all faithful believers Grant all Catholicks grace to abstain from sinful and scandalous courses As their Religion is holy so grant that their lives may be holy too Give them grace often to remember for what end they are here in this World that it is only to work their Salvation not to live at ease follow Pleasures Pastimes Company or to go bravely apparelled Put them often in mind of what Head they are Members how unseemly a thing it is to have a good Lord and yet to be bad Servants to believe in a crucifyed God and yet to murmur at Crosses to be baptised as Christians and yet to live as Heathens to have promised in Baptisme to forsake the vain Pomp and Glory of the World and yet to thirst after nothing but the Vanities of the World Grant them often to descend into themselves by pious Thoughts and reflect daily upon these words of the holy Scripture that the broad way leadeth to Hell that no man can serve two Masters God and the World that the bad tree cannot bring forth good fruit Send them O Lord true and zealous Pastors who may exhort them Not to trust in the uncertainty of riches not to conform themselves to this wicked World not to be sollicitous what Cloaths they wear but rather To doe the true fruits of Pennance to enter into the narrow Gate to affect those things which are of Edification to be cald in modest Apparel to abstain from all appearance of Evil and to keep themselves unspotted from this World The hands over the Chalice GIve me leave O merciful Saviour in the acknowledgment of the greatest of thy favours to exercise here the greatest of all Christian Vertues to wit FAITH HOPE and CHARITY The third part from the Consecration to the Consummation Elevation I Believe then firmly O my sweet Saviour that after the Words of Consecration thou art really here present upon the Altar and in the hands of the priest and because thou who art almighty and truth it self hast said THIS IS MY BODY THIS IS MY BLOOD I humbly confess it to be they true Body and Blood and as humbly I adore it And seeing dear JESVS thou offeredst thy self to thy Father for me in recompence of this thy great Favour I offer unto thee my Body and Blood and my very soul it self as a Sacrifice to thy divine Honout and renew here my resolutions of living faithful to thy divine Service and of dying rather then I will commit a mortal sin willingly I hope sweet Saviour thou wilt not deny me thy assistance and grace to perform these Resolutions Thou who hast given for me here thy BODY and BLOOD wilt not refuse me the rest to wit pardon of my sins and grace to serve thee And thou O Father of my sweet Saviour I beseech thee remember the bitter sufferings of thy beloved Son Look down upon his Blood offered here unto thee and remember O Lord the blood offered upon the Cross by thee when thou wast reconciled unto us Thou promisedst anciently O Lord that looking upon the Rainbow thou would'st remember the Covenant made betwixt thee and mankind and never drown the World again by Water and canst thou look down upon the Blood of thy dear Son offered here unto thee in Sacrifice and not remember the great Covenant and League which thou mad'st with us in the death of thy dear Son I beg of thee then O Lord by the Merits of thy Sons death by his holy name JESVS and all obtaining name with thee that thou would'st vouchsafe to grant us thy holy Grace and the guist of perseverance to persevere finally in it Memento II. GRant also O Lord that the infinite Merits of thy Son's Passion may be extended unto the Church suffrant in Purgatory and that one drop of that precious Blood may free from the pains of Purgatory the Souls of N.N. that they may pass speedily from the Church suffrant unto the Church triumphant and there praise thee for ever And seeing O Lord thou canst not look upon this holy Sacrifice without remembring thy old Mercies I humbly begg of thee that thou wouldest by this propitiatory Sacrifice have mercy on us poor sinners of whom I am the chiefest and grant us grace to be heartily sorrowful for our sins past purely for thy Love sake and to make a firm resolution to dye rather than commit them again as also to confess them to our Ghostly Father at the first Opportunity Short Elevation BUT because O Lord no actions are meritorious in thy sight which are not done to thy honour and glory I here dedicate to thy Honour and Glory all my Actions Words and Thoughts desiring to serve thee purely that at last I may live with thee P. World without end C. Amen P. Let us Pray Being admonished by wholsome precepts and taught by