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A05172 Divine and politike observations nevvly translated out of the Dutch language, vvherein they vvere lately divulged. Upon some lines in the speech of the Arch. B. of Canterbury, pronounced in the Starre-Chamber upon 14. June, 1637. Very expedient for preventing all prejudice, which as well through ignorance, as through malice and flattery, may be incident to the judgement which men make thereby, either of his Graces power over the Church, and with the King, or of the equity, justice, and wisdome of his end in his said speech, and of the reasons used by him for attaining to his said end Theophilus, fl. 1638. 1638 (1638) STC 15309; ESTC S108356 57,625 70

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so consistent as private prayer reading or religio● conference after Sermon with such observation of the Sabbath 〈◊〉 God hath commanded And that the other in their conscience thin● that adoring ducking cringing kneeling to or at the Altar● is 〈◊〉 seemeth to be an idolatrous act and derogatory to that revere●●● wherewith a mans hart ought to bee fi●led when he entreth into Church for religious exercise withall as a Tinker with his Bi●● dri●king and dominering in an Alehouse up●n a Sunday after 〈◊〉 hath duckt to the altar may not by any good Conformist be reproac●●ed f●r breach of the morall Law for the Sabbath in respect of his pr●●viledge for so doing by warrant of the booke for recreations So 〈◊〉 not ducking to the Altar at a mans entry into a Church can●ot bee ground for inferring that the omitter of it hath no more revere●●● toward God then a Tinker and his Bitch comming into an Alehou●● in respect of the warrant that is in Scripture for worsh●ppi●g G●● alone For albeit the command forbid●eth only to fall downe 〈◊〉 bow before an image it followeth not that it is lawfull and necess●●● for Gods worship to bow and fall downe before an Altar or at the ●●●try of a Church where there is no image or that he that doth it 〈◊〉 faileth ●hereby in his reverence due to God Arch. B. pag. 45. No man is constrained no man quèstioned only Religiously called 〈◊〉 on Venite Adoremus Come let us worship Obser● If there be any Church Canon or command of those that 〈◊〉 power in the times to bow to the Altar at a mans entry into 〈◊〉 Church the● are men con●trai●ed t● doe it for there is a neces●●●● either of obedience or da●ger of being obnoxious to punish●●●● for ●ot obedience in such a case and if there be neither Canon 〈◊〉 Law the practise of it is an innovation without any pretext of ●●●●tant For there ' ●is Hoc est corpus meum This is my bo●y Arch-B pag. 47. But in th● ●ulpit t is at most but Hoc est Verbum meum This in my Word And greater R●verence no doubt is due to the Body then to the Word of ●●r Lord. And so in Relation answerable to the Throne where his B●●● is us●ally pres●nt then to the Seate Whence his Word use●h to bee ●●oclaimed The argument founded by his Gr Obser●● upon the words hoc est corpus ●eum cannot bind any man to a necessity of adoration and bowing to ●●e Altar but only at the time of the celebration of the communion ●hen it is not given his Gr who as yet neither doth with the Ro●ish Church professe a beleefe of transubstantiation nor hath or●●ined pretended transubstantiated breade in the body of our Savi●●r to be kept in a boxr upon the Altar can●ot by any warrant of or●●odoxe religion pretend that because the body of our Saviour is up●● the Altar in such manner as the word is in the Pulpitt that there●●re at the entry into the Church a man must adore or bow towards and where his Gr for shewing a necessity of this bowing and crin●●ng to the Altar sayeth that a greater reverence is due to the body ●●en to ●he word of our Lord as the words Verbum Corpus expre●se ●●e essence of Chri●t That alike reverence is due to both I thinke noe ●●n will deny and where Corp●●●hristi is taken for the Sacrament ●●d Verbum Christi for the Gosp●●● or preaching of it S. August lib. 〈◊〉 hom 26. Affirmeth that alike reverence is due to both Saith he ●●terrogo vos fratr●● vel sorores dici●e mihi quid vobis plus esse videtu● ver●●m Dei an corpus Christi Si verum vultis respondere hoc vtique dicere ●●etis quod non sit minus verbum Dei quam corpus Christi ideo quan●● sollicitudine observamus quando nobis corpus Chris●i administratur ut ni●● ex ipso de nostris manibus i● terram cadat tanta sollicitudine observ●mus 〈◊〉 verbum Dei quando nobis e●ogatur dum aliquid cogitamus a●● loqui●●●r de corde ●●stro pereat quia non minus reus crit qui verbum Dei ne●●genter audierit qu●m ille qui ●orpus Christi in terram cadere negligenti● sua permisaeret If Aug saieth true that as great reverence is due to the word as to the body then is there as much reverence due to t●● pulpit for the word as to the Altar for the Sacrament and either there is no necessity for Gods worship to cringe and duck to the Altar or it must bee also necessary to cringe and duck to the pul●●●t ●rch-B ●ag 48. And this Reverence yee doe when yee enter the Chappell and whe● you approach nearer to offer And this is no Innovation for you are bound to it by your Order and that 's not New Observ. Suppose the Knights of the Garter are bound as his Gr affirmeth by their order to bow towards the Altar when they enter into the Chappell and approach nearer to the Offer at the great anniversary solemnity of the saide order it will not thereupon follow that the Prelates injunction of that po●ture to all other persons is no innova●tion in the manner of Gods worship either according to the Aposto●licall institution thereof or our Churches practise for the most par●●ince the reformation Though some Ceremonies at the solemnitie 〈◊〉 the Order of the Garter are done in the Church they doe not there by become such a piece of divine worship as his Majesties other Subjects must necessarily follow the paterne and practise off For as th● solemnity doth not give to all his subjects the ability to make so ri●● Offers to the Altar as are made thereto by those of the Order so do●● it no● oblige them to a duety of ducking at the dore towards the Al●tar as the Knights doe when a mariage is solemnized in the Churc● in our English way the mā mu●t putt a ring upon the womans fo●●●● finger and say with this ring I thee wed with my body I thee w●●●ship with all may wordly goods I thee endue this practise thoug● done in the Church in solemnizing an action that hath better warra●● in Gods institution then the most honourable Order of the Gar●e● doth neither oblige men that are not married to a bodily worship 〈◊〉 women nor maketh a mariage unlawfull in the solemnizing whereo● such ring and words are not used So his Majesties and the Knigh●● ducking offering and other gestures in the Church at the solemn●●zing some Ceremonies of the aforesaid order doe neither oblige oth●● subjects to the same way of worship nor maketh all other worshi●● profane unlawfull In a word if the Kings practise in his Chappe●● in the celebration of the Ceremonies of the Order of the Gar●●● were sufficient to oblige the people to doe the like in all the Church● in Engl his Gr might by the like reason pretend