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The like may be said of the gloria patri, and the Athanasius Creed: it was first brought into the church / to the end that: nen thereby should make an open profession in the church of the divinity of the Son of God / against the detestable opinion of Arius and his disciples / wherewith at that time marvellously swarmed almost the whole christendom / now that it hath pleased the Lord to quench that fire / there is no such cause why these things should be in the church / at the least why that gloria patri, should be so often repeated.

The like may be sayd of the gloria patri, and the Athanasius Crede: it was first brought into the churche / to the ende that: nen thereby should make an open profession in the church of the diuinitie of the sonne of God / against the detestable opinion of Arius and his disciples / wherwith at that time maruellously swarmed almost the whole christendome / now that it hath pleased the Lord to quench that fire / there is no such cause whye these things should be in the church / at the least why that gloria patri, should be so often repeated.

Moreover / to make Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, ordinarye and daily prayers / seemeth to be a thing not so convenient / considering that they do no more concern us / than all other scriptures do / and then doth the Ave Maria, as they called it. For although they were prayers of thanks giving in Simeon / ʒacharie / and the blessed virgin Mary / yet can they not be so in us / which have not received like benefits / they may be added to the number of Psalms / and so song as they be / but to make daily and ordinary prayers of them / is not without some inconvenience and disorder.

Moreouer / to make Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, ordinarye and daily prayers / seemeth to be a thing not so conuenient / considering that they do no more concerne vs / thē all other scriptures do / and then doth the Aue Maria, as they called it. For although they were prayers of thanks geuing in Simeon / ʒacharie / and the blessed virgin Mary / yet can they not be so in vs / whych haue not receiued lyke benefites / they may be added to the number of Psalmes / and so song as they be / but to make daily and ordinary prayers of them / is not wythout some inconuenience and disorder.