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euerlasting and they that haue done euil into euerlasting fire This is the Catholique faith which except a man beleeue faithfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the Fathet and to the Sonne amp c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Thus endcth the order of Morning and Euening prayer throughout thewhole yeere Here followeth the Letanie to be vsed vpon Sundayes Wednesdayes and Fridayes and at other times when it shal be commanded by the Ordinary O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs iniscrable sinners O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue Mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitic three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercie vpon vs miscrable sinners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare vs good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all cuill and mischicfe from in sinne from the craftes and assaults of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindnesse of heart from pride baine 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 deceits of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battell and murther and from sudden death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedition and priuie conspiracie from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and commandement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and circumcision by thy baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lord dcliuer vs. By thine agonie and bloody sweat 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 ofiudgement 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 holy Church vmuerfally 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 Iames our most gracious King and gouernour We beseech thec to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith feare and loue and that he may euermore haue affiance in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and Keeper giuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and preserue our gracions Queene Anne Prince Henry and the rest of the King and Queenes Royall issue We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Pastours and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy worde and that both by their prcaching and liuing they may set it foorth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the Counsaile and all the Nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute Iustice and to maintayne trueth We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all nations vnity peace and concord We beseeth thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee and diligently to line after thy commaundements We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all thy people increase of grace to heare meekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. 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 vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as doe stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Satan vuder our feete We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger neressitie and tribulation We befeech thee to heare vs good Lord. 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 shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that bee desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies persecuters and s slanderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our bse the kindely fruits of the earth so as in due time wee may enioy them We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance to forgive vs all our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. Some 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 Grant 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 mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue
of this Realme safely maintained and last of all all estates and people thereof in true obedience and charitie vnited and knit together Grant this O God for thy onely Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect. PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doing with thy most Gracious favour and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our woorkes begunne continued and ended in thee wee may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtaine Euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then shall follow the Benediction as thus THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ 2. Cor. 13 and the loue of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen The order where Morning and Euening Prayer shall be vsed and said THE morning and Euening Prayer shal be vsed in the accustomed place of the Church Chappell or Chancell except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the place And the chancels shall remaine as they haue done in times past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the time of the Communion and at all other times in his ministration shall vse such ornaments in the Church as were in vse by authoritie of Parliament in the second yeere of the raigne of King Edward the sixt according to the Acte of Parliament set in the beginning of this Booke An order for Morning prayer daily throughout the yeere At the beginning both of Morning prayer and like wise of Euening prayer the Minister shall reade with a lowd voyce some one of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said sentences AT what time soeuer a sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of this heart I will put all his wickednesse out of my remembrance saith the Lord. Eze. xviij I doe knowe mine owne wickednesse and my sinne is alway against me Psal Lj. Turne thy face away from our sinnes O Lord and blot out all our offences Psal Lj. A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal Lj. Rent your hearts and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because hee is gentle and mercifull he is pacient and of much mercy and such a one that is sory for your afflictions Ioel ij To thee O Lord God belongeth mercy and forgiuenesse Dan●x for we haue gone away from thee and haue not hearkned to thy voyce whereby wee might walke in thy Lawes which thou hast appointed for vs. Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy fury lest we should be consumed and brought to nothing 〈◊〉 x. Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hand Ma●h iij. I will go to my father and say to him Father I huve sinned against heaven and against thee I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne Luke xv Enter not into Iudgement with thy seruants O Lord for no flesh is righteous in thy sight Psal exliij If wee say that we haue no sinne wee deceiue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. i. Iohn j. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture mooueth vs in sundry places to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes and that wee should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heauenly Father but confesse them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the ende that wee may obtaine forgiuenesse of the same vy his infinite goodnesse and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sinnes before God yet ought wee most chiefly so to doe when wee assemble and meete together to render thankes for the great benefits that we haue received at his hands to set foorth his most worthy prayse to heare his most holy word and to aske those things which be requisite and necessary aswell for the body as the soule Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as be here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the Throne of the heauenly grace saying after me A generall confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister kneeling ALmighty and most mercifull Father wee have erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost sheepe wee haue followed too much the deuices and desires of our owne hearts we have offended against thy holy Lawes we have left vndone those things which wee ought to have done and we haue done those things which wee ought not to haue done and there is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercy upon vs miserable offenders spare thou them O God which confesse their faults restore thou them that be penitent according to thy promises vnto mankinde in Christ Iesu our Lord and graunt O most mercifull Father for his sake that we may hereafter liue a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen The absolution or remission of sinnes to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that hee may turne from his wickednesse and liue and hath giuen power and commandement to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sinnes hee pardoneth and absolueth all them which truely repent and vnfainedly beleeue his holy Gospel Wherefore we beseech him to graunt vs true repentance and his holy spirit that those things may please him which wee doe at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last wee may come to his eternallioy through Iesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answere Amen Then shall the Minister begin the Lords prayer with a lowd voyce OUr Father which art in heaven halowed ve thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Give vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliver vs from evil Amen Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shall shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to save vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Prayse ye the Lord. Then shall be said or sung this Psalme following O Come let vs sing unto the Lord let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our salution Veni●e exul 〈◊〉 Let vs come before his presence with thankesgiuing and shew our selves glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great King avoue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is
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And after the second Lesson shal be vsed and said Benedictus in English as followeth BLessed bee the Lord God of Israel for hee hath visited and redeemed his people Benedictus And hath raised vp a mighty saluation for vs in the house of his servant David As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have beene since the world began That wee should be saued from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate vs. To performe the mercie promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy couenant To performe the oth which hee sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give vs. That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve him without feare In holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the dayes of our life And thou childe shalt be called the Prophet of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people for the remission of their sinnes Through the tender mercie of our God whereby the day spring from an high hath visited vs. To giue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadowe of death and to guide our feete into the way of peace Glory be to the father and to the sonne c As it was in the beginning is now c. Or this C. Psalme Iubilate Deo O Be ioyfull in the Lord all yee lands rerue the Lord with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Iubilate Deo Be ye sure that the Lord 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 courts with praise be thankefull vnto him speake good of his Name For the Lord is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his trueth endureth from generation to generation Glory be to the father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Then shall be said the Creede by the Minister and the people standing I Beleeue in God the Father almighty maker of heaven and earth and in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgine Marie suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell The third day he rose againe from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty From there shall hee come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the