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A plain and rational vindication of the liturgy of the Church of England collected out of the discourses of some of the reverend bishops and doctors of the same church, by way of question and answer / by J. Clvtterbvck, Gent.
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Clutterbuck, J. (John)
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past Mercies in the Beginning so he is for the present and shall be hereafter for future Blessings Q. Why do we not rise up when the Doxology is repeated in the Litany A. Because as it 's here used and other parts of the Litany before and after are matters of humble Supplications and so most fit to be tendred to God in that Posture 2. We are to consider that this Doxology was inserted when the Litany was what it is now but called Procession and then it was no Exception for then Men were standing or walking Q. What is chiefly meant by that Phrase Mercifully look upon our Infirmities A. The Calamities which Divine Providence hath laid upon us and which we have justly and righteously deserved Q. What Vse is there for the occasional Prayers in general if the various Miseries of Mankind are exactly enumerated in the Litany A. Our Miseries are but barely mentioned there and at some times some particular Evils lie so heavy upon us and some great mercies are so necessary for us that it is requisite we should have solemn Forms upon such Occasions that it may fully sute all our Necessities Q. Why are the 4. Sundays before Christmas called Advent Sundays A. Because they are to prepare us for Christ's Advent or coming in the flesh which we call Christmas Q. Why do we commemorate the blessed Birth of our Saviour upon the 25th of December A. Because it was the custom of the ancient Church so to do and we have good Reason to believe that Christ was Born on that Day Vide Dr. Hammond Q. Why is the Feast of Circumcision observed A. As by Christ's Birth we received the Adoption of Sons so by his Circumcision the Redemption from the Law Q. What do we celebrate upon Epiphany A. Three glorious Manifestations viz. The Star which was the Gentiles guide to Christ and that of the Trinity at the Baptism of Christ in the opening of the Heavens and of his Divinity by the Miracle of turning Water into Wine which is thought to have been done on the same Day Of Lent Quest WHY is a Sunday before Lent called Septuagesima Answ A consequentia numerandi viz. Because the First Sunday in Lent is called Quadragesima containing about forty days from Easter therefore the Sunday before that being still further from Easter is called Quinquagesima five being the next number above four and so the Sunday before that is called Sexagesima and the Sunday before that Septuagesima which are all Preparatives to the Lenten Fast A. 2. It is a Latin word and signifies as much as Seventy and is put for 70 days which end the Sunday after Easter and the next Sunday is call'd Sexagesima as containing 60 days which end on Thursday in Easter Week and Quinquagesima as containing 50 days before Easter and are all Preparatives to the Lenten Fast which is call'd Quadragesima containing about 40 days before Easter Q. Why is it called Lent A. From the time of the year the word signifies Spring in the Saxon Language and is the Spring-Fast Q. Why are forty days observed and at this season A. In Imitation of our Saviour who fasted 40 days in the Wilderness as Moses did in the Mount and wherein we might be put in Mind of the sore Trial and Temptation which Christ then endured for our sakes whose Sufferings ended at Easter and to prepare us for the holy Communion which our Church commands to be then Received A. 2. There 's great use of this yearly Fast besides viz. That the defects of our Weekly Humiliations and Devotions may be thereby supply'd That there may be a Publick Humiliation for Publick Errors if not for Private Sins in particular That the Godly Discipline which was anciently in Use at this Season for putting Persons to open Pennance as stood convicted of notorious Sins is now laid aside and neglected Bishop Patrick Q. Why do we begin this Fast on Ash-Wednesday A. To supply the Sundays in Lent upon which it was not the Church's Custom to Fast and by deducting six Sundays and adding these four days the just number of forty is made up Q. Why is Ash-Wednesday so called A. Because anciently Ashes were sprinkled upon their heads to mind them of their Mortality and what they had deserved viz. to be burnt to Ashes Of Ember-Weeks Quest WHat is the Original of those four Weeks of Fasting now called Ember-Weeks A. The first Christian