A reply to Dr. Mortons generall Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the surplice, crosse in baptisme, and kneeling at the receiving of the sacramentall elements of bread and wine.
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A reply to Dr. Mortons generall Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the surplice, crosse in baptisme, and kneeling at the receiving of the sacramentall elements of bread and wine.
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Ames, William, 1576-1633.
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[Amsterdam] :: Printed [by Giles Thorp],
in yeare 1622.
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Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659. -- Defence of the innocencie of the three ceremonies of the Church of England.
Church of England -- Customs and practices -- Early works to 1800.
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"A reply to Dr. Mortons generall Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the surplice, crosse in baptisme, and kneeling at the receiving of the sacramentall elements of bread and wine." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A19178.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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SECT. XXIIII.
I Had thought verily that the Def. would haue brought some
pregnant testimonies out of the Fathers, though he could finde
none in the holy Scriptures. But he is here also as farre to seeke
as before: for he bringeth nothing at all vvorth the answering. The
feast of Easter (which now the fourth time is brought upon the
stage by the Def. in vain) was never generally observed at the same
time with the Iewes, nor ever so appointed by any decree or ca∣non
of Councel: if it had, yet that had been but an agreement in a
circumstance of time, and the translation of it to another time, did
shew, they liked of no conformitie of Iewes. There were feasts also
appoynted at times differing from hereticks. What Cart-rope will draw
a conclusion from hence for conformity with idolaters in their ce∣remonies?
Besides, feasts & fasts, he nameth habits, but giveth no in∣stance
or proofe at all of any such thing. Circumcision, he sayth,
was continued under many Christian Bishops of Ierusalem. But
let him shew that those Christian Bish. allowed of any such thing.
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I neuer heard nor read of more confident conclusions out of
such beggarly premisses.
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