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 ...…

1. If it be simply unlawful to have Communion in the Liturgy and Parish-Churches, then it was unlawful to have Communicated in their way of Worship, with Luther, Zuinglius, Melanchthon, Bucer, Pet. Martyr, and the like Reformers: And also with the English Martyrs in Queen Mar••s days, or in King Edward 6. And also with such Holy and Excellent Conformists, as Grindall, Pilkington, Downame, B••ton, Sibbs, Preston, […], and abundance more such.

1. If it be simply unlawful to have Communion in the Liturgy and Parish-Churches, then it was unlawful to have Communicated in their way of Worship, with Luther, Zuinglius, Melanchton, Bucer, Pet. Martyr, and the like Reformers: And also with the English Martyrs in Queen Mar••s daies, or in King Edward 6. And also with such Holy and Excellent Conformists, as Grindall, Pilkington, Downame, B••ton, Sibbs, Preston, 〈…〉, and abundance more such.

2. And it's well known, that the old Non-Conformists wrote and practised against the Brownists in this case. The Books of Hildersham; Brightman, Bradshaw, Ball, Paget, Gifford, &c. are yet visible. Mr. Hildersham in his Lectures chides them that will not come to the beginning of the Common-Prayer. The old Non-Conformists begin the reasons of their Non-Conformity in refusing Subscription, in these Words, [We protest before Almighty God, that we acknowledge the Churches of England, as they be established by public Authority, to be […] visible Churches of Christ▪ ⟨p. 19⟩That we desire the continuance of our Ministry to them above all Earthly things; as that without which our Lives will he bitter and wearisome to us; That we dislike not a set-form of Prayer to be used in the Churches: And finally, that whatsoever followeth here, is not set down of any evil Mind, or of purpose to deprave the Books of Common-Prayer, Ordination, or milies; but only to show some reasons why we cannot subscribe to all things in the same contained.