Eirenokoinonia. The peace of the communion of the Church of England. Or, The conformitie of the ceremonies of the communion of the Church of England with the ensamples and doctrine of the holy Scriptures, and primitiue Church, established by the Apostles of Christ, and the holy martyrs, and bishops, their successors. By Io: Gordon, Doctor of Diuinitie, and Deane of Salisbury.
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             Eirenokoinonia. The peace of the communion of the Church of England. Or, The conformitie of the ceremonies of the communion of the Church of England with the ensamples and doctrine of the holy Scriptures, and primitiue Church, established by the Apostles of Christ, and the holy martyrs, and bishops, their successors. By Io: Gordon, Doctor of Diuinitie, and Deane of Salisbury.
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           ΈΙΡΗΝΟΙΝΩνΊΑ
           .
        
         
           THE
           PEACE
           OF
           THE
           COMMVNION
           OF
           THE
           CHVRCH
           OF
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           
             OR
             ,
             THE
             CONFORMITIE
          
           of
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           with
           the
           Ensamples
           
             and
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             Pri
          
           mitiue
           Church
           ,
           established
           by
           the
           Apo
           
             stles
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             holy
             Martyrs
             ,
          
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           their
           Successors
           .
        
         
           By
           Io
           :
           GORDON
           ,
           
             Doctor
             of
             Diuinitie
          
           ,
           and
           Deane
           of
           Salisbury
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             S.
          
           for
           
             Nathaniell
             Butter
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           solde
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Pide-Bull
           ,
           neere
           S.
           Austins
           Gate
           ,
           1612.
           
        
         
      
       
         
         
           AD
           ANGLIAM
           .
        
         
           ANGLIA
           ter
           foelix
           donis
           ditata
           supernis
           ,
           Clara
           viris
           claris
           ,
           vbere
           faetasoli
           :
        
         
           Foelix
           pacis
           amans
           ,
           dum
           Rex
           tua
           Sceptra
           gubernat
           ,
           Dum
           te
           verafides
           relligioqueregunt
           :
        
         
           Gentibus
           externis
           sociata
           es
           foedere
           pacis
           ,
           Legum
           scita
           sonant
           ,
           armafurorque
           silent
           :
        
         
           His
           verè
           es
           foelix
           ,
           eris
           at
           foelicior
           ,
           alma
           Sinatos
           poteris
           iungere
           pace
           tuos
           :
        
         
           Rebus
           at
           humanis
           nil
           omni
           exparte
           beatum
           ,
           Nam
           Proli
           est
           discors
           mens
           ,
           animusquetuae
           .
        
         
           Accipe
           pacis
           opus
           ,
           pacata
           &
           percipe
           mente
           ,
           Pax
           hinc
           visceribus
           conciliandatuis
           :
        
         
           Parua
           quidem
           meritis
           pro
           magnis
           donarependo
           Haec
           tibi
           ,
           quae
           rebus
           portus
           ,
           &
           aura
           meis
           .
        
         
           Angligenas
           iungunt
           ,
           coelum
           ,
           stirps
           ,
           lingua
           ,
           solumque
           His
           animosiungant
           ,
           lex
           pia
           ,
           pacis
           amor
           :
        
         
           O
           quam
           foelices
           ,
           sua
           verè
           si
           bonanôrint
           ,
           Authoremque
           boni
           mente
           micante
           colant
           .
        
         
           In
           te
           Rex
           ,
           Lex
           ,
           Grex
           ,
           feriant
           rata
           foeder
           a
           pacis
           ,
           Anglia
           ,
           sic
           foelix
           ,
           cum
           Grege
           Regetuo
           .
        
         
           
             IO
             :
             GORDONVS
             .
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Theses
           
             confirmed
             in
             this
             Booke
             ,
             by
             the
             authoritie
             of
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             the
             Primitiue
             Church
             established
             by
             the
             holy
             Apostles
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             first
             THESE
             .
          
           
             THe
             white
             Garment
             was
             in
             vse
             in
             the
             Idolatrous
             Religion
             of
             the
             Egyptians
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             that
             the
             ●●●aelites
             were
             bondmen
             in
             Egypt
             ,
             and
             did
             worship
             the
             Egyptians
             Idols
             :
             but
             God
             giuing
             the
             Law
             to
             Moses
             ,
             conuerted
             that
             Idolatrous
             vse
             of
             the
             said
             white
             Garment
             to
             his
             Seruice
             :
             and
             in
             the
             first
             establishment
             of
             Christs
             Church
             in
             Ierusalem
             ,
             the
             Priests
             which
             were
             by
             the
             Apostles
             conuerted
             to
             the
             Faith
             ,
             did
             vse
             the
             white
             Garment
             in
             the
             seruice
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ;
             the
             vse
             whereof
             did
             continue
             from
             the
             Primitiue
             Church
             to
             our
             dayes
             :
             and
             therefore
             the
             reuerend
             Bishops
             and
             Martyrs
             of
             Christ
             ,
             who
             did
             reforme
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             did
             lawfully
             retaine
             the
             vse
             of
             the
             white
             Garment
             ,
             in
             the
             Church
             Seruice
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             abuse
             thereof
             in
             the
             Popish
             Idolatrie
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             second
             THESE
             .
          
           
             THe
             Iewes
             and
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Natiuitie
             of
             Christ
             ,
             were
             accustomed
             to
             lie
             about
             a
             Table
             ,
             set
             low
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             their
             ordinarie
             meales
             and
             Suppers
             ,
             as
             in
             their
             solemne
             feasts
             ;
             and
             Christ
             finding
             this
             custome
             in
             vse
             in
             the
             feasts
             of
             the
             Easter
             Lambe
             ,
             hee
             retained
             it
             in
             the
             Institution
             and
             celebration
             of
             the
             holy
             Communion
             ,
             notwithstanding
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             before
             his
             Natiuitie
             vsed
             ,
             in
             the
             solemne
             Feasts
             ,
             in
             the
             Temples
             of
             Idols
             .
             Therefore
             ,
             seeing
             Christ
             did
             neyther
             stand
             ,
             sit
             ,
             nor
             kneele
             ,
             in
             this
             holy
             Action
             ,
             but
             followed
             the
             custome
             receiued
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             necessitie
             in
             any
             of
             these
             gestares
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             indifferent
             :
             so
             that
             euery
             man
             should
             follow
             the
             receiued
             Custome
             in
             the
             Church
             where
             hee
             doth
             liue
             and
             dwell
             :
             And
             that
             although
             this
             gesture
             of
             kneeling
             was
             ,
             and
             is
             yet
             abused
             in
             the
             Popish
             Idolatry
             ,
             it
             was
             lawfully
             retained
             by
             the
             godly
             Reformers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             third
             THESE
             .
          
           
             THE
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             Christs
             Church
             founded
             by
             them
             ,
             did
             vse
             to
             celebrate
             a
             publike
             feast
             in
             their
             Assemblies
             ,
             which
             was
             called
             Agape
             ,
             or
             the
             Feast
             of
             Charitie
             :
             because
             in
             it
             the
             poore
             were
             relieued
             by
             the
             rich
             :
             after
             which
             ,
             their
             custome
             was
             to
             celebrate
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             all
             lying
             on
             Carpets
             ,
             Cushens
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             as
             Christ
             did
             :
             which
             custome
             continued
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             many
             hundred
             yeeres
             ,
             but
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             did
             change
             this
             custome
             both
             of
             lying
             and
             eating
             after
             Supper
             :
             which
             change
             is
             allowed
             of
             by
             those
             ,
             who
             in
             our
             time
             haue
             brought
             in
             the
             gesture
             of
             sitting
             at
             table
             in
             receiuing
             the
             Communion
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             reason
             ,
             but
             they
             should
             as
             well
             allow
             of
             the
             change
             of
             lying
             into
             kneeling
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             fourth
             THESE
             .
          
           
             ACcording
             to
             the
             Analogie
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             kneeling
             is
             the
             most
             conuenient
             gesture
             that
             is
             to
             be
             vsed
             in
             our
             Inuocations
             ,
             or
             Prayers
             ,
             before
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             receiuing
             of
             the
             holy
             Communion
             ,
             in
             the
             which
             Prayers
             ,
             the
             gesture
             of
             kneeling
             was
             vsed
             in
             the
             old
             Masse
             ,
             which
             was
             agreeable
             to
             our
             Communion
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             an
             Idolatrous
             Institution
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             Reformers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             haue
             done
             well
             to
             restore
             the
             kneeling
             to
             the
             originall
             vse
             againe
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             first
             THESE
             .
          
           
             THe
             white
             Garment
             was
             in
             vse
             in
             the
             Idolatrous
             Religion
             of
             the
             Egyptians
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             that
             the
             Israelites
             were
             bond-men
             in
             Egypt
             ,
             and
             did
             worship
             the
             Egyptians
             Idols
             :
             but
             God
             giuing
             the
             Law
             to
             Moses
             ,
             conuerted
             that
             Idolatrous
             vse
             of
             the
             said
             white
             Garment
             to
             his
             Seruice
             :
             and
             in
             the
             first
             establishment
             of
             Christs
             Church
             in
             Ierusalem
             ,
             the
             Priests
             which
             were
             by
             the
             Apostles
             conuerted
             to
             the
             Faith
             ,
             did
             vse
             the
             white
             Garment
             in
             the
             seruice
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ;
             the
             vse
             whereof
             did
             continue
             from
             the
             Primatiue
             Church
             to
             our
             dayes
             :
             and
             therefore
             the
             reuerend
             Bishops
             and
             Martyrs
             of
             Christ
             ,
             who
             did
             reforme
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             did
             lawfully
             retaine
             the
             vse
             of
             the
             white
             Garment
             ,
             in
             the
             Church
             Seruice
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             abuse
             thereof
             in
             the
             Popish
             Idolatrie
             .
          
           
             
               The
               illustration
               ,
               and
               confirmation
               of
               the
               first
               part
               of
               the
               first
               THESIS
               .
            
             
               ACcording
               to
               the
               Greeke
               Historians
               ,
               the
               Idoll
               of
               Isis
               was
               the
               most
               ancient
               that
               the
               Egyptians
               worshipped
               :
               of
               the
               which
               a
               Herodot
               saith
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               Egiptians
               did
               worship
               it
               vnder
               the
               forme
               of
               a
               Cow
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               did
               worship
               aboue
               all
               beasts
               the
               Cow.
               
            
             
             
               Diodorus
               b
               Siculus
               ,
               in
               his
               History
               of
               Antiquitie
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               Greeke
               Writers
               ,
               testifie
               ,
               that
               Isis
               was
               the
               first
               inuenter
               of
               the
               sowing
               and
               reaping
               of
               Cornes
               .
            
             
               The
               said
               Diodorus
               related
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               Colome
               or
               Pillar
               dedicated
               to
               this
               Idoll
               ,
               was
               written
               these
               words
               ;
               c
               
                 I
                 am
              
               Isis
               ,
               
                 the
                 Queene
                 of
                 Egipt
                 ,
                 taught
                 by
              
               Mercurius
               ,
               
                 none
                 shall
                 dissolue
                 the
                 lawes
                 which
                 I
                 haue
                 made
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 the
                 first
                 inuenter
                 of
                 cornes
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               d
               Plutarch
               ,
               in
               his
               Booke
               of
               Isis
               and
               Osiris
               ,
               relates
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               an
               Inscription
               in
               the
               floore
               of
               the
               Temple
               of
               Isis
               ,
               in
               these
               words
               ;
               
                 I
                 am
                 all
                 that
                 euer
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 be
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 mortall
                 man
                 hath
                 euer
                 detected
                 my
                 Garment
                 .
              
            
             
               Wee
               obserue
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               that
               the
               name
               of
               Isis
               ,
               in
               Hebrew
               is
               
                 Iesch
                 ,
                 Iesch
                 ,
                 est
                 ,
                 est
                 ,
              
               which
               signifies
               ,
               alwayes
               existant
               ,
               not
               subiect
               to
               the
               course
               of
               time
               ;
               which
               is
               the
               essentiall
               name
               of
               GOD
               ,
               mentioned
               in
               the
               third
               Chapter
               of
               Exodus
               ,
               verse
               14.
               
               
                 Eieh
                 asher
                 eieh
              
               ,
               I
               am
               that
               I
               am
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 say
                 vnto
                 the
                 children
                 of
                 Israel
                 ,
              
               I
               am
               ,
               
                 sent
                 mee
                 vnto
                 you
              
               .
               The
               which
               name
               doth
               come
               from
               the
               Verbe
               substantiue
               Haiah
               ,
               signifying
               
                 it
                 was
              
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               future
               time
               ,
               eieh
               ,
               which
               signifies
               ,
               
                 I
                 shall
                 be
              
               ,
               as
               S.
               Iohn
               in
               his
               
                 Reuelation
                 ,
                 Chap.
              
               1.
               ver
               .
               4.
               doth
               interpret
               the
               selfe-same
               name
               of
               God
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 from
                 him
                 that
                 was
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 to
                 come
                 :
              
               so
               that
               it
               seemeth
               that
               the
               posteritie
               of
               Mizram
               ,
               sonne
               to
               Cham
               ,
               sonne
               of
               Noah
               ,
               which
               did
               first
               inhabite
               Egypt
               ,
               did
               retaine
               the
               true
               name
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               they
               learned
               of
               Noah
               ,
               but
               afterward
               it
               was
               conuerted
               to
               a
               fabulous
               Idoll
               ,
               which
               they
               did
               call
               
                 Is
                 ,
                 Is
              
               :
               whereof
               the
               Greekes
               made
               corruptly
               Isis
               .
            
             
               Alwayes
               it
               is
               certaine
               by
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               that
               the
               Egyptians
               did
               worship
               Idols
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Moses
               ,
               whose
               Priests
               were
               the
               Wise-men
               ,
               Sorcerers
               ;
               and
               Charmers
               ,
               that
               did
               imitate
               the
               miracle
               of
               the
               conuersion
               of
               Moses
               Rodde
               into
               a
               Serpent
               .
               These
               Priests
               did
               weare
               linnen
               Garments
               ,
               and
               therefore
               were
               called
               linigeri
               ,
               as
               wee
               read
               in
               e
               Herodot
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Poets
               :
               yet
               notwithstanding
               ,
               
               God
               commanded
               his
               Priests
               to
               weare
               the
               white
               garment
               ,
               although
               it
               was
               abused
               ,
               before
               the
               Law
               ,
               in
               the
               Egyptian
               Idolatry
               .
            
             
               Theodoretus
               f
               writing
               to
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               in
               the
               defence
               of
               Christian
               religion
               ,
               to
               induce
               them
               to
               become
               Christians
               ,
               saith
               ,
               that
               the
               Israelites
               did
               remaine
               a
               long
               time
               in
               Egypt
               ,
               where
               they
               were
               infected
               with
               the
               euill
               manners
               of
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               &
               were
               taught
               by
               them
               to
               offer
               Sacrifices
               to
               the
               Diabolicke
               Idols
               ,
               and
               were
               accustomed
               to
               dauncing
               ,
               and
               to
               Instruments
               of
               Musicke
               ,
               &c.
               
               God
               did
               deliuer
               them
               ,
               and
               gaue
               them
               a
               Law
               ,
               by
               the
               which
               he
               commanded
               them
               to
               offer
               to
               him
               who
               is
               the
               true
               God
               ,
               in
               Sacrifice
               ,
               all
               those
               things
               which
               they
               did
               wickedly
               worship
               before
               
                 (
                 to
                 wit
              
               ,
               in
               Egypt
               )
               of
               earthly
               Beasts
               ,
               the
               Goats
               ,
               the
               Bullockes
               ,
               and
               Sheepe
               ;
               of
               flying
               Beasts
               ,
               the
               Turtle
               and
               the
               Doue
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               God
               did
               not
               institute
               Sacrifices
               ,
               as
               hauing
               neede
               of
               killed
               Beasts
               ,
               or
               that
               hee
               hath
               any
               pleasure
               in
               the
               sauour
               of
               burnt
               flesh
               :
               but
               hee
               did
               so
               of
               his
               wisedome
               ,
               in
               consideration
               of
               the
               peoples
               weaknesse
               :
               euen
               so
               did
               he
               suffer
               Musicall
               Instruments
               ,
               
                 to
                 wit
              
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Sacrifice
               ,
               not
               that
               hee
               would
               please
               his
               eares
               with
               the
               consent
               of
               the
               singing
               of
               them
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               might
               by
               little
               and
               little
               ,
               draw
               away
               the
               delusions
               of
               the
               Idols
               :
               Thus
               farre
               be
               the
               words
               of
               Theodoretus
               .
            
