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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02463	A modest apology occasioned by the importunity of the Bishop of Derrie, who presseth for an answer to a query, stated by himself, in his second admonition: concerning joyning in the publick worship established by law. In answer to the query, the pondering of some weighty exceptions is first desired: and then such a resolution is given to the query, as the word of God, and thereby the safety of our consciences will allow. / By a minister of the gospel, at the desire of some Presbyterian dissenters.	Craghead, Robert.; King, William, 1650-1729.	1696 (1696)	Wing C6794; ESTC R171586	54,814	122

of GODS Gifts purâ—ased by Christ and bestowed by his Spirit on â—inisters for the Edification of his Church and â—erefore we cannot approve of it For by this â—nted Form whatever measure of the Spirit of â—ayer be powred out upon a Minister Helping â—d Teaching him what to Pray what ever enâ—gement of heart be given by the Spirit of Grace â—d Supplications Yet nothing of this must apâ—ar for the Good of the Church Because the mans mouth is muzled up by a peremptory Forâ— which we humbly conceive is most dangerous aâ— a great Obstruction to the Churches Edificatioâ— 8th Reason Though our blessed LORD haâ— given us a Patern of Prayer and therein a sumâ— all we are to Pray for Yet when the best of Mâ— offer to make a Collection of the Particulars coâ—tained in that Summe though the Patern be Pâ—fect yet their Collections are always Lame aâ— Deficient considering tbe innumerable Neceâ—ties of the People of GOD And so faileth of pretended End to furnish People with all manâ— of necessary particular Petitions to GOD Fâ— hundreds of Instances may be given of necessaâ— Petitions all of them according to the Wordâ— GOD and particularly founded on the LORâ— Prayer Yet no mention of them in the Bookâ— Common-Prayer And therefore such Forms Mens devising do but limite and straiten the Châ—ches Prayers they are so far from being a Heâ— especially when they are so enjoyned that sucâ— Form shall be used and no other 9th Reason The Case of Souls in this Lifâ— very various Sometimes secure and need to â— awakned sometimes cast down and need to â— Comforted sometimes in Doubts by reason their Ignorance Weakness and Guilt the Dâ—pensations of GOD toward them are also very â—rious sometimes Humbling and sometimes Coâ—forting And therefore the reading of Scriptures ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Prayers are to be Adâ—pted to the Conditiâ— of the People so far as Ministers can be acâ—inted with their Condition and Exigences â— by a stinted Form the poor People must take â—at falleth out such a day of the Year whither â—e suitable to their present Need or not they â—ll have no other for that time the Minister is â—und to read his set Task If the Righteous â—OD should by some sudden Judgement call his â—ople to speedy Repentance and Mourning yet â—he Book appoint a Feast-day of Joy at that veâ— time the Minister and People must do as the â—ok requires and then behold Joy and Gladness â—en GOD calleth unto Mourning which is an â—quity that GOD doth most severely threaten â— 22. 12 13 14 verses So on the other hand â—en it pleaseth GOD to grant some signal Deliâ—ance to his Church that requireth present soâ—n Thanksgivings to GOD if the Book reâ—ire that to be a time of Humiliation and Mournâ—g the Book must be obeyed rather than the â—esent Call of GOD but Moses the Servant of â—e LORD was of another mind Exod. 14. 30. the â—ORD saved Israel that Day out of the Hands of â—e Egyptians and in the beginning of cap. 15. â—en sang Moses and the Children of Israel this Song â—o the LORD not deferring it as prelimited by â—me other Work So Ministers of the Gospel being the Stewards of CHRIST are required do all to Edification attending the present Dutâ— the People of GOD Being also obliged to disâ—bute that Food Christ hath provided for theâ— due Season that every man may have his Porâ— as his Necessity requireth 10th Reason That manner of Service to Gâ— which we cannot perform in Faith we canâ— Comply with but serving GOD by an impoâ— stinted Form we cannot perform in Faith â— therefore cannot Comply with we cannot pâ—form it in Faith because we know of no Authoâ— such a Form hath from GOD as any Ordinaâ— of his And therefore seing we have no way be convinced that it is the Will of GOD we seâ— him after that manner no Ground no Preceâ— no Promise for our Faith to fix upon We câ— not perform that Service in Faith and so to uâ— would be Sin As for the Book of Common-Prayer and the Pâ—ticulars therein which hath been so offensive the Consciences of many we need do no more put you in mind of a part of these Complaints aâ— Exceptions