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A12324	The vanitie & downe-fall of superstitious Popish ceremonies, or, A sermon preached in the cathedrall church of Durham by one Mr. Peter Smart, a præbend there, July 27. 1628 : containing not onely an historicall relation of all those severall Popish ceremonies and practises which Mr. Iohn Cosens hath lately brought into the said cathedrall church: but likewise a punctuall confutation of them; especially of erecting altars, and cringing to them, (a practise much in vse of late) and of praying towards the east.	Smart, Peter, 1569-1652?	1628 (1628)	STC 22640.3; ESTC S2885	22,911	48

lawfull for vs to offer the sacrifice of hearts and lipps to wit our humble prayers to God the Father They did pray and their blood did cry to heaven and craue at the hands of their Father a iust revenge of their torments vpon the wicked Then white robes were given to every one of them Which saith he ought to be a wonderfull comfort to all the Church militant Since by this they be assured that the soules of the Martyrs so soone as their bodies are killed shall immediately be rewarded with bright glory in heaven not going into any other place by the way which is signified by the white robes Thus for his Maiesties royall pen by whom we are taught that Christ is our one and onely Altar and that the soules of the Saints being presently rewarded with glory in heaven and not going to any other place by the way none of them are vnder our Altar though it be a braue one for it is out of their way to heaven from the place where they suffered Martyrdome As for that place Hebr. 13. We haue an Altar c. St. Paul himselfe expounds it afterwards in the 15 verse to be Christ saying by him therefore ●et vs offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name Which saith Aquinas cannot be vnderstood of a materiall Altar in the Church and whosoever thinks it to be so he is therein more popish then Frier Thomas himselfe But now I come to their maine argument which they think quite overthrowes all that I haue said concerning Altars and Ceremonies The Kings Chappell say they hath an Altar and all furniture belonging thereunto Dare you disallow in ours what the King hath in his It is little better then treason as one said I answere It was never out of the Kings Chappell at least the name of an altar since the first reformation in King Edwards time if it had I suppose it had never come in againe in his religoius successours raigne But it hath been by law eiected out of this Church and changed into a sacred table Ieran Bape●an as Chrysostome calls it I marvell therefore what lawlesse man could restore it without law Againe what haue we doe with imitation of the Court● May we be so sawcy as to imitate the King in all things Is it not treason Is not rebellion so to doe What ●old presumption is this in a Priest or Prelate to take vpon him to be like the King without his leaue and not to suffer for his Maiesty to haue something extraordinary aboue the vulgar sort in magnificence and state The King commands vs to obey his lawes not imitate his Chappell contrary to his lawes which binde Cathedrall Churches as well as as the rest none are exempted none can be dispenst withall The law is this The Communion Table not Altar shall stand in the body of the Church or Chancell where morning and evening prayer be appointed to be said and the Minister shall stand at the northside of the Table Therefore our Communion table must stand as it had wont to doe in the midst of the quire not at the east end as farre as is possible from the people where no part at all of evening prayer is ever said and but a peece of the morning and that never till of late Neither must the Table be placed along from north to south as the altar is set but from east to west as the custome is of all reformed Churches otherwise the Minister cannot stand at the north side there being neither side toward the north And I trow there are but two sides of a long table and two ends make it square and then it will haue foure sides and no end or foure ends and no side at which any Minister can stand to celebrate I confesse it is not materiall which way a man turne his face when he ministers and prayeth if it be left as a thing indifferent without superstition A● St. Augustine saith Cum quis quaerit orare collocat membra sic●t ei occurrit when any mangoes about to pray be pleaseth his body as occasion serveth And St. Paul exhorteth every man to lift vp pure hands whether toward the east or west it makes no matter Yet indeed it is more dangerous to pray toward the east because the idolatrous Heathen which worshipped the Sun rising did so And it was the custome of the Iewes to pray westward lest they should be entised to worship the Orientall Sunne as the Heathen did Which God himselfe in the 8. chap. of Ezech. 