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A55574	Common-prayer-book no divine service, or, XXVIII reasons against forming and imposing any humane liturgies or Common-prayer-books, and the main objections to the contrary, answered also, the English Common-prayer-book anatomized, likewise twelve arguments against diocesan and lord-bishops, with the main objections answered, and the great disparity between them, and Timothy and Titus, shewed / by Vavasor Powell.	Powell, Vavasor, 1617-1670.	1661 (1661)	Wing P3084; ESTC R40660	35,918	54

are plain in Act. 20.28 Take heed therefore to your selves and to the whole flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you over-seers Or more near the Greek Take heed therefore to your selves and feed the whole flock in which the Holy Ghost hath put you Bishops In that particular Church of Ephesus there were several Bishops or as they are called in the 17 vers Elders which are the same for Peter though an Apostle calls himself an Elder so in the Church of Philippi there were several Bishops as well as Deacous 1 Pet. 5.7 Phil. 1.1 Then to appoint or set up one Bishop over divers Congregations as over three or four hundred nay some over a hundred Parishes is to do contrary to what the Spirit of the Lord hath done Therefore 't is unlawful That order which is contrary to the order which the Apostles set up in the Churches of the Gentiles is unlawful Argum. 3. But the order of Lordly or Diocesan-Bishops is contrary to that order which the Apostles set up in the Churches of the Gentiles _____ Therefore unlawful The Proposition will not be denied for what the Apostles received from Christ they set up in the Churches 1 Cor. 11.23 14.3.7 Act. 15.29 16.4 The Assumption I prove thus The order that the Apostles set up in the Churches of the Gentiles was Bishops or Elders which were of equal power and authority as is shewed before and will more fully be afterward in every Church Act. 14.23 Tit. 1.5 7. But Diocesan order is to set up one Bishop over many Churches which order is contrary to the order set up by the Apostles and so consequentially unlawful They that walk contrary to the Rules of the Apostles walk contrary to the Lord himself 1 Cor. 11.1 Ephes 5.1.2 Thes 3.9 and they that walk contrary to the Lord the Lord will walk contrary to them Lev. 26.21 41. That Office and Authority which makes a man utterly uncapable of performing the duties belonging properly to his Function is unlawful Argum. 4. But Lordly or Diocesan power makes a man utterly uncapable of performing the duties belonging to his Function Therefore Lordly or Diocesan Power is unlawful The Major none but such as are willing to shun performing their Duties will deny The Minor is proved by considering what the Duties are which belong to the Function of Bishops to wit to know their stocks watch over them feed and comfort them to resolve their doubts visit them and administer the Lords Supper often unto them c. Prov. 27.23 1 Thes 5.12 13. Heb. 13.7 17. Act. 20.28 2 Cor. 1.4 James 5.14 1 Cor. 11.23 26. and how any Diocesan-Bishops whose power extends in some Diocesses over several Counties can possibly do this let any judge That which doth necessarily introduce the Popes power over the Churches of Christ Argum. 5. is unlawful But the office of Lord-Bishops or Diocesan-Bishops doth necessarily introduce the Popes power over the Churches of Christ Therefore the office of Lord-Bishops and Diocesan-Bishops is unlawful None but Papists will oppose the first The second I prove thus They that have their Ordination from the Pope and so consequently their Ministry for Ordinatio apud Episcopos est causa sine qua non c. for a man though never so well qualified is not accounted by them a Minister without it do introduce the Popes power over the Churches of Christ But Diocesan or Lord-Bishops have their Ordination from the Pope Ergo. I prove they have their Ordination from the Pope They that have their Ordination from the Archbishop have their Ordination from the Pope as holy Crunmer confessed they had and as one lately made Bishop Mr. Nichols formerly Minister in Carmarthen in South-Wales now as they say Bishop of Glocester acknowledged before many witnesses in a conference with mee in Carmarthen for which some of his own friends blamed him For if the Archbishop hath not his Ordination from the Pope then he hath none at all and so is no Minister at all and so hath no power to ordain other Bishops nor they any other Ministers for Nemo dat quod in se non habet So that it is easie to derive the Pedigree of our Diocesan-Bishops And the learned Papists who are well versed in this Genealogy know their descent perfectly that the Bishops and themselves have but one Grand-father whoever their Grand-mother or Mother is Obj. But if it be objected That one Bishop hath power to ordain another and so they need not have dependance upon the Pope for their Ordination Ans I answer If one Bishop ordain another either hee ordains him as another ordinary Minister or Priest as they say or as a Bishop If as another ordinary Minister then a Bishop is not of another or higher Order than the ordinary