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The judgement of the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland 1. Of…
The judgement of the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland 1. Of the extent of Christs death and satisfaction &c, 2. Of the Sabbath, and observation of the Lords day, 3. Of the ordination in other reformed churches : with a vindication of him from a pretended change of opinion in the first, some advertisements upon the latter, and in prevention of further injuries, a declaration of his judgement in several other subjects / by N. Bernard.
London: printed for John Crook, 1658
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Lastly, for the Ecclesiastical Constitutions of Ireland, as he was in An. 1634. (being then the Primate) the chief guide in their establishment, so before he was a Bishop, An. 614. being then a Member of the Convocation, he was employed as a principal person for the Collecting, and drawing up such Canons as concerned the Discipline, and Government of the Church, and were to be treated upon by the Arch-Bishops and Bishops, and the rest of the Clergy of Ireland, (divers taken out of the Statutes, Queen Elizabeths Injunctions, and the Canons of England, 1571.) which I have lately found, written then with his own hand. The two first of which being in these words.
1. That no other form of Liturgy, or Divine service, shall be used in any Church of this Realm; but that, which is established by Law, and comprised in the book of Common-Prayer, and Administrations of Sacraments, &c. 2. That no other form of Ordination shall be used in this Nation, but which is contained in the book of ordering of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, allowed by Authority, and hitherto practiced in the Churches of England, and Ireland, make it apparent that his judgement concerning many of the above-mentioned subjects, was the same in his younger, as Elder years.
1. That no other form of Liturgy, or Divine service, shall be used in any Church of this Realm; but that, which is established by Law, and comprized in the book of Common-Prayer, and Administrations of Sacraments, &c. 2. That no other form of Ordination shall be used in this Nation, but which is contained in the book of ordering of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, allowed by Authority, and hitherto practized in the Churches of England, and Ireland, make it apparent that his judgement concerning many of the above-mentioned subjects, was the same in his yonger, as Elder years.
And yet notwithstanding all this, there were always some, and still are too many, who are apt to blur him with the title of a Puritan, (which is is one occasion of this enlargement) though in none the sense of it is more uncertain then in his application, and from none a greater lustre would be given unto it than by his reflection. In whom, with his conformity to the Discipline,