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1. A total neglect of all gifts of the Holy Ghost, in the Administration of Church-worship and Ordinances.

§ 14. The first Consequence is an untruth: No doubt but Liturgies were abused to cherish Ignorance and Negligence.¹ But that the neglect was total, is not true; whether you respect all the Churches, or all the parts of Worship and Ordinances. 1. The many holy and excellent Men, whose fame and writings are transmitted to us, did not totally neglect all gifts of the Holy Ghost. Were all the great Volumes of Sermons preached ⟨p. 23⟩and written by Chrysostom, without any gift of the Holy Ghost? Or was Preaching no Ordinance? Were all Augustine's elaborate Volumes done without him? Or all Cyprian's, Macarius, Ephrem Syrus, Basil's, Gregory's, yea, or Bernard's Homilies and Works?

§ 14. THe first Consequence is an untruth: No doubt but Liturgies were abused to cherish Ignorance and Negligence.¹ But that the neglect was total, is not true; whether you respect all the Churches, or all the parts of Worship and Ordinances. 1. The many holy and excellent Men, whose fame and writings are transmitted to us, did not totally neglect all gifts of the Holy Ghost. Were all the great Volumes of Sermons preached ⟨p. 23⟩and written by Chrysostome, without any gift of the Holy Ghost? Or was Preaching no Ordinance? Were all Augustine's elaborate Volumes done without him? Or all Cyprian's, Macarius, Ephrem Syrus, Basil's, Gregory's, yea, or Bernard's Homilies and Works?

1. 1XXVII. Error.