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There is a third fault / which likewise appeareth almost in the whole body of this service and Liturgy of England / and that is that the profit which might have come by it unto the people / is not reaped. Whereof the cause is / for that he which readeth / is not in some places heard / and in the most places not understā dead of the people / through the distance of place between the people and the minister / so that a great part of the people can not of knowledge tell / whether he hath cursed them or blessed them / whether he hath red in Latin or in English / all the which riseth upon the words of the book of service / which are that the minister should stand in the accustomed place. For thereupon the minister in saying morning and evening prayer / sitteth in the chancel / with his back to the people / as though he had some secret talk with God / which the people might not hear. And hereupon it is likewise / that after morning prayer for saying another number of prayers / he climeth up to the further end of the chancel / and runneth as far from the people / as the wall will let him / as though there were some variance between the people and the minister / or as though he were afraid of some infection of plague. And in deed it reneweth the memory of the Levitical priesthood / which did withdraw himself from the people into the place called the holyest place / where he talked with God / and offered for the sins of the people.

There is a third fault / whych likewise appeareth almost in the whole body of this seruice and Liturgie of England / and that is that the profit whych might haue come by it vnto the people / is not reaped. Whereof the cause is / for that he whych readeth / is not in some places heard / and in the most places not vnderstā ded of the people / through the distance of place betweene the people and the minister / so that a great part of the people can not of knowledge tell / whether he hathe curssed them or blessed them / whether he hath red in Latine or in English / all the whych riseth vpon the words of the boke of seruice / whych are that the minister should stand in the accustomed place. For therevpon the minister in saying morning and euening prayer / sitteth in the chauncell / wyth hys backe to the people / as thoughe he had some secreate talke wyth God / whych the people myghte not heare. And herevpon it is likewise / that after morning prayer for saying a nother number of prayers / he climeth vp to the further end of the chauncel / and runneth as farre from the people / as the wall wil let him / as though there were some variance betwene the people and the minister / or as though he were afraide of some infection of plage. And in dede it renueth the memory of the Leuitical priesthode / whych did withdrawe himselfe from the people into the place called the holyest place / where he talked wyth God / and offered for the sinnes of the people.