Consecration of the water in baptism, an- cient and decent, 345.
Cope, what sort of habit, 104. by whom and when to be worn, 105. Coroner's warrant, no rule for giving Chris- tian burial to persons who lay violent hands upon themselves, 472. Corporal, or linen cloth, thrown over the consecrated elements at the commu- nion, 308.
Cousins, no cousins prohibited marriage, 406. why not, 407.
Creed, (the Apostles',) why called Creed, 147. why called Symbolum, ib. the anti- quity of it, 148. when first recited pub- licly, ib. why placed between the Lessons and prayers, 148, 149. to be repeated by the whole congregation, why, 149. to be repeated standing, why, ib. why with their faces towards the east, ib.
(of St. Athanasius,) the scruple which some make against it answered, 150. why used on the days mentioned in the rubric, 151.
(Nicene,) why placed next after the Epistle and Gospel, 269. an account of it, ib.
Crispin, martyr; some account of him, 73. Cross, (invention of the,) what day so call- ed, and why, 61.
in baptism, used twice by the primi- tive Christians, 338. the antiquity and meaning of it, 356. why made after bap- tism, 359. why made upon the forehead, 360.
in the consecration of the Eucharist, an ancient and general practice, 297. —in Confirmation, ancient and catho- lic, 392.
Curates, who meant by them in the prayer for the clergy and people, 161. Cycle of the moon. See Golden Num- ber.
of the sun; the Sunday letter impro- perly called the cycle of the sun, 47. the use of it, ib. why it consists of twenty- eight years, 49. how to find the domini- cal letter, ib.
St. Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, and mar- tyr, 71. the Cyprian in the Roman ca- lendar a different person, ib.
David, archbishop of Menevia, afterwards called St. David's; some account of him, 57.
Days, one in seven, why kept holy, 185. Deacons not to pronounce absolution, 120. Dead, praying for them, an ancient and catholic practice, 282. inconsistent with the doctrine of purgatory, ib. in what sense used in king Edward's Common Prayer, 481. how far implied in our pre- sent Liturgy, 482.
Dead bodies, the care of them an act of religion, 464. the reasons of that care, ib.
Deadly sin, what it signifies, 170.
Dedication of churches, the feast of it, on what day to be observed in England. See Churches.
Denys the Areopagite; some account of him, 72.
Desks, or reading-pews, the original of them, 108.
Dipping in baptism. See Immersion. Doctrine and Erudition (necessary) for
any Christian Man, a book with that ti- tle put out by king Henry VIII., 23. Dominica in Albis, what Sunday so called and why, 232.
Dominical letter. See Cycle of the Sun- day Letter.
Doxology, (For thine is the kingdom, &c.,) its being added by St. Matthew, and omitted by St. Luke, no objection to the Lord's Prayer being a form, 4. why sometimes added in the Liturgy, and sometimes omitted, 124.
(Glory be to the Father, &c.,) cor- rupted by the Arians, and for that rea- son enlarged by the Church, 126. used at the end of all the psalms and hymns, and why, 132, 133.
St. Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury; some account of him, 62. Duties, Ecclesiastical, what, and when to be paid, 321, 322.
East, why the primitive Christians turned that way in their worship, 86. why chancels stand at the east end of the church, ib. why people turn their faces that way when they say the Creed, 149. why people are buried with their feet towards the east, 486.
Easter, the rule for finding it, 35. upon
what occasion it was framed, 36. Eas- ter differently observed in different Churches, ib. ordered to be every where observed on the same day by the Council of Nice, ib. the paschal canons passed in that Council, ib. the new and full moons ordered to be found by the golden num- bers, 37. Easter by that means was kept sometimes too soon, and sometimes too late, ib. the paschal limits answering the golden numbers, 38. cycles and tables invented to find Easter for ever, 39. found to be erroneous, 42. Easter-day, when first observed, and why so called, 228. the anthems instead of the Venite Exultemus, why appointed, ib. the rest of the service for it explain- ed, 229. why a prescribed time for com- municating, 230. the whole time be- tween Easter and Whitsuntide formerly observed, ib. the week after Easter how observed formerly, and why, 231. the Sundays after Easter, their services how proper, 232.
