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

thinke best for edification of his Hearers as the Book of Psalmes and such like When the Minister who readeth shall judge it necessary to expound any part of what is read let it not bee done untill the whole Chapter or Psalme bee ended and regard is alwayes to be had unto the time that neither Preaching or other Ordinance bee straitned or rendred tedious Which Rule is to be observed in all other publique performances Beside Publique Reading of the Holy Scriptures every person that can reade is to be exhorted to reade the Scriptures privately and all others that cannot reade if not disabled by age or otherwise are likewise to bee exhorted to learne to reade and to have a Bible Of Publike Prayer before the Sermon AFter Reading of the Word and singing of the Psalme the Minister who is to Preach is to endeavour to get his own and his Hearers hearts to be rightly affected with their Sinnes that they may all mourn in sense thereof before the Lord and hunger and thirst after the grace of God in Iesus Christ by proceeding to a more full Confession of Sinne with shame and holy confusion of face and to Call upon the Lord to this effect To acknowledge our great sinfulnesse First by reason of Originall sin which beside the guilt that makes us liable to everlasting Damnation is the seed of all other sinnes hath depraved and poysoned all the faculties and powers of Soule and Body doth defile our best actions and were it not restrained or our hearts renewed by Grace would breake forth into innumerable transgressions and greatest rebellions against the Lord that ever were committed by the vilest of the sons of Men. And next by reason of Actuall sins our own sins the sins of Magistrates of Ministers and of the whole Nation unto which wee are many wayes accessory Which sins of ours receive many fearefull aggravations wee having broken all the Commandements of the holy just and good Law of God doing that which is forbidden and leaving undone what is enjoyned and that not onely out of Ignorance and Infirmity but also more presumptuously against the light of our Minds checks of our Consciences and motions of his own Holy Spirit to the contrary so that we have no cloak for our sins Yea not onely despising the riches of Gods goodnesse forbearance and long-suffering but standing out against many invitations and offers of grace in the Gospel not endeavouring as wee ought to receive Christ into our hearts by Faith or to walke worthy of him in our lives To bewaile our blindnesse of minde hardnesse of heart unbelief impenitency security lukewarmnesse barrennesse our not endeavouring after mortification and newnesse of life nor after the exercise of godlinesse in the power thereof and that the best of us have not so stedfastly walked with God kept our garments so unspotted nor been so zealous of his glory and the good of others as wee ought And to mourn over such other sins as the Congregation is particularly guilty of notwithstanding the manifold and great Mercies of our God the Love of Christ the Light of the Gospel and Reformation of Religion our own purposes promises vows solemn Covenant and other speciall obligations to the contrary To acknowledge and confesse that as wee are convinced of our guilt so out of a deep sense thereof wee judge our selves unworthy of the smallest benefits most worthy of Gods fiercest wrath and of all the Curses of the Law and heaviest Judgements inflicted upon the most rebellious Sinners and that hee might most justly take his Kingdome and Gospel from us plague us with all sorts of spirituall and temporall judgements in this life and after cast us into utter Darknesse in the Lake that burneth with fire and brimstone where is weeping and gnashing of teeth for evermore Notwithstanding all which To draw neare to the Throne of Grace encouraging our selves with hope of a gracious Answer of our Prayers in the riches and all-sufficiency of that onely one oblation the satisfaction and intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ at the right hand of his Father and our Father and in confidence of the exceeding great and precious promises of mercy and grace in the new Covenant through the same Mediator thereof to deprecate the heavy wrath and curse of God which wee are not able to avoid or beare and humbly and earnestly to supplicate for mercy in the free and full remission of all our sins and that onely for the bitter sufferings and pretious merits of that our onely Saviour Jesus Christ That the Lord would vouchsafe to shed abroad his love in our hearts by the Holy Ghost seale unto us by the same Spirit of Adoption the full assurance of our Pardon and Reconciliation comfort all that mourn in Zion speak peace to the wounded and troubled spirit and bind up the broken hearted And as for secure and presumptuous sinners that he would open their eyes convince their Consciences and turn them from darknesse unto light and from the power of Satan unto God that they also may receive forgivenesse of sin and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in Christ Jesus With remission of sins through the blood of Christ To pray for sanctification by his Spirit the Mortification of sinne dwelling in and many times tyrannizing over us the quickening of our dead spirits with the life of God in Christ grace to fit and inable us for all duties of conversation and callings towards God and Men strength against temptations the sanctified use of blessings and crosses and perseverance in Faith and obedience unto the end To pray for the Propagation of the Gospell and Kingdome of Christ to all Nations for the conversion of the Jewes the fulnesse of the Gentiles the fall of Antichrist and the hastening of the second comming of our Lord For the deliverance of the distressed Churches abroad from the tyranny of the Antichristian faction and from the cruell oppressions and blasphemies of the Turke For the blessing of God upon all the Reformed Churches especially upon the Churches and Kingdomes of England Scotland and Ireland now more strictly and religiously united in the solemne Nationall League and Covenant and for our Plantations in the remote parts of the World more particularly for that Church and Kingdome whereof we are Members that therein God would establish Peace and Truth the purity of all his Ordinances and the power of Godlinesse prevent and remove heresie schisme prophanenesse superstition security and unfruitfulnesse under the meanes of Grace heale all our rents and divisions and preserve us from breach of our solemne Covenant To pray for all in Authority especially for the Kings Majesty that God would make him rich in blessings both in his Person and Government establish his Throne in Religion and Righteousnesse save him from evill Counsell and make him a blessed and glorious Instrument for the conservation and propagation of the Gospell for the encouragement and protection of

