visitation of the sick
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In the office for the visitation of the sick it is said, “Our Lord Jesus Christ hath left in His Church power to absolve all sinners that truly repent and believe in Him.”
From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James
The last section of the book provides forms of service for the administration of the Sacraments, visitation of the sick, marriage, burial, ordination, etc.
From Presbyterian Worship Its Spirit, Method and History by Johnston, Robert
In the visitation of the sick, if the sick person makes a confession of his sins, and 'if he heartily and humbly desire it,' the Priest is bidden to absolve him.
From The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments by Holmes, E. E.
Your godly prayer-book, says, in the visitation of the sick, "the ministers shall not omit, earnestly to move, such sick persons, as are of ability, to be liberal to the poor."
From Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy by Rigby, Nicholas
A baptism follows; after that a marriage: and we then proceed, in due course, to the visitation of the sick, and the burial of the dead.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
