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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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4. I am sure also, that in the Form of Thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth's Inauguration, Novemb. 17. there is no Rubric at all before the Lord's Prayer and Ten Commandments; but after the Grace of our Lord Jesus, the Lord's Prayer and Commandments follow, and other Prayers. Therefore it was not so since the Reformation; and that Queen's Reign took up a great part of our Time since the Reformation; and that Day was as great and solemn a Day as hath been kept to his Majesty's Restoration. And whether that Piece of the Rubric in our late Books came not in with the Innovations, I will leave to the Enquiry of others, who have a greater Treasure than my poor Collection doth contain.
4. I am sure also, that in the Form of Thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth's Inauguration, Novemb. 17. there is no Rubrick at all before the Lord's Prayer and Ten Commandments; but after the Grace of our Lord Jesus, the Lord's Prayer and Commandments follow, and other Prayers. Therefore it was not so since the Reformation; and that Queen's Reign took up a great part of our Time since the Reformation; and that Day was as great and solemn a Day as hath been kept to his Majesty's Restauration. And whether that Piece of the Rubrick in our late Books came not in with the Innovations, I will leave to the Enquiry of others, who have a greater Treasure than my poor Collection doth contain.
And now we may say, those that were convinced by this Reason, have quietly receded from their Obstinacy, and been very easy tender-hearted Converts.
After all the Triumph, he rallies up the prime Churches, King's Chapel, Cathedrals, two Universities, and many Orthodox Parish-Churches, where the Prayers are so read, viz. Dr. Hicks, Dr. Sherlock, Dr. Dove, Mr. Pelling. Now whatever their Parish-Churches may be, if they be more Orthodox Parish-Churches than ours, 'tis rare. We take it to be no immodest Comparison to say, we are sure we are as Orthodox Parish-Ministers as they are. And how they can stand at the North side of the Table, we cannot understand, if their Tables stand Altar-wise, (as they do, or else their Churches are no more Orthodox than ours) except standing at the North End of the Table, be all one as to stand at the North Side; or that their Tables have no Ends, but are equilateral, and so still their Churches be Heterodox, and not Orthodox. But if their Tables be of the ordinary fashion, they must stand at the North End of the Table, and not at the North Side; and so they may come nearer to the Table than