thereof shall thereby obtain pardon and salvation, and shall live for ever. Amen.
R. Amen.
| ¶ | Here the priest shall kiss towards the bread in the form of a cross from above downwards, and from right to left, without touching it with his lips, and shall say: |
Glory be to Thee, O Lord, [To be repeated thrice,] for Thy unspeakable gift towards us for ever and ever. Amen.
R. Amen.
¶ Then he shall proceed to break the bread with both hands, and shall say:
We now approach in the true faith of Thy name, O Lord, and through Thy compassion we break, and through Thy mercy we sign, the Body and Blood of our Quickener, the Lord Jesus Christ, in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
R. Amen. [Whilst naming the Trinity he shall break the bread which is in his hands into two pieces, and shall put the piece which is in his left hand back into its place, yet not as it was before, but in such wise as that the broken part shall face the cup. With the piece in his right hand he shall sign the Blood which is in the cup from east to west, and from right to left, and shall dip a third part thereof into the cup in such a way as that the broken part may be wetted, and shall say:]
May the precious blood be signed with the life-giving Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
¶ He shall then sign the body which is upon the paten in the same way, viz., with the body which is in his hand, and shall say:
May the holy body be signed with the sin-forgiving blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
R. Amen.
¶ Then he shall take the two parts into his hands, and shall join them together, as if they had not been broken, and shall say:
These glorious, holy, life-giving, and divine sacraments, have been set apart, consecrated, perfected, joined together, and com-
