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A56184	A moderate, seasonable apology for indulging just Christian liberty to truly tender consciences, conforming to the publike liturgy in not bowing at, or to the name of Jesus, and not kneeling in the act of receiving the Lords Supper, according to His Majesties most gracious declaration to all his loving subjects concerning ecclesiastical affairs ... / by William Prynne, Esquire ...	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1662 (1662)	Wing P4011; ESTC R5505	132,513	174

most fully Mat. 25.31 32 33 34 35 36 c. that it shall b● when the Son of man shall come in his glory and all his holy Angels with him when he shall sit on the throne of his glory ●nd all Nations shall be gathered before him when he shall sev●re the righte●u● from ●he wicked the sheep from the goats se●ting one of them on his right hand the other on his left when he● shall pronounce Come ye blessed c. to the one Go ye cursed to the other For the● all the sheep on his right hand shall joyntly call him LORD vers 37. LORD when saw we thee an hungred and all the goats on his left hand shall joyntly do the like vers 44. LORD when saw we thee an hungred yea all his holy Angels who shall then a●tend him v. 31. Mat. 16 27. 2 Thess. 1.7 and actually call him their Lord too by their attendance on him shall then no doubt acknowledge and confesse him to be the Lord a● they did at his Na●vi●y Vnto you this day is born in the City of David a Saviour which is Christ the LORD as is intimated to us Psal. 103.19.20 21. and directly affirmed Act. 1● 17 Heb 1.6 7 8. Yea no doubt the Devils whose LORD he is Mat. 4.7.10 c. 8.29 31. c. 10.1 Mark 1.34 Luke 8.2 c. 10.17.20 c. 4.36 being reserved in chains of darknesse to the judgement of the great day Iude 6. 2 Pet. 2.4 shall then in deed● if not in word● confess● that Iesus Christ is LORD as well as the greatest and most d●mned Reprobates This there●ore being the time when the place where every t●ngue shall confesse that Iesus Christ is LORD must certainly be the time the place when and where every knee shall bow in the name of Jesus Thi● will ●urther appear by the 2 Cor. 5.8 9 10 11. We are willing rather to be absent in the body and to be present wi●h the LORD wherefore we labour that whether presen● or absen● we may be accep●ed of him For we must all appear before the Iudgement seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or evil Knowing therefore the t●rrour of the LORD we perswade men For the Son of man shall come in the Glory of the Father which every tongue shall then con●esse Phil. 2.11 and then shall be rewarded every man according to his works Mat. 24.30 Then shall all the Tribes of the Earth mourn and they shall see the Son of man coming in the Clouds of Heaven with Majesty and great Glory And he shall send his Angels with the great sound of a Trumpet c. Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord both come c. Blessed is that Servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing c. The Lord of that Servant shall come in a ●ay when he looketh not for him and in an hour that he is not ●ware of and shall cut him in sunder c. there shall be weep●ng and gnashing of teeth And Rev. 4.10 11. chap. 5.11 12 13 14. chap. 7.9 10 11 12. The 24. Elders ●all down before him that sate on the Throne and worship him ●hat liveth for ever and ever and cast their Crowns before ●he Throne here is the bowing of their knees saying Thou art worthy O LORD not O Jesus to receive glory honour and power for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created here is the confession of their tongues in direct terms that Jesus Christ is LORD And I beheld and I heard the voice of many Angels round about the Throne and the Beasts and the Elders and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand and thousand of thousands saying with a loud voice worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdome and strength and honour and glory and blessing here we have all the Angels joyntly bowing their knees round about Christs Throne of Judgement and confessing with their tongues that he was worthy to receive power and honour and stre●gth the same in effect with that in Phil. 2.11 that Iesus Christ is LORD now mark what follows And every Creature which is in Heaven here are things in Heaven and on the Ear●● here are things on Earth and under the Earth and here are things under the Earth agreeing verbatim with this of Phil. 2. and all that are in them heard I saying Blessing honour glory and power be unto him that s●tteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever here is the confession of every tongue that Iesus Christ is LORD and the 4. Beasts said Amen And the 24. Elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever here is the bowing of the knee both of them before the