An Historical and Explanatory Treatise on the Book of Common PrayerDeighton, Bell and Company, 1885 - 210 pages |
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Page 86 - Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, Spare Thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, That the heathen should rule over them : Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God...
Page 60 - Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Page 131 - Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et Vivificantem ; qui ex Patre Filioque procedit. Qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur et conglorificatur ; qui locutus est per Prophetas.
Page 33 - Ireland, as therein set forth, to be agreeable to the Word of God ; and in public prayer and administration of the sacraments, I will use the form in the said book prescribed, and none other, except so far as shall be ordered by lawful authority.
Page 33 - ... we give thee hearty thanks for the good examples of all those thy servants, who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labours.
Page 173 - Book may be used ; only instead of these words [We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, <fe.] say, \\7~E therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, (when the sea shall give up her dead,) and the life of the world to come...
Page 147 - Baptizing, we use the Name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ; confessing the Christian faith, we declare our belief in the Father, and in the Son, and in the Holy Ghost ; ascribing glory unto God, we give it to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Page 119 - The Supper of the Lord, and the Holy Communion, commonly called the Mass.
Page 185 - THE ORDER HOW THE REST OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE IS APPOINTED TO BE READ. THE Old Testament is appointed for the First Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer; so that the most Part thereof will be read every Year once, as in the Calendar is appointed. The New Testament is appointed for the Second Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer.
Page 26 - Henceforth to use the Book of Common Prayer in any 'public place of worship, or in any private place or family within the kingdom,' was punishable by a fine of five pounds for the first offence, ten pounds for the second, and for the third by ' one whole year's imprisonment without bail or mainprize...