form the said gesture in the celebration of the holy eucharist, upon
any opinion of a corporal presence of the body of Jesus Christ on the holy
table or in the mystical elements, but only for the advancement of God's
majesty, and to give him alone that honour and glory that is due unto
him, and no otherwise; and in the practice or omission of this rite we
desire that the rule of charity prescribed by the apostle may be observed,
which is, that they which use this rite despise not them who use it not,
and that they who use it not condemn not those that use it."

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"... a bloodie crosse he bore,
The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,
For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore,
And dead, as living, ever him ador'd:
Upon his shield the like was also scor'd."

FOOTNOTES:

[154-*] Hist. Eccles. lib. vi. c. 6. Durantus, however, assigns a
different origin. "In veteri testamento non nisi lotus templum
ingrediebatur." De Labro, seu Vase Aquae Benedictae, c. 21.

[156-*] "Ad valvas ecclesiae,"--Ordo ad Faciendum Catechumenum, Manuale.

[156-+] Constitutions of Edmund Archbishop of Canterbury, A. D. 1236.
[TN-6]De Baptismo et eius Effectu."

[158-*] It is much to be regretted that of late years many ancient fonts
have been cast out of our churches, and earthenware and pewter basins
substituted in their stead for the administration of the holy sacrament of
baptism: a practice not authorized by the Anglican church, but rather
condemned; for in the canons set forth by authority, A. D. 1571, it is
provided that "Curabunt (OEditui) ut in singulis ecclesiis sit sacer
fons, _non pelvis_, in quo baptismus ministretur, isque ut decenter et
munde conservetur." And in the canons of 1603, after alluding to the
foregoing constitution, and observing that it was too much neglected in
many places, it is appointed "That there shall be a font of stone in every
church and chapel where baptism is to be ministered; the same to be set in
the _ancient usual places_." In the orders and directions given by Bishop
Wren, A. D. 1636, to be observed in his diocese of Norwich, we find it
enjoined, "That the font at baptism be filled with clear water, and no
dishes, pails, or basins be used in it or instead of it."

[160-*] The 28th decree of a foreign council, that of Wirtzburgh, held A.
D. 1278, prohibits the fortifying of churches in order to make use of them
as castles.

[164-*] Anglice sermocinari sol