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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Sect. 6. Pag. 15. Rubr. 2.
Answ. [In such places where they do sing, &c.] The Rubr. directs only such singing, as is after the manner of distinct reading, and we never heard of any inconvenience thereby, and therefore conceive this demand to be needless.]
Repl. It tempteth men to think they should read in a singing tone, and to turn reading Scripture into singing, hath the inconveniences of turning the edifying simplicity and plainness of God's Service, into such affected unnatural strains and tones, as is used by the Mimical and Ludicrous; or such as feign themselves in Raptures: And the highest things (such as words and modes that signify Raptures) are most loathsome, when forced, feigned and hypocritically affected; and therefore not fit for Congregations, that cannot be supposed to be in such Raptures. This we apply also to the sententious mode of Prayers.
Repl. It tempteth men to think they should read in a singing tone, and to turn reading Scripture into singing, hath the inconveniences of turning the edifying simplicity and plainness of God's Service, into such affected unnatural strains and tones, as is used by the Mimical and Ludicrous; or such as feign themselves in Raptures: And the highest things (such as words and modes that signifie Raptures) are most loathsom, when forced, feigned and hypocritically affected; and therefore not fit for Congregations, that cannot be supposed to be in such Raptures. This we apply also to the sententious mode of Prayers.