To a vertuous and judicious lady who (for the exercise of her devotion) built a closet, wherein to secure the most sacred Booke of Common-Prayer, from the view and violence of the enemies thereof, the sectaries and schismatiques of this kingdome. / Written by a most orthodox, moderate, and judicious divine, a banished minister of this miserable kingdome. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A94389 of text R210626 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.10[92]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A94389 Wing T1318 Thomason 669.f.10[92] ESTC R210626 99869406 99869406 162625 2240952345

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94389) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162625) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f10[92]) To a vertuous and judicious lady who (for the exercise of her devotion) built a closet, wherein to secure the most sacred Booke of Common-Prayer, from the view and violence of the enemies thereof, the sectaries and schismatiques of this kingdome. / Written by a most orthodox, moderate, and judicious divine, a banished minister of this miserable kingdome. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1646] Verse - "Since it hath pleas'd our wife and new-born State"... Annotation on Thomason copy: "octob: 12th London 1646". Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Church of England. -- Book of Common Prayer -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Religious aspects -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. A94389 R210626 (Thomason 669.f.10[92]). civilwar no To a vertuous and judicious lady, who (for the exercise of her devotion) built a closet, wherein to secure the most sacred Booke of Common-P anon. 1646 1 528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To a Vertuous and Judicious Lady , who ( for the exercise of her Devotion ) built a Closet , wherein to secure the most Sacred Booke of COMMON-PRAYER , from the view and violence of the Enemies thereof , the Sectaries and Schismatiques of this Kingdome . Written by a most Orthodox , Moderate , and Judicious Divine , A banished Minister of this miserable Kingdome . SInce it hath pleas'd our wise and new-born State The Common-Prayer-Book t' excommunicate : To turne it out of all , as if it were Some grand Malignant , or some Cavaliere : Since in our Churches 't is by them forbid To say such Prayers , as our Fathers did : So that Gods House must now be call'd no more The House of Prayer , so ever call'd before : As if those Christians were resolv'd to use That House , as bad , as ever did the Jews : Since that of Christ , may now of Prayer be said , It wants a place whereon to lay its head . I cannot choose but think , it was your care , To build your Closet for distressed PRAYER ; Which here in mourning clad , presents it selfe , Begging some little corner on your shelfe : For since 't is banish'd from all publique view , There be none dare it entertain , but you . How times and men are chang'd ! who would have thought T' have seen the Service-Book thus set at naught ? A Book worth Gold , if rightly understood ; Compos'd by Martyrs , sealed with their blood . Once burnt by Papists , meerly for this cause , It was repugnant to their Popish Lawes . Now by our Zelots 't is condemn'd to die , Because ( forsooth ) 't is full of Popery . And thus we see the Golden meane defy'd , And how ( 'twixt two extreames ) 't is crucify'd . ΒΆ But 't is no matter , we see stranger things , Kings must be Subjects now , and Subjects , Kings . The meaner sort of men have all the power ; The upper end is now beneath the lower : The head below the feet ; they 'll weare the Crown : who would not think the world 's turn'd upside down ? Learning must now give place to Ignorance , So must a Statute to an Ordinance ; Religion to Prophanenesse , and vain-glory ; The Common-Prayer-Book to the Directory . All things are out of order , and I feare , Are like to be , till we are as we were : Till Bishops doe returne to end the stir Twixt th' Independent and the Presbyter . Till Kings be Kings , and till we ( wished ) see The Church enjoy her ancient Lyturgie . Till Loyalty be had in more regard : And till Rebellion hath its just reward . And that these things may be , we 'll not despaire : All this , and more , may be obtain'd by Prayer . FINIS .