not O Lord into Judgement with thy servant Answer For in thy sight no living creature shall be justified Priest From the gates of hell Answer Deliver their souls O Lord. Priest I believe to see the goodness of the Lord. Answer In the land of the living Priest O Lord graciously hear my Prayer Answer And let my cry come unto thee Let us pray O Lord with whom do live the Spirits of them that be dead and in whom the souls of them that be elected after they be delivered from the burthen of the flesh be in joy and felicity Grant unto this thy servant that the sins which he committed in this world be not imputed unto him but that he escaping the gates of hell and pains of eternal darkness may ever dwell in the region of light with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the place where is no weeping sorrow nor heaviness when that dreadful day of the general resurrection shall come make him to rise also with the just and righteous and receive this body again to glory then made pure and incorruptible set him on the right hand of thy Son Jesus Christ among thy holy and elect that then he may hear with them these most sweet and comfortable words Come ye blessed of my Father possess the kingdom which hath been prepared for you from the beginning of the world Grant this we beseech thee O merciful Father through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Redeemer Amen Minister ALmighty God with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord and in whom the souls of them that be elected after they be delivered from the burden of the flesh be in joy and felicity we give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this N. our brother out of the Miseries of this sinful world beseeching thee that it may please thee of thy gratious goodnesse shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy kingdom that we with this our brother and all other departed in the true faith of thy holy name may have our perfect consummation and blisse both in body and soul in thy eternal and everlasting glory Amen The Collect. O Merciful God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoever beleeveth shall live though he die and whosoever liveth and beleeveth in him shall not die eternally who also taught us by his holy Apostlâ— Paul not to be â—orâ—y as men without hope for them that sleep in him We meekly beseech thee O father to raise us from the death of sin unto the lâ—â—e of righteousnesse that when we shall depart this life we may rest in him as out hope is this our brother doth and that at the general resurrection in the last day  1 B. of Edw. 6. We may be found acceptable in thy sight and receive that blessing which thy well beloved son shall then pronouce to all that love and fear thee saying come ye blessed children of my Father receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the World grant this we beseech thee O merciful Father through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Redeemer Amen Both we and this our Brother departed receiving again our bodies and rising again in thy most gratious favour may with all thine Elect saints obtain eternal joy Grant this O Lord God by the means of our Advocate Jesus Christ which with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth one God for ever Amen 1 B. of Edw. 6. BB The Celebration of the holy Communion when there is a burial of the dead Like as the heart desireth the water brooks c. Psal. 42. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. O merciful God c. as in the last Collect of the Common-Prayer The Epistle I would not brethren that you should be ignorant c. 1 Thes. 4. The Gospel Jesus said unto his Disciples and to the Jews c. John 6. Annotations upon CHAP. X. A. The Matrimoniael Office very necessary Marriage ought to be blessed by a Minister Our Saviour and the Primitive Fathers did it Set forms anciently used B. Times prohibited for Marriage upon what Law founded The Directory as guilty of Popery therein as our Church C. Marriage anciently celebrated ad ostium Ecclesiae D. Mutual consent of both Parties necessary Espousals what E The giving of the Woman ancient F. The excellence of the English mode in receiving the Wife from the Priest G. The right hand a Symbole of fidelity H. A Ring why given by the man The ancient use of Rings I. Why the Ring is laid upon the Book K. Why the Ring is put upon the 4th finger the usual reason rejected L With my Body I thee worship what meant by it M. The blessing ought to be by imposition of hands N. why the married couple to communicate O. The visitation of the sick a necessary Office P. A sound faith how necessary Q. Charity very necessary to a dying man R. So also Almes-giving S. Absolution how commendable and comfortable The several kinds of absolution T. Extreme unction why laid aside V. Communion of the sick vindicated Calvin for it W. Reservation of the consecrated Elements anciently very laudable X. The various customs of bearing the Corps to Church Copiatae what Why Hymns sung all along as the corps was born Y. The Resurrection of our bodies ought to be the chief of our Meditations upon funeral occasions Z In sure and certain hopes c. What meant by it AA Prayer for the Dead in the Romish Church implyeth not Purgatory The mind of the Breviary opened Trentals what BB. Communion at Burials ancient why now laid aside The Original of Oblations Doles at Funerals and Mortuaries THe solemnization of Matrimony In all solemn Leagues and federal Pacts even Ethnique Theology hath alwayes interested and engaged Religion upon this account amongst them they were no less solemnly firm'd by oaths than by seals affixt and where made between one King and one Common wealth and another the counter-parts were usually deposited in the Temples of their Gods What contract what confederacy can be imagined more noble more sacrosanct than that between Man and Wife Other leagues are the products of reason of State self and earthly interest That which constitutes this is a congenial disposition and harmony of hearts wherein natures grand intention of specifical propagation is limited knit and restreined to one by an indissoluble tye of Love But what can be said more in honour of it than this That though it be not a Sacrament in the most proper sence it is yet made by the Apostle the relative parallel of that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 great mystery Ephes. 5. 32. and superlative Sacrament of 〈◊〉 union with his Church If then this Ordinance be a league so supereminent if all purposes of high consequence are to be blessed by the
the Practice so and have heard it hath been positively enjoyned by a Learned Bishop and great Ceremonialist that Evening Prayer should begin with the Lords-Prayer But the rule of the Church is express to the contrary for in the Rubrique before Morning Prayer it is ordered thus At the beginning both of Morning Prayer and likewise of Evening Prayer note that the Minister shall read with a lowd voice some one of these Sentences that follow c. So that clearly the Sentences Exhortation Confession and Absolution must begin the Evening as well as the Morning Prayer Page 99. line 49. after these words it is anoient add This Creed was formerly appropriated to high Festivals onely but that by repeating it every month it might become the more familiar to the People these daies of the Apostles and St. John Baptist were inserted Page 157. at the end of the Paragraph W. add thus In the Latin Translation of our Liturgy Anno 2. Eliz. I find a Collect for St. Andrew different from the English which I shall here set down Omnipotens Deus qui dedisti beato Andreae Apostolo tuo ut acerbam ignominiosam crucis mortem duceret sibi pro magna glâ—ria Tribue ut omnia nobis adversa pro nonomine tuo ducamus prefitura ad aeternam vitam conducibilîa per Christum Dominum nostnum Almighty God who didst give to thy holy Apostle S. Andrew to account it his great glory to suffer the bitten and ignominious death of the Cross. Grant unto us that what we endure for thy sake we may also esteem profitable and conducible to eternal life through Jesus Christ. Page 177. line 17. after these words violation of them add thus Though true it is the contriving of the Decalogue into a way so edifying towards Piety and making it parcel of Gods Publique Worship be a peculiar of our Church yet somewhat not much unlike it is to be found in that Manual of Prayers composed by Gilbertus Cognatus for the private use of his Kinsman about the year 1553. whose words I shall here set down Having recited the Decalogue he then subjoyneth Hic nos praemit aeterna mors O Deus hic futurum justum judicium tuum commeritam nostram condemnationem Sed hic miserere nostri O Jesu Christe ne pereamus Tu quoque O Sancte Spiritus inscribe hanc legem cordibus nostris ut secundam eam alacri animo ambulemus teque revereamus diebus vitae nostrae universis Amen Here O Lord we ly â—bnoxious to eternal death Here we can expect nothing but the most just sentence to come upon us and our deserved condemnation But here O Jesu Christ have mercy upon us least we perish And then O Holy Ghost write this Law in our hearts we beseech thee that we may walk conformable to it and that we may reverence thee all the daies of our life Amen In stead of the form of Bidding of Prayers set down Page 181. give me leave to commend unto you that which followeth being sent me by a learned Friend from Cambridge with his Scholler-like address which will spare me the pains of any further Preface The Transcriber To the Perusers of the follwing Transcript I think it may well be named Instructions for the Laity'â— Devotions but as I met with no Rubrick nor title in the Copy so I count it modesty 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and to refer my self to better judgements I found it written in a Court-hand indifferently fair and legible though full of abreviations but because I am not at all exercised in the Calligraphy of that hand I have transcribed it in the same which I use in my private studies with a great exactness of letters and syllables though not of the character Thus much I thought good â—o intimate that in a piece of this rarity there might not be any suspition of a counterfeited record or the faithfulness of the transcriber be called in question For indeeâ— as I cannot but commend that pious design of the noble Author in honour of our famous though now distracted Church of England So I must needs glory that I am any ways instrumental to the producing of that which may prove so serviceable however of so great antiquity In