Excerpt from The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church: According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland; Together With the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as They Are to Be Sung or Said in Churches Thath been thewhdom of thechureh of land, ever since the first compiling of lickldttarfgynokeep themeanbetweenthe tremes, too much stiffne in refusing, and of too much asiness in adnntting any variation from it. For, as on the one side common experience sheweth, that where a change hath been made of things ad. Visedly established (no evident necessity so requir ing) sundry inconveniences have thereupon aimed and those many times more and greater than the winthatwmintendedtoberemailedbymch So on the other side, the forms of dime worship, antclii the rates myth poin to used m, being things i m d bilutha'bh' now tsureasona e, tupon and im t considerations, according to the v2. Rlous e ncy of times and occasions such change. And alterations should be made there as to those that are in of authonty should from time to time seem ther necessary or expedient. Accord inglywe find, that in'the reignsof seva-ai minus of blessed memory smoe the Reformation, thc Church, upon just and weighty considerations her thereunto moving, hath yielded to make such a]. Nations in some particulars, as in their respective timu were thought convenient: yet so, as that the main bod and essentials of it (as well in the chief. Catma asinthe frame and order thereon have still continued the same unto this day, and do yet stand firm and unshaken, notwithstanding an the vain attempts and impetuous assaulu made againstit, bysuchmenasaregwen to changeand have always discovered a greater regard to then-own private fancies and interests, than to that duty they owe to the publick. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.