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to be compared This our excessiue multitude of Ceremonies was so great and many of them so darke that they did more confound and darken then declare and set forth Christs benefits vnto vs And besides this Christs Gospel is not a ceremoniall law as much of Moses law was but it is a religion to serue Gob not in bondage of the figure or shadow but in the freedome of the spirite being content onely with those ceremonies which doe serue to a decent order and godly disctpline and such as bee apt to stirre vp the dull minde of man to the remcmbrauce of his duety to God by some notable special signification whereby he nught be edified Furthermore the most waightr cause of the abolishment of certaine ceremonies was that they were so farre abused partly by the superstitious blindnesse of the rude and vnlearned and partly by the vnsatiable auarice of such as sought more their owne lucre then the glory of God that the abuses could not well be taken away the thing remaining still But now as concerning those persons which peraduenture wil be offended for that some of the old Ceremonies are retained stil if they consider that without some Ceremonies it is not possible to keepe any order or quiet disipline in the church they shal easily perceiue iust cause to reforme their iudgments And if they thinke much that nay of the old do remaine and would rather haue all deuised anew Then such men granting some Ceremonies convenient to be had surely where the old may be wel vsed there they cannot reasonably reprooue the olde oncly for their age without bewraying of their owne folly For in such a case they ought rather to haue reuerence vnto them for their antiquitie if they willdeclare themseluse to be more studious of vnitie and concord then of innouations and newfanglenesse which as much as m may be with true setting forth of Christs religion is alwayes to bee eschewed Furthermore such shall haue no tust cause with the Ceremonies reserved be offended For as those be taken away which were most abused and did burden mens conscrences wiyhout any cause so the other that remain are retained for a discipline and order which vponiust causes may bee altered and changed and therefore are not to bee esteemed equal with Gods Law And moreouer they be neither darke nor dumbe ceremonies but are set forth that euery man may vnderstand what they doe meane and to what vse they doe serue So that it is not like that they in time to come should be abused as other haue been And in these our doing we condemne no other nations nor prescribe any thing but to our owne people onely For we thinke it conuenient thateuery countrey should vse such Ceremonies as they shall thinke belt to the fetting forth of Gods honour and glory and to the reducing of the people to a most perfect and godly liuing without errour or suoerstition And that they should put a way other things which from time to time they perceiue to be most abused as in mens ordinances it often chanceth diuersly in diuers countreys ❧ The Table and Kalender expressing the order of the Psalmes and Lessons to be said at Morning and Euening prayer throughout the yeere except certaine proper Feasts as the rules following more plainely declare ¶ The order how the Psalter is appointed to he read THe Psalter shal be read through once euery Moneth And because that some Monechs belonger then some other be it is thought good to make them euen by this meanes To euery Moneth shal be appointed as concerning this purpose iust xxx dayes And because Ianuary and Marchhaue one day aboue the said number February which is placed betweene them both hath onely xxviij dayes February shal borow of either of the Moneths of Ianuary and March one day And so the Plalter which shal be read in February must begin at the last day of Ianuary and end the first day of March. And whereas May Iuly August October and December haue xxxj dayes a piece It is ordered that the same Psalmes shal be read the last day of the said Moneths which were read the day before so that the Psalter may begin againe the first day of the next Moneth ensuing Now to know what Psalmes shall be read euery day Looke in the kalender the number that is appointed for the Psalmes and then find the same number in this Table and vpon that number you shall see what Psalmes shal be said at Morning and Euening prayer And where the Cxix Psalme is diuided into 22. portions is ouerlong to be read at one time it is so ordered that at one time shal not be read aboue foure or fiue of the said portions as you shall perceiue to be noted in this Table folowing And here is also to bee noted that in this Table and in all other parts of the Seruice where any Psalmes are appointed the number is expressed after the great English Bible which from the ix Psalme vnto the Cxlviij Psalme following the diuision of the Hebrewes doeth varie in numbers from the common Latine translation The Order how the rest of the holy Scripture beside the Psalter is appointed to be read THe old Testament is appointed for the first Lessons at Morning and Euening prayer and shall bee read through euery yeere once except certaine Bookes and Chapters which be least edisying and might best bee spared and therefore are lest vnread The Newe Testament is appointed for the second Lessons at Morning and Euening prayer and shall be read ouer orderly euery yeere thrise beside the Epistles and Gospels except the Apocalypse out of the which there be only certaine Lessons appointed vpon diuers proper feasts And to know what Lessons shall be read euery day find the day of the moneth in the Kalender following and there ye shall perceiue the Bookes and Chapters that shal be read for the Lessons both at Morning and Euening prayer And here is to be noted that when soener there be any proper Psalmes or Lessons appointed for the Sundayes or for any Feast moueable or vnmoueable then the Psalmes and Lessons appointed in the Kalender shall be omitted for that time Ye must note also that the Collect Epistle and Gospel appointed for the Sunday shall serue all the weeke after except there sall some Feast that hath his proper When the yeeres of our Lord may be diuided into foure euen partes which is euery fourth yeere then the Sunday letter leapeth and that yere the Psalmes and Lessons which serue for the xxiij day of February shall be read againe the day following except it be Sunday which hath proper Lessons of the Old Testament appointed in the Table seruing to that purpose Also wheresoeuer the beginning of any Lesson Epistle or Gospel is not expressed there ye must begin at the beginning of the Chapter And wheresoeuer is not expressed how farre shall be read there shall you reade to the end of
HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE THE 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Common Prayer and 〈…〉 Sacraments 〈…〉 ●●●●monies of the Church of England ⚜ 〈…〉 by Robert Barker Printer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●●●●●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