communion of Saints the forgiuenes of sinnes there surreection of the body and the life cuerlasting Amen And after that these prayers following aswell at Euening prayer as at Morning prayer all deuoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a lowde voice The lord be with you Answere And with the spirit The Minister Let vs pray Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Minister Clerkes and people shall say the Lords prayer in English with a loud voice Our Father which art in heauen c Then the Minister standing vp shall say O Lord shew thy mercie vpon vs. Answere And grant vs thy saluation Priest O Lord saue the king Answere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee Priest Indue thy minister with righteousnesse Answere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O Lord saue thy people Answere And blesse thine inheritance Priest Giue peace in our time O Lord. Answere Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but onely thou O God Priest O God make clene our hearts within vs. Answere And take not thy holy spirit from vs. Then shall followe three Collects The first of the day which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for peace The thirde for grace to liue well And the two last Collects shall neuer alter but dayly be said at Morning prayer throughout all the yeere as followeth The second Collect for peace O God which art authour of peace ana louer of concorde in knowladge of whome standeth our eternall life whole seruice is perfect freedome defende vs thy humble seruants in all assaults of our enemies that Wee surely trutstting in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almighty and euerlasting God which hast safely brought vs to the beginning of this day defend vs in the same with thy mighty power and graunt that this day we fall into no sinne neither run into any kinde pf danger but that all our doings may be ordered by thy gouernance to doe alwayes that is rightcous in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An order for Euening prayer throughout the yeere The Priest shall say Our father which art in heauen c Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shalll shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to saue vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Some and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning isnow and euer shal be world without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lord. Then the Psalmes in order as they be appointed in the table for Psalmes except there be proper psalmes appointed for that day Then a lesson of the old Testa-ment as is appointed like wise in the Kalender except there be proper lessons appointed for that day After that Magnificat in English as followeth My soule doeth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath reioiced in God my Sauiour Magnificat Luke I. For he hath regarded the lowlinesse of his handmaiden For beholde from hencefoorth all generations shall call mee blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name And is mercie is on them that feare him throughout all generations He hath she wed streenth with his arme he hath srattcred the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put downe the mighty from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meeke He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercie hath holpen his seruant Israel as hee promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seede for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Some c As it was in the beginning is now c Or else this Psalme O Sing vnto the Lord a new song for he hath done marucilous things Cantate Domino Psal 98. With his owne right hand and with his holy arme hath hee gotten himnselfe the victory The lorde declared his salution his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen The hath remembred his mercie and trueth toward the house of Isreal
mercie vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen ¶ The Versicle O Lord deale not with vs after our sinnes Answere Neither reward 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 sorrowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and graciously heare vs that those euils which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs bee brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may be dispersed that wee thy seruants being hurt by no persecutions may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy Names sake O God wee haue heard with ourt eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes thou diddest 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 and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without end Amen From our enemies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrowes of our hearts Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauorably with mercy heare our prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer bouchsate to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O Lord Christ The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. 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 wee most righteously haue deferued and graunt that in all our troubles wee may put our whole trust confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glory through our onely Mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A prayer for the Kings Maistie O Lord our heauenly Father high and mightie king of kings Lord of lords the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy Throne beholde all the dwellers vpon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious soueraigne Lord king lames and so replenish him the grace of the holy Spirit that hee may alway encline to thy will and walke in thy way endue him plenteously with heauenly gifts graunt him in health and wealth long to liue strengthen him that hee may banquish and ouercome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicitie though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for the Queene and Prince and other the King and Queenes children ALmightie God which hast promised to be a Father of thine Elect and of their seed wee humbly beseech thee to blesse our gratious Queene Anne Prince Henry and all the King and Queenes Royall progenie indue them with thy holy Spirit enrich them with thy heauenly grace prosper them with all happinesse and bring them to thine euerlasting Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie and euerlasting God which onely workest great marueiles send downe vpon our Bishops and Curats and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthfull Spirit of thy grace and that they may truely please thee powre vpon them the continuall deaw of thy Blessing Graunt this O Lord for the honour of our Aduocate and Mediator Iesus Christ Amen A prayer of Chrysostome ALmighty God which hast giuen vs grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications vnto thee and doest promise that when two or three bee gathered together in thy Name thou wilt graunt their requests fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may bee most expedient for them graunting vs in this world knowledge of thy Trueth and in the world to come life euerlasting Amen 2. Corinth 13. THE grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the loue of God the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen For raine if the time require O God heauenly Father which by thy Sonne Iesus Christ hast promised to all them that seeke thy kingdome and the righteousnesse thereof all things necessary to their bodily sustenance Send vs we beseech thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receiue the fruites of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen For faire Weather O Lord God which for the sinne of man diddest once drowne all the world except eight persons and afterward of thy great mercie didst promise neuer to destroy it so againe Wee humbly beseech thee that although wee for our iniquisies haue worthily deserued this plague of raine waters yet vpon our true repentance thou wilt send vs such weather whereby wee may receiue the fruits of the earth in due season and learne both by thy punishment to amend our liues for thy clemencie to giue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the time of dearth and famine O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the raine doeth fall the earth is fruitful beasts increase and fishes doe multiply beholde wee beseech thee the afflictions of thy people and grant that the fearcitie and dearth which we do now most iustly suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifully turned into cheapnesse plentie for the loue of Isus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all honour c. In the time of Warre O Almighty God King of all kings and gouernour of all things whole power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth instly to punish sinners and to be mercifull to them that truely repent saue and deliuer vs wee humbly beseech thee from the handes of our enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their deuiecs that wee being armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from all perils to glorifie thee which art the onely giuer of all victorie through the merits of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. In the time of any common Plague or sickenesse O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King Dauid diddest flay with the plague of pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy Mercie diddest saue the rest haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are bifited with great fikenesse and mortalitie that like as thou diddest then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and grieuous fickenesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and propertie is euer to haue merce and to
forgiue receiue our humble petitions and though we be tied and boud with the chaine of our sinnes yet let the pitifulnesse of thy great mercie loose vs for the honour of Iesus Christ sake our Mediatour and Aduocate Amen A thankesgiuing for Raine O God our heauenly Father who by thy gracious prouidence doest cause the former and the latter raine to descend vpon the earth that it may bring foorth fruit for the vse of man wee giue thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee in our greatest necessitie to send vs at the last a ioyfull raine vpon thine inheritance and to reffersh it when it was dry to the great comfort of vs thy vnworthy seruants and to the glory of thy holy Name thorow thy mercies in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for faire weather O Lorde God who hast iustly humbled vs by thy late Plague of immoderate Raine and waters and in thy mercie hast relieued and comforted our soules by this seasonable and blessed change of weather wee praise and glorifie thy holy Name for this thy mercie and will always declare thy louing kindnesse from generation to generation through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A thankesgiuing for plentie O Most mercifull Father which of thy gracious goodnesse hast heard the deuout prayers of thy Church and turned our dearth and scarity into cheapenesse and plentte We giue thee humble thankes for this thy especiall bountie beseeching thee to continue this thy louing kindnesse vnto vs that our land may yeeld vs her fruits of increase to thy glory and our comfort through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for peace and victory O Almightie God which art a strong tower of defence vnto thy seruants against the face of their enemies we yeeld thee praise thankesgiuing for our deliuerance from those great and apparant dangers wherewith we were compassed Wee acknowledge it thy goodnesse that we were not deliuered ouer a pray vnto them beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies to wards vs that all the world may knowe that though art our Sauiour and Mightie deliuerer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for deliuerance from the Plague O Lord God which hast wounded vs for our sinnes and consumed vs for our transgressions by thy late heauie and dreadfull visitation and now in the middest of iudgement remenibring mercie fast redeemed our soules from the iawes of death wee offer vnto thy fatherly goodnesse our selues our soules and bodies which thou hast deliuered to be a liuing sacrifice vnto thee alwayes praising and magnifying thy mercies in the middest of the Congregation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this WEe humbly acknowledge before thee O most mercifull Father that all the punishments which are threatned in thy Law might iussly haue fallen vpon vs by reason of our manifold transgressions and hardnesse of heart yet feeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender mercie vpon our weake and vnworthy humiliation to asswage the noysome pestilence wherwith we lately haue bene sore afflicted and to restore the voice of ioy and health into our dwellings wee offer vnto thy diuine Maiestie thy sacrifice of praise thankesgiuing launding and magnifying thy glorious Name for such thy preseruation and prouidence ouer vs through Iesus Christ Lord. Amen ❧ The Collects Epistles and Gospels to be vsed at the celebration of the Lords Supper and holy Communion through the yeere The first Sunday in Aduent The Collect. ALmighty God give vs grace that Wee may cast away the workes of darkenesse and put vpon vs the armour of light nowe in the time of this mortall life in the which thy Sonne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shall come againe in his glorious Maiestie to iudge both the quicke and the dead we may rise to the life immortal through him who tiueth and reigneth with thee and the holy Ghost now and euer Amen The Epistle O we nothing to any man Rom. 13. 