OF THE

HOLY COMMUNION

IN THE

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER;

A Series of Lectures

DELIVERED

IN THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST,

PADDINGTON.

BY

EDWARD MEYRICK GOULBURN, D.D.

PREBENDARY OF ST. PAUL'S,

AND ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S CHAPLAINS IN ORDINARY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

RIVINGTONS, WATERLOO PLACE.

1863.

100. u. 87.

CONTENTS

OF

VOL. II.

LECTURE IV.

OF MINISTERIAL ABSOLUTION.

JOHN XX. 21-23.

"Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you; as

My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you. And

when He had said this, He breathed on them, and

saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose

soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and

whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained"

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LECTURE V.

OF THE FORMS IN WHICH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

DISPENSES ABSOLUTION.

JOHN XX. 22, 23.

"When He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith

unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose soever

sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose

soever sins ye retain, they are retained"

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OF THE PREFACE OR THANKSGIVING, AND OF ITS

RELATION TO THE TERSANCTUS.

HEBREWS Xiii. 15.

"By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to

God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving

thanks to His Name'

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LECTURE II.

OF OUR COMMUNION WITH THE ANGELS, AND OF THE

TERSANCTUS.

Προσεληλύθατε μυριάσιν ἀγγέλων.—HEB. xii. 22 (part).

LECTURE III.

OF THE PRAYER OF ACCESS.

LUKE ix. 34.

"They feared as they entered into the cloud"

FAGE

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LECTURE IV.

OF THE FIRST PART OF THE PRAYER OF CONSECRATION.

"For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be

refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: for it

is sanctified by the Word of God and Prayer"

LECTURE VI.

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THE DOCTRINE OF THE EUCHARIST.

1 COR. X. 16.

"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the com-

munion of the Blood of Christ? The bread which we

break, is it not the communion of the Body of Christ?" 144