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A discourse of superstition with respect to the present times wherein the Church of England is vindicated from the imputation, and the the charge retorted not only on the papists, but also on men of other perswasions / by William Shelton ...
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Shelton, William, d. 1699.
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sacrament_n the_o presbyterian_o require_v sit_v at_o the_o lord_n supper_n because_o significant_a their_o pretence_n of_o the_o example_n of_o christ_n not_o sufficient_a because_o p._n 93_o sect_n fourteen_o first_o that_o example_n do_v no_o more_o oblige_v in_o this_o than_o in_o other_o circumstance_n of_o time_n and_o place_n unless_o in_o the_o significancy_n of_o it_o which_o then_o be_v as_o much_o superstitious_a as_o our_o kneel_v for_o second_o they_o have_v not_o example_n for_o the_o same_o manner_n of_o sit_v three_o not_o certain_a whether_o they_o have_v example_n for_o any_o manner_n of_o sit_v at_o all_o p._n 100_o sect_n xv._o they_o use_v another_o significant_a ceremony_n in_o the_o covenant_n and_o consent_n they_o require_v of_o people_n whereby_o they_o shall_v own_v their_o minister_n worcestershire_n agreement_n give_v account_n of_o it_o distinction_n between_o discipline_n and_o worship_n will_v not_o help_v they_o p._n 108_o sect_n xvi_o upon_o these_o ground_n the_o church_n of_o england_n not_o superstitious_a unless_o the_o number_n of_o ceremony_n be_v too_o great_a which_o have_v be_v complain_v of_o without_o cause_n and_o some_o of_o they_o acknowledge_v in_o our_o favour_n a_o digression_n about_o the_o number_n of_o ceremony_n or_o unless_o our_o rite_n be_v require_v as_o somewhat_o more_o than_o indifferent_a in_o which_o the_o preface_v to_o our_o liturgy_n vindicate_v we_o p._n 112_o sect_n xvii_o two_o objection_n 1._o ceremony_n impose_v as_o indifferent_a be_v not_o so_o so_o they_o be_v once_o believe_v but_o now_o some_o n._n c_o ts_o think_v not_o so_o of_o they_o answer_n where_o no_o law_n no_o transgression_n not_o forbid_v in_o the_o second_o command_n nor_o elsewhere_o the_o surplice_n and_o kneel_v and_o the_o cross_n particular_o consider_v p._n 123_o sect_n xviii_o 2_o obj._n though_o in_o nature_n indifferent_a yet_o some_o accident_n may_v render_v it_o sinful_a to_o impose_v or_o practice_v they_o they_o be_v think_v by_o bagshaw_n to_o be_v lay_v as_o snare_n for_o tender_a conscience_n if_o so_o it_o will_v be_v tyranny_n rather_o than_o superstition_n but_o it_o blaspheme_v dignity_n so_o to_o think_v the_o accident_n consider_v because_o they_o be_v offensive_a because_o they_o come_v from_o papist_n the_o law_n of_o not_o give_v offence_n do_v not_o disoblige_v the_o subject_n from_o obedience_n in_o thing_n in_o themselves_o lawful_a nor_o do_v it_o disable_v the_o magistrate_n from_o make_v law_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a the_o abuse_n of_o popery_n signify_v nothing_o to_o t._n c._n in_o his_o own_o case_n the_o second_o general_n proposition_n conclude_v p._n 132_o sect_n xix_o three_o proposition_n the_o opinion_n that_o be_v superstitious_a be_v reject_v by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n divers_a objection_n against_o popery_n beside_o superstition_n but_o that_o now_o to_o be_v consider_v they_o be_v superstitious_a first_o in_o make_v their_o ceremony_n necessary_a 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distinction_n between_o opus_fw-la operatum_fw-la and_o operantis_fw-la to_o their_o prejudice_n p._n 154_o sect_n xxi_o three_o their_o doctrine_n of_o merit_n be_v superstitious_a bellarmine_n ascribe_v merit_n and_o