shall execute the holy ministry shall put upon him the vesture appointed for that ministration that is to say a white Alb plain with a vestment or cope And where there be many Priests or Deacons there so many shall be ready to help the Priest in his ministration as shall be requisite and shall have upo them likewise the vestures appointed for their ministry that is to say Albes with tunicles Then shall the Clerks sing in English for the office or Introite as they call it a Psalm appointed for that day Common Prayer The Table having at the Communion time Scot. Lit. a Carpet and a faire white linnen cloth upon it Scot. Lit. with other decent furniture meet for the high mysteries there to be celebrated shall stand at the uppermost part of the Chancel or Church where the Presbyter standing at the North side or end thereof shall say shall D stand in the body of the Church or in the Chancel where morning Prayer and Evening Prayer be appointed to be said Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. And the Priest standing at the north side of the Table shall say the E Lords Prayer with this Collect following Scot. Lit. for due preparation The Priest standing humbly before the middle of the Altar shall say the Lords Prayer with this Collect. ALmighty God unto whom all hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid clense the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy spirit that we may perfectly love thee and worthily magnifie thy holy name through Christ our Lord Amen Common Prayer  1 B. of Edw. 6. F Then shall the Priest Scot. Lit. Turning to the people rehearse distinctly all the ten Commandments and the People Scot. Lit. all the while kneeling Scot. Lit. and asking God mercy for the transgression of every duty therein either according to the letter or mysticall importance of the said Commandment shall after every Commandment ask Gods mercy for their trrnsgression of the same after this sort  Then shall he say a Psalm appointed for the introite which Psalm ended the Priest shall say or else the Clerks shall sing iii Lord have mercy upon us iii Christ have mercy upon us iii Lord haeve mercy upon us Then the Priest standing at Gods board shall begin Glory be to God on high Minister  The Clerk The Commandments and their responds wanting in 1 B. of Ed. 6. God spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have no other Gods but me And in earth Peace good will towards men we praise thee we blesse thee c. As in the hymn before the blessing in the Common-Prayer   Then the priest shall turn himself to the People and say   The Lord be with you The Answer People  And with thy spirit Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law  The Priest   Let us pray Minister Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jelous God and visit the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain For the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vain People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts c. Minister Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day Six dayes shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy manservant and thy maid servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six dayes the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts c. Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee People Lord have mercy upon us and encline our hearts c. Minister Thou shalt do no murther People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts c. Minister Thou shalt not commit adultery People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts c. Minister Thou shalt not steal People Lord have mercy upon us and encline our hearts c Minister Thou shalt not â—ear false witnesse against thy neighbour People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts c. Minister Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maide nor his Ox nor his Asse nor any thing that is his People Lord have mercy upon us and write all these thy laws in our hearts we beseecâ— thee Then shall follow the Collect of the day with one of these two Collects following for the King the Minister standing up and saying Let us Pray ALmighty God whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite have mercy upon the whole congregation and so rule the heart of thy chosen servant our King and governour that he knowing whose minister he is may above all things seek thy honour and glory and that we his subjects duely considering whose authority he hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinance through Jesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and raigneth ever one God world without end Amen ALmighty and everlasting God we be taught by thy holy word that the hearts of kings are in thy rule and governance and that thou doest dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisdom we humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart of thy servant our King and governour that in all his thoughts words and works he may ever seek thy honour and glory and study to preserve thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and godlinesse Grant this O merciful father for thy dear sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6.  Immediately after the Collects the minister shall read the G Epistle saying thus The Epistle written in the Chapter of Scot. Lit. at the verse And when he hath done he shall say here endeth the Epistle And the Epistle ended Scot. Lit. the Gospel shall be read he shall say the Gospel beginning thus The Gospel written in the Chapter
and adversity into the which holy estate these two persons present come now to be joyned Therefore if any man can shew any just cause why they may not lawfully be joyned together let him now speak or else hereafter for ever hold his peace And also speaking to the persons that shall be maried he shall say I Require and charge you as you will answer at the dreadful day of judgement when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed that if either of you do know any impediment why ye may not be lawfully joyned together in Matrimony that ye confesse it For be ye well assured that so many as be coupled together otherwise then Gods word doth allow are not joyned together by God neither is their Matrimony lawful At which day of mariage if any man do alledge and declare any impediment why they may not be coupled together in Matrimony by Gods law or the laws of this Realm and will be bound and sufficient suerties with him to the parties or else put in a caution to the full vallue of such charges as the persons to be maried doth sustain to proove his allegation then the solemnization must be deferred unto such time as the truth be tried If no impediment be alleadged then shall the Curate say unto the man N D Wilt thou have this Woman to thy wedded wife to live together after Gods ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony Wilt thou love her comfort her honour and keep her in sicknesse and in health And forsaking all other keep thee onely to her so long as you both shall live The man shall answer I will Then shall the Minister say to the woman N Wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband to live together after Gods ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony wilt thou obey him and serve him love honour and keep him in sicknesse and in health and forsaking all other keep thee onely unto him so long as you both shall live The woman shall answer I will Then shall the Minister say E Who giveth this woman to be maried unto this man And F the Minister receiving the woman at her father or friends hands shall cause the man to take the woman G by the right hand and so either to give their troth to other The man first saying I N. take thee N. to my wedded wife to have and to hold from this day forward for better for worse for richer for poorer in sicknesse and in health to love and to cherish till death us depart according to Gods holy ordinance and therefore I pledge thee my troth Then shall they loose their hands and the woman taking again the man by the right hand shall say I N. take thee N. to my wedded husband to have and to hold from this day forward for better for worse for richer for poorer in sicknesse and in health to love cherish and to obey till death us depart according to Gods holy ordinance And thereto I give thee my troth Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. Then shall they again loose their hands and H the man shall give