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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 EXCEPTIONS Against the BOOK OF Common-Prayer. › Particularly.: Ularly.
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.
The rather because these Ceremonies have for above an hundred years been the fountain of manifold evils in this Church ⟨p. 10⟩and Nation, occasioning fad divisions between Ministers and Ministers, as also between Ministers and People, exposing many Orthodox, Pious, and Peaceable Ministers, to the displeasure of their Rulers, casting them on the edge of the penal Statutes, to the loss not only of their Livings and Liberties, but also of their opportunities for the service of Christ, and his Church; and forcing people, either to worship God in such a manner as their own consciences condemn, or doubt of, or else to forsake our Assemblies, as thousands have done: And no better fruits than these can be looked for from the retaining and imposing of these Ceremonies, unless we could presume, that all His Majesties Subjects should have the same subtlety of judgement to discern even to a Ceremony, how far the power of man extends in the things of God, which is not to be expected, or should yield Obedience to all the Impositions of men concerning them, without inquiring into the will of God, which is not to be desired.
The rather because these Ceremonies have for above an hundred years been the fountain of manifold evils in this Church ⟨p. 10⟩and Nation, occasioning fad divisions between Ministers and Ministers, as also between Ministers and People, exposing many Orthodox, Pious, and Peaceable Ministers, to the displeasure of their Rulers, casting them on the edge of the penal Statutes, to the loss not only of their Livings and Liberties, but also of their opportunities for the service of Christ, and his Church; and forcing people, either to worship God in such a manner as their own consciences condemn, or doubt of, or else to forsake our Assemblies, as thousands have done: And no better fruits than these can bee looked for from the retaining and imposing of these Ceremonies, unless wee could presume, that all His Majesties Subjects should have the same subtilty of judgement to discern even to a Ceremony, how far the power of man extends in the things of God, which is not to bee expected, or should yeeld Obedience to all the Impositions of men concerning them, without inquiring into the will of God, which is not to bee desired.