2p8 Mr. RAY’j itineraries. 
Worfhipj doth not fliift-Places.out of 
the'Defk into the Pulpit, as in Eng- 
land., but at his firfl: coming, in^ 
alcends the Pulpit. They commonly 
begin their Worlhip with a Pfalrri 
before the Minifter comes in, who, 
after the Pfalm is finiihed, prayeth^ 
and then reads and expounds in Ibme 
Places, in fome not ; then another 
Pfalm is fung, and after that their 
Minifter prays again, and preacheth 
as in England, Before Sermon, com- 
monly, the Officers of the Town 
ftand at the Church-Yard-Gate, with 
a join’d Stool and a Diffi, to gather 
' the Alms of all that come to Church. 
The People here frequent their 
Churches much better than in E7tg~ 
land, and have their Minifters in 
more Efteem and Veneration. They 
feem to perform theiqDevotions with 
much Alacrity. Tliere are few or 
no Sectaries or Opinionifts among 
them y 
