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A69529 The Abolishing of the Booke of common prayer by reason of above fifty grosse corruptions in it : as also for that it commands the use of such ceremonies in the worship of God (namely surplice, crosse, and kneeling) which man hath 1641 (1641) Wing A97; ESTC R1281 11,390 16

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Scripture yea the Minister one part of the prayer and the people another And in sundry parts of the Letany the people make the prayer and the Minister onely directs them what to pray for 2. That the Minister is appointed to say some prayers kneeling some standing some in one part of the Church some in another 3. That one of the people is allowed to make the generall confession of sinnes at the Communion in the name of the whole Congregation 4. That at some one meeting of the Assembly the Lords Prayer is to be repeated eight severall times and Gloria Patri twelve times 5 That the holy Scriptures are so mangled into shreds and pieces in the Epistles and Gospels 6. That the words of the Institution are to be pronounced and repeated to every severall Communicant 7. That the Churchwardens are appointed to goe about on Communion-dayes togather the Devotion of the people in the midst of Divine Service 8. It containes sundry things that are ridiculous and absurd and such as no reasonable sence can be made of for 1. It commands the reading of such Homilies as shall hereafter be set forth by publique authority 2. It commands every parishioner to communicate at Easter and also to receive the Sacraments and other Rites 3. It ministreth Interrogatories to Infants which their Godfathers answer unto and saith that Infants performe faith and repentance by their Godfathers 4. It appointeth in some cases Baptisme to be administred conditionally in this forme If thou be not Baptised already I Baptise thee in the name of the Father c. 5. It requireth that every husband be taught by the Priest to say to his wife in the solemnization of wedlocke With my body I thee worship 10. It containes in it sundry evident contradictions for 1. In the second Article of the Rubricke after the Communion the Minister is forbidden to celebrate the Communion except there be a great number to communicate with him and in the third Article of the same Rubricke hee is allowed to celebrate it if there be but three to communicate with him 2. In one place it is said that it is thought good to follow the custome of the old Church in ministring Baptisme but twise a yeare so neere as conveniently may be and yet elsewhere it alloweth Baptisme to be administred not only every day of the yeare in publike but also every houre either of day or night in private 3. In the Catechisme it is said there are but two Sacraments and in another place the booke giveth to confirmation whatsoever by the definition of a Sacrament set down in the Catechisme belongs to the nature and essence of a Sacrament 4. In one place it is said that children should be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed so soone as they can say the Lords Prayer the Creed and the ten Commandements In another it saith that our custome is agreeable to the usage of the Church in times pa●t wherby it was ordayned that Confirmation should be ministred to them that are of perfit age The 35. Article of Religion touching the two Tomes of Homilies is not to be allowed nor acknowledged to be agreeable to the word of God For 1. By it the reading of Homilies in the Congregation is approved to be a Ministeriall duty and so an unpreaching Ministery allowed of 2. The Bookes of Homilies containe sundry things that are evidently false and untrue As 1. That the Apociyphal Bookes are every where called holy Scripture And two onely places being alleadged both which are taken out of Toby and Ecclesiasticus that tend dangerously to the justifying of the merit of Almsdeeds it is said the Holy Ghost speaketh so in the Scriptures 2. That the place of the Psalmist Psal. 51. 5. is thus alleadged wherefore he saith Marke and behold I was conceived in sinnes he saith not sinne but in the plurall number sinnes 3. That it is said our Saviour did Sweare so oft as he said verily verily 4. Where it is said that plurality of Wives was by a speciall Prerogative suffered to the Fathers of the old Testament that they might have many Children because every one of them hoped and begged oftentimes of God in their prayers the blessed seed might come and be borne of his stock and kindred 5. In them are affirmed and that as by way of Doctrin publiquely taught in the Church sundry things that are doubtfull and of dangerous construction As 1. When it is said That though manslaughter was committed before yet was not the world destroyed for that but for whordome all the world few only excepted was overflowed with water 2. When the fact of Ambrose in Excommunicating Theodosius is justfied 3. When it is said by keeping your Churches in good repaire ye shall not only please God and deserve his manifold blessings but also deserve the good report of all godly people 4. When it is said that all Adams posterity by his fall were become plain reprobates and cast-awayes being perpetually damned to the everlasting paines of hell fire 5. When it is said that it is not to be born with but a great shame for an honest man to beat his Maid-servant though she be a bond servant The 36 Article of Religion Touching the Booke of Consecration of Archbishops and Bishops and of ordering Priests and Deacons it is not to be allowed nor acknowledged to be agreeable to the Word of God For 1. Not one Minister of forty doth know what that booke containeth nor how to come to the sight of it 2. It doth not whereas that Article saith it doth containe all things that are necessary but omitteth sundry things which by the Ordinance of God ought to be observed in the Ordination of Ministers For 1. The examination of the life and learning of the Deacon and Priest is committed onely to the Arch-deacon 2 The voices and consent of the people over whom the Minister is to be set is not by this Book required to his election and calling 3. The Ordination of the Deacon by imposition of hands is permitted to one man viz. the Bishop 4. The Priest receiveth in his Ordination no authority to governe the flocke and exercise the Discipline of Christ but onely to Preach the Word and administer the Sacraments 5. Some manifest untruths are avouched in it whereas the Article saith it hath in it nothing that is of it selfe ungodly As 1. When it is said that it is evident to all men diligently reading the holy Scriptures and ancient Writers that from the Apostles times there have beene these Orders of Ministers in Christs Church viz. Bishops Priests and Deacons 2 Where it is said that this Realme hath received the Discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded whereas God hath commanded there should be governing Elders to exercise the discipline of Christ in each Congregation which our Realme hath not as yet received 3.
