X45 ) and to add no other, leaft they fhould make any expofîtion that limits them. 2. And the word silent figniuieth an Act of the underftanding, which mutt have Truth for its object. 3. And it is after expreft by the word [Approbation- whereas a man may ufe that which hedoth not approve of. 2. Oaths, Covenants and Profefons muft be taken in the moft ufual proper fence, unlefs another be expreft to be the Impofers meaning ; which is not here done, and the words are molt univerfal and without exception. 3 And to put all out of doubt, the Parliament expounded themfelves. I. At the making of the Aft, this was debated, and reafons given againft the limited expreiliions, which pre-. vailed. 2. Since then a new Act againít Conventicles being . made, it was moved ink Lords Houfe, that feeing Non- conformifts were thus far forbidden private worfhip, they fhould be fo far invited to Conformity, as that a Provif& might be added to this Aft, that the Declaration in the Aft of Uniformity fhould be nuclei-flood tooblige men but to the Vfe of the things required and the Commons rejecting that .Provifo, it came to a debate or conference between the two nodes, where the Commons gave their reafons againft that fenfe and provifo In which the Lords acquiefc't. Though I wasnot prefent,:the Parliament-men that were, reported this, and I never met with man that contradicted it, or queftioned the truth of it. lt. But if it were o.therwife, it were to us never the better. - For, r. It were an ignorant reproach of the Churchof Eng- land, to fay that they have put any thing in their Liturgy which is of no ufe. This will Include every fyllable. They themfelves tell you in their Prefaces, what ufe the very Ca lender, and every other part are of. The ufe of the Articles of Faith and Doctrines is our underfianding , affent and belief of'them inorder to Love and Practice... The ufe of the or.. ders in the Rubrick is to oblige us to obedient practice, and fo of all the refl. And to Affent, approve and Confent to every, thing contained andprefcai&ed practically, even to the ufe of them, is more than a bare fpeculativeaffect. L. Wherein lyetb the fin of faith a Declaration? M r. In general it is incredible, as I laid before, ¡n con- fïderati.
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