concerning the saide seruice shall at the costes and charges of the Parishioners of euery parish and Cathedrall Church bee attayned and gotten before the feast of the said Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist next following and that all such Parish and Cathedrall Churches or other places where the saide bookes shall be attained and gotten before the saide feast of the Natiuite of S. Iohn Baptist shall within three weekes nert after the said bookes so attained and gotten vse the said seruice and put the same in vre according to this Act. And be it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaide that nopetson or persons shall be at any time hereafter impeached or otherwise molested of or for any of the offences aboue mentioned hereafter to bee committed or done contrary to this Act vnlesse he or they so offending be thereof indited at the next general Sessions to be holden before any such Iustices of Oier and Determiner or Iustices of Assise next after any offence committed or done contrary to the tenor of this Act Prouided alwayes and bee it ordeined and enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that all and singular Lords of the parliament for the third offence aboue mentioned shal be tried by their peeres Prouided also and be it ordeined and enacted by the authority aforesaid that the Maior of London and all other Maiors Bailifs and other head Officers of all and singular Cities Boroughs and Cownes corporate within this Realine Wales and the Marches of the same to the which Iustices of Assise do not commonly repaire shal haue full power authoritie by vertue of this Acte to inquire heare and determine the offences abouesaid and euery of them yeerely within fifteene dayes after the feastes of Easter and S. Michael the Archangel in like maner and forme as Iustices of Assise and Oyer and Determiner may doe Prouided alwayes and be it ordeined and enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that all and singular Archbishops and Brishops and euery of their Chancellors Commitraries Archdeacons and other Ordimaries hauing any peculiar Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction shall haue full power and authoritie by vertue of this Acte as well to inquire in their visitation synodes or elsewhere within their iurisdiction at any other time and place to take accusations and informations of all and euery the things aboue mentionned done committed or perpetrated within the limits of their iurisdiction and authoritie and to punish the fame by admonition excommunication sequessration or depriuation or other Censures processes in like forme as hereofore hath bene vsed in like cases by the Queenes Ecclesiasticall lawes Prouided alwayes and be it enaeted that whatfsoeuer petson offending in the premises shal for the offence first receiue punishment of the Ordinarie hauing a testimoniall thereof vnder the said Ordinaries seale shal not for the same offence eftsoones bee conuicted before the Iustice and likewise receining for the said first offence punishment by the Iustices he shal not for the same offence eftsoones receiue punishment of the Ordinarte any thing couteined in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding Prouided alwayes be it enacted that such ornaments of the Church and of the ministers thereof shal be reteined and be in vse as was in this Church of England by the authoritie of parliament in the second yeere of the reigne of king Edward the sirth vntill other order shall bee therein taken by authority of the Queenes Maiestie with the aduise of her Commissioners appointed and authorised vnder the great seale of England for causes Ecclesiastical or of the Metropolitane of this Realme And also that if there shall happen any contempt or irreuerence to be vsed in the Ceremonies or rites of the Church by the misusing of the orders appointed in this booke the Queenes maiesty may by the like aduise of the saide Commissioners or Metropolitane ordaine and publish such further Ceremonies or rites as may be most for the aduancement of Gods glory the edisying of his Church and the due reuerence of Christes holy mysteries and Sacraments And be it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that all lawes statutes and ordinances where in or where by any other seruice administration of Sacraments or Common prayer is limited established or set foorth to be vsed within this Realme or any other the Queenes dominions and countreys shall from henceforth vtterly be voyde and of none effect The Preface THere was neuer any thing by the wit of man so well deuised or so sure established which in continuance of time hath not bin corrupted as among other things it may plainly appeare by the cōmon prayers in the Church commonly called Diuine Seruice The first originall and ground whereof if a man woulde search out by the ancient Fathers hee shall find that the same was not ordained but of a good purpose and for a great aduancement of godlinesse For they soordered the matter that all the whole Bible or the greatest part thereof should be read ouer once euery yeere entending thereby that the Clergie and specially such as were ministers of the Congregation should by often reading and meditation of Gods word be stirred vp to godlinesse themselues and be more able to exhort other by wholesome doctrine and to confute them that were aduersarics to the trueth And further that the people by dayly hearing of holy Scripture read in the Church should continually profite more more in the knowledge of God and be the more inslamed with the loue of his true religion But these many yeres passed this godly and decent order of the ancient Fathers hath bene so altered broken neglected by planting in vncertaine stories Legends Responds Verses vaine Repetitions Cōmemorations and Synodalles that commonly when any booke of the Bible was begun before three or foure chapters were read out all the rest were vnread And in this sort the booke of Esay was begun in Aduent and the booke of Genesis in Septuagesima but they were onely begun and neuer read through After like sort were other bookes of holy Scripture vsed And moreouer whereas Saint Paul would haue such language spoken to the people in the Church as they might vnderstand and haue profit by hearing the same the seruice in this Church of England these many yeres hath bin read in Latine to the people which they vnderstood not so that they haue heard with their cares only and their heart spirit and mind haue not bene edif ied thereby And furthermore not with slanding that the ancient Fathers haue deuided the Psalmes into seuen portions wherof euery one was called a Nocturne now of late time a few of them haue bene dayly sayd and oft repeated and the rest vtterly omitted Moreouer the number and hardnesse of the rules called the Pie and the manisold changings of the seruice was the cause that to turne the booke onely was so hard and intricate a matter that many times there was more businesse to find out what should be read then to reade it when it was found out
