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A45474 A vindication of the ancient liturgie of the Church of England wherein the several pretended reasons for altering or abolishing the same, are answered and confuted / by Henry Hammond ... ; written by himself before his death. Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660. 1660 (1660) Wing H617; ESTC R21403 95,962 97

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it_o if_o not_o so_o punctual_a for_o the_o tradition_n sy_n basil_n may_v speak_v for_o all_o in_o hom_n 2._o of_o fast_v that_o there_o be_v no_o age_n nor_o place_n but_o know_v it_o and_o observe_v it_o and_o then_o i_o know_v no_o necessity_n of_o despise_v christ_n pattern_n &_o apostolical_a practice_n unless_o it_o be_v the_o same_o which_o oblige_v to_o the_o destroy_n of_o episcopacy_n which_o as_o it_o be_v a_o imparity_n opposite_a to_o the_o equality_n of_o presbyter_n be_v clear_o deducible_a from_o both_o those_o authority_n to_o which_o it_o seem_v this_o year_n be_v resolve_v to_o prove_v fat_a all_o that_o so_o there_o may_v be_v at_o length_n as_o little_a imitation_n of_o christ_n among_o we_o as_o reverence_v to_o apostle_n then_o for_o r●gation_n week_n though_o the_o original_n or_o occasion_n of_o that_o can_v be_v deduce_v so_o high_a but_o be_v by_o historian_n refer_v to_o claud._n mamertus_n bishop_n of_o vienn●_n in_o france_n for_o the_o avert_n of_o some_o judgement_n which_o on_o the_o observation_n of_o many_o inauspicious_a accident_n and_o prodigy_n be_v sad_o scare_v to_o be_v approach_v yet_o will_v it_o not_o be_v necessary_a to_o turn_v the_o fast_n or_o the_o litany_n or_o the_o service_n assign_v to_o it_o out_o of_o the_o church_n as_o long_o as_o danger_n be_v either_o present_a impendent_a or_o possible_a or_o indeed_o as_o long_o as_o there_o be_v sin_n enough_o among_o we_o to_o abode_n we_o ill_o or_o provoke_v any_o wrath_n of_o heaven_n any_o judgement_n on_o we_o and_o when_o all_o those_o occasion_n cease_v i_o be_o content_a those_o service_n may_v be_v lay_v aside_o also_o i._n e._n when_o we_o meet_v all_o together_o in_o heaven_n next_o the_o ember_n week_n be_v of_o great_a antiquity_n in_o the_o church_n call_v the_o quatuor_fw-la tempora_fw-la in_o the_o latin_a father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o whence_o i_o conceive_v in_o the_o english_a ember_n in_o the_o greek_a and_o beside_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o they_o for_o quarterly_a season_n of_o devotion_n proportion_v to_o each_o part_n of_o the_o year_n as_o the_o first_o fruit_n of_o every_o season_n that_o the_o whole_a and_o each_o division_n of_o it_o may_v be_v blessed_v by_o it_o and_o again_o beside_o their_o answerablenesse_n to_o those_o four_o time_n of_o solemn_a fast_o mention_v among_o the_o jew_n that_o we_o christian_n may_v not_o be_v inferior_a unto_o they_o in_o that_o duty_n a_o admirable_a use_n be_v assign_v to_o they_o in_o the_o church_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o apostle_n act._n 13._o 3._o by_o fast_v and_o prayer_n to_o prepare_v for_o the_o ordination_n of_o minister_n immediate_o consequent_a to_o every_o such_o week_n that_o god_n will_v send_v and_o furnish_v worthy_a instrument_n of_o his_o glory_n to_o serve_v he_o in_o that_o glorious_a office_n and_o till_o minister_n be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v general_o so_o good_a that_o either_o they_o can_v or_o need_v not_o be_v better_o till_o those_o be_v also_o grow_v immortal_a as_o the_o framer_n of_o this_o ordinance_n and_o so_o no_o use_n of_o care_n for_o succession_n i_o shall_v suppose_v it_o not_o over-necessary_a to_o precipitate_v these_o out_o of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n but_o rather_o wish_v that_o there_o be_v in_o our_o liturgy_n some_o service_n appoint_v of_o lesson_n and_o prayer_n for_o this_o purpose_n to_o be_v use_v constant_o on_o the_o day_n of_o fast_a through_o those_o week_n sect._n 47_o thus_o have_v i_o as_o brief_o as_o i_o can_v examine_v all_o the_o pretend_a exuberance_n of_o our_o liturgy_n which_o have_v require_v it_o thus_o to_o be_v more_o than_o latch_v even_o to_o a_o deliquium_fw-la animae_fw-la to_o many_o faint_a fit_n a_o long_a while_n and_o at_o last_o to_o its_o fatal_a period_n if_o our_o assembler_n may_v be_v allow_v of_o the_o jury_n and_o this_o ordinance_n have_v leave_v to_o be_v the_o executioner_n and_o as_o yet_o to_o the_o utmost_a of_o our_o impartial_a thought_n can_v we_o not_o discern_v the_o least_o degree_n of_o necessity_n of_o any_o the_o most_o moderate_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n to_o own_o so_o tragical_a a_o exit_fw-la the_o leaf_n which_o have_v be_v spend_v in_o this_o search_n as_o it_o may_v seem_v unnecessary_o may_v perhaps_o have_v be_v better_o employ_v yet_o will_v it_o not_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o expect_v a_o expect_v a_o favourable_a reception_n of_o they_o when_o it_o be_v consider_v that_o by_o this_o mean_v a_o far_a labour_n be_v spare_v there_o need_v no_o far_a answer_n to_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o directory_n or_o any_o part_n of_o it_o when_o it_o shall_v thus_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n for_o the_o change_n nay_o which_o i_o conceive_v have_v all_o along_o be_v conclude_v that_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o liturgy_n unless_o some_o better_a offer_n or_o bargain_n be_v propose_v to_o we_o be_v still_o in_o all_o policy_n in_o all_o secular_a or_o christian_a prudence_n most_o necessary_a and_o therefore_o when_o we_o have_v consider_v the_o second_o particular_a in_o the_o ordinance_n and_o to_o that_o annex_v a_o view_n of_o some_o severall_n in_o the_o preface_n the_o reader_n task_n will_v be_v at_o a_o end_n and_o his_o patience_n free_v from_o the_o ●entation_n of_o our_o importunity_n sect._n 48_o the_o second_o thing_n then_o in_o the_o ordinance_n be_v that_o all_o the_o several_n which_o this_o ordinance_n be_v set_v to_o confront_v be_v statute_n of_o edward_n the_o six_o and_o of_o queen_n elizabeth_n all_o which_o be_v without_o more_o ado_n repeal_v by_o this_o ordinance_n which_o i_o mention_v not_o as_o new_a act_n of_o boldness_n which_o now_o we_o can_v be_v at_o leisure_n to_o declaim_v or_o wonder_v at_o but_o to_o justify_v the_o calumniate_v son_n of_o this_o church_n who_o be_v for_o a_o long_a time_n offer_v up_o malicious_o to_o the_o people_n hatred_n and_o fury_n first_o as_o illegal_a usurper_n and_o 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