A brief history of the joint use of precompos'd set forms of prayers; shewing, I. That the ancient Jews, our Savior, his apostles and the primitive Christians, never join'd in any prayers but precompos'd set forms only. II. That those precompos'd set forms in which they join'd, were such as the respective congregations were accustomed to and throughly acquainted with. III. That their practice warrants the imposition of a national precompos'd liturgy : To which is annex'd, A discourse of the gift of prayer, shewing that what the Dissenters mean by the gift of prayer, viz. a faculty of conceiving prayers extempore, is not promis'd in scripture
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Title: A brief history of the joint use of precompos'd set forms of prayers; shewing, I. That the ancient Jews, our Savior, his apostles and the primitive Christians, never join'd in any prayers but precompos'd set forms only. II. That those precompos'd set forms in which they join'd, were such as the respective congregations were accustomed to and throughly acquainted with. III. That their practice warrants the imposition of a national precompos'd liturgy : To which is annex'd, A discourse of the gift of prayer, shewing that what the Dissenters mean by the gift of prayer, viz. a faculty of conceiving prayers extempore, is not promis'd in scripture
Classmark: All Souls Theology 3 BEN
Creator(s): Bennet, Thomas (1673-1728)
Additional creator(s): Bennet, Thomas (1673-1728) (Other)
Publisher: Printed at the University-Press, for Edmund Jeffery... Cambridge; and are to be sold by James Knapton ... London
Publication city: Cambridge
Date(s): 1708
Language: English
Size and medium: 8 unnumbered pages, 444 pages, 2 unnumbered pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/226827
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991012294909705181
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