shall and may at all time and times at his liberty and pleasure joyn and associate himself by virtue of this Act to the said Justices of Oyer and Determiner or to the said Justices of Assize at every of the said open and general Sessions to be holden in any place within his Diocess for and to the inquiry hearing and determining of the offences aforesaid Provided also and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Books concerning the said Services shall at the costs and charges of the Parishioners of every Parish and Cathedral Church be attained and gotten before the said Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next following and that all such Parishes and Cathedral Churches or other places where the said Books shall be attained and gotten before the said Feast of the Nativity of S. John Baptist shall within three Weeks next after the said Books so attained and gotten use the said Service and put the same in ure according to this Act. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no person or persons shall be at any time hereafter impeached or otherwise molested of or for any the offences above mentioned hereafter to be committed or done contrary to this Act unless he or they so offending be thereof indicted at the next general Sessions to be holden before any such Justices of Oyer and Determiner or Justices of Assize next after any offence committed or done contrary to the tenour of this Act. Provided always and be it Ordained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular Lords of the Parliament for the third offence above mentioned shall be tried by their Peers Provided also and be it Ordained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Mayor of London and all other Mayors Bayliffs and other Head-Officers of all and singular Cities Boroughs and Towns-corporate within this Realm Wales and the Marches of the same to the which Justices of Assize do not commonly repair shall have full Power and Authority by virtue of this Act to enquire hear and determine the offences abovesaid and every of them yearly within fifteen days after the Feasts of Easter and Saint Michael the Archangel in like manner and form as Justices of Assize and Oyer and Determiner may do Provided always and be it Ordained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular Archbishops and Bishops and every of their Chancellors Commissaries Archdeacons and other Ordinaries having any peculiar Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction shall have full power and Authority by virtue of this Act as well to enquire in their Visitation Synods and elsewhere within their Jurisdiction at any other time and place to take Accusations and Informations of all and every the things above mentioned done committed or perpetrated within the limits of their Jurisdictions and Authority as to punish the same by admonition excommunication sequestration or deprivation and other censures and process in like form as heretofore hath been used in like cases by the Queens Ecclesiastical Laws Provided always and be it Enacted That whatsoever person offending in the premisses shall for the offence first receive punishment of the Ordinary having a testimonial thereof under the said Ordinaries seal shall not for the same offence eftsoons be convicted before the Justices and likewise receiving for the said offence punishment first by the Justices he shall not for the same offence eftsoons receive punishment of the Ordinary Any thing contained in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and be it Enacted That such Ornaments of the Church and of the Ministers thereof shall be retained and be in use as were in this Church of England by the Authority of Parliament in the second year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth until other order shall be therein taken by the Authority of the Queens Majesty with the advice of Her Commissioners appointed and authorized under the Great Seal of England for causes Ecclesiastical or of the Metropolitan of this Realm And also That if there shall happen any contempt or irreverence to be used in the Ceremonies or Rites of the Church by the misusing of the Orders appointed in this Book the Queens Majesty may by the like advice of the said Commissioners or Metropolitan ordain and publish such further Ceremonies or Rites as may be most for the advancement of Gods glory the edifying of his Church and the due reverence of Christs holy Mysteries and Sacraments And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Laws Statutes and Ordinances wherein or whereby any other Service Administration of Sacraments or Common Prayer is limited established or set forth to be used within this Realm or any other the Queens Dominions or Countries shall from henceforth be utterly void and of none effect An Act for the Vniformity of Publick Prayers and Administration of Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies And for Establishing the Form of Making Ordaining and Consecrating Bishops Priests and Deacons in the Church of England XIV CAROL II. WHereas in the first year of the late Queen Elizabeth there was one Uniform Order of Common Service and Prayer and of the Administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England agreeable to the Word of God and usage of the primitive Church Compiled by the Reverend Bishops and Clergy set forth in one Book Entituled The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England and enjoyned to be used by Act of Parliament holden in the said First year of the said late Queen Entituled An Act for the Vniformity of Common Prayer and Service in the Church and Administration of the Sacraments very comfortable to all good People desirous to live in Christian Conversation and most profitable to the estate of this Realm upon the which the Mercy Favour and Blessing of Almighty God is in no wise so readily and plentifully poured as by Common Prayers due usâ—…g of the Sacraments and often preaching of the Gospel with devotion of the hearers And yet this notwithstanding a great number of people in divers parts of this Realm following their own sensuality and living without knowledge and due fear of God do wilfully and schismatically abstain and refuse to come to their Parish-Churches and other publick places where Common Prayer Administration of the Sacraments and preaching of the Word of God is used upon the Sundays and other days ordained and appointed to be kept and observed as Holidays And whereas by the great and scandalous neglect of Ministers in the said Order or Liturgy so set forth and enjoyned as aforesaid great mischiefs and inconveniences during the times of the late unhappy troubles have arisen and grown and many people have been led into Factions and Schisms to the great decay and scandal of the Reformed Religion of the Church of England and to the hazard of many souls For prevention whereof in time to come for
Bartholomew in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and two upon pain of forfeiture of Three pounds by the month for so long time as they shall then after be unprovided thereof by every Parish or Chappelry Cathedral Church Colledge and Hall making default therein Provided always and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Bishops of Hereford S. Davids Asaph Bangor and Landaff and their Successors shall take such order among themselves for the souls health of the Flocks committed to their charge within Wales that the Book hereunto annexed be truly and exactly Translated into the British or Welsh Tongue and that the same so Translated and being by them or any three of them at the least viewed perused and allowed be Imprinted to such number at least so that one of the said Books so Translated and Imprinted may be had for every Cathedral Collegiate and Parish Church and Chappel of Ease in the said respective Diocesses and places in Wales where the Welsh is commonly spoken or used before the First day of May One thousand six hundred sixty five and That from and after the Imprinting and Publishing of the said Book so Translated the whole Divine Service shall be used and said by the Ministers and Curates throughout all Wales within the said Diocesses where the Welsh Tongue is commonly used in the British or Welsh Tongue in such manner and form as is prescribed according to the Book hereunto annexed to be used in the English Tongue differing nothing in any Order or Form from the said English Book for which Book