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10. The Lay-Christians of the first Ages were so full of Zeal, that they would have taken it ill to have been forbidden to speak their Answering and Consenting parts in the Church (as the Jews before did) and as now we would take it ill for the Minister to Sing alone, and forbid the People: And tho the scantness of History in the first two Ages tell us not what words were then used as a Liturgy (and no doubt but praying by Habit was used chiefly) yet some few Sentences that are recorded, tell us that they used some Forms.

10. The Lay-Christians of the first Aages were so full of Zeal, that they would have taken it ill to have been forb•dden to speak their Answering and Consenting parts in the Church (as the Iews before did) and as now we would take it ill for the Minister to Sing alone, and forbid the People: And tho the scantness of History in the first two Ages tell us not what words were then used as a Liturgy (and no doubt but praying by Habit was used chiefly) yet some few Sentences that are recorded, tell us that they used some Forms.

11. Constantine himself made Prayers for his Soldiers, and every Bishop then used what Prayers he thought best in his own Church, and composed himself the Forms which he used constantly, till Heresy and weakness of Ministers caused a Council to decree, That every one should first show his Form of Prayer to the Synods, to be examined and approved before he used it.

11. Constantine himself made Prayers for his Soldiers, and every Bishop then used what Prayers he thought best in his own Church, and composed himself the Forms which he used constantly, till Heresie and weakness of Ministers caused a Council to decree, That every one should first shew his Form of Prayer to the Synods, to be examined and approved before he used it.