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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
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.
3. In Ezekiel there is nothing of the Time expressed, but in your Common-Prayer-Book, there we must read with a loud voice the first words, At what time soever.
3. In Ezekïel there is nothing of the Time expressed, but in your Common-Prayer-Book, there we must read with a loud voice the first words, At what time soever.
The Texts you add, make nothing to your purpose. The question was not, what may be gathered from Scripture by Consequence ⟨p. 18⟩(this was yielded) but whether those words in the Common-Prayer-Book were the sentence of Scripture in Ezekiel 18. Methinks a great Doctor, yea now an elder Bishop, should understand Ignoratio Elenchi.
The Texts you adde, make nothing to your purpose. The question was not, what may be gathered from Scripture by Consequence ⟨p. 18⟩(this was yielded) but whether those words in the Common-Prayer-Book were the sentence of Scripture in Ezkeiel 18. Methinks a great Doctor, yea now an elder Bishop, should understand Ignoratio Elenchi.
Then you come to prove the lawfulness from parallel Texts in the N. T. where the Apostles do quote Texts out of the old T. not verbatim, but to the sense; as Hebr. 10.5, 6. from Psal. 40.6, 7. and bid the Supercritical Censors compare words. So