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A65532 The antapology of the melancholy stander-by in answer to the dean of St. Paul's late book, falsly stiled, An apology for writing against the Socinians, &c. Wettenhall, Edward, 1636-1713. 1693 (1693) Wing W1487; ESTC R8064 73,692 117

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I find done was that at some Distance of time several Attempts and Proceedings pass'd in order to it and Extracted out of Dr. Burnet at length the Work was finish'd by divers Committees successively but those neither of the Convocation nor named by the Convocation Indeed Cranmer was the principal Person and who else were imployed therein may be seen in Dr. Burnet's 2d Part p. 196 197. But before it received the Royal Confirmation the King died and the Work fell with him says my Author As to the second I do not observe any Notice was taken of it either by the Bishops then in Power or by the Parliament And I conjecture the Reason to be for that it was known full well to the Reformers that the Generality of the Clergy were at that time Papists in See Dr. Burnet Part 2. p. 96. their Hearts which hindred the Church of many Powers and Privileges that otherwise might have been granted to her And however many of them for that time complied yet in Q. Mary's Days when Popery came to be resettled by Parliament all of them save 177 if we may believe See his Journal pag. 23. Part 2. p. 50. Sir Simon D' Ewes turned about again or became I apists As to the third It was resolved saith Dr. Burnet that many Bishops and Divines should be sent the same who afterwards compiled the Liturgy saith Dr. Heylin were sent to Windsor to labour in the Matter of the Communion-Service but that required so much Consideration that they would not enter into it during a Session of Parliament However it was finish'd and publish'd with the King's Proclamation March 8 1547 8 as Dr. Heylin tells us And for the fourth what Answer was given to it doth not appear Thus the Reverend Doctor However most certain it is that neither were these Bishops and Divines named by the lower House of Convocation but by the King and Council as will by and by appear nor the Alterations by them made ever brought before that House What further Dr. Burnet records done by this Convocation upon the Bishops sending down to the lower House a Declaration concerning the Sacrament to be received in both kinds and the Marriage of the Clergy to the former of which all consented and to the latter most I need not report What I have faithfully thus represented from him is the Sum of that Account which he says is all he could recover of that Convocation Pag. 50. And what shall the Man do that comes after him Despairing therefore of more touching this Convocation we will go on with Fox and others in the Proceedings of the Reformation made without them Not only the Communion was enjoyned by Act of Parliament to be ministred in both kinds to which it may be said the Convocation consented but by the same Parliament solitary Communion of the Priest or private Masses were put down of which that we find the Convocation had never been consulted and to which that lower House for many Reasons would never have consented and the Curates required at least one Day before the Communion to exhort all Persons that should be present to prepare themselves for receiving Fifthly After this most godly Consent of the Parliament continues my Author making no mention of a Convocation for that now was broke up with the Parliament The King being no less desirous to have Fox p. 1183. the Form of the Administration of the Sacrament truly reduced to the right Rule of the Scripture and first Use of the Primitive Church than he was to establish the same by his own Regal Laws appointed certain of the most grave and learned Bishops and others of his Realm to assemble together at his Castle at Windsor and there to argue and intreat upon this Matter and conclude upon and set forth one perfect and uniform Order according to the Rule and Use aforesaid Here was made the then new English uniform Order of the Communion Sixthly In the mean while that these learned Persons were thus occupied about their Conferences the Lord Protector and the rest of the King's Council farther remembring that the time of the Year approaching wherein were practised many superstitious Abuses and blasphemous Ceremonies against the Glory of God and Truth of his Word and determining the utter abolishing thereof directed their Letters unto the Godly and Reverend Father Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury requiring him that upon the Receipt thereof he should will every Bishop within his Province forthwith to give in Charge to all the Curates of their Diocesses that neither Candles should be any more born upon Candlemas-day neither yet Ashes used in Lent nor Palms upon Palm-Sunday which was done accordingly And one of the Letters may be seen in my Author expresly saying All this was done by my Lord Protector 's Grace with the Advice of other the King's Majesty's most honourable Council dated Jan. 28 1547 8 at which time the King had reigned one Year compleat Seventhly Contention and Strife arising amongst the common People in divers Places of the Realm about Images what of these had been idolatrously abused and what not and consequently what should be pulled down and destroyed what left the Lords of the Council by one Advice thinking it best of good Experience for the avoiding all Discord and Tumult that all manner of Images should be clean taken out of Churches and none suffered to remain did thereupon again write their Letters unto the Archbishop of Canterbury to that Effect The Copy of the Letters bearing Date Feb. 11 1547 8 with Boner's Letters in Obedience to the Archbishop's Mandate thereupon may be seen at large in Fox Eighthly By this time the uniform Order for the Communion in English being finished Letters missive from the Council are issued forth to the Bishops of the Realm concerning the Communion to be administred according to the Tenour of the said Book Which Letters also may be read in the same Author p. 1184. bearing Date at Westminster March 13 1548. Ninthly Notwithstanding all these Orders to proceed through the perverse Obstinacy and dissembling Frowardness of many of the Priests who therefore never consented hereto in Convocation there arising a marvellous Schism and Variety of Fashions in celebrating the Common Service and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church the King's Council having good Intelligence hereof did by their prudent Advices again appoint the Archbishop of Canterbury with certain of the best learned and discreet Bishops and other learned Men to draw and make one convenient and meet Order Rite and Fashion of common-Common-Prayer and Administration of the Sacrament to be had and used within the Realm which was accordingly done and the Book which was the first of the two in his Reign was by the King exhibited to the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament about Nov. 4 1548. in the second Year of his Reign in which Parliament it pass'd with the Assent