The Priest's Prayer Book, Ed. by Two Clergymen [R.F. Littledale and J.E. Vaux]. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...by copious draughts of warm salt and water or mustard and water. If by opium, keep the patient awake by any means till the arrival of the medical man; e.g., by making him walk barefoot on a stone floor. No antidotes should be given without medical advice. NOTES ON SINS, AND THEIR REMEDIES. Sins. Selfishness, in one form or another, will be found to be at the root of all personal sin. The following are the forms in which sin most commonly violates the commandments: First Commandment. Determining to disbelieve in God through a desire to follow sin, or through pride of intellect--Making a mock of religion or of sin--Putting some friend in the place of God--Doing wrong things, or omitting right things, in order to please man--Adopting a conventional standard in religious practice, for fear of giving offence--Pursuing steadily, as the main object in life, something from which religion is banished--Showing disbelief in God's mercy by despairing, or in His justice by presuming--Putting off repentance from sloth or selfwill. Second Commandment. Neglect of Public Worship--o Baptism--Confirmation--Holy Eu charist--Private Prayer--Going to church from a wrong motive, e.g. respectability, vanity, curiosity, or gossip, merely for the music or sermon--Improper thoughts or behaviour at church--Attending Dis senting worship or religious meet ings--Unnecessary perusal of unsound books, or conversation on religious topies with unsound per sons. Third Commandment. Profane swearing--Careless or irreverent use of holy names, writings, or things--Superstitious use of the same--Using as oaths phrases resembling or suggesting holy names--Hypocrisy--Mechanical recitation of prayers--Talking too freely on religious subjects, even if not in a bad spirit. Fourth Commandment. Laziness ...