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A15303	The lawlesse kneelesse schismaticall Puritan. Or A confutation of the author of an appendix, concerning bowing at the name of Iesus. Written by Giles Widdowes rector of St Martins Church in Oxford, and late fellow of Oriell Colledge	Widdowes, Giles, 1558?-1645.	1630 (1630)	STC 25593; ESTC S120669	63,717	96

gouerne the church the King the Realmes nay Iesus himselfe If obiection be made that the most Reuerend Arch Bishop Cranmer the Right Reuerend Bishop Ridley Father Latimer and other learned and Holy Martyrs were burned into ashes for their constant profession of the doctrine and discipline of this reformed Church Answeare must be made that the Holy Mother Geneua hath better doctrine and discipline then Cranmer Ridley and Latimer ever knew The doctrine and displine of faithfull Geneua are all substance they are all gold Oh if that Religion were here administred euery presbyter shall be greater than a Monarch and euery Iustice of peace aboue the Presbyter And were not this an Excellent Reformation when the Children of the Church her Subordinate Members shal be made such Transcendent Princes A daring phantastique superstition The Honour of Iesus exalted farre aboue all Heauens must be nullified to make Schismaticall Puritans Kings Imperious Holines See a strange wonder here is Lucifer-like pride in deede The Deuills were cast out of Heauen Esay 14. 14. for their pride because they would not belieue in the Sonne of God the Confirming Mediator of Angells so the Schoolemen And shall sly Professors then be spared seeing they will not Bow at the name of Iesus which is a signe that they doe not belieue in the Redeeming Sauiour If a Lawie● shall industriously write against the law is it credible that He is a Religious Obseruer or a lawfull Professor of the law Where is the good Conscience the Necessary Subiect of the higher Powers mentioned at Rom. 13. 5 This stands at the Barre and alleageth Gods Heauenly law All knees shall bow at the name of Iesus and t is baffled with an Outery A Reformation A Reformation To bow at the name of Iesus is Superstition To bow at the name of Iesus is Superstition The good Conscience desireth a pacificall dispute but the violence of aspiring Spirites will not endure to feare the truth therefore I desire the Christian Reader to obserue the plea of a good conscience Thus The tie of Gods law and of the Kings lawes deriu'd from Gods is Obligatory to binde all good Subiects vnto Obedience First the text binds all Christians in faith to belieue and in manners to Bow at the name of Iesus which I haue proou'd at handling this Question Whether Bowing at the name of Iesus be a duty of the text To second the text our dread Souereigne Lord the King hath foure lawes to humble his Subiects in faith and manners to Bow at the name of Iesus The first is the 20th article of our Reformed faith which is the Authority of the Church to ordaine Rites and Ceremonies whereof Bowing at the name of Iesus is one though it be commanded by God originally yet in application to reforme Non-conformists t is the Churches Canon Then by the Doctrine of our Reformed faith T is plaine that we must bow at the name of Iesus Because our church-Church-Authority hath decreed this Bowing as you see according to scripture The second is the 34 Article which is the Traditions of the Church and bowing at the name of Iesus being vniversal is more necessary then those being particular and express'd thus Whosoeuer through his priuate Iudgment willingly and purposely doth openly breake the traditions of the Church c. ought to be rebuked openly that others may feare to doe the like as he that offendeth against the Common order of the Church and woundeth the Conscience of the weake Brethren Then t is plaine by the testimony of Orthodoxe faith that all must bow at the name of Iesus Sub paenâ publicae redargutionis vnder paine of open Rebuke The third law is the 6th Canon of our Church The words are these Whosoever shall here-after affirme that the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by law Established are wicked Anti-Christian or superstitious or such as being Commanded by lawfull Authority men who are Zealously and godlily affected may not with any good conscience approue them vse them or as occasion requireth subscribe vnto them let him be excommunicated ipso sacto and not restored vntill he repents and publiquely revokes such his wicked errors Then by vertue of this Canon he that writes against Bowing at the name of Iesus should be taught better