published by those who had Commiâ—on from King Charles the 2d to alter and ameâ— it They except against the reading of the Aâ—cryphal Books desiring that nothing be readâ— tâ—e Church for Lessons but the Holy Scriptures â— the Old and New Testament They except aâ—inst the Religious Observation of Saints days as â— they were Holy Days having no Foundation in â—e Scriptures They except against that Version â— the Scripture used throughout the Liturgy as â—ving many Defects whereof they give particuâ—r Instances Likeways that the Liturgy is Deâ—ctive as to Prayer in the confessing of Sins Peâ—tions and Thanksgivings that the Body of the â—ayer-book consisteth much in Generals and that â—e Catechism is Defective as to many Doctrines â—f our Religion They except also against the â—eoples uttering a great part of the Petitions in the â—etany whereas the Minister should be the mouth â—f the Congregation and that the speaking of so â—any occasioneth a confused Murmur in the â—ongregation whereby what is read is less intelliâ—ible and therefore unedifying They also exâ—ept against the aery sign of the Cross in Baptism As â—so that none may receive the Lords Supper who â—ares not Kneel in the Act of Receiving which was â—ft free 1. and 2. Ed. 6. and was not the Gesture â—e Apostles used nor in the purest and primitive â—mes of the Church They except also against â—hese words of the Rub. The Body of our Lord â—esus Christ which was given for thee preserve thy â—ody and Soul unto they everlasting Life they desire â—hat the Minister be not required to repeat the words to each one in the singular number but it may suffice to speak them to diverse jointly â—cording to our Saviours Example they Compâ— also that when a Child is to be Baptized the Gâ— fathers and God-mothers are concerned but mention of the Parents in whose Right the Châ— is Baptized and who are fittest both to Dedicâ— it to GOD and to Undertake to GOD and Church for it They also except against thâ— words in the Prayer after Baptism viz. thaâ— hath pleased thee to Regenerate this Infant by â— Holy Spirit they declare that they cannot Faith say that every Child that is Baptized is generated by GODS Holy Spirit And in the lâ— Rubr. before the Catechism it 's said to be certâ— by GODS Word that Children by being Baâ—tized have all things necessary to Salvation and undoubtedly saved these words they complain of dangerous These are a few of the many Exceâ—tions mentioned in that grand Debate and an mendation earnestly and modestly pursued as â— mean to prevent our separated Assemblies but tâ— Pursuers for Peace constrained to desist wiâ— Grief being disappointed of their just Expectâ—tions Our 3d. Exception is because Kneeling at tâ— Lords

obtaining peace to her self 2. Tho' this be the strongest Effort and most â—lausible Argument that the Episcopal Cause can â—aim Yet when pondered in the Ballance of the â—anctuary it 's found light because first Christ did â—re know all the Trials Temptations and Events â—at should befall his Church yet he saw it not fit â— prescribe any such Remedy who is faithfull in â—l his House the Government is upon his Shoulâ—rs and the House is his own if any Man acâ—se him for omitting so necessary a Mean as is â—retended for the good of his Church let him â—onsider how he will give an account when he is â—dged by the same Lord of his House for his â—re and faithfulness hath fully appeared already â— setting so many Officers in his House as he â—ought necessary And therefore if an Oecumeâ—k Council were assembled more full than ever yet appeared in the Christian World they couâ— not jure set another Officer in the House of Goâ— to Command and bear Rule over these Officeâ— whom Christ hath entrusted to Feed his Flocâ— though Dr. Stilling fleet now Bishop once sceptiâ— as to any particular Form of Church-Goverâ—ment hath taken much pains in his Irenic to peâ—swade the World that it 's left to Humane Prâ—dence whither the Church be Governed by Bâ—shops over Presbyters or by Ministers in pariâ— of Power And strenuously opposeth the Diviâ— Right of Prelacy yet since he ascended and fiâ—ed in that Orb himself tempora mutantur nos mâ—tamur in illis Presbyters are now so contemptibâ— in his Eye that if his new Labours and Argumenâ— can prevail they shall not so much as be tolleraâ—ed to Labour in their Masters Vineyard Aureus heu fragilem confregit malleus urnaâ— That his Book is so answered that many douâ— his Confidence to give it a Reply but leaving hiâ— from whom better things were expected 3. Consider that if Bishops be set over Presbâ—ters for Preservation of Unity in the Church thâ— some new Order must be set over these Bishops fâ— they may fall out by the Way as well as other Bâ—thren as they often do and these who are set â—ver them may likeways