The Works of Thomas Sharp, ...: In Six Volumes. ...

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Robert Horsfield, at the Crown in Ludgate-Street., 1763
 

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Page 80 - And here it is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church and of the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth.
Page 67 - Communion-time having a fair white linen cloth upon it, shall stand in the Body of the Church, or in the Chancel, where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said. And the Priest, standing at the North side of the Table, shall say the Lord's Prayer, with the Collect following, the people kneeling.
Page 216 - ... in and throughout this act, is meant that prayer which is for others to come unto, or hear, either in common churches, or private chapels or oratories, commonly called the service of the church...
Page 94 - Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page 71 - Then these five Prayers following are to be read here, except when the Litany is read ; and then only the two last are to be read, as they are there placed.
Page 334 - ... such seemly habits, garments, and such square caps, as were most commonly and orderly received in the latter year of the reign of King Edward VI.
Page 259 - Neither shall any minister, upon the like pain, under any pretence whatsoever, join any persons so licensed in marriage at any unseasonable times, but only between the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoon ; nor in any private place, but either in the said churches or chapels where one of them dwelleth, and likewise in time of Divine Service...
Page 324 - ... to the edifying of the hearers, I am forced, with all humility, and yet plainly, to profess, that I cannot with safe conscience, and without the offence of the majesty of God, give my assent to the suppressing of the said exercises: much less can I send out any injunction for the utter and universal subversion of the same.
Page 224 - Canon prefcribes as the conclufion of the prayer, and not the -whole prayer), or at leaft to leave out our titles by the...
Page 334 - Item, Her majesty being desirous to have the prelacy and clergy of this realm to be had as well in outward reverence, as otherwise regarded for the worthiness of their ministries, and thinking it necessary to have them known to the people in all places and assemblies, both in the church and without, and thereby to receive the honour and estimation due to the special messengers and ministers of Almighty God ; willeth...

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