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 only 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 sittest 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 blood 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 ¶ The second Lesson Heb. XI Jubilate Deo. Psal C. O Be joyful in the Lord all ye lands serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lord he is God it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ Then shall be said the Creed by the Minister and the People standing I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Iesus Christ his only Son our Lord who was conceived by the holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy Spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and People shall say the Lords Prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answ And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King and Queen Answ And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness Answ And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answ And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord. Answ Because there is none other that fighteth for us but only thou O God. Priest O Lord save thy servants Answ Who do put their trust in thee Priest Send us help from thy holy place Answ And evermore mightily defend us Priest Let the enemy have no advantage against us Answ Nor the wicked approach to hurt us Priest Be unto us O Lord a strong tower Answ From the face of our enemies Priest O Lord hear our Prayer Answ And let our cry come unto thee ¶ Instead of the Collect for the Day shall be used these which follow both in Morning and Evening Prayer and in the Communion Service O God our refuge and strength whose power no Creature is able to resist who teachest our hands to War and our fingers to fight and without whom the Horse and Chariot is in vain prepared against the day of Battel defend us we beseech thee with thy mighty power and save us with thy out stretched arm that our Forces may be preserved and become Victorious by Sea and Land evermore serving under his glorious Banner who is the Lord of Hosts God blessed for ever Amen O most glorious and gracious God whose Iudgments against obstinate offenders are most severe and terrible But whose Mercies are infinite to all them that with hearty Repentance and true Faith turn unto thee We the sinful People of this Land do acknowledge before thee to thy glory and our own shame that never any Nation had greater experience of thy goodness nor ever did any more unthankfully abuse it When thou gavest us great and long Prosperity we like Jesurun wared fat and kicked against thee when thou didst thrust us into those Confusions out of which we saw little hopes of arising even in the time of that distress did we trespass yet more against thee When by miracles of mercy thou hadst turn'd our Captivity we soon forgot thee our Saviour and return'd again to our folly And even while thou hast of late appeared for us by delivering us out of the hands of our implacable Enemies of the Romish Faction we have by our sins been fighting against heaven and against thee And now we are no more worthy to be called thy Sons or thy Servants whom neither thy fear hath driven to repentance nor thy goodness led to it In mercy O God awaken us all beget in us a holy dread of thy Iudgments and a deep sense of our manifold and repeated provocations pardon the great offences of us thy servants and the crying sins of the whole Nation remove the evils we still lie under avert those we have just cause to fear and howsoever thou mayest think fit to Correct us for our sins yet never deliver us up into the hands of those men whose mercies are cruel pour out thy abundant blessings upon our Gracious King and Queen and their great Council now Assembled in Parliament keep them as the
strength with his arm he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath eralted the humble and meek He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel as he promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seed for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ The second Lesson 1 Cor. X. to v. 15. ¶ Deus Misereatur Psal 67. GOd be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance and be merciful unto us That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations Let the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God even our own God shall give us his blessing God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear him Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ Then shall be said the Apostles Creed by the Minister and the people standing I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Iesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy Spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and people shall say the Lords Prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King and Queen Answ And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Indue thy Ministers with righteousness Answ And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answ And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord. Answ Because there is none other that fighteth for us but only thou O God. Priest O Lord save thy servants Answ Who do put their trust in thee Priest Send us help from thy holy place Answ And evermore mightily defend us Priest Let the enemy have no advantage against us Answ Nor the wicked approach to hurt us Priest Be unto us O Lord a strong tower Answ From the face of our enemies Priest O Lord hear our prayer Answ And let our cry come unto thee ¶ Instead of the Collect for the day shall be used these which follow O God our refuge and strength whose power no Creature is able to resist who teachest our hands to War and our fingers to fight and without whom the Horse and Chariot is in vain prepared against the day of Battel defend us we beseech thee with thy mighty power and save us with thy out-stretched arm that our Forces may be preserved and become Victorious by Sea and Land evermore serving under his glorious Banner who is the Lord of Hosts God blessed for ever Amen O most glorious and gracious God whose Iudgments against obstinate offenders are most severe and terrible But whose Mercies are infinite to all them that with hearty Repentance and true Faith turn unto thee We the sinful People of this Land do acknowledge before thee to thy glory and our own