These in conueniences therefore considered here is set foorth such an order where by the same shall be redressed And for a readinesse in this matter hereis drawen out a Kalender for that purpose which is plaine and easie to be vnderstanded wherein so much as may bee the reading of holy Scriptures is so set forth that all things shal be done in order without breaking one piece there of from an other For this cause be cut off Anthemes Responds Inuitatories and such like things as did breake the continuall course of the reading of the Scripture Yet because there is no remedie but that of necessitie there must bee some rules therefore certaine rules are here set foorth which as they bee sewe in number so they be plaine and easie to be vnderstanded So that here you haue an order for prayer as touching the reading of holy Scripture much agreeable to the mind and purpose of the olde fathers and a great deale more profitable and commodious then that which of late was vsed It is more profitable because here are left out many things whereof some be vntrue some vncertaine some vaine and superstitious and is ordeined nothing to be read but the very pure word of God the holy Scriptures or that which is euidently grounded vpon the same and that in such a language and order as is most easie and plaine for the vnderstanding both of the readers and hearers It is also more commodious both for the shortnesse thereof and for the plainnesse of the order and for that the rules be fewe and casie Furthermore by this order the Curates shall neede none other bookes for their publike seruice but this booke and the Bible By the meanes wherof the people shall not bee at so great charges for bookes as in times past they haue bene And where here to fore there hath bene great diuersitie in saying singing in Churches within this Realme some following Salisbury vse some Hereford vse and somc the vse of Bangor some of Yorke some of Lincolne Now from henceforth all the whole Realme shall haue but one vse And if any will iudge this way more painefull because that all things must be read vpon the booke where as before by the reason of so often repetition they could say many things by heart if those men will weigh their labour with the prosire and knowledge which dayly they shall obtaine by reading vpon the booke they will not refuse the payne in consideration of the great profite that shall ensue thereof And forasmuch as nothing can almost be so plainely set forth but doubts mary life in the vse and practising of the same To appease all such diuersity if any arise and for the resolution of all doubts concerning the maner how to vnderstand do and execute the things contained in this Booke The parties that so doubt or diuersly take any thing shall alway resort to the Bishop of the Diocesse who by his diseretion shall rake order for the quieting and appeasing of the same so that the same order be not contrary to any thing contained in this booke And if the Bishop of the Diocesse be in any doubt then he may send for the resolution thereof vnto the Archbishop Though it be appointed in the afore written Presace that all things shall beread and sung in the Church in the English tongue to the ende that the Congregation may be thereby edisied yet it is not meant but when men say Morning Euening prayer priuately they may say the same in any language that they themselues doe vnderstand And all Priests and Deacons shall be bound to say dayly the Morning and Euening prayer either priuately or openly except they be let by preaching studying of diuinity or by some other vrgent cause And the Curate that ministreth in euery parish Church or Chappel being at home and not being otherwise reasonably letted shall say the same in the Parish Church or Chappell where he ministreth and shall toll a bell thereto a conuenient time before he begin that such as be disposed may come to heare Gods word and to pray with him Of Ceremonies why some be abolished and some reteined Of such Ceremonies as be vsed in the Church and haue had their beginning by the inssitutiō of man some at the first were of godly intent purpose deuised and yet at length turned to vanity superstition some entred into the Church by vndiscreet deuotion such a zeale as was without knowledge and for because they were winked at in the beginning they grew dayly to more and more abuses which not only for their vnprofitablenes but also because they haue much blinded the people and obscured the glory of God are worthy to be cut a way and cleane reiected Other there be which although they haue been deuised by man yet it is thought good to reserue them still as well for decent order in the Church for the which they were first deuised as because they pertaine to edification whereunto all things done in the Church as the Apostle teacheth ought to be referred And although the keeping or omitting of a Ceremony in it selfe considered is but a small thing yet the wilfull and contemptuous transgression and breaking of a common order and discipline is no small offence before God Let all things be done among you faith S. Paul in a seemely and due order The appointment of the which order pertaineth not to priuate men therfore no man ought to take in hand nor presume to appoint or alter any publike or common order in Christs Church except he be lawfully called and authorised thereunto And where as in this our time the minds of men are so diuers that some thinke it great matter of conscience to depart frō a piece of the least of their ceremonies they be so addicted to their old customs and againe on the other side some be so new fangled that they would innouate all things so despise the old that nothing can like thē but that is new it was thought expediēt not so much to haue respect how to please satisfie either of thefe parties as how to please God profit them both And yet lest any man should be offended whō good reason might satisfie here be certaine causes rendred why some of the accustomed Ceremonies be put a way and some reteined and kept still Some are put a way because the great excesse and multitude of them hath so increased in these latter dayes that the burden of them was intollerable whereof S. Augustine in his time complained that they were growen to such a number that the state of Christian people was in worse case concerning that matter then were the Iewes And he counselled that such yoke and burden should bee taken a way as time would serue quietly to doe it But what would S. Augustine haue said if he had seen the ceremonies of late daies vsed among vs whereunto the multitude vsed in his time was not
