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An account of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persuasions appointedAn accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed
An account of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persuasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.An accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.
London : s.n., 1661
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5. That there be nothing in the Liturgy which may seem to countenance the Observation of Lent, as a Religious Fast; the example of Christs fasting forty days and nights, being no more imitable, nor intended for the imitation of a Christian, than any other of his miraculous works were, or than Moses his forty days fast was for the Jews: And the Act of Parliament 5. Eliz. forbidding abstinence from flesh to be observed upon any other than a politic consideration▪ and punishing all those who by preaching, teaching, writing, or open speeches, shall notify that the forbearing of flesh, is of any necessity for the saving of the soul, or that it is the service of God, otherwise, than as other politic Laws are.
5. That there be nothing in the Liturgy which may seem to countenance the Observation of Lent, as a Religious Fast; the example of Christs fasting forty daies and nights, being no more imitable, nor intended for the imitation of a Christian, than any other of his miraculous works were, or than Moses his forty daies fast was for the Jews: And the Act of Parliament 5. Eliz. forbidding abstinence from flesh to bee observed upon any other than a politick consideration▪ and punishing all those who by preaching, teaching, writing, or open speeches, shall notifie that the forbearing of flesh, is of any necessity for the saving of the soul, or that it is the service of God, otherwise, than as other politick Laws are.
6. That the Religious Observation of Saints-days appointed to be kept as Holy-days, and the Vigils thereof without any foundation (as we conceive) in Scripture, may be omitted. That if any be retained, they may be called Festivals, and not Holy-Days, nor made equal with the Lords-day, nor have any peculiar service appointed for them, nor the people be upon such days forced wholly to abstain from work; And that the names of all ⟨p. 5⟩others now inserted in the Calendar which are not in the first and second books of Edward the sixth, may be left out.