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The plea for the Common prayer book in two parts / by James Harwood.
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Harwood, James.
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1654
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Wing H1101; ESTC R25414
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made Dâ—acons Minister and instituted Remember vour tripartite oath like a three fold cord not easie to bee broken which did bind you to use the Common Prayers in your Churches 1. Inference No Potentate can securely confide in their civill odedience who doe make no matter of such religious ties and obligations 2. Inference I cannot see how there can bee any heavenly efficacie in their preaching who have made so little reckning of their swearing 3. Inference Those preachers doe over highly prize their preferments who to save their benefices make Shipwracke of their consciences 2. Memento Remember you could never yet convince us how our Common Prayers were either Idolatrous or superstitious 1. Inference Thâ—… law was upon suspicion to hang and after in open Court heare the witnesses You are guilty of more severity than the ancient Arch Dukes of Austria who first condemned and after the death of the felon went to tryall It is more favour than our Common Prayer Booke hath yet found from you 2. Inference These children of the Church resemble young Vipers for they kill their mother that they may live themselves The yong Viper gnawes a way through her dammes bowells It is an infamous life is preserv'd by the death of the dambe 3. Inference You must needs bee given over to strong delusions to cry down Common Prayers and shew us no cause It is high time therfore to set pen to Paper and to say something though you can say but little 3. Memento Remember the reverend compilers of the Churches service Book whose very ashes from age to age will have a civill respect from all good Christians 1. Inference You are higher conceited of your selves than the Chinoes who say they themselves have two eyes wee of Europe one and all the world beside blinde It seemes you would bee the onely seeing men and none else 2. Inference You prize your owne judgements above all our ancient reformers whilst all that which they have compiled you have wholly disalo wed by this it seemes all our Church Prayers were impertinent or else your sentence past very rigid 3. Inference You have as much as in you lie dishonoured the reverend fathers of the reformation whilst with Cham you endeavoured to uncover their nakenesse whereas if there had beene a blemish you ought with Shem and Japhet to have gone backward and with sorrow and reluctancy covered the sports in their fices 4. Memento Remember it is not long since the Common Prayer Booke was a cognisceÌ„ce to distinguish a conformist Protestant from a Recusant till you forced our Church Service out of the Church doores 1. Inference You have robd us of that peece of the holy tounge the Sibboleth by which wee did distinguish the Ephramite from the Gileadire 2. Inference The Wolfe may now come in into Christs Sheepfold in the Lambs Skin and the innocent Lambe be in danger of its life by conversing with the Wolfe 3. Inference You put us in feare I dolatry will creep in into the Church since you have banished that Service Booke which scared the fomentors of Haerisies so that they durst not communicate with us 5. Memento Remember not any thing is contained in our Common Prayer Booke but either Scripture or what consonant to the Scripture 1. Inference Your quarrell then must needs be against God and his word and the upshot without repentance wil be the issues of death 2. Inference You are more men-pleasers then pleasers of God otherwise you would never forbid his word to bee read and that which is as consonant to it as the Doctrine you draw from your Text 3. Inference Heere hee reprooves them for casheering that part of Liturgy which tatidem verbis is the word of God You set an higher estimate of that which as you say is dictated to you by the Spirit than of that sacred word which holy men spoke as they were inspired by the Holy Ghost 6. Memento Remember and againe I say remember how they who are against unity of Discipline in the Churches service have ever beene and ever will bee against the government of this Nation in the person of one 1. Inference You are common disturbers of the Church and State and have no acquatutance with that sacred Motto beatisunt pacifici Lysimachus Nicanor hath drawne out your perfect picture 2. Inference As you have laid aside the government of one Prince That Author writes the Pâ—rrallel betwâ—xt the Jesuites and these dissenting Ministers so the personall power now in power hath no good cause to confide in you you are semel semper iidem 3. Inference You are enemies to Moses and Aaron the Scepter and the Miter and there is no safe sanctuary where your over powring synod is predominant 7. Memento Remember by disowning the Churches service you opened a gap for Enthusiasts who pretend the spirit to make Null the Gospel 1. Inference You have puld downe part of the hedge of the Vineyard so that the little Foxes have destroyed divers choice Vines 2. Inference You have made way for the daughters of Gyants to mixe with the sons of the Church From a prodigious match expect a prodigious birth 3. Inference Your intent could not be good the event hath made us very suspicious yea wee doe truly judge of your selfe ended aime God so crossea you in the issue