             Prayers
             ,
             framed
             to
             the
             true
             vein
             of
             Holy
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             And
             again
             ,
             after
             his
             condemnation
             ,
             writing
             an
             Answer
             to
             Grindal
             ,
             concerning
             
             Knox's
             peremptory
             Exceptions
             against
             the
             Service-Book
             ;
             
               I
               grant
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               a
               Man
               (
               as
               he
               is
               )
               of
               Wit
               and
               Learning
               ,
               may
            
             
             
               find
               apparent
               reasons
               ;
               yet
               I
               suppose
               he
               cannot
               soundly
               by
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               so
               disprove
               any
               thing
               in
               it
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             He
             saith
             ,
             
               Others
               were
               much
               troubled
               at
               the
               Service-Book
            
             ;
             as
             Bishop
             Hooper
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Rogers
             at
             home
             ;
             and
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Bucer
               ,
               Martyr
               ,
               Bullinger
               ,
            
             &c.
             abroad
             .
             So
             Alasco
             ,
             and
             Knox
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             Reformers
             in
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             A.
             As
             for
             
             Hooper's
             dissatisfaction
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             at
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             but
             the
             
             Episcopal
             Vestments
             ;
             in
             which
             also
             he
             at
             last
             complied
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             
             Bucer's
             mind
             ,
             and
             Pet.
             Martyr's
             ,
             the
             English
             Reader
             will
             find
             it
             in
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             p.
             154
             ,
             155.
             
             And
             Calvin
             
             to
             the
             English
             Exiles
             at
             Frankford
             ,
             declares
             against
             a
             rigorous
             Opposition
             ,
             and
             was
             pleased
             that
             he
             retained
             Moderation
             in
             this
             Case
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             Alasco
             and
             Knox
             ,
             whatever
             they
             objected
             against
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             yet
             both
             had
             their
             Publick
             Offices
             ,
             and
             Forms
             of
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             
               4.
               
               He
               saith
            
             ,
             In
             Queen
             
             Elizabeth's
             time
             the
             Bishops
             made
             the
             Common-Prayer-Book
             in
             several
             things
             worse
             ,
             and
             more
             intollerable
             ,
             than
             it
             was
             in
             the
             days
             of
             King
             
               Edward
               6.
            
             
          
           
             A.
             1.
             
             And
             I
             hope
             he
             will
             confess
             in
             many
             things
             better
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Why
             those
             Prayers
             ,
             &c.
             were
             left
             out
             ,
             he
             may
             see
             in
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             p.
             77
             ,
             170
             ,
             392.
             
          
           
             The
             reason
             of
             which
             has
             been
             before
             justified
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             There
             could
             be
             no
             great
             alteration
             to
             the
             worse
             ,
             if
             that
             was
             all
             that
             he
             mentions
             ;
             and
             however
             is
             nothing
             to
             us
             ,
             when
             the
             Rubrick
             of
             the
             Communion
             is
             restored
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             end
             as
             he
             begun
             ,
             as
             he
             would
             have
             our
             Service-Book
             come
             from
             Popery
             ;
             so
             he
             will
             have
             it
             ,
             
               That
               time
               will
               discover
               that
               some
               ,
               who
               pretend
               Zeal
               for
               the
               Common-Prayer-Book
               ,
               are
               carrying
               on
               a
               design
               for
            
             Rome
             .
          
           
             And
             time
             has
             discovered
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             those
             who
             pretended
             Zeal
             against
             the
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             carried
             on
             a
             design
             for
             Rome
             ,
             and
             helped
             them
             forward
             in
             it
             ,
             or
             stood
             as
             it
             were
             Neuters
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Liturgy
             has
             not
             so
             much
             a
             tendency
             that
             way
             ,
             as
             Separation
             .
          
           
             The
             World
             saw
             it
             in
             the
             late
             Reign
             ,
             and
             found
             that
             the
             Church
             that
             uses
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             was
             a
             Bulwark
             against
             Popery
             ;
             and
             when
             those
             that
             were
             against
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             either
             basely
             complied
             ,
             fawn'd
             upon
             it
             ,
             or
             cowardly
             were
             silent
             .
          
           
           
             THe
             Second
             Question
             .
          
           
             
               Q.
               2.
            
             
             What
             reason
             have
             you
             to
             scruple
             the
             lawfulness
             of
             laying
             the
             Hand
             on
             the
             Book
             ,
             and
             Kissing
             the
             Book
             in
             Swearing
             ?
          
           
             To
             this
             he
             Answers
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             We
             do
             not
             find
             in
             the
             Scripture
             the
             Lord's
             Servants
             were
             wont
             to
             swear
             after
             this
             manner
             ;
             we
             read
             of
             lifting
             up
             the
             hand
             ,
             &c.
             which
             is
             a
             natural
             sign
             of
             Worship
             .
          
