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A form of prayer with thanksgiving to almighty God for having put an end to the Great Rebellion by the restitution of the King and royal family and the restauration of the government after many years interruption which unspeakable mercies were wonderfully compleated upon the 29th of May in the year 1660, and in memory thereof that day in every year is by act of Parliament to be for ever kept holy / by His Majesties special command.
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Church of England.
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A FORM OF PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING To Almighty God for having put an end to THE GREAT REBELLION by the Restitution of the KING and ROYAL FAMILY And the Restauration of the GOVERNMENT after many years Interruption Which unspeakable Mercies were wonderfully Compleated upon the 29th of May in the year 1660. And in Memory thereof that Day in every Year is by Act of Parliament Appointed to be for ever kept Holy By His Majesties special Command LONDON Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd And by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1685. JAMES R. THe Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving heretofore appointed for the Twenty Ninth of May relating in several Passages of it to the Birth and Person of Our most dearly beloved Brother King Charles the Second and so upon occasion of his Death being necessarily to be Altered And it being now by Our special Command to the Bishops so Altered and Settled to Our Satisfaction as a perpetual Office of Thanksgiving for the Standing Mercies of that Day Our Express Will and Pleasure is That it be forthwith Printed and Published as here it followeth to be used henceforth upon every Twenty Ninth of May in all Churches and Chapels within Our Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales in such manner as is therein Directed Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Twenty Ninth Day of April 1685. In the First Year of Our Reign By His Majesty's Command Sunderland ¶ THe Act of Parliament Made in the Twelfth and Confirmed in the Thirteenth Year of King Charles the Second For the Observation of the Twenty Ninth Day of May yearly as a Day of Publick Thanksgiving is to be Read publickly in all Churches at Morning Prayer immediately after the Nicene Creed on the Lords Day next before every such Twenty Ninth of May and Notice to be given for the due observation of the said Day ¶ The Office used hither to upon this Day ever since it was by Act of Parliament Established relating in several Passages to the Birth and Person of King Charles the Second It is thought fit now upon occasion of his Death to alter it as followeth ¶ The Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy days except where it is in this Office otherwise appointed ¶ If this day shall happen to be Ascension-Day or Whit-sunday the Collects of this Office are to be added to the Offices of those Festivals in their proper places And if Munday or Tuesday in Whitsun Week or Trinity Sunday the proper Psalms here appointed for this Day instead of those of ordinary course shall be also used and the Collects added as before And in all these cases the rest of this Office shall be omitted But if it shall happen to be any other Sunday this whole Office shall be used as it followeth entirely And what Festival soever shall happen to fall upon this Solemn Day of Thanksgiving the following Hymn appointed instead of Venite exultemus shall be constantly used The Order for Morning Prayer ¶ Morning Prayer shall begin with 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. ix 9 10. It â—â—e of the Lords Mercies that we were not consumed because his compassions fail not Lam. iii. 22. ¶ Instead of Venite exultemus shall be said or sang this Hymn following One verse by the Priest and another by the Clerk and People MY song shall be always of the loving kindness of the Lord Psal lxxxix 1. with my mouth will I ever be shewing forth his truth from one generation to another The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works Psal cxi 4. that they ought to be had in remembrance Who can express the noble acts of the Lord Psal cvi 2. or shew forth all his praise The works of the Lord are great Psal xci 2. sought out of all them that have pleasure therein The Lord setteth up the meek Psal cxlvii 6. and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment Psal ciii 6. for all them that are oppressed with wrong For lye will not always be chiding 9. neither keepeth he his anger for ever He hath not dealt with us after our sins 10. nor rewarded us according to our wickedness For look how high the Heaven is in comparison of the Earth Psal â—iii 1â— so great is his Merry toward them that sent him Yea like as a father pitieth his own children 13. even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him Thou O God haâ—â— woâ—â—d us Psal lxvi 9. thou hast tryed us even as silver is tryed Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads 11. we went through fire and water but thou hast brought us out into a wealthy place Oh Psal lxxi 18. how great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed us and yet didst thou turn and refresh us yea and broughtest us from the deep of the earth again Thou didst remember us in our low estate Psal cxxxvi 23 24. and redeem us from our enemies for thy mercy endureth for ever Lord Psal lxxxy 1. thou art become gracious unto thy land thou hast turned again the captivity of Iacob God hath shewed us his goodness plenteously Psal lix 10. and God hath let us see our desire upon our enemies They are brought down and fallen Psal xx 8. but we are risen and stand upright There are they fallen all that work wickedness Psa xxxvi 12. they are cast down and shall not be able to stand The Lord hath been mindful of us Psal cxv 12. and he shall bless us even he shall bless the house of Israel he shall bless the house of Aaron He shall bless them that fear the Lord 13. both small and great O that Men would therefore praise the Lord for his Goodness Psal cvii. 21. and declare the Wonders that He doth for the Children of Men. That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving 22. and tell out his Works with Gladness And not hide them from the children of the Generations to come Ps lxxvllj 4. But shew the Honour of the Lord his mighty and wonderful Works that he hath done That our Posterity may also know them 6. and the Children that are yet unborn 7. and not be as their forefathers a faithless and stubborn Generation Give thanks Psal lxviii 26. O Israel unto God the Lord in the Congregations from the ground of the Heart Praised be the Lord daily 19. Even the God who helpeth us and poureth his benefits upon us O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end Psal vii 9. but establish thou the righteous Let all those that seek thee
be joyful and glad in thee and let all such as love thy salvation Psal xl 19. say always The Lord be praised Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ Proper Psalms CXXIV CXXVI CXXIX CXVIII ¶ Proper Lessons The first 2 Sam. 19. v. 9. or Num. xvi Te Deune The second the Epistle of St. Jude Jubilate Deo ¶ The Suffrages next after the Creed shall stand thus Priest O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer Who putteth his trust in thee Priest Send him help from thy holy place Answer And evermore mightily defend him Priest Let his enemies have no advantage against him Answer Let not the wicked approach to hurt him Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest Give peace in our time O Lord. Answer Because there is no other that fighteth for us but onely thou O God Priest Be unto us O Lord a strong Tower Answer From the face of our Enemies Priest O Lord hear our Prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee ¶ Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer shall these two which follow be used O Almighty God who art a strong Tower of Defence unto thy servants against the Face of their Enemies We yield thee Praise and Thanks for the Wonderful Deliverance of these Three Kingdoms from THE GREAT REBELLION and all the Miseries and Oppressions consequent thereupon under which they had so long groan'd We acknowledge it thy Goodness that we were not utterly delivered over as a Prey unto them Beseeching thee still to continue such thy Mercies towards us that all the World may know That thou art our Saviour and Mighty Deliverer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God of our Salvation who hast been exceedingly gracious unto this Land and by thy miraculous Providence didst deliver us out of our miserable Confusions by Restoring to us and to his own just and undoubted Rights our then most gracious Soveraign Lord thy Servant King Charles the Second notwithstanding all the power and malice of his Enemies and by placing him in the Throne of this Kingdom thereby restoring also unto us the publick and free Profession of thy true Religion and Worship together with our former Peace and Prosperity to the great Comfort and Ioy of our hearts We are here now before thee with all due Thankfulness to acknowledge thine unspeakable Goodness herein as upon this day shewed unto us and to offer up our Sacrifice of Praise for the same unto thy great and glorious Name humbly beseeching thee to accept this our unfeigned though unworthy Oblation of our selves Vowing all holy Obedience in Thought Word and Work unto thy Divine Majesty and promising in thee and for thee all loyal and dutiful Allegiance to thine Anointed Servant now set over us and to His Heirs after him Whom We beseech thee to bless with all Encrease of Grace Honour and Happiness in this World and to Crown him with Immortality and Glory in the World to come for Iesus Christ his sake our onely Lord and Saviour Amen ¶ In the end of the Litany which shall always this day be used after the Collect We humbly beseech thee O Father c. shall this be said which next followeth ALmighty God who hast in all Ages shew'd forth thy Power and Mercy in the miraculous and gracious Deliverances of thy Church and in the Protection of righteous and religious Kings and States professing thy holy and eternal Truth from the malicious Conspiracies and wicked Practices of all their Enemies We yield unto thee from the very bottom of our hearts unfeigned Thanks and Praise as for thy many great and publick Mercies so especially for that signal