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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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The prevalency of a prayer being not in the elegance and loftiness of the stile, but in the sighs and groans, and inward workings of the heart, like that of Nehemiah, and Hanna, though their voice were not heard.
The prevalency of a prayer being not in the elegancy and loftinesse of the stile, but in the sighes and groanes, and inward workings of the heart, like that of Nehemiah, and Hanna, though their voice were not heard.
In a word, an Uniformity in the public prayers of the Church to be observed in each congregation, would tend much to the unity of hearts and spirits among us, which Saint Paul commends as the more excellent way, and the end of coveting all gifts whatsoever, viz. a Composure of a Form for the public service of God, by the ⟨p. 215⟩joint assistance of the most learned and pious, from which, the most eminent gifted person might not depart, more then the inferior. I speak not of prayer before Sermon and after, (when each may take their liberty, though therein the Dutch and French Church are strict also) but of some consent in the manner of Administration of Baptism, the communion, and other offices in the public, that might be owned by us all in Common, as the form of the Church of England, which as it hath been a means to continue a unity in other reformed Churches at this day; so I believe would be a means for the reducing it with us, even a settled peace both in Church and State; which ought to be the prayer and principal endeavour of every ⟨p. 316⟩good Christian. So much for the declaring and confirming the Primates Judgment of the use of a set form of prayer in the public.
In a word, an Vniformity in the publick prayers of the Church to be observed in each congregation, would tend much to the unity of hearts and spirits among us, which Saint Paul commends as the more excellent way, and the end of coveting all gifts whatsoever, viz. a Composure of a Form for the publick service of God, by the