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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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[It is desired that nothing should be in the Liturgy,1 which so much as seems to countenance the observation of Lent as a Religious Fast; and this as an expedient to peace: which is in effect to desire, that this our Church may be contentious for peace sake, and to divide from the Church-Catholic, that we may live at unity among our selves: For St. Paul reckons them amongst the lovers of contention, who shall oppose themselves against the custom of the Churches of God. That the religious observation of Lent was a custom of the Churches of God, appears by the testimonies following, Chrys. Ser. 11. in Heb. 10. Cyril. Catec. mist. 5. St. Aug. Ep. 119, ut 40 dies ante Pascha observetur, Ecclesiae consuetudo roboravit: and St. Hierom ad Marcell, says, it was secundum traditionem Apostolorum: This Demand then tends not to peace, but Dissension. The fasting forty days may be in imitation of our Saviour, for all that is here said to the contrary; for though we cannot arrive to his perfection, abstaining wholly from meat so long; yet we may fast forty days together, either Cornelius his fast, till three of the Clock after noon, or Saint Peters fast, till noon; or at least Daniels fast, abstaining from meats and ⟨p. 32⟩drinks of delight; and thus far imitate our Lord.]
[It is desired that nothing should be in the Liturgie,1 which so much as seems to countenance the observation of Lent as a Religious Fast; and this as an expedient to peace: which is in effect to desire, that this our Church may be contentious for peace sake, and to divide from the Church-Catholick, that we may live at unity among our selves: For St. Paul reckons them amongst the lovers of contention, who shall oppose themselves against the custome of the Churches of God. That the religious observation of Lent was a custome of the Churches of God, appears by the testimonies following, Chrys. Ser. 11. in Heb. 10. Cyrill. Catec. myst. 5. St. Aug. Ep. 119, ut 40 dies ante Pascha observetur, Ecclesiae consuetudo roboravit: and St. Hierom ad Marcell, says, it was secundum traditionem Apostolorum: This Demand then tends not to peace, but Dissention. The fasting forty days may be in imitation of our Saviour, for all that is here said to the contrary; for though we cannot arrive to his perfection, abstaining wholly from meat so long; yet we may fast forty days together, either Cornelius his fast, till three of the Clock after noon, or Saint Peters fast, till noon; or at least Daniels fast, abstaining from meats and