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A47788 The alliance of divine offices, exhibiting all the liturgies of the Church of England since the Reformation as also the late Scotch service-book, with all their respective variations : and upon them all annotations, vindictating the Book of common-prayer from the main objections of its adversaries, explicating many parcels thereof hithereto not clearly understood, shewing the conformity it beareth with the primitive practice, and giving a faire prospect into the usages of the ancient church : to these is added at the end, The order of the communion set forth 2 Edward 6 / by Hamon L'Estrange ... L'Estrange, Hamon, 1605-1660. 1659 (1659) Wing L1183; ESTC R39012 366,345 360

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〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n have_v command_v that_o withal_o we_o shall_v give_v thanks_o to_o god_n for_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o all_o thing_n therein_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o man_n and_o for_o his_o deliver_v we_o from_o the_o misery_n wherein_o we_o be_v bear_v and_o overthrow_v principality_n and_o power_n with_o a_o total_a defeat_n by_o he_o that_o suffer_v according_a to_o his_o counsel_n for_o far_a illustration_n of_o this_o place_n you_o must_v know_v that_o though_o the_o agapae_n be_v now_o for_o the_o cause_n afore_o specify_v antiquate_v in_o the_o greek_a church_n yet_o in_o regard_n the_o collation_n be_v so_o very_o bountiful_a as_o the_o communion_n accommodation_n serve_v there_o remain_v fair_a dole_n for_o the_o poor_a the_o ancient_a form_n of_o thanksgiving_n use_v at_o their_o ordinary_a meal_n be_v in_o part_n retain_v viz._n that_o by_o which_o special_a recognizance_n be_v make_v to_o god_n as_o the_o creator_n lord_n and_o giver_n of_o all_o 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blood_n of_o jesus_n christ_n shed_v for_o we_o and_o for_o his_o precious_a body_n the_o antitype_n whereof_o we_o now_o celebrate_v he_o have_v command_v we_o to_o show_v forth_o his_o death_n thus_o have_v i_o make_v it_o evident_a whence_o the_o word_n eucharist_n be_v derive_v and_o that_o this_o thanksgiving_n be_v ancient_o distinct_a from_o the_o consecrate_v or_o bless_v of_o the_o element_n whereof_o the_o several_a form_n be_v also_o as_o easy_o to_o be_v produce_v but_o i_o shall_v supersede_n they_o for_o the_o present_a have_v occasion_n anon_o to_o declare_v they_o the_o man_n on_o one_o side_n and_o the_o woman_n on_o the_o other_o side_n such_o be_v the_o primitive_a practice_n the_o clementine_n constitution_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v it_o be_v their_o care_n speak_v of_o deacon_n to_o see_v that_o the_o people_n sit_v on_o one_o side_n with_o all_o stillness_n and_o order_n and_o that_o the_o woman_n sit_v apart_o by_o themselves_o nor_o do_v they_o only_o sit_v in_o place_n distinct_a but_o in_o reference_n to_o those_o place_n have_v distinct_a officer_n 57_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o door_n keeper_n attend_v upon_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o man_n and_o the_o diaconiss_n upon_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o woman_n a_o little_a pure_a and_o clean_a water_n so_o be_v the_o ancient_a practice_n 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bread_n be_v bring_v forth_o and_o wine_n and_o water_n say_v the_o ancient_a father_n this_o be_v in_o opposition_n to_o two_o contrary_a sect_n first_o the_o armenian_n who_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v only_o lawful_a to_o use_v wine_n alone_o without_o water_n second_o against_o the_o hydroparastatae_n who_o officiate_v with_o water_n unmixed_a with_o wine_n the_o reason_n of_o this_o mixture_n be_v partly_o in_o imitation_n of_o our_o saviour_n act_n in_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o the_o eucharist_n agreeable_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o that_o hot_a climate_n which_o constant_o use_v