divine Institution we dare confidently 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 dayly Bread and forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive others their Trespasses against us And lead us not into Temptation C. But deliver us from evil P. Amen ' Thou hast done all things well O Lord All things which thou hast made are very good Sin onely which is nothing and which thou knowest not is none of thy Invention but the Divels and therefore is Evil and the only true Evil. Free us but O Lord from this Evil and no other Evil can hurt us This is the mother-evil the evil of evils the cause of Death of Sickness of Misery of Poverty No adversity can dominere over us if no iniquity dominere in us Thou O Lord who art the Author of life canst only free us from this Author of death Free us then I beseech thee O Lord from the evil of Sin that we may never dye eternally but live and praise thee P. World without end C. Amen P. The peace of our Lord be always with you C. And with thy spirit Agnus Dei. P. Lamb of God who takest away the Sins of the World have mercy upon us Lamb of God who takest away the Sins of the World hear us Lamb of God who takest away the Sins of the World Grant us peace Most Merciful and sweet Saviour seeing thou art the Mediator betwixt God and Man the prince of Peace who pacifyes all things in Heaven and Earth pacify I beseech thee thy Father angry against us Sinners Make also I beseech thee our peace with our Adversary upon Earth Our Adversary O Lord is thy Law it resists our Appetytes gainsays our Desires crosses our Wills When we desire and covet unlawful things thy Law opposes us saying Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Goods thou shalt not kill thou shalt not steal c. And becomes our Adversary But seeing O Lord it is for our good that thy Law opposes us and that thy Law is holy and immaculate
Inspire I beseech thee into our rebellious Wills a pompt Obedience unto thy sacred Commandements and grant us grace to agree with this our Adversary quickly whiles we are in the way with him least our Adversary deliver us to the Judge and the Judge deliver us to the Officer and we be cast into Prison In fine grant Peace I beseech thee amongst Christian Princes and faithful Believers that being in perfect Charity with one another we may the more worthily come unto the sacred Communion Domine non sum dignus P. O Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my Roofe but speak the word only and my Soul shall be cured O Lord I am not worthy c. O Lord I am not worthy c. The fourth part from the Communion to the end Consummation THough I am not worthy O my sweet Saviour to receive thee really as the Priest here doth yet I have a longing desire to receive thee into my Soul by Faith Love and Devotion But before I do it behold me here O Lord extreamly sorrowful for all my Sins past purely for thy loves sake with a firm resolution to correct them and confess them Come then come my sweet Saviour into my Soul by thy holy Presence grace and Divinity and dwell there for ever But as thou passest O Lord into my Soul through my Body I beseech thee sanctify also my whole Body and make it a fit Temple for the Holy Ghost Banish from it O Lord all unlawful Motions and Desires purge it from all rust and dust of worldly Vanities cleanse it from all corruption of Vices And as at thy entering into Egypt in thy tender Infancy when thou fleddest the Persecution of Herod all the Statues there of false Gods fell to the Ground and were broken so grant I beseech thee O Lord that at thy entering into my Body and Soul all my Vices and Imperfections may vanish and give place to thee I confess my Body is but too homely a house to lodge so great a PersOn in but thou who refusest not antiently to lodge in a Srable wilt not refuse to enter into my house I am not ignorant how great a sinner I have bin yet I remember also thou refuest not to enter into the house of the Princ of Publicans a prime sinner Zacheus Enter then O Lord into my House as into the House of another Zacheus upon Condition that thou dost but give a blessing unto my soul as thou didst unto the House of Zacheus and say unto me as thou saidest to him This day Salvation is wrought unto this House What shall I give to thee O Lord for all the favours which thou hast done unto me Behold sweet Saviour seeing thou hast done mee the favour to enter into my House I here offer unto thee the doores and keys thereof to wit my five Senses I consecrate therefore unto thee henceforth my eyes and purpose to keep them