railed on him wagging their heads and saying A wretch thou that destroyest the Temple and buildest it againe in three dayes saue thy selfe and come down from the crosse Likewise also mocked him the high Priestes among themselues with the Scribes and sayd He saued other men himselfe he cannot saue Let Christ the king of Israel descend now from the crosse that we may see beleeue And they that were crucified with him checked him also And when the sixt houre was come darkenesse arose ouer all the earth vntill the ninth houre And at the ninth houre Iesus cried with a loud voyce saying Eloi Eloi Iamasabachthani which is if one interpret it My God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some of them that stood by when they heard that said Behold he calleth for Elias And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar and put it on a reede and gaue him to drinke saying Let him alone let vs see whether Elias will come and take him downe But Iesus cried with a loude voyce and gaue vp the ghost And the vaile of the Temple rent in two pieces from the top to the bottome And when the Centurion which stoode before him saw that he so cryed and gaue by the ghost hee sayd Truely this man was the Sonne of GOD. There were also women a good way off beholding him Among whom was Marie Magdalene and Marie the mother of Iames the little and of Ioses and Marie Salome which also when hee was in Galilee had followed him and ministred vnto him and many other women which came vp with him to Hierusalam And now when the euen was come because it was the day of preparing that goeth before the Sabboth Ioseph of the citie of Arimathea a noble counsailour which also looked for the kingdome of God came and went in boldly vnto Pilate and begged of him the body of Iesus And Pilate marueiled that he was already dead and called vnto him the Centurion and asked of him whether hee had bene any while dead And when he knew the trueth of the Centurion hee gaue the body to Ioseph And he bought a linnen cloth and tooke him downe wrapped him in the linnen cloth and layd him in a sepulchre that was hewen out of a rocke and rolled a stone before the doore of the sepulchre And Mary Magdalene and Mary Ioses beheld where he was laid VVednesday before Easter The Epistle WHere as is a Testament Heb. 9.16 there must also of necessity be the death of him that maketh the Testament For the testament taketh authority when men are dead For it is yet of no value as long as he that maketh the Testament is aliue For which cause also neither the first Testament was ordeined without blood For when Moses had declared al the cōmandemēts to al the people according to the Law he took the blood of Calues of Goates with water purple wooll and hysoye sprinkled both the booke al the people saying This is the blood of the Testament which God hath appointed vnto you Moreouer he sprinkled the tabernacle with blood also and all the ministring vessels And almost all things are by the Law purged with blood and without shedding of blood is no remission It is need then that the similitudes of heauenly things bee purified with such things but that the heauenly things themselues be purified with better sacrifices then are those For Christ is not entered into the holy places that are made with handes which are similitudes of true things but is entered into very heauen for to appeare now in the sight of God for vs not to offer him selfe often as the high Priest entereth into the holy place euery yeere with strange blood for then he must haue often suffered since the world began but now in the ende of the world hath hee appeared once to put sinne to flight by the offring vp of himself And as it is appointed vnto all men that they shall once die and then commeth the iudgement euen so Christ was once offered to take away the sinnes of many and vnto them that looke for him shal he appeare againe without sinne vnto saluation The Gospel THe feast of sweet bread drew nigh Luk. 22.1 which is called Easter and the hie Priestes and Scribes sought how they might kill him for they feared the people Then entred Satan into Iudas whose surname was Iscariot which was of the number of the twelue and he went his way and communed with the hie priests and officers how he might betray him vnto them And they were glad and promised to giue him money And hee consented and sought opportunitie to betray him vnto them when the people were away Then came the day of sweete bread when of necessitie the Passeouer must be offered And he sent Peter and Iohn saying Goe and prepare vs the Passeouer that we may eate They sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare And hee sayde vnto them Behold when yee enter into the Citie there shall a man meete you bearing a pitcher of water him follow into the same house that hee entereth in and yee shall say vnto the goodman of the house The master sayeth vnto thee Where is the ghest chamber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my Disciples And hee shall shewe you a great parlour paued there make readie And they went and found as hee had sayd vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when the houre was come he fate downe and the twelue Apostles with him And hee sayde vnto them I haue inwardly desired to eate this Passeouer with you before that I suffer For I say vnto you hencefoorth will I not eate of it any more vntill it be fulfilled in the kingdome of God And hee tooke the cup and gaue thanks and sayd Take this and diuide it among you for I say vnto you I will not drinke of the fruit of the Vine vntill the kingdome of God come And hee tooke bread and when he had giuen thanks he brake it and gaue it vnto them saying This is my body which is giuen for you this doe in the remembrance of me Likewise also when he had supped hee tooke the cup saying This cup is the newe Testament in my blood which is shed for you Yet beholde the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And truely the Sonne of man goeth as it is appointed but woe vnto that man by whom hee is betrayed And they began to enquire among themselues which of them it was that should doe it And there was a strife among them which of them should seeme to bee the greatest And hee sayde vnto them The kings of nations reigne ouer them and they that haue anthoritie vpon them are called gracious but ye shall not so be But hee that is greatest among you shall bee as the yonger and he that is chiefe shall be as hee that doth minister For whether is greater
