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A13438	Differing worships, or, The oddes, betweene some knights service and God's Or Tom Nash his ghost, (the old Martin queller) newly rous'd, and is come to chide and take order with nonconformists, schismatiques, separatists, and scandalous libellers. VVherein their abusive opinions are manifested, their jeeres mildly retorted, and their unmannerly manners admonished. By Iohn Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1640 (1640)	STC 23746; ESTC S118199	14,023	34

world From Wrong to Injury Shee 's daily hurl'd From Scylla to Charibdis flung and tost And did not grace preserve her shee were lost And yet Both those that thus doe her oppose One 'gainst the other are inveterate foes Yet both agreed maliciously entic'st Like Herod joyn'd with Pilate to kill Christ 'T was our sinnes kill'd him as my faith avowes And shall we rend and teare his sacred Spouse The Church I meane O impious shame of shames Unworthy are all such of Christian names The Ceremonies of our Church are three Which neat and decent and convenient bee Kneeling was one which I have treated on The other two I le not be long upon The Crosse in Baptisme that most Christian Signe 'Gainst which these seeming Christians doe repine About some seven and thirty yeares agone When blest King Iames did grace Great Britains Throne The first yeare over England that he reign'd Canons and Constitutions were ordain'd Wherein this Ceremony they derive From the true Church that is call'd Primitive For then the Ethnicks and the faithlesse Iewes Did both th' Apostles and the rest abuse Because they did beleeve and preach Christ dy'd And suffring on a Crosse was crucifi'd 'Mongst mis-beleevers all Christians were then Derided and esteem'd the scorne of men The Christians deeming all the world as drosse T' expresse their constant faith profest the Crosse The Iewes did mock the Christians and againe The Christians gloried in the Jewes disdaine The scornes of men not daunted them awhit The Crosse their comfort they rejoyc'd in it They lov'd the Crosse and triumph'd in the same And for the Crosse were never fear'd with shame Since then the Greeke and Latine Church combinde With great applause and one consent of minde That at Baptizings every Church and Nation Should Signe all Christned in each Congregation With that most Christian Badge to shew that we From world flesh fiend and sinfull lusts must flee And under our Redeemers Banner fight 'Gainst sinne the Devill and the worlds delight These reasons plainly doe demonstrate this This Ceremony now no new thing is Nor yet from Rome did first admittance win For from th' Apostles times it did begin Yet had it come from Rome the Roman faith Was Famous through the world th' Apostle saith And those that will have nothing that was there Must neither have Gods Church his Grace nor feare The Romish Church was Right for many yeares Till 'mongst their wheat the Envious man sow'd tares Wherefore we first began to leave her quire When shee began to mingle wrong with right Shee parted not from us but we from her And we left her in all that she did Erre As farre as shee leaves Christ 't is good that we Should so farre from her Errors sundred be The Romane Church was Right but superstition Hath made her Wrong and altred her condition Her Errors not her Essence we oppose With prayers and teares we doe resist our foes And they allow our Service and our Prayers Are good and that we leave much good of theirs But let them keep what 's good Let us be glad That we have left them only in what 's bad And for the signe o' th Crosse no man that lives Doth think it vertue unto Baptisme gives 'T is but a Ceremony us'd of old Which signes Christs sheepe and lambes into his fold All Emperours and Kings who Christ professe All Potentates and Princes great or lesse Their Hatchments Armes Escoucheons every one The figure of the Crosse is formed on Their Banners Ensignes Flaggs and golden Crownes The Crosse's figures fix'd for their Renownes And by the Ball and Crosse the world may see That underneath the Crosse the world must be And by the Crosse they shew by signes externall The Christian Faith professed is supernall All Christian Coynes doe likewise Crosses beare But those put not our Puritans in feare The sight of those