chast and innocent I will never any more let them gaze curiously and freely upon dangerous and tempting Objects nor let them wander distractedly in Churches and in time of Prayer Henceforth also I consecrate unto thee my tongue and resolve never to employ it in swearing cursing backbiting unclean and lewd jests or hidden knavish speeches And seeing it is my tongue by which I receive and convey into my stomack the blessed Sacrament of the Altar in the Holy Communion that tongue that had been so happily employed and so honoured by God shall never be employed again in Sin and be dipped in my Neighbours Blood by detraction In fine O Lord I consecrate my whole Body unto thee as a sacred place dedicated to thy Divine Majesty and which I purpose firmly never to defile with any sin whatsoever P. Our Lord be with you C. And with thy Spirit P. Let us pray I beseech thee gracious Lord to grant me this request that what here I have promised by words I may always perform by my deeds Through our Lord JESUS CHRIST thy Son who lives and reigns with thee in the bnity of the Holy Ghost P. World without end C. Amen P. Our Lord be with you C. And with thy Spirit P. Go the Mass is said C. Thanks be to God P. Almingty God the Father Son and Holy Ghost bless and keep you C. Amen P. Our Lord be with you C. And with thy spirit P. The beginning of the holy Ghospel according to St. John C. Glory be to God The Ghospel of St. John IN the beginning was the word and the word was with God and God was the word This was in the beginning with God All things were made by him and without him was made nothing That which was made in him was life and the life was the light of men and the light shines in darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it There was a man sent from God whose name was John This man came for testimony to give testimony of the light that all might believe through him He was not the light but to give testimony of the light It was the true light which lightnes every man that comes into this world He was in the world and the world was made by him and the world knew him not He came into his own and his own received him not But as many as received him he gave them power to be made the Sons of God to those that beleive in his name Who not of Blood nor of the will of the Flesh nor of the will of Man but of God are born AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH and dwelt in us and we saw the Glory of him glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and Verity C. Thanks be to God A Prayer to be said after Mass I Render to thee O sacred Trinity most humble thanks for vouchsafeing me the gracious Favour to assist at this divine Sacrifice of the Mass whereof so many are deprived who would have made much better use of it I humbly crave Pardon most loving and merciful God for all the distractions irreverences and dissipasions of my wandring Spirit committed in the time thereof And for my dear Saviours sake most humbly beseech thee that those infinite Merits of his bitter Passion and most precious Blood shed for my redemption and sacrific'd to thee in remission of the sins of the World may render me worthy to be made partaker of thos divine and adorable Holy Misteries here so truly represented in this most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and that with final repentance I may dye in thy grace Amen An humble Adoration to our Blessed Lord Jesus in the Holy Sacrament of his precious Body O My most Glorious Lord God and Saviour CHRIST JESVS true god and true Man most Holy worthy pure and PRECIOVS SACRIFICE of the most high God living Bread and source of Eternal Life with all my Heart Soul Forces and Affections I humbly worship and adore thy SOVERAIGN
MAJESTY in this Divine SACRAMENT with a most earnest desire an intention to repair if I could possibly all the Irreverences Prophanations Dishonours and Impieties that have been committed gainst THEE in this dreadful MYSTERY most humbly prostrating my self before thy SACRED MAJESTY here present to adore thee in supply for all those that never have nor peradventure never shall be so happy as to honour worship and adore THEE such as are all Hereticks Atheists Blasphemers Magitians Jewes Turks Idolaters and all Infidels wishing with all my heart that I alone could as much honour praise glorify and adore THEE as they altogether would have done if they had known and faithfully served THEE for all Eternity and furthermore from the bottom of my HEART and with the most fervent affections of my SOUL I desire to render thy