A26853:272
An account of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persuasions appointedAn accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed
An account of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persuasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.An accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.
London : s.n., 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Rubric.
Rubrick.
Then shall begin the Communion, and after the Gospel shall be said a Sermon, &c.
Exception.
This Rubric doth either enforce all such as are unfit for the Sacrament to forbear Marriage, contrary to Scripture, which approves the Marriage of all men; or else compels all that marry to come to the Lords Table, though never so unprepared: And therefore we desire it may be omitted, the rather because that Marriage Festivals are too often accompanied with such divertissements as are unsuitable to those Christian Duties which ought to be before and follow after the receiving of that Holy Sacrament.
This Rubrick doth either enforce all such as are unfit for the Sacrament to forbear Marriage, contrary to Scripture, which approves the Marriage of all men; or else compels all that marry to come to the Lords Table, though never so unprepared: And therefore we desire it may be omitted, the rather because that Marriage Festivals are too often accompanied with such divertisements as are unsuitable to those Christian Duties which ought to be before and follow after the receiving of that Holy Sacrament.