...absolution; but, in the order for the visitation of the sick, it is too palpable to be mistaken. " Our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his...and believe in him, of his great mercy, forgive thee thine offences. And, by his authority, committed to ME, I ABSOLVE thee from all thy sins, in the name...

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...which, (if he humbly and heartily desire it) the priest is to absolve him in the following words ; " Our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his...and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences ; and by his authority, committed unto me, I absolve thee of all thy sins, in the name...

...absolve him (if he humbly and heartily desire it) after this sort : Our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath lefi power to his church to absolve all sinners who truly...and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences : and by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name...

...in any weighty matter ; the priest then tenders a carte blanche in manner and form following : — " Our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his church to absolve all sin* Dr. Southey's Life of Wesley, vol. ip 371. ners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great...

...only, intended to ascertain us of God's pardon,* and the words of the ritual sufficiently prove this. " Our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his...all sinners who truly repent, and believe in him.... forgive thee, &c."—to Christ belongs the power of forgiving, to the church is assigned the office...

...One is an objection to the form of absolution in the Visitation of the Sick ; — the other to two expressions in the Burial Service. In the former the...his great mercy, forgive thee thy sins, and by his ailthority committed to me I * An uuonymuus reformer, of the old and consistent school, seems to have...