how brought into the calendar, ib. why
now left out of the calendar, 43. how to
find the golden number of any year, 44.
Good-Friday, why so called, 225. why ob-
served as a fast, ib. the Gospel for it,
why taken out of St. John, ib. the rest
of the service for it, ib.

Gospels for the Sundays and holy-days,
the antiquity of them, 201. in what ver-
sion they are used, ib. their order and
method, ib. the suitableness of them to
the several days, 202. standing up at the
Gospel, why enjoined, 269.

Gospeller and epistler, why appointed, 268.
Gregory the Great, bishop of Rome, and

confessor; some account of him, 58.
Habits for the Minister. See Ornaments.
Hallelujah, how anciently and universally
used, 127.

Hilary, bishop and confessor; some ac-
count of him, 55.

Holy-cross-day; what day so called, and
why, 70.

Holy-days, (popish,) why retained in our
calendar, 53. See Festivals.

Homilies of the Church of England, by
whom composed, and when, 272.
Honey, milk, and salt, why given an-
ciently to the new baptized, 326. why
discontinued, ib.

Hood, by whom first used, 102. why used

by the monks, 103. why used in cathe-
drals and universities, ib.

Hours, the third and ninth the times of
the Jewish sacrifice, and why, 79. the
same hours observed for prayer by the
primitive Christians, 80. why not en-
joined by the Church of England, ib.

Hugh, bishop of Lincoln; some account
of him, 75.

Hymns, the antiquity of them, 142. why
used after the Lessons, ib. when first
added, ib.

January 30, a form of prayer for it, 510.
St. Jerome, priest, confessor, and doctor;
some account of him, 72.

Jesus, reverence to be made at the name
of Jesus, 149.

Images, the use of them forbid in the pri-
mitive Church, 86. a remarkable in-
stance of it, 87.

Immersion, or dipping in baptism, most
primitive and significant, 348. See Aj-
fusion. See Trine Immersion.
Immovable feasts, why placed by them-
selves in the Common Prayer Book, 246.
observations on some of them, ib.
Impediments to marriage, what, 402, &c.
Imposition of hands essential to Confirm-

ation, 389. a blow on the cheek used in-
stead of it by the Church of Rome, 389,
390.

Incestuous marriages, what marriages so
called, and why, 406.

Infant baptism. See Baptism of Infants.
Innocents'-day, why observed, 190. why

observed presently after Christmas-day,
210. the service for it explained, 211.
Institutions (godly and pious) of a Chris-
tian Man, a book with that title put out
by king Henry VIII., 23.
Introits, what they were, and how ancient,
204. the introits for every Sunday and
holy-day throughout the year, ib.
Invention of the Cross, a day so called,
and why, 61.

St. John Baptist, his day why observed,
189. why commemorated by his nativity,
252. his beheading, what day so called,

69.

St. John Evangelist, why commemorated
at Christmas, 210. the service for his
day, how proper, 211.

ante Port. Lat., what day so called,
and why, 62.

Isaiah, why reserved to be read in Ad-
vent, 136.

June 20, a form of prayer for it, 519.
Kalendar, (or Calendar,) 52.
Kneeling, the Sacrament to be received
kneeling, 304. the Apostles probably re-
ceived it in a posture of adoration, ib.
though their posture does not bind us,
305. when kneeling first began, ib. how
universal and reasonable a practice, 306.
the protestation concerning it, 323. the
Minister, why sometimes to stand and
sometimes to kneel, 155.

Lambert, bishop and martyr; some ac-
count of him, 71.

Lammas-day, what day so called, and why,
67.

St. Laurence, archdeacon of Rome, and
martyr; some account of him, 68.
Lawn sleeves, a bishop's habit, 104.
Lay-baptism, allowed by our Church at the
first Reformation, 363. but afterwards
prohibited by both houses of convoca-
tion, ib. whether valid or effectual in the
sense of our Church, 365.

Leap-years, whence called Bissextile, 248.
Legends, what they were, 139.

Lent, the original and antiquity of it, 217.
variously observed at first, ib. why li
mited to forty days, 218. why so called,
ib. why to end at Easter, ib. how ob-
served by the primitive Christians, ib.
the Sundays in Lent, the services ap-
pointed for them, 221. how they are
named, ib.