so Translated and Imprinted the Church-wardens of every the said Parishes shall pay out of the Parish-money in their hands for the use of the respective Churches and be allowed the same on their Account and That the said Bishops and their Successors or any three of them at the least shall set and appoint the Price for which the said Book shall be sold And one other Book of Common Prayer in the English Tongue shall be bought and had in every Church throughout Wales in which the Book of Common Prayer in Welch is to be had by force of this Act before the first day of May One thousand six hundred sixty and four and the same Book to remain in such convenient places within the said Churches that such as understand them may resort at all convenient times to read and peruse the same and also such as do not understand the said Language may by conferring both Tongues together the sooner attain to the knowledge of the English Tongue Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding And until printed Copies of the said Book so to be Translated may be had and provided the Form of Common Prayer established by Parliament before the making of this Act shall be used as formerly in such parts of Wales where the English Tongue is not commonly understood And to the end that the true and perfect Copies of this Act and the said Book hereunto annexed may be safely kept and perpetually preserved and for the avoiding of all disputes for the time to come Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the respective Deans and Chapters of every Cathedral or Collegiate Church within England and Wales shall at their proper coâ—s and charges before the twenty fifth day of December One thousand six hundred sixty and two obtain under the Great Seal of England a true and perfect Copy of this Act and of the said Book annexed hereunto to be by the said Deans and Chapters and their Successors kept and preserved in safety for ever and to be also produced and shewed forth in any Court of Record as often as they shall be thereunto lawfully required and also there shall be delivered true and perfect Copies of this Act and of the same Book into the respective Courts at Westminster and into the Tower of London to be kept and preserved for ever among the Records of the said Courts and the Records of the Tower to be also produced and shewed forth in any Court as need shall require which said Books so to be exemplified under the Great Seal of England shall be examined by such persons as the Kings Majesty shall appoint under the Great Seal of England for that purpose and shall be compared with the Original Book hereunto annexed and shall have power to correct and amend in writing any Error committed by the Printer in the Printing of the same book or of any thing therein contained and shall certifie in writing under their Hands and Seals or the Hands and Seals of any three of them at the end of the same Book that they have examined and compared the same Book and find it to be a true and perfect Copy which said Books and every one of them so exemplified under the Great Seal of England as aforesaid shall be deemed taken adjudged and expounded to be good and available in the Law to all intents and purposes whatsoever and shall be accounted as good Records as this Book it self hereunto annexed any Law or Custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Provided also that this Act or any thing therein contained shall not be prejudicial or hurtful unto the Kings Professour of the Law within the University of Oxford for or concerning the Prebend of Shipton within the Cathedral Church of Sarum united and annexed unto the place of the same Kings Professour for the time being by the late King James of blessed memory Provided always That whereas the Six and thirtieth Article of the Nine and thirty Article agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of both Provinces and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London in the year of our Lord One thousand five hundred sixty two for the avoiding of diversities of opinions and for establishing of consent touching true Religion is in these words following viz. That the Book of Consecration of Archbishops and Bishops and Ordaining of Priests and Deacons lately set forth in the time of King Edward the Sixth and confirmed at the same time by Authority of Parliament doth contain all things necessary to such Consecration and Ordaining neither hath it any thing that of it self is superstitious and ungodly And therefore whosoever are Consecrated or Ordered according to the Rites of that Book since the second year of the aforenamed King Edward unto this time or hereafter shall be Consecrated or Ordered according to the same Rites We decree all such to be rightly orderly and lawfully Consecrated and Ordered It be Enacted and be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Subscriptions hereafter to be had or made unto the said Articles by any Deacon Priest or Ecclesiastical person or other person whatsoever who by this Act or any other Law now in force is required to subscribe unto the said Articles shall be construed and taken to extend and shall be applied for and touching the said Six and thirtieth
same together with the Declaration or Ackowledgment aforesaid upon some Lords day within three months then next following in his parish Church where he is to officiate in the presence of the Congreatgion there assembled in the time of Divine Service upon pain that every person failing therein shall lose such Parsonage Vicarage or Benefice Curates place or Lecturers place respectively and shall be utterly disabled and ipso facto deprived of the same and that the said Parsonage Vicarage or Benefice Curates place or Lecturers place shall be void as if he were naturally dead Provided always That from and after the twenty fifth day of March which shall be in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred eighty two there shall be omitted in the said Declaration or Acknowledgment so to be subscribed and read these words following scilicet ANd I do declare that I do hold there lies no obligation upon me or on any other person from the Oath commonly called the Solemn League and Covenant to endeavour any change or alteration of Government either in Church or State and that the same was in it self an unlawful Oath and imposed upon the Subjects of this Realm against the known Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom So as none of the persons aforesaid shall from thenceforth be at all obliged to subscribe or read that part of the said Declaration or Acknowledgment Provided always and be it Enacted That from and after the Feast of Saint Bartholomew which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and two no person who now is Incumbent and in possession of any Parsonage Vicarage or Benefice and who is not already in holy Orders by Episcopal Ordination or shall not before the said Feast-day of Saint Bartholomew be ordained Priest or Deacon according to the Form of Episcopal Ordination shall have hold or enjoy the said Parsonage Vicarage Benefice with Cure or other Ecclesiastical Promotion within this Kingdom of England or the Dominion of Wales or Town of Berwick upon Tweed but shall be utterly disabled and ipso facto deprived of the same and all his Ecclesiastical Promotions shall be void as if he were naturally dead And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no person whatsoever shall thenceforth be capable to be admitted to any Parsonage Vicarage Benefice or other Ecclesiastical promotion or dignity whatsoever nor shall presume to Consecrate and Administer the holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper before such time as he shall be ordained Priest according to the form and manner in and by the said Book prescribed unless he have formerly been made Priest by Episcopal Ordination upon pain to forfeit for every offence the sum of one hundred pounds one Moiety thereof to the Kings Majesty the other Moiety thereof to be equally divided between the Poor of the Parish where the offence shall be committed and such person or persons as shall sue for the same by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any of his Majesties Courts of Record wherein no Essoign Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed and to be disabled from taking or being admitted into the Order of Priest by the space of one whole year next following Provided that the penalties in