them and bring them unto me And if any man say ought unto you ye shall say The Lord hath need of them and straightway he will send them All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying Tell ye the daughter of Sion Behold thy King cometh unto thee meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt the fole of an ass And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them and brought the ass and the colt and put on them their clothes and they set him thereon And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way others cut down branches from the trees and strawed them in the way And the multitudes that went before and that followed cried saying Hosanna to the Son of David blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest And when he was come into Jerusalem all the city was moved saying Who is this And the multitude said This is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth of Galilee And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of them that sold doves and said unto them It is written My house shall be called the house of prayer but ye have made it a den of thieves The second Sunday in Advent The collect BLessed Lord who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning Grant that we may in such wise hear them read mark learn and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen The Epistle Rom. 15.4 WHatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorifie God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Wherefore receive ye one another as Christ also received us to the glory of God Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to confirm the promises made unto the fathers and that the Gentiles might glorifie God for his mercy as it is written For this Cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles and sing unto thy Name And again he saith Rejoyce ye Gentiles with his people And again praise the Lord all ye Gentiles and laud him all ye people And again Esaias saith There shall be a root of Jesse and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles in him shall the Gentiles trust Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost The Gospel S. Luke 21.25 ANd there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity the sea and the waves roring mens hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth for the powers of heaven shall be shaken And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory And when these things begin to come to pass then look up and lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh And he spake to them a parable Behold the fig-tree and all the trees When they now shoot forth ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand So likewise ye when ye see these things come to pass know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand Verily I say unto you This generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled Heaven and earth shall pass away but my word shall not pass away The third Sunday in Advent The collect O Lord Jesu Christ who at the first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee Grant that the Ministers and Stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight who livest and reignest with the Father and the holy Spirit ever one God world without end Amen The Epistle 1 Cor. 4.1 LEt a man so account of us as of the ministers of christ and stewards of the mysteries of God Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you or of mans judgment yea I judge not mine own self For I know nothing by my self yet am I not hereby justified but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time until the Lord come who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts and then shall every man have praise of God The Gospel S. Matth. 11.2 NOw when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ he sent two of his disciples and said unto him Art thou he that should come or do we look for another Jesus answered and said unto them Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see The blind receive their sight and the lame walk the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me And as they departed Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John What went ye out into the wilderness to see A reed shaken with the wind But what went ye out for to see A man clothed in soft raiment behold they that wear soft clothing are in kings houses But what went ye out for to see A prophet yea I say unto you and more then a prophet For this is he of whom it is written Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee The fourth Sunday in Advent The collect O Lord raise up we pray thee thy power and come among us and with great might succour us that whereas through our sins and wickedness we are sore let and hindred in running the race that is set before us thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be honour and glory world without end Amen The Epistle Phil. 4.4 REjoyce in the Lord alway and again I say Rejoyce Let your moderation be known unto all men The Lord is at hand Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be
unto the west so shall also the coming of the Son of man be For wheresoever the carcase is there will the eagles be gathered together Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other The Sunday called Septuagesima or the third Sunday before Lent The collect O Lord we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people that we who are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness for the glory of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God world without end Amen The Epistle 1 Cor. 9.24 KNow ye not that they which run in a race run all but one receiveth the prize So run that ye may obtain And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we an incorruptible I therefore so run not as uncertainly so fight I not as one that beateth the air But I keep under my body and bring it into subjection lest that by any means when I have preached to others I my self should be a cast-away The Gospel S. Matth. 20.1 THe kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an housholder which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard And when he had agreed with the labourers for a peny a day he sent them into his vineyard And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market-place and said unto them Go ye also into the vineyard and whatsoever is right I will give you And they went their way Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did likewise And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle and saith unto them Why stand ye here all the day idle They say unto him Because no man hath hired us He saith unto them Go ye also into the vineyard and whatsoever is right that shall ye receive So when even was come the Lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward Call the labourers and give them their hire beginning from the last unto the first And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour they received every man a peny But when the first came they supposed that they should have received more and they likewise received every man a peny And when they had received it they murmured against the good-man of the house saying These last have wrought but one hour and thou hast made them equal unto us which have born the burden and heat of the day But he answered one of them and said Friend I do thee no wrong didst not thou agree with me for a peny Take that thine is and go thy way I will give unto this last even as unto thee Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own Is thine eye evil because I am good So the last shall be first and the first last for many be called but few chosen The Sunday called Sexagesima or the second Sunday before Lent The collect O Lord God who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 2 Cor. 11.19 YE suffer fools gladly seeing ye your selves are wise For ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour you if a man take of you if a man exalt himself if a man smite you on the face I speak as concerning reproch as though we had been weak howbeit whereinsoever any is bold I speak foolishly I am bold also Are they Hebrews so am I are they Israelites so am I are they the seed of Abraham so am I are they ministers of Christ I speak as a fool I am more in labours more abundant in stripes above measure in prisons more frequent in deaths oft Of the Jews five times received I fourty stripes save one Thrice was I beaten with rods Once was I stoned Thrice I suffered shipwrack A night and a day I have been in the deep in journeying often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in perils by mine own countrey-men in perils by the heathen in perils in the city in perils in the wilderness in perils in the sea in perils among false brethren in weariness and painfulness in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness besides those things that are without that which cometh upon me daily the care of all the Churches Who is weak and I am not weak who is offended and I burn not If I must needs glory I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not The Gospel S. Luke 8.4 WHen much people were gathered together and were come to him out of every city he spake by a parable A sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed some fell by the way-side and it was troden down and the fowls of the air devoured it And some fell upon a rock and as soon as it was sprung up it withered away because it lacked moisture And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it And other fell on good ground and sprang up and bare fruit an hundred-fold And when he had said these things he cried He that hath ears to hear let him hear And his disciples asked him saying What might this parable be And he said Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God but to others in parables that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand Now the parable is this The seed is the word of God Those by the way-side are they that hear then cometh the devil and taketh away the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved They on the rock are they which when they hear receive the word with joy and these have no root which for a while believe and in time of temptation fall away And that which fell among thorns are they which when they have heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to perfection But that on the good ground are they which in
unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil Joel 2.13 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walk in his laws which he set before us Dan. 9.9 10. O Lord correct me but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing Jer. 10.24 Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand S. Matth. 3.2 I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him Father I have sinned against Heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy son S. Luke 15.18 19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant O Lord for in thy sight shall no man living be justified Psal 143.2 If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us But if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 S. John 1.8 9. DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Spare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant O most merciful Father for his sake That we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life To the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the People still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the Absolution and Remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do 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 here and at the end of all other Prayers Amen ¶ Then the Minister shall kneel and say the Lords Prayer with an audible voice the People also kneeling and repeating it with him both here and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom And the Power And the Glory For ever and ever 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 haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. Answer The Lords Name be praised ¶ Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following Except on Easter-day upon which another Anthem is appointed and on the Nineteenth day of every month it is not be read here but in the ordinary course of the Psalms Venite exultemus Domino Psal 95. O Come let us sing unto the Lord let us heartily rejoyce in the strength of our salvation Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and shew our selves glad in him with Psalms For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is his also The sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land O come let us worship and fall down and kneel before the Lord our Maker For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand To day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts as in the provocation and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness When your Fathers tempted me proved me and saw my works Fourty years long was I grieved with this generation and said It is a people that do err in their hearts for they have not known my ways Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to holy the Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world with out end Amen ¶ Then shall follow the Psalms in order as they are appointed And at the end of every Psalm throughout the year and likewise at the end of Benedicite Benedictus Magnificat and Nunc dimittis shall be repeated Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answ As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall be read distinctly with an audible voice the first Lesson taken out of the Old Testament as is appointed in the Kalendar except there be proper Lesons assigned for
that day He that readeth so standing and turning himself as he may best be heard of all such as are present And after that shall be said or sung in English the Hymn called Te deum Laudamus daily throughout the year ¶ Note that before every Lesson the Minister shall say Here beginneth such a Chapter or Verse of such a Chapter of such a Book And after every Lesson Here endeth the First or the Second Lesson Te Deum Laudamus 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 Sabaoth Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee The noble army of Martyrs praise thee The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee The Father of an infinite Majesty Thine honourable true and only Son Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of Glory O Christ Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man thou didst not abhor Virgins womb When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the Glory of the Father We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord save thy people and bless thine heritage Govern them and lift them up for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keep us this day without sin O Lord have mercy upon us have mercy upon us O Lord let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me never be confounded ¶ Or this Canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera Domini O All ye Works of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Angels of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Heavens bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Waters that be above the firmament bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Powers of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Sun and Moon bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Stars of heaven bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Showers and Dew bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Winds of God bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Fire and Heat bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Winter and Summer bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Dews and Frosts bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Frost and Cold bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Ice and Snow bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Nights and Days bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Light and Darkness bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Lightnings and Clouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O let the Earth bless the Lord yea let it praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Mountains and Hills bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Green things upon the Earth bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Wells bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Seas and Flouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Whales and all that move in the waters bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Fowls of the air bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Beasts and Cattel bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Children of Men bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O let Israel bless the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Priests of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Servants of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Holy and Humble men of heart bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O Ananias Azarias and Misael bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie 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 and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson taken out of the New Testament And after that the Hymn following except when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the day or for the Gospel on St. John Baptist's day Benedictus St. Luke 1.68 BLessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his people And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us in the house of his servant David As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have been since the world began That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate us To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy Covenant To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give us That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life And thou Child shalt be called the prophet of the highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways To give knowledge of salvation unto his people for the remission of their sins Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the Day-spring from on high hath visited us To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Or this Psalm Jubilate Deo Psal 100. O Be joyful in the Lord all ye lands serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the
Lord he is God it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall be sung or said the Apostles Creed by the Minister and the People standing Except only such days as the Creed of St. Athanasius is appointed to be read I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and People shall say the Lords Prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but only thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take not thy holy Spirit from us ¶ Then shall follow 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 daily be said at Morning Prayer throughout all the year as followeth all kneeling ¶ The second Collect for Peace O God who 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 who 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 kind of danger but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance to do always that is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ In Quires and Places where they sing here followeth the Anthem ¶ Then these five Prayers following are to be read here except when the Litany is read and then only the two last are to be read as they are there placed ¶ A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord our heavenly Father high and mighty King of kings Lord of lords the only Ruler of princes who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may alway incline to thy will and walk in the way Endue him plenteously 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 felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Royal Family ALmighty God the fountain of all goodness We humbly beseech thee to bless CATHERINE the Queen Dowager her Royal Highness the Princess ANNE of Denmark and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy Holy Spirit Enrich them with thy Heavenly Grace Prosper them with all Happiness and bring them to thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People ALmighty and everlasting God who alone workest great marvels Send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthful Spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please thee pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions 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 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year The Order for Evening Prayer Daily throughout the YEAR ¶ At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences WHen the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed and doeth that which is lawful and right he shall save his soul alive Ezek. 18.27 I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is â—…e me Psal 51.3 Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities Psal 51.9 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Psal 51.17 Rent your heart and not your garments and turn unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful flow to anger and of great
kindness and repenteth him of the evil Joel 2.13 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walk in his laws which he set before us Dan. 9.9 10. O Lord correct me but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing Jer. 10.24 Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand S. Matth. 3.2 I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him Father I have sinned against Heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy son S. Luke 15.18 19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant O Lord for in thy sight shall no man living be justified Psal 143.2 If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us But if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 S. John 1.8 9. DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Spare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant O most merciful Father for his sake That we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life To the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the People still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the Absolution and Remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do 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. Amen ¶ Then the Minister shall kneel and say the Lords Prayer the People also kneeling and repeating it with him OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom And the Power And the Glory For ever and ever 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 haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answ As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. Answ The Lords Name be praised ¶ Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order as they are appointed Then a Lesson of the Old Testament as is appointed And after that Magnificat or the Song of the blessed Virgin Mary in English as followeth Magnificat S. Luke 1.46 MY soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand-maiden For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations He hath shewed strength with his arm he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meek He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel as he promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seed for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Or else this Psalm except it be on the Nineteenth day of the Month when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms Cantate Domino Psal 98. O Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things With his own right hand and with his holy arm hath he gotten himself the victory The Lord declared his salvation his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God Shew your selves joyful unto the Lord all ye lands sing rejoyce and give thanks Praise the Lord upon the harp sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving With trumpets also and shawms O shew your selves joyful before the Lord the King Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein Let the flouds clap their hands and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord for he cometh to judge the earth With righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to
the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then a Lesson of the New Testament as it is appointed And after that Nunc dimittis or the Song of Simeon in English as followeth Nunc dimittis S. Luke 2.29 LOrd now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word For mine eyes have seen thy salvation Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people Israel Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Or else this Psalm Except it be on the Twelfth day of the Month. Deus misereatur Psal 67. GOd be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance and be merciful unto us That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations Lee the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God even our own God shall give us his blessing God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear him Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall be said or sung the Apostles Creed by the Minister and the People standing I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and People shall say the Lords Prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord. Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but only thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take not thy holy Spirit from us ¶ Then shall follow three Collects The first of the Day The second for Peace The third for Aid against all perils as hereafter followeth Which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without alteration ¶ The second Collect at Evening Prayer O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen ¶ The third Collect for Aid against all Perils LIghten our darkness we beseech thee O Lord and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night for the love of thy only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ In Quires and Places where they Sing here followeth the Anthem ¶ A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord our heavenly Father high and mighty King of kings Lord of lords the only Ruler of princes who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may alway incline to thy will and walk in thy way Endue him plenteously 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 felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Royal Family ALmighty God the fountain of all goodness We humbly beseech thee to bless Catherine the Queen Dowager her Royal Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy Holy Spirit Enrich them with thy heavenly grace Prosper them with all happiness and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People ALmighty and everlasting God who alone workest great marvels Send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthful Spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please thee pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions 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 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year ¶ Upon these Feasts Christmas day the Epiphany St. Matthias Easter day Ascension day Whitsun day S. John Baptist S. Janes S. Bartholomew S. Matthew S. Simon and S. Jude S. Andrew and upon Trinity Sunday shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer
seek thy honour and glory We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper giving him the victory over all his enemies We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve CATHERINE the Queen Dowager Her Royal Highness the Princess ANNE of Denmark and all the Royal Family We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Priests and Deacons with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council and all the Nobility with grace wisdom and understanding We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magistrates giving them grace to execute justice and to maintain truth We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all Nations unity peace and concord We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee and diligently to live after thy commandments We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy word and to receive it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred and are deceived We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand and to comfort and help the weak-hearted and to raise up them that fall and finally to beat down Satan under our feet We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that are in danger necessity and tribulation We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water all women labouring of child all sick persons and young children and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to defend and provide for the fatherless children and widows and all that are desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies persecutors and slanderers and to turn their hearts We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give and 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 fins 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 ¶ Then shall the Priest and the People with him say the Lords Prayer OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Priest O Lord deal not with us after our sins 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 oppress us and graciously here us that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us he 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 through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help us and deliver us 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 days 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 and to the holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen From our enemies defend us O Christ Graciously look upon our 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 Graciously hear us O Christ Graciously hear us O Lord Christ Priest O Lord let thy mercy be shewed upon us 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 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 holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glory through our only Mediatour and Advocate Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions 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 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Here endeth the Litany PRAYERS and THANKSGIVINGS upon several Occasions to be used before the two final Prayers of the Litany or of Morning and Evening Prayer PRAYERS
