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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36061	A directory for the publique worship of God, throughout the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland together with an ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of common-prayer, ... die Jovis, 13. Martii, 1644 / ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance and directory bee forthwith printed and published.	England and Wales. Parliament. Ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of common prayer.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652)	1644 (1644)	Wing D1545; ESTC R210506	26,872	96

it unto you There the Minister who is also himselfe to communicate is to breake the Bread and give it to the Communicants Take yee eat yee This is the Body of Christ which is broken for you Do this in remembrance of him In like manner the Minister is to take the Cup and say in these expressions or other the like used by Christ or the Apostle upon the same occasion According to the Institution command and example of our Lord Jesus Christ I take this Cup and give it unto you Here he giveth it to the Communicants This Cup is the new Testament in the Blood of Christ which is shed for the remission of the sins of many Drink ye all of it After all have communicated the Minister may in a few words put them in mind Of the grace of God in Jesus Christ held forth in this Sacrament and exhort them to walk worthy of it The Minister is to give solemn thanks to God For his rich mercy and invaluable goodnesse vouchsafed to them in that Sacrament and to entreat for pardon for the defects of the whole service and for the gracious assistance of his good Spirit whereby they may be enabled to walk in the strength of that Grace as becometh those who have received so great pledges of salvation The Collection for the poore is so to be ordered that no part of the publique worship be thereby hindred Of the Sanctification of the Lords Day THe Lords day ought to be so remembred beforehand as that all worldly businesse of our ordinary Callings may be so ordered and so timely and seasonably laid aside as they may not be impediments to the due sanctifying of the Day when it comes The whole Day is to be celebrated as holy to the Lord both in publique and private as being the Christian Sabbath To which end it is requisite that there be a holy cessation or resting all the Day from all unnecessary labours and an abstaining not onely from all sports and pastimes but also from all worldly words and thoughts That the Diet on that Day be so ordered as that neither servants be unnecessarily detained from the publique worship of God nor any other persons hindred from the sanctifying that Day That there be private preparation of every person and family by prayer for themselves and for Gods assistance of the Minister and for a blessing upon his Ministry and by such other holy exercises as may further dispose them to a more comfortable communion with God in his publique Ordinances That al the people meet so timely for publique Worship that the whole Congregation may be present at the beginning and with one heart solemnly joyne together in all parts of the publique Worship and not depart till after the Blessing That what time is vacant between or after the solemne meetings of the Congregation in publique be spent in Reading Meditation Repetition of Sermons especially by calling their families to an account of what they have heard and catechizing of them holy conferences Prayer for a blessing upon the Publique Ordinances singing of Psalms visiting the sick relieving the poore and such like duties of piety charity and mercy accounting the Sabbath a delight The Solemnization of Marriage ALthough Marriage be no sacrament nor peculiar to the Church of God but common to mankind and of Publique interest in every Common-wealth yet because such as marry are to marry in the Lord and have speciall need of Instruction Direction and Exhortation from the Word of God at their entring into such a new condition and of the blessing of God upon them therein we judge it expedient that marriage be solemnized by a lawfull Minister of the Word that he may accordingly counsell them and pray for a blessing upon them Marriage is to be betwixt one man and one woman onely and they such as are not within the degrees of Consanguinity or Affinity prohibited by the Word of God And the parties are to be of years of discretion fit to make their own choice or upon good grounds to give their mutuall consent Before the solemnizing of Marriage between any Persons their purpose of Marriage shall be published by the Minister three severall Sabbath dayes in the Congregation at the place or places of their most usuall and constant abode respectively And of this Publication the Minister who is to joyne them in marriage shall have sufficient Testimony before he proceed to solemnize the marriage Before that Publication of such their purpose if the parties be under age the consent of the Parents or others under whose power they are in case the Parents be dead is to be made known to the Church Officers of that Congregation to be Recorded The like is to be observed in the proceedings of all others although of age whose Parents are living for their first marriage And in after marriages of either of those parties they shall be exhorted not to contract marriage without first acquainting their Parents with it if with conveniency it may be done endevouring to obtaine their consent Parents ought not to force their children to marry without their free consent nor deny their own consent without just cause After the purpose or contract of marriage hath beene thus published the marriage is not to be long deferred Therefore the Minister having had convenient warning and nothing being objected to hinder it is publiquely to solemnize it in the place appointed by Authority for publique Worship before a competent number of credible witnesses at some convenient houre of the day at any time of the year except on a day of Publique humiliation And we advise that it be not on the Lords Day And because all Relations are sanctified by the Word and Prayer the Minister is to pray for a blessing upon them to this effect Acknowledging our sins whereby we have made our selves lesse then the least of all the mercies of God and provok'd him to imbitter all our comforts earnestly in the name of Christ to intreat the Lord whose presence and favour is the happinesse of every condition and sweeten's every Relation to be their Portion and to owne and accept them in Christ who are now to be joyned in the honourable Estate of Marriage the Covenant of their God and that as he hath brought them together by his Providence he would sanctifie them by his Spirit giving them a new frame of heart fit for their new estate enriching them with all Graces whereby they may perform the duties enjoy the comforts undergoe the cares and resist the temptations which accompany that condition as becommeth Christians The Prayer being ended it is convenient that the Minister doe briefly declare unto them out of the Scripture The Institution Vse and ends of marriage with the Conjugall duties which in all faithfulnesse they are to perform each to other exhorting them to study the holy Word of God that they may learn to live by faith and to be content in the midst of

