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they-fo ( f done beforex 4 heJ usages of Chri 3 t ^ tbe GrcjisS , « r erf our JC ^ dy , or any § aint besides . Canceminff ho-T % /» iirinflr n £ sain to r , that w * i jdiriiild nnt at
truit to obt ^ their liands that ^ w is to b ^ e had only of Gbd ^ Vet that they were to be honoured , -because they reigaed m gl <«^ , 4 aa 3 i ¥ ere « xan ^ p lea of v ^ brt ;« i ^ 3 ^^ <»^ i T J' oko ^ iKi ^ bi ^ tip . ^ o ^ for Chri st 5 and , therefore , tal 1 > £ t taken ( in that
they may ) tot be theadvaneers 6 f our prayers and demands unto Christ , but not to be had in bther revefcence and honour / ' The passage which follows , is a striking proof that even while our
Lord is made to take from luVheavenly Father that prerogative of free mercy which he ever ascribed to him , yet Christians , however professedly Trinitarian > cannot always escape the l / nitarianism of the Bible , in addressing
the object of their supreme worship . ??< Concerning praying to them , " ( the saints ^) " that it fe very laudable to use these words , * All holy angels and ^ aint& in heaven , pray for us and
with us , unto the . father that for hU dear Son Jesus Christ's sahe ^ we m&y have grace , of him , aad remission of sins , with an earnest purpose ( not wanting ghostly strength ) to -observe
> ind keep lus holy commandments . — And that in this manner we should pray ta our blessed-liadyy St ^ John the Baptist * and other apostles , 40 that it be done without any vaia superstition ^ a ^ $ w t ^ odk ' ^ | ia % |^^ u |« ubatt - M more aiercinil , or will hear us sooner than Christy or that any Jsaint doth serve for one
thing more than another , or i « patron of the iame /? < & * M& ) ^| ia < -ex * cept that the sacraments were reduced to Baptism * Penaqce und the Ifttckari # /> it anpearg that the present religion of the Romati Catholics in England , accottda with tft $ JStcUe-n&gion , which
the StyndfaeMeaf , assisted by a com plaisant <^ nvocation , jdirocted ] $ i people to believe , ioa ^ : % t least > to profess to believe ^ at their peril , iml 630 * Thiseompromise between ^ P «/? r ?/ and Protestant > Churchmen , m& %$# amon ^ otnera ^ by CrAnmeri It was eu ^ tlga , V ^ T ^ : '<| Mfc ^ dm ^ s ^ stitujp |^ smw ^ s ^*
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hand , which a * e to 1 «; « tfew * fe ^ d « V records /^ i ^ n * thoM ^ y ^ GK !^^ fe
a MS . Ufe of Oanmer , « i 6 queted ^ bf ^/* v goes ferther , ami sa >^ fnat " * the errw of pi ^ y ^ , kie ^ ig ^^ kneeling before images , was adde * by the King ^ after the Mi # i 4 pa had s ^ t their hands t ® tfam > -J & ^ mm ? £% i $ > % &Mi
as Bishop Hunt remarks , with ^ eeming approbation > in hi » Sermons ; ( I . S . xiu . 239 , ) * Uhe RefonnatiottwUh us ^ advanced under the eye of the inagis-i trate , by slow degrees ; , nay ^ it
wasmore than once , checked and kept bifcek by him ^ * : * - < ' < U > fJ ¦ * : * - ; - ^ ^ ^ The ceremony of ^ 4 € pfa& >^* %% & . cross , I witnessed ^ on- ^ 0 ^ 4 ^^ M ^^ about 10 years sincey in the ChapM , Lincolns-Inn-Fields . « After the us « at
service , a crucifix , covered with Mtek velvet , was placed on aeushiott , imniediately without the altar . A priest then delivered from the pulpit an-ora ^> tion , in English , which was often elo ^ q uent , and auoeared to be , throughout .
a plausible apology for the cerehwnyaddressed to Protesturi * rather than to Catholic spectators . ^ He dedaiawkl , I recollect , among other-topics , on the reverence with which a person -versfed in history wouId regai ^ th ^ elv ^ rd of a famed and fortunttto ^ wrior , arid eui deavoured to ap ^ y this partial i ^ ft ^ to his
t ^ n > 0 ^^^ 0 mmmkm . mm ^ the Cn > B 6 . When the O ^ i ^ h ^ w £ eluded , another priest pmstrat ^ n ;^ self on the ground , at a ^^ Kb | iii | i | pr from tlie crucifix , which he slowi ^ approached in a very sbleran te *^^ He then , several limes ^ Wi ^^ ^ te ^ vals , lifted up tke velvet co ^ iin ^^ am }
kissed > as I supposed , each ^ nfe ^ dn ^ ef of the' ifwi w ^ tMd 4 « b ^ whiCh ^ thei ^ i ^ a semc ^ in th < fe Roirtfeh Church , enti ^ tied Festum qumqH ^ pl ^ aruh ^ hrtsti : Some of the congregatibh ' then 1 ^ formed the aame devotion . I remetnKe ^ to have read , but ca ^ ot i ^ f ^ f
Chapel lieytti , on vvmcfiittt ^^ jl ^ iBtfia » .. ; jft j' / aI . - ... ' > M i-u * ^^^^ w ^ ^> m $ b <^ m ^ ¦
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Mr . Rutt on the Ceremony 0 / Kissingthe Cro ^ s . 600
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1820, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2494/page/7/
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