manners He should be deliuered to Satan by his Diocesan for to tame his fleshly and diuision-making faction in the Church to teach him and his priuate friends Canonicall obedience And t is very good reason so to doe for transgressing the 18th Canon which is the 4. law The words are these When in time of Diuine seruice the Lord Iesus shal be mentioned due and lowly Reverence shal be done by all persons present as it hath beene accustomed Testifying by these outward Ceremonies and Gestures their inward Humility Christian Resolution and due acknowledgment that the Lord Iesus Christ the True and Eternall sonne of God is the only Sauiour of the world in whom alone all the mercies Grac●s a●d promises of God to mankind for this life and the life to Come are fully and wholy Compris●d And then is not he very worthily excommunicated that scornes to Bow at the name of Iesus s●ing the fin●ll end thereof is to testify his Humble Cristianly R●solute a●d due acknowledgement of his faith that the Lord Iesus is the Sauing King of the Catholique Church And is this Christian Reader Idolatry to be cried down● To Bow at the name of Iesus is Idolatry To Bow at the name of Iesus is Idolatry Is this Religious Bowing to bee b●fled with an outery A Reformation A Reformation Vnreasonable Ani●als Wilfull Gainesaying Humonsts He that peremptorily and impenitently teacheth against this Rev●rend Honorable Bowing at the name of Iesus ●o●es not the Lord Iesus and St. Paul● would haue such an ob●●inate sinner rewarded according to his great stomack● Thus If any man Loue not the Lord Iesus let him be Anathema Maran●atha 1. Cor 16. 22. L●t him be accursed with a bitter curse with the Greater Excommunication I must not say that M. Prin●s heart doth not ●o●e the Lord Iesus only God is the s●archer out and the d●●ce●ning 〈◊〉 of the secret court of consc●enc● But t is very cert●ine t●●t M. ●rinns daring phansy hath most vnsuff●rably disho●o●red the exalted the most honoured and the most glori●●s na●● of Iesus His Appendix ●s wi●tnesse which is a contradictorious suppose Ignoratio Elenchi a ●a●e supposa●●● That bowing at the name of Iesus is nothing His suppositious prooffes to defend this Erroneous despightfull Hypothesis are two Thus bowing at the name of Iesus is neither a duty of the text nor an arbitrary harmelesse and decent Ceremonie If you will see Mr Prinne in full view of his colours you must obserue these foure questions First whether bowing at the name of Iesus be some thing Secondly whether bowing at the name of Iesus be a duty according to the letter of Phil. 2. 10 3ly whether bowing at

the name of Iesus be a dutie according to the Reall meaning of the text Fourthly whether Bowing at the name of Iesus be an Arbitrary Harmles and Decent Ceremony This is the substance of the appendix Here you shall see his Imperious Daring boldnes against our Church Difficile est Satyram non scribere Who can endure his High looke and his proud stomacke although t is true that neglect had beene answeare good enough for his confus'd matter and method for his vaine and idle suppositions yet the vnlearned may ouer-value his Anti-Iesus-Appendix But reason there is none why any one should regard such an irregular non-licet Missiue authoritie he hath none to teach for he is no publique Ecclesiasticall Priest and learned Iudicious charitie he hath none for learned and charitable faith will not breake the peace of established Religion of Religion established according to Canonicall scripture I would to God that he had taken counsell of his Colledg-moderator then friendly Suppression should haue buried this vntimely fruite But to what purpose is it to wish him good that wisheth so litle peace to the Church There is nothing to be done by me for him but to pray for him and confute his arguments that the weake in faith be not shaken nor troubled and that he be not in loue with his great sinne committed against the Lord his Church So let the stiffe-necked stiffe-kneede be made to know themselues to be but men but erroneous men and that Iesus is the Lord at whose name their knees must bow now in the time of grace I pray God giue all them that loue the Lord Iesus so much pietie as that they ever worship him not only inwardly with the heart but joyntly with soule and body with heart and knee that at the last day the whole church may enjoy his Glorious Benediction Thus I continue The Heartie well wisher of all humble Christians Giles Widdowes WHETHER BOVVING AT THE NAME OF IESVS bee some thing CErtainely Bowing at the name of Iesus is some thing For in