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Catholic communion defended against both extremes, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ...…Catholick communion defended against both extreams, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ...…
Catholic communion defended against both extremes, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ... / by Richard Baxter ...Catholick communion defended against both extreams, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1684
The Twelve Arguments said to be Dr. Owens, impartially considered.
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.
Some things must be promised to the confirmation of this Position. 1. The whole […] of Liturgical Worship, with all its inseparable dependences, are intend•• ▪ For as such it is established by Law, and not in any part of it only; as […] is required that we receive it, and attend unto it. It is not in our pow••, it is not left to our judgment or liberty to close with, or make use of any p•rt of it, as we shall think fit. There are in the Mass-book many Prayers directed to God only by Jesus Christ; yet it is not lawful for us thereon to go to Mass, under a pretence only of joining in such lawful Prayers. As we must not affect their Drink-Offerings of Blood, so we must not t•ke up their names in our lips, Psal. 16.4. Have no communion with them.
Some things must be promised to the confirmation of this Position. 1. The whole 〈…〉 of Liturgical Worship, with all its inseparable dependences, are intend•• ▪ For as such it is established by Law, and not in any part of it only; as 〈…〉 is required that we receive it, and attend unto it. It is not in our pow••, it is not left to our judgment or liberty to close with, or make use of any p•rt of it, as we shall think fit. There are in the Mass-book many Prayers directed to God only by Iesus Christ; yet it is not lawful for us thereon to go to Mass, under a pretence only of joyning in such lawful Prayers. As we must not affect their Drink-Offerings of Blood, so we must not t•ke up their names in our lips, Psal. 16.4. Have no communion with them.