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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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He tells us, Lawful Authority is essential to make an Oath obliging; but by his leave, though it be to make an Oath lawful, I deny it to be essential to make it obliging. I believe he dreams every unlawful Oath void, but Bishop Sanderson will teach him better Divinity: But that his Bow may not break, (which could never hold to shoot one forcible Shaft) he adds another Paradox, To de•y the Covenant wanted lawful Authority is treason: He lives indeed near the Inn• of Court, and hath conversed much in High Courts of Justice, and may bless God for a gracious Prince that he is not as sensible of Treason as his brother Peters: Yet I shall make bold to tell him, I have denied it, and do deny it, ⟨image 12⟩and yet fear not to be indicted for Treason, whilst I have the Authority of his late & present Majesty owning them, who enjoined the Covenant, a Parliament, till his Patron Bradshaw became Preside•t. I must be better informed in England's Constitutions, if Lords and Commons sitting in Parliament are not a lawful & just (though not a full and complete) Authority, to th• Orders and Ordinances of which the people owe subjection, in which my observation of daily obedience, the non-contradiction of the Learned in the Law, and the Act for their Continuance (making sober and judicious men to doubt of their yet existence, though the present Aspect of the Nation cannot bear it doth very much confirm me; and yet I would have him know, I think I have, and shall approve my self, a much more loyal Subject to his Majesty than himself, who not only rejoiced in the death of our late murdered Sovereign, but blasphemously triumphed over his most Sacred Majesty in the day of His distress at Worcester, in these and the like terms: The enemy did and might rationally expect, 1that if he could set his foot, his wearied foot, on English ground, his strength would take root downward, and bring forth fruit upward, it could not but be expected on all hands, that the further he rolled, the greater strength he would gather: Yet behold, admi•e God, though at his entrance he leave our Army fourscore miles in his Rear, their flesh wearied, and spirit almost languishing through the continued difficulties they met with in a strange Land;