this Act shall not extend to the Foreigners or Aliens of the Foreign Reformed Churches allowed or to be allowed by the Kings Majesty His Heirs and Successors in England Provided always That no Title to confer or present by lapse shall accrue by any avoidance or deprivation ipso facto by virtue of this Statute but after six months after notice of such voidance or deprivation given by the Ordinary to the Patron or such sentence of deprivation openly and publickly Read in the parish-Parish-Church of the Benefice Parsonage or Vicarage becoming void or whereof the Incumbent shall be deprived by virtue of this act And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Form or Order of Common Prayers Administration of Sacraments Rites or Ceremonies shall be openly used in any Church Chappel or other publick place of or in any Colledge or Hall in either of the Universities the Colledges of Westminster Winchester or Eaton or any of them other then what is prescribed and appointed to be used in and by the said Book and That the present Governour or Head of every Colledge and Hall in the said Universities and of the said Colledges of Westminster Winchester and Eaton within one month after the Feast of Saint Bartholomew which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and two And every Governour or Head of any of the said Colledges or Halls Hereafter to be elected or appointed within one month next after his Election or Collation and Admission into the same Government or Headship shall openly and publickly in the Church Chappel or other publick place of the same Colledge or Hall and in the presence of the Fellows and Scholars of the same or the greater part of them then resident subscribe unto the Nine and thirty Articles of Religion mentioned in the Statute made in the Thirteenth year of the Reign of the late Queen Elizabeth and unto the said Book and declare his unfeigned assent and consent unto and approbation of the said Articles and of the same Book and to the use of all the prayers Rites and Ceremonies Forms and Orders in the said Book prescribed and contained according to the Form aforesaid and That all such Governours or Heads of the said Colledges and Halls or any of them as are or shall be in Holy Orders shall once at least in every quarter of the year not having a lawful impediment openly and publickly Read the Morning Prayer and Service in and by the said Book appointed to be read in the Church Chappel or other publick place of the same Colledge or Hall upon pain to lose and be suspended of and from all the benefits and profits belonging to the same Government or Headship by the space of six months by the Visitor or Visitors of the same Colledge or Hall And if any Governour or Head of any Colledge or Hall suspended for not subscribing unto the said Articles and Book or for not Reading of the Morning Prayer and Service as aforesaid shall not at or before the end of six months next after such suspension subscribe unto the said Articles and Book and declare his consent thereunto as aforesaid or read the Morning Prayer and Service as aforesaid then such Government or Headship shall be ipso facto void Provided always that it shall and may be lawful to use the Morning and Evening Prayer and all other Prayers and Service prescribed in and by the said book in the Chappels or other publick places of the respective Colledges and Halls in both the Universities in the Colledges of Westminster Winchester and Eaton and in the Convocations of the Clergies of either Province in Latine Any thing in this Act
contained to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no person shall be or be received as a Lecturer or permitted suffered or allowed to preach as a Lecturer or to preach or Read any Sermon or Lecture in any Church Chappel or other place of publick Worship within this Realm of England or the Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed unless he be first approved and thereunto licensed by the Archbishop of the Province or Bishop of the Diocess or in case the See be void by the Guardian of the Spiritualties under his Seal and shall in the presence of the same Archbishop or Bishop or Guardian Read the Nine and thirty Articles of Religion mentioned in the Statute of the Thirteenth year of the late Queen Elizabeth with Declaration of his unfeigned assent to the same and That every person and persons who now is or hereafter shall be Licensed Assigned Appointed or Received as a Lecturer to preach upon any day of the week in any Church Chappel or place of publick Worship within this Realm of England or places aforesaid the first time he preacheth before his Sermon shall openly publickly and solemnly Read the Common Prayers and Service in and by the said Book appointed to be Read for that time of the day and then and there publickly and openly declare his assent unto and approbation of the said Book and to the use of all the Prayers Rites and Ceremonies Forms and Orders therein contained and prescribed according to the Form before appointed in this Act and also shall upon the first Lecture-day of every month afterwards so long as he continues Lecturer or Preacher there at the place appointed for his said Lecture or Sermon before his said Lecture or Sermon openly publickly and solemnly Read the Common Prayers and Service in and by the said Book appointed to be Read for that time of the day at which the said Lecture or Sermon is to be preached and after such reading thereof shall openly and publickly before the Congregation there assembled declare his unfeigned assent and consent unto and approbation of the said Book and to the use of all the Prayers Rites and Ceremonies Forms and Orders therein contained and prescribed according to the Form aforesaid and That all and every such person and persons who shall neglect or refuse to do the same shall from thenceforth be disabled to preach the said or any other Lecture or Sermon in the said or any other Church Chappel or place of publick Worship until such time as he and they shall openly publickly and solemnly read the Common Prayers and Service appointed by the said Book and conform in all points to the things therein appointed and prescribed according to the purport true intent and meaning of this Act. Provided always That if the said Sermon or Lecture be to be preached or read in any Cathedral or Collegiate Church or Chappel it shall be sufficient for the said Lecturer openly at the time aforesaid to declare his assent and consent to all things contained in the said Book according to the Form aforesaid And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any person who is by this Act disabled to preach any Lecture or Sermon shall during the time that he shall continue and remain so disabled preach any Sermon or Lecture That then for every such offence the person and persons so offending shall suffer three months imprisonment in the Common Goal without Bail or Mainprise and that any two Justices of the Peace of any County of this Kingdom and places aforesaid and the Mayor or other chief Magistrate of any City or Town-corporate within the same upon Certificate from the Ordinary of the place made to him or them of the offence committed shall and are hereby required to commit the person or persons so offending to the Goal of the County City or Town-corporate accordingly Provided always and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That at all and every time and times when any Sermon or Lecture is to be preached The Common Prayers and Service in and by the said Book appointed to be read for that time of the day shall be openly publickly and solemnly read by some Priest or Deacon in the Church Chappel or place of publick Worship where the said Sermon or Lecture is to be preached before such Sermon or Lecture be preached and That the Lecturer then to preach shall be present at the reading thereof Provided nevertheless That this Act shall not extend to the University-Churches in the Universities of this Realm or either of them when or at such times as any Sermon or Lecture is preached or read in the same Churches or any of them for or as the publick University-Sermon or Lecture but that the same Sermons and Lectures may be preached or read in such sort and manner as the same have been heretofore preached or read This Act or any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the several good Laws and Statutes of this Realm which have been formerly made and are now in force