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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
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.
15. Another Instance is, in the Place of Public Worship: God hath not determined where the Assembly shall meet: where the Pulpit, Font, Table, &c. shall stand. And if great and lofty Structures, called Temples, be Built, purely to show how we honour God, and Religion: as Constantine, and others after him, did at Constantinople, Alexandria, Jerusalem, over the Grave of Christ, and all over the Empire: this Actual Expression of Honour to God, is Cultus modalis & secundarius, a subservient sort of Worship, and no Idolatry, but Lawful.
15. Another Instance is, in the Place of Publick Worship: God hath not determined where the Assembly shall meet: where the Pulpit, Font, Table, &c. shall stand. And if great and lofty Structures, called Temples, be Built, purely to shew how we honour God, and Religion: as Constantine, and others after him, did at Constantinople, Alexandria, Ierusalem, over the Grave of Christ, and all over the Empire: this Actual Expression of Honour to God, is Cultus modalis & secundarius, a subservient sort of Worship, and no Idolatry, but Lawful.
16. The same I say of Church Utensils: If for the Honour of God and Religion, the Pulpits, and Tables have Ornaments of Silk, Cups, and Trenchers, and Flagons of Silver; the Font and Seats have some special Neatness, &c. this is left to Man's Determination, without any particular Institution, and is no Idolatry.
16. The same I say of Church Utensils: If for the Honour of God and Religion, the Pulpits, and Tables have Ornaments of Silk, Cups, and Trenchers, and Flaggons of Silver; the Font and Seats have some special Neatness, &c. this is left to Man's Determination, without any particular Institution, and is no Idolatry.