           
             A.
             1.
             
             We
             find
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             wont
             to
             put
             the
             hand
             under
             the
             Thigh
             in
             swearing
             :
             And
             thus
             the
             same
             Abraham
             that
             lift
             up
             his
             hand
             ,
             required
             his
             Servant
             to
             swear
             ,
             by
             putting
             his
             hand
             under
             his
             Thigh
             ,
             Gen.
             24.
             2.
             and
             so
             Jacob
             made
             his
             Son
             Joseph
             to
             use
             the
             same
             Ceremony
             when
             he
             swore
             ,
             Gen.
             47.
             29.
             
             Now
             what
             natural
             Sign
             of
             Worship
             was
             in
             this
             Rite
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Since
             we
             find
             different
             Rites
             us'd
             ,
             it
             's
             a
             sign
             that
             practice
             of
             the
             Lord's
             Servants
             is
             to
             be
             no
             Rule
             to
             us
             in
             this
             matter
             ;
             but
             that
             we
             are
             to
             govern
             our selves
             by
             the
             Custom
             of
             the
             place
             where
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             among
             whom
             we
             live
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             nothing
             in
             it self
             unlawful
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             He
             saith
             ,
             and
             seems
             to
             allow
             it
             ,
             That
             the
             Romans
             of
             old
             ,
             and
             Italians
             ,
             and
             Spaniards
             ,
             use
             to
             lift
             up
             the
             Finger
             when
             they
             swear
             solemnly
             .
             Now
             I
             conceive
             lifting
             up
             the
             Finger
             is
             no
             natural
             Sign
             of
             Worship
             .
             And
             if
             it
             had
             any
             signification
             ,
             I
             know
             no
             reason
             why
             the
             Germans
             may
             not
             lift
             up
             three
             Fingers
             ;
             to
             intimate
             ,
             they
             invoke
             the
             Sacred
             Trinity
             ,
             which
             he
             saith
             ,
             he
             
               cannot
               justify
            
             .
             Nor
             why
             we
             may
             not
             lay
             the
             Hand
             upon
             ,
             and
             Kiss
             the
             Book
             ,
             in
             token
             of
             belief
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             acting
             according
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             being
             judged
             according
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             doth
             not
             prescribe
             in
             such
             cases
             .
          
           
             
               2.
               
               He
               answers
            
             ,
             Laying
             the
             Hand
             on
             the
             Book
             is
             a
             symbolizing
             with
             Popish
             Idolaters
             ,
             and
             Superstitious
             Jews
             .
          
           
             A.
             1.
             
             It
             's
             not
             a
             symbolizing
             with
             Papists
             as
             such
             ;
             since
             there
             are
             Papists
             that
             use
             other
             Ceremonies
             in
             swearing
             ,
             as
             he
             saith
             ,
             The
             
               Italians
               ,
               Spaniards
            
             ,
             and
             Germans
             do
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             if
             this
             be
             a
             reason
             ,
             as
             we
             must
             not
             lift
             up
             the
             Fingers
             ,
             because
             they
             do
             so
             ;
             so
             we
             must
             not
             lift
             up
             the
             Hand
             ,
             because
             that
             is
             not
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             but
             we
             must
             lift
             up
             the
             Fingers
             too
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             If
             it
             was
             customary
             among
             the
             Jews
             to
             produce
             the
             Law
             in
             giving
             an
             Oath
             ,
             I
             see
             no
             reason
             to
             condemn
             it
             ;
             and
             so
             know
             no
             hurt
             to
             observe
             it
             .
             They
             used
             also
             to
             adjure
             Persons
             ,
             and
             our
             Saviour
             readily
             answers
             to
             it
             ,
             when
             thus
             call'd
             upon
             .
          
           
           
             
               3.
               
               He
               replies
            
             ,
             Kissing
             in
             a
             Religious
             way
             ,
             is
             a
             gesture
             of
             Adoration
             .
             
               And
               he
               closes
               it
            
             ,
             This
             is
             clearly
             to
             Worship
             a
             Book
             ;
             and
             so
             to
             give
             unto
             a
             Creature
             that
             Honour
             which
             is
             due
             to
             God
             alone
             .
             
               And
               before
               he
               saith
            
             ,
             So
             help
             you
             and
             the
             Contents
             of
             this
             Book
             ;
             is
             not
             much
             better
             than
             when
             the
             Papists
             say
             ,
             So
             help
             me
             God
             ,
             and
             these
             Holy
             Evangelists
             ,
             which
             is
             gross
             Idolatry
             .
          
