the LORD and Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel, and to his offering: but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring Exod. xxv. 2. me an offering of every man that giveth it willingly

with his heart, ye shall take my offering.

Ye shall not appear before the LORD empty : Deut. xvi. 16. every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God, which he hath given

you.

Scottish Bishops were very earnest to have some alterations and some additions. And they gave this for their reason; because, if they did not then make that Book as perfect as they could, they should never be able to get it perfected after. 'Canterbury,' therefore, was not the man' that added this fuel to your fire.'

"But they say; there are divers secret reasons of this change' in the order [of the communion]. Surely there was reason for it, else why a change? But that there was any hidden secret reason for it (more than that the Scottish Prelates thought fit that Book should differ in some things from ours in England; and yet that no difference could be more safe than those which were in the order of the Prayers; especially, since both they and we were of opinion, that of the two, this order came nearest to the Primitive Church,) truly, I neither know nor believe." 3 "In the present Scotch Communion Office, the Offertory stands thus:— Then the Deacon or Presbyter shall say,

Let us present our offerings unto the Lord with reverence and godly fear.

Then the Presbyter shall begin the Offertory, saying one or more of these sen

tences.

["The sentences are the same as those in the old Scotch Prayer Book, with this single exception, that 1 Chron. xxix. 10, is not inserted in its order, being reserved for a particular place, where it is introduced with peculiar propriety; for when the Presbyter places the bason containing the offering on the holy table, then he repeats 1 Chron. xxix. 10."]

And the Presbyter shall then offer up, and place the Bread and Wine prepared for the Sacrament upon the Lord's Table, and shall say,

The Lord be with you, &c.

See Bp. Horsley's "Collation of Offices," in Skinner's "Office for the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion, according to the use of the Episcopal Church in Scotland."-p. 173, sqq.

1 Chron. xxix.

10.

Psal. xcvi. 8.

Matt. vi. 19, 20.

1

David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and said, Blessed be Thou, O LORD GOD, for ever and ever. Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth, is Thine: Thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and Thou art exalted as head above all; both riches and honour come of Thee, and of Thine own do we give unto Thee. I know also, my GoD, that Thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart, I have willingly offered all these things. And now have I seen with joy Thy people which are present here, to offer willingly unto Thee.

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto His name : bring an offering, and come into His courts. Lay not up for yourselves, &c.

¶While the Presbyter distinctly pronounceth some or all of the sentences for the Offertory, the Deacon, or (if no such be present) one of the Churchwardens, shall receive the Devotions of the people then present, in a Bason provided for that purpose. And when all have offered, he shall reverently bring the said Bason, with the oblations therein, and deliver it to the Presbyter, who shall humbly present it before the Lord, and set it upon the holy Table. And the Presbyter shall then offer up, and place the Bread and Wine prepared for the Sacrament upon the Lord's Table, that it may be ready for that service: And then he shall say,

Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church, &c.

....

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who by Thy holy Apostle hast taught us to make prayers and supplications, and to give thanks for all men, &c. . . . . truly serving Thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life. And we commend especially unto Thy merciful goodness, the congregation which is here assembled in Thy Name, to celebrate the commemoration of

the most precious death and sacrifice of Thy Son and our SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. And we most humbly beseech Thee, of Thy goodness, O LORD, &c. ...

3

[Prayer of Consecration.]

ALMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, which of Thy tender mercy, didst give Thine only Son JESUS CHRIST to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption, who made there (by His one oblation of Himself once offered,) &c. ... and did institute, and in His holy Gospel command us to continue a perpetual memory of that His precious death and sacrifice, until His coming again; ... Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech Thee, and of Thy Almighty goodness vouchsafe so to bless and sanctify with Thy word and Holy Spirit, these Thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine, that they may be unto us the Body and Blood of Thy most dearly beloved Son so that we, receiving them according to Thy Son our SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST'S holy institution, may be partakers of His most precious Body and Blood; who, in the night that He was betrayed, &c. . . . in remembrance of Me.

