to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance The Gospel S. Matthew V. 1. ANd Iesus seeing the multitudes went up into a mountain and when he was set his discioles came unto him And he opened his mouth and taught them saying Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtain mercy Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called the children of God Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and perse ute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake Rejoyce and be eâ—ceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you I Believe in one God the Father Almighty maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible And in one Lord Iesus Christ the only begotten Son of God begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God Light of Light very God of very God begotten not made being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary and was made man and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate He suffered and was buried and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of the Father And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead whose kingdom shall have no end And I believe in the holy Ghost the Lord and giver of life who proceedeth from the Father and the Son who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophets And â— believe one Catholick and Apostolick Church I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins And I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come Amen ¶ Then followeth the Sermon and after that shall be said LEt your light so shine before men that they s. Matt. 5. 16. may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heaven Lay not up for your selves treasures upon S. Matt. 6. 19 20. earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for your selves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal Let us pray for the whole state of Christs Church militant here on earth ALmighty and everliving God who by thy holy Apostle hast taught us to make prayers and supplications and to give thanks for all men We humbly beseech thee most mercifully to accept our alms and oblations and to receive these our prayers which we offer unto If there be no alms or oblations then shall the words of accepting our alms and oblatious be left out unsaid thy divine Majesty beseeching thee to inspire continually the Vniversal Church with the spirit of truth unity and concord and grant that all they that do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word and live in unity and godly love We beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian Kings Princes and Governours and especially thy servant CHARLES our King that under him we may be godly and quietly governed And grant unto his whole Council to all that are put in Authority under him that they may truly and indifferently minister justice to the punishment of wickedness and vice and to the maintenance of thy true Religion and vertue Give grace O heavenly Father to all Bishops and Curates that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively Word and rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacraments And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace and especially to this Congregation here present that with meek heart and due reverence they may hear and receive thy holy Word truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness O Lord to comfort and succour all them who in this transitory life are in trouble sorrow need sickness or any other adversity And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom Grant this O Father for Iesus Christs sake our only Mediatour and Advocate Amen ¶ Then shall be added the prayers following WE humbly acknowledge before thee O merciful Father that all the punishments threatned in thy Law against sinners might justly fall upon us by reason of our manifold transgressions and especially our great unthankfulness for thy unspeakable mercies towards us But though our crying sins call aloud for thy wrath and vengeance to be poured down upon us yet there is mercy with thee O Lord that thou mayest be feared and with thee our God there is plenteous Redemption Oh enter not into Iudgement with thy servants For if thou shouldest be extreme to mark what we have done amiss O Lord who will be able to abide it At the Footstool of the Throne of thy Grace we prastrate our souls and bodies with fasting tears and supplications Look down graciously upon us we humbly beseech thee from the habitation of thy Holiness and of thy Glory and for the all-satisfying Death and Passion of thy blessed Son accept this our unfeigned Submission and Humiliation O deliver us from all our sins and then our enemies cannot hurt us Let us ever remember what thou hast so strictly enjoyn'd That when y Deut. 23. Host goeth forth against-our enemies we should then especially keep our selves from every wicked thing Vnite our hearts that we may fear thy Name and then we need not fear what man can do unto us O let our ways be such as may please thee that Thou mayest make even our enemies to be at peace with us here and when we have accomplished our Warfare upon earth maist admit us to the blessed Vision of everlasting Peace in thine own glorious presence through his Merit and Mediation who is both the Lord of Hosts and the Prince of Peace Iesus Christ our Lord and blessed Saviour Amen O God the Protector of all that trust in Thee without
the world was not worthy they wandred in deserts and in mountains and in dens and caves of the earth And these all having obtained a good report through faith received not the promise God having provided some better thing for us that they without us should not be made perfect Deus misereatur Psal 67. GOd be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance and be merciful unto us That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations Let the people praise thée O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee O God let all she people praise thee Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God even our own God shall give us his blessing God shall bless us and all the end of the world shall fear him Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ Then shall be said thâ— Creed by the Minister and the people standing I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely Son our Lord who was conceived by the holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell the third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the forgiveness of sins the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and people shall say the Lords prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in heaven hallowed de thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest O Lord save thy servants Answer Who do put their trust in thee Priest Send us help from thy holy place Answer And evermore mightily defend us Priest Let the enemy have no advantage over us Answer Nor the wicked approch to hurt us Priest Be unto us O Lord a strong towre Answer From the face of our enemies Priest O Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Priest Indue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in out time O Lord. Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but onely thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take noâ— thy holy Spirit from us ¶ In stead of the first Collect shall these two be usedâ— O Most glorious and powerful Lord God who alone hast spread out the heavens and compassed the waters with bounds until night and day come to an end We adore thy divine Majesty acknowledging thy power and imploring thy goodness Be pleased to receive into thine Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of thy servants that fight for us and the Ships and Navies in which they serve preserve them all from the dangers of the sea and from the violence of the enemy and from every sad accident that they may be a safeguard to our most gracious Sovereign and his Kingdoms and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions Help Lord and save them for thy mercies sake that they may return in safety with honour and victory and good success to enjoy the blesâ—ings of the land and the fruit of their labours and that all the inhabitants of these Islands being blest with plenty and prosperity peace and quietness may serve thee our God in righteousness and true holiness and with a thankful remembrance of all thy mercies may ever praise and glorifie thy holy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Almighty God King of all kings and Governour of all things whose power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth iustly to punish sinners to be merciful to them that truly repent Save and deliver us we humbly beseech thee from the hands of our enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their devices that we being armed with thy defence may be preserved evermore from all perils to glorifie thee who art the only giver of all victory through the merits of thy only Son Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all iust works do proceed Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen LIghten our darkness we beseech thee O Lord and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night for the love of thy onely Son our Saviour Iesus Christ Amen ALmighty everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent Create make in us new and contrite hearts that we worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission and forgiveness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord we beseech thee mercifully hear our prayers and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee that they whose consciences by sin are accused by thy merciful pardon may be absolved through Christ our Lord. Amen O Most mighty God and merciful Father who hast compassion upon all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made who wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turn from his sin and be saved Mercifully forgive us our trespasses receive and comfort us who are grieved and wearied with the burthen of our sins Thy property is always to have mercy to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins Spare us therefore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into judgment with thy servants who are vile earth and miserable sinners but so turn thine anger from
A FORM OF COMMON PRAYER To be used on Wednesday the 4th of February 1673 4 Within the Cities of London and Westminister Burrough of Southwark and other places within Ten miles distance And on Wednesday the 11th of Febr. next through the rest of the whole Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed Being the days of the GENERAL FAST Appointed by His Majesties Proclamation for Imploring Gods blessing on His Majesty And the present PARLIAMENT Set forth by His Majesties Authority LONDON Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christ-pher Parker Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty The Order for Morning PRAYER ¶ Let him that ministreth read with a loud voice one or more of these sentences of Scripture and then say the Exhortation that followeth REnt your heart and not your Joel 2. 13. garments and turn unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil To the Lord our God Dan. 9. 9 10. belong mercies and forgiveness 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 O Lord correct me but with judgment not Jer. 10. 24. in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness ef the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yeâ— ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his bands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy-word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accomâ—any me with a pure heart and humble voice into the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ The Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Spare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent according to thy prâ—mises declared unto mankind in Christ Iesu out Lord and grant O most merciful Father for his sake that we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life to the glory â—f thy-holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the people still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sins he pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Iesus Christ out Lord. ¶ The people shall answer here and at the end of all other Prayers Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister kneel and begin the Lords Prayer the people also repeating it with him OVr Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever Amen ¶ Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answ And our mouth shall shew l'orth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answ O Lord make haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. Answ The Lords name be praised ¶ In stead of Venite exultemus shall be sung or said this Hymn following one Verse by the Priest and another by the Clerk and People O Come let us humble our selves before the Psal 65. 6. Lord and fall down before him with reverence and fear For he is the Lord our God and we are the people 7. of his pasture and the sheep of his hands Let us repent and turn from our wickedness Act. 3. 19. and our sins shall be forgiven us For this shall every one that is godly make his Psal 32. 7. prayer unto thee O Lord in a time when thou mayest be found In my trouble I will call upon the Lord and Psal 18. 2. complain unto my God so shall I be sale from mine enemies So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple 6. and my complaint shall come before him it shall enter even into his ears Hear my prayer O God and let my crying Ps 10â— 1. come unto thee Thou art my King O God send help unto Jacob Psal 44. 5 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies 6 and in thy Name will we tread them under that rise up against us For I will not trust in my bow it is not my 7 sword that shall help me But it is thou that savest us from our enemies 8. and puttest them to confusion that hate us There is no King that can be saved by the multitude Ps 33. 15. of an Host neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength Therefore in thee O Lord have I put my Ps 31. 1 trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy righteousness Bowe down thine ear to me and save me make 2. haste to deliver me I will love thee O Lord my strengthâ— the Ps 18. 1. Lord is my stony rock and my defence my Saviour my God and my might in whom I will trust my buckler the horn also
