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A68393	The forme of prayers and ministration of the sacraments, &c. vsed in the Englishe Congregation at Geneua and approued, by the famous and godly learned man, Iohn Caluyn.; Book of common order.	English Church (Geneva, Switzerland); Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564. Instruction et confession de foy. English.	1556 (1556)	STC 16561; ESTC S109631	153,918	420

therof they obserued nō other ceremonies thē God had left to 36 Exod. 12. c. Leu. 23. c. Deu. 16. a. Moses frō the beginnīg Circūcisiō likewise a Sacramēt was euermore after one sort ministred 37 Gene 17. b. Iosu 5. b. euen as the lord cōmāded it But such is the nature of fleshe it wil be wise ād haue astroke in gods doīges yea and how wilfully it causeth man to maynteyne his owne phātasies it is manifest to thē which haue perused the aunciēt recordes of the churche For begynnīg at Hierusalē ād so cōming to the rest of the churches as Constātinople Antioche Alexandrie and Rome he shall see playnly that their greatest disturbaunce and ouerthrowe chanced through ceremonies What cōflict was at all tymes betwixt the Latine ād Greeke churches for the same no Christian can consider without teares And was ther any thinge more obiected against S. Paul both of the 38 Gal. 1.2 Act. 21. d. Galatiās and also of others then that he woulde not obserue the Ceremonies as the chiefe Apostles dyd and yet he kept them whiles any hope was to gayne the weake bretherne and therfore circumcised 39 Act. 16. a. Timothe but when he perceyued that men wolde retayne thē as necessarie thinges in the churche he called that which before he made indifferent wicked and impious saīg that 40 Gal. 5. a. Act. 15. a. who so euer was circumcised Christ coulde nothyng profitt them fearing also lest he had taken paynes amonges thē in 41 Gal. 4. b. vayne which ioyned Christ with beggerly ceremonies Therfore deare bretherne being hereby persuaded and with many moo● reasons confirmed which opportunitie permitteth not here to writ we haue contented our selues with that wisdome which we haue learned in godes booke where we be taught to 42 Act. 2. g. Matt. 26.28 preache the woorde of god purely minister the Sacramentes sincerely and vse prayers and other orders therby approued to the increase of godes glorye and edification of his holye people As touchinge preaching for asmuche as it is allowed of all godly men we may at this tyme leaue the probation therof and also for the ministration of the two sacramentes our booke geueth sufficiēt ꝓffe But because prayers are after two maner of sortes that is either in wordes only or els with songe ioyned ther vnto and thys later part as well for lack of the true vse therof as due consideration of the same is called by many into dout whether it may be vsed in a reformed church it is expedient that we note briefly a fewe thinges perteynīg therunto S. Paul geuing a rule how men shulde singe first saith I 43 .2 Cor. 14. c. will singe in voice and I will sing with vnderstanding and in an other place shewing what songes shulde be songe exhorteth the Ephesians to 44 Ephes 5. d. Iam. 5. c. edifie one an other with psalmes songes of praise and such as are spirituall singinge in their heartes to the lord with thankes geuing As if the holy ghoste wolde saye that the songe did inflame the heart to call vpon god and praise him with a more feruent and lyuely zeale and as musike or singinge is naturall vnto vs and therfore euery man deliteth therein so our mercifull god setteth before our eyes how we may reioyce and singe to the glorie of his name recreation of our spirites and profit of our selues But as ther is no gift of god so precious or excellent that Satan hath not after a sort drawen to him selfe and corrupt so hath he most impudentlye abused this notable gifte of singinge chieflye by the papistes his ministers in disfiguring it partly by strange language that can not edifie and partly by a curious wanton sort hyringe men to tickle the eares and flatter the phantasies not esteminge it as a gifte approued by the worde of god profitable for the churche and confirmed by all antiquitie As besides other places is moste manifest by the wordes of 45 Epist li. 10. Plinius called the younger who when he was depute in Asia vnto the Emperour Traian and had receyued charge to enquire out the Christians to put them to deathe writ emongs other thinges touchinge the Christians that their maners were to singe verses or psalmes earely