made known unto God And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus The Gospel S. John 1.19 THis is the record of John when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him Who art thou And he confessed and denied not but confessed I am not the Christ And they asked him What then Art thou Elias And he saith I am not Art thou that prophet And he answered No. Then said they unto him Who art thou that we may give an answer to them that sent us What sayest thou of thy self He said I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness Make straight the way of the Lord as said the prophet Esaias And they which were sent were of the Pharisees And they asked him and said unto him Why baptizest thou then if thou be not that Christ nor Elias neither that prophet John answered them saying I baptize with water but there standeth one among you whom ye know not He it is who coming after me is preferred before me whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to unloose These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan where John was baptizing ¶ The NATIVITY of our LORD or the Birth-day of CHRIST commonly called Christmas-day The Collect. ALmighty God who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin Grant that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace may daily be renewed by thy holy Spirit through the same our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever one God world without end Amen The Epistle Heb. 1.1 GOd who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power when he had by himself purged our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high Being made so much better then the angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name then they For unto which of the angels said he at any time Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee And again I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me Son And again when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world he saith And let all the angels of God worship him And of the angels he saith Who maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire But unto the Son he saith Thy throne O God is for ever and ever a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy Kingdom Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladness above thy fellows And Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thine hands They shall perish but thou remainest and they all shall wax old as doth a garment and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail The Gospel S. John 1.1 IN the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God The same was in the beginning with God All things were made by him and without him was not any thing made that was made In him was life and the life was the light of men And the light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not There was a man sent from God whose name was John The same came for a witness to bear witness of the light that all men through him might believe He was not that light but was sent to bear witness of that light That was the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world He was in the world and the world was made by him and the world knew him not He came unto his own and his own received him not But as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God even to them that believe on his name Which were born not of bloud nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth S. Stephens day The Collect. GRant O Lord that in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth we may stedfastly look up to heaven and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed and being filled with the Holy Ghost may learn to love and bless our persecuters by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen who prayed for his murderers to thee O blessed Jesus who standest at the right hand of God to succour all those that suffer for thee our only Mediatour and Advocate Amen ¶ Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity which shall be said continually unto New-years Eve For the Epistle Acts 7.55 STephen being full of the Holy Ghost looked up stedfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God and said Behold I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God Then they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and ran upon him with one accord and cast him out of the city and stoned him and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young mans feet whose name was Saul And they stoned Stephen calling upon God and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice Lord lay not this sin to their charge And when he had said this he fell asleep The Gospel S. Matth. 23.34 BEhold I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes and some of them ye shall kill and crucifie and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city that upon you may come all the righteous bloud shed upon the earth from the bloud of righteous Abel unto the bloud of Zacharias son of Barachias whom ye slew between the temple and the altar Verily I say unto you all these things shall come upon this generation O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered the children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not Behold your house is left unto you desolate For I say unto you ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. S. John the Evangelists day The collect MErciful Lord
an honest and good heart having heard the word keep it and bring forth fruit with patience The Sunday called Quinquagesima or the next Sunday before Lent The collect O Lord who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth Send thy Holy Ghost and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity the very bond of peace and of all virtues without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christs sake Amen The Epistle 1 Cor. 13.1 THough I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have no charity I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it profiteth me nothing Charity suffereth long and is kind charity envieth not charity vaunteth not it self is not puffed up doth not behave it self unseemly seeketh not her own is not easily provoked thinketh no evil rejoyceth not in iniquity but rejoyceth in the truth beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things endureth all things Charity never faileth but whether there be prophecies they shall fail whether there be tongues they shall cease whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away For we know in part and we prophesie in part But when that which is perfect is come then that which is in part shall be done away When I was a child I spake as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child but when I became a man I put away childish things For now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face now I know in part but then shall I know even as also I am known And now abideth faith hope charity these three but the greatest of these is charity The Gospel S. Luke 18.31 THen Jesus took unto him the twelve and said unto them Behold we go up to Jerusalem and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles and shall be mocked and spitefully entreated and spitted on And they shall scourge him and put him to death and the third day he shall rise again And they understood none of these things and this saying was hid from them neither knew they the things which were spoken And it came to pass that as he was come nigh unto Jericho a certain blind man sat by the way-side begging and hearing the multitude pass by he asked what it meant And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by And he cried saying Jesus thou Son of David have mercy on me And they which went before rebuked him that he should hold his peace but he cried so much the more Thou Son of David have mercy on me And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought unto him and when he was come near he asked him saying What wilt thou that I should do unto thee And he said Lord that I may receive my fight And Jesus said unto him Receive thy fight thy faith hath saved thee And immediately he received his sight and followed him glorifying God and all the people when they saw it gave praise unto God The first day of Lent commonly called Ashwednesday The collect ALmighty and everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent Create and make in us new and contrite hearts that we worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed for the Day For the Epistle Joel 2.12 TUrn ye even to me saith the Lord with all your heart and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning And rent your heart and not you garments and turn unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil Who knoweth if he will return and repent and leave a blessing behind him even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto the Lord your God Blow the trumpet in Zion sanctifie a fast call a solemn assembly gather the people sanctifie the congregation assemble the elders gather the children and those that suck the breasts let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet let the priests the ministers of the Lord weep between the porch and the altar and let them say Spare thy people O Lord and give not thine heritage to reproch that the heathen should rule over them Wherefore should they say among the people Where is their God The Gospel S. Matth. 6.16 WHen ye fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you they have their reward But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face that thou appear not unto men to fast but unto thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal But lay up for your selves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal For where your treasure is there will your heart be also The first Sunday in Lent The collect O Lord who for our sake didst fast fourty days and fourty nights Give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the Spirit we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness to thy honour and glory who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen The Epistle 2 Cor. 6.1 WE then as workers together with him beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain For he saith I have heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee behold now is the accepted time behold now is the day of salvation Giving no offence in any thing that the ministry be not blamed but in all things approving our selves as the ministers of God in much patience in afflictions in necessities in distresses in stripes in imprisonments in tumults in labours in watchings in fastings by pureness by knowledge by long-suffering by kindness by the Holy Ghost by love unfeigned by the word of truth by the power of God by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left by honour and dishonour by evil report and
receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth And when he had spoken these things while they beheld he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up behold two men stood by them in white apparel which also said Ye men of Galilee why stand ye gazing up into heaven This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven The Gospel S. Mark 16.14 JEsus appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen And he said unto them Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned And these signs shall follow them that believe In my Name shall they cast out devils they shall speak with new tongues they shall take up serpents and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover So then after the Lord had spoken unto them he was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God And they went forth and preached every where the Lord working with them and confirming the Word with signs following Sunday after Ascension-day The collect O God the King of glory who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy Kingdom in heaven We beseech thee leave us not comfortless but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen The Epistle 1 S. Peter 4.7 THe end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer And above all things have servent charity among your selves for charity shall cover the multitude of sins Use hospitality one to another without grudging As every man hath received the gift even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God If any man speak let him speak as the Oracles of God If any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God giveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen The Gospel S. John 15.26 and part of the 16. Chap. WHen the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father even the Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father he shall testifie of me And ye also shall bear witness because ye have been with me from the beginning These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended They shall put you out of the synagogues yea the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service And these things will they do unto you because they have not known the Father nor me but these things have I told you that when the time shall come ye may remember that I told you of them Whitsunday The collect GOd who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoyce in his holy comfort through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Spirit one God world without end Amen For the Epistle Acts 2.1 WHen the day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord in one place And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire and it sat upon each of them And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews devout men out of every Nation under heaven Now when this was noised abroad the multitude came together and were confounded because that every man heard them speak in his own language And they were all amazed and marvelled saying one to another Behold are not all these which speak Galileans And how hear we every man in our own tongue wherein we were born Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the dwellers in Mesopotamia and in Judea and Cappadocia in Pontus and Asia Phrygia and Pamphylia in Egypt and in the parts of Lybia about Cyrene and strangers of Rome Jews and Proselytes Cretes and Arabians we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God The Gospel S. John 14.15 JEsus said unto his disciples If ye love me keep my commandments And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knwoeth him but ye know him for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more but ye see me because I live ye shall live also At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you He that hath my commandments and keepeth them he it is that loveth me and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I will love him and will manifest my self to him Judas saith unto him not Iscariot Lord how is it that thou wilt manifest thy self unto us and not unto the world Jesus answered and said unto him If a man love me he will keep my words and my Father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings and the word which you hear is not mine but the Fathers which sent me These things have I spoken unto you being yet present with you But the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my Name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you not as the world giveth give I unto you Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid Ye have heard how I said unto you I go away and come again unto you If ye loved me ye would rejoyce because I said I go unto the Father for my Father is greater then I. And now
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Ephes 4.7 UNto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ Wherefore he saith When he ascended up on high he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men Now that he ascended what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens that he might fill all things And he gave some apostles and some prophets and some evangelists and some pastours and teachers for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministery for the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ that we henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the slight of men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive but speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all things which is the head even Christ From whom the whole body fitly joyned together and compacted by that which every joynt supplieth according to the effectual working in the measure of every part maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of it self in love The Gospel S. John 15.1 I Am the true vine and my Father is the husbandman Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it that it may bring forth more fruit Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you Abide in me and I in you As the branch cannot bear fruit of it self except it abide in the vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the vine ye are the branches He that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for without me ye can do nothing If a man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fire and they are burned If ye abide in me and my words abide in you ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you Herein is my Father glorified that ye bear much fruit so shall ye be my disciples As the Father hath loved me so have I loved you continue ye in my love If ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love even as I have kept my Fathers commandments and abide in his love These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full Saint Philip and Saint James day The collect O Almighty God whom truly to know is everlasting life Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way the truth and the life that following the steps of thy holy Apostles Saint Philip and Saint James we may stedfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle S. James 1.1 JAmes a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad greeting My brethren count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations knowing this that the trying of your faith worketh patience But let patience have her perfect work that ye may be perfect and entire wanting nothing If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him But let him ask in faith nothing wavering for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways Let the brother of low degree rejoyce in that he is exalted but the rich in that he is made low because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat but it withereth the grass and the flower thereof falleth and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tryed he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him The Gospel S. John 14.1 ANd Jesus said unto his disciples Let not your heart be trouble ye believe in God believe also in me In my Fathers house are many mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you And if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto my self that where I am there ye may be also And whither I go ye know and the way ye know Thomas saith unto him Lord we know not whither thou goest and how can we know the way Jesus saith unto him I am the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father but by me If ye had known me ye should have known my Father also and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him Philip saith unto him Lord shew us the Father and it sufficeth us Jesus saith unto him Have I been so long time with you and yet hast thou not known me Philip He that hath seen me hath seen the Father and how sayest thou then Shew us the Father Believest thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me The words that I speak unto you I speak not of my self but the Father that dwelleth in me he doeth the works Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me or else believe me for the very works sake Verily verily I say unto you He that believeth on me the works that I do shall he do also and greater works then these shall he do because I go unto my Father And whatsoever ye shall ask in my Name that will I do that the Father may be glorified in the Son If ye shall ask any thing in my Name I will do it Saint Barnabas the Apostle The collect O Lord God Almighty who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the holy Ghost Leave us not we beseech thee destitute of thy manifold gifts nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honour and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Acts 11.22 TIdings of these things came unto the ears of the Church which was in Jerusalem and they sent forth Barnabas that he should go as far as Antioch Who when he came and had seen the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. For he was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith and much people was
between two souldiers bound with two chains and the keepers before the door kept the prison And behold the angel of the Lord came upon him and a light shined in the prison and he smote Peter on the side and raised him up saying Arise up quickly And his chains fell off from his hands And the angel said unto him Gird thy self and bind on thy sandals and so he did And he saith unto him Cast thy garment about thee and follow me And he went out and followed him and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel but thought he saw a vision When they were past the first and the second ward they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city which opened to them of his own accord and they went out and passed on through one street and forthwith the angel departed from him And when Peter was come to himself he said Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews The Gospel S. Matth. 16.13 WHen Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying whom do men say that I the Son of man am And they said Some say that thou art John the Baptist some Elias and others Jeremias or one of the prophets He saith unto them But whom say ye that I am And Simon Peter answered and said Thou art Christ the Son of the living God And Jesus answered and said unto him Blessed art thou Simon Bar-jona for flesh and bloud hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father which is in heaven And I say also unto thee that thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven Saint James the Apostle The collect GRant O merciful God that as thine holy Apostle Saint James leaving his father and all that he had without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ and followed him so we forsaking all worldly and carnal affections may be evermore ready to follow thy holy commandments through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Acts 11.27 and part of Chap. 12. IN those days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch And there stood up one of them named Agabus and signified the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar Then the disciples every man according to his ability determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea Which also they did and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church And he killed James the brother of John with the sword And because he saw it pleased the Jews he proceeded further to take Peter also The Gospel S. Matth. 20.20 THen came to him the mother of Zebedees Children with her sons worshipping him and desiring a certain thing of him And he said unto her What wilt thou She saith unto him Grant these my two sons may sit the one on thy right hand and the other on the left in thy Kingdom But Jesus answered and said Ye know not what ye ask Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with They say unto him We are able And he saith unto them Ye shall drink indeed of my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father And when the ten heard it they were moved with indignation against the two brethren But Jesus called them unto him and said Ye know that the princes of Gentiles exercise dominion over them and they that are great exercise authority upon them But it shall not be so among you but whosoever will be great among you let him be your minister and whosoever will be chief among you let him be your servant Even as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many Saint Bartholomew the Apostle The collect O Almighty and everlasting God who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word Grant we beseech thee unto thy Church to love that Word which he believed and both to preach and receive the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Acts 5.12 BY the hands of the Apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people and they were all with one accord in Solomons porch And of the rest durst no man joyn himself to them but the people magnified them And believers were the more added to the Lord multitudes both of men and women Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets and said them on beds and couches that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem bringing sick folks and them which were vexed with unclean spirits and they were healed every one The Gospel S. Luke 22.24 ANd there was also a strife among them which of them should be accounted the greatest And he said unto them The Kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors But ye shall not be so but he that is greatest among you let him be as the younger and he that is chief as he that doth serve For whether is greater he that sitteth at meat of he that serveth is not he that sitteth at meat but I am among you as he that serveth Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations And I appoint unto you a Kingdom as my Father hath appointed unto me that ye may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel Saint Matthew the Apostle The collect O Almighty God who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receit or custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires and inordinate love of riches and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen The Epistle 2 Cor. 4.1 THerefore seeing we have this ministry as we have received mercy we faint not but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty not walking in craftiness nor handling the
word of God deceitfully but by manifestation of the truth commending our selves to every mans conscience in the sight of God But if our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them For we preach not our selves but Christ Jesus the Lord and our selves your servants for Jesus sake For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ The Gospel S. Matth. 9.9 ANd as Jesus passed forth from thence he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receit of Custom and he saith unto him Follow me And he arose and followed him And it came to pass as Jesus sat at meat in the house behold many Publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples And when the Pharisees saw it they said unto his disciples Why eateth your Master with Publicans and sinners But when Jesus heard that he said unto them They that be whole need not a Physician but they that are sick But go ye and learn what that meaneth I will have mercy and not sacrifice for I am not came to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Saint Michael and all Angels The collect O Everlasting God who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order Mercifully grant that as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Rev. 12.7 THere was war in heaven Michael and his Angels fought against the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels and prevailed not neither was their place found any more in heaven And the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and Satan which deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven Now is come salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ for the accuser of our brethren is cast down which accused them before our God day and night And they overcame him by the bloud of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives unto the death Therefore rejoyce ye heavens and ye that dwell in them Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the devil is come down unto you having great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short time The Gospel S. Matth. 18.1 AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus saying Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven And Jesus called a little child unto him and set him in the midst of them and said Verily I say unto you Except ye be converted and become as little children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven And whoso shall receive one such little child in my Name receiveth me But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me it were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Wo unto the world because of offences for it must needs be that offences come but wo to that man by whom the offence cometh Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee cut them off and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed rather then having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire And if thine eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather then having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones for I say unto you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven Saint Luke the Evangelist The collect ALmighty God who calledst Luke the Physician whose praise is in the Gospel to be an Evangelist and Physician of the soul May it please thee that by the wholsom medicines of the doctrine delivered by him all the diseases of our souls may be healed through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 2 Tim. 4.5 WAtch thou in all things endure afflictions do the work of an Evangelist make full proof of thy ministry For I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day and not to me only but unto all them also that love his appearing Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me For Demas hath forsaken me having loved this present world and is departed unto Thessalonica Crescens to Galatia Titus unto Dalmatia Only Luke is with me Take Mark and bring him with thee for he is profitable to me for the ministry And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus when thou comest bring with thee and the books but especially the parchments Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil the Lord reward him according to his works Of whom be thou ware also for he hath greatly withstood our words The Gospel S. Luke 10.1 THe Lord appointed other seventy also and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself would come Therefore said he unto them The harvest truly is great but the labourers are few pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest Go your ways behold I send you forth as lambs among wolves Carry neither purse nor scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the way And into whatsoever house ye enter first say Peace be to this house And if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest upon it if not it shall turn to you again And in the same house remain eating and drinking such things as they give for the labourer is worthy of his hire Saint Simon and Saint Jude Apostles The collect O Almighty God who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone Grant us so to be joyned together in unity of spirit by their doctrine that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle S. Jude 1. JUde the servant of
