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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 › Section 12
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Sect. 12.1
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[That these Ceremonies have occasioned many Divisions, is no more fault of theirs, than it was of the Gospel, that the Preaching of it, occasioned strife betwixt Father and Son, &c. the true Cause of those Divisions, is the Cause of ours, which St. James tells us is Lust, and inordinate desires of Honour, Wealth, or Licentiousness, or the like: were these Ceremonies laid aside, there would be the same Divisions. If some, who think Moses and Aaron take too much upon them, may be suffered to deceive the People, and to raise in them vain fears and jealousies of their Governors; but if all men would, as they ought, study peace and quietness, they would find other, and better fruits of those Laws of Rites, and Ceremonies, as Edification, Decency, Order, and Beauty, in the Service and Worship of God.]
[That these Ceremonies have occasioned many Divisions, is no more fault of theirs, than it was of the Gospel, that the Preaching of it, occasioned strife betwixt Father and Son, &c. the true Cause of those Divisions, is the Cause of ours, which St. James tells us is Lust, and inordinate desires of Honour, Wealth, or Licentiousness, or the like: were these Ceremonies laid aside, there would be the same Divisions. If some, who think Moses and Aaron take too much upon them, may be suffered to deceive the People, and to raise in them vain fears and jealousies of their Governours; but if all men would, as they ought, study peace and quietness, they would find other, and better fruits of those Laws of Rites, and Ceremonies, as Edification, Decency, Order, and Beauty, in the Service and Worship of God.]