Easter-eve, how observed in the primitive Church, 226. how observed by the Church of England, 227. the service for
Edmund, king and martyr; some account of him, 76. Edward the Confessor, his translation, 73.
king of the West Saxons; some ac- count of him, 59. his translation, another festival formerly observed, 65. Elements in the Eucharist, consecrated by our Saviour with a solemn blessing, 297. the form and manner of administering them to the communicants, 303. private consecration of them how far allowed, 458. See Bread and Wine. Ember-weeks, what they were, and why so called, 207. at what seasons observed, ib. why ordinations are affixed to those times, 208. the prayers to be used at those times, when first added, 181. Epact, the occasion of it, 45. how it an-
swers the golden number, ib. how to find it, 46. the use of it in finding the moon's age, ib. why it shews the moon's age truer than the golden number, 47. Epiphany, what the word signifies, 213. used formerly for Christmas-day, ib. the ancient names of it, ib. the service for it, 214. the services for the Sundays after the Epiphany, ib. the feast of it, to what end instituted, 215.
Epistler and gospeller, why appointed, 268. Epistles for Sundays and holy-days, the antiquity of them, 201. in what version they are used, ib. their order and me- thod, ib. the suitableness of them to the several days, ib. why the Epistles are read before the Gospels, 268.
Erudition for any Christian Man. See Doctrine.
Espousals, what they were formerly, 411. how supplied now, 412.
Etheldred, virgin; some account of her, 73. Evangelist, not a distinct officer by him- self, 95.
Eucharist, the virtue of it, 254. whence so called, 289. See Communion Service. Eves, why called vigils, 192. the original of them, ib. which festivals have eves, and which not, and why, 193. the eve of a festival that falls upon a Monday, to be observed on the Saturday, 194. Eunurchus, bishop of Orleans; some ac- count of him, 70.
Excommunication, the internal effects of it 442. an ipso facto excommunication, how it differs from an ordinary one, 470. persons dying excommunicate not capa- ble of Christian burial, 469. whether a person that incurs an ipso facto excom- munication can be refused Christian burial before sentence is pronounced, 471.
Exhortations to the Communion, why there were none in the primitive Litur- gies, 284. the usefulness of those in our office, 285.
Exorcising in baptism, an ancient prac- tice, 339.
Expectation week, what week so called, and why, 236.
Ezekiel, why some part of it is not read for Lessons, 136.
Fabian, bishop and martyr; some account of him, 55.
Faith, virgin and martyr; some account of her, 72.
Fasting, how ancient and universal a duty, 197. how distinguished from abstinence in the Church of Rome, 198. what days appointed for one and the other, ib. whether distinguished in our own Church, 198, 199. days of fasting, how observed by the primitive Christians,
Festivals, how requisite to be observed, 187. Jewish festivals not to be observed by Christians, ib. Christian festivals, how early observed, ib. in what manner observed by the primitive Christians, 188. what and how observed by the Church of England, 189. why the Curate is to bid them, ib. what to be done in the concurrence of holy-days, ib. and why lengthened out for several days, 292. why fixed to eight days, ib. Forms of prayer, a full vindication of the joint use of precomposed set forms of prayer, 2.
Fonts, why so called, 336. why generally placed at the lower end of the church, ib. formerly very large, ib. why made of stone, 337.
Friday, why observed as a fast day, 199. Full moon. See Easter. See Epact. Funerals, variously performed, 465. some- times by burying, which was the most ancient and natural, ib. sometimes by burning, ib. always performed with due solemnity, 466. See Burial of the Dead. See Dead Persons.
Genesis, why appointed to be read in Lent, 137.
St. George, martyr; some account of him, 61. how he came to be patron of the English, ib.
Giles, abbot and confessor; some account of him, 69.
Glory be to the Father, &c. See Doxology. Godfathers and godmothers, the original, antiquity, and use of them, 335. the number of them, ib. whence called sureties and witnesses, ib. the qualifica- tions required in them, 336. no parents to be admitted, ib. nor persons that have not received the Communion, ib. the reasonableness of admitting a vica- rious stipulation, 341. why the god. fathers or godmothers are to name the child, 346. the ill practice of choosing unfit persons to this office, 361. a god father or godmother required at Con firmation, 387.
