The black non-conformist, discover'd in more naked truth proving, that excommunication, confirmation, the two great Episcopal appurtenances & diocesan bishops, are not (as now in use) of divine, but human make and shape, and that not only some lay-men, but all the keen-cringing clergy are non-conformists ... : also a libel, and answer (thereunto) fitted to every man's case (be it what it will) that is cited to ecclesiastical courts, whose shallow foundation is unbared, and a true table of ecclesiastical court fees, as it was return'd into the star-chamber, Anno Domini 1630, by the ecclesiastical fellows themselves, and compar'd with the statutes : also concerning the unlawfulness of granting licences to marry, Quakers-marriages, folly, as well as other evil consequences of that new law-maxim, viz. that no non-conformists ought to be jury-men : shewing also, that, religion, religion, that should have been the world's great blessing, is become the plague of mankind, and the curse of Christendom ... / by Edm. Hickeringill ...
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- The black non-conformist, discover'd in more naked truth proving, that excommunication, confirmation, the two great Episcopal appurtenances & diocesan bishops, are not (as now in use) of divine, but human make and shape, and that not only some lay-men, but all the keen-cringing clergy are non-conformists ... : also a libel, and answer (thereunto) fitted to every man's case (be it what it will) that is cited to ecclesiastical courts, whose shallow foundation is unbared, and a true table of ecclesiastical court fees, as it was return'd into the star-chamber, Anno Domini 1630, by the ecclesiastical fellows themselves, and compar'd with the statutes : also concerning the unlawfulness of granting licences to marry, Quakers-marriages, folly, as well as other evil consequences of that new law-maxim, viz. that no non-conformists ought to be jury-men : shewing also, that, religion, religion, that should have been the world's great blessing, is become the plague of mankind, and the curse of Christendom ... / by Edm. Hickeringill ...
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- Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.
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- 1682.
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"The black non-conformist, discover'd in more naked truth proving, that excommunication, confirmation, the two great Episcopal appurtenances & diocesan bishops, are not (as now in use) of divine, but human make and shape, and that not only some lay-men, but all the keen-cringing clergy are non-conformists ... : also a libel, and answer (thereunto) fitted to every man's case (be it what it will) that is cited to ecclesiastical courts, whose shallow foundation is unbared, and a true table of ecclesiastical court fees, as it was return'd into the star-chamber, Anno Domini 1630, by the ecclesiastical fellows themselves, and compar'd with the statutes : also concerning the unlawfulness of granting licences to marry, Quakers-marriages, folly, as well as other evil consequences of that new law-maxim, viz. that no non-conformists ought to be jury-men : shewing also, that, religion, religion, that should have been the world's great blessing, is become the plague of mankind, and the curse of Christendom ... / by Edm. Hickeringill ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43611.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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The Black Non-Conformist, DISCOVER'D IN More Naked Truth: Proving, That EXCOMMUNICATION, CONFIRMATION, the two Great Episcopal Appurtenances, & DIOCESAN BISHOPS, Are not (as now in use) of Divine, but Human MAKE and SHAPE; AND, That not only some LAY-MEN, but all the Keen-cringing CLERGY ARE NON-CONFORMISTS
And, Except they Repent, Are Liable to be Indicted and Presented by GRAND∣JURIES, to the Loss of their Spiritual Promotions, and Imprisonment without Bayl, and the Patrons to PRESENT, as if they were Dead, when, in Defiance of the Acts for Uniformity, They Practise ILLEGAL CEREMONIES, In Enjoyning to be worn, whether Men will or no, Ministring Divine-Service, The HOOD, (FORSOOTH!) Or, at any time, except at the Communion, the SURPLICE, Prov'd to be SURPLUS, or OVER-PLUS.
In
- bowing
- to the ALTAR,
- at the Name, JESUS,
- to the EAST,
- placing insignificant and idle (UNLIGHTED) CANDLES upon the ALTAR,
- not wearing the COPE, at Communion-Times,
- using other Publick Prayers in the Pulpit, than what are in the COMMON-PRAYER-BOOK.
Also a LIBEL, and ANSWER (thereunto:) Fitted to every Man's Case (BE IT WHAT IT WILL) that is Cited to ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS, whose SHALLOW Foundation is unbared. And a true Table of ECCLESIASTICAL COURT-FEES, as it was return'd into the STAR-CHAMBER, Anno Domini 1630. by the ECCESIASTICAL-FELLOWS themselves; And compar'd with the Statutes.
ALSO, Concerning the
- Unlawfulness of GRANTING LICENCES To MARRY,
- QUAKERS-MARRIAGES,
- Folly, as well as other evil Consequences of that NEW LAW-MAXIM, viz. That no Non-Conformists ought to be Jury-Men.
SHEWING ALSO, That, RELIGION, RELIGION, that should have been the World's great Blessing, is become the Plague of Mankind, and the Curse of Christendom, when attended with the BLACK REGIMENT, WRITS and LABELS; Citations and Libels; Cures and Suspensions; Silencing and Excommunications; Sell-Souls and the Devil of Hell; Canonists and Civilians; Superstitions and Fopperies; Noddings and Cringings; Illegal, as well as Deformed-Vestments, and Scare-Crows; Hornings and Stools of Repentance; Fire and Fagot; Bel and the Dra∣gon; the Bloody-Priests, and their Surrogates; Chancellors and Officials; Registers and Gaolers; Benches and Exe∣cutioners; Sumners and Promoters; Hangmen and Apparitors.
The Second Edition.
Dedicated to the ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, with all Modesty and Submission.
By EDM. HICKERINGILL Rector of the Rectory of ALL-SAINTS in Colchester
LONDON, Printed by G. Larkin, and are to be Sold by Richard Janeway, and most Booksellers in London. M.DC.LXXXII.