of my salvation and my refuge Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that Ps 33. 17. fear him and upon them that put their trust in his mercy O be favourable and gracious unto Sion Ps 51. 18. build thou the walls of Ierusalem Let thy merciful kindness O Lord be upon us Ps 33. 21. like as we do put our trust in thee Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Domine quid multiplicati Psal 3. LOrd how are they increased that trouble me many are they that rise against me Many one there be that say of my soul there is no help for him in his God But thou O Lord art my defender thou art my worship and the lifter up of mâ— head I did call upon the Lord with my voice and he heard me out of his holy hill I laid me down and slept and rose up again for the Lord sustained me I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me round about Up Lord and help me O my God for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone thou hast broken the teeth oâ— the ungodly Salvation belongeth unto the Lord and thy blessing is upon thy people Dominus illuminatio Psal 27. THe Lord is my light and my salvation whom then shall I fear the Lord is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afraid When the wicked even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell Though an host of men were laid against me yet shall not my heart be afraid and though there rose up war against me yet will I put my trust in him One thing have I desired of the Lord which I will require even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the fair beauty of the Lord and to visit his temple For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me and set me up upon a rock of stone And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness I will sing and speak praises unto the Lord. Hearken unto my voice O Lord when I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear mâ— My heart hath talked of thee Seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure Thou hast been my â—â—â—cour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation When my father and my mother forsake me the Lord taketh me up Teach me thy way O Lord and lead me in the right way because of mine enemies Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries for there are false witnesses risen up against me and such as speak wrong I should utterly have fainted but that I believe derily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living O tarry thou the Lords leisure be strong and he shall comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lord. Ad tâ— Dominâ— Psal 28. UNto thee will I cry O Lord my strength think no scorn of me lest if thou make as though thou hearest not I become like them that go down into the pit Hear the voice of my humble petitions when I cry unto thee when I hold up my haâ—ds towards the mercy-sent of thy holy templâ— O pluck me not away neither destâ—oy me with the ungodly and wicked doers which speak friendly to their neighbours but imagine mischief in their hearts Reward them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their own inventions Recompense them after the work of their hands pay them that they have deserved For they regard not in their mind the workâ— of the Lord nor the operation of his hands therefore shall he break them down and not build them up Praised be the Lord for he hath heatd the voice of my humble petitions The Lord is my strength and my shâ—eld my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my 〈◊〉 will I praise him The Lord is my strength and he is the wholesom defence of his Anointed O save thy people and give thy bleâ—â—â—â—â— unto thine Inheritance feed them and set them up for ever Deus noster refugium Psal 4â— GOd is our hope and strength a very present help in trouble Therefore will we not fear though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same The rivers of the â—â—â—nd thereof shall make glad the city of God the â—â—ly place of the tabernacle of the most Highest God is in the midst of her therefore shall she not be removed God shall help her and that right early The heathen make much adâ— and the kingdoms are moved but God hath shewed his voice and the earth shall melt away The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Iacob is our refuge O come hither and behold the works of the Lord what destruction he hath brought upon the earth He maketh wars to cease 〈◊〉 all the worâ—d he â—eaketh the â—â—w and â—naâ—peth the spear in sunder and burneth the chaâ—iâ—tâ— in the fire Be still then and know that I am God I will be exalted among the heathen and I will be exalted in the earth The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Iacob is our refuge The first Lesson appointed to be read is Isaiah 58. CRty aloud spare not lift up thy voice like a trumpet and shew my people their transgression and the house of Iacob their sins Yet they seek me daily and delight to know any ways as a nation that did righteousness and forsook not the ordinance of the it God they as 〈◊〉 of me the ordinances of Iustice they take delight in approching to God Wherefore have we fasted say they and thou sâ—est not Wherefore have we aâ—â—â—â—ed our soul â—nd thou takest no knowledge Behold in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact all your labours Behold ye fast for strife and devate and to â—mite with the fast of wickedness ye shall not fast as ye do this day to make your voice to be heard on high Is it such a Fast that I have chosen a day for a man to afflict his soul is â—t to bowe down his head as a bulrâ—â—â—h and to spread sackâ—oth and ashes under him wilt thou call this a Fast and an acceptable day to the Lord Is not this the Fast that I have chosen to loase the bonds of whckedness to undo the heavy burdens and to