Tribunal of Christ at the last day Af●er this I beheld and l●e a great multitude which no man could number of all Nations Kindreds and people and tongues stood before the Throne and before the Lamb cloathed with white Robes and Palmes in th●ir hands and cryed with a loud voice saying Salvation ●o our God which sitteth upon the Throne and unto the Lamb here we have all tongue● confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord to in the glory of God the Father And All ●he Angels stood round about the Throne and about the Elders and about the 4. Beasts and fell before the Throne on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen blessing ●nd glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever Amen Adde her●unto Rev. 20.12 13. And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the Books we●e opened and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the Books according to their works And the Sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and Hell or the Grave d●livered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to their work● And death and Hell were cast into the lake of fire Here are both the bowing of every knee and confession of every tongue of things in Heaven things in Earth and things under the Earth of all Men and Angels joyntly together before Christ● Throne as to their God Lord and Soveraign Judge This bowing therefore of every knee this confession of every tongu●●t the last d●y before Christs Tribunal must needs be the bowing of every knee in the name of Iesus the confes●ion of every tongue that Iesus Christ is Lord in the glory of GOD the father prophesied of intended in the Philippians Isa. 45.23 And in truth when or where should this bowing of every knee and con●ession of every tongue be else b●t in that great day of Judgement when all things in Heaven Earth and und●r the Earth all Men and Angels good and bad shall

a bowing of subjection of all Creatures to his Soveraignty especially in the day of Judgement as I have already evidenced at large Which I shall further demonstrate by these ensuing Scriptures Rev. 1.5 6 8 18. Jesus Christ the first begoten of the dead the Prince of the Kings of the earth c. to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever Amen I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and ending saith the Lord which is and which was and which is to come the Almightie I am he that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore Amen and have the keyes of Hell and Death Rev. 3.21 To him that overcommeth will I grant to sit with me in my Throne even as I also overcame and am set down in my Fathers Throne Rev. 6.10 And they cryed with a loud voyce how long O Lord holy and true dost thou not judge and avenge our Blood c. And the Kings of the earth and the Great men and the rich men and the chief Capt●ins and the mighty men and every bond-man and free-man hid themselves in the denns c. and said to the Mountains fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. R●v 11.15 16 17. And there were great voyces i● heaven saying The Kingdoms of the World are become the Kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever And the 24. Elders which sate before God o● their seats fell down on their faces and worshiped God saying We give the thanks Lord God Almightie which art and wast and art to come because thou hast taken unto thee thy great Power a●d hast reigned And the Nations were angry and thy wrath is come and the time of the dead that they should be judged and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy Servants and Prophets and to the Saints and them that fear thy name small and great and shouldest destroy them that destroy the earth Rev. 15.3 4. And they sung the song of Moses and of the Lamb saying Great and marvellous are thy works Lord God Almighy ju●t and true are thy wayes thou King of Saints c. Who shall not fear thee O ●ord and glorifie thy name for thou onely art holy for all Nations shall come and worship before thee for thy Judgments are made manifest Rev. 16.7 8 9. And I heard the Angel say Thou art righteous O Lord which art and wast and art to come c. And I heard another under the Altar say Even so Lord God Almighty true and righteous are thy judgements Rev. 18.8 c. Shee shall be burnt with fire for strong is the Lord God that judgeth her Rev. 19.1 2 4 c. After those things I heard a great voyce of more people in heaven saying Allelujah salvation ●nd glory and honour and power ●nto the Lord our God for true and righteous are thy judgements for he hath judged the great Whore And the 24. Elders and the 4. Beast● fell down and worshipped God that sat● on the Throne saying Allelujah c. And I heard as it were the voyce of a great multitude and as the Voice of many waters and mighty thundrings saying Allelujah For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth Let us be glad and rejoyce and give honour to him c. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword that with it he should smite the Nations and he shall rule them with a rod of Iron ●nd he treadeth the winepresse of the wrath of God and he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords c. And I saw the dead small and great stand before GOD and the Books we●e opened c. and they were judged every man according to their works And then it will be mo●t clear That the Names of God Lord Lord of Lords c. not the name Jesus not once mentioned in all these Texts is the name above every name and the bowing subjection of all Angels Men Spirits great and small good and bad before the Throne or Judgement seat of Jesus Christ and his judging of them the bowing of every knee and their confessions of him to be LORD and GOD in the glory of God the Father the very same intended in Phil. 2.9 10 11. Isay 45.23 and Rom. 14 4ly Take notice of these his Hyperbolical expressions which may prove very dangerous if not warily unde●stood and quali●ied with some grains of charity and candor Here is super up●n super Another super to his Name no l●sse then his Pe●son That above all persons not excepti●g the Persons of God the Father and God the holy Ghost And this a●ove all names whatsoever not excepting the Names of God God the Father 〈◊〉 HOLY SPIRIT no more then the other great and glo●ious names of Christ Son of God Lord c. whose Persons and Names too are Co-aequal with the Person and Name of I●sus Therefore to be equally adored bowed to and honoured by all O●thodox Christians whereas these his expressions seconded with constant bowing● only at and to the Name Person of Jesus not of God the F●ther or God the Holy Ghost imply yea make an inaequality in the very Trinity it self and advance the Pe●son Name of Jesus the Sonne above the Person N●me of God the Father and Person Name of God the holy Spirit whose Deity the Eunomians Macedonians Samosetanus Photinus and their followers d●nyed of old and Biddolph with others amongst us of late as well as the Arrians denyed the Deity of Jesus Christ. 5ly His words That God requires this service of the knee and that to his Sonnes name Jesus Ye shall not displease him by it fe●r not c. They that will do no honour he me●●s by this bowing at or to it every time it is recited when time of need comes shall have no comfort by it Have mind on him that is named and do his Name the Hono●r and spare not are such dangerous bold assertion● as never fell from any Protestant Divines mouth or pen before his and that in a Royal Court-Auditory and cannot be justified by any of his Admi●ers nor excused as learned Bishop Morton confessed to me when he had well considered them and Archbishop Abbot too from the censure of Name-worship Will-worship nor distinguished from the Papists worshipping of his Name Cross Body in the Eucharist if compared with his former passages 6ly Observe this other collateral passage of his Not to do it at his Name Nay at the holy Mysteries thems●lves not to do It. Which may have a harsh construction agreeable to the Doctrin and practise of the Chu●ch of Rome Even to bow at kneel to adore the very Body of Christ in the consecrated Host and Elements themselves as the Papists do which he hath left behind him in his Chu●ch as the Bishop writes he

sub Adriano Papa 1. thus Cessate cum adoptivum nominare qui verus Deus verus Dei Filius in cujus nomine omne genu fl●ctatur coelestium terrestrium infernorum Dionysius Alexandrinus Epistola contra Paulum Samosa●ensem thus Propter quod D●us exaltavit illum donavit illi nomen quod est super omne nomen ut in nomine ejus omne genu fl●ctatur c. Ar●obius Comment in Psal. 88. ●hu● Ego Primogenitum ponam eum ut in nomine ejus omne genu fl●ctatur c. Angelomus in hi● Str●mata in libr. Regum 3. cap 8 thus Christo enim propter glor●fae m●ritum Pas●●onis datum est nomen ut in nomine e●us omne genu flectatur coeles●ium terrestrium inf●rn●rum P●schatius Rat●ertus in Mat. Evang. l. 10. thus Et donavit illi nomen quod est super omne nomen ut in nomin● D●mini omne genu flectatur ●oel●stium t●rrestrium in●●rn●rum Attributing this bowing of eve●y knee not at all to the Name but Person Deity of Christ expressed represented by any name as Isay 45.23 Rom. 14.9 10 11 12. expresly do Every Knee shall bow TO ME c. For the Fifth That Christ hath taken his Person out of our sight but hath left his name Jesus behind to us that we may shew by our reverence and respect unto it how much we est●em him c. As it abstracts and severs Christs Person from his Name and contradicts Mat. 28.20 And ●o I AM WITH YOU ALWAIES EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD so it makes much for and directly justifies the Papist● Adoration of their Hostia Images Crosses and the Name Iesus carved written painted