unto the woman a Ring I laying the same upon the book with the accustomed duty to the Minister and Clerk And the Minister taking the Ring shall deliver it unto the man to K put it upon the fourth finger of the womans left hand And the man taught by the Minister shall say Then shall they again loose their hands and the man shall give unto the woman a Ring and other tokens of spousage as gold or silver laying the same upon the Book and the Priest taking the Ring c. With this ring I thee wed L with my body I thee worship and with all my worldly goods I thee endow In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Amen Then the man leaving the ring upon the fourth finger of the womans left hand the Minister shall say Let us pray O Eternal God creator and preserver of all mankinde giver of all spiritual grace the author of everlasting life send thy blessing upon these thy servants this man and this woman whom we blesse in thy name that as Isaac and Rebecca 1 B. of Edw. 6. after braslets and Jewels of gold given of the one to the other for tokens of their Matrimony lived faithfully together so these persons may surely perform and keep the vow and covenant betwixt them made whereof this ring given and received is a token and pledge and may ever remain in perfect love and peace together and live according unto thy laws through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Then shall the Minister joyn their right hands together and say Those whom God hath joyned together let no man put asunder Then shall the Minister speak unto the people FOrasmuch as N. and N. have consented together in holy wedlock and have witnessed the same before God and this company and thereto have given and pledged their troth either to other and have declared the same by giving and receiving 1 B of Edw. 6. Gold silver of a ring and by joyning of hands I pronounce that they be man and wife together in the name of the father of the son and of the holy Ghost Amen M and the Minister shall adde this blessing GOD the father 1 B. of Edw. 6. + God the son God the holy Ghost blesse preserve and keep you the Lord mercifully with his favour look upon you and so fill you with all spiritual benediction and grace that you may so live together in this life that in the world to come you may have life everlasting Amen Then 1 B. of Edw. 6. shall they go into the Quire and the Ministers or Clerks shall say c. the Ministers or Clerks going to the Lords table shall say or sing this psalm following BLessed are all they that fear the Lord and walk in his wayes For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thine house Thy children like the Olive branches round about thy table Lo thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord from out of Slou shall blesse thee that thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperity all thy life long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace upon Israel Glory be to the Father and to the Son c As it was in the beginning is now c. Or else this Psalm following Deus misereatur GOD be merciful unto us and blesse us and shew us the light of his countenance and be mercifully unto us That thy way may be known upon the 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 the earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bring
light and darknesse blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye lightnings and 〈◊〉 blesse ye the Lâ—â—d praise him and magnify him for ever O let the 〈◊〉 â—â—esse the Lord yea let it praise him and magnify him for ever O ye mountains and hils â—lesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O all ye green things upon the earth blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye wells blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye seas and floods blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye Whales and all that move in the waters blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O all ye fouls of the aire blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O all ye beasts and cattle blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye children of men bless ye Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O let Israel bless the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye priests of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye servants of the Lord bleâ—e ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye spirits and souls of the righteous blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye holy and humble men of heart blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O Ananias Azarias and Misael bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now c. And after the second Lesson shall be used and said V Benedictus in English as followeth BLessed be the Lord God of Israel c. Glory be to the Father and to the Son c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Or else this Psalm O Be joyfull in the Lord all ye lands c. Psalm 100. Glory be to the Father and to the Son c. As it was in the beginning is now c. 1. B. of Edw. 6. Then shall be said dayly throughout the year the Prayers follwing as well at Evensong as at Mattens all devoutly kneeling Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us The Common Prayer 1. B. of Edw. 6. Then shall be said Scot. Lit. or sung the creed by the Priest and the people standing The shall the minister say the Greed and the Lords prayer in English with a loud voice I Believe in God the father Almighty maker of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ his only son our Lord which was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Uirgin Mary suffered under Ponce 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 shall he come to judge the quick and the dead I beleeve in the holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the forgivenesse of sins the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting Amed And after that these prayers following as well at Evening Prayer as at Morning Prayer all devoutly kneeling the Priest first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you This salutation and answer do enter between the Versicles and the Collect for the day in the first Book of Edward the sixt Answer  And with thy spirit  The Priest Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Then the Priest Clarks and people shall say the Lord Prayer in English with a loud voice Our father which are in heaven c. 1. B. of Edw. 6. Answer But deliver us from evil 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 Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Indue thy ministers with righteousnesse Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And blesse thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord. Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but onely thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take not thy holy Spirit from us Then shall follow 1. B. of Edw. 6. dayly Three Collects The first of the day which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for Peace The third for Grace to live well And the two last Collects shall never alter but dayly be said at morning Prayer throughout all the year as followeth 1 B. of Edw. 6. the Priest standing up and saying Let us pray then the Collect for the day The second Collect for peace O God which art the author of peace and lover of concord in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life whose service is perfect freedom defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Third Collect for Grace O Lord our heavenly father Almighty and everlasting God which hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day defend us in the same with thy mighty power and grant that this day we fall into no sin neither run into any kinde of danger but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance to do alwayes that is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Scot. Lit. After this Collect ended followeth the Letany and if the Letany be not appointed to be said or sung that morning then shall be next said the prayer for the Kings Majesty with the rest of the Prayers following at the end of the Letany and the Benediction Annotations upon CHAP. III. A Morning and Evening Prayer agreeable to the Jewish and Christian practice The three houres of Prayer in the Temple The 6. of Private devotion B Where Morning and Evening prayer are to be said Why the place left arbitrary to the Bishop C what meant by Chancels shall stand as as they have done D Ornaments in Cathedrals E the Surplice defended and Primitive practise set down F A discourse concerning the Translations of the Bible where the obstacle was that our Liturgy was not reformed in this particular G To begin with confession ancient H What meant by the word alone in the Rubrick of absolution I The Lords Prayer why pronounced in a loud voice K The Primitive practise concerning Amen L The versicles and Responds Canonical Scripture approved by Bucer M The original of the Decalogy its antiquity N Hallelujah at what times to be used O The Invitatory what and why devised P The Number of Lessons in the Romish
