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A56149 The altar dispute, or, A discovrse concerning the severall innovations of the altar wherein is discussed severall of the chiefe grounds and foundations whereon our altar champions have erected their buildings / by H. P. Parker, Henry, 1604-1652. 1642 (1642) Wing P393; ESTC R21276 49,491 88

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The Altar Dispute OR A DISCOVRSE CONCERNING THE SEVERALL INNOVATIONS OF THE ALTAR Wherein is discussed severall of the chiefe grounds and foundations whereon our Altar Champions have erected their buildings By H. PARKER Hebr. 13. 10. Wee have an Altar whereof they have no right to eate which serve the Tabernacle LONDON Printed by R. Cotes for Samuel Enderby and are to bee sold at his Shop at the Signe of the Starre in Popes-head-Ally 1641. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE WILLIAM LORD Viscount SAY and Seale Master of his Highnesse Court of Wardes and Liveries and one of his Majesties most Honourable privie Counsell MY LORD THe severall concurrent attempts which were made of late upon the setled doctrine and discipline of our Church begot jealous conceits in mee that either our Religion had been hitherto erroneous or was likely to prove unsure for the future Some blame me thought was due either to former times that they had not beene wise in receding from Rome so far as they had done or to the present for not being sincere in returning so fast back againe To excuse both 〈…〉 secure in points of so great concernment 〈◊〉 and tendernesse of conscience would not permit and to be rash in my censure without search and diligent study seemed unjust and unchristian wherefore that I might purchase to my selfe being thus perplexed just and fayre satisfaction and ex●ricate my selfe out of the mischieves of stupidity and temerity both I did seriously addict my selfe notwithstanding the dissuasions of my owne particular profession interest and want of 〈…〉 debate ventilate and examine the novelties of the time And verily as to my selfe my indeavours were not long successesse for I did at last perceive that there was more danger in our innovators then depth in our Innovations and as to some others not injudicious I found them concurring with mee in opinion and incouraging mee withall to make my observations more publick My Lord I know none more desirous to diffuse good then your Honour nor scarce any better meane whereby to diffuse it to others then your 〈…〉 wherefore I beseech this as an addition to 〈◊〉 former favours that I may 〈…〉 Honoured Name whereby to make more acceptable to all good men thesepoore indeavours of Your most gratefully devoted servant and Allies-man H. P. Errata Page 8. l. 30. for Lev Min: read Lincolnshire Mr. p. 11. l. 9. for exception r. acception p. 12. l. 9. for opposed r. opposite p. 26. l. 22. for trnd r. round p. 27. l. 13. for instituted r. instructed p. 30. l. 14. for specified r. speciphicall p. 34 l. 12. for portable r. probable l. 14. probable r. portable p. 35. l. 7. for Western r. Eastern p. 37. l. 16. for stranger r. stronger p. 40. l. 1 for po r. posture p. 45 l. 23. for not r. most p. 54. l. 10. read of Peter p 72. l. 5. for supposition r. suppositum p. 74. l. 27. for consecrated r. unconsecrated THE ALTAR DISPVTE OR DISCOVRSE CONCERNING THE SEVERALL INNOVATIONS OF THE ALTAR Of ALTARS A Great Faction of Church-men has of late yeares by many severall innovations attempted to alter our Religion and to new reforme that Reformation of it which was begunne by Edw. 6. and further matured by Queene Eliz. The pretence was that our Ancestors in the Reformation did depart too farre from Popery out of favour to Puritanicall Calvin and so the designe was to have brought in Popery againe but with a muzzle upon it at first as Sir Ben. Ruddlard sayes which muzzell would soone have falne off or beene taken off as is generally conceived Amongst other innovations much care was had of Altars many bookes were printed and set forth by authority in favour of them but no man was suffered to say do or write any thing in answer or prejudice thereof The times are now a little more propitious and that audaciates me beyond my learning or profession to enterprise at this time something for the better clearing of the truth in this case concerning Altars If I faile not for want of learning and judgement I shall not for want of ingenuity and modesty and I wish that our Altar-Patrons had not beene so scurrilous and bitter as they have beene for it seemes to me that the venemous raylings and distempers of men within sacred Orders when they are treating of matters of Religion cast a great disgrace upon the age we are borne in the Countrey we are bred in the Religion we are Baptized in In this Altar-dispute foure things come into question 1 Concerning the reality of Altars 2 Concerning the propriety of the names 3 Concerning the Altar posture 4 Concerning the sanctity of the Altar or its due adoration CHAP. 1. 1 Concerning the reality of Altars AS for the maintaining of reall and proper Altars Doctor Heylin layes these grounds Hee sayes that the Passion of our Saviour as it was prefigured to the Jewes in the legall Sacrifice a parte ante so by Christs Institution it is to be commemorated by us Christians in the holy Supper a parte post A Sacrifice it was in figure a Sacrifice in fact and so by consequence a Sacrifice in the commemoration or upon the post fact He sayes further that if a Sacrifice be there must also be both Priest and Altar Yet he assignes these differences that the former Sacrifices were bloody as this is not that the former Priests were from Aaron ours from Melehisedeck that the former Altars were for Mosaicall ours for Evangelicall Sacrifices To shew the weaknesse of these grounds we answer that the word Sacrifice taken in a generall sense for any sacred office or divine service performed does not inferre any propriety of either Priest or Altar and if we take Sacrifice in that serise as the Patriarchs Jewes or Heathens did or as Papists now doe we grant Priests and Altars are necessarily implied thereby but such a Sacrifice we deny our Communion to be T is true the Passion of our Saviour was prefigured in Sacrifices a parte ante but very darkly and if Cain Abel Noah or Aaron did sacrifice to fore-signifie the death of Christ yet their maine or their meere end was not to make any such type or figure Sacrifices were from the beginning as well before Aaron as after but the knowledg of our Saviors death was obscure under Aaron but much more before the most knowing times under the Law did not expect such a suffering dying Redeemer as God had ordained much lesse did those more cloudy times before the Law The Rock in the Wildernes the Manna and divers other things were typicall yet no Sacrifices and Sacrifices may as well be not typicall and euen those Sacrifices which are typicall are not typicall qua Sacrifices more then Types are Sacrifices qua Types By the very light of nature all Nations did agree in all ages in presenting their God both with free will-offerings in testimony of his goodnesse and with expiatory Sacrifices in