           
             A.
             That
             Kissing
             may
             be
             a
             Token
             of
             Adoration
             ,
             when
             the
             thing
             kiss'd
             is
             an
             Object
             of
             Adoration
             ,
             is
             acknowledged
             .
             But
             it
             's
             not
             a
             token
             of
             Adoration
             ,
             when
             the
             thing
             kissed
             is
             not
             an
             Object
             of
             Adoration
             .
             Thus
             kissing
             the
             Calves
             ,
             and
             an
             Image
             ,
             is
             an
             act
             of
             Adoration
             ,
             because
             the
             Object
             is
             an
             Object
             of
             Adoration
             ;
             but
             kissing
             the
             Book
             is
             not
             ,
             because
             a
             Book
             is
             no
             Object
             of
             Adoration
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             asked
             ,
             Why
             then
             is
             the
             Book
             kissed
             ?
             I
             say
             ,
             it
             's
             in
             token
             of
             Reverence
             ,
             as
             it
             's
             the
             Book
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             which
             ,
             if
             I
             so
             kiss
             every
             time
             I
             read
             it
             ,
             it
             's
             surely
             far
             from
             being
             Idolatry
             .
             And
             that
             it
             is
             so
             ,
             appears
             from
             what
             follows
             ,
             
               So
               help
               me
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Contents
               of
               this
               Book
               :
            
             which
             is
             in
             different
             ways
             ,
             God
             by
             his
             Grace
             ,
             and
             the
             Contents
             of
             this
             Book
             by
             their
             Instruction
             ;
             the
             one
             as
             the
             efficient
             ,
             the
             other
             the
             Instrumental
             cause
             .
             And
             thus
             without
             doubt
             it
             's
             meant
             in
             the
             old
             Form
             ,
             
               So
               help
               me
               God
               ,
               and
               these
               Holy
               Evangelists
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Gospel
             wrote
             by
             them
             ;
             as
             the
             name
             of
             Moses
             is
             given
             in
             Scripture
             to
             his
             Writings
             .
             So
             that
             in
             this
             sence
             it
             's
             neither
             Idolatry
             in
             them
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             like
             it
             in
             us
             .
             And
             we
             may
             as
             lawfully
             kiss
             the
             Book
             ,
             as
             lift
             up
             the
             Hand
             ,
             since
             neither
             of
             them
             are
             prohibited
             by
             God's
             Law
             ;
             and
             so
             being
             indifferent
             in
             themselves
             ,
             we
             may
             act
             as
             the
             case
             requires
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66373-e230
           
             History
             of
             
               Antinomians
               ▪
            
             in
             the
             Preface
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A66373-e760
           
             Trial
             of
             the
             Grounds
             of
             Separ
             .
             ●
             .
             8.
             p.
             152.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             A
             Survey
             of
             the
             Book
             of
             Common-Prayer
             ;
             
               An.
               1610.
            
             p.
             26.
             
          
           
             Espenceus
             de
             adorat
             .
             Eucha
             .
             l.
             2.
             c.
             16.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Of
               the
               Mass
            
             ,
             l.
             1.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             †
             Censur
             .
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             De
             cultu
             .
             Lat.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             13.
             
          
           
             Mass
             .
             l.
             1.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             So
             Mornay
             Mass
             .
             l.
             1.
             p.
             19.
             
          
           
             Vol.
             1.
             157
             ,
             158
             ,
             161.
             
          
           
             Discourse
             of
             prayer
             ,
             
               p.
               31.
            
             
          
           
             Sacrileg
             .
             desert
             .
             p.
             102
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Apol.
             ●
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             See
             Clerk●
             Collect.
             of
             Lives
             ,
             
               p.
               38.
            
             
          
           
             Burnet's
             Reformat
             .
             Part
             2.
             p.
             62.
             and
             Num.
             25.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             p.
             
               163
               ▪
            
             p.
             203.
             
          
           
             
             Fox's
             Acts
             and
             Monuments
             ,
             Fol.
             1465.
             
          
           
             Fox's
             Acts
             and
             Monuments
             ,
             Vol.
             2.
             p.
             1940.
             
          
           
             
               Vide
               Dr.
               Taylor
               .
            
             
               Fox
               
                 Martyr
                 .
                 p.
              
               1521.
               
            
          
           
             Vide
             Burnet
             ,
             p.
             125
             &c.
             
             166.
             
          
           
             Epist
             .
             200
             and
             206.
             and
             228.
             
             That
             of
             Alasco
             ,
             printed
             Anno
             1550.
             
             And
             that
             of
             Knox
             at
             Middelb
             .
             1594.
             
          
        
      
    
  