shame that never any Nation had greater experience of thy goodness nor ever did any more unthankfully abuse it When thou gavest us great and long Prosperity we like Jesurun waxed fat and kicked against thee when thou didst thrust us into those Confusions out of which we saw little hopes of arising even in the time of that distress did we trespass yet more against thee When by miracles of mercy thou hadst turn'd our Captivity we soon forgot thee our Saviour and return'd again to our folly And even while thou hast of late appeared for us by delivering us out of the hands of our implacable Enemies of the Romish Faction we have by our sins been fighting against heaven and against thee And now we are no more worthy to be called thy Sons or thy Servants whom neither thy Fear hath driven to repentance nor thy Goodness led to it In mercy O God awaken us all beget in us a holy dread of thy Iudgments and a deep sense of our manifold and repeated provocations pardon the great offences of us thy servants and the crying sins of the whole Nation remove the evils we still lie under avert those we have just cause to fear and howsoever thou mayest think fit to Correct us for our sins yet never deliver us up into the hands of those men whose mercies are cruel Pour out thy abundant Blessings upon our Gracious King and Queen and their great Council now Assembled in Parliament keep them as the apple of thy eye hide them under the shadow of thy wings direct and bless them in all their Consultations And more particularly we now prostrate our selves before thee to implore thy blessing upon this their great undertaking for the necessary defence of thy people Go forth with their Fleets and Armies compass them with thy Favour as with a Shield let it appear that thou the Lord our God art with us to help us and to fight our Batels bless us with Victory and Success and in thy own good time with such a Peace as may tend to the glory of thy great Name and the Preservation of thy Church and true Religion among us the Honour and Safety of their Majesties and the Security Peace and Prosperity of these Kingdoms All which we humbly beg in the Name and through the Medâ—ation of thy Son Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed Give unto
repentance nor thy goodness led to it In mercy O God awaken us all beget in us a holy dread of thy Iudgments and a deep sense of our manifold and repeated provocations pardon the great offences of us thy servants and the crying sins of the whole Nation remove the evils we still lie under avert those we have just cause to fear and howsoever thou mayest think fit to Correct us for our sins yet never deliver us up into the hands of those men whose mercies are cruel pour out thy abundant blessings upon our Gracious King and Queen and Their great Council now Assembled in Parliament keep them as the apple of thy eye hide them under the shadow of thy wings direct and bless them in all their Consultations And more particularly we now prostrate our selves before thee to implore thy blessing upon this their great undertaking for the necessary defence of thy people Go forth with their Fleets and Armies compass them with thy Favour as with a Shield let it appear that thou the Lord our God art with us to help us and to fight our Battels bless us with Victory and Success and in thy own good time with such a Peace as may tend to the glory of thy great Name and the Preservation of thy Church and true Religion among us the Honour and Safety of Their Majesties and the Security Peace and Prosperity of these Kingdoms All which we humbly beg in the Name and through the Mediation of thy Son Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen For the Epistle Deut. 20. v. 1. to v. 5. When thou goest out to battel against thine enemies and seest horses and chariots and a people more then thou be not afraid of them for the Lord thy God is with thee which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt And it shall be when ye are come nigh unto the battel that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people And shall say unto them Hear O Israel you approach this day unto battel against your enemies let not your hearts faint fear not and do not tremble neither be ye terrified because of them For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you The Gospel St. Matth. 24. v. 4. to v. 14. JEsus said unto his disciples Take heed that no man deceive you For many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars see that ye be not troubled for all these things must come to pass but the end is not yet For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in divers places All these are the beginning of sorrows Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you and ye shall be hated of all nations for my names sake And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many And because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold But he that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved 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 Let your light so shine before men S. Mat. v. 16 that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heaven As we have therefore opportunity Gal. vi 10 let us do good unto all men especially unto them who are of the houshold of faith Let us pray for the whole state of Christs Church militant here in 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 and oblations If there be no alms or oblations then shall the words of accepting our alms and oblations be left out unsaid 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 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 servants WILLIAM and MARY our King and Queen that under them we may be godly and quietly governed and grant unto their whole Council and to all that are put in authority under them 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 that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively word and rightly and duly administer thy holy Sacraments And 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 truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness O Lord to comfort and succour all them who in this transitory life are in trouble sorrow need sickness or any other adversity And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly Kingdom Grant this O Father for Iesus Christs sake our only Mediatour and Advocate Amen O God the Father of our