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The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon…
The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon a scandalous pamphlet entitled, A proposition for the safety and happiness of the king and kingdom : in a letter to a gentleman of the House of Commons.The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon a scandalous pamphlet intituled, A proposition for the safety and happiness of the king and kingdom : in a letter to a gentleman of the House of Commons.
London: printed for R. Jenaway sic, 1667
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Argument 6. If it be lawful for the People to use a stinted 1Form of words in Public Prayer, then is it in it self lawful for the Pastors: but it is lawful for the People: for the Pastors prayer (which they must pray over with him, and not only hear it) is a stinted Form to them, even as much as if he had learnt it out of a Book. They are to follow him in his Method and Words, as if it were a Book-Prayer.
Argument 6. If it be lawful for the People to use a stinted 1Form of words in Publick Prayer, then is it in it self lawful for the Pastors: but it is lawful for the People: for the Pastors prayer (which they must pray over with him, and not onely hear it) is a stinted Form to them, even as much as if he had learnt it out of a Book. They are to follow him in his Method and Words, as if it were a Book-Prayer.
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Argument 7. It is lawful to use a Form in Preaching: therefore a stinted Liturgy is lawful.
1. Because Preaching is a part of that Liturgy. 2. Because the reason is the same for Prayer, as for that, in the main.