from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him and to make amends for that he himself hath offended and the other Party will not be perswaded to a godly unity but remain still in his frowardness and malice the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent Person to the Holy Communion and not him that is obstinate Provided that every Minister so repelling any as is specified in this or the next precedent Paragraph of this Rubrick shall be obliged to give an account of the same to the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the farthest And the Ordinary shall proceed against the offending Person according to the Canon ¶ The Table at the Communion-time having a fair white Linen Cloth upon it shall stand in the body of the Church or in the Chancel where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said And the Priest standing at the North-side of the Table shall say the Lords Prayer with the Collect following the People kneeling OUR Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Collect. ALmighty God unto whom all hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid Cleanse 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 ¶ Then shall the Priest turning to the People rehearse distinctly all the TEN COMMANDMENTS and the People still kneeling shall after every Commandment ask God mercy for their transgression thereof for the time past and grace to keep the same for the time to come as followeth Minister GOd spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have none other gods but me People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bowe down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins 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 guiltless that taketh his Name in vain People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day Six days 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 man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days 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 to keep this law Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt do no murder People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not commit adultery People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not steal People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his People Lord have mercy upon us and write all these thy laws in our hearts we beseech thee ¶ Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the King the Priest standing as before and saying Let us pray ALmighty God whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite Have mercy upon the whole Church and so rule the heart of thy chosen servant 〈…〉 that he knowing whose Minister he is may above all things seek thy honour and glory and that we and all his subjects duly 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 reigneth ever one God world without end Amen ¶ Or. ALmighty and everliving God we are taught by thy holy Word that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and governance and that thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisdom We humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart of WILLIAM 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 godliness Grant this O merciful Father for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall be said the Collect of the Day And immediately after the Collect the Priest shall read the Epistle saying The Epistle or The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse And the Epistle ended he shall say Here endeth the Epistle Then shall he read the Gospel the People all standing up saying The holy Gospel is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse And the Gospel ended shall be sung or said the Creed following the People still standing as before I Believe in one God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And of all things visible and invisible And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God Begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God Light of Light Very God of very God Begotten not made Being of one substance with the Father By whom all things were made Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven And was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary And was made man And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate He suffered and was buried And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures And ascended into heaven And sitteth on the
right hand of the Father And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead Whose kingdom shall have no end And I believe in the Holy Ghost The Lord and giver of life Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified Who spake by the prophets And I believe one Catholick and Apostolick Church I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins And I look for the Resurrection of the dead And the life of the world to come Amen ¶ Then the Curate shall declare unto the People what Holy-days or Fasting-days are in the Week following to be observed And then also if occasion be shall notice be given of the Communion and the Banns of Matrimony published and Briefs Citations and Excommunications read And nothing shall be proclaimed or published in the Church during the time of Divine Service but by the Minister Nor by him any thing but what is prescribed in the Rules of this Book or enjoyned by the King or by the Ordinary of the Place ¶ Then shall follow the Sermon or one of the Homilies already set forth or hereafter to be set forth by Authority ¶ Then shall the Priest return to the Lords Table and begin the Offertory saying one or more of these Sentences following as he thin keth most convenient in his discretion LEt your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heaven S. Matth. 5.16 Lay not up for your selves treasure upon 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 S. Matth. 6.19 20. Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you even so do unto them for this is the law and the prophets S. Matth. 7.12 Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven S. Matth. 7.21 Zaccheus 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 four-fold S. Luke 19.8 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 1 Cor. 9.7 If we have sown unto you spiritual things is it a great matter if we shall reap your worldly things 1 Cor. 9.11 Do ye not know that they who minister about holy things live of the sacrifice and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar Even so hath the Lord also ordained that they who preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel 1 Cor. 9.13 14. He that 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 grudgingly or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful giver 2 Cor. 9.6 7. 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 he reap Gal. 6.6 7. While we have time let us do good unto all men and specially unto them that are of the houshold of faith Gal. 6.10 Godliness is great riches if a man be content with that he hath for we brought nothing into the world neither may we carry any thing out 1 Tim. 6.6 7. Charge them who 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 1 Tim. 6.17 18 19. God is not unrighteous that he will forget your works and labour that proceedeth of love which love ye have shewed for his Names sake who have ministred unto the saints and yet do minister Heb 6.10 To do good and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is pleased Heb. 13.16 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 1 S. John 3.17 Give alms of thy goods and never turn thy face from any poor man and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee Tob 4.7 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 Tob. 4.8.9 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord and look what he layeth out it shall be paid him again Prov. 19.17 Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and needy the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble Psal 4.1.1 ¶ Whilst these sentences are in reading the Deacons Church-wardens or other fit Person appointed for that purpose shall receive the Alms for the Poor and other Devotions of the People in a decent Basin to be provided by the Parish for that purpose and reverently bring it to the Priest who shall humbly present and place it upon the holy Table ¶ And when there is a Communion the Priest shall then place upon the Table so much Bread and Wine as he shall think sufficient After which done the Priest shall say Let us pray for the whole state of Christs Church militant here in earth ALmighty and everliving God who by the holy Apostle hast taught us to make prayers and supplications and to give thanks for all men We humbly beseech thee most mercifully to accept our alms and oblations and to receive these our prayers If there be no alms or oblations then shall the words of accepting our alms and oblations be left out unsaid which We offer unto thy divine Majesty beseeching thee to inspire continually the universal Church with the spirit of truth unity and concord and grant that all they that do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word and live in unity and godly love We beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian Kings Princes and Governours and especially thy servant 〈…〉 that under him we may be godly and quietly governed and grant unto his whole Council and to all that are put in Authority under him that they may truly and indifferently minister justice to the punishment of wickedness and vice and to the maintenance of thy true Religion and virtue Give grace O heavenly Father to all Bishops and Curates that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively Word and rightly and duly administer thy holy Sacraments And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace and especially to this Congregation
days after THrough Jesus Christ our Lord according to whose most true promise the holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven with a sudden great sound as it had been a mighty wind in the likeness of fiery tongues lighting upon the Apostles to teach them and to lead them to all truth giving them both the gift of divers languages and also boldness with fervent zeal constantly to preach the Gospel unto all nations whereby we have been brought out of darkness and errour into the clear light and true knowledge of thee and of thy Son Jesus Christ Therefore with Angels c. ¶ Upon the Feast of Trinity only WHo art one God one Lord not one only person but three persons in one substance For that which we believe of the glory of the Father the same we believe of the Son and of the Holy Ghost without any difference or inequality Therefore c. ¶ After each of which Prefaces shall immediately be sung or said THerefore with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnifie thy glorious Name evermore praising thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts Heaven and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most High Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest kneeling down at the Lords Table say in the name of all them that shall receive the Communion this Prayer following WE do not presume to come to this thy Table O merciful Lord trusting in our own righteousness but in thy manifold and great mercies We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table But thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy Grant us therefore gracious Lord so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ and to drink his bloud that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body and our souls washed through his most precious bloud and that we may evermore dwell in him and he in us Amen ¶ When the Priest standing before the Table hath so ordered the Bread and Wine that he may with the more readiness and decency break the Bread before the People and take the Cup into his hands he shall say the Prayer of Consecration as followeth ALmighty God our heavenly Father who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption who made there by his one oblation of himself once offered a full perfect and sufficient sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospel command us to continue a perpetual memory of that his precious death until his coming again Hear us O merciful Father we most humbly beseech thee and grant that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christs holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion may be partakers of his most blessed body and bloud who in the same night that he was betrayed (a) Here the Priest is to take the Paten into his hands took bread and when he had given thanks (b) And here to break the bread he brake it and gave it to his disciples saying Take eat (c) And here to lay his hand upon all the bread this is my body which is given for you do this in remembrance of me Likewise after Supper (d) Here he is to take the cup into his hand he took the cup and when he had given thanks he gave it to them saying Drink ye all of this for this (e) And here to lay his hand upon every vessel be it Chalice or Flagon in which there is any wine to be consecrated is my bloud of the New Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins Do this as oft as ye shall drink it in remembrance of me Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds himself and then proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops Priests and Deacons in like manner if any be present and after that to the People also in order into their Hands all meekly kneeling And when he delivereth the bread to any one he shall say THe body of our Lord Jesus Christ which was given for thee preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving ¶ And the Minister that delivereth the Cup to any one shall say THe bloud of our Lord Jesus Christ which was shed for thee preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life Drink this in remembrance that Christs bloud was shed for thee and be thankful ¶ If the Consecrated Bread or Wine be all spent before all have communicated the Priest is to consecrate more according to the Form before prescribed Beginning at Our Saviour Christ in the same night c. for the blessing of the Bread and at Likewise after Supper c. for the blessing of the Cup. ¶ When all have communicated the Minister shall return to the Lords Table and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated Elements covering the same with a fair Linen Cloth ¶ Then shall the Priest say the Lords Prayer the People repeating after him every Petition OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom The Power and the Glory For ever and ever Amen ¶ After shall be said as followeth O Lord and heavenly Father we thy humble servants entirely desire thy Fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving most humbly beseeching thee to grant that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ and through faith in his bloud we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins and all other benefits of his passion And here we offer and present unto thee O Lord our selves our souls and bodies to be a reasonable holy and lively sacrifice unto thee humbly beseeching thee that all we who are partakers of this holy Communion may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction And although we be unworthy through our manifold sins to offer unto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service not weighing our merits but pardoning our offences through Jesus Christ our Lord by whom and with whom in the unity of the Holy Ghost all honour and glory be unto thee O Father Almighty world without end Amen ¶ Or this ALmighty and everliving God we most heartily thank thee for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us who have duly received
the Holy Ghost to give him the Kingdom of heaven and everlasting life Ye have heard also that our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised in his Gospel to grant all these things that ye have prayed for which promise he for his part will most surely keep and perform Wherefore after this promise made by Christ this Infant must also faithfully for his part promise by you that are his Sureties until he come of age to take it upon himself that he will renounce the devil and all his works and constantly believe Gods holy word and obediently keep his commandments I demand therefore DOst thou in the name of this child renounce the devil and all his works the vain pomp and glory of the world with all covetous desires of the same and the carnal desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them Answ I renounce them all Minister DOst thou believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary that he suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise again the third day that he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence shall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sins the resurrection of the flesh and everlasting life after death Answ All this I stedfastly believe Minister WIlt thou be baptized in this Faith Answ That is my desire Minister WIlt thou then obediently keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of thy life Answ I will ¶ Then shall the Priest say O Merciful God grant that the old Adam in this Child may be so buried that the new man may be raised up in him Amen Grant that all carnal affections may die in him and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in him Amen Grant that he may have power and strength to have victory and to triumph against the devil the world and the flesh Amen Grant that whosoever is here dedicated to thee by our Office and Ministry may also be endued with heavenly virtues and everlastingly rewarded through thy mercy O blessed Lord God who dost live and govern all things world without end Amen ALmighty everliving God whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins did shed out of his most precious side both water and bloud and gave commandment to his disciples that they should go teach all Nations and baptize them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Regard we beseech thee the supplications of thy Congregation sanctifie this Water to the mystical wasting away of sin and grant that this Child now to be baptized therein may receive the fulness of thy grace and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elect children through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall take the Child into his hands and shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers Name this Child And then naming it after them if they shall certifie him that the Child may well endure it he shall dip it in the Water discreetly and warily saying N. I baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ But if they certifie that the Child is weak it shall suffice to pour Water upon it saying the foresaid words N. I baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall say WE receive this Child into the congregation of Christs flock * Here the Priest shall make a cross upon the childs forehead and do sign him with the sign of the cross in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight under his banner against sin the world and the devil and to continue Christs faithful souldier and servant unto his lives end Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearly beloved brethren that this Child is regenerate and grafted into the body of Christs Church let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits and with one accord make our prayers unto him that this Child may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning ¶ Then shall be said all kneeling OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say WE yield thee hearty thanks most merciful Father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy holy Spirit to receive him for thine own Child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy Church And humbly we beseech thee to grant that he being dead unto sin and living unto righteousness and being buried with Christ in his death may crucifie the old man and utterly abolish the whole body of sin and that as he is made partaker of the death of thy Son he may also be partaker of his resurrection so that finally with the residue of thy holy Church he may be an inheritour of thine everlasting Kingdom through Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then all standing up the Priest shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers this Exhortation following Forasmuch as this Child hath promised by you his Sureties to renounce the devil and all his works to believe in God and to serve him ye must remember that it is your parts and duties to see that this Infant be taught so soon as he shall be able to learn what a solemn vow promise and profession he hath here made by you And that he may know these things the better ye shall call upon him to hear Sermons and chiefly ye shall provide that he may learn the Creed the Lords Prayer and the ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his souls health and that this Child may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a Christian life remembring always that Baptism doth represent unto us our profession which is to follow the example of our Saviour Christ and to be made like unto him that as he died and rose again for us so should we who are baptized die from sin and rise again unto righteousness continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living ¶ Then shall he add and say YE are to
take care that this Child be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed by him so soon as he can say the Creed the Lords Prayer and the ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue and be further instructed in the Church-Catechism set forth for that purpose IT is certain by Gods Word that Children which are baptized dying before they commit actual sin are undoubtedly saved TO take away all scruple concerning the use of the sign of the Cross in Baptism the true Explication thereof and the just Reasons for the retaining of it may be seen in the thirtieth Canon first published in the year MDCIV. The MINISTRATION of Private BAPTISM of CHILDREN in HOUSES ¶ THe Curates of every Parish shall often admonish the People that they defer not the Baptism of their children longer then the first or second Sunday next after their Birth or other Holy-day falling between unless upon a great and reasonable cause to be approved by the Curate ¶ And also they shall warn them that without like great cause and necessity they procure not their children to be Baptized at home in their houses But when need shall compel them so to do then Baptism shall be administred on this fashion ¶ First let the Minister of the Parish or in his absence any other lawful Minister that can be procured with them that are present call upon God and say the Lords Prayer and so many of the Collects appointed to be said before in the Form of Publick Baptism as the time and present exigence will suffer And then the child being named by some one that is present the Minister shall pour Water upon it saying these words N. I baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ Then all kneeling down the Minister shall give thanks unto God and say WE yield thee hearty thanks most merciful Father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy holy Spirit to receive him for thine own child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy Church And we humbly beseech thee to grant that as he is now made partaker of the Death of thy Son so he may be also of his Resurrection And that finally with the residue of thy Saints he may inherit thine everlasting Kingdom through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ And let them not doubt but that the child so Baptized is lawfully and sufficiently Baptized and ought not be Baptized again Yet nevertheless if the child which is after this sort Baptized do afterward live it is expedient that it be brought into the Church to the intent that if the Minister of the same Parish did himself Baptize that child the Congregation may be certified of the true form of Baptism by him privately before used In which case he shall say thus I certifie you that according to the due and prescribed Order of the Church at such a time and at such a place before divers witnesses I baptized this child ¶ BVt if the child were baptized by any other lawful Minister then the Minister of the Parish where the child was born or christened shall examine and try whether the child be lawfully Baptized or no. In which case if those that bring any child to the Church do answer that the same child is already baptized then shall the Minister examine them further saying BY whom was this child Baptized Who was present when this child was Baptized Because some things essential to this Sacrament may happen to be omitted through fear or haste in such times of extremity therefore I demand further of you With what matter was this child Baptized With what words was this child Baptized ¶ And if the Minister shall find by the Answers of such as bring the child that all things were done as they ought to be then shall not be christen the child again but shall receive him as one of the flock of true Christian people saying thus I Certifie you that in this case all is well done and according unto due order concerning the Baptizing of this child who being born in original sin and in the wrath of God is now by the laver of Regeneration in Baptism received into the number of the children of God and heirs of everlasting life For our Lord Jesus Christ doth not deny his grace and mercy unto such Infants but most lovingly doth call them unto him as the holy Gospel doth witness to our comfort on this wise The Gospel S. Mark 10.13 THey brought young children to Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But when Jesus saw it he was much displeased and said unto them Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom of God Verily I say unto you Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child he shall not enter therein And he took them up in his arms put his hands upon them and blessed them ¶ After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon the words of the Gospel BEloved ye hear in this Gospel the words of our Saviour Christ that he commanded the children to be brought unto him how he blamed those that would have kept them from him how he exhorted all men to follow their innocency Ye perceive how by his outward gesture and deed he declared his good will toward them for he embraced them in his arms he laid his hands upon them and blessed them Doubt ye not therefore but earnestly believe that he hath likewise favourably received this present Infant that he hath embraced him with the arms of his mercy and as he hath promised in his holy Word will give unto him the the blessing of eternal life and make him partaker of his everlasting Kingdom Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heavenly Father declared by his Son Jesus Christ towards this Infant let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him and say the Prayer which the Lord himself taught us OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ALmighty and everlasting God heavenly Father we give thee humble thanks that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increase this knowledge and confirm this faith in us evermore Give thy holy Spirit to this Infant that he being born again and being made an heir of everlasting Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ may continue thy servant and attain thy promise through the same our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit now and for ever Amen ¶ Then shall the
in this Faith Answer That is my desire Question WIlt thou then obediently keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of thy life Answer I will endeavour so to do God being my helper ¶ Then shall the Priest say O Merciful God grant that the old Adam in these Persons may be so buried that the new man be raised up in them Amen Grant that all carnal affections may die in them and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in them Amen Grant that they may have power and strength to have victory and to triumph against the devil the world and the flesh Amen Grant that they being here dedicated to thee by our Office and Ministry may also be endued with heavenly virtues and everlastingly rewarded through thy mercy O blessed Lord God who dost live and govern all things world without end Amen ALmighty everliving God whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins did shed out of his most precious side both water and bloud and give commandment to his disciples that they should go teach all Nations and baptize them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Regard we beseech thee the supplications of this Congregation sanctifie this Water to the mystical washing away of sin and grant that the persons now to be baptized therein may receive the fulness of thy grace and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elect children through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest take each person to be Baptized by the right hand and placing him conveniently by the Font according to his discretion shall ask the Godfathers and Godmothers the Name and then shall dip him in the water or pour water upon him saying N. I Baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say WE receive this person into the congregation of Christs flock and * Here the Priest shall make a cross upon the persons forehead do sign him with the sign of the cross in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight under his banner against sin the world and the devil and to continue Christs faithful souldier and servant unto his lives end Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearly beloved brethren that these persons are regenerate and grafted into the body of Christs Church let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits and with one accord make our prayers unto him that they may lead the rest of their life according to this beginning ¶ Then shall be said the Lords Prayer all kneeling OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen WE yield thee humble thanks O heavenly Father that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increase this knowledge and confirm this faith in us evermore Give thy holy Spirit to these persons that being now born again and made heirs of everlasting salvation though our Lord Jesus Christ they may continue thy servants and attain thy promises through the same Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same holy Spirit everlastingly Amen ¶ Then all standing up the Priest shall use this Exhortation following speaking to the Godfathers and Godmothers first FOrasmuch as these persons have promised in your presence to renounce the devil and all his works to believe in God and to serve him ye must remember that it is your part and duty to put them in mind what a solemn vow promise and profession they have now made before this Congregation and especially before you their chosen Witnesses And ye are also to call upon them to use all diligence to be rightly instructed in Gods holy Word that so they may grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and live godly righteously and soberly in this present world ¶ And then speaking to the new Baptized Persons he shall proceed and say ANd as for you who have now by Baptism put on Christ it is your part and duty also being made the Children of God and of the light by faith in Jesus Christ to walk answerably to your Christian calling and as becometh the children of light remembring always that Baptism representeth unto us our profession which is to follow the example of our Saviour Christ and to be made like unto him that as he died and rose again for us so should we who are baptized die from sin and rise again unto righteousness continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living ¶ It is expedient that every Person thus Baptized should be confirmed by the Bishop so soon after his Baptism as conveniently may be that so he may be admitted to the holy Communion ¶ If any Persons not Baptized in their infancy shall be brought to be Baptized before they come to years of discretion to answer for themselves it may suffice to use the Office for Publick Baptism of Infants or in case of extream danger the Office for Private Baptism only changing the word Infant for Child or Person as occasion requireth A CATECHISM that is to say An Instruction to be learned of every Person before he be brought to be Confirmed by the Bishop Question WHat is your Name Answer N. or M. Question Who gave you this Name Answer My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism wherein I was made a member of Christ the child of God and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven Question What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you Answer They did promise and vow three things in my Name First that I should renounce the devil and all his works the pomps and vanity of this wicked world and all the sinful lusts of the flesh Secondly that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith And thirdly that I should keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of my life Question Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they have promised for thee Answer Yes verily and by Gods help so I will And I heartily thank our heavenly Father that he hath called me to this state of salvation through Jesus Christ our Saviour And I pray unto God to give me his grace that I may continue in the same unto my lives end Catechist Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief Answer I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in
Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into heaven And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the Holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The Resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen Question What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief Answer First I learn to believe in God the Father who hath made me and all the world Secondly in God the Son who hath redeemed me and all mankind Thirdly in God the holy Ghost who sanctifieth me and all the elect people of God Question You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keep Gods Commandments Tell me how many there be Answer Ten. Question Which be they Answer THe same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage I. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me II. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bowe down to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins 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 III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day Six days 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 man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days 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 V. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt do no murder VII Thou shalt not commit adultery VIII Thou shalt not steal IX Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his Question What dost 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 believe in him to fear him and to love him with all my heart with all my mind 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 days 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 all that are put in authority under him 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 or 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 slandering To keep my body in temperance soberness and chastity Not to covet nor desire other mens good but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living and to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me Catechist My good child 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 daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Question What desirest thou of God in this Prayer Answer I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father who is the giver of all goodness 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 all sin and wickedness and from our ghostly enemy and from everlasting death And this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodness through our Lord Jesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Question HOw many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answer Two only as generally necessary to salvation that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answer I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us ordained 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 sign and the inward spiritual grace Question What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism Answer Water wherein the person is baptized 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 righteousness 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 baptized Answer Repentance whereby they forsake sin and faith whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in
that Sacrament Question Why then are Infants baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them Answer Because they promise them both by their Sureties which promise when they come to age themselves are bound to perform Question Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ordained Answer For the continual remembrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ and of the benefits which we receive thereby Question What is the outward part or sign 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 bloud of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by 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 bloud of Christ as our bodies are by the bread and wine Question What is required of them who come to the Lords Supper Answer To examine themselves whether they repent them truly of their former sins stedfasty 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 ¶ The Curate of every Parish shall diligently upon Sunday's and Holy-days after the second Lesson at Evening Prayer openly in the Church instruct and examine so many Children of his Parish sent unto him as he shall think convenient in some part of this Catechism ¶ And all Fathers Mothers Masters and Dames shall cause their Children Servants and Prentices which have not learned their Catechism to come to the Church at the time appointed and obediently to hear and be ordered by the Curate until such time as they have learned all that is here appointed for them to learn ¶ So soon as Children are come to a competent age and can say in their Mother Tongue the Creed the Lords Prayer and the Ten Commandments and also can answer to the other Questions of this short Catechism They shall be brought to the Bishop And every one shall have a Godfather or a Godmother as a Witness of their Confirmation ¶ And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for children to be brought unto him for their Confirmation the Curate of every Parish shall either bring or send in Writing with his hand subscribed thereunto the Names of all such persons within his Parish as he shall think fit to be presented to the Bishop to be Confirmed And if the Bishop approve of them he shall Confirm them in manner following The ORDER of CONFIRMATION or Laying on of Hands upon those that are Baptized and come to years of Discretions ¶ Vpon the day appointed all that are to be then Confirmed being placed and standing in order before the Bishop he or some other Minister appointed by him shall read this Preface following TO the end that Confirmation may be ministred to the more edifying of such as shall receive it the Church hath thought good to order That none hereafter shall be Confirmed but such as can say the Creed the Lords Prayer and the ten Commandments and can also answer to such other Questions as in the short Catechism are contained which Order is very convenient to be observed to the end that children being now come to the years of discretion and having learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptism they may themselves with their own mouth and consent openly before the Church ratifie and confirm the same and also promise that by the grace of God they will evermore endeavour themselves faithfully to observe such things as they by their own confession have assented unto ¶ Then shall the Bishop say DO ye here in the presence of God and of this Congregation renew the solemn promise and vow that was made in your name at your Baptism ratifying and confirming the same in your own persons and acknowledging your selves bound to believe and to do all those things which your Godfather and Godmothers then undertook for you ¶ And every one shall audibly answer I do The Bishop OUr help is in the Name of the Lord Answer Who hath made heaven and earth Bishop Blessed be the Name of the Lord Answer Henceforth world without end Bishop Lord hear our prayers Answer And let our cry come unto thee Bishop Let us pray ALmighty and everliving God who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by water and the Holy Ghost and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins Strengthen them we beseech thee O Lord with the Holy Ghost the Comforter and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength the spirit of knowledge and true godliness and fill them O Lord with the spirit of thy holy fear now and for ever Amen ¶ Then all of them in order kneeling before the Bishop he shall lay his Hand upon the Head of every one severally saying DEfend O Lord this thy child or this thy thy servant with thy heavenly grace that he may continue thine for ever and daily increase in thy holy Spirit more and more until he come unto thy everlasting Kingdom Amen ¶ Then shall the Bishop say The Lord be with you Answer And with thy Spirit ¶ And all Kneeling down the Bishop shall add Let us pray OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ And this Collect. ALmighty and everlasting God who makest us both to will and to do those things that be good and acceptable unto thy divine Majesty We make our humble supplications unto thee for these thy servants upon whom after the example of thy holy Apostles we have now laid our hands to certifie them by this sign of thy favour and gracious goodness towards them Let thy Fatherly hand we beseech thee ever be over them let thy holy Spirit ever be with them and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy Word that in the end they may obtain everlasting life through our Lord Jesus Christ who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen O Almighty Lord and everlasting God vouchsafe we beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways 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 ¶ Then the Bishop shall bless them saying thus THe blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost be upon you and remain with you for
Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest 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 of a Ring and by joyning of Hands I pronounce that they be Man and Wife together In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ And the Minister shall add this blessing GOd the Father God the Son God Holy Ghost bless preserve and keep you the Lord mercifully with his favour look upon you and so fill you with all spiritual benediction and grace that ye may so live together in this life that in the world to come ye may have life everlasting Amen ¶ Then the Minister or Clerks going to the Lords Table shall say or sing this Psalm following Beati omnes Psal 128. BLessed are all they that fear the Lord and walk in his way For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy 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 Sion shall so bless thee that thou shalt see Jerusalem 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 and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Or this Psalm Deus misereatur Psal 67. GOd be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance and be merciful unto us That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations Let the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God even our own God shall give us his blessing God shall blese us and all the ends of the world shall fear him Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ The Psalm ended and the Man and the Woman kneeling before the Lords Table the Priest standing at the Table and turning his Face towards them shall say Lord have mercy upon us Answer Christ have mercy upon us Minister Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Minister O Lord save thy servant and thy handmaid Answer Who put their trust in thee Minister O Lord send them help from thy holy place Answer And evermore defend them Minister Be unto them a towre of strength Answer From the face of their enemy Minister O Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Minister O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Jacob bless these thy servants and sow the seed of eternal life in their hearts that whatsoever in thy holy Word they shall profitably learn they may indeed fulfil the same Look O Lord mercifully upon them from heaven and bless them And as thou didst send thy blessing upon Abraham and Sarah to their great comfort so vouchsafe to send thy blessing upon these thy servants that they obeying thy will and alway being in safety under thy protection may abide in thy love unto their lives end through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ This Prayer next following shall be omitted where the Woman is past Child-bearing O Merciful Lord and heavenly Father By whose gracious gift mankind is increased We beseech thee assist with thy blessing these two persons that they may both be fruitful in procreation of Children and also live together so long in godly love and honesty that they may see their children Christianly and virtuously brought up to thy praise and honour through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God who by thy mighty power hast made all things of nothing who also after other things set in order didst appoint that out of Man created after thine own image and similitude Woman should take her beginning and knitting them together didst teach that it should never be lawful to put asunder those whom thou by Matrimony hadst made one O God who hast consecrated the state of Matrimony to such an excellent Mystery that in it is signified and represented the spiritual marriage and unity betwixt Christ and his Church Look mercifully upon these thy servants that both this Man may love his wife according to thy Word as Christ did love his spouse the Church who gave himself for it loving and cherishing it even as his own flesh and also that this Woman may be loving and amiable faithful and obedient to her Husband and in all quietness sobriety and peace be a follower of holy and godly Matrons O Lord bless them both and grant them to inherit thy everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say ALmighty God who at the beginning did create our first parents Adam and Eve and did sanctifie and joyn them together in Marriage Pour upon you the riches of his grace sanctifie and bless you that ye may please him both in body and soul and live together in holy love unto your lives end Amen ¶ After which if there be no Sermon declaring the Duties of Man and Wife the Minister shall read as followeth ALl ye that are married or that intend to take the holy Estate of Matrimony upon you hear what the holy Scripture doth say as touching the Duty of Husbands towards their Wives and Wives towards their Husbands Saint Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the Fifth Chapter doth give this commandment to all married Men Husbands love your Wives even as Christ also loved the Church and gave himself for it that he might sanctifie and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word that he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies He that loved his wife loveth himself For no man ever yet hateth his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it even
as the Lord the Church For we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joyned unto his wife and they two shall be one flesh This is a great mystery but I speak concerning Christ and the Church Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself Ephes 5.25 Likewise the same Saint Paul writing to the Colossians speaketh thus to all men that are married Husbands love your wives and be not bitter against them Col. 3.19 Hear also what Saint Peter the Apostle of Christ who was himself a married a man saith unto them that are married Ye husbands dwell with your wives according to knowledge giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel and as being heirs together of the grace of life that your prayers be not hindred 1 S. Pet. 3.7 Hitherto ye have heard the duty of the husband toward the wife Now likewise ye wives hear and learn your duties toward your husbands even as it is plainly set forth in holy Scripture Saint Paul in the aforenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the Church and he is the Saviour of the body Therefore as the Church is subject unto Christ so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing And again he saith Let the wife see that she reverence her husband Ephes 5.22 And in his Epistle to the Colossians Saint Paul giveth you this short lesson Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands as is it fit the Lord. Col. 3.18 Saint Peter also doth instruct you very well thus saying Ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands that if any obey not the word they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair and of wearing of gold or of putting on of apparel but let it be the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price For after this manner in the old time the holy women also who trusted in God adorned themselves being in subjection unto their own husbands even as Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well and are not afraid with any amazement 1 S. Pet. 3.1 ¶ It is convenient that the new married Persons should receive the holy Communion at the time of their Marriage or at the first opportunity after their Marriage The ORDER for the VISITATION of the SICK ¶ When any Person is sick notice shall be given thereof to the Minister of the Parish who coming into the sick Persons House shall say PEace be to this house and to all that dwell in it ¶ When he cometh into the sick mans presence he shall say kneeling down REmember not Lord our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare us good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with us for ever Answer Spare us good Lord. ¶ Then the Minister shall say Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be they Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Minister O Lord save thy servant Answer Which putteth his trust in thee Minister Send him help from thy holy place Answer And evermore mightily defend him Minister Let the enemy have no advantage of him Answer Nor the wicked approch to hurt him Minister Be unto him O Lord a strong tower Answer From the face of his enemy Minister O Lord hear our prayers Answer And let our cry come unto thee Minister O Lord look down from heaven behold visit and relieve this thy servant Look upon him with the eyes of thy mercy give him comfort and sure confidence in thee defend him from the danger of the enemy and keep him in perpetual peace and safety through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen HEar us Almighty and most merciful God and Saviour extend thy accustomed goodness to this thy servant who is grieved with sickness Sanctifie we beseech thee this thy Fatherly correction to him that the sense of his weakness may add strength to his faith and seriousness to his repentance That if it shall be thy good pleasure to restore him to his former health he may lead the residue of his life in thy fear and to thy glory or else give him grace so to take thy visitation that after this painful life ended he may dwell with thee in life everlasting through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister exhort the sick Person after this form or other like DEarly beloved know this that Almighty God is the Lord of life and death and of all things to them pertaining as youth strength health age weakness and sickness Wherefore whatsoever your sickness is know you certainly that it is Gods visitation And for what cause soever this sickness is sent unto you whether it be to try your patience for the example of others and that your faith may be found in the day of the Lord laudable glorious and honourable to the increase of glory and endless felicity or else it be sent unto you to correct and amend in you whatsoever doth offend the eyes of your heavenly Father know you certainly that if you truly repent you of your sins and bear your sickness patiently trusting in Gods mercy for his dear Son Jesus Christs sake and render unto him humble thanks for his Fatherly visitation submitting your self wholly unto his will it shall turn to your profit and help you forward in the right way that leadeth unto everlasting life ¶ If the Person visited be very sick then the Curate may end his Exhortation in this place or else proceed TAke therefore in good part the chastisement of the Lord For as Saint Paul saith in the twelfth Chapter to the Hebrews whom the Lord loveth he chastneth and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth If ye endure chastning God dealeth with you as with sons for what son is he whom the Father chastneth not But if ye be without chastisement whereof all are partakers then are ye bastards and not sons Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us and we gave them reverence shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of Spirits and live For
I am gray-headed until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy righteousness O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like unto thee Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Adding this O Saviour of the world who by thy cross and precious bloud hast redeemed us save us and help us we humbly beseech thee O Lord. ¶ Then shall the Minister say THe Almighty Lord who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him to whom all things in heaven in earth and under the earth do bowe and obey be now and evermore thy defence and make thee know and feel that there is none other Name under heaven given to man in whom and through whom thou mayest receive health and salvation but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ Amen ¶ And after that shall say UNto Gods gracious mercy and protection we commit thee The Lord bless thee and keep thee The Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace both now and evermore Amen A Prayer for a sick Child O Almighty God and merciful Father to whom alone belong the issues of life and death Look down from heaven we humbly beseech thee with the eyes of mercy upon this Child now lying upon the bed of sickness Visit him O Lord with thy salvation deliver him in thy good appointed time from his bodily pain and save his soul for thy mercies save That if it shall be thy pleasure to prolong his days here on earth he may live to thee and be an instrument of thy glory by serving thee faithfully and doing good in his generation or else receive him into those heavenly habitations where the souls of them that sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity Grant this O Lord for thy mercies sake in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God world without end Amen ¶ A Prayer for a sick Person when there appeareth small hope of Recovery O Father of mercies and God of all comfort our only help in time of need We flie unto thee for succour in behalf of this thy servant here lying under thy hand in great weakness of body Look graciously upon him O Lord and the more the outward man decayeth strengthen him we beseech thee so much the more continually with thy grace and holy Spirit in the inner man Give him unfeigned repentance for all the errours of his life past and stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus that his sins may be done away by thy mercy and his pardon sealed in heaven before he go hence and be no more seen We know O Lord that there is no word impossible with thee and that if thou wilt thou canst even yet raise him up and grant him a longer continuance amongst us Yet forasmuch as in all appearance the time of his dissolution draweth near so fit and prepare him we beseech thee against the hour of death that after his departure hence in peace and in thy favour his soul may be received into thine everlasting kingdom through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord and Saviour Amen ¶ A commendatory Prayer for a sick Person at the point of departure O Almighty God with whom do live the spirits of just men made perfect after they are delivered from their earthly prisons We humbly commend the soul of this thy servant our dear brother into thy hands as into the hands of a faithful Creatour and most merciful Saviour most humbly beseeching thee that it may be precious in thy fight Wash it we pray thee in the bloud of that immaculate Lamb that was slain to take away the sins of the world that whatsoever defilements it may have contracted in the midst of this miserable and naughty world through the lusts of the flesh or the wiles of Satan being purged and done away it may be presented pure and without spot before thee And teach us who survive in this and other like daily spectacles of mortality to see how frail and uncertain our own condition is and so to number our days that we may seriously apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly wisdom whilst we live here which may in the end bring us to life everlasting through the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for Persons troubled in Mind or in Conscience O Blessed Lord the Father of mercies and the God of all comforts we beseech thee look down in pity and compassion upon this thy afflicted servant Thou writest bitter things against him and makest him to possess his former iniquities thy wrath lieth hard upon him and his soul is full of trouble But O merciful God who hast written thy holy Word for our learning that we through patience and comfort of thy holy Scriptures might have hope give him a right understanding of himself and of thy threats and promises that he may neither cast away his confidence in thee nor place it any where but in thee Give him strength against all his temptations and heal all his distempers Break not the bruised reed nor quench the smoking flax Shut not up thy tender mercies in displeasure but make him to hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce Deliver him from fear of the enemy and lift up the light of thy countenance upon him and give him peace through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The COMMUNION of the SICK ¶ Forasmuch as all mortal Men be subject to many sudden Perils Diseases and Sicknesses and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life therefore to the intent they may be always in a readiness to die whensoever it shall please Almighty God to call them the Curates shall diligently from time to time but especially in the time of Pestilence or other infectious Sickness exhort their Parishioners to the often receiving of the holy Communion of the Body and Bloud of our Saviour Christ when it shall be publickly Administred in the Church that so doing they may in case of sudden visitation have the less cause to be disquieted for lack of the same But if the sick Person be not able to come to the Church and yet is desirous to receive the Communion in his House then he must give timely notice to the Curate signifying also how many there are to Communicate with him which shall be three or two at the least and having a convenient place in the sick Mans House with all things necessary so prepared that the Curate may reverently
apply our hearts unto wisdom Turn thee again O Lord at the last and be gracious unto thy servants O satisfie us with thy mercy and that soon so shall we rejoyce and be glad all the days of our life Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity Shew thy servants thy work and their children thy glory And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us prosper thou the work of our hands upon us O prosper thou our handy-work Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall follow the Lesson taken out of the fifteenth Chapter of the former Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 15.20 NOw is Christ risen from the dead and become the first-fruits of them that slept For since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive But every man in his own order Christ the first-fruits afterward they that are Christs at his coming Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the Father when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power For he must reign till he hath put all 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 And when all things shall be 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 shall they do which are baptized for the dead if the dead rise not at all why are they then baptized for the dead And why stand we in jeopardy every hour I protest by your rejoycing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord I die daily If after the manner of men I have fought with beast at Ephesus what advantageth it me if the dead rise not Let us eat and drink for to morrow we die Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good manners Awake to righteousness and sin not for some have not the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame But some man will say how are the dead raised up And with what body do they come Thou fool that which thou sowest is not quickned except it die And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shall be but bare grain it may chance of wheat or of some other grain But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him and to every seed his own body All flesh is not the same flesh but there is one kind of flesh of men another flesh of beasts another of fishes and another of birds There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for one star differeth from another star in glory So also is the resurrection of the dead It is sown in corruption it is raised in incorruption It is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory It is sown in weakness it is raised in power It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body And so it is written The first man Adam was made a living soul the last Adam was made a quickning Spirit Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual but that which is natural and afterward that which is spiritual The first man is of the earth earthy the second man is the Lord from heaven As is the earthy such are they that are earthy and as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly And as we have born the image of the earthy we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Now this I say brethren that flesh and bloud 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 all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written Death is swallowed up in victory O Death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ Therefore my beloved brethren be ye stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. ¶ When they come to the Grave while the Corps is made ready to be laid into the Earth the Priest shall say or the Priest and Clerks shall sing MAn that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery He cometh up and is cut down like a flower he fleeth as it were a shadow and never continueth in one stay In the midst of life were are in death of whom may we seek for succour but of thee O Lord who for our sins art justly displeased Yet O Lord God most holy O Lord most mighty O holy and most merciful Saviour deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not thy merciful ears to our prayers but spare us Lord most holy O God most mighty O holy and merciful Saviour thou most worthy Judge eternal suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee ¶ Then while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by the Priest shall say FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed we therefore commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may be like unto his glorious body according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself ¶ Then shall be said or sung I Heard a voice from heaven saying unto me Write From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord even so saith the Spirit for
