This is known as the Commination service, its distinctive element being the solemn reading of "the general sentences of God's cursing against sinners, gathered out of the seven and twentieth chapter of Deuteronomy, and other places of Scripture."   anvd [Please select]

Had he chosen another interpretation and delayed, and been mistaken, then, too, commination would have fallen.   anvd [Please select]

After that I grew better, and drew up a merry little Commination Service.   anvd [Please select]

As I could not show him the Commination Service, I picked imaginary flaws in the universe.   anvd [Please select]

There was more than unveiling of the weakness of any human policy or party; the letter was in part a commination of individual conduct.   anvd [Please select]