Golden number, by whom invented, and why so called, 42. the occasion of it, and
how brought into the calendar, ib. why now left out of the calendar, 43. how to find the golden number of any year, 44. Good-Friday, why so called, 225. why ob- served as a fast, ib. the Gospel for it, why taken out of St. John, ib. the rest of the service for it, ib. Gospels for the Sundays and holy-days, the antiquity of them, 201. in what ver- sion they are used, ib. their order and method, ib. the suitableness of them to the several days, 202. standing up at the Gospel, why enjoined, 269.
Gospeller and epistler, why appointed, 268. Gregory the Great, bishop of Rome, and
confessor; some account of him, 58. Habits for the Minister. See Ornaments. Hallelujah, how anciently and universally used, 127.
Hilary, bishop and confessor; some ac- count of him, 55.
Holy-cross-day; what day so called, and why, 70.
Holy-days, (popish,) why retained in our calendar, 53. See Festivals. Homilies of the Church of England, by
whom composed, and when, 272. Honey, milk, and salt, why given an. ciently to the new baptized, 326. why discontinued, ib.
Hood, by whom first used, 102. why used
by the monks, 103. why used in cathe- drals and universities, ib.
Hours, the third and ninth the times of the Jewish sacrifice, and why, 79. the same hours observed for prayer by the primitive Christians, 80. why not en- joined by the Church of England, ib.
canonical, for celebrating marriage,
399. Hugh, bishop of Lincoln; some account of him, 75.
Hymns, the antiquity of them, 142. why used after the Lessons, ib. when first added, ib.
January 30, a form of prayer for it, 510. St. Jerome, priest, confessor, and doctor; some account of him, 72.
Jesus, reverence to be made at the name of Jesus, 149.
Images, the use of them forbid in the pri- mitive Church, 86. a remarkable in- stance of it, 87.
Immersion, or dipping in baptism, most primitive and significant, 348. See Af- fusion. See Trine Immersion. Immovable feasts, why placed by them- selves in the Common Prayer Book, 246. observations on some of them, ib. Impediments to marriage, what, 402, &c. Imposition of hands essential to Confirm-
ation, 389. a blow on the cheek used in- stead of it by the Church of Rome, 389, 390.
Incestuous marriages, what marriages so called, and why, 406.
Infant baptism. See Baptism of Infants. innocents'-day, why observed, 190. why
observed presently after Christmas-day, 210. the service for it explained, 211. Institutions (godly and pious) of a Chris- tian Man, a book with that title put out by king Henry VIII., 23. Introits, what they were, and how ancient, 204. the introits for every Sunday and holy-day throughout the year, ib. Invention of the Cross, a day so called, and why, 61.
St. John Baptist, his day why observed, 189. why commemorated by his nativity, 252. his beheading, what day so called, 69.
St. John Evangelist, why commemorated at Christmas, 210. the service for his day, how proper, 211.
ante Port. Lat., what day so called, and why, 62.
Isaiah, why reserved to be read in Ad- vent, 136.
June 20, a form of prayer for it, 519. Kalendar, (or Calendar,) 52. Kneeling, the Sacrament to be received kneeling, 304. the Apostles probably re- ceived it in a posture of adoration, ib. though their posture does not bind us, 305. when kneeling first began, ib. how universal and reasonable a practice, 306. the protestation concerning it, 323. the Minister, why sometimes to stand and sometimes to kneel, 155.
Lambert, bishop and martyr; some ac- count of him, 71.
Lammas-day, what day so called, and why, 67.
St. Laurence, archdeacon of Rome, and martyr; some account of him, 68. Lawn sleeves, a bishop's habit, 104. Lay-baptism, allowed by our Church at the first Reformation, 363. but afterwards prohibited by both houses of convoca- tion, ib. whether valid or effectual in the sense of our Church, 365.
Leap-years, whence called Bissextile, 248. Legends, what they were, 139.
Lent, the original and antiquity of it, 217. variously observed at first, ib. why li mited to forty days, 218. why so called, ib. why to end at Easter, ib. how ob served by the primitive Christians, ib. the Sundays in Lent, the services ap- pointed for them, 221. how they are named, ib.
Leonard, confessor; some account of him, 74.
