Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus: Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecutedHart, W. H. (William Henry)
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Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus: Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecuted
Hart, W. H. (William Henry)
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"5.--That we have no Crosses, for they are meere Popery, and tend
to the Confusion and Opposition of Scripture; especially let the
sight of Cheapeside Crosse be a detestation unto you all: and let
those streets that are called Crosses, as Red-Crosse Street, and
White Crosse, &c., be turned otherwise and called after the Names
of some of our owne Family, as _Greene_, _Spencer_, &c., and call
it rather _Green Street_ then Red Crosse Street, &c., that thus
all prophanesse being rooted and extirpated from our conventions,
nothing but holinesse may remaine amongst us.
"6.--That there be no tolleration of Surplices, because it was the
defiled Smocke of Pope _Jone_; who being great with Childe, had her
Smocke made the wider, which is now commonly called a Surplesse.
"7.--That we assume no other Names to ourselves but _Round-heads_,
and that this _Round-heads' Hall_ shall be our meeting place.
"8.--That we have no pictures of Saints, Cherubims, &c., because
they leade the way to Idolatry and Abomination.
"9.--That any _Round-head_ (being God's anointed) may and shall
have authority by Us, the Parliament of _Round-heads_, to Preach,
teach, Pray, and Instruct in any place soever; whether it be in
a Barne, Chamber, Stable, Loft, Garret, Field, Ditch, Saw-pit,
in Woods, or under Hedges, either by Land or Sea, without the
prohibition of any Place; provided onely, That it be not taught in
a Pulpit, for that tends to the advancement of Popery, therefore it
is more convenient in a Tub.
"10.--That in our Prayers a singular caution be made, not to pray
for the King, Queene, Prince, or State: but especially not for
Bishops or Universities; and that it be no set forme of Prayer, but
such as the Spirit doth suggest into the heart, yea, the Lord's
Prayer is not to be used amongst us Holy ones as lawfull.
"11.--That Salvation be Preacht to none but _Round-heads_, because
we are the only Children of Grace, and to us belongeth the
Kingdome: for at the latter day of judgment it shall be said, _Come
ye Round-heads, &c._, but _Depart yee Rattle-heads and Cavaleers,
&c._
"12.--That instead of Matrimony, if any Brother taketh affection
to any Sister, or if any Sister mutually reflects her love to any
Brother, they may (if they agree in the affectionate community of
the Spirit) take one another's word, without any other foolish
circumstance as the Church of _England_ ignorantly useth.
"13.--That in the Buriall of the Dead, Prayer is as needlesse as
superfluous, and therefore no words are to be expressed, because it
is Popery to pray for the Dead.
"14.--That none ought to be Baptised before they be foureteen years
of age, and have their names written in the Book of the Faithfull.
"15.--That the _Common Prayer_ is _Porrage_, and made by the
_Pope's_ Cook, being the Rubbish of Babilonish opinions, and
therefore ought not to be used but as _Apocrypha_.
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