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posture ; and with regard to which Dean Weston said
in 1554: "A runnagate Scot dyd take away the
adoration or worshipping of Christ in the Sacrament :
by whose procurement that heresie was put into the
last Communion Book ; so much prevailed that one
man's authority at that time." Knox was offered, but
declined, the bishopric of Rochester. The offer was
made at the instance of the Duke of Northumberland,
who wrote to Secretary Cecil : " I would to God it
might please the King's Majesty to appoint Mr. Knox
to the office of Rochester bishopric. He would be a
whetstone to quicken and sharp the Bishop of Canter-
bury, whereof he hath need."

18. The Second Prayer-Book of Edward.— Through
the various agencies and influences just indicated the
feeling in favour of a more thorough reformation was
deepened and extended; and the feeling expressed
itself in some measure in the revision of the First
Prayer-Book, and the appearance of what is known as
the Second Prayer-Book of Edward. Many of the old
rites and ceremonies were discarded, such as exorcism,
anointing, and the ceremonial use of the white garment
in baptism ; the use of oil in confirmation, in the visita-
tion of the sick, and in extreme unction ; prayer for
the dead in the office of burial, auricular confession.
