A27060:23
Two papers of proposals concerning the discipline and ceremonies of the Church of England…
Two papers of proposals concerning the discipline and ceremonies of the Church of England humbly presented to His Majesty by the Reverend ministers of the Presbyterian persuasion.Two papers of proposals concerning the discipline and ceremonies of the Church of England humbly presented to His Majesty by the Reverend ministers of the Presbyterian perswasion.
London : s.n., 1661
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.
Secondly, Liturgy.
1. We are satisfied in our Judgments concerning the Lawfulness of a Liturgy, or Form of Worship, Provided it be for the Matter agreeable to the Word of God, and fitly suited to the Nature of the several Ordinances and Necessities of the Church, neither too tedious in the whole, nor composed of too short Prayers or Responsals, not dissonant from the Liturgies of the Reformed Churches; nor too rigorously imposed, nor the Minister confined thereunto, but that he may also make use of the Gifts for Prayer and Exhortation which Christ hath given him, for the Service and Edification of the Church.
2. Inasmuch as the Book of Common Prayer hath in it many things which are justly offensive, and need amendment, hath been long discontinued, and very many, both Ministers and people, and persons of pious, loyal, and peaceable Minds, therein greatly dis-satisfied; whereupon if it should be again imposed, will inevitably follow sad Divisions and widening of the Breaches which your Majesty is endeavouring to heal: We do most humbly offer to your Masties Wisdom, that for preventing of so great Evils, and for settling the Church in Unity and Peace, some Learned, Godly and Moderate Divines of both Persuasions, indifferently chosen, may be employed to Compile such a Form as is before Described, as much as may be in Scripture-Words; or at least to Revise and effectually Reform the Old, together with an Addition or Insertion of other Varying Forms in Scripture-phrase, to be used at the Ministers choice; of which Variety and Liberty there be Instances in the Book of Common Prayer.