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A27487	The anatomie of the service book, dedicated to the high court of Parliament wherein is remonstrated the unlawfulnesse of it, and that by five severall arguments, namely [brace] from the name of it, the rise, the matter, the manner, and, the evill effects of it : whereunto are added some motives, by all which we clearly evince the necessitie of the removeall of it : lastly, we have answered such objections as are commonly made in behalfe of it / by Dwalphintramis.	Dwalphintramis.; Bernard, John.; Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1641 (1641)	Wing B1997; ESTC S100014	61,280	81

a Curbing bit to stop to wind and turne them at their pleasure yea sometimes to cut them in the mouth if they delivered any such part of Gods Counsell as touched their copy-hold besides the scoffing calumnies that the Prelats and their Janizaries would put upon them how did they grieve the soules of divers worthy men that divers of them were forced to breake through that Egyptian bondage with danger of their liberties and lives if they had beene reached by the Prelates ill Angels but flying with the Woman into the Wildernesse the flood of the Service-booke out of the mouth of the Serpent was sent after them but both fire and water conspired to the devouring of it witnesse its arrivall at New England two fellowes being drunke addressed themselves by water to disperse some bundles of them one of them swearing that he would have a pipe of Tobacco in despight of the Devill striking fire the sparks fell into a barrell of Gun-powder which blew both men and bookes all into the ayre the men were saved by swimming in the water and the Liturgie sunck when it could not swimme and so we hope it shall Some of us heard a painefull Minister complaine with abundance of teares a little before his death That so long as he and such as he carried the Prelates fardell after them they would never downe We will shut up this point with a very remarkable observation though God made conforming Ministers being the Dispensers of his Word the meanes to turne many from their evill wayes yet this proved for the most part but in the point of life and conversation and not in point of parity of worship according to our Lord and Masters practice upon his patient that Samaritan woman whom he reclaimeth not onely from uncleannesse of life but also from a polluted worship the Woman here is not onely touched in conscience for her evill life but also desires to bee rectified in the case of Religion Christ healeth her of both those diseases and having given check as a Father observed both to the arrogancie of the Samaritans and of the Jewes for the latter was faulty as well as the former though not in the like degree hee layeth downe an undeceivable rule for both that they and all who will worship God acceptably must worship him in spirit and in truth in spirit that is opposed to bodily service as washings annointings garments c. In truth that is opposed to shadowes and figures whereof Christ is the substance and the body such converts then as will reape comfort out of respect had unto all Gods Commandements they must come downe from the mountains of impure worship Austin hath a pretty saying upon this that he that will draw neare to God must come downe from his owne mountaine or from the mountaine of his owne device in Gods worship it is a duty laid on Christs Messengers in preparing of his way to lay those mountaines levell as well as others but the good men durst not meddle with the Gerezim of the Service-booke because they were captives to it and partly because the Philistims that kept it would fall upon them We come in the second place to the Ordinances blocked up by the booke as close as the Ministers we must give but a touch as our Liturgian Masse-mongers esteeme more of the Service than Preaching so they justle out and keepe out Preaching with it For the former let Howson speake not being ashamed to assert that Preaching is no part of divine worship agreeable to that Canon of the constitution Anno 1603. making a cleare and positive distinction betweene Preaching and Worship in these words in time of divine Worship or Preaching And for the later we vvill cite but one testimony for brevities sake namely from the same Canons If any Minister having subscribed to the Articles and to the Liturgy and to the Rites and Ceremonies therein contained doe afterward omit any thing he is liable to the penalty of suspension for one moneth and after that if he amend not to excommunication and lastly if he continue so the third moneth to totall deprivation they have their patterne from Pope Pius the fifth who made the same impious sanction for the Breviary that at no time nor in any case any thing thereof should be omitted yea the Congregations of London have had too much experience of Service for Sermons which exchange is very robberie contrary to the Proverbe for it is ordinary with the Iourney-men Levites and Letanie-priests to spin out all the time in making up that course thred of the Service that is allotted for Sermon and this they do of malice like the dog in the manger but were it good they would never be so eager upon it for the Countrey Priests will cast it thorow a riddle and curtall it to the waste to gaine a long after-noone for prophane sports but judge ye Honourable Senatours if this be not a miserable case that Hagar