             
               Seeing
               that
               God
               ordained
               the
               Ceremonies
               ,
               with
               the
               which
               the
               Israelites
               were
               accustomed
               when
               they
               did
               worship
               the
               Idols
               of
               Egypt
               ,
               to
               be
               vsed
               in
               his
               owne
               worship
               ,
               it
               followes
               ,
               that
               these
               customes
               and
               Ceremonies
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               materiall
               things
               that
               were
               abused
               to
               Idolatry
               ,
               the
               Surplice
               ,
               Musicke
               ,
               and
               Musicall
               Instrument
               ,
               may
               lawfully
               be
               conuerted
               to
               some
               vse
               in
               the
               true
               worship
               of
               God
               ,
               according
               to
               these
               examples
               of
               the
               Ceremoniall
               Law.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Captiuitie
               of
               Babilon
               ,
               g
               Belshazzar
               
               did
               make
               a
               great
               feast
               ,
               and
               commanded
               to
               bring
               him
               the
               golden
               and
               siluer
               vessels
               ,
               which
               his
               Father
               Nabuchadnezzer
               had
               brought
               from
               the
               Temple
               of
               Ierusalem
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               ;
               and
               his
               Princes
               ,
               his
               wiues
               &
               his
               Concubines
               dranke
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               praised
               the
               Gods
               of
               gold
               and
               siluer
               ;
               and
               notwithstanding
               that
               these
               were
               prophaned
               to
               the
               Seruice
               of
               Idols
               ,
               yet
               when
               Cyrus
               did
               send
               the
               people
               of
               Iudah
               to
               build
               vp
               againe
               the
               Temple
               and
               the
               Citie
               of
               Ierusalem
               ,
               he
               restored
               to
               them
               the
               vessels
               of
               the
               house
               of
               the
               Lord.
               The
               Priests
               of
               the
               second
               h
               Temple
               did
               vse
               them
               in
               the
               seruice
               of
               the
               true
               God
               ,
               although
               they
               were
               (
               as
               is
               said
               )
               abused
               in
               the
               Idolatrous
               Feasts
               ,
               to
               the
               Seruice
               of
               the
               false
               Gods
               of
               Babilon
               .
               Euen
               so
               ,
               the
               externall
               Ceremonies
               ,
               as
               well
               of
               cloathing
               ,
               as
               others
               ,
               which
               are
               vsed
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               were
               first
               instituted
               to
               be
               vsed
               in
               the
               Seruice
               of
               the
               true
               Religion
               ,
               but
               afterward
               was
               violently
               employed
               by
               the
               Popes
               ,
               after
               they
               became
               temporall
               Tyrants
               ,
               to
               the
               Seruice
               of
               the
               new
               Idoll
               of
               the
               Masse
               :
               and
               now
               againe
               ,
               the
               Masse
               being
               abolished
               ,
               are
               restored
               vnto
               their
               true
               and
               ancient
               vse
               in
               the
               worship
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               By
               these
               examples
               then
               of
               the
               olde
               Testament
               it
               is
               manifest
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               lawfull
               to
               conuert
               the
               clothing
               vesture
               and
               Ceremonies
               ,
               abused
               by
               the
               Popish
               Idolatrie
               ,
               to
               be
               vsed
               in
               the
               true
               worship
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               A
               great
               number
               of
               the
               Priests
               were
               conuerted
               ,
               Acts
               6.
               7.
               all
               which
               did
               continue
               in
               obseruing
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               &c.
               Acts
               17.
               20.
               
               So
               that
               the
               Priests
               being
               made
               Christians
               ,
               did
               wear
               the
               linnen
               Ephod
               .
               Iosippus
               ,
               who
               was
               neare
               to
               the
               
               Apostles
               ,
               writes
               of
               Iames
               the
               Iust
               ,
               the
               Lords
               Brother
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               permitted
               to
               him
               only
               ,
               to
               enter
               into
               the
               Sanctuary
               ,
               because
               he
               did
               not
               weare
               a
               woollen
               ,
               but
               a
               linnen
               garment
               .
            
             
               The
               formes
               and
               Ceremonies
               of
               the
               Christian
               Church
               were
               not
               established
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Acts
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               but
               afterward
               ,
               and
               S.
               Iohn
               the
               Euangelist
               did
               ouerliue
               all
               the
               Apostles
               and
               S.
               Paul
               many
               yeeres
               :
               for
               S.
               Paul
               and
               S.
               Peter
               were
               put
               to
               death
               by
               Nero
               ,
               which
               was
               An.
               70.
               
            
             
               But
               S.
               Iohn
               did
               liue
               to
               the
               time
               of
               Traiane
               the
               Emperour
               ,
               who
               did
               beginne
               
                 Anno.
                 Dom.
              
               100.
               and
               then
               writ
               
               his
               Euangell
               ,
               30.
               yeeres
               after
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Apostles
               :
               during
               the
               which
               time
               ,
               hee
               being
               the
               alone
               Apostle
               that
               did
               liue
               long
               ,
               and
               being
               Bishop
               of
               Ephesus
               ,
               hee
               established
               the
               forme
               and
               Ceremonies
               of
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               hee
               did
               weare
               ,
               as
               a
               Priest
               or
               Bishop
               ,
               the
               white
               Garment
               :
               of
               this
               we
               haue
               an
               euident
               testimonie
               ,
               written
               by
               i
               Policratis
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               Ephesus
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               S.
               Iohns
               Successors
               ,
               who
               did
               write
               in
               an
               Epistle
               sent
               to
               Uictor
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               ,
               that
               Iohn
               ,
               who
               did
               lie
               on
               Christs
               breast
               ,
               was
               a
               Priest
               ,
               and
               did
               weare
               a
               garment
               ,
               called
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               white
               ,
               loose
               ,
               and
               long
               garment
               .
            
             
               The
               8.
               
               Booke
               of
               the
               Constitutions
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               attributed
               vnto
               Clemens
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               ,
               disciple
               to
               S.
               Peter
               ,
               containeth
               the
               formes
               and
               Ceremonies
               of
               the
               Churches
               Seruice
               :
               and
               amongst
               other
               circumstances
               ,
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               Bishop
               ministring
               the
               holy
               Communion
               is
               clothed
               with
               a
               white
               garment
               ,
               which
               is
               called
               
               splendida
               
               ves●is
               .
            
             
               This
               Booke
               is
               named
               in
               the
               last
               of
               the
               Cannons
               Ecclosiastike
               ,
               called
               Apostolike
               ,
               which
               no
               doubt
               are
               very
               ancient
               ;
               and
               is
               approued
               by
               Athanasius
               ,
               and
               many
               others
               of
               the
               learned
               Fathers
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               Booke
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               true
               ministration
               of
               the
               Sacraments
               is
               prescribed
               ,
               with
               the
               true
               worship
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               affords
               vs
               most
               euident
               testimonie
               against
               the
               Popes
               falsely
               pretended
               succession
               from
               Peter
               :
               against
               the
               monstrous
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               and
               the
               inuocation
               of
               all
               creatures
               inferiour
               to
               the
               holy
               Trinitie
               ,
               whether
               they
               be
               men
               or
               Angels
               :
               And
               therefore
               wee
               shall
               doe
               well
               to
               follow
               the
               authoritie
               of
               this
               most
               ancient
               Booke
               in
               all
               controuersies
               betwixt
               vs
               and
               our
               Aduersaries
               the
               Papists
               :
               and
               much
               more
               in
               the
               matter
               of
               the
               white
               garment
               ,
               and
               other
               Ceremoniall
               matters
               .
            
             
               These
               testimonies
               are
               sufficient
               to
               perswade
               vs
               ,
               that
               the
               Apostles
               did
               con●●nue
               in
               the
               ●stablishment
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               the
               vse
               of
               the
               white
               Garment
               in
               the
               Church
               Seruice
               ;
               notwithstanding
               that
               they
               knew
               well
               that
               it
               was
               before
               their
               time
               ,
               abused
               to
               the
               seruice
               and
               
               worship
               of
               Idols
               ,
               and
               false
               Gods
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               and
               her
               then
               people
               .
            
             
               Clemens
               k
               Alexandrinus
               ,
               a
               very
               learned
               Presbiter
               ,
               (
               and
               Pantenus
               Disciple
               ,
               who
               was
               S.
               Marke
               the
               Euangelists
               Disciple
               ,
               and
               did
               liue
               but
               50.
               yeeres
               after
               S.
               
                 Iohn
                 ,
              
               )
               is
               a
               sufficient
               witnesse
               ,
               to
               testifie
               vnto
               vs
               ,
               that
               the
               vse
               of
               the
               white
               garment
               did
               continue
               in
               the
               true
               Church
               of
               GOD
               after
               the
               death
               of
               all
               the
               Apostles
               .
               The
               words
               of
               
                 Clemens
                 Alexandrinus
              
               be
               these
               .
            
             
               The
               dying
               of
               clothes
               should
               be
               reiected
               
                 (
                 to
                 wit
              
               ,
               from
               the
               vse
               of
               the
               Christian
               seruice
               )
               for
               they
               
                 (
                 to
                 wit
              
               ,
               that
               dyeth
               cloathes
               )
               are
               very
               farre
               from
               the
               truth
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               most
               conuenient
               (
               saith
               hee
               )
               that
               those
               who
               are
               candidi
               ,
               pure
               of
               minde
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               inwardly
               còunterfaited
               to
               no
               curious
               and
               precious
               clothing
               ,
               &c
               *
               Daniel
               (
               saith
               Clemens
               )
               doth
               speake
               euidently
               and
               purely
               ,
               saying
               ,
               the
               Thrones
               were
               placed
               ,
               and
               one
               like
               to
               be
               of
               very
               olde
               age
               did
               sit
               on
               them
               ,
               and
               his
               clothing
               was
               white
               as
               the
               Snow
               .
               Iohn
               saith
               ,
               that
               hee
               did
               see
               in
               a
               vision
               ,
               the
               Lord
               wearing
               such
               a
               clothing
               .
               Also
               hee
               saith
               ,
               hee
               did
               see
               the
               Soules
               that
               were
               Martyrs
               or
               witnesses
               of
               Christ
               ,
               vnder
               the
               Altar
               ,
               and
               that
               to
               euery
               one
               of
               them
               was
               giuen
               ●●
               white
               garment
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               And
               the
               said
               Clemens
               saith
               ,
               I
               doe
               approue
               the
               Philosophers
               of
               the
               I
               le
               of
               Coos
               ,
               who
               did
               describe
               Vertue
               and
               Wickednesse
               by
               two
               fit
               Images
               .
               Hee
               made
               the
               Image
               of
               Vertue
               ,
               standing
               simply
               clothed
               with
               a
               white
               Garment
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               Vertue
               ;
               a
               pure
               thing
               decked
               with
               modestie
               .
               And
               a
               little
               after
               he
               saith
               ,
               if
               any
               will
               all
               edge
               Christs
               long
               clothing
               of
               diuers
               colours
               ,
               it
               signified
               the
               diuen
               
               and
               sundry
               colours
               of
               wisedome
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               which
               neuer
               withered
               ,
               and
               the
               eloquent
               speeches
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               which
               doth
               shine
               with
               the
               clearenes
               of
               the
               truth
               .
               Thus
               farre
               the
               words
               of
               Clemens
               .
            
             
               This
               testimonie
               ,
               which
               is
               very
               euident
               ,
               is
               a
               proofe
               that
               the
               vse
               of
               the
               white
               garment
               was
               continued
               amongst
               the
               Christians
               ,
               after
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Apostles
               .
            
             
               Tertullianus
               l
               ,
               who
               did
               liue
               an
               hundred
               yeeres
               after
               S.
               Iohn
               ,
               saith
               ,
               If
               thou
               change
               thy
               bond-man
               to
               freedome
               ,
               hee
               is
               honoured
               with
               the
               brightnesse
               of
               a
               white
               garment
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               honor
               to
               beare
               a
               gold
               Ring
               ;
               to
               haue
               the
               name
               of
               a
               Counseller
               of
               Law
               ;
               to
               be
               of
               a
               Familie
               ,
               and
               to
               keepe
               a
               Table
               ,
               and
               from
               this
               it
               commeth
               ,
               that
               they
               who
               are
               baptised
               ,
               are
               clothed
               with
               white
               clothing
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               remember
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               made
               free-men
               ,
               and
               of
               bond-men
               and
               of
               slaues
               of
               the
               Diuell
               ;
               they
               are
               made
               the
               free-men
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               Eusebius
               
               hath
               inserted
               in
               his
               Historie
               Ecclesiasticke
               a
               Panagiricke
               or
               publicke
               speech
               made
               in
               an
               assembly
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               in
               the
               dedication
               of
               a
               Temple
               ,
               builded
               by
               Paulinus
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               Tirus
               ,
               where
               hee
               called
               the
               Bishops
               ,
               the
               Friends
               and
               Priests
               of
               God
               ,
               hauing
               an
               holy
               long
               Garment
               which
               was
               white
               :
               and
               saith
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               all
               clothed
               with
               the
               Garment
               of
               Priestly
               office
               .
            
             
               This
               was
               the
               first
               Temple
               ,
               builded
               300.
               yeeres
               after
               Christ
               ▪
               when
               
                 Constantinus
                 Magnus
              
               did
               establish
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               .
            
             
               These
               testimonies
               serue
               to
               proue
               ,
               that
               the
               first
               three
               hundred
               yeeres
               after
               Christ
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               time
               of
               the
               perfection
               of
               the
               Primitiue
               Church
               ,
               when
               the
               Bishops
               and
               Presbiters
               were
               holy
               Martyrs
               ,
               that
               they
               did
               vse
               a
               white
               garment
               ,
               in
               exercising
               the
               Church
               seruice
               .
            
             
               
                 
                 Pontius
                 Paulinus
              
               ,
               S.
               Augustines
               Disciple
               ,
               saith
               to
               this
               purpose
               ,
               that
               the
               Priest
               doth
               bring
               from
               the
               Well
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               the
               children
               ,
               coloured
               with
               white
               in
               their
               body
               ,
               in
               their
               heart
               ,
               and
               minde
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               the
               ancient
               Primatiue
               Church
               called
               the
               weeke
               
               which
               followed
               Easter
               weeke
               ,
               
                 Septima
                 in
                 albis
              
               ,
               the
               weeke
               
               in
               white
               clothing
               ;
               because
               the
               Baptisme
               was
               administrated
               in
               that
               weeke
               ,
               and
               Whitsun
               weeke
               onely
               ,
               vnlesse
               the
               Children
               were
               in
               danger
               of
               their
               life
               .
            
             
               I
               hope
               in
               God
               that
               these
               testimonies
               and
               proofes
               heretofore
               cited
               ,
               shall
               perswade
               all
               reasonable
               mens
               consciences
               two
               poynts
               concerning
               this
               matter
               :
               the
               one
               is
               ,
               that
               although
               the
               white
               Garment
               was
               abused
               in
               the
               seruice
               of
               the
               false
               Gods
               and
               Idols
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               both
               before
               the
               Law
               of
               Moses
               ;
               and
               also
               before
               ,
               and
               in
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               time
               ,
               yet
               they
               did
               not
               abrogate
               the
               vse
               of
               the
               said
               white
               Garment
               ,
               but
               conuerted
               it
               to
               the
               Seruice
               of
               the
               true
               God
               ,
               to
               be
               vsed
               in
               all
               religious
               Seruice
               of
               the
               Church
               :
               and
               consequently
               ,
               the
               Reformers
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               haue
               lawfully
               retained
               the
               vse
               of
               the
               white
               Garment
               ,
               notwithstanding
               that
               it
               is
               vsed
               to
               the
               seruice
               of
               Idols
               in
               the
               Popish
               Church
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               point
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               vse
               of
               the
               white
               Garment
               is
               an
               Institution
               Apostolike
               :
               and
               seeing
               that
               the
               said
               Booke
               of
               the
               Constitution
               of
               the
               Apostles
               maketh
               mention
               thereof
               ,
               and
               that
               Iames
               the
               Lords
               Brother
               ,
               and
               Iohn
               the
               Euangelist
               ,
               his
               beloued
               Disciple
               ,
               did
               vse
               the
               said
               Garment
               ,
               as
               is
               euident
               by
               the
               testimonies
               heretofore
               cited
               ;
               it
               followeth
               ,
               that
               the
               vse
               of
               it
               in
               our
               Church
               Seruices
               of
               England
               ,
               hath
               for
               the
               warrant
               thereof
               the
               authoritie
               of
               the
               holy
               Apostles
               of
               Christ
               ,
               so
               that
               no
               man
               which
               will
               follow
               the
               example
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               should
               except
               anything
               against
               the
               vse
               of
               the
               said
               white
               Garment
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             second
             THESE
             .
          
           
             THe
             Iewes
             and
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Natiuitie
             of
             Christ
             ,
             were
             accustomed
             to
             lie
             about
             a
             Table
             ,
             set
             low
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             their
             ordinarie
             meales
             and
             Suppers
             ,
             as
             in
             their
             solemne
             feasts
             ;
             and
             Christ
             finding
             this
             custome
             in
             vse
             in
             the
             feasts
             of
             the
             Easter
             Lambe
             ,
             hee
             retained
             it
             in
             the
             Institution
             and
             celebration
             of
             the
             holy
             Communion
             ,
             notwithstanding
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             before
             his
             Natiuitie
             vsed
             ,
             in
             the
             solemne
             Feasts
             ,
             in
             the
             Temples
             of
             Idols
             .
             Therefore
             ,
             seeing
             Christ
             did
             neyther
             stand
             ,
             sit
             ,
             nor
             kneele
             ,
             in
             this
             holy
             Action
             ,
             but
             followed
             the
             custome
             receiued
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             necessitie
             in
             any
             of
             these
             gestures
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             indifferent
             :
             so
             that
             euery
             man
             should
             follow
             the
             receiued
             Custome
             in
             the
             Church
             where
             hee
             doth
             liue
             and
             dwell
             :
             And
             that
             although
             this
             gesture
             of
             kneeling
             was
             ,
             and
             is
             yet
             abused
             in
             the
             Popish
             Idolatry
             ,
             it
             was
             lawfully
             retained
             by
             the
             godly
             Reformers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Testimonies
               and
               proofes
               of
               this
               ,
               doe
               follow
               .
            