his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sins he pardoneth and absolveth all them which truely repent and unfeignedly beleeve his holy Gospel Wherefore we beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy spirit Scot. Lit. That we may receive from his absolution from all our sins that those things may please him which we â—o at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Jesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answer Amen Common prayer 1. B. of Edw. 6. Then shall the Minister begin the Lords Prayer with a loud voice Scot. Lit. And in this and in all other places of the Lit. where the last words for thine is the kingdom are expressed the Presbyter shall read them But in all places where they are not expressed he shall end at these words But deliver us from evil Amen The Priest being in the Quire shall begin with a loud voice the Lords Prayer called the Pater noster OUR father which are in heaven hallowed be thy â—ame Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our dayly bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespasse against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Scot. Lit. for thine is the kingdome the power and the glory for ever and ever K Amen Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answer And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answer O Lord make hast to help us Priest Scotch Liturgy then all of them standing up the Presbyter shall say or sing Glory be to the Father and to the Son c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Praise ye the Lord. 1. B. of Edw. 6. O Scot. Lit. Answer The Lord be praised N And from Easter to Trinity Sunday Allelujah COMMON PRAYER Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following O Come let us sing unto the Lord c. Psal. 95. Then shall follow certain Psalmes in order as they be appointed in a Table made for that purpose except there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the end of every Psalm through the year and likewise in the end of Renedictus Benedicite Magnificat and Nunâ— dimittis shall be repeated Glory be to the Father c. Scot. Lit. And the people shall answer As it was in the beginning c. every one standing up at the same Then shall be read two Lessons distinctly with a loud voice that the people may hear The first of the old Testament the Second of rhe new like as they be appointed by the Kalender except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day the priest that readeth the Lesson standing and turning him so as he may best be heard of all such as be present R And before every Lesson the Priest shall say thus The first second third or fourth Chapter of Genesis or Exodus Matthew Mark or other like as is appointed in the Kalender And in the end of every Chapter he shall say Here endeth such a Chapter of such a book And to the end the people may the better hear in such places where they do sing there shall the Lessons be sung in a plain tune after the manner of distinct reading and likewise the Epistle and Gospel Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. After the first Lesson shall follow T Te deum Laudamus in English dayly through the whole year And after the first Lesson shall follow Te Deum Laudamus in English dayly throughout the year except in â—ent all the which time in the place of te Deum shall be used Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino in English as followeth WE praise thee O God we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee the Father everlasting To thee all Angels cry aloud the heavens and all the powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabbath 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 both knowledge thee The Father of an infinit majestie Thy honorable true and onely Son Also the holy Ghost the comforter Thou art the King of Glory O Christ. Thou art the everlasting son of the Father When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man thou didst not abhor the Uirgins womb When thou hadst overcome the sharpnesse of death thou diddest open the Kingdome of heaven unto all beleevers Thou sittest on the right hand of God in the glory of thy Father We beleeve that thou shalt come to be our judge We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy pretious blood Make them to be numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord save thy people and blesse 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 Uouchsafe 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 Or this Canticle V Benedicite omnia orpra domini domino O All ye works of the Lord blesse ye the Lord praise him and magniffe him forever O ye Angels of the Lord blesse ye the Lord. praise him and magnifie him forever O ye heavens blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnfie him for ever O ye waters that be above the fitmament blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him forever O all ye powers of the Lord blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye Sun and Moon bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye stars of heaven blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye showers and dew blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye winds of God blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye fire and heat blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye winter and summer bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye dews and frosts blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye frosts and cold blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye 〈◊〉 snow blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify for ever O ye nights and dayes blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever O ye
preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth so as in due time we may enjoy them We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance to forgive us all our sins negligences and ignorances and to endue us with the grace of thy holy spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy word We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. Son of God we beseech thee to hear us Son of God we beseech thee to hear us O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Grant us thy peace O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Have mercy upon us O Christ hear us O Christ hear us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our father which art in heaven c. And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen The Versicle O Lord deal not with us after our sins The Answer Neither reward us after our iniquities Let us pray O God merciful father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowful mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities whensoever they oppresse us And gratiously hear us that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the Devil or man worketh against us be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed that we thy servants being hurt by no persecutions may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church though Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help us and deliver for thy names sake O God we have heard with our ears and our fathers have declared unto us the noble works that thou didst in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thine honour Glory be to the Father and to the Son c. As it was in the beginning is now c. From our enemies defend us O Christ. Gratiously look upon afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people Favourably with mercy hear our prayers O son of David have mercy upon us Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us O Christ. Gratiously hear us O Christ Graciously hear us O Lord Christ. The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed upon us The Answer As we do put our trust in thee Let us pray WE humbly beseech thee O father mercifully to look upon our infirmities and for the glory of thy name sake turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy and evermore serve thee in holinesse and purenesse of living to thy honour and glory through our onely mediator and advacate Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A prayer for the Kings majesty O Lord our heavenly father high and mighty King of Kings Lord of Lords the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon the earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious soveraign Lord and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy spirit that he may alway encline to thy will and walk in thy way endue him plentifully with heavenly gifts grant him in health and wealth long to live strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attain everlasting joy and felicitie through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Scot. Lit. A prayer for the holy Clergy ALmighty and everlasting God which only workest great marvails send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all congregations committed to their charge the healthful spirit of thy grace and that they may truely please thee powre upon them the continual dew of thy blessing grant this O Lord for the honour of our advocate and mediator Jesus Christ Amen Scot. Lit. A prayer to be said in Ember weeks for those which are then to be admitted into holy orders and is to be read every day of the week beginning on the Sunday before the day of Ordination ALmighty God the giver of all good gifts who of thy divine providence hast appointed divers Orders in thy Church give thy grace we humbly beseech thee to all those which are to be called to any office and administration in the same and so replenish them with the truth of thy Doctrine and innocency of life that they may faithfully serve before thee to the glory of thy great name and the benefit of thy holy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A Prayer of Chrysostome ALmighty God which hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and doest promise that when two or three be gathered together in thy name thou wilt grant their requests fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitioâ—s of thy servants as may be most expedient for them granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth and in the world to come life everlasting Amen THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship 2 Cor. 13. of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Scot. Litnrgies For Rain if the time require O God Heavenly Father whose gift it is that the Rain doth fall the earth is fruitful beasts encrease and fishes do multiply send us we beseech thee in this our necessity such moderate Rain and showers that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O God Heavenly Father which by thy son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom and the righteousnesse thereof all things necessary to their bodily sustenance send us we beseech thee in this our necessity such moderate Rain and showers that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen For fair weather O Lord God which for the sin of man didst once drown all the world except eight persons and afterwards of thy great mercy didst promise never to destroy it so again we humbly beseech thee that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved this plague of rain and waters yet upon our true repentance thou wilt send us such weather whereby we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives and for thy clemencie to give thee praise and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. In the time of dearth and famine O God heavenly father whose gift it is that the rain doth fall the earth is fruitful beasts increase and fishes do multiply behold we beseech thee the afflicuons of thy people and
grant that the scarcity and dearth which we do now most justly suffer for our iniquity may through thy goodnesse be mercifully turned into cheapnesse and plenty for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be praise for ever Amen In the time of war O Almighty God King of all Kings and governour of all things whose power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners and to be merciful to them that truly repent Save and deliver us we humbly beseech thee from the hands of our enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their devices that we being armed with thy defence may be preserved evermore from all perils to gloriâ—ie thee which art the onely giver of all victory through the merits of thy onely son Jesus Christ our Lord Amen In the time of any common plague or sicknesse O Lmighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King David didst â—ay with the plague of pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercy didst save the rest have pitty upon us miserable sinners that now are visited with great sicknesse and mortality that like as thou didst then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sicknesse through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O God whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive receive our humble petitions and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins yet let the pitifulnesse of thy great mercy loose us for the honour of Jesus Christs sake our mediatour and advocate Amen A Thanksgiving for rain O Gd our heavenly Father who by thy gratious providence doest cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man we give thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee in in our greatest necessity to send us at the lâ—st a joyful rain upon thine inheritance and to refresh it when it was dry to the great comfort of us thy unworthy servants and to the glory of thy holy name through thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A Thanksgiving for fair weather O Lord God who hast justly humbled us by thy late plague of immoderate rain and waters and futhy mercy hast relieved and comforted our souls by this seasonable and blessed change of weather we praise and glorifie thy holy name for this thy mercie and will alwayes declare thy loving kindnesse from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A Thanksgiving for plenty O Most merciful father which of thy gracious goodnesse hast heard the devout prayers of thy Church and turned our bearth and scarcity into cheapnesse and plenty we give thee humble thanks for this thy special bounty beseeching thee to continue this thy loving kindnesse unto us that our land may yield us her fruits of increase to thy glory and our comfort through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A Thanksgiving for peace and victory O Almighty God which art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies we yield thee praise and thanksgiving for our deliverance from those great and apparant dangers wherewith we were compassed we acknowledge it thy goodnesse that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies toward us that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty deliverer through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague O Lord God which hast wounded us for our sins and consumed us for our transgressions by thy late heavy and dreadful visitation and now in the midst of judgement remembring mercy hast reoâ—emed our souls from the jaws of death we offer unto thy fatherly goodnesse our selves our souls and bodies which thou hast delivered to be a living sacrifice unto thee alwayes praising and magnifying thy mercies in the midst of the Congregation through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Or this WE humbly acknowledge before thee O most merciful father that all punishments which are threatened in thy law might justly have fallen vpon us by reason of our manifold transgressions and hardnesse of heart yet seeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender mercy upon our weak and unworthy humiliation to asswage the noisome pestilence wherewith we lately have been sore afflicted and to restore the voice of joy and health into our dwellings we offer unto thy Divine majestie the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving lauding and magnifying thy glorious Name for such thy preservation and providence over us through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen The end of the Letany Annotations