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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The time when our Saviour is observed to have used a prolixity, was in the private, then whole nights in prayer, and the whole day till even, but not in the public; respecting, it may be, the causes before mentioned. So much for the length of it.
The time when our Savionr is observed to have used a prolixity, was in the private, then whole nights in prayer, and the whole day till even, but not in the publick; respecting, it may be, the causes before mentioned. So much for the length of it.
Secondly, for the gesture; Certainly, the most comely is kneeling, after the example of David, (Psal. 100. Ezra (cap. 9. 5.) Daniel (cap. 6. 10.) and the pattern of our Saviour, Luc. 22. 41. he kneeled down and prayed, &c. whose example Saint Stephen followed, (Acts 7. 6.) and Saint Paul (Acts 20. 36.) For this cause I bow my ⟨p. 336⟩knees unto the Father, &c. (Eph. 3. 14.) The humility of the soul is principal, but that of the body must not be omitted; both being bought with a price, God must be glorified in both; present your bodies as a living holy acceptable sacrifice to him (Rom. 12. 1.)
Secondly, for the gesture; Certainly, the most comely is kneeling, after the example of David, (Psal. 100. Ezra (cap. 9. 5.) Daniel (cap. 6. 10.) and the pattern of our Saviour,