that bee put in authoritie vnder him that they may truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice and to the maintenance of Gods true religion and vertue Giue grace O heauenly Father to all Bishops Pastours and Curates that they may both by their life and doctrine set foorth thy true and liuely word rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacraments and to all thy people giue heauenly grace and specially to this Congregation here present that with meeke heart and due reuerence they may heare and receiue thy holy word truely seruing thee in holinesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of their life And wee most humbly beseech thee of thy goodnesse O Lord to comfort and succour all them which in this transitorie life bee in trouble sorrow neede sicknesse or any other aduersitie Graunt this O Father for Iesus Christs sake our onely mediatour and aduocate Amen ¶ Then shall follow this exhortation at certaine times when the Curate shall see the people negligent to come to the holy Communion WE bee come together at this time dearely beloued brethren to feede at the Lords Supper vnto the which in Gods behalfe I bid you all that be here present and beseech you for the Lord Iesus Christs sake that yee will not refuse to come thereto being so louingly called and biden of God himselfe Yee know how grieuous and vnkinde a thing it is when a man hath prepared a rich feast decked his table with al kind of prouision so that there lacketh nothing but the ghests to sit downe and yet they which bee called without any cause most vnthankefully refuse to come Which of you in such a case would not bee mooved who would not thinke a great iniurie and wrong done vnto him wherefore most dearly beloued in Christ take yee good heede lest yee withdrawing your selues from this holy Supper prouoke Gods indignation against you It is an easie matter for a man to say I will not communicate because I am otherwise letted with worldly businesse But such excuses bee not so easily accepted and allowed before God If any man say I am a grieuous sinner and therefore am afraide to come wherefore then doe you not repent and ameÌ„nd when God calleth you bee not you ashamed to say you will not come when you should returne to God will you excuse your selfe and say that you bee not readie Consider earnestly with your selues how little such fained excuses shall auaile before GOD. They that refused the feast in the Gospel because they had bought a Farme or would trie their yokes of Oxen or because they were married were not so excused but counted vnworthie of the heauenly feast I for my part am heere present and according to mine office I bid you in the name of God I call you in Christs behalfe I exhort you as you loue your owne saluation that yee will be partakers of this holy Communion And as the sonne of God did vouchsafe to yeelde vp his soule by death vpon the crosse for your health Euen so it is your dâ—etie to receiue the Communion together in the remembrance of his death as he himselfe communded Nowe if you will in no wise thus doe consider with your selves how great iniurie you doe vnto God and how sore punishment hangeth over your heads for the same And where as you offend God so sore in refusing this holy banquet I admonish exhort and beseech you that vnto this vnkindnesse ye will not adde any more which thing ye shall doe if yee stand by as gazers and lookers on them that doe communicate and be not partakers of the same your selues For what thing can this be accounted else then a further contempt and vnkindnesse vnto God Truely it is a great vnthankfulnesse to say naye when yee be called but the fault is much greater when men stand by and yet will neither eate nor drinke this holy Communion with other I pray you what can this be else but euen to haue the mysteries of Christ in derision It is said vnto all Take ye and eate Take and drinke yee all of this Doe this in remembrance of me With what face then or with what countenance shal ye heare these words what will this bee else but a neglecting a despising and mocking of the Testament of Christ wherefore rather then yee should so doe depart you hence and giue place to them that be godly disposed But when you depart I beseech youn ponder with your selues from whom ye depart yee depart from the Lords table ye depart from your brethren and from the banquet of most heauenly foode These things if ye earnestly consider yee shall by Gods grace returne to a better minde for the obteining whereof we shall make our humble petitions while we shall receiue the holy Communion And sometime shal be said this also at the discretion of the Curate DEarly beloued for as much as our duetie is to render to Almightie God our heavenly Father most heartie thankes for that hee hath giuen his Sonne our Saniour Iesus Christ not onely to dye for vs but alsd to be our spirituall foode and sustenance as it is declared vnto vs as well by Gods word as by the holy Sacraments of his blessed bodyÌ„and and blood the which being so comfortable a thing to them which receiue it worthily and so dangerous to them that wil presume to receiue it vnworthily my duetie is to exhort you to consider the dignitie of the holy mysterie and the great perill of the vnworthie receiuing thereof and so to search and examine your owne consciences as you should come holy and cleane to a most godly and heauenly feast so that in no wise you come but in the mariage garment required of God in holy Scripture and so come and be receiued as worthie partakers of such a heauenly Table The way and means thereto is First to examine your liues and conuersation by the rule of Gods commandements and wherein so euer ye shall perceiue your selues to haue offended either by will word or deed there bewayle your owne sinful liues and confesse your selues to Almightie God with full purpose of amendment of life And if yee shall perceiue your offences to be such as bee not onely against God but also against your neighbors then ye shall reconcile your selues vnto them ready to make restitution and satisfaction according to the vttermost of your powers for all iniuries and wrongs done by you to any other and likewise being readie to forgiue other that haue offended you as you would haue forgiuensse of your offences at Gods hand For otherwise the receiuing of the holy Communion doth nothing else but increase your damnation And because it is requisite that no man should come to the holy Communion but with a full trust in Gods mercie and with a quiet conscience therefore if there bee any of you which by the meanes aforsaid cannot quiet his owne conscience but requireth further comfort or
