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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
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5. Another is about set Days and Hours for Worship; as to keep a yearly Thanksgiving for Deliverance from the Powder Plot; the Spanish Invasion; for the Reformation, &c. So also Fasts, and what days Lectures shall be kept, and what hour: And what day and hour the Lord's Supper shall be Administered; which are Circumstantial Acts of Worship.
5. Another is about set Days and Hours for Worship; as to keep a yearly Thanksgiving for Deliverance from the Powder Plot; the Spanish Invasion; for the Reformation, &c. So also Fasts, and what days Lectures shall be kept, and what hour: And what day and hour the Lord's Supper shall be Administred; which are Circumstantial Acts of Worship.
6. Another Instance is in the choice of Psalms and Hymns: the use of Davids are Lawful, and so are others: but no Institution ⟨p. 6⟩tieth us to One, but leaveth us to choose.
6. Another Instance is in the choice of Psalms and Hymns: the use of Davids are Lawful, and so are others: but no Institution ⟨p. 6⟩tyeth us to One, but leaveth us to chuse.
7. Another Instance is in the Tunes and Metre of Psalms, which we use as Subordinate Acts of Worship. It is but lately that the Churches used Metre and Melody of Tune; but Prose read with a loud Voice: yet I hope we are not Idolaters for our Metre and Melody: which I may say also of Church Music, which David used, and we may do, where it's Edifying; but it's no Institution now. Yea, when Paul directs the Church to use Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs; which is for singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord, and therefore it is Worship, which some men must indite and make.