Your forefold Ayme 1. Aime To quarrel with the Church for her revenewes your want of a temporall estate made you plot vi armie for spirituall promotion 2. Ayme To pull downe a Bishop in a Diocesse and set up a Pope in every Parish A greate Pope in a little Rome 3. Aime No longer to hold Stirrup but sit in the Saddle Yea when you know not how to obey you purposed to command 4. Aime To set the Church on fire to warme your owne frozen fingers videte fratres no plus quam satis calefaciatis The Sextuplade unexpected Issue 1. Vnexpected Issue God hath confounded the wisedome of these worldly wise Ministers their golden streame is turned into another Channell and they that aimed to have all the command have little more than they had before 2. Vnexpected Issue Their expectance of fat Cathedrall parsonages is Metamorphosed into leane augmentations A just reward for their unjust Apostasie 3. Vnexpected Issue The hearts of the most of their old adhaerents are quite alienated for now their worldly mindednesse is discovered 4. Vnexpected Issue They cannot possibly but be distrusted by the State for these have been untrue to their churches interest 5. Vnexpected Issue They cannot expect to bee countenanced by the sword man for they are opposite to his principles liberty of conscience 6. Vnexpected Issue They have just cause to feare how they have lost the love of God the Father for they have slighted their Mother the Church A Parralell betwixt the Papist and Presbyterian shewing how they joyn hand in hand to destroy the Common Prayer Booke The Protestant Divines complied it The Papist Priests burnt it The Presbyterian teares it al in peice The Protestant Bishops suffered Martyrdome for it The Papist Priests branded it abettors for Hereticks The Presbyterians call us Papists who use it in our Churches The Papists did not disent it till forbid by the Pope The Presbyterians used it till laide aside by their prevaling party The Protestants crave liberty of consicence to use it thought disanuld by the Pope and their party The Papist enemies to reformation first slighted it The Presbyterians pretenders to reformation after cuted it The Ancient Protestants of the Church of England still owne it And thus good reader Marke 1. How that book which the Papists burnt The Presbyterians as ill-intreated 2. For maintaining that booke for which the Papists Martyred our good Bishops the Presbyterians have don what they can to starv us 3. How as the Papists have obeyed the popes Mandat and left comming to Common Prayers so these Presbyterian Ministers sworne to maintaine them upon their prevailing parties intimation left them 4. It is worthy to be considered how the Papist a known enemy to the Church of England hath not beene more an enemy nemy to Common Prayers than the Presbyterian who many years at ripe years was a pretended friend to our Church government till a Seotch Covenant like a fas all comet hung over his spirituall preferment And thus you see who are enemies to Common Prayers a Papist a Presbyterian it was quickly discerned what would betide Christ so soon as Pontius Pilate and Herod were agreed The intravit The exivit The service Booke It came in with the fall of Papicie It went out with the fall of Monarchy It came in with the rise of Protestant Bishops It went out when Presbyter John came in It received Christendom from a Prince It received Martyrdom by the people It came into the Church with a generall Union It was forced out of the Church by a generall division It was peace of conscience ushered it in It was a scismaticall conscience frighted it out The service Books The Vale. And 〈◊〉 Farwell Uniformity in Discipline Farwell unity in Doctrine Farwell royall Scepter Farwell Priestly Miter Riches of the Church Farwell golden Trumpet Lawfull cald Ministry Farwell linnen Ephod Farwell Brotherly love Farwell Noes Dove The Supplicat FAther of Spirits Humbly I beg thou wouldst not permit these dissenting Bretheren of the Ministry to bee predominant Byas their ambition whilst by thy providence thou impedest their purposes O thou who sittest at the helme of Government steere about the hearts of thy Churches adversaries Lord save their soules but confound their divices and keepe us Orthodox Divines in the Channell of our Churches set forme of service harmelesse in it selfe decent to be used and not in ought discongruous to thy sacred Word the innocency of our intents makes us have faith to believe that thou wilt neither suffer them to be exalted too high nor deject us too low which is prayed for by thy most unworthy dejected servant JAMES HARVVOOD FINIS
obstinate wee nothing doubt of free leave for us who are Orthodox Divines to use them in our Churches Wee have somwhat more to offer and doe desire aught understanding and a favourable into pretation of our candid meaning 1. That wee may have liberty to say the Gloria Patri for this fragment of the Tongue of Canaan wee learnt of the Angells Luk. 2. who are set to bee our samplers Luk. 11. Againe this Article of our Faith was opposed by the Arians and Macedonians the one denying the Godhead of Christ the other the Godhead of the Holy Ghost and to shew how wee who hold the Catholike Apostolike Faith detest these Heresies for this cause were brought into our Churches service these words Glory be to the Father to the Son to the Holy Ghost 2. Wee desire to make confession of our Faith cald the Apostles Creed since it is the confession of the Church Catholike and not an Article in it but Scripture proose as also the Nicene and Athanasius his Creed 3. To make confession of our sins in the publike place of Gods worship since Gods word doth injoyne us to confesse one unto another Jam. 5.16 yet more their confessing and Praying are coupled together to note as the Church is the house of Prayer so a fit place for confession of sinne to bee made in 4. For us the Ministers of the Lord Jesus to declare to the people being penitent Remission of Sin especially considering to winne home we moderate our claime Joh. the 20 23. 