in the morninge to Christ their god yf any paraduenture wolde doute when or by whom these churches or assembles were institute it is likewise euidēt that S. 46 Eccle. hist lib. 3. cap. 22. Iohn the Apostle who althogh in Domitiās tyme he was banished in the I le Pathmos yet when Nerua his successor and next before Traian raigned retourned to Ephesus and so planted the churches as the stories reaport Seinge therfore gods woorde dothe apꝓue it antiquitie beareth witenes therof ād best reformed churches haue receyued the same no man can reproue it except he will cōtemne gods worde despice antiquitie ād vtterlie cōdemne the godlie reformed churches And there are no songes more meete then the psalmes of the Prophete Dauid which the holy ghoste hath framed to the same vse and commēded to the churche as conteininge the effect of the whole scriptures that hereby our heartes might be more lyuelie touched as appereth by 47 Exo. 25. a. Esa 38. c. Iud. 16. a. Iug. 5. a. Luk 1. f. Luk. 1. c. Moses Ezechias Iudith Debora Marie Zacharie and others who by songes and metre rather then in their cōmune speache and prose gaue thankes to god for suche comfort as he sent them Here it were to lōge to intreate of the metre but for asmuche as the learned dout not therof and it is playnly prouen that the psalmes are not only metre and cōteyne iuste Cesures but also haue grace and maiestie in the verse more then any other places of the scriptures Reade Moses Chabib in his bookes called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we nede not to enter into any probation For they that are skilfull in the hebrewe tounge by comparinge the psalmes with the reste of the scriptures easelie may perceyue the metre and to whome is it not knowen how the holy ghoste by all meanes soght to helpe our memorie when he facioned many psalmes accordīge to the lettres of the Alphabet so that euery verse begīneth with the lettres therof in ordre sometimes A. beginneth the halfe verse ād B. the other halfe and in an other place thre verses yea and eight verses with one lettre euen the psalme throughout as if all men shulde be inflamed with the loue therof bothe for varietie of matter ād also briefenes easines ād delectation Nowe to make you priuie also why we altered the ryme in certeyne places of hym whome for the gyftes that God had geuyn him we estemed and reuerenced thys may suffice that in this our ētreprise we did onely set God before our eyes and therfore wayed the wordes and sense of the Prophete rather cōsideringe the meanyng therof then what any man had wrytt and chiefly beinge in

The forme of prayERS AND MINISTRAtion of the Sacraments c used in the Englishe Congregation at Geneua and approued by the famous and godly learned man Iohn Caluyn INTRATE PER ARCTAMVIAM The way to life is streicte and fewe finde it Mat. 7. They haue forsaken me the well of the water of lyfe and dygged theym selues pyttes yea vyle and broken pyttes that can hold no water Iere. 2. IMPRINTED AT GENEVA BY IOHN CRESPIN M.D.LVI THE CONTENTES OF THE BOOKE 1 The co●●●●●ion of the Christian faythe 33 2 Th order or electinge Ministers Elders and Deacons 42 3 Thassembly of the Ministery euery thursdaye 49 4 An order for the interpretation of the scriptures and answeringe of dowtes obserued euery mundaye 50 5 A confession of our synnes vsed before the sermon and framede to our state and tyme. 52 6 An other confession for all states and tymes 55 7 A generall prayer after the sermon for the whole estate of Christes Churche 57 8 The ministration of Baptisme and the Lordes Supper 62. 71 9 The forme of Mariage the Visitation of the sycke and the Maner of Buryall 80. 87. 88 10 An order of Ecclesiasticall Discipline 89. 11 One and fyftie psalmes of Dauid in metre 1. b 12 The Catechisme of M. Caluyn etcet 1. c. TO OVR BRETHERNE IN ENGLANDE AND ELS Where Which loue Iesus Christe vnfaynedly mercie and peace IT IS MOre euidēt and known to all men thē well cōsidered and thākfully receyued of many with what greate mercies and especiall graces god enduede our countrye of England in these latter days when from 1 Ose 2. d. Rom. 9. e. 1. Pet. 2. b. idolatrie he called vs to the knowledge of his gospell and of no people made vs his people a holie people the people of god sendinge vs a kinge moste godly learned zealous wyse and such one as neuer sate in that royall chaire before Gods woord vniuersally spred ouer all the lande repentance preached Christes kingdome offered sinne rebuked so that none coulde excuse him