to them are much delicious They only unto such are superstitious They love them with such zeale and verity They 'l never part with them in charity The Crosse's use prov'd since th' Apostles time Through th' ancient practice of the Church cald Prime And in the raigne of th' Emperour Constantine All Christians that were baptiz'd had this Signe And that from thence unto these very dayes This Ceremony hath been us'd alwayes By Christians through all Christendome so grac'd So long a time with great regard embrac'd Shall any proud Scismatique impure crew Dare offer to suppresse't or call it new It addes no vertue to the Sacrament Nor is it us'd for any such intent For after Baptisme's done our Church doth use To signe with th' Crosse which wranglers doe abuse Thus 't is a decent and indifferent thing And from it doth no superstition spring Yet not so ' indifferent any should withstand it It must be for the King and Church command it Th' Almighty doth the Higher Powers ordaine And Kings beare not the sword for nought in vaine And seeing this command is just and good It neither ought nor must not be withstood All power proceeds from God therefore submit And scape Gods judgement in obeying it We must not dare to conster mould or fashion The Scriptures to each mans interpretation And surely the unlearned and unstable To understand hard Scriptures are unable The Lords thoughts and his wayes are his not ours And high as Heaven from Earth above our powers Where God commands weake men must not dispute And where they understand nor there be mute Then as the King is Gods Leivetenant here Obey in conscience not in slavish feare And as the Church and State with paines and cares Ordain'd good Lawes obey'd for many yeares What bold audacious spirits then are they That King Church State and Lawes thus disobey Ten millions of their braines can ne're devise A book so good as that which they despise The Common Prayer I meane if they should sit Ten thousand yeares with all their Art and witt They would prove Coxcombs all and in the end Leave it as 't is too good for them to mend These are the Crew that under faire pretences By flatt'ry cause division and offences These serve not the Lord Iesus Christ a jot They are their bellyes servants well I wot With adulating speech and faire deceit They doe the hearts of simple people cheat Contentious men that doe contention crave We nor the Church of God such custome have And thus to these crosse men I have declar'd How much of old the Crosse was in regard And though the Papists use it with abuse That cannot take away the lawfull use For though a golden Idoll be a curse That makes not God well us'd to be the worse Materiall Crosses made of wood or stone Through zeale most of them are cast downe and gone From age to age the Sires to their succession Those Crosses stood t' expresse our faiths profession But when th' abuse of them began

sleepe Their unrest doth in rest and peace us keepe And whilst the Peasant takes his sweet repose The Peere is round behem'd with oates and woes No labour 's like the labour of the minde And Kings rich Crownes with pricking Thorns are linde Shall we be disobedient then to such Who for our peace disturbed are so much Shall Hell-hounds dare aspersions base to fling 'Gainst those that thus fewe God the Church and King No let 's implore th' Eternall Majestie To guide and guard their true integritie To draw to end kind brethren take advice In things indifferent be not over-nice Presume not to binde Princes Wills to yours Love and seeke Peace obey superiour powers Stand to the Faith doe more good Workes I pray And serve not God the cleane contrary way And now my pen in Quiet shall Remaine Except some mad-men Rouse it up againe FINIS Lenvoy or Postscript FRom wronging of my King from State reviling From Libels writing or in Print compiling From troubling of my coxcombe braines or mazzard From putting my estate or eares in hazzard From seeking things that are beyond my reach From dreaming I could all the Clergie teach From Pride Vain-glory and Hypocrisie From striving to obtaine a Pillory And from deserving of the triple Tree Good Lord of Heaven and Earth deliver mee They have neither Scriptures examples of Patriarches Prophets Apostles Councels Ancient Fathers nor the Primitive first true Church but all are against them in this point of duty Gen. 17.17 Deut. 9.18 2 Sam. 12.16 1 Kings 8.54 2 Chron. 