DIVINE MAJESTY as many adorations praises and benedictions as all the Devils and Damned Souls will utter Blasphemies for ever against THEE and to sanctifie this Adoration and make it more pleasing to thy SACRED MAJESTY I humbly unite it to tall those Adorations fervent Affections and Praises of the TRIUMPHANT and MILITANT CHURCH and all that the glorious VIRGIN MOTHER and all thy Holy ANGELS and SAINTS have done do and ever shall render unto THEE our most gracious glorious dear sweet and soveraign Lord Eternally Amen A devout Salutation to our Blessed Saviour in the Holy Sacrament ALL hayle most sweet LORD JESUS CHRIST eternal Word and Wisdome of the FATHER Son of the BLESSED VIRGIN Lambe of GOD Saviour of the World Sacred Host the Word made flesh fountain of Piety All hayle most sweet LORD JESUS CHRIST praise of Angels glory of Saints Vision of Peace Entire Deity true Man Flower and Fruit of the BLESSED VIRGIN MOTHER All hayle most sweet LORD JESUS CHRIST splendor of thy Father Prince of Peace Gate of Heaven living Bread Child of the Virgin Vessel of the Deity All hayle most sweet LORD JESVS CHRIST light of Heaven price of the World our true Joy Bread of Angels Jubily of Hearts King and Spouse of Virginity All hayle most sweet LORD JESVS CHRIST sweet Way supream Verity our eternal Reward true Charity Fountain of Love Peace Sweetness and Life Everlasting All hayle most sweet most sacred and precious Body of CHRIST JESVS which laid upon the Altar of the Cross for the Worlds Salvation I beleive with my Heart and confess with my Mouth to be a true Host a holy pure and immaculate Host and most pleasing to God the Bread of Eternal Life and Chalice of perpetual Salvation I adore thee in Spirit and truth O PIOVS JESV O SWEET JESV O good and gracious LORD JESVS be merciful to me I beseech THEE and graciously grant O my God that as I see THEE here in the form of Bread so I may happpily see THEE in Majesty and Glory securely and joyfully for ever and ever Amen A brief Prayer to obtain a happy Death O Most sweet Lord JESVS by the Merits of thy bitter Death and Passion thy sacred Wounds and all the drops of thy most precious Blood and by that bitter pain and anguish thou didst endure when thy holy Soul departed from thy precious Body be merciful to me at the hour of my death and deliver me from the Pains of Hell and Purgatory and the power of the Devils and admit me into the Fruition of thy Eternal Glory Amen PRAYERS For the KING c. PSALM XIX OUR Lord hear thee in the day of Tribulation the Name of the God of Jacob protect thee Send he Aid to thee from the Holy Place and from Sion defend he thee Be he mindful of all thy Sacrifice and be thy Holocaust made fat Give he unto thee according to thy Heart and confirm he all thy Counsel We shall rejoyce in thy Salvation and in the Name of our God we shall be magnified Our Lord accomplish all thy Petitions Now have I known that our Lord has saved his Christ He shall hear him from his Holy Heaven the Salvation of his Right Hand is in Powers These in Chariots and these in Horses but we will invocate in the Name of the Lord our God They are bound and have fallen but we have risen and are set upright Lord save the KING and hear us in the Day that we shall invocate thee Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the begining c. Vers Lord save JAMES our KING Resp And hear us in the day that we shall invocate thee Let us Pray WE beseech thee Almighty God that thy Servant JAMES our KING who through thy Mercy has undertaken the Government of the Kingdom may likewise receive the Increase of all Vertues wherewith being adorned he may both avoid the Enormity of Sin vanquish his Enemies and by thy Grace attain Thee who art the Way Truth and Life Through Christ our Lord Amen A Prayer for the King Queen and Queen Dowager To be added to the last Collect at the End of Mass AND defend thy Servant Innocent the Chief Bishop JAMES our King MARY our Queen and Queen Catherine together with our selves and all Christian People from all adversity always and in all Places Grant Peace and Welfare in our Times and preserve thy Church from all Wickedness Through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who lives and reigns God with Thee in the Vnity of the Holy Ghost for evermore Amen PRECES PRO REGE PSAL. XIX EXaudiat te Dominus in die Tribulationis protegat te nomen Dei Jacob. * Mittat tibi auxilium de sancto * de Sion tueatur te Memor sit omnis sacrificii tui * holocaustum tuum pingue fiat Tribuat tibi secundum cor tuum * omne consilium tuum confirmet Laetabimur