upon CHAP. IIII. A Catechising part of the Evening Office The want thereof the cause of heresies Judgement of the Synod of Dort Sermons where in the Primitive Church part of the Evening Office B Evening Prayer why so called An ancient Evening hymn C. The Doxology of the Pater Noster why omitted in our service D. A necessary Rubrick added by the Scotch Liturgy E. Athanasius his Creed falsly so called yet ancient and extant in Anno 600. after Christ. F. Litanies Ancient in the Western Church long before Mamercus Reformed by Gregory the Great ours whence derived the Gesture proper for it G. Wednesdaies and Fridayes why dayes of fastings Stations what and why so called Tertullian cleared H. Forgiving our Enemies a peculiar of Christianity The Jewish and Romish practice contrary to it I. Repeated Prayers most powerful K. The Thanksgivings for Rain c. a necessary Reformation AN order for Evening Prayer Though Evening service varieth not much from that of the Morning yet doth it afford something which obligeth our consideration For what is too much forgot I must reminde you that there is an Evening service befor Evening Prayer The Curate of every Parish or some other at his appointment shall diligently upon Sundayes and holy days half an hour before Evening Prayer openly in the Church instruct and examine so many children of his parish sent unto him as the time will serve and as he shall think convenient in some part of the Catechisme The same rule is observed by the Belgick Church and so did the Palatine Divines advise at the Synod at Dort that it should be an afternoon exercise with this positive resolution Non dubitamus cur tot haereses et nova dogmata locum passim inveniant causam vel maximam esse Catechizationis neglectum We are consident that the neglect of catechizing is the main cause of so many heresies and novel doctrines which infest the Church I wish they of the Presbyterian inclination would more listen to these their friends and if not for conformity's yet for Christianity's sake not suffer Preaching so totally to usurp and justle out this most necessary office that as an Inmate to expel the right owner
mentioned in the Clementine constitution and which answereth in substance to our Prayer for the whole state of Christs Church for that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Catholick Collect as it is stiled in the old Liturgies which was a prayer for the Catholick Church was essentially the same with ours in the Communion office and differed in fashion onely being rehearsed Litany wise Part of that prayer so far as may conduce to make good my Title or may declare the Alliance of that service with our Litany I shall here subjoyn and the rather because to my apprehension those ancient constitutions have not many parcells of farther extraction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let us pray for the Church and for the people  Let us pray for the whole order of Bishops for all Presbyters for all Deacons and ministers of Christ and for the whole family of the Church that God would preserve and keep them  Let us pray for Kings and all in high places that under them being peaceably and quietly governed we may spend our dayes in all godlinesse and honesty  Let us pray for our brethren afflicted with sicknesse that the Lord would please to free them from their diseases and restore them in perfect health to his Church  Let us pray for those that sail by water or travail by land  Let us pray for those that are condemned to mines to banishment to imprisonment and bonds for the name of the Lord.  Let us pray for those that are oppressed  Let us pray for those that persecute us for the Lords sake that he would abate their rage and confound all their devices against us  Let us pray for all those that erre are deceived that God would bring them into the way of truth  Let us pray for all widdows orphaâ—s  Let us pray for seasonable temperate weather that we may receive the fruits of the Earth As for the so frequent repetition of Lord have mercy upon us In all probability Christianity did not devise it new but imitated elder patterns I mean that mode of the 136. Psalm where for his mercy endureth for ever is iterated no lesse then 27. times and which versicle was used Litany-wise that is returned by the people in the service of the Temple as is evident 1 Chron. 16. 41. 2 Chron 9. 13. The gesture proper to this service must be kneeling This is manifest by the Rubrick belonging to Commination where the Litany is appointed to be read after the accustomea manner implying thereby both the place and posture formerly used Now the accustomed place was the midst of the Church and the accustomed posture was kneeling for so was it appointed in the Queens Injunctions and in those of Edward the sixt the Priests shall kneel in the midst of the Church and sing or say plainly and distinctly the Litany Indeed what fitter posture can there be then kneeling Excellently saith St. Chrysostom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is fit that he who applies himself to prayer should put on the outward garb and deportment as well as the inward minde of a supplicant what scheam sutes a supplicant better then lowly kneeling and can we kneel too low at such supplications as these The motions of the body ought to keep pace with the affections of the Soul when this is most transported with Zeal the members of the body must move at the same rate the higher the spirit soares in Prayer the lower falls the body When our Saviour prayed in the Garden his first posture was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 falling upon his knees Luk. 22. 41. but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being brought to his agony and to pray 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 more ardently 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he cast himself prostrat upon his face Matth 26. 39. Now if the Litany be as certainly it is our most fervent resort to God fit it is it should be made in the most significant that is in the lowest posture of supplication As for the exceptions made against this Litany they are so few and so contemptible as I disdain to honour them with a reply and shall end in this true character of it That in all concernments so excellently is it contrived in accommodation to our general wants so full of Christian Rhetorick and pious Raptures as it justly deserves to be accounted a noble parcel of our Liturgy Nor can all the cavils of malevolent spirits ballance the honour it hath acquired abroad For Gilbertus Cognatus a German and Amanuensis to the famous Erasmus very neer an ICO years since under this title Litania veteris Ecclesiae the Litany of the Ancient Church presents us with a form precisely the same with ours as then established by Act of Parliament On Wednesdayes and Fridayes These were in the Primitive times dayes of Solemn assemblies in imitation of the Jewish practise I fast twice a week â—aid the Pharisee Luke 18. 11. and the Christians did disdain to be short of them in what might promote the honour of God The reason given why these two dayes were chosen is because on the one Wednesday Judas conspired to betray his Master and our Saviour Christ and on the other Friday he suffered death upon the Crosse. And this is that which Clemens Alexandrinus intendeth in these words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. he knows the mystical sense of those dayes the fourth and the Parasceve and he is the first Greek Author wherein it occurreth unlesse we will resort to those constitutions of the Apostles recorded by Epiphanius whence he borroweth so much and to which in all probability he referreth where he saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Apostles ordained that there should be sacred conventions on the Wednesdayes and Fridayes Nor was this observation peculiar to the Greek Church for Tertullian expresly mentions stationes Quartae sextae feriae the stations of the fourth and sixt day of the week The very nomination of these dayes may be enough against all contenders to decipher to us what this Ancient meant by stations viz. dayes of humiliation and the context of the place will not hear of any other construction where pleading hard for Montanus against the Catholick Church in the point of Fasts he appeals to her self whether the Apostles did ever yoke her to any such observances and whether the dayes she hath assigned for those intents were not of her arbitrary choice so that it being indisputably evident that the Father here intended dayes of humiliation I cannot think it probable though very learned men have so opined that the word should be capable elsewhere in this Author of a sense diametrically opposite or that it should import dayes of the highest Festivity and rejoycing For where he saith Similiter de stationum Diebus non putant plerique sacrificiorum orationibus interveniendum quod statio solvenda sit accepto corpore Domini Ergo
