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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81572	Divine physick for devout souls: or, Four serious vvords to the most grave and solid christians that scruple at The book of common prayer. Viz. I. To serve God by a liturgie, is part of the publick worship of God. II. The forms of the generall part of the Liturgie, used in the Church of England, compared with such formes as we finde in Scripture. III. An help to scrupulous consciences touching some things most excepted against in the other parts of the rubrick appointed to be used on particular occasions. IIII. Wee ought not to refuse the rubrick or common-prayer because it is imposed by authority from men, but therefore to use it. By a moderate son of the church.	Gordon, Jones, 1640?-1714.	1662 (1662)	Wing D1726; ESTC R231756	10,664	19

blessed you out of the house of the Lord. III. An help to scrupulous Consciences touching some things most excepted against in the other parts of the Rubrick appointed to be used on particular occasions 1 TOuching the Sacrament of the Lords Supper There are chiefly two things scrupled at by some 1 That as some object all that come yea the ignorant and scandalous are admitted to the Lords Table contrary to Jer. 15. 19. and 1 Cor. 5. 11. and 2 Cor. 8. 5. which is a false charge upon the Rubrick and the Discipline of the Church for by the Canons of the Church none are to bee admitted to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper untill they be instructed in the Principles of Religion and confirmed by the laying on of the hands of the Bishop and every Minister that hath Cure and Charge of Souls is to take especial care that none be presented to the Bishop to bee confirmed but such as can render an account of their faith Canon 61. Anno Dom. 1604. and touching such as are scandalous the Rubrick directs expresly in the Preface to the Holy Communion That if any be a notorious Evil-liver so that the Congregation by him is offended or have done any wrong to his Neighbour by word or deed the Curate having knowledge thereof is to admonish him in no wise to presume to come to the Lords Table until he have openly declared himself to have truly repented and amended his former naughty life that the Congregation may thereby be satisfied And Christ himself teacheth every individual Member how to carry himself towards an offending Brother Mat. 18. 15. 16 17. 2 Another scruple by some is about Kneeling at the Lords Table because it is said Christ sate down and the twelve Apostles with him Luke 22. 14. whereas neither Sitting nor Kneeling is the essential part of the Sacrament as they are not the essential part of Prayer but for decency and order which ought to bee observed in the Church 1 Cor. 14. 40. we finde prayer sometimes used kneeling as Dan. 6. 10. Hee kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and we finde Prayer sometimes used sitting Nehem. 1. 4. I sate down and prayed before the God of heaven and as it is hard to determine exactly the posture of Christs Body in his Agony in the Garden which Saint Luke calls Kneeling Luke 22. 41. He kneeled down and prayed and Saint Mark calls falling on the ground Mark 14. 35. Hee fell on the ground and prayed though most probably it was a falling down on his knees on the ground so it is hard to determine exactly what that posture was which the Disciples were in when Christ delivered to them the Sacrament for though it be said Luke 22. 14. He sate down and the twelve Apostles with him yet Saint John saith that at that time John 13. 23. There was leaning on Jesus bosome one of his Disciples but kneeling being by an Ordinance of the Authority of this Land commanded at the Lords Table it is decent for us to submit to that Ordinance and it is our duty to conform thereunto 1 Pet. 2. 13. 2 Touching the Sacrament of Baptism two things are chiefly scrupled about it 1 Some do scruple at the Baptizing of Infants as persons not fit subjects in their sense for Baptism though they be the Children of beleeving Parents born within the pale of the Church but being the Children of Beleevers they have a right to be Baptised which I prove by several testimonies and reasons 1 They are the Holy Seed as they are the natural Children of the people of God Ezra 9. 2. And if the root be holy so are the branches Rom. 11. 16. if the father be a baptized person and continue in the Church so the children are to be baptized for the children of beleevers of Christian Parents have an interest in the Covenant of Grace being children of the Covenant Acts 3. 25. The seal of the Covenant of Grace the sanctifying seal whereby they are dedicated to God belongs to them by Christ for whether is greater the gift or the Altar that sanctifieth the gift Matth. 23. 19. they being the children of beleeving Parents are through Christ to be Consecrated as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 holy things 1 Cor. 7. 14. and to have a right to the clensing Ordinance for what God hath clensed none should dare to call unclean Acts 10. 15. 2 The Children of Gods People had right under the Law to Gods seal of the Covenant of Grace in Circumcision Gen. 17. 10 11 12. therefore much more have they right now under the Gospel to Gods seal of the Covenant of Grace in Baptism by which all the priviledges of Gods People are much inlarged and made more glorious 2 Cor. 3. 7 8. 3 It is against Gospel light that those that are judged to have received the Holy Ghost should be deprived of Water Baptism Acts 10. 47. of which thing there is as good testimony in behalf of Infants as for men of riper years Jer. 1. 5. Luke 1. 15. 4 The very design of the Ordinance of Baptism is to declare the person baptised to bee a disciple to Christ Mat. 28. 19. Go yee therefore and teach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Disciple all Nations Baptising them declare them to be Disciples by Baptising them And Infants who were Circumcised at eight daies old were declared to be Disciples Acts 15. 10. therefore Infants have right to water Baptism 5 Those that are to bee judged beleevers ought to bee baptised Beleevers are fit subjects for baptism Acts 8. 37. I prove them beleevers plainly thus 1 They are such as the Kingdome of God doth belong to Mark 10. 14. Luke 18. 16. John 3. 5. which cannot be were they not beleevers for unbeleevers are to bee cut off from the Kingdome of God Luke 12. 46. 2 They have hope in God even while they are sucking at their mothers breasts in their infancy Psal 22. 9. which none can have but beleevers for Heb. 11. 1. Faith is the substance of things hoped for 3 Christ himself doth with his own unerring lips declare them to bee beleevers Mat. 18. 6. These priviledges are of Gods free grace vouchsafed to them Rom. 11. 28. as touching the Election they are beloved for the Fathers sake 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for their Fathers sakes 6 There is command in Scripture for Children as well as others to bee baptised because the promise reacheth to them with the Parents Acts 2. 38 39. 7 There is examples of Baptising Infants as well as others 1 Cor. 10. 1 2. and other places 2 Others do scruple the Cross in Baptism whereas the very Ordinance it self baptizeth the person into the Crosse or death of Christ Rom. 6. 3. And for the making of the sign of the Cross with the finger on the fore-head of the person Baptized It is declared in the 30 Canon Anno Dom. 1604. That the Church of England since the abolishing of