Where it is said that God did inspire the holy Apostles to choose S. Steven into the Order of Deacons which is mentioned in this Booke and that the Deacons then to be ordered are called to the like Office and administration that Steven was called unto 4. Some places of holy Scripture are perverted in it As 1. When Acts 6. 17. is applied to warrant the Ordination of our Deacons 2. When the Bishop is appointed in the ordering of a Priest and the Archbishop in the Consecrating of a Bishop to use these words Receive the holy Ghost as our Saviour did at the sending forth of his Apostles 3. It containeth sundry Popish errors and Superstitions whereas the Article saith it hath in it nothing that of it selfe is Superstitious As 1. That it alloweth and establisheth the Offices of Archdeacons and Archbishops 2. That Deacons Priests Bishops and Archbyshops are made severall Orders and degrees of Ministery 3. That the Minister of the Gospell is usually called Priest 4. That it ordaineth an Office of Deaconship with charge to read Homilies preach the Word and administer Baptisme 5. That the Lords Supper is dignified above Baptisme and confirmation above both when the Deacon is permitted to baptise and not to administer the Lords Supper the Priest to Minister both Baptisme and the Lords Supper the Bishop only to confirme 6. That private and secret prayer is preferred before publike and that in a publicke place and action For the Congregation is desired even in the midst of the solemne action in Ordination of a Priest secretly in their prayers to make humble Supplications to God for the foresaid things For the which Prayers there shall be a certaine space kept in silence that done the Bishop is appointed to pray againe 7. Sundry things in it are absurdly spoken and directly against that which is done and practised and to speake so specially in so holy and solemne an action is a wicked thing As 1. When in the Ordination of a Deacon it is said Take thou authority to preach if thou shalt be called thereunto 2. When both in the Ordination of the Deacon of the Priest the B. requireth the Congregation to deliver whether they can say ought against the party to be ordained whereas it is wel known that the Bishop useth seldome or never to give orders in a publike Congregation and if hee doth at any time it is in such an one where the people is altogether unacquainted with the conversation of them that are to be ordained 3. When the Priest is asked whether he will give his faithfull diligence alwayes to minister the Doctrine and Sacraments and Discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded whereas it is well known that no Minister is allowed to exercise the discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded And these faults there are in that Booke of Ordination which is of the last Edition and most reformed In the former Edition which seemes by the words of the 36. Article to be that we are required to subscribe unto and which it may be some of the Bishops doe still use there are other corruptions As 1. That the Cope Albe Surplice Tunicle and Pastorall Staffe are appointed to be used in Ordination and consecration 2. That the Oath of Supremacy is thus concluded So helpe mee God and all Saines and the holy Evangelists Soli Deo gloria FINIS Reply art 15. Divis 16. pag. 543. Deut. 4. 2. Rev. 22. 19. Printed at London by Thomas Man 1603. 1. Lib. Epist. pag. 129. Epist. 87. pag. 167. Laricom p. 421. In an Epist. to the Ministers of Poland Injunc 23. Confuta of the man of Chester In Epist. Dedica vit. Iewell Missal Rom. 3. part 1. pag. 100. The name Priest Holidayes Lent Weeke before Easter Good Fryday Receiving the Communion at Easter Diffidence in Prayer Number of the Sacraments Necessitie of baptisme Private communion Interrogatories in Baptisme Baptisme conferring of grace to all that receive it Confirmation Matrimony Absolution Buriall Churching of women Offering days and Offertory Vniversall grace Profanation of the Sacraments Manifest untruths Manifest untruths Doubtfull matters Disorder and confusion Absurdities Contradictions Reading of Nemilies Manifest untruths Tom. 2. pag. 305. Tom. 1. pag. 18. Tome 1. pag. 51. and 87. Tome 2. pa. p. 303. Doubtfull points and of dangerous construction Tome 1. pa. 22. Tome 2. pag. 22. Tom. 2. p. 160. Tome 2. pa 365. Tome 2. pp. 483. Few have seene the Book Defects Manifest untruths Scripture perverted Popish errors and Superstitions Absurdities