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Show ::::::::::::::::;;~~~----~-=~==. wuu--ciap·+ 66 PreJmbed(orm1 o(Worfhtp u~R-IA-~·:_f._. ---;--:--;:-- __ _: _ ___ _ -::---;:;=-:::_- - hers for the prefent '"' . h. n n~t~<rr,oc be ffi they were fomeof them tn l err""" h theyce~fedco . o en• 'f'"te.of things w avoid offence, and W b"n !e. ~ve, the prohibition of them ccafed f~ ~~mi:lion rcachcth one· Ob']·,a. If any fh.lll fay,che Aporjlfl of worlhip and formes ly tO mJrt<rJOJ.r J r~.~ b)·'f_l a nee' n. ot crrcum anou' . of nectffitie,noc mdiffirmcy • ocher Commiffion to authortze 'vVee anf\ver, lett hem fhew man h f r mJtters of cirr.""'~""" them to put Iawes upon the C)h..,-dc cs :;_. Uftrbmic,but the Scrip-d findia:·renm an wee""' . h l. f (offormesan o :.v' illi <»ven.wanyoft e omteso mre holds torch no fuch Comm ton ,. • men fmce chc world began. C 40 doth not authorize the That much urged plahce, r or. 1 14s. co. nuke Iawes for the ob· Cl urc -govem01 ' , 1_ Church, nor any 1 1 !hall account decmt and ora<r~ ; fervationoffu~h thinJ;~ca!J~ ~~! ordin.snm ofGod,.whecher pr~yer, but onely provtdeth . ofPfalmes,orcongucs, orinterpreta~tons, or prophefie,orfmgmg1 . h _.-•line~e ami orderlv,.,.,ub.,tt h rk d uy w•t oHJ un~"- :11 > ~ • beaUoft "" ne '";_'! •1 rc~hethnofitrthe~, appc.ll'ethevt· .r. fi . rld th.lt tr<ts p ace ~ . . h Ch . I con1u '"",a h .f rh. !.tee fhould'!\tVI! unto t e me 1, den ely from heucc,.t at t ':Lfchoritic coprcli:ri~aodcommand oru·tto Ch.urch1·g~~ern<Jli~~~eir owne difcreLiun; ;t,ntJru:o.>nl,t not tkcent aRd otdi~ Y t mgdtt f he Church bm he !hould a](o tranfgreiiC the Comm" demmtt °F ~he Apollle. 'but the contr.try is fl! lfc the Comm"' mwz o , fh IJ tran gre r. I Chur·ch or Church-governours ou. evidkent. F odr fttptph~te r.~:~il\ers f hould alway~s prea,h in a g•"'l'h' rna e an or er' ·• 1 !fe · • tluJ.l preJC ~e t't"l~s t~~~ll~~~~~~r:ff: t~ev~:r ~f~~aQ.~~ch,hbu~ 't '"/~ Apofile· for he th•t pre«cheth in a cloake, preadc ct cf 0 t le 1r . which plain1y arl!lleth, that !itch a com man emefnttho cent yaw, d d h ~ ndcrnent o e the Church ' is. not. groun c upon t e com ... a Apoftle. s. E c TL I I. Flr!t then.wlwl we-::cotne togetlter in the Church, accordindgi:. the Apo~lesdire,L uon, 1 1i" '· z. 1 • wee m·a ke prayers aqn otin tcrceffions an 1 chinidgivin~~ for our fel~es a~d fo~ al~~ (urh I. any pr-fcrib;Jformc of prayer, or J!,l;ea LitHrf,'e ,_ manntr1 Thtformt ofGodrluMidt wor{htp. manner' as the Spirit of grace and of prayer (who teacheth all the peo~cof~~d,what and how to pray, R•m.S. '16,27.) hdJ?Cth our mfirmmes, wee having ref pea cherdn to the necefficies ot the people , the efiate of the times, and the worke ofChrifl in our hands . After prayer, either the Pajllll" or Te<Jeher, readech a Chapter in the Bible, and expounditb it, giving the fonfo, to caufo tlte people to unJerjland the readin[,accordin?; to Nrh. 8. 8. · And in fundry Chm"ches the ocher (whether P :zjlor or Texh•r) who expoundeth n.x, he preachtth tbe Word, and iu theafcernoone the other who pre:zchedin the morning doth ufitally(if there be time )rud• and preach, and he that expomukd in the morning 1>re.zdmh after him. 1\efJre Sermon, and many times afi:er, wee fing a Pfalme, and lxcau(e the tom1er tranllacion of the Pl~lmes,d och in many things vary fi·om the otiginall,and many times paraphrafcth rather then tranfbteth ; befides divers other defefu( which we cover in !ilencc) wee have endeavoured a new tranflation of the Pfalmes into Englifh meetre, as ne<re the originall as wee could expreffe it in our Englifl>tongue,fofarre as for the prefentthe Lord hath been pleafed to helpe us, and thofe Pfalmes wee ling, both in our puhlick Churches, and in private. The feo1les of the Covenant (to wit, the Sacrament ofBaptifme and the Lord~ Supper) are adminifired, either by the P Jjlor or by theTwhe1· ;and though ~ith fome godly learned Divines, it be a queflion whether the Te<Jeber may difpenfe the fe:tles, yet the que· Ilion doth rather concerne Schoole-DoCl:ors, then the Te.1chm of a particular Church, hut wee who have onely the Teachm of p~rticular Churches, doe beleeve that they to whom the preaching or dijmjing of the GoJPtl (or Covmam of grace ) unto the Church is committed, to them is committed alfo the difpenfing of the fcJiet of the Covmant ; hut to the Teacher as well as to the Paflvr, is committed the di!j:>enfing of the Gofpel( the Covenant of grace) unto the Church, aud therefOre to him( as well as co the other) is com· mitred the difpeniing of the feales of the Covenant. Both the Sacraments wee difpen(e, according to the firft iniHtli· tion, Baptifme to D.ifciplu, and(who are included in them) their feed. The Lords Supper to fuch .as neither want k.!Jowledge nor grace to ex.11nim tJ11d j .tdg, themji:lvu before che' Lord: Such as lie under K z any |