fall into Divisions for iâ— rare to see Promotion make Men more Lowly aâ— Meek Archbishops and Metropolitans haâ— been scandalously divided by their own Pride to â—e height of Excommunicating one another â—nd when all these fail so that Unity is not obtainâ—d whether shall Men go next if not to a principiâ—m unitatis caput Eclesiae to whom all must subâ—ect And thus it was indeed that the Pope ascenâ—ed his Throne and as many have observed and â—e Groaning Church under that Tyrranny yet â—ndeth the Remedy proved worse than the Disâ—ase this manner of Cure to elevate some Miniâ—ers above the Station that Christ had placed â—em in and Robbing other Ministers of their â—e Right Could never have good Fruit nor â—d ever Men ground to expect GODS blessing â—on such an unwarrantable and audacious Preâ—mption Object Presbyters do voluntarly Elect and set â— Bishops to have Authority and Jurisdiction oâ—er themselves and therefore though they be now â—eprived of Jurisdiction they have no Cause to â—omplain for violenti non fit injuria blame themsves Ans 1. If Presbyters chused and made Bishops â—er themselves as we grant is said to be done at â—exandria then Presbyters had all that Power â— Jurisdiction at first intrinsecally in themselves â—r they could not give that to others which was â—t their own and this of it self is yeelding the â—use when it is acknowledged that Presbyters had the Original Ministerial-Power by CHRISâ— Commission 2. It was not in the Power of Presbyters to â—lienate that Power which Christ had conferred â—pon them for id possumus quod Jure possumâ— Christ having bestowed upon them full Pastoâ— Authority by what Warrant could they give tâ— away to another or any part of it For it was gâ—en to be exerted by themselves in their Person Service according to their Masters Directions their Master had thought fit to lodge that Poâ— in the Hands of others he would have bestow it himself but never left it to their Option to Sâ— or Give away his Gifts and so disable themselâ— for the Trust and Service he committed to thâ— besides that it is inaccountable Ungratitude â— Contempt of their Master to throw away â— Commission and let others Dispose of it as tâ— please And whoever have done so we are thereby obliged to the like Practice 3. If this be the deed of Conveyance whereby â—shops over Presbyters have obtain'd a Right â— Title to sole Jurisdiction in the Church then tâ— cannot say they have this Right and Title fâ— Christ It 's a Gift of the Presbyters but not a â— of Christ And a very dishonest Gift Dishonoâ—ble both to the Giver and Receiver Yet there are many Reasons to perswade the inadvertent succumbing of some Presbyâ— â—ve great Occasion for the rising of Prelacy pauâ—tim by Degrees For first Some Ministers being seated in Places of Emiâ—ncy in the World specially Great Cities in conâ—rmity to the Civil Government and Jurisdiction â— these Places the Ministers of these Places had â—o early some Titles of Honour not common to â— other Ministers 2. And if they were eminent â—r Abilities and Prudence or of long standing in â—e Ministry When other Ministers and they â—d meet together for the Affairs of the Church â—mmonly such Men were Chosen to preside for â—e orderly Management of their Judicatories as â—olocutors or Moderators Which cannot be â—nting without Confusion yet he who did Preâ—e had no power of Jurisdiction over the rest it reâ—aining in their Power to choose another for that â—rvice as they should see it expedient But 3. his sometimes falling into the hands of ambitiâ—s Men made interest not only for their conuance but for their farther Promotion usurpâ— upon other Ministers who were more meanly â—ated untill they had wrested Power out of their â—ands and did appropriate all Jurisdiction to â—emselves the other Ministers sinfully succumâ—ng under this Usurpation untill there was no â—trieving of what they had Lost Our 2d Exception is your Liturgy which after â—rious Perusal we cannot approve not that we are against a general Directory for decent Order Gospel-Administrations that each part of Wâ—ship have its due place This we acknowledge be necessary And therefore all the Reformâ— Churches have provided themselves with suâ— Directories But that which we cannot compâ— with is such a Form of Divine Service or Worshâ— as is Composed by a few and peremptorily iâ—posed on others so as that Form of Worship sâ— be used and no other Our Reasons are First no Liturgy or stinted Form of Worshâ— was either Composed Used or Imposed by tâ— Apostles or any Gospel-Ministers in the first â—ges of the Church If any Affirm there were suâ— Forms it 's their part to make them appear whiâ— hath never yet been done but by a manifest Fâ—gery of the Apostle James

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