or printed in a Book Wall Frontispiece of a Iesuites Works or under or over a Crucifix as well as to his Name when barely pronounced At the sight of which Name n● Prelates nor Protestants and I think few Papists usually bow 2ly It is not yea cannot be grounded on that Text of Psalm 111.9 Holy and reverend is his name quoted by the Bishop to warrant it That name being only the glorious name of LORD there attributed to God himself as i● evident by Vers. 1 2.11 c. by sundry paralel Texts of Scripture and the words themselves which are spoken in the Present not Future Tense H●ly and reverend IS his Name Now this Name Iesus wa● then neither holy nor reverend because then not known nor given to or imposed on our Saviour Ch●ist as God and Man Therefore it could not be the Name which the Psalmist writes of 3ly Christ hath left behind him all his other Names as Emanuel God Son of God Lamb of God Lord King of Kings Lord of Lords King of Saints Head of the Church chi●f Shepheard of the sheep God c. as well as this he hath not carried them or any of them quite away to Heaven with him and left Iesus alone behind him on Earth Therefore we should either reverence bow to them or him in and by them all alike if this Reason proves good or else give no special adoration bowing or reverence unto this Name Iesus alone since we do it not to any of the rest he left behind him For the Sixth That the words of the Text are so plain as they are able to convince any mans conscience that he ought to bow to the name of Iesus when recited or uttered in the Church It is an experimental untruth We see they convince not the consciences of most men now They convinced not the Consciences of any of the Fathers primitive Churches Christians antient Expositors or modern Protestant Commentators on this Text heretofore nor any forein Protestant Churches at this day Neither are they I dare confidently a ver it sufficient to convince any intelligent Christians conscience upon due examination now That this bowing at or to the name of Iesus only which the Bishop only contends for is a duty of this Text there being nothing either in the sence or words that can manifest it to be a Duty upon evident and infallible grounds though all acknowledge that the same subjection adoration prayer and divine worship are due to Christ as are to God the Father and to the holy Ghost but no other For the Seaventh That there is no Writer of the Antients on this place except Origen but doth litterally understand it and likes well that we should actually perform this Bowing now contested for If we take it absolutely in it self it is a most apparent untruth since not one of the antient Fathers or Expositors extant in P●int or Manuscripts hath so expounded it or made any mention of this duty But if we take his words as he hath qualified them And there is no Writer no not of the Antients on this place that I can find c. We must either conclude That the Bishop though very learned never sought after any Antient● Writers on this place or at least That he never found out any or mistook their words or meaning since there is not one of them extant that ever gave this his exposition of them For the Eighth That Ambrose Hierom Cyrill and Theodoret the only Antients he mentions in the places barely quoted in his Margent not reciting their words at large concur in judgement with him in this kind of bowing at or to his name and thus understand this Text It will appear far otherwise if we survey their words St. Ambrose his words are these Quid de Officio pedum loquar qui totum corpus sine ulla sustinent o●eris injuria Flexibile genu quo prae caeteris Domini mitigatur offensa ira mulcetur gracia provocatur Hoc enim Patris summi erga Filium donum est ut in nomine Iesu omne genu curvetur Coelestium Terrestrium Infernorum omnium lingu● confit●atur quoniam Dominu● Iesus in gloria est Dei Patris Duo enim sunt quae prae caeteris Deum mulcent humilitas fides Pes itaque exprimit humilitatis affectum sedulae servitutis obsequium Which place desciphering only the principal uses and offices of the feet vizt to appease the Lords wrath and procure Gods favour by bending the knee to him not Iesus in the affection of humility by Humble Prayer in the name of Christ and diligent service and obedience makes nothing at all for genu-flections or bowings to or at every recital of the name Iesus not here mentioned by Ambrose much lesse when we are on our knees praying to him when some superstitiously bow down their heads to and at this name Neither doth St. Ambrose in his Commentary on Phil. 2.9 10. or in any other place of his works where he dilates upon it make any such literal Exposition of this Text or name as is pretended so as his Quotation is impertinent St. Hieromes alleaged authority is far more impertinent to his purpose His words are these Mihi incur vabitur omne