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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34533	A discourse of the religion of England asserting, that reformed Christianity setled in its due latitude, is the stability and advancement of this kingdom.	Corbet, John, 1620-1680.	1667 (1667)	Wing C6252; ESTC R19414	29,523	57

unworthy Ends but for Conscience sake and chuse rather to acquiesce in a Tolerable State which for the main is sound and good rather then to endeavour a total Change which may be mischievous and at best is full of hazard Wise men know That by hasty Changes they do not come to rest and quietness but only change their Old Grievances for New ones If Practice sufficiently uniform that is to say without any scandalous difference may be obtained from men of different Perswasions Why should Uniformity of Judgment be exalted and men tempted in doubtful points to set their Consciences on the Rack If any number of Dissenters were willing to do their uttermost towards Compliance why should needless Choak-pears which they could not swallow be forc'd upon them If the Church's Authority be had in reverence if Order and Peace be kept what matter is it from what speculative Principles such observance proceeds Though a man so complying be not of the same mind with his Superiors yet he may have this honest Catholick Principle To promote the common Interest of Reformed Christianity and to dread the weakning and shattering of it by needless Schisms As for a narrow-bounded Uniformity both in Opinions and petty Observations it is no more necessary in the Church then Uniformity of Complexions and Visages in the same Civil State and is indeed no more attainable where a generous Freedom of Judgment is allowed SECT XVI Whether the Dissenters are capable of being brought into such a Comprehension VVHilst Reason is urged on their behalf that are left without the lines of the present Establishment some haply may ask Will they themselves hearken to reason Be it supposed that some among them seem not reducible to a due publick Order but another sort there are and those of chiefest moment whose principles are fit for Government the stability whereof hath been experimented in those Countreys where they have had the effectual concurrence of the Civil Powers Their Way never yet obtained in England nor were they ever favoured with the Magistrates vigorous aid so much as for an Accommodation with the Established Polity But their difficulties have still encreased and how streight soever the Terms imposed on them were in times before the after-times have still made them streighter Wherefore if they have been too much addicted to their own Opinions or have committed some errors in the management of their Affairs it is no marvel It was not easie for them being destitute of the Magistrates influence and lying under great discouragement and disadvantage always to keep stable and sure footing in such a slippery place as Church-Discipline The asserting of their Discipline is not here intended but the Inquiry is Whether they be of a Judgment and Temper that makes them capable of being brought under the Magistrates Paternal Care and Conduct to such a stated Order as will comport with this Church and Kingdom This is no undertaking Discourse it presumes only to offer its Reason to equal and impartial Readers When a Divine of great fame and of much esteem with the chiefest of the English Clergy was taxed by the Jesuit his Adversary for being no Protestant as refusing to subscribe the Nine and thirty Articles he judged it a sufficient Answer to testifie his belief That the Doctrine of this Church was so pure and holy that whosoever lived according to it should undoubtedly be saved that there was nothing in it that might give just cause to any to forsake the Communion or disturb the Peace thereof Who or what is there almost that this or the like Latitude would not encompass when hearty endeavours are put forth to gain men The same Catholick Spirit may dwell both in larger and stricter judgments One that cannot subscribe to all things contained in a Volume of Doctrines and Rules compiled by men subject to error may be ready to joyn with any Church not depraved in the substance of Religion that doth not impose upon his belief or practice things unsound or doubtful as the terms of her Communion The Presbyterians generally hold the Church of England to be a true Church though defective in its Order and Discipline and frequent the Worship of God in the publike Assemblies And many of those that press earnestly after further Reformation do yet communicate as well in the Sacraments as the Word Preached and Prayer And a way might be opened for many more to do as much by a safe and easie condescention of those in Authority The Ministers of the Presbyterian Perswasion in their Proposals presented to His Majesty declare That they do not nor ever did renounce the true Ancient Primitive Episcopacy or Presidency as it was ballanced or managed by a due commixtion of Presbyters therewith That they are satisfied in their judgments concerning the Lawfulness of a Liturgy or Form of Worship and they Petition His Majesty That for the setling of the Church in Unity and Peace some Learned Godly and Moderate Divines indifferently chosen may be employed to compile a Form as much as may be in Scripture-words or at least to Revise and effectually Reform the Old Concerning Ceremonies they profess to hold themselves obliged in every part of Divine Worship to do all things decently and in order and to be willing therein to be determined by Authority in such things as being meerly circumstantial are common to humane actions and are to be ordered by the Light of Nature and Humane Prudence according to the general Rules of Gods Word But as for divers Ceremonies formerly retained in the Church of England in as much as they contribute nothing to the necessary decency which the Apostle required and draw too near the significancy and moral efficacy of Sacraments and have been rejected together with Popery by many of the Reformed Churches abroad and ever since the Reformation have been matter of endless Dispute in this Church and an occasion of great seperation and are at the best indifferent and in their own nature mutable they desire they be not imposed and they heartily acknowledg his Majesty to be Supreme Governour over all Persons and over all Things and Causes in these his Dominions Upon these Proposals His Majesty in His Declaration concerning Ecclesiastical Affairs hath thus graciously expressed himself We must for the Honour of all those of either Perswasion with whom We have conferred declare That the Professions and Desires for the advancement of true Piety and Godliness are the same their professions of Zeal for the Peace of the Church the same of Affection and Duty to Us the same They all approve Episcopacy they all approve a set-form of Liturgy and they all disapprove and dislike the sin of Sacriledg and Alienation of the Revenues of the Church And if upon these Excellent Foundations in submission to which there is such a harmony of Affections any Superstructure should be raised to the shaking of these Foundations or the contracting and lessening of the blessed gift of