...or deacon he shall have and wear a surplice only." The Prayer Book of Elizabeth (AD 1559) provided that "the minister at the time of the communion, and at all other times of his ministration, shall use such ornaments in the church as were in use by authority of Parliament...

...deacon, he shall have and wear a snrplice only ;" a.nd in place of it a Rubric prescribed " the use of such ornaments in the church as were in use by authority of Parliament in the second year of King Edward VI., according to the Act of Parliament set forth in the beginning of this book." The...

...usages, these rubrics were left out, and the following one put in their place, viz. And here it is to le noted, that the minister, at the time of the Communion,...at all other times in his ministration, shall use neither Alb, Vestment,or Cope; but being Archbishop or Bishop, he shall have and wear a Rochette; and...

...being a priest or deacon, he shall have and wear a sur" plice only. " The queen's book hath it ; " And here is to be noted, that the minister at the...authority of parliament in the second year of the reign " of king Edward the sixth, according to the act ofparlia" ment set forth in the beginning of this...

...remain as they have done "• in times past. " Again, King Edward's second book hath it thus ; " Again, here is to be noted, that the minister at the time " of the communion, and at all other times in his mmistra" tion, shall use neither alb, vestment, nor cope. But being " archbishop or bishop, shall have...

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...priestly habits were left out, and the following one substituted in their stead :— " And here it is to be noted that the minister at the time of the...at all other times in his ministration, shall use neither alb, vestment, or cope; bat being archbishop or bishop, he shall have and wear a rochette;...

...direction in the book of 1304 required the ornaments of the second year of Edward VI. to be worn by the minister at " the time of the communion, and" at all " other" times in his ministration. But in 1661-2 this direction was altered to its present form, " at all times of their ministration...

...been preserved ; for the rubric, which is usually pleaded for their use, enjoins only such ornaments as were in use, by authority of Parliament, in the second year of King Edward. If it could be proved even that lights were classed among church ornaments, it would...

...made by these prudent and pious men were not many. With regard to the vestments, it was now ordered, that the Minister at the time of the Communion, and...use by authority of Parliament, in the second year of King Edward the Sixth. In the Litany, the petition for deliverance " from " the tyranny of the Bishop...