mere_a ecclesiastical_a audience_n and_o which_o be_v not_o punishable_a by_o the_o civil_a law_n as_o perjury_n fornication_n usury_n etc._n etc._n but_o in_o process_n 2._o of_o time_n the_o accumulation_n of_o canon_n create_v daily_o a_o multitude_n of_o question_n too_o intricate_a for_o the_o bishop_n to_o determine_v placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la petant_fw-la ex_fw-la nomine_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la omnium_fw-la legati_fw-la porrecturi_fw-la vincentius_n &_o fortunatianus_n à_fw-la gloriosissimis_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la ut_fw-la dent_fw-la facultatem_fw-la defensores_fw-la constituendi_fw-la scholasticos_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la sunt_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o munere_fw-la defensionis_fw-la causarum_fw-la ut_fw-la more_fw-it sacerdotum_fw-la provinciae_fw-la iidem_fw-la ipsi_fw-la quidem_fw-la legendum_fw-la qui_fw-la defensionem_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la susceperint_fw-la habeant_fw-la facultatem_fw-la pro_fw-la negotiis_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la quoties_fw-la necessitas_fw-la flagitaverit_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la obsistendum_fw-la obrepentibus_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la necessaria_fw-la suggerenda_fw-la ingredi_fw-la judicum_fw-la secretaria_fw-la it_o be_v decree_v say_v the_o council_n of_o carthage_n that_o vincentius_n and_o fortunatianus_n the_o legate_n which_o be_v to_o be_v send_v in_o the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o province_n petition_v the_o most_o glorious_a emperor_n exig_n that_o they_o will_v give_v way_n for_o the_o choice_n of_o scholastical_a advocate_n who_o be_v profess_v pleader_n of_o cause_n that_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o principal_n of_o province_n these_o who_o shall_v undertake_v the_o protection_n of_o the_o church_n may_v have_v leave_n in_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n as_o necessity_n shall_v require_v to_o enter_v the_o seat_n of_o judicature_n either_o to_o oppose_v evil_n creep_v in_o or_o to_o represent_v thing_n necessary_a from_o these_o defensores_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la or_o as_o the_o greek_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d learned_a man_n think_v the_o chancellor_n or_o official_o ecclesiastical_a take_v their_o beginning_n and_o probable_o so_o it_o may_v be_v in_o the_o african_a church_n but_o elsewhere_o socrates_n seem_v to_o set_v forth_o a_o worse_a reason_n speak_v of_o sylvanus_n bishop_n of_o troas_n cum_fw-la clericos_fw-la ex_fw-la litigantium_fw-la controversiis_fw-la 36._o quaestum_fw-la facere_fw-la videret_fw-la deinceps_fw-la neminem_fw-la ex_fw-la clero_fw-la judicem_fw-la esse_fw-la permisit_fw-la sed_fw-la unum_fw-la ex_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la laicis_fw-la causarum_fw-la cognitioni_fw-la praefecit_fw-la when_o he_o once_o perceive_v the_o clergy_n make_v a_o advantage_n to_o themselves_o from_o other_o quarrel_n he_o suffer_v no_o clergyman_n to_o be_v judge_n but_o appoint_v a_o layman_n select_v out_o of_o the_o faithful_a to_o preside_v in_o hear_v cause_n take_v both_o or_o which_o you_o like_v and_o assign_v another_o as_o probable_a as_o any_o viz._n the_o not_o diversion_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o chergy-man_n from_o sacred_a duty_n more_o proper_a to_o their_o call_n the_o institution_n speak_v reason_n enough_o to_o vindicate_v it_o against_o all_o exception_n ibid._n ordinary_n ordinary_n say_v lindwood_n be_v those_o quibus_fw-la competit_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la privilegii_fw-la vel_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la who_o of_o right_a either_o by_o privilege_n or_o prescription_n have_v ordinary_a jurisdiction_n and_o therefore_o chancellor_n commissioner_n official_o and_o arch-deacon_n be_v ordinary_n as_o well_o as_o bishop_n page_n 25._o line_n 3._o begin_v another_o division_n thus_o some_o follow_a salisbury_n use_v upon_o inquiry_n into_o the_o ancient_a practice_n of_o this_o church_n of_o england_n i_o find_v it_o most_o apparent_a that_o every_o bishop_n in_o his_o dlocesan_n or_o episcopal_a synod_n have_v full_a power_n to_o constitute_v such_o canon_n to_o make_v such_o ecclesiastical_a order_n to_o frame_v such_o service_n for_o the_o respective_a diocese_n as_o he_o and_o his_o clergy_n shall_v think_v most_o convenient_a and_o from_o hence_o arise_v those_o variety_n of_o use_n mention_v in_o this_o preface_n in_o truth_n such_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n unusquisque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quod_fw-la putat_fw-la facit_fw-la every_o bishop_n in_o his_o own_o diocese_n