Minister is of but they are Equal in degree and then par in parens non habet imperium And this will not satisfie the Bishops If he ordained him first as a Minister and afterwards as a Bishop he hath had two Ordinations for which there is no Rule in Scripture Obj. But the Archbishop doth but consecrate and confirm the Bishop Ans Suppose that were a distinct thing from Ordination which cannot be proved from the Word of God yet who shall consecrate the Archbishop either it must be his Inferiour Equal or Superiour surely it will not be admitted that his Inferiour should do it for by that Rule and Reason ordinary Ministers which they call Priests and account to be of a lower rank than Bishops may ordain Bishops An Equal cannot do it because that the Archbishop of Canterbury hath no Fellow unless the Archbishop of York then of necessity there must be application to a Superiour and there is no such that assumes any Authority to administer Ecclesiastical Ordinances except the Pope himself So that by close pursuit you may finde where these Foxes are or will be kennell'd Let us therefore with the Church pray Take us or as it is in the Hebrew gnalu for us the little Foxes that spoil the Vines for our Vines have tender Grapes Cant. 2.15 That Order and Office which hath many unscriptural Inferiour Officers depending thereon Argum. 6. and are as branches thereof is unlawful But the Order and Office of Diocesan and Lord-Bishops hath many unscriptural Officers depending thereon and are branches thereof Therefore it is unlawful The former is proved 2 Chron. 13.9 Ezek. 43.3 Act. 23.3 when Paul said to Ananias the High Priest Thou whited wall c. doubtless he looked upon him to be irregular in the Office as the corruption was grown among the Jews to have a Sagan answerable thereto sure are Suffragans and when he said I wist not that he was the High Priest he spake it Ironically and 't is as if he had said I knew him not to be an High Priest but I looked upon him as one that doth usurp the place Surely Paul knew the

of all that scruple it or any thing in it to the almost justling out the preaching of the Word and conceived Prayer together which yet was taken out of Models from Rome and hath since the first compiling of it suffered alteration to the worse and so symbolizeth with the Popish Mass as that the Pope himself was willing to have it used if he might but confirm it for the end of it was on purpose to bring the Papists to our Churches but rather it hath brought many of us to them not any of them to us the clogging it with Ceremonies the often and impertinent reiterating of the Lords Prayer the ill translation of the Psalms and of the Scriptures the many phrases in the Prayers that are liable to just exception And whereas the Minister by the Scripture is the peoples mouth to God this Book prescribes Responsaries to be said by the people some of which are unsuitable to what the Minister pronounceth some of them savour of Tautologies some are made to be so effectual to the Prayer as that all which the Minister saith is no prayer without them as in the Letany p. 10. Again it is so much idolized as that it is accounted the onely worship of God and is made the upholder of an unpreaching Ministry and is cried up to the height so that some are not ashamed to say That the wit of Men and Angels cannot mend it and that it is a sufficient discharge of the Ministers Duty to read this Book Abbots Church-forsakers The end of its first use was not to tye godly men from exercising their gifts in Prayer but the eld Popish Priests that by a seeming to return to our Religion did through indulgence retain their places from returning to the old Mass which yet did hinder Ministers that had the gift of Prayer in an abundant measure as well as of preaching p. 10. In Bishop Wren's daies who forbid all use of conceived Prayer in the Church Thus much from that Book called Smectymnuus That Book for its worth and present use is newly reprinted Anno 1660. for Jo. Rothwel Republished by Mr. Manton who prefixed his Epistle In the Common-Prayer-Book unmasked is shewed its unlawfulness I. Page 4. By its Name Liturgy or Service so the Papists call their Mass c. II. Page 7. By its original taken from the Mass-Book 1. The Common-Prayers from the Popish Breviary 2. The Administration of the Sacraments Burial Visitation of the sick and Matrimony from their Ritual 3. The Consecration of the Lords Supper the Collects Epistles and Gospels from the Mass-Book 4. The Ordination of Bishops Priests and Deacons which at first was joyned to the Service-Book from the Roman Pontifical Common-Prayer-Book NO Divine Service c. Quest WHether is it lawful for Magistrates Ministers or any other Persons to form or make a stinted Liturgy or Common-Prayer-Book and to impose the same Answ It is not lawful Reas 1. Because no Magistrate Minister nor any other persons under Heaven can produce any authority for so doing if such power can be produced from God let Commands or any Instances or Examples thereof bee shewn out of the Scriptures if not let any presume upon their uttermost peril to introduce the same And whereas some say it is not