Leonard, confessor; some account of him,
74.

Lessons, why they follow the Psalms, 135.
the antiquity of them, ib. the order of
the first Lessons for ordinary days, 136.
why some books of the Old Testament
are not read, ib. Isaiah, why reserved
for Advent, ib. the first Lessons for
Sundays, 137. Genesis, why read in
Lent, ib. first Lessons for saints' days,

138. for holy-days, ib. the order of the
second Lessons, ib. the Revelation, why
not read, ib. what posture the Minister
and people ought to be in when the Les-
sons are reading, 142.

Let us pray, often used, and why, 152.
Licence, the penalty of a Minister that
marries without licence or banns, 396.
Lights upon the altar enjoined by the ru-
bric, 106.

Litany, what the word signifies, 163. why
sung in the middle of the choir, 164. the
original of them in this form, ib. used
formerly in processions, ib. on what days
to be used, and why, 165. at what time
of the day, ib. one out of every family
in the parish to be present at it, 166.
the irregularity of singing it by laymen,
167. the method and order of it, 168, &c.
when properly ended, 503.
Liturgy, the lawfulness and necessity of a
national precomposed one, 1, &c.
Liturgy of the Church of England, how it
stood before the Reformation, 22. what
was done in relation to it in king Henry
VIII.'s reign, ib. See Common Prayer
Book.

Lord be with you, &c., why placed between
the Creed and the Lord's Prayer, 152.
Lord have mercy upon us, &c., the anti-
quity and use of this form, 152, 153. why
placed before the Lord's Prayer, ib. the
clerk and people not to repeat it a second
time after the Minister, ib.
Lord's Prayer, prescribed by our Saviour
for the constant use of his Church, 4.
objections against it answered, ib. &c.
always used by the primitive Church, 7.
why used in all offices, and generally at
the beginning, 123. why repeated aloud
by the whole congregation, 124. why
repeated more than once in an office, ib.
Lord's Supper, daily received by the pri-
mitive Church, 312. the care of the
Church in administering it to persons in
danger of death, 458. See Communion
Service.

Low-Sunday, what day so called, and why,
232. the service for it, 233.

St. Lucian, confessor and martyr; some
account of him, 55.

Lucy, virgin and martyr; some account of
her, 77.

St. Luke, his day, why observed, 190.
Lunar year, how computed, 44.

Machutus, bishop; some account of him,
75.

Margaret, virgin and martyr at Antioch;
some account of her, 66.

St. Mark, his day, why observed, 190.
why observed as a day of abstinence by
the Church of Rome, 198.
Marriage, a divine institution, 394. must
be performed by a lawful Minister, ib.
not before banns be published on three
Sundays, or licence obtained, 395. at no

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time prohibited, 397. though not decent
at some seasons, 398. to be solemnized
in one of the churches where banns were
published, ib. to be performed between
the hours of eight and twelve in the
morning, 399. in what part of the church
to be solemnized, 400. who to be present
at the solemnization, ib. the man, why
to stand at the right hand of the woman,
401. the impediments to marriage, what
they be, 402. no cousins prohibited mar-
riage, 406. the mutual consent of the
parties to be asked, 409. the husband's
duty, ib. the wife's duty, 410. the father
or friend why to give the woman, 412.
and the Minister why to receive her, 413.
their right hands why to be joined,
ib. the mutual stipulation explained at
large, 414. the meaning of the ring. See
Ring. The married persons ought to
receive the Sacrament, 425. the advan-
tage of communicating on the day of
marriage, ib.

St. Martyn, bishop and confessor; his
translation, 65.

Martyrs, the days of their death, why ob-
served, and why called their birth-days,

. 188.

Mary Magdalene, why her festival is dis-
continued, 66.

the Virgin, her visitation, on what
day formerly commemorated, 65. her
nativity, on what day formerly comme-
morated, 70. her conception, on what day
formerly commemorated, 77.
Matrimony. See Marriage.

Masses, solitary, not allowed of by the
Church of England, 317.

St. Matthias's day, on what day to be ob-
served in leap-years, 248.

Maundy Thursday, why so called, 224.
the Epistle, why concerning the insti-
tution of the Lord's Supper, ib. the prac-
tice of the primitive Church on this day,
ib. the church-doors why set open on
this day, 225.