testimony of which I desire it may be lawfull to produce my own conjectures I am conscious to how skilfull hands this paper may come and therefore the more willingly produce them Since they may carry a torch for those judicious eyes whose honour will be augmented by the discovery They were wrote upon a spare parchment before the summs of Guilielmus de Pagâ—a extant in the University-Library of Cambridge which notwithstanding are not there so well known by the Author's name as by that of their title which is Dextra pars oculi sacerdotum sinistra This I mentioned the rather because from hence some small light may haply arise to the true time of their original antiquity For since the fore-named Author both bâ— the testimony of reverend ∴ Bale in his Centuries and the learned Pits in his Catalogue of English writers is to be reckoned in the thirteenth Century after Christ I see not how we can with reason suppose this to be ancienter except we object its transcription thither for an older copy Somewhat indeed it may be that in those daies they had not parchment so rife or cheap as paper now in ours whereof they might compose their Adversaria but what ever their next reading or more deliberate judgement proposed as worthy of notice taking they commonly transcribed if my observation fail not upon those parchments the Book-binders had bestowed upon their books to defend them from the injury of the covers But this argument perchance is not so valid as that which may follow Wherefore I adjoyned that Constitution which bears the Rubrick of Dies festi since from that a greater light may accrue to what bears the precedency In that I find the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury who is otherwise nameless then by his title in the instructions for so I call them to be Christned Simon of which praenomen I find but four through the whole Catalogue of the Prelates of that Sâ—e and all of them in the 14. Centurie current and if I mistake not within the compass of fifty years to wit Mepeham Langham Islip and Sudburâ— who fell a Sacrifice to that Idol of the Clowns as Walsingham calls him Tyler To this later I should rather ascribe both the Instructions and that Constitution concerning Holy-dayes though indeed I have no other ground for the conjecture then my private fancy But from the same Major a stronger consequence will follow if it be backed with the testimony of that learned Knight Sir Henry Spelman in those Tomes for which whole Christendom stands indebted to him as well as England concerning the English Councils and besides him you may if you please at leys re see what William Linwood will afford
the right hand of thy majestie to be our defence against all our enemies through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle Be ye the followers of God Ephes. 5. verse 1. unto ver 15. The Gospel Jesus was casting out a devil Luk 11. verse 14. unto ver 26. The fourth Sunday in Lent 1 B. of Edw. 6. God is our hope and strength c. Psal. 46. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GRant we beseech thee almighty God that we which for our evil deeds are worthily punished by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved through our Lord Jesus Christ. The Epistle Tell me ye that desire to be under Gal. 4. verse 21. unto the end The Gospel Jesus departed over the sea John 6. verse 1. unto ver 15. The fift Sunday in Lent 1 B. of Edw. 6. Save me O God for thy name sake c. Psal. 54. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. WE beseech thee almighty God mercifully to look upon thy people that by thy great goodnesse they may be governed and preserved evermore both in body and soul through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle Christ being an high priest Hebr. 9. verse 11. unto verse 16. The Gospel Which of you can rebuke me of sin Joh. 8. verse 46. unto the end K. Sunday next before Easter 1. B. of Edw. 6. Hear my crying O God c. Psal. 61. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmighty and everlasting God which of thy tender love towards man hast sent out Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him out flesh and to suffer death upon the crosse that all mankinde should follow the example of his great humility mercifully grant that we both follow the example of his patiente and be made partakets of his resurrection through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle Let the same minde be in you Phil. 2. verse 5. unto verse 11. The Gospel And it came to passe Matth. 26. verse 1. unto Chap. 27. ver 57. L. Munday before Easter The Epistle Who is this that cometh Esa. 63. verse 1. unto the end The Gospel After two dayes was Easter Mark 14. verse 1. unto the end Tuesday before Easter The Epistle The Lord God hath opened Esai 50. verse 5. unto the end The Gospel And anon in the dawning Mar. 15. verse 1. unto the end The Wednesday before Easter The Epistle For where a Testament is Hebr. 9. verse 16. unto the end The Gospel The feast of sweet bread Luke 22. verse 1. unto the end 1. B. of Edw. 6. at Evensong the first Lesson Lamentations 1. unto the end M. Thursday before Easter 1. B. of Edw. 6. at Mattens the first Lesson Lamentations 2. unto the end The Epistle This I warn you of 1 Cor. 11. verse 17. unto the end The Gospel The whole multitude of Luke 23. verse 1. unto the end 1. B. of Edw. 6. At Even-song the first Lesson Lamen 3. unto the end N. On Good Friday 1. B. of Edw. 6. At Mattens The first Lesson Gen. 22. unto the end The Collect. Almighty God we beseech thee gratiously to behold this thy family for the which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrated and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the crosse who siveth and raigneth c 1. B. of Edw. 6. My God my God look upon me c. Psal. 22. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. After the 2. Collects at the Communion shall be said these two Collects following ALmighty and everlasting God by whose spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified Receive our supplications prayers which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy holy congregation that every member of the same in his vocation and ministry may truely and godlily serve thee through our Lord Jesus Christ. MErciful God who hast made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldest the death of a sinner but rather that he should be converted and live have mercy upon all Jews Turks Jufidels and Hereticks and take from them all ignorance hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word And so fetch them home blessed Lord to thy flock that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites and be made one fold under one shepheard Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and taigneth c. The Epistle The law which hath Hebr. 10. verse 1. to verse 16. The Gospel When Jesus had spoken John 18. verse 1. unto the end of Chap. 19. 1. B. of Edw. 6. At Evening the first Lesson Esai 53. unto the end O. On Easter Eve 1 B. of Edw. 6. At Mattens the first Lesson Lamen 4. unto the end O Lord God of my salvation c. Psal. 88. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the Beginning c. The Epistle It is better if the will of 1 Pet. 3. verse 17. unto the end The Gospel When the even was come Mat. 27. verse 57. unto the end P. Easter day At Morning prayer in stead of the Psalm O come let us c. These Anthems shall be sung or said CHrist rising again from the dead now dieth not Death from henceforth hath no power upon him For in that he died he died but once to put away sin but in that he liveth he liveth unto God And so likewise count your selves dead unto sin but living unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 1 B. of Edw. 6. Allelujah Allelujah CHrist is risen again the first fruits of them that sleep For seeing that by man came death by man also cometh the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam all men do die so by Christ all men shall be restored to life 1 B. of Edw. 6. The Priest Shew forth to all nations the glory of God Answer And among all people his wonderful works Let us pray O God who for our Redemption didst give thine onely begotten Son to the death of the crosse and by his glorious resurrection hast delivered us from the power of our enemy grant us so to die daily from sin that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his Resurrection through the same Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Proper Pfalms and Lessons at Mattins 2. The first Lesson Exod. 12. Psalm 57. to the end 111. The second Lesson Rom. 6. to the end At the first Communion Preserve me O God Psal. 16. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmighty God which through thy onely begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life We humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preventing us thou doest put in our minds good desires so by thy
continual help we may bring the same good to effect through Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and raigneth c. The Epistle If ye be risen again with Christ Colos. 3. verse 1. unto the 8. The Gospel The first day of the Sabbothes John 20. verse 1. unto verse 11. 1 B. of Edw. 6. At the second Communion Lord how are they increased c. Psal. 3. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmighty father which hast given thy onely Son to die for our sins rise again for our justification grant us to put away the leaven of malice and wickednesse that we may alwayes serve thee in purenesse of living and truth through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle Know ye not that a little leaven c. 1 Cor. 5. verse 6. unto verse 9. The Gospel When the sabbath was past c. Mar. 16 unto ver 6. At Even-song Proper Psalmes and Lessons 113. The second Lesson Act. 2. unto the end Psalm 114. Â 118. Â Q. Munday in Easter week 1 B. of Edw. 6. At Mattens The second Lesson Mat. 28. unto the end My soul truely waiteth still upon God Psal. 62. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmighty God which through thy onely begotten son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life We humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put in our mindes good desires so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect through Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and raigneth c. The Epistle Peter opened his mouth and said verse 34. unto verse 44. Act. 10 The Gospel Behold two of the disciples verse 13. unto verse 36. Luk. 24. 