Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen O Most glorious and powerful Lord God who alone hast spread out the heavens and compassed the waters with bounds until night and day come to an end at whose command the winds blow and who rulest the raging of the sea Thou art terrible in all thy works of wonder the great God to be feared above all We therefore adore thy divine Majesty acknowledging thy power and imploring thy goodness Be pleased to receive into thine Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of thy servants that fight for us and the Ships and Navies in which they serve preserve them all from the dangers of the sea and from the violence of the enemie and from every sad accident that they may be a safeguard to our most gracious Sovereign and his Kingdoms and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions Help Lord and save them for thy mercies sake that they may return in safety with honour and victory and good success to enjoy the blessings of the land and the fruit of their labours and that all the inhabitants of these Islands being blest with plenty and prosperity peace and quietness may serve thee our God in righteousness and true holiness and with a thankfull remembrance of all thy mercies may ever praise and glorifie thy holy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Almighty God King of all kings and Governour of all things whose power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners to be merciful to them that truly repent Save and deliver us we humbly beseech thee from the hands of our enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their devices that we being armed with thy defence may be preserved evermore from all perils to glorifie thee who art the only giver of all victory through the merits of thy only Son Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Ephes VI. 10. FInally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil For we wrestle not against flesh and bloud but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in high places Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand Stand therefore having your loyns girt about with truth and having on the brest-plate of righteousness And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace Above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance The Gospel S. Matthew V. 1. ANd Iesus seeing the multitudes went up into a mountain and when he was set his disciples came unto him And he opened his mouth and taught them saying Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called the children of God Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake Rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you I Believe in one God the Father Almighty maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible And in one Lord Iesus 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 right hand of the Father And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead whose kingdom shall have no end And I believe in the holy Ghost the Lord and giver of life who proceedeth from the Father and the Son who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophets And I believe one Catholick and Apostolick Church I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins And I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come Amen ¶ Then followeth the Sermon and after that shall be said S Matt. 5.16 LEt your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heaven S. Matt. 6.19,20 Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for your selves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal Let us pray for the whole state of Christs Church militant here on earth ALmighty and everliving God who by thy holy Apostle hast taught us to make prayers and supplications and to give thanks for all men We humbly beseech thee most mercifully to accept our alms oblations and If there be no alms or oblations then shall the words of accepting our alms and oblations be left out unsaid to receive these our prayers which we offer unto thy divine Majesty beseeching thee to inspire continually the Vniversal Church with the spirit of truth unity and concord and grant that all they that do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word and live in unity and godly love We beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian Kings Princes and Governours and especially thy servant CHARLES our King that under him we may be godly and quietly governed And grant unto his whole Council to all that are put in Authority under him that they may truly and indifferently minister justice to the punishment of wickedness and vice and to the maintenance of thy true Religion and vertue Give grace O heavenly Father to all Bishops and Curates
thou shalt be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach The restorer of paths to dwell in If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath from doing thy pleasure on my holy day and call the sabbath a delight the holy of the Lord honourable and shalt honour him not doing thine own ways nor finding thine own pleasure nor speaking thine own words Then shalt thou delight thy self in the Lord and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth and feed thee with the heritage of Iacob thy father for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ¶ After the First Lesson shall follow Te Deum laudamus in English WE praise thee O God we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee the Father everlasting To thee all Angels cry aloud the heavens and all the powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee The noble army of Martyrs praise thee The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee The Father of an infinite Majesty Thine honourable true and onely Son Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of glory O Christ Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man thou didst not abhor the Virgins womb When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers Thou fittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father We believe that thou shalt come to be our Iudge We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord save thy people and bless thine heritage Govern them and lift them up for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keep us this day without sin O Lord have mercy upon us have mercy upon us O Lord let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me never be confounded For the second Lesson the One and twentieth Chapter of S. Luke ANd he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites And he said Of a truth I say unto you that this poor widow hath cast in more then they all For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had And as some spake of the temple how it was adorned with goodly stones gifts he said As for these things which ye behold the days will come in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down And they asked him saying Master but when shall these things be and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass And he said Take heed that ye be not deceived for many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and the time draweth near go ye not therefore after them But when ye shall hear of Wars and commotions be not terrified for these things must first come to pass but the end is not by and by Then said he unto them Nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom And great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven But before all these they shall say their hands on you and persecute you delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons being brought before kings and rulers for my names sake And it shall turn to you for a testimony Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate before what ye shall answer For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist And ye shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren and kinsfolks and friends and some of you shall they cause to be put to death And ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake But there shall not an hair of your head perish In your patience possess ye your souls And when ye shall see Ierusalem compassed with armies then know that the desolation thereof is nigh Then let them which are in Iudea flee to the mountains and let them which are in the midst of it depart out and let not them that are in the countreys enter thereinto For these be the days of vengeance that all things which are written may be fulfilled But we unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days for there shall be great distresse in the land and wrath upon this people And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Ierusalem shall be troden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity the sea and the waves roaring mens hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth for the powers of heaven shall be shaken And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory And when these things begin to come to pass then look up and lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh And he spake to them a parable Behold the fig-tree and all the trees When they now shoot forth ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand So likewise ye when ye see these things come to pass know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand Verily I say unto you This generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away And take heed to your selves lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeting and drunkenness and cares of this life and so that day come upon you unawares For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man And in the day-time he was teaching in the temple and at night he went out and abode in the