             
               THe
               Iewes
               ,
               during
               the
               time
               of
               the
               second
               Temple
               ,
               were
               Subiects
               ,
               and
               Tributaries
               ;
               sometime
               to
               the
               Persians
               ;
               sometime
               to
               the
               Grecians
               ,
               and
               the
               Syrians
               :
               and
               finally
               ,
               were
               subdued
               by
               Pompey
               ,
               and
               made
               a
               Romane
               Prouince
               ,
               about
               sixty
               
               yeeres
               before
               Christs
               Incarnation
               :
               being
               thus
               subdued
               ,
               they
               were
               gouerned
               by
               the
               Romish
               Deputies
               ,
               who
               did
               keepe
               in
               Ierusalem
               a
               strong
               Garison
               of
               Souldiours
               :
               so
               that
               this
               was
               the
               cause
               why
               the
               Iewes
               did
               imitate
               and
               follow
               many
               of
               the
               Customes
               and
               Rites
               of
               the
               Persians
               ,
               Greekes
               and
               Romanes
               ;
               as
               well
               in
               the
               solemne
               feasts
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               as
               in
               their
               ordinarie
               dinners
               and
               Suppers
               at
               home
               .
            
             
               The
               Heathenish
               Romane
               Historiographers
               ,
               and
               Poets
               ,
               doe
               teach
               vs
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               accustomed
               in
               their
               most
               solemne
               Sacrifices
               to
               make
               publike
               Feasts
               in
               the
               Temples
               of
               their
               Idols
               ,
               which
               they
               did
               celebrate
               lying
               vpon
               Beds
               ,
               Carpets
               ,
               or
               Cushens
               ,
               spread
               vpon
               the
               floore
               of
               their
               Temples
               ,
               euen
               as
               they
               did
               in
               their
               solemne
               Feasts
               in
               their
               houses
               .
            
             
               The
               learned
               doe
               write
               ,
               that
               these
               beds
               ,
               or
               cushens
               ,
               &c.
               which
               they
               did
               lie
               vpon
               ,
               were
               called
               a
               
                 Puluinaria
                 Decrum
              
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               kinde
               of
               beds
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Heathenish
               Gods
               ,
               in
               the
               which
               the
               Images
               of
               their
               false
               Gods
               did
               lye
               at
               great
               feasting
               times
               .
            
             
               Also
               b
               Lectisternia
               ,
               as
               witnesseth
               Liuie
               ,
               were
               beds
               spread
               in
               the
               Temples
               of
               their
               Idols
               ,
               vpon
               which
               the
               Priests
               and
               others
               ,
               that
               did
               assist
               to
               their
               sacrifices
               ;
               did
               lye
               at
               their
               publike
               feasts
               .
            
             
               The
               Poet
               c
               Uirgil
               ,
               who
               did
               write
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Augustus
               ,
               before
               the
               Natiuitie
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               doth
               expresse
               the
               forme
               of
               the
               solemne
               suppers
               which
               were
               in
               vse
               ,
               as
               well
               in
               the
               feasts
               and
               suppers
               which
               they
               did
               celebrate
               in
               the
               Temples
               of
               their
               Idols
               ,
               as
               also
               in
               their
               priuate
               houses
               .
               For
               in
               the
               first
               Booke
               of
               his
               Aeneids
               ,
               the
               forme
               of
               that
               solemne
               Supper
               which
               Queene
               Dido
               made
               in
               her
               Pallace
               to
               Aeneds
               ,
               and
               to
               his
               fellowes
               ,
               is
               described
               ;
               where
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               in
               eating
               and
               drinking
               ,
               at
               that
               solemne
               Supper
               ,
               they
               did
               lye
               downe
               vpon
               most
               costly
               Carpets
               .
            
             
             
               And
               in
               the
               d
               Capitoll
               of
               the
               Heathenish
               Rome
               ,
               in
               the
               solemne
               feasts
               made
               to
               their
               false
               Gods
               ,
               the
               custome
               was
               ,
               as
               (
               you
               heard
               before
               )
               to
               lay
               downe
               their
               Images
               vpon
               beds
               ,
               or
               thicke
               Carpets
               ,
               and
               to
               set
               before
               them
               all
               kinde
               of
               meates
               and
               drinke
               ,
               which
               was
               eaten
               and
               drunke
               vp
               by
               the
               Priests
               and
               others
               ,
               which
               were
               busied
               about
               the
               Sacrifices
               .
            
             
               The
               selfe-same
               gesture
               of
               the
               body
               was
               vsed
               in
               Saint
               Pauls
               time
               ,
               at
               such
               feasts
               as
               were
               celebrated
               in
               the
               Temples
               
               of
               the
               Idols
               ;
               which
               is
               most
               euident
               by
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               and
               the
               proprietie
               of
               the
               Greeke
               tongue
               :
               for
               in
               the
               1
               Epistle
               to
               the
               
                 Corinthians
                 ,
                 Chap.
              
               8.
               hee
               exhorteth
               the
               Corinthians
               to
               abstaine
               from
               the
               feasts
               which
               were
               then
               celebrated
               in
               the
               Temples
               of
               the
               Idols
               at
               Corinth
               and
               in
               all
               other
               places
               which
               were
               subiect
               to
               the
               Romane
               Empire
               .
               
            
             
               The
               learned
               Christians
               of
               Corinth
               ,
               which
               were
               truely
               conuerted
               ,
               were
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               the
               Idols
               were
               not
               gods
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               no
               power
               at
               all
               to
               contaminate
               ,
               or
               defile
               ,
               the
               meate
               which
               was
               dedicated
               vnto
               them
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               Gods
               creature
               ,
               giuen
               to
               men
               to
               be
               vsed
               with
               thanksgiuing
               ,
               wherefore
               they
               made
               no
               conscience
               to
               assist
               at
               their
               feasts
               .
               But
               the
               Apostle
               doth
               condemne
               such
               abuse
               of
               Christian
               libertie
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               offensiue
               to
               the
               weake
               and
               vnlearned
               sort
               of
               Christians
               ,
               which
               makes
               him
               to
               say
               in
               the
               10.
               verse
               of
               the
               8.
               
               Chapter
               ;
               
                 for
                 if
                 any
                 man
                 see
                 thee
                 ,
                 which
                 hast
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 to
                 lye
                 at
                 meate
                 in
                 the
                 Idols
                 Temples
                 :
                 shall
                 not
                 the
                 conscience
                 of
                 him
                 which
                 is
                 weake
                 ,
                 be
                 enboldened
                 or
                 perswaded
                 to
                 eate
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 offered
                 to
                 Idols
                 ?
              
            
             
               The
               Greeke
               word
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               commeth
               from
               the
               
               
               Verbe
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               which
               signifieth
               to
               lie
               vpon
               a
               bed
               or
               Carpet
               ,
               or
               any
               such
               like
               thing
               ,
               so
               that
               yee
               may
               see
               in
               S.
               Pauls
               time
               ,
               the
               gesture
               of
               the
               body
               when
               they
               did
               eate
               or
               drinke
               at
               solemne
               feasts
               in
               the
               Temples
               of
               the
               Idols
               ,
               was
               in
               lying
               on
               beds
               or
               cushens
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               which
               was
               spread
               in
               the
               floore
               of
               the
               temples
               .
            
             
               The
               custome
               of
               the
               Iewes
               ,
               before
               the
               Captiuitie
               of
               Babilon
               ,
               was
               to
               eate
               the
               Easter
               Lambe
               standing
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               commanded
               in
               the
               12.
               
               Chapter
               of
               Exodus
               .
               And
               in
               their
               religious
               feasts
               they
               did
               sit
               at
               Table
               as
               we
               doe
               :
               for
               we
               read
               in
               the
               first
               of
               Samuel
               ,
               Chap.
               20.
               verse
               5.
               that
               Dauid
               saith
               to
               
                 Ionathan
                 ;
                 Behold
                 ,
                 tomorrow
                 is
                 the
                 first
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 month
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 should
                 sit
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 meate
                 ;
                 but
                 let
                 me
                 goe
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 hide
                 my selfe
                 in
                 the
                 fields
                 .
              
               And
               in
               the
               24.
               verse
               .
               it
               is
               set
               downe
               ,
               that
               
                 when
                 the
                 first
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 Moneth
                 came
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 sate
                 to
                 eate
                 meate
                 .
              
               And
               in
               the
               25.
               
               
                 And
                 the
                 King
                 sate
                 ,
                 as
                 at
                 other
                 times
                 ,
                 vpon
                 his
                 seate
                 ,
                 euen
                 vpon
                 his
                 seate
                 by
                 the
                 wall
                 ,
                 and
              
               Ionathan
               
                 arose
                 ,
                 and
              
               Abner
               
                 sate
                 by
              
               Sauls
               
                 side
                 ,
                 but
              
               Dauids
               
                 place
                 was
                 emptie
              
               .
            
             
               The
               word
               sitting
               ,
               in
               Hebrew
               is
               Iaschab
               ,
               which
               signifieth
               ,
               sitting
               on
               stooles
               or
               chaires
               ;
               it
               signifieth
               also
               ,
               the
               sitting
               of
               Kings
               on
               their
               Thrones
               ,
               Deut.
               17.
               ver
               .
               18.
               the
               Hebrew
               word
               that
               doth
               signifie
               a
               
                 Stoole
                 ,
                 seate
                 ,
                 chaire
              
               ,
               or
               Throne
               ,
               is
               Moschab
               ,
               which
               doth
               come
               from
               the
               foresaid
               Verbe
               ,
               Iaschab
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               first
               verse
               of
               the
               first
               Psalme
               ,
               that
               man
               is
               said
               to
               be
               blessed
               ,
               that
               sitteth
               not
               in
               the
               seate
               or
               chaire
               of
               the
               scornfull
               .
            
             
               The
               Hebrew
               word
               for
               lying
               is
               Scacab
               ,
               which
               signifieth
               to
               lye
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               second
               of
               Samuel
               ,
               Chap.
               13.
               verse
               5.
               
               And
               Ionadab
               
                 said
                 to
              
               Amon
               ,
               
                 lie
                 downe
                 on
                 thy
                 bed
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 thy selfe
                 sicke
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Hebrewes
               vsed
               another
               word
               ,
               for
               to
               signifie
               the
               lying
               downe
               vpon
               the
               ground
               ,
               which
               is
               Rabatz
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               in
               the
               49.
               of
               Genesis
               ,
               ver
               .
               9.
               
               Iudah
               
                 cubabit
                 tanquam
                 Leo
                 ,
                 Iudah
              
               shall
               lye
               and
               couch
               like
               a
               Lion.
               
            
             
               This
               word
               also
               signifieth
               the
               lying
               on
               the
               ground
               ,
               as
               flockes
               of
               Sheepe
               doe
               in
               their
               folds
               .
               Ierem.
               33.
               ver
               .
               12
               :
               
               
                 There
                 shall
                 be
                 dwelling
                 for
                 Shepheards
                 to
                 rest
                 their
                 flocke
                 :
              
               so
               ,
               before
               the
               Captiuitie
               of
               Babilon
               ,
               the
               Iewish
               custome
               was
               to
               sit
               at
               Table
               as
               we
               doe
               .
            
             
               But
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Christs
               Natiuitie
               ,
               they
               did
               no
               more
               vse
               standing
               at
               the
               celebration
               of
               the
               feast
               of
               the
               Easter
               Lambe
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               prescribed
               by
               
                 Moses
                 ,
                 Exod.
              
               12.
               but
               followed
               the
               custome
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               vnto
               whom
               they
               were
               Tributaries
               ,
               both
               in
               their
               ordinarie
               feasts
               and
               meetings
               at
               home
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               feasts
               of
               the
               eating
               of
               the
               Pascall
               Lambe
               .
            
             
               That
               this
               was
               their
               custome
               in
               their
               ordinarie
               meales
               it
               is
               manifest
               ;
               yea
               ,
               before
               the
               Natiuitie
               of
               Christ
               :
               for
               in
               the
               second
               Chapter
               of
               Marke
               ,
               verse
               15.
               and
               in
               the
               fift
               of
               Luke
               ,
               verse
               29.
               we
               read
               ,
               that
               Leui
               the
               Publicane
               (
               who
               was
               Mathew
               )
               being
               called
               to
               follow
               Christ
               ,
               made
               him
               a
               great
               feast
               in
               his
               owne
               house
               :
               in
               Marke
               verse
               15.
               the
               words
               are
               these
               ,
               concerning
               the
               gesture
               of
               his
               body
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 when
                 he
                 did
                 lie
                 downe
                 in
              
               Leuies
               
                 house
                 ,
                 many
                 Publicanes
                 and
                 sinners
                 did
                 lie
                 downe
                 with
                 Iesus
                 .
              
               And
               in
               Luke
               the
               words
               are
               these
               :
               
                 A
                 multitude
                 of
                 Publicanes
                 and
                 others
                 ,
              
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 were
                 lying
                 downe
                 with
                 them
              
               .
               And
               this
               is
               the
               selfe-same
               word
               ,
               that
               S.
               Paul
               vseth
               in
               the
               1
               Cor.
               Chap.
               8.
               as
               is
               aboue
               signified
               ,
               to
               signifie
               the
               lying
               in
               the
               feasts
               celebrated
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Temples
               of
               the
               Idols
               .
            
             
               Euen
               so
               the
               feast
               and
               supper
               of
               Herods
               birth-day
               :
               all
               those
               that
               were
               at
               it
               ,
               are
               called
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               Mat.
               14.
               
               Marke
               ,
               6.
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 all
                 lying
                 downe
                 together
              
               .
            
             
               All
               those
               that
               vnderstand
               the
               Greeke
               tongue
               ,
               know
               ,
               that
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               signifieth
               
                 to
                 lye
                 downe
              
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               sit
               ,
               in
               our
               manner
               .
            
             
               The
               words
               of
               the
               three
               Euangelists
               ,
               relating
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
               doe
               signifie
               
                 lying
                 downe
              
               ,
               and
               not
               sitting
               :
               for
               in
               the
               26.
               of
               Mathew
               ,
               verse
               19.
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               Disciples
               that
               were
               sent
               by
               Christ
               ,
               did
               prepare
               ,
               and
               make
               ready
               the
               Passeouer
               .
               In
               the
               20.
               verse
               ,
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               towards
               the
               euening
               ,
               Christ
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               which
               word
               ,
               
               
                 Theodor.
                 Beza
              
               ,
               doth
               interprete
               ,
               recubuit
               ,
               hee
               did
               lye
               downe
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               14.
               
               Chapter
               of
               S.
               Marke
               ,
               verse
               18.
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 that
                 they
              
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               
                 aid
                 lye
                 downe
                 at
                 the
                 table
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 eate
                 .
              
            
             
               Luke
               ,
               Chap.
               22.
               ver
               .
               12.
               it
               is
               related
               ,
               that
               the
               Maister
               of
               the
               house
               had
               prepared
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               a
               Roome
               strowed
               ouer
               for
               the
               Supper
               .
               And
               a
               little
               after
               ,
               verse
               14.
               it
               is
               said
               that
               when
               the
               houre
               was
               come
               ,
               Christ
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               which
               commeth
               from
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               that
               signifieth
               in
               Latine
               ,
               decido
               ,
               in
               English
               ,
               
                 ●o
                 full
                 ●owne
              
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               15.
               
               Chapter
               of
               S.
               Mathew
               ,
               Christ
               vseth
               the
               selfe
               same
               word
               ,
               where
               hee
               speaketh
               of
               the
               feeding
               of
               4000.
               people
               with
               seauen
               loaues
               saying
               ,
               that
               Christ
               commanded
               the
               multitude
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               to
               fall
               downe
               ,
               or
               lye
               downe
               on
               the
               earth
               ,
               which
               word
               is
               rehearsed
               also
               in
               the
               8.
               
               Chapter
               of
               Marke
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               13.
               
               Chapter
               of
               S.
               Iohns
               Euangell
               ,
               verse
               4.
               it
               is
               said
               of
               Christ
               ,
               that
               hee
               did
               rise
               from
               Supper
               :
               the
               Greeke
               word
               is
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               to
               rise
               vp
               from
               the
               ground
               ,
               the
               Latine
               is
               ,
               resurgere
               ,
               which
               is
               applyed
               to
               the
               Resurrection
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               15.
               verse
               .
               44.
               
               
                 The
                 body
                 is
                 sowne
                 a
                 naturall
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 raised
                 a
                 spirituall
                 body
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               the
               fore-said
               13.
               
               Chapter
               of
               S.
               Iohn
               ,
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               after
               Christ
               had
               washed
               his
               Disciples
               feete
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               lying
               ,
               or
               falling
               downe
               againe
               ,
               with
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               in
               the
               Supper
               before
               begunne
               ,
               in
               the
               23.
               verse
               ,
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               there
               was
               one
               of
               Iesus
               Disciples
               lying
               on
               Iesus
               bosome
               ,
               euen
               hee
               whom
               Iesus
               loued
               .
               The
               Greeke
               word
               ,
               which
               hee
               vseth
               here
               ,
               is
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 a
                 lying
                 downe
              
               ;
               the
               same
               which
               ye
               heard
               vsed
               before
               in
               Mathew
               and
               Marke
               .
            
             
               In
               all
               these
               places
               before
               cited
               ,
               the
               English
               Translation
               doth
               follow
               the
               vse
               and
               custome
               of
               England
               :
               for
               in
               the
               place
               of
               
                 lying
                 downe
              
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               the
               true
               signification
               of
               the
               Greeke
               word
               )
               the
               English
               Translation
               hath
               ,
               sitting
               ,
               as
               yee
               may
               read
               in
               sundry
               places
               ,
               but
               especially
               ,
               in
               the
               14.
               
               Chapter
               of
               S.
               Marke
               ,
               ver
               .
               18.
               
               The
               English
               Translation
               
               is
               ,
               
                 as
                 they
                 sate
                 at
                 Table
              
               ,
               although
               the
               Greeke
               word
               doth
               signifie
               to
               lye
               at
               Table
               .
               So
               that
               without
               any
               doubt
               ,
               Christ
               in
               the
               celebration
               of
               the
               Easter
               Lambe
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Communion
               ,
               did
               vse
               the
               gesture
               of
               lying
               at
               Table
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               vse
               before
               his
               time
               ,
               although
               the
               same
               gesture
               was
               then
               abused
               in
               the
               feasts
               of
               the
               Heathens
               Idolatry
               ,
               as
               is
               said
               .
            