1 B. of Edw. 6. At Even-song The second Lesson Act. 3. unto the end Tuesday in Easterweek 1 B of Edw. 6. At Mattens The second Lesson Luke 24. unto And behold two of them Praise the Lord ye servants c. Psal. 113. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmighty father which hast given thine onely son to die for our sins and to rise again for our justification grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickednesse that we way alway serve thee in purenesse of living and truth through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle Ye men and brethren Act. 13. verse 26. unto verse 42. The Gospel Jesus stood in the midst of Luk. 34. verse 36. unto ver 49. 1. B. of Edw. 6. at Evensong The Second Lesson 1 Cor. 15. unto the end R. The first Sunday after Easter 1 B. of Edw. 6. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord Psal. 112. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. Almighty God As at the Communion on Easter-day The Epistle All that is born of God 1 John 5. verse 4. unto ver 13. The Gospel The same day at night verse 19. unto verse 24. John 20. The secoâ—d Sunday after Easter 1 B. of Edw. 6. Hast thee O God to deliver me c. Psal. 70. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmighty God which hast given thine onely son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and also an ensample of good life give us the grace that we may alwayes most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour our selves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life The Epistle This is thank-worthy verse 19. unto the end 1 Pet. 2. The Gospel Christ said unto his disciples verse 11. unto ver 17. John 10. The third Sunday after Easter 1. B. of Edw. 6. Unto thee O God do we give thanks c. Psal. 75. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmighty God which shewest to all men that be in errour the light of thy truth to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousnesse grant unto all them that be admitted into the fellowship of Christs religion that they may eschew those things that be contrary to their profession and follow al such things as be agreeable to the same through our Lord Jesus Christ. The Epistle Dearly beloved I beseech you verse 11. unto verse 18. 1 Pet. 2. The Gospel Jesus said to his disciples ver 6. unto ver 23. John 16. The fourth Sunday after Easter 1 B. of Edw. 6. God standeth in the Congregation of Princes c. Psal. 82. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmighty God which doest make the mindes of all faithful men to be of one will Grant unto thy people that they may love the thing which thou commandest and desire that which thou dost promise that among the sundry and manifold changes of the world our hearts may surely there be fired whereas true joyes are to be â—ound through Christ our Lord. The Epistle Every good gift ver 17. unto ver 22. James 1. The Gospel Jesus said unto his disciples versâ— 5. unto ver 16. John 16. S. The fift Sunday after Easter 1. B. of Edw. 6. O how amiable are thy dwellings c. Psal. 84. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrd from whom all good things do come grant us thy humble servants that by thy holy Inspiration we may think those things that be good and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same through our Lord Jesus Christ. The Epistle See that ye be overs of the word Jam. 1. verse 22. unto the end The Gospel Uerily verily I say unto you Joh. 16. verse 23. unto the end T. The Ascension day 1. B. of Edw. 6 Proper Psalmes and Lessons at Mattens 8. The second Lesson John 14. unto the end Psalm 15. Â 21. Â O Clap your hands c. Psal. 47. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GRant we beseech thee almighty God thâ—t â—â—ke as we do beleeve thy onâ—y begotten son our Lord to have ascended into the â—â—aveâ—s so we may also in heart and minde thither ascend and with him continually dwell The Epistle In the former treatise Acts 1 verse 1. to verse 12. The Gospel Jesus appeared unto the Mark 16. verse 14. unto the end 1. B. of Edw. the 6. Proper Psalmes and Lessons at Evensong 24. The second Lesson Ephes. 4. unto the end Psalm 68. Â 148 Â The Sunday after Ascension day 1. B. of Edw. 6. The Lord is King c Psal 93. Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. O God the King of glory which hast exalted thine onely son Jesus Christ with great triumph into
in all good things Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall be reap While we have time let us do good unto all men and specially unto them which are of the houshold of faith Godliness is great riches if a man be contented with that he hath For we brought nothing into the world neither may we carry any thing out Charge them which are rich in this world that they be ready to give and glad to distribute laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may attain eternal life God is not unrighteous that he will forget your works and labor that proceedeth of love which love ye have shewed for his names sake which have ministred unto the Saints and yet do minister To do good and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is pleased Whoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother have need and shutteth up his compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him Give almes of thy goods and turn never thy face from any poor man and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee Be merciful after thy power If thou hast much give plenteously If thou hast little do thy diligence gladly to give of that little for so gatherest thou thy self a good reward in the day of necessity He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord and look what he Prov. 19. layeth out it shall be paid him again Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and needy the Lord shall deliver Psalm 41. him in the time of trouble 1 B. of Edw. 6. Editio Lat. Buceri Where there be Clerks they shall sing one or many of the sentences above written according to the length and shortnesse of the time that the people be offering Harum similium sententiarum ex Thobia Proverbiis vel Psalmis una aut plures canentur ut tempus oblationis numerus offerentium postulabit Scotch Lit. Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. While the Presbyter distinctly pronounceth some or all of those sentences for the offertory the Deacon or if no such be present one of the Church-wardens shall receive the devotion of the people there present in a bason provided for that purpose And when all have offered he shall reverently bring the said bason with the oblations therein and deliver it to the Presbyter who shall humbly present it before the Lord and set it upon the holy Table P Then shall the Church-wardens or some other by them appointed gather the devotion of the people put the same into the poor mans box and upon the Q offering dayes appointed every man shall pay unto the Curate the due and accustomed offerings After which the Minister shall say And in the mean time whilst the Clerks do sing the offertory so many as are disposed shall offer unto the poor mans box every man according to his ability and charitable minde And at the offering dayes appointed every man and woman shall pay to the Curate the due accustomed offerings And the Presbyter shall then offer up and place the Bread and Wine prepared for the Sacrament upon the Lords Table that it may be ready for that service and then he shall say R Let us pray for the whole state of Christs Church militant here in earth ALmighty and everlasting God which 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 almes and to receive these our prayers which we offer unto thy divine majesty beseeching thee to inspire continually the universal Church with the spirit of truth unity and concord and grant that all they that do confesse thy holy name may agree in the truth of thy holy word and live in unity and godly love Me beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian Kings Princes Governours and specially thy servant our King that under him we may be godly and quietly governed and grant to his whole Councel and to all that be put in Authority under him that they may truely and indifferently minister justice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice and to the maintenance of Gods true Religion and vertue Give grace O heavenly father to all Bishops Pastors and Curats that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively word and rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacraments to all thy people give thy heavenly grace and especially to this Congregation here present that with meek heart and due reverence they may hear and receive thy holy word truely serving thee in holynesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of their life Sot Lit. And we commend especially unto thy merciful goodnesse the Congregation which is here assembled in thy name to celebrate the Commemoration of thy most precious death and sacrifice of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodnesse O Lord to comfort and succour all them which in this transitory life be in trouble sorrow need sicknesse or any other adversity 1 B. of Edw. 6. And especially we commend unto thy merciful goodnesse this Congregation which is here assembled in thy name to celebrate the Commemoration of the most glorious death of thy Son 1 B. of Edw. 6. Scotch Lit. And here we do give unto thee most high praise and hearty thanks for thy wonderful grace and virtue declared in all thy Saints from the beginning of the world And chiefly in the glorious and most blessed T Virgin Mary mother of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and God and in thy holy Patriarches Prophets Apostles and Martyres whose examples O Lord and stedfastnesse in thy faith and keeping thy holy Commandments grant us to follow we Commend unto thy mercy O Lord all other thy servants which are V. departed from us with the signe of faith and now rest in the sleep of peace grant unto them we beseech thee thy mercy and everlasting peace and that at the day of the general resurrection we and all they which be of the mystical body of thy Son may altogether be set on his right hand and hear that his most joyful voice Come ye blessed of my Father and possesse the kingdom which is prepared for you from the beginning of the world And we also blesse thy holy name for all those thy servants who having finished their course in faith do now rest from their labours And we yeeld unto thee most high praise and hearty thanks for the wonderful grace and vertue declared in all thy Saints who have been the chosen vessels of thy grace and the lights of the world in their several generations most humbly beseeching thee that we may have grace to follow the example of their stedfastnesse in thy faith and obedience to thy holy Commandements