May 29, a form of prayer for it, 514.
St. Michael and All Angels, why observed,

190. St. Michael, why particularly com-
memorated, 253.

Middle state, the ancient notion concern-
ing it, 282.

Midlenting, or mothering, the rise of that
custom, 222.

Milk, honey, and salt, why given ancient-
ly to the new baptized, 326. why discon-
tinued, ib.

Millennium, the notion of it very primi-
tive, 282.

Ministers, sometimes to stand, and some-
times to kneel, why, 155.
Ministry, the necessity of a divine commis-
sion to qualify a person for the ministry,
91, &c. the necessity of episcopal ordina-
tion, 94. three distinct orders set apart
by the Apostles to the ministry, 95.

Money given at the offertory, how and

when to be disposed of, 322.

See Epact.

See

Moon. See Easter.
Golden Number.
Morning and evening prayer to be said
daily, either openly or privately, by
every priest and deacon, 80. the form
and order of it in the primitive Church,
110.

Mothering. See Midlenting.

Musical instruments used in singing of
Psalms, 131.

Name given to children at baptism, why,
346. heathen and wanton names pro-
hibited, 347. to be given by the god-
fathers or godmothers, and why, ib.
Name of Jesus, what day so called, 68.
New Moon, how to find it by the golden
number in the calendar, 43. See Epact.
See Easter. See Golden Number.
Nicene Creed. See Creed, Nicene.
Nicolas, bishop of Myra in Lycia; some
account of him, 77.

Nicomede, a Roman priest and martyr;
some account of him, 64.

November 5, a form of prayer for it, 508.
Oblation of the Eucharist after consecra-

tion, always practised by the ancients,
298. our present prayer of oblation man-
gled and displaced, 299.

Octaves, or the eight days after the prin-
cipal feasts, how formerly observed, 212.
for what reason, 293.

Offertory, the sentences in the commu-
nion office so called, and why, 275.
Orders of the Ministers, three distinct
ones set apart by the Apostles, 94.
Ordination, by a bishop, the necessity of
it, 94. presbyters never invested with it,
96. at what seasons performed, 208.
Organs, the antiquity of them, 132.
Ornaments, or habits, enjoined to be worn
by the Ministers, and in the church, 98.
offensive to Bucer and Calvin, 105. dis-
continued in the second book of king
Edward, ib. but restored again by queen
Elizabeth, 106.

O Sapientia, what day so called, and why,

78.

Pall at the communion. See Corporal.
Palla Altaris, and Palla Corporis, what,
and how distinguished, 265.

Palls worn by archbishops, the original of
them, 56.

Palm-Sunday, why so called, 222.
Paranymphs, or bridemen, their antiquity,

400.

Parents, not allowed to stand godfathers

or godmothers for their own children,
336. the want of their consent an im-
pediment to their children's marriage,
408.

Parliament, the prayer for it, when first
added, 182.

Passing-bell, why formerly ordered to be
rung, 457.

Passion-Sunday, what Sunday so called,
and why, 222.

Passion-week, why called the great week,
and the holy week, 222. how formerly
observed, ib. how observed by the
Church of England, 223. the services
appointed for it, ib.

Pastoral staff, an account of it, 105.
St. Paul, his day, why not formerly in the
table of holy-days, 189. why commemo-
rated by his conversion, 247.

A Peal to be rung before and after every
burial, 473, 490.

Penitents, the form of driving them out
of the church on Ash-Wednesday, 220.
the form of reconciling them on Maun-
dy Thursday, 224.

Perpetua, a Mauritanian martyr; some
account of her, 58.

St. Philip, whether the Apostle or deacon,
commemorated by our Church, 252.
Pie, why so called, 140.

Pica letters, why so called, ib.
Places, the necessity of having appropri
ate places for the public worship of God,

81.

Polygamy forbid by the New Testament,
402.

Pope receives the Sacrament sitting, 306.
Postils, sermons formerly so called, and
why, 272.

Prayers, not to be repeated by the people

aloud, 123. why divided into short Col-
lects, 155. essential to Confirmation, 390.
Preceding inarriage, an impediment to
marriage, 402.