for the Uniformity of Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments within this Realm of England and places aforesaid shall stand in full force and strength to all intents and purposes whatsoever for the establishing and confirming of the said Book Entituled The book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches and the Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons herein before mentioned to be joyned and annexed to this Act and shall be applied practised and put in ure for the punishing of all offences contrary to the said Laws with relation to the Book aforesaid and no other Provided always and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That in all those Prayers Litanies and Collects which do any way relate to the King Queen or Royal Progeny the Names be altered and changed from time to time and fitted to the present occasion according to the direction of lawful Authority Provided also and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That a true Printed Copy of the said Book Entituled The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches and the Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons shall at the cost and charges of the Parishioners of every Parish-Church and Chappelry Cathedral Church Colledge and Hall be attained and gotten before the Feast-day of Saint
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER And Administration of the SACRAMENTS AND OTHER Rites and Ceremonies of the CHURCH According to the Use of the Church of England Together with the PSALTER or PSALMS OF DAVID Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches AND THE Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd Printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties MDCXCIII The CONTENTS of this BOOK THe Acts for the Vniformity of Common Prayer The Preface Concerning the Service of the Church Concerning Ceremonies The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read The Order how the rest of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be read A Table of Proper Lessons and Psalms The Kalendar with the Table of Lessons Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts throughout the whole Year The Order for Morning Prayer The Order for Evening Prayer The Creed of S. Athanasius The Litany Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several occasions The Collects Epistles and Gospels to be used at the Ministration of the holy Communion throughout the Year The Order of the Ministration of the holy Communion The Order of Baptism both Publick and Private The Order of Baptism for those of riper years The Catechism with the Order for Confirmation of Children The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony Visitation of the Sick and Communion of the Sick The Order for the Burial of the Dead Thanksgiving for Women after Child-bearing A Commination or denouncing of Gods anger and judgments against Sinners The Psalter The Order of Prayers to be used at Sea The Form and Manner of Ordaining Bishops Priests and Deacons A Form of Prayer for the Fifth day of November A Form of Prayer for the Thirtieth day of January A Form of Prayer for the Nine and twentieth day of May. An ACT for the Uniformity of Common Prayer and Service in the CHURCH and Administration of the SACRAMENTS PRIMO ELIZ. WHere at the death of our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Sixth there remained one uniform order of Common Service and Prayer and of the Administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England which was set forth in one Book intituled The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England Authorized by Act of Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth years of our said late Sovereign Lord King Edward the sixth intituled An Act for the Vniformity of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments The which was repealed and taken away by Act of Parliament in the first year of the reign of our late Sovereign Lady Queen Mary to the great decay of the due honour of God and discomfort to the professors of the truth of Christs Religion Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament That the said Statute of Repeal and every thing therein contained only concerning the said Book and the Service Administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies contained or appointed in or by the said Book shall be void and of none effect from and after the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming and That the said Book with the order of Service 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 Nativity of Saint John Baptist in full force and effect according to the tenour and effect of this Statute Any thing in the foresaid Statute of Repeal to the contrary notwithstanding And further be it Enacted by the Queens Highness with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by Authority of the same That all and singular Ministers in any Cathedral or Parish-Church or other place within this Realm of England Wales and the Marches of the same or other the Queens Dominions shall from and after the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming be bounden to say and use the Mattens Evensong celebration of the Lords Supper and Administration of each of the Sacraments and all their Common and open Prayer in such order and form as is mentioned in the said Book so Authorized by Parliament in the said fifth and sixth year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth with one alteration or addition of certain Lessons to be used on every Sunday in the year and the form of the Litany altered and corrected and two sentences only added in the delivery of the Sacrament to the Communicants and none other or otherwise and That if any manner of Parson Vicar or other whatsoever Minister that ought or should sing or say Common Prayer mentioned in the said Book or minister the Sacraments from and after the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming refuse to use the said Common Prayers or to minister the Sacraments in such Cathedral or Parish-Church or other places as he should use to minister the same in such order and form as they be mentioned and set forth in the said Book or shall wilfully or obstinately standing in the same use any other Rite Ceremony Order Form or manner of celebrating of the Lords Supper openly or privily or Mattens Evensong Administration of the Sacraments or other open Prayers then is mentioned and set forth in the said Book Open Prayer in and throughout this Act is meant that Prayer which is for other to come unto or hear either in Common Churches or private Chappels or Oratories commonly called the Service of the Church or shall preach declare or speak any thing in the derogation or depraving of the said Book or any thing therein contained or of any part thereof and shall be thereof lawfully convicted according to the Laws of this Realm by verdict of twelve men or by his own confession or by the notorious evidence of the fact he shall lose and forfeit to the Queens Highness Her Heirs and Successors for his first offence the profit of all his Spiritual Benefices or Promotions coming or arising in one whole year next after this conviction And also that the person so convicted shall for the same offence suffer imprisonment by the space of six months without Bail or Mainprise And if any such person once convict of any offence concerning the premisses shall after his first conviction eftsoons offend and be thereof in form aforesaid lawfully convict That then the same person shall for his second offence suffer imprisonment by the space of one whole year and also shall therefore be deprived ipso facto of all his Spiritual Promotions and That it shall be lawful to all Patrons or Donors of all and singular the same Spiritual Promotions or of any of them to present or collate to the same as though the person and persons so offending were dead and That if any such person
