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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01917	Eirenokoinonia. The peace of the communion of the Church of England. Or, The conformitie of the ceremonies of the communion of the Church of England with the ensamples and doctrine of the holy Scriptures, and primitiue Church, established by the Apostles of Christ, and the holy martyrs, and bishops, their successors. By Io: Gordon, Doctor of Diuinitie, and Deane of Salisbury.	Gordon, John, 1544-1619.	1612 (1612)	STC 12056; ESTC S117965	29,676	44

ΈΙΡΗΝΟΙΝΩνΊΑ THE PEACE OF THE COMMVNION OF THE CHVRCH OF ENGLAND OR THE CONFORMITIE of the Ceremonies of the Communion of the Church of England with the Ensamples and Doctrine of the holy Scriptures and Pri mitiue Church established by the Apo stles of Christ and the holy Martyrs and Bishops their Successors By Io GORDON Doctor of Diuinitie and Deane of Salisbury LONDON Printed by T. S. for Nathaniell Butter and are to be solde at the signe of the Pide-Bull neere S. Austins Gate 1612. AD ANGLIAM ANGLIA ter foelix donis ditata supernis Clara viris claris vbere faetasoli Foelix pacis amans dum Rex tua Sceptra gubernat Dum te verafides relligioqueregunt Gentibus externis sociata es foedere pacis Legum scita sonant armafurorque silent His verè es foelix eris at foelicior alma Sinatos poteris iungere pace tuos Rebus at humanis nil omni exparte beatum Nam Proli est discors mens animusquetuae Accipe pacis opus pacata percipe mente Pax hinc visceribus conciliandatuis Parua quidem meritis pro magnis donarependo Haec tibi quae rebus portus aura meis Angligenas iungunt coelum stirps lingua solumque His animosiungant lex pia pacis amor O quam foelices sua verè si bonanôrint Authoremque boni mente micante colant In te Rex Lex Grex feriant rata foeder a pacis Anglia sic foelix cum Grege Regetuo IO GORDONVS The Theses confirmed in this Booke by the authoritie of the holy Scriptures and the Primitiue Church established by the holy Apostles The first THESE THe white Garment was in vse in the Idolatrous Religion of the Egyptians during the time that the ●●●aelites were bondmen in Egypt and did worship the Egyptians Idols but God giuing the Law to Moses conuerted that Idolatrous vse of the said white Garment to his Seruice and in the first establishment of Christs Church in Ierusalem the Priests which were by the Apostles conuerted to the Faith did vse the white Garment in the seruice of Christian Religion the vse whereof did continue from the Primitiue Church to our dayes and therefore the reuerend Bishops and Martyrs of Christ who did reforme the Church of England did lawfully retaine the vse of the white Garment in the Church Seruice notwithstanding the abuse thereof in the Popish Idolatrie The second THESE THe Iewes and the Gentiles in the time of the Natiuitie of Christ were accustomed to lie about a Table set low as well in their ordinarie meales and Suppers as in their solemne feasts and Christ finding this custome in vse in the feasts of the Easter Lambe hee retained it in the Institution and celebration of the holy Communion notwithstanding that it was before his Natiuitie vsed in the solemne Feasts in the Temples of Idols Therefore seeing Christ did neyther stand sit nor kneele in this holy Action but followed the custome receiued there is no necessitie in any of these gestares but they are indifferent so that euery man should follow the receiued Custome in the Church where hee doth liue and dwell And that although this gesture of kneeling was and is yet abused in the Popish Idolatry it was lawfully retained by the godly Reformers of the Church of England The third THESE THE Apostles and Christs Church founded by them did vse to celebrate a publike feast in their Assemblies which was called Agape or the Feast of Charitie because in it the poore were relieued by the rich after which their custome was to celebrate the Lords Supper all lying on Carpets Cushens or the like as Christ did which custome continued in many places many hundred yeeres but the Catholike Church did change this custome both of lying and eating after Supper which change is allowed of by those who in our time haue brought in the gesture of sitting at table in receiuing the Communion And therefore there is no reason but they should as well allow of the change of lying into kneeling The fourth THESE ACcording to the Analogie of the Scriptures kneeling is the most conuenient gesture that is to be vsed in our Inuocations or Prayers before and in the receiuing of the holy Communion in the which Prayers the gesture of kneeling was