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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28777	The booke of common prayer, now used in the Church of England, vindicated from the aspertion of all schismaticks, anabaptists, Brownists, and separatists Proving and maintaining, that the English common prayer as now it is, was made and compyled by many most reverend divines of our church in the raigne of that ever-famous and first confirmer of the Protestant religion in England, King Edward the sixth. With a true catalogue of their names and dignities, collected from the records of Parliament rolles in the Tower. Together with a discovery of a sort of people called rebaptists, lately found out in Hackney Marsh neere London.		1641 (1641)	Wing B3704A; ESTC R212992	2,359	10

THE BOOKE OF Common Prayer now used in the Church of ENGLAND Vindicated from the aspertion of all Schismatickes Anabaptists Brownists and Seperatists Proving and maintaining that the English Common Prayer as now it is was made and compyled by many most Reverend Divines of our Church in the Raigne of that ever-famous and first confirmer of the Protestant Religion in England King Edward the sixth With a true Catalogue of their names and dignities collected from the records of Parliament Rolles in the Tower Together with a discovery of a sort of people called Rebaptists lately found out in Hackney Marsh neere LONDON London Printed for Iohn Thomas 1641. The book of common prayer now used in the Church of England vindicated from schisme and errours IT is very well knowne to most professors of the protestant Religion in the Kingdome of England that the reformation fully to be effected began in the Raigne of that ever-famous Prince King Edward the sixth whose pious and godly care was such that with the advice of his most reverend and worthy Divines an uniforme Booke of common prayers and forth with complyed and by act of Parliament then fully confirmed furthered the subsequent yeares of his ever deare sister Queen Elizabeth of everlasting renowne it was more amply manifested by acts of Parliament and Proclamation to her Eternall praise and Gods glory and the joy of all Protestant professours throughout the Christian world all whose times it so continued with generall applause And since hath beene upholden by two most renowned and religious Princes King Iames of blessed memory deceased and King Charles our dread Soveraigne now raigning over us whom God long preserve till of late schisme and faction arising in the Malignant spirits of some Brownists Seperatists Anabaptists who like the Egiptian locusts swarme in every corner of the City and Kingdome and having of late got a head began to oppose and spurne at that ancient monument defiling of it with their opprobrious tongues and as much as in them lies seeking utterly to treade it under foot and quite abolish the same by calling it popish and superstitious others by taxing of it viz. The Lettany to be in part conjuration and such like charms or witchcrafts to the great hearts griefe of good Protestants and true professours of the Gospell of Christ now hath it beene depraved and reviled by those Ignorant haire-brained and Illitterate fellowes who doe all things by the motions of their unguided unlearned unadvised and foolish rash spirits as they boldly in great multitudes from time to time most impudently seeke to maintaine Proofes of the holy Scripture alleadged in Iustisication of the Booke of Common Prayer now used in the Church of England First THat Go himselfe appointed in the Law a set forme of Benediction Numb 6.23.24 25.26 Secondly that David himselfe set Psalmes to be sung upon speciall occasions as the title of them sheweth Thirdly That the Prophet Ioell appointed a set forme of Prayer to be used by the Priests at solemne fast Ioell 2.7 Fourthly that Christ not onely commandes us to pray after such manner Mat. 6.9 But to use a set forme of wordes Luk. 11.2 when ye pray say our Father Fiftly The spirit of God is no more restrained by using a set forme of Prayer then by singing set hymnes or Psalmes in meeter which yet the adversaries of our Common Prayer practice in their assemblies Sixtly Of all prayers premeditated are the best Eccle. 5 2. Seventhly And of premeditated prayers those which are allowed by publike Authority are to be preferred above those which are utterly by any private spirit Eightly All the Churches in the Christian world in the first and best times had their best formes of Liturgies whereof most are extent in the writings of the Fathers unto this day Ninethly Let our service booke be compared with the French Dutch or any other Litturgy prefered in any of the reformed Churches and it will appeare to any indifferent Reader that it is more exact and compleat then any of them Tenthly Our Service booke was penned and allowed of not only by many learned Doctors ' but glorious Martyrs who sealed the truth of the reformed Religion with their blood now what those most reverend Compylers of the book of Common Prayer as it now is this ensuing Table will truly and really dilineate The compylers of the English Common Prayer as it now is Doctor Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury Doctor Goodricke Bishop of Ely Doctor Skipp Bishop of Hereford Doctor Thirlby Bishop of Winchester Doctor Day Bishop of Chichesler Doctor Holheck Bishop of Lincolne Doctor Ridley Bishop of Rochesler Doctor Gox King Edwards Almoner Master Taylor Deane of Lincolne Master Heynes Deane of Exeter Master Redman Deane of Westminster Master Robinson Archdeacon of Leicester Mense Maii. 1541. VVhat grounds then have these Factions and schisinaticall people seing it is demonstrated unto us to be both lawfull and necessary in the Church both by the word of God and the learned Fathers in those times but what can wee expect from a Mechanicke and Illiterate people whose unseemely G●stures are dayly apparant to the eye of the world witnesse their Riotous and uncivill disorders in the streets on the Sabbath day at the Church doore untill divine service be read talking all the while of prophane and Idle matters a rude and Ignorant fellow of that sect violently tore a great part of a Communion book in a Church in London lately And being brought before authority for the same answered nothing for himselfe but that he could not abide in it however hee was not suffered to passe so impudently without punishment for he was comitted and suffered accordingly many other in divers places of this Kingdome have committed many such like outrages insolencies against Church Government and if there bee not some course taken for the suppression of such outrages a great confusion is feared thereby to fall upon our Church and for those that have boldly taken upon them in private holes and corners to blast the worthy antiquity thereof by their violent pens but thanks be given to God Revend Divines have vindicated the cause thereof by the holy Scriptures both in print and Pulpit to the shame of all opposers whatsoever The discovery of a base sect of people called Rebaptists lately found out in Hackney Mash neere London ABout a Fortnight since a great multitude of people were met going towards the river in Hackney Marsh and were followed to the water side where they all were Baptized againe themselves doing it one to another some of which persons were so feeble and aged that they were fayne to Ride on Horsebacke thithere this was wel observed by many of the Inhabitants living there abouts and afterwards one of them Christened his owne Child and another tooke upon him to Church his owne wife an Abominable Act and full of grosse Impiety FINIS