Utrum horum, or, The nine and thirty articles of the Church of England, at large recited, and compared with the doctrines of those commonly called Presbyterians on the one side, and the tenets of the Church of Rome on the other both faithfully quoted from their own most approved authors / by Hen. Care.

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Title: Utrum horum, or, The nine and thirty articles of the Church of England, at large recited, and compared with the doctrines of those commonly called Presbyterians on the one side, and the tenets of the Church of Rome on the other both faithfully quoted from their own most approved authors / by Hen. Care.
Author: Care, Henry, 1646-1688.
Publication: London :: Printed for R. Janeway ...,; 1682.
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The four and twentieth Article of the Church of England.

Of speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the People understandeth.

IT is a thing plainly repug∣nant to the Word of God, and the Custom of the Pri∣mitive Church, to have publick Prayers in the Church, or to Minister the Sacraments in a Tongue, not understood of the People.

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The Presbyterians.

* 1.1Publick Prayers are to be made in the Vulgar Tongue, not in Latin a∣mongst the French and English, but so as they may be understood by the whole Assembly; forasmuch as it ought to be done to the Edification of the whole Church, unto whom by a sound not understood, no profit can in any fort Redound.

* 1.2Prayer with Thansgiving being one special part of Religious Worship, is by God required of all Men, and that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son, by the help of his Spirit, according to his Will, with Understanding, Reverence, Humili∣ty, Fervency, Faith, Love and Perse∣verance, and if Vocal, in a known Tongue.

The Papists.

* 1.3Although the Mass contain great In∣struction of Faithful People, yet it seem'd not expedient to the Fathers, that it

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should every where be said in the Vul∣gar Tongue.

* 1.4If any one shall say, That the Rite of the Church of Rome, by which part of the Canon and words of Consecration are pronounced with a lower voice, is to be Condemned, or that the Mass ought to be Celebrated only in the Vulgar Tongue, Let him be Accursed.

* 1.5It is not necessary, that we understand our Prayers.

* 1.6Prayers not understood of the People are acceptable to God.

Notes

* 1.1

Calv. Inst. l. 3. cap. 20. Sect. 33.

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* 1.2

Ass. Conf. cap. 21. Sect. 3.

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* 1.3

Conc. Trid. Sess. 22. cap. 8.

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* 1.4

Ibid. Can. 9.

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* 1.5

Rhem. An∣not. p. 463.

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* 1.6

Rhem. An∣not. on Mat. 21. 6.

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