8. but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfilleth the Law For these Commaundements Thou shall not commit adulterie Thou shall not kill Thou shalt not steal Thou shall not beare false witnesse Thou shalt not lust and so foorth if there be any other Commandement it is all comprehended in this faying namely Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Toue hurteth not his neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe This also wee know the season how that it is time that wee should now awake out of sleep for now is our saluation neerer then when we beleeued The night is passed the day is come nigh let vs therefore cast away the deeds of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of light Let vs walke honestly as it were in the day light not in eating and drinking neither in chambering and wantonnesse neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and make no prouision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts of it The Gospel ANd when they drewe nigh to Hierusalem Mat. 21.1 and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuet then sent Iesus two of his Disciples saying vnto them Goe into the towne that lieth ouer against you and anon yee shall finde an Asse bounde and her colte with her loose them and bring them vnto me and if any man say ought vnto to you say pee The Lorde hath neede of them and straight way he will let them go All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet saying Tell yee the daughter of Sion behold thy King commeth vnto thee meeke sitting vpon an Asse and a colte the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke The Disciples went and did as Iesus commanded them and brought the Asse and the colte and put on them their clothes and set him thereon And many of the people spred their garments in the way other cut downe branches from the trees and strawed them in the way Moreouer the people that went before and they that came after cried saying Hosanna to the some of Dauid Blessed is hee that conuneth in the name of the Lorde Hosanna in the highest And when hee was come to Hierusalem all the citie was mooued saying who is this And the people said This is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a citie of Galilee And Iesus went into the Temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple and ouerthrew the tables of the money changers and the seates of them that solde doues anb sayd vnto them It is written My house shall be called the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues The second Sunday in Aduent The Collect. BLessed Lorde which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for learning Grant vs that wee may in such wise heare them reade marke learne and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort of thy holy word wee may embrace
fasting 1 ocl 2. 12. weeping and mourning rent your hearts and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lord your God for he is gracious mercifull long suffring of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt he also shall turne and forgiue and after his chastening hee shall let your encrease remaine for meate and drinke offrings vnto the Lorde your God Blowe out with the trumpet in Sion proclaime a fasting call the congregation and gather the people together warne the congregation gather the Elders bring the children and sucklings together Let the bridegrome goe foorth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet Let the Priests serue the Lord betweene the porch and the altar weeping and saying Be fauourable O Lord be fauorable vnto thy people let not thine heritage be brought to such confusion least the heathen bee lords thereof Wherefore should they say among the Heathen Where is now their God The Gospel WHen yee fast Mat. 6.16 be not sad as the hypocrites are For they diffigure their faces that it may appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I saye vnto you they haue their reward But thou when thou fastest annoynt thine head and wash thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe that thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secrete and thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth doeth corrupt and where theeues breake through and steale But lay vp for you treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt and where theeues do not break through nor steale For where your treasure is there will your hearts be also The first Sunday in Lent The Collect. O Lord which for our sake diddest fast fortie dayes and fortie nights giue vs grace to vse such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the spirite we may euer obey thy godly motions in righteousnesse and true holines to thy honour and glorie which liuest and raignest c. The Epistle WE as helpers exhort you 2 Cor. 6.1 that yee receiue not the grace of GOD in vaine For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of saluation haue I succoured thee Behold now is that accepted time Behold now is that day of saluation Let vs giue none occasion of euill that in our office bee found no fault but in all things let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God in much patience in afflictions in necessities in auguish in stripes in prisonments in strifes in labours in watchings in fastings in purenes in knowledge in long suffering in kindnesse in the holy Ghost in loue vnfained in the word of truth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnesse on the right hand and on the left by honour and dishonour by euill report and good report as deceiuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and behold we liue as chastened and not killed as sorrowing and yet alway merrie as poore and yet making many rich as hauing nothing and yet possessing all things The Gospel THen Iesus was led away of the spirite into the wildernesse Mat 4.1 to bee tempted of the deuill And when hee had fasted fourtie dayes and fourtie nights hee was at the last an hungred And when the tempter came to him hee said If thou bee the sonne of God commaund that these stones bee made bread But hee answered and saide It is written Man shall not liue by bread onely but by euerie word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God Then the deuill taketh him vp into the holy citie and setteth him on a pinacle of the temple and saith vnto him If thou bee the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong for it is written Hee shall giue his Angels charge ouer thee and with their hands they shall hold thee vp least at any time thou dash thy foote against a stone And Iesus said vnto him It is written againe Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Againe the deuill taketh him vp into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him al the kingdoms of the world and the glorie of them and saith vnto him All these will I giue thee if thou wilt fall downe and worship me Then saith Iesus vnto him Auoid Satan for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord God and him onely shalt thou serue Then the deuil leaueth him and behold the Angels came and ministred vnto him The second Sunday in Lent The Collect. ALmightie God which doest see that we haue no power of our selues to helpe our selues keepe thou vs both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our soules that we may be defended from all aduersities which may happen to the bodie and from all euill thoughts which may assault and hurt the soule through Iersus Christ c. The Epistle WE beseech you brethren 1. Thes 4.1 and exhort you by the Lord Iesus that yee encrease more and more euen as ye haue receiued of vs how yee ought to walke and to please God For yee know what commaundements wee gaue you by our Lord Iesus Christ For this is the will of God euen your holinesse that ye should absteine from fornication and that euerie one of you should know how to keepe his vessell in holinesse and honour and not in the lust of concupiscene as doe the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse and defraud his brother in bargaining because that the Lord is the auenger of all such things as we told you before testified For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannes but vnto holinesse Hee therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but God which hath sent his holy spirit among you The Gospel IEsus went thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and beholde Matt. 15.21 a woman of Canaan which came out of the same coasts cried vnto him saying Haue mercie on mee O Lord thou sonne of Dauid my daughter is piteously vexed with a deuill But he answered her nothing at all And his disciples came and besought him saying Send her away for she crieth after vs. But he answered and said I am not sent but to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel Then came shee and worshipped him saying Lord helpe me Hee answered and said It is not meete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogs Shee answered and said Trueth Lord for the dogs eate of the crummes which fall from their masters table Then Iesus answered said vnto her O woman great is thy faith be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen the same time The third Sunday in Lent The Collect. WE beseech thee almighty God looke vpon the hartie desire of thy humble seruants and stretch forth the right hand of thy maiestie to bee our defence against all our enemies through Iesus Christ our Lord.
