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The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, Vol. II is unavailable, but you can change that!

The second volume includes Hooker’s thoughts and expositions on church life. He includes practical topics such as duties of ministers, appropriate attire, length, prayers, communion, baptism, and marriage ceremonies. Hooker goes into careful detail on each of these subjects and more, providing valuable insight on daily life for laity and for ministers alike.

how grace is indeed the very end for which these heavenly mysteries were instituted, and besides sundry other properties observed in them, the matter whereof they consist is such as signifieth, figureth, and representeth their end. But still their efficacy resteth obscure to our understanding, except we search somewhat more distinctly what grace in particular that is whereunto they are referred, and what manner of operation they have towards it. The use of Sacraments is but only in this life, yet
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