16. v. reckoneth among the abominations of the idolatrous Israelites who turning their backs toward the Temple worshipped the Sunne toward the East But the Iewes saith Bellarmine which served the Lord prayed toward the West Therefore Christians must turne them toward the East A bolde reason The Iewes did well in avoiding all occasion of Idolatry vnto which the vulgar sort is too prone as appeareth by the people of this place how soone learned they to bow downe to the Altar and worship it The Iewes I say did well therefore may Christians doe ill in imitating the idolatrous Gentiles in that foolish popish superstitious observation of turning their faces eastward when they pray And why may we not imitate the Iewes in the things they did well the reason of their so doing being not ceremoniall but morall The ceremoniall law is indeed abrogated therefore we may not retaine it but the morall law is still in force binding both Iewes and Christians to avoid Idolatry But see the shamelesnesse of a doting Iesuite he is content we should imitate the Iewes in their ceremonies long since disanulled and ended in having Altars Sacrifices Priests priestly vestiments oyntments incense But he will not haue vs be like the Iewes in casting Idols out of our Churches and in shunning all occasions of Idolatry by turning our backs on the East when we pray as they did Our good Princes and learned Bishops when they began to reforme the Church of England were carefull that wee should bee like the Iewes rather in this point then the idolatrous Papists or Gentiles And therefore they ordeined by law that the Communion table should not stand Altarwise the two ends looking to the south and north as of purpose Altars were set in Popery that the Masse priest might stand on the west side with his face toward the East and his back to the people But contrariwise they appointed the table to bee placed in the midst of the Church to be moveable fastned neither to wall nor floore the ends standing from East to West as I said before And they precisely inioyned the Minister to stand at the celebration of the Lords Supper on the north side of the Table to the intent they should not be like superstitious shauelings Which make mee to wonder at the presumptuous boldnesse of him or them which immediately after the death of our last learned Bishop before wee had another about eleven yeares ago took vpon him I know not by what authority to alter the situation of the Communion table from the ould manner of standing which it had kept in all Bishops times from the beginning of Queen Elizabeths raigne saue onely when the Rebels possest this Church and sang Masse therin The Lords table I say eleven yeares agoe was turned to an altar and so placed that the Minister cannot stand to doe his office on the north side as the law expresly chargeth him to doe because there is no side of the table standing northward He I say that contrary to law d●rst doe this in imitation of Papists and Rebels deserues hee not to bee sharply censured why doe I say durst he doe it Non audet stygius Pluto tentare quod audet Effrenis Monachus The Divellin hell dare not attempt more then an vnruly Monke or Frierdare doe A Divell and a Frier will adventure strangely I haue heard of a Divell that preacht I haue heard of a Frier that preacht in a rope but I neuer heard of either Divell or Frier that preached in a Cope But why is the Communion table set in the east end of the Church and not in the west end or middle rather whereas Socrates saith in his 5 book 21 chap. that in a Temple at Antioch the altar was placed at the west end And Gentean Hervet a popish writer describing the fashion of the Greeke Church at this time saith In Graeconum Templis vnicum est Altare ia● in medio Choro The Graecians haue but one Altar in a Church and that in the middle of the Quire Therefore neither the Graecians nor the people of Antioch looked eastward but rather westward when they prayed Binius also and Bawnius say that because the Manichees which dia worship the Sunne prayed toward the East Leo the first ordeined that to discerne Catholikes from hereticks Ad 〈◊〉 conversi Deum colerent The Catholicks should worship toward the West Afterward by the constitution of Pope Vigilius it was ordeined that the Minister standing at the Altar should pray toward the West It came therefore from Antichrist to restrain Christian liberty by commanding will-worship the doctrine of men without any warrant out of Gods word Againe Necromancers and Sorcerers turne their faces to the East when they act their inchantments and it little becomes Christians to follow Witches and Coniurers in their superstitious and divelish devotions by preferring East before West It being a Ceremony of all other most foolish hereticall Papisticall Paganicall and Magicall Let vs therefore in the name of God hate with the Prophet David the abominations and superstitious vanities If we hate them not God will hate vs and abhorre our festivities with all the pomp and glory of our Church As he tolde the Israelites in the fifth of Amps v. 21. I hate and abborre your feast dayes I will not smell your solemne assemblies Take away from me the noise of thy songs I will not heare the melody of thy instruments for ye haue borne the Tabernacle of Molocke and Chiun your Images the starre of your God which you made to your selues Such Molocks such Chiuns such Images and starres some of vs here haue made to themselues lift vp your eyes you praised them set vp aloft round this Church Harke then what Christ saith to the Angel of the Church of Ephe●us Revel 2.