             
               Further
               ,
               this
               custome
               of
               lying
               is
               expressed
               in
               the
               Ceremoniall
               Bookes
               of
               the
               Iewes
               ;
               and
               namely
               ,
               in
               that
               which
               is
               entituled
               ,
               
                 Orach
                 Chaim
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 The
                 way
                 of
                 Life
              
               ;
               where
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               Iewes
               did
               eate
               the
               Easter
               Lambe
               lying
               at
               ,
               or
               about
               a
               Table
               .
            
             
               Burdorsius
               ,
               a
               very
               learned
               man
               in
               the
               Hebrew
               and
               Chaldaike
               languages
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Thalmud
               and
               Ceremoniall
               Bookes
               of
               the
               Iewes
               ,
               in
               the
               13.
               
               Chapter
               of
               his
               Booke
               ,
               entituled
               ,
               
                 Synagoga
                 Iudaeorum
              
               ,
               hath
               set
               forth
               in
               Latine
               ,
               the
               forme
               of
               the
               Ceremonies
               of
               the
               eating
               of
               the
               Easter
               Lambe
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               foresaid
               Booke
               ,
               called
               
                 Orach
                 Chaim
              
               ,
               where
               it
               is
               related
               that
               e
               
                 Baal
                 Baith
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Maister
               of
               the
               house
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               giuen
               thankes
               and
               blessed
               the
               Wine
               ,
               hee
               beganne
               the
               Supper
               with
               a
               cup
               of
               wine
               ,
               and
               after
               him
               ,
               euery
               one
               about
               did
               emptie
               his
               cup
               ,
               lying
               vpon
               their
               left
               side
               on
               Carpets
               or
               Cushens
               of
               silke
               ,
               like
               some
               great
               Baron
               or
               noble
               man.
               After
               they
               haue
               eaten
               ,
               the
               foresaid
               Maister
               of
               the
               house
               doth
               eate
               of
               a
               thicke
               Cake
               ,
               and
               doth
               distribute
               vnto
               the
               rest
               some
               part
               of
               it
               ,
               while
               they
               lye
               on
               their
               left
               side
               ;
               and
               last
               of
               all
               ,
               they
               end
               the
               whole
               action
               ,
               with
               a
               third
               cup
               of
               wine
               ,
               which
               is
               blessed
               ,
               and
               so
               they
               giue
               thankes
               to
               God.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               manifest
               by
               these
               testimonies
               ,
               that
               the
               mistaking
               of
               the
               proprietie
               and
               signification
               of
               the
               Greeke
               tongue
               ,
               hath
               bred
               a
               great
               diuision
               ,
               which
               is
               grounded
               vpon
               a
               double
               error
               .
               The
               first
               is
               an
               errour
               of
               the
               History
               of
               the
               custome
               obserued
               in
               Christs
               time
               ,
               insomuch
               that
               many
               will
               not
               kneele
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               perswaded
               that
               Christ
               did
               sit
               and
               not
               kneele
               at
               the
               Communion
               .
            
             
               Seeing
               therefore
               yee
               see
               it
               clearly
               proued
               ,
               that
               Christ
               
               and
               his
               Disciples
               did
               not
               sit
               ,
               but
               lye
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               custome
               of
               the
               Iewes
               and
               Gentiles
               in
               his
               time
               ;
               it
               is
               a
               great
               errour
               to
               hold
               that
               sitting
               is
               necessarily
               to
               be
               obserued
               in
               the
               holy
               Communion
               ,
               and
               to
               abstaine
               from
               it
               ,
               vnlesse
               it
               be
               performed
               in
               sitting
               in
               our
               manner
               .
            
             
               The
               other
               errour
               doth
               proceed
               from
               this
               ,
               that
               men
               do
               enioyne
               necessitie
               to
               things
               which
               in
               their
               owne
               nature
               are
               indifferent
               :
               as
               to
               hold
               ,
               that
               the
               gesture
               of
               the
               body
               which
               Christ
               did
               vse
               in
               the
               institution
               of
               the
               holy
               Supper
               is
               substantiall
               ,
               and
               not
               indifferent
               :
               and
               therefore
               men
               surmising
               that
               Christ
               did
               sit
               in
               our
               manner
               at
               his
               last
               Supper
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               a
               substantiall
               thing
               to
               sit
               at
               the
               Communion
               :
               and
               on
               the
               other
               part
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               vnlawfull
               to
               kneele
               at
               the
               Communion
               ,
               because
               Christ
               and
               his
               Disciples
               did
               not
               kneele
               at
               the
               first
               institution
               of
               this
               holy
               action
               .
            
             
               Christ
               did
               celebrate
               the
               Communion
               after
               Supper
               :
               now
               if
               we
               were
               bound
               to
               follow
               the
               gesture
               of
               the
               body
               which
               Christ
               did
               vse
               ,
               wee
               should
               be
               also
               bound
               to
               the
               performing
               of
               this
               action
               after
               our
               Supper
               .
            
             
               Moreouer
               ,
               it
               is
               to
               be
               obserued
               for
               our
               instruction
               ,
               that
               Christ
               ,
               in
               this
               action
               ,
               did
               follow
               the
               gesture
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               which
               was
               brought
               from
               the
               Gentiles
               to
               the
               Iewes
               ,
               against
               the
               prescript
               of
               Moses
               Law
               ,
               although
               it
               was
               abused
               before
               Christs
               Natiuitie
               ,
               to
               the
               seruice
               of
               Idols
               .
            
             
               This
               example
               of
               Christ
               doth
               much
               concerne
               vs
               :
               for
               as
               Christ
               did
               vse
               the
               custome
               of
               lying
               ,
               receiued
               before
               his
               time
               ,
               to
               draw
               the
               Iewes
               &
               Gentiles
               to
               his
               Church
               ,
               (
               notwithstanding
               the
               abuse
               of
               it
               in
               the
               Idols
               seruice
               )
               euen
               so
               ,
               the
               holy
               Martyrs
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               who
               were
               Reformers
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               did
               imitate
               Christ
               ,
               in
               retaining
               that
               custome
               of
               the
               gesture
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               vse
               in
               the
               Popish
               Church
               ,
               although
               it
               was
               abused
               to
               Idolatry
               ,
               to
               draw
               the
               Papists
               from
               the
               Idolatrous
               kneeling
               ,
               in
               the
               Adoration
               of
               the
               externall
               Sacrament
               to
               adore
               Christ
               himselfe
               ,
               in
               receiuing
               the
               holy
               Sacrament
               of
               his
               blessed
               body
               and
               bloud
               .
            
             
             
               Now
               seeing
               it
               is
               manifestly
               proued
               ,
               that
               Christ
               did
               neyther
               sit
               nor
               stand
               in
               executing
               this
               holy
               action
               ,
               there
               it
               no
               necessitie
               in
               standing
               nor
               sitting
               .
               And
               if
               there
               were
               any
               necessitie
               ,
               to
               follow
               precisely
               the
               forme
               that
               Christ
               vsed
               ,
               wee
               should
               all
               lye
               about
               a
               Table
               ,
               set
               low
               on
               the
               ground
               ,
               as
               Christ
               and
               his
               Disciples
               did
               .
               And
               therefore
               no
               man
               can
               haue
               any
               likelihood
               of
               reason
               to
               abstaine
               from
               the
               holy
               Communion
               ,
               vnlesse
               it
               be
               administred
               to
               them
               sitting
               at
               a
               Table
               ,
               or
               in
               seates
               ,
               or
               in
               Pewes
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             third
             THESE
             .
          
           
             THE
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             Christs
             Church
             founded
             by
             them
             ,
             did
             vse
             to
             celebrate
             a
             publike
             feast
             in
             their
             Assemblies
             ,
             which
             was
             called
             Agape
             ,
             or
             the
             Feast
             of
             Charitie
             :
             because
             in
             it
             ,
             the
             poore
             were
             relieued
             by
             the
             rich
             :
             after
             the
             which
             ,
             their
             custome
             was
             to
             celebrate
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             all
             lying
             on
             Carpets
             ,
             Cushens
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             as
             Christ
             did
             :
             which
             custome
             continued
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             many
             hundred
             yeeres
             ,
             but
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             did
             change
             this
             custome
             both
             of
             lying
             and
             eating
             after
             Supper
             :
             which
             change
             is
             allowed
             of
             by
             those
             ,
             who
             in
             our
             time
             haue
             brought
             in
             the
             gesture
             of
             sitting
             at
             table
             in
             receiuing
             the
             Communion
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             reason
             ,
             but
             they
             should
             as
             well
             allow
             of
             the
             change
             of
             lying
             into
             kneeling
             .
          
           
             
             
               The
               Proofes
               and
               Testimonies
               of
               the
               third
               THESE
               .
            
             
               WEe
               reade
               in
               the
               sixt
               of
               the
               Acts
               ,
               verse
               7.
               that
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               a
               great
               multitude
               of
               the
               Priests
               receiued
               the
               Faith
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               21.
               
               Chapter
               ,
               verse
               20.
               
               Iames
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Ierusalem
               ,
               and
               the
               Presbyters
               or
               Elders
               ,
               did
               enforme
               S.
               Paul
               ,
               that
               many
               Myriades
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               a
               very
               great
               multitude
               of
               the
               Iewes
               had
               receiued
               the
               faith
               ,
               which
               were
               all
               zealous
               obseruers
               of
               the
               Law
               :
               whereof
               wee
               collect
               ,
               that
               they
               did
               retaine
               Circumcision
               ,
               and
               the
               celebration
               of
               the
               Iewish
               Passeouer
               ,
               together
               with
               Baptisme
               and
               the
               holy
               Communion
               ,
               after
               that
               same
               kinde
               of
               gesture
               of
               accubation
               as
               Christ
               himselfe
               did
               :
               which
               wee
               haue
               proued
               before
               in
               the
               second
               These
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               purpose
               doth
               agree
               that
               which
               is
               written
               in
               the
               
                 Acts
                 of
                 the
                 Apostles
              
               ,
               Chap.
               2.
               verse
               42.
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 faithfull
                 ,
                 assiduè
                 operam
                 dabant
                 ;
                 did
                 continually
                 trauell
                 in
                 the
                 doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 Apostles
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Communion
                 and
                 breaking
                 of
                 bread
                 ,
                 and
                 prayers
                 .
              
               And
               in
               the
               46.
               verse
               of
               the
               said
               Chapter
               ,
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               
                 they
                 continued
                 daily
                 in
                 one
                 accord
                 in
                 the
                 Temple
                 ,
                 and
                 breaking
                 of
                 bread
                 from
                 house
                 to
                 house
                 ;
                 and
                 did
                 eate
                 their
                 meate
                 together
                 with
                 gladnesse
                 :
              
               Whereof
               we
               may
               easily
               gather
               ,
               that
               they
               did
               assist
               in
               the
               Temple
               to
               the
               Ceremonies
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               but
               in
               their
               priuate
               houses
               they
               did
               daily
               celebrate
               the
               Communion
               at
               their
               ordinary
               feasts
               ,
               which
               they
               could
               not
               performe
               publikely
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               persecution
               of
               the
               Sinagogue
               .
               So
               that
               without
               all
               doubt
               ,
               the
               gesture
               of
               their
               bodyes
               in
               all
               their
               publike
               meales
               was
               conforme
               to
               the
               custome
               of
               the
               Iewes
               ,
               which
               was
               accubatio
               ,
               a
               lying
               downe
               .
            
             
             
               Also
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               that
               were
               conuerted
               ,
               did
               celebrate
               the
               feast
               of
               Agape
               ,
               and
               after
               it
               the
               holy
               Communion
               ,
               obseruing
               the
               gesture
               of
               accubation
               ,
               as
               shall
               hereafter
               be
               sufficiently
               (
               God
               willing
               )
               proued
               .
            
             
               S.
               Paul
               did
               reproue
               the
               Corinthians
               ,
               because
               they
               did
               not
               lawfully
               obserue
               the
               first
               institution
               of
               these
               publike
               feasts
               ,
               in
               communicating
               together
               ,
               the
               rich
               relieuing
               the
               poore
               :
               His
               words
               are
               these
               ;
               
                 When
                 yee
                 come
                 together
              
               
               
                 therefore
                 into
                 one
                 place
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 eate
                 the
                 Lords
                 Supper
                 :
                 for
                 euery
                 man
                 when
                 they
                 should
                 eate
                 ,
                 taketh
                 his
                 owne
                 supper
                 afore
                 :
                 and
                 one
                 is
                 hungry
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 is
                 drunke
                 .
              
               So
               that
               yee
               see
               the
               abuse
               of
               this
               feasting
               was
               ,
               that
               they
               did
               not
               follow
               the
               first
               institution
               ;
               in
               making
               their
               meat
               and
               drinke
               common
               to
               all
               equall
               :
               but
               did
               conuert
               publike
               eating
               to
               priuate
               vse
               :
               the
               rich
               men
               eating
               apart
               by
               themselues
               ,
               and
               the
               poore
               by
               themselues
               .
               Therefore
               the
               Apostle
               commands
               them
               in
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Chapter
               ,
               that
               when
               they
               come
               to
               eate
               ,
               they
               tarry
               one
               for
               another
               .
            
             
               S.
               Peter
               in
               his
               second
               Epistle
               ,
               Chap.
               2.
               verse
               13.
               disclaimeth
               against
               false
               Christians
               ,
               which
               did
               seeke
               nothing
               in
               their
               publike
               feasts
               ,
               but
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               their
               owne
               bellyes
               :
               the
               word
               which
               Peter
               vseth
               is
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               which
               signifyeth
               to
               make
               a
               publike
               feast
               in
               a
               common
               societie
               .
            
             
               The
               Apostle
               Iude
               ,
               in
               the
               12.
               verse
               of
               his
               Epistle
               ,
               speaking
               of
               them
               that
               abused
               these
               feasts
               which
               were
               dedicated
               to
               an
               holy
               vse
               ,
               to
               their
               owne
               pleasures
               ,
               saith
               ;
               
                 These
                 are
                 like
                 spots
                 in
                 your
                 feasts
                 of
                 Charitie
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 feast
                 with
                 you
                 ,
                 without
                 all
                 feare
                 ,
                 feeding
                 themselues
                 :
              
               these
               feasts
               are
               called
               here
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Agapae
               ,
               which
               signifieth
               a
               Feast
               of
               Charitie
               or
               loue
               .
               
                 Theodor.
                 Beza
              
               doth
               retaine
               the
               same
               word
               in
               his
               Latine
               Translation
               :
               
                 Hae
                 sunt
                 in
                 Agapis
                 vestris
                 ,
                 maculae
                 ,
                 dum
                 vobiscum
                 conuiuantur
                 ,
                 absque
                 vllius
                 metu
                 ,
                 scipsos
                 pascentes
                 :
              
               where
               hee
               doth
               note
               ,
               that
               
                 Agapae
                 erant
              
               
               
                 sraterna
                 ac
                 ecclesiastici
                 coetus
                 conuiuia
                 ,
                 quae
                 describuntur
                 a
              
               Tertulliano
               
                 in
                 Apologetico
              
               ,
               that
               these
               were
               
               the
               publike
               feasts
               in
               their
               Ecclesiasticall
               Assemblies
               ,
               which
               are
               described
               by
               Tertullian
               in
               his
               Apologeticke
               :
               which
               is
               a
               Booke
               written
               in
               defence
               of
               Christians
               ,
               against
               the
               Gentiles
               .
               In
               the
               end
               of
               these
               feasts
               the
               Communion
               was
               celebrated
               as
               Christ
               did
               after
               Supper
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               mentioned
               in
               the
               
                 Actes
                 of
                 the
                 Apostles
              
               Chap.
               6.
               verse
               2.
               that
               the
               Apostle
               called
               the
               multitude
               together
               ,
               and
               said
               ;
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 meete
                 that
                 wee
                 should
                 leaue
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 serue
                 the
                 Tables
                 .
              
               These
               Tables
               are
               the
               publike
               feasts
               ,
               mentioned
               in
               the
               second
               Chapter
               of
               the
               said
               Booke
               ,
               verse
               46.
               
               In
               the
               which
               ,
               the
               holy
               Communion
               is
               called
               
                 the
                 breaking
                 of
                 bread
              
               .
               Without
               all
               doubt
               ,
               in
               these
               publike
               feasts
               ,
               the
               Apostles
               and
               the
               saithfull
               ,
               did
               celebrate
               the
               Communion
               in
               the
               selfe
               same
               manner
               and
               gesture
               of
               body
               ,
               which
               Christ
               did
               institute
               ,
               which
               was
               ,
               as
               is
               proued
               in
               the
               second
               These
               ,
               the
               gesture
               of
               accubation
               .
            
             
               The
               holy
               Martyr
               a
               Ignatius
               ,
               second
               Bishop
               of
               Antiochia
               ,
               and
               Successor
               to
               S.
               Peter
               ,
               called
               these
               publick
               feasts
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               which
               word
               is
               also
               mentioned
               in
               Luke
               Chapter
               5.
               verse
               19.
               where
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               Leui
               ,
               which
               is
               Mathew
               the
               Publicane
               ,
               made
               a
               great
               banquet
               to
               Iesus
               :
               where
               
                 Theod
                 ,
                 Beza
              
               noteth
               the
               word
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               to
               signifie
               
                 ad
                 verbum
                 acceptionem
                 quod
                 passim
                 in
                 eo
                 omnes
                 accipiantur
                 .
              
               For
               it
               commeth
               from
               the
               Verbe
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               which
               signifieth
               ,
               
                 to
                 receiue
              
               .
            
