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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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First, The similitude and symmetry of it unto the Popish Service and Religion; wherein it is both mourns, minding us of those superstitious dreams and fancies, which dictated the order, and at first occasioned the use of the several parts thereof, (as the Sacrament of Penance, Doctrine of Venial sin, and Priestly Absolution, the ground of the Confession, Misreatur, and Absolution; the miraculous efficacy of the words directing the Kyrie Eleyson, with the three-fold sin, Original, Venial, and Mortal, which directed it to Father, Son, and holy Ghost; the sanctifying influence of the words of the Pater Noster, making it necessary to begin and end; nay, essential to every act of Devotion and duty of Religion; the miraculous power of particular Rogations, the Reason of the Litany, the hearing of the heavenly Quire, which is suggested as the occasion of the Angelic Hymn, and so of other parts, which I cannot stand to mention;) but also movens, inclining, and apting us to receive, and again profess that form of worship, with little variation or difficulty.
First, The similitude and symmetry of it unto the Popish S•rvice and Religion; wherein it is both mov•ns, minding us of those superstitious dreams and fancies, which dictated the order, and at first occasioned the use of the several parts thereof, (as the Sacrament of Pennance, Doctrine of Venial sin, and P•iestly Absolution, the ground of the Confession, Misreatur, and Absolvtion; the miraculous efficacy of the words directing the Kyrie Eleyson, with the three-fold sin, Original, Venial, and Mortal, which directed it to Father, Son, and holy Ghost; the sanctifying influence of the words of the Pater Noster, making it necessary to begin and end; nay, essential to every act of Devotion and duty of Religion; the miraculous power of particular Rogations, the Reason of the Letany, the hearing of the heavenly Quire, which is suggested as the occasion of the Angelick Hymn, and so of other parts, which I cannot stand to mention;) but also movens, inclining, and apting us to receive, and again professe that form of worship, with little variation or difficulty.