settling the peace of the Church and for allaying the present distempers which the indisposition of the time hath contracted The Kings Majesty according to his Declaration of the five and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred and sixty granted his Commission under the great Seal of England to several Bishops and other Divines to review the Book of Common Prayer and to prepare such Alterations and Additions as they thought fit to offer And afterwards the Convocations of both the Provinces of Canterbury and York being by his Majesty called and assembled and now sitting His Majesty hath been pleased to authorize and require the Presidents of the said Convocations and other the Bishops and Clergy of the same to review the said Book of Common Prayer and the Book of the Form and manner of the Making and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons And that after mature consideration they should make such Additions and Alterations in the said Books respectively as to them should seem meet and convenient And should exhibit and present the same to His Majesty in writing for his further allowance or confirmation Since which time upon full and mature deliberation they the said Presidents Bishops and Clergy of both Provinces have accordingly reviewed the said Books and have made some Alterations which they think fit to be incerted to the same and some Additional Prayers to the said Book of Common Prayer to be used upon proper and emergent occasions and have exhibited and presented the same unto His Majesty in writing in one Book Entituled The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches and the Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons All which His Majesty having duly considered hath fully approved and allowed the same and recommended to this present Parliament that the said Book of Common Prayer and of the Form of Ordination and Consecration of Bishops Priests and Deacons with the Alterations and Additions which have been so made and presented to His Majesty by the said Convocations be the Book which shall be appointed to be used by all that officiate in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chappels and in all Chappels of Colledges and Halls in both the Universities and the Colledges of Eaton and Winchester and in all Parish-Churches and Chappels within the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed and by all that make or Consecrate Bishops Priests or Deacons in any of the said places under such Sanctions and Penalties as the Houses of Parliament shall think fit Now in regard that nothing conduceth more to the settling of the Peace of this Nation which is desired of all good men nor to the honour of our Religion and the propagation thereof then an universal agreement in the publick Worship of Almighty God and to the intent that every person within this Realm may certainly know the Rule to which he is to conform in Publick Worship and Administration of Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England and the Manner how and by whom Bishops Priests and Deacons are and ought to be Made Ordained and Consecrated Be it Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by the Advice and with the consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the Authority of the same That all and singular Ministers in any Cathedral Collegiate or Parish-Church or Chappel or other place of Publick Worship within this Realm of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed shall be bound to say and use the Morning Prayer Evening Prayer Celebration and Administration of both the Sacraments and all other the Publick and Common Prayer in such order and form as is mentioned in the said Book annexed and joyned to this present Act and intituled The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches and the Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons and That the Morning and Evening Prayers therein contained shall upon every Lords day and upon all other days and occasions and at the times therein appointed be openly and solemnly read by all and every Minister or Curate in every Church Chappel or other place of Publick Worship within this Realm or England and places aforesaid And to the end that Uniformity in the Publick Worship of God which is so much desired may be speedily effected Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every Parson Vicar or other Minister whatsoever who now hath and enjoyeth any Ecclesiastical Benefice or Promotion within this Realm of England or places aforesaid shall in the Church Chappel or place of Publick Worship belonging to his said Benefice or Promotion upon some Lords day before the Feast of Saint Bartholomew which shall be in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred sixty and two openly publickly and solemnly read the morning and Evening Prayer appointed to be read by and according to the said Book of Common Prayer at the times thereby appointed and after such reading thereof shall openly and publickly before the Congregation there assembled declare his unfeigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said Book contained and prescribed in these words and no other I A. B. do here declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the Book Intituled The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches and the Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons And that all and every such person who shall without some lawful impediment to be allowed and approved of by the Ordinary of the place neglect or refuse to do the same within the time aforesaid or in case of such impediment within one month after such impediment removed shall ipso facto be deprived of all his spiritual Promotions And that from thenceforth it shall be lawful to and for all Patrons and Donors of all and singular the said spiritual Promotions or of any of them according to their respective Rights and Titles to present or collate to the same as though the person or persons so offending or neglecting were dead And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every person who shall hereafter be presented or collated
Friday and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent the Feast of Pentecost September 14. December 13. III. The three Rogation-days being the Munday Tuesday and Wednesday before Holy Thursday or the Ascension of our Lord. IV. All the Fridays in the Year except Christmas day Certain Solemn Days for which particular Services are appointed I. THe Fifth of November being the day of the Papish Conspiracy II. The Thirtieth day of January being the day of the Martyrdom of King Charles I. III. The Nine and twentieth day of May being the day of the Restitution of the King and Royal Family and Restauration of the Government after many years interruption A TABLE of the Moveable Feasts Calculated for Fourty YEARS The Year of our LORD Golden Number The Epact Dominical Letter Sund. after Epiph. Septuagesima Sunday The first day of Lent Easter-day Rogation Sunday Ascension-day Whitsunday Sundays after Trin. Advent-Sunday 1661 9 9 F 4 Feb. 10 Feb. 27 Apr. 14 May 19 May 23 June 2 24 Dec. 1 1662 10 20 E 2 Jan. 26 12 Mar. 30 4 8 May 18 26 Nov. 30 1663 11 1 D 5 Feb. 15 Mar. 4 Apr. 19 24 28 June 7 23 29 1664 12 12 C B 4 7 Feb. 24 10 15 19 May 29 24 27 1665 13 23 A 2 Jan. 22 8 Mar. 26 Apr. 30 4 14 27 Dec. 3 1666 14 4 G 5 Feb. 11 28 Apr. 15 May 20 24 June 3 24 2 1667 15 15 F 3 3 20 7 12 16 May 26 25 1 1668 16 26 E D 1 Jan. 19 5 Mar. 22 Apr. 26 Apr. 30 10 27 Nov. 29 1669 17 7 C 4 Feb. 7 24 Apr. 11 May 16 May 20 30 24 28 1670 18 18 B 3 Jan. 30 16 3 8 12 22 25 27 1671 19 29 A 6 Feb. 19 Mar. 8 23 28 June 1 June 11 23 Dec. 3 1672 1 11 G F 4 4 Feb. 21 7 12 May 16 May 26 25 1 1673 2 22 E 2 Jan. 26 12 Mar. 30 4 8 18 26 Nov. 30 1674 3 3 D 5 Feb. 15 Mar. 4 Apr. 19 24 28 June 7 23 29 1675 4 14 C 3 Jan. 31 Feb. 17 4 9 13 May 23 25 28 1676 5 25 B A 2 23 9 Mar. 26 Apr. 30 4 14 27 Dec. 3 1677 6 6 G 5 Feb. 11 28 Apr. 15 May 20 24 June 3 24 2 1678 7 17 F 2 Jan. 27 13 Mar. 31 5 9 May 19 26 1 1679 8 28 E 5 Feb. 16 Mar. 5 Apr. 20 25 29 June 8 23 Nov. 30 1680 9 9 D C 4 8 Feb. 25 11 16 20 May 30 24 28 1681 10 20 B 3 Jan. 30 16 3 8 12 22 25 27 1682 11 1 A 5 Feb. 12 Mar. 1 16 21 25 June 4 24 Dec. 3 1683 12 12 G 4 4 Feb. 21 8 13 17 May 27 25 2 1684 13 23 F E 2 Jan. 27 13 Mar. 30 4 8 18 26 Nov. 3 1685 14 4 D 5 Feb. 15 Mar. 4 Apr. 19 24 28 June 7 23 29 1686 15 15 C 3 Jan. 31 Feb. 17 4 9 13 May 23 25 28 1687 16 26 B 2 23 9 Mar. 27 1 5 15 26 27 1688 17 7 A G 5 Feb. 12 Mar. 1 Apr. 15 20 24 June 3 24 Dec. 2 1689 18 18 F 2 Jan. 27 Feb. 13 Mar. 31 5 9 May 19 26 1 1690 19 29 E 5 Feb. 16 Mar. 5 Apr. 20 25 29 June 8 23 Nov. 30 1691 1 11 D 4 8 Feb. 25 12 17 21 May 31 24 29 1692 2 22 C B 2 Jan. 24 10 Mar. 27 1 5 15 26 27 1693 3 3 A 5 Feb. 12 Mar. 1 Apr. 16 21 25 June 4 24 Dec. 3 1694 4 14 G 4 4 Feb. 21 8 13 17 May 27 25 2 1695 5 25 F 1 Jan. 20 6 Mar. 24 Apr. 28 2 12 27 1 1696 6 6 E D 4 Feb. 9 26 Apr. 12 May 17 21 31 