Bishops in imitation of the Apostles used to appoint Fasting and Prayer when they conferred holy Orders as soon as the Church was setled the Ordination of Ministers became fixed and are still observed in the Church of England for a Preparation to the Ordination of Ministers Q. What other Reasons may be given for the Observation of Ember-Fast A. 2. Because these times are as the First fruits of every Season which we rightly dedicate to the Service and Honour of God 3 R. That beginning these several parts of the year in a holy and sober Life we might the better learn how to spend the remainder of every Season 4 R. That we may obtain the continuance of God's Favour for the Fruits of the Earth which at these times are for the most part sown or sprung up or ripening or gathered into the Barn 5 R. That we might repent us of all our Sins which all the Season before we have committed 6 R. That our Bodies might be freed from those Contagious Distempers which usually these 4 Seasons through the Predominant Humours then reigning do bring along with them Q. At what season of the year are these Fasts observed A. The first is the Wednesday Friday and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent The second after Whitsunday The Third the Wednesday c. after Septemb. 14. The Fourth the Wednesday Friday and Saturday after the 13th of December Q. Why are they call'd Ember Weeks A. Because the Ancients on those days would eat no Bread but Cakes made under Embers 2. Because the old Saxon word from which Ember is derived signifies to abstain or forbear Eating 3. The true word in the Judgment of Dr. Hammond and Sir Henry Spelman is Imber from the old Saxon word Imbren i. e. a Circle and these four Fasts keep their certain turns so many times in the year as in a Circle Q. What Reason may be given why the Ordination of Ministers is affixed to these set times A. That as all Mens Souls are concerned in the ordaining a fit Clergy all may join in Fasting and Prayer for a Blessing on it and that Bishops and Candidates knowing the time may prepare themselves for this great Work that no Vacancy may remain long unsupplied and that the People if they please may be present either to approve or object against any whom they know to be unworthy Q. Why is the Sunday before Easter call'd Palm-Sunday A. Because as Christ came from Bethany to Jerusalem they cut down Palm-Branches and strew'd them in the Way Q.
A Plain and Rational VINDICATION and EXPLANATION OF THE LITURGY OF THE Church of England Collected out of the Discourses of some of the Reverend Bishops and Doctors of the same CHURCH by Way of QUESTION and ANSWER By J. CLVTTERBVCK Gent. The Second Edition with Improvements LONDON Printed for William Keblewhite at the Swan in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1699. To my Beloved Daughters SARAH LILLINGSTON AND MARY LEACH THE Church's aim in all her Services was to make them reasonable and therefore she hath not only put them in a known Tongue but also instructs us in the Nature of them making her Prayer-Book a Sum of Divinity but because we are fallen into an Age that many who call themselves Saints do actually mock and ridicule her sacred Offices It 's surely a Duty incumbent on all her Obedient Children to vindicate the Honour of their Holy Mother the Church I thought it therefore Time not ill spent having retired my self to a Private Life to collect such Reasons out of the Writings of the Reverend Bishops and Doctors of the Church of England as may justifie not only her Commands but enforce our Obedience to her Pious Edicts and to the Observance of her lawful Ceremonies And that my Affection may last longer than my Life I present ye with these my First-Fruits hoping that not only the Example and constant Practice of your Ancient Father but his Advice and Counsel may prevail with you to persevere to the End in the Doctrine and Discipline of that Church in which ye have been Baptized Educated and Instructed and let not Men deceive you with vain Words I only at First designed these Collections for my own private Satisfaction but I was prevailed upon by some Friends to make them Publick for this Reason because they assured me they would be of Use and Advantage to those of the meaner Understanding and not despised by others that knew them already which I chuse to say that I may prevent the Censure of those that may think this Publication proceeds from an itching Desire of Applause or at least from Vain-Glory Let not the Meanness of my Performances lessen your Reverence to the Holy Offices of our Church but live in the constant Use and Practice of them and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ will bless you both in Soul and Body guiding ye by his Counsel here and bringing ye at last to his Glory which is the hearty Prayer of Your Affectionate Father J. CLUTTERBUCK April 16. 