A70766:166
Moderation a virtue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate…Moderation a vertue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate…
Moderation a virtue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate divines and laity of the Church of England represented in some late immoderate discourses, under the nick-names of Grindalizers and Trimmers / by a lover of moderation, resident upon his cure ; with an appendix, demonstrating that parish-churches are no conventicles ... in answer to a late pamphlet entitled, Parish-churches turned into conventicles, &c.Moderation a vertue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate divines and laity of the Church of England represented in some late immoderate discourses, under the nick-names of Grindalizers and Trimmers / by a lover of moderation, resident upon his cure ; with an appendix, demonstrating that parish-churches are no conventicles ... in answer to a late pamphlet entitled, Parish-churches turned into conventicles, &c.
London: printed for Jonathan Robinson, 1683
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.
2. He saith in the present Case of Conformity, there is nothing but what the Law-givers did foresee and provide against: To prove this he repeats some words of the Act, which say, Nothing conduceth more to the Peace of the Nation, Honour of Religion and Propagation thereof, than an universal Agreement in the public Worship of God: and to that end, in the next Paragraph of the Act, it is enacted, That all and singular Ministers in any place of public Worship, shall be bound to say and use the Morning and Evening Prayer, Administration of both Sacraments, and ⟨p. 42⟩all other public Prayers in such Order and Form as is mentioned in the said Book; and that Morning and Evening Prayers be openly and solemnly read.
2. He saith in the present Case of Conformity, there is nothing but what the Law-givers did foresee and provide against: To prove this he repeats some words of the Act, which say, Nothing conduceth more to the Peace of the Nation, Honour of Religion and Propagation thereof, than an universal Agreement in the publick Worship of God: and to that end, in the next Paragraph of the Act, it is enacted, That all and singular Ministers in any place of publick Worship, shall be bound to say and use the Morning and Evening Prayer, Administration of both Sacraments, and ⟨p. 42⟩all other publick Prayers in such Order and Form as is mentioned in the said Book; and that Morning and Evening Prayers be openly and solemnly read.
Here are only general Words enjoining the use of the Book, but not the exact, constant, strict use of it at all times, and of every thing therein, with our kind and merciful Friend would impose upon us as the true and genuine Sense.
Here are only general Words enjoyning the use of the Book, but not the exact, constant, strict use of it at all times, and of every thing therein, wich our kind and merciful Friend would impose upon us as the true and genuine Sence.