they rest from their labours Rev. 14.13 ¶ Then the Priest shall say Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Priest ALmighty God with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord and with whom the souls of the faithful after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh are in joy and felicity We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world beseeching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodness shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy Kingdom that we with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name may have our perfect consummation and bliss both in body and soul in thy eternal and everlasting glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Collect. O Merciful God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoever believeth shall live though he die and whosoever liveth and believeth in him shall not die eternally who also hath taught us by his holy Apostle Saint Paul not to be sorry as men without hope for them that sleep in him We meekly beseech thee O Father to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness that when we shall depart this life we may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doth and that at the general resurrection in the last day 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 from the beginning of the world Grant this we beseech thee O merciful Father through Jesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer Amen THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the followship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen The Thanksgiving of Women after CHILD-BIRTH Commonly called The Churching of Women ¶ The Woman at the usual time after her Delivery shall come into the Church decently apparelled and there shall kneel down in some convenient place as hath been accustomed or as the Ordinary shall direct And then the Priest shall say unto her FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness to give you safe deliverance and hath preserved you in the great danger of Child-birth you shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God and say ¶ Then shall the Priest say this Psalm Delexi quoniam Psal 116. I Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer That he hath inclined his ear unto me therefore will I call upon him as long as I live The snares of death compassed me round about and the pains of hell gat hold upon me I found trouble and heaviness and I called upon the Name of the Lord O Lord I beseech thee deliver my soul Gracious is the Lord and righteous yea our God is merciful The Lord preserveth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turn again then unto thy rest O my soul for the Lord hath rewarded thee And why thou hast delivered my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living I believed and therefore will I speak but I was sore troubled I said in my hast All men are liars What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that he hath done unto me I will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord. I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people in the courts of the Lords house even in the midst of thee O Jerusalem Praise the Lord. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Or this Psalm Nisi Dominus Psal 127. EXcept the Lord build the house their labour is but lost that build it Except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early and so late take rest and eat the bread of carefulness for so he giveth his beloved sleep Lo children and the fruit of the womb are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant even so are the young children Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall say Let us Pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom And the power and the glory For ever and ever Amen Minister O Lord save this woman thy servant Answer Who putteth her trust in thee Minister Be thou to her a strong tower Answer From the face of her enemy Minister Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Minister Let us pray O Almighty God we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast vouch safed to deliver this woman thy servant from the great pain and peril of Child-birth Grant we beseech thee most merciful Father that she through thy help may both faithfully live and walk according to thy will in this life present and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ The Woman that cometh to give her Thanks must offer accustomed Offerings and if there be a Communion it is convenient that she receive the holy Communion A COMMINATION or Denouncing of Gods Anger and Judgments against Sinners with certain Prayers to be used on the First day of Lent and at other times as the Ordinary shall appoint ¶ After Morning Prayer the Litany ended according to the accustomed manner the Priest shall in the Reading Pew or Pulpit say BRethren in the Primitive Church there was a godly Discipline that at the beginning of Lent such Persons as stood convicted of
he vouchsafe to bring us all for his infinite mercy Amen ¶ Then shall they all kneel upon their knees and the Priest and Clerks kneeling in the place where they are accustomed to say the Litany shall say this Psalm Miserere mei Deus Miserere mei Deus Psal li. HAve mercy upon O God after thy great goodness according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me Against thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying and clear when thou art judged Behold I was shapen in wickedness and in sin hath my mother conceived me But lo thou requirest truth in the inward parts and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly Thou shalt purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter then snow Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce Turn thy face from my sins and put out all my misdeeds Make me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me O give me the comfort of thy help again and stablish me with thy free Spirit Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked and sinners shall be converted unto thee Deliver me from bloud-guiltiness O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness Thou shalt open my lips O Lord and my mouth shall shew thy praise For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Jerusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness with the burnt-offerings and oblations then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Minister O Lord save thy servants Answer That put their trust in thee Minister Send unto them help from above Answer And evermore mightily defend them Minister Help us O God our Saviour Answer And for the glory of thy Name deliver us be merciful to us sinners for thy Names sake Minister O Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Minister Let us pray O Lord we beseech thee mercifully hear our prayers and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee that they whose consciences by sin are accused by thy merciful pardon may be absolved through Christ our Lord. Amen O Most mighty God and merciful Father who hast compassion upon all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made who wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turn from his sin and be saved Mercifully forgive us our trespasses receive and comfort us who are grieved and wearied with the burden of our sins Thy property is always to have mercy to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins Spare us therefore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into judgment with thy servants who are vile earth and miserable sinners but so turn thine anger from us who meekly acknowledge our vileness and truly repent us of our faults and so make hast to help us in this world that we may ever live with thee in the world to come through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the People say this that followeth after the Minister TUrn thou us O good Lord and so shall we be turned Be favourable O Lord Be favourable to thy people Who turn to thee in weeping fasting and praying For thou art a merciful God Full of compassion Long-suffering and of great pity Thou sparest when we deserve punishment And in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy Spare thy people good Lord spare them And let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Hear us O Lord for thy mercy is great And after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us Through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Minister alone shall say The Lord bless us and keep us the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon us and give us peace now and for evermore Amen THE Psalter or Psalms OF DAVID After the Translation of the GREAT BIBLE Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in CHURCHES Morning Prayer Beatus vir qui non abiit Psal 1. BLessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly nor stood in the way of sinners and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful Day i. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law will he exercise himself day and night 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side that will bring forth his fruit in due season 4 His leaf also shall not wither and look whatsoever he doeth it shall prosper 5 As for the ungodly it is not so with them but they are like the chaff which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth 6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous 7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the ungodly shall perish Quare fremuerunt gentes Psal 2. WHy do the heathen so furiously rage together and why do the people imagine a vain thing 2 The kings of the earth stand up and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed 3 Let us break their bonds asunder and cast away their cords from us 4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn the Lord shall have them in derision 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Sion 7 I will preach the law whereof the Lord hath said unto me Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee 8 Desire of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron and break them in pieces like a potters vessel 10 Be wise now therefore O ye kings be learned
even with the wholsom strength of his right hand 7 Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God 8 They are brought down and fallen but we are risen and stand upright 9 Save Lord and hear us O King of Heaven when we call upon thee Domine in virtute tua Psal 21. THe King shall rejoyce in thy strength O Lord exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation 2 Thou hast given him his hearts desire and hast not denied him the request of his lips 3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head 4 He asked life of thee and thou gavest him a long life even for ever and ever 5 His honour is great in thy salvation glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him 6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance 7 And why because the King putteth his trust in the Lord and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry 8 All thine enemies shall feel thy hand thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee 9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure and the fire shall consume them 10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth and their seed from among the children of men 11 For they intended mischief against thee and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform 12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them 13 Be thou exalted Lord in thine own strength so will we sing and praise thy power Evening Prayer Deus Deus meus Psal 22. MY God my God look upon me why hast thou forsaken me and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint 2 O my God I cry in the day-time but thou hearest not and in the night-season also I take no rest 3 And thou continuest holy O thou worship of Israel 4 Our fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou didst deliver them 5 They called upon thee and were holpen they put their trust in thee and were not confounded 6 But as for me I am a worm and no man a very scorn of men and the out-cast of the people 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn they shoot out their lips and shake their heads saying 8 He trusted in God that he would deliver him let him deliver him if he will have him 9 But thou art he that took me out of my mothers womb thou wast my hope when I hanged yet upon my mothers breasts 10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born thou art my God even from my mothers womb 11 O go not from me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to help me 12 Many oxen are come about me fat bulls of Basan close me in on every side 13 They gape upon me with their mouths as it were a ramping and a roring lion 14 I am poured out like water and all my bones are out of joynt my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd and my tongue cleaveth to my gums and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death 16 For many dogs are come about me and the council of the wicked layeth siege against me 17 They pierced my hands and my feet I may tell all my bones they stand staring and looking upon me 18 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture 19 But be not thou far from me O Lord thou art my succour hast thee to help me 20 Deliver my soul from the sword my darling from the power of the dog 21 Save me from the lions mouth thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns 22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee 23 O praise the Lord ye that fear him magnifie him all ye of the seed of Jacob and fear him all ye seed of Israel 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor he hath not hid his face from him but when he called unto him he heard him 25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation my vows will perform in the sight of them that fear him 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied they that seek after the Lord shall praise him your heart shall live for ever 27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves and be turned unto the Lord and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him 28 For the kingdom is the Lords and he is the Governour among the people 29 All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped 30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him and no man hath quickned his own soul 31 My seed shall serve him they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation 32 They shall come and the heavens shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born whom the Lord hath made Dominus regit me Psal 23. THe Lord is my shepherd therefore can I lack nothing 2 He shall feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort 3 He shall convert my soul and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his Names sake 4 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff comfort me 5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me thou hast anointed my head with oyl and my cup shall be full 6. But thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever Morning Prayer Domini est terra Psal 24. THe earth is the Lords and all that therein is the compass of the world and they that dwell therein DAY v. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas and prepared it upon the flouds 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall rise up in his holy place 4 Even he that hath clean hands and a pure heart and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity nor sworn to deceive his neighbour 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation 6 This is the generation of them that seek him even of them that seek thy face O Jacob. 7 Lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 8 Who is the King of glory it is the Lord strong
in the Lord and be joyful all ye that are true of heart Exultate justi Psal 33. REjoyce in the Lord O ye righteous for it becometh well the just to be thankful 2 Praise the Lord with harp sing praises unto him with the lute and instrument of ten strings 3 Sing unto the Lord a new song sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage 4 For the word of the Lord is true and all his works are faithful 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were upon an heap and layeth up the deep as in a treasure-house 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world 9 For he spake and it was done he commanded and it stood fast 10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsels of princes 11 The counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever and the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation 12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Jehovah and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him to be his inheritance 13 The Lord looked down from heaven and beheld all the children of men from the habitation of his dwelling he considereth all them that dwell on the earth 14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them and understandeth all their works 15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an host neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength 16 A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength 17 Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him and upon them that put their trust in his mercy 18 To deliver their soul from death and to feed them in the time of dearth 19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lord for he is our help and our shield 20 For our heart shall rejoyce in him because we have hoped in his holy Name 21 Let thy merciful kindness O Lord be upon us like as we do put our trust in thee Benedicam Domino Psal 34. I Will alway give thanks unto the Lord his praise shall ever be in my mouth 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord the humble shall hear thereof and be glad 3 O praise the Lord with me and let us magnifie his Name together 4 I sought the Lord and he heard me yea he delivered me out of all my fear 5 They had an eye unto him and were lightened and their faces were not ashamed 6 Lo the poor crieth and the Lord heareth him yea and saveth him out of all his troubles 7 The Angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him and delivereth them 8 O taste and see how gracious the Lord is blessed is the man that trusteth in him 9 O fear the Lord yet that are his saints for they that fear him lack nothing 10 The lions do lack and suffer hunger but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good 11 Come ye children and hearken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is he that lusteth to live and would fain see good days 13 Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips that they speak no guile 14 Eschew evil and do good seek peace and ensue it 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their prayers 16 The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil to root out the remembrance of them from the earth 17 The righteous cry and the Lord heareth them and delivereth them out of all their troubles DAY vii 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as be of an humble spirit 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of all 20 He keepeth all his bones so that not one of them is broken 21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate 22 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute Morning Prayer Judica me Domine Psal 35. PLead thou my cause O Lord with them that strive with me and fight thou against them that fight against me 2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler and stand up to help me 3 Bring forth the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me say unto my soul I am thy salvation 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul let them be turned back and brought to confusion that imagine mischief for me 5 Let them be as the dust before the wind and the Angel of the Lord scattering them 6 Let their way be dark and slippery and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them 7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause yea even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul 8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself that he may fall into his own mischief 9 And my soul be joyful in the Lord it shall rejoyce in his salvation 10 All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in misery from him that spoileth him 11 False witnesses did rise up they laid to my charge things that I knew not 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the great discomfort of my soul 13 Nevertheless when they were sick I put on sackcloth and humbled my soul with fasting and my prayer shall turn into mine own bosom 14 I behaved my self as though it had been my friend or my brother I went heavily as one that mourneth for his mother 15 But in mine adversity they rejoyced and gathered themselves together yea the very abjects came together against me unawares making mows at me and ceased not 16 With the flatterers were busie mockers who gnashed upon me with their teeth 17 Lord how long wilt thou look upon this O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me and my darling from the lions 18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people 19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me without a cause 20 And why their communing is not for peace but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the
most mighty God hath spoken and called the world from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared in perfect beauty 3 Our God shall come and shall not keep silence there shall go before him a consuming fire and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him 4 He shall call the heaven from above and the earth that he may judge his people 5 Gather my saints together unto me those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness for God is Judge himself 7 Hear O my people and I will speak I my self will testifie against thee O Israel for I am God even thy God 8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices or for thy burnt-offerings because they were not alway before me 9 I will take no bullock out of thine house nor he-goat out of thy folds 10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine and so are the cattel upon a thousand hills 11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight 12 If I be hungry I will not tell thee for the whole world is mine and all that is therein 13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls flesh and drink the bloud of goats 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving and pay thy vows unto the most Highest 15 And call upon me in the time of trouble so will I hear thee and thou shalt praise me 16 But unto the ungodly said God Why dost thou preach my laws and takest my covenant in thy mouth 17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed and hast cast my words behind thee 18 When thou sawest a thief thou consentedst unto him and hast been partaker with the adulterers 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit 20 Thou satest and spakest against thy brother yea and hast slandered thine own mothers son 21 These things hast thou done and I held my tongue and thou thoughtest wickedly that I am even such a one as thy self but I will reprove thee and set before thee the things that thou hast done 22 O Consider this ye that forget God lest I pluck you away and there be none to deliver you 23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise he honoureth me and to him that ordereth his conversation right will I shew the salvation of God Miserere mei Deus Psal 51. HAve mercy upon me O God after thy great goodness according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences 2 Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin 3 For I knowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me 4 Against thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying and clear when thou art judged 5 Behold I was shapen in wickedness and in sin hath my mother conceived me 6 But lo thou requirest truth in the inward parts and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter then snow 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce 9 Turn thy face from my sins and put out all misdeeds 10 Make me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me 11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me 12 O give me the comfort of thy help again and stablish me with thy free Spirit 13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked and sinners shall be converted unto thee 14 Deliver me from bloud-guiltiness O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness 15 Thou shalt open my lips O Lord and my mouth shall shew thy praise 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings 17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise 18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Jerusalem 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness with the burnt-offerings and oblations then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar Quid gloriaris Psal 52. WHy boastest thou thy self thou tyrant that thou canst do mischief 2 Whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily 3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp rasour 4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness more then goodness and to talk of lies more then righteousness 5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt O thou false tongue 6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever he shall take thee and pluck thee out of thy dwelling and root thee out of the land of the living 7 The righteous also shall see this and fear and shall laugh him to scorn 8 Lo this is the man that took not God for his strength but trusted unto the multitude of his riches and strengthened himself in his wickedness 9 As for me I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever 10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou hast done and I will hope in thy Name for thy saints like it well Evening Prayer Dixit insipiens Psal 53. THE foolish body hath said in his heart There is no God 2 Corrupt are they and become abominable in their wickedness there is none that doeth good 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God 4 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is also none that doeth good no not one 5 Are not they without understanding that work wickedness eating up my people as if they would eat bread they have not called upon God 6 They were afraid where no fear was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee thou hast put them to confusion because God hath despised them 7 Oh that the salvation were given unto Israel out of Sion Oh that the Lord would deliver his people out of captivity 8 Then should Jacob rejoyce and Israel should be right glad Deus in nomine Psal 54. SAve me O God for thy Names sake and avenge me in thy strength 2 Hear my prayer O God and hearken unto the words of my mouth 3 For strangers are risen up against me and tyrants which have not God before their eyes seek after my soul 4 Behold God is my helper the Lord is with them that uphold my soul 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies destroy thou them in thy truth 6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee and praise thy