24 Nov. 29 1697 7 17 C 3 Jan. 31 17 4 9 18 23 25 28 1698 8 28 B 6 Feb. 20 Mar. 9 24 29 June 2 June 12 22 27 1699 9 9 A 4 5 Feb. 22 9 14 May 18 May 28 25 Dec. 3 1700 10 20 G F 3 Jan. 28 14 Mar. 31 5 9 19 26 1 Note that the Supputation of the year of our Lord in the Church of England beginneth the Five and twentieth day of March. ¶ To find EASTER for ever Golden Number A B C D E F G I April 9 10 11 12 6 7 8 II March 26 27 28 29 30 31 April 1 III April 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 IV April 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 V March 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 VI April 16 17 11 12 13 14 15 VII April 2 3 4 5 6 March 31 April 1 VIII April 23 24 25 19 20 21 22 IX April 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 X April 2 3 March 28 29 30 31 April 1 XI April 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 XII April 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 XIII March 26 27 28 29 30 31 25 XIV April 16 17 18 19 13 14 15 XV April 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 XVI March 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 XVII April 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 XVIII April 2 3 4 5 March 30 31 April 1 XIX April 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 WHEN ye have found the Sunday Letter in the uppermost Line guide your eye downward from the same till ye come right over against the Prime and there is shewed both what Month and what Day of the Month Easter falleth that Year But note That the name of the Month is set at the left hand or else just with the figure and followeth not as in other Tables by descent but collateral THE ORDER FOR Morning and Evening PRAYER Daily to be said and used throughout the Year THE Morning and Evening Prayer shall be used in the accustomed place of the Church Chappel or Chancel Except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the place And the Chancels shall remain as they have done in times past And here is to noted That such Ornaments of the Church and of the Ministers thereof at all times of their Ministration shall be retained and be in use as were in this Church of ENGLAND by the Authority of Parliament in the second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth THE Order for Morning Prayer Daily throughout the YEAR ¶ At the beginning of Morning Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences WHen the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed and doeth that which is lawful and right he shall save his soul alive Ezek. 18.27 I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me Psal 51.3 Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquites Psal 51.9 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Psal 51.17 Rent your heart and not your garments and turn
from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him and to make amends for that he himself hath offended and the other Party will not be perswaded to a godly unity but remain still in his frowardness and malice the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent Person to the Holy Communion and not him that is obstinate Provided that every Minister so repelling any as is specified in this or the next precedent Paragraph of this Rubrick shall be obliged to give an account of the same to the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the farthest And the Ordinary shall proceed against the offending Person according to the Canon ¶ The Table at the Communion-time having a fair white Linen Cloth upon it shall stand in the body of the Church or in the Chancel where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said And the Priest standing at the North-side of the Table shall say the Lords Prayer with the Collect following the People kneeling OUR Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Collect. ALmighty God unto whom all hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit that we may perfectly love thee and worthily magnifie thy holy Name through Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest turning to the People rehearse distinctly all the TEN COMMANDMENTS and the People still kneeling shall after every Commandment ask God mercy for their transgression thereof for the time past and grace to keep the same for the time to come as followeth Minister GOd spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have none other gods but me People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bowe down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt do no murder People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not commit adultery People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not steal People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his People Lord have mercy upon us and write all these thy laws in our hearts we beseech thee ¶ Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the King the Priest standing as before and saying Let us pray ALmighty God whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite Have mercy upon the whole Church and so rule the heart of thy chosen servant 〈…〉 that he knowing whose Minister he is may above all things seek thy honour and glory and that we and all his subjects duly considering whose authority he hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed Word and Ordinance through Jesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen ¶ Or. ALmighty and everliving God we are taught by thy holy Word that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and governance and that thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisdom We humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart of WILLIAM thy servant our King and Governour that in all his thoughts words and works he may ever seek thy honour and glory and study to preserve thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and godliness Grant this O merciful Father for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall be said the Collect of the Day And immediately after the Collect the Priest shall read the Epistle saying The Epistle or The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse And the Epistle ended he shall say Here endeth the Epistle Then shall he read the Gospel the People all standing up saying The holy Gospel is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse And the Gospel ended shall be sung or said the Creed following the People still standing as before I Believe in one God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And of all things visible and invisible And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God Begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God Light of Light Very God of very God Begotten not made Being of one substance with the Father By whom all things were made Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven And was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary And was made man And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate He suffered and was buried And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures And ascended into heaven And sitteth on the
they verily for a few days chastned us after their own pleasure but he for our profit that we might be partakers of his holiness These words good brother are written in holy Scripture for our comfort and instruction that we should patiently and with thanksgiving bear our heavenly Fathers correction whensoever by any manner of adversity it shall please his gracious goodness to visit us And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons then to be made like unto Christ by suffering patiently adversities troubles and sicknesses For he himself went not up to joy but first he suffered pain he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truly our way to eternal joy is to suffer here with Christ and our door to enter into eternal life is gladly to die with Christ that we may rise again from death and dwell with him in everlasting life Now therefore taking your sickness which is thus profitable for you patiently I exhort you in the Name of God to remember the profession which you made unto God in your Baptism And for as much as after this life there is an account to be given unto the righteous Judge by whom all must be judged without respect of persons I require you to examine your self and your estate both toward God and man so that accusing and condemning your self for your own