forbidden in the Scriptures that is answered more fully afterwards under the first Objection But Reas 2. Because it is forbidden both in the second Commandement and in other Scriptures which I prove thus The Ordinances Traditions and Rudiments of men in the Worship of God are forbidden in the second Commandement as Expositors generally affirm see Bishop Andrews Dod Byfield and others on the second Commandement and in other Scriptures Deut. 4.2 12.32 Mat. 15.9 Col. 2.20 But stinted Liturgies or Common-Prayer-Books are the Ordinances Traditions and Rudiments of men and not as the Doctrine and Baptism of John from Heaven Therefore Liturgies or Common-Prayer-Books are forbidden in the second Commandement and in other Scriptures But whereas it is objected that the Modes and Circumstances of Worship are left to the determination of men see the Answer to the second Objection Reas 3. Because this teaches vain Worship or to Worship God in a vain way it being like the Traditions of the Elders Mat. 15.9 10. Mark 7.7 8. Obj. But the Jewish Elders rejected the Commandements of God which we do not Ans So do all those that do not worship God in the spirit and truth according to his Word Isa 29.33 John 4.20 24. Reas 4. That onely which is needful in the Worship of God is to be made and imposed but a Liturgy or Common-Prayer-Book is not needful in the worship of God therefore a Liturgy or Common-Prayer-Book is unlawful to be made or imposed The Major or first Proposition is clearly proved Act. 15.28 the Minor or latter I prove thus 1. The Scriptures themselves are a sufficient Directory and Rubrick to the Church of God and to make the man of God perfect 2 Tim. 3.15 16. 2. If it had been needful then doubtless Moses who was faithful in his House Heb. 3 5 6. as a Servant or Christ who was more faithful as a Son would have enjoyned the same but neither of them did so 3. It is not necessary because the Churches of God did thrive and grow best of all when as in the Primitive times and where there was none 4. Because the Ministers of Christ and his Gospel ought to be so gifted as not to need it Rom. 12.6 7 8. 1 Cor. 12.6 7 8 9 10. compared with 1 Cor. 14.13 14 15. James 5.14 Object But some Ministers may bee without the gift of Prayer Ans 1 King 12.31 Levit. 21. Isa 56. Yes some accounted Ministers but such are liker Jeroboam's Simpletons the blemished Priests under the Law and the Dumb Doggs which the Prophet reproves than Gospel-Ministers Reas 5. Because none of the godly Magistrates in the Old Testament though those times did more require them than the daies of the Gospel did form or enjoyn any such Liturgy If it be objected and said That there were Liturgies in the Jewish Church and in the daies of the Old Testament Answ Though that can hardly be proved yet admit there were so there were Idols Altars Groves and many such things which they idolatrously and superstitiously set up without any authority from God Reas 6. Because the Churches of Christ are not edified thereby and what is not to edification ought not to be in the Churches 1 Cor. 14.26 Ephes 4.12 16. Obj. But divers have gotten benefit by such Liturgies Ans So have many by the Writings of divers of the Papists yea Heathens nay some have gotten good by the Sins of others and by the Judgements that befel their sinful Companions as Waldus was converted by seeing his companion fall down dead by the immediate stroke and hand of God and one was converted by seeing a true Christian hanged wrongfully it doth not therfore follow that

That in the Primitive Church there was a godly Disscipline Commination Those Judgements denounced in Deut. 27. was not part of the publick worship to bee performed by the Priests but onely done upon Mount Ebal by six of the Tribes onely and therefore no example for Gospel-daies that at the beginning of Lent such Persons as were notorious sinners were put to open Penance c. Are not these words as Honey and Wine to the Papists to grant them at once Lent and Penance and their Church to be the Primitive Church Sed ab Origine non fuit ita 72. That Discipline is much to be wished Is not to wish Penance to wish Popery for the Papists in the places where we read repent they translate do penance so after denouncing the Judgement they say Let us seek to bring forth fruits worthy of penance which is otherwise The word Penance is in several other places and more truly rendred in Mat. 3.8 Repent or change your mind as the word Metanoeite signifies 73. In the Prayer appointed to be said at the point of death mark not prayed the Common-Prayer-Book teaches the poor people that are ignorant to pray in Latine In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum and again Domine Jesu accipe spiritum meum this is not to pray with understanding as the Apostle speaks but to assure the Papists 1. Cor. 14. that the person deceased died with their faith in his heart as well as their language in his mouth Many other things might be objected against as the misapplying of divers Scriptures as Mat. 4. is applied to the Lenten fasts and Rev. 14.1 5. concerning the 44000 that are sealed is applied to the children that Herod