and euerlastingly rewarded through thy mercie O blesssed Lord God who doest liue and gouerue all things world without end Amen ALmighty euerliuing God whose most dearly beloued Sonne Iesus Christ for the forgiueness of our sinnes did shed out of his most precious side both water and blood and gaue commandement to his Disciples that they should goe teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Regard we beseech thee the spplications of thy congregation and grant that all thy seruants which shall be baptized in this water may receiue the fulnesse of thy grace and euer remaine in the number of thy faithfull and elect children through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Then the Priest shall take the child in his hands and aske the name And naming the child shall dip it in the water so it bediscreetly and warily done saying N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And if the childe be weake it shall suffice to powre water vpon it saying the foresaid words N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen Then the Priest shall make a Crosse vpon the childes forehead saying WE receiue this childe into the Congregation of Christ flocke and doe signe him with the signe of the Crosse in token that here after he shall not be ashamed to confesse the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight vnder his banner against sinne the world and the deuill and to continue Christs faithfull souldier and seruant vnto his liues end Amen Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearely beloued brethren that these children bee regenerate and grafted into the bodie of Christs congregation let vs giue thanks vnto God for these benefits and with one accorde make our prayers vnto Almightie God that they may leade the rest of their life according to this beginning Then shall be said Our Father Which art in heauen c. Then shall the Priest say WE yeeld thee heartie thanks most merciful father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy holy spirit to receiue him for thine owne child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy congregation And humbly wee beseech thee to graunt that he being dead vnto sinne and liuing vnto righteousnes and being buried with Christ in his death may crucifie the old man and vtterly abolish the whole body of sinne that as hee is made partaker of the death of thy sonne so he may be partaker of his resurrection so that finally with the residâ—e of thy holy Congregation hee may be inheritout of thine euerlasting kingdome through Christ our Lord Amen At the last ende the Priest calling the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall say this exhortation following FOrasmuch as these children haue promised by you to forsake the deuil and at his workes to beleeue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your parts and dueties to see that these infants be taught so soone as they shall bee able to learne what a solemne vowe promise and profession they haue made by you And that they may know these things the better ye shall call vpon them to heare Sermons and chiefly you shall prouide that they may learne the Creede the Lords prayer and 〈◊〉 ten Commaundements in the English tongue and all other things which a Christian man ought to know and beleeue to his soules health and that these children may bee vertuously brought vp to leade a godly and a Christian life remembring alwayes that Baptisme doeth represent vnto vs our profession which is to follow the example of our Sauiour Christ and to be made like vnto him that as he died and rose againe for vs so should wee which are baptized die from sinne and rise againe vnto righteousnes continually mortifying all our euil and corrupt affections and dayly proceeding in all bertue and godlinesse of liuing The Minister that command that the children be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed of him so soone as they can say in their vulgar tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer and the ten Commandements and be further instructed in the Catechisme set forth for that purpose according as it is there expressed ¶ Of them that are to be baptized in priuate houses in time of necessitie by the Minister of the Parish or any other lawfull Minister that can be procured The Pastours and Curates shall often admonish the people that they deferre not the Baptisme of Infants any longer then the Sunday or other Holy day next after the childe be borne vnlesse vpon a great and reasonable cause declared to the Curate and by him approued And also they shall warne them that without great cause necessitie they procure not their children to be baptized at home in their houses And when great need shall compell them so to do then Baptisme shal be administred on this fashion First let the lawfull Minister and them that be present call vpon God for his grace and say the Lords prayer if the time wil suffer And then the child being named by some one that is present the said lawfull Minister shal dip it in water or powre water vpon it saying these words N I baptize thee in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And let them not doubt but that the childe so baptized is lawfully and sufficiently baptized and ought not to be baptized againe But yet neuerthelesse if the child which is after this sort baptized doe afterward liue it is expedient that it bee brought into the Church to the intent that if the Priest or Minister of the same parish did himselfe baptize that childe the Congregation may be certified of the true forme of Baptisme by him priuately before vsed Or if the childe were baptized by any other lawfull Minister that then the Minister of the Parish where the childe was borne or Christened shall examine and try whether the childe be lawfully baptized or no. In which case if those that bring any childe to the Church doe answere that the same childe is already baptized then shall the Minister examine them further saying By whom was the childe baptized Who was present when childe was baptized And because some things Essentiall to this Sacrament may happen to be omitteb through feare or haste in such times of extremitie therefore I demaund further of you With what matter was the child baptized With what words was the child baptized Whether thinke you the childe to bee lawfully and perfectly baptized And if the Minister shall finde by the answeres of such as bring the childe that all things were done as they ought to be then shall not he Christen the childe againe but shall receiue him as one of the slocke of the true Christian people saying thus I Certifie you that in this case all is