beseech thee mercifully to heare vs and vnto whom thou hast giuen an hearty desire to pray grant that by thy mighty aide we may be defended through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle SVbmit your selues euery man one to another 1. Pet. 5.5 knit your selues together in lowlines of mind For God resisteth the proud giueth grace to the hūble Submit your selues therfore vnder the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you when the time is come Cast all your care vpon him for he careth for you Be sober and watch for your aduersary the deuill as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may deuoure whom resist stedfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are appointed vnto your brethren that are in the world But the God of al grace which hath called vs vnto his eternal glory by Christ Iesu shall his owne selfe after that ye haue suffered a little affliction make you perfect settle strength an stablish you To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer Amen The Gospel THen resorted vnto him all the Publicanes sinners Luke 15.1 for to heare him And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured saying Hee receiueth sinners eateth with thē But he put forth this parable vnto them saying What man among you hauing an hundreth sheepe if he lose one of them doth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse and goeth after that which is lost vntill hee finde it And when hee hath found it hee layeth it on his shoulders with ioy and assoone as hee commeth home he called together his louers and neighbours saying vnto them Reioyce with mee for I haue found my sheepe which was lost I say vnto you that like wise ioy shall bee in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons which neede no repentance Either what woman hauing ten groats if shee lose one doeth not light a candle and sweepe the house and seeke diligently till she find it and when she hath found it she calleth her louers and her neighbours together saying Reioyce with me for I haue found the groat which I lost Likewise I say vnto you shall there bee ioy in the presence of the Angels of God ouer one sinner that repenteth The iiij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GOd the protector of all that trust in thee without whom nothing is strong nothing is holy increase and multiple vpon vs thy mercie that thou being our ruler guide we may so passe through things temporall that we finally lose not the things eternall Grant this heauenly Father for Iesus Christs sake our Lord. The Epistle I Suppose that the afflictions of this life are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent desire of the creatue abideth Rom. 8.18 looking when the sonnes of God shal appeare because the creature is subdued to vanitie against the will thereof but for his will which hath subdued the same in hope For the same creature shall bee deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God For we know that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauaileth in paine euen vnto this time not onely it but wee also which haue the first fruits of the spirit mourne in our selues also and waite for the adoption of the children of God euen the deliuerance of our bodies The Gospel BE ye mercifull Luke 6.36 as your Father also is mercifull Iudge not and ye shal not be iudged Condemne not and ye shal not be condemned Forgiue and yee shall be forgiuen Guie and it shal bee giuen vnto you good measure and pressed downe and shakentogether andrunning ouer shall men giue into your bofomes For with the same measure that yee mete withall shall other men mete to you againe And he put forth a similitude vnto them Can the blinde leade the blind Do they not both fall into the ditch The disciple is not aboue his master Euery man shal be perfect euen as his master is Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beame that is in thine own eye Either how canst thou say to thy brother Brother let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye when thou seest not the beame that is in thine owne eye First thou hypocrite cast out the beame out of thine owne eye then shalt thou see perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye The fift Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GRaunt Lord we beseeh thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy gouernance that thy Congregation may ioyfully serue thee in all godly quietnesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BE you all of one minde 1. Pet. 3.8 and of one heart loue as brethren be pitifull be courteous meeke not rendring euill for euill or rebuke for rebuke but contrariwise blesse knowing that ye are thereunto called euen that yee should be heires of the blessing For hee that doeth long after life and loueth to see good dayes let him refraine his tongue from euill and his lips that they speake no guile Let him eschew euill and doe good let him seeke peace and ensue it For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous and his cares are open vnto their prayers Againe the face of the Lord is ouer them that doe euill Moreouer who is hee that will harme you if yee followe that which is good Yea happie are yee if any trouble happen vnto you for righteousnesse sake Be not ye afrayd for any terrour of them neither bee yee troubled but sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts The Gospel IT came to passe Luke 5.1 that when the people preassed vpon him to heare the word of God hee stood by the lake of Genezareth and saw two ships stand by the lakes side but the fishermen were gone out of them were washing their nets And hee entered into one of the shippes which pertained to Simon and prayed him that hee would thrust out a little from the land And hee sate downe and taught the people out of the ship When he had left speaking hee sayd vnto Simon Launch out into the deepe and let slip your nets to make a draught And Simon answered and sayd vnto him Master we haue laboured all night and haue taken nothing Neuerthelesse at thy commaundement I will loose foorth the net And when they had so done they inclosed a great multitude of fishes But their net brake and they beckened to their fellowes which were in the other ship that they should come and helpe them And they came and filled both ships that they sunke againe When Simon Peter saw this hee fell downe at Iesus knees saying Lord go from me for I am a sinful man For he was a astonied and al that there were with him at the draught of fishes which they had taken and so was also Iames and Iohn the
that is a righteous Iudge shall giue me at that day not to mee onely but to all them that loue his comming Doe thy diligence that thou mayest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galatia Titus vnto Dalmatia onely Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministration And Tychicus haue I sent vnto Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but spectally the parchment Alexander the Coppersmith did me much evil the Lord reward him according to his vee ves of whom bee thou ware also for the hath greatly with s●ood our wordes The Gospel THe Lord appointed other seuentie and two also Luck 10.1 and sent them two and two before him into euery city and place whither he himselfe would come Therefore he said vnto them The haruenst is great but the labourers are few Pray ye therefore the Lord of the haruest to sende foorth labourers into his harusest Goe your wayes behold I send you forth as lambes among woulues Beare no Wallet neighter scrip nor shooes and salute noman by the way Into whatsoeuer house ye enter first say no man be to this house And if the sonne of peace be thre your peace shall rest vpon him if not if shall returne to you againe And in the same house tarie still eating and drinking such as they giue For the labourer is worthie of his reward Simon and Iude Apostles The Collect. ALmightie God which hast builded thy congregation vpon the foundation of the Apostles Prophets Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone Graunt vs so to bee ioyned together in vnitie of spirit by their doctrine that we may be made an holy temple acceptable to thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Episile IVdas the seruant of Iesus Christ Inde 1. the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctified in GOD the Father and preserued in Iesus Christ mercie vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was needefull for mee to write vnto you to exhort you that yee should continually labour in the faith which was once giuen vnto the Saintes For there are certaine vngodly men craftily crept in of which it was written aforetime vnto such iuvgement They turne the grace of our God into wantonnesse and denie God which is the onely Lord and our Lord Iesus Christ My minde is therefore to put you in remembrance forasmuch as yee once know this how that the Lord after that hee had deliuered the people out of Egypt destroyed them which after beleeued not The angels also which kept not their first state but left their owne habitation hee hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darknes vnto the indgement of the great day Euen as Sodom and Gomorrhe and the cities about them which is like maner defiled themselves with fornication and folowed strange slesh are set forth for an example and suffer the pain of eternall fire Like wife these being deceiued by dreames defile the flesh despise rulers and speake euill of them that are in authoritie The Gospel THis commaund I you Ioh. 15.17 that yee loue together If the world hate you yee know it hated mee before it hated you If yee were of the world the world would loue his owne howbeit because yee are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therefore the worlde heateth you Remember the word that I sayd vnto you The seruant is not greater then the Lorde If they haue persecuted mee they will also persecute you If they haue kept my saying they will keepe yours also But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake because they haue not knowen him that sent mee It I had not come and spken vnto them they should haue had no sinne but now haue they nothing to cloke their sinne withall Hee that hateth mee hateth my Father also If I had not done among them the workes which none other man did they should haue had no sinne but now haue they both seene and hated not onely me but also my father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in the●e lawe They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I will send you from the Father euen the spirit of trueth which proceedeth of the Father he shall testifie of me And ye shal beare witnesse also because ye haue bene with me from the beginning All Saintes The Collect. ALmighty God which hast knit together thy elect in one Communion and fellowship in the mysticall body of thy sonne Christ our Lord graunt vs grace so to follow thy holy Saints in al vertuous and godly liuing that wee may come to those vnspeakeable ioyes which thou hast prepared for them that vnfainedly loue thee through Iesus Christ Lord. Amen The Epistle BEhol Apoc. 7.2 I Iohn saw another Angel ascend from the rising of the sunne which had the seale of the liuing God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure Angels to whom power was giuen to hurt the earth and the sea saying Hurt not the earth neigher the sea neither the trees till we haue sealed the seruants of our God in their foreheads And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an hundred and fortie and foure thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Aster were saled xii M. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Ieseph were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed xii M. After this I beheld and loe a great multitude which no man can number of all nations and people and tongues stood before the seate and before the Lambe clothed with long white garments and Palmes in their hands and cryed with a loud voyce saying Saluation be ascribed to him that sitteth vpon the seate of our God and vnto the Lambe And all the Angels stood in the compasse of the seate and of the Elders and the foure beasts and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisedome and thankes and honour and power and might be vnto our God for euermore Amen The Gospel IEsus seeing the people Ma● 5.1 went vp into a mountaine and when hee was set his Disciples came
