An accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.
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An accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.
Author
Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
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London :: [s.n.],
1661.
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Church of England. -- Book of common prayer.
Church of England -- History.
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Sect. 14.
[The Cross was alwayes used in the Church,in immortali lavacro,
Tertul. And therefore to testifie our Communion with them, as we are
taught to do in our Creed; as also in token that we shall not be ashamed of
the Cross of Christ. It is fit to be used still, and we conceive cannot trouble
the Conscience of any that have a mind to be satisfied.]
Repl. That the Cross was alwayes used in the Church in Baptism,
is an Assertion certainly untrue; and such as we never heard nor read
till now. Do you believe it was used in the Baptism of the Eunuch,
Lydia, the Jalor, Cornelius, the 3000. Acts 3. or in those times? And
when it did come up, it was with Chrysm, and not our airy tran∣sient
Image; and therefore you so far differ from the users. 2. The
Condemnation of Genuflection on the Lords dayes in adoration, was at
least as ancient and universal, and commanded by Councils, when
the Cross was not; and yet you can dispense with that, and many
such usages. And if you will your selves fall in with Custom, yet
every ancient common Custom, was never intended to be a matter
of necessity to Union or Tolleration of our Brethren; use no other force
about the Cross than the Church then did. Your saying, that you
[conceive it cannot trouble the Conscience of any that have a mind to be
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satisfied] doth but express your uncharitable censeriousness, while your
Brethren have studied, and prayed, and conferred for satisfaction, it's
like, as much as you, and profess their earnest desires of it, and their
readiness to hear or read any thing that you have to say, in order to
their satisfaction.