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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39987	Forms of prayer used in the reformed churches in France before their persecution and destruction With an account of their manner of batizing, celebrating the Holy Supper, marrying and burying; with some additional remarks. Translated into English, for the use of such of the French nation as do desire to learn English; and may be serviceable to those English who are willing to improve themselues in the French language; and for the information of all of the reformed religion, and others. Unto which is also annexed the names of several learned French ministers, to evidence the truth of this translation.	Eglises réformées de France.; J. T.	1699 (1699)	Wing F1584B; ESTC R221545	24,972	145

Printed at the latter end thereof which Treatise doth also shew the Government of the African Helvetian c. Churches unto which I refer you for your better Information and Satisfaction Moreover I thought fit to shew you the great aversion which the reformed French Churches had to separation as it appears by an Article made in 1644 and is Printed in the seventh Chapter and the 205 and 366 Pages of the Discipline of the reformed Churches of France and in the 72 73 and 74 Pages of this Treatise it is declared that all such as do make different Sects and others are Excommunicated from receiving the Holy Sacrament until they do repent and unite You cannot well suppose that what the Persons before mentioned have written was done out of fear or interest for if you will truely consider the stile of their Letters you will find them to be Men of Learning and Piety and void of all manner of Hypocrisie and Dissimulation I know there are other French Churches whose Ministers do use their own constitution more because they were brought up therein then out of any motive of aversion to the English Liturgy for they go very often to Prayers and to hear the Sermons and do receive the Communion in the Church of England 'T is an amazing wonder that any sort of Men should so much value their own mode of Praying as to slight that comprehensive Prayer which our Lord both made and commanded and it grieves me that most of our English Separatists contrary to the practice of the Church and to the instruction given by our Blessed Saviour to his Disciples as it is written in the Gospel of St. Mat. in the sixth Chapter and the ninth verse and in that of St. Luk. in the 11th and 2d do too often refrain not only the use of the Apostles Creed and the Ten Commandments But also of the Lords Prayer which I fear is not only a shame to such as profess the Christian Religion but is also a great offence unto our Lord who hath expressly taught and enjoyned us when we pray to say Our Father which art in Heaven c. But as Charity Commands us to forgive one another I leave such to the mercy of Almighty God who is able to Pardon the greatest offenders This being premised together with the exemplary lives Sincere and Charitable endeavours of our English Ministry in shewing the true ground of the Antient and now reformed Catholick and. Apostolick Religion professed and taught in the Church of England may by Gods assistance be the best means of bringing over the remaining part of the English Dissenters who do not yet use the English Service nor observe its Canons and invite them by mutual love to conform and joyn with the Church of England for the obtaining of Gods Blessings of Grace Peace and Christian Charity among us or at least prove them to be inexcusable for their separating from the reformed National Church which never excludes Prayers in private Good Lord be pleased to open our Eyes that we may see what Triumph it occasions to our adversaries to behold the many divisions and bitter contentions among us upon the account of Religion and that they take more advantage from discords among our selves then from all their own Strength and Policy Wherefore because we are beset by Satan on one side and by our Popish adversaries on the other which are enslaving the Souls and destroying the Bodys of our Poor Brethren and subverting the Fundamentals of our Religion let us all joyn with one heart and render most humble thanks unto God that he hath been pleased by many eminent deliverances which he hath shewn to the Churches and Kingdoms of England and Ireland in preserving us from the Power of our Enemies And let us most humbly beseech God to be pleased of his Infinite Mercy and Goodness to prevent all their wicked designs against our distressed brethren and our selves by defeating al● their Malicious attempts and the works and power of the Devil and to convert all our Enemies and to turn their and our hearts unto him And the Lord grant that we may put away all hatred and malice evil speaking lying and slandering and pray with true and contrite hearts for the remission of all our sins and heinous offences and for the delivery of all our Persecuted Brethren from the undermining designs of their Enemies and for the Preservation of the true Holy Catholick and Apostolick Church and more especially for the Church of England and for our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King William and the Royal Family c. That he will be pleased to lead us by his Holy Spirit and enrich us with his Heavenly Grace that we may follow the good Examples of the Primitive Christians praying one for another in the same Words and Churches and helping each other in Love Charity Justice and Truth and that we may lay aside all worldly interests and set our affections on things above and that by our leading Holy and Peaceable lives we may promote the Honour and Olory of God and of his Son Jesus Christ by ou● Words and Actions and induce the Papists and all other divided Christians to do the same Finally let us beg of God that he will bring over the Turks● Jews and Infidels to acknowledge our Lord and to receive his Faith and Doctrine and to call upon and Praise his Holy Name and by his assistance and merits we may be instrumental in obtaining the salvation 〈◊〉 their and our own Immortal Souls which is the humble and chief aim of Your Faithful Servant J. T. The FORM OF Church-Prayers On the Week-days the Minister makes such an Exhortation as seemeth good to him accommodating it to the time and to the subject which he treats of in his Sermon On the Lords-day before the Reader comes into the Church the People usually sing some part of the Psalms until he see it a fit time to begin in this manner OUR help is in th● Name of God wh● hath made Heaven and Earth Amen And after says these following words Let us give attention with reverence and fear to the holy Word of God contained in the Chapter which he read● and sometimes one or two more which are take● out of the Old or New Testament Then he says these Preparatory words Let us sing to the praise and glory of God for the Edification and to the Consolation of our souls And upon that he gives out a Psalm which is sung by him and the Congregation That being ended he reads one or two Chapters more Thus reading and singing alternately till the Church be full and the Minister come into the Pulpit then the Reader repeats these following words Hearken with reverence and faithful obedience unto the holy Commandments of God contained in the 20th Chapter Exodus which he reads Then the Minister begi● by this following Prayer Our help is in the nam● of God who hath ma●● Heaven and Earth

