of Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The third Collect for grace O Lorde our heauenly father almightie euerlasting God which hast safely brought vs to the beginning of this day defende vs in the same with thy mightie power grant that this day we fal into no sinne neither runne into any kinde of danger but that al our doings may be ordred by thy gouernance to doe alwaies that is righteous in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen It is ordered that the Letanie shall not be omitted the seuenteenth day of Nouember though it fall vpon Munday Tuesday Thursday or Saterday O God the father of heauen haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen c. O God the sonne redeemer of the world haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redeemer of the world c. O God the holy ghost proceeding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy ghost proceeding c. O holy blessed and glorious trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie c. Remember not Lorde our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neyther take thou vengeance of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whome thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From all euill and mischiefe from sinne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindnesse of heart from pride vayne glory and hypocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and all vncharitablenesse Good Lord deliuer vs. From fornication and all other deadly sinne and from all the deceites of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battell and murder and from sodaine death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedition and priuie conspiracie from all false doctrine and herisie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy worde and commaundement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mysterie of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and circumcision by thy baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lord deliuer vs. By thine agonie and blooddy sweate by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buriall by thy glorious resurrection and ascension and by the comming of the holy ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good Lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne thy holy Church vniuersally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holinesse of life thy seruant Elizabeth our most gratious Queene and gouernour VVe beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule her heart in thy fayth feare and loue and that she may alwaies haue affiance in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory VVe beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be her defender and keeper giuing her the victorie ouer all her enemies We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to illuminate al Byshops Pastours and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy worde and that both by their preaching and liuing they may set it forth and shewe it accordingly We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsaile and all the nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntaine trueth We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to giue to all nations vnitie peace and concorde We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee and diligently to liue after thy commandements We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to giue to al thy people encrease of grace to heare meekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruites of the spirite We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseech thee to heare c. That it maye please thee to strengthen suche as doo stande and to comforte and helpe the weake hearted and to rayse vppe them that fall and fynallie to beate downe Satan vnder our feete We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to succour helpe and comfort all that be in danger necessitie and tribulation We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to preserue all that trauaile by lande or by water all women labouring of childe all sicke persons and yong children and to shew thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that be desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies persecutours slanderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to giue preserue to our vse the kindely fruites of the earth so as in due time we may enioy them We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance to forgiue vs all our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amende our liues according to thy holie word We beseech thee to heare c. Sonne of God we beseech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseech thee to heare vs. O lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Graunt vs thy peace O lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercie vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Our father which art in heauen c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euil Amen The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our sinnes The answere Neither rewarde vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighing
of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in al our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and graciously heare vs that those euils which the craft and subtiltye of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to nought by the prouidence of thy goodnesse they may be dispersed that wee thy seruantes being hurt by no persecutions may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lorde arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble works that thou didest in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thine honour Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. From our enemies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifully beholde the sorowes of our hearts Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercie vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Lord Christ The versicle O Lord let thy mercie be shewed vpon vs. The answere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseech thee O father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy names sake turne from vs all those euils that we most righteously haue deserued and graunt that in al our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glorye through our onely mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Psal 66. c. 14. O Come hither and hearken all ye that feare God and we wil tell you what hee hath done for our soules Psal 59. a. 3. 