and thereto haue giuen and pledged their troth either to other and haue declared the same by giuing and receiuing of a Ring and by ioyning of hands I pronounce that they be man and wife together In the name of the Father of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And the Minister shall adde this blessing GOD the Father God the Sonne God the holy Ghost blesse preserue and keepe you the Lorde mercifully with his fauour looke vpon you and so fill you with all spirituall benediction and grace that you may so liue together in this life that in the worlde to come you may haue life euerlasting Amen Then the Minister or Clearkes going to the Lords table shall say or sing this Psalme following BLessed are al they that feare the Lord and walke in his wayes Beari omnes Psal 128. For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitfull Vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the Oliue branches round about thy table Loe thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord from out of Sion shall so blesse thee that thou shall see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy life long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without ende Amen Or this Psalme GOD be merciful vnto vs Deus misereatur Psal 67 and blesse vs and shew vs the light of his countenance and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy sauing health among all nations Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nations reioyce and be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously gouerne the nations vpon the earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring foorth her increase and God men our olvne God shall giue vs his blessing God shal blesse vs and all the ends of the world shal feare him Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Psalme ended and the man and the woman kneeling afore the Lordes Table the Priest standing at the Table and turning his face toward them shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Answere Christ haue merry vpon vs. Minister Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into tempatation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lord saue thy seruant and thy handmaid Answere Which put their trust in thee Minister O Lord send them helpe from thy holy place Answere And euermore defend them Minister Be vnto them a towre of strength Answere From the face of their enemie Minister O Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Minister O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruants and sow the seede of eternall life in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shall profitably learne they may in deede fulfill the same Looke O Lord mercifully vpon them from heauen and blesse them And as thou diddest send thy blessing vpon Abraham and Sara to their great comfort So vouchsase to send thy blessing vpon these thy seruants that they obeying thy will and alway being in safetie vnder protection may abide in thy loue vnto their liues ende through Iesus Christ ou Lord. Amen This prayer next following shall be omitted where the woman is past childe birth O Mercifull Lord and heauenly Father by whose gracious gift mankinde is increased we beseech thee assist with thy blessing these two persons that they may both bee fruitfull in procreation of children and also liue together so long in godly loue and honestie that they may see their childrens children vnto the thirde and fourth generation vnto thy prayse and honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God which by thy mighty power hast made all things of nought which also after other things set in order didst appoint that one of man created after thine owne image sinulitude woman should take her beginning and knitting them together didst teach that it should neuer bee lawfull to put asvnder those whom thou by Matrimonie hadst made one O God which hast consecrated the state of Matrimonie to sush and excellent my sterie that in it is signified represented the spirtuall marriage vnitie betlvixt Christ and his Church Looke mercifully vpon these thy seruants that both this man may loue his wife according to thy worde as Christ did loue his spouse the Church who gaue himselfe for it louing cherishing it euen as his owne flesh and also that this woman may be louing and amiable to her husband as Rachel wise as Rebecca faithful and obedient as Sara and in all quietnesse sobrietie peace be a follower of holy and godly matrons O Lord blesse them both and grant them to inharite thy euerlasting kingdome through Iesus Chraist our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest say ALmighty God which at the beginning did create our first parents Adam and Eue and did sanctifie and ioyne them together in marriage powre vpon you the riches of his grace sanctifie and blesse you that yee may please him both in body and soule and liue together in holy loue vnto your liues end Amen Then shal begin the Communion And after the Gospel shal be said a Sermon wherein ordinarily so oft as there is any mariage the office of a man and wife shall bee declared according to holy Scripture Or if there bee no Sermon the Minister shall reade this that followeth ALl yee which be married or which intend to take the holy estate of Matrimonie vpon you heare what holy Scripture doeth say as touching the duetie of husbandes towards their wiues and wiues towards their husbands Saint Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the fift Chapter doeth giue this commandement to all married men Yee husbands loue your wiues euen as Christ loued the Church and hath giuen himselfe for it to sanctfie it purging it in the fountaine of water through the worde that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregation not hauing spot or wrinckle or any such thing but that it should bee holy and blamelesse So men are bound to loue their owne wiues as their owne bodies He that loueth his owne wife loueth himselfe For neuer did any man hate his owne flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the Lord doeth the congregation for we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shall a man leaue father mother and shall be ioyned vnto his wife and they two shall be one flesh This mysterie is great but I speake of Christ and of the congregation Neuerthelesse let euery
