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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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Other unseemly postures of the hands, eyes, face, and the like; hath no example in Scripture, and even mens hiding, or covering of the face at public prayer, seems to be against the order of the Apostle, and the then custom of the Churches. 1 Cor. 11. 7. for by the head there is not meant the hairy scalp, but the face, both by several circumstances in it, and the acceptation of the word elsewhere. 2 Sam. 15. 30. David wept as he went, and had his head covered, and all the people that were with him, covered every man his head, weeping as they went; &c. here by the head must be understood the face, after the manner of mourners, as on the contrary, that of our Saviour to his Disciples, in token of joy; lift up your heads, must be meant accordingly, ⟨p. 341⟩And the face being the seat of shame, the head must be so taken, Jer. 14. 3, 4. they were ashamed and confounded, they covered their heads, &c. unto which, some passages out of Tertullian might be given, by way of confirmation.
Other unseemly postures of the hands, eyes, face, and the like; hath no example in Scripture, and even mens hiding, or covering of the face at publick prayer, seems to be against the order of the Apostle, and the then custome of the Churches. 1 Cor. 11. 7. for by the head there is not meant the hairy scalp, but the face, both by several circumstances in it, and the acceptation of the word elsewhere. 2 Sam. 15. 30. David wept as he went, and had hishead covered, and all the people that were with him, covered every man his head, weeping as they went; &c. here by the head must be understood the face, after the manner of mourners, as on the contrary, that of our Saviour to his Disciples, in token of joy; lift up your heads, must be meant accordingly, ⟨p. 341⟩And the face being the seat of shame, the head must be so taken,