Lessons, why they follow the Psalms, 135. the antiquity of them, ib. the order of the first Lessons for ordinary days, 136. why some books of the Old Testament are not read, ib. Isaiah, why reserved for Advent, ib. the first Lessons for Sundays, 137. Genesis, why read in Lent, ib. first Lessons for saints' days
138. for holy-days, ib. the order of the second Lessons, ib. the Revelation, why not read, ib. what posture the Minister and people ought to be in when the Les- sons are reading, 142.
Let us pray, often used, and why, 152. Licence, the penalty of a Minister that marries without licence or banns, 396. Lights upon the altar enjoined by the ru- bric, 106.
Litany, what the word signifies, 163. why sung in the middle of the choir, 164. the original of them in this form, ib. used formerly in processions, ib. on what days to be used, and why, 165. at what time of the day, ib. one out of every family in the parish to be present at it, 166. the irregularity of singing it by laymen, 167. the method and order of it, 168, &c. when properly ended, 503. Liturgy, the lawfulness and necessity of a national precomposed one, 1, &c. Liturgy of the Church of England, how it stood before the Reformation, 22. what was done in relation to it in king Henry VIII.'s reign, ib. See Common Prayer Book.
Lord be with you, &c., why placed between
the Creed and the Lord's Prayer, 152. Lord have mercy upon us, &c., the anti- quity and use of this form, 152, 153. why placed before the Lord's Prayer, ib. the clerk and people not to repeat it a second time after the Minister, ib.
Lord's Prayer, prescribed by our Saviour for the constant use of his Church, 4. objections against it answered, ib. &c. always used by the primitive Church, 7. why used in all offices, and generally at the beginning, 123. why repeated aloud by the whole congregation, 124. why repeated more than once in an office, ib. Lord's Supper, daily received by the pri- mitive Church, 312. the care of the Church in administering it to persons in danger of death, 458. See Communion Service.
Low-Sunday, what day so called, and why, 232. the service for it, 233.
St. Lucian, confessor and martyr; some account of him, 55.
Lucy, virgin and martyr; some account of her, 77.
St. Luke, his day, why observed, 190. Lunar year, how computed, 44. Machutus, bishop; some account of him,
Margaret, virgin and martyr at Antioch; some account of her, 66. St. Mark, his day, why observed, 190. why observed as a day of abstinence by the Church of Rome, 198. Marriage, a divine institution, 394. must be performed by a lawful Minister, ib. not before banns be published on three Sundays, or licence obtained, 395. at no
time prohibited, 397. though not decent at some seasons, 398. to be solemnized in one of the churches where banns were published, ib. to be performed between the hours of eight and twelve in the morning, 399. in what part of the church to be solemnized, 400. who to be present at the solemnization, ib. the man, why to stand at the right hand of the woman, 401. the impediments to marriage, what they be, 402. no cousins prohibited mar- riage, 406. the mutual consent of the parties to be asked, 409. the husband's duty, ib. the wife's duty, 410. the father or friend why to give the woman, 412. and the Minister why to receive her, 413. their right hands why to be joined, ib. the mutual stipulation explained at large, 414. the meaning of the ring. See Ring. The married persons ought to receive the Sacrament, 425. the advan- tage of communicating on the day of marriage, ib.
St. Martyn, bishop and confessor; his translation, 65.
Martyrs, the days of their death, why ob- served, and why called their birth-days,
Mary Magdalene, why her festival is dis- continued, 66.
the Virgin, her visitation, on what day formerly commemorated, 65. her nativity, on what day formerly comme- morated, 70. her conception, on what day formerly commemorated, 77. Matrimony. See Marriage.
Masses, solitary, not allowed of by the Church of England, 317.
St. Matthias's day, on what day to be ob served in leap-years, 248.
Maundy Thursday, why so called, 224. the Epistle, why concerning the insti- tution of the Lord's Supper, ib. the prac- tice of the primitive Church on this day, ib. the church-doors why set open on this day, 225.
May 29, a form of prayer for it, 514. St. Michael and All Angels, why observed,
190. St. Michael, why particularly com- memorated, 253.
Middle state, the ancient notion concern- ing it, 282.
Midlenting, or mothering, the rise of that custom, 222.
Milk, honey, and salt, why given ancient- ly to the new baptized, 326. why discon- tinued, ib.
Millennium, the notion of it very primi- tive, 282.