nor haue any Spitituall promotion that then the same person so offending and conuict shall for the first offence suffer imprisomnent during one whole yeere next after his said conuiction without baile or maineprise And if any such person not hauing any Spirituall promotion after his first conuiction shall eftsoones offende in any thing concerning the premisses and shall in forme aforesaid bee thereof lawfully conuicted that then the same person shall for his seconde offence suffer imprisonment during his life And it is ordained and enacted by the authoritie abouesaide that if any person or persons whatsoeuer after the said feast of the Natiuitie of Sanit Iohn Baptist next comming shall in any Enterludes Playes Songs Rimes or by other open wordes declare or speake any thing in the derogation deprauing or despising of the same Booke or of any thing therein conteined or any part thereof or shall by open fact deede or by open threatnings compell or cause or otherwise procure or maintaine any Parson Vicar or other Minister in any Cathedrall or Parish Church or in Chappell or in any other place to sing or say any Common and open Prayer or to minister any Sacrament otherwise or in any other maner and forme then is mentioned in the said booke or that by any of the sayde meanes shall vnlawfully interrupt or let any Parson Vicar or other Minister in any Cathedrall or Parish Church Chappell or any other place to sing or say Common and open Prayer or to minister the Sacraments or any of them in such maner and fourme as is mentioned in the saide Booke that then euery such person being thereof lawfully conuicted in fourme abouesayde shall forfeite to the Queene our Soueraigne Lady her heires and successours for the first offence an hundreth markes And if any person or persons being once conuict of any such offence estsoones offende against any of the last recited offences and shall in fourme aforesaid bee thereof lawfully conuict that then the same person so offending and conuict shall for the seconde offence forfeite to the Queene our Soueraigne Lady her heires and successours foure hundreth markes And if any person after he in fourme aforesayd shall haue bene twice conuict of any offence concerning any of the last recited offences shall offend the thirde time and bee thereof in fourme abouesaid lawfully conuict that then euery person so offending and conuict shall for his thirde offence forfeite to our Soueraigne Lady the Queene all his goods and cattels and shall suffer imprisonment during his life And if any person or persons that for his first offence concerning tne premisses shall be conuict in fourme aforesaide doe not pay the summe to be payd by vertue of this conuiction in such maner and fourme as the same ought to bee payed within sixe weekes next after his conuiction that then euery person so conuict and so not paying the same shal for the same first offence in stead of the saide summe suffer imprisonment by the space of sixe moneths without Barle or maineprise And if any person or persons that for his second offence concerning the premisses shall bee conuict in fourme aforesaide doe not pay the saide summe to bee payde by vertue of his conuiction and this Eftatute in such maner and fourme as the same ought to be payed within sixe weekes next after his saide second conuiction that then euery person so conuicted and not so paying the same shall for the same second offence in the stead of the saide summe suffer imprisonment during twelue moneths without baile or maineprise And that from and after the saide feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist next comming all and euery person and persons inhabiting within this Realme or any other the Queenes Maiesties Dominions shall diligently and faithfully hauing no lawfull or reasonable excuse to bee absent endeuour themselues to resort to their Parish Church or Chappell accustomed or vpon reasonable let thereof to some vsuall place where Common prayer and such Seruice of God shall bee vsed in such time of let vpon euery Sunday and other dayes ordeined and vsed to bee keptas Holy dayes and then and there to abide orderly and soberly during the time of Common prayer Preacchigs or other Seruice of God there to bee vsed and ministred vpon paine of punishment by the censures of the Church and also vpon paine that euery person so offending shall forfeite for euery such offence twelue pence to bee leuied by the Church wardens of the Parish where such offcnce shall bee done to the vse of the poore of the same Parish of the Goods Landes and tenements of such offendour by may of distresse And for due execution hereof the Queenes most excellent Maiessie the Lords Temporall and an the Comnons in this present parliament assembled doeth in Gods Name earnestly require and charge all the Archbishops Bishops and other Ordinaries that they shall endeuour themselues to the vtterimost of their knowledges that the due and true execution hereof may be had throughout their Diocesse and charges as they will answere before God for such euils and plagues wherewith Almightie God may tustly punish his people for neglecting his good and wholesome Lawe And for the authoritie in this behalfe he it further enacted by the authorite aforesaide that all and singular the same Archbishops Bishops and all other their officers exercising Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction as well in place exempt as not exempt within their Diocesse fuall haue full power and authoritie by this Acte to reforme correct and punish by censures of the Church all and singular persons which shall offend within any their iurisdictions or Diocesse after the said feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist next comming against this Acte and Statute Any other Lawe Statute Priuiledge Libertie or prouision heretofore made had or suffered to the contrary not withstanding And it is ordeined and enacted by the authoritie aforesaide that all and euery Iustice of Oyer Determiner or Iustice of Assise shall haue full power and authoritie in euery of their open generall Sessions to enquire heare determine all all maner of offences that shal be committed or done contrary to any article conteined in this present Acte within the limits of the Commission to them directed and to make processe for the execution of the same as they may do against any person being indited before them of trespasse or lawfully comucted thereof Priouided alwaies and be it enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that all and cuery Archbishop and Bishop shall or may at all time and times at his liberty and pleasure ioyne and associate himselfe by vertue of this acte to the Iustices of Oyer and Determiner or to the saide Iustices of Assise at euery of the said open generall Sessions to be hosden in any place within his Diocesse for and to the inquirie hearing and determining of the offences aforesaid Prouided also and be it enacted by the authoritie aforesaide that the bookes
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 Dan●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 Ma●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 Veni●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