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A61518 A peace-offering an earnest and passionate intreaty, for peace, unity, & obedience ... Stileman, John, d. 1685. 1662 (1662) Wing S5554; ESTC R12102 300,783 364

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agreeable_a to_o the_o sacred_a word_n of_o god_n let_v we_o conscientious_o attend_v on_o these_o service_n daily_a and_o sincere_o offer_v up_o from_o the_o heart_n this_o holy_a worship_n and_o the_o god_n of_o peace_n shall_v be_v with_o we_o i_o know_v but_o one_o thing_n more_o that_o can_v be_v matter_n of_o scruple_n or_o a_o mean_n to_o interrupt_v our_o peace_n and_o that_o be_v the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n in_o this_o liturgy_n prescribe_v but_o these_o sheet_n have_v already_o multiply_v beyond_o my_o first_o intention_n and_o therefore_o now_o manum_fw-la de_fw-la tabulâ_fw-la the_o courteous_a reader_n may_v expect_v a_o full_a account_n of_o those_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n in_o another_o tract_n by_o itself_o which_o i_o shall_v give_v he_o in_o my_o next_o part._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o peace_n offer_v part_n iii_o wherein_o the_o difference_n about_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v examine_v the_o scruple_n resolve_v and_o it_o be_v show_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o these_o but_o may_v be_v submit_v to_o for_o peace-sake_n chap._n i._n the_o fast_n
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o peace-offering_a a_o earnest_n and_o passionate_a entreaty_n for_o peace_n unity_n &_o obedience_n wherein_o a_o impartial_a view_n be_v take_v of_o the_o chief_a controversy_n among_o we_o as_o to_o doctrine_n government_n liturgy_n and_o ceremony_n and_o it_o be_v clear_v that_o the_o difference_n be_v not_o so_o wide_a as_o by_o the_o heat_n of_o man_n they_o seem_v to_o be_v nor_o any_o thing_n require_v but_o what_o may_v lawful_o be_v submit_v to_o by_o man_n of_o humble_a and_o peaceable_a that_o be_v christian_a spirit_n design_v especial_o to_o persuade_v to_o a_o lawful_a conformity_n a_o just_a and_o necessary_a obedience_n to_o the_o law_n establish_v for_o peace_n yea_o for_o conscience_n sake_n by_o john_n stileman_n m._n a._n minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o vicar_n of_o tunbridge_n in_o kent_n chrysost_n hom._n 31._o in_o hebr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contra_fw-la rationem_fw-la nemo_fw-la sobrius_fw-la contra_fw-la scripturas_fw-la nemo_fw-la christianus_n contra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nemo_fw-la pacificus_fw-la senserit_fw-la and_o as_o many_o as_o walk_v according_a to_o this_o rule_n peace_n be_v on_o they_o and_o mercy_n and_o upon_o the_o israel_n of_o god_n gal._n 6.16_o london_n print_v for_o thomas_n pierrepont_n at_o the_o sun_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1662._o illustrissimo_fw-la domino_fw-la stemmatis_fw-la nobilitate_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la primariae_fw-la eruditionis_fw-la eximiae_fw-la virtutis_fw-la egregiae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la nominibus_fw-la verè_fw-la honoratissimo_fw-la roberto_n comiti_fw-la leicestriae_fw-la vice_n comiti_fw-la lisle_n baroni_n sidney_n de_fw-fr penshurst_n serenissimae_fw-la regiae_n majestati_fw-la à_fw-la secretioribus_fw-la consiliis_fw-la s._n p._n vereor_fw-la illustrissime_fw-la comes_fw-la ne_fw-la insolentis_fw-la audaciae_fw-la crimine_fw-la quod_fw-la apud_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la vestram_fw-la deprecari_fw-la expediret_fw-la maximè_fw-la meritò_fw-la intentarer_n qui_fw-la chartulas_fw-la have_v tanto_fw-la tamque_fw-la splendido_fw-la nomini_fw-la inscribere_fw-la non_fw-la subtimebam_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la tantum_fw-la mihi_fw-la ausim_fw-la tribuere_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o publicum_fw-la emittere_fw-la tenuitas_fw-la mea_fw-la praesumserit_fw-la vestris_fw-la manibus_fw-la dignum_fw-la censerem_fw-la sed_fw-la spes_fw-la est_fw-la neminem_fw-la mihi_fw-la vitio_fw-la versurum_fw-la fore_fw-la si_fw-la quem_fw-la omnes_fw-la summo_fw-la prosequuntur_fw-la honore_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la colerem_fw-la