Rare Books

The abolishing of the Booke of common prayer, : by reason of above fifty grosse corruptions in it, as also for that it commands the use of such ceremonies in the worship of God (namely surplice, crosse, and kneeling) which man hath devised, and which are notoriously knowne to have beene of old, and still to be abused to superstition and idolatry, and are of no necessary use in the church. Being the substance of a booke which the ministers of Lincoln diocesse delivered to King Iames, the first of December, 1605. Well worthy of the serious consideration of the High Court of Parliament