Earth Purge all thy Churches from their dregs and make them meet for a glorious Deliverance that so all the world may see the Salvation of our God and that though he hides his face from his People for a season yet he will not cast them off utterly Grant that thy true Religion may so shine as to become the Ioy of the whole Earth and that all Antichristian Idolatry Superstition and Cruelty being cast out of thy House all that name the Name of Christ may depart from iniquity and walk worthy of their holy profession that the Kingdom of thy dear Son may come quickly and that all his enemies being made his foot-stool he who is the Lord of Lords and King of Kings may reign to all the ends of the Earth To whom with thee O Father and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory for evermore 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 Iesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen The Communion-Service ¶ The Priest standing at the North-side of the Lords Table shall say 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 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 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 bow 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 murther 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 Let us pray ALmighty God whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite Have mercy upon the whole Church and so rule the hearts of thy chosen servants William and Mary our King and Queen that they knowing whose Ministers they are may above all things seek thy honour and glory And that we and all their Subjects duly considering whose Authority they have may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey them in thee and for thee according to thy blessed Word and Ordinance through Iesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen O God our refuge and strength whose power no Creature is able to resist who teachest our hands to War and our fingers to fight and without whom the Horse and Chariot is in vain prepared against the day of Battel defend us we beseech thee with thy mighty power and save us with thy out-stretched arm that our Forces may be preserved and become Victorious by Sea and Land evermore serving under his glorious Banner who is the Lord of Hosts God blessed for ever Amen O Most glorious and gracious God whose Iudgments against obstinate offenders are most severe and terrible But whose Mercies are infinite to all them that with hearty Repentance and true Faith turn unto thee We the sinful People of this Land do acknowledge before thee to thy glory and our own shame that never any Nation had greater experience of thy goodness nor ever did any more unthankfully abuse it When thou gavest us great and long Prosperity we like Jesurun waxed fat and kicked against thee when thou didst thrust us into those Confusions out of which we saw little hopes of arising even in the time of that distress did we trespass yet more against thee When by miracles of mercy thou hadst turn'd our Captivity we soon forgot thee our Saviour and return'd again to our folly And even while thou hast of late appeared for us by delivering us out of the hands of our implacable Enemies of the Romish Faction we have by our sins been fighting against heaven and against thee And now we are no more worthy to be called thy Sons or thy Servants whom neither thy fear hath driven to
A FORM OF PRAYER To be Used on Wednesday the Fifth day of June next ensuing within the Cities of London and Westminster and Ten Miles distance of the same And on Wednesday the Nineteenth of the same June through the rest of the whole Kingdom Being the Fast-Day appointed by the King and Queen's Proclamation to Implore the Blessing of Almighty God upon Their Majesties Forces by Sea and Land and Success in the WAR now Declared against the French King. By Their Majesties Special Command LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb Printers to the King and Queen's most Excellent Majesties MDCLXXXIX WHITEHALL May 28. 1689. IT is His Majesties Pleasure That this Form of Prayer be forthwith Printed and Published SHREWSBURY The Order for Morning Prayer ¶ Let him that ministreth read with a loud voice these Sentences of Scripture and after them the Exhortation following COrrect us O Lord Jer. x. 24. but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring us to nothing O our God encline thine ear and hear Dan. ix 18 open thine eyes and behold for we do not present our supplications unto thee for our righteousnesses but for thy great mercies O Lord hear O Lord forgive O Lord hearken 19. and do and defer not for thine own sake and for thy people that are called by thy name DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and consess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloak 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 ¶ The 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 Iesu 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 to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the People still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus 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 Iesus 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 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 Ans And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Ans 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 ¶ Instead of the Venite exultemus shall be said this Hymn following one Verse by the Priest another by the Clerk and People LEt God arise and let his enemies be scattered Psal lxviii 1. let them also that hate him flee before him Like as the smoke vanisheth so shalt thou drive them away 2. and like as the wax melteth at the fire so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people Psal iii 5. that have set themselves against me round about Destroy thou them Ps v. 10. O God let them fall by their own counsels cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions for they have rebelled against thee The Lord will abhor the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. 6. But let all those that trust in thee rejoyce 11. Let them ever shout for joy For thou Lord 12. wilt bless the righteous with thy favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed Ps vi 10. let them return and be ashamed suddenly O Lord my God Ps vii 1. in thee do I put my trust Save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me Arise 6. O Lord in thine anger lift up thy self because of the rage of mine enemies and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded So shall the Congregation of the people compass thee about 7. For their sakes therefore return thou on high Through God we shall do valiantly Ps cviii 13 for it is he that shall tread down our enemies Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ Instead of the Psalms for the Day shall these proper Psalms be used ◠IX X. ¶ The first Lesson 2 Chron. Chap. 20. to v. 31. ¶ After the first Lesson shall follow Te Deum Laudamus in English WE praise
Lord Iesus Christ our only Saviour the Prince of Peace look down in much pity and compassion upon this Church and Nation now seeking unto thee in Fasting and Prayer stir up we beseech thee every soul among us to cast forth the accursed thing to root out of our hearts all pride and all wrath and bitterness all unjust prejudice and causeless jealousie all hatred and malice and desire of revenge and whatsoever may hinder us from discerning the things that belong unto our peace And by the power of thy holy Spirit do thou dispose all our hearts to such meekness of wisdom lowliness of mind patience gentleness and long-suffering and forbearance of one another in love and such Honour and Reverence of those whom thou hast set over us as becomes the Sons of Peace that so the God of Peace may be with us Give us grace O Lord serioufly to lay to heart the great Dangers we are in by our unhappy Divisions and the great Obligations which lie upon us to godly Vnion and Concord That as there is but one Body and one Spirit and one Hope of our Calling one Lord one Faith one Baptism one God and Father of us all so we may henceforth be all of one Heart and of one Soul united in one holy Bond of Truth and Peace of Faith and Charity and may with one mind and one mouth glorifie thee O Lord who with thy Father and holy Spirit livest and reignest one God world without end Amen ALmighty God who hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Sons Name We beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of our necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Priest or Bishop if he be present shall let them depart with this Blessing THe peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Iesus Christ our Lord And the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost be amongst you and remain with you always Amen The Order for Evening Prayer ¶ Let him that ministreth read with a loud voice these Sentences of Scripture and after them the Exhortation following COrrect us O Lord Jer. x. 24. but with judgment not in thine anger least thou bring us to nothing O our God Dan. ix encline thine ear and hear open thine eyes and behold for we do not present our Supplications unto thee for our righteousnesses but for thy great mercies O Lord hear O Lord forgive O Lord hearken and do and defer not for thine own sake and for thy people that are called by thy Name 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 cloak 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 ¶ The 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 Iesu 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 to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the People still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus 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 Iesus 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 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 ¶ Proper Psalms are XI XXVII LXIII ¶ The First Lesson I. Sam. VII to v. 16. Magnificat S. Luke I. 46. MY soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden 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