SECTION III.

What Actions of Repentance are specially required in our Prepara-

tions to the Holy Sacrament

SECTION IV.

How far we must have proceeded in our general Repentance, and

Emendation of our Lives, before we communicate••••

SECTION V.

What Significations of Repentance are to be accepted by the Church

in Admission of Penitents to the Communion...

SECTION VI.

Whether may every Minister of the Church and Curate of Souls reject

impenitent Persons, or any Criminals from the Holy Sacrament, until

themselves be satisfied of their Repentance and Amends

....

SECTION VII.

Penitential Soliloquies, Ejaculations, Exercises, and preparatory

Prayers, to be used in all the Days of Preparation to the Holy

Sacrament

CHAP. VI.

OF OUR ACTUAL AND ORNAMENTAL PREPARATION TO THE

RECEPTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT.

SECTION I.

An Inquiry whether we are habitually prepared, is the proper Pre-

paration for the Holy Communion

SECTION II.

Rules for Examination of our Consciences against the Day of our

Communion

SECTION III.

Of an actual Supply to be made of such Actions and Degrees of Good,

as are wanting against a Communion Day

SECTION IV.

Devotions to be used upon the Morning of the Communion

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CHAP. VII.

OF OUR COMPORTMENT IN AND AFTER OUR RECEIVING THE

BLESSED SACRAMENT.

SECTION I.

PAGE

Of the Circumstances and Manner of Reception of the Divine Mysteries 667

SECTION II.

Acts of Virtues and Graces relative to the Mystery, to be used before

or at the Celebration of the Divine Sacrament

SECTION III.

An Advice concerning him who only communicates spiritually..

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THE

GOLDEN GROVE;

OR,

A MANUAL

VOL. XV.

OF

DAILY PRAYERS AND LITANIES,

FITTED TO THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.

CONTAINING

A SHORT SUMMARY

OF

WHAT IS TO BE BELIEVED, PRACTISED, AND DESIRED.

B

TO THE

PIOUS AND DEVOUT READER.

IN this sad declension of religion, the seers who are appointed to be the watchmen of the church, cannot but observe that the supplanters and underminers are gone out, and are digging down the foundations; and having destroyed all public forms of ecclesiastical government, discountenanced an excellent liturgy, taken off the hinges of unity, disgraced the articles of religion, polluted public assemblies, taken away all cognizance of schism, by mingling all sects, and giving countenance to that, against which all power ought to stand upon their guard :—there is now nothing left, but that we take care that men be Christians. For concerning the ornament and advantages of religion, we cannot make that provision we desire; "Incertis de salute, de gloriâ minimè certandum :" for since they who have seen Jerusalem in prosperity, and have forgotten the order of the morning and evening sacrifice, and the beauty of the temple, will be tempted to