6.15 1 Kings 18.42 Math. 8.2 Mark 1.4 Luke 5 12. Math. 8.8 Luke 7.6 Mark 7.25 Luk. 8.28 Luk. 8.41 Luk. 8.47 Luk. 17.16 Luk. 1● 4 Mat. 26.39 Mark 14.35 Acts 9.36.40 Acts 20.36 Acts 7.60 Mat. 18.26 Isay 45.23 God did swear here and it is not in mans power to make him call it back Phil 2.10 Mark 3.11 Revel. 4.10 The non-Conformist may perceive by these comands and examples that kneeling and boweing must be used but the Scripture doth not commad standing or sitting or disobeying in any place Private men must not frame what worship they will Exod. 37.6 1 Kings 6.23 Psal. 91. Rom. 14.11 Acts 4.12 Eph. 3.14 Ioh. 20.31 Coloss. 3 17. Ioh. 3.18 Acts 16.18 Acts 21.13 Injunct 52. Lib. 5. §. 30. page 148. Calvins Institutions lib. 1. cap. 13. §. 24. lib. 2. c. 11. §. 12 lib. 2. c. 14. §. 3. lib. 2. c. 15. §. 5. lib. 3. c. 5. in all these places Calvinis plain for the reverend use and practice of this duty Canon and Constitution Ecclesiasticall 30 Anno primo Iacobi 1603. Or published ●m 1.8 Rom. 13.1.2 2 Pet. 1.20 2 Pet. 3.16 Isay 55.89 We ought to obey the King in love for conscience sake especially in such of his commands as are not contrary to Gods word Rom. 16.17.18 ● Cor. 11. Some 12 〈◊〉 since at Te●●●bury in Gl●●●●stershire a 〈◊〉 cise Church warden put downe a 〈◊〉 of stone caused a h●●● trough to made of 〈◊〉 top of it his hogs 〈◊〉 mad and 〈◊〉 and he his whole family came ●●●denly to chances o● timely end 〈◊〉 1.2 〈◊〉 28.3 〈◊〉 16.15 〈◊〉 24. 〈◊〉 20.12 This Pope Stephen was a glorious Martyr beheaded by Decius the 29 Emperor from Iulius Caesar of which 29 only 16 did reigne but 45 yeares of 252 yeares time after Christ And in those times many Popes were put to death by those Tyrants because they would not deny their Christian faith Revel. 6.11 7.9 Revel. 15.8 Revel. 19.8 Matth. 17.2 3. Mar. 9.5 4. Luke 9 29.

three Holies lowd doe cry Unto the Lord of Sabbothes majesty The Glory of whose majesty doth fill Both Heaven and Earth whose praise is singing still By blest Apostles Prophets Martyres and The holy Church through every Realme and Land All these doe knowledge him alone to be The Father of infinite majesty Whose honorable true and onely sonne By his obedience hath our pardons wonne The Holy Ghost the comforter of all Such as with stedfast faith for comfort call To this God Good and Gracious Glorious Great To him all knees must bowe all soules entreat All those that will not bend such power he hath That he will break them in his furious wrath 'T is well t' avoyd will-worship but 't is ill To frame what kinde of worship each man will When in the Temple we doe God implore 'T is God and not the Temple we adore The Priest did worship t'wards the mercy Seate And 'twixt the Cherubins our God entreat He worship'd neither Seat nor Cherubins But only God that takes away our Sinns And as on Sea and Land in every place With humble reverence we must sue for Grace So in his Church and houses consecrated And to his service only dedicated Wherein Christ Crucified is preach'd where he In Word and Sacraments doth deigne to be Sure in those places where Gods love is such All mens best manners cannot be too much For though we owe God reverence everywhere Yet in the Church it best becomes us there When we participate most of his Grace O then and there shew manners in that place The Saints in Heav'n doe kneele and praise Gods name And Saints on earth must likewise doe the same O come let 's sing unto the Lord rejoyce In our salvations strength our hearts and voyce Let us with thanks before his face appeare And shew in him with Psalmes our Gladnesse there O come let 's worship fall and kneele before The Lord our maker let us him adore This doctrine David to the Church did teach Which from those times to these all good men preach Only a new fantastick upstart Troope Of proud contentious spirits scorne to stoope I have shewd proofes and more I will produce How men are bouud unto this reverent use St. Paul repeats the places I have shewd That every knee shall to the Lord be bowd For there 's no other name else under Heaven But Iesus name by whom Salvation 's given Th' Apostle kneel'd and told th' Ephesians why To pray that Grace their faith might fructifie In Iesus blessed name