satisfaction_n to_o good_a work_n his_o famous_a acknowledgement_n to_o the_o contrary_n we_o own_o a_o necessity_n of_o good_a work_n but_o exclude_v merit_n whatever_o else_o be_v any_o where_o do_v upon_o a_o religious_a account_n far_o than_o religion_n ought_v to_o be_v concern_v be_v superstitious_a the_o church_n of_o england_n not_o guilty_a in_o any_o of_o these_o case_n p._n 163_o sect_n xxii_o the_o four_o proposition_n there_o be_v superstitious_a omission_n of_o which_o man_n may_v be_v guilty_a when_o they_o seem_v great_o to_o abhor_v superstition_n a_o negative_a superstition_n a_o superstitious_a fearfulness_n of_o which_o lord_n bacon_n and_o st._n austin_n complain_v such_o be_v that_o of_o the_o jew_n who_o will_v not_o defend_v themselves_o on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n of_o the_o soldier_n in_o sfetigrade_n the_o n._n c_o ts_o have_v reason_n to_o examine_v whether_o their_o abstinence_n be_v not_o such_o to_o abstain_v from_o that_o which_o be_v lawful_a as_o believe_v it_o unlawful_a this_o undue_a opinion_n of_o religious_a matter_n be_v superstitious_a the_o conclusion_n p._n 171_o errata_fw-la page_n 95._o line_n 9_o for_o where_o insignificant_a read_v wherein_o significant_a p._n 149._o l._n 13._o for_o rest_n r._n rest_n the_o lesser_a fault_n be_v leave_v to_o the_o ingenuity_n of_o the_o reader_n to_o correct_v or_o pardon_v there_o be_v late_o publish_v the_o seven_o edition_n of_o a_o body_n of_o divinity_n etc._n etc._n by_o the_o most_o reverend_a father_n in_o god_n james_n usher_n late_a archbishop_n of_o armagh_n to_o which_o be_v add_v his_o life_n contain_v many_o remarkable_a passage_n never_o before_o extant_a sell_v by_o jonathan_n robinson_n at_o the_o golden-lyon_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n a_o discourse_n of_o superstition_n with_o respect_n to_o the_o present_a time_n etc._n etc._n the_o prejudices_fw-la and_o disaffection_n 1_o sect._n 1_o which_o have_v alienate_v so_o many_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n owe_v themselves_o to_o no_o original_a more_o than_o to_o a_o opinion_n take_v up_o that_o some_o usage_n in_o our_o church_n be_v superstitious_a a_o opinion_n strong_o conclude_v but_o upon_o weak_a ground_n and_o by_o a_o process_n very_o illogical_a for_o when_o the_o adversary_n of_o our_o order_n and_o peace_n have_v ample_o represent_v how_o jealous_a god_n be_v of_o his_o honour_n how_o severe_o he_o have_v threaten_v the_o breach_n of_o the_o second_o commandment_n and_o how_o sore_o he_o have_v punish_v the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o application_n of_o these_o thing_n to_o our_o time_n superstition_n and_o idolatry_n be_v frequent_o join_v as_o equal_o forbid_v in_o that_o commandment_n and_o without_o more_o proof_n the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v suppose_v guilty_a of_o superstition_n and_o good_a people_n be_v exhort_v to_o come_v out_o of_o she_o upon_o pain_n of_o partake_v of_o those_o plague_n which_o idolater_n have_v reason_n to_o fear_v from_o the_o time_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n down_o to_o our_o day_n superstition_n have_v be_v lay_v to_o our_o charge_n mr_n hooker_n acknowledge_v and_o resent_v it_o 4._o ecclesiastic_a pol._n book_n 5._o §._o 4._o so_o it_o be_v judge_v our_o prayer_n our_o sacrament_n our_o fast_n our_o time_n and_o place_n of_o public_a meeting_n together_o for_o the_o worship_n and_o service_n of_o god_n our_o marriage_n our_o burial_n our_o function_n election_n and_o ordination_n ecclesiastical_a almost_o whatsoever_o we_o do_v in_o the_o exercise_n of_o our_o religion_n according_a to_o law_n for_o that_o purpose_n establish_v all_o