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The judgement of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland. Of Babylon…
The judgement of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland. Of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome. (With a sermon of Bishop Beadles upon the same words.) Of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry. Of the old form of words in ordination. Of a set form of prayer. / Published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard D.D. and preacher to the Honourable Society of Gray's-Inn, London. Unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late primate.The judgement of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland. Of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome. (With a sermon of Bishop Bedels upon the same words.) Of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministery. Of the old form of words in ordination. Of a set form of prayer. / Published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard D.D. and preacher to the Honourable Society of Grayes-Inne, London. Unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late primate.
London: printed for John Crook, 1659
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.
A third, which in Scripture was accustomed with both the former, is the lifting up of the hands, according to that of David in the Psalms. Let us lift up our hands unto God in the heavens, 1hear my supplication, when I lift up my hands towards thy holy Oracle, &c. which is referred to in the New Testament, I will that man lift up pure hands, (1 Tim. 2.8.) signifying that of David, unto thee do I lift up my soul: To which we may add the lifting up of the eyes to heaven, according to the example of our Saviour (John 17. cap. 11.41. Mat. 14.19.)
A third, which in Scripture was accustomed with both the former, is the lifting up of the hands, according to that of David in the Psalmes. Let us lift up our hands unto God in the heavens, 1hear my supplication, when I lift up my hands towards thy holy Oracle, &c. which is referred to in the New Testament, I will that man lift up pure hands, (1 Tim. 2.8.) signifying that of David, unto thee do I lift up my soul: To which we may adde the lifting up of the eyes to heaven, according to the example of our Saviour (John 17. cap. 11.41. Mat. 14.19.)
- 1Psal. 28.1. Psal. 1.41.
Other unseemly postures of the hands, eyes, face, and the like; hath no example in Scripture, and even mens hiding, or covering of the face at public prayer, seems to be against the order of the Apostle, and the then custom of the Churches.