If I see the Relicts or Picture of a Friend that I wronged while he was alive, I may well be moved by it to beg pardon of God. All his works must move me to adore and praise him▪ But we may not make any Image objectum terminativum, or ad quod, to which we direct our Divine Worship, as a Medium of our sending it to God. The only great difficulty ⟨p. 12⟩about this is from the argument of scandalous hardening the Papists that live among us: Though indeed our Doctrine avoideth that scandal.
VII. They never accused the Ceremony of laying the hand on the Book, and kissing it in taking an Oath.
VIII. They never spake against the Ring in Marriage.
IX. They meddled not with the Surplice, Tippet, Hood, Rochet, Cope, but only the casting men out of the Ministry that dare not use them, thinking them unlawful: Though we justify them not.
X. They accused not all significant use of the Cross, but only that in Baptism it seemed to have all or most of the nature of a Humane Sacrament of the Covenant of Grace, as it is expounded in the Liturgy and Canon.
XI. They spake not against Episcopacy, as it is a presidency among and over Presbyters differing in Degree, and not in Office, called ORDER, and that in a Church of the lowest Species.
XII. They opposed not Arch-Bishops as over many such Churches and Bishops, nor Diocesans, as Arch-Bishops ruling but by Gods Word.
XIII. They said nothing against Metropolitans, Patriarchs, Lay-Chancellors, Commissaries, Officials, Surrogates, Archdeacons, &c. as Officers of the King, appointed to do nothing (besides the Sacred Ministry, if they be Clergy-men) but what belongs to Magistracy.
XIV. They said nothing against any promise of Obedience to them only in the capacities, and in the exercise of the power forementioned.
XV. Much less did they ever oppose or question Swearing to the King, according to the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy: And I with divers others also being (for some ends) entered as his Chaplains in Ordinary, took also that Oath of Fidelity which the Kings Household Servants take.
XVI. We never were for any dishonouring of Kings by public Excommunications, much less by Subjects or Foreigners, whom Kings never choose to be their Pastors; but only in case of necessity, for such a denial of Sacramental Communion to them, as Bishop Andrews in Fortura Tor•, and Bishop Bilson plead for;
If I see the Relicts or Picture of a Friend that I wronged while he was alive, I may well be moved by it to beg pardon of God. All his works must move me to adore and praise him▪ But we may not make any Image objectum terminativum, or ad quod, to which we direct our Divine Worship, as a Medium of our sending it to God. The only great difficulty ⟨p. 12⟩about this is from the argument of scandalous hardening the Papists that live among us: Though indeed our Doctrine avoideth that scandal.
VII. They never accused the Ceremony of laying the hand on the Book, and kissing it in taking an Oath.
VIII. They never spake against the Ring in Marriage.
IX. They meddled not with the Surplice, Tippet, Hood, Rochet, Cope, but only the casting men out of the Ministry that dare not use them, thinking them unlawful: Though we justifie them not.
X. They accused not all significant use of the Cross, but only that in Baptism it seemed to have all or most of the nature of a Humane Sacrament of the Covenant of Grace, as it is expounded in the Liturgy and Canon.
XI. They spake not against Episcopacy, as it is a presidency among and over Presbyters differing in Degree, and not in Office, called ORDER, and that in a Church of the lowest Species.
XII. They opposed not Arch-Bishops as over many such Churches and Bishops, nor Diocesans, as Arch-Bishops ruling but by Gods Word.
XIII. They said nothing against Metropolitans, Patriarchs, Lay-Chancellors, Commissaries, Officials, Surrogates, Archdeacons, &c. as Officers of the King, appointed to do nothing (besides the Sacred Ministry, if they be Clergy-men) but what belongs to Magistracy.
XIV. They said nothing against any promise of Obedience to them only in the capacities, and in the exercise of the power forementioned.
XV. Much less did they ever oppose or question Swearing to the King, according to the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy: And I with divers others also being (for some ends) entered as his Chaplains in Ordinary, took also that Oath of Fidelity which the Kings Houshold Servants take.
XVI. We never were for any dishonouring of Kings by publick Excommunications, much les by Subjects or Forreigners, whom Kings never choose to be their Pastors; but only in case of necessity, for such a denyal of Sacramental Communion to them, as Bishop Andrews in Fortura Tor•, and Bishop Bilson plead for;
