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A70630 A Motion humbly presented to the consideration of the honourable, the committee of the high court of Parliament consisting of 18 queres concerning the Booke of common-prayer : October 8, 1641 : as also an honourable speech made by Mr. Pymme. Pym, John, 1584-1643. 1641 (1641) Wing M2939; ESTC R13528 3,734 10

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A MOTION Humbly presented To the Consideration of the Honourable the Committee of the high Court of PARLIAMENT Consisting of 18. queres concerning the Books of COMMON PRAYER October 8. 1641. As also an Honourable SPEECH Made by Mr Pymme Printed for H. Walker 1641. QVAERIES Concerning the Booke of Common prayer 1. WHether the Preface before the Booke of Common-Prayer doth not sufficiently prove that the intent of those by whom that Forme was established were fully resolved that afterwards in conveniency of time it should be altered Published in the dayes Edward the 6. 2. Whether those Ornaments wrought with Images upon them as Copes in Cathedrall Churches and those Garments which the Bishops weare of woollen and some of silk with linnen sleeves and surplices worn by others of the Clergy be warrantable by Gods Word to be used in our Churches by the Clergy as holy Vestments Isay 30. 22. Deutro 22. 11. Levit. 19. 19. Luke 19. 35. 3. Whether the Absolution pronounced by the Minister to the people after Confession be not direct Popery and such Discipline as Christ and his Apostles never left to the Church Rev. 3. 7. Psld 45. 11. Iohn 1. 29. 4. Whether whilst the Minister prayeth the people should not rather goe along with him in what he prayeth answering Amen onely or some such Expression rather then by breakes to answer by responds as it is ordered in the Booke of Common-Prayer Deut. 27. Acts 1. 24. 16. Acts 16. 25. Acts 20. 36 37. Acts 12. 12. 5. Whether the Minister and the people each changing their part at every other verse in the reading of the Psalms be not contrary to the custome of the Primitive Church 1 Tim. 4. 13. Acts 15. 31. Luke 4. 16. Heb. 2. 12. 6. Whether all the Canonicall Scripture ought not rather to be read through every yeare then that onely and the rest left out and part of the Apocrypha taken in and used as it is Dan. 10. 21. Mat. 21. 4. 2. Ioh. 5. 39. 1 Cor. 16. 26. 7. Whither it be not a great absurdity to compell our Ministery to use such Songs as are translated out of the Popish Service Booke and are not in the Scripture though otherwise perhaps lesse offensive as Te Deum Laudamus in English c. The Papist Clergy doe delude the people with this hymne to beleeve a most abominable lye of a Maid in Saxony Of whom they have placed a story in their Service Booke before the said hymn There was say they a young and an holy Virgin in a Monastery of Nuns and it hapned once in a great Feast that he was at matters in the quier But because her Mistresse did dread her feeblenesse she had her go rest her in the Dortour The maid was sorry and loth to goe thence and therefore after she was gone out she ab●de a while without the quier And when this hymnd wee praise thee o God was begun she saw in a spirituall vision heaven open and the sisters quier lift up to heaven And when they came to say after To thee all Angels cry aloud she saw all the Orders of Angels kneele downe and with great reverence doe worship to God singing with the quier Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabboth And when they came to this The glorious Company of Apostles praise thee she saw the Apostles kneele downe to God and sing forth with the quier The same did the Prophets when they sung The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee And so of the Martyrs And then all Confessors and Virgins joyned with them to the quier and sang forth with them with great joy And when the last verse was in singing O Lord in thee have I trusted the quier came easily downe againe toward the Earth and Heaven closed and that heavenly blisfull Company was seen no longer This blasphemous lye is related in thrir Popish Service Booke 8. Whither to stand up at the repeating of the Creed be a Ceremony of absolute necessity Acts 28. 23 24. Ezek. 23. 26. Eph. 6. 11. Phil. 4. 1. 9. Whither in order of the 3. Collects that for grace should not rather be first used but is last and after praying against our enemies or for peace And whither in that Collect for grace it be proper to call it the beginning of the day at 10. of the clock or to call it night at 2 or 3 in the afternoone as it is there used Exod. 22. 29. Rom. 8. 23. Rom. 11. 16. Mat. 6. 33. Ioh. 5. 44. 10. Whither that expression Almighty and everlasting God which onely workest great marvels send downe upon our Bishop c. be a warrantable Prayer fit to be used Mark 11. 24. Rom. 12. 12. Mat. 21. 13. 1 Pet. 3. 17. 2 Sam. 17 18 19 c. 11. Whither it be not according to the primitive Church and after their Discipline rather to read the Gospell before the Epistle then after the Gospell being first preached by Christ himselfe and the Epistles written by the Apostles afterwards Mat. 13. 11. Marke 13. 10. Acts 13. 24. Ioh. 19. 39. Gal. 4. 13. 12. Whither such Iewish Ceremonies as to bring Offerings to the Curate are not utterly abolished by Christ Eph. 5. 1. 2. Heb. 10. 10. and ver 11. 14. 13. Whither our almes doe deserve any thing at Gods hand If not why should we pray God to accept them as is used in the Prayer for Christs Church militant here on earth as it is titled Mat. 6. 1 2 3 4. Rom. 3. 27 Gal. 2 16. 13. Whether the Minister is to joyne with the people to pray for Gods Heavenly grace especially for the Congregation present as it is used in the said prayer and not rather particularly because Gods especiall Graces doe belong onely to his Elect Ioh. 4. 10. Isay 37. 21. Ezra 10. 1 2 3. Acts 4. 31 32. Iohn 17. 9. verse 20. 15. Whether the gesture of kneeling ought to be used at the receiving of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper rather then to fit as the Apostles did the contrary being never commanded in Gods Word nor practised in the Primitive Church Math. 26. Mar. 14 Luke 22. 1 Cor. 11. 16. Whether it be of any consequence to demand of the Infants Godfathers Godmothers as they are called whither they forsake the Divell c. or whither they beleeve in God c. And they to answer in the childs behalf as grounds of receiving the Child into the Church and bapiizing it Mat. 3. Acts 18. 25. Rom. 6. 3. 1 Peter 3. 21. 17. Whether it be lawfull to signe the child on the forehead with a Crosse there being no precedent for it in GODS Words it being onely a Popish Ceremony Ezek. 13. 3. Ioh 10. 5 Mat. 15. 6. 2. Cor. 6. 6. 1 Iohn 5. 21. 18. Whither the child be not sufficiently baptized that is baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Ghost that it must be brought to the Bishop after