Presbyters were never invested with the

power of ordination, 96. the same per-
sons called both presbyters and bishops
in the New Testament, 97.

Primer of king Henry VIII., some account
of it, 23.

Prisca, Roman virgin and martyr; some
account of her, 55.

Processions, what sort of them allowed in
England, 234.

Psalms used by the Apostles and primitive
Christians, 9, 130. why they follow the
Confession and Absolution, &c., 128.
why used oftener than any other part of
Scripture, 129. whether all the members
in a mixed congregation may properly
use some expressions in the Psalms, ib.
why sung or said by course, 130. by
whom first set to music, 131. why to be
repeated standing, 132. the course ob-
served in reading them, 133. to be used
after the translation in the Old Bible,
134. which the proper place for singing
psalms, 159.

Publication of what things to be made in
churches, and by whom, 271.
Purgatorial fire, how far held by some an-
cient Fathers, 282.

Purification, the feast of it, 247. why call-
ed Candlemas-day, 248.

Quinquagesima Sunday. See Septua- |

gesima.

Reading pews or desks, the original of
them, 108. to have two desks, 141.
Real presence in the Sacrament, the no-
tion of it explained, 323.

Remigius, bishop of Rhemes; some ac-
count of him, 72.

Responds, what they were, 139.
Responses, the design of them, 124.
Revelation (the book of) why not read for
Lessons, 138.

Richard, bishop of Chichester; some ac-
count of him, 59.

Ring in marriage, the remains of the old
coemption, 416. why made use of rather
than any thing else, 417. why a gold
one, ib. what intimated by its round-
ness, ib. the use of it ancient and uni-
versal, ib. why laid upon the book, 418.
why put upon the fourth finger of the
woman's left hand, ib. the words at the
delivery of it explained at large, 419,

&c.

Rochette, what habit so called, 103. the
antiquity and use of it, 104.
Rogation-days, when first observed, 233.
why so called, 234. the design of their
institution, ib. why continued at the
Reformation, ib. deferred by the Spa-
niards till after Whitsuntide, and why,
230.

Romish Saints. See Saints'-days.
Rosemary, why given at funerals, 474.
Royal family, the prayer for them, when
first added to our Liturgy, 160.
Rule for finding Easter. See Easter.
Sacrament to be received kneeling. See
Kneeling.

Sacrifices (Jewish) why offered at the third
and ninth hours, 79.

Saints'-days, how observed in the primi-

tive Church, 188. how observed by the
Church of England, 189. the days of
saints' deaths, why called their birth-
days, 188.

Romish, 53, &c.

Salt, milk, and honey, why given formerly
to the new baptized, 326. why discon-
tinued, ib.

Saturday, why the Jewish Sabbath, 185.
why and how observed by the Eastern
Christians, 186.

Schismatics, not to be admitted to the
Communion, 261.

Self-murderers, not capable of Christian

burial, 472. whether those that kill
themselves in distraction are excluded
by the rubric, ib.

Sermon, the antiquity and design of it,
271. anciently performed by the bishop,
272. why called postil, ib.
Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinqua-
gesima Sundays, why so called, 215. the
design of them, and how observed for-
merly, ib. their services, 216.

Shrove-Tuesday, why so called, 216.
Sick. See Visiting of the Sick.
Silvester, bishop of Rome; some account
of him, 78.

Singing Psalms, which the proper place
for them, 159.

Sitting at the Sacrament practised by the
pope and the dissenters, 306. by whom
first introduced, ib.

Solitary masses or communions, not allow-
ed of by the Church of England, 317.
Song of Solomon, why not read for Lessons,
136.

Spousage, what are the proper tokens of
it, 416.

St. Stephen, St. John, and Innocents,
their days, the antiquity of them, 210.
why observed immediately after Christ-
mas day, and in the order they are placed,
ib. their service explained, 211.
Strangers from other parishes not to be
admitted to the communion, 262.
Sudden death, why we pray against it,

170.

Sunday, why observed by the Christians,
185.

Sunday letter, perpetual table to find it
by, 51. See Cycle of the Sun.
Surplice, why so called, 100. the antiquity,
lawfulness, and decency of it, ib. why
white, 101. why made of linen, ib. the
shape of it, and why made loose, 101,
102. objections against it answered, ib.
St. Swithun, bishop of Winchester, his
translation, 66.

