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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.
1. Ought not a Form, Method, or Order, enjoined by a Law (••b poena) to be used, and that exclusive, with a n•ne other to be enrolled; as the Standard to which on all suspicion of variation, men must have recourse in order to their convictions; and for want of such Standard, the Law be not voided by an impossibility of conviction?
1. Ought not a Form, Method, or Order, enjoyned by a Law (••b poena) to be used, and that exclusive, with a n•ne other to be enrolled; as the Standard to which on all suspicion of variation, men must have recourse in order to their convictions; and for want of such Standard, the Law be not voided by an impossibility of conviction?
2. In case one Form, O der, or Method be established by Act of Parliament; another by the Kings Commission and Proclamation, as the only Form establish d and •llowed, which of them must be embraced and practiced, and in default, for which of them must we be convicted and punished, if by the last we conceive our selves at present discharged by a power (His Majesties Declaration) no way short of what is pleaded for its establishment; if by the first we conceive our selves discapacitated by that public charge made by Royal Authority, which for want of the Standard we cannot discover.
2. In case one Form, O der, or Method be established by Act of Parliament; another by the Kings Commission and Proclamation, as the onely Form establish d and •llowed, which of them must be embraced and practiced, and in default, for which of them must we be convicted and punished, if by the last we conceive our selves at present discharged by a power (His Majesties De•laration) no way short of what is pleaded for its establishment; if by the first we conceive our selves discapacitated by that publick charge made by Royal Authority, which for want of the Standard we cannot discover.