to him And after that he had opned his mouth he taught them saying Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are they that mourne for they shall receiue comfort Blessed are the meeke for they shall receiue the inheritance of the earth Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righeousnesse for they shall be satisfied Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercie Blessed are the pure in heart for they shal see God Blessed are the peace makers for they shal be called the children of God Blessed are they which suffer persection for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are yee when men reusle you and persecute you and shal falsely say all maner of euill sayings against you for my sake reioyce and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen For so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you The order for the administration of the Lordes Supper or holy Communion SO many as intend to bee partakers of the holy Communion shall signifie their names to the Curate ouer night or els in the morning afore the beginning of Morning prayer or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the Congregation by him is offended or haue done any wrong to his neighbours by worde or deede the Cu. rate hauing knowledge thereof shall call him and aduertise him in any wise not to presume to the Lordes Table vntill hee haue openly de clared him selfe to haue truely repented and amended his former naughtie life that the Congregation may thereby bee satisfied which afore were offended and that he haue recompenced the parties whome hee hath done wrong vnto or at the least declare himselfe to be in full purpose so to doe as soone as he conue niently may The same order shall the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lords Table vntill he know them to be reconciled And if one of the parties so at variance be content to forgiue from the bottome of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him and to make amends for that he himselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remaine still in his frowardnesse and malice the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent person to the holy Communion and not him that is obstinate The Table hauing at the Communion time a faire white linnen cloth vpon it shall stand in the body of the Church or in the Chauncel where Morning prayer and Euening prayer be appointed to be said And the Priest standing at the North side of the Table shall say the Lords prayer with this Collect following The Communion ALmightie God vnto whom all hearts bee open all desires knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy spirity that wee may perfectly loue thee worthsly magnifie thy holy name throught christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest rehearse distinctly all the ten Commaundements and the people kneeling shall after euery Commaundement aske God mercy for their trasgression of the same after this sort The Minister God spake these words and sayd I am the Lorde they God Thou shall haue none other gods but me People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this Law Minister Thou shall not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth be●tath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not how downe to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a ielous God and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the children vuto the third fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy vnto thosands in them that loue me and keepe my commandements People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this Law Minister Thou shall not take the Name of the Lorde thy God in vaine for the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine People Lord haue mercy vspon vs and entline our hearts c. Minister Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day Sire dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and thy maide seruant thy ●attell and the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encliue our hearts to keepe this law Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall doe no murther People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not commit adultery People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not steale People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not beare false witnesse against thy neighbour People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not count thy neighbours house thou shall not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his mayd nor his ●xe nor his Asse nor any thing that is his People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and write all these thy Lawes in our hearts we beseech thee Then shall follow the Collect of the day with one of these two Collects following for the King the Priest standing vp and saying Let vs pray ALmightie God whose kingdome is everlasting and power infinite haue mercy vpon the whole congregation and to rule the heart of thy chosen servant Iames our King and givernour that he knowing whose minister he is may about al things seeke thy honour and glory and that wee subiects duely confidering whole authoritie hee hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed worde and ordinance through Iesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen ALmightie and everlasting God we bee taught by thy holy word that the hearts of kings are in thy rule and gouernance and that thou dost dispose and tnrne them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisedom we humbly beseech thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Iames thy seruant our King and gouernour that in all his thoughts words and workes hee may euer seeke thy honour and glorie and studie to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and
that bee put in authoritie vnder him that they may truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice and to the maintenance of Gods true religion and vertue Giue grace O heauenly Father to all Bishops Pastours and Curates that they may both by their life and doctrine set foorth thy true and liuely word rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacraments and to all thy people giue heauenly grace and specially to this Congregation here present that with meeke heart and due reuerence they may heare and receiue thy holy word truely seruing thee in holinesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of their life And wee most humbly beseech thee of thy goodnesse O Lord to comfort and succour all them which in this transitorie life bee in trouble sorrow neede sicknesse or any other aduersitie Graunt this O Father for Iesus Christs sake our onely mediatour and aduocate Amen ¶ Then shall follow this exhortation at certaine times when the Curate shall see the people negligent to come to the holy Communion WE bee come together at this time dearely beloued brethren to feede at the Lords Supper vnto the which in Gods behalfe I bid you all that be here present and beseech you for the Lord Iesus Christs sake that yee will not refuse to come thereto being so louingly called and biden of God himselfe Yee know how grieuous and vnkinde a thing it is when a man hath prepared a rich feast decked his table with al kind of prouision so that there lacketh nothing but the ghests to sit downe and yet they which bee called without any cause most vnthankefully refuse to come Which of you in such a case would not bee mooved who would not thinke a great iniurie and wrong done vnto him wherefore most dearly beloued in Christ take yee good heede lest yee withdrawing your selues from this holy Supper prouoke Gods indignation against you It is an easie matter for a man to say I will not communicate because I am otherwise letted with worldly businesse But such excuses bee not so easily accepted and allowed before God If any man say I am a grieuous sinner and therefore am afraide to come wherefore then doe you not repent and amēnd when God calleth you bee not you ashamed to say you will not come when you should returne to God will you excuse your selfe and say that you bee not readie Consider earnestly with your selues how little such fained excuses shall auaile before GOD. They that refused the feast in the Gospel because they had bought a Farme or would trie their yokes of Oxen or because they were married were not so excused but counted vnworthie of the heauenly feast I for my part am heere present and according to mine office I bid you in the name of God I call you in Christs behalfe I exhort you as you loue your owne saluation that yee will be partakers of this holy Communion And as the sonne of God did vouchsafe to yeelde vp his soule by death vpon the crosse for your health Euen so it is your d●etie to receiue the Communion together in the remembrance of his death as he himselfe communded Nowe if you will in no wise thus doe consider with your selves how great iniurie you doe vnto God and how sore punishment hangeth over your heads for the same And where as you offend God so sore in refusing this holy banquet I admonish exhort and beseech you that vnto this vnkindnesse ye will not adde any more which thing ye shall doe if yee stand by as gazers and lookers on them that doe communicate and be not partakers of the same your selues For what thing can this be accounted else then a further contempt and vnkindnesse vnto God Truely it is a great vnthankfulnesse to say naye when yee be called but the fault is much greater when men stand by and yet will neither eate nor drinke this holy Communion with other I pray you what can this be else but euen to haue the mysteries of Christ in derision It is said vnto all Take ye and eate Take and drinke yee all of this Doe this in remembrance of me With what face then or with what countenance shal ye heare these words what will this bee else but a neglecting a despising and mocking of the Testament of Christ wherefore rather then yee should so doe depart you hence and giue place to them that be godly disposed But when you depart I beseech youn ponder with your selues from whom ye depart yee depart from the Lords table ye depart from your brethren and from the banquet of most heauenly foode These things if ye earnestly consider yee shall by Gods grace returne to a better minde for the obteining whereof we shall make our humble petitions while we shall receiue the holy Communion And sometime shal be said this also at the discretion of the Curate DEarly beloued for as much as our duetie is to render to Almightie God our heavenly Father most heartie thankes for that hee hath giuen his Sonne our Saniour Iesus Christ not onely to dye for vs but alsd to be our spirituall foode and sustenance as it is declared vnto vs as well by Gods word as by the holy Sacraments of his blessed bodȳand and blood the which being so comfortable a thing to them which receiue it worthily and so dangerous to them that wil presume to receiue it vnworthily my duetie is to exhort you to consider the dignitie of the holy mysterie and the great perill of the vnworthie receiuing thereof and so to search and examine your owne consciences as you should come holy and cleane to a most godly and heauenly feast so that in no wise you come but in the mariage garment required of God in holy Scripture and so come and be receiued as worthie partakers of such a heauenly Table The way and means thereto is First to examine your liues and conuersation by the rule of Gods commandements and wherein so euer ye shall perceiue your selues to haue offended either by will word or deed there bewayle your owne sinful liues and confesse your selues to Almightie God with full purpose of amendment of life And if yee shall perceiue your offences to be such as bee not onely against God but also against your neighbors then ye shall reconcile your selues vnto them ready to make restitution and satisfaction according to the vttermost of your powers for all iniuries and wrongs done by you to any other and likewise being readie to forgiue other that haue offended you as you would haue forgiuensse of your offences at Gods hand For otherwise the receiuing of the holy Communion doth nothing else but increase your damnation And because it is requisite that no man should come to the holy Communion but with a full trust in Gods mercie and with a quiet conscience therefore if there bee any of you which by the meanes aforsaid cannot quiet his owne conscience but requireth further comfort or
