. A Rationale, or practical exposition of the Book of common-prayer. ingit aloft in all their Churches at the upper End,theEaft. For fo both Socrat wand Nicephorus,\. 34. tell us, the Altar was placed ad Orientem,at the Earl:, in all Chriltian Churches, except inAntiochia Syria, in Antioch. And fo they floodin the Eaft, in the Church of England, till QueenElizabeth^ Time, when fome of them were tak-en down indeed ; upon what Grounds I difputenot \ but wherefoever the Altars were taken down,the holy Tables, which is all one, were fet up, inthe Place where the Altars itood, by the QueensIn
. A Rationale, or practical exposition of the Book of common-prayer. ingit aloft in all their Churches at the upper End,theEaft. For fo both Socrat wand Nicephorus,\. 34. tell us, the Altar was placed ad Orientem,at the Earl:, in all Chriltian Churches, except inAntiochia Syria, in Antioch. And fo they floodin the Eaft, in the Church of England, till QueenElizabeth^ Time, when fome of them were tak-en down indeed ; upon what Grounds I difputenot \ but wherefoever the Altars were taken down,the holy Tables, which is all one, were fet up, inthe Place where the Altars itood, by the QueensInjunctions -y and fo they continued in moil Ca-thedral Churches, and fo ought to have continuedin all -, for that was injoind by Queen ElizabethsInjunctions, and forbidden by no After-Law that Iknow, but rather confirmd by this Rubric ; TheChancels are to remain, as in Times paft. ?he on the Common-Prayer. 247 ft &ft m & ft & a a ft ft # ft ft & Ql? ^-^ -• -?•j->5i*;-t5^r9- <£<£,, * TIF ^ T£? Ss. -TJ&* divine Service may be faidprivately. USSEhave Teen the Reafon of the ChurchsCommand, that the holy Servicefhould be offered up in the Churchor Chapel, &c. But what if a Churchcannot be had to fay our Office in ?Shall the Sacrifice of Reft, the holy Service, beomitted ? By no Means. If a Church may not behad, the Priefi Jhall fay it privately, fays the fameRubric. And g->nd Reafon \ for Gods Worshipmult not be neglect d or omitted for Want of aCircumftmce. It is true, the Church is the moftconvenient Place for it, and adds much to theBeautv of Holinefs. And he, that fhould neglecl:that Decency, and defpifing the Church fhouldoffer up the publick Worihip in private, fhouldfin agajnft th;it Law of God, that fays, Cur fed ishe, that having a better Lamb in his Flock, offersup to God a ivorfe : For God Almighty muft befervd with the beft we have -, otherwife we de-fpife him. He, that can have a Church, and willoffer up the holy Service in aworfe Place, let himfear th
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