Repl. We know there wanteth not a Lyndanus, 1a Coccius, to tell the world of St. Peters Liturgy, which yet prayeth, that by the Intercession of Peter and Paul, we may be defended, &c. and mentioneth Linus, Cletus, Clemens, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lucia, Barbara, and abundance such; shall we therefore conclude that there were Liturgies from the first, and that what is here consentient to Antiquity wa• in it? There wants not a Marg. de la Bigne, a Greg. de Valent. a Coccius to commend to us the Liturgy of Mark, that prayeth (protege Civitatem istam propter Martyrem tuum, & Evangelistam Marcum, &c. and tells us, that the King, where the Author lived, was an Orthodox Christian, and prayeth for the Pope, Subdeacons, Lectors, Cantors, Monks, &c. must we therefore believe, that all that's Orthodox in it, is ancient? So there wants not a Bigne, Bellarm. &c. to tell us of St. James his Liturgy, that mentions the Confessors, the Deiparam, the Anchorets, &c. which made Bellarm. himself say, (de Lyturgia Jacobi sic sentio, eam non esse ejus, aut multa a posterioribus eidem addita sunt) and must we prove the Antiquity of Liturgies by this, or try ours by it? There wants not a Sainctsius, a Berllarm▪ a Valentia, a Paresius, to predicate the Liturgy of St. Basil, as bearing witness to Transubstantiation, for the Sacrifice of the Mass, for Praying to Saints, &c. when yet the exceeding disagreement of Copies, the difference of some Forms from Basil's ordinary Forms, the Prayers for the ⟨p. 91⟩most Pious and faithful Emperors, show it unlikely to have been Basils: Many predicate Chrysostom's Mass or Liturgy; as making for praying to the dead, and for them, the propitiatory Sacrifice of the Mass, &c. when in one Edition Crysost. is prayed to in it, saith Cook; in another, Nicolaus and Alexius, that lived about 1080. is mentioned; in another, Doctrines are contained (as de Contaminata Maria, &c.) clean contrary to Chrysostom's Doctrine; must we now conclude, that all is Ancient, that is Orthodox, when one Copy is scarce like another? or can we try our Liturgy by such as this?
Repl. We know there wanteth not a Lyndanus, 1a Coccius, to tell the world of St. Peters Lyturgy, which yet prayeth, that by the Intercession of Peter and Paul, we may be defended, &c. and mentioneth Lynus, Cletus, Clemens, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lucia, Barbara, and abundance such; shall we therefore conclude that there were Lyturgies from the first, and that what is here consentient to Antiquity wa• in it? There wants not a Marg. de la Bigne, a Greg. de Valent. a Coccius to commend to us the Lyturgy of Mark, that praye•h (protege Civitatem istam propter Martyrem tuum, & Evangelistam Marcum, &c. and tells us, that the King, where the Author lived, was an Orthodox Christian, and prayeth for the Pope, Subdeacons, Lectors, Cantors, Monks, &c. must we therefore believe, that all that's Orthodox in it, is ancient? So there wants not a Bigne, Bellarm. &c. to tell us of St. James his Lyturgy, that mentions the Confessors, the Deiparam, the Ancherets, &c. which made Bellarm. himself say, (de Lyturgia Jacobi sic sentio, eam non esse ejus, aut multa a posterioribus eidem addita sunt) and must we prove the Antiquity of Lyturgies by this, or try ours by it? There wants not a Sainctsius, a Berllarm▪ a Valentia, a Paresius, to predicate the Lyturgy of St. Basil, as bearing witness to Transubstantiation, for the Sacrifice of the Mass, for Praying to Saints, &c. when yet the exceeding disagreement of Copies, the difference of some Formes from Basil's ordinary Forms, the Prayers for the ⟨p. 91⟩most Pious and faithful Emperours, shew it unlikely to have been Basils: Many predicate Chrysostom's Mass or Lyturgy; as making for praying to the dead, and for them, the propitiatory Sacrifice of the Mass, &c. when in one Edition Crysost. is prayed to in it, saith Cook; in another, Nicolaus and Alexius, that lived about 1080. is mentioned; in another, Doctrines are contained (as de Contaminata Maria, &c.) clean contrary to Chrysostom's Doctrine; must we now conclude, that all is Ancient, that is Orthodox, when one Copy is scarce like another? or can we try our Lyturgy by such as this?
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