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The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity in the points of difference…
The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity in the points of difference betwixt the Church of England and the dissenters now published in vindication of the moderate and learned part of the Presbyterians, to let the world see that they are not so irreconcilable to the discipline of the Church of England, as some people would have us believe.The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity in the points of difference betwixt the Church of England and the dissenters novv published in vindication of the moderate and learned part of the Presbyterians, to let the vvorld see that they are not so irreconcilable to the discipline of the Church of England, as some people vvould have us believe.
Printed at London, and Re-printed at Edinburgh : s.n., 1689
The Judgment of Mr. BAXTER, concerning Ceremonies and Conformity in… › Of Altars and Rails.
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Of Altars and Rails.
Ibid. As for the next Ceremony, the Name and Form of an Altar; no doubt but it is a thing indifferent, whether the Table stand this way or that way; and the Primitive Churches commonly used the Names or Sacrifice, and Altar, and Priest, and I think lawfully; for my part I shall not be he that shall condemn them.
Ibid. I conceive that the dislike of these things in England (the Form and Name of an Altar and Rails about it) was not as if they were simply evil.
P. 401, 402. Whether we shall receive the Lords Supper at a Table, or in our Seats; or whether the Table shall be of Wood or Stone; whether it shall be Round, Long, or Square; whether it shall stand in the East or West end of the Temple, or in the middle; whether it shall have Rails or no Rails, all these are left to humane Prudence.
P. 401, 402. VVhether we shall receive the Lords Supper at a Table, or in our Seats; or whether the Table shall be of VVood or Stone; whether it shall be Round, Long, or Square; whether it shall stand in the East or VVest end of the Temple, or in the middle; whether it shall have Rails or no Rails, all these are left to humane Prudence.