in salutari tuo * in nomine Dei nostri Magnificabimur Impleat Dominus omnes petitiones tuas * nunc cognovi quoniam salvum fecit Dominus Christum suum Exaudiet illum De Coelo sancto suo * in potentatibus salus Dextrae ejus Hi in curribus hi in equis nos autem in nomine Dei nostri invocabimus Ipsi obligati sunt caeciderunt * nos autem surreximus erecti sumus Domine salvum fac Regem exaudi nos in Die qua invocaverimus te Gloria Patri Filio spiritui Sancto Sicut erat in principio nunc semper in Secula Seculorum Amen Domine salvum fac Regem nostrum Jacobum Et exandi nos in die qua invocaremus te Oremus QVaesumus omnipotens Deus ut Famulus tuus Rex noster Jacobus qui tua miseratione suscepit Regni Gubernacula Virtutum etiam omnium percipiat incrementa quibus decenter ornatus vitiorum monstra Devitare hostes superare ad te qui Via veritas Vita es gratiosus Valeat pervenire per Christum Dominum Nostrum Amen FINIS
letter brought unto thee from S. Peter or S. Paul in Heaven by the hands of some Angel and chuse out the most pious Sentences of it to ruminate upon all that day In the end say C. God be thanked Gradual O Lord how sweet are these words of this Epistle to my Ears above all Musick in the World Let thy Voice and the Words of thy Apostles always sound in my ears P. Our Lord be with you C. And with thy Spirit P. The beginning of the Gospel according to S. Matthew or S. Mark Luke or John C. Glory be to thee O Lord. Gospel REad the Gospel in the Rheims Testament with leave stand up to shew that thou wilt stand stedfastly in the Faith of the Gospel and Catholick Church Ponder well the words of the Gospel seeing they either are our Saviours one words or else speak of some rare Action of our Saviour worthy of thy attention and imitation In the end say C. Praise be to thee O Lord. Creed P. I believe in one God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth and of all things visible and invisible and in our Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God born of his Father before all Worlds God of God Light of Light true God begotten not made consubstantial to the Father by whom all things were made who for us Men and for our Salvation came down from Heaven and was incarnated by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary and was made Man was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate suffred and was buried and the third day he arose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into Heaven and sittes on the right hand of the Father And he shall me again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead of whose Kingdome there shall be no end And in the Holy Ghost the Lord and life giver who proceeds from the Father and the Son who with the Father and the Son together is adored and glorified who spake by the Prophets And one Holy Catholick and Apostolick Church I confess one Baptisme for the remission of sins And I expect the Resurrection of the dead and life of the World to come Amen P. Our Lord be with you C. And with thy Spirit The second Part from the Offertory to the Consecration Offertory O Lord I humbly and firmly believe all these articles of our holy Faith and not only these but all the other also which Holy Church propose to us to be believed and am prepared in mind and most willing to endure loss of lands fortunes and of life it self rather than deny the least point of the Catholick Faith O heavenly Father I offer unto thee together with the Priest the immaculate Sacrifice for my sins and the sins of the whole World Accept I beseech thee of this my offering and by the vertue of this holy Sacrifice apply unto us O Lord the merits and value of the great Sacrifice of the Cross which thy dear Son offered unto thee for us that being freed from Sin we may serve thee more worthily Mingle O my sweet Saviour as thou hadst Water and Blood mingled together in thy sacred side water with my wine that is temper O Lord my prosperity and adversity so together that I neither be puffed up with prosperity nor oppressed with adversity I offer unto thee O Lord this holy offering of the Chalice and together with it I offer unto thy divine honour and glory my life my thoughts and deeds desiring that they may all be spent this day and all the days of my life in thy holy service the advancement of thy name and the edifying of others Grant me grace O Lord I beseech thee to wash my hands amongst Innocent men that is to seek out and delight in innocent and civil Company to converse with vertuous people to detest and wash my hands of those who offend