of Scot. Lit. at the verse and then the people all standing up shall say Glory be to thee O Lord. At the end of the Gospel the Presbyter shall say so endeth the holy Gospel And the people shall answer Thanks be to thee O Lord. And the Epistle and the Gospel being ended shall be said Scot. Lit. or sung this â—reed Scot. Lit. All still reverently H standing up The Collects ended the Priest or he that is appointed shall read the Epistle in a place assigned for the purpose saying The Epistle of St. Paul written in the Chapter of to the The Minister then shall read the Epistle Immediately after the Epistle ended the Priest or one appointed to read the Gospel shall say The holy Gospel written in the Chapter of The Clerks and people shall answer I. Glory be to thee O Lord. The Priest or Deacon then shal read the Gospel after the Gospel ended the Priest shall begin   I beleve in one God   The Clerks shall sing the Rest. Omitted in Bucer I Beleeve in one God the father almighty maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible and in one Lord Jesu Christ the onely 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 Poncius Pilate He suffered and was buryed and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into Heaven and sitteth at 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 none 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 After the Creed if there be no Sermon shall follow one of the Homilies already set forth or hereafter to be set forth by common Authority Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6.  After such Sermon Homily or Exhortation the Curate shall declare unto the People whether there be any holy days or fasting days the Week following and earnestly to exhort them to remember the Poor saying Scot. lit for the Offertory one or more of these Sentences following as he thinketh most convenient by his discretion Scot. according to the length or shortness of time that the people are offering Then shall follow for the Offertory one or more of these Sentences of Scripture to be sung whiles the People do offer or else one of them to be said by the Minister immediately after the offering The Offertory and Sentences follow after the two Exhortations to the Communion and the last clause is omitted by Bucer Scotch Lit. And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord and Abel he also brought of the firstlings of his Flock and of the fat thereof And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring me an offering of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering Ye shall not appear before the Lord empty every man shall give as he is able according to the blessing of the Lord your God which he hath given you David blessed the Lord before all the Congregation and said Blessed be thou O Lord God for ever and ever Thine O Lord is the Greatness and the Glory and the Victory and the Majesty for all that is in the Heaven and in the Earth is thine thine is the Kingdom O Lord and thou art exalted as head above all Both riches and honour come of thee and of thine own do we give unto thee I know also my God that thou tryest the heart and hast pleasure in uprightness As for me in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things And now have seen with joy thy people which are present here to offer willingly unto thee Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name bring an offering and come into his Courts Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your father which is in Heaven Lay not up for your selves treasure upon the Earth where the rust and moth doth corrupt and where Thieves break through and steal But lay up for your selves treasures in Heaven where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through and steal Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you even so do unto them for this is the Law and the Prophets Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven but he that doth the will of my Father which is in heaven Zacheus stood forth and said unto the Lord Behold Lord the half of my goods I give to the Poor and if I have done any wrong to any man I restore fourfold Scotch Lit. Jesus sate over against the Treasury and beheld how the People cast money into it and many that were rich cast in much And there came a certain poor Widow and she threw in two Mites which make a farthing And he called unto him his Disciples and saith unto them Verify I say unto you that this poor Widow hath cast in more then all they which have cast into the Treasury for all they did cast in of their abundance but she of her want did cast in all that she had even all her living Who goeth a warfare at any time of his own cost who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof Or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of the Flock If we have sown unto you spiritual things is it a great matter if we shall reap your worldly things Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the sacrifice They which wait of the Altar are partakers with the Altar Even so hath the Lord also ordained that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel He which soweth little shall reap little and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously Let every man do according as he is disposed in his heart not grudging or of necessity for God loveth a chearful giver Let him that is taught in the word minister unto him that teacheth
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
excluding Tithes further satisfaction may be given them from the Latine Translation ratified by Authority 20. Eliz. which in this Rubrick rendreth them by Oblationes Decimas Oblations and Tithes clearly implying that Tithes were comprehended therein For the whole State of Christs Church This Prayer sheweth its warrant at first that it is derived from 1 Tim. 2. 1. I exhort therefore that first of all supplications Prayers intercessions and Thanks givings be made for all men The preface of giving thanks for all men when in the processe of the Prayer there is no thanksgiving for any man was interpreted a slip in the Supervisors of the Liturgy who should either have expunged it or added some such clause as the Scotch Litturgy exhibiteth as Eucharistical for the Saints departed in the faith As for this prayer there are presidents enow of the like form Tertullian first Oramus pro Imperatoribus pro ministris eorum potestatibus seculi pro rerum quiete pro mora finis i. e. we pray for the Emperours and their Ministers for secular potentates for Peaceable times for long life Then Clemens 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Let the Deacon pray for the Universal Church the whole world and all the parts thereof and the fruits of the earth for the Priests and Governours for the chief priests and Kings and the general peace Next Eusebius speaking how the Priests were imployed at the celebrity of the Dedication of the Temple at Hierusalem he gives in part this account 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. they offered up their supplications for the general peace for the Church of God for the Emperor and for his children beloved of God After him Cyril declaring the practice of his time at the celebration of the Eucharist thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Over this Propitiary Sacrifice we call upon God for the general peace of all Churches for the tranquility of the World for Emperors their Armies and all that fight for them I shall conclude with St. Ambrose Oratio praemittitur pro populo pro Regibus pro caeteris First before Consecration Prayer is made for the People for Kings and for others And though this Prayer be in our Church onely a peculiar of Morning Service yet St. Chrysostome seemeth to render the same usage in his time at the Evening Prayers also for putting the question 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 what meaneth this speech first of all he resolveth it thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That is in the