710 The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. IX. K. Charles T. IL Innovations in Disc 1PLINE. 1641 v .iwJ As, r. " Turning the holy table into an altar. 2. " Bowing towards it, or to the eaft many times, with three con- " gees, at accefs or recels in the church. 3. " Placing candlefticks on altars in parochial churches in the day- " time, and making canopies over them with curtains, in imitation of " the vail of the temple ; advancing crucifixes and images upon thepara- front or altar -cloth, and compelling all communicants to come up " before the rails. 4. Reading the litany in the body of the church, and fume part " ° of the morning prayer at the altar, when there is no communion ; " and the minifters turning his face to the eaft when he pronounces the creed, or reads prayers. 5. " Offering bread and wine by the hands of the church- wardens 61 or others, before the confecration of the elements. Having a creden. " tia or fide-table for the Lord's (upper. Introducing an ofertory .r before the communion, befides the giving alms to the poor after- " wards. 6. " Prohibiting minifters to expound the catechifm ; fupprefling ]enures on the week day, and fermons on funday afternoon. Pro- " hibiting a direft prayer before fermon ; and bidding of prayer. 7. " Singing to deum in prole in parifh churches. Standing up at the " hymns of the church ; and always at gloria patri. Carrying children t1 from baptifm to the altar, to offer them to God ; and prohibiting " the building galleries in churches, where the parifhes are very po_ " pulous. 8. " Introducing latin fervice in the communion at Oxford; and in- " to morning and evening prayer in Cambridge. 9. " Pretending for their innovations the injùnétions and advertifements " of queen Elizabeth, which are not in force, but appertain to the li- .. turgy, printed in the 2d and 3d of Edw. VI. Which the parliament " hath reformed and laid afide." Memorandum for reformation. a. " That in all cathedral and collegiate churches two fermons be " preached every funday, and likewife every holiday; and one letture at at leaft on working days every week in the year. 2. " That
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