thee in uncil Actions unclean Discourse uncharitable Detractions I am too much a Christian to delight in the company of these WHO DENY THEE BY THEIR DEEDS I will be as far from them as they are far from vertue Thou washedst me once O Lord in Baptisme from original Sin WASH ME YET MORE AND MORE even from actual Sin it self too that being purged from all Sin I may render unto thee a more pure and perfect service Orate Fratres P. Pray Brethren C. Our Lord receive this Sacrifice from thy hands to the praise and glory of his Name to our profit also and to the profit of his Catholick Church P. Amen Be merciful I beseech thee O Lord unto us poor sinners Judge us not according to thy Justice but according to thy mercy I confess we have failed shamefully yet consider thy Son is our Advocate we begg confidently Grant then O Lord that we may live vertuously in this World and be saved in the next Have mercy also I beseech thee upon our Enemies turn from them all harm and losses and give us grace to love them sincerely visit them kindly speak of them charitably that so we may become Children of thee our heavenly Father and having imitated thee here below reign with thee in heaven P. World without end C. Amen P. Our Lord be with you C. And with thy spirit P. Lift up thy heart C. We have to God P. Let us give thanks to our Lord God C. It 's meet and sitting I confess O Lord it 's fitting and meet that we should always and in all places give thee thanks and praise thy name seeing we were created only to succeed in the places of the fallen Angels and to inherit their Office which was to praise thee I beseech thee then O Lord give us grace to imitate the holy Angels in purity of life and promptness in executing thy holy will Grant us dear Father such circumspection in our words that we may never prophane with idle and lewd speeches our mouths which were created to sing with the holy Angels in heaven that sacred and eternal Hymne Holy Holy Holy Almighty and merciful Lord I beseech thee receive his Holy Sacrifice which I offer here together with the Priest for the Necessities of the Holy Catholick Church which I beseech thee so to prosper and direct in this age of Errors that she may reduce all misbelievers into the way of Verity and all Believers into the way of Piety and Salvation I offer it also O Lord for the good of our Holy Father P. N. and our most reverend Bishop N. and all other Superiors and Pastors and seeing thy dear Son assured us that whosoever hears them hears him and whosoever contemns them contemns him I beseech thee O Lord take from us all conrempt of these thy Holy substitutes and grant us grace so to follow their directions here below that we may enjoy in the next World the Society of our deare Saviour the Bishop of our Souls MEMENTO I. BE mindful I beseech thee O Lord of thy servants and of
A BRIEF METHOD OF HEARING MASS WITH Profitable Advantage to such as shall make constant Use and Practice of it TO WHICH Is added Prayers for the King c. in English and Latin LONDON Printed for M. T. 1686. A Prayer before Mass O Most clement Father of mercy who hast bestowed not only once thy dearly beloved Son to dye upon the Cross for Man's Redemption but wouldest that this Oblation so infinitely acceptable unto thee should daily be renewed in thy Church to increase in us the fruit thereof Grant us we beseech thee so attentively and reverently to be present at this so adorable a mistery of thy Piety that we may be able to obtain the participation thereof Through Christ Jesus our Lord and only Redeemer Amen The first Part to the Offertory In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen PSALM P. I Will enter unto the Altar of God C. Vnto God who rejoyces my youthful Age P. Judge me O God and discern my Cause from an unholy Nation From an unjust and guileful man deliver me C. For thou art God my strength why hast thou cast me off and why do I walk sad whilst the Enemy afflicts me P. Send out thy light and thy truth they have led me out and brought me to thy holy Mountain and to thy Tabernacles C. And I will go unto the Altar of God unto God who rejoyces my youthful Age. P. I will confess unto thee O God my God in a harp why art thou sad my Soul and why doest thou trouble me C. Hope in God for I will yet confess unto him the health of Countenance and my God P. