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spirit_n	good_a	grace_n	lord_n	7,245	5	3.6848	3	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02463	A modest apology occasioned by the importunity of the Bishop of Derrie, who presseth for an answer to a query, stated by himself, in his second admonition: concerning joyning in the publick worship established by law. In answer to the query, the pondering of some weighty exceptions is first desired: and then such a resolution is given to the query, as the word of God, and thereby the safety of our consciences will allow. / By a minister of the gospel, at the desire of some Presbyterian dissenters.	Craghead, Robert.; King, William, 1650-1729.	1696 (1696)	Wing C6794; ESTC R171586	54,814	122

of GODS Gifts purâ—ased by Christ and bestowed by his Spirit on â—inisters for the Edification of his Church and â—erefore we cannot approve of it For by this â—nted Form whatever measure of the Spirit of â—ayer be powred out upon a Minister Helping â—d Teaching him what to Pray what ever enâ—gement of heart be given by the Spirit of Grace â—d Supplications Yet nothing of this must apâ—ar for the Good of the Church Because the mans mouth is muzled up by a peremptory Forâ— which we humbly conceive is most dangerous aâ— a great Obstruction to the Churches Edificatioâ— 8th Reason Though our blessed LORD haâ— given us a Patern of Prayer and therein a sumâ— all we are to Pray for Yet when the best of Mâ— offer to make a Collection of the Particulars coâ—tained in that Summe though the Patern be Pâ—fect yet their Collections are always Lame aâ— Deficient considering tbe innumerable Neceâ—ties of the People of GOD And so faileth of pretended End to furnish People with all manâ— of necessary particular Petitions to GOD Fâ— hundreds of Instances may be given of necessaâ— Petitions all of them according to the Wordâ— GOD and particularly founded on the LORâ— Prayer Yet no mention of them in the Bookâ— Common-Prayer And therefore such Forms Mens devising do but limite and straiten the Châ—ches Prayers they are so far from being a Heâ— especially when they are so enjoyned that sucâ— Form shall be used and no other 9th Reason The Case of Souls in this Lifâ— very various Sometimes secure and need to â— awakned sometimes cast down and need to â— Comforted sometimes in Doubts by reason their Ignorance Weakness and Guilt the Dâ—pensations of GOD toward them are also very â—rious sometimes Humbling and sometimes Coâ—forting And therefore the reading of Scriptures ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Prayers are to be Adâ—pted to the Conditiâ— of the People so far as Ministers can be acâ—inted with their Condition and Exigences â— by a stinted Form the poor People must take â—at falleth out such a day of the Year whither â—e suitable to their present Need or not they â—ll have no other for that time the Minister is â—und to read his set Task If the Righteous â—OD should by some sudden Judgement call his â—ople to speedy Repentance and Mourning yet â—he Book appoint a Feast-day of Joy at that veâ— time the Minister and People must do as the â—ok requires and then behold Joy and Gladness â—en GOD calleth unto Mourning which is an â—quity that GOD doth most severely threaten â— 22. 12 13 14 verses So on the other hand â—en it pleaseth GOD to grant some signal Deliâ—ance to his Church that requireth present soâ—n Thanksgivings to GOD if the Book reâ—ire that to be a time of Humiliation and Mournâ—g the Book must be obeyed rather than the â—esent Call of GOD but Moses the Servant of â—e LORD was of another mind Exod. 14. 30. the â—ORD saved Israel that Day out of the Hands of â—e Egyptians and in the beginning of cap. 15. â—en sang Moses and the Children of Israel this Song â—o the LORD not deferring it as prelimited by â—me other Work So Ministers of the Gospel being the Stewards of CHRIST are required do all to Edification attending the present Dutâ— the People of GOD Being also obliged to disâ—bute that Food Christ hath provided for theâ— due Season that every man may have his Porâ— as his Necessity requireth 10th Reason That manner of Service to Gâ— which we cannot perform in Faith we canâ— Comply with but serving GOD by an impoâ— stinted Form we cannot perform in Faith â— therefore cannot Comply with we cannot pâ—form it in Faith because we know of no Authoâ— such a Form hath from GOD as any Ordinaâ— of his And therefore seing we have no way be convinced that it is the Will of GOD we seâ— him after that manner no Ground no Preceâ— no Promise for our Faith to fix upon We câ— not perform that Service in Faith and so to uâ— would be Sin As for the Book of Common-Prayer and the Pâ—ticulars therein which hath been so offensive the Consciences of many we need do no more put you in mind of a