and wonderful Deliverance by thy wise and good Providence as upon this day completed and vouchsafed to our then most gracious Soveraign King Charles the Second and all the Royal Family And in Them and with Them to this whole Church and State and all Orders and Degrees of Men in both from the unnatural Rebellion Vsurpation and Tyranny of ungodly and cruel men and from the sad Confusions and Ruine thereupon ensuing From all these O gracious and merciful Lord God not our merit but thy Mercy Not our foresight but thy Providence Not our own Arm but thy Right Hand and thine Arm and the Light of thy Countenance did Rescue and Deliver us even because thou hadst a Favour unto us And therefore not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy name be ascribed all Honour Glory and Praise with most humble and hearty Thanks in all Churches of the Saints Even so Blessed be the Lord our God who alone doth wondrous things And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever though Iesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen ¶ In the Communion-Service immediately before the reading of the Epistle shall these two Collects be used instead of the Collect for the King and the Collect of the day O Almighty God who art a strong Tower of Defence unto thy Servants against the Face of their Enemies We yield thee Praise and Thanks for the Wonderful Deliverance of these three Kingdoms from THE GREAT REBELLION and all the Miseries and Oppressions consequent thereupon under which they had so long groan'd We acknowledge it thy Goodness that we were not utterly delivered over as a Prey unto them Beseeching thee still to continue such thy Mercies towards us that all the World may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God of our Salvation who hast been exceedingly gracious unto this Land and by thy miraculous Providence didst deliver us out of our miserable Confusions by Restoring to us and to his own just and undoubted Rights our then most gracious Soveraign Lord thy Servant King Charles the Second notwithstanding all the power and malice of his Enemies and by placing him in the Throne of this Kingdom thereby restoring also unto us the publick and free Profession of thy true Religion and Worship together with our former Pence and Prosperity to the great Comfort and Ioy of our hearts We are here now before thee with all due Thankfulness to acknowledge thine unspeakable Goodness herein as upon this day shewed unto us and to offer up our Sacrifice of Praise for the same unto thy great and glorious Name humbly beseeching thee to accept this our unfeigned though unworthy Oblation of our selves Vowing all holy Obedience in Thought Word and Work unto thy Divine Majesty and promising in thee and for thee all loâ—â—â— and dutiful Allegiance to thine Anointed Servant now set over us and to his Heirs after him Whom we beseech thee to bless with all encrease of Grace Honour and Happiness in this World and to crown him with Immortality and Glory in the World to come for Iesus Christ his sake our onely Lord and Saviour Amen ¶ The Epistle 1 S. Pet. II. 11. 17. ¶ The Gospel S. Matth. XXII 16. 22. ¶ In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven S. Matth. vii 21. ¶ After the Prayer For the whole state of Christs Church c. this Collect following shall be used ALmighty God and heavenly Father who of thine infinite and unspeakable Goodness towards us didst in a most extraordinary and wonderful manner disappoint and overthrow the wicked Designs of those traiterous heady and high minded men who under the pretence of Religion and thy most holy Name had contrived and well nigh effected the utter Destruction of this Church and Kingdom As we do this day most heartily and devoutly adore and magnifie thy glorious Name for this thâ—ne Infinite gracious Goodness already vouchsafed to us so we most humbly beseech thee to continue thy Grace and Favour towards us hiding and covering us under the shadow of thy wings that no such dismal Calamity may ever again fall upon us To this end send forth thy light and thy truth for the discovery of these depths of Satan this Mystery of iniquity Infatuate and defeat all the secret Counsels of the ungodly Abate their Pride asswage their Malice and confound their Devices Strengthen the hands of our gracious King James and all that are put in Authority under him with Iudgment and Iustice to cut off all such workers of iniquity as turn Religion into Rebellion and Faith into Faction that they may never again prevail against us nor triumph in the ruine of the Monarchy and thy Church among us Protect and defend our Soveraign Lord the King with the whole Royal Family from all Treasons and Conspiracies Be unto him a Helmet of Salvation and a strong Tower of Defence against the Face of all his Enemies As for those that are implacable cloath them with Shame and Confusion but upon himself and his Posterity let the Crown for ever flourish So we that are thy People and the Sheep of thy pasture shall give thee thanks for ever and will always be shewing forth thy praise from Generation to Generation through Iesus Christ our onely Saviour and Redeemer to whom with thee O Father and God the Holy Ghost be Glory in the Church throughout all Ages world without end Amen