FOR

PERSONS OF ALL AGES,

IN

PAROCHIAL LECTURES,

ON

THE CHURCH CATECHISM,

AND

THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION.

BY THE

REV. J. C. EBDEN, M.A.

HEAD MASTER OF

THE IPSWICH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, VICAR OF GREAT STUKELEY,
HUNTINGDONSHIRE, AND FORMERLY

FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

LONDON:

HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO. PATERNOSTER ROW,

AND F. PAWSEY, IPSWICH.

1841.

TO THE RIGHT REVEREND

EDWARD,

LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH,

THESE LECTURES,

DELIVERED AND PUBLISHED IN HIS LORDSHIP'S DIOCESE,

ARE WITH PERMISSION

VERY DUTIFULLY INSCRIBED.

LECTURE IV.-THE MEANS OF GRACE. PRAYER

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LECTURE V.-THE MEANS OF GRACE. THE SACRA-