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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… › The Burial of the Dead.
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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.
Rep. We marvel that you say nothing at all to our desire, that it be expressed in a Rubrick, that Prayers and Exhortations there used are not for the benefit of the dead, but onely 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 Rubrick, shews 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.
1. Whether such of our selves as cannot stand still in the cold Winter at the Grave half so long as the Office of Burial requireth, without the certain hazard of our lives, (though while we are in motion we ⟨p. 127⟩can stay out longer) are bound to believe your Lordships, that a Cap will cure this better then a Rubric, though we have proved the contrary to our cost, and know it as well as we know that cold is cold? Do you think no place but that which a cap or clothes do cover, is capable of letting in the excessively refrigerating air.