The judgement of the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland 1. Of…

For the Liturgy in the public prayers, as while he lived at Drogheda in Ireland, they were constantly ⟨p. 130⟩observed in his family, so he had them in estimation to his last; And the last time he was in London upon the occasion of some rash groundless rumours raised of him to the contrary, (to his no small grief) he gave his judgement accordingly to an Honourable person, wrote with his own hand, which he showed unto me; He had constantly prayers in his family four times a day; At six in the morning, and eight at night, they were such, wherein the gifts of those, who were his Chaplains were exercised, but before Dinner and Supper in the Chapel, was the forenamed also observed; Indeed he was not so rigid, as to tie all men in the private, to an absolute necessary use of it, or in the public, that a Sermon was not to be heard, unless that did precede; And for the healing or preventing of those distractions and divisions, which have been among Ministers as others, and the moderating of each extremity in relation to the use of it ⟨p. 131⟩whereby there might be a return of that wished-for peace and unity, which of late years we have been strangers to, He conceived some prudent moderate accommodation might have been thought of (and yet may) by wise men, in order to the present continuance of the substantial part of it, (each side yielding somewhat, after the example of Saint Paul in circumstantials) which might have better borne the name of a reformation, than thus to have a total suppression of it, whereby with the intention of gathering up the Tares, the Wheat hath been rooted up also.

For the Liturgy in the publick prayers, as while he lived at Drogheda in Ireland, they were constantly ⟨p. 130⟩observed in his family, so he had them in estimation to his last; And the last time he was in London upon the occasion of some rash groundlesse rumours raised of him to the contrary, (to his no small grief) he gave his judgement accordingly to an Honourable person, wrote with his owne hand, which he shewed unto me; He had constantly prayers in his family four times a day; At six in the morning, and eight at night, they were such, wherein the gifts of those, who were his Chaplains were exercised, but before Dinner and Supper in the Chappel, was the forenamed also observed; Indeed he was not so rigid, as to tie all men in the private, to an absolute necessary use of it, or in the publike, that a Sermon was not to be heard, unlesse that did precede; And for the healing or preventing of those distractions and divisions, which have been among Ministers as others, and the moderating of each extremity in relation to the use of it