Religion help and assist them according to their several necessities comfort them in their afflictions preserve them from the rage of Wolves and increase in them all the gifts of thy Spirit to the end that they may glorifie thee both in Life and Death Finally O God and Father grant also to us who are here assembled in the Name of thy Son Jesus Christ for the sake of his word and of his holy Communion that we may sincerely and without hypocrisie acknowledge how miserable we are by Nature and what Condemnations we deserve and daily draw down upon our selves by our wicked and disorderly Lives that we seeing there is no good thing in us and that our Flesh and Blood are not capable of inheriting thy Kingdom we may with all affection and steadfast confidence intirely surrender up ou● selves unto thy dear Son Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer that he dwelling in us may mortifie our old Adam and renew in us better Life whereby thy holy and glorious Name may be exalted and glorified by all and in all places Then he proceeds thus Hear us O merciful Fath●r for Jesus Christs sake in whose Name and words we further call upon thee Our Father c. The Minister having said the Lords Prayer and the Apostles Creed he gives some part of the Psalms which is sung and before the Congregations g● forth of the Church he gives the following B●n●diction which is according to what our Lord commanded in the sixth Chapter of Numbers The Lord bless you and keep you the Lord make his Face to shine upo● you and be gracious unto you the Lord lift up his countenance upon yo● and give you peace Ame● A further Blessing th● Minister says to the people Go in Peace and fo● the Love of God remember the Poor This following Pray● is added to the former i● time of great danger an● distress And also as thou ha● the Dominion and Government over us all grant that we may daily learn more and more to submit and humble our selves before thy Majesty and as thou art King and Ruler every where we beseech thee to guide thy People by thy Word and by the Efficacy of thy Spirit confounding thy Enemies by the power of thy Truth and Justice that so all Power and Dominion contrary to thy Glory may be daily destroyed and brought to nought until thy Kingdom be perfected and fully established when thou shalt appear in Judgment in the Person of thy Son Grant that we and all Creatures may render thee true and perfect Obedience even as th● Heavenly Angels wai● only to execute thy Commands so that thy Wil● may be intirely fullfilled and that all may devot● themselves to thy Service and Pleasure and renounce their own Wills and all the desires of thei● flesh Grant that we may walk in the love and fea● of thy Name and be nourished by thy bountifu● goodness that thou giving us all things which are needful and expedien● for us we may eat ou● Bread in peace and seeing that thou carest for us we may the better acknowledge thee to be our Father and expect all good things from thy hand and by withdrawing our confidence from all Creatures may place it wholly in thee and in thy goodness because in as much as during this mortal Life we are poor sinners so full of frailty that we continually fall and go astray from the right way be pleased to pardon all our sins whereby we are liable to thy Judgment and to deliver us by thy pardon from the Eternal Death in which we are that may please thee not t● impute to us our Iniqu●ties as we according t● thy Commandment pa●don all the Injuries w● have received from ●thers and instead of see●ing Vengeance do goo● to our Enemies Finally we pray tha● it may please thee to support us henceforth by th● power that we may n●● fall through the infirmit● of our flesh and for 〈◊〉 much as we are so wea● of our selves that we can not continue steadfast on moment and on the othe● side so continually surrounded and assaulted by so many Enemies as the Devil the World Sin and our Flesh not ceasing to war against us grant we may be strengthned with thy holy Spirit and so armed with thy grace that we may constantly resist all Temptations and persevere in that spiritual Warfare until we shall obtain a full Victory and Triumph at length in thy Kingdom with our Captain and Protector our Lord Jesus Christ Amen Vpon such days as they celebrate the Lords Supper they add to the former this following Prayer As our Lord Jesus Chris● hath not only once offer'd his Body and Blood unto thee upon the Cross fo● the remission of our sins but also communicate them unto us for our nourishment to eternal life grant that we may with true sincerity of heart and ardent Zeal receiv● such benefits by a tru● Faith that we may par● take of his Body an● Blood yea and enjoy the●● entirely he being tru● God and true Man 〈◊〉 truly the holy Celesti● Bread to quicken us t● the end that we may liv● no more to our selves according to our vicious and corrupt nature but that he may live in us and bring us to an holy blessed and eternal life grant therefore that we may be made true partakers of the new and everlasting Covenant of Grace being fully assur'd that thou wilt ever be to us a gracious Father in not imputing our sins unto us and as to thy beloved Children and Heirs wilt provide for us all things necessary as well for our Bodies as Souls that we may continually give thee thanks and glorifie thy holy Name by Words and Works Therefore heavenly Father give us grace this day to celebrate the blessed memory o● thy Dear Son in this manner and to set forth the benefit of his Death so that we receiving new increase and strength in Faith and in all goodness may with the greater confidence call thee Our Father and glory in thee Amen After the holy Sacrament is ended they use this following Thanksgiving or the like Heavenly Father we give thee Eternal Praise and Thanks in that thou hast bestowed upon us poor sinners so great a blessing and brought us to the Communion of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord having delivered him unto Death for us and given him for our spiritual nourishment unto life everlasting Grant that we may never forget thy mercies but having them engrafted in our hearts we may continually grow and increase in good works and in so doing we may order all our lives to the advancement of thy glory and to the Edification of our Neighbours by the same Jesus Christ thy Son who in the Unity o● the holy Spirit liveth and reigneth with thee God eternally blessed Amen For as much as the Scripture teaches That Wars Pestilence and other such Adversities are Visitations sent from God by which he punisheth us for our sins when