71. b 9.10 When men of power were gathered against vs and lay in waite for our soules they tooke counsel together saying God hath forsaken them persecute them and take them for there is none to deliuer them Psal 22. b. 12. 56. a. 1.2 Our enemies closed vs in on euery side they gaped vpon vs with their mouthes as it were ramping and roaring Lions seeking to deuoure vs and to swalow vs vp Psal 44. d. 20. We were counted euen as sheepe appoynted to be slaine many of vs were for thy sake killed all the day long Psal 107. a. 4 44. d. 22. And many went astray in the wildernes wandring hungrie and thirstie in strange landes our soules fainted in vs and were brought lowe euen vnto the very dust Psal 18. a. 3.4 For why the snares and sorowes of death compassed vs and the ouerflowings of vngodlinesse made vs afraide Psal 18. a. 5. 107. b. 12. Then we made our complaint vnto our God and cryed vnto the Lorde in our trouble and he heard the voyce of our prayer out of his holy temple and deliuered vs out of our distresse Psal 107. a. 3. He gathered vs home againe out of the landes from the East and from the West from the North and from the South Psal 116. b. 8. 4. a. 1. 18. d. 27. He deliuered our soules from death our eies from teares and our feete from falling hee hath set vs at libertie he hath light our candle the Lord our God hath made our darkenesse to be light Psal 18. g. 47. 59. c. 16. Wherefore wee will giue thankes vnto thee O Lorde sing prayses vnto thy name we will sing of thy power and prayse thy mercie betimes in the morning for thou hast bene our defence and refuge in the time of trouble Psal 118. O giue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the beginning is nowe euer shal be world without ende Amen Let vs pray O Lorde God most mercifull father who as vpon this day placing thy seruant our Souereigne and gracious Queene Elizabeth in the kingdome diddest deliuer thy people of England from danger of warre and oppression both of bodies by tyrannie and of conscience by superstition restoring peace and true religion with libertie both of bodies and mindes and hast continued the same thy blessings without all desert on our parte nowe by the space of these * Encrease this nomber according to the yeeres of her Maiesties reigne twentie yeeres we who are in memory of these thy great benefites assembled here together most humbly beseeche thy fatherly goodnesse to graunt vs grace that we may in woorde deede and heart shew our selues thankfull and obedient vnto thee for the same that our Queene through thy grace may in al honour goodnesse and godlines long and many yeeres reigne ouer vs and we obey and enioy her with the continuance of thy great blessings which thou hast by her thy minister powred vpon vs This we beseech thee to graunt vnto vs for thy deare sonne Iesus Christes sake our Lord and Sauiour Amen ALmightie and euerlasting God which onely workest great maruayles sende downe vpon our Bishops and Curates and all congregations committed to their charge the healthful spirit of thy grace and that they may truely please thee powre vpon them the continuall dewe of thy blessing Graunt this O Lord for the honour of our aduocate and mediator Iesus Christ Amen In the time of any common plague or sickenesse O Almightie God which in thy wrath in the time of King Dauid diddest slay with the plague of pestilence three score and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercie diddest saue the rest haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that nowe are visited with great sicknesse and mortalitie that like as thou diddest then commaunde thine Angell to ceasse from punishing so it may nowe please thee to withdrawe from vs this plague and grieuous sicknes through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A prayer of Chrisostome ALmightie God which hast giuen vs grace at this time with one accorde to make our common supplications vnto thee doest promise that when two or three be gathered together in thy name thou wilt graunt their requests fulfill now O Lorde the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may be most expedient for them graunting vs in this world knowledge of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlasting Amen THe grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ and the loue of God and the felowship of the holy ghost be with vs all euermore Amen OVr Father which art in heauen halowed be thy name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our dayly bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that
trespasse agaynst vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen ALmightie God vnto whom al hearts be open al desires knowen and from whom no secrets are hid cleanse the thoughtes of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy spirite that we may perfectly loue thee worthily magnifie thy holy name through Christ our Lord Amen Minister GOD spake these wordes and sayd I am the Lord thy GOD Thou shalt haue none other gods but me People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this lawe Minister Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenes of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them For I the Lorde thy God am a gelous God and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewe mercie vnto thousandes in them that loue me keepe my commaundements People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vayne For the Lord will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabboth day Sixe daies shalt thou labour do all that thou hast to do but the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God In it thou shalt doo no maner of woorke thou thy sonne thy daughter thy man seruant thy maide seruant thy cattell the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth the sea and al that in them is and resteth the seuenth day Wherefore the Lorde blessed the seuenth day and halowed it People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the lande which the Lord thy God giueth thee People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt do no murder People Lord haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not commit adulterie People Lord haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not steale People Lord haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neighbour People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this lawe Minister Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wyfe nor his seruant nor his maide nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his People Lord haue mercie vpon vs and write all these thy lawes in our hearts we beseech thee ¶ Let vs pray ALmightie GOD whose kyngdome is euerlasting and power infinite haue mercie vpon the whole congregation and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruant Elizabeth our Queene and gouernour that she knowing whose minister she is may aboue all thinges seeke thy honour and glory and that we her subiectes duely consydering whose authoritie she hath may faythfully serue honour and humbly obey her in thee and for thee according to thy blessed woord ordinance through Iesus Christe our Lorde who with thee and the holy ghost lyueth and reigneth euer one God worlde without ende Amen STyrre vp we beseech thee O Lorde the willes of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringyng foorth the fruite of good workes may of thee be plenteously rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle 1. Pet. 2.11 DEarely beloued I beseech you as strangers pilgrims absteine from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule verse 12 And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers may by your good workes which they shall see glorifie God in the day of the visitation verse 13 Submit your selues vnto al maner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake whether it bee vnto the king as vnto the superiour Or vnto gouernours verse 14 as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euil doers and for the prayse of them that do wel verse 15 For so is the will of God that by wel doing ye may put to silence the ignorāce of the foolish men As free verse 16 not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but as the seruants of God Honour all men verse 17 loue brotherly felowship feare God honour the King The Gospel Mat. 22.16 ANd they sent vnto him their disciples with the Herodians saying Master wee knowe that thou art true teachest the way of God truely neither carest for any man for thou considerest not the person of men Tel vs therefore verse 17 how thinkest thou Is it lawful to giue tribute vnto Cesar or not But Iesus perceiued their wickednes verse 18 and sayd Why tempt ye me ye hypocrites verse 19 Shew me the tribute money And they brought him a peny And he sayd vnto them verse 20 Whose is this image superscription They sayde vnto him Cesars verse 21 Then sayd he vnto them Giue therefore to Cesar the things which are Cesars and giue vnto God those things which are Gods And whē they heard it verse 22 they marueiled left him and went their way I Beleue in one God the father almightie maker of heauen and earth of al thinges visible inuisible and in one Lord Iesus Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before all worldes God of God lyght of lyght very God of very God begotten not made being of one substance with the father by whome al thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluation came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgin Marie and was made man was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate He suffered and was buried and the thirde day he rose agayne according to the scriptures ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hande of the father And he shal come againe with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead whose kyngdome shal haue no ende And I beleeue in the holy ghost the Lord and giuer of lyfe who proceedeth from the father and the sonne who with the father the sonne together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleeue one Catholique and Apostolique Church I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sinnes And I looke for the resurrection of the dead the life of the world to come Amen Mat. 5. LEt your light so shine before men that they may see your good workes and glorifie your father which is in heauen Let vs pray for the whole state of Christes Church militant here in earth ALmightie and euerliuing God which by thy holy apostle hast taught vs to make prayers
supplications to giue thankes for al men we humbly beseech thee most mercifully to receiue these our prayers which we offer vnto thy diuine maiestie beseeching thee to inspire continually the vniuersal Church with the spirit of trueth vnitie and concorde and graunt that al they that doe confesse thy holy name may agree in the trueth of thy holy worde liue in vnitie and godly loue We beseeche thee also to saue and defende all Christian kinges princes and gouernours and specially thy seruant Elizabeth our Queene that vnder her we may be godly and quietly gouerned And graunt vnto her whole counsayle and to all that be put in aucthoritie vnder her that they may truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice and to the mayntenance of Gods true religion and vertue Giue grace O heauenly father to al Byshops Pastours Curates that they may both by theyr lyfe doctrine set foorth thy true and liuely woorde and rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacramentes And to all thy people gyue thy heauenly grace and especially to this congregation here present that with meeke heart and due reuerence they may heare and receiue thy holy worde truely seruing thee in holynesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of their life And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodnesse O Lord to comfort and succour all them which in this transitory lyfe bee in trouble sorowe neede sicknesse or any other aduersitie Graunt this O father for Iesus Christes sake our onely mediatour and aduocate Amen ALmightie God which hast promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name wee beseeche thee mercyfully to encline thine eares to vs that haue made now our prayers and supplications vnto thee and graunt that those thinges which we haue faithfully asked according to thy wil may effectually be obteyned to the releefe of our