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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

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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