[199] Canon 69.
[200] Canon 29.
[201] Canon 21; Prayer Book Rubric.
[202] Canon 22.
[203] This rubric, with the substitution of "Morning Prayer" for "Matins," was repeated in the Prayer Books of 1552 and 1559. On the other hand, in our present Prayer Book, where the allusion to Morning Prayer is omitted from the rubric, the intention that it shall, in the ordinary course, precede the Holy Communion is indicated by the fact that Matt. xxvi. and John xviii. have been removed from the Gospels for Palm Sunday and Good Friday, where they had previously stood with the succeeding passages which form our present Gospels for those days, and have been made the Second Lessons at Morning Prayer. In the earlier Prayer Books no special second lessons were assigned for those two days. But as to the use of Morning Prayer, the Litany, and the Holy Communion together, or in varying order as separate services, see now § 1 above. The Prayer Book does not seem to contemplate Communion more than once in the day. Where the Office is used oftener, it must be repeated entire on each occasion.
[204] (1547) 1 Edw. 6, c. 1, s. 8.
[205] Canons 26, 27, 109; Prayer Book Rubric.
[206] (1875) L. R. 4 A. & E. 463, rev. on app. (1876) 1 P. D. 80.
[207] See p. 94 above, and note (2) on that page.
[208] Swayne v. Benson (1889) 6 Times Law Rep. 7.