A33360:33
A discourse concerning liturgies
A discourse concerning liturgies by ... David Clarkson.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1689
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Besides, Reading and Praying are still represented as distinct things, and such as were not then coincident. The Deacon, when he called to Reading, was said, [Greek or Hebrew]; but when to Prayer, [Greek or Hebrew]. Prayer began in Justin Martyrs time [Greek or Hebrew], when the Reader had done, Apol. 2. So Athanasius calls to Praying and Reading in terms quite different; [Greek or Hebrew]. So Socrates, l. 2. c. 8. p. 545. which in Theodoret is, [Greek or Hebrew].1 l. 2. c. 13. p. 63, 64. And Sozomen, where he shows there was an uniformity in his time ⟨p. 9⟩in public Worship; tells us, [Greek or Hebrew]. Vide Just. nov. 6. Soz. l. 7. c. 19. It cannot be found p. 36. c. 4. that the same Prayers or Psalms, yea or the same Readings were used by all at the same time.
Besides, Reading and Praying are still represented as distinct things, and such as were not then coincident. The Deacon, when he called to Reading, was said, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; but when to Prayer, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Prayer began in Justin Martyrs time 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, when the Reader had done, Apol. 2. So Anthanasius calls to Praying and Reading in terms quite different; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. So Socrates, l. 2. c. 8. p. 545. which in Theodoret is, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.1 l. 2. c. 13. p. 63, 64. And Sozomen, where he shows there was an uniformity in his time ⟨p. 9⟩in publick Worship; tells us, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Vide Just. nov. 6. Soz. l. 7. c. 19. It cannot be found p. 36. c. 4. that the same Prayers or Psalms, yea or the same Readings were used by all at the same time.