This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ... at their pleasure. And here it is to be noted that time out of mind it hath been a laudable custom that on Good Friday, in the afternoon, some especial learned man, by appointment of the prelates, hath preached a sermon at Paules Cross, treating of Christ's Passion; and upon the three next Easter holidays, Monday, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ... at their pleasure. And here it is to be noted that time out of mind it hath been a laudable custom that on Good Friday, in the afternoon, some especial learned man, by appointment of the prelates, hath preached a sermon at Paules Cross, treating of Christ's Passion; and upon the three next Easter holidays, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the like learned men, by the like appointment, have used to preach in the forenoons at the said Spittle, to persuade the Article of Christ's Resurection; and then on Low Sunday, one other learned man at Paules Cross, to make rehearsal of those four former sermons, either commending or reproving them, as to him by judgement of the learned divines was thought convenient. And that done, he was to make a sermon of his own study, which in all were five sermons in one. At these sermons, so severally preached, the Mayor, with his brethren the aldermen, were accustomed to be present in their violets at Paules on Good Friday, and in their scarlets at the Spittle in the holidays, except Wednesday in violet, and the Mayor with his brethren on Low Sunday in scarlet at Paules Cross, continued until this day." The Edition of Stow's Survey here quoted is that of 1 1603. In our own time, the Lord Mayor and his brethren still meet at Christ Church, Newgate Street, on the Monday and Tuesday in Easter Week, to hear what are called the Spital Sermons. A story is told of Bishop Warburton that, dining with the Lord Mayor after preaching one of these Spital Sermons, his host faid to him that "the Common Council were much obliged to his Lordship, for' that this was the first time he ever heard them prayed for." "I considered them," faid Warburton, "as a body who much needed the prayers of the Church." But of all...
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Good. Hardcover. Bound in contemporary two-toned cloth. Good binding and cover. Minimal wear to extremities. Spine rebacked. Library stamps and markings. Ships daily.
