A reply to Dr. Mortons general Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the…A reply to Dr. Mortons generall Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the…

Here, as a ground of confutation, the Def. setteth down the profession of the Church of England: which because he draws no conclusion from, it is not needful to examine, though it cannot be defended, that the most abused ceremonies are ⟨image 41⟩taken away (as this profession telleth us) because no one ceremony among the Papists hath been so much abused as the cross. That therefore only I would have here marked, how this profession doth confute this Defender. For he would make us believe, that none of the old ceremonies used in Popery, are retained, because they are not formally the same in respect of intention and opinion. But this profession telleth us plainly, that some of the old ceremonies do remain.

HEre, as a ground of confutation, the Def. setteth downe the profession of the Church of England: vvhich because hee drawes no conclusion from, it is not needfull to examine, though it cannot be defended, that the most abused ceremonies are ⟨image 41⟩taken away (as this profession telleth us) because no one ceremony among the Papists hath been so much abused as the crosse. That therefore onely I would haue here marked, how this profession doth confute this Defender. For he would make us beleeve, that none of the old ceremonies used in Poperie, are reteined, because they are not formally the same in respect of intention and opinion. But this profession telleth us plainly, that some of the old ceremonies doe remaine.