I. BOOK K. EDWARD VI. 1549. the body, to prepare, bless, and consecrate so much as will serve the people; so it shall continue still after the same manner, save that he bless and consecrate the biggest chalice, or some fair and convenient cup or cups full of wine, with some water put unto it; and that day not drink it up all himself, but taking one only sup or draught, leave the rest upon the altar covered, and turn to them that are disposed to be partakers of the communion, and shall thus exhort them as followeth.

The variations of the Book of 1549 in the following passage are as noted below.

we be made one, &c.

For then we become guilty &c.

[because we make no difference of the Lord's body: 1548.] we kindle God's wrath over us ;

Therefore if any here be a

II. BOOK 1552.

Dearly beloved in the Lord, ye that mind to come to the holy communion of the body and blood of our Saviour Christ, must consider what St. Paul writeth to the Corinthians, how he exhorteth all persons diligently to try and examine themselves, before they presume to eat of that bread and drink of that cup. For as the benefit is great, if with a truly penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament; (for then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ, and drink his blood; then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; we be one with Christ and Christ with us;) so is the danger great if we receive the same unworthily. For then we be guilty of the body and blood of Christ our Saviour; we eat and drink our own damnation, not considering the Lord's body; we kindle God's wrath against us; we provoke him to plague us with divers diseases, and sundry kinds of death. Therefore if

I. BOOK EDW. VI. 1549.

blasphemer, advouterer, or be in malice or envy, or in any other grievous crime, (except he be truly sorry therefore, and earnestly minded to leave the same vices, and do trust himself to be reconciled to Almighty God, and in charity with all the world,) let him bewail his sins, and not come to that holy table, lest after the taking of that most blessed bread, the Devil enter into him, as he did into Judas, to fill him full of all iniquity, and bring him to destruction both of body and soul. Judge therefore yourselves, (brethren,) that ye be not judged of the Lord. Let your mind be without desire to sin; repent you truly for your sins past; have an earnest and lively faith in Christ our Saviour; be in perfect charity with all men; so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy mysteries,

[miserable sinners, lying, 1548.]

II. BOOK 1552.

any of you be a blasphemer of God, an hinderer or slanderer of his word, an [and, 1559, Cawode] adulterer, or be in malice or envy, or in any other grievous crime, bewail your sins, and come not to this holy table, lest, after the taking of that holy sacrament, the Devil enter into you, as he entered into Judas, and fill you full of all iniquities, and bring you to destruction, both of body and soul. Judge therefore yourselves, (brethren) that yè be not judged of the Lord; repent you truly for your sins past; have a lively and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour; amend your lives, and be in perfect charity with all men; so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy mysteries. And above all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and man; who did humble himself, even to the death upon the cross, for us, miserable sinners, which lay in darkness and shadow of death; that he might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life. And to the end that we should alway

BOOK OF K. CHARLES II. 1662.

lished in the year 1548 it is introduced immediately after this Exhortation with a Rubric as follows:

Then the Priest shall say to them which be ready to take the Sacrament,

If any man here be an open blasphemer, an advouterer, in malice or envy, or any other notable crime, and be not truly sorry therefore, and earnestly minded to leave the same vices, or that doth not trust himself to be reconciled to Almighty God, and in charity with all the world, let him yet a while bewail his sins, and not come to this holy table, lest after the taking of this most blessed bread, the Devil enter into him, as he did into Judas, to fulfil in him all iniquity and to bring him to destruction both of body and soul.

Here the Priest shall pause a while, to see if any man will withdraw himself; and if he perceive any so to do, then let him commune with him privily at convenient leisure, and see whether he can, with good Exhortation, bring him to grace: and after a little pause, the Priest shall say, You that do truly, &c.]

SCOTCH LITURGY, 1637.

'who lay in darkness and the shadow of death ;'

[1662.]

I. BOOK K. EDW. VI. 1549.

"he hath left in those holy mysteries, as a pledge of his love, and a continual remembrance of the same, his own blessed body and precious blood, for us to feed upon spiritually, to our endless comfort and consolation.

[The Invitation, Confession, Absolution, and the Comfortable words, are found in this Book in the same order as in the others, but not in the same place. They occur, that is, between the Consecration and the Delivery of the Elements. The same arrangement is pre

II. BOOK 1552.

remember the exceeding great love of our Master, and only Saviour, Jesu Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits (which by his precious blood-shedding) he hath obtained to us: he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort. To him therefore with the Father and the Holy Ghost, let us give (as we are most bounden) continual thanks; submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleasure, and studying to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. Amen.

[The same in the Books of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I.]

¶ Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receive the holy Communion. You that do truly and earof nestly repent you

your sins,

the Nonjurors, 1718, and also in the New Communion Service of the Church of Scot

in Italics.]

You that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins to Almighty God, and be in love and charity, &c.

'make your humble confession to Almighty God, and to his holy church here gathered together in

commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways; Draw near and take this holy sacrament to your comfort; make your humble confession to Almighty God, before this congregation, here gathered together in his holy