suspicerem_fw-la &_o admirare_o quin_n &_o singularis_fw-la illa_fw-la benevolentia_fw-la qua_fw-la obscurum_fw-la i_o nulliusque_fw-la nominis_fw-la dignata_fw-la est_fw-la prosequi_fw-la celebritas_fw-la vestra_fw-la quem_fw-la docti_fw-la mecaenatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la patronum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ministri_fw-la fautorem_fw-la dicunt_fw-la &_o verè_fw-la dicunt_fw-la gratitudinis_fw-la hoc_fw-la 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annos_fw-la exulantem_fw-la regem_fw-la in_o solium_fw-la reduxit_fw-la qui_fw-la optimates_fw-la honoribus_fw-la episcopos_fw-la cathedris_fw-la pastor_n ecclesiis_fw-la restituit_fw-la ejus_fw-la inquam_fw-la auspiciis_fw-la jam_fw-la tandem_fw-la respiravit_fw-la respublica_fw-la revixit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la antiquae_fw-la jam_fw-la rursus_fw-la vigent_fw-la leges_fw-la quae_fw-la certè_fw-la bona_fw-la si_fw-la nostra_fw-la nôrimus_fw-la omnium_fw-la animos_fw-la laetitiâ_fw-la omnium_fw-la ora_fw-la summis_fw-la divinae_fw-la benignitatis_fw-la laudibus_fw-la explerent_fw-la omnesque_fw-la ad_fw-la promovendam_fw-la hanc_fw-la conservandamque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pacem_fw-la tam_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la datam_fw-la excitarent_fw-la at_o vero_fw-la quis_fw-la crederet_fw-la plurimorum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la inhaerent_fw-la penitus_fw-la imo_fw-la vigent_fw-la discordiarum_fw-la semina_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o leges_fw-la regem_fw-la regimen_fw-la ritus_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la publicasque_fw-la formulas_fw-la petulantiùs_fw-la invehitur●_n ille_fw-la teneris_fw-la animus_fw-la scrupulos_fw-la injiciens_fw-la inanibus_fw-la terriculamentis_fw-la infirmos_fw-la perturbat_fw-la hinc_fw-la leges_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la insimulantur_fw-la illinc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tyrannidis_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sugillantur_fw-la istinc_fw-la reductis_fw-la antiquis_fw-la &_o innocuis_fw-la ritibus_fw-la &_o liturgiâ_fw-la religio_fw-la quasi_fw-la tota_fw-la jam_fw-la corrueret_fw-la &_o inundantis_fw-la iterum_fw-la romanae_fw-la superstitionis_fw-la metus_fw-la esset_fw-la defletur_fw-la he_o nolunt_fw-la illimetuunt_fw-la eâdem_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la viâ_fw-la incedere_fw-la legibusque_fw-la circa_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la se_fw-la submittere_fw-la quis_fw-la talia_fw-la fando_fw-la temperet_fw-la â_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la summus_n ille_fw-la pater_fw-la luminum_fw-la deus_fw-la pacis_fw-la qui_fw-la dedit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la unicum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la proposuit_fw-la nobis_fw-la unicam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 14._o tit._n 14._o qui_fw-la praeparavit_fw-la nobis_fw-la unam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o jud._n 3._o sicut_fw-la promisit_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o impertiat_fw-la omnibus_fw-la corunum_n 32.39_o jer._n 32.39_o &_o viam_fw-la unam_fw-la illuminet_fw-la omnium_fw-la mentes_fw-la divina_fw-la veritate_fw-la edoceat_fw-la omnes_fw-la fraternam_fw-la charitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 15._o eph._n 4_o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d studiis_fw-la sincerae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la sedulò_fw-la omnes_fw-la incumbamus_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adolescamus_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la ●ui_fw-la est_fw-la caput_fw-la christus_fw-la quod_fw-la ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la have_v laborum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la primitias_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la offer_n &_o dicare_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la quò_fw-la scrupulis_fw-la qui_fw-la tot_fw-la adhuc_fw-la malè_fw-la habent_fw-la ex_fw-la animus_fw-la fidelium_fw-la evulsis_fw-la dubitationibus_fw-la praescissis_n iniquis_fw-la suspicionibus_fw-la amotis_fw-la christiani_n inter_fw-la