necessitie to the setting foorth of thy glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen THE peace of God which passeth al vnderstanding keepe your hearts and mindes in the knowledge and loue of God and of his sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde and the blessing of God almightie the father the sonne and the holy ghost be among you and remayne with you alwaies Amen A thankesgiuing to be sung as the 81. Psalme BE light and glad in God reioyce which is our strength and stay Be ioyfull and lift vp your voyce for this most happie daye Sing sing O sing vnto the Lorde with melody most sweete Let heart and tongue in one accorde as it is iust and meete 2 Sing lawde vnto the Lorde aboue serue him with glad intent O clappe your handes in signe of loue for this which he hath sent Sing prayse sing prayse with Harpe and Lute with ioy let vs be seene Before our God let none be mute but lawde him for our Queene 3 Sound out the trumpe courageously blowe as on solemne dayes Both high and lowe come fill the skye with sweete resounding prayse For why when we were bound in thrall and eke in griefe did stand The Lord did set vs free from all by this his seruants hand 4 Our selues therefore we wholly binde a Sacrifice to bee In token of our thankeful minde O God most deare to thee To thee we crye and also giue most high thankes lawde and prayse For thy good giftes which we receiue both now and all our dayes 5 When we in griefe did crie and call thou holpst vs by and by And thou didst set vs free from thrall O God our God most hye Thy mercie therefore wil we sing and prayse thy holy name For working of so great a thing O Lorde preserue the same 6 Blessed art thou O Lorde of hostes our shielde and buckler tryde Thy name be praysde in al the coastes throughout the world so wide Vouchsafe this inward sacrifice to thee O Lorde we call Our heartie thanks do not despise we yeelde our soules and all 7 For thou through loue when we were lost didst send to seeke therefore This sillie barke of ours so tost thou broughtstfull safe to shore When we through blindnes went astray with burdens sore opprest Thou sentst and set vs in the way that leades vs to thy rest 8 We prayse thee therefore Lorde on hie with heart and heartie cheare To thee we sing we call we cry O Lorde our God most deare Thou art the worker of our wealth our safegard and our stay O Lorde graunt this our countrey health on thee we waite alway The second part 9 To thee O God we yeelde all prayse thou art our helpe alone To thee it is we sing alwayes to thee and els to none Then bowe to vs good Lorde thine eare and heare vs when we crie Preserue thy Churche now planted here and watche it with thine eye 10 Lorde keepe Elizabeth our Queene defend her in thy right Shewe forth thy selfe as thou hast bene her fortresse and her might Preserue her grace confound her foes and bring them downe full lowe Lord turne thy hand against al those that would her ouerthrowe 11 Mayntaine her scepter as thine owne for thou hast plaste her here And let this mightie worke be knowne to nations farre and nere A noble ancient Nurse O Lorde in England let her raigne Her grace among vs do afford for euer to remaine 12 Indue her Lorde with vertues store rule thou her royall Rod Into her minde thy Spirite powre and shewe thy selfe her God In trueth vpright Lorde guide her still thy Gospell to defende To say and do what thou doest will and stay where thou doest ende 13 Her counsell Lord vouchsafe to guide with wisdome let them shine In godlines for to abide as it becommeth thine To seeke the glorie of thy name their countries wealth procure And that they may performe the same Lorde graunt thy Spirite pure 14 So will we sing vnto thee Lorde betyme yer day be light And eke declare thy trueth abroade when it doth drawe to night To thee O Father with the Sonne and Spirite be therefore All glorie nowe as hath bene done from henceforth euermore Amen FINIS An Antheme or prayer for the preseruation of the Church the Queenes Maiestie and the Realme to be sung after Euening prayer at all times Saue Lorde and blesse with good increase Thy Church our Queene and Realme in peace AS for thy giftes we render praise So Lorde we craue still blessed dayes Let thy sweete worde Gospell pure With vs deare God for aye endure With prosperous reigne increase it stil That sound thereof the world may fill Saue Lord and blesse with good increase Thy Church our Queene and Realme in peace That vine thy Right hande planted hath Preserue O Lord from enemies wrath And those that practise Sions spoyle With mightie arme Lorde giue them foyle Thy Church and Kingdome Christ we praye Increase and builde from day to day Saue Lord and blesse with good increase Thy Church our Queene and Realme in peace Like as thy grace our Queene hath sent So blesse her Rule and gouernement Thy glorie chiefely to maintaine And graunt her long and prosperous Raigne All foes confound and Rebels eke That Prince or Churches harme would seeke Saue Lord and blesse with good increase Thy Church our Queene and Realme in peace This English Isle and people all Preserue for Christes blood we call Graunt peace t' enioy thy blessings now Because none fyghtes for vs but thou So shall we liue to praise thee then Which likewise graunt Amen Amen Saue Lord and blesse with good increase Thy Church our Queene and Realme in peace A song of reioysing for the prosperous Reigne of our most gratious Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth Made to the tune of the 25. Psalme GEue laude vnto the Lorde And prayse his holy name O let vs all with one accorde Now magnifie the same Due thanks vnto him yeeld Who euermore hath beene So strong defence buckler and shielde To our most Royall QVEENE ANd as for her this daie Each where about vs rounde Vp to the Skie right solemnelie The belles doe make a sounde Euen so let vs reioyce Before the Lord our King To him let vs now frame our voyce With chearefull hearts to sing HEr Maiesties intent By thy good grace and will Euer O Lorde hath bene most bent Thy Lawe for to fulfill Quite thou that louing minde With loue to her againe Vnto her as thou hast beene kinde O Lord so still remaine EXtende thy mightie hand Against her mortall foes Expresse shewe that thou wilt stand With her against all those Nigh vnto her abide Vpholde her Scepter strong Eke graunt with vs a ioyfull guide She may continue long I. C. AMEN Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes Maiestie Cum priuilegio