1694. To the READER IT is observed by a Reverend and Judicious Author Dr. Jo. Cockburn That Early Buds are wont to please the curious who are generally a little impatient But the Trees flourish best and are most fruitful which do not over-hastily put forth before their proper Season This Observation had I duly considered I should not to satisfie the importunity of some Friends so hastily have Published my First Thoughts However it appears that my Intentions to do good have been kindly received the First Edition being Sold off and being hereby encouraged to a Second Impression of this Book and desirous to have it more Correct and Useful I have made some Additions and Enlargements in giving a short Explication of the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments that all may understand what they Pray for and Read This I am sensible is very excellently perform'd by several Eminent Hands but I submit to the Judgment of some worthy Friends That I ought to consult the Reader 's Ease and Conveniency and not to referr him altogether to what Others have writ Several Remarks and Observations you will meet with in this Edition which escaped my first Consideration And lastly I have given some brief Hints of the Argument and Design of each Book of Holy Writ which may in some measure assist in Reading those Sacred Pages The Compilers of the English COMMON-PRAYER-BOOK were Dr. Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury Mart. Dr. Goodrick Bishop of Ely Dr. Skip Bishop of Hereford Dr. Thirlby Bishop of Westminster Dr. Day Bishop of Chichester Dr. Holbeck Bishop of Lincoln Dr. Ridley Bishop of Rochester after Bishop of London Mart. Dr. Cox King Edward 's Almoner Dr. Taylor Dean of Lincoln Mart. Dr. Heynes Dean of Exeter Dr. Redman Dean of Westminster Mr. Robinson Archdeacon of Leicester May 1549. Anno Reg. Edw. 6. Tertio The English Reformation is the most compleat and perfect in its Kind as retaining the most ancient Doctrine and soundest Confession of Faith founded upon the Holy Scriptures and agreeable to the first General Councils the most Primitive Church Government and a Liturgy the best accommodated to reconcile and unite Mens Devotions Such a Liturgy as Mr. Fox the Author of the Martyrology is not afraid to say was indited by the Holy Ghost but certainly had a great Testimony in the unspeakable Joy and Contentment holy Men took in it in K. Edward the Sixth's days their Zeal for the Maintenance of it longing for the Restitution of it and Sealed it with their Blood in Q. Maries days and the Universal Triumphs and Acclamations at the Restoring of it in Queen Elizabeth's Reign Dr. Goodman Comp. Inquiry OF THE CALENDAR AND THE Special USE thereof IN THE CHURCH of GOD. THE Calendar of the Church is as full of Benefit as Delight unto such as are given to the serious Study and due Contemplation thereof for besides the admirable Order and Disposition of Times which are necessary for the better transacting of all Ecclesiastical and Secular Affairs it hath in it a very Beautiful Distinction of the Days and Seasons whereof some are chosen out and sanctified and others are put among the Days of the Week to number But the chief Use of it in the Church of God is to preserve a solemn Memory and to continue in their due Season sometimes a weekly and sometimes an Annual Commemoration of those excellent and high Benefits which God hath bestowed upon Mankind for the Founding and Propagating of that Christian Religion which we now profess together with a Direction how to find the Lessons which the Church orders to be read every Day in the Week at Morning and Evening Prayer And because the Multitude of Holy Men and Women became so exceeding numerous that all the Days of the Year would not have been sufficient for a several Commemoration of them it was the great Wisdom and Moderation of those Religious Grave Prelates who did reform such things as were many ways amiss among us to chuse One Solemn Day alone wherein to magnifie God for the Generality of all his Saints together and to retain some few selected Days in every Month for the Special Memory of some Holy Persons and Actions hereby avoiding only the Burthen and the unnecessary Number of Festival Days Of the Golden Number and Dominical Letter THE Golden Number was anciently devised to find out the Ecclesiastical beginning of the Year which always happen'd between March the 7th and April the 6th And is