Curate give this exhortation to those that be minded to receive the same The Common Prayer DEarly beloved in the Lord ye that minde to come to the holy communion of the body and blood of our Saviour Christ must consider what Saint Paul writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persons piligently to try and examine themselves before they presume to eat of that bread and drink of that cup. For as the benefit is great if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament for then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ and drink his blood then we dwell in Christ and Christ in us we be one with Christ Christ with us so is the danger great if we receive the same unworthyly For then we be guilty of the body and blood of Christ our Saviour we eat and drink our own damnation not considering the Lords body we kindle Gods wrath against us we provoke him to plague us with divers diseases and sundry kindes of death Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slanderer of his word an adulterer or be in malice or envie or in any other grievous crime bewail your sins and come not to this holy table lest after the taking of that holy Sacrament the divil enter into you as he entred into Judas and fil you ful of all iniquities and bring you to destruction both of body and soul. Judge therefore your selves brethren that ye be not judged of the Lord. Repent you truely for your sins past Have a lively and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour Amend your lives and be in perfect charity with all men so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy mysteries And above all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God the father the son and the holy ghost for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our saviour Christ both God and man who did humble him self even to the death upon the crosse for us miserable sinners which lay in darknesse and shadow of death that he may make us the children of God and exalt us to everlasting life And to the end that we should alway remember the exceeding great love of our master and onely saviour Jesu Christ thus dying for us and the innumerable benefits which by his pretious blood-sheding he hath obtained to us he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries as pledges of his love and continual remembrance of his death to our great and endlesse comfort To him therefore with the Father and the holy Ghost let us give as we are most bounden continual thanks submitting our selves wholly to his holy will and pleasure and studying to serve him in true holinesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of our life Amen 1. B. of Edw. 6. In Cathedral Churches or other places where there is dayly Communion it shall be sufficient to read this exhortation above written once in a moneth And in parish Churches upon the week day it may be left unsaid Then so many as shall be partakers of the holy Communion shall tary still in the Quire or in some convenient place nigh the quire B the men on one side and the women on the other side All other that minde not to receive the said holy Communion shall depart out of the quire except the Ministers and Clerks Then shall the Minister take so much Bread and Wine as shall suffice for the persons appointed to receive the holy Communion laying the Bread upon the Corporas or else in the pattin or in some other comely thing prepared for that purpose And putting the wine into the Chalice or else in some fair convenient cup prepared for that use if the Chalice will not serve putting thereto C a little pure and clean water And setting both the Bread and Wine upon the Altar Then the Priest shall say The Lord be with you Answer And with thy Spirit Priest Lift up your hearts c. to the end of the Prefaces Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. Then shall the Minister say to them that come to receive the holy Communion Scot. Lit. this Invitation Here the Priest shall turn him towards those that come to receive the holy Communion and shall say YOU that do truely and earnestly repent you of your sins 1 B. of Edw. 6. to Almighty God and be in love and charity with your nieghbours and intend to lead a new life following the commandements of God and walking from henceforth in his holy wayes D Draw near and take this holy Sacrament to pour comfort make your humble confession to almighty God before this congregation here gathered together in his holy name meekly kneeling upon your knees E Then shall this general confession be made in the name of all those that are minded to receive the holy Communion Scot. Lit. by the Presbyter himself or the Deacon either by one of them Lit. of Q. Eliz. or else by one of the Ministers or by the Priest himself or else by the Minister himself Scot. Lit. both he and all the people all kneeling humbly upon their knees ALmighty God father of our Lord Jesus Christ maker of all things judge of all men we knowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickednesse which we from time to time most grievously have committed by thought word and deed against thy divine majesty provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us we do earnestly repent and be heartily sorry for these our misooings the remembrance of them is grievous unto us the burden of them is intolerable have mercy upon us have mercy upon us most merciful father for thy son our Lord Jesus Christs sake forgive us all that is past and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newnesse of life to the honour and glory of thy name through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Then shall the Minister or the Bishop being present stand up and turning him self to the people Scot. Lit. pronounce the Absolution as followeth say thus ALmighty God our heavenly father who of his great mercy hath promised forgivnesse of sins to all them which with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him have mercy upon you pardon and deliver you from all your sins confirm and strength you in all goodnesse and bring you to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Then shall the Minister also say Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith to all that truely turn to him Come unto me all that travail and be heavie laden and I shall refresh you So God loved the world that he gave his onely begotten son to the end that all that beleeve in him should not perish but have life everlasting Hear also what saint Paul saith This is a true saying and worthy of all men to be received that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners Here also what saint John saith If any man
sin we have an advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propiciation for our sins After which the Minister shall proceed saying Lift up your hearts Answer We life them up unto the Lord. Minister Let us give thanks unto our Lord God Answer It is meet and right so to do Minister It is very meet right and our bounden duty that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee O Lord holy father almighty everlasting God Here shall follow the proper preface according to the time if there be any specially appointed Or else immediately shall follow Therefore with angels c. Proper Prefaces Upon Christmas day and seven dayes after BEcause thou didest give Jesus Christ thine onely son to be born as this day for us who by the operation of the holy Ghost was made very man of the substance of virgin Mary his mother and that without spot of sin to make us clean from all sin Therefore with c. Upon Easter day and seven dayes after BUt thiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy son Jesus Christ our Lord for he is the very Pascal Lamb which was offered for us and hath taken away the sin of the world who by his death hath destroyed death and by his rising to life again hath restored to us everlasting life Therefore with c. Upon the Ascention day and seven dayes after THrough thy most dearly beloved son Jesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to all his Apostles and in their sight ascended up into heaven to prepare a place for us that where he is thither might we also ascend and reign with him in glory Therefore with angels c. Upon Whitsunday and six dayes after THrough Jesus Christ our Lord according to whose most true promise the holy ghost came down this day from heaven with a sodain great sound as it had been a mighty winde in the likenesse of fiery tongues lighting upon the apostles to teach them and to lead them to all truth giving them both the gift of divers languages and also boldnesse with servent zeal constantly to preach the Gospell unto all nations whereby we are brought out of darknesse and errour into clear light and true knowledge of thee and of thy son Jesus Christ. Therefore with c. Upon the Feast of Trinity onely IT is very meet right and our bounden duty that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to thee O Lord almighty and everlasting God which art one God one Lord not one onely person but three persons in one substance For that which we beleeve of the glory of the father the same we beleeve of the son and of the holy Ghost without any difference or inequality Therefore with c. After which prefaces shall follow immediately THerefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laude and magnifie thy glorious name evermore praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts Heaven and earth are full of thy glory glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shall the Minister 1 B. of Edw. 6. turning himself to Gods boord kneel down and kneeling down at Gods boord say in the name of all them that shall receive the Communion this Scot. Lit. Collect of humble accesse to the holy Communion as followeth prayer following WE do not presume to come to this thy table O merciful Lord trusting in our own righteousnesse but in thy manifold and great mercies We be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbes under thy table But thou art the same Lord whose property is alwayes to have mercy Grant us therefore gratious Lord so to eat the flesh of thy dear son Jesus Christ and to drink his blood that our sinfull bodies may be made clean by his body and our souls washed through his most precious blood and that we may evermore dwell in him and he in us Amen