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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
Appendix: An Appendix demonstrating that Parish-Churches are no Conventicles, particularly for re…
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But against this he objects, the Rubric before the Offertory, Then shall the Priest return to the Lord's Table and begin the Offertory, Can any Man be said to return to a place he was not at before?
But against this he objects, the Rubrick before the Offertory, Then shall the Priest return to the Lord's Table and begin the Offertory, Can any Man be said to return to a place he was not at before?
To this we say, 1. In some places there is no Offertory constant even at Communions, the People having sent their Offerings before to buy Bread and Wine. 2. *When there are Offertories, there are Communions; and then the Priest returns to the Lords's Table when he comes out of the Pulpit, and so we are bound still but to Communion-times.
- *See Ridley's Injunction before qu je. Item That the Minister in the time of the Communion immediately after the Offertory, to monish the Communicants. Now is the time if you please to remember the poor Man's Chest.See Ridley's Injunction before qu ie. Item That the Minister in the time of the Communion immediately after the Offertory, to monish the Communicants. Now is the time if you please to remember the poor Man's Chest.
Lastly; He objects: [Then shall follow the Sermon.] What only on Communion-Days? &c. and shows his respect for Sermons, calling the Sermon the Great Diana, and ironically and profanely, For the dear sake of that Unum Necessarium, that Magnum Oportet. Sir, did you declare at your Ordination, (if you be a Minister) that you trusted you were moved by the Holy-Ghost, and called to the Ministry? and now, when you plead so stiffly for a Rite, call a Sermon a Diana!