children and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to defend and provide for the fatherless children and widows and all that are desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies persecutors and â—anderers and to turn their hearts We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth so as in due time we may enjoy them We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance to forgive us all our sins negligences and ignorances and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our sives according to thy holy Word We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. Son of God we beseech thee to hear us Son of God we beseech thee to hear us O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Grant us thy peace O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Have mercy upon us O Christ hear us O Christ hear us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our Father which art in Heaven â—c Priest O Lord deal not with us after our sins Answ Neither reward us after our iniquities Let us pray O God merciful Father that â—espisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowful mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities whensoever they oppress us and graciously hear us that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed that we thy servants being hurt by no persecutions may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thy Names sake O God we have heard with our ears and our fathers have declared unto us the â—oble works that thou didst in their days and in the old time before them O Lord arise help us and deliveâ— us for thine honour Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be a world without end Amen From our enemies defend us O Christ Graciously look upon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people Favourably with mercy hear our prayers O Son of David have mercy upon us Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us Christ Graciously hear us O Christ Graciously hear us O Lord Christ Priest O Lord let thy mercy be shewed upon us Answer As we do put our trust in thee Let us pray WE humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon our infirmities and for the glory of thy Name euen from us all those evils that we most righteouâ—â—â— have deserved and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust anâ— confidence in thy mercy and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glory through our only Mediatour and Advocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast-made and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent Create make in us new and contrite hearts that we worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission forgiveness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord we beseech thee mercifully hear our prayers and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee that they whose consciences by sin are accused by thy merciful pardon may be absolved through Christ our Lord. Amen O Most mighty God and merciful Father who hast compassion upon all men and hatest nothing yâ— thou hast made who wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turn from his sin and be saved Mercifully forgive us our trespasses receive and comfort us who are grieved and wearied with the burthen of our sins Thy property is always to have mercy to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins Spare us therefore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into judgment with thy servants who are â—vile earth and miserable sinners but so turn thine anger from us who meekly acknowledge our vileness and truly repentâ—us of our faults and so make haste to help us in thiâ— worst that we may ever live with thee in the world to come through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the people say this that followeth after the Minister TVrn thou us O good Lord and so shall we be turned Be favourable O Lord be favourable to thy people Who turn to thee in weeping fasting and praying For thou art a merciful God Full of compassion Long-suffering and of great pity Thou sparest when we deserve punishment And in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy Spare thy people good Lord spare them And let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Hear us O Lord for thy mercy is great And after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us Through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Almighty God and our most gracious Father the Sovereign Commander of all the world in whose hand is power and might which none is able to withstand Thou art the Lord of hosts the God of battels and the strength of all Nations If thou keepest not the City and the Kingdom the Watchman waketh but in vain Nor can victory wait upon the justest Designs upon the wisest Counsels upon the strongest Armies unless thou teachest their hands to war and their fingers to fight Thou art the steddy Hope of all the ends of the earth and of them which remain in the broad Sea Go forth we humbly beseech thee at this time by thy more especial assistance with His Majesties Fleet and Naval Forces and bless them all In all their Counsels let Wisdom lead them in all their Enterprises Courage assist them and thy blessing every where crown them with victory and good success That so they may at last bring back Honour to our Sovereign safety and strength to these his Kingdoms and to all his Subjects plenty and prosperity and a fasting peace And smally that by these and all thy mercies we may be still more engaged to a true and real thankfulness to thee our God such as may appear in our lives by an humble holy and obedient walking before thee all our days Erant this O merciful Father for thy Son
whom nothing is strong nothing is holy who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and so great dangers and feest that we have no power of our selves to help our selves Mercifully look upon our infirmities Raise up thy power and come among us and with great might succour us and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to help and defend us against all our enemies Look we pray thee upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants Encrease and multiply upon us thy mercies that we who for our evil deeâ—s do worthily deserve to be punished by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved and that Thou being our Saviour and Deliverer our Ruler and our Guide we may so pass the waves of this troublesom World that finally we may come to the land of everlasting life there to reign with Thee world without end through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God who hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Sons Name we beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of our necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall let them depart with this blessing THe peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Iesus Christ our Lord and the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remain with you always Amen The Order for Evening PRAYER ¶ Let him that ministreth read with a loud voice one or more of these sentences of Scripture and then say the Exhortation that followeth REnt your heart and not your Joel 2. 