thing_n be_v some_o way_n or_o other_o think_v faulty_a all_o thing_n stain_v with_o superstition_n one_o of_o the_o treatise_n that_o be_v send_v abroad_o as_o it_o be_v to_o give_v new_a light_n to_o a_o new_a world_n 1660._o under_o the_o name_n of_o mr_n william_n bradshaw_n be_v about_o thing_n indifferent_a where_o he_o thus_o speak_v in_o the_o marginal_a note_n indifferent_a note_n on_o the_o five_o chapt._n of_o thing_n indifferent_a the_o doctor_n of_o oxford_n ask_v what_o hurt_n can_v a_o wise_a man_n see_v in_o a_o square_a cap_n and_o a_o surplice_n indeed_o there_o be_v no_o outward_a hurt_n or_o evil_a in_o it_o but_o it_o must_v be_v consider_v whether_o there_o be_v not_o any_o inward_a hurt_n therein_o for_o if_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o by_o they_o the_o soul_n of_o many_o be_v poison_v with_o superstitious_a conceit_n than_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o they_o have_v inward_a hurt_n in_o they_o this_o be_v but_o a_o supposition_n but_o it_o follow_v dogmatical_o the_o ceremony_n 8._o ibid._n note_n on_o chap._n 8._o in_o controversy_n have_v be_v and_o be_v the_o special_a mean_n and_o occasion_n of_o the_o schism_n of_o many_o hundred_o brownist_n of_o much_o superstition_n in_o many_o
great_a mistake_n it_o be_v report_v to_o he_o that_o there_o be_v great_a danger_n lest_o many_o pious_a man_n shall_v be_v turn_v out_o of_o their_o live_n upon_o this_o occasion_n yea_o it_o be_v tell_v he_o that_o there_o be_v plerique_fw-la episcopi_fw-la that_o must_v be_v some_o considerable_a number_n of_o the_o twenty_o six_o that_o be_v in_o england_n and_o wales_n viri_fw-la omni_fw-la erudition_n &_o pielate_fw-la ensign_fw-la qui_fw-la malint_fw-la officio_fw-la &_o loco_fw-la cedere_fw-la quam_fw-la istiusmodi_fw-la vestes_fw-la admittere_fw-la there_o be_v many_o bishop_n that_o will_v not_o conform_v now_o who_o that_o know_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n anno_fw-la 1571._o when_o that_o letter_n be_v write_v know_v not_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o time_n be_v sufficient_o satisfy_v with_o the_o conformity_n that_o be_v then_o urge_v nor_o be_v there_o one_o among_o they_o for_o so_o far_o as_o i_o can_v now_o find_v that_o make_v so_o much_o noise_n about_o these_o thing_n as_o bishop_n hooper_n of_o gloucester_n do_v under_o edward_n the_o six_o if_o therefore_o zanchy_a may_v be_v excuse_v for_o endeavour_v what_o he_o can_v in_o favour_n of_o those_o good_a and_o learned_a man_n who_o exauctoration_n he_o fear_v yet_o that_o not_o be_v the_o case_n the_o earnestness_n of_o his_o letter_n if_o we_o shall_v yield_v more_o to_o his_o judgement_n than_o of_o necessity_n we_o be_v oblige_v to_o do_v will_v not_o signify_v much_o to_o the_o reproach_n of_o our_o conformity_n but_o we_o have_v great_a assurance_n that_o zanchy_a be_v our_o friend_n for_o when_o he_o have_v date_v his_o letter_n to_o the_o queen_n from_o heidelberg_n sept._n 10._o 1571._o he_o date_n another_o the_o very_a next_o day_n ult_n zanch._n epist_n lib._n 2._o p._n 181._o tom._n ult_n to_o bishop_n juell_n though_o it_o be_v doubtful_a whether_o he_o live_v to_o receive_v it_o because_o he_o die_v the_o 23d_o of_o the_o same_o month_n from_o the_o tenor_n of_o which_o i_o conclude_v that_o in_o his_o letter_n to_o the_o queen_n he_o say_v nothing_o to_o prove_v the_o usage_n of_o our_o church_n unlawful_a to_o be_v practise_v whatever_o his_o opinion_n may_v be_v of_o the_o conveniency_n of_o impose_v they_o or_o if_o he_o do_v he_o unsay_v it_o again_o the_o very_a next_o day_n in_o his_o letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n which_o of_o so_o learned_a and_o fix_v