HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE THE 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Common Prayer and 〈…〉 Sacraments 〈…〉 â—â—â—â—monies of the Church of England âšœ 〈…〉 by Robert Barker Printer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—â—lent Maiestie Cum priuilegio ¶ The Contents of this Booke j AN Act for the vniformitie of Common prayer ij A Preface iij Of Ceremonies why some bee abolished and some reteined iiij The order how the Psalter is appointed to be read v The order how the rest of holy Scripture is appointed to be read vj Proper Psalmes and Lessons at Morning and Euening prayer for Sundayes and certaine Feastes and dayes vij The Table for the order of the Psalmes to bee said at Morning and Euening prayer viij An Almanacke ix The Table and Kalender for Psalmes and Lessons with necessarie rules appertaining to the same x The order for Morning prayer and Euening prayer throughout the yeere xj The Letanie xij The Collects Epistles and Gospels to bevsed at the ministration of the holy Communion throughout the yeere xiij The order of the ministration of the holy Communion xiiij Baptisme both publike and priuate xv Confirmation where also is a Catechisme for children xvj Matrimonie xvij Visitation of the sicke xviij The Communion of the sicke xix Buriall xx The Thanksgiuing of women after child birth xxj A Commination against sinners with certaine prayers to bevsed diuers times in the yeere ⧠An Acte for the vniformitie of Common prayer and seruice in the Church and administration of the Sacraments WHere at the death of our late Soueraigne Lorde King Edward the sixth there remained one vniforme order of Common Seruice and prayer and of the administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England which was set foorth in one booke entituled The booke of Common prayer and administration of Sacraments and other Rites Ceremonies in the Church of England authorised by Acte of Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth yeeres of our saide late Soueraigne Lord king Edward the sixth entituled An Acte for the vniformitie of Common prayer and administration of the Sacraments the which was repeated and taken away by Acte of Parliament in the first yeere of the reigne of our late Soueraigne Lady Queene Mary to the great decay of the due honour of God and discomfort to the professors of the trueth of Christs Religion Bee it therefore enacted by the authoritie of this present Parliament that the saide Statute of repeale and euery thing therein contained onely concerning the saide Booke and the Seruice administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies conteined or appointed in or by the saide Booke shal be voyd and of none effect from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of S Iohn Baptist next comming And that the saide Booke with the order of Seruice and of the administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies with the alteration and additions therein added and appointed by this Statute shall stand and be from and after the said feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist in full force and effect according to the tenour and effect of this Statute any thing in the aforesaid Statute of repeale to the contrary not withstanding And further be it enacted by the Queene Highnesse with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authoritie of the same that all and singular Ministers in any Cathedrall or Parish Church or other place within this Realme of England Wales and the Marches of the same or other the Queenes dominions shall from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist next comming be bounden to say and vse the Mattens Euensong celebration of the Lords Supper and administration of eche of the Sacraments and all other Common and open prayer in such order and fourme as is mentioned in the saide Booke so authorized by Parliament in the sayde fifth and sixth yeere of the reigne of King Edwarde the sixth with one alteration or addition of certaine Lessons to bee vsed on euery Sunday in the yeere and the forme of the Letanie altered and corrected and two sentences onely added in the deliuerie of the Sacrament to the communicants and none other or otherwise And that if any maner of Parson Vicar or other whatsoeuer Minister that ought or should sing or say Common Prayer mentioned in the saide Booke or minister the Sacraments from and after the feast of the natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist next comming refuse to vse the saide Common Prayers or to minister the Sacraments in such Cathedrall or Parish Church or other places as hee should vse to minister the same in such order and fourme as they bee mentioned and set foorth in the sayd Booke or shall wilfully or obstinately standing