BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER; BEING AN HISTORICAL, RITUAL, AND THEOLOGICAL COMMENTARY ON THE DEVOTIONAL SYSTEM OF The Church of England. EDITED BY THE REV. JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A., F.S.A., AUTHOR OF DIRECTORIUM PASTORALE,” HOUSEHOLD THEOLOGY," &c. &c. PART IL "Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and CONTENTS OF PART II. An Introduction to the Liturgy. The Order for the Holy Communion, with Notes. By Rev. P. G. Medd, and the Editor An Introduction to the Offices for Holy Baptism Ditto The Form and Manner of Ordering of Priests, with Notes. ILLUSTRATIONS. The Sealed Book belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Durham Ecclesiastical Vestments (two Plates). By G. E. Street, Esq. Frontispiece page xxiv To face page 588 "From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My Name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto My Name, and a Pure Offering: for My Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts."-MALACHI i. 11. "This do in remembrance of Me."-LUKE Xxii. 19. "He that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me."-JOHN vi. 57. "In the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb, as it had been slain."-REVELATION v. 6. |