An humble apology for non-conformists with modest and serious reflections on the Friendly debate…

Answ. Yes. There is Unity amongst the Protestant Reformed Churches beyond the Seas, that follow Calvin, and yet divers forms of Prayer, and divers Rites. The Author of the Debate will not take it well, if a man should not say, there is Unity at home amongst Conformists, and yet the Cathedrals and Country-Parish-Churches differ in some Rites, and in their mode of Worship; and in the Parish-Churches there are diversity of Ceremonies and Usages in the Worship of God. In some Churches they stand up at the Hymns, in others not; In some they read the Hymns and Psalms Minister and People antiphonatim, in others not: In some, in most, they read the Prayer for Christs Catholic Church, if at all, before Sermon, but I know where 'tis constantly read after. And it is well known that none boast more of Unity than the Romanists, and yet in several Countries they have several Rites, Customs, and Privileges: and in ⟨p. 127⟩England before the happy Reformation, the Service was ad modum Sarum, and ad modum Bangor, different in divers Churches.

Answ. Yes. There is Unity amongst the Protestant Reformed Churches beyond the Seas, that follow Calvin, and yet divers forms of Prayer, and divers Rites. The Author of the Debate will not take it well, if a man should not say, there is Unity at home amongst Conformists, and yet the Cathedrals and Country-Parish-Churches differ in some Rites, and in their mode of Worship; and in the Parish-Churches there are diversity of Ceremonies and Usages in the Worship of God. In some Churches they stand up at the Hymns, in others not; In some they reade the Hymns and Psalms Minister and People antiphonatim, in others not: In some, in most, they reade the Prayer for Christs Catholick Church, if at all, before Sermon, but I know where 'tis constantly read after. And it is well known that none boast more of Unity than the Romanists, and yet in several Countries they have several Rites, Customs, and Priviledges: and in ⟨p. 127⟩England before the happy Reformation, the Service was ad modum Sarum, and ad modum Bangor, different in divers Churches.