fault you may find mercy at our heavenly Fathers hand for Christs sake and not be accused and condemned in that fearful judgment Therefore I shall rehearse to you the Articles of our Faith that you may know whether you do believe as a Christian man should or no. ¶ Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the Faith saying thus DOst thou believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary that he suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise again the third day that he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence shall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sins the resurrection of the flesh and everlasting life after death ¶ The sick Person shall answer All this I stedfastly believe ¶ Then shall the Minister examine whether he repent him truly of his sins and be in charity with all the world exhorting him to forgive from the bottom of his heart all Persons that have offended him and if he hath offended any other to ask them forgiveness and where he hath done injury or wrong to any man that he make amends to the uttermost of his power And if he hath not before disposed of his Goods let him then be admonished to make his Will and to declare his Debts what he oweth and what is owing unto him for the better discharging of his conscience and the quietness of his Executors But men should often be put in remembrance to take order for the settling of their temporal Estates whilst they are in health ¶ These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his Prayer as he shall see cause ¶ The Minister should not omit earnestly to move such sick Persons as are of ability to be liberal to the Poor ¶ Here shall the sick Person be moved to make a special confession of his sins if he feel his conscience troubled with any weighty matter After which confession the Priest shall absolve him if he humbly and heartily desire it after this sort OUr Lord Jesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences And by his Authority committed to me I absolve thee from all thy sins In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ And then the Priest shall say the Collect following Let us pray O Most merciful God who according to the multitude of thy mercies dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent that thou remembrest them no more Open thine eye of mercy upon this thy servant who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiveness Renew in him most loving Father whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the devil or by his own carnal will and frailness preserve and continue this sick member in the unity of the Church consider his contrition accept his tears asswage his pain as shall seem to thee most expedient for him And forasmuch as he putteth his full trust only in thy mercy impute not unto him his former sins but strengthen him with thy blessed Spirit and when thou art pleased to take him hence take him unto thy favour through the merits of thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister say this Psalm In te Domine speravi Psal 71. IN thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness incline thine ear unto me and save me Be thou my strong hold whereunto I may alway resort thou hast promised to help me for thou art my house of defence and my castle Deliver me O my God out of the hand of the ungodly out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope even from my youth Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born thou art he that took me out of my mothers womb my praise shall alway be of thee I am become as it were a monster unto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength faileth me For mine enemies speak against me and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliver him Go not far from me O God my God hast thee to help me Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation for I know no end thereof I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousness only Thou O God hast taught me from my youth up until now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works Forsake me not O God in mine old age when
Ministration to serve God for the promoting of his glory and the edifying of his People Answer I trust so The Bishop DO you think that you are truly called according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ and the due Order of this Realm to the Ministery of the Church Answer I think so The Bishop DO you unfeignedly believe all the Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament Answer I do believe them The Bishop WIll you diligently read the same unto the People assembled in the Church where you shall be appointed to serve Answer I will The Bishop IT appertaineth to the Office of a Deacon in the Church where he shall be appointed to serve to assist the Priest in Divine Service and specially when he ministreth the holy Communion and to help him in the distribution thereof and to read holy Scriptures and Homilies in the Church and to instruct the Youth in the Catechism in the absence of the Priest to Baptize Infants and to Preach if he be admitted thereto by the Bishop And furthermore it is his Office where provision is so made to search for the sick poor and impotent people of the Parish to intimate their estates names and places where they dwell unto the Curate that by his exhortation they may be relieved with the alms of the Parishioners or others Will you do this gladly and willingly Answer I will so do by the help of God The Bishop WIll you apply all your diligence to frame and fashion your own lives and the lives of your Families according to the doctrine of Christ and to make both your selves and them as much as in you lieth wholsom examples of the flock of Christ Answer I will so do the Lord being my helper The Bishop WIll you reverently obey your Ordinary and other chief Ministers of the Church and them to whom the charge and government over you is committed following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions Answer I will endeavour my self the Lord being my helper ¶ Then the Bishop laying his Hands severally upon the Head of every one of them humbly kneeling before him shall say TAke thou authority to execute the Office of a Deacon in the Church of God committed unto thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Amen ¶ Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one of them the New Testament saying TAke thou authority to read the Gospel in the Church of God and to preach the same if thou be thereto licensed by the Bishop himself ¶ Then one of them appointed by the Bishop shall read The Gospel S. Luke 12.35 LEt your loyns be girded about and your lights burning and ye your selves like unto men that wait for their Lord when he will return from the wedding that when he cometh and knocketh they may open unto him immediately Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching Verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat and will come forth and serve them And if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third watch and find them so blessed are those servants ¶ Then shall the Bishop proceed in the Communion and all that are Ordered shall tarry and receive the holy Communion the same day with the Bishop ¶ The Communion ended after the last Collect and immediately before the Benediction shall be said these Collects following ALmighty God giver of all good things who of thy great goodness hast vouchsafed to accept and take these thy servants unto the Office of Deacons in thy Church Make them we beseech thee O Lord to be modest humble and constant in their Ministration to have a ready will to observe all spiritual Discipline that they having always the testimony of a good conscience and continuing ever stable and strong in thy Son Christ may so well behave themselves in this inferiour Office that they may be found worthy to be called unto the higher Ministries in thy Church through the same thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to whom be glory and honour world without end Amen PRevent us O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious favour and further us with thy continual help that in all our works begun continued and ended in thee we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen THe peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. And the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remain with you always Amen ¶ ANd here it must be