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

The Burial of the Dead.

It is not fit so much should be left to the discretion of every Minister,¹ and the desire that all may be said […] the Church,² being not pretended to be for the ease of tender Consciences, but of tender heads, may be helped by a Cap better then a Rubric.

It is not fit so much should be left to the d•scretion of every Minister,¹ and the desire that all may be said 〈…〉 the Church,² being not preten•ed to be for the ease of tender Consciences, but of tender heads, may be helped by a Cap better then a Rubrick.

1. 1Sect. 2.
2. 2Rub. •.

Rep. We marvel that you say nothing at all to our desire, that it be expressed in a Rubric, that Prayers and Exhortations there used are not for the benefit of the dead, but only for the comfort and instruction of the living: You intend to have a very indiscreet Ministry, if such a needless circumstance may not be left to their discretion. The contrivance of a Cap instead of a Rubric, shows that you are all unacquainted with the subject of which you speak; and if you speak for want of experience in the case of souls, as you now do about the case of mens bodies, we could wish you some of our experience of one sort (by more converse with all the members of the Flock) though not of the other. But we would here put these three or four questions to you.