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that_o at_o public_a prayer_n the_o people_n shall_v sing_v that_o hymn_n viz._n holy_a holy_a holy_a lord_n etc._n etc._n soter_n a_o 164._o that_o when_o the_o priest_n say_v the_o lord_n be_v with_o you_o the_o people_n shall_v answer_v and_o with_o thy_o spirit_n scaliger_n de_fw-fr emend_n tem._n l._n 7._o tell_v we_o of_o a_o ancient_a liturgy_n he_o have_v lie_v by_o he_o of_o ignatius_n his_o compose_n as_o he_o be_v understand_v by_o a_o learned_a man_n sect_n 3._o for_o the_o three_o century_n tertul._n be_v express_v as_o be_v before_o note_v so_o be_v s._n cypr._n who_o profeff_v publica_n nobis_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o have_v public_a common_a prayer_n and_o that_o the_o people_n may_v be_v devout_a at_o it_o the_o priest_n prepare_v their_o mind_n with_o this_o preface_n sursum_fw-la corda_fw-la lift_v up_o your_o heart_n whereto_o they_o answer_v we_o lift_v they_o up_o to_o the_o lord_n origen_n l._n 6._o cont_n cell_n report_v the_o christian_n use_v constitute_v 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many_o of_o our_o own_o conformist_n resort_v yet_o for_o all_o the_o favour_n origen_n receive_v from_o she_o he_o will_v never_o be_v persuade_v to_o be_v present_a at_o their_o conventicle_n because_o from_o his_o childhood_n it_o seem_v his_o parent_n be_v religious_a true_a son_n of_o the_o church_n he_o have_v observe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n and_o perfect_o hate_v all_o doctrine_n of_o error_n hippolytus_n write_v his_o orat._n the_o consume_v mundi_fw-la about_o a_o 220._o wherein_o he_o say_v ad_fw-la antichristi_fw-la tempora_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o the_o last_o time_n of_o antichrist_n the_o holy_a house_n shall_v be_v like_a cottage_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d liturgy_n shall_v be_v extinguish_v etc._n etc._n this_o be_v full_o put_v in_o execution_n by_o our_o late_a bandity_n upon_o the_o pretence_n of_o the_o fear_v though_o most_o knavish_o and_o suspect_v introduction_n of_o tyranny_n and_o popery_n sect_n 4._o we_o produce_v good_a reason_n as_o well_o as_o good_a rule_n and_o great_a authority_n for_o set_v form_n 1._o a_o arbitrary_a form_n by_o a_o new_a set_v of_o word_n may_v perhaps_o affect_v and_o work_v strange_o upon_o the_o sensitive_a soul_n as_o the_o frantic_a feat_n of_o the_o turkish_a dervish_n do_v on_o those_o miserable_a delude_a people_n phrase_n and_o variety_n of_o they_o with_o cadency_n affect_a tone_n and_o gesture_n wry_a mouth_n and_o twinkle_a eye_n with_o much_o sweat_n and_o noise_n may_v raise_v the_o humour_n and_o passion_n into_o disorder_n but_o they_o can_v never_o prevail_v with_o a_o rational_a consider_v man_n to_o gain_v his_o esteem_n unless_o it_o be_v to_o pity_v they_o or_o smile_v at_o they_o that_o which_o they_o esteem_v as_o a_o gift_n be_v rather_o a_o art_n by_o the_o dilatation_n of_o the_o animal_n spirit_n which_o be_v much_o please_v and_o raise_v by_o a_o delight_n in_o novelty_n and_o variety_n and_o oft_o put_v the_o soul_n into_o strange_a heat_n and_o fancy_n 2._o to_o borrow_v three_o from_o mr._n calvin_n ep._n 87._o 1._o a_o determinate_a form_n from_o which_o minister_n be_v not_o to_o vary_v in_o their_o office_n be_v useful_a as_o a_o help_n to_o the_o weakness_n of_o some_o he_o may_v have_v say_v of_o the_o many_o yea_o the_o most_o if_o not_o all_o 2._o it_o be_v a_o testimony_n of_o the_o church_n consent_n and_o unity_n he_o may_v have_v add_v of_o her_o conformity_n with_o the_o catholic_n church_n 3._o it_o be_v a_o way_n to_o stop_v the_o desultorious_a levity_n of_o those_o who_o be_v for_o new_a thing_n mr._n baxter_n will_v help_v he_o here_o who_o in_o his_o disp_n of_o lit._n prop._n 10._o in_o his_o great_a experience_n acknowledge_v the_o constant_a disuse_n of_o set_a form_n be_v apt_a to_o breed_v a_o giddiness_n in_o religion_n and_o it_o may_v make_v man_n hypocrite_n who_o shall_v delude_v themselves_o with_o fancy_n that_o they_o delight_v in_o god_n when_o it_o be_v but_o in_o 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pia_fw-la fraus_fw-la 2._o the_o zealot_n of_o the_o sect_n honour_v a_o honest_a unpremeditated_a prayer_n with_o the_o title_n of_o spiritual_a by_o way_n of_o propriety_n in_o opposition_n to_o set_v form_n for_o ordinary_a use_n pretend_v the_o spirit_n immediate_o suggest_v the_o expression_n thus_o ambrose_n in_o his_o experience_n publish_v with_o licence_n from_o herle_n once_o prolocutor_n of_o their_o assembly_n angier_n johnson_n and_o waite_n provincial_n in_o the_o class_n in_o lancashire_n upon_o a_o private_a fast_o observe_v jan._n 6._o 1642._o hold_v it_o forth_o the_o lord_n give_v some_o that_o exercise_v that_o day_n the_o very_a spirit_n and_o power_n of_o prayer_n to_o the_o ravishment_n of_o the_o hearer_n sure_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n speak_v in_o they_o which_o they_o resolve_v from_o zach._n 12._o 10._o rom._n 8._o 26._o this_o be_v a_o jesuitical_a cheat_n as_o it_o be_v report_v by_o maffeus_n elevante_fw-la spiritu_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o the_o 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