part of these Complaints aâ— Exceptions published by those who had Commiâ—on from King Charles the 2d to alter and ameâ— it They except against the reading of the Aâ—cryphal Books desiring that nothing be readâ— tâ—e Church for Lessons but the Holy Scriptures â— the Old and New Testament They except aâ—inst the Religious Observation of Saints days as â— they were Holy Days having no Foundation in â—e Scriptures They except against that Version â— the Scripture used throughout the Liturgy as â—ving many Defects whereof they give particuâ—r Instances Likeways that the Liturgy is Deâ—ctive as to Prayer in the confessing of Sins Peâ—tions and Thanksgivings that the Body of the â—ayer-book consisteth much in Generals and that â—e Catechism is Defective as to many Doctrines â—f our Religion They except also against the â—eoples uttering a great part of the Petitions in the â—etany whereas the Minister should be the mouth â—f the Congregation and that the speaking of so â—any occasioneth a confused Murmur in the â—ongregation whereby what is read is less intelliâ—ible and therefore unedifying They also exâ—ept against the aery sign of the Cross in Baptism As â—so that none may receive the Lords Supper who â—ares not Kneel in the Act of Receiving which was â—ft free 1. and 2. Ed. 6. and was not the Gesture â—e Apostles used nor in the purest and primitive â—mes of the Church They except also against â—hese words of the Rub. The Body of our Lord â—esus Christ which was given for thee preserve thy â—ody and Soul unto they everlasting Life they desire â—hat the Minister be not required to repeat the words to each one in the singular number but it may suffice to speak them to diverse jointly â—cording to our Saviours Example they Compâ— also that when a Child is to be Baptized the Gâ— fathers and God-mothers are concerned but mention of the Parents in whose Right the Châ— is Baptized and who are fittest both to Dedicâ— it to GOD and to Undertake to GOD and Church for it They also except against thâ— words in the Prayer after Baptism viz. thaâ— hath pleased thee to Regenerate this Infant by â— Holy Spirit they declare that they cannot Faith say that every Child that is Baptized is generated by GODS Holy Spirit And in the lâ— Rubr. before the Catechism it 's said to be certâ— by GODS Word that Children by being Baâ—tized have all things necessary to Salvation and undoubtedly saved these words they complain of dangerous These are a few of the many Exceâ—tions mentioned in that grand Debate and an mendation earnestly and modestly pursued as â— mean to prevent our separated Assemblies but tâ— Pursuers for Peace constrained to desist wiâ— Grief being disappointed of their just Expectâ—tions Our 3d. Exception is because Kneeling at tâ— Lords

Table is peremptorily imposed which Wâ— cannot Conform to Because First CHRIST caused the Communicants sit at â—ble when the Lords Supper was first Celebraâ—d and therefore Christians in following Ages â—ould follow the same Example That he causâ— the Communicants to sit is evident for being â— Disciples they were ordered by their Master â—d would not have presumed such a Posture withâ—t his Direction It 's said they sat down togeâ—er and when all publick Administrations of that â—enings Service was over then at Christs Comâ—nd they arose And that this Example of Sitting at the Lords â—ble is obliging to following Ages will appear if â— consider First That Christs Example obligeth us to Iâ—ation wherein his Example is Imitable but his â—ample in this is Imitable and therefore should imitated And that his Example of Sitting at his Table â— Imitable is clear there being nothing in ordiâ—ry Cases to obstruct it but the vain Inventions Men. 2ly We cannot alter the Posture of the first â—ommunicants without Reflection upon his Wisâ—m and Authority who Appointed the said Poâ—re at first 3ly No Posture in Communicating can be â—eferable to that of Sitting at the Lords Table â—ecause the first Celebration even as to the manner must be taken as a leading rule to after Ages whâ— the same manner is practicable otherwise Châ—stians were left to use what manner they please having no Light from GOD and his Word â— every Man to follow his own Imagination Aâ— thus Men have devised such a Posture as is mâ— inconsistent with the Nature of a blessed and mâ— comfortable Feast 4ly There cannot in any Age after the first â—lebration be a greater inducement for a more verential Gesture at the Lords Table then was â— the first Celebration Christ himself being thâ— Personally and visibly present and always an Objâ— adorable Yet then this Posture of Sitting at â— Table was allowed and approved by Him 5ly CHRIST having granted this Priviledâ— Dignity and Comfort as to sit with Him at â— Table By what Authority can Men deprive Châ—stians