Common Prayer Scot. Lit. Then the Minister standing up shall say as followeth Then the Presbyter standing up shall say the prayer of consecration as followeth but then during the time of Consecration he shall stand at such a part of the holy Table where he may with the more ease and decency use both his hands ALmighty God our heavenly Father which of thy tender mercy didst give thine onely son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the crosse for our Redemption who made there by his one oblation of himself once offered a full perfect and sufficient sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospel commandus to continue a perpetual memory of that his precious death until his coming again Hear us O merciful Father we beseech thee Scot. Lit. 1 B. of Edw. 6. And of thy almighty goodnesse vouchsafe so to blesse and sanctifie with thy word and holy Spirit these thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine that they may be unto us the body and blood of thy most dearly beloved Son so that we receiving them according c. And with thy holy spirit and word vouchsafe to blesse and sanctifie these thy creatures and gifts of bread and wine that they may be unto us the body and blood of thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ who in the same night that he was c. And grant that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine according to thy son our Saviour Jesus Christs holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion may be partakers of his most blessed body and blood who in the same night that he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to his disciples saying K Take eat this is my body which is given for you do this in remembrance of me Likewise after supper he took the Cup and when he had given thanks he gave it to them saying Drink ye all of this for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for you and for many for remission of sinnes do this as â—â—t as you shall drink it in remembrance of me Scot. Lit. 1 B. of Edw. 6. At these words took bread that Presbyter that officiates is to take the patten in his hand Here the Priest must take the bread into his hands At these words took the cup he is to take the chalice in his hand and lay his hand upon so much be it in the chalice or slaggon as he intends to consecrate Here the Priest shall take the cup into his hands Scot. Lit. 1 B. of Edw. 6. Immediately after shall be said this memorial or Prayer of Oblation as followeth These words before rehearsed are to be said turning still to the Altar without any elevation or shewing the Sacrament to the people Wherefore O Lord and heavenly Father according to the institution of
called Repentance upon which account according to the Primitive mode Baptism was never afforded to persons adult without Repentance proemial and preparatory to it This to scour away Actual as the other Original pollution A custom derived at first from the Baptist St. John Mat. 3. 11. Who 's Baptism was called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Baptism of Repentance for the remission of sins That it was so for matter of fact in the Primitive Church these instances may suffice to demonstrate Justin Martyr delineating the Baptismal mode in his time describeth it thus first 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 They who desire Baptism are taught by fasting and prayers to seek of God remission of their sins and then are brought to the water Confirmable in that of Tertullian Ingressuros Baptismum Orationibus crebris jejuniis geniculationibus pervigiliis or are oportet cum confessione omnium delictorum They who are to enter Baptism it is required that with frequent prayers fasting supplications watchings and with a confession of all their by-gone offences they ply the Throne of Grace The Sacrament of Baptism Sacrementum est sacrae rei signum St. Austen A Sacrament is that by which a sacred thing is denoted And in this large sence the Ancients apply it to twenty several things But because some were instituted by our Saviour as the proper badges of our Christian Profession and effectuall signs of grace and Gods good will towards us They alone are by our Church owned for proper Sacraments which defineth a Sacrament to be An outward and visible signe of an inward and spirituall grace given unto us and ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof The Greek word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so used by St. Paul Ephes. 5. 32. calling the conjunction of Christ with his Spouse the Church 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a great mystery The Latine word Sacrament is of military extraction it being properly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Soldiers Oath by which upon their first inrollment they engaged themselves omnia strenuo facturos quae praeceperit Imperator i. e. stoutly to act whatsoever their General should command as Vegetius hath it and from thence it came at length to an indefinite notion signifying whatsoever was transacted by the interposition of an Oath which because it hath something of Religion more than ordinary might well deserve the appellation of a Sacrament Yet though very learned Men seem to confound the words Sacramentum Sacrament and Jusjurandum Oath and to take them promiscuously to be of adequate import each to other the great Historian gives me cause to suspend my assent and to think that originally they were several and distinguished and that Sacramentum signified a voluntary Oath spontaneously taken when the Soldiers first listed themselves and Jusjurandum denoted such an Oath as was improved by the coercive power of the Magistrate Martial or Civil The Romans being to raise new forces to go under the conduct of Terentius Varro and Paulus Aemilius against Hannibal Milites tunc quod nunquam antea factum erat jurejurando à tribunis Militum a dacti jussu consulum conventuros neque injussu abituros nam ad eum diem nil praeter Sacramentum erat sua voluntate ipsi inter se equites decuriati centuriati pedites conjurabant i. e. The Soldiers then saith my Author a thing never done before were compelled by their Commanders to swear that they would rendevous at the order of the Consul and not depart without it For till that day all was done by Sacrament onely and the Soldiers freely of themselves without coaction the Horse by tens the foot by hundreds entred into oath to forsake their colours c. Whereby a cleare discrimination and difference is put between these two Now to make the best improvement of this to my present purpose I say that Sacrament in this most genuine and proper notion is very aptly applied to Baptisme and keeps correspondency with other ceremonies thereof For Baptisme is our first enrolment into Christ Militia therein we receive the cognizance of our General in our fore-heads being signed with the Crosse in token that we will manfully sight under Christs banner against sin the World and the devil therein we voluntarily enter into Covenant and promise of renuntiation against those foresaid enemies called therefore by Nazianzene 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an engagement and contract of a purer conversation towards God therein we receive and return our Military Symbole Symbolum fidei the onely character by which we Christians know one another our friends from our foes for Christians are not distinguished 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by their faces but by their faith This is that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that martial word or Shiboleth by which we are discovered to what General we belong Excellent is that of St. Augustine In nullum nomen Religionis seu verum seu falsum coagulari homines possunt nisi aliquo signaculorum vel sacrament orum visibilium consortio colligentur Impossible it is that men should be united under any one Religion be it true or be it false unlesse they be knit together by some visible Seal or Sacrament one or other So that Baptisme may very well upon various accounts be stiled nostrae Militia Sacramentum the Sacrament of our Militia But if Baptisme be as it is the Sacrament of our initiation and entrance into Christianity it may be demanded why hath not the Office belonging to it the preheminence why is it not in our service Book inserted and marshall'd before that of the Communion this Sacrament being in order of nature after that My answer is the Communion was both in the Primitive Church and in the beginning of our Reformation accounted the principle part of the Diurnal service of God in publick it being celebrated dayly in both times instanced as I have proved before for the ancient Church and as may be evidenced for the last by the Rubrick after the exhortation to the Communion in the first book of Edw. 6. The Eucharistical Office being then so concomitant with the dayly prayers and Baptisme more rarely happening the Church thought fit to make them contignous in order which were so frequent companions in use At Easter and Whitsunday So did the Councel Gerundense decree Can. 4. At Easter because it was the Monument of Christs Resurrection to which Baptisme did refer Therefore we are buried with him by Baptism into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father even so we also should walk in newnesse of life for this cause saith St. Basil no time more proper to receive Gratiam Resurrectionis the benefit of our Resurrection then in Die Resurrectionis on the day of the Resurrection the Paschal-day At Whitsun-day in memory of the three thousand persons baptised that day
