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Catholic communion doubly defended by Dr. Owens, vindicator, and Richard Baxter and the state…Catholick communion doubly defended by Dr. Owens, vindicator, and Richard Baxter and the state…
Catholic communion doubly defended by Dr. Owens, vindicator, and Richard Baxter and the state of that communion opened, and the questions discussed, whether there be any displeasure at sin, or repentance for it in Heaven : with a parallel of the case of using a faulty translation of Scripture, and a faulty liturgy.Catholick communion doubly defended by Dr. Owens, vindicator, and Richard Baxter and the state of that communion opened, and the questions discussed, whether there be any displeasure at sin, or repentance for it in Heaven : with a parallel of the case of using a faulty translation of Scripture, and a faulty lyturgy.
London: printed for Thomas 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.
But yet a word more; Qu. 1. Do you think that the Pharisees and Scribes had so much of the gift of Extemporate Prayer, that they could, and did use to make long Prayers, as if it were by the Spirit Extempore? Say so, and you will disgrace the Doctors Arguments, that lay so much on this manner of praying. No doubt but it was Forms and Liturgies that they used; yet when Christ condemneth them for praying in the streets to be seen, and using long prayer for a pretence to devour Widows houses; Qu. 2. Did Christ speak one word against them as Forms or Liturgies? Did he want Zeal or Knowledge? Q. 3. Had they not been good in themselves, what cloak could they have made for so great evil? Qu. 4. Did Christ or his Apostles ever forbear the Synagogues for the sake of these long Liturgies? Come friends, there is no end, nor much hope in disputing against fixed prejudice, and wrong confident Conceits, how clear soever the Light be against it. Hold your Judgment, and I shall hold mine, till God irresistibly reconcile us; and if you cannot forgive me, I can forgive you, but not own the guilt of your mistakes, and the Effects. I have too much already of my own, I had rather you accused me, than Conscience, for wilful contracting any more. The Lord save us from our Enemies, but more especially from our Friends, and all their Temptations, and above all, from our selves.
But yet a word more; Qu. 1. Do you think that the Pharisees and Scribes had so much of the gift of Extemporate Prayer, that they could, and did use to make long Prayers, as if it were by the Spirit Extempore? Say so, and you will disgrace the Doctors Arguments, that lay so much on this manner of praying. No doubt but it was Forms and Lyturgies that they used; yet when Christ condemneth them for praying in the streets to be seen, and using long prayer for a pretence to devour Widdows houses; Qu. 2. Did Christ speak one word against them as Forms or Lyturgies? Did he want Zeal or Knowledge? Q. 3. Had they not been good in themselves, what cloak could they have made for so great evil? Qu. 4. Did Christ or his Apostles ever forbear the Synagogues for the sake of these long Lyturgies? Come friends, there is no end, nor much hope in disputing against fixed prejudice, and wrong confident Conceits, how clear soever the Light be against it. Hold your Judgment, and I shall hold mine, till God irresistibly reconcile us; and if you cannot forgive me, I can forgive you, but not own the guilt of your mistakes, and the Effects. I have too much already of my own, I had rather you accused me, than Conscience, for wilful contracting any more. The Lord save us from our Enemies, but more especially from our Friends, and all their Temptations, and above all, from our selves.