Symbolum, the Creed, why so called, 147.
Synodals, what they were, 139.
Tables, rules, and calendar, 35. tables for
finding Easter, 38. the bishop of Alex-
andria first appointed to give notice of
Easter-day to other Churches, 39. cycles
afterwards drawn up, ib. the cycle of
eighty-four years, 40. the cycle of five
hundred and thirty-two years, or Victo-
rian period. ib. the last cycle established
by the Church 41. and afterwards adapt-
ed to the calendar, ib. which was the
occasion of placing the golden numbers
and dominical letters in the calendar,
ib. See Easter.

Thanksgiving, the great duty of it, 183.
the forms when, and upon what account
they were added, 184.

A large Thanksgiving always used at the
celebration of the Communion in the
primitive Church, 289. thanksgiving of
women after childbirth, why placed after
the office for the burial of the dead, 491.
the original and reasonableness of it, ib.
the time when they must do it, 492. the
place for doing it, 493. to perform this
office in private houses very absurd, ib.
the woman to be decently apparelled,
494. in what part of the church she is to
kneel, 495. in what part of the service
she is to be churched, 496. the woman

formerly to offer her chrisom, 498. what
the accustomed offerings are now, 499.
the woman to receive the Communion
if there be one, 500.

St. Thomas, why commemorated immedi-
ately before Christmas, 247.

Times, the necessity of setting apart set
times for the performance of divine wor-
ship, 79. See Hours.
Transfiguration of our Lord, what day so
called, 68.

Trine immersion, formerly used in bap-
tism, 352. why discontinued, ib.
Trinity Sunday, why not of very early
date, 241. why observed the Sunday
after Whit-Sunday, ib. the service for
it, 242.

Trinity, Sundays after, the Collects, Epis-
tles, and Gospels, 243.

Tunicle, an account of it, 105.

Valentine, bishop and martyr, some ac-
count of him, 57. the original of choosing
valentines, ib.

Veils used formerly by women when they
were churched, 494.

Venite exultemus, why used just before
the Psalms, 127.

Verses, what they were, 139.

Vessels used in private baptism to hold
the water, how to be disposed of, 367.
Vestments. See Cope.

Victorian period, 40.

Vincent, deacon of Spain, and martyr,
some account of him, 56.

Vigils, why so called, 192. See Eves.
Violent hands. See Self-Murderers.
Visitation of the blessed Virgin, what day
so called, 65.

of the sick, why the office for it is
placed next to that of matrimony, 427.
Visiting of the sick, a duty incumbent
upon all, 427. especially upon the clergy,
ib. whom the sick are to send for, ib.
and at the beginning of their sickness,
428. who are to go without delay, ib.

whether the Minister be confined to the
order in the Common Prayer Book, ib.
Unction in baptism prescribed by the first
book of king Edward VI., 354. whether
it belonged to baptism or confirmation,
ib. how they were distinguished in the
primitive Church, ib.

in Confirmation, primitive and catho-
lic, 391.

of the sick, prescribed by the first
book of king Edward VI., 448. used by
the Apostles in order to healing, 449.
why and in what sense prescribed by
St. James, 450. how used by the primi-
tive Church, 452. how by the ancient
Church, 453. how abused by the Church
of Rome, ib. how far countenanced at
the Reformation, 454.

Vow in baptism, very primitive, 343.
Wafer-bread used formerly in the Eucha-
rist, and why, 319. enjoined by queen
Elizabeth, ib. and allowed by the Scotch
Liturgy, 320.

Wakes in country parishes, the original of
them, 89.

Washing with water, used by all nations

as a symbol of purification, S24. how it
typifies a new birth, 325.

Water mixed with the eucharistical wine
by the primitive Christians, 278. not
essential to the Sacrament, ib.

used in private baptisms, how to be
disposed of, 367.

White garments given anciently to the
new baptized, 231. for what reason, 326.
See Chrisom.

Whit-Sunday, how anciently observed, 237.
why so called, ib. the service for it, 239.
why a prescribed time for communi-
cating, 312.

Whitsun-week, how observed formerly,
239.

Who alone workest great marvels, what
meant by that expression, 161.
Year, lunar, how computed, 44.