thee we giue thanks to thee for thy great glory O Lord GOD heauenly king God the Father almightie O Lord the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of God sonne of the Father that takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercy vpon vs. Thou that takest away the sinnes of the world receiue our prayer Thou that fittest at the right hand of God the Father haue mercie vpon vs. For thou onely art holy thou onely art the Lord thou only O Christ with the holy Ghost art most high in the glory of god the father Amen Then the Priest or the Bishop if he be present slall let them depart with this blessing The peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your hearts and mindes in the knowlege and loue of God and of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lord and the blessing of God almighty the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remaine with you alwayes Amen Collects to be said after the offertorie when there is no Communion euery such day one And the same may be said also as often as occasion shal serue After the Collects either of Morning and Euening prayer Communion or Letanie by the discretion of the Minister ASsist vs mercifully O Lord in these our supplications and prayers and dispose the way of thy seruants toward the attainement of euerlasting saluation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life they may euer bee defended by thy most gracious and readie helpe though Christ our Lord. Amen O ALmightie Lord and euerliuing God vouchsafe wee beseech thee to direct sanctifie and gouerne both our heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the works of thy commandements that through thy most mighty protection both here and euer we may be preserued in body soule though our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ Amen GRaunt wee beseech thee almightie God that the wordes which wee haue heard this day with our outward eares may though thy grace be so graffed inwardly in our hearts that they may bring forth in vs the fruit of good liuing to the honour and praise of thy name though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PReuent vs O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious fauour and further Vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our works begum continucd and ended in the we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obteine euerlasting life though Iesus Christ out Lord. Amen ALmightie GOD the fountaine of all wisedome which knowest our neccssities before we aske and our ignorance in asking wee beseech thee to haue compassion vpon out infirmities and those things which for our vnworthinesse we dare not and for our blindnesse we cannot aske vouchsafe to giue vs for the worthines of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie god which hast promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beseech thee mercifully to encline thine eares to vs that haue made now our prayers and supplications vnto thee and graunt that those things which wee haue faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the reliefe of our necessitie and to the setting forth of thy glorie though Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ¶ Vpon the holy dayes if there be no Communion shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion vntill the ende of the Homilie concluding with the generall prayer for the whole estate of Chrifstes Church militant here in earth and one or moe of these Collects before rehearsed as occasion shall serue And there shall bee no celebration of the Lords Supper except there be a good number to communicate with the Priest according to his discretion And if there be not aboue twentie persons in the Parish of discretion to receiue the Communion yet there shall be no Communion except foure or three at the least communicate with the Priest And in Cathedrall and Collegiate Churches where be many Priests and Deacons they shall all receiue the Communion with the Minister euery Sunday at the least except they haue a reasonable cause to the contrarie And to take away the superstition which any person hath or might haue in the bread and wine it shall suffice that the bread be such as is vsually to bee eaten at the table with other meates but the best and purest wheate bread that conueniently may bee gotten And if any of the bread and wine remaine the Curate shall haue it to his owne vse The bread and wine for the Communion shall be prouided by the Curate and the Churchwardens at the charges of the Parish and the Parish shall be discharged of such summes of money or other dueties which hitherto they haue paide for the same by order of their houses euery Sunday And note that euery Parishioner shal communicate at the least three times in the yeere of which Easter to bee one and shall also receiue the Sacraments and other Rites according to the order in this booke appointed And yeerely at Easter euery Parishioner shall reckon with his Parson Vicar or Curate or his or their deputie or deputies and pay to them or him all Ecclesiasticall dueties accustomably due then and at that time to be payed The ministration of Baptisme to be vsed in the Church It appeareth by ancient writers that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the old time was not commonly ministred but at two times in the yeere At Caster and whitfuntide At which times it was openly ministred in the presence of all the Congregation Which custome now being growen out of vse although it cannot for many considerations bee well restored againe it is thought good to follow the same as neere as conueniently may be Wherefore the people are to be admonished that it is most conuenient that Baptisme should not be ministred but vpon Sundays and other holydayes when thr most number of people may come together as well for that the congregation thet present may testifie the recieuing of them that be newly baptized into the number of Christ Church as also becouse in the Baptisme of insants euery man present may bee put in remembrance of his owne profession made to God in his baptisme For which cause also it is expedient that baptisme be ministred in the English tounge Neuerthelesse if necessitie so requeire children may at all times be baptized at home When there are children to bee baptized vpon the Sunday or holy day the parents shall giue knowledge ouer night or in the morning afore the beginning of Morning prayer to the Curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people with the children must be ready at the Font either immediatly after the last Lesson at Morning prayer or els immediatly after the last Lesson at Euening prayer as the Curate by his discretion shall appoint And then standing there the Priest shall aske whether the children be baptized or no. If they answere No then shal the Priest say thus DEarely
beloued forasmuch as all men bee conceiued borne in sinne and that our Sauiour Christ faith None can enter into the kingdome of God except hee bee regenerate and borne anew of water and of thr holy Ghost I beseech you to call vpon God the Father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his vounteous mercie hee will graunt to these children that thing which by nature they cannot haue that they may bee baptized with water and the holy Ghost and reciued into Christes holy Church and be made liuely members of the same Then shall the Priest say Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlasting God which of thy great mercy diddest faue Noe and his family in the Arke from perishing by water and also diddest safly leade the children of Israel thy people through the red sea figuring thereby thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Crist diddest sanctifie the flood Iordan all other waters to the mysticall washing away of fsainne we beseech thee for thine infinite mercies that thou wilt mercifully looke vpon these children sanctifie them and wash them with the holy Ghost that they being deliuered from thy wrath may be receiued into the Arke of Christs Church and being stedfast in faith ioyfull through hope and rooted in charitie may so passe the waues of this troublesome world that finally they may come to the land of eueriasting life there to raigne with thee world without ende through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmightie and immortall God the aid of all that need the helper of all that slee to thee for succour the life of them that beleeue and the resurrectiō of the dead we call Vpon thee for these insants that thay comming to thy holy Baptisme may receiue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneration Receiue them O Lord as thou hast promised by thy melbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seeke and you shall finde knocke and it shall be opened vnto you So giue now vnto vs that aske let vs that seeke finde open the gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes may enioy the euerlasting benediction of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kingdome which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest say Heare the words of the Gospel written by S. Marke in the tenth Chapter AT a certaine time they brought children to Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that bought them But when Iesus saw it hee was displeased and said vnto them Suffer little children to come vnto mee and forbid them not for to such belongeth the kingdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doth not receiue the kingdome of God as a little childe hee shall not enter therein And when hee had taken them vp in his armes hee put his hands vpon them and blessed them After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this briefe exhortation vpon the words of the Gospel FRiends you heare in this Gospel the words of our Sauiour Christ that hee commanded the children to be brought vnto him how hee blamed those that woulde haue kept them from him how he exhorteth all men to follow their innocencie You perceiue howe by his outward gestuce and deede he declare his good will toward them for he imbraced them in his armes he laid his handes vpon them and blessed them Doubt ye not therefore but earnestly beleeue that he will like wise fauourably receiue these Present infants that he will imbrace them with the armes of his mercy that he will giue vnto them the blessing of eternall life and make them partakers of his euerlasting kingdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenly Father toward these infants declared by his sonne Iesus Christ and nothing doubting but that he fauourably alloweth this charitable worke of ours in bringing the children to his holy baptisme let vs faithfully and deuoutly giue thankes vnto him and say ALmightie and euerlasting God heauenly Father wee giue thee humble thankes that thou hast vouchsafed to call vs to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Encrease this knowledge and confirme this faith in vs euermore Giue thy holy spirit to these infants that they may bee borne againe and be made heires of euerlasting saluation through our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirit now and for euer Amen Then the Priest shall speake vnto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise WElbeloued friends ye haue brought these children here to be baptized ye haue prayed that our Lord Iesus Christ would vouchsafe to receiue them to lay his handes vpon them to blesse them to release them of their sinnes to giue them the kingdome of heauen and euerlasting life Ye haue hear also that our Lord Iesus Christ hath promised in his Gospel to grant all these things that ye haue prayed for which promise he for his part will most sarely keepe and performe Wherefore after this promise made by Christ these infants must also faithfully for their part promise by you that be their sureties that they will forsake the deuill and all his workes and constantly be leeue Gods holy word and obediently keepe his commandements Then shall the Priest demaund of the Godfathers and Godmothers these questions following Doest thou forsake the deuill and all his works the vaine pompe and glory of the world with al eouetous desires of the same the carnall desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not folow nor be led by them Answere I forsake them all Minister Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten Sonne our Lord And that hee was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgin Mary that he susstreb vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead buried that he went downe into hell and also did rise againe the third day that he afrended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almightie and from thence shall come againe at the end of the world to iudge the quicke and the dead And doest thou beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholique Church the communion of Saintes the remission of sinnes the resurrection of the flesh and euerlasting life after death Answere All this I stedfastly beleeue Minister wilt thou be baptized in this faith Answere That is my desire Then shall the Priest say O Mercifull God graunt that the old Adam in these children may be so buried that the new man may be raised vp in them Amen Graunt that all carnall affections may dye in them and that all things belonging to the spirit may liue and grow in them Amen Grant that they may haue power and strength to haue victorie and to triumph against the deuil the world and the flesh Amen Grant that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee by our office and ministerie may also bee indued with heauenly vertues