corruption so that the spirit be milde and quiet which is a precious thing in the sight of God For after this manner in the old time did the holy women which trusted in God apparel themselves being subject to their own husbands As Sara obeyed Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters ye are made doing well and not being dismaid with any fear The new married persons the same day of their marriage N must receive the holy Communion O The order for the visitation of the Sick The Minister entring into the sick persons house shall say Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it Common Prayer 1. B. of Edw. 6. When he cometh into the sick persons presence he shall say kneeling down When he cometh into the sick persons presence he shall say this Psalm Hear my prayer O Lord and consider my desire hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousnesse sake c. Glory be to the Father and to the Son c. As it was in the Beginning c. With this Anthem REmember not Lord our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers spare us good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with us for ever Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our father which art in heaven c. And lead us not into temptation Answer But deliver us from evil Amen Minister O Lord save thy servant Answer Which putteth his trust in thee Minister Send him help from thy holy place Answer And evermore mightily defend him Minister Let the enemy have none advantage of him Answer Nor the wicked approach to hurt him Minister Be unto him O Lord a strong tower Answer From the face of his enemie Minister Lord hear our 1 B. of Edw. 6. my prayers Answer And let our 1 B. of Edw. 6. cry come unto thee The Minister 1 B. of Ed. 6. Let us pray O Lord look down from heaven behold visit and relieve this thy servant look upon him with the eyes of thy mercy give him comfort and sure confidence in thee defend him from the danger of the enemy and keep him in perpetual peace and safety through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen HEar us almighty and most merciful God and Savior extend thy accustomed goodness to this thy servant which is grieved with sickness visit him O Lord as thou didst visit Peters wives mother and the Captains seruant So visit and restore to this sick person his former health if it be thy will or else give him grace so to take thy visitation that after this painful life ended he may dwell with thee in life everlasting Amen Then shall the Minister exhort the sick person after this form or other like DEarly beloved know this that Almighty God is the Lord of life and death and over all things to them pertaining as youth strength health age weakness and sickness Wherefore whatsoever your sickness is know you certainly that it is Gods visitation And for what cause soever this sickness is sent unto you whether it be to try your patience for the example of other and that your faith may be found in the day of the Lord laudable glorious and honorable to the increase of glory and endless felicity or else it be sent unto you to correct and amend in you whatsoever doth offend the eyes of your heavenly Father know you certainly that if you truly repent you of your sins and bear your sickness patiently trusting in Gods mercy for his dear Son Jesus Christ sake and render unto him humble thanks for his fatherly visitation submitting your self wholly to his will it shall turn to your profit and help you forward in the right way that leadeth unto everlasting life If the person visited be very sick then the Curate may end his exhortation in this place Take therefore in good worth the chastisment of the Lord. For whom the Lord loveth he chastiseth Yea as St. Paul saith he scourgeth every son which he receiveth If ye endure chastisement he offereth himself unto you as unto his own children What son is he that the Father chastiseth not If ye be not under correction whereof all true children are pattakers then are ye bastards and not children Therefore seeing that when our carnal fathers â—o correct us we reverently obey them shall we not now much rather be obedient to our spiritual Father and so live And they for a few days do chastise us after their own pleasure but he doth chastise us for our profit to the intent he may make us partakers of his holiness These words good brother are Gods words and written in holy scripture for our comfort and instruction that we should patiently and with thanksgiving bear our heavenly Fathers correction whensoever by any maner of adversity it shall please his gracious goodness to visit us And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons then to be made like unto Christ by suffering patiently adversities troubles and sicknesses For he himself went not up to joy but first he suffered pain he entred not into his glory before he was cruâ—ified So truly our way to eternal Joy is to suffer here with Christ and our door to enter into eternal life is gladly to die with Christ that we may rise again from death and dwell with â—â—m in everlasting life New therefore taking your sickness which is thus profitable for you patiently I exhort you in the name of God to remember the profession which you made unto God in your Baptism And forasmuch as after this life there is account to be given unto the righteous Judge of whom all must be judged without respect of persons I require you to examine your self and your state both toward God and man so that accusing and condemning your self for your own faults you may finde mercy at our heavenly Fathers hand for Christs sake and not be accused and condemned â—iâ— that fearful Judgement Therefore I shall shortly rehearse the Articles of our Faith that you may know whether you do believe as a Christian man should or â—o P Then the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the Eaith saying thus Doest thou believe in God the Father Almighty And so forth as it is in Baptism Then shall the Minister examine Q whether he be in charity with all the world exhorting him to forgive from the bottom of his heart all persons that have offended him and if he have offended other to ask them forgiveness And where he hath done injury or wrong to any man that he make amends to the uttermost of his power And if he have not afore disposed his goods let him then make his will But men must be oft admonished that they set an order for their temporal goods and lands when they be in health and also declare his debts what he oweth and what is owing unto him for discharging of his conscience and quietness of
O praise the Lord all ye nations laud him all ye people for his merciful kindnesse is confirmed towards us and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever Glory be to the Father c. Lord have mercy upon us without any more repetition Omitted by Bucer Christ have mercy upon us  Lord have mercy upon us  The Priest Omitted by Bucer The Lord be with you  Answer  And with thy Spirit   Mm Common-prayer The Colect 1 B. of Edw. 6. Let us pray ALmighty everliving God maker of mankinde which doest correct those whom thou doest love and chastisest every one whom thou doest receive we beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant visited with thy hand and to 〈◊〉 he may take his sicknesse patiently and recover his bodily health if it be thy gratious will and whensoever his soul shall depart from the body it may without spot be presented unto thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle MY son despise not the correction of the Lord neither faint thou when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loveth him he correcteth yea and he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth The Gospel VErily verily I say unto you he that heareth my word and beleeveth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come unto damnation but he passeth from death unto life 1 B. of Edw. 6. The Preface The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Lift up your hearts c. unto the end of the Canon Common-Prayer At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament the Priest shall first receive the Communion himself and after minister to them that be appointed to communicate with the sick 1 B. of Edw. 6. if there be any and then to the sick person and the sick person shall alwayes desire some either of his own house or else of his neighbours to receive the holy Communion with him for that shall be to him a singular great comfort and of their part a great token of charity And if there be moe sick persons to be visited the same day that the Curate doth celebrate in any sick mans house then shall the Curate there reserve so much of the Sacrament of the Body and blood as shall serve the other sick persons and such as be appointed to Communicate with them if there be any And shall immediatly carry it and minister it unto them But if any man either by reason of extremity of sicknese or for lack of warning in due time to the X Curate or for lack of company to receive with him or by any other just impediment do not receive the Sacrament of Christs body and blood then the Curate shall instruct him that if he do truely repent him of his sins and stedfastly beleeve that Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the crosse for him and shed his blood for his redemption earnestly remembring the benefits he hath thereby and giving him hearty thanks therefore he doth eat and drink the body and blood of our Saviour Christ profitable to his souls health although he do not receive the Sacrament with his mouth Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. When the sick person is visited and receiveth the holy Communion all at one time then the Minister for more expidition shall cut of the form of the visitation at the Psalm In thee O Lord have I put my trust and go streight to the Communion When the sick person is visited and receiveth the holy Communion all at one time then the Priest for more expedition shall use this order at the visitation The Anthem Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our Father which art in heaven c. And lead us not into temptation Answer But deliver us from evil Amen Let us pray O Lord Look down from heaven c. With the first part of the exhortation and all other things unto the Psalm In thee O Lord have I put my trust c. And if the sick person desire to be anointed then shall the Priest use the appointed prayer without any Psalm Common Prayer In the time of plage sweat or such other like contagious times of sicknesses or diseases when none of the Parish or neighbors can be gotten to Communicate with the sick in their houses for â—eaâ— of the infection upon special request of the diseased the Minister may aloâ—â— Communicate with him The order for the burial of the dead Y The Minister meeting the Corps at the Church stile shall say Or else the Ministers and Clarks shall sing And so go either unto the Church or toward the grave Z I Am the resurrection and the life saith the Lord He that beleeveth in me yea though he were dead yet shall he live And whosoever liveth and beleeveth in me shall not die for ever I Know that my redeemer liveth and that I shall rise out of the â—arth in the last day and shall be covered again with my skin 〈◊〉 shall see God in my flesh yea and I my self shall be hold him not with other but with these same eyes WE brought nothing into this world neither may we carry anything out of this world The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away Even as it pleaseth the Lord so cometh things to passe Blessed he the name of the Lord. When they come at the grave whiles the corps is made ready to be laid into the earth the Minister shall say or the Minister and Clerks shall sing MAn that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misesery he cometh up and is cut down like a flour He fleeth as it were a shadow and never continueth in one stay In the midst of life we be in death Of whom may we seek for succor but of thee O Lord which for our sins justly are displeased Yet O Lord God most holy O Lord most mighty O holy and most merciful Saviour deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not up thy merciful eyes to our prayers But spare us Lord most holy O God most mighty O holy and merciful Saviour thou most worthy Judge eternal suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. Then while the earth shall be cast upon the body by some standing by the Minister shall say Then the Priest casting earth upon the Corps shall say Forasmuch as it hath pleased almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himselfthe soulof our dear brother here departed we therefore commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust Z in sure and certain hope of resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile Body that it may be like to his glorious Body according to the
mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself I commend this soul to God the Father Almighty and thy Body to the ground c. Then shall be said or sung I Heard a voyce from Heaven saying unto me Write from henceforth Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord Even so saith the Spirit that they rest from their labors 1 B. of Edw. 6. Let us pray WE commend into thy hands of mercy most merciful Father the soul of this our Brother departed N. And his body we commit to the Earth beseeching thine infinite goodness to give us grace to live in thy fear and love and to die in thy favor that when the Judgement shall come which thou hast committed to thy well-beloved Son both this our Brother and we may be found acceptable in thy sight and receive that blessing which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee saying Come ye blessed Children of my Father Receive the Kingdom prepared for you before the beginning of the world Grant this merciful Eather for the Honor of Jesus Christ our onely Saviour Mediator and Advocate Amen This Prayer shall also be added ALmighty God we give thee hearty thanks for this thy servant whom thou hast delivered from the miseries of this wretched world from the body of death and all temptation And as we trust hast brought his soul which he committed into thy holy hands into sure consolation and rest Grant we beseech thee that at the day of Judgement his soul and all the souls of the elect departed out of this life may with us and we with them fully receive thy promises and be made perfect altogether through the glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. These Psalms with other suffrages following are to be said in the Church either before or after the burial of the Corps I am well pleased that the Lord c. Psal. 116. Glory to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Praise the Lord O my soul c. Psalm 146. Glory to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. omitted by Bucer O Lord thou hast searched me out c. Psalm 139. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Then shall follow this Lesson taken out of the 15 Chapter to the Corinthians the first Epistle CHrist is risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that slept For by a man came death and by a man came the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam all die even so by Christ shall all be made alive but every man in his own order The first is Christ then they that are Christs at his coming Then cometh the end when he hath delivered up the kingdom to God the Father when he hath put down all rule and all authority and power For he must reign till he have put all his enemies under his feet The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death For he hath put all things under his feet But when he saith All things are put under him it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him When all things are subdued unto him then shall the son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all Else what do they which are baptized over the dead if the dead rise not at all Why are they then baptized over them yea and why stand we alway then in jeopardy By our rejoycing which I have in Christ Jesu our Lord I die daily That I have fought with beasts at Ephesus after the maner of men what advantageth it me if the dead rise not again Let us eat and drink for to morrow we shall die Be not ye deceived evil words corrupt good maners Awake truly out of sleep and sin not For some have not the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame But some man will say How arise the dead With what body shall they come Thou fool that which thou sowest is not quickned except it die And what sowest thou thou sowest not that body that shall be but bare corn as of wheat or some other But God giveth it a body at his pleasure to every seed his own body All flesh is not one maner of flesh but there is one maner of flesh of men another maner of flesh of beasts another of fishes another of birds There are also celestial bodies and there are bodies terrestrial But the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one maner glory of the sun another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars For one star differeth from another in glory So is the resurrection of the dead It is sown in corruption it riseth again in incorruption it is sown in dishonor it riseth again in honor it is sown in weakness it riseth again in power it is sown a natural body it riseth again a spiritual body There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body as it is also written The first man Adam was made a liâ—ing soul and the last Adam was made a quickning spirit Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual but that which is natural and then that which is spiritual The first man is of the earth earthy The second man is the Lord from Heaven heavenly As is the earthy such are they that be earthy And as is the heavenly such are they that are heavenly And as we have born the image of the earthy so shall we bear the image of the heavenly This say I brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God neither doth corruption inherit incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery We shall not all sleep but we shall be changed and that in a moment in the twinckling of an eye by the last trump For the trump shall blow and the dead shall rise incorruptible and we shall be changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality When this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortal hath put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written Death is swallowen up Into victory Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victory The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law but thanks be unto God which hath given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore my dear brethren be ye stedfast and unmoveable always rich in the work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know how that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. The Lesson ended the Minister shall say Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our Father c. And leav us not c. Answer But deliver us from evil Amen 1 B. of Edw. 6. Priest Enter
Penitent which were under excommunication should carry the bodies of Christians 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Where Epiâ—hanius lived others were â—eculiorly designed for this Office these were called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whose care conversant about the disposal of dead bodies Whether voluntary charity inclined these Copiates to this Office or whether they were hirelings and mercenary I can not determine the labour they underwent maketh me suspect them servile and of the lowest row On the contrary Na ianzene speaking of St. Bazils funeral saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 His body was taken up and car◠〈◊〉 by the Saints Which Saints may very well be esteemed the eminentest of Christians especially when this St. Gregories Scholar St. Hierom tells us that his famous Paula was Translata Episcoporum manibus servicem feretro subjicientibus carried by the Bishops supporting the Bier with their hands and shoulders Whereby the Office was not it seems so servile nor of such disparagement as the first Authorities would pretend to render it To bring these ends neerer together and yet not to depreciate and undervalue the credit of the witnesses I conceive the best way is to yield up all for true and that the Bishops and eminent Persons did assume this Office onely at the first egress from the house and also at the last ingress into the Church and that the great toyl and drudgery between both was undergone by Penitents as part of their Canonical penance or by the Copiastae who therefore gained the name of Labourers because they contracted a lassitude by bearing the Corps to Church But by these all or which you will the Corps went 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in state with Psalmodies one after another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 What 's the matter what means this singing of Psalms expoâ—tulateth St. Chrysostome and then makes answer Do we not praise and glorifie God because at length he hath given the deceased a Crown of Glory The body being in this solemn Pomp brought to the Church was placed in media Ecclesia in the midst of the Church over which before interment there was usually made in praise of the Dead a funeral Oration and sometimes more than one For as I said before of Sermons upon other occasions so at funeral solemnities Orations were performed by many the first at the end of his Harangue or Speech usually raising up another So St. Basil in his upon St. Barlaam 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. But why do I by my childish stammering disparage this Triumphant Martyr Let me give way for more eloquent tongues to resound his praise let me call up the louder Trumpets of more famous Doctors to set him forth Arise then I say c. And so Nazianzene bespeaketh St. Basil being present at his Fathers Funeral 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Strike up with thine own voice I am the Resurrection Our solemn