our soules releife And life eternall doth consist in chiefe In all we say or doe we still must frame To say and doe with thanks in Iesus name Beleevers in this name with faith most steady Are sav'd and unbeleevers damn'd already This name alone was the Apostle's ayde To dispossesse the devill from the mayd That from this name no bonds should make him flye And for this name he willingly would dye Full of such proofes as these the Scriptures are Which to all people plainly doth declare That 't is th' Almighties Mandate and decree That all at Iesus name shall bend the knee And in all ages till these times and dayes The Churches practice it hath been alwayes And that amongst us this duty is not new But Queene Elizabeths Injunctions view Or else King Iames his eighteenth Canon read There by Authority 't is published Archbishop Whitguift if you please to note In 's Book which he 'gainst master Cartwright wrote Maintaines that all men must this duty doe Imprinted page seaven hundred forty two And learned Hooker doth the same defend In that rare Tract and Treatise which he pend Ecclesiastick Polity instil'd The true use there of Kneeling is compil'd So absolute acute and exquisit That all the Christian world approveth it Those unkneeling saucy Separatists Are often falsly called Calvinists For master Calvin's flat against their side And they are all from his directions wide He in his Institutions doth allow At Iesus name that every Knee shall bowe Those that will read may in five places finde How Calvin clearely hath declar'd his minde Madde Innovaters in their Consultations Doe nothing but cry out 'gainst Innovations Like he that rob'd himselfe and by and by Cry'd theeves theeves and pursude with Hue and Cry So these men have new fashion'd fangles found Which have from Scripture or the Church no ground Whilst we in our Church Governement doe hold Not any thing but what 's authentique old Yet vile Impuritans revile the State And Church when they themselves doe innovate Sure they are Ignorants or Hypocrites That are inspir'd with these unholy fits And with a heav'd-up hand and white of eye They 'le doe a man a mischiefe zealously And on religious points will stand most stoutly But in conclusion cozzen men devoutly These peoples braines are stuft with froath and bubbles Their concord 's discord and their peace is troubles He that can measure smoake or weigh the wind Or to the Peace the restlesse Ocean bind Number the Starres or Sands on Neptunes bounds Or take great Whales at Sea with hunting hounds Make Mountaines swim stop Rivers in their source Or stay the Sunne in his Diurnall course He that can doe all these hath power and skill To fix these fellowes stedfast in their will These are our Church and Ceremony haters That love to fish in foule and troubled waters Swift in defame their reason is their will And Will shall be their reason they say still To end this point they are a sort of youths Whose judgements still are farthest off from truths But He that in the Heavens doth reside Doth see their malice and their plots deride And though they rave and raile our State shall stand Supported only by th' Almighties hand And through the venom'd vapours of their spight Our Churches Government shall shine more bright Their errours have beene answer'd quash'd and quell'd And often by grave learned men repell'd Their causes have beene canvas'd and disputed By Scriptures Councels Fathers all confuted Ecclesiastick Canons Statutes Lawes Decrees Sense Reason all against their Cause All Institutions Orders Decencie And Ancient Custome tells them all they Lye But all these they esteeme at slender rate For they have vow'd still to be obstinate They'have beene refeld by wise-men grave and good And learn'd and still all these they have withstood Therefore they are unworthy of Reply From wise men but from such poore fooles as I To Answer their poore cavils they are such A Sculler 's fitter than a Scholler much I know two Enemies Gods Church resists The Papists and Schismatique Separatists And Shee alas like Christ betweene two Theeves Prays daily for their Pardons and Repreeves For why Betwixt the Romane Monarchie And the severe Geneva Anarchie Our Church disperseth her resplendent Beames As blessed Vertue is 'twixt two extreames For whilst Shee hath a biding in this