Immediately after shall be said this Memorial, or Prayer of Oblation, as followeth :-

Wherefore, O LORD and heavenly Father, according to the institution of Thy dearly beloved Son, our SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, We Thy humble servants do celebrate and make here before Thy divine Majesty, with these Thy holy gifts, the memorial which Thy Son hath willed us to make, having in remembrance His blessed passion, mighty resurrection, and glorious ascension, rendering unto Thee most hearty thanks for

In the present Scotch Communion Office, the Form of Consecration stands thus; "All glory be to Thee, Almighty God, for that Thou, of Thy tender mercy, &c."

2" Who (by His own oblation of Himself once offered) made."

the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the same'. And we entirely desire, &c.

NICHOLSON, BISHOP.-Exposition of the Catechism.

A "remembrance" of it: the Sacrament was "ordained for " that end. On all hands it is agreed, that it is a Sacrifice of commemoration.-p. 209.

A command there is, that upon the first day of the week (a day appointed for the Sacrifice), every man should set apart somewhat for the use of the poor.-p. 210.

BRAMHALL, ARCHBISHOP AND CONFESSOR.-Answer to M. de la Militière's Epistle to the King3.

First, you say, we have renounced your Sacrifice of the Mass. If the Sacrifice of the Mass be the same with the Sacrifice of the Cross, we attribute more unto it than yourselves: we place our whole hope of salvation in it. If you understand another propitiatory Sacrifice, distinct from that (as this of the Mass seems to be, for confessedly the priest is not the same, the altar is not the same, the temple is not the same); if you think of any new meritorious satisfaction to GOD for the sins of the world, or of any new supplement to the merits of CHRIST's Passion, you must give us leave to renounce your Sacrifice indeed, and to adhere to the Apostle: " by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified." Heb. x. 14.

1 In the present office, here follows, out of the Prayer of Consecration, "And we most humbly beseech Thee, O merciful Father, to hear us; and of Thy Almighty goodness vouchsafe to bless and sanctify with Thy word and Holy Spirit, these Thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine, that they may become the Body and Blood of Thy most dearly beloved Son. And we earnestly desire, &c. And here we humbly present... unto Thee, beseeching Thee," &c. ... [as in the old Scotch Prayer Book, except that the word "filled" is used instead of "fulfilled."]

After the Prayer of Oblation and Invocation, follows the Prayer for the whole state of Christ's Church.-See Bp. Horsley's "Collation."

2 Epistle tothe King of Great Britain, wherein he inviteth his majesty to forsake the Church of England, and to embrace the Roman Catholic Religion.

Surely you cannot think that CHRIST did actually sacrifice Himself at His last supper; (for then He had redeemed the world at His last supper, then His subsequent Sacrifice upon the cross had been superfluous;) nor that the priest now doth more than CHRIST did then. We do readily acknowledge an Eucharistical Sacrifice of prayers and praises; we profess a commemoration of the Sacrifice of the Cross; and, in the language of holy Church, things commemorated are related as if they were then acted: as "ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us Thy Son [as this day] to be born of a pure virgin;" and, "whose praise the younger innocents have [this day] set forth;" and, between the Ascension and Pentecost, "which hast exalted Thy Son JESUS CHRIST with great triumph into Heaven, we beseech Thee leave us not comfortless, but send unto us Thy Holy Spirit." We acknowledge a representation of that Sacrifice to God the Father; we acknowledge an imputation of the benefit of it; we maintain an application of its virtue: so here is a commemorative, impetrative, applicative Sacrifice. Speak distinctly, and I cannot understand what you can desire more. To make it a suppletory Sacrifice, to supply the defects of the only true Sacrifice of the Cross, I hope both you and I abhor.-Works, pp. 35, 6.

ID.-Protestants' Ordination defended.

"The

His third argument is contained in the sixth section. English superintendents, after their fall from the Roman Church, neither intended to give those holy orders instituted by CHRIST, neither did the ordained intend to receive them. For the priesthood instituted by CHRIST comprehended two functions, the one appertaining to the real Body of CHRIST, to complete it and offer it to GOD; the other, over the mystical Body of CHRIST, to remit sins. But, with the Protestants, the consecrating bishops do not intend to give, nor the consecrated ministers to receive either of these two functions, but on the contrary, do deny them, and disdain them. Therefore, notwithstanding their character, they have not those sacred orders which were instituted by CHRIST. But