Ministers, sometimes to stand, and some- times to kneel, why, 155. Ministry, the necessity of a divine commis- sion to qualify a person for the ministry, 91, &c. the necessity of episcopal ordina- tion, 94. three distinct orders set apart by the Apostles to the ministry, 95.
Morning and evening prayer to be said daily, either openly or privately, by every priest and deacon, 80. the form and order of it in the primitive Church, 110.
Mothering. See Midlenting.
Musical instruments used in singing of Psalms, 131.
Name given to children at baptism, why,
346. heathen and wanton names pro- hibited, 347. to be given by the god- fathers or godmothers, and why, ib. Name of Jesus, what day so called, 68. New Moon, how to find it by the golden number in the calendar, 43. See Epact. See Easter. See Golden Number. Nicene Creed. See Creed, Nicene. Nicolas, bishop of Myra in Lycia; some account of him, 77.
Nicomede, a Roman priest and martyr; some account of him, 64. November 5, a form of prayer for it, 508. Oblation of the Eucharist after consecra-
tion, always practised by the ancients, 298. our present prayer of oblation man- gled and displaced, 299.
Octaves, or the eight days after the prin-
cipal feasts, how formerly observed, 212. for what reason, 293.
Offertory, the sentences in the commu- nion office so called, and why, 275. Orders of the Ministers, three distinct ones set apart by the Apostles, 94. Ordination, by a bishop, the necessity of it, 94. presbyters never invested with it, 96. at what seasons performed, 208. Organs, the antiquity of them, 132. Ornaments, or habits, enjoined to be worn
by the Ministers, and in the church, 98. offensive to Bucer and Calvin, 105. dis- continued in the second book of king Edward, ib. but restored again by queen Elizabeth, 106.
O Sapientia, what day so called, and why,
Pall at the communion. See Corporal. Palla Altaris, and Palla Corporis, what, and how distinguished, 265.
Palls worn by archbishops, the original of them, 56.
Palm-Sunday, why so called, 222. Paranymphs, or bridemen, their antiquity, 400.
Parents, not allowed to stand godfathers or godmothers for their own children, 336. the want of their consent an im- pediment to their children's marriage, 108.
Parliament, the prayer for it, when first added, 182.
Passing-bell, why formerly ordered to be rung, 457.
Passion-Sunday, what Sunday so called, and why, 222. Passion-week, why called the great week, and the holy week, 222. how formerly observed, ib. how observed by the Church of England, 223. the services appointed for it, ib.
Pastoral staff, an account of it, 105. St. Paul, his day, why not formerly in the table of holy-days, 189. why commemo- rated by his conversion, 247.
A Peal to be rung before and after every burial, 473, 490.
Penitents, the form of driving them out of the church on Ash-Wednesday, 220. the form of reconciling them on Maun- dy Thursday, 224.
Perpetua, a Mauritanian martyr; some account of her, 58.
St. Philip, whether the Apostle or deacon, commemorated by our Church, 252. Pie, why so called, 140.
Pica letters, why so called, ib.
Places, the necessity of having appropri ate places for the public worship of God, 81. Polygamy forbid by the New Testament,
Pope receives the Sacrament sitting, 306. Postils, sermons formerly so called, and why, 272.
Prayers, not to be repeated by the people
aloud, 123. why divided into short Col- lects, 155. essential to Confirmation, 390. Preceding marriage, an impediment to marriage, 402.
Presbyters were never invested with the
power of ordination, 96. the same per- sons called both presbyters and bishops in the New Testament, 97. Primer of king Henry VIII., some account of it, 23.
Prisca, Roman virgin and martyr; some account of her, 55.
Processions, what sort of them allowed in England, 234.
Psalms used by the Apostles and primitive Christians, 9, 130. why they follow the Confession and Absolution, &c., 128. why used oftener than any other part of Scripture, 129. whether all the members in a mixed congregation may properly use some expressions in the Psalms, ib. why sung or said by course, 130. by whom first set to music, 131. why to be repeated standing, 132. the course ob- served in reading them, 133. to be used after the translation in the Old Bible, 134. which the proper place for singing psalms, 159.
Publication of what things to be made in churches, and by whom, 271.
Purgatorial fire, how far held by some an- cient Fathers, 282.
Purification, the feast of it, 247. why call- ed Candlemas-day, 248.
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