should not onely insult over Sarah but also thrust her out of her owne house How unreasonable yea how dangerous a thing is it that the wholsome and soule-saving Word of the Lord Iesus should give place to a fardell of mens devices in the worship of God We come now in the third place to the People there are three things of note in every common-wealth {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the People Religion and Law the Service-booke intrencheth upon all these as first upon the Law in so many particulars though we cannot name them all that it justly may be called Nomomastix a scourge to the Law we will instance in one or two particulars first by the Law of England no Clergie-man to the very Pope himselfe shall beare any Rule or Exercise any Iurisdiction Nisi in rebus spiritualibus Except in spirituall things witnesse the second Lawyer that ever wrote of our Lawes namely * Bracton who lived in the time of King Henry the third when Popery was in the ●uffe for a little before in King Iohn his time the Crowne of England was at the Popes disposing which I alledge the rather to shew the Insolency and Impudency of our Prelates managing of the Service-booke against the Law to which book if Ministers will not conforme and subscribe they out them of their free-holds contrary to right and law the iniquity of which course hath been clearly manifested in Caudryes Case Another witnesse yet more antient appears in this particular namely * Glanvill the first that ever writ of our Lawes in the time of King Henry the second under whom the said Authour was Lord Chiefe Iustice and speaking of the Case of the triall of advowsons belonging as he alledgeth Ad Coronam dignitatem Regiam To the pleas of the Crowne he produceth a prohibition to the spirituall Court which he calleth Curiam Christianitatis that they meddle not with the matter though it might seeme collaterally to

theirs and thence it is that our Lyturgian Patrons doe meet the Jesuite mid-way by owning the name of Masse to our Service-Booke witnesse Pocklington who calls the second service just the same with the Masse so Cozens witnesse Master Smarts Sermon and not onely so in relation to the second service but even in regard of the whole bulke as Pocklington in the end of his Altare c. and Mountague In name you see then there is an unanimous agreement and {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} names are the very Images of things And for their agreement in Matter Manner in all things of importance we shall make it as evident as the former in the meane time what reason is there that wee should groane still under the burthen of a Lyturgie borne in upon us under the Name and Nature of the Masse which is nothing but a Masse of Idolatrie and an Idol of Abominations the name is a name of blasphemy out of the Devils Cabala as we take it for what language it is or what it signifieth for any thing we know was never yet knowne the Hebrewes call their Tribute by the name of Missa witnesse that place in Exodus laying out the oppression of the Israelites by Pharaoh and his Princes or Officers who are called Officers of the tribute set over Gods people the word tribute in the first language is Missa of the word Messas as the Learned observe which signifieth to melt both the name and Etymol●gie sute very well with the Popish Mass for it hath melted away true Religion and spirituall devotion and as it inslaveth the soules of people by leaving them naked as Solamon saith of the preaching of the Word for so the word signifieth so it is made an engine to screw out the bowels of their estates wasting melting mens substance as the snow against the Sunne besides the universall experience of the extortion of the Masse where ever it beareth sway we may instance it too fully in this Island where infinite masses of money have beene melted away within these few yeares without any profit to the King or Subject but to the great prejudice of both for the exhausting of the Subject is the emptinesse of the King Tiberius could say Adulterinum est eurum quod cum subditorum lachrymis exprimitur it is a base kinde of gold that is squeezed out with the teares of the subject but who hath cast the State in this consumption of money Who hath made the hearts to ake and the soules to groane of honest housholders when they have beene forced it may bee to part with more then they had Who in time of peace and under good Lawes have caused mens houses and fields forcibly to bee entered their goods to be carried away Who have caused the Kings Leige people and that for obeying the lawes of God man to be carried to stifling prisons contrary to the lawes of the Land and priviledge of the Subject Who have caused some to be tormented and tortured with unparallel'd cruelty both for kinde and continuance Lastly who have beene the Incendiaries or firebrands to melt away if they could the Kings love to his Subjects and the Subjects true loyalty to the King who we say but these Lyturgian Lords and their Iesuited confederates together with their Popish and hellishly prophane Priests Officers and Appe●dice● to prove these or any of them were to shew a man the Sunne and many sheets could not hold the particulars But to the purpose in hand the Service or Masse-Booke as they call it is the maine engine it is the Saddle and wee to speake a homely truth are the Asses for Englishmen are called by the Jesuites the Popes Asses the Hierarchie