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He further faith, that a Petition having been likewise put up to his Majesty bysome of Norwich complaining of the setting up of the Tables in the Chan-cels, and of reading the Communion-Service there, and of some otherOrders of the Church ; and his Majesty being afterwards pleased not only totell this Defendant thereof, and how he had dismissed them accordingly ashe had done those of Ipswich , but also to require this Defendant to be care-hd of his Duty in the Observation of the said Orders: he, as in Duty heought, did impart the lame to the Chancellor, and to some others of Nor-wich which came unto him; as not doubting, but that the King’s supreme Au-thority in all Things ecclesiastically, and the Knowledge of his good Pleasure inthese Matters, would fettle a right Opinion, and Conformity, and Peace in theMinds of all Men.

And whereas it behoved this Defendant, living then out of this Diocese,so his Majesty’s Attendance, to command the Execution of all Businesses un-to the Chancellor, he was thereby necessarily oblig’d to make known untohim and others whom it concerned, what Injunctions the Lord Arch-bilhophad in the King’s Name given to this Defendant, and particularly for turningthe Afternoon Sermons into Catechising, that so it might be known, not tohe a free or an arbitrary Matter, which might be done or left undone at theOrdinary's Pleasure, as some supposed, but that it was done by Order fromhis Majesty, and was to be duly observed in Obedience to his supreme Com-mand, signed by the Arch-bilhop.

He likewise conceived himself bound in Duty to transmit unto the Chan-cellor of Norwich , a Copy of the Note or Schedule, whereunto the Kinghad with his own Hand written a Direction about the Non-resident Minis-ters, as is before mention’d P. 97. From the declaring whereof to someothers also he thought not fit to forbear, where just Occasion was given tomention the lame.

He therefore denieth, that the making of those Things known, could raiseany ill Opinion of his Majesty, in the Hearts of those which were his trulyloving Subjects, but contrarily would induce Obedience and good Order,and all peaceable Demeanour in them: it being both the Duty and the Dis-position of all good Subjects to have great Assurance in the Wisdom andPiety of the supreme Power, and in all Matters of Indifferency, tending onlyto the Settlement of Order, Uniformity and Devotion, to be affected towardthe Sovereign, as the People of Israel were to K. David, (2 Sam. iii. 36.)Piacuerunt Us cunbla qua fecit Rex.

To the eighteenth Article this Defendant answereth and denieth, that inAnno 1636. he did in his own Person use any superstitious or idolatrousActions and Gestures in the Administration of the Lord’s Supper.

But he faith, that he doth ever use, and observe the Form of prepa-nng or consecrating the Bread and Wine for the holy Sacrament which theChurch of England hath appointed, and no other, viz. He doth it standingat the Lord’s Table, with the Bread and Wine placed openly before him :an d that as well by holy Prayer and Supplication according to the Manner°f the Eastern Church; as also by rehearsing of our Saviour Chris's Institu-*\° n > according to the Manner os the Western. Church, both which theChurch of England, to avoid all Question, hath with great Wisdom conjoined•so the Collect next before the Delivery of the Sacrament.

And he acknowledgeth, that for the better taking of the Bread, and for” lc easier reaching both of the Flaggon and the Cup for the Wine, because theystood upon the Table farther from the End thereof, then he, being but low°f Stature, could reach over his Book unto them, and yet still proceed on

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