the Child without adding any other Ceremony This done he is to give thanks and pray to this or the like purpose Acknowledging with all thankefulnesse that the Lord is true and faithfull in keeping Covenant and Mercy That hee is good and gracious not onely in that hee numbreth us among his Saints but is pleased also to bestow upon our children this singular token and badge of his love in Christ That in his truth and speciall providence hee daily bringeth some into the bosome of his Church to be partakers of his inestimable benefits purchased by the blood of his dear Son for the continuance and increase of his Church And praying That the Lord would still continue and daily confirm more and more this his unspeakable favour That he would receive the Infant now baptized and solemnly entred into the household of Faith into his Fatherly tuition and defence and remember him with the favour that he sheweth to his people That if he shall be taken out of this life in his Infancy the Lord who is rich in mercy would be pleased to receive him up into glory and if he live and attain the years of discretion that the Lord would so teach him by his word and spirit and make his Baptisme effectuall to him and so uphold him by his Divine power and grace that by faith he may prevail against the devil the world and the flesh till in the end he obtain a full and finall victory and so be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. ¶ Of the celebration of the Communion or Sacrament of the LORDS Supper THe Communion or Supper of the Lord is frequently to be celebrated but how often may be considered and determined by the Ministers and other Church-Governours of each Congregation as they shall finde most convenient for the comfort and edification of the people committed to their charge And when it shall be administred we judge it convenient to be done after the morning Sermon The Ignorant and the Scandalous are not fit to receive this Sacrament of the Lords Supper Where this Sacrament cannot with conveniency be frequently administred it is requisite that publike warning be given the Sabbath day before the administration thereof and that either then or on some day of that weeke something concerning that Ordinance and the due preparation thereunto and participation thereof be taught that by the diligent use of all meanes sanctified of God to that end both in publique and private all may come better prepared to that heavenly Feast When the day is come for administration the Minister having ended his Sermon and Prayer shall make a short Exhortation Expressing the inestimable benefit we have by this Sacrament together with the ends and use thereof setting forth the great necessity of having our comforts and strength renewed thereby in this our pilgrimage and warfare How necessary it is that we come unto it with Knowledge Faith Repentance Love and with hungring and thirsting souls after Christ and his benefits How great the danger to eat and drink unworthily Next he is in the Name of Christ on the one part to warn all such as are Ignorant Scandalous Profane or that live in any sin or offence against their knowledge or conscience that they presume not to come to that holy Table shewing them That he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgement unto himself And on the other part he is in especiall manner to invite and encourage all that labour under the sense of the burden of their sins and fear of wrath and desire to reach out unto a greater progresse in Grace then yet they can attain unto to come to the Lords Table assuring them in the same Name of ease refreshing and strength to their weak and wearied souls After this Exhortation Warning and Invitation the Table being before decently covered and so conveniently placed that the Communicants may orderly sit about it or at it The Minister is to begin the action with sanctifying and blessing the elements of Bread and Wine set before him the Bread in comely and convenient vessels so prepared that being broken by him and given it may be distributed amongst the Communicants The Wine also in large Cups having first in a few words shewed That those elements otherwise common are now set apart and sanctified to this holy use by the word of Institution and Prayer Let the words of Institution be read out of the Evangelists or out of the first Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians Chap. 11. verse 23. I have received of the Lord c. to the 27. verse which the Minister may when he seeth requisite explaine and apply Let the Prayer Thanksgiving or Blessing of the Bread and Wine be to this effect WIth humble and hearty acknowledgement of the greatnesse of our misery from which neither man nor Angel was able to deliver us and of our great unworthinesse of the least of all Gods mercies To give thanks to God for all his benefits and especially for that great benefit of our Redemption the love of God the Father the sufferings and merits of the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God by which we are delivered and for all means of Grace the Word and Sacraments and for this Sacrament in particular by which Christ and all his benefits are applied and sealed up unto us which notwithstanding the deniall of them unto others are in great mercy continued unto us after so much and long abuse of them all To professe that there is no other name under Heaven by which we can be saved but the Name of Jesus Christ by whom alone we receive liberty and life have accesse to the throne of Grace are admitted to eat and drink at his own Table and are sealed up by his Spirit to an assurance of happinesse and everlasting life Earnestly to pray to God the Father of all mercies and God of all consolation to vouchsafe his gracious presence and the effectuall working of his Spirit in us and so to sanctifie these Elements both of Bread and Wine and to blesse his own Ordinance that we may receive by Faith the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ crucified for us and so to feed upon him that he may be one with us and we with him that he may live in us and we in him and to him who hath loved us and given himself for us All which he is to endeavour to performe with suitable affections answerable to such an holy Action and to stir up the like in the people The Elements being now sanctified by the Word and Prayer The Minister being at the Table is to take the Bread in his hand and say in these expressions or other the like used by Christ or his Apostle upon this occasion According to the holy Institution command and example of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ I take this Bread and having given thanks I break it and give