I! Anfw.tethe Mmift.Counterpoyf.Jl7. Otr.nibuJ.n~tibrNt,rtt,U(id •fl)Apofl.U. {11Utitdit »»- rlmoriDUfi,Dimimntilit,&,, .Aut:_.tpift.19. An Apologie againft Brownifts. andcertaine, from which it lbould nor belawfu11 for Pa!lors in their funCtion to depart. Judge nowofthefpirit ofthefeboldControllers, that dare thus condemne all Gods Churches through the world, as idolatrous. But fine< y~u call for A~fi?like examples,did not theApo!lleP•Hlufeone fetformofapprecorrons,of benedtthcm? What were thefebut Jclfer Prayers? the quantity varies net the kmde : Will you have yet ancienrer precedents? The Prieft was appointed ofold to ufea fet forme under the Law,NHm.6.~3.fo thepeople,DeN.~6.3+S·&<.l5· ~orhofthema llintedPfalme for the Sabbath, P[al. 9l· What faith your Doctor to thefe? Becaufe the Lord(faith he)gave formesoi'Prayers and Pfalmes, therefore the Prelates may? Can we rhinke that Im6oam had fo llender areafon for his calves?Marke(gocd Reader) .the lbiftsofthefe men: ThisAnfwerer cals for examples, and willabide no !linting ofPrayers,becaufe we lbew no patterns fromScripture. We doe lbew patterns from 8 Scripture, and now theirDoll:or faith, God appointed it to themofold, mull wee therefore doe it? So, whether we bringexamples ornone, we are condemned: but MatterDoCtor, whom, I befeech you, lbould we follow, butGod in his owne fervices? IfGod havenotappointed it, you cry our upon inventions: ifGod have appointed it, you cry, we may nor follow it: lbew then where God ever enjoynedan ordinary fervice tO himfelf, thatwas not ceremonial! (as thisplainly is not: ) which lhould not be adireCtion forus? Bur if!linring our prayers be afault (foras yet ycu meddle norwithour blalj>hemous Collects) it iswell that the Lords Prayer it felfe bearerhuscompany,and isnofmallpartofourldolarry: Which, thoughit were given principallyas arulemour prayers,yet fince rhematter is fo heavenly,and moll wifely framed to the neceffiry ofall Chri!lianheatts; to deny rhatir may be ufcd intirelyinourSaviourswords,isnobetter then af.maricall curioufne!Te: yeeld oneand C all,for ifrhemarrer be more divine, yet this !lint is no le!Te faulty: This is not the leafr parr ofour parchcry :except you unrip this, rhere!l you cannor.Bur might not God be purelyand perfectlyworfhipped without it ? Tell me, might nor God be purely and perfell:ly worlbippedwirhourChurch£s, without houfes, withoutgarments, yea,wirhour handsorfeet? Inaword,could not God be purely worlbipf*l, ,ifyou were nor?Yer would yt'lu nor feeme afuperfluous creature: fpeak in yourfelf: Might notGod beeDtirelyworlbippedwith pure and holy worlbtp, though there were nootherBookesin theworld, bur theScripture ?Ifyea, aswho candenie it, rbatknoweswhattheworfhipofGod meaneth? What then doe the Fathers and Dotl:ors, and learned Interpreters? To the fire with all rhofe curiousArts and V o- D lumes,asyourPredece!Tors called them:Yea, let mepmyou inminde, thatGodwas purelyand perfralyworlbipped bv the Apofiotike Church, before ever the New Te!lamenr waswritten. See therefore the idlenelfcofyour proofes 1 Godmay be ferved without aprefcription ofPrayer: but (ifall refOrmedChurches inChri!lendomeerre not) betterwith it: TheWordofGod is pcrfell:,andadmits no addition: curfed werewe,ifwe lbouldaddeonght to it: curfed were that which lbould be added :Butcutfed be they that take ought from it,& dare fay,Ye lbalnor pray thus,OMr F•t!Jer,~c. Doeweeotferro make our Prayers Canonicall? doeweobtrude them asparrofGodsWord? whycavill you thus? why dorb the fame Prayer written adderotheWord, which fpokenadderhnot ? Becaufe conceived Prayer iscommandrd, nor theother: But fir fi, not your particularPrayer: Secondly, without E mention either ofconception, ormemorie,God commands us to pray in ipirit, and with the heart,: Thefccircumfrances, only as they arededuced from his Generalis, foarc ours. Bgr whence foeverit pleafeyou to fetch our Booke ofpublikePrayer, from Romeor Hell;or to what image foever you pleafe to refemble ir;Lermoderate fpirirs heare what rhe precious]tl>e/1 ofEngland faith ofit: We havecome a~neere as we could to the ChurchofrheApo!lles, &c. neither only have wee framedour Dotl:rine, bur alfo ourSacramens, and the furme ofpublikePrayers, according to their Ritesand in!litutions. Let noJewnowobjell: Swines flelb to us: He is no judiciousman (that I may omit the mention of Cron"'er, BNt.,,Kidi'},T•JI.,, &c. fome ofwhofe handswere init,all whofe voyceswere for it)withwhomoQe Jtl>el will nor over·weigh ten rhoufand Separati!ls. 5 JtP,
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