and their adherents are our riders the saddle hath so pinched and galled our backes that wee know not how to take on the burthen of the Lord Jesus though it be very light our riders have with spurre and rod of their Radamanthean Courts and temporall usurpations so jaded us with leave be it spoken that they have almost rid the spirit of zeale and courage out of us and had they but got the saddle with some more new girts and trappings upon the Scots as they intended they had gone neare to have rid Religion and Politie to death but as the Scots have proved like Dan Lyons for prowesse and S●rpents for providence in overturning both the saddle and rider up in the name of the Lord and doe the like what should we doe with the Masse some of whose friends not so well acquainted with the nature of it would storme if we should call a spade a spade but they must beleeve their Booke-mens testimonies published under the favour of their little great land-lord of the soyle who knowes best how it should be called one of whose Bandiliers tells us in great heat none but Schismatiques will deny the harmony of missification away with it then to finish this point I will enforce the conclusion with this argument We are not to name an Idol but with detestation much lesse are we to offer it as a worship of God But the Service or Masse-booke is an Idol Ergo we are not to mention it but with detestation much lesse to offer it to God as a worship The Spirit is abundant in the proofe of the former proposition Exod. 23. 13. Hos. 13.2 2. 17. Psal. 16. 4. all remarkable places teaching us to be wary with what worship we joyne with but in the first of these places there is a triplication of the charge in divers termes yet all beating upon the same thing to make us to looke to it In the later proposition there are two things one implyed namely that the Service-booke is the Masse-booke for proofe whereof Habemus confitentes we have their owne avouchment and if they should deny it we shall in the point following prove it whereunto now we come CHAP. III. Of the Originall THe second thing considerable for the matter in hand is whence the Liturgie hath his rise or Originall namely from the Masse-booke that whose originall and rise is naught must be naught in it selfe Can there come cleane water out of a corrupt Fountaine note that the Liturgie is wholly from the Masse-booke and other Popish pieces as it shall be fully cleared First by comparing of the Bookes Secondly for that mutuall liking that our Liturgie-masters and the Masse-booke men have one of anothers peace And thirdly from the evidence given from the King and Councell of England Sect. Now to the first every piece and parcell of the Liturgie word for word is out of these pieces namely the Breviary out of which the Common-Prayers are taken the kituall or booke of Rites out of which the Administration of the Sacraments B●riall Matrimony Visitation of the sicke are taken the Masse booke out of which the Consecration of the Lords Supper Collects Epistles and Gospels are

easily superstition findes entrance into England and how hardly it is rooted out that former Maledict Monke Benedict as they call him found so little entertainment in France that he made little stay there onely stomacking that the Worship was not after the Romish Order he certified his Master by a grievous complaint who being more moderate than the Monke bid him take that which was good in every Church but England found that that would not serve him of whose Masse and mischiefe it could never yet be ridde It is also worthy your observing how hee laid the foundation of the Masse and established it in blood yea that See of Canterbury in him and his successors hath beene a See of bloud yea it is too well knowne that that cursed Masse whether Latine or English hath lived in bloud and bathed in the bloud of bodies soules and states as shall be more particularly manifested hereafter Now for any thing that can be said in defence of this Idol the Mosse booke it is not worth the citing and hath beene more than abundantly refuted yet one touch for a taste and that upon Pray●rs because it is the subject of our discourse we will shew you one place out of the Old Testament and another out of the New such as they make choice of to defend their Masse or Liturgy as they call it the place of the Old Testament is in Genes cap. 4. vers. 26. the words are these Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord as there bee diversity of thoughts upon the meaning of the words so Perierius a Popish Frier will have this the meaning that then they found out some set forme or order of Prayer to gaine footing forsooth to the Popish Liturgy but say it were so what would it make for them The Doctors of Doway are of the same opinion and fuller also in their words it is meant say they of publique Prayer with observing some Rites and set forme in a particular place dedicated to divine service Grant that that were the meaning as indeed it is not yet what would this make for them Would the faithfull Prayers of the godly Patrtarchs confirme or would they not rather confute the abhominable prayers of the Popish Masse the word Invocat in the first language signifieth also to prophane though not so in this place for it suteth not with the sense but if this were the sense then the Papists might well take a hint to parallel their unhallowed Masse which is nothing but an high