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... cross , and invoked the Spirit and Word of God for their sanctification . In delivering the bread he said only the first part of the form now in use ; ' The body , & c ..... unto everlasting life ; ' and similarly , in delivering the ...
... cross , and invoked the Spirit and Word of God for their sanctification . In delivering the bread he said only the first part of the form now in use ; ' The body , & c ..... unto everlasting life ; ' and similarly , in delivering the ...
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... cross at confirmation , the giving of gold and silver as tokens of sponsage in matrimony . Although some important modifications were subsequently made , it may be safely asserted that the general principles of the Book of Common Prayer ...
... cross at confirmation , the giving of gold and silver as tokens of sponsage in matrimony . Although some important modifications were subsequently made , it may be safely asserted that the general principles of the Book of Common Prayer ...
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William Gilson Humphry. used in this sacrament ; while the sign of the cross , the token of suffering and obedience , is retained . 6. The Commination - service is new . Since the Reformation a larger share has been given to the service ...
William Gilson Humphry. used in this sacrament ; while the sign of the cross , the token of suffering and obedience , is retained . 6. The Commination - service is new . Since the Reformation a larger share has been given to the service ...
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... cross , and the expression ' may be unto us , ' & c . , which was perhaps thought to savour of transubstantiation , The bread was now to be delivered to the people ' into their hands , ' and not , as had previously been the custom ...
... cross , and the expression ' may be unto us , ' & c . , which was perhaps thought to savour of transubstantiation , The bread was now to be delivered to the people ' into their hands , ' and not , as had previously been the custom ...
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William Gilson Humphry. regard to the Church - service , they desired that the cross in baptism , interrogations ministered to in- fants , confirmations , as superfluous , may be taken away ; baptism not to be ministered by women , and ...
William Gilson Humphry. regard to the Church - service , they desired that the cross in baptism , interrogations ministered to in- fants , confirmations , as superfluous , may be taken away ; baptism not to be ministered by women , and ...
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Page 143 - 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 28 - God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.
Page 89 - And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly ; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Page 188 - We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy Table. But Thou art the same Lord, Whose property is always to have mercy : Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the Flesh of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink His Blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by His Body, and our souls washed through His most precious Blood, and that we may evermore dwell in Him, and He in us.
Page 155 - And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring, men's hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth ; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
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Page 52 - The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches ; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Page 190 - He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 93 - O God, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive, receive our humble petitions ; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us ; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate.
Page 200 - And we also bless Thy holy name for all Thy servants, who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labours. And we yield unto Thee most high praise and hearty thanks for the wonderful grace and virtue declared in all Thy saints, who have been the choice vessels of Thy grace, and the lights of the world in their several generations...