all angels crye alowde the heauens and al the powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do crye Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heauen earth are full of the maiestie of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the prophets prayse thee The noble armie of martyrs prayse thee The holy Church throughout all the worlde doeth knowledge thee The father of an infinite maiestie Thy honorable true and onely sonne Also the holy ghost the comforter Thou art the King of glory O Christ Thou art the euerlasting sonne of the father When thou tookest vpon thee to deliuer man thou diddest not abhorre the Virgins wombe When thou haddest ouercome the sharpenes of death thou diddest open the kingdome of heauen to all beleeuers Thou sittest on the right hand of God in the glorie of the father We beleeue that thou shalt come to be our Iudge We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy saints in glory euerlasting O Lord saue thy people blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy name euer world without ende Vouchsafe O Lord to keepe vs this day without sinne O Lord haue mercy vpō vs haue mercy vpō vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lighten vpon vs as our trust is in thee O Lorde in thee haue I trusted let me neuer be confounded The second Lesson taken out of the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romanes the xiii Chapter LEt euery soule be subiect vnto the higher powers for there is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordeyned of God Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shal receiue to themselues iudgement For Princes are not to be feared for good workes but for euil Wilt thou then be without feare of the power do wel so shalt thou haue prayse of the same For he is the minister of God for thy wealth but if thou doe euil feare for he beareth not the sworde for nought for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth euill Wherefore ye must bee subiect not because of wrath onely but also for conscience sake For for this cause ye pay also tribute for they are Gods ministers applying themselues for the same thing Giue to all men therefore their duetie tribute to whom ye owe tribute custome to whom custome feare to whom feare honour to whom ye owe honour Owe nothing to any man but to loue one another for he that loueth another hath fulfilled the Lawe For this Thou shalt not commit adulterie Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnes Thou shalt not couet and if there be any other commaundement it is briefly cōprehended in this saying euen in this Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue doth not euill to his neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe And that considering the season that it is nowe time that we shoulde arise from sleepe for nowe is our saluation neerer then when we beleeued it The night is past and the day is at hand let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of light So that we walke honestly as in the day not in gluttonie and drunkennesse neither in chambering and wantonnes nor in strife and enuying But put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and take no thought for the flesh to fulfill the lustes of it Or the C. Psalme O Be ioyfull in the Lord all ye landes serue the Lord with gladnes and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O goe your way into his gates with thankesgiuing and into his courtes with prayse be thankfull vnto him and speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his trueth endureth from generation to generation Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. I Beleeue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onelie sonne our Lorde which was conceyued by the holy ghost borne of the virgine Marie suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried hee descended into hell the thirde daye he rose againe from the dead he ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the father almightie from thence shal he come to iudge the quicke the dead I beleeue in the holy ghost the holy Catholike Church the communion of saints the forgiuenesse of sinnes the resurrection of the body and the life euerlasting Amen And after that these prayers following aswell at Euening prayer as at Morning prayer all deuoutly kneeling The Minister first pronouncing with a loude voyce The Lord be with you People And with thy spirit Minister Let vs pray Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Our father which art in heauen c. Minister O Lord shewe thy mercy vpon vs. People And graunt vs thy saluation Minister O Lord saue the Queene People Who putteth her trust in thee Minister Sende her helpe from thy holy place People And euermore mightily defende her Minister Let the enemies haue none aduantage on her People Let not the wicked approche to hurt her Minister Indue thy ministers with righteousnes People And make thy chosen people ioyfull Minister O Lord saue thy people People And blesse thine inheritance Minister Giue peace in our time O Lord. People Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but onely thou O God Minister O God make cleane our hearts within vs. People And take not thy holy spirite from vs. A prayer for the Queenes Maiestie O Lorde our heauenly father high and mightie King of kings Lorde of lordes the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy throne beholde all the dwellers vpon the earth most hartily we beseech thee with thy fauour to behold our most gracious soueraigne Ladie Queene Elizabeth and so replenish her with the grace of thy holy spirit that she may alway incline to thy will and walke in thy way indue her plentifully with heauenly giftes graunt her in health wealth long to liue strength her that she may vanquish and ouercome all her enemies and finally after this life she may attayne euerlasting ioye and felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen The second Collect for peace O God which art authour of peace and louer of concorde in knowledge of whome standeth our eternall life whose seruice is perfite freedome defende vs thy humble seruants in al assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might