pastoral relation between the person who employs it and the sick man who is visited, its use under any other circumstances can hardly fail to be unattended with misconception and disappointment.

To many valued friends and brethren our best thanks are due for important suggestions, the fruits of their experience or their reading. Two young friends (candidates for the holy order of Deacons) have rendered us valuable assistance, of ability and time in transcribing materials, and have otherwise afforded us much useful aid. And to Mr. Darling we are indebted for the liberal use of several works in the Clerical Library, bearing on the subject on which we were engaged.

In conclusion: we wish again to state that our earnest desire has been to provide our brethren with a manual in the Visitation of the Sick, carrying out and applying the intention and system of the Church of England, and compiled from her greatest Divines. This has been our sole object and intention. That we have succeeded in it, is our earnest hope; that in carrying it out we have in no way contravened either the letter or the mind of the Church of England, is our sincere belief; and with the heartfelt prayer that He Who alone can give life and efficacy to forms may give His blessing to this our endeavour, we affectionately commend it to the use of our brethren, and humbly submit it to the judgment of the Church.

W. H. C.

H. S.

Epiphany, 1848.

List of Works quoted in this Book.

Tractatus de Visitatione Infirmorum seu de eis Parochorum Officiis, quæ infirmos et moribundos respiciunt. Authore Johanne Stearne, S.T.D., edit°. secunda. Londini, 1704.

The Devout Christian instructed how to Pray and give Thanks to God. By Sy. Patrick, D.D., Lord Bishop of Ely., Ninth Edition. London, 1694.

The whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D., Lord Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore. By Reginald Heber. Fifteen volumes. London, 1822.

The Clergyman's Companion in Visiting the Sick. Seventh Edition.

1742.

The Works of John Kettlewell, B.D. Folio. London, 1719.

The Sick Man Visited. By Nathaniel Spinckes. Second Edition. 1717.

Disce Mori. By Christopher Sutton, D.D. Oxford (Reprint), 1840.

Godly Meditations upon the most holy Sacrament of the LORD's Supper. By Christopher Sutton, D.D. Oxford (Reprint), 1840.

Method of Devotion for Sick and Dying Persons. By Dr. W. Assheton. London, 1706.

Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ. By the Rev. W. Maskell. 1846-7.

Advices to the Attendants on Sick Persons. By the Rev. James Duke Coleridge (published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge).

1839.

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A Manual of Prayers. By Thomas Ken, D.D., sometime Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. Oxford (Reprint), 1845.

The Works of Thomas Wilson, D.D., Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. 4to. Bath, 1781.

The Devout Christian's Manual of Prayers and Devotions for all occasions. Supervised and recommended by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Wagstaff. London, 1703.

The Private Devotions and Manual for the Sick of Launcelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester. London (Reprint), 1839.

The Private Devotions of Archbishop Laud. Oxford (Reprint), 1839.

Death-Bed Scenes. By the Rev. Wm. Wood. 4th Edition. London, 1830.

Sermons by the Rev. Thomas Warton, published in the "Penny Sunday Reader."

An Account of some Remarkable Passages in the Life of a Private Gentleman. 2nd Edition. 1711.

The Works of John Cosin, D.D., Lord Bishop of Durham, (in Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology). Oxford, 1845.

An Exposition of the Creed. By John Pearson, D.D., Lord Bishop of Chester. By Dr. Burton. Oxford, University Press. 1833.

A Daily Office for the Sick. By John Isham. London (various Editions), 1694, 1699, and 1702.

The Practical Christian.

(Reprint), 1841.

By Richard Sherlock, D.D. Oxford

The Church Catechism explained. By William Beveridge, D.D., late Lord Bishop of S. Asaph. London (Reprint by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge), 1840.

A Complete Collection of Devotions, both Public and Private. [By Thomas Deacon, D.D.] 1734.

The Sick Man's Companion; or the Clergyman's Assistant in Visiting the Sick. By William Dodwell, D.D. London, 1767.

A Commentary on the Book of Common Prayer. By William Nicholls, D.D. 2nd Edition. London, 1712.

A Supplement to the Commentary, &c. By William Nicholls, D.D. London, 1711.

A Rational Illustration to the Book of Common Prayer. By Charles Wheatley, M.A. Oxford (Reprint), 1839.

A Rationale on the Book of Common Prayer. Oxford (Reprint), 1843.

The works of the Rev. Joseph Bingham, M.A. Nine volumes. London, 1844.

A Manual for the Parish Priest. [By the Rev. Mr. Sawbridge.] London, 1815.

The Clergyman's Obligations Considered. By Richard Mant, D.D., Bishop of Down and Connor. 2nd Edition. Oxford. 1830.

Lectures on the Exercise of the Sacred Ministry. By the late I. F. Ostervald. Translated by Thomas Stevens, M.A. 1781.

A Companion for a Sick Bed. By Thomas Coney, D.D., London, 1747.