             
               That
               which
               S.
               Iude
               calleth
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               the
               same
               is
               called
               by
               Ignatius
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
               Ignatius
               his
               words
               are
               these
               ;
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 lawfull
                 to
                 baptise
                 without
                 the
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 nor
                 to
                 offer
                 oblations
                 ,
                 nor
                 to
                 bring
                 any
                 Sacrifices
                 ,
                 nor
                 to
                 celebrate
                 the
                 feast
                 called
                 ,
              
               
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               :
               where
               marke
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               false
               Popish
               Translation
               it
               is
               
                 Mossas
                 celebrare
              
               :
               from
               the
               which
               ,
               the
               Papists
               doe
               pretend
               to
               proue
               the
               antiquitie
               of
               their
               Masse
               .
            
             
               
                 Hyeronimus
                 Vairlenius
                 Siluius
              
               ,
               of
               the
               Romish
               profession
               in
               the
               notes
               of
               his
               Translation
               of
               Ignatius
               Epistles
               ,
               Printed
               at
               Antwerpe
               ,
               by
               Plantinus
               ,
               who
               had
               permission
               to
               print
               the
               same
               ,
               from
               the
               Spanish
               King
               ,
               and
               is
               approued
               
               by
               those
               of
               the
               Inquisition
               ,
               saith
               after
               this
               manner
               ;
               
                 reliquimus
                 hic
                 vocem
                 Graecam
                 ,
                 quae
                 conuiuium
                 significat
                 ,
                 Latinè
                 sic
                 dictum
                 ab
                 accipiendo
                 ,
                 quòd
                 omnes
                 promiscuè
                 acciperentur
                 :
                 videtur
                 autem
                 id
                 conuiuium
                 idem
                 fuisse
                 cum
                 eo
                 ,
                 quod
              
               Tertullianus
               
                 in
                 Apologetico
                 suo
                 Agapen
                 suo
                 seculo
                 appellatum
                 scribit
                 ,
                 quamuis
                 &
                 beatus
              
               Iudas
               
                 in
                 Epistola
                 sua
                 cadem
                 voce
                 Agape
                 vsus
                 sit
                 pro
                 conuiuio
                 eiusmodi
                 .
              
               Where
               it
               is
               euident
               ,
               that
               Uairlenius
               in
               the
               Translation
               of
               Ignatius
               Epistles
               ,
               doth
               follow
               the
               opinion
               of
               
                 Theod.
                 Beza
              
               in
               this
               matter
               .
               And
               therefore
               the
               foresaid
               vulgar
               Translation
               of
               the
               said
               testimony
               is
               false
               .
            
             
               Plinius
               b
               the
               second
               President
               of
               Bithynia
               ,
               vnder
               the
               Emperour
               Traiane
               ,
               which
               was
               an
               hundred
               yeeres
               after
               Christ
               writeth
               to
               the
               Emperour
               ,
               that
               hee
               had
               examined
               sundry
               Christians
               ,
               as
               hee
               had
               commanded
               him
               ;
               and
               that
               hee
               had
               learned
               of
               them
               that
               they
               were
               accustomed
               ,
               at
               an
               appointed
               day
               ,
               to
               meete
               together
               before
               day-light
               :
               and
               to
               say
               one
               after
               another
               ,
               a
               Song
               or
               Rhime
               to
               Christ
               as
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               binde
               themselues
               by
               a
               Sacrament
               ,
               or
               holy
               promise
               ,
               not
               to
               commit
               any
               villany
               ;
               but
               especially
               ,
               not
               theft
               ,
               not
               robbery
               ,
               not
               adultery
               ,
               not
               to
               breake
               their
               promise
               ,
               that
               being
               required
               ,
               they
               should
               not
               detaine
               any
               thing
               that
               was
               committed
               to
               their
               custodie
               .
               And
               after
               this
               ,
               their
               custome
               was
               to
               depart
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               to
               assemble
               together
               to
               their
               common
               Feasts
               ,
               which
               were
               without
               any
               harme
               .
               Where
               wee
               obserue
               beside
               our
               purpose
               ,
               that
               the
               first
               Christinas
               did
               sing
               their
               Songs
               ,
               one
               answering
               to
               another
               ,
               which
               forme
               is
               followed
               in
               the
               Seruice-Booke
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               The
               publike
               feasts
               performed
               in
               the
               Assemblies
               of
               the
               Christians
               ,
               were
               the
               same
               which
               we
               called
               before
               Agape
               ;
               and
               vnder
               the
               name
               of
               
                 cibus
                 promiscuus
              
               is
               contained
               the
               celebration
               of
               the
               holy
               Communion
               ;
               which
               ,
               in
               that
               age
               ,
               was
               executed
               euery
               day
               in
               the
               Christian
               Assemblies
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               purpose
               doth
               the
               testimonie
               of
               Tertullian
               serue
               ;
               who
               liued
               an
               hundred
               yeeres
               after
               Saint
               Iohn
               ,
               who
               doth
               
               relate
               many
               ancient
               customes
               ,
               which
               were
               obserued
               in
               the
               Church
               :
               and
               amongst
               other
               ,
               speaking
               of
               the
               holy
               Communion
               ,
               hee
               saith
               ;
               c
               
                 We
                 Christians
                 doe
                 receiue
                 from
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 our
                 Presidents
                 and
                 Rulers
                 ,
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 of
                 the
                 Eucharist
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 our
                 meales
                 ;
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 being
                 commanded
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 yea
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 in
                 our
                 Assemblies
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 day
                 breaking
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               said
               Tertullian
               ,
               in
               describing
               the
               forme
               of
               the
               publicke
               feasts
               of
               Christians
               after
               the
               which
               they
               did
               celebrate
               their
               holy
               Communion
               ,
               calleth
               the
               place
               in
               which
               they
               did
               celebrate
               the
               same
               ,
               Triclinium
               ,
               which
               signifieth
               a
               Parlour
               ,
               or
               Supping
               roome
               ;
               in
               which
               three
               beds
               were
               spread
               to
               lye
               vpon
               ,
               round
               about
               a
               Table
               ,
               which
               was
               set
               low
               ,
               as
               wee
               haue
               proued
               heretofore
               in
               the
               second
               These
               .
               Euen
               so
               ,
               the
               word
               ,
               discumbere
               ,
               which
               Tertullian
               vseth
               ,
               signifieth
               to
               lie
               at
               Table
               ,
               on
               Cushens
               ,
               Carpets
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               spread
               vpon
               the
               ground
               ,
               as
               is
               said
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               d
               Tertullians
               words
               ,
               
                 For
                 ye
                 Gentiles
                 do
                 not
                 onely
                 blaspheme
                 our
                 Suppers
                 to
                 be
                 infamous
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 prodigall
                 :
                 onely
                 the
              
               Triclinia
               
                 of
                 the
                 Christians
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 their
                 publicke
                 feasts
                 ,
                 are
                 euill
                 spoken
                 of
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 our
                 Supper
                 sheweth
                 the
                 reason
                 thereof
                 :
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 called
              
               Agape
               
                 in
                 the
                 Greeke
                 tongue
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 feast
                 of
                 charitie
                 or
                 loue
                 :
                 whatsoeuer
                 cost
                 is
                 bestowed
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 counted
                 cost
                 ,
                 but
                 gaine
                 :
                 for
                 to
                 make
                 such
                 cost
                 for
                 pieties
                 sake
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 esteemed
                 gaine
                 ;
                 because
                 by
                 this
                 refreshing
                 ,
                 wee
                 relieue
                 the
                 poore
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Ere
                 wee
                 lye
                 downe
                 at
                 Table
                 ,
                 wee
                 first
                 say
                 our
                 prayers
                 ,
                 the
                 hungry
                 doe
                 eate
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 may
                 satisfie
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 thirsty
                 doe
                 drinke
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 is
                 profitable
                 for
                 temperate
                 men
                 :
                 they
                 are
                 but
                 so
                 satisfied
                 with
                 food
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 in
                 the
              
               
               
                 night
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 remember
                 they
                 must
                 worship
                 God.
                 They
                 talke
                 so
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 knew
                 the
                 Lord
                 heard
                 them
                 :
                 after
                 the
                 washing
                 of
                 their
                 hands
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 lighting
                 of
                 candles
                 ,
                 euery
                 one
                 is
                 prouoked
                 to
                 sing
                 a
                 Song
                 vnto
                 God
                 ,
                 eyther
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 holy
                 Scriptures
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 their
                 owne
                 inuention
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               the
               end
               of
               this
               publike
               feast
               ,
               the
               custome
               was
               ,
               to
               celebrate
               the
               Communion
               :
               for
               e
               Tertullian
               in
               his
               booke
               
                 De
                 corona
                 militis
              
               ,
               as
               is
               said
               ,
               beareth
               witnesse
               ,
               that
               the
               Christians
               did
               receiue
               the
               Sacrament
               in
               the
               time
               of
               their
               meales
               ,
               meaning
               of
               the
               publike
               meales
               ,
               because
               the
               Communion
               ,
               was
               euery
               day
               celebrated
               in
               all
               publike
               assemblies
               in
               that
               age
               .
            
             
               Iulian
               f
               the
               Apostate
               ,
               who
               was
               for
               many
               yeers
               a
               Christian
               ,
               and
               did
               exercise
               the
               Office
               of
               Deaconus
               in
               his
               yonger
               age
               ;
               after
               that
               hee
               was
               Emperour
               ,
               and
               became
               an
               Apostate
               ,
               he
               re-established
               the
               heathenish
               Sacrifices
               and
               publike
               feasts
               ;
               in
               the
               which
               hee
               vsed
               the
               gesture
               of
               Accubation
               :
               which
               did
               continue
               in
               that
               age
               ,
               as
               well
               amongst
               the
               Christians
               as
               heathens
               .
            
             
               Theodoretus
               g
               doth
               relate
               the
               forme
               of
               the
               solemne
               feasts
               ,
               which
               were
               solemnized
               by
               Iulias
               to
               
                 Ap
                 lio
                 Daphnaeus
              
               :
               where
               hee
               saith
               ,
               that
               the
               Sonne
               of
               the
               heathenish
               Priest
               ,
               in
               the
               first
               day
               of
               the
               feast
               ,
               which
               continued
               seauen
               dayes
               ,
               did
               vse
               sprinkling
               of
               consecrated
               water
               to
               the
               Idoll
               ,
               which
               vvas
               called
               
                 aqua
                 ●ustralis
              
               ,
               by
               the
               which
               the
               feast
               was
               dedicated
               to
               the
               said
               Idoll
               :
               where
               wee
               obserue
               ,
               beside
               our
               purpose
               that
               the
               Popish
               Holy-water
               comes
               from
               this
               Heathenish
               ceremonie
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               gesture
               of
               Accubation
               vvas
               vsed
               in
               this
               Feast
               ,
               it
               is
               cleare
               by
               the
               vvords
               of
               h
               Theodoretus
               :
               where
               hee
               saith
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               first
               day
               of
               this
               Feast
               ,
               the
               Priests
               Sonne
               ,
               standing
               nigh
               the
               Emperours
               bed
               ,
               did
               sprinckle
               ouer
               all
               the
               meate
               ,
               with
               this
               Holy-water
               .
            
             
               Out
               of
               which
               wee
               may
               see
               plainely
               ,
               that
               the
               Emperour
               lay
               on
               a
               bed
               at
               this
               Solemne
               Feast
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               ancient
               custome
               of
               the
               Greekes
               ,
               and
               Romanes
               ,
               before
               Christs
               Natiuitie
               ,
               and
               since
               .
            
             
             
               These
               publike
               Feasts
               beganne
               to
               be
               abused
               in
               Saint
               Pauls
               time
               :
               so
               the
               abuse
               did
               continue
               till
               a
               Nationall
               Councill
               (
               holden
               at
               Laodicaea
               ,
               
                 Anno
                 Domini
              
               ,
               368
               )
               did
               forbid
               these
               publike
               banquets
               and
               feasts
               to
               be
               solemnized
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               as
               is
               expressed
               in
               the
               28.
               
               Canon
               of
               that
               Councill
               ,
               in
               these
               words
               following
               :
               i
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 lawfull
                 to
                 make
                 Feasts
                 ,
                 called
              
               Agapae
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 Lords
                 houses
                 or
                 Assemblies
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 eate
                 in
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 spread
                 Carpets
                 or
                 any
                 such
                 like
                 thing
                 ,
                 for
                 to
                 lye
                 vpon
                 ,
              
               to
               wit
               ,
               
                 at
                 the
                 said
                 Feast
              
               .
            
             
               The
               words
               of
               the
               selfe-same
               Canon
               are
               repeated
               in
               the
               sixt
               generall
               Councill
               ,
               holden
               in
               Constantinople
               ,
               in
               the
               Pallace
               called
               Trullus
               ,
               which
               Councill
               was
               holden
               vnder
               the
               Emperour
               
                 Iustinian
                 ,
                 Anno
                 Domini
              
               ,
               555.
               
               So
               that
               notwithstanding
               that
               this
               manner
               of
               Supper
               was
               forbidden
               by
               the
               Nationall
               Synode
               of
               Laodicaea
               ,
               yet
               〈…〉
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Iustinian
               ,
               otherwise
               the
               said
               〈◊〉
               of
               Constantinople
               would
               not
               haue
               prohibited
               th●●
               by
               a
               new
               Canon
               ,
               not
               making
               mention
               of
               the
               Synode
               of
               ●●odicaea
               .
            
             
               This
               Agapae
               was
               also
               called
               
                 Caena
                 Dominica
              
               ,
               as
               Renanus
               doth
               note
               vpon
               Tertulisans
               Booke
               
                 de
                 corona
                 militis
              
               :
               whose
               words
               are
               these
               :
               k
               
                 It
                 is
                 very
                 likely
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Christians
                 did
                 celebrate
                 together
                 a
                 Feast
                 in
                 the
                 Temple
                 vpon
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 Lords
                 Supper
                 ,
                 whereof
                 there
                 are
                 some
                 signes
                 left
                 with
                 vs
                 :
                 for
              
               Tertullian
               
                 writing
                 to
                 his
                 wife
                 ,
                 who
                 making
                 mention
                 of
                 a
                 Heathen
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 Christian
                 to
                 his
                 wife
                 ,
                 saith
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 ;
                 Which
                 of
                 the
                 Gentiles
                 will
                 endure
                 securely
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 wife
                 assist
                 all
                 the
                 night
                 long
                 to
                 the
                 solemnitie
                 of
                 the
                 Easter
                 ?
                 or
                 which
                 of
                 the
                 Gentiles
                 without
                 suspition
                 ,
                 would
                 giue
                 his
                 wife
                 leaue
                 to
                 assist
                 to
                 the
                 Lords
                 Feast
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 haue
                 in
                 great
                 infamie
                 ?
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               These
               words
               ,
               
                 conuiuium
                 Dominicum
              
               in
               this
               testimony
               ,
               
               and
               the
               words
               
                 Sacramentum
                 Eucharistiae
                 tempore
                 victus
                 sumimus
              
               ,
               heretofore
               cited
               ;
               and
               the
               description
               of
               the
               Supper
               called
               Agape
               ,
               being
               conferred
               one
               with
               another
               ,
               doth
               shew
               that
               the
               Communion
               was
               ,
               in
               that
               age
               ,
               celebrated
               after
               the
               said
               Supper
               ,
               as
               Christ
               himselfe
               did
               :
               so
               that
               the
               Christians
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Tertullian
               ,
               did
               retaine
               eating
               and
               drinking
               at
               the
               Communion
               in
               a
               common
               societie
               ,
               according
               to
               S.
               Pauls
               commandement
               ;
               Wherefore
               
               
                 my
                 brethren
                 ,
                 when
                 yee
                 come
                 together
                 to
                 eate
                 ,
                 tarry
                 one
                 for
                 another
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               ordinary
               custome
               to
               celebrate
               the
               Communion
               after
               Supper
               ,
               was
               changed
               about
               the
               end
               of
               the
               first
               foure
               hundred
               yeeres
               after
               Christ
               ,
               and
               was
               conuerted
               into
               a
               publike
               feast
               ,
               called
               
                 Caena
                 Dominica
              
               ,
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               .
            
             
               Socrates
               l
               and
               Sozomenes
               ,
               doe
               relate
               the
               diuersitie
               of
               customes
               and
               Ceremonies
               ,
               that
               were
               in
               vse
               in
               their
               time
               in
               sundry
               Churches
               :
               the
               words
               of
               Socrates
               are
               these
               :
               
                 the
                 Egiptians
                 which
                 dwell
                 nigh
                 to
                 Alexandria
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 that
                 doe
                 inhabite
                 the
                 Country
                 called
                 Thebs
                 ,
                 doe
                 celebrate
                 their
                 solemne
                 Synaxis
                 or
                 Communion
                 vpon
                 Saturday
                 :
                 but
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 custome
                 of
                 the
                 Christians
                 ,
              
               to
               wit
               ,
               
                 of
                 that
                 age
                 which
                 was
                 foure
                 hundred
                 yeeres
                 after
                 Christ
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 haue
                 ended
                 their
                 Communion
                 ,
                 or
                 publike
                 Supper
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 filled
                 with
                 diuersities
                 of
                 meate
                 ,
                 they
                 celebrate
                 the
                 Communion
                 in
                 the
                 euening
                 ,
                 being
                 all
                 pertakers
                 of
                 those
                 holy
                 Mysteries
                 .
              
            
             
               About
               the
               selfe-same
               time
               there
               was
               a
               Councill
               assembled
               of
               all
               Africke
               ,
               in
               the
               which
               Saint
               Augustine
               was
               present
               ,
               vvho
               subscribed
               to
               the
               Canons
               made
               therein
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               8.
               
