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The grand debate between the most reverend bishops and the Presbyterian divines appointed by…
The grand debate between the most reverend bishops and the Presbyterian divines appointed by His Sacred Majesty as commissioners for the review and alteration of the Book of common prayer, &c. : being an exact account of their whole proceedings : the most perfect copy.
London printed : s.n., 1661
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 Psalm ended, & the man and woman kneeling before the Lords Table, the Priest standing at the Table, and turning his face, &c.1
- 1Next Rub.
Consecrated the state of Matrimony to such an excellent mystery. Seeing the institution of Matrimony was before the fall, and so 1before the promise of Christ, as also for that the said passage in 2the Collect seems to countenance the opinion of making Matrimony a Sacrament, we desire that clause may be altered or omitted.
- 1Collect.
- 2Excep.