daily Service 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. And this is well known to the Priests that it is performed every day both at Evening and Morning Prayers But I will not over-confidently assert it upon this single testimony especially when perhaps his words may bear another sence And especially thy Servant our King In the fifth General Councel being the second of Constantinople frequent mention there is of the Dypticks which are described to us by Vicecomes and other Ritualist to be two Tables or Leaves of Board whereof one Column contained the names of the Living the other the names of the Dead which were rehearsed in the Communion Service That they were two the first syllable of the word demonstrateth clearly but that they were Tables strictly so taken the last syllable seemeth to question and to imply that they were rather Rolls of Parchment folded up as the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to fold together evidently importeth As for the Contents thereof the description is not to be faulted saving that it is not explicite enough in declaring what those persons were that is of what rank order or state whether living or dead which defect is supplyed by the Liturgies pretended to be of St. James St. Peter c. whereby it appeareth that the Roll of the Living contained the names of the Emperours Kings Bishops and other eminent Persons living at that time and which passed under the account of Orthodox some traces of this ancient Custom are still visible in the Canon of the Romish Mass where the Pope Bishop of the Diocess and the King are by name prayed for Cum omnibus Orthodoxis atque Catholicae Apostolicae fidei cultoribus i. e. With all such as are Orthodox and addicted to the Apostolick faith And chiefly in the most blessed Virgin Mary The commemoration of the Dead in the time of the Communion was of very early date the more tolerable in those who were not able to presage the ill consequences of it whereof it will not be amiss to take a short view of the procedures from the first start Such persons as God had honored with the Crown of Martyrdom the Church thought her self obliged to reverence with somewhat of more then ordinary respect and that she might the better testifie it the days of their Martyrdom were precisely set down these days had at the Tombs Memories Martyries and Caemeteries for so they were anciently called which were in those days of Persecution the chief places of resort for Religious Worship and Anniversary Celebration for in the office of the Eucharist the great work of those Assemblies an honorable mention was made of those Martyrs in particular God was glorified for the benefits accruing to his Church by their Passions and as the Eucharist according to the constant manner of those times had always some collation for repast and relief of the Poor so was there always added some exceedings upon the account of those Martyrs to whose memory the days were consecrated This introducts us to the meaning of Tertullian Oblationes pro defunctis pro Natalitiis annua die facimus i. e. We offer sacrifice for the dead yearly at their days of Passion which we call their Birth days As also of Cyprian Sacrificia pro eis semper ut meministis offerimus i. e. We always Sacrifice as you well remember for those Martyrs departed In both which Authors nothing is intended of praying for them which were a meer vanity in their Opinions but of offering to God the Sacrifice either of Praise or else of Alms for them both coming under that notion by express warrant from holy Text as hath been shewd already Nor did they onely make commemoration of the Martyrs but also of others agreeable to the Form used in this first Liturgy of Edw. 6. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. We praise thee for the Patriarchs Prophets Apostles Evangelists Martyrs and Confessors and so also Cyril in his Catecheses describeth the very same Fashion onely by the way observe First That in neither Epiphanius nor Cyril is there a syllable of the Virgin Mary Secondly That in the Service of the Church in Epiphanius his time which was about 390. what ever some few thought in private there was not the least hint of intercession the first step to Invocation of Saints Not long after when it was at last generally resolved that the Saints did intercede for the universal
of thy son our Saviour Jesus Christ and doest assure us thereby of thy favour and goodnesse towarâ— us and that we be very members incorporate in thy mistical body which is the blessed company of all faithful people and be also heires through hope of thy everlasting kingdom by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear son We now most humbly beseech thee O heavenly father so to assist us with thy grace that we may continue in that holy fellowship and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in through Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen Then shall be said or song Scot. Lit. Gloria in Excelsis in English GLory be to God on high and in earth peace good will towards men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie thee we give thanks to thee for thy great glory O Lord God heavenly king God the father almighty O Lord the onely begotten son Jesu Christ O Lord God lamb of God son of the father that takest away the sins of the world have mercy upon us Thou that takest away the sins of the world have mercy upon us Thou that takest away the sins of the world receive our prayers thou that sittest at the right hand of God the father have mercy upon us For thou onely art holy thou onely art the Lord thou onely O Christ with the holy ghost art most high in the glory of God the father Then the minister or the Bishop if he be present shall let them depart with this blessing THE peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his son Jesu Christ our Lord. And the blessing of God almighty the Father the Son and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remain with you alwayes Amen Scot. Lit. After the Divine service is ended that which was offered shall be divided in the presence of the Presbyter and the Church-wardens whereof one half shall be to the use of the Presbyter to provide him books of holy divinity the other half shall be faithfully kept and imployed on some pious or charitable use for the decent furnishing of that Church or the publick relief of their poor at the discretion of the Presbyter and Church-wardens Collects to be said after the Offertory when there is no Communion every such day one And the same may be said also as often as occasion shall serve after the Collects either of Morning and Evening prayer Communion or Letany by the discretion of the Minister ASsist us mercifully O Lord in these our supplications and prayers and dispose the way of thy servants toward the attainment of everlasting salvation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help through Christ our Lord Amen OAlmighty Lord and everliving God vouchsafe we beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both our hearts and bodies in the wayes of thy laws and in the works of thy commandments that through thy most mighty protection both here and ever we may be preserved in body and soul through our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ Amen GRant we beseech thee almighty God that the words which we have heart this day with our outward ears may through thy grace be so graffed inwardly in our hearts that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living to the honour and praise of thy name through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen PRevent us O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious favour and further us with thy continual help that in all our works begun continued and ended in thee we may glorifie thy holy name and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmighty God the fountain of all wisdom which knowest our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking we beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities and those things which for our unworthy nesse we dare not and for our blindnesse we cannot ask vouchsafe to give us for the worthynesse of thy son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God which hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy sons name We beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of our necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. T Upon the holy dayes if there be no