               Chapter
               of
               this
               m
               Councill
               ,
               it
               was
               ordained
               that
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               Altar
               should
               be
               celebrated
               by
               men
               fasting
               ;
               except
               vpon
               the
               Annuall
               feast
               day
               ,
               whereon
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               vvas
               yeerely
               celebrated
               .
            
             
             
               By
               this
               Canon
               it
               is
               euident
               ,
               that
               in
               that
               age
               ,
               which
               was
               Centuria
               5.
               after
               Christ
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               a
               yeerely
               and
               solemne
               Supper
               of
               the
               Lord
               celebrated
               in
               the
               forme
               and
               manner
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               selfe-same
               time
               of
               the
               day
               ,
               that
               Christ
               did
               institute
               this
               holy
               Communion
               :
               so
               that
               in
               this
               day
               they
               did
               celebrate
               the
               Communion
               ,
               not
               fasting
               ,
               but
               after
               their
               publike
               Supper
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               purpose
               doe
               S.
               n
               Augustines
               words
               serue
               :
               where
               hee
               saith
               ,
               that
               in
               some
               places
               where
               the
               greatest
               number
               of
               Gods
               people
               ,
               and
               most
               feruent
               were
               ,
               it
               was
               their
               custome
               to
               offer
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               celebrate
               the
               Communion
               )
               the
               first
               day
               of
               the
               last
               weeke
               of
               Lent
               (
               which
               wee
               call
               Holy-thursday
               )
               both
               in
               the
               morning
               and
               in
               the
               euening
               ,
               but
               in
               other
               places
               their
               custome
               was
               ,
               to
               celebrate
               the
               Communion
               onely
               in
               the
               euening
               
                 ●o
                 wit
              
               ,
               after
               Supper
               .
            
             
               The
               o
               Councill
               called
               
                 Bracaren●●
                 Concilium
              
               ,
               holden
               in
               Spaine
               ,
               in
               the
               yeere
               of
               our
               Lord
               6●0
               .
               did
               abrogate
               this
               Africane
               statute
               ,
               ordaining
               that
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               should
               be
               celebrated
               fasting
               ,
               at
               the
               ninth
               houre
               of
               the
               day
               .
            
             
               And
               in
               the
               p
               Councill
               called
               
                 Cabileonense
                 Concilium
              
               ,
               which
               was
               holden
               in
               France
               in
               the
               yeere
               of
               our
               Lord
               654
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Eugen.
               1
               Pope
               ,
               as
               is
               cited
               by
               Gratian
               ,
               it
               was
               ordained
               ,
               that
               after
               the
               solemnitie
               of
               the
               Masse
               (
               at
               that
               time
               the
               Masse
               was
               a
               Communion
               as
               ours
               is
               ,
               )
               after
               the
               euening
               Seruice
               ,
               and
               the
               distribution
               of
               Almes
               ,
               they
               should
               fall
               to
               their
               meate
               .
            
             
               These
               Testimonies
               are
               sufficient
               to
               proue
               ▪
               that
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               was
               solemnely
               obserued
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               forme
               instituted
               by
               Christ
               ,
               700.
               yeeres
               after
               Christ
               ,
               in
               the
               which
               the
               gesture
               was
               accuba●io
               ,
               as
               is
               said
               .
            
             
               
                 Walafridus
                 Strabo
              
               q
               ,
               who
               did
               liue
               about
               900.
               yeeres
               after
               Christ
               ,
               testifieth
               that
               then
               the
               houre
               or
               time
               of
               the
               celebration
               of
               the
               Masse
               ,
               (
               which
               was
               in
               his
               time
               as
               hath
               
               beene
               already
               said
               ,
               the
               Communion
               ;
               wherein
               the
               Clergie
               and
               the
               people
               did
               all
               eate
               and
               drinke
               together
               )
               was
               diuers
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               diuersitie
               of
               solemne
               dayes
               :
               and
               that
               it
               was
               sometimes
               celebrated
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               at
               nine
               of
               the
               clocke
               ,
               sometimes
               in
               the
               euening
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               in
               the
               night
               .
            
             
               But
               in
               the
               ages
               following
               ,
               the
               whole
               ancient
               forme
               of
               the
               Church-Seruice
               began
               by
               little
               and
               little
               to
               be
               abolished
               by
               the
               Popes
               ,
               who
               did
               change
               the
               yeerely
               feast
               of
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
               heretofore
               mentioned
               in
               the
               African
               Councill
               ,
               and
               in
               place
               of
               this
               holy
               action
               ;
               the
               Popes
               did
               institute
               the
               washing
               of
               the
               poores
               feete
               (
               which
               custome
               is
               vnto
               this
               day
               obserued
               ,
               by
               Emperours
               ,
               Kings
               ,
               Popes
               ,
               Archbishops
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
               and
               Abbots
               )
               adding
               thereto
               a
               distribution
               of
               Almes
               to
               the
               poore
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             fourth
             THESE
             .
          
           
             ACcording
             to
             the
             Analogie
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             kneeling
             is
             the
             most
             conuenient
             gesture
             that
             is
             to
             be
             vsed
             in
             our
             Inuocations
             ,
             or
             Prayers
             ,
             before
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             receiuing
             of
             the
             holy
             Communion
             ,
             in
             the
             which
             Prayers
             ,
             the
             gesture
             of
             kneeling
             was
             vsed
             in
             the
             old
             Masse
             ,
             which
             was
             agreeable
             to
             our
             Communion
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             an
             Idolatrous
             Institution
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             Reformers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             haue
             done
             well
             to
             restore
             the
             kneeling
             to
             the
             originall
             vse
             againe
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Testimonies
               and
               Proofes
               of
               the
               third
               THESE
               .
            
             
               THe
               gesture
               of
               standing
               was
               vsed
               by
               the
               Priests
               of
               the
               Law
               in
               some
               cases
               ,
               as
               Deut.
               Chap.
               4.
               ver
               .
               20
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               the
               Lord
               separated
               the
               Tribe
               of
               Leui
               ,
               to
               beare
               
               the
               Arke
               of
               the
               Couenant
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               to
               stand
               before
               the
               Lord
               ,
               to
               minister
               vnto
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               blesse
               in
               his
               Name
               vnto
               this
               day
               :
               so
               that
               the
               Priest
               did
               stand
               in
               offering
               Sacrifices
               .
            
             
               The
               solemne
               blessings
               were
               pronounced
               standing
               :
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 stand
                 vpon
                 mount
                 Gerizzim
                 ,
                 to
                 blesse
                 the
                 people
                 when
                 yee
                 shall
                 passe
                 ouer
                 Iordan
                 .
              
               
            
             
               In
               Inuocations
               and
               prayers
               there
               is
               a
               threefold
               kinde
               of
               gesture
               ,
               expressed
               by
               Dauid
               :
               the
               first
               is
               a
               falling
               downe
               
               or
               prosterning
               of
               the
               body
               :
               the
               second
               is
               ,
               according
               to
               
               the
               Hebrew
               word
               ,
               a
               bowing
               downe
               of
               the
               head
               to
               the
               ground
               .
               The
               third
               is
               kneeling
               .
            
             
               Salomon
               ,
               at
               the
               solemnitie
               of
               the
               dedication
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               in
               his
               solemne
               Prayer
               ,
               hee
               is
               said
               to
               vse
               the
               gesture
               of
               kneeling
               .
               The
               words
               are
               these
               :
               
                 He
                 kneeled
                 downe
                 vpon
              
               
               
                 his
                 knees
                 before
                 all
                 the
                 Congregation
                 of
                 Israel
                 ,
                 and
                 stretched
                 out
                 his
                 hands
                 toward
                 Israel
              
               ;
               but
               hee
               stood
               when
               hee
               blessed
               the
               people
               .
               
            
             
               In
               the
               new
               Testament
               Christ
               doth
               reproue
               the
               Hypocrites
               ,
               who
               (
               as
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Text
               doe
               beare
               )
               did
               loue
               
               to
               stand
               in
               the
               Synagogues
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               corners
               of
               the
               streetes
               to
               pray
               .
            
             
               Also
               the
               Publicane
               is
               said
               to
               stand
               a
               farre
               off
               when
               hee
               
               did
               pray
               .
            
             
               And
               in
               
                 Marke
                 ;
                 when
                 yee
                 shall
                 stand
                 to
                 pray
                 ,
                 forgiue
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
            
             
               The
               gesture
               of
               standing
               ,
               is
               meant
               of
               the
               standing
               in
               the
               Temple
               ,
               to
               heare
               the
               blessing
               ordained
               by
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               to
               put
               vp
               their
               Prayers
               of
               Thankesgiuing
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Law
               heretofore
               mentioned
               :
               for
               when
               Christ
               did
               speake
               so
               ,
               hee
               and
               his
               Disciples
               did
               obserue
               the
               Law
               :
               but
               Christ
               himselfe
               ,
               a
               little
               after
               the
               institution
               of
               the
               holy
               Communion
               ,
               did
               goe
               apart
               from
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               and
               as
               man
               ,
               apprehending
               the
               cruell
               torments
               which
               he
               was
               to
               suffer
               for
               the
               sinnes
               of
               mankinde
               ,
               
                 hee
                 beganne
                 to
                 waxe
              
               
               
                 sorrowfull
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 grieuously
                 troubled
                 :
              
               saying
               ;
               
                 my
                 Soule
                 is
                 very
                 heauy
                 ,
                 euen
                 vnto
                 the
                 death
                 ,
                 and
                 hee
                 fell
                 downe
                 on
                 his
                 face
                 and
                 prayed
                 .
              
               In
               Marke
               it
               is
               said
               ;
               
                 hee
                 fell
                 downe
                 to
                 the
              
               
               
                 ground
                 and
                 prayed
              
               .
               In
               Luke
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               
                 he
                 kneeled
                 downe
              
               
               
                 and
                 prayed
              
               .
            
             
               The
               word
               vsed
               by
               Mathew
               is
               the
               selfe-same
               which
               Luke
               vseth
               to
               expresse
               the
               gesture
               that
               Christ
               had
               when
               hee
               instituted
               the
               holy
               Communion
               ,
               where
               it
               is
               said
               :
               
                 When
                 the
                 houre
                 was
                 come
              
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 he
                 fell
                 downe
              
               .
               
            
             
               By
               these
               diuers
               words
               of
               the
               Euangelists
               ,
               the
               one
               vsing
               the
               word
               of
               Kneeling
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               of
               falling
               downe
               ,
               we
               learne
               that
               both
               kneeling
               and
               falling
               downe
               ,
               are
               agreeable
               to
               Christs
               gesture
               .
            
             
             
               Christ
               exhorteth
               his
               Disciples
               often
               to
               pray
               ,
               and
               teacheth
               them
               the
               forme
               of
               prayer
               ,
               which
               we
               call
               the
               Lords
               
               Prayer
               :
               but
               hee
               doth
               not
               prescribe
               any
               particular
               gesture
               of
               the
               body
               to
               be
               vsed
               when
               we
               pray
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               did
               leaue
               the
               gesture
               to
               be
               obserued
               according
               to
               the
               order
               and
               custome
               of
               the
               Church
               .
            
             
               Wee
               are
               commanded
               by
               Saint
               Paul
               to
               examine
               our
               
               selues
               before
               wee
               participate
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               :
               for
               if
               we
               doe
               not
               so
               ,
               we
               are
               guiltie
               of
               Christs
               death
               ,
               and
               wee
               eate
               our
               owne
               condemnation
               .
            
             
               This
               examination
               of
               our selues
               consists
               in
               the
               confession
               of
               our
               sinnes
               ,
               and
               sorrow
               of
               our
               hearts
               ,
               with
               a
               desire
               to
               abstaine
               from
               them
               ,
               with
               humble
               prayers
               to
               God
               the
               Father
               through
               Christ
               Iesus
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               grant
               vs
               true
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               his
               grace
               to
               abstaine
               from
               our
               sins
               ,
               that
               his
               holy
               Communion
               may
               be
               vnto
               vs
               ,
               an
               Antidote
               and
               medicine
               to
               purge
               vs
               of
               all
               the
               spirituall
               poyson
               of
               sinne
               and
               corruption
               ,
               that
               wee
               be
               not
               guilty
               of
               Christs
               death
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               eate
               not
               vnworthily
               to
               our
               owne
               condemnation
               .
            
             
               Seeing
               that
               in
               all
               this
               tryall
               of
               our selues
               before
               the
               Communion
               ,
               prayers
               and
               repentance
               is
               to
               be
               vsed
               :
               and
               the
               gesture
               of
               prayer
               is
               kneeling
               ,
               as
               wee
               haue
               already
               proued
               by
               Christs
               example
               ,
               it
               followeth
               ,
               that
               the
               gesture
               of
               kneeling
               is
               the
               most
               conuenient
               and
               agreeable
               to
               Christs
               owne
               gesture
               .
            
             
               This
               gesture
               of
               kneeling
               in
               prayers
               continued
               in
               the
               Apostles
               time
               :
               for
               the
               holy
               Martyr
               S.
               Steuen
               being
               to
               
               receiue
               (
               according
               to
               the
               interpretation
               of
               his
               name
               )
               the
               crowne
               of
               Martyrdome
               ,
               in
               yeeelding
               vp
               the
               Ghost
               ,
               hee
               did
               pray
               kneeling
               .
               When
               S.
               Peter
               did
               raise
               the
               Widdow
               
               Tabitha
               from
               death
               ,
               he
               did
               pray
               kneeling
               .
               S.
               Paul
               after
               a
               long
               exhortation
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               the
               Ephesians
               ,
               taking
               
               his
               last
               leaue
               of
               them
               made
               them
               pray
               with
               him
               kneeling
               :
               so
               did
               he
               in
               taking
               his
               leaue
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Tyrus
               .
               
            
             
               Kneeling
               is
               taken
               often
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               for
               the
               worship
               of
               God
               :
               and
               S.
               Paul
               to
               the
               Romanes
               by
               the
               bowing
               
               of
               the
               knee
               to
               Baal
               ,
               doth
               vnderstand
               the
               worshipping
               of
               Baal
               .
               And
               to
               the
               Philippians
               ,
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               all
               knees
               shall
               
               bowe
               to
               the
               name
               of
               Iesus
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               shall
               worship
               Iesus
               ,
               as
               a
               true
               God.
               
            
             
               The
               celebration
               of
               the
               Communion
               is
               the
               most
               notable
               action
               of
               our
               Christian
               Religion
               :
               for
               ,
               in
               it
               the
               effect
               of
               all
               other
               things
               is
               applyed
               to
               vs
               ,
               and
               therein
               is
               represented
               Gods
               blessings
               ,
               as
               the
               preaching
               of
               the
               Gospell
               ,
               prayers
               ,
               inuocations
               ,
               thankesgiuings
               ;
               and
               lastly
               ,
               the
               very
               death
               of
               Christ
               therein
               is
               represented
               ,
               which
               doth
               worke
               in
               vs
               ,
               by
               the
               participation
               of
               this
               holy
               Communion
               .
               Therefore
               seeing
               kneeling
               in
               the
               Scripture
               signifieth
               the
               worship
               of
               God
               ,
               it
               followeth
               that
               it
               is
               the
               most
               conuenient
               gesture
               of
               our
               body
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               be
               vsed
               in
               this
               holy
               action
               .
            
             
               The
               gesture
               of
               standing
               in
               the
               time
               of
               prayer
               ,
               all
               the
               dayes
               betweene
               Easter
               and
               Penticost
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               the
               Sundayes
               of
               the
               yeere
               ,
               did
               beginne
               in
               the
               Primatiue
               Church
               in
               the
               commemoration
               of
               Christs
               Resurrection
               .
               The
               first
               mention
               that
               we
               read
               thereof
               is
               in
               a
               Tertullian
               ,
               who
               doth
               relate
               it
               to
               be
               an
               ancient
               custome
               ,
               his
               words
               are
               these
               :
               
                 Wee
                 esteeme
                 it
                 an
                 unlawfull
                 thing
                 to
                 fast
                 on
                 Sunday
                 ;
                 or
                 to
                 pray
                 in
                 kneeling
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Beatus
                 Renanus
              
               b
               ,
               in
               his
               notes
               vpon
               these
               words
               ,
               saith
               ;
               
                 it
                 appertaineth
                 to
                 a
                 penitent
                 man
                 to
                 pray
                 on
                 his
                 knees
                 ,
                 but
                 hee
                 that
                 prayeth
                 standing
                 ,
                 giueth
                 thankes
                 ,
                 as
                 hauing
                 obtained
                 forgiuenesse
                 .
              
            
             
               Cyprian
               c
               ,
               disciple
               to
               Tertullian
               ,
               saith
               ;
               
                 Beloued
                 brethren
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 stand
                 at
                 prayer
                 ,
                 we
                 should
                 be
                 awaked
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 all
                 our
                 hearts
                 bend
                 our selues
                 in
                 our
                 prayers
                 towards
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               Wherefore
               wee
               may
               gather
               that
               standing
               was
               then
               in
               vse
               ,
               partly
               ,
               for
               to
               auoid
               sleeping
               ,
               because
               the
               Christians
               made
               their
               assemblies
               in
               the
               night
               ,
               during
               the
               time
               of
               their
               great
               persecutions
               .
            