the Deane and other Praebends that so they might not come into their seates Ninthly hee hath turned most of the Seruice into Piping and singing so that the people vnderstand it not no more then they doe Greeke or Hebrew He hath brought meere ballads and Jigs into the Church and commanded them to bee sung for Anthems and among many other the three Kings of Colen IASPER MELCHIOR and BALTHASER Hee will not suffer so much as the holy Communion to bee administred without an hideous noyse of vocall and instrumentall Musicke the tunes whereof are all taken out of the Masse-booke whereby the peoples mindes are wholly withdrawne from the holy duty which they are about and from the meditation of Christs bitter death and passion On the fast day after Easter last he commanded the last prayer at the end of the Communion to be sung with the Organ as an Anthem so that no man could vnderstand one word in so much that the ●cople rising vp and sitting when it began to bee sung Mr. COSENS call'd to them that sate neare about them saying you must kneele you must kneele it is a prayer then all the congregation kneeled downe and prayed very deuoutly they knew not what It was tht fondest Fast that euer any man saw it being rather a Triumph then any Fast or Humiliation Tenthly he hath brought diuers old Copes which haue beene vsed in May-games heretofore one of them hauing the picture of the Trinitie embroydered vpon it and these Copes hee would enjoyne the Praebends constantly to weare Eleuenthly hee hath imployed diuers Recusant Papists and such onely in making of wax candles Crucifixes and glasse windowes in guilding and painting of Images and the Altar fit workemen for such Idolatrous workes and incite instruments to reuiue and set vp Poperie once againe Twelfely hee hath violently inforced the obseruation of those Ceremonies going about the Church like a mad man thrusting some out by the head and shoulders calling them Pagans when they stood quietly hearing Seruice and refusing to obserue his Popish Ceremonies Hee hath likewise gone about the Altar for so hee calls it before the Communion crossing the cushions kissing the Altar clothes and smacking them with his lippes in so much as some seeing him so ridiculously occupied sayd one to another looke looke is not the man mad looke I pray is hee not mad These and sundry other Popish Innouations hath Mr. COSENS brought into the Church of Durham and now see their fruits One Mr. FRANCIS BVRGONIE Parson of Wermoth following Mr. COSENS his practises hath taken away the Communion table out of his Parish Church and in stead thereof hath erected an Altar in the East end of the Chancell made of a graue-stone This stone he hath layd vpon a wall not on a frame he hath adorned it with guilded hangings round about it contrary to the Communion Booke this Altar hee worshippeth with the bowing of his knee vnto it and there both hee and his Curate read part of the Seruice so that most of the people on both sides can neyther heare nor see them This example of Mr. BVRGONIE many parish Churches else are reported to follow to the great offence of Religious people the great advancement of Popery and Superstition which are like to overflow the whole Byshoppricke of Durham if they are not in time suppressed In so much that the Papists of Durham say openly The Protestants need not labour to bring vs to them for they are comming apace to vs. Thus thus alas Grex totus in agris vnius scabie cadit Our prayer our desire therefore to this present assembly of Parliament is but this Pereat vnus ne pereamus omnes Let Mr. COSENS with all his great Abbetters and Disciples rather perish with theyr pardons which wee heare his potent Byshop patron who should haue rather procured them an helter then a pardon had hee any sparke of loue to your Religion in him hath of late procured then that both you and wee with both our States and Churches should perish by their Pardons which can neuer expiate nor disanull these great offences A SERMON PREACHED IN THE CATHEDRALL CHVRCH OF DVRHAM IVLY 7. 1628. BY PETER SMART PSAL. 31. 6. v. I hate them that holde of superstitious vanities Imprinted 1628 Psalme 31. part of the 6. verse IN the common translation I haue hated them that hold of superstitious vanities In the new translation Them that regard lying vanities In the Geneva translation Them that giue themselues to deceitfull vanities whereupon they giue this good note This affection ought to be in all Gods children to hate whatsoever thing is not graunted vpon Gods word as deceitfull and vaine Such are all humane Traditions Ethelothreskiai superstitious will-worships the inventions of mans braine The vulgar Latine hath Odisti thou ô God hatest And Vatab●us hath Odi observantes vanitates frustra or vanitates mendacy vaine vanities or the vanities of alye That is saith he Odi observantes opera quae prae se ferunt vanitatem et mendacium id est eos qui superstitioni student ea observant quae à vero Dei cultu animos piorum avocant I hate them that obserue workes carrying a shew of or which vphold and countenance vanity and falshood That is hate the followers and favourers of superstition observing things which withdraw godly mindes from the true worship of God Wow whereas some haue Odi other Odisti God hateth or I hate they are all one to one effect for we must hate what God hateth we must loue what God loveth wee must apply our selues to Gods will and conforme our selues to the similitude of God after whose image we are made as much as we can Be you perfect saith our Saviour as your heavenly Father is perfect Therefore we must hate with a perfect hatred whatsoever God hateth as David did Psal 139. 21. ver Doe not I hate them ô Lord that hate thee Doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee Yea I hate them with a perfect hatred or vnfeined hatred I count them mine enemies On which words one observeth well The Prophet teacheth vs boldly to contemne all the hatred of the wicked and friendship of the world when they would hinder vs from serving God sincerely God is good yea goodnesse it selfe Therefore it is not possible but God should loue best that which is most like himselfe and hate the contrary So must we doe not loue our selues or that which is like our selues for we are nought Omnis homo mendax every man is a lyer and the imaginations of mans heart are onely evill continually saith God Therefore we must not loue but hate our owne imaginations inventions and lyes and loue God who is good and Christ who is truth vnder whose lipps no vanity no guile no lye can lie As a Father saith expounding my text Recte veritas odit vanitatem quia vanitas in falsitate confistit odisse enim