AN OCTAVE OF CATHOLIC PRAYERS FOR THE EVENTFUL YEAR 1851. By a Protestant Catholic. "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: [England] they shall prosper that "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, EDITED BY THE REV. EDWARD PHILLIPS, BIBLIOT Seeleys. AND ODLE! HANOVER STREET, LONDON. MDCCCLI. FLEET STREET, 138. d. 385. AN OCTAVE OF PRAYERS, FOR THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS OF EIGHT DAYS. SYNOPSIS. Sunday Morning. I. The Sabbath a Sign Sunday Evening. page 1 II. Praise for Deliverance from Romish bondageOur Public Services Scriptura) and Intelli gible page 3 For the Morning and Evening of any Week-day. III. Praise for the Reformation. page 5 IV. Thanks for Translation of the Bible-for making England a Missionary Country page 7 V. Only One Mediator-No human merit page 9 VI. Confession to God and not to priests-Purgatory VII. Christ, and not Peter, the Rock iv. SYNOPSIS. VIII. Indulgences-Absolution page 15 IX. Prayer for our Rulers-The Church-Unfaithful Ministers-Petition for the Young page 17 X. Bondage of Popery-It substitutes Tradition &c., for Revelation page 19 XI. Prayer for our Church-Her Bishops--For Increased Union among Protestants. page 21 XII. National Privileges-Open Bible-Sabbaths observed-Gospel preached-Scriptural Liturgy. page 23 XIII. Exhibition of Industry, 1851-Satan busy in Multitudes-Prayer that evil may be overruled for good-that Foreigners may be suitably impressed page 25 XIV. Praise for Gospel light-The Sacraments duly administered-Prayer that Papists may receive the truth as it is in Jesus-That Mariolatry may cease page 27 Before receiving the Holy Communion. XV. The Lord's Supper-a Means of Grace-Transubstantiation-Prayer for Increase of True Communicants After receiving the Holy Communion. page 29 XVI. Gospel read when not preached in our Church— The Lord's Supper-Atonement Complete and therefore only once offered-Baptism-Regeneration by the Holy Spirit only. page 31 PREFACE. THE following short forms are not intended to supersede any that are already in print; but are drawn up for the use of those persons who feel that the present times call for more particular notice of the errors of Popery and its imitation, than is to be found in the manuals in common use. The writer would suggest that one or more might well be added to the customary prayer. The object has been to express in simple language, the thankfulness that ought to be felt by all British Protestants for their peculiar blessings, civil and religious, so long and plentifully rained down upon our land-the humility and repentance that become us, when we consider how little |