             
               This
               custome
               was
               long
               after
               continued
               :
               for
               the
               20.
               
               d
               Canon
               of
               the
               Nicean
               Councill
               doth
               enioyne
               an
               vniformitie
               of
               standing
               at
               prayers
               ,
               to
               be
               kept
               in
               all
               Churches
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Basilius
                 Magnus
                 ,
                 lib.
                 de
                 sancto
                 spiritu
                 ,
              
               doth
               relate
               this
               custome
               of
               standing
               at
               prayers
               ,
               amongst
               the
               ancient
               traditions
               receiued
               in
               the
               Church
               for
               a
               long
               time
               :
               hee
               giueth
               the
               reason
               of
               standing
               ,
               and
               saith
               ;
               e
               
                 Because
                 wee
                 are
                 risen
                 againe
                 together
                 with
                 Christ
                 ,
                 wee
                 ought
                 to
                 seeke
                 after
                 those
                 things
                 that
                 be
                 aboue
                 :
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 ,
                 by
                 standing
                 at
                 prayers
                 ,
                 wee
                 admonish
                 our selues
                 ,
                 by
                 this
                 vpright
                 gesture
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 grace
                 which
                 we
                 haue
                 receiued
                 by
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Moreouer
              
               (
               saith
               
                 Basilius
                 )
                 when
                 we
                 doe
                 bowe
                 our
                 knees
                 ,
                 and
                 life
                 our selues
                 vp
                 againe
                 ,
                 we
                 doe
                 shew
                 by
                 this
                 fact
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 were
                 fallen
                 downe
                 to
                 the
                 earth
                 by
                 sinne
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 lifted
                 vp
                 againe
                 to
                 heauen
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 humanitie
                 of
                 him
                 who
                 did
                 create
                 vs.
                 
              
            
             
               This
               custome
               was
               in
               Hieromes
               dayes
               ,
               who
               relates
               it
               among
               the
               Traditions
               of
               the
               Church
               :
               and
               f
               Austine
               giueth
               a
               reason
               of
               it
               ,
               in
               these
               words
               following
               :
               
                 In
                 the
                 dayes
                 of
                 Pentecost
              
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               fiftie
               dayes
               betweene
               Easter
               and
               Whitsunday
               )
               
                 which
                 are
                 celebrated
                 after
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 ,
                 are
                 now
                 a
                 figure
                 ,
                 not
                 of
                 labour
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 rest
                 and
                 ioy
                 :
                 and
                 for
                 this
                 cause
                 ,
                 in
                 these
                 dayes
                 wee
                 vse
                 no
                 fasting
                 ,
                 and
                 wee
                 pray
                 standing
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 signe
                 of
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 .
                 Of
                 this
                 it
                 comes
                 to
                 passe
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 same
                 custome
                 is
                 obserued
                 all
                 the
                 Sundayes
                 in
                 the
                 yeere
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Altar
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               gesture
               of
               kneeling
               was
               not
               abused
               in
               the
               olde
               Masse
               ,
               for
               to
               adore
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               as
               the
               Papists
               erroniously
               doe
               in
               our
               age
               :
               but
               when
               the
               Priest
               and
               the
               people
               g
               did
               receiue
               the
               consecrated
               bread
               and
               wine
               ,
               which
               was
               distributed
               amongst
               all
               them
               that
               were
               there
               present
               to
               communicate
               ;
               then
               they
               kneeled
               downe
               and
               did
               pray
               to
               God
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               forme
               of
               Prayer
               expressed
               in
               in
               the
               Booke
               ,
               
                 De
                 diuinis
                 officijs
                 Missae
              
               ,
               which
               is
               Printed
               at
               Paris
               ,
               
                 Anno
                 Dom.
              
               1610.
               the
               which
               prayer
               is
               in
               our
               English
               Communion
               Booke
               .
            
             
               Augustine
               doth
               not
               expresse
               the
               forme
               of
               this
               prayer
               ,
               
               only
               he
               saith
               ,
               h
               
                 We
                 take
              
               ,
               (
               the
               words
               of
               S.
               Paul.
               1
               Tim.
               2.
               2
               )
               
                 precations
                 or
                 supplications
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 those
                 which
                 wee
                 make
                 in
                 the
                 celebration
                 of
                 the
                 Sacraments
                 ,
                 before
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 on
                 the
                 Lords
                 Table
                 be
                 blessed
                 ,
                 and
                 oration
                 and
                 prayers
                 to
                 be
                 when
                 it
              
               (
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               bread
               )
               
                 is
                 blessed
                 and
                 sanctified
                 ,
                 and
                 broken
                 in
                 pieces
                 to
                 be
                 distributed
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 which
                 Petitions
                 the
                 whole
                 Church
                 doth
                 conclude
                 with
                 the
                 Lords
                 Prayer
                 .
              
            
             
               They
               that
               doe
               refuse
               to
               kneele
               at
               the
               Communion
               ,
               doe
               not
               refuse
               kneeling
               in
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               ,
               which
               is
               said
               in
               the
               Communion
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               see
               no
               reason
               why
               they
               should
               refuse
               the
               one
               ,
               and
               embrace
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               The
               forme
               of
               the
               celebration
               of
               the
               old
               Masse
               ,
               vvas
               called
               before
               
                 Carolus
                 Magnus
              
               time
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               time
               ,
               
                 Ordo
                 Romanus
              
               ,
               the
               which
               is
               published
               in
               sundry
               manners
               in
               the
               fore-said
               Booke
               
                 De
                 diuinis
                 Officijs
              
               ,
               together
               with
               
                 Rabanus
                 Maurus
                 ,
                 Amalarius
                 Walafridus
              
               ,
               who
               did
               liue
               
                 Anno
                 Dom.
              
               855.
               and
               haue
               all
               written
               the
               forme
               ,
               order
               ,
               and
               manner
               of
               the
               old
               Masse
               ,
               they
               doe
               expresse
               the
               standing
               in
               a
               great
               part
               of
               that
               holy
               action
               ,
               but
               they
               make
               no
               mention
               of
               the
               Prayer
               vsed
               before
               the
               actuall
               receiuing
               of
               the
               Communion
               .
            
             
               
                 Iohannes
                 Micrologus
              
               i
               ,
               who
               did
               write
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Gregory
               the
               seauenth
               ,
               as
               hee
               himselfe
               testifieth
               in
               the
               seauenteenth
               Chap.
               
                 De
                 officijs
                 Missae
              
               ,
               which
               was
               
                 anno
                 Dom.
              
               1080.
               doth
               expresse
               the
               said
               Prayer
               performed
               in
               kneeling
               ,
               in
               the
               18.
               
               Chapter
               ,
               where
               hee
               saith
               ,
               that
               after
               the
               breaking
               of
               the
               bread
               all
               should
               communicate
               ,
               that
               the
               Prayer
               which
               wee
               doe
               say
               kneeling
               ,
               before
               wee
               take
               the
               Communion
               ,
               we
               haue
               it
               not
               from
               the
               Romane
               order
               ,
               but
               from
               some
               religious
               Tradition
               .
               Of
               the
               which
               Prayer
               Micrologus
               hath
               onely
               the
               beginning
               ,
               but
               
                 Rodolphus
                 de
                 rino
                 ,
                 Decanus
              
               ,
               who
               did
               liue
               1400.
               yeeres
               after
               Christ
               ,
               doth
               
               expresse
               this
               holy
               prayer
               :
               his
               words
               are
               the
               selfe-same
               which
               Micrologus
               hath
               ,
               that
               is
               :
               
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 the
                 will
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 cooperation
                 of
                 the
                 holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 hast
                 restored
                 to
                 life
                 ,
                 by
                 thine
                 owne
                 death
                 ,
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 deliuer
                 me
                 from
                 all
                 my
                 iniquities
                 and
                 transgressions
                 ,
                 through
                 this
                 thy
                 holy
              
               
               
                 body
                 and
                 bloud
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 me
                 to
                 cleaue
                 fast
                 to
                 thy
                 Commandements
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 neuer
                 to
                 depart
                 from
                 thee
                 ,
                 who
                 liuest
                 and
                 raignest
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               And
               when
               hee
               doth
               distribute
               the
               Eucharist
               ,
               he
               saith
               ;
               
                 the
                 body
                 and
                 bloud
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 Iesu
                 Christ
                 may
                 profit
                 thee
                 to
                 eternall
                 life
                 ,
              
               Amen
               .
               All
               ought
               to
               communicate
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               meane
               while
               an
               Antheme
               ,
               which
               borrowed
               the
               name
               from
               the
               Communion
               ,
               is
               sung
               .
            
             
               By
               these
               last
               testimonies
               euery
               man
               may
               learne
               two
               things
               :
               the
               one
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               old
               Masse
               in
               Micrologus
               and
               Rodolphus
               time
               ,
               was
               altogether
               like
               vnto
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               therefore
               that
               the
               new
               Romane
               Masse
               ,
               wherein
               there
               is
               no
               Communion
               ,
               is
               not
               the
               true
               ,
               but
               a
               false
               supposed
               Masse
               ,
               newly
               inuented
               by
               the
               Gray-Fryers
               ,
               as
               (
               God-willing
               )
               we
               are
               amplie
               to
               proue
               by
               a
               Treatise
               vpon
               the
               said
               matter
               .
               The
               other
               point
               is
               ,
               that
               wee
               learne
               by
               the
               last
               testimonie
               ,
               that
               kneeling
               
               at
               the
               receiuing
               of
               the
               Communion
               did
               beginne
               with
               the
               said
               forme
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               the
               which
               is
               an
               inuocation
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               not
               an
               inuocation
               of
               the
               host
               of
               the
               Masse
               ,
               which
               is
               an
               abhominable
               Idolatry
               ,
               &
               therefore
               the
               Bishops
               and
               holy
               Martyrs
               of
               the
               church
               of
               England
               ,
               in
               reforming
               of
               the
               Popish
               Idolatry
               of
               the
               new
               Masse
               ,
               did
               restore
               the
               true
               old
               Masse
               ,
               which
               is
               our
               Communion
               ,
               and
               did
               well
               to
               
               retaine
               the
               gesture
               of
               kneeling
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               in
               the
               old
               Masse
               of
               the
               Communion
               ,
               and
               although
               the
               Papists
               doe
               abuse
               kneeling
               in
               the
               Idolatrous
               adoration
               of
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               it
               was
               lawfully
               restored
               to
               the
               inuocation
               of
               God
               by
               Christ
               ,
               in
               the
               receiuing
               of
               the
               Communion
               ,
               euen
               as
               Christ
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               the
               Christians
               in
               the
               primatiue
               Church
               did
               vse
               ,
               it
               is
               also
               manifest
               ,
               as
               well
               by
               the
               testimonies
               of
               the
               first
               These
               ,
               as
               by
               this
               ,
               that
               neyther
               Prayer
               nor
               the
               Communion
               ,
               nor
               any
               other
               religious
               Action
               was
               performed
               in
               sitting
               after
               the
               manner
               of
               our
               Country
               .
               Wherefore
               they
               that
               refuse
               to
               receiue
               the
               Communion
               ,
               vnlesse
               they
               receiue
               it
               sitting
               ,
               haue
               no
               warrant
               ,
               neyther
               by
               the
               example
               of
               Christ
               ,
               nor
               by
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               nor
               by
               the
               Primatiue
               Church
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A01917-e340
           
             a
             Herod
             .
             
               ibidem
               boues
               mares
               cosdemque
               mundos
               ac
               vitulos
               vniuersi
               Egyptij
               immolāt
               :
               at
               faeminas
               eis
               immolare
               non
               licet
               ,
               vtpote
            
             Isidi
             
               consecratas
               ,
               nam
            
             Isidis
             
               simulacrum
               muliebre
               est
               ,
               Bubulis
               praeditum
               cornibus
               ,
               quemadmodum
            
             10
             
               Grae●i
               describunt
               .
               Bouesque
               faeminas
               omnes
               itidem
               Egiptij
               venerantur
               ex
               omnibus
               pecudibus
               longe
               plurimum
               .
            
          
           
             b
             Diod.
             Sic.
             lib.
             1
             
               rerum
               antiquarū
               de
            
             Iside
             
               scribit
               ,
               illam
               fuisse
               filiam
            
             Saturni
             ,
             &
             Rheae
             Osiridis
             
               sororem
               atque
               vxorē
               fuisse
               ,
               &
               eandem
               cum
            
             Cerete
             
               quae
               primum
               inuenerit
               Triticum
               &
               Hordenm
               ,
               hominibus
               prius
               incognita
               .
            
          
           
             c
             Ego
             Isis
             
               sum
               Egipti
               Regina
               ,
               à
            
             Mercurio
             
               erudita
               ,
               quae
               ego
               legibus
               statui
               ,
               nullus
               soluet
               ;
               ego
               sum
               prima
               frugū
               inuentrix
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             d
             Plutar.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             e
             
               Herodot
               .
               lib.
               2
               
                 Enter
                 .
                 Sacerdotes
                 tertio
                 quoque
                 die
                 totum
                 corpus
                 eradunt
                 ,
                 ne
                 quis
                 pediculus
                 Deos
                 colentibus
                 ,
                 aut
                 alia
                 sordes
                 creetur
                 .
              
            
             
               Ibid.
               
                 Vestem
                 tantummodo
                 lineam
                 gestant
              
               .
            
             
               Ouid.
               
                 Nunc
                 dea
                 linigera
                 colitur
                 celeberrima
                 turba
                 .
              
            
             
               Iuuenal
               .
               
                 Qui
                 Grege
                 linigero
                 circundatus
              
               .
            
             
               Ouid.
               Inachis
               
                 ante
                 thorū
                 pompa
                 comitata
                 Sacrorum
                 ,
                 aut
                 stetit
                 ,
                 aut
                 visa
                 est
                 ,
                 inerant
                 lunaria
                 fronticornua
                 cum
                 spicis
                 nitido
                 fulgentibus
                 auro
                 .
              
            
          
           
             f
             Theodoretus
             
               lib.
               de
               curatione
               graecorum
               ,
               sermone
            
             7.
             
               ait
               ,
               Israelem
               longinquum
               tempus
               in
               Egipto
               versatum
               .
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Prauisque
               moribus
               illius
               regionis
               imbutum
               ,
               ab
               Egipt
               ijsque
               perdoctum
               Idolis
               ac
               Daemonibus
               hostias
               immolare
               ,
               lud
               is
               praeterea
               ,
               choreisque
               assuetum
               ac
               Musicis
               Organis
               obl●ctari
               ,
               iamque
               in
               harum
               rerum
               habitu
               constitutum
               ,
               liberare
               Deus
               desiderans
               ,
               sacrificare
               quidem
               permisit
               ,
               non
               tamen
               omnia
               ,
               neque
               falsis
               Egiptiorum
               dijs
               ,
               sed
               sibi
               soli
               ac
               vero
               Deo
               Egiptiorū
               deos
               sacrificium
               victimāque
               offerre
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             g
             Dan.
             5.
             2.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             h
             Esdr
             .
             1.
             7.
             8.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Euseb
               Hist
               .
               Cap.
            
             23.
             
             Pag.
             19.
             
          
           
             i
             Euseb
             .
             
               Eccles
               .
               hist
               .
               lib.
            
             3.
             cap.
             25
             Ioannes
             
               qui
               suprapectus
               Domini
               recubuit
            
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Vide
             Iulium
             Pollucem
             
               in
               Ommastico
               ,
               in
               voce
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               non
               potest
               hic
               sumi
               pro
               lamina
               ,
               quia
               solu●
               summus
               Sacerdos
               illam
               gestabat
               .
            
          
           
             k
             Clem.
             Al.
             
               Pae-dag
               .
               lib.
            
             2.
             cap.
             10
             
               Reijciendae
               quoque
               sunt
               vestimenti
               tincturae
               ,
               &c.
               atque
               eos
               quidem
               qui
               sunt
               candidi
               ,
               &
               non
               intus
               adulterini
               candidis
               ,
               &
               minime
               cariosis
               ac
               operosis
               vestibus
               vti
               est
               conuenientissimum
               ,
               &c.
               quocirca
            
             Cęum
             Sophistam
             
               iure
               approbo
               ,
               qui
               virtutis
               &
               improbitatis
               aptas
               describit
               imagines
               :
               quarum
               hanc
               quidem
               fecit
               simpliciter
               stantem
               ,
               candidae
               veste
               indulam
               et
               purā
               ,
               nempe
               virtutem
               ,
               sola
               verecundiae
               ornatam
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             *
             Dan.
             7.
             
             Clemens
             Alex.
             
               Paed.
               lib.
            
             3.
             
             C.
             11.
             
             
               Illud
               autem
               memoria
               maxime
               tenendum
               est
               ,
               quod
               sanctè
               dictum
               est
               ,
               conuersationē
               vestram
               in
               Gentibus
               habentes
               honestam
               ,
               vt
               in
               quo
               de
               vobis
               male
               loquuntur
               ,
               tanquam
               maleficis
               ,
               ex
               honest
               is
               ●●ribus
               suspicientes
               Deum
               glorificent
               .
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             &
             
               c.
               Nobis
               ergo
               concedit
               Paedagogus
               frugali
               veste
               vti
               ,
               albo
               〈◊〉
               &c.
               Albi
               vero
               colores
               honestati
               conueniunt
               ,
               &c.
               Congruunt
               autem
               vestes
               aetat●
               personis
               ,
               ●guris
               ,
               naturae
               ,
               studijs
               .
            
          
           
             l
             Tertul.
             
               de
               resurrect
               .
               carnis
               .
               Si
               famulum
               tuum
               libertate
               mutaueris
               ,
               &
               vestis
               albae
               nitore
               ,
               &
               annuli
               aurei
               honore
               ,
               &
               patroni
               nomine
               ,
               ac
               tribu
               ,
               mensaque
               honoratur
               ,
               ob
               hanc
               causam
               albis
               vestibus
               induebantur
               baptizati
               ,
               quo
               meminissent
               ,
               se
               iam
               manumissos
               .
            
          
           
             Euseb
             .
             
               Hist.
               lib.
            
             10.
             cap.
             4.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Paulinus
             .
             
