A36061:204
A Directory for the Public Worship of God
A directory for the public worship of God, throughout the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland together with an ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of common-prayer, ... die Jovis, 13. Martii, 1644 / ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance and directory be forthwith printed and published.A directory for the publique worship of God, throughout the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland together with an ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of common-prayer, ... die Jovis, 13. Martii, 1644 / ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance and directory bee forthwith printed and published.
London: printed for Evan Tyler, 1644
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.
Festival days, vulgarly called Holy days, having no warrant in the word of God, are not to be continued.
Festivall daies, vulgarly called Holy daies, having no warrant in the word of God, are not to be continued.
Nevertheless it is lawful and necessary upon special emergent occasions, to separate a day or days for Public Fasting or Thanksgiving, as the several eminent and extraordinary dispensations of Gods providence shall administer cause and opportunity to his people.
Neverthelesse it is lawfull and necessary upon speciall emergent occasions, to separate a day or daies for Publique Fasting or Thanksgiving, as the severall eminent and extraordinarie dispensations of Gods providence shall administer cause and opportunity to his people.
As no place is capable of any holiness under pretence of whatsoev• Dedication ⟨p. 86⟩or Consecration, so neither is it subject to such pollution by any superstition formerly used and now laid aside, as may render it unlawful or inconvenient for Christians to meet together therein for the public worship of God. And therefore we hold it requisite that the places of public assembling for worship among us, should be continued and employed to that use.
As no place is capable of any holines under pretence of whatsoev• Dedication ⟨p. 86⟩or Consecration, so neither is it subject to such pollution by any superstition formerly used and now laid aside, as may render it unlawfull or inconvenient for Christians to meet together therein for the publique worship of God. And therefore we hold it requisite that the places of publique assembling for worship among us, should be continued and imployed to that use.