in the same vse any other Rite Ceremony Order Fourme or manner of celebrating of the Lordes Supper openly or priuily or Mattens Euensong administration of the Sacraments or other open Prayers then is mentioned and set foorth in the sayde Booke Open prayer in and throughout this Acte is meant that Prayer which is for other to come vnto or heare either in common Churches or priuate Chappels or Oratories commonly called the Seruice of the Church or shall preach declare or speake any thing in the derogation or deprauing of the sayd Booke or any thing therein conteined or of any part thereof and shall bee therof lawfully contuicted according to the Lawes of this Realme by verdict of twelue men or by his owne confession or by the notorious euidence of the fact shall lose and forfaite to the Queenes highnesse her heires and successours for his first ofience the profite of all his Spiritual Benefices or promotions comming or arising in one whole yeere next after his conuiction And also that the person so conuicted shall for the same offence suffer imprisonment by the space of sixe moneths without Baile or maineprise And if any such person once conuict of any offence concerning the premisses shall after his first conuiction eftsoones offende and bee thereof in fourme aforesaide lawfully conuict that then the same person shall for his second offence suffer imprisonment by the space of one whole yeere and also shall therefore bee depriued ipso facto of all his Spirituall promotions And that it shall bee lawfull to all Patrons or Donours of all and singular the same Spirituall promotions or of any of them to present or collate to the same as though the person or persons so offending were dead And that if any such person or persons after hee shall bee twise conuicted in fourme aforesayd shall offende against any of the premisses the thirde time and shal be thereof in fourme aforesaid lawfully conuicted that then the person so offending and conuicted the thirde time shall be depriued ipso facto of all his Spirituall promotions and also shall suffer imprisonment during his life And if the person that shall offende and bee conuict in fourme aforesayd concerning any of the premisses shall not bee beneficed
of this Realme safely maintained and last of all all estates and people thereof in true obedience and charitie vnited and knit together Grant this O God for thy onely Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect. PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doing with thy most Gracious favour and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our woorkes begunne continued and ended in thee wee may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtaine Euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then shall follow the Benediction as thus THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ 2. Cor. 13 and the loue of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen The order where Morning and Euening Prayer shall be vsed and said THE morning and Euening Prayer shal be vsed in the accustomed place of the Church Chappell or Chancell except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the place And the chancels shall remaine as they haue done in times past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the time of the Communion and at all other times in his ministration shall vse such ornaments in the Church as were in vse by authoritie of Parliament in the second yeere of the raigne of King Edward the sixt according to the Acte of Parliament set in the beginning of this Booke An order for Morning prayer daily throughout the yeere At the beginning both of Morning prayer and like wise of Euening prayer the Minister shall reade with a lowd voyce some one of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said sentences AT what time soeuer a sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of this heart I will put all his wickednesse out of my remembrance saith the Lord. Eze. xviij I doe knowe mine owne wickednesse and my sinne is alway against me Psal Lj. Turne thy face away from our sinnes O Lord and blot out all our offences Psal Lj. A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal Lj. Rent your hearts and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because hee is gentle and mercifull he is pacient and of much mercy and such a one that is sory for your afflictions Ioel ij To thee O Lord God belongeth mercy and forgiuenesse Danâ—x for we haue gone away from thee and haue not hearkned to thy voyce whereby wee might walke in thy Lawes which thou hast appointed for vs. Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy fury lest we should be consumed and brought to nothing 〈◊〉 x. Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hand Maâ—h iij. I will go to my father and say to him Father I huve sinned against heaven and against thee I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne Luke xv Enter not into Iudgement with thy seruants O Lord for no flesh is righteous in thy sight Psal exliij If wee say that we haue no sinne wee deceiue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. i. Iohn j. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture mooueth vs in sundry places to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes and that wee should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heauenly Father but confesse them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the ende that wee may obtaine forgiuenesse of the same vy his infinite goodnesse and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sinnes before God yet ought wee most chiefly so to doe when wee assemble and meete together to render thankes for the great benefits that we haue received at his hands to set foorth his most worthy prayse to heare his most holy word and to aske those things which be requisite and necessary aswell for the body as the soule Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as be here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the Throne of the heauenly grace saying after me A generall confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister kneeling ALmighty and most mercifull Father wee have erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost sheepe wee haue followed too much the deuices and desires of our owne hearts we have offended against thy holy Lawes we have left vndone those things which wee ought to have done and we haue done those things which wee ought not to haue done and there is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercy upon vs miserable offenders spare thou them O God which confesse their faults restore thou them that be penitent according to thy promises vnto mankinde in Christ Iesu our Lord and graunt O most mercifull Father for his sake that we may hereafter liue a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen The absolution or remission of sinnes to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that hee may turne from his wickednesse and liue and hath giuen power and commandement to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sinnes hee pardoneth and absolueth all them which truely repent and vnfainedly beleeue his holy Gospel Wherefore we beseech him to graunt vs true repentance and his holy spirit that those things may please him which wee doe at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last wee may come to his eternallioy through Iesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answere Amen Then shall the Minister begin the Lords prayer with a lowd voyce OUr Father which art in heaven halowed ve thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Give vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliver vs from evil Amen Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shall shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to save vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Prayse ye the Lord. Then shall be said or sung this Psalme following O Come let vs sing unto the Lord let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our salution Veniâ—e exul 〈◊〉 Let vs come before his presence with thankesgiuing and shew our selves glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great King avoue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is
the Chapter Item so oft as the first Chapter of S. Matthew is read either for Lesson or Gospell yee shall begin the same at The birth Iesus Christ was on this wife c And the third Chapter of S. Lukes Gospel shal be read vnto So that he was supoosed to bee the sonne of Ioseph c. ⧠Proper Lessons to be read for the first Lessons both at Morning and Euening prayer on the Sundayes throughout the yeere and for some also the second Lessons  Mattens Euensong Sundays of Aduent   The first Esai i. Esai ii ii v xxiiii iii xxv xxvi iiii xxx xxxii Sundayes after Christmas   The first xxxvii xxxviii ii xli xliii Sundayes after the Epiphanie   The first xliiii xlvi ii li liii iii lv lvi iiii lvii lviii v lix lxiiii Septuagesima Gene. i. Gen. ii Sexagesima iii vi Quinquagesima ix xii Lent   first sunday Gene. xix Gene. xxii ii xxvii xxxiiii iii xxxix xlii iiii xliii xlv v Exod. iii Exod. v. vi ix x Easter day   i. Lesson Exod. xii Exod. xiii ii Lesson Rom. vi Act. ii Sundayes after Easter   First sunday Num. xvi Nume xxii ii xxiii xxv iii Deut. iiii Deut. v iiii vi vii v viii ix Sunday after Ascension day Deut. xii Deut. xiii Whitsunday   First Lesson Deut. xvi Wisdome i. ii Lesson Act. x Then Peter opened his mouth c. Actes xix It fortuned that while Apollo was at Corinth c. vnto After