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The liturgical considerator considered, or, A brief view of Dr. Gauden's considerations touching the…
The liturgical considerator considered, or, A brief view of Dr. Gauden's considerations touching the liturgy of the Church of England wherein the reasons by him produced for imposing the said liturgy upon all, are found to be so weak, his defence of things offensive in it so slight, the arguments against the liturgy by himself afforded, are so strong, that some, who upon His Majesties declaration did incline to the liturgy, are now further from it, by reading his wordy discourse about it : also some reasons humbly rendered, why many ministers, as yet cannot conform to that liturgy, but not out of disloyalty, pride, ingratitude, peevishness, nor schismatical petulancy, as the sarcastical pen of this uncharitable doctor hath published ... / by G.F.The liturgical considerator considered, or, A brief view of Dr. Gauden's considerations touching the liturgy of the Church of England wherein the reasons by him produced for imposing the said liturgy upon all, are found to be so weak, his defence of things offensive in it so slight, the arguments against the liturgy by himselfe afforded, are so strong, that some, who upon His Majesties declaration did incline to the liturgy, are now further from it, by reading his wordy discourse about it : also some reasons humbly rendered, why many ministers, as yet cannot conform to that liturgy, but not out of disloyalty, pride, ingratitude, peevishness, nor schismatical petulancy, as the sarcastical pen of this uncharitable doctor hath published ... / by G.F.
London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1661
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3. Yea shall men say the sense is more fully united, and comprehensively ⟨p. 17⟩set down in the Sentence altered, than in those words, the Lord did immediately inspire, surely then it is better; well, let us see what will follow.
1. Thus we may alter the whole Scripture, and make a new Scripture of it, and tell the people we give you the same Bible that God inspired his Servants to Write, but in a sense more Evangelical and fully united, than in those words the pen-men wrote them. So that we have mended the Scripture; By the same reason you alter two verses, you may twenty; so make a shorter Bible.
1. Thus we may alter the whole Scripture, and make a new Scripture of it, and tell the people we give you the same Bible that God inspired his Servants to Write, but in a sence more Evangelical and fully united, than in those words the pen-men wrote them. So that we have mended the Scripture; By the same reason you alter two verses, you may twenty; so make a shorter Bible.
2. When we preach and quote Texts, we may read them otherwise than they are in the Original, or any Translation, and when the people look for the Texts in their Bibles, and cannot find the verses as we quote them, we may tell them, we give the sound Evangelical sense, more fully united, &c. than you have in your Bibles, or in the Original, were not this a good Answer? Doctor, who is bold.
2. When we preach and quote Texts, we may read them otherwise than they are in the Original, or any Translation, and when the people look for the Texts in their Bibles, and cannot find the verses as we quote them, we may tell them, we give the sound Evangelical sence, more fully united, &c. than you have in your Bibles, or in the Original, were not this a good Answer? Doctor, who is bold.