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uncing of God's anger and judgements against sinners 419\ The Psalter 428\ Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea 619\ The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons 634\ Forms of Prayer for the Anniversary of the day of Accession of the reigning Sovereign 677\ A Table of Kindred and Affinity 688\ Articles of Religion 689\ \pard\pardeftab720\sa140\ql\qnatural \cf0 \ \pard\pardeftab720\sa300\ql\qnatural \cf0 THE PREFACE\ It hath been the wisdom of the Church of England, ever since the first compiling of her Public Liturgy, to keep the mean between the two extremes, of too much stiffness in refusing, and of too much easiness in admitting any variation from it. For, as on the one side common experience sheweth, that where a change hath been made of things advisedly established (no evident necessity so requiring) sundry inconveniences have thereupon ensued; and those many times more and greater than the evils, that were intended to be remedied by such change: So on the other side, the particular Forms of Divine worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies appointed to be used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent, and alterable, and so acknowledged; it is but reasonable, that upon weighty and important considerations, according to the various exigency of times and occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein, as to those that are in place of Authority should from time to time seem either necessary or expedient. Accordingly we find, that in the Reigns of several Princes of blessed memory since the Reformation, the Church, upon just and weighty considerations her thereunto moving, hath yielded to make such alterations in some particulars, as in their respective times were thought convenient: Yet so, as that the main Body and Essentials of it (as well in the chiefest m

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