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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95584	Some small and simple reasons, delivered in a hollow-tree, iu [sic] Waltham Forrest, in a lecture, on the 33. of March last. By Aminadab Blower a devout bellows-mender of Pimlico. Shewing the causes in generall and particular wherefore they doe, might, would, should, or ought, except against and quite rufuse the liturgy or Book of Common-Prayer.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1643 (1643)	Wing T513; Thomason E64_14; ESTC R16828	6,540	9

SOME SMALL AND SIMPLE REASONS Delivered in a Hollow-Tree in Waltham Forrest in a Lecture on the 33. of March last BY AMINADAB BLOWER A devout Bellows-mender of PIMLICO SHEWING The causes in generall and particular wherefore they doe might would should or ought except against and quire refuse the Liturgy or Book of Common-Prayer Oxon Aug 10th 1643 PRINTED Anno Millimo Quillimo Trillimo Some small and Simple Reasons delivered in a Hollow Tree in Waltham Forrest in a Lecture on the 33. of March last MY Dear-beloved and Zealous Brethren and Sisters here Assembled in this holy Congregation I am to unfold unravell untwist unty unloose and undoe to your uncapable understandings some small Reasons the Matter the Causes the Motives the Grounds the Principles the Maxims the whyes and the wherefores wherefore and why we reject omit abandon contemne despise and are and ought to be withstanders and opposers of the service-Service-book called by the hard name of Liturgy or Common-prayer which hath continued in the Church of England 84. yeeres I have exactly examined and collected some Notes and observations out of the Learned Hebrew translated volumes of Rabby Ananias Rabby Achitophel Rabby Iscariot Rabby Simon Magus Rabby Demas and Rabby Alexander the Coppersmith and all nor any of their writings doth in any place so much as mention that Book or any such kind of Service to be used all by them I have farther taken paines in looking over some Caldean Persian Egyptian Arabian and Arminian Authors of which I understood not one word I also with the like diligence and understanding have viewed the Turkish Alacron and there I found not any syllable concerning either Liturgie Common-prayer or Divine Service As for Greek Authors I must confesse I understand them not or negatively for which Reason I leave them as impertinnet and touching the Latine Writers they are partiall in this case the tongue being Romanian and the Idiome is Babilonish which seems to me an Intricate confusion I having carefully veiwed the Tomes and Tenets of Religion and books of all manner of Hierogliphicks writings Scrolles Tallies Scores and Characters and finding nothing for the maintaining of that Booke or Liturgie I lookt into the Ecclesiasticall History written by one Eusibius and another fellow they call Socrates wherein I found many Arguments and Incitements to move men to such doctrine as is comprised and compiled in the Liturgie After that I searched into the Acts and Monuments of this Kingdome written by old Fox and there I found that the Composers of it were Bishops and Doctors and great learned Schollers men of unfained Integrity of Impregnable Constancy who with invincible Faith suffered most Glorious Martyrdome by the Papall Tyranny for the writing and maintaining that Book with the true Protestant Religion contained in it Brethren I must confesse that I was somewhat puzzled in my mind at these things and I could not be satisfied till I had consulted with some of our devout Brothers our brother How the Cobler was the first I brake my mind to and we advised to call or summon a Synod to be held in my Lord Brooks Stable the Reverend Spence● the stable Groome being the Metropolitan there At our meeting there was Greene the Felt-maker Barebones the Leatherseller Squire the Taylor with Hoare a Weaver Davison a Bonelace-maker of Messenden Paul Hickson of Wickham Taylor with some foure or five Bakers dozzens of Weavers Millers Tinkers Botchers Broomemen Porters of all Trades many of them bringing notes with them fitting for our purpose which notes they had taken carefully from the instructions of the demi-martyrs and round and Sound Confessors St. B. St. B. and St. B. out of which with our owne Capacities and ingenuities to boot we have collected and gathered these sound and infallible objections against the Book of Common Prayer or Liturgie as followeth For our owne parts my Brothren it is for the Reputation and Honour of our Holy Cause and Calling to contest maligne and cavill where we are not able either to convince by Reasons or Arguments therefore I having trac'd the Booke from end to end and yet upon the matter to no end for such ends as we would conclude upon I find nothing in it disagreeing to Gods word or or agreeing with our doctrine The first prayer called the Confession is quite contrary to our appetites and profession for to consesse that Wee have erred and strayed like lost Sheep is to acknowledge our selves to silly horned Beasts and Cuckolds our Children by that reckoning should be Lampes our Wives Yewes and we their innocent husbands must be Rame and every Lay Preacher or Preaching Treadesmen would be accounteda Bellwheather to the flocke or Heard Neither do we think it fit to make our selves appear so weak witted or Pusillani mious as to confesse that We have left undone those things Which we ought to have done done those things which we ought not to have done for such a confession will lay open our Disloyalty our Intrusion our Transgressions Rebellions and Treasons we shall therein acknowledge our selves by omitting of duties and committing of Villanies in Churchand State do deserve justly the severity of God and the Kings Lawes to be our deserved Wages besides we hold it to be a retractive deminishing of valour a Popish kind of Cowardly Effeminate submission which our stout hearts stiffe necks and stubborne knees will never stoop or bow to for the old Proverb is Confesse and he c. Concerning the second Prayer called the Absolution for the remission of sinnes through Christ though Christ hath given power and commandement to his lawfull Ministers to declare and pronounce in his Name to all true repenting sinners the absolution and remission of their sinnes yet we will not beleeve it to be available but esteeme it as Popish and Superstitious As for the Lords Prayer which the Pa●ist● call by the Romish or latine name of Pater Noster we must confesse it is Pithy and short but had our advices beene at the making of it it should have beene two yards and a halfe longer by Londons measure besides we would like it better if it were not Commanded or enjoyned upon us Mat. 6.9 and Luk. 11.2 for our faiths cannot brook to be limited within the compasse of any Command Deeree Edict Law Statute Order Rule Ordinance Government or Authority either of God or the King besides in that prayer there is mention made of forgiving such as Trespasse agianst us which our Doctrine or Natures cannot incline to for we doe never remember a good turne and very seldome or never forget or forgive Injury Therefore for these considerable Causes and many more we think it requisite to forbeare that brief Prayer and zealously to advance the Altitude of our spacious Eares to receive the longitude of a three houres repetition for our more furctifying Edification Thirdly for the desiring the Lord to open our lips that our mouths might shew forth his