a_o man_n be_v not_o easy_o to_o be_v believe_v for_o the_o very_a occasion_n of_o that_o second_o letter_n be_v to_o desire_v bishop_n juell_n and_o other_o bishop_n to_o use_v their_o authority_n with_o the_o rest_n to_o persuade_v ne_fw-fr si_fw-fr regina_fw-la amoveri_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la possit_fw-la à _fw-la sententiâ_fw-la ipsi_fw-la propterea_fw-la svas_fw-la deserere_fw-la malint_fw-la stationes_fw-la quam_fw-la edicto_fw-la regio_fw-la obtemperare_fw-la if_o the_o queen_n be_v resolve_v and_o will_v be_v obey_v he_o will_v have_v all_o the_o clergy_n rather_o obey_v than_o leave_v their_o place_n and_o employment_n he_o go_v on_o declare_v his_o opinion_n that_o for_o such_o thing_n as_o these_o minister_n may_v not_o leave_v their_o flock_n he_o acknowledge_v the_o case_n that_o where_o thing_n be_v in_o their_o own_o nature_n evil_a we_o must_v with_o the_o apostle_n obey_v god_n rather_o than_o man_n and_o then_o add_v si_fw-la vero_fw-la res_fw-la suâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la adiaphorae_fw-la lege_fw-la mandatoque_fw-la regio_fw-la praecipiantur_fw-la quando_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la aut_fw-la cedatur_fw-la loco_fw-la aut_fw-la tali_fw-la mandato_fw-la obtemperetur_fw-la obtemperandum_fw-la potius_fw-la esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n when_o the_o magistrate_n command_v indifferent_a thing_n upon_o this_o necessity_n that_o man_n must_v obey_v or_o forsake_v their_o ministry_n they_o must_v rather_o obey_v nay_o he_o reckon_v this_o case_n so_o clear_a that_o he_o conclude_v esse_fw-la vero_fw-la hanc_fw-la sententiam_fw-la it_o a_o certam_fw-la &_o perspicuam_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la tum_fw-la apud_fw-la patres_fw-la &_o in_fw-la historiis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la ut_fw-la supervacaneum_fw-la omnino_fw-la sit_fw-la ullam_fw-la adferre_fw-la probationem_fw-la apud_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la mediocriter_fw-la in_o scripture_n sunt_fw-la exercitati_fw-la nunquam_fw-la enim_fw-la propter_fw-la res_fw-la suâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la adiaphoas_fw-la deserenda_fw-la est_fw-la vocatio_fw-la legitima_fw-la &_o necessaria_fw-la they_o who_o ever_o consult_v the_o scripture_n or_o father_n or_o ecclesiastical_a historian_n will_v need_v no_o proof_n of_o this_o that_o it_o can_v never_o be_v lawful_a for_o man_n to_o leave_v a_o necessary_a employment_n such_o as_o that_o of_o the_o ministry_n be_v for_o the_o sake_n of_o indifferent_a rite_n if_o this_o will_v not_o convert_v a_o nonconformist_a yet_o i_o hope_v it_o will_v make_v they_o ashamed_a to_o quote_v zanchy_n letter_n to_o the_o queen_n as_o if_o it_o be_v much_o to_o our_o disadvantage_n as_o the_o replyer_n 19_o vid._n burges_n answer_v rejoin_v chap._n 1._o sect._n 19_o upon_o bishop_n mortons_n defence_n do_v let_v both_o his_o letter_n be_v compare_v and_o much_o good_a may_v they_o do_v they_o that_o this_o be_v zanchy's_n settle_v judgement_n appear_v from_o what_o he_o elsewhere_o say_v in_o defence_n of_o garment_n peculiar_a to_o divine_a service_n quod_fw-la veteres_fw-la episcopi_fw-la coenam_fw-la administraturi_fw-la 16._o zanc._n tom._n 4._o de_fw-la cultu_fw-la dei_fw-la externo_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o aliam_fw-la induerint_fw-la vestem_fw-la ad_fw-la mutationem_fw-la coenae_fw-la nihil_fw-la pertinet_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la christus_fw-la jussit_fw-la ut_fw-la communibus_fw-la vestibus_fw-la induti_fw-la coenam_fw-la administraremus_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la indutus_fw-la