remooued because he was wroth There went a smoke out of his presence and a consuming fire out of his mouth so that coales were kindled at it Hee bowed the heauens also and came downe and it was darke vnder his feete He rode vpon the Cherubims and did flie hee came flying vpon the wings of the winde Hee made darkenesse his secret place his Pauilion round about him with darke water and thicke cloudes to couer him At the brightnesse of his presence his cloudes remooued hailestones and coales of fire The Lorde also thundred out of heauen and the Highest gaue his thunder hailestones and coales of fire He sent out his arrowes and scattered them he cast foorth lightnings and destroyed them The springs of waters were seene and the foundations of the round world were discouered at thy chiding O Lord at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure Hee shalt send downe from the high to fetch me and shalt take me out of many waters Hee shalt deliuer mee from my strongest enemie and from them which hate me for they are too mightie for me They preuented me in the day of my trouble but the Lord was my vpholder He brought me forth also into a place of liberty he brought me forth euen because he had a fauour vnto me The Lorde shalt reward me after my righteous dealing according to the cleannesse of my hands shalt he recompence mee Because I haue kept the wayes of the Lord and haue not forsaken my God as the wicked doeth For I haue an eye vnto all his lawes and will not cast out his commandements from me I was also vncorrupt before him and eschewed mine own wickednesse Therefore shalt the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing and according vnto the cleannesse of my hands in his eye sight With the holy thou shalt be holy and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect With the cleane thou shalt bee cleane and with the froward thou shalt learne frowardnesse For thou shalt saue the people that are in aduersitie and shalt bring downe the high lookes of the proud Thou also shalt light my candle the Lorde my God shall make my darkenesse to be light For in thee I shall discomfit an hoste of men and with the helpe of my God I shall leape ouer the wall The way of God is an vndefiled way the worde of the Lorde also is tried in the fire hee is the defender of all them that put their trust in him For who is God but the Lord or who hath any strength except our God It is God that girdeth me with strength of warre and maketh my way perfect He maketh my feete like Harts feete and setteth me vpon high Hee teacheth my handes to fight and mine armes shall breake euen a bowe of steele Thou hast giuen me the defence of thy saluation thy right hande also shall holde me vp and thy louing correction shall make me great Thou shalt make roome ynough vnder me for to goe that my foote steps shall not slide I will followe vpon mine enemies and ouertake them neither will I turne againe till I haue destroyed them I will smite them that they shall not be able to stand but fall vnder my feete Thou hast girded me with strength vnto the battell thou shalt throw downe mine enemies vnder me Thou hast made mine enemies also to turne their backes vpon me and I shall destroy them that hate me They shall cry but there shall bee none to helpe them yea euen vnto the Lord shal they cry but he shall not heare them I will beate them as small as the dust before the winde I will cast them out as the clay in the streetes Thou shalt deliuer mee from the struings of the people and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen A people whom I haue not knowen shall serue me Assoone as they heare of mee they shall obey mee but the strange children shall dissemble with me The strange children shall faile and be afraid out of their prisons The Lorde liueth and blessed bee my strong helper and praised be the God of my saluation Euen the God that seeth that I be auenged and subdueth the people vnto me It is hee that deliuereth me from my cruell enemies and setteth mee vp aboue mine aduersaries thou shalt ridde mee from the wicked man For this cause will I giue thankes vnto thee O Lorde among the Gentiles and sing prayses vnto thy Name Great prosperitie giueth hee vnto his King and sheweth louing kindnesse vnto Dauid his anoynted and vnto his seed for euermore Coeli enarrant Psal xix THe heauens declare the glorie of God Morning Prayer and the firmament sheweth his handy worke Oue day telleth another and one night certifieth another There is neither speech nor language but their voyces are heard among them Their sound is gone out into all landes and their wordes into the endes of the world In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sunne which commeth foorth as a bridegrome out of his chamber and reioyceth as a Gyant to runne his course It goeth forth from the vttermost part of the heauen and runneth about vnto the end of it againe and there is nothing hid from the heate thereof The Law of the Lord is an vndefiled Lawe conuerting the soule the testimonie of the Lord is sure and giueth wisedome vnto the simple The statutes of the Lord are right and reioyce the heart the commandement of the Lord is pure and giueth light vnto the eyes The feare of the Lorde is cleane and endureth for euer the iudgements of the Lorde are true and righteous altogether More to be desired are they then gold yea then much fine gold sweeter also then hony and the hony combe Moreouer by them is thy seruant taught and in keeping of them there is great reward Who can tell how oft he offendeth O clense thou me from my secret faults Keepe thy seruaunt also from presumptutous sinnes lest they get the dominion ouer me so shall I be vndefiled and innocent from the great offence Let the wordes of my mouth and the mediitation of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer Exaudiat te Deus Psal xx The Lord heare thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defend thee Send thee helpe from the Sanctuarie and strength thee out of Sion Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt sacrifice Graunt thee thy hearts desire and fulfill all thy minde We will reioyce in thy saluation and triumph in the name of the Lorde our God the Lorde perfourme all thy petitions Nowe knowe I that the Lord helpeth his anoynted and will heare him from his holy heauen euen with the wholesome strength of his right hand Some put their trust in charets and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God They are brought downe and fallen but we are risen and stand vpright