these things ¶ Trinitie Sunday   i. Lesson Gen. xviii Ioshuah i ii Lesson Matt. iii  Sundayes after Trinitie   First Ioshuah x Ioshu xxiii ii Iudic. iiii Iudic. v iii i. King ii i. King iii iiii xii xiii v xv xvii vi ii King xii ii King xii vii xxii xxiiii viii iii. King xiii iii. King xvii ix xviii xix x xxi xxii xi iiii King v iiii King ix xii x xviii xiii xix xxiii xiiii Iere. v Iere. xxii xv xxxv xxxvi xvi Ezech. ii Ezech. xiiii xvii xvi xviii xviii xx xxiiii xix Dan. iii Daniel vi xx Ioel ii Miche vi xxi Abacuc ii Prouerb i xxii Prouerb ii Prouerb iii xxiii xi xii xxiiii xiii xiiii xxv xv xvi xxvi xvii xix ⧠Lessons proper for holy dayes  Mattens Euensong S. Andrew Prouerb xx Prou. xxi S. Thomas the Apostle xxiii xxiiii Natiuitie of Christ   i. Lesson Esai ix Esai vii God spalit once a gaine to ac   Titus iii. ii Lesson Luke ii vnto And vnto me good will The kindnesse and love c. S. Steuen   i. Lesson Prou. xxviii Eccles iii. ii Lesson Acts vi vii Steuen full of faith and power c. vnto And when forty peeres Acts vii And when xl yeres were expired ther appeared vnto Moses c. vnto Steuen full of the holy Ghost c. S. Iohn   i. Lesson Eccles v. Eccles vi ii Lesson Apocalyp i. Apoc. xxii Innocents day Ierem. xxxi vnto Moreouer I heard Ephraim Wisedome i. CircummcisioÌ„   i. Lesson Genesis xvii Deu. x. vnto And now Isr ii Lesson Roman ii Colos ii Epiphanie   i. Lesson Esai xi Esai xlix ii Lesson Luk. iii vnto So that hee was supposed to be the sonne of Ioseph Iohn ii vnto After this hee went to Capernaum Conuersion of S. Paul   i. Lesson Wisdome v. Wisdome vi ii Lesson Acts. xxii vnto They heard him Act. xxvi Purification of the Mirgin Marie Wisdome ix Wisdome xii S. Matthias Wisdome xix Eccle. i. Annuciation of our Lady Eccle. ii Eccle. iii. Wednesday afore easter Osee xiii Osee xiiii Thursday afore Easter Daniel ix Ierem. xxxi Good Friday Genes xxii Esai liii Easter Euen Zacha. ix Exod. xiii Munday in Easter weeke   i. Lesson Exod. xvi Exod. xvii ii Lesson Matth. xxviii Actes iii. Tuesday in Easter weeke   i. Lesson Exod. xx Exod. xxxii ii Lesson Luk. xxiiii vnto And behold two of them i. Cor. xv S. Marke Eccle. iiii Eccle. v. Philip and Iacob Eccle. vii Eccle. ix Ascension day Deut. x. iiii King ii Munday in Whitsunweeke   i. Lesson Gen. xi vnto These are the generations of Sem. Num. xi Gather vnto me 70. men Ac. vnto Moses â— the Elders returned ii Lesson i. Cor. xii  Tuesday in Whitsun-weeke i. King xix Dauid came to Samuel to Rama c. Deut. xxx S. Barnabe   i. Lesson Eccle. x. Eccle. xii ii Lesson Act xiiii Act. xv vnto After certain dayes S. Ion. Bap.   i. Lesson Mala. iii. Mala. iiii ii Lesson Mat. xiii Matt. xiiii vnto When Iesus heard S. Peter   i. Lesson Ecclu xv Ecclu xix ii Lesson Acts. iii. Acts. iiii S. Iames. Ecclus. xxi Ecclus. xxii S. Bartholomew xxv xxix S. Matthew Ecclus. xxxv xxxviii S. Michael xxxix xliiii S. Luke Ecclus. li Iob. i. Simon and Iude.   i. Lesson Iob. xxiiii xxv xlii All Saints   i. Lesson Wisedome iii. vnto Blessed is rather the barren Wisedome v. vnto His iealousie also ii Lesson Hebre. xi xii Saints by faith vnto If ye indure chastening Apocalyp xix vnto And I saw an Angel stand ¶ Proper Psalmes on certaine dayes  Mattens Euensong Christmas day Psal xix Psal lxxxix Psal xiv Psal Cx. Psal lxxxv Psal Cxxxii. Easter day ii Cxiii lvii Cxiiii Cxi Cxviii Ascension day viii xxiiii xv lxviii xxi Cviii. Whitsun-day xiv Liiii xlvii Lxiv ⧠The table for the order of the Psalmes to be said at Morning and Evening Prayer Dayes of the Moneth Psalmes for Morning Prayer Psalmes for Evening Prayer i i. ii iii. iiii v. vi vii viii ii ix x. xi xii xiii xiiii iii xv xvi xvii xviii iiii xix xx xxi xxii xxiii v xxiiii xxv xxvi xxvii xxviii xxix vi xxx xxxi xxxii xxxiii xxxiiii vii xxxv xxxvi xxxvii viii xxxviii xxxix xl xli xlii xliii ix xliiii xlv xlvi xlvii xlviii xlix x l. li. lii liii liiii lv xi lvi lvii lviii lix lx lxi xii lxii lxiii lxiiii lxv lxvi lxvii xiii lxviii lxix ixx. xiiii lxxi lxxii lxix lxxiiii xv lxxv lxxvi lxxvii lxxviii xvi lxxix lxxx lxxxi lxxxii lxxxiii lxxxiiii lxxxv xvii lxxxvi lxxxvii lxxxviii lxxxix xviii xc xci xcii xciii xciiii xix xcv xcvi xcvii xcviii xcix c. ci xx cii ciii ciiii xxi cv cvi xxii cvii. cviii cix xxiii cx cxi cxii cxiii cxiiii cxv xiiii cxvi cxvii cxviii cxix Inde iiii xxv Inde v. Inde iiii xxvi Inde v. Inde iiii xxvii cxx cxxi cxxii cxxiii cxxiiii cxxv cxxvi cxxvii cxxviii cxxix cxxx cxxxi xxviii cxxxii cxxxiii cxxxiiii cxxxv cxxxvi cxxxvii cxxxviii xxix cxxxix clx clxi cxlii cxliii xxx cxliiii cxlv cxlvii cxlviii cxlix cl ⧠An Almanacke for xxxix Yeeres The yeere of our Lord. The Golden number Dominicall letter Sâ—â—tuagegesima The firstday of Lent 〈◊〉 day Rogacion weeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Whitsunday Adâ—â—â—t Sunday 1603 viii B 20. Febru