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“I hae seen the day, Luckie, when worthy Mr. Cuffcushion and the service-book would hae served your turn (to the elder dame), or ony honest woman in like circumstances.”
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Cynric the verger came in from the north porch with the twig broom in his hand, from brushing away the night's sprinkling of fine snow from porch and steps, and went to open the great service-book on the reading desk, and trim the candles on the parish altar ready for the communal Mass, and set two new ones on the prickets of the wall brackets on either side.
The Raven In The Foregate Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986
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Meriet was seated at Brother Mark's little desk in the anteroom of the hall, mending the binding of a service-book with a strip of leather.
The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983
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Meriet was seated at Brother Mark's little desk in the anteroom of the hall, mending the binding of a service-book with a strip of leather.
The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983
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Outward monuments -- ways of declaring and holding out false and idolatrous worship -- he is to remove; as the Papists 'images, altars, pictures, and the like; Turks' mosques; prelates 'service-book.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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As great power was granted by the very service-book to every single curate; (see the Rubric before the communion.)
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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The clerical personage with the service-book under his arm passed first.
In and Around Berlin Minerva Brace Norton
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He offered to withdraw Laud's unlucky service-book, the new canons, and even the Articles of Perth, and to limit the power of the bishops; and he asked the people to sign the Covenant of 1580-81, on which the new
An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait
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'That whoever would own or make use of a service-book, king, nobleman, or minister, the curse of God should be upon him.'
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This gloss imagineth such a ministry in the apostles 'times as the prelates had erected of late in their days, viz: many dumb dogs that could not bark nor preach at all, yet could administer the sacraments by the old service-book.
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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