genere Entis in being t is an action In genere moris in being a duty t is an externall religious action In signification it is a Religious relation or ceremony It is a Religious action and a Religious subordination of the knee to a Religious heart is its essentiall difference It s Terminus a Quo is the name Iesus rehears'd and heard at time of diuine service It s Terminus ad Quem or Finis Cui for whose sake it is done is the Al-sauing and Glorious person Iesus It s terminus ad Quem or finis Qui for what purpose we Bow is to testify humbly resolutely with due acknowledgement that Iesus Christ is King of Kings The deserver of this bowing is Iesus in his humility The Principall commander of this bowing is the Holy Ghost The subordinate commander is the Church The Immediate internall cause is faith hope and charity The Immediate externall cause signifying is the Preacher or Reader of diuine seruice The Immediate externall cause signified is the obiect which is the text Philip. 2. 9. 10. and the 18th Canon of our Church It s Radical Subiect is the Regenerate will It s regenerate directer is the knowing faithfull vnderstanding It s Principall guyde is the Holy Ghost It s mysticall Head giuing motion and sence and life to Bow is Iesus himselfe It s Radicall organ is the Heart It s visible Organ is the knee It s time when is Toties Quoties so oft as the name Iesus is rehears'd in divine service As the Bowing of the knee at the name of Iesus signifies the Bowing of the heart and as the Bowing of the heart at the name of Iesus is signified by the visible bowing of the knee This outward bowing is the relate to the inward Bowing and the Inward Bowing is the Correlate to the outward Bowing the signifying decency of the knee this is the morall Ceremonious Relation Significabilis humilitas internall humility signified that is the Reall Morall Correlation But what if Mr Prinne vnderstands not Internall Relations Entities Causations Inherence producted and mutuall Dependence herein What doth not he vnderstand and yet presumes to confute Iudicious BP Andrewes Zanchius Dr Boyes Mr Hooker Mr Adams c. Then let him put of his hasty spirit and Learne true Christian humility for he is to young to be a Iudge in our Church to condemne well deserving men is not the duty of a Christian Here are 25. arguments which a Iudicious intellect is able to produce and thereby to prooue that Bowing at the name of Iesus is some thing But yet heare Mr. Prinnes arguments wherewith hee would conclude that Bowing at the name of Iesus is nothing Obiection 1. If Bowing at the name of Iesus be some thing then t is either a duty of the Text which is the Sorbonists Rhemists BP Andrewes and Mr. Adams doctrine or else it is an Indifferent Innocēt Harmeles Ceremony which is the doctrine of Zanchius Mr. Hooker Dr Boyes and Mr. Widdowes A Ceremony which no man is constrainde to vse so Mr. Hooker But this cannot be for thus one doctrine confounds the other Therefore Bowing at the name of Iesus is nothing Solution These are the words of the Right Reverend and Orthodoxe BP Andrewes What way more sit to expresse our humility by than by bowing at the name of Iesus this signe of humblenes Thus thē bowing at the name of Iesus is a Ceremony according to BP Andrewes And he saith that Bowing at the name of Iesus is a reward of Iesus his passion ser 9. on the Resurrection pag. 475. Thus Bowing at the name of Iesus is a duty of the text according to the BP Zanchius sayth that to Bow at the name of Iesus is a duty Quod omne genu debet flectere ad nomen Iesu at Philip. 2. 10. pag. 124. That every knee ought to Bow at the name of Iesus Et antiquissima Consuetudo in Ecclesijs vt Cum nominatur Iesus omnes aperiant Caput in testimonium Reuerentiae adorationis pag. 123 It was a most anciēt custome in the Church for men to vayle bow at the name of Iesus in tokē of reverēce adoration of Iesus Thus Zanchius saith that bowing at the name of Iesus is both duty ceremony M. Hooker doth teach the cause why Christian men anciently did and doe especially stand and bow when the Gospell is read Because the Gospell doth containe what our Saviour spake or did doe or did suffer in his owne person Then according to M. Hooker the Church did acknowledg bowing to be a duty due to Iesus by reason of what Iesus said did doe and by reason of his passion And he saith that this Bowing was in token of greater reverence c lib. 5. of his Ecclesiasticall Politie pag 248. Concerning that He saith that no man is constrain'd to Bow this is true in our daies for M. Prinne knoweth that the penall