exhort you in the name of God to remember the profession which you made vnto God in your baptisme And forasmuch as after this life there is a count to be giuen vnto the righteous Iudge of whom all must bee iudged without respect of persons I require you to examine your selfe and your state both toward God and man so that accusing and condemning your selfe for your own faults you may finde mercy at our heauenly Fathers hand for Christes sake and not to bee accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgement Therefore I shall shortly rehearse the Articles of our faith that you may know whether you doe beleeue as a Christian man should or no. Here the Minister shal rehearse the Articles of the faith saying thus Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie c. As it is in Baptisme Then shall the Minister examine whether he be in charitie with all the worlde exhorting him to forgiue from the bottome of his heart all persons that haue offended him and if he haue offended other to aske them forgiuenesse and where he hath done iniury or wrong to any man that he make amends to the vttermost of his power And if he haue not afore disposed his goods let him then make his will and also declare his debts what he oweth and what is owing vnto him for discharging of his conscience and quietnesse of his Executors But men must bee oft admonished that they set an order for their temporall goods and landes when they be in health These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his prayer as he shall see cause The Minister may not forget nor omit to mooue the sicke person and that most earnestly to liberalitie toward the poore Here shall the sicke person make a speciall confession if he feele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter After which confession the Priest shal absolue him after this sort OUr Lord Iesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolue all sinners which truely repent and beleeue in him of his great mercie forgiue thee thine offences and by his authoritie committed to mee I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And then the Priest shall say the Collect following ¶ Let vs pray O Most mercifull God which according to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put away the sunnes of those which truely repent that thou remembrest them no more open thine eye of mercie vpon this thy seruant who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiuenesse Renew in him most louing Father whatsoeuer hath beene decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnall will and frailenesse preserue continue this sicke member in the vnitie of the Church consider his contcition accept his teares asswage his paine as shall bee seene to thee most expedient for him And for as much as hee putteth his full trust onely in thy mercie impute not vnto his his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ Amen Then shall the Priest say this Psalme IN thee O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion but rid me and deliuer me in thy righteousnesse In ce Domine speraui Psal 71. encline thiue eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong hold wherevnto I may alway resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castle Deliuer me O my God out of the hand of the vngodly out of the hand of the vnrighteous and cruell man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I beene holden vp euer since I was borne thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my praise shal alway be of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength faileth me For mine enemies speake against me they that lay waite for my soule take their counsell together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliuer him Go not far frō me O God my God haste thee to helpe me .. Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soule let them bee couered with shame and dishonour that seeke to doe me euill As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more My mouth shall daily speake of thy righteousnesse and saluation for I know no end thereof I will goe forth to the strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God hast taught mee from my youth vp vntill now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous workes Forsake me not O God in mine old age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy righteousnes O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refresh me yea broughtest me from the deepe of the earth againe Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery side Therefore wil I praise thee and thy faithfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee will I sing vpon the Harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lppes will be faine when I sing vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou hast deliuered My tongue also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the day long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seeke to doe me euill Glorie he to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Adding this O Sauiour of the world saue vs which by thy crosse and precious blood hast redeemed vs helpe vs wee beseech thee O God Then shall the Minister say THe Almightie Lord which is a most strong towre to al them that put their trust in him to whom all things in heauen in earth and vnder the earth do bow and obey be now and euermore thy defence and make thee know and feele that there is none other name vnder heauen giuen to man in whom and through whome thou mayest receiue health and saluation but onely the name of our Lord Iesus Christ Amen The Communion of the sicke FOrasmuch as all mortall men bee subiect to many sudden perils Diseases and sicknesses and euer vncertaine what time they shall depart out of this life therefore to the intent they may bee alwayes in a readinesse to die whensoeuer it shall please Almightie God to call them the
Curates shall diligently from time to time but specially in the plague time exhort their Parishioners to the oft receiuing in the Church of the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Christ which if they doe they shal haue no cause in their sudden visitation to be vnquiet for lack of the same But if the sicke person be not able to come to the Church yet is desirous to receiue the Communion in his house then he must giue knowledge ouer night or else early in the morning to the Curate signifying also how many bee appointed to communicate with him And hauing a conuenient place in the sicke mans house where the Curate may reuerently minster and a good number to receiue the Communion with the sicke person with all things necessarie for the same hee shall there minister the holy Communion The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God maker of mankinde which doest corect those whome thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whome thou doest receiue wee beseech thee to haue mercie vpon this thy seruant visited with thine hand and to graunt that hee may take his sickenesse patiently and recouer his bodily health if it bee thy gracious will and whensoeuer his soule shall depart from the body it may bee without spot presented vnto thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle MY sonne Heb. 12. despise not the correction of the Lord neither faint when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loueth him hee correcteth Yea and he scourgeth euery sonne whom he receiueth The Gospel VErely verely I say vnto you Hee that heareth my word Iohn 5. and beleeueth on him that sent mee hath euerlasting life and shall not come vnto damnation but hee passeth from death vnto life ¶ At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament the Priest shall first receiue the Communion himselfe and after minister vnto them that be appointed to communicate with the sicke ¶ But if a man either by reason of extremitie of sickenesse or for want of warning in due time to the Curate or for lacke of companie to receiue with him or by any other iust impediment doe not receiue the Sacrament of Christes body and blood then the Curate shall instruct him that if hce doe truely repent him of his sinnes and stedfastly beleeue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the Crosse for him and shed his blood for his redemption earnestly remembring the benefites he hath thereby and giuing him heartie thankes therefore he doth eate and drinke the body and blood of our Sauiour Chrift profitably to his soules health although he doe not receiue the Sacrament with his mouth ¶ When the sicke person is visited and receiueth the holy Communion all at one time then the Priest for more expedition shal cut off the forme of the visitation at the Psalme In thee O Lord haue I put my trust and goe straight to the Communion ¶ In the time of Plague Sweat or such other like contagious times of sicknesses or diseases when none of the Parish or neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the sicke in their houses for feare of the infection vpon speciall request of the diseased the Minister may alonely communicate with him ❧ The order for the buriall of the dead The Priest meeting the corps at the Church stile shall say or else the Priest and Clarkes shall sing and so goe either into the Church or towards the graue I Am the resurrection and the life faith the Lord. He that belieueth in me Iohn 11. yea though he were dead yet shall he liue And whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in me shall not die for euer I know that my redeemer liueth and that I shall rise out of the earth in the last day and shall bee couered againe with my skinne Iob. 19. and shall see God in my flesh yea and I my selfe shall behold him not with other but with these same eyes WEe brought nothing into this world 1. Tim. 6. Iob. 1. neither may we carie any thing out of this world The Lord giueth and the Lord taketh away Even as it pleaseth the Lord so commeth things to passe Blessed be the Name of the Lord. When they come to the graue while the corps is made ready to bee layed into the earth the Priest shall say or the Priest and Clarkes shall sing MAn that is borne of a woman hath but a short time to liue Iob. 14. and is ful of meserie He commeth by and is cut downe like a flowre hee fleeth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one stay In the midst of life we be in death of whom may we seek for succour but of thee O Lord which for our sinnes iustly art displeased Yet O Lord God most holy O Lord most mightie O holy most mercifull Sauiour deliuer vs not into the bitter paines of eternall deatth Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not vp thy mercifull eyes to our prayers but spare vs Lord most holy O God most mightie O holy and mercifull Sauiour thou most worthie iudge eternall suffer vs not at our last houre for any paines of death to fall from thee Then while the earth shall be cast vpon the body by some standing by the Priest shall say FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almightie God of his great mercie to take vnto himselfe the soule of our deare brother here departed we therefore commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust in sure and certaine hope of resurrection to eternall life through our Lord Iesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may bee like vnto his glorious body according to the mightie working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himselfe Then shall be said or sung I heard a voyce from heauen saying vnto mee write From hencefoorth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Even so saith the spirit that they rest from their labours Then shall follow this Lesson taken out of the xv Chapter to the Corinthians the first Epistle CHrist is risen from the dead and become the first fruites of them that sleepe For by a man came death and by a man came the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam all die euen so by Christ shall all bee made aliue but euery man in his owne order The first is Christ then they that are Christes at his comming Then commeth the ende when hee hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the Father when he hath put downe all rule and all authoritie and power For he must reigne till he haue put al his enemies vnder his feete The last enemie that shall be destroyed is death For hee hath put all things vnder his feete But when hee saith All things are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted that hath put all things vnder him When all things are subdued vnto him then shall the Sonne