declared unto the Deacon that he must continue in that Office of a Deacon the space of a whole year except for reasonable causes it shall otherwise seem good unto the Bishop to the intent he may be perfect and well expert in the things appertaining to the Ecclesiastical Administration In executing whereof if he be found faithful and diligent he may be admitted by his Diocesan to the Order of Priesthood at the times appointed in the Canon or else on urgent occasion upon some other Sunday or Holy-day in the face of the Church in such manner and form as hereafter followeth THE Form and Manner of Ordering of Priests ¶ WHen the day appointed by the Bishop is come after Morning Prayer is ended there shall be a Sermon or Exhortation declaring the Duty and Office of such as come to be admitted Priests how necessary that Order is in the Church of Christ and also how the People ought to esteem them in their Office ¶ First the Arch-Deacon or in his absence one appointed in his stead shall present unto the Bishop sitting in his Chair near to the holy Table all them that shall receive the Order of Priesthood that day each of them being decently habited and say REverend Father in God I present unto you these persons present to be admitted to the Order of Priesthood ¶ The Bishop TAke heed that the persons whom ye present unto us be apt and meet for their learning and godly conversation to exercise their Ministry duly to the honour of God and the edifying of his Church ¶ The Arch-Deacon shall answer I Have enquired of them and also examined them and think them so to be ¶ Then the Bishop shall say unto the People GOod people these are they whom we purpose God willing to receive this day unto the holy Office of Priesthood For after due examination we find not to the contrary but that they be lawfully called to their Function and Ministery and that they be persons meet for the same But yet if there be any of you who knoweth any Impediment or notable Crime in any of them for the which he ought not to be received into this holy Ministery let him come forth in
sight And that we may with perfect faith ever acknowledge thee The Spirit of Father and of Son One God in Persons three To God the Father laud and praise and to his blessed Son And to the holy Spirit of grace Co-equal three in one And pray we that our only Lord would please his Spirit to send On all that shall profess his Name from hence to the worlds end Amen ¶ That ended the Archbishop shall say Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Archbishop Let us pray ALmighty God and most merciful Father who of thine infinite goodness hast given thy only and dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ to be our Redeemer and the author of everlasting life who after that he had made perfect our Redemption by his death and was ascended into heaven poured down abundantly his gifts upon men making some Apostles some Prophets some Evangelists some Pastors and Doctors to the edifying and making perfect his Church Grant we beseech thee to this thy Servant such grace that he may evermore be ready to spread abroad thy Gospel the glad tidings of reconciliation with thee and use the Authority given him not to destruction but to salvation not to hurt but to help so that as a wise and faithful servant giving to thy Family their portion in due season he may at last be received into everlasting joy through Jesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth one God world without end Amen ¶ Then the Archbishop and Bishops present shall lay their Hands upon the Head of the Elected Bishop kneeling before them upon his Knees the Archbishop saying REceive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Bishop in the Church of God now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our Hands In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen And remember that thou stir up the grace of God which is given thee by this Imposition of our Hands For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and love and soberness ¶ Then the Archbishop shall deliver him the Bible saying GIve heed unto reading Exhortation and Doctrine Think upon the things contained in this Book Be diligent in them that the increase coming thereby may be manifest unto all men Take heed unto thy self and to Doctrine and be diligent in doing them for by so doing thou shalt both save thy self and them that hear thee Be to the flock of Christ a shepherd not a wolf feed them devour them not Hold up the weak heal the sick bind up the broken bring again the outcasts seek the lost Be so merciful that you be not too remiss so minister Discipline that you forget not mercy that when the chief Shepherd shall appear you may receive the never-fading crown of glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Archbishop shall proceed in the Communion-Service with whom the new Consecrated Bishop with others shall also Communicate ¶ And for the last Collect immediately before the Benediction shall be said these Prayers MOst merciful Father we beseech thee to send down upon this thy Servant thy heavenly blessing and so endue him with thy holy Spirit that he Preaching thy Word may not only be earnest to reprove beseech and rebuke with all patience and doctrine but also may be to such as believe a wholsom example in word in conversation in love in faith in chastity and in purity that faithfully fulfilling his course at the latter day he may receive the crown of righteousness laid up by the Lord the righteous Judge who liveth and reigneth one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost world without end Amen PRevent us O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious favour and further us with thy continual help that in all our works begun continued and ended in thee we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen THe peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. And the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost be amongst you and remain with you always Amen Marie R. OUR Will and Pleasure is That these Three Forms of Prayer and Service made for the Fifth of November the Thirtieth of January and the Twenty ninth of May be forthwith Printed and Published and for the future annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the Church of England to be used yearly on the said days in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chappels in all Chappels of Colledges and Halls within both Our Universities and of Our Colledges of Eaton and Winchester and in all Parish-Churches and Chappels within Our Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Sixth day of October 1692. in the Fourth year of Our Reign By Her Majesties Command Nottingham A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving To be used yearly upon the Fifth day of November for the happy deliverance of King JAMES I. and the Three Estates of the Realm from the most Traiterous and Bloudy intended Massacre by Gunpowder And also for the happy Arrival of His present Majesty on this Day for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation ¶ The Service shall be the same with the usual Office for holydays in all things Except where it is hereafter otherwise appointed ¶ If this Day shall happen to be on Sunday only the Collect proper for that Sunday shall be added to this Office in its place ¶ Morning Prayer shall begin with these Sentences THE Lord is full of compassion and mercy long-suffering and of great goodness Psal 103.8 He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for ever Verse 9. He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses Verse 10. ¶ Instead of Venite exultremus shall this hymn following be used one Verse by the Priest and another by the Clerk and People O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever Psal 107.1 Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed and delivered from the hand of the enemy verse 2. Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up may Israel now say Psal 129.1 Yea many a time have they vexed me from my youth up but they have not prevailed against me verse 2. They have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause yea even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul Psal 35.7 They have laid a net for my feet and pressed down my soul they have digged a pit before me and are fallen into the midst of it themselves Psal 57 7. Great is our Lord and great is his power yea and his wisdom is infinite