that is perfect suddenly do they hit him and fear not 5 They encourage themselves in mischief and commune among themselves how they may lay snares and say that no man shall see them 6 They imagine wickedness and practise it that they keep secret among themselves every man in the deep of his heart 7 But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded 8 Yea their own tongues shall make them fall insomuch that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to scorn 9 And all men that see it shall say This hath God done for they shall perceive that it is his work 10 The righteous shall rejoyce in the Lord and put his trust in him and all they that are true of heart shall be glad Evening Prayer Te decet hymnus Psal 65. THou O God art praised in Sion and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem 2 Thou that hearest the prayer unto thee shall all flesh come 3 My misdeeds prevail against me O be thou merciful unto our sins 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and receivest unto thee he shall dwell in thy court and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house even of thy holy temple 5 Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in thy righteousness O God of our salvation thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth and of them that remain in the broad sea 6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains and is girded about with power 7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea and the noise of his waves and the madness of the people 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens thou that makest the out-goings of the morning and evening to praise thee 9 Thou visitest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous 10 The river of God is full of water thou preparest their corn for so thou providest for the earth 11 Thou waterest her furrows thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof thou makest it soft with the drops of rain and blessest the encrease of it 12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness and thy clouds drop fatness 13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness and the little hills shall rejoyce on every side 14 The folds shall be full of sheep the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn that they shall laugh and sing Jubilate Deo Psal 66. O Be joyful in God all ye lands sing praises unto the honour of his Name make his praise to be glorious 2 Say unto God O how wonderful art thou in thy works through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee 3 For all the world shall worship thee sing of thee and praise thy Name 4 O come hither and behold the works of God how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men 5 He turned the sea into dry land so that they went through the water on foot there did we rejoyce thereof 6 He ruleth with his power for ever his eyes behold the people and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves 7 O praise our God ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard 8 Who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip 9 For thou O God hast proved us thou also hast tried us like as silver is tried DAY xiii 10 Thou broughest us into the snare and laidst trouble upon our loyns 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads we went through fire and water and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place 12 I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings and will pay thee my vows which I promised with my lips and â—pake with my mouth when I was in trouble 13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices with the incense of rams I will offer bullocks and goats 14 O come hither and hearken all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul 15 I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue 16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart the Lord will not hear me 17 But God hath heard me and considered the voice of my prayer 18 Praised be God who hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercy from me Deus misereatur Psal 67. GOd be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance and be merciful unto us 2 That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations 3 Let the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee 4 O let the nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon earth 5 Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee 6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God even our own God shall give us his blessing 7 God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear him Morning Prayer Exurgat Deus Psal 68. LEt God arise and let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth so shalt thou drive them away and like as wax melteth at the fire so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God 3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoyce before God let them also be merry and joyful 4 O sing unto God and sing praises unto his Name magnifie him that rideth upon the heavens as it were upon an horse praise him in his Name yea and rejoyce before him 5 He is a father of the fatherless and defendeth the cause of the widows even God in his holy habitation 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity but letteth the runagates continue in scarceness 7 O God when thou wentest forth before the people when thou wentest through the wilderness 8 The earth shook and the heavens dropped at the presence of God even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God who is the God of Israel 9 Thou O God sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance and refreshedst it when it was weary 10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor 11 The Lord gave the word great was the company of the preachers 12 Kings with their armies did flee and were discomfited and they of the houshold divided the spoil 13 Though ye have lien among the pots yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove that is covered with silver wings and her feathers like gold 14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon 15 As the hill of Basan so is Gods hill even an high hill as the hill of Basan 16
Why hop ye so ye high hills this is Gods hill in the which it pleaseth him to dwell yea the Lord will abide in it for ever 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand even thousands of Angels and the Lord is among them as in the holy place of Sinai 18 Thou art gone up on high thou hast led captivity captive and received gifts for men yea even for thine enemies that the Lord God might dwell among them 19 Praised be the Lord daily even the God who helpeth us and poureth his benefits upon us 20 He is our God even the God of whom cometh salvation God is the Lord by whom we escape death 21 God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness 22 The Lord hath said I will bring my people again as I did from Basan mine own will I bring again as I did sometime from the deep of the sea 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the bloud of thine enemies and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same 24 It is well seen O God how thou goest how thou my God and King goest in the sanctuary 25 The singers go before the minstrels follow after in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels 26 Give thanks O Israel unto God the Lord in the congregations from the ground of the heart 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler and the princes of Juda their counsel the princes of Zabulon and the princes of Nephthali 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee stablish the thing O God that thou hast wrought in us 29 For thy temples sake at Jerusalem so shall kings bring presents unto thee 30 When the company of the spear-men and multitude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the beasts of the people so that they humbly bring pieces of silver and when he hath scattered the people that delight in war 31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt the Morians land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God 32 Sing unto God O ye kingdoms of the earth O sing praises unto the Lord 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning lo he doth send out his voice yea and that a mighty voice 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel his worship and strength is in the clouds 35 O God wonderful art thou in thy holy places even the God of Israel he will give strength and power unto his people blessed be God Evening Prayer Salvum me fac Psal 69. SAve me O God for the waters are come in even unto my soul 2 I stick fast in the deep mire where no ground is I am come into deep waters so that the flouds run over me 3 I am weary of crying my throat is dry my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon my God 4 They that hate me without a cause are more then the hairs of my head they that are mine enemies and would destroy me guiltless are mighty 5 I paid them the things that I never took God thou knowest my simpleness and my faults are not hid from thee 6 Let not them that trust thee O Lord God of hosts be ashamed for my cause let not those that seek thee be confounded through me O Lord God of Israel 7 And why for thy sake have I suffered reproof shame hath covered my face 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren even an alien unto my mothers children 9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen upon me 10 I wept and chastened my self with fasting and that was turned to my reproof 11 I put on sackcloth also and they jested upon me 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me and the drunkards make songs upon me 13 But Lord I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time 14 Hear me O God in the multitude of thy mercy even in the truth of thy salvation 15 Take me out of the mire that I sink not O let me be delivered from them that hate me and out of the deep waters 16 Let not the water-floud drown me neither let the deep swallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me 17 Hear me O Lord for thy loving kindness is comfortable turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies 18 And hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble O haste thee and hear me 19 Draw nigh unto my soul and save it O deliver me because of mine enemies 20 Thou hast known my reproof my shame and my dishonour mine adversaries are all in thy sight 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart I am full of heaviness I looked for some to have pity on me but there was no man neither found I any to comfort me 22 They gave me gall to eat and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink 23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling 24 Let their eyes be blinded that they see not and ever bowe thou down their backs 25 Pour out thine indignation upon them and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them 26 Let their habitation be void and no man to dwell in their tents 27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded 28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another and not come into thy righteousness 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living and not be written among the righteous 30 As for me when I am poor and in heaviness thy help O God shall lift me up 31 I will praise the name of God with a song and magnifie it with thanksgiving 32 This also shall please the Lord better then a bullock that hath horns and hoofs 33 The humble shall consider this and be glad seek ye after God and your soul shall live 34 For the Lord heareth the poor and despiseth not his prisoners 35 Let heaven and earth praise him the sea and all that moveth therein 36 For God will save Sion and build the cities of Juda that men may dwell there and have it in possession 37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it and they that love his name shall dwell therein Deus in adjutorium Psal 70. HAste thee O God to deliver me make haste to help me O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul let them be turned backward and put to confusion that wish me evil 3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame that cry over me There there 4 But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway The
accept the persons of the ungodly 3 Defend the poor and fatherless see that such as are in need and necessity have right 4 Deliver the out-cast and poor save them from the hand of the ungodly 5 They will not be learned nor understand but walk on still in darkness all the foundations of the earth are out of course 6 I have said Ye are gods and ye are all the children of the most Highest 7 But ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes 8 Arise O God and judge thou the earth for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inheritance Deus quis similis Psal 83. HOld not thy tongue O God keep not still silence refrain not thy self O God 2 For lo thine enemies make a murmuring and they that hate thee have lift up their head 3 They have imagined craftily against thy people and taken counsel against thy secret ones 4 They have said Come and let us root them out that they be no more a people and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance 5 For they have cast their heads together with one consent and are confederate against thee 6 The tabernacles of the Edomites and the Ismaelites the Moabites and Hagarens 7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalech the Philistines with them that dwell at Tyre 8 Assur also is joyned with them and have holpen the children of Lot 9 But do thou to them as unto the Madianites unto Sisera and unto Jabin at the brook of Kison 10 Who perished at Endor and became as the dung of the earth 11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb yea make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana 12 Who say Let us take to our selves the houses of God in possession 13 O my God make them like unto a wheel and as the stubble before the wind 14 Like as the fire that burneth up the wood and as the flame that consumeth the mountains 15 Persecute them even so with thy tempest and make them afraid with thy storm 16 Make their faces ashamed O Lord that they may seek thy Name 17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more let them be put to shame and perish 18 And they shall know that thou whose Name is Jehovah art only the most Highest over all the earth Quam dilecta Psal 84. O How amiable are thy dwellings thou Lord of hosts 2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord my heart and my flesh rejoyce in the living God 3 Yea the sparrow hath found her an house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young even thy altars O Lord of hosts my King and my God 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alway praising thee 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy ways 6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well and the pools are filled with water 7 They will go from strength to strength and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion 8 O Lord God of hosts hear my prayer hearken O God of Jacob. 9 Behold O God our defender and look upon the face of thine anointed 10 For one day in thy courts is better then a thousand 11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tents of ungodliness 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence the Lord will give grace and worship and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life 13 O Lord God of hosts blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee Benedixisti Domine Psal 85. LOrd thou art become gracious unto thy land thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people and covered all their sins 3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure and turned thy self from thy wrathful indignation DAY xvii 4 Turn us then O God our Saviour and let thine anger cease from us 5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another 6 Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us that thy people may rejoyce in thee 7 Shew us thy mercy O Lord and grant us thy salvation 8 I will hearken what the Lord God will say concerning me for he shall speak peace unto his people and to his saints that they turn not again 9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him that glory may dwell in our land 10 Mercy and truth are met together righteousness and peace have kissed each other 11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth and righteousness hath looked down from heaven 12 Yea the Lord shall shew loving kindness and our land shall give her increase 13 Righteousness shall go before him and he shall direct his going in the way Morning Prayer Inclina Domine Psal 86. BOW down thine ear O Lord and hear me for I am poor and in misery 2 Preserve thou my soul for I am holy my God save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee 3 Be merciful unto me O Lord for I will call daily upon thee 4 Comfort the soul of thy servant for unto thee O Lord do I lift up my soul 5 For thou Lord art good and gracious and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee 6 Give ear Lord unto my prayer and ponder the voice of my humble desires 7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou hearest me 8 Among the Gods there is none like unto thee O Lord there is not one that can do as thou doest 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee O Lord and shall glorifie thy Name 10 For thou art great and doest wondrous things thou art God alone 11 Teach me thy way O Lord and I will walk in thy truth O knit my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name 12 I will thank thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for evermore 13 For great is thy mercy toward me and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell 14 O God the proud are risen against me and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before their eyes 15 But thou O Lord God art full of compassion and mercy long-suffering plenteous in goodness and truth 16 O turn thee then unto me and have mercy upon me give thy strength unto thy servant and help the son of thine handmaid 17 Shew some token upon me for good that they who hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me Fundamenta ejus Psal 87. HEr foundations are upon the holy hills the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellings of Jacob. 2 Very excellent things are
spoken of thee thou city of God 3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon with them that know me 4 Behold ye the Philistines also and they of Tyre with the Morians lo there was he born 5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in her and the most High shall stablish her 6 The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth up the people that he was born there 7 The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse all my fresh springs shall be in thee Domine Deus Psal 88. O Lord God of my salvation I have cried day and night before thee O let my prayer enter into thy presence incline thine ear unto my calling 2 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draweth nigh unto hell 3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit and I have been even as a man that hath no strength 4 Free among the dead like unto them that are wounded and lie in the grave who are out of remembrance and are cut away from thy hand 5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in a place of darkness and in the deep 6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms 7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me and made me to be abhorred of them 8 I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth 9 My sight faileth for very trouble Lord I have called daily upon thee I have stretched forth my hands unto thee 10 Dost thou shew wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise up again and praise thee 11 Shall thy loving kindness be shewed in the grave or thy faithfulness in destruction 12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark and thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten 13 Unto thee have I cried O Lord and early shall my prayer come before thee 14 Lord why abhorrest thou my soul and hidest thou thy face from me 15 I am in misery and like unto him that is at the point to die even from my youth up thy terrours have I suffered with a troubled mind 16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me and the fear of thee hath undone me 17 They came round about me daily like water and compassed me together on every side 18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight Evening Prayer Misericondias Domini Psal 89. MY song shall be alway of the loving kindness of the Lord with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another 2 For I have said Mercy shall be set up for ever thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen I have sworn unto David my servant 4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever and set up thy throne from one generation to another 5 O Lord the very heavaens shall praise thy wondrous works and thy truth in the congregation of the saints 6 For who is he among the clouds that shall be compared unto the Lord 7 And what is he among the gods that shall be like unto the Lord 8 God is very greatly to be feared in the councel of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him 9 O Lord God of hosts who is like unto thee thy truth most mighty Lord is on every side 10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise 11 Thou hast subdued Egypt and destroyed it thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm 12 The heavens are thine the earth also is thine thou hast laid the foundation of the round world and all that therein is 13 Thou hast made the north and the south Tabor and Hermon shall rejoyce in thy Name 14 Thou hast a mighty arm strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand 15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat mercy and truth shall go before thy face 16 Blessed is the people O Lord that can rejoyce in thee they shall walk in the light of thy countenance 17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name and in thy righteousness shall they make their boast 18 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy loving kindness thou shalt lift up our horns 19 For the Lord is our defence the holy One of Israel is our King 20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints and saidst I have laid help upon one that is mighty I have exalted one chosen out of the people 21 I have found David my servant with my holy oyl have I anointed him 23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence the son of wickedness shall not hurt him 24 I will smite down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him 25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him and in my Name shall his horn be exalted 26 I will set his dominion also in the sea and his right hand in the flouds 27 He shall call me Thou art my Father my God and my strong salvation 28 And I will make him my first-born higher then the kings of the earth 29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore and my covenant shall stand fast with him 30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever and his throne as the days of heaven 31 But if his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments 32 If they break my statutes and keep not my commandments I will visit their offences with the rod and their sin with scourges 33 Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my truth to fail 34 My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips I have sworn once by my holiness that I will not fail David 35 His seed shall endure for ever and his seat is like as the sun before me 36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon and as the faithful witness in heaven 37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed and art displeased at him 38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant and cast his crown to the ground 39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges and broken down his strong holds 40 All they that go by spoil him and he is become a reproch to his neighbours 41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies and made all his adversaries to rejoyce 42 Thou hast taken away me edge of his sword and givest him not victory in the battel 43 Thou hast put out his glory and cast his throne down to the ground 44 The days of his youth hast thou shortned and covered him with dishonour 45 Lord how long wilt thou hide thy self for ever and shall thy wrath burn like fire 46 O remember how short my time is wherefore hast thou made all
not see neither shall the God of Jacob regard it 8 Take heed ye unwise among the people O ye fools when will ye understand 9 He that planted the ear shall he not hear or he that made the eye shall he not see 10 Or he that nurtureth the heathen it is he that teacheth man knowledge shall not he punish 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are but vain 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest him in thy law 13 That thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity until the pit be digged up for the ungodly 14 For the Lord will not fail his people neither will he forsake his inheritance 15 Until righteousness turn again unto judgment all such as are true in heart shall follow it 16 Who will rise up with me against the wicked or who will take my part against the evil doers 17 If the Lord had not helped me it had not failed but my soul had been put to silence 18 But when I said My foot hath slipped thy mercy O Lord held me up 19 In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart thy comforts have refreshed my soul 20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with the stool of wickedness which imagineth mischief as a law 21 They gather them together against the soul of the righteous and condemn the innocent bloud 22 But the Lord is my refuge and my God is the strength of my confidence DAY xix 23 He shall recompense them their wickedness and destroy them in their own malice yea the Lord our God shall destroy them Morning Prayer Venite exultemus Psal 95. O Come let us sing unto the Lord let us heartily rejoyce in the strength of our salvation 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and shew our selves glad in him with psalms 3 For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods 4. In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is his also 5 The sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land 6 O come let us worship and fall down and kneel before the Lord our Maker 7 For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand 8 To day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts as in the provocation and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness 9 When your fathers tempted me proved me and saw my works 10 Fourty years long was I grieved with this generation and said It is a people that do err in their hearts for they have not known my ways 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Cantate Domino Psal 96. O Sing unto the Lord a new song sing unto the Lord all the whole earth 2 Sing unto the Lord and praise his Name be telling of his salvation from day to day 3 Declare his honour unto the heathen and his wonders unto all people 4 For the Lord is great and cannot worthily be praised he is more to be feared then all gods 5 As for all the gods of the heathen they are but idols but it is the Lord that made the heavens 6 Glory and worship are before him power and honour are in his sanctuary 7 Ascribe unto the Lord O ye kindreds of the people ascribe unto the Lord worship and power 8 Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name bring presents and come into his courts 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness let the whole earth stand in awe of him 10 Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is King and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved and how that he shall judge the people righteously 11 Let the heavens rejoyce and let the earth be glad let the sea make a noise and all that therein is 12 Let the field be joyful and all that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood rejoyce before the Lord. 13 For he cometh for he cometh to judge the earth and with righteousness to judge the world and the people with his truth Dominus regnavit Psal 97. THe Lord is King the earth may be glad thereof yea the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat 3 There shall go a fire before him and burn up his enemies on every side 4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world the earth saw it and was afraid 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth 6 The heavens have declared his righteousness and all the people have seen his glory 7 Confounded be all they that worship carved images and that delight in vain gods worship him all ye gods 8 Sion heard of it and rejoyced and the daughters of Juda were glad because of thy judgments O Lord. 9 For thou Lord art higher then all that are in the earth thou art exalted far above all gods 10 O ye that love the Lord see that ye hate the thing which is evil the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly 11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted 12 Rejoyce in the Lord ye righteous and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness Evening Prayer Cantate Domino Psal 98. O Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things 2 With his own right hand and with his holy arm hath he gotten himself the victory 3 The Lord declared his salvation his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen 4 He hath remembred his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God 5 Shew your selves joyful unto the Lord all ye lands sing rejoyce and give thanks 6 Praise the Lord upon the harp sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving 7 With trumpets also and shawms O shew your selves joyful before the Lord the King 8 Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein 9 Let the flouds clap their hands and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord for he is come to judge the earth 10 With righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity Dominus regnavit Psal 99. THe Lord is King be the people never so unpatient he sitteth between the Cherubims be the earth never so unquiet 2 The Lord is great in Sion and high above all people 3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name which is great wonderful and holy 4 The kings power loveth