5. To use the Collects after the Epistle and the Gospell since they give the most over went before and all that is intended is that what was lately read in your hearing you by praying may bee ensured of the blessing 6. And as for that Letany where with so many thousands have beene in love a long time being a prayer fitted for al occasions and al necessities at al times we humbly crave leave wee may use it in our Churches till either that sect confute it who will have no King to rule over them upon earth but Christ or that fraternity of the new so cald Ministrey who will bring all the civill power under the verge of their new sprung up discipline and upon contempt of it disthrone them neither is this the totall of our desire but more wee humbly crave a sober conference with our supposed scholastick opponents not doubting but wee shall justifie the worke of our reverend reformers and if we he found imbecill or unable peaceably we shall decline and submit to what commanded And whereas I am confident the great fault they have found against our Common Prayer Booke is de modo for that non for that materia for that the Churches Prayers are a set form of Prayer The Lords Prayer unclasped Page 324. I have already answered that great grand Goliah objection and received no hurt by the weavers Beame And now that the people of God may more perfectly be informed and for ever convinced how a set forme of Prayer is lawfull to use in the Churches of Christ Jesus let them know 1. The Orthodox Divines of our mother Church of England are able in every Century from the time of the primitive Church Six vallid reasons to prove the lawful use of a set form of Prayer to make it appeare how it hath beene the universall practise of the Church Catholick to use a set forme of Prayer O stand and inquire for the good old way 2. Arg. If any wil say our Church Prayers blunt the edge of Devotion for that set formes why then do they approve of Davids Psalmes to be read so full of set formes of Prayer O be guided by a man after Gods own heart 3. Arg. We have Christ his Precept to warrant a set forme of Prayer Luke 11 2 O let Christ his word be your warrant 4. Arg. We have Christ his practise to justifie our Practise who prayd three times in the Garden of Geethlemene using the selfe same words Matth. 26.36 to the 45 verse O remember what him selfe saith Learn of me 5. Arg. A set forme hath beene in use as under the Gospel so under the Law King Hizekias is my witnesse 2. Chro. 29 the later part of the 35. verse And thus my deare Brethren if either the practice of the King of Juda The Collect the practise of Christ Jesus King of Kings the precept of Christ David his set formes or the Church Catholike be worthy of imitation wee have made no innovation upon the people of our God but in truth and soberâ—es desire you to embrace our Churches Prayers especially considering a set form 〈◊〉 warranted by the Lord of Heaven and Earth Numb 6 from the 22 verse to the end of the â—6 where said and by the Lord unto Moses Speake unto Aaron and his sons saying on this wise ye shall blesse the children of Israell saying unto them the Lord blesse thee and keepe thee the Lord make his face shine upon thee and bee gratious unto thee the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee Peace Note And thus Aaron the Priest for his time and his sons for after times were to say these Common Prayers and enjoyned to doe it by the Lord What Heaven and Earth thinkes fit to goe for currant let dust and ashes not dare to disalow I never met with any could justly tax the subject matter of our service Booke and now wee having such a Cloud of witnesses to testifie the lawfulnesse of a set forme its high time for the bretheren of the seperation to come home yet if they will not communicate with us O thou who sits in Heaven so dispose of the hearts of men upon earth that wee may have free liberty to use our Churches set form of Prayers and we shall pray The Second Part of the Plea for the Common Prayer Book Contayning seven Mementoes for the dissenting Brethren who before these late warres were lawfully ordayned Ministers according to the Constitutions of the Church of England but since not by compulsion but voluntarily have deserted the Common Prayer Book with three Inferences drawne from every Memento proposed unto them by James Hear wood Neverthelesse I have something against thee because thou hast left thy first love Revel 2.4 His Epistle to the dissenting Brethren IT is not malice but conscience hath extracted from mee these Mementoes Memento was spoke too late to Dives these in good time to you my Brethren you know better are the reproofes of a friend then the kisses of an enemy the one may cure in the other there is danger If the Ulcer be overgrown the incision must be deep if my Lance bee too sharp it is for that your sore is festred I shall bee glad of your recovery and pray as for the health of your bodies so your souls and subscribe my selfe as bound God and the Churches Servant 1. Memento There oath was taken wheÌ„