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Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome…
Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Beadles upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Bedels upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.
London: printed for John Crook, 1659
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And can that of the Apostle (Col. 3. 16.) exhorting to praise the Lord with Psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, imply any other then a set form of words, according to our custom, yet retained in singing of Psalms in the congregation. And may not that of our Saviour (Mat. 18.) Where two or three of you shall agree together, touching any thing they shall ask, &c. imply that a prayer, composed by the consent and unanimous agreement of the Church, to be the more prevalent: put all these together, and are they not a Cloud of Witnesses, at least to confirm, and support the weaker sort in knowledge and utterance, who though of sincere ⟨p. 307⟩hearts, yet cannot suddenly pour forth their desires in fitting expressions, worthy (as they conceive) the ears of Almighty God, but must make use of the pens, and forms of others, or of what they have premeditated, and framed to themselves; surely in these, if their hearts be, (as they may be) raised to a due height of holy affection, God accepts of them.
And can that of the Apostle (Col. 3. 16.) exhorting to praise the Lord with Psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, imply any other then a set form of words, according to our custome, yet retained in singing of Psalms in the congregation. And may not that of our Saviour (Mat. 18.) Where two or three of you shall agree together, touching any thing they shall aske, &c. imply that a prayer, composed by the consent and unanimous agreement of the Church, to be the more prevalent: put all these together, and are they not a Cloud of Witnesses, at least to confirm, and support the weaker sort in knowledge and utterance, who though of sincere ⟨p. 307⟩hearts, yet cannot suddenly poure forth their desires in fitting expressions, worthy (as they conceive) the eares of Almighty God, but must make use of the pennes, and formes of others, or of what they have premeditated, and framed to themselves; surely in these, if their hearts be, (as they may be) raised to a due height of holy affection, God accepts of them.