13. garments and turn unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil To the Lord our God Dan. 9. 9 10 belong mercies and forgiveness 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 O Lord correct me but with judgment not Jer. 10 24 in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ The Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Spare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Iesu our Lord And grant O most merciful Father for his sake that we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sover life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the people still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The people shall answer here and at the end of all other Prayers Amen ¶ The shall the Minister kneel and begin the Lords Prayer the people also repeating it with him OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever Amen ¶ Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answ And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answ O Lord make haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. Answ The Lords name be praised ¶ Then shall be sung or said this Hymn following one Verse by the Priest and another by the Clerk and People O Come let us humble our selves before the Psal 65. 6. Lord and fall down before him with reverence and fear For he is the Lord our God and we are the people 7. of his pasture and the sheep of his hands Let us repent and turn from our wicâ—edness Act. 3. 19. and our sins shall be forgiven us For this shall every one that is godly make his Psal 32. 7. prayer unto thee O Lord in a time when thou mayest be found In my trouble I will call upon the Lord and Psal 18. 2. complain unto my God so shall I be safe from mine enemies 6. So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple and my complaint shall come before him it shall enter
us who meekly acknowledge our vileness and truly repent us of our faults and so make haste to help us in this world that we may ever live with thee in the world to come through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the people say this that followeth after the Minister TUrn thou us O good Lord and so shall we be turned Be favourable O Lord be favourable to thy people Who turn to thee in weeping fasting and praying For thou art a merciful God Full of compassion Long suffering and of great pity Thou sparest when we deserve punishment And in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy Spare thy people good Lord spare them And let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Hear us O Lord for thy mercy is great And after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us Through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord our heavenly Father High and Mighty King of kings Lord of lords the onely Ruler of princes who dost from thy Throne behold all the dwellers upon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King Charles and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may asway incline to thy will and walk in thy way endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts grant him in health and wealth long to live strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attain everlasting joy and felicity through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Royal Family ALmighty God the Fountain of all goodness we humbly beseech thee to bless our gracious Queen Catherine James Duke of York and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy holy Spirit enrich them with thy heavenly grace prosper them with all happiness and bring them to thine everlasting Kingdom through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and people ALmighty and everlasting God who alone workest great marvels Send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthful Spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please thee pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour Iesus Christ Amen O Almighty God and our most gracious Father the Sovereign Commander of all the world in whose hand is power and might which none is able to withstand Thou art the Lord of hosts the God of battels and the strength of all Nations If thou keepest not the City and the Kingdom the Watchman waketh but in vain Nor can victory wait upon the justest Designs upon the wisest Counsels upon the strongest Armies unless thou teachest their hands to war and their fingers to fight Thou art the steady Hope of all the ends of the earth and of them which remain in the broad Sea Go forth we humbly beseech thee at this time by thy more especial assistance with His Majesties Fleet and Naval Forces and bless them all In all their Counsels let Wisdom lead them in all their Enterprises Courage assist them and thy blessing every where crown them with Victory and good Success That so they may at last bring back Honour to our Sovereign safety and strength to these his Kingdoms and to all his Subjects plenty and prosperity and a lasting peace and finally that by these and all thy mercies we may be still more engaged to a true and real thankfulness to thee our God such as may appear in our lives by an humble holy and oâ—â—dient walking before thee all our days Grant this O merciful Father for thy Son Iesus Christ his sake Amen O God the Protectour of all that trust in Thee without whom nothing is strong nothing is holy who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and so great dangers and seest that we have no power of our selves to help our selves Mercifully look upon our infirmities Raise up thy power and come among us and with great might succour us and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to help and defend us against all our enemies Look we pray thee upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants Encrease and multiply upon us thy mercies that we who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished by the comfort of thy Grace may mercifully be relieved and that thou being our Saviour and Deliverer our Ruler and our Guide we may so pass the waves of this troublesom world that finally we may come to the land of everlasting life there to reign with Thee world without end through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer of S. Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most expedient for them granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth and in the worlâ—â— to come life everlasting Amen 2 Corinth 13. 14. THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen LONDON Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty 1673 4.