...I had never heard the Commination Service before. The Preface sounds out with an old-time air thus: "Brethren, in the Primitive Church there was a godly...penance, and punished in this world, that their souls may be saved in the day of the Lord; and that others, admonished by their example, might be the more...

...tongue not understanded of the people." Again, in her Commination Service, " Brethren," says she, " in the Primitive Church there was a godly discipline,...that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord." Bishop Davenant would of course be familiar with these words, but he was also well aware of...

...not understanded of the people." Again, in her Commination Service, " Brethren," says she, " in t/ie Primitive Church there was a godly discipline, that...that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord." Bishop Davenant would of course be familiar with these words, but he was also well aware of...

...animae ' in full activity ; and that ' such persons as were notorious sinners, were being constantly put to open penance and punished in this world, that their souls might be saved in the day of our Lord, and that others, admonished by their example, might be more afraid to offend.' Excommunication,...

...utters her protest against our careless ways and our neglect of ' godly discipline,' ' by which persons convicted of notorious sin were put to open penance,...that their souls might be saved in the Day of the LORD.' But then, because our modern habits and dread of shame nowhere, throughout Christendom, will...

...such discipline being that at the beginning of Lent such persons as stood convicted of notorious sins were " put to open penance and punished in this world,...that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord." Nevertheless, after reading this penance enacted in Hatfield Church, we cannot wish the said...

...there was a godly discipline, that, at the beginning of Lent, such persons as were notorious Sinners, were put to open penance and punished in this world,...that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord. "This text was used as early as 1549 in the First Prayer Book of Edward VI. "Primitive Church"...

...there was a Godly discipline, that at the beginning of Lent such persons as were notorious sinners, were- put to open penance and punished in this world,...souls might be saved in the day of the Lord; and that others2, admonished by their example, might be more afraid to offend. In the stead whereof, until the...

...thus far to use the Church courts and Church laws that " persons convicted of notorious sin may be put to open penance and punished in this world that their souls may be saved in the next." ' He then goes on to lament that at present the Bishops must content themselves...