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. sect. 29.) The Preface to the Book of Common Prayer speaks first of _common prayer_, viz. the offices intended for the common and periodical use of _all_ at stated times; next, the administration of the sacraments; next, of _other_ rites and ceremonies; i. e. the occasional services, whether public or private, and all the methods of administration which these involve. Now among ceremonies, the prescribed procession in the Marriage and Burial Services, the standing at certain parts of the service, the bowing at the name of Jesus, as prescribed by the 18th canon, ought to be included.” It may be observed, that the 18th canon expressly calls the bowing just mentioned, a ceremony, as also in the 30th canon, the sign of the cross.—See _Hooker_, book iii . sect. 11, and