do_v what_o he_o judge_v meet_v and_o jubaiano_n s._n ambrose_n under_o the_o pope_n nose_n at_o milan_n compile_v a_o office_n not_o only_o differ_v from_o but_o stand_v in_o competition_n with_o that_o of_o rome_n but_o though_o here_o be_v many_o use_v mention_v yet_o for_o the_o province_n of_o canterbury_n that_o of_o salisbury_n in_o estimation_n so_o far_o surpass_v the_o rest_n as_o it_o become_v almost_o of_o universal_a observation_n compile_v and_o digest_v it_o be_v by_o osmund_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n about_o the_o year_n 1099._o the_o reason_n give_v by_o harpsfeild_n be_v quoniam_fw-la singulae_fw-la fere_n dioceses_fw-la in_o statis_fw-la &_o precariis_fw-la horis_fw-la dicendis_fw-la variabant_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la varietatem_fw-la tollendam_fw-la ut_fw-la quasi_fw-la absolutum_fw-la quoddam_fw-la precandi_fw-la quo_fw-la omnes_fw-la uti_fw-la possent_fw-la exemplar_n extaret_fw-la that_o because_o almost_o almost_o all_o diocese_n have_v their_o seveal_v way_n and_o use_n in_o their_o service_n and_o canonical_a hour_n to_o take_v away_o that_o diversity_n this_o shall_v be_v as_o a_o stand_a form_n for_o all_o to_o follow_v but_o this_o reason_n i_o can_v assent_v unto_o for_o what_o have_v osmund_n to_o do_v to_o give_v the_o rule_n to_o other_o diocese_n nothing_o certain_o nor_o do_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mind_n or_o regard_v what_o other_o do_v no_o he_o have_v the_o same_o design_n neither_o more_o nor_o less_o which_o be_v incident_a to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o bishop_n evident_o this_o in_o a_o counsel_n 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emicabat_fw-la so_o be_v the_o word_n of_o my_o author_n ibi_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la alius_fw-la canonicorum_fw-la claritas_fw-la cantibus_fw-la nobilium_fw-la the_o canon_n thereof_o can_v nowhere_o else_o be_v match_v for_o their_o art_n in_o music_n this_o service_n of_o salisbury_n be_v now_o cry_v up_o as_o a_o most_o noble_a model_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n of_o canterbury_n especial_o not_o have_v learning_n enough_o for_o pene_fw-la omnes_fw-la tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la illiterati_fw-la they_o be_v then_o almost_o all_o arrant_a dunce_n to_o frame_v a_o better_a conform_v their_o diocese_n in_o it_o so_o that_o what_o osmund_n intend_v peculiar_o for_o his_o own_o use_n become_v exemplary_a to_o other_o and_o perhaps_o upon_o this_o very_a score_n his_o sea_n obtain_v from_o posterity_n as_o a_o mark_n of_o honour_n that_o preeminence_n whereof_o lindwood_n give_v this_o account_n episcopus_fw-la sarum_n in_fw-la collegio_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la est_fw-la preceptor_n &_o tomporibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la archiepiscopus_a cantuariensis_n solemniter_fw-la celebrat_fw-la divina_fw-la praesente_fw-la collegio_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la chorum_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la officiis_n regere_fw-la debet_fw-la de_fw-la observantia_fw-la &_o consuetudine_fw-la antiqua_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o salisbury_n in_o the_o college_n of_o bishop_n be_v to_o be_v the_o preceptor_n and_o at_o such_o time_n as_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n officiate_v all_o the_o college_n of_o bishop_n be_v present_a he_o ought_v to_o govern_v and_o direct_v the_o choir_n insacred_a office_n and_o this_o he_o be_v to_o do_v by_o ancient_a custom_n and_o observation_n and_o perhaps_o upon_o this_o very_a score_n if_o it_o be_v true_a as_o some_o romanist_n affirm_v the_o bishop_n of_o salisbury_n be_v before_o the_o reformation_n constant_o and_o of_o course_n dean_n of_o the_o king_n chapel_n and_o chief_a appointer_n of_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n page_n 79._o line_n 26._o at_o these_o word_n the_o first_o mention_n add_v be_v in_o proclus_n he_o declare_v it_o to_o be_v a_o daily_a hymn_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o world_n over_o every_o 5._o day_n be_v re-sounded_n all_o the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n bless_v the_o lord_n page_n 98._o line_n 47._o begin_v another_o paragraph_n thus_o the_o priest_n shall_v say_v but_o when_o at_o the_o beginning_n of_o evening_n prayer_n i_o confess_v i_o have_v know_v