prophanation of the Name of God The other place which I touch upon and which they doe egregiously abuse as they doe many more is from the New Testament 1 Tim. 2. vers 1. I exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and thanks-givings bee made for all men out of which words of the Apostle the Rhemists make this deduction that the prayers and petitions of the Masse are deduced out of the Apostle his words producing or rather traducing the Fathers making them speake that for the Masse which they never meant the transcription of all the passages would be too tedious but let Master Cartwrights answer suffice First by way of Concession grant the Masse-booke to have the same prayers in it that the Apostle commands will it therefore follow saith he that their prayers is the true service of God no more than the using or rather abusing of the words of Justification This is my body makes for the justifying of Transubstantiation Inchanters and Charmers use many holy words in their charmes as they doe with a peece of the first Chapter of Saint Iohns Gospell but it aggravateth their sinne This plea from good words is or hath beene too frequent in the mouthes of some professors whom vvee desire to satisfie vvith this answer Againe if their vvhole Liturgy or Service bee here as they say vvhere are their Mattens Even-song Complin Procession Dirgie c. As for the name Masse used by the Fathers vve are to understand as Morney and others vvell observe that as the Church finding ease and grovving in vvealth under and after Constantines time fell to grovv a little gawdie to please the Gentiles and also to allure both the Jevves and Gentiles the Christians vvere content to heare and speake antiquated names as Altars Sacrifices Priests and so fell in the vvord Missa but it is as cleare on the other side that never one of the Fathers alleadged nor Orthodox Counsels did use any of these vvords in their sense and this may suffice for the Popish Masse They also abuse that place of the Acts 13. 2. translating it as they were saying Masse but the foolery of it as hath beene said ansvvereth it selfe The Masse then being such a peece as it vvas Englands great unhappinesse to lie so many yeares under the burthen of such an abhomination so vvhen the light of the Gospell sprung up to fetch us out of darkenesse and from the shadovv of death it vvas great incogitancy to speake the least in our Reformers in King Edwards dayes to take a Monke from among the Canaanites and putting a coat of English cloath upon it to represent it being an uncleane beast as a service to the Lord it is no better truely than the excommunicate thing What had vve to doe vvith the river of Nilus hovv could vve looke to picke gold out of the Popes dunghill vvhere there is nothing but myre and dirt It is true that Heathenish Rome sent the sonnes of their Senators to the Etrurians to have their instructions for ordering of their Religion but vvhy should vve vvhen God had brought us out of Babel or Antichristian Rome turne immediately in againe to take a patterne out of it for the service of our God this is an expresse thvvarting of the Booke of God vvhose Omniscience should onely appoint in his owne worship witnesse that order and appointment given from him by M●ses to the Israelites first hee layeth it downe affirmatively Observe and heare all these words that I command thee and he inforceth it with a strong reason it shall goe well wuh thee and thine when thou doest what is good and right in the eyes of Iehovah thy God but now least they should patch up his service with some Heathenish tricks he strictly inhibites them so much as to enquire after their Gods saying thus How did these Nations serve their Gods even so will I doe likewise where the Hebrews observe two things are observable First I dolatrous service is not to be enquired after because that occasioneth a turning in to it and secondly all imitation of such service is forbidden Crprtans complaint cited by the answers to the Humble Remonstrance sutes well to this purpose Ad hoc malorum d●voluta est Ecclesia Dei sponsa Christi c. The Church of God and Spouse of Christ falls unhappily into this evill exigent Ut lux de tenebris mutuetur id

we translate it which might be more emphatically rendred sincere service unmixed service according to the Word for so the originall word signifieth as the Apostle Peter calls the word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the sincere milke of the Word Now to draw to an end for we are forced in the bulke to exceed our intention we crave leave further of your Honours to binde our desires with three strong motives for effecting of the worke namely from Example or Patterne for doing of it from danger if it be not done and from the universall Covenant binding every one in his place to the doing of it CHAP. IX I. Of the Patterne FOr the first as the Apostle willeth to shew our selves to others Patternes of all good workes and words we should make others good Examples matter of our Imitation Brevius iter per exampla quam per praecepta Patterne is a more compendious way then Precept good Examples from Gods people have the force of a Generall rule to apply all the Reformed Churches when God turned them from darknesse to light they expelled the Prelates as the Officers of the Kingdome of darknesse and the Popish Liturgie as a false worship and worke of darknesse To passe France the Low-Countries