concerning me for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his saints that they turne not againe For his saluation is high them that feare him that glorie may dwell in our land Mercie and trueth are met together righteousnes peace haue kissed each order Trueth shall slorish out of the earth and righteousnesse hath looked dowme from heauen Yea the Lord shall shew louing kindnesse and our land shall giue her increase Righteousnesse shall goe before him and he shall direct his going in the way Inclina Domine Psal 86. BOwe downe thine eare Morning prayer O Lord and heare mee for I am poore and in miserie Preserue thou my soule for I am holy my God saue thy seruant that putteth his trust in thee Be mercifull vnto me O Lord for I will call dayly vpon thee Comfort the soule of thy seruant for vnto thee O Lord doe I list vp my soule For thou Lord art good and gracious and of great mercie vnto all them that call vpon thee Giue eare Lord vnto my prayer and ponder the voyce of mine humble desires In the time of my trouble I will call vpon thee for thou hearest me Among the good there is none like vnto thou O Lorde there is not one that can doe as thou doest All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee O Lord and shall glorisie thy name For thou art great and doest wonderous things thou art God alone Teach mee thy may O Lord and I will walke in thy trueth O knit my heart vnto thee that I may feare thy name I will thanke thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for euermore For great is thy mercie toward me and thou hast deliuered my soule from the nethermost hell O God the proud are risen as against me and the Congregations of naughty men haue sought after my soule and haue not set thee before their eyes But thou O Lord God art full of compassion and mertie long suffering plenteous in goodnesse and trueth O turne thee then vnto mee and haue mercie vpon mee giue thy strength vnto thy seruant and helpe the sonne of thine handmaid Shew some good token vpon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforten me Fundamentaeius Psal 87. HEr foundations are vpon the holy hils the Lord loueth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellings of Iacob Very excellēt thigs are spokē of thee thou city of God I will thinke vpou Rahab and Babylon With them that know me Behold ye the Philistims also and they of Tyre with the Morians loe there was he borne And of Sion it shal be reported that he was borne in her and the most High shall stablish her The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth vp the people that he was borne there The fingers also and trumpetters shall hee rehearse all my fresh sprmgs shall be in thee Domine Deus Psal 88 O Lord God of my saluation I haue cryed day and night before thee O let my prayer enter into thy presence encline thine eare vnto my calling For my soule is full of trouble and my life draweth nigh vnto hell I am counted as one of them that goe downe into the pit and I haue beene euen as a man that hath no strength Free among the dead like vnto them that be wounded and lie in the graue which be out of remembrance and are cut away from thy hand Thou hast layde me in the lowest pitte in a place of darkenesse and in the deepe Thine indignation lyeth hard vpon mee and thou hast bexed me with all thy stormes Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from mee and made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in prison that I cannot get foorth My sight faileth for very trouble Lord I haue called daily vpon thee I haue stretched out mine hands vnto thee Doest thou shewe wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise vp againe and praise thee Shall thy louing kindnesse be shewed in the graue or thy faithfulnesse in destruction Shall thy wonderous works be knowen in the darke and thy righteousnes in the land where all things are forgotten Vnto thee haue I cried O Lord and earely shall my prayer come before thee Lorde why abhorrest thou my soule and hidest thou thy face from me I am in miserie and like vnto him that is at the point to die euen from my youth vp thy terrours haue I suffered with a troubled mind Thy wrathfull displeasure goeth ouer mee and the feare of thee hath vndone me They came round about mee dayly like water and compassed me together on euery side My louers and friends hast thou put away from me and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight Misericordias Domini Psal 89. MY song shal be alway of the louing kindnesse of the Lorde with my mouth wil I euer be shewing thy trueth Euening prayer from one generation to another For I haue said Mercie shal be set vp for euer thy trueth shall thou stablish in the heauens I haue made a couenant with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruant Thy seede will I stablish for euer and set vp thy throne from one generation to another O Lorde the very heauens shall praise thy wonderous workes and thy trueth in the Congregation of the Saints For who is hee among the clouds that shall be compared vnto the Lord And what is hee among the gods that shall bee like vnto the Lord God is very greatly to be feared in the counsel of the saints and to be had in reuerence of all them that are about him O Lord God of hostes who is like vnto thee thy trueth most mightie Lord is on euery side Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest the waues there of when they arise Thou hast subdued Egypt and destroyed it thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mightie arme The heauens are thine the earth also is thine thou hast laid the foundation of the round world and all that therin is Thou hast made the North and the South Tabor and Hermon shall reioyce in thy Name Thou hast a mightie arme strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand Righteteousnesse and equitie is the habitation of the ●eate mercie and trueth shall goe before thy face Blessed is the people O Lorde that can reioyce in thee they shall walke in the light of thy countenance Their delight shall dayly in thy Name and in thy righteousnesse shall they make their boast For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy louing kindnesse thou shall lift vp our hornes For the Lorde is our defence the holy one of Israel is our King Thou spakest sometime in visions vnto thy Saints and saydest I haue laid helpe vpon one that is mightie I haue ixalted one chosen out of the people I haue found Dauid my seruant with
then all that are in the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all gods O ye that loue the Lord see that ye hate the thing which is cuill the Lord preserueth the soules of his saints he shall deliuer them from the hand of the vngodly There is sprung vp a light for the righteous and ioyfull gladnesse for such as be true hearted Reioyce in the Lord ye righteous and giue thankes for a remembrance of his holinesse Cantate Domino Psal 98. O Sing vnto the Lord a new song Euening prayer for he hath done marueilous things With his owner right hand with his holy arme hath he gotten himselfe the victorie The Lord declared his saluation his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israel and all the ends of the world haue seene the saluation of our God Shew your sclues ioyful vnto the Lord all ye lands sing reioyce and giue thankes Prayse the Lord vpon the Harpe sing to the Harpe with a Psalme of thankesgiuing With trumpets also and shaumes O shew your selues ioy full before the Lord the king Let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein Let the floods clap their hands and let the hilles be ioyful together before the Lord for he is come to iudge the earth With righteousnes shall he iudge the world and the people with equitie Dominus regnauit Psal 99 The Lord is king be the people neuer so vnpatient hee sitteth betweene the Cherubinis bee the earth neuer so vnquiet The Lord is great in Sion and high aboue all peopel They shall giue thankes vnto thy name which is great wonderfull and holy The kings power loueth iudgement thou hast prepared equitie thou hast executed iudgement and righteousnesse in Iacob O magnifie the Lord our God and fall downe before his footestoole for he is holy Moses Aaron among his Pricsts and Samuel among such as call vpon his name these called vpon the Lord and he heard them He spake vnto them out of the cloudie pillar for they kept his testimonies and the law that he gaue them Thou heardest them O Lord our God thou forgauest them O God and punishedst their owne inuentions O magnifie the Lord our God and worship him vpon his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy Iubilate Deo Psal 100. O be ioyfull in the Lord all ye lands serue the Lord with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lord 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 courts with prayse be thankefull vnto him speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his trueth endureth from generation to generation Misericordiam iudicium Psal 101. MY song shall be of mercie and iudgement vnto thee O Lord will I sing O let me haue vnderstanding in the way of godlinesse When wilt thou come vnto me I will walke in my house with a perfit heart I will take no wicked thing in hand I hate the sinnes of vnfaithfulnesse there shall no such cleaue vnto me A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person Who so priuily slandereth his neighbour him will I destroy Who so hath also a proud looke and high stomacke I will not suffer him Mine eyes looke vnto such as be faithfull in the land that they may dwell with me Who so leadeth a godly life he shall be my seruant There shall no deceitfull person dwell in my house he that telleth lies shall not tarif in my sight I shall soone destroy all the vngodly that are in the land that I may root out all wicked doers frō the city of the Lord. Domine exaudi Psal 102. HEare my prayer Morning prayer O Lord and let my crying come vnto thee Hide not thy face from mee in the time of my trouble encline thine eares vnto mee when I call O heare mee and that right soone For my dayes are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt vp as it were a firebrand My heart is smitten downe and withered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bread For the voice of my groning my bones will scarse cleaue to