judgment thou hast prepared equity thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 O magnifie the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool for he is holy 6 Moses and Aaron among his priest and Samuel among such as call upon his Name these called upon the Lord and he heard them 7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar for they kept his testimonies and the law that he gave them 8 Thou heardest them O Lord our God thou forgavest them O God and punishedst their own inventions 9 O magnifie the Lord our God and worship him upon his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy Jubilate Deo Psal 100. O Be joyful in the Lord all ye lands serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song DAY xx 2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture 3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankfull unto him and speak good of his Name 4 For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation Misericordiam judicium Psal 101. MY song shall be of mercy and judgment unto thee O Lord will I sing 2 O let me have understanding in the way of godliness 3 When wilt thou come unto me I will walk in my house with a perfect heart 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand I hate the sins of unfaithfulness there shall no such cleave unto me 5 A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person 6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I destroy 7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomack I will not suffer him 8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the land that they may dwell with me 9 Whoso leadeth a godly life he shall be my servent 10 There shal1 no deceitful person dwell in my house he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight 11 I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. Morning Prayer Domine exaudi Psal 102. HEar my prayer O Lord and let my crying come unto thee 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble incline thine ears unto me when I call O hear me and that right soon 3 For any days are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt up as it were a fire-brand 4 My heart is smitten down and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread 5 For the voice of my groning my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh 6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness and like an owl that is in the desert 7 I have watched and am even as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone upon the house-top 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me 9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread and mingled my drink with weeping 10 And that because of thine indignation and wrath for thou hast taken me up and cast me down 11 My days are gone like a shadow and I am withered like grass 12 But thou O Lord shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance throughout all generations 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Sion for it is time that thou have mercy upon her yea the time is come 14 And why thy servants think upon her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust 15 The heathen shall fear thy Name O Lord and all the kings of the earth thy Majesty 16 When the Lord shall build up Sion and when his glory shall appear 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute and despiseth not their desire 18 This shall be written for those that come after and the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth 20 That he might hear the mournings of such as are in captivity and deliver the children appointed unto death 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion and his worship at Jerusalem 22 When the people are gathered together and the kingdoms also to serve the Lord. 23 He brought down my strength in my journey and shortned my days 24 But I said O my God take me not away in the midst of mine age as for thy years they endure throughout all generations 25 Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands 26 They shall perish but thou shalt endure they all shall wax old as doth a garment 27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail 28 The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight Benedic anima mea Psal 103. PRaise the Lord O my soul and all that is within me praise his holy Name 2 Praise the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin and healeth all thine infirmities 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things making thee young and lusty as an eagle 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all them that are oppressed with wrong 7 He shewed his ways unto Moses his works unto the children of Israel 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy long-suffering and of great goodness 9 He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for ever 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses 11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west so far hath he set our sins from us 13 Yea like as a father pitieth his own children even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made he remembreth that we are but dust 15 The days of man are but as grass for he flourisheth as a flower of the field 16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more 17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him and his righteousness upon childrens children 18 Even upon such as keep his covenant and think upon his commandments to do them 19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven and his kingdom ruleth over all 20 O praise the Lord ye angels of his ye that
hast done it 27 Though they curse yet bless thou and let them be confounded that rise up against me but let thy servant rejoyce 28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a cloke 29 As for me I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth and praise him among the multitude 30 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor to save his soul from unrighteous judges Morning Prayer Dixit Dominus Psal 110. THE Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool 2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion be thou ruler even in the midst among thine enemies 3 In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free-will-offerings with an holy worship the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning 4 The Lord sware and will not repent Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech 5 The Lord upon thy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath 6 He shall judge among the heathen he shall fill the places with the dead bodies and smite in sunder the heads over divers countreys 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up his head Confitebor tibi Psal 111. I Will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart secretly among the faithful and in the congregation 2 The works of the Lord are great sought out of all them that have pleasure therein 3 His work is worthy to be praised and had in honour and his righteousness endureth for ever 4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works that they ought to be had in remembrance 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him he shall ever be mindful of his covenant 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works that he may give them the heritage of the heathen 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment all his commandments are true 8 They stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and equity 9 He sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever holy and reverend is his Name 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom a good understanding have all they that do thereafter the praise of it endureth for ever Beatus vir Psal 112. BLessed is the man that feareth the Lord he hath great delight in his commandments 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth the generation of the faithful shall be blessed 3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house and his righteousness endureth for ever 4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness he is merciful loving and righteous 5 A good man is merciful and lendeth and will guide his words with discretion 6 For he shall never be moved and the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance 7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings for his heart standeth fast and believeth in the Lord. 8 His heart is stablished and will not shrink until he see his desire upon his enemies 9 He hath dispersed abroad and given to the poor and his righteousness remaineth for ever his horn shall be exalted with honour 10 The ungodly shall see it and it shall grieve him he shall gnash with his teeth and consume away the desire of the ungodly shall perish Laudate pueri Psal 113. PRaise the Lord ye servants O praise the Name of the Lord. 2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore 3 The Lords Name is praised from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same 4 The Lord is high above all heathen and his glory above the heavens 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth 6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust and lifteth the poor out of the mire 7 That he may set him with the princes even with the princes of his people 8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of children Evening Prayer In exitu Israel Psal 114. WHen Israel came out of Egypt and the house of Jacob from among the strange people 2 Juda was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion 3 The sea saw that and fled Jordan was driven back 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like young sheep 5 What aileth thee O thou sea that thou fleddest and thou Jordan that thou wast driven back 6 Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams and ye little hills like young sheep 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob. 8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing water and the flint-stone into a springing well Non nobis Domine Psal 115. NOt unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give the praise for thy loving mercy and for thy truths sake 2 Wherefore shall the heathen say Where is now their God 3 As for our God he is in heaven he hath done whatsoever pleased him 4 Their idols are silver and gold even the work of mens hands DAY xxiv 5 They have mouths and speak not eyes have they and see not 6 They have ears and hear not noses have they and smell not 7 They have hands and handle not feet have they and walk not neither speak they through their throat 8 They that make them are like unto them and so are all such as put their trust in them 9 But thou house of Israel trust thou in the Lord he is their succour and defence 10 Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender 11 Ye that fear the Lord put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us and he shall bless us even he shall bless the house of Israel he shall bless the house of Aaron 13 He shall bless them that fear the Lord both small and great 14 The Lord shall increase you more and more you and your children 15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord who made heaven and earth 16 All the whole heavens are the Lords the earth hath he given to the children of men 17 The dead praise not thee O Lord neither all they that go down into silence 18 But we will praise the Lord from this time forth for evermore Praise the Lord. Morning Prayer Dilexi quoniam Psal 116. I Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer 2 That he hath inclined is ear unto me therefore will I call upon him as long as I live 3 The snares of death compassed me round about and the pains of hell gat hold upon me 4 I shall find
law 6 I have chosen the way of truth and thy judgments have I laid before me 7 I have stuck unto thy testimonies O Lord confound me not 8 I will run the way of thy commandments when thou hast set my heart at liberty Morning Prayer Legem pone TEach me O Lord the way of thy statutes and I shall keep it unto the end 2 Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law yea I shall keep it with my whole heart 3 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments for therein is my desire 4 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness 5 O turn away mine eyes lest they behold vanity and quicken thou me in thy way 6 O stablish thy word in thy servant that I may fear thee 7 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy judgments are good 8 Behold my delight is in thy commandments O quicken me in thy righteousness Et veni at super me LEt thy loving mercy come also unto me O Lord even thy salvation according unto thy word 2 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers for my trust is in thy word 3 O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy judgments 4 So shall I alway keep thy law yea for ever and ever 5 And I will walk at liberty for I seek thy commandments 6 I will speak of thy testimonies also even before kings and will not be ashamed 7 And my delight shall be in thy commandments which I have loved 8 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments which I have loved and my study shall be in thy statutes Memor esto servi tui O Think upon thy servant as concerning thy word wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust 2 The same is my comfort in my trouble for thy word hath quickned me 3 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision yet have I not shrinked from thy law 4 For I remembred thine everlasting judgments O Lord and received comfort 5 I am horribly afraid for the ungodly that forsake thy law 6 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage 7 I have thought upon thy Name O Lord in the night-season and have kept thy law 8 This I had because I kept thy commandments Portio mea Domine THou art my portion O Lord I have promised to keep thy law 2 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart O be merciful unto me according to thy word 3 I called mine own ways to remembrance and turned my feet unto thy testimonies 4. I made haste and prolonged not the time to keep thy commandments 5 The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me but I have not forgotten thy law 6 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments 7 I am a companion of all them that fear thee and keep thy commandments 8 The earth O Lord is full of thy mercy O teach me thy statutes Banitatem fecisti O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according unto thy word 2 O learn me true understanding and knowledge for I have believed thy commandments 3 Before I was troubled I went wrong but now have I kept thy word 4 Thou art good and gracious O teach me thy statutes 5 The proud have imagined a lie against me but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart 6 Their heart is as fat as brawn but my delight hath been in thy law 7 It is good for me that I have been in trouble that I may learn thy statutes 8 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me then thousands of gold and silver Evening Prayer Manus tuae fecerunt me THY hands have made me and fashioned me O give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments 2 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have put my trust in thy word 3 I know O Lord that thy judgments are right and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled 4 O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort according to thy word unto thy servant 5 O let thy loving mercies come unto me that I may live for thy law is my delight 6 Let the proud be confounded for they go wickedly about to destroy me but I will be occupied in thy commandments 7 Let such as fear thee and have known thy testimonies be turned unto me 8 O let my heart be sound in thy statutes that I be not ashamed Defecit anima mea MY soul hath longed for thy salvation and I have a good hope because of thy word 2 Mine eyes long sore for thy word saying O when wilt thou comfort me 3 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke yet do I not forget thy statutes 4 How many are the days of thy servant when wilt thou be avenged of them that persecute me 5 The proud have digged pits for me which are not after thy law 6 All thy commandments are true they persecute me falsly O be thou my help 7 They had almost made an end of me upon earth but I forsook not thy commandments 8 O quicken me after thy loving kindness and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth In aeternum Domine O Lord thy word endureth for ever in heaven 2 Thy truth also remaineth from one generation to another thou hast laid the foundation of the earth and it abideth 3 They continue this day according to thine ordinance for all things serve thee 4 If my delight had not been in thy law I should have perished in my trouble 5 I will never forget thy commandments for with them thou hast quickned me 6 I am thine O save me for I have sought thy commandments 7 The ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me but I will consider thy testimonies 8 I see that all things come to an end but thy commandment is exceeding broad Quomodo dilexi LOrd what love have I unto thy law all the day long is my study in it 2 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser then mine enemies for they are ever with me 3 I have more understanding then my teachers for thy testimonies are my study 4 I am wiser then the aged because I keep thy commandments 5 I have refrained my feet from every evil way that I may keep thy word 6 I have not shrunk from thy judgments for thou teachest me 7 O how sweet are thy words unto my throat yea sweeter then hony unto my mouth 8 Through thy commandments I get understanding therefore I hate all evil ways Morning Prayer Lucerna pedibus meis THy word is a lantern unto my feet and a light unto my paths DAY xxvi 2 I have sworn and am stedfastly purposed to keep thy righteous judgments 3 I am troubled above measure quicken me O Lord according to thy word 4 Let the
supplication 2 I poured out my complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble 3 When my spirit was in heaviness thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me 4 I looked also upon my right hand and saw there was no man that would know me 5 I had no place to flee unto and no man cared for my soul 6 I cried unto thee O Lord and said Thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the living 7 Consider my complaint for I am brought very low 8 O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me 9 Bring my soul out of prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name which thing if thou wilt grant me then shall the righteous resort unto my company Domine exaudi Psal 143. HEar my prayer O Lord and consider my desire hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness sake 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant for in thy sight shall no man living be justified 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul he hath smitten my life down to the ground he hath laid me in the darkness as the men that have been long dead 4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate 5 Yet do I remember the time past I muse upon all thy works yea I exercise my self in the works of thy hands 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land 7 Hear me O Lord and that soon for my spirit waxeth faint hide not thy face from me lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit DAY xxx 8 O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust shew thou me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my soul unto thee 9 Deliver me O Lord from mine enemies for I flee unto thee to hide me 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness 11 Quicken me O Lord for thy Names sake and for thy righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble 12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies and destroy all them that vex my soul for I am thy servant Morning Prayer Benedictus Dominus Psal 144. BLessed be the Lord my strength who teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight 2 My hope and my fortress my castle and deliverer my defender in whom I trust who subdueth my people that is under me 3 Lord what is man that thou hast such respect unto him or the son of man that thou so regardest him 4 Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away like a shadow 5 Bowe thy heavens O Lord and come down touch the mountains and they shall smoke 6 Cast forth thy lightning and tear them shoot out thine arrows and consume them 7 Send down thine hand from above deliver me and take me out of the great waters from the hand of strange children 8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness 9 I will sing a new song unto thee O God and sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute 10 Thou hast given victory unto kings and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword 11 Save me and deliver me from the hand of strange children whose mouth talketh of vanity and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity 12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple 13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour that there be no decay no leading into captivity and no complaining in our streets 15 Happy are the people that are in such a case yea blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God Exaltabo te Deus Psal 145. I Will magnifie thee O God my King and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever 2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee and praise thy Name for ever and ever 3 Great is the Lord and marvellous worthy to be praised there is no end of his greatness 4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another and declare thy power 5 As for me I will be talking of thy worship thy glory thy praise and wondrous works 6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts and I will also tell of thy greatness 7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be shewed and men shall sing of thy righteousness 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful long-suffering and of great goodness 9 The Lord is loving unto every man and his mercy is over all his works 10 All thy works praise thee O Lord and thy saints give thanks unto thee 11 They shew the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power 12 That thy power thy glory and mightiness of thy kingdom might be known unto men 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages 14 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall and lifteth up all those that are down 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee O Lord and thou givest them their meat in due season 16 Thou openest thine hand and fillest all things living with plenteousness 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him yea all such as call upon him faithfully 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will help them 20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him but scattereth abroad all the ungodly 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name forever and ever Lauda anima mea Psal 146. PRaise the Lord O my soul while I live will I praise the Lord yea as long as I have any being I will sing praises unto my God 2 O put not your trust in princes nor in any child of man for there is no help in them 3 For when the breath of man goeth forth he shall turn again to his earth and then all his thoughts perish 4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his God 5 Who made heaven and earth the sea and all that therein is who keepeth his promise for ever 6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong who feedeth the hungry 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison the Lord giveth sight to the blind 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the righteous 9 The Lord careth for the strangers
he defendeth the fatherless and widow as for the way of the ungodly he turneth it upside down 10 The Lord thy God O Sion shall be King for evermore and throughout all generations Evening Prayer Laudate Dominum Psal 147. O Praise the Lord for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God yea a joyful and pleasant thing it is to he thankful 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem and gather together the out-casts of Israel 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart and giveth medicine to heal their sickness 4 He telleth the number of the stars and calleth them all by their names 5 Great is our Lord and great is his power yea and his wisdom is infinite 6 The Lord setteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground 7 O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving sing praises upon the harp unto our God 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds and prepareth rain for the earth and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains and herb for the use of men 9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattel and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any mans legs 11 But the Lords delight is in them that fear him and put their trust in his mercy 12 Praise the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Sion 13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee 14 He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the flour of wheat 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth and his word runneth very swiftly 16 He giveth snow like wooll and scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels who is able to abide his frost 18 He sendeth out his word and melteth them he bloweth with his wind and the waters flow 19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes and ordinances unto Israel 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws Laudate Dominum Psal 148. O Praise the Lord of heaven praise him in height 2 Praise him all ye angels of his praise him all his host 3 Praise him sun and moon praise him all ye stars and light 4 Praise him all ye heavens and ye waters that are above the heavens 5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord for he spake the word and they were made he commanded and they were created 6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever he hath given them a law which shall not be broken 7 Praise Lord upon earth ye dragons and all deeps 8 Fire and hail snow and vapours wind and storm fulfilling his word 9 Mountains and all hills fruitful trees and all cedars 10 Beasts and all cattel worms and feathered fowls 11 Kings of the earth and all people princes and all judges of the world 12 Young men and maidens old men and children praise the Name of the Lord for his Name only is excellent and his praise above heaven and earth 13 He shall exalt the horn of his people all his saints shall praise him even the children of Israel even the people that serveth him Cantate Domino Psal 149. O Sing unto the Lord a new song let the congregation of saints praise him 2 Let Israel rejoyce in him that made him and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King 3 Let them praise his Name in the dance let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp 4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meek-hearted 5 Let the saints be joyful with glory let them rejoyce in their beds 6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hands 7 To be avenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people 8 To bind their kings in chains and their nobles with links of iron 9 That they may be avenged of them as it is written Such honour have all his saints Laudate Dominum Psal 150. O Praise God in his holiness praise him in the firmament of his power 2 Praise him in his noble acts praise him according to his excellent greatness 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet praise him upon the lute and harp 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances praise him upon the strings and pipe 5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals praise him upon the the loud cymbals 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Forms of Prayer to be used at SEA ¶ The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea shall be the same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer ¶ These two following Prayers are to be also used in His Majesties Navy every day O Eternal Lord God who alone spreadest out the heavens and rulest the raging of the sea who hast compassed the waters with bounds until day and night come to an end Be pleased to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of us thy servants and the Fleet in which we serve Preserve us from the dangers of the Sea and from the violence of the enemy that we may be a safeguard unto our most gracious Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM and his Kingdoms and a security for such as pass on the Seas upon their lawful occasions that the Inhabitants of our Island may in peace and quietness serve thee our God and that we may return in safety to enjoy the blessings of the land with the fruits of our labours and with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies to praise and glorifie thy Holy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Collect. 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 Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea O Most powerful and glorious Lord God at whose command the winds blow and lift up the waves of the Sea and who stillest the rage thereof We thy creatures but miserable sinners do in this our great distress cry unto thee for help save Lord or else we perish We confess when we have been safe and seen all things quiet about us we have forgot thee our God and refused to hearken to the still voice of thy Word and to obey thy commandments But now we see how terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder the great God to be feared above all and therefore we adore thy divine Majesty acknowledging thy power and imploring thy goodness Help Lord and save us for thy mercies sake in Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen Or this O Most glorious and gracious Lord God who dwellest in heaven but beholdest all things below Look down we beseech thee and hear us calling out of
the depth of misery and out of the jaws of this death which is ready now to swallow us up Save Lord or else we perish The living the living shall praise thee O send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds and the roring sea that we being delivered from this distress may live to serve thee and to glorifie thy Name all the days of our life Hear Lord and save us for the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ Amen The prayer to be said before a fight at Sea against any Enemy O Most powerful and glorious Lord God the Lord of hosts that rulest and commandest all things Thou sittest in the Throne judging right and therefore we make our Address to thy divine Majesty in this our necessity that thou wouldst take the cause into thine own hand and judge between us and our enemies Stir up thy strength O Lord and come and help us for thou givest not alway the battel to the strong but canst save by many or by few O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance but hear us thy poor servants begging mercy and imploring thy help and that thou wouldst be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy Make it appear that thou art our Savior and mighty Deliverer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Short Prayers for single Persons that cannot meet to joyn in Prayer with others by reason of the Fight or Storm General Prayers LOrd be merciful to us sinners and save us for thy mercies sake Thou art the great God that hast made and rulest all things O deliver us for thy Names sake Thou art the great God to be feared above all O save us that we may praise thee Special Prayers with respect to the Enemy THou O Lord art just and powerful O defend our cause against the face of the Enemy O God thou art a strong tower of defence to all that flee unto thee O save us from the violence of the Enemy O Lord of hosts fight for us that we may glorifie thee O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins or the violence of the enemy O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thy Names sake Short Prayers in respect of a Storm THou O Lord that stillest the raging of the sea hear hear us and save us that we perish not O blessed Saviour that didst save thy disciples ready to perish in a Storm hear us and save us we beseech thee Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us O Lord hear us O Christ hear us God the Father God the Son God the holy Ghost have mercy upon us save us now and evermore OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom the power and the glory For ever and ever Amen ¶ When there shall be imminent danger as many as can be spared from necessary service in the Ship shall be called together and make an humble Confession of their sins to God In which every one ought seriously to reflect upon those particular sins of which his conscience shall accuse him Saying as followeth The confession ALmighty God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Maker of all things Judge of all men We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness Which we from time to time most grievously have committed By thought word and deed Against thy divine Majesty Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us We do earnestly repent And be heartily sorry for these our misdoings The remembrance of them is grievous unto us The burden of them is intolerable Have mercy upon us have mercy upon us most merciful Father For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ sake Forgive us all that is past And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life To the honour and glory of thy Name Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest if there be any in the Ship Pronounce this Absolution ALmighty God our heavenly Father who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them which with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him Have mercy upon you pardon and deliver you from all your sins confirm and strengthen you in all goodness and bring you to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Thanksgiving after a Storm Jubilate Deo Psal 66. O Be joyful in God all ye lands sing praises unto the honour of his Name make his praise to be glorious Say unto God O how wonderful art thou in thy works through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee For all the world shall worship thee sing of thee and praise thy Name O come hither and behold the works of God how wonderful he is in his doing towards the children of men He turned the sea into dry land so that they went through the water on foot there did we rejoyce thereof He ruleth with his power for ever his eyes behold the people and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves O praise our God ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard Who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip For thou O God hast proved us thou also hast tried us like as silver is tried Thou broughtest us into the snare and laidst trouble upon our loyns Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads we went through fire and water and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings and will pay thee my vows which I promised with my lips and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices with the incense of rams I will offer bullocks and goats O come hither and hearken all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue If I incline unto wickedness with my heart the Lord will not hear me But God hath heard me and considered the voice of my prayer Praised be God who hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercy from me Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Confitemini Domino Psal 107. O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed and delivered from the hand of the enemy And gathered them out of the lands from the east and
