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A58328 Animadversions by way of answer to a sermon preached by Dr. Thomas Kenne, Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, in the Cathedral Church of Bath, on Ascension-Day last, being the fifth day of May, 1687 Reed, John, Father. 1687 (1687) Wing R665; ESTC R36704 18,505 40

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ANIMADVERSIONS By way of ANSWER TO A SERMON Preached by Dr. THOMAS KENNE Lord Bishop of BATH and WELLS In the Cathedral Church of BATH On ASCENSION-DAY last Being the Fifth Day of May 1687. With Allowance LONDON Printed for Nathaniel Thompson at the Entrance into the Old Spring-Garden near Charing-Cross 1687. TO THE MOST SACRED MAJESTY OF JAMES the II. KING of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. THIS little Treatise most Gracious and Dread Sovereign was occasion'd by a Sermon Preach'd the last Ascention-Day by a Bishop of the Church of England whose Tallent was so much commended that I was no less curious than desirous to hear him And so I did with attention I confess I am no competent Author to fasten an Opinion of his Lordship on any yet being not at all pleaed with his Doctrine I gave my best Friends the faithfullest report I cou'd of the chiefest Points of his Discourse His Lordship I own is Oratour enough and was sufficiently moderate for a great part of his Sermon till at last he flew to Controversies nothing material to his Text and much less Consonant to good Doctrine Then I was resolved to have a sharp Eye after him Sermon being done immediately I Recorded his chiefest Errours and endeavour'd at leasure to reduce them to the best and easiest method that was possible for me May it therefore please Your most Sacred Majesty to countenance this little Scroul in hopes that under Your Gracious Protection it may get the Credit to be worth the Reading I am most certainly sure it can never be set forth to the Publick advantage of Souls better than by Dedicating it to a KING who has done more in one day for God's Glory and the propagation of the Christian Faith than most of the Christian Kings have done in the whole course of their Lives It is well known that He has truly a Paternal Breast to all His Subjects and most particularly to them that profess any Zeal towards the Conversion of Souls having this Sentence of St. Denis deeply Engraven in His Royal Heart Divinorum Divinissimum est co-operari Deo in salutem animarum The Divinest of all Divine things is to cooperate with God for the salvation of Souls Now then Dread Sir I Consecrate my self and this little Paper together with all the Faculties of my Soul and Body to Your most Sacred Majesties Spiritual and Temporal Service for I never desire to live longer than I am able to serve Your Self and Your Royal Family And shall conclude with this hearty Address to Almighty God that as he has most Miraculously preserv'd Your Royal Person from so many Eminent Evident and hidden Dangers both on Sea and Land Abroad and at Home and settled Your Majesty in spite of Fate on the Throne of Your Royal Ancestors so He may settle Your Majesty and Your Royal Consort on a Throne of Glory in Heaven after living a full Century on years in all Prosperity on Earth to the perfect Conversion of all Your Subjects This with the blessing of a most Hopeful Prince who shall perpetuate Your Royal Names to the Worlds end shall be the constant Wishes and daily Prayers of Dread Sovereign Your Majesties most Dutifully Obedient Servant and most Loyal Irish Subject F.J.R. C.J. TO THE COURTEOUS READER IT happened Courteous Reader that I have been lately intreated by one of my best Friends to go hear a Church of England Bishop Preach I confess I had no great mind to go yet to please my Friend and may be yield something to curiosity I went. But seeing a Christian Prelate in the Pulpit begin as I thought a Christian Sermon and omit the characterical Sign of a Christian I was much astonished at such an odd sight being the first Preacher to the best of my Memory that ever I saw begin a Sermon without making the Sign of the Cross To this you will answer that in the Church of England they do not usually make the Sign of the Cross contenting themselves to make it once for all Viz. When they are Baptized but is that the Custom as well with Protestants as with all other Dissenters Yes well then I say that it is a very ill Custom which can never be otherwise then a most scandalous practise For my part I declare I was mightily scandalized to see one that pretends to be a Christian-Teacher begin to Preach and omit the Sign of a Christian This with his ill Doctrine made me observe him narrowly and sift thoroughly all his Discourse and endeavour to refute his chiefest Errours as you will see if you be pleased to read this following Treatise But this Advertisement is chiefly to shew that the practical omission of using the Sign of the Cross is a practical contradiction as well of the holy Bible as of the Primitive and modern Practice of the true Church of Christ But before I enter into any positive Proof either of holy Scripture or Antiquity I think it expedient to take away all doubts and scruples of the lawfulness of this holy Sign and thus I argue That practice can never be unlawful in it self which both Parties own to be once so lawful that it is against the Law of God to omit it But both Roman Catholicks and Protestants do own that it is against the Law of Christ to omit the Sign of the Cross at the actual administration of the Sacrament of Baptism Ergo the constant practise thereof must needs be lawful Nam quod ex natura rei semel est licitum semper est licitum for there is nothing less alterable than the nature of a thing which in Schools is called Quiditas rei that is the very Essence of a thing which cannot be changed without destroying the thing it self None therefore can deny the constant use of the Cross to be lawful seeing all confess it to be once absolutely necessary Viz. In the actual Administration of the Sacrament of Baptism so that whoever teacheth the contrary may see his own judgement in St. Paul 3. Chap. to the Phillip 18. v. Quos saepe dicebam vobis nunc flens dico inimicos Crucis Christi quorum Deus venter est finis interitus For many walk of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping that they are the Enemies of the Cross of Christ whose end is destruction whose God is their belly Consider seriously this passage and beware never to despise the Sign of the Cross otherwise you will act directly against the express word of God As you will see in what followeth Read I pray the 7th of Revelations 3 v. Where one Angel said to four other Angels hurt not the Earth neither the Sea nor the Trees till we have signed the Servants of our God in their Foreheads Read again the 10th Chap. of St. Mark 16 Vers And he took them and blessed them The same is proved also out of St. Luke 24th Chap. 50. Vers