- 564 An Apologie againft Brownifts. andconfecr3tion? TheRingwas hallowed before thebooke, now it mufl: be confe- A crated :How idly? By what wo~ds? In tbe"•m_eofthe F•ther,Cl'c. Thcfe words you knowarefpekenafter the Ring IS pucon:was tt ever heardof,that aSacramenrall EIement wasconfecrared afrer ir wasapplied?See how ill your llanders are digcfl:ed by you: The place is theChurch,the rime is the Lords day, the Minifl:er is the attor;ar.d is it nor rhus in all other reformed Churches as well as ours?Behold we are nor alone; 1.- all Churches in rhe world(ifrhiswill doeir)are guilr}'Ofthree Sacr3rnrnwTell me, would you nor havemarriage folemnized pnblikely? You cannot millike: though your founder feems to require nothing here bur noticegiven to wimeffes, and then to bed:Well, ifpublike,youaccounr it withall,agraveand weighty bnfineffe:thereBro.tbttof fore fuch, as mufl: be fanttified by publike pr2ier : What place is fitter for publike CAri!hans,171. praier than the Church? Who is fittertooffer up thepublike praier, than theMiniB fl:er? who fhould rather joyn the parties in Marriage, than the publike deputie of thatOod who folemnly joyoed the firfi couple? who rather than he whichin the name ofGod may bleffe them? The prayerswhich accompany this folemniry, are parrs ofGod worfhip, norrhe contrall it felfe : This is amixt action, therefore, compounded of Ecclefiafl:iall and civill: impofed on rhe Minifl:er, nor upon neceffiry, but expedience: neither effemiall to him, bur accidentallyannexed, for greater convenience. Thefe two frivolo~s grounds have madeyour cavill either very lim· pie, or verywilfull. SEP. Tour CoMrt offacnltieJ from r<hmce.Jour diJPenfatiO!Jt and tolerationtfor NM·refi· denq, •1111Pluralil) ofBe»efcet, an hadtogether, withJour conJmMting ofPenancet, and abfolving one mafJfor another. T4keaw•Jthit powerfront thePrei4tet, and J•~ 111aime c the Be'fl in alimrm. SECTION XXXIX. Commutation sEE if thisman be not harddriven for accufations, when he is faine ro repeat over the very fame crimewhichhehad largely urged before : All theworldwill ofPcn:lllCein know that you want variety, when you fend in thefe rwice-fod Colewom: our Church. Somewhatyet we find new,CommurationofPenance. OurCourtswould tell you, that here is nothingdifpenfedwith, but fome ceremony offhamein rheconfeffion: which in the greater fort isexchanged(for a common benefit ofthe poore)iotoapecuniarymulfr; yet (fay they) not fo as to abridge theChurch ofher farisfaltioo, by rheconfetlionoftheotrender:and ifyou grant the Cererr.onydevifed by them,why D doe youfinde fault that it is altered orcommuted by them? As for Abfolution,you have a fpite at it, becaufeyou fought it, and were rcpulfed : If thecenfures be but their owne ( fo you hold) why blame you the menagingof them in whar manner feems befi to the authors? This power isnomore a limmeofthe Prelacy, than our Prelacy is that Beafi in the Bevelatio": and our Prelacy holds it felfe no moreSaint Johnt beafi,rhan itholdsyou S. PIHIIt beafi, Phit. 3. >. • Sl.P. InJONr High CommiffionCourt verJ•bfoiHte, where, b.J theoath Ex officio, men are conft,.inedto acCN[e themfelvuoffuchthlngt""whereofno"'""will•r can •cc•Jethem; ' ' ' what necef/il)itlaidupon themir; thit cafe, let;o•r prifo!uwitneffi. SECTION XL. E Q.\thlxDJ/icio. I Afkeof Auricu!ar Conrefiion; you fend me to our High Commil!ion Court: thefe two aremuch alike : But here is alfo very abfolme necefiiryofconfeffion: True; bur as ina cafeofJu!Hce, nor offhrift: to cleare a truth, not to obtaineabfolmion: to abench ofJudges, not to aPriefrs eare ; Here are too many ghollly Fathers, foran auricular confeffion: But you will mifl:ake,it isenough againfi m, that menareconfl:rained in rhefecourtstoconfelfeagaiofl: themfelves: why name you thefe c~um only?Even in others alfo oaths are urged,(!lot only ex1Jicio!'"!cinario, but ti!Jb•li: ) The honorablefrCourt ofStar-chamber g1vesanoath mawmmall cafe to thedefendant; Sodoth theChancery, and CourtofRequefis: Shorrly,to omit forraine examples, howmany infrances have you ofthis like proceeding in the common -
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