The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things…

3. So the later clause, [that he himself will use that form in public prayer and administration of the Sacraments and none other;] Dr. Heylin and very many others suppose is meant properly as is spoken viz. That by the form is meant all the words and orders, and that by public prayer is meant as is spoken, All public prayer used by a Minister in the public assemblies] And that by [None other] is meant [neither, wholly nor in part.] But others think that by [Form] is meant only [the form of words, and not the orders] And that by [none other] is meant only [No other Book of Common-Prayer or set Liturgy.] Or [No other entire form and order excluding this;] And that it doth not mean [No other form before or after Sermon in the Pulpit, or in ⟨p. 157⟩some parts of Worship, so it be of our own Composure:] Nor yet that we may not use sometime some other order than is prescribed in the Rubrics, viz. 1. Sometime read other Chapters than the Calendar prescribeth, because that Liberty is expressed in the Preface to the second Book of Homilies: 2. Sometimes to give the Sacrament to some that kneel not: 3. To baptize some without the Cross, &c. (of which more hereafter) Because the Rubric saith only [you shall do thus] but saith not [you shall do no otherwise.] But to this the former sort answer 1. That if any universal Negative (none other) may be particularly or limitedly interpreted upon our own surmises, no Laws, Covenants or Promises signify any thing, and no words are intelligible: 2. That we subscribe strictly to this Article (to use no other form,) But not so to the Book of Homilies, but only that we take it for wholesome Doctrine: 3. That if the Rubric for Crossing, Kneeling, &c. exclude not all other inconsistent forms of administration, it signifieth nothing, but leaveth every man to his own will.

3. So the later clause, [that he himself will use that form in publick prayer and administration of the Sacraments and none other;] Dr. Heylin and very many others suppose is meant properly as is spoken viz. That by the form is meant all the words and orders, and that by publick prayer is meant as is spoken, All publick prayer used by a Minister in the publick assemblies] And that by [None other] is meant [neither, wholly nor in part.] But others think that by [Form] is meant only [the form of words, and not the orders] And that by [none other] is meant only [No other Book of Common-Prayer or set Liturgie.] Or [No other entire form and order excluding this;] And that it doth not mean [No other form before or after Sermon in the Pulpit, or in