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lord_n	holy_a	jesus_n	name_n	15,644	5	5.0555	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90526	A perswasive to all dissenters to unity in religion, as it is establish'd in the Church of England		1684 (1684)	Wing P1671; ESTC R230755	6,952	11

meet to Worship God there are seldom any in the Congregation that knows what is said there except the Priest that read it But Blessed be God for it it is not so with Us for Ours is truly Common Prayer for it is written and read in that Language which is common to all the Congregations in the Kingdom So that no man that frequents our Publick Congregations where the Common Prayer is used can ever plead Ignorance of any one Duty whatsoever For if it be not his own fault he may there be instructed in every thing which he that made him requires of him And seeing it hath pleased the most high God to comprise his whole Will and by consequence our Duty in the Ten Commandments hence we read them constantly every Sunday and Holy day throughout the whole year by which means every one that doth not wilfully shut his Eyes may clearly fee and fully understand his whole Duty both to God and Man especially considering that in the Prayers themselves also there is frequent mention made of all those Vices which ought to be avoided and all those good works which ought to be performed by us So that we can never come to Church but we are still put in mind both of what we ought and what we ought not not to do that we may be saved Whereas if all and every person in the Congregation would always be upon their Knees while they put up their Petitions to the most high God what a mighty advantage would this be not only to every one in particular but to the whole Congregation in general For as every one would by this means keep his heart more stedfast in the true fear and dread of God and likewise more certainly obtain the good things he Prays for and by this means we should excite and enflame each others Devotions confirm and strengthen one anothers Faith and convince both our selves and all that see us that Religion is a serious thing and that we believe it to be so by our serving God with so much Reverence and Godly fear as this humble Posture representeth for it is lamentable to think what absurd things are done in the time of Divine Service for I have seen some People sitting in the time of Common Prayer if we did but consider we are in that Holy place where Gods Majesty is represented and our Lord Jesus Christ who shall judge us all at the last day and therefore as you tender the Love of God the Credit of Religion or the Salvation of your own Souls I beseech you all in the Name of him that made you that whensoever you come hither to Pray unto Him you do it in that Awful Lowly and Solemn manner which our Church commandeth and as becomes Creatures when you speak to your Great and Almighty Creator that so you may give true Worship and Honour unto Him and also receive that Benefit and Edification of your selves which he hath Promised and you expect from Publick Prayers This being certainly the most edifying Posture that you can possibly use upon such occasions Therefore great Blessings do we lose by neglecting to come to the Publick Prayers of the Church on the Week days when we have so great opportunity and our Churches so near us and Prayers Morning and Evening in a great many places and yet how many do neglect coming and what a poor Congregation do we see in many great Parishes Is not this a shame to Christian Religion We find time for every thing else and shall we not find time for this great Concern of our Souls for with what Conscience can we expect a Blessing from our Heavenly Father without asking it And what an ungrateful thing it is to receive Blessings at Gods hands daily and not as daily to acknowledge and give him Thanks for it in publick every day as well as private For by the publick we let the World see we are not ashamed of our Religion For my Charity prompts me to believe that all the zeal that some express against the Common Prayer and all that indifferency that is in others for it proceeds from their Ignorance of what it is or at least from their want of an Experimental knowledge of it For let any man that seriously minds the Worship of God and the Salvation of his Soul before all things else let such a one I say set himself in good earnest to use the Common Prayer as he ought to do for some considerable time and I do not doubt but that by the Blessing of God he will find that benefit and edification by it that his own experience shall convince him of all that I have now said more than all the Arguments that I have or any man in the World can ever produce to him Lay aside now your Passions I beseech you put off your former Conversation and be renewed in the Spirit of your mind Speak every man Truth with his Neighbour for we are Members one of another Christ is our Head There is but one Body one Spirit one Lord one Faith one Baptism one God and Father of all O do but consider the Beauty of Unity let it allure you let it break your stifness let it move you to run into the open Arms of your Mother and to be knit in the Bands of Amity with your Brethren Confider how good and how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in Unity And Psal 133. How Happy and Blessed then would the Nation be The Nations round about us would Tremble and our Adversaries would be Confounded O that there were a full Assent and Consent among you both in Spirituals as well as Temporals It is not enough that you Live together that you Trade together that you Converse one with another but to compleat your Happiness you must Pray together and Worship together that compleats the Friendship We have been too long assunder why should there be any difference between Benjamin and Judah 〈…〉 I say at last as Brethren come with wi●●ing Hearts and ●inds The Goliah of Opposition may be easily slain one single Stone will sink that Philistine Let some among you set an Example others will follow Consider the Peace of Israel more than your own Interest and think how you will strengthen the Hands of your Brethren by this so much desired Unity and Happy Conformity Let at last the great Mercy that is shown you be a motive to bring you to this desired and Happy Unity Let Love draw you to rest no longer meet with Kindness and Submission The Benevolence and Tender-heartedness of so Gracious a Prince towards you How then can you Answer your contempt of the Laws and Commands not only of a Christian Prince but of our own Church too One that Commands nothing but Lawful things it is not enough that you think otherwise of them and that you pretend Scruples of Conscience there is no such exception in the Rule laid down by the the Apostle