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and communicate under both kinds. There are
Two Altars in their Church, one which they
call the Altar of Preparation, and the other of
Consefration. On the first, they cut the Bread with
a Knife, falhion’d like the head of a Spear. They
also mix Water with the Wine, and the Prielt
takes it with a Sponge out of the Vessel in which
it was first mixed, and afterwards squeezes it out
into the Chalice. They embrace one another
before they receive the Sacrament: And the Com-
municants receive the Bread dipt in the Wine,
the Prielt putting it with a Spoon into their
Mouths. All this we law: The Arch-bilhop
who officiated, had a Mitre fashioned like an
Imperial Crown , and all his other Ornaments
were magnificent; and they were changed from
time to time, according to the several parts of
the Service.
There are among them an infinite number of
Ceremonies and Mysteries. When the Bilhop
blesses the People, he holds in his Right-hand a
Candlestick of Three Branches, with the Tapers
lighted, which is as an Emblem of the Perlons of
the Trinity. The Candlestick which he holds in
his Left-hand hath two Branches, to denote the
two Natures of Chrift. 1 will not engage fur-
ther in the Intricacies of these mysterious Repre-
sentations. Their Churches are divided into
Four Parts; the Altars are in the Place which
they call Holy, at one end of the Church. There
are none but he who officiates, and th'ose who
serve him who commonly enter there. The se-
cond place is appointed for the other parts of the
Service ; The Men are in the third place, which
is separated only from the second by little Balli-
sters, and the Women sit behind ta Lettice, at
the other end of the Church, or in the Galleries.
Ths
and communicate under both kinds. There are
Two Altars in their Church, one which they
call the Altar of Preparation, and the other of
Consefration. On the first, they cut the Bread with
a Knife, falhion’d like the head of a Spear. They
also mix Water with the Wine, and the Prielt
takes it with a Sponge out of the Vessel in which
it was first mixed, and afterwards squeezes it out
into the Chalice. They embrace one another
before they receive the Sacrament: And the Com-
municants receive the Bread dipt in the Wine,
the Prielt putting it with a Spoon into their
Mouths. All this we law: The Arch-bilhop
who officiated, had a Mitre fashioned like an
Imperial Crown , and all his other Ornaments
were magnificent; and they were changed from
time to time, according to the several parts of
the Service.
There are among them an infinite number of
Ceremonies and Mysteries. When the Bilhop
blesses the People, he holds in his Right-hand a
Candlestick of Three Branches, with the Tapers
lighted, which is as an Emblem of the Perlons of
the Trinity. The Candlestick which he holds in
his Left-hand hath two Branches, to denote the
two Natures of Chrift. 1 will not engage fur-
ther in the Intricacies of these mysterious Repre-
sentations. Their Churches are divided into
Four Parts; the Altars are in the Place which
they call Holy, at one end of the Church. There
are none but he who officiates, and th'ose who
serve him who commonly enter there. The se-
cond place is appointed for the other parts of the
Service ; The Men are in the third place, which
is separated only from the second by little Balli-
sters, and the Women sit behind ta Lettice, at
the other end of the Church, or in the Galleries.
Ths