vsed in the old Masse which was agreeable to our Communion and was not an Idolatrous Institution And therefore the Reformers of the Church of England haue done well to restore the kneeling to the originall vse againe The first THESE THe white Garment was in vse in the Idolatrous Religion of the Egyptians during the time that the Israelites were bond-men in Egypt and did worship the Egyptians Idols but God giuing the Law to Moses conuerted that Idolatrous vse of the said white Garment to his Seruice and in the first establishment of Christs Church in Ierusalem the Priests which were by the Apostles conuerted to the Faith did vse the white Garment in the seruice of Christian Religion the vse whereof did continue from the Primatiue Church to our dayes and therefore the reuerend Bishops and Martyrs of Christ who did reforme the Church of England did lawfully retaine the vse of the white Garment in the Church Seruice notwithstanding the abuse thereof in the Popish Idolatrie The illustration and confirmation of the first part of the first THESIS ACcording to the Greeke Historians the Idoll of Isis was the most ancient that the Egyptians worshipped of the which Herodot saith that all the Egiptians did worship it vnder the forme of a Cow and that they did worship aboue all beasts the Cow Diodorus Siculus in his History of Antiquitie and many other Greeke Writers testifie that Isis was the first inuenter of the sowing and reaping of Cornes The said Diodorus related that in a Colome or Pillar dedicated to this Idoll was written these words I am Isis the Queene of Egipt taught by Mercurius none shall dissolue the lawes which I haue made I am the first inuenter of cornes And Plutarch in his Booke of Isis and Osiris relates that there was an Inscription in the floore of the Temple of Isis in these words I am all that euer was that is and shall be and no mortall man hath euer detected my Garment Wee obserue by the way that the name of Isis in Hebrew is Iesch Iesch est est which signifies alwayes existant not subiect to the course of time which is the essentiall name of GOD mentioned in the third Chapter of Exodus verse 14. Eieh asher eieh I am that I am Thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel I am sent mee vnto you The which name doth come from the Verbe substantiue Haiah signifying it was and in the future time eieh which signifies I shall be as S. Iohn in his Reuelation Chap. 1. ver 4. doth interpret the selfe-same name of God saying from him that was and is and is to come so that it seemeth that the

and are filled with diuersities of meate they celebrate the Communion in the euening being all pertakers of those holy Mysteries About the selfe-same time there was a Councill assembled of all Africke in the which Saint Augustine was present vvho subscribed to the Canons made therein In the 8. Chapter of this Councill it was ordained that the Sacrament of the Altar should be celebrated by men fasting except vpon the Annuall feast day whereon the Lords Supper vvas yeerely celebrated By this Canon it is euident that in that age which was Centuria 5. after Christ that there was a yeerely and solemne Supper of the Lord celebrated in the forme and manner and in the selfe-same time of the day that Christ did institute this holy Communion so that in this day they did celebrate the Communion not fasting but after their publike Supper To this purpose doe S. Augustines words serue where hee saith that in some places where the greatest number of Gods people and most feruent were it was their custome to offer that is to celebrate the Communion the first day of the last weeke of Lent which wee call Holy-thursday both in the morning and in the euening but in other places their custome was to celebrate the Communion onely in the euening ●o wit after Supper The Councill called Bracaren●● Concilium holden in Spaine in the yeere of our Lord 6●0 did abrogate this Africane statute ordaining that the Lords Supper should be celebrated fasting at the ninth houre of the day And in the Councill called Cabileonense Concilium which was holden in France in the yeere of our Lord 654 in the time of Eugen. 