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SECT. 22. Concerning the Cross Popish and English.

SECT. 22. Concerning the Crosse Popish and English.

IN this Section, there is nothing material, save only, that the Rejoinder undertaketh to prove, that the Church of England hath utterly and clean taken away the Ceremony of the Cross, which was among the Papists abused: or, that wheresoever, and howsoever the sign of the Cross was a Ceremony abused in Popery, it is taken away in the Church of England.

IN this Section, ther is nothing material, save onely, that the Rejoynder undertaketh to prove, that the Church of England hath utterly and cleane taken away the Ceremonie of the Crosse, which was amonge the Papists abused: or, that wheresoever, and howsoever the signe of the Crosse was a Ceremonie abused in Poperie, it is taken away in the Church of England.

But because in common understanding, this is to prove day, night, and night, day, he requireth two positions to be granted him (which before have been confuted) 1. that nothing is a Ceremony properly so called, but in respect of, and in the use of it, as a Ceremony. 2. That the sign of the Cross, though it be but one kind of thing, yet is made so many several Ceremonies, as there be several uses thereof. And these things being taken for granted, he gathereth a Catalogue of many Popish abuses, which (thorough Gods mercy) we are freed from. Yet in his very first instance, he betrayeth his cause. For he maketh it a Popish Ceremony, to sign the breast with the forehead (and so the forehead) in signification, that the mystery of the Cross is to be believed in the heart, and confessed with the mouth. This Ceremony (saith he) we have not. Yes surely we have the very same formal ⟨p. 490⟩