erat_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la faceremus_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la fecit_fw-la idem_fw-la de_fw-la multis_fw-la aliis_fw-la rebus_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o coenâ_fw-la dominicâ_fw-la whereas_o the_o bishop_n of_o old_a do_v celebrate_v the_o eucharist_n in_o a_o peculiar_a garment_n this_o make_v no_o change_n in_o that_o service_n for_o our_o lord_n christ_n do_v not_o command_v we_o to_o be_v clothe_v as_o he_o be_v but_o to_o do_v what_o he_o do_v and_o the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o many_o other_o thing_n both_o in_o baptism_n and_o the_o lord_n supper_n the_o sum_n of_o all_o he_o thus_o express_v quae_fw-la addita_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la tanquam_fw-la adiaphora_fw-it propter_fw-la ordinem_fw-la propter_fw-la decorum_n &_o ad_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la ea_fw-la substantiam_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la eoque_fw-la cultum_fw-la non_fw-la mutarunt_fw-la those_o thing_n that_o be_v add_v for_o order_n decency_n and_o edification_n make_v no_o alteration_n in_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o sacrament_n or_o of_o divine_a worship_n i_o conclude_v then_o though_o we_o yield_v zanchy_a they_o as_o to_o his_o opinion_n that_o it_o be_v not_o well_o do_v to_o impose_v these_o indifferent_a thing_n yet_o he_o be_v clear_o we_o as_o to_o the_o proposition_n i_o maintain_v when_o indifferent_a thing_n be_v once_o determine_v whatever_o governor_n may_v have_v to_o answer_v for_o such_o imposition_n because_o they_o be_v not_o in_o their_o own_o nature_n evil_a it_o be_v better_a to_o obey_v than_o to_o disturb_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n but_o mr_n calvin_n be_v a_o great_a man_n 11._o sect._n 11._o than_o dr_n zanchy_a and_o the_o cause_n which_o he_o condemn_v shall_v lie_v under_o a_o great_a prejudice_n his_o opinion_n therefore_o etc._n m._n durell_n view_v of_o government_n and_o public_a worship_n in_o the_o reform_v church_n beyond_o the_o sea_n pag_n 161._o etc._n etc._n must_v be_v consider_v however_o he_o be_v general_o esteem_v no_o great_a friend_n to_o episcopacy_n yet_o m._n durell_n have_v endeavour_v to_o vindicate_v he_o from_o be_v very_o antiepispocal_a be_v that_o as_o it_o will_v if_o our_o n._n ct_n will_v stand_v or_o fall_v to_o calvin_n judgement_n our_o advantage_n be_v as_o great_a as_o we_o need_v desire_v 1._o for_o first_o he_o do_v great_o admire_v set_v form_n of_o prayer_n so_o he_o say_v in_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o protector_n of_o edward_n the_o six_o quod_fw-la ad_fw-la formulam_fw-la precum_fw-la &_o 1548._o calv._n epist_n 87._o dat._n 1548._o rituum_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la valde_fw-la probo_fw-la ut_fw-la certa_fw-la illa_fw-la extet_fw-la à _fw-la quâ_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la discedere_fw-la in_o suâ_fw-la functione_n non_fw-la liceat_fw-la i_o do_v great_o like_o that_o form_n of_o prayer_n and_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v state_v so_o as_o minister_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o function_n shall_v not_o have_v leave_n to_o vary_v from_o they_o his_o reason_n be_v three_o ut_fw-la consulatur_fw-la quorundam_fw-la simplicitati_fw-la &_o imperitiae_fw-la ut_fw-la certius_fw-la constet_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la consensus_fw-la postremo_fw-la ut_fw-la obviam_fw-la eatur_fw-la desultoriae_fw-la quorundam_fw-la levitati_fw-la qui_fw-la novationes_fw-la quasdam_fw-la affectant_fw-la first_o for_o the_o supply_n of_o some_o man_n