1 Pope as is cited by Gratian it was ordained that after the solemnitie of the Masse at that time the Masse was a Communion as ours is after the euening Seruice and the distribution of Almes they should fall to their meate These Testimonies are sufficient to proue that the Lords Supper was solemnely obserued according to the forme instituted by Christ 700. yeeres after Christ in the which the gesture was accuba●io as is said Walafridus Strabo who did liue about 900. yeeres after Christ testifieth that then the houre or time of the celebration of the Masse which was in his time as hath beene already said the Communion wherein the Clergie and the people did all eate and drinke together was diuers according to the diuersitie of solemne dayes and that it was sometimes celebrated in the morning and sometimes at nine of the clocke sometimes in the euening and sometimes in the night But in the ages following the whole ancient forme of the Church-Seruice began by little and little to be abolished by the Popes who did change the yeerely feast of the Lords Supper heretofore mentioned in the African Councill and in place of this holy action the Popes did institute the washing of the poores feete which custome is vnto this day obserued by Emperours Kings Popes Archbishops Bishops and Abbots adding thereto a distribution of Almes to the poore The fourth THESE ACcording to the Analogie of the Scriptures kneeling is the most conuenient gesture that is to be vsed in our Inuocations or Prayers before and in the receiuing of the holy Communion in the which Prayers the gesture of kneeling was vsed in the old Masse which was agreeable to our Communion and was not an Idolatrous Institution And therefore the Reformers of the Church of England haue done well to restore the kneeling to the originall vse againe The Testimonies and Proofes of the third THESE THe gesture of standing was vsed by the Priests of the Law in some cases as Deut. Chap. 4. ver 20 it is said the Lord separated the Tribe of Leui to beare the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord and to stand before the Lord to minister vnto him and to blesse in his Name vnto this day so that the Priest did stand in offering Sacrifices The solemne blessings were pronounced standing Thou shalt stand vpon mount Gerizzim to blesse the people when yee shall passe ouer Iordan In Inuocations and prayers there is a threefold kinde of gesture expressed by Dauid the first is a falling downe or prosterning of the body the second is according to the Hebrew word a bowing downe of the head to the ground The third is kneeling Salomon at the solemnitie of the dedication of the Temple in his solemne Prayer hee is said to vse the gesture of kneeling The words are these He kneeled downe vpon his knees before all the Congregation of Israel and stretched out his hands toward Israel but hee stood when hee blessed the people In the new Testament Christ doth reproue the Hypocrites who as the words of the Text doe beare did loue to stand in the Synagogues and in the corners of the streetes to pray Also the Publicane is said to stand a farre off when hee did pray And in Marke when yee shall stand to pray forgiue c. The gesture of standing is meant of the standing in the Temple to heare the blessing ordained by the Law and to put vp their Prayers of Thankesgiuing according to the Law heretofore mentioned for when Christ did speake so hee and his Disciples did obserue the Law but Christ himselfe a little after the institution of the holy Communion did goe apart from his Disciples and as man apprehending the cruell torments which he was to suffer for the sinnes of mankinde hee beganne to waxe sorrowfull and to be grieuously troubled saying my Soule is very heauy euen vnto the death and hee fell downe on his face and prayed In Marke it is said hee fell downe to the ground and prayed In Luke it is said that he kneeled downe and prayed The word vsed by Mathew is the selfe-same which Luke vseth to expresse the gesture that Christ had when hee instituted the holy Communion where it is said When the houre was come 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he fell downe By these diuers words of the Euangelists the one vsing the word of Kneeling and the other of falling downe we learne that both kneeling and falling downe are agreeable to Christs gesture Christ exhorteth his Disciples often to pray and teacheth them the forme of prayer which we call the Lords Prayer but hee doth not prescribe any particular gesture of the body to be vsed when we pray so that he did leaue the gesture to be obserued according to the order and custome of the Church Wee are commanded by Saint Paul to examine our selues before wee participate the Lords Supper for if we doe not so we are guiltie of Christs death and wee eate our owne condemnation This examination of our selues consists in the confession of our sinnes and sorrow of our hearts with a desire to abstaine from them with humble prayers to God the Father through Christ Iesus that he would grant vs true Repentance and his grace to