124 LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE [1785 



13th. In the collect "for the Clergy and People," read — 



Almighty and everlasting God, send down upon all Bishops and other Pastors, and 

 the Congregations committee, &c., to the end. 



14th.* 



15th. That the Lord's prayer after the Litany, and the subsequent 

 Rubric be omitted. 



1 6th. That the short Litany be read as follows: 



Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 

 O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Grant us thy peace. O Christ, 

 hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us and deal not with us according to our sins, 

 neither reward us according to our iniquities. 



After which, omit the words — " Let us pray." 



17th. That the "Gloria Patri," after "O Lord arise, &c.," be 

 omitted ; as also " Let us pray," after " we put our trust in thee." 



1 8th. That in the following prayer, instead of 



righteously have deserved, 



it be 



justly have deserved. 



19th. That in the ist warning for the Communion, the word "damna- 

 tion," following these words "increase your, &c.," be read "condemna- 

 tion ; " and the two paragraphs after these words "or else come not to 

 that holy table," be omitted ; and the following one be read : 



and if there be any of you, who by these means, cannot quiet their conscience, &c. 



The Avords "learned and discreet," epithets given to the ministers, to 

 be also omitted. 



20th. In the exhortation to the communion, let it run thus : 



For as the benefit is great, &c., to drink his blood, so is the danger great, if we re- 

 ceive the same unworthily. Judge therefore yourselves, &c. 



2ist. That in the rubric preceding the absolution, instead of 



pronounce this absolution, 

 it be 



Then shall the minister stand up, and turning to the people say, &c. 



22d. That in the baptism of infants, parents may be admitted as 

 sponsors. 



23d. That the minister, in speaking to the sponsors, after these words 



* Here is an erasure from the manuscrijit : the article being found a repetition of part 

 of the 4th. ]'ide White's Memoirs, p. 367, where " 13th" is si misprint for !' 4th." 



