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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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How slight is that which is objected against the lawfulness of it;1 to wit, That the spirit is stinted, when we are fettered with words appointed?
How slight is that which is objected against the lawfulnesse of it;1 to wit, That the spirit is stinted, when we are fetterd with words appointed?
- 1Object.
I answer, The freedom of the spirit stands not so much in the extent of words, as in the intention of zeal, wherein they are uttered. And if a set form be lawful, then must a set form needs excel, which is dictated by Christ himself, and is therefore more frequently to be used, and with all reverence, both in mind and gesture; nor doth this want the practice and approbation of the Ancientest, instancing in Saint Cyprian, and Saint Augustine, &c.
I answer, The freedome of the spirit stands not so much in the extent of words, as in the intention of zeal, wherein they are uttered. And if a set form be lawfull, then must a set form needs excell, which is dictated by Christ himself, and is therefore more frequently to be used, and with all reverence, both in mind and gesture; nor doth this want the practice and approbation of the Antientest, instancing in Saint Cyprian, and Saint Augustine, &c.
And for a further confirmation, see the same affirmed by him again; in his book called the Saints daily exercise, set forth and approved by Doctor Sibbs, (who himself used a set Form of Prayer before Sermon,) Mr. Davenport p. 80. viz. Another case (saith he) is, Whether we may