The parallel places of Scripture confirming the Doctrine are rather to bee plaine and pertinent then many and if need bee somewhat insisted upon and applyed to the purpose in hand The Arguments or Reasons are to bee solid and as much as may bee convincing The illustrations of what kind soever ought to bee full of light and such as may convey the truth into the Hearers heart with spirituall delight If any Doubt obvious from Scripture Reason or Prejudice of the Hearers seem to arise it is very requisite to remove it by reconciling the seeming differences answering the reasons and discovering and taking away the causes of prejudice and mistake Otherwise it is not fit to detain the hearers with propounding or answering vaine or wicked Cavils which as they are endlesse so the propounding and answering of them doth more hinder then promote edification Hee is not to rest in generall Doctrine although never so much cleared and confirmed but to bring it home to speciall Use by application to his hearers Which albeit it prove a worke of great difficulty to himselfe requiring much prudence zeale and meditation and to the naturall and corrupt man will bee very unpleasant yet hee is to endeavour to perform it in such a manner that his Auditors may feele the Word of God to bee quick and powerfull and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart and that if any unbeleever or ignorant person bee present hee may have the secrets of his heart made manifest and give glory to God In the Use of Instruction or information in the knowledge of some truth which is a consequence from his Doctrine he may when convenient confirm it by a few firm Arguments from the Text in hand and other places of Scripture or from the nature of that Common place in Divinity whereof that truth is a branch In Confutation of false Doctrines he is neither to raise an old Heresie from the grave nor to mention a blasphemous opinion unnecessarily but if the people be indanger of an Errour he is to confute it soundly and endeavour to satisfie their judgements and consciences against all objections In Exhorting to Duties he is as he seeth cause to teach also the meanes that helpe to the performance of them In Dehortation Reprehension and publique Admonition which require speciall wisedome let him as there shall be cause not only discover the nature and greatnesse of the sin with the misery attending it but also shew the danger his hearers are in to be overtaken and surprized by it together with the Remedies and best way to avoyd it In applying Comfort whether generall against all tentations or particular against some speciall troubles or terrours he is carefully to answer such objections as a troubled heart and afflicted spirit may suggest to the contrary It is also sometimes requisite to give some Notes of tryall which is very profitable especially when performed by able and experienced Ministers with circumspection and prudence and the Signes cleerely grounded on the holy Scripture whereby the Hearers may be able to examine themselves whether they have attained those Graces and performed those duties to which he Exhorteth or be guilty of the sin Reprehended and in danger of the Judgements Threatned or are such to whom the Consolations propounded doe belong that accordingly they may be quickned and excited to Duty humbled for their Wants and Sins affected with their Danger and strengthned with Comfort as their condition upon examination shall require And as he needeth not alwayes to prosecute every Doctrine which lies in his Text so is he wisely to make choice of such Vses as by his residence and conversing with his flock he findeth most needfull and seasonable and amongst these such as may most draw their soules to Christ the fountaine of light holinesse and comfort This Method is not prescribed as necessary for every man or upon every Text but only recommended as being found by experience to be very much blessed of God and very helpfull for the peoples understandings and memories But the Servant of Christ what ever his Method be is to performe his whole Ministery 1. Painfully not doing the work of the Lord negligently 2. Plainly that the meanest may understand delivering the truth not in the entising words of mans wisdome but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power least the Crosse of Christ should be made of none effect abstaining also from an unprofitable use of unknowne Tongues strange phrases and cadences of founds and words sparingly citing sentences of Ecclesiasticall or other humane Writers ancient or moderne be they never so elegant 3. Faithfully looking at the honour of Christ the conversion edification and salvation of the people not at his own gaine or glory keeping nothing back which may promote those holy ends giving to every one his own portion and bearing indifferent respect unto all without neglecting the meanest or sparing the greatest in their sins 4. Wisely framing all his Doctrines Exhortations and especially his Reproofs in such a manner as may be most likely to prevaile shewing all due respect to each mans person and place and not mixing his own passion or bitternesse 5. Gravely as becometh the Word of God shunning all such gesture voice and expressions as may occasion the corruptions of men to despise him and his Ministry 6. With loving affection that the people may see all coming from his godly zeale and hearty desire to doe them good And 7. As taught of God and perswaded in his own heart that all that he teacheth is the truth of Christ and walking before his flock as an example to them in it earnestly both in private and publique recommending his labours to the blessing of God and watchfully looking to himselfe and the flock whereof the Lord hath made him overseer So shall the Doctrine of truth be preserved uncorrupt many soules converted and built up and himselfe receive manifold comforts of his labours even in this life and afterward the Crown of Glory laid up for him in the world to come Where there are more Ministers in a Congregation than one and they of different guifts each may more especially apply himselfe to Doctrine or Exhortation according to the guift wherein he most excelleth and as they shall agree between themselves Of Prayer after the Sermon THe Sermon being ended the Minister is To give thanks for the great Love of God in sending his Sonne Jesus Christ unto us For the communication of his Holy Spirit For the light and liberty of the glorious Gospell and the rich and heavenly Blessings revealed therein as namely Election Vocation Adoption Justification Sanctification and hope of Glory For the admirable goodnesse of God in freeing the Land from Antichristian Darknesse and Tyranny and for all other Nationall Deliverances For the Reformation of Religion For the Covenant and for many temporall blessings To pray for the continuance of the Gospell and all Ordinances thereof in their purity power