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" superstitious usages," of the use of the surplice, the sign of the cross in baptism, the gift of the ring in marriage, the posture of kneeling at the Lord's Supper, was shared by a large number of the clergy and the laity alike. "
An Account of the Island of Jersey: Containing a Compendium of Its ... - Page 154
by W. Plees - 1817 - 369 pages
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An account of the island of Jersey

W. Plees - 1824 - 424 pages
...ecclesiastical canons and constitutions ; but, with a view of conciliating all religious differences, be admitted of some deviations from the English canons...Mr. Falle's time, there had not been a conventicle iu the island. Of the three ceremonies, thus dispensed with, the disuse of the surplice is now the...
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Letters to a Dissenting Minister, of the Congregational Independent ...

L. S. E., Michael Augustus Gathercole - 1834 - 434 pages
...— turning to the east at the repetition of the Apostle's Creed — bowing at the name of Jesus — the use of the surplice — the sign of the Cross in Baptism, and kneeling at the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Turning to the east, though a very ancient, is quite...
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The Guernsey and Jersey Magazine, Volumes 1-2

1836 - 784 pages
...episcopacy superseded presbyterianism in Jersey, and gained its old ascendancy, al>>m the year Kill). But the use of the surplice, the sign of the cross in baptism. ari<l the ceremony of kneeling at the Lord's Supper, were dispensed with. To this day the surplice...
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Cæsarea: or, An account of Jersey. To which are added, Notes and ...

Philip Falle - 1837 - 548 pages
...the Church of England. Within these few years the Ministers of several of the parishes have adopted the use of the surplice. The sign of the cross in baptism, and the adminis/ring of the Lmd'i Supper to the people kneeling, are now in general use. It is another peculiarity...
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The Life of the Rev. Richard Baxter

William Orme - 1840 - 230 pages
...bishops. Indeed the only ceremonies which they specified as offensive to the consciences of many, were, the use of the surplice, the sign of the cross in baptism, bowing at the name of Jesus, and kneeling at the altar. The form of church government was presented...
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The Christian reformer; or, Unitarian magazine and review [ed. by ..., Volume 6

Robert Aspland - 1850 - 794 pages
...for modifying a few matters, chiefly of form and church ceremony, in the English Prayer-book (such as the use of the surplice, the sign of the cross in baptism, and the mode of ordination), in order to remove Presbyterian scruples about conforming. With the most shameless...
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An ecclesiastical biography, containing the lives of ancient ..., Volume 7

Walter Farquhar Hook - 1851 - 620 pages
...Romish recusants and Puritan nonconformists. The scruples of the Puritans were chiefly directed against the use of the surplice, the sign of the cross in baptism, and the ring in marriage. Having ineffectually sought to satisfy them on these points in a personal conference,...
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A Series of Brief Historical Sketches of the Church of England, and of the ...

Moses S. Royce - 1859 - 214 pages
...changes in the wording of other articles. They also repeated the objections formerly urged against the use of the surplice, the sign of the cross in Baptism, the ring in marriage, and some other unimportant matters. They also requested that a new translation...
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The Christian's penny magazine, and friend of the people [ed. by J. Campbell ...

Congregational union of England and Wales - 1862 - 828 pages
...Interim dispensed with the three ceremonies BO much controverted in England at that time — viz., the use of the surplice, the sign of the cross in...the administering of the Lord's Supper to the people kneel:ng. — Falle'x Hiatury of Jewry. the table for communion was in front of the pulpit, and there...
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Revolutions in English History: Revolutions in government

Robert Vaughan - 1863 - 684 pages
...which was born with it, was Cmnprehento be a signal failure. It was proposed in this bill,""" that the use of the surplice, the sign of the cross in baptism, the custom in reference to godfathers and godmothers, and to kneeling or sitting at the Communion,...
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