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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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2. Not in the hearers, for then it must ever be so stinted, for whether the speaker useth sudden, or premeditated expressions, (which they cannot judge of) the hearers are alike bound to mind what proceeds from his lips, so that if the spirit be stinted with them in the latter, it is as much in the former. For as the judgment is the freer to say Amen ⟨p. 312⟩by the fore-knowledge, and approbation of the prayer, so the spirit and affections are at an equal freedom also; so that this objection is of no value.
2. Not in the hearers, for then it must ever be so stinted, for whether the speaker useth sudden, or premeditated expressious, (which they cannot judge of) the hearers are alike bound to mind what proceeds from his lips, so that if the spirit be stinted with them in the latter, it is as much in the former. For as the judgment is the freer to say Amen ⟨p. 312⟩by the fore-knowledge, and approbation of the prayer, so the spirit and affections are at an equall freedom also; so that this objection is of no value.
I shall only put this to consideration, whether that mans heart may be accounted most spiritual, which can be daily enlarged, and his affections lifted up in the use of the same words, or which cannot without the help of a variety, like those weak stomachs, or distempered in their health, that cannot relish one dish twice, but must at each meal, have the inventions of men employed to give them various; nay, in danger of losing their stomach, if they hear of them before they come suddenly before them; Now in this I would not be understood, to discourage any persons in exercising ⟨p. 313⟩themselves this way, and striving to perfection in this gift, which I do much commend; only as those that learn to swim, have help at first of some supporters, but afterward come to swim without them. Children at first have their Copies, their paper ruled, their hands held, but in time do it of themselves, and so there is an expectation, that you that are of ability should grow in knowledge and utterance this way: but for the weaker sort, is it not better they should use a staff then slip, and are not the Major part of this kind, like men with weak sights, needing the help of Spectacles. To whom, by denying them a set Form, are we not injurious accordingly, Though those we call weak, may possibly, by their fervency,