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost C. As it was in the begining and now and ever and world without end Amen P. I will go vnto the Altar of God C. Vnto God who rejoyces my youthful age P. Our help is in the name of God C. Who made Heaven and Earth At the Confiteor O My sweet Saviour seeing it was Sin which made thee take our Flesh upon thee and suffer a more painful and shameful death I here humbly crave thee pardon for having bin cause of thy bitter Passion by my sinful Life past I confess my fault unto thee O Lord from the bottom of my heart and being extreamly sorry for it purely for the dishonour done unto thee thereby make here at the foot of thy sacred Altar a firm resolution to dye rather rhen offend thee mortally again No no dear Saviour I will strike no more nailes into thy Hands by the Sins of my uncivil uncharitable and pricking words I will pierce no more thy sacred side and heart with the wickedness of my thoughts heart and mind C. Almighty God have mercy on thee and pardoning thy Sins bring thee to everlasting Life P. Amen C. I confess unto almig'ty God to the blessed Virgin Mary to the B. Archangel S. Michael to the B.S. John Baptist to the holy Apostles S. Peter and S. Paul to all the Saints and to you Father for that I have sinned exceedingly in thought word and deed through my fault through my fault through my most grievous fault Therefore I beseech the blessed Virgin Mary the blessed Archangel S. Michael the blessed S. John Bapt. the holy Apostles S. Peter and S. Paul all the Saints and you Father to pray for me to our Lord God P. Allmighty God have mercy on you and pardoning your sins bring you to everlasting life C. Amen P. The almighty and merciful Lord grant you Pardon absolution and remission of your sins C. Amen P. O God thou being reconciled unto us wilt give us life C. And thy people will rejoyce in thee P. Shew forth unto us O Lord thy mercy C. And give unto us thy salvation P. O Lord hear my prayer C. And let my cry come unto thee P. Our Lord be with you C. And with thy Spirit Introite GIve me grace O Lord to come unto this holy Sacrifice with the same fervour and devotion that the good Sheapheards had when they went to Bethlehem with diligence to adore thee in the Manger or with the same Fervour that the three Kings had who came out of the East to adore thee in the Stable It is most fitting O Lord that all Creatures should adore thee daily and if the good Shepheards went to adore thee at midnight I may well do it in the morning if the three Kings went thirteen days journey only to adore thee in the Stable I may well go every day unto the Church to adore thee upon the Altar and there offer unto thee as I now do my heart my mouth my hands my memory understanding and will my soul body and all my affections And seeing O Lord thou wast born to redeem us from Sin and to have mercy on us give me leave sweet Saviour to challenge a part of thy divine Mercy and to say unto thee with a pious Confidence Kyrie Eleison P. Lord have mercy upon us C. Lord have mercy upon us P. Lord have mercy upon us C. Christ have mercy upon us P. Christ have mercy upon us C. Christ have mercy upon us P. Lord have mercy upon us C. Lord have mercy upon us P. Lord have mercy upon us Gloria in Excelsis GLory be to God on high and on Earth Peace to men of good Will We praise thee we bless thee we adore thee we give thee thanks for thy great Glory O Lord God heavenly King God the Father Almighty O God the only begotten Son Jesu Christ O Lord God Lamb of God Son of the Father that takest away the sins of the People receive our Prayer Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father have mercy upon us For thou only art holy thou only art the Lord thou only O Jesus Christ with the holy Ghost art most high in the Glory of God the Father Amen Dominus vobiscum P. Our Lord be with you C. And with thy spirit P. Let us pray Prayers or Presentation in the Temple O Lord we humbly beseech thy divine Majesty to hear these prayers of the Priest for us and by the merits of thy most deare Son to powre down upon us those graces and blessings which thou knowest to be most necessary for our Souls health Grant us grace O Lord to love thee above all things to do all our actions purely for thy honour and glory to hate the Pleasures of this World and its Vanities to live chast and vertuous Lives to give good Examples to others to pardon and love our Enemies and so to pass through this temporal Life that we loose not eternal Life Through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who lives and reignes with the unity of the Holy Ghost world without end C. Amen Epistle REad the Epistle in English with the leave of thy Ghostly Father out of the Rheims Testament But read it with great reverence as a