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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
THE PAPERS That passed between the COMMISSIONERS Appointed by his M… › Preface: PREFACE.
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[To that part of the Proposal,1 That the Prayers may cons•st of nothing doubtful, or questioned by pious, learned and Orthodox persons; they not determining ⟨p. 25⟩who be those Orthodox persons, we must either take all them for Orthodox persons, who shall confidently affirm themselves to be such; and then we say, First, the Demand is unreasonable; for some such as call themselves Orthodox, have questioned the prime Article of our Creed, even the Divinity of the S•n of God; and yet there is no reason we should part with our Creed for that. Besides the Proposal requires impossibility; for there never was, nor is, •or can be such Prayers made, as have not been, nor will be questioned by s•me wh• call themselves pious, learned and Orthodox: if by Orthodox be meant those who adhere to Scripture, and the Catholic Consent of Antiquity, we do not yet know that any part of our Liturgy hath been questioned by such.]
[To that part of the Proposal,1 That the Prayers may cons•st of nothing doubtful, or questioned by pious, learned and Orthodox persons; they not determining ⟨p. 25⟩who be those Orthodox persons, we must either take all them for Orthodox persons, who shall confidently affirm themselves to be such; and then we say, First, the Demand is unreasonable; for some such as call themselves Orthodox, have qu•stioned the prime Article of our Creed, even the Divinity of the S•n of God; and yet there is no reason we should part with our Creed for that. Besides the Proposal requires impossibility; for there never was, nor is, •or can be such Prayers made, as have not been, nor will be questioned by sme wh call themselves pious, learned and Orthodox: if by Orthodox be meant those who adhere to Scripture, and the Catholick Consent of Antiquity, we do not yet know that any part of our Liturgie hath been questioned by such.]