( i30) of Atheifm,Infidelitÿ,and moll horrid filthinefs, andprofanenefs. ) The words of the Canon are (Can 68. ) [ No Miner fhall refufe or delay to bury any corps that is brought to theChurch or Churchyard ( convenient warning being given thereof before ) infuck manner and form as is prefcribed in the book of Common Prayer. And ifhe (hall refute except the party deceafed were denounced Excom- municated Excommunications majors for Tome grievous and notorious crime , ( and no man able to tellifie of his re7entance ) he (hall be fufpended by the Bop of the Diocefe from his Miniftry by the fpace of three months] Butthe New Ru- brick in the Liturgy faith, [ The office enfuing is not to be ufedfor any that die unbaptized, or Excommunicate, or have laidviolent- bands on themfelves. ] The Office faith, [ Forafmuch as it bath pleafed Almighty God of his great mercy to talks unto himfelfthe. Soul.ofour dear brother here departed, &c.] And [Wegive thee hearty thanks that it bath pleafed thee to deliver this our brother out of the mi- feries ofthizfinful world.] And yet as felf-contradiélers and condemners, if any man do but fayof one that' bath been openly againft the Prelates or Conformity, that he was a godly honed man, (much more one that was againit the King, and efpe- cially 'a downright Traitor who fo lived and died impenitently) they take it for a heinous crime, (as in the latter cafe they well may do ) And yet (ex- cept thofe whole quarters they fet up upon the gates, or deny .Chriftian bu- rial to by the Magiflrate, ) the poor Pried mull pronounce them all at the Grave to be theBithops dear brethren and faved as aforefaid. to. They have no Power to give the Sacrament of Communion: with Chrift and his. Church, to any the moll Learned holy Chriflian, who dare not receive the Sacrament kneeling, ( for fear of bread-worthip in appea- rance, &c. ) which ( though I think is unwarrantably fcrupled, yet) path fo muchof Univerfality andAntiquity as maketh it ill befeeming thofe fame men who cry up the Church Councils, Cuflomes, and Antiquity, to call out of Com- munion thofe that conform to all thefe, for fo doing. For who knoweth not by Can. zo. of Coned. Nie. r. and the content of Antiquity, that they took it for a cuftome ? and tradition and Canon of the Univerfal Church, that none thould at all adore God kneeling on any Lords day in the year, nor on any week-day between Eader and Whitfunday. to. They have no power to forbear denying the Sacrament ofCommuni- on to any how faithful and holy foever, who is againft the Diocefanes. Con- firmation and is unwilling that thofewhom he taketh tobe no true Bithoj7s fhould ufe that which he taketh ( as tiled by them) to be no true Ordinance of God, but a takingof his name in vain ; or ifon any other account he be unwilling of it : For the new Kubrick is, [Therefhall none be admitted to the holy Communion, until fuck time as he be Confirmed, or be ready and defirous to be Confirmed. ] So that it is not aelual confirmation which they think ne- ceffary. But a Defire of Confirmation] by the impofition of the Diocefanes hands, is madea thing neceffary to Chriflian Church Communion. s a. As it is before laid that he bath no power tojudge who shall be Con- hrmed,
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