selfe either that he had not hearde or els was not taught gods holy ghospell yet it came to passe and this day that is verified on vs which the lord reproued Israell fore sayinge 2 Esa 65. a. Rom. 10. d. I haue stretched forthe my handes all the day longe vnto a people that beleueth not but rebelleth againste me ād walke after their owne ymaginations For whose ways were not corrupt euē from the 3 Esa 1. b. 7. Hier. 2. b. highest to the lowest from toppe to toe there was no part sownde Suche contēpt of gods word aswell on their behalf to whō charge of preachinge was cōmytted as on the other syde negligēce to heare and learne to frame their lyues accordīge ther vnto that yf the lord had not hastened this plague and preuented it wolde certēly haue come to passe whiche those wycked mē of Anathoth sayed to the prophet Hieremie 4 Hier. 11. d. speake no more to vs in this name of the lorde The which vnkyndnes and contempt wold god we coulde as earnestly repent as we nowe feele the lacke of these accustomed mercies for nowe the day of our 5 Luke 19. f. visitation is come and the lorde hath broght the 6 Leu. 26. c. Deut. 27.28.30.7 1. king 22. c. 2. Chro. 18. e. Eze. 14. e. plagues vpō vs wherof before we were admoneshed and moste iustely menaced For the false 7 prophets are sent forthe with lies in their mouthes to deceyue Englād and the scarsetie of gods worde is so great that althogh they seke it from one 8 Amos. 8. d. sea coaste to an other yet they can not finde yt but as men affameshed deuoure the pestiferous dounge of papistrie to the poisoninge of their owne sowles Let vs therfore bretherne 9 Ioel. 2. c. Psal 68. a. Ion. 3. d. 4. a. tourne wholy to the lord by repentance fastynge and prayer earnestly besechinge him to receyue vs once agayne to his fauor who willeth not the death of a synner but his amendement offeringe him selfe to all theym that in their necessitie seeke vnto him and like a moste mercifull father proueth all 10 2. Chro. 36. c. remedies for our betteringe not cruelly ponishinge to destroy vs but gently chastisinge to saue vs. Esa 5. a. Prou. 3. b. Heb. 12. b. Reuel 3. d. Beware then ye 11 Heb. 3. b. 4. b Psal 94. c. harden not your hartes agaynst this mercifull lord and tempt hym as the stubburne Iewes dyd whom he therfore delyuered vp into their enymies handes to perishe with the swoorde hunger and pestilence for god wyll not be 12 Gal. 6. b. mocked but lyke a 13 Heb. 12. g. Deu. 4. d. consuminge fier will destroye aswell the wicked contemners of his worde as the craftie dissemblers which go abowte to measure god by their fantasies not consideringe that they 14 Rom. 2. a. Iam. 5. a. heape damnation against theim selues in the day of his anger which nowe already is kindled and begynneth to flame to the condemnation of their sowles and bodies who knowinge Iesus Christ to haue 15 Heb. 9. a. Rom. 5 b. 1. Pet. 3. c. once fully satisfied for our synnes cease not dayly either in hart mowth or owtward cōsent to blaspheme his precious death ād asmoche as in them lyeth 16 Heb. 6. a. 10. c. 1. Cor. 6. b. crucifie him a newe Do you not remēbre that 17 Gal. 5. c. Apo. 21. c. 22. c. Esa 66. g. Mark 9. g. idolaters haue no portion in the kīgdome of god but are throwne into the lake of fyer and brymstone where their worme shall neuer dye Can not the examples of gods fearfull 18 2. Pet. 2. a. b. Iude. a. Iob. 4. d. iudgements moue you who spared not his verie angells when they trespassed but hitherto reserueth theym in hell chaynes to be tormented in the day of the lorde and wyll he then fauor idolaters dissemblers blasphemers mockers contemners and not rather in this lyfe verifie that which the holie ghost pronownceth against the children of gods wrath who becawse they do not receyue the 19 2. Thes 2. c. Ioh. 3. c. trueth for their saluation are led by lyes to their endeles condemnation at the least let gods forwarnings some what moue you to pitie your owne state who for your instructions suffereth your owne bretherne emongst you to die so terribly some in dispaire others to kyll theym selues ād many vtteringe moste horrible blasphemies euen to their last breathe The which thinges are so fearfull for vs to heare that we trēble in thinking ther vpon yf you wyll therfore be counted in the nombre of gods people and be so in deede loke 20 Luk. 9. g. 2. Pet. 2. d. Pro. 26. b. Rom. 11. a. 3. kyng 19. b 1. Cor. 6. c. not backwarde frome the plough returne not to your vomit bowe not your knee to Baal pollut not the temple of the holie ghost