Maddox - BX9329 M3 1740

SC CC CC CC CC Cc 281 ] 1overnrñent of the Church ; but va; tying in fome things from the former, which, neverthelefs, they affirm'd, wasaccording to the ¶refcript ofthe Word of Cod : For about the Year i 583, (when as before that time, the " PLATFOfkM of GENEVA had been fol- " lowed by the Puritans) a particular cc Draught was made for England, " with a newForm of Common Prayer " to be ufed in Publick, therein pre- " fcribed. The Year enfuing, in Par- " liament time, came forth the Plat- " form, amended and redified, as a " molt perfect Pattern for all Churches. " By Virtue of which Platform, all the " prefent praaifedOrders, Laws, and Ceremonies, were to be cut of at one " Blow ; and this was labour'd then " to be e/tablifhed. But it prevailed cc not. Shortly after the Parliament was broken up, this Platform was found again to have Things amifs in " it; and was committed to Travers, " and by him underwent a newReview CC and Correctian. It may not be improper to take No-A full and tice of one Particular, in the very Con- PionofEccic- ftitution of their Church, upon which fiafl;icalDifci they were greatly divided; the rather, fhlieRewootirtd of becaufe the Hiftory of the Puritans is God, and the (lent upon this Head. We find there, Decliningtof and

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