snare for mee but I swarued not from thy commandements Thy testimonies haue I claimed as mine heritage for euer and why they are the very ioy of my heart I haue applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway euen vnto the ende Iniquos odio habui I Hate them that imagine euill things but thy Law doe I loue Thou art my defence and shielde and my trust is in thy word Away from me yee wicked I will keepe the commandements of my God O stablish mee according to thy worde that I may liue and let me not be disappointed of my hope Holde thou me vp and I shall be safe yea my delight shall be euer in thy statutes Thou hast troned downe all them that depart from thy statutes for they imagine but deceit Thou pettest away al the vngodly of the earth like drosse therefore I loue thy testimonies My flesh trembleth for feare of thee and I am afraide of thy iudgements Feci iudicium I Deale with the thing that is lawfull and right O giue me not ouer mine oppressors Make thou thy seruant to delight in that which is good that the proude doe me no wrong Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy righteousnesse O deale with thy seruant according vnto thy louing merrie and teach me thy statutes I am thy seruant O graunt mee vnderstanding that I may know thy testimonies It is time for thee Lord to lay to thine hand for they haue destroyed thy Law For I loue thy commandements aboue golde and precious stone Therefore holde I stright all thy commandemebts and all selfe wayes I vtterly abhorre Mirabilia THy testimonies are wonder full therefore doeth my soule keepe them When thy worde goeth foorth it giueth light and vnderstanding vnto the simple I opened my mouth and drewe in my breath for my delight was in thy commandementes O looke thou vpon me and be mercifull vnto me as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name Order my steps in thy worde and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me O deliuer me from the wrongfull dealings of men and so shall I keepe thy commandementes Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seraunt and taech me thy statutes Mine eyes gush out with water because men keepe not thy Law Iustus es Domine RIghteous art thou O Lord and true is thy iudgement The testimonies that thou hast commaunded are exceeding righteous and true My zeale hath euen consumed mee because mine enemies haue forgooten thy words Thy word is tryed to the vttermost and thy seruant loueth it I am small and of no reputation yet doe I not forget thy commandementes Thy righteousuesse is an euerlasting righteousnesse and thy law is the trueth Trouble and heauinesse haue taken hold vpon mee yet is my delight in thy commandementes The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlasting O grant me vnderstanding and I shall liue Clamaui in toto corde meo I call with my whole heart Euening prayer heare mee O Lord I will keepe thy statutes Yea euen vpon thee doe I call helpe me and I shall keepe thy testimonies Early in the morning doe I cry vnto thee for in thy word is my trust Mine eyes preuent the night watches that I might bee occupied in thy words Heare my voice O Lord according vnto thy louing kindnesse quitken me according as thou art eont They drawe nigh that of malice persecute mee and are farre from thy law Be thou nigh at hand O Lord for all thy commandements are true As concerning thy testimonies I haue knowen long since that thou hast grounded them for euer Vide humilitatem O Consider mine aduersitie and deliuer me for I doe not forget thy Law Auenge thou my rause and deliuer me quicken mee according vnto thy word Health is farre from the vngodly for they regard not thy statutes Great is thy mercie O Lord quicken mee as thou art woont Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet do I not swarue from thy restimonies It grieueth mee when I see the transgressours because they kept not thy Law Consider O Lord how I loue thy commandements O quicken me according to thy louing kindnesse Thy word is true from euerlasting all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euermore Principes persecuti sunt PRinces haue perseruted me without a cause but my heart standeth in awe of the words I am as glad of thy worde as one that findeth great spoyles As for lyes I hate and abhorre them but thy law doe I loue Seuen times a day doe I praise thee because of thy righteous iudgements Great is the peace that they haue which loue thy Law and they are not offended at it Lord I haue looked for thy sauing health and done after thy commandements My soule hath kept thy testimonies and loued them exceedingly I haue kept thy commandements and testimonies for all my wayes are before thee Appropinquet deprecatio LEt my complaint come before thee O Lord giue me vnderstanding according to thy word Let my supplication come before thee deliuer me according to thy word My lips shall speake of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes Yea my tongue shall sing of thy word for all thy commandements are righteous Let thine hand helpe me for I haue chosen thy commandements I haue louged for thy sauing health O Lord and in thy Law is my delight Oh let my soule liue and it shall praise thee and thy iudgements shall helpe me I haue gone astray like a sheepe that is lost Oh seeke thy seruant for I doe not forget thy commandements Ad Dominum Psal 120. When I was in trouble Morning prayer I called vpon the Lord and he heard me Deliuer my soule O Lord from lying lippes and from a deceitfull tongue What reward shall be giuen or done vnto thee thou false tongue euen mighty and sharpe arrowes with hote burning coales Woe is me that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to haue mine habitation among the tents of Cedar My soule hath long dwelt among them that be enemies vnto peare I labour for peare but when I speake vnto them thereof they make them readie to battaile Leuaui oculos Psal 121. I will lift vp mine eyes vnto the hilles from whence commeth my helpe My helpe commeth euen from the Lorde which hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neithet slumber nor sleepe The Lord himself is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the sunne shall not burne the by day neither the moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time foorth for euermore Laetatus sum Psal 122. I was glad when they said