caused to be slain c. so there are Untruths in it as in the Calender That nothing is ordained to be read but the very pure Word of God and that all the Ceremonies pertain to edification c. Likewise somewhat that is good in the Book stablished by King Edward the sixth is left out viz. From the tyranny of the Bishop of Rome and all his detestable Enormities good Lord deliver us It is also worthy observation that above twenty years ago some godly Preachers that did refuse to read and that did also preach against the present Book of Common-Prayer both in London and in divers Counties were acquitted from their Inditements because the Act that enjoy us the Book of Common-Prayer under paenalty commands that very Book and no other stablished by Edward the sixth with one sentence added in the Administration of the Sacrament and a sentence altered in the Letany but this is not altered but quite raz'd out And by that very act whoever reads this present Book of Common-Prayer should for the first fault forfeit half his yearly Ecclesiastical Revenue which if all the Readers of Common-Prayer were forced to do their zeal for that Idol would soon cool Arguments to prove that Lord-Bishops or Diocesan-Bishops c. and their Authority are contrary to the Word of God and so consequently unlawful And the chiefest Objections for Diocesan-Bishops answered Also a Discovery of the great Disparity between Scriptural Apostolical Congregational particularly Timothy and Titus Bishops and Diocesan-Bishops THat which is absolutely forbidden by Christ and his Apostle viz. Peter is unlawful Argum. 1. But for any Ministers extraordinary or ordinary to exercise Lorship or be Lords over one another or the Heritage or Church of God is absolutely forbidden both by Christ and his Apostle viz. Peter Therefore for any to be such or to exercise such power is utterly unlawful The Major or first Proposition none can deny But that which Christ and his Apostle do forbid is utterly unlawful The Minor is clearly and strongly proved out of Mat. 20.25 Luk. 22.25 1 Pet. 5.1 3. The words in Matthew are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 But Jesus called them unto him and said Ye know that the Princes of the Gentiles exercise Dominion or as it is in the Greek there and in Luke exercise Lordship over them But it shall not be so among you or as Luke saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 But ye shall not be so Observe here to whom of whom and upon what occasion Christ spoke these words He spake these words to the ten Apostles or Disciples v. 24. concerning James and John and the occasion was the indignation of the other ten against their two Brethren Where note 1. That they were all Christians Brethren Judas excepted Preachers and Apostles 2. That those that were offended were ten to two 3. The ten had some seeming ground to exercise Authority over the two A good Caution to Peters Successor Mark 10.35 for the two began to seek pre-eminence over them first yea of Peter and Andrew that were called before them to be Apostles in desiring that they might sit the one on Christs right hand and the other on his left in his Kingdome and yet mark how Christ allays that evil proud and Prelatical Spirit that was beginning to rise in them he beats it down with both hands urging three strong Arguments to disswade them from this Lordliness First saith he The Princes of the Gentiles do exercise dominion over them not that Christ doth allow Princes and great men to exercise power over his Ministers and people to persecute them and 't is as if Christ had said Princes and not Preachers should exercise Lordship and the great ones among the Gentiles to wit sinners and not the good ones among the Saints claim and exercise this Lordly-power and they and you will have enough A seasonable Consideration The best way to make Preachers good is to keep them low and from medling with Lordly power and too much indignation and persecution from these and therefore be not of a high and Lordly spirit over one another Secondly saith he Whosoever would be greatest and chiefest among them should be their Ministers and Servants v. 26 27. Thirdly He gives them his own example of humility towards them Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto but to minister Likewise that place be fore cited in Peter better known than observed by the Clergy is most pat and like Davids stone 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 knocking this Goliah Episcopacy in the fore-head Neither saith he being Lords over Gods Heritage or not as though ye were Lords of the Heritages Thus much for the first Argument Argum. 2. That which is directly contrary to what the Spirit of God hath appointed must needs be unlawful But for one Bishop to be over divers or many particular Churches is directly contrary to what the Spirit of God hath appointed Ergo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for one Bishop to bee over divers particular Churches is unlawful The Major is larior sole clearer than the Sun and needs no proof The Minor I prove thus The Holy Ghost hath appointed several Bishops in one particular Church The words