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Show ·.~. Dayes of HumitilltioR, &c. _ _:7~0.:._ __ ---:---:-;::----:-:=--=::;::L.:;-:- . h idow for belceving . A d Cyprian rebuketh a wealthy nc d w egle/1 10 00mribHtc jt; cou~d celebrate !h• Lordi da.J (as holy)';; i~.:Wjjn.l. Locupfu & 10 the Lord! treafurie, in his fict1:;fl1l1°~ ~orbonilnl omnino non re· diva Dominicum ctkbrare te cr.t u, qu . tl.icU ~ • ldt i< taken up in fundry Jt After the centributien ended, the dum.effi n ~ffuch as are to be Churches in the Pl:,l blike tryalhl anhd a inn lflu c1h0 manner as h ath be•e n received Members mto the f urc Plalme of pr.Ufe to God, Wit~ before dcclarcd ; and fo a tG~ for a blcffing upon all Ihe ordi· thankfgiYing, and prayed to d a bleffing pronounced upon the nances adminiflred th~c _ay,·tf~ people, the A!Iembly I~ difnu h Lords day every weeke we Come· Belidesthe celebratl.on oft G · h /ofnotable judgmamu, times upon el{traor.difnhary ?',. ca_Jon~-~tpoen fipeciall mtrcir~ wee fet doe r.:e ta part a dayo u. m.z ullTotn ,e grounds where,> f wee con ceive apart a d~y of tbJn~_Jgwt~g. 1 ed amongft Chrillians. More-ar. e generally kno~e ~~ of~~~o~lmrches, Le8:ures a.re kept on over, every weeke Ill m ek d . [o that ktch whole hearts God fome or other of thew~ he jd 'h not detainc by bodily infimti· ntaketh willing, {fd ~s jn m~~ts (if they dwell in the heart of tie, or other nece ~ry Imp oy. . t; hc:are the Word almoft every the Bay) maykha~e opp~~~~~~~eor other, n()t furre dill:ant from day of the wee e Ill one them. s E c T. I v. 1N all the-fe admim• ftrau. ons, one lyW t wOd ofrG thorde.e atsh ings may . c1 · c om the or o ' f feeme to reqwre e~nng rr f. bearc to ufe Jet formu o 1. Why in our publick prayers, wee or prefcript Limrgies. d ot admit the members of 2. Why in our Sacraments wee oe ~ of the Lordi Table' and the Church ofEngl.m1{jto the fellf.1i!::rore wee did receive the. their dilldr~n to Bapo me, as. was . ai • Members of ocher Churches In this Countr:Y· fllflice. \ For the former, the reafons u~~lly r~b:h1n the old and. 1. From the patterne of all the I ur:_o ;ny ordinary Offi~crs new Teftamcnt, God never gave eave ~ . of Sed:. 4 • 'Pref.rihed forms of Prayer uNI.sR>fuU. of his Church , neither· did any of them take·lrave to irnpofe any fo~mes of Liturgic upon any Church. And yet if ever there had been place for prefcribing fee formes to any, it had been molt fea· fon.1ble in thc}ewijh Synagog:m ,whofc members being as childrell under age, ( G rl. + 2, 3·) ml~ht ltand inmolr need of fuch a help. It is eafily acknowledged, .Mofer prefcribed a. forme. of bleffing, Mmb. 6. 23. w 26 . . m·~ D rvd fun dry PCtlmes of pr.1ife and pray· ers ; ~nd the Lord Jetus t~ughc his Difciples not onely to pray .ifter tin< mzmur~ but th~•~, or thele words, Luk.:_ I r. 2. But neither were thcolc ordm.vy Otlicers of the Churches, neither did they prek: ribe any ufe hue ,.,·birr ~ry and occafion~ll of thefe formes;as they might li1itc om occal:ons. Gorl by immedi.1tc revelation, and by the h~nd of his txtr<~ordilllry M:ff<n{trf, may pre icribe this or th.lt forme to his Chur-ch,but will nut w.u·r.utc ordinary Officers( who have onely received a common meatiu-e of the Spirit) ro doe the like. God who forbad his. people to. ntJke to thernfdves Images or imaginations, invemioru, auJforrncs ofwurfhip,harh notre· ftrained himfelfe to fe~ up wh.u inugcs or fvrmcs himfelfe feeth good. ObjeEJ. Thefe fo:mcs of prayer or praife, though as they be ;.3rlf of holy Scripturt chcy arc :>f God, yet as they .tre J,bflyed without fpeciall cornm.mdement to be the nutter m tonne uf .1 pr~yer orthanktgiving at this timc,fo they arc the d.'l!ice of rn.tn, &c . .Anfw. They are nur applyed'to be m~rrer and forme of pray· er. or thankfgiving wirh()l,lt rum:nandl!ment, or at leal! without fuch direllions as amount to a lawfiall w trranc front God; for Mofer exprt:Oy f•irh, On tb# wi(e (b.,Uyee bkUe tbc Cbild,·w of lf'.•el, andf.zy tlllto thznr,(il.lu:nb.6.23.) fhe I02.PI:.lme is expreffed·in the title, not onely to be a-prayer ofotu th..t rttJI afjli[{ed; bttt of any;,. I~ e{fau. And the Apoilles exhortation is geueraU concerning all the Pfalmes and.hymnC$ and fpirituall fongsofDJVid, (as well as of others) rhat wee !h >uld iirtg them with holy melody unto the Lord, Epw. 'i· 19. aud.Chriils words, Luk:,ll. 2. Wbenyee pr.ryfiy •ter F uher, &c. A •erond reafon why wee forbe..re a fee forme of prcfcript Uturgies, is uken from tbe me-.&ning of the fccond Corn,nandentcnt, -hich wee conc~ive prollibiteth fuch prefcripc Liturgics. Ida a mle generally knowne in. the expolition of the Cornman· demenu, |