Geneva the Palatinate and others bee pleased to cast your eye upon our Neighbour Nation of Scotland who have neither left root nor branch of Prelate or Popish Liturgie and have not wee the same reasons to reject both It is an infallible rule both in Divinitie and Politie both in Church and Common-wealth Vbi ●unt similes causae circumstantiae ibi locum habet exemplum where there are the like causes and circumstances there example takes place the causes why they cast both out were their offensivenesse to Christ his Church King and State and hath ever Nation beene so prejudiced in all these particulars as we have beene and have we not beene and are partly yet environed with a mantle wall of evill circumstances as the Prelates aggravation of their cruelty in pressing of that Booke and other like stuffe their insolent domineering over Nobility and others yea their daring attempts to set a-foot their interdicted power and their supercilious insultations their proud words and affronting attempts vented by themselves and their Priests even now when the hand of the Lord is lift up against them which they will not see but they shall see it in this they are worse than the Egyptians or Philistims who were content the Lord his hand being upon them not onely to let the Arke of the Lord goe but also sent it up in the handsomest way that they could taking Egypt for an example in this their insolent striving against God and his Truth they may be compared to the Peasants of Lycia whom the Poet fayneth to bee transformed into Frogs for their cruell and barbarous usage of Latona of whom Lactantius also makes mention but the Poet tells us that for all the Metamorphosis they left not their old manner Litibus exercent linguas Et quanquam sub aqua sub aquis maledicere tentant Englished thus Their brawling tongues but setting shame aside Though hid in water under water chide Or with Du Bartas in this posture they may be compared to Lyzards or Snakes cut in pieces Threat with more malice though with lesser might And even in dying shew their living spight Or as God said to Moses of Pharaoh that he would not let his people goe no not with a strong hand that is he will stand out with God so doe they they will not let the Ordinances goe the Liberty of the Ministery goe they will not let the Kingdome of Christ goe though Gods strong hand be out against them but as he fell at last so shall they and all their houshould-stuffe and never rise againe the Scots have put them in the Pond let the love of the truth lead you and their practice be to you as a speaking Embleme in the words of Gedeon Looke on me and doe likewise We will shut up the point with a parallel of loyall entertainment of Kings in their inthronization the men of Iudah and the men of Israel contended zealously who should be most officious in crowning King David though he was crowned before Iudah annoynted him King over them and Israel did the like over them and to bring the parallel nearer home what pious emulation was betweene us and out brethren the Scots to set King Iames of blessed memory upon the Throne of England they might both deservedly say for they shewed it in effect that they were his flesh and bone as Israel said to David he was no stranger as the Scripture hath it but a King from among his brethren never King was received with greater concourse higher magnificence and more applause this made the Kingdomes as Ierusalem as a Citie compacted in it selfe which the Septuagint translateth {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} a participation or communication together often indeed attempted but never effected till then but now blessed be the name of God in a more loving league and stricter bond than ever contending who shall doe God and his Majestie that now is most service shall we not then joyne with them heart and hand in bringing the Lord Iesus the King of glory into his Kingdome hee hath shewed himselfe no Stranger amongst us but done great things for us but to the woe of our hearts we have used him too long like a Stranger in keeping him at doores and the doore upon the hinges Now let us set open the gates and bring him in with triumph which will never be done so long as the Prelacie and the Liturgie or either of them keepe the house Non patitur regni socios Christ will have no consort in his Kingdome much lesse an Antichrist Christ bare many casumnies and injuries from the Iewes at his arraignment under Pilat and past by many things not answering againe but when Pilat came to meddle with his Kingdome he would not let that passe but freely avouched it Art thou a King saith Pilat thou sayest I am answered Christ and to this ●nd was I borne and for this cause came I into the world that I should beare withessse unto the truth of which words Paul giveth this testimony that Christ before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession which words of the Apostle have two remarkable things in them First that Christ hath a Kingdome which he will vindicate in despight of all opposing power wherein he will have his owne Officers Government and Service to take place Secondly that this course must continue till the comming of the Lord Iesus and every one that is of the truth especially Ministers and Magistrates must maintaine it as they wi●l answer it at that day for this worke God hath brought you together and if you should divert this worke so exemplnied and pressed by command