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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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Fourthly, As to prayer: Is it not sufficient that we pray for the same things, and for His Majesty, much more enlarged, than in the Liturgy, unless we use just the same words and syllables? You can allow men to use other words, and contract places of Scripture, which the great God inspired, and commanded so to be written (as I instanced before in your Liturgy) and yet we must be tied to mens words.
Fourthly, As to prayer: Is it not sufficient that we pray for the same things, and for His Majesty, much more enlarged, than in the Liturgy, unlesse we use just the same words and syllables? You can allow men to use other words, and contract places of Scripture, which the great God inspired, and commanded so to be written (as I instanced before in your Liturgy) and yet we must be tyed to mens words.
I think our hearts were united to him in Love and Loyalty, when we poured out our souls for him under his affliction without a Common-prayer Book.
Fifthly, The union between King and Subjects is then surest, when he hath the hearts of his Subjects united to him; His Majesty took a better course for this heart-union by His Declaration from Breda: I am sure no King ever had the hearts of his Subjects more united to Him, than He had by that; not that His Majesty is bound by that to tolerate every one who pretends conscience, then He must sin in tolerating the vilest Heresies, and those who despise and cast off all the Ordinances of God, and Civil Government also.