A19142:1427
A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship. Or a triplication unto. D.…A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's vvorship. Or a triplication unto. D.…
A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship. Or a triplication unto. D. Burgess his rejoinder for D. Morton The first partA fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's vvorship. Or a triplication unto. D. Burgesse his rejoinder for D. Morton The first part
Amsterdam: printed by the successors of Giles Thorp, 1633
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Taking of money, for Ordination, Citations, Absolutions, Change of Penance, &c.
Taking of mony, for Ordination, Citations, Absolutions, Change of Paenance, &c.
11. Concerning any show of these abuses, in the Primitive Church, our Rejoinder hath nothing to say▪ He turneth himself therefore to deny, or defend them, […] our Church, so well as he can. 1. No man with •• (saith he) may take money for Ordination. To which I answer, if may be understood of a lawful may, I think it i• true, not only of our Church, but also of Rome, as may be gathered out of the fifth Session at Trent. But such mays are kept in the pocket, both there, and here, whe• the contrarie may, de facto, appeareth publicly in the face and forehead. If any one Minister be ordained, o• instituted, without giving of money, a hundred other may wonder at him, and the Star or Planet, that was then over the place. 2. As for Citations, and Absolution ▪ they (saith the Rejoinder) are things of industry, necessarily to be recorded, and therefore money may be taken for them. As if there were more industry in Absolution, then in Ordination, in Baptism, or any other Ecclesiastical Act! o• there were more necessity of recording Absolution, then Ordination, or Baptism! And if there were such a difference, or if all these required industry in recording of them, I hope the revenues, and in-comings of our Bishops may suffice for that industry, without new exactions of money. 3. He affirmeth Commutation, or Penance to be grounded on