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 ¶ Then shall the Priest and the People with him say the Lords Prayer OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Priest O Lord deal not with us after our sins Answer Neither reward us after our iniquities Priest 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 oppress us and graciously 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 through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help us and deliver us 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 days 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 and to the Holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen From our enemies defend us O Christ Graciously look upon our 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 Graciously hear us O Christ graciously hear us O Lord Christ Priest O Lord let thy mercy be shewed upon us Answer As we do put our trust in thee WE humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon our infirmities and for the glory of thy Name 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 holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glory through our only Mediatour and Advocate Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion with the Collect Epistle and Gospel as followeth The Collect. ALmighty God who by thy divine providence hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church and didst inspire thine Apostles to choose into the Order of Deacons the first Martyr Saint Stephen with others Mercifully behold these thy servants now called to the like Office and Administration Replenish them so with the truth of thy Doctrine and adorn them with innocency of life that both by word and good example they may faithfully serve thee in this Office to the glory of thy Name and the edification of thy Church through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen The Epistle 1 Tim. 3.8 LIkewise must the Deacons be grave not double-tongued not given to much wine not greedy of filthy lucre holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience And let these also first be proved then let them use the Office of a Deacon being found blameless Even so must their wives be grave not slanderers sober faithful in all things Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife ruling their children and their own houses well For they that have used the Office of a Deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus ¶ Or else this out of the Sixth of the Acts of the Apostles Acts 6.2 THen the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them and said It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve tables Wherefore brethren look ye out among you seven men of honest report full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom whom we may appoint over this business But we will give our selves continually to prayer and to the ministery of the word And the saying pleased the whole multitude And they chose Stephen a man full of of faith and of the Holy Ghost and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch Whom they set before the Apostles and when they had prayed they laid their hands on them And the word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly and a great company of the Priests were obedient to the faith ¶ And before the Gospel the Bishop sitting in his Chair shall cause the Oath of the Kings Supremacy and against the Power and Authority of all foreign Potentates to be ministred unto every of them that are to be Ordered The Oath of the Kings Sovereignty I A. B. do utterly testifie and declare in my conscience That the Kings Highness is the only supreme Governour of this Realm and of all other his Highnesses Dominions and Countreys as well in all Spiritual or Ecclesiastical things or Causes as Temporal And that no foreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preeminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm And therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign Jurisdictions Powers Superiorities and Authorities and do promise That from henceforth I shall bear Faith and true Allegiance to the Kings Highness His Heirs and lawful Successors and to my power shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Priviledges Preeminences and Authorities granted or belonging to the Kings Highness His Heirs and Successors or united and annexed to the Imperial Crown of this Realm So help me God and the Contents of this Book ¶ Then shall the Bishop examine every one of them that are to be Ordered in the presence of the People after this manner following DO you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this Office and
the Name of God and shew what the Crime or Impediment is ¶ And if any great Crime or Impediment be objected the Bishop shall surcease from Ordering that Person until such time as the Party accused shall be found clear of that Crime ¶ Then the Bishop commending such as shall be found meet to be Ordered to the Prayers of the Congregation shall with the Clergy and People present sing or say the Litany with the Prayers as is before appointed in the Form of Ordering Deacons save only that in the proper Suffrage there added the word Deacons shall be omitted and the word Priests inserted in stead of it ¶ Then shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion with the Collect Epistle and Gospel as followeth ¶ The Collect. ALmighty God giver of all good things who by thy holy Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in the Church Mercifully behold these thy servants now called to the Office of Priesthood and replenish them so with the truth of thy doctrine and adorn them with innocency of life that both by word and good example they may faithfully serve thee in this Office to the glory of thy Name and the edification of thy Church through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost world without end Amen The Epistle Ephes 4.7 UNto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ Wherefore he saith When he ascended up on high he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men Now that he ascended what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens that he might fill all things And he gave some Apostles and some Prophets and some Evangelists and some Pastours and Teachers for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the Ministery for the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ ¶ After this shall be read for the Gospel part of the Ninth Chapter of S. Matthew as followeth S. Matth. 9.36 WHen Jesus saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion on them because they fainted and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd Then saith he unto his disciples The harvest truly is plenteous but the labourers are few Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into his harvest ¶ Or else this that followeth out of the Tenth Chapter of Saint John S. John 10.1 VErily verily I say unto you He that entreth not by the door into the sheepfold but climbeth up some other way the same is a thief and a robber But he that entreth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep To him the porter openeth and the sheep hear is voice and he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out And when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them and the sheep follow him for they know his voice And a stranger will they not follow but will flee from him for they know not the voice of strangers This parable spake Jesus unto them but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them Then said Jesus unto them again Verily verily I say unto you I am the door of the sheep All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers but the sheep did not hear them I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture The thief cometh not but for to steal and to kill and to destroy I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly I am the good Shepherd the good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep But he that is an hireling and not the shepherd whose own the sheep are not seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and fleeth and the wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep The hireling fleeth because he is an hireling and careth not for the sheep I am the good Shepherd and know my sheep and am known of mine As the Father knoweth me even so know I the Father and I lay down my life for the sheep And other sheep I have which are not of this fold them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold and one Shepherd ¶ Then the Bishop sitting in his Chair shall minister unto every one of them the Oath concerning the Kings Supremacy as it is before set forth in the Form for the Ordering of Deacons ¶ And that done he shall say unto them as hereafter followeth YOu have heard brethren as well in your private examination as in the exhortation which was now made to you and in the holy Lessons taken out of the Gospel and the Writings of the Apostles of what dignity and of how great importance this Office is whereunto ye are called And now again we exhort you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you have in remembrance into how high a Dignity and to how weighty an Office and Charge ye are called That is to say to be Messengers Watchmen and Stewards of the Lord to teach and to premonish to feed and provide for the Lords family to seek for Christs sheep that are dispersed abroad and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world that they may be saved through Christ for ever Have always therefore printed in your remembrance how great a treasure is committed to your charge For they are the sheep of Christ which he bought with his death and for whom he shed his bloud The Church and Congregation whom you must serve is his Spouse and his Body And if it shall happen the same Church or any member thereof to take any hurt or hindrance by reason of your negligence ye know the greatness of the fault and also the horrible punishment that will ensue Wherefore consider with your selves the end of your Ministry towards the children of God towards the Spouse and Body of Christ and see that you never cease your labour your care and diligence until you have done all that lieth in you according to your bounden duty to bring all such as are or shall be committed to your charge unto that agreement in the faith and knowledge of God and to that ripeness and perfectness of age in Christ that there be no place left among you either for errour in Religion or for viciousness in Life Forasmuch then as your Office is both of so great excellency and of so great difficulty ye see with how great care and study ye ought to apply your selves as well that ye may shew your selves dutiful and thankful unto that Lord who hath
with long Happiness here on Earth and Crown him with everlasting Glory hereafter through Jesus Christ our Saviour and Redeemer Amen The Epistle Rom. 13.1 LEt every soul be subject unto the higher powers For there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God Whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation For rulers are not a terrour to good works but to the evil Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same For he is the minister of God to thee for good But if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the minister of God a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but also for conscience sake For for this cause pay you tribute also for they are Gods ministers attending continually upon this very thing Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour The Gospel S. Luke 9.51 ANd it came to pass when the time was come that he should be received up he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem and sent messengers before his face and they went and entred into a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him And they did not receive him because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem And when his disciples James and John saw this they said Lord wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them even as Elias did But he turned and rebuked them and said Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives but to save them And they went to another village ¶ After the Creed if there be no Sermon shall be read one of the six Homilies against Rebellion ¶ This Sentence is to be read at the Offertory WHatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them for this is the law and the prophets S. Matth. 7.12 ¶ After the Prayer for the Church Militant this following Prayer is to be used O God whose Name is excellent in all the Earth and thy Glory above the Heavens who on this day didst miraculously preserve our Church and State from the secret contrivance and hellish malice of Popish Conspirators and on this day also didst begin to give us a mighty Deliverance from the open Tyranny and Oppression of the same Cruel and Bloud-thirsty Enemies we bless and adore thy glorious Majesty as for the former so for this thy late marvellous Loving kindness to our Church and Nation in the Preservation of our Religion and Liberties And we humbly pray that the devout Sense of this thy repeated Mercy may renew and increase in us a Spirit of Love and Thankfulness to thee its only Author a Spirit of peaceable Submission and Obedience to our gracious Sovereign whom thou madest the blessed Instrument of it and a Spirit of fervent zeal for our holy Religion which now again thou hast so wonderfully Rescued and Established a Blessing to us and our Posterity And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake Amen A Form of Prayer with Fasting to be us'd Yearly upon the Thirtieth of January being the Day of the Martyrdom of the Blessed King CHARLES the First To Implore the Mercy of God That neither the Guilt of that Sacred and Innocent Blood nor those other Sins by which God was provoked to deliver up both us and our King into the hands of cruel and unreasonable Men may at any time hereafter be visited upon us or our Posterity ¶ If this day shall happen to be Sunday this Form of Prayer shall be used and the Fast kept the next Day following And upon the Lords Day next before the Day to be kept at Morning Prayer immediately after the Nicene Creed Notice shall be given for the due observation of the said Day ¶ The Service on the Day shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy days in all things Except where it is in this Office otherwise appointed The Order for Morning Prayer ¶ He that Ministreth shall begin with one or more of these Sentences TO the Lord our God belong Mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walk in his laws which he set before us Dan. 9.9 10. Correct us O Lord but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring us to nothing Jer. 10.24 Enter not into judgment with thy servants O Lord for in thy sight shall no man living be justified Psal 143.2 ¶ Instead of Venite exultemus the Hymn following shall be said or sung one Verse by the Priest another by the Clerk and People RIghteous art thou O Lord and just are they judgments Psal 119.137 Thou art just O Lord in all that is brought upon us for thou hust done right but we have done wickedly Neh. 9.33 Nevertheless my feet were almost gone my treadings had well nigh slipt Ps 73.2 For why I was grieved at the wicked I did also see the ungodly in such prosperity ver 3. The people stood up and the rulers took counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed Psal 2.2 They cast their heads together with one consent and were confederate against him Ps 83.5 He heard the blasphemy of the multitude and fear was on every side while they conspir'd together against him to take away his life Psal 31.15 They spoke against him with false tongues and compast him about with words of hatred and fought against him without a cause Psal 109.2 Yea his own familiar friends whom he trusted they that eat of his bread laid great wait for him Psal 41.9 They rewarded him evil for good to the great discomfort of his soul Psal 35.12 They took their counsel together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliver him Psal 71.9 The breath of our nostrils the anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits of whom we said Vnder his shadow we shall be safe Lam. 4.20 The adversary and the enemy enter'd into the gates of Jerusalem saying When shall the die and his name perish verse 12. Psal 41.5 Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed against him and now that he lieth let him rise up no more verse 8. False witnesses also did rise up against him they laid to his charge things that he knew not Psal 35.11 For the sins of the people and the iniquities of the priests they shed the bloud of the just in the midst of Jerusalem Lam. 4.13 O my soul come not thou into their secret unto their assembly mine honour be not thou united for in their anger they
9 The ungodly walk on every side when they are exalted the children of men are put to rebuke Usque quo Domine Psal 13. HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord for ever how long wilt thou hide thy face from me 2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul and be so vexed in my heart how long shall mine enemies triumph over me 3 Consider and hear me O Lord my God lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death 4 Lest mine enemy say I have prevailed against him for if I be cast down they that trouble me will rejoyce at it 5 But my trust is in thy mercy and my heart is joyful in thy salvation 6 I will sing of the Lord because he hath dealt so lovingly with me yea I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest Dixit insipiens Psal 14. THe fool hath said in his heart There is no God 2 They are corrupt and become abominable in their doings there is none that doeth good no not one 3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God 4 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one 5 Their throat is an open sepulchre with their tongues have they deceived the poison of asps is under their lips 6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness their feet are swift to shed bloud 7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways and the way of peace have they not known there is no fear of God before their eyes 8 Have they no knowledge that they are all such workers of mischief eating up my people as it were bread and call not upon the Lord DAY iii. 9 There were they brought in great fear even where no fear was for God is in the generation of the righteous 10 As for you ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor because putteth his trust in the Lord. 11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people then shall Jacob rejoyce and Israel shall be glad Morning Prayer Domine quis babitabit Psal 15. LOrd who shall dwell in thy tabernacle or who shall rest upon thy holy hill 2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life and doeth the thing which is right and speaketh the truth from his heart 3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue nor done evil to his neighbour and hath not slandered his neighbour 4 He that setteth not by himself but is lowly in his own eyes and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. 5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour and disappointeth him not though it were to his own hindrance 6 He that hath hot given his money upon usury nor taken reward against the innocent 7 Whoso doeth these things shall never fall Conserva me Domine Psal 16. PReserve me O God for in thee have I put my trust 2 O my soul thou hast said unto the Lord Thou art my God my goods are nothing unto thee 3 All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth and upon such as excel in virtue 4 But they that run after another god shall have great trouble 5 Their drink-offerings of bloud will I not offer neither make mention of their names within my lips 6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou shalt maintain my lot 7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fain ground yea I have a goodly heritage 8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning my reins also chasten me in the night-season 9 I have set God always before me for he is on my right hand therefore I shall not fall 10 Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory rejoyced my flesh also shall rest in hope 11 For why thou shalt not leave my soul in hell neither shalt thou suffer thy holy One to see corruption 12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life in thy presence is the fulness of joy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore Exaudi Domine Psal 17. HEar the right O Lord consider my complaint and hearken unto my prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal 3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night-season thou hast tried me and shalt find no wickedness in me for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend 4 Because of mens works that are done against the words of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer 5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not 6 I have called upon thee O God for thou shalt hear me incline thine ear to me and hearken unto my words 7 Shew thy marvellous loving kindness thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee from such as resist thy right hand 8 Keep me as the apple of an eye hide me under the shadow of thy wings 9 From the ungodly that trouble me mine enemies compass me round about to take away my soul 10 They are inclosed in their own fat and their mouth speaketh proud things 11 They lie waiting in our way on every side turning their eyes down to the ground 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey and as it were a lions whelp lurking in secret places 13 Up Lord disappoint him and cast him down deliver my soul from the ungodly which is a sword of thine 14 From the men of thy hand O Lord from the men I say and from the evil world which have their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure 15 They have children at their desire and leave the rest of their substance for their babes 16 But as for me I will behold thy presence in righteousness and when I awake up after thy likeness I shall be satisfied with it Evening Prayer Diligam te Domine Psal 18. I Will love thee O Lord my strength the Lord is my stony rock and my defence my Saviour my God and my might in whom I will trust my buckler the horn also of my salvation and my refuge 2 I will call upon the Lord which is worthy to be praised so shall I be safe from mine enemies 3 The sorrows of death compassed me and the over-flowings of ungodliness made me afraid 4 The pains of hell came about me the snares of death overtook me 5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord and complain unto my God 6 So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple and my complaint shall come before him it shall enter even into his ears 7 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations also of the hills shook and were removed because he was
wroth 8 There went a smoke out in his presence and a consuming fire out of his mouth so that coals were kindled at it 9 He bowed the heavens also and came down and it was dark under his feet 10 He rode upon the Cherubins and did flie he came flying upon the wings of the wind 11 He made darkness his secret place his pavilion round about him with dark water and thick clouds to cover him 12 At the brightness of his presence his clouds removed hail-stones and coals of fire 13 The Lord also thundred out of heaven and the Highest gave his thunder hail-stones and coals of fire 14 He sent out arrows and scattered them he cast forth lightnings and destroyed them 15 The springs of waters were seen and the foundations of the round world were discovered at thy chiding O Lord at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure 16 He shall send down from on high to fetch me and shall take me out of many waters 17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy and from them which hate me for they are too mighty for me 18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble but the Lord was my upholder 19 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty he brought me forth even because he had a favour unto me 20 The Lord shall reward me after my righteous dealing according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me 21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not forsaken my God as the wicked doth 22 For I have an eye unto all his laws and will not cast out his commandments from me 23 I was also uncorrupt before him and eschewed mine own wickedness 24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing and according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight 25 With the holy thou shalt be holy and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect 26 With the clean thou shalt be clean and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness 27 For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud 28 Thou also shalt light my candle the Lord my God shall make my darkness to be light 29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men and with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall 30 The way of God is an undefiled way the word of the Lord also is tried in the fire he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him 31 For who is God but the Lord or who hath any strength except our God 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength of war and maketh my way perfect 33 He maketh my feet like harts feet and setteth me up on high 34 He teacheth mine hands to fight and mine arms shall break even a bow of steel 35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation thy right hand also shall hold me up and thy loving correction shall make me great 36 Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go that my foot-steps shall not slide DAY iv 37 I will follow upon mine enemies and overtake them neither will I turn again till I have destroyed them 38 I will smite them that they shall not be able to stand but fall under my feet 39 Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battel thou shalt throw down mine enemies under me 40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me and I shall destroy them that hate me 41 They shall cry but there shall be none to help them yea even unto the Lord shall they cry but he shall not hear them 42 I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind I will cast them out as the clay in the streets 43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen 44 A people whom I have not known shall serve me 45 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me but the strange children shall dissemble with me 46 The strange children shall fail and be afraid out of their prisons 47 The Lord liveth and blessed be my strong helper and praised be the God of my salvation 48 Even the God that seeth that I be avenged and subdueth the people unto me 49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies and setteth me up above mine adversaries thou shalt rid me from the wicked man 50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee O Lord among the Gentiles and sing praises unto thy Name 51 Great prosperity giveth he unto his King and sheweth loving kindness unto David his Anointed and unto his Seed for evermore Morning Prayer Coeli enarrant Psal 19. THe heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handy-work 2 One day telleth another and one night certifieth another 3 There is neither speech nor language but their voices are heard among them 4 Their sound is gone out into all lands and their words into the ends of the world 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the Sun which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber and rejoyceth as a giant to run his course 6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the Heaven and runneth about unto the end of it again and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof 7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law converting the soul the testimony of the Lord is sure and giveth wisdom unto the simple 8 The statutes of the Lord are right and rejoyce the heart the commandment of the Lord is pure and giveth light unto the eyes 9 The fear of the Lord is clean and endureth for ever the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether 10 More to be desired are they then gold yea then much fine gold sweeter also then hony and the hony-comb 11 Moreover by them is thy servant taught and in keeping of them there is great reward 12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth O cleanse thou me from my secret faults 13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me so shall I be undefiled and innocent from the great offence 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight 15 O Lord my strength and my redeemer Exaudiat te Dominus Psal 20. THe Lord hear thee in the day of trouble the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee 2 Send thee help from the Sanctuary and strengthen thee out of Sion 3 Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt-sacrifice 4 Grant thee thy hearts desire and fulfil all thy mind 5 We will rejoyce in thy salvation and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God the Lord perform all thy petitions 6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed and will hear him from his holy Heaven