An accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.

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Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds, &c. and after deliver it to the people in their hands knéeling; and when he delivereth the bread, he shall say, The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ which was given f••r thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life, and take and eat this in Remembrance, &c.

We desire, that at the distribu∣tion of the Bread and Wine to the Communicants, we may use the words of our Saviour as near as may be, and that the Minister be not re∣quired to deliver the Bread and Wine into every particular Com∣municants hand, and to repeat the words to each one in the singular number, but that it may suffice to speak them to diverse jointly, according to our Saviours Example.

We also desire, that the Kneeling at the Sacrament (it being not tha•• gesture which the Apostles used, though Christ was personally present a∣mongst them, nor that which was used in the purest and primitive times of the Church) may be left free, as it was 1. & 2. EDW. As touching Knee∣ling, &c. they may be used or left as every mans Devotion serveth, without blame.