attending on the hearse of a deceased friend the embalming of him with a funeral Oration the care to see him decently inhumed and all other dues of exteriour honour we pay to that Noble clod are but those civilities which ethnique Philosophy hath dictated to her disciples God certainly expects more from Christianity than from Infidelity he expecteth from Christians conformity to his own precepts whereof this is one 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That ye be not sorrowful at all at the loss of your friends not so the tears our blessed Saviour shed at the death of Lazarus legitimate and warrant ours but we must not be sorrowful 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as others are some Jewes as the Sadduces and all Heathens how that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that are without hope They give all for lost if some few dreamed of I know not what Elisian fields for the soul yet generally concerning the body they were of opinion with the Tragedian post mortem nihil est after death nulla retrorsum no hope that ever the body should recover life and be re-united with the soul. So that upon such occasions Hope is our Christian duty our duty I say not our complement not what we may do or leave undone but what we must do Now the proper object of this Hope is the Resurrection of the Body which followeth in the next verse Them which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him So then here is cause of great comfort as to the state of our departed friend what though for the present and an inconsiderable moment his flesh shall rot and waste to dust yet shall it rise again and be restored to a state of Glory and as this meditation is of singular consolation in respect of the dead so is it no less applied to the living That spectacle of mortality presented to the eyes of the beholders is lecture enough to assure them of their like change and what must they do in the interim The Apostle bidds them Hope for what for temporal benefits and accommodations for things of this life No. If in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable Of the Resurrection of their flesh unto glory and eternal life this undoubtedly So then funeral solemnities ought to excite in us Hope that is a certain expectation of the General Resurrection Nor will closet soli-loquies and private contemplation of that day serve our turns it is a sociable duty for so the Apostle makes it Comfort your selves one another with these words 1 Thess. c. 4. v. 18. What words With discourses concerning the Resurrection The premised context certainly implyeth as much as if he should say that they who are laid into the earth and nothing said at their interment declaring the mystery of the Resurrection Let their bodies be never so decently treated human they may Christian burial they cannot have From all this which hath been said the excellency of our Church her burial Office and the true conformity it beareth to Canonical Scripture will evidently appear Of the whole Service three parts of four are nothing else but pure Canonical Scripture the choicest parcels thereof being collected thence to declare the Doctrine of the Resurrection agreable to the Primitive Practice 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Ministers reading those undoubted promises which are exhibitea â—â— Sacred Scripture concerning our holy Resurrection next devoutly sung such of the Sacred Psalms as were of the same subject and argument For the rest the praying part what is it but the application of that Doctrine to the benefit of the living and a desire that they with all the faithful departed may at that day have perfect consummation and bliss both in body and soul. In sure and certain hope of the Resurrection These words have not as some mistake peculiar reference to the party deceased but import the faith of the congregation then present in the Article of the Resurrection and that their own bodies shall rise again
and blood spiritually to feed and drink upon The which Sacrament being so divine and holy a thing and so comfortable to them which receive it worthily and so dangerous to them that will presume to take the same unworthily my duty is to exhort you in the mean season to consider the greatness of the thing and to search and examine your own consciences and that not lightly nor after the manner of dissemblers with God But as they which should come to a most godly and heavenly banket not to come but in the marriage garment required of God in Scripture that you may so much as lieth in you be found worthy to come to such a table The waies and means thereto is First that you be truely repentant of your former evil life and that you confess with an unfained heart to almighty God your sins and unkindness towards his Majesty committed either by will word or deed infirmity or ignorance and that with inward sorrow and teares you bewaile your offences and require of Almighty God mercy and pardon promising to him from the bottom of your hearts the amendment of your former life And amongst all others I am commanded of God especially to move and exhort you to reconcile your selves to your neighbours whom you have offended or who hath offended you putting out of your hearts all hatred and malice against them and to be in love and charity with all the world and to forgive other as you would that God should forgive you And if there be any of you whose conscience is troubled and grieved in any thing lacking comfort or counsel let him come to me or some other discreet and learned Priest taught in the Law of God and confess and open his sinne and grief secretly that he may receive such ghostly counsel advise and comfort that his conscience may be relieved and that of us as a Minister of God and of the Church he may receive comfort and absolution to the satisfaction of his mind and avoiding of all scruple and doubtfulness requiring such as shall be satisfied with a general confession not to be offended with them that doth use to their further satisfying the auricular and secret confession to the Priest nor those also which think needful or convenient for the quietness of their own consciences particularly to open their sinnes to the Priest to be offended with them which are satisfied with their humble confession to God and the general confession to the Church But in all these things to follow and keep the rule of Charity and every man to be satisfied with his own conscience not judging other mens minds or acts whereas he hath no warrant of Gods Word for the same The time of Communion shall be immediatly after that the Priest him self hath received the Sacrament without the varying of any other rite or ceremony in the Masse until other order shall be provided but as heretofore usually the Priest hath done with the Sacrament of the body to prepare less and consecrate so much as will serve the people so it shall yet continue still after the same manner and form save that he shall bless and consecrate the biggest Chalice or some fair and convenient cup or cups full of wine with some water put unto it And that day not drink it all up himself but taking one onely sup or draught leave the rest upon the Altar covered and turn to them that are disposed to be partakers of the Communion and shall thus exhort them as followeth Dearly beloved in the Lord ye comming to this holy Communion must consider what S. Paul writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persons diligently to trie and examine themselves or ever they presume to eate of this bread and drink of this cup for as the benefit is great if with a truly penitent heart and lively faith we receive this holy Sacrament for then we spiritually eate the flesh of Christ and drink his bloud Then we dwell in Christ and Christ in us we be made one with Christ and Christ with us So is the danger great if we receive the same unworthily for then we become guiltie of the body and blood of Christ our Saviour we eat and drink our own damnation because we make no difference of the Lords body we kindle Gods wrath over us we provoke him to plague us with divers diseases and sundry kindes of death Judge therefore your selves brethren that ye be not judged of the Lord. Let your minde be without desire to sinne Repent you truly for your sinnes past have an earnest and lively Faith in Christ our Saviour be in perfect Charity with all men so shall ye be meet partakers of these holy Mysteries But above all things you must give most humble and hearty thanks to God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost for the Redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Jesus Christ both God and man who did humble himself even to the death upon the Cross for us miserable sinners lying in darkness and the shadow of death that he might make us the children of God and exalt us to everlasting life And to the end that we alway should remember the exceeding love of our Master and Saviour Jesus Christ thus doing for us and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood shedding he hath obtained to us he hath left in these holy Mysteries as a pledg of his love and a continual remembrance of the same his own blessed body and precious blood for us spiritually to feed upon to our endless comfort and consolation To him therefore with the Father and the Holy Ghost let us give as we are bound continually thanks submitting our selves wholly to his holy will and pleasure and studying to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the daies of our life Amen Then the Priest shall say to them that be ready to take the Sacrament If any man here be an open Blaspemer Advouterer in malice or envy or any other notable crime and be not truly sorry therefore and earnestly minded to leave the same vices or that doth not trust himself to be reconciled to Almighty God and in charity with all the world let him yet a while bewail his sinnes and not yet come to this holy Table least after the taking of this most blessed bread the Devil enter into him as he did into Judas to fulfill in him all iniquity and to bring him to destruction both of body and soul. Here the Priest shall pause a while to see if any man will withdraw himself and if he perceive any so to do then let him commune with him privily at convenient leasure and see whether he can with good exhortation bring him to grace and after a little pause the Priest shall say You that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sinnes and offences committed to Almighty God and be in love and charity with your neighbours and intend