of this Honour and Comfort VVhiâ— Christ did condescend to confer upon his Peopâ— Who dare say that their Sitting fell out Accidâ—tally being managed and ordered by Him wâ— is the Wisdom of the Father With what Faâ— can any say that He was not concerned whithâ— Communicants should be performing exterâ— Acts of Worship in the very time of Communicâ—ing or not Can it be said His Worship is so â—tle regarded by Him as if it were a thing indâ—ferent whither they did Sit or Kneel and Worsâ— â—id He not by his Doctrine severely reprehend â—l Worship not commanded and having a great â—egard to his Worship would he not have comâ—anded this Worshipping Posture if it had been â—is Will that Communicants should then have â—eeled and Worship But we see He required a â—able-gesture as a Pledge of Believers being set â—own with Him in his glorious Kingdom above â—hereof He putteth them in mind at the first Ceâ—bration Believers therefore are obliged to put â— high Value upon this Priviledge of Sitting with â—im at his Table as a Pledge of the Honour He â—ath promised they shall partake in a better Place â—herwise they shall prove ingrate and unworthy â—f such Favour if they neglect their allowed Priâ—ledge Object But since you lay such weight on the Iâ—itation of Christs Example of Sitting and causing â—e Communicants to Sit with Him at his Taâ—e why do ye not imitate his Practice in other â—ings at the time of the first Celebration as Ceâ—brating in the Evening chusing an upper Room â—c Answ There is manifest Reason why Christ â—d his Disciples Example should be imitated as â— a Table-gesture in so Solemn an Ordinance raâ—er then as to the Circumstances of time and place â—ommon to other Actions So that this Objectiâ—n appeareth insipide if it be considered that Celebrating at Noon or Evening in a lower â— upper Room are wholly extrinsick to the Orâ—nance it self being common to Sacred or Civil â—ctions and not so much as affecting the exteâ— manner of Celebration but it is not so as to â—ting or Kneeling at the Lords Table for by Sittiâ— the Worthy Communicant enjoyeth an honoâ—able Priviledge allowed him by Christ And â— Kneeling when Partaking he engageth in staâ— Worship unseasonably without a Command â— hereafter shall appear So that there is great dâ— parity as to Obligation to these common Circuâ—stances and a due Table-gesture But if any â— Contentions and still urge an equal Imitationâ— Time and Place as well as Sitting at the LORâ— Table let such remember that the first Celebâ—tion of the Lords Supper was in the Evening â— the account of the Passover commanded to be â— the Evening the LORD seing it fit to institâ— his Supper immediatly after the Passover so tâ— any Obligation to that Time is now ceased Aâ— for the Place Christ hath cleared us of any Obâ—gation to one place more than another but â— quires to Worship Him in Spirit and in Truth 2d Reason As our blessed LORD hath giâ— us this Obligatory Example so it 's to be coâ—dered that He hath not Authorized any to maâ— Change nay not so much as a Permission to Aâ— point or Impose another Gesture then Sittingâ— â—s Table and wheresoever it 's presumed is unâ—rrantable Humane Invention to devise a Way â—etended more for the Honour of Christ then he â—th devised himself as if Men knew the way of Glory better than himself If our blessed Saâ—our had seen a more humble Posture at his Table â—nducive to his Glory would he not have preâ—ibed it Would he have engaged the first â—mmunicants to Sit down with Him Shal blind â—ortals take on them to say we think a more â—mble way would glorifie Him more If He who â—he Wisdom of the Father hath seen fit to have â—e Gospel-Ordinance wherein the Glory of his â—ove should shine in a more peculiar manner not â—ly in remembring his Death who loved and â—ve Himself for us But his Condescension also â— Converse with his People in so Friendly a manâ—r allowing them to Sit and Feed at his own Paâ—e that all things in this Ordinance might conâ—r to raise their Love for the glorifying of his â—ove After he hath thus appointed to take Gloâ— to himself shall Man who is but of yesterday â—t knowing the depth of his Designs or the â—reatness of the Glory he hath and the Pleasure â—e taketh in the elevated Affections of his People â—d what means he seeth most fit to use for that â—nd begin and Judge the Lords Condescensions â— be needless or not so proper as some external Acts â—f VVorship devised by Men this is too high for Man that is but Sprung of the Earth 3d. Reason Together with the Example giâ— by Christ and no allowance to decline from We are to consider also that the Nature of the â—dinance of the Lords Supper requireth a Taâ— Gesture Christ himself gave it at first a Table-â—sture and so

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