nos_fw-la omnes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d legibus_fw-la ritibus_fw-la formulis_fw-la &_o constitutionibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la conform_v ejusdem_fw-la paci_n gloriae_fw-la splendori_fw-la consulere_fw-la inducantur_fw-la si_fw-mi quod_fw-la absit_fw-la tanta_fw-la de_fw-la spe_fw-la decidamus_fw-la hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la nobis_fw-la erit_fw-la selatio_fw-la fecimus_fw-la quod_fw-la potuimus_fw-la &_o in_o magnis_fw-la vel_fw-la voluisse_fw-la sit_v est_fw-la etiam_fw-la paucillum_fw-la similae_fw-la acceptum_fw-la est_fw-la deo_fw-la 11._o levit._fw-la 5.7_o 11._o ubi_fw-la pecudes_fw-la &_o turtures_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la qua_fw-la spe_fw-la fretus_fw-la sub_fw-la divinae_fw-la benedictionis_fw-la auspiciis_fw-la vestraeque_fw-la celebritatis_fw-la umbrâ_fw-la &_o clientelâ_fw-la scripta_fw-la haec_fw-la qualiacunque_fw-la sint_fw-la confidentiùs_fw-la ausim_fw-la evulgare_fw-la vestro_fw-la nomini_fw-la in_fw-la aeternum_fw-la observantiae_fw-la monimentum_fw-la inscribere_fw-la ista_fw-la &_o dedicare_fw-la siliceat_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la humillimo_fw-la cultori_fw-la clientum_fw-la infimo_fw-la joanni_n stileman_n dat._n pridie_fw-la idus_fw-la maii._fw-la anno_fw-la aerae_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la m.dc.lxii_o to_o the_o pious_a judicious_a and_o candid_a reader_n it_o be_v a_o ancient_a observation_n nazian_n observation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gregor_n presbyt_fw-la in_o vitâ_fw-la nazian_n that_o the_o wickedness_n of_o christian_n bring_v in_o persecutor_n upon_o the_o church_n and_o raise_v up_o julian_n against_o christianity_n what_o be_v of_o old_a we_o have_v see_v in_o our_o day_n and_o lamentable_a experience_n have_v make_v it_o manifest_v to_o any_o observer_n the_o church_n of_o england_n do_v deserve_o challenge_v as_o her_o due_a the_o title_n of_o the_o best_a reform_a church_n in_o the_o world_n reform_v by_o the_o best_a authority_n in_o the_o most_o regular_a way_n according_a to_o the_o best_a pattern_n and_o near_o to_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n stand_v as_o a_o city_n upon_o a_o hill_n and_o show_v to_o the_o world_n more_o holy_a bishop_n eminent_o learn_v divine_n faithful_a dispenser_n of_o the_o sacred_a mystery_n and_o some_o even_o of_o the_o enemy_n of_o her_o discipline_n be_v judge_n more_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o religion_n and_o real_a power_n of_o godliness_n than_o any_o church_n of_o europe_n beside_o not_o except_v even_o those_o who_o pretend_v to_o the_o most_o righteous_a government_n and_o pure_a discipline_n god_n have_v here_o plant_v his_o vineyard_n build_v a_o tower_n fence_v it_o with_o the_o mound_n of_o peace_n give_v to_o her_o a_o defender_n of_o the_o faith_n such_o a_o king_n as_o the_o world_n can_v not_o afford_v such_o another_o under_o which_o blessing_n she_o prosper_v and_o flourish_v to_o the_o wonder_n and_o envy_v of_o all_o round_a about_o we_o but_o prosperity_n be_v often_o we_o know_v abuse_v to_o sensuality_n in_o peace_n and_o plenty_n man_n grow_v wanton_a and_o when_o the_o
presbyter_n nor_o may_v we_o understand_v this_o of_o a_o naked_a presence_n only_o but_o by_o the_o order_n for_o the_o practic_n they_o be_v to_o assist_v in_o the_o act_n too_o they_o be_v priest_n be_v see_v rubr._n in_o form_n of_o order_n priest_n with_o the_o bishop_n to_o lay_v their_o hand_n several_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o every_o one_o that_o receive_v order_n and_o this_o ordination_n i_o never_o know_v question_v by_o any_o that_o allow_v any_o ordination_n by_o ecclesiastical_a person_n at_o all_o and_o the_o 2._o the_o jus_fw-la divin_n minist_n evang._n part_v 2._o london_n divine_v have_v justify_v even_o in_o their_o judgement_n the_o validity_n of_o it_o sect_n 61_o 3._o the_o great_a and_o only_a thing_n that_o i_o know_v which_o affright_v man_n from_o this_o episcopal_a ordination_n be_v the_o subscription_n by_o the_o canon_n require_v and_o the_o promise_n which_o they_o be_v to_o make_v of_o obedience_n to_o the_o bishop_n to_o this_o i_o shall_v only_o say_v 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