B. 3. ch. 31. fitter to be feen in the House of Prayer, than at the Shops of Milliners and Sempftreffes. That St. John wore a Miter, is evidenced by EuB. 5. ch. 24. febius, who gives account that he wore a Plate of Fetalon. Gold, which you may fee defcribed, Exodus 28. 36. and is very agreeable to the Oeconomy of the Chrif tian Religion, which was planted to establish HoLINESS to the LORD. Who can read the ChaEccluf. 50. racter of Simon, the Son of Onias, without believing fome fuch Solemnity would become our Cathedrals, however plain our Worship might be allow'd in leffer Churches? That UNION is neceffary among Chriftians, and that Liturgies or Forms of Prayers are lawful, the two following Treatifes will make evident; but the Method for bringing about this Union I will not here prefume to lay down; that will better become the Labours of the Learned: But fure I am, that if proper Methods were purfued, Juch a godly Union might be contrived, as will fatisfy all or most Parties of Chriftians, fo as to leave different Customs and Ufages, different Liturgies and Services (as in the ancient Churches) and yet all may agree in the Effentials, both of Doctrine and Worship; following in indifferent Things the Rule of T. p. 229. St. Cyprian, judging none, and removing none from the Right of our Communion for his different Opinions, whereby we shall not incur the Cenfure of St. Clement, of being Contentious and Zealous about Matters that pertain not to Salvation. Edit. Oxon. Epift. ad Corinth. Edit. Oxon. 4to p. 58. 2 Chr. 34. 33. Cap. 35. 2. And I pray God raise up a JOSIAH, who may take away all our Abominations, and fet our Priefts in their Charges, and encourage them to the Service of the Houfe of the Lord. I I shall conclude all with the Prayer of that Re verend Prelate Dr. Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of Prec. private Winchester. GOD of Grace and Truth, establish "all that ftand in Grace and Truth, "reftore thofe that are feduced by Herefy or "Sin: O thou who art the wholefome De"fence of thine Anointed, remember thy Con"gregation whom thou haft purchased and "redeemed of old; let the Multitude of them "that Believe be of one Heart and one Soul. "O thou who walkeft in the midst of the gol"den Candlesticks, remove not our Candlestick "from its place; fet in order the Things that are wanting; ftrengthen the Things that remain, which thou art about to caft off, " and which are ready to perifh. O Lord of "the Harveft, fend forth worthy Labourers, or"dained by thy felf into thy Vineyard. O "thou who art the Lot of those who ferve in thy Temple, grant unto our Clergy, that they may rightly divide the Word of Truth, "and walk uprightly therein: Grant that "the beloved Flock of thy Son may obey "those that have the Rule over them, and "fubmit themfelves. Amen. Lord Jefus. So "be it. Gr. & Lat. Reverendi Reverendi Patris Lanc. Andrews Epifcopi Wintonienfis O qui in hoc mortuus es & refurrexifti, Viventium & mortuorum miferere, O Domine. Ibidem, p. 115. Memento, Domine Deus, Nobis autem exitus Vitæ In pace dirige, Domine, Domine, Duntaxat fine pudore Ibidem, P. 147. Celebremus pios Reges, Conditores hujus fan&tæ habitationis Et omnes defunctos majores Ibidem Ibidem, p. 326. Qui vivorum dominaris fimul & mortuorum, Cujus fumus nos, quos præfens adhuc feculum In carne retinet, Cujus & illi funt quos futurum, exutos corpore jam fufcepit. Da vivis mifericordiam & gratiam, Defunctis requiem & lucem perpetuam, Da Ecclefiæ veritatem & pacem, Nobis peccatoribus pœnitentiam & veniam. A Prayer of the Reverend Dr. Grabe, which he compos'd for the Soul of a Woman departed. ( ALmighty and everlafting God, Father of the S Spirits of all Flesh, we heartily thank thee Num. 27.16. that thou haft been pleafed to deliver thy Daughter, and our dear Sifter ---- from the Miseries of this finful World, and from the Pains of her mortal and diseased Body, (which is now at reft and fleepeth) we moft humbly befeech thy Divine Majefty, that thou wouldit likewife give to her immortal Spirit thy Peace a and everlasting Reft, in the Bofom of Abraham, the Father of the Faithful, yea of him who was before Abraham, thy Son Jefus Christ: Abfolve, O Father of Mercies, the Soul of thy Servant from all the Bonds of Sins and Errors of her Life paft, which the either by the Weakness g. or or Perverfnefs of her Understanding and Will hath committed; and grant unto her a full Releafe and perfect Remiffion of all whatsoever hath been in her amifs. Lord, as thou haft delivered her from the Dominion of Sin by her own Death; fo free her from all guilt (if any be) by the Death of her Redeemer, who hath If. 53. 5. been wounded for her Tranfgreffions, and bruifed for 1 Pct. 2. 24, her Iniquities, and who hath born her Sins in his own Body on the Crofs, and fhed his Blood for the Redemption and Salvation of her Soul. O let him therefore, with his Angels of Light, now and for ever have his full Poffeffion of what he hath fo dearly paid for; and let the Prince of Darkness (with all his wicked Spirits) have no-" thing in her, who hath been wafhed in the Blood of the Lamb, and fo often drank of in her Life, and even in her Death; yea, by the Zech. 9. 11. Blood of the everlasting Covenant, let her come forth from the Pit in which is no Water of Life: As the Hart panteth after the Water Brooks, fo panteth her Soul after thee, O God; yea, her Soul hath been long hungring and athirst for thee the living God; when shall I come to appear before the Prefence of God? O let her now appear before the Throne of Grace, and let her Hunger no more, nor Thirst any Ibid. 2.7. more, but thou, O Lamb of God, Son of the Father, feed her from the Tree of Life, which is in the Ibid. 7. 17. Paradife of God, and lead her unto the Fountains of Pfal. 110 7. Living Water Springing into everlasting Life; she hath drank, like thee, of the Brook of the way, in the PL. 42. I. Rev. 7. 16. . Wilderness of her Pilgrimage by fharp Sufferings, therefore let her lift up her Head with thee in Glory; yea, be thou, O Lord, her Glory, and the Lifter up of her Head, be thou her everlasting Light, and fay to her Soul, thou art her Salvation, there |