               Ducit
               de
               fonte
               Sacerdos
               infantes
               niuios
               corpore
               ,
               corde
               ,
               animo
               .
            
          
           
             
               Septimana
               in
               albis
               ,
               vide
               capitula
            
             Carol.
             Maxim.
             
               anno
               Dom.
            
             800.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Puluinaria
               dicebantur
               lectis
               i
               Dijs
               dedicati
               ,
               in
               quibus
               ill
               ●umsimula●ra
               solebant
               reclinari
               ,
               in
               hac
               significatione
               vtitur
            
             Cicero
             
               in
               Orat
               pro
               domo
               sua
            
             .
          
           
             b
             Liu●o
             ,
             
               Dicuntur
               lectisternia
               ,
               cum
               sacr●rū
               gratia
               lecti
               in
               Temples
               ster●
               bantur
               ad
               discumbendū
               in
               Epulo
               publico
               .
            
          
           
             c
             Virg.
             Aenei
             .
             1
             
               Aulaeis
               iam
               se
               regina
               superbis
               .
               Aurea
               composuit
               sponda
               mediamque
               locauit
               .
               Iam
               pater
            
             Aeneas
             ,
             &
             
               iam
               Troiana
               ●uentus
               Conueniant
               :
               stratoque
               super
               discumbitur
               Ostro
               ,
               &c.
            
             (
             paulo
             post
             .
             )
             
               Nec
               non
            
             &
             Tirij
             
               perlimina
               laeta
               frequentis
               ,
               Conuenê●e
               Toris
               uissi
               discumbere
               pictis
               .
            
          
           
             d
             Seruius
             
               in
               vocem
               sponda
               .
               Stipadia
               ,
               inquit
               ,
               antiqui
               non
               habebant
               ,
               sed
               stratis
               tribus
               lectis
               epulaba●tur
               .
               Vnde
               Triclinium
               dicitur
               .
            
          
           
             Sic
             Luc.
             cap.
             22.
             
             
               Locum
               vbi
               Christus
               celebrauit
               vltimam
               Caenam
               ,
               vocat
               ,
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               Caenaculum
               stratum
            
             .
          
           
             Liuius
             libro
             5.
             
               in
               Capitolio
               (
               inquit
               )
               Stratis
               tribus
               lectis
               ,
               conuiuiū
               opponebatur
               tribus
               Dijs
               ,
            
             Ioui
             ,
             Iunoni
             ,
             &
             Mineruae
             :
             Iupiter
             ,
             
               id
               est
            
             ,
             Iouis
             ,
             
               simulacrū
               sternebatur
               in
               lectulo
               recubans
            
             .
             Iuno
             et
             Minerua
             
               in
               sellis
               çonsidebant
               ,
               sed
               appositis
               epulis
               non
               ipsi
               ,
               sed
               septem
               epulones
               fimbantur
               .
            
          
           
             Et
             Isidorus
             ,
             libro
             20.
             cap.
             11.
             
             
               Apud
               veteres
               inquit
               ,
               non
               eraet
               vsus
               accumbendi
               ,
               vnde
               &
               considera
               dicebantur
               :
               Postea
               ,
               vt
            
             Varro
             
               ait
               de
               vita
               Populi
               Romani
               viri
               ,
               discumbere
               coeperunt
               ,
               mulieres
               sedere
               :
               quia
               turpis
               visus
               est
               in
               muliere
               accubitus
               ,
               haec
               ille
               ,
               cum
               quo
               consentit
            
             Valer.
             Maximus
             lib.
             2.
             cap.
             1.
             
             
               Vbitamen
               not
               at
               posterioribus
               temporibus
               mulieres
               etiam
               ,
               contramorem
               maiorum
               cum
               viris
               accumbere
               coepisse
               .
               Vide
            
             Iustum
             Lipsium
             libro
             3.
             
             
               Antiquarum
               lectionum
            
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             e
             Baal
             Baith
             ,
             
               Paterfamiliaes
               vino
               benedicit
               〈…〉
               ,
               sestumque
               seu
               decet
               ,
               initiat
               hoc
               pacto
               ,
               poculum
               suum
               quilibet
               euacuat
               ,
               sese
               in
               sinistram
               ,
               super
               puluinos
               isios
               sericos
               ,
               tanquam
               Baro
               quidam
               reclinans
               .
               Et
               post
               pauca
               ,
               cum
               comederunt
               ,
               Paterfamilias
               de
               Placenta
               paululum
               mandit
               ,
               reliqui●que
               frustulum
               de
               eadem
               imp●rtit
               ,
               hic
               vrbane
               sese
               in
               latus
               sinistrum
               inclinant
               ,
               manus
               lauant
               ,
               vnicuique
               Poculū
               vino
               implent
               ,
               i●●letum
               ●●x
               cuacuant
               ,
               &
               〈◊〉
               p●culum
               benedictis
               ,
               est
               tert●um
               〈◊〉
               deinde
               act●●
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             20.
             21
             
          
           
             Cap.
             39.
             
          
           
             a
             Ignat.
             
               Epist
               .
               ad
               .
               Smyr
            
             .
             Euseb
             .
             
               Hist
               .
               eccl
               .
               lib.
            
             5.
             cap.
             30.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             b
             Plinij
             2.
             
               verba
               epist
               .
               ad
            
             Traian
             .
             
               Quòd
               essent
               soliti
               Christiani
               stato
               die
               ante
               lucem
               conuenire
               :
               carmenque
               Christo
               quasi
               Deo
               dicere
               secum
               inuicem
               ,
               seque
               Sacramento
               non
               in
               scelus
               obstringere
               ;
               sed
               ne
               furta
               ,
               ne
               latrocinia
               ,
               ne
               adulteria
               ,
               committerent
               ,
               ne
               fidem
               fallerent
               ,
               ne
               depositū
               appellati
               abnegarent
               :
               quibus
               peractis
               ,
               morem
               sibi
               discedendi
               fuisse
               ,
               rursusque
               conueniendi
               ad
               capiendum
               cibum
               promiscuum
               ,
               tamen
               &
               in
               noxium
               .
            
          
           
             c
             Tertul.
             
               de
               corona
               militis
               .
               Eucharistiae
               Sacramentū
               in
               tempore
               victus
               ,
               in
               omnibus
               mandatum
               à
               Domino
               ,
               etiam
               antelucanis
               caetibus
               ,
               nec
               de
               aliorum
               manu
               ,
               quàm
               de
               Praesidentium
               sumimus
               .
            
          
           
             d
             Tertul.
             
               in
               Apologet
               .
               cap.
            
             39.
             
             
               Nam
               &
               Caenas
               nostras
               praeterquam
               sceleris
               infames
               ,
               vt
               prodigas
               quoque
               suggillatis
               ,
               &c.
               
               Sola
               Triclinia
               Christianorū
               retractantur
               :
               Caena
               nostra
               de
               nomine
               rationem
               sui
               ostendit
               ;
               vocatur
               enim
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               Id
               quod
               dilectio
               penes
               Graecos
               est
               :
               quantiseunque
               sumptibus
               constet
               lucrum
               ,
               est
               pietatis
               nomine
               facere
               sumptus
               :
               Siquidem
               inopes
               quoque
               refrigerio
               isto
               iuuamus
               ,
               &c.
               
               Non
               prius
               discumbitur
               ,
               quàm
               oratio
               ad
               Deum
               praegustetur
               :
               editur
               quantum
               esurientes
               capiunt
               :
               bibitur
               quantum
               pudicis
               est
               vtile
               :
               ita
               saturantur
               ,
               vt
               qui
               meminerint
               etiam
               per
               noctem
               adorandum
               Deum
               sibi
               esse
               :
               Ita
               fabulantur
               ,
               vt
               sciant
               Dominum
               audire
               ,
               post
               aquam
               manualem
               ,
               &
               lumina
               ,
               vt
               quisque
               de
               Scripturis
               sanctis
               ,
               vel
               de
               proprio
               ingenio
               potest
               ,
               prouocatur
               in
               medium
               Deo
               canere
               ,
               hinc
               probatur
               ,
               quomodo
               biberit
               aque
               oratio
               conuiuium
               dirimit
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             e
             Tertul.
             
               de
               corona
               militis
               Eucharistiae
               Sacramentū
               in
               tempore
               victus
               sumimus
               .
            
          
           
             f
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             365
             
          
           
             g
             Theod.
             
               Hist.
               lib.
            
             3.
             cap.
             14.
             
          
           
             h
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             i
             
               Concil
               .
               Loadic
               .
               Can.
            
             28.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             k
             Ren.
             in
             Tert.
             
               de
               corona
               militis
               .
               Verisimile
               tamen
               est
               Christianos
               in
               die
               Caenae
               Domini
               ,
               Conuiuium
               simulin
               Templo
               celebrasse
               ,
               cuius
               rei
               certa
               sunt
               apud
               nos
               vestigia
               :
               Nam
            
             Tertuilianus
             
               in
               libro
               ad
               vxorem
               ,
               de
               ethnico
               verba
               faciens
               ,
               cuius
               vxor
               sit
               Christiana
               :
               quis
               denique
               (
               inquit
               )
               solennibus
               Pasche
               obnoctantem
               vxorem
               securus
               sustinebit
               ?
               quis
               ad
               conuiuiunt
               Dominicum
               illud
               ,
               quod
               infamant
               (
               scilicet
               Ethnici
               )
               fine
               sua
               suspitione
               dimittet
               ?
               Docet
               in
               Apologetico
               frequenter
               Christianos
               simul
               Caenitare
               consuenisse
               ,
               quod
               genus
               Agapen
               vocatum
               tradidit
               .
            
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             33.
             
          
           
             l
             Socrat.
             
               Hist
               .
               Eccl.
               lib.
            
             5.
             ca.
             21
             
               Egiptij
               vicini
               Alexandriae
               ,
               &
               qui
               Thebaida
               incolunt
               .
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             m
             Concil
             .
             African
             .
             Vt
             Sacramentum
             altaris
             non
             nisi
             à
             ieiunis
             hominibus
             celebretur
             ,
             exceptovno
             die
             anniuersari●
             ,
             quo
             Caena
             Domini
             celebratur
             .
          
           
             n
             Aug.
             ad
             ●an
             .
             Epist
             .
             118.
             
             
               In
               quibusdam
               (
               inquit
               )
               locis
               vbi
               maior
               &
               feruentior
               erat
               populus
               De●
               ,
               qui●●a
               Sabbat●
               bebdomade
               vltimae
               Quadra
               .
               gesimae
               ,
               &
               manè
               ,
               &
               ad
               vesperum
               ,
               alijs
               autem
               in
               loeis
               in
               fine
               tantùm
               diei
               mos
               erat
               offerre
               .
            
          
           
             o
             Cap.
             16.
             
             
               In
               Bracarensi
               Concilio
               ,
               collecto
               in
               Hispania
               Anno
               Dom
            
             600
             
               praecipitur
               à
               ●eiunis
               missas
               tenere
               caenae
               Dominicae
               hora
               nona
               .
            
          
           
             p
             Gratian.
             
               de
               consec
               .
               dist
            
             1.
             
               citat
               canonem
               Concilij
               Cabileonensis
               collecti
               in
               Gallijs
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             654.
             
               auditis
               M●ssar●●
               solenni●us
               et
               vespertinis
               officijs
               ,
               &
               largitis
               Eleemosiuis
               ad
               cibum
               accedendum
               est
               .
            
          
           
             q
             Walafridus
             ,
             
               qui
               vixit
               anno
               Dom
            
             900.
             
               in
               libro
               de
               rebus
               Eccles
               .
               cap.
            
             1.
             
             
               Tempus
               Missū
               faciendae
               secundum
               rationem
               solennitatum
               diuersum
               est
               .
               Interdum
               ●●im
               ante
               meridiem
               ,
               interdum
               circa
               nonam
               ,
               aliquando
               ad
               vesperum
               ,
               interdum
               noctu
               celebratur
               .
            
          
           
             Deut.
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             27.
             12.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             95.
             6
             ,
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             6.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             8.
             55.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             6.
             5.
             
          
           
             Luke
             18.
             13.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Marke
             11.
             25.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             26.
             37.
             38.
             
          
           
             Marke
             14.
             35.
             
          
           
             Luke
             22.
             41.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             22.
             14.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             6.
             9.
             
             Luke
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             27.
             28
             29.
             
          
           
             Acts
             7.
             60.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             9
             ,
             ver
             40.
             
          
           
             Chap
             20.
             v.
             36.
             
          
           
             &
             Chap.
             21
             v.
             5
             ●
             Kings
             19
             10.
             
             Rom.
             11.
             4.
             
          
           
             Philip.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             a
             Tertul.
             
               lib.
               de
               coron
               .
               milit
               .
               Die
               Dominico
               ie
               iunare
               nefas
               esse
               ducimus
               ,
               vel
               de
               geniculis
               adorare
               .
            
          
           
             b
             Beat.
             Ren.
             
               in
               annot
               .
               in
            
             Tertullianum
             .
             
               Geniculari
               in
               adorande
               velut
               penitentis
               est
               ,
               qui
               stans
               adorat
               ,
               iam
               veniam
               consequutus
               gratias
               agit
               .
            
          
           
             c
             Cyp.
             Ser.
             6.
             
               de
               orat
               .
               Dom.
               Quando
               stamus
               ad
               orationem
               ,
               sratres
               dilecti
               ,
               vigilare
               &
               incumbere
               ad
               preces
               toto
               corde
               debemus
               .
            
          
           
             d
             Can.
             20.
             1.
             
             
               Nic.
               concil
            
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             e
             Basil
             .
             
               lib.
               sanct
               spir
               .
               Ca.
            
             27.
             
             
               Non
               solum
               quod
               veluti
               cum
               Christo
               simul
               resuscitati
               ,
               qua
               sursum
               quaerere
               debeamus
               in
               die
               resurrectionis
               data
               nobis
               gratia
               stando
               precantes
               nos●●●tips●●
               commonifacimus
               coporis
               erecto
               habitu
               ,
               &c.
               
               Insuper
               ,
               quoties
               genua
               flectimus
               &
               rursus
               erigimur
               ,
               ipso
               facto
               est
               eudimus
               ,
               quod
               ob
               peccatum
               in
               terram
               dilaps●
               sumus
               ,
               &
               per
               humanitatem
               eiu●
               ,
               qui
               ereauit
               nos
               ,
               in
               coelum
               reuo●ati
               sumus
               .
            
          
           
             f
             Hierom.
             aduer
             .
             Lucifer
             .
          
           
             g
             August
             .
             Epist
             .
             119.
             ad
             Ian.
             cap.
             15.
             
             
               De
               diebus
               Pentecostes
               ,
               quae
               celebrantur
               post
               resurrectionē
               ,
               i
               am
               figura
               non
               labori●
               sed
               quietis
               &
               laetitia
               ,
               propter
               hoc
               &
               ieiunia
               relaxamus
               ,
               &
               stantes
               oramus
               ,
               quod
               est
               signum
               Resurrectionis
               :
               vnde
               etiam
               omnibus
               diebus
               Dominicis
               ad
               Altar●
               id
               obseruatur
               .
            
          
           
             h
             Aug.
             Tom.
             2.
             
             Epist
             .
             59.
             quest
             .
             5
             ad
             Paulinum
             .
             
               Precationes
               accipimus
               dictas
               ,
               quas
               facimus
               in
               celebratione
               Sacramentorū
               ,
               antequā
               illud
               quod
               est
               in
               Domini
               mēsa
               incipiat
               benedici
               :
               orationes
               cum
               benedicitur
               ,
               &
               sanctificatur
               ,
               &
               ad
               distribuendū
               comminuitur
               ,
               quam
               totam
               petitionem
               fere
               omnis
               Ecclesia
               dominica
               oratione
               concludit
               .
            
          
           
             i
             Io.
             Microl.
             
               de
               Offic.
               Missae
               .
               cap.
            
             18.
             
             
               Facta
               autem
               confractione
               omnes
               debent
               communicare
               ,
               &c.
               orationem
               quam
               inclinatidicimus
               antequam
               communicemus
               ,
               non
               ex
               ordin●
               ,
               sed
               ex
               religiosorum
               traditione
               habemus
               ,
               scilicet
               hanc
               Domine
               Iesu
               Christe
               qui
               ex
               voluntate
               patris
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Rodolphus
             
               de
               rino
               de
               Canon
               obseruantia
               repetit
               verba
            
             Micrologi
             ,
             
               &
               hanc
               precationem
               integrā
               habet
               his
               verbis
               :
               Domino
               Iesu
            
          
           
             Christe
             ,
             qui
             ex
             voiuntate
             Patris
             cooperāte
             Spiritu
             sancto
             ,
             per
             mortē
             propriam
             mundū
             viuificasti
             ,
             liberae
             me
             per
             hoc
             sacrosanctum
             corpus
             ,
             et
             sanguinem
             tuum
             ab
             omnibus
             iniquitatibus
             &
             malis
             meis
             ,
             &
             fac
             me
             tuis
             inhaerere
             mandatis
             ,
             et
             à
             te
             nunquam
             in
             perpetuum
             seperari
             ,
             qui
             cum
             Patre
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Cum
             distribuit
             Eucharistiā
             dicit
             :
             Corpus
             &
             Sanguis
             Domino
             nostri
             Iesu
             Christi
             proficiat
             tibi
             in
             vitam
             aeternā
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
           
             Omnes
             debent
             cōmunicare
             ,
             &
             interim
             cantatur
             Antiphora
             quae
             de
             Communione
             nomē
             mutuauit
             .
             Eaaē
             forma
             precationis
             habetur
             in
             Canone
             Missae
             ,
             inserto
             Missali
             ,
             secundum
             vsum
             Sarum
             .