Communion shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion untill the end of the Homily concluding with the general prayer for the whole state of Christs Church miliant here in earth and one or more of these Collects before rehearsed as occasion shall serve Upon Wednesdayes and Fridayes the English Litany shall be said or sung in all places after such form as is appointed by the Kings Majestyes Injunctions or as is or shall be otherwise appointed by his Highnesse And though there be none to Communicate with the Priest yet these dayes after the Litany ended the Priest shall put upon him a plain Alb or surplesse with a Cope and say all things at the Altar appointed to be said at the celebration of the Lords supper until after the Offertory And then shall adde one or two of the Collects afore written as occasion shall serve by his discretion And then turning him to the people shall let them depart with the accustomed blessing And the same order shall be used all other dayes whensoever the people be customably assembled to pray in the Church and none disposed to Communicate with him Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. And there shall be no Scot. Lit. publick celebration of the Lords Supper except there be a good number to Communicate with the Minister according to his discretion Likewise in Chappels annexed and all other places there shall be no celebration of the Lords Supper except there be some to Communicate with the Priest And in such Chappels annexed where the people hath not been accustomed to pay any holy bread there they must either make some charitable provision for the bearing of the charges of the Communion or else for receiving of the same resort to their Parish Church Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. And if there be not above twenty persons in the Parish of discretion to receive the Communion yet there shall be no Communion except four or three at the least Communicate with the Minister Also that the receiving of the Sacrament of the Blessed Body and blood of Christ may be most agreeable to the institution thereof and to the usage of the Primitive Church In all Cathedral
work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattle and the stranger that is within thy gates for in six dayes the Lord made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day Wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and halowedit v. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee vi Thou shalt do no murder vii Thou shalt not commit adultry viii Thou shalt not steal ix Thou shalt not bear false witnesse against thy neighbour x. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbous house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his Ox nor his Asse nor any thing that is his Question What doest thou chiefly learn by these Commandments Answer I learn two things My duty towards God and my duty towards my neighbour Question What is thy duty towards God Answer My duty towards God is to beleeve in him to fear him and to love him with all my heart with all my minde with all my soul and with all my strength To worship him To give him thanks To put my whole trust in him To call upon him To honour his holy name and his word and to serve him truly all the dayes of my life Question What is thy duty towards thy neighbour Answer My duty towards my neighbour is to love him as my self and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me To love honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the King and his Ministers To submit my self to all my governours teachers spiritual Pastours and Masters To order my self lowly and reverently to all my betters To hurt no body by word nor deed To be true and just in all my dealing To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart To keep my hands from picking and stealing and my tongue from evil speaking lying and slaudring To keep my body in temperance sobernesse and chastity Not to cover nor desire other mens goods But learn and labour truely to get mine own living and to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me Question My good childe know this that thou art not able to do these things of thy self nor to walk in the commandments of God and to serve him without his special grace which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer Let me hear therefore if thou canst say the Lords prayer Answer 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 dayly bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespasse against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil Amen Question What desirest thou of God in this prayer Answer I desire my Lord God our heavenly father who is the giver of all goodnesse to send his grace unto me and to all people that we may worship him serve him and obey him as we ought to do And I pray unto God that he will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies And that he will be merciful unto us and forgive us our sins and that it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily And that he will keep us from sin and wickednesse and from our ghostly enemy and from everlasting death And this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodnesse through our Lord Jesu Christ. And therefore I say Amen So â—e it Question HOw many Sacraments hath Christ ordeined in his Church Answer Two onely as generally necessary to salvation that is to say Baptisme and the supper of the Lord. Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answer I mean an outward and visible signe of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us ordeined by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof Question How many parts are there in a Sacrament Answer Two the Outward visible signe and the inward Spiritual Grace Question What is the Outward visible signe or form in baptisme Answer Water wherein the person baptised is dipped or sprinkled with it in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Question What is the inward and spiritual Grace Answer A death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousnesse For being by Nature born in sin and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of Grace Question What is required of persons to be baptised Answer Repentance whereby they forsake sin and faith whereby they stedfastly beleeve the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Question Why then are Infants baptised when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them Answer Yes they do perform them by their Suerties who promise and vow them both in their names which when they come to age themselves are bound to perform Question Why was the Sacrament of the Lords supper ordeined Answer For the Continual remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ and the benefits which we receive thereby Question What is the outward part or signe of the Lords Supper Answer Bread and Wine which the Lord hath commanded to be received Question What is the inward part or thing signified Answer The body and Blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received of the faithful in the Lords Supper Question What are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby Answer The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by the body and blood of Christ as our bodies are by the bread and wine Question What is required of them which come to the Lords Supper Answer To examine themselves whether they repent them truely of their former sins stedfastly purposing to lead a new life have a lively faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankful remembrance of his death and be in Charity with all men So soon as the children can say in their mother tongue the articles of the faith the Lords prayer the ten Commandments and also can answer to such questions of this short Catechisme as the Bishop or such as he shall appoint shall by his discretion appose them in then shall they be brought to the Byshop by one that shall be his Godfather or Godmother that every childe may have a witnesse of his Confirmation And the Bishop shall confirm them on this wise Confirmation Or D laying on of hands Our help is in the name of the Lord.  Answer  Which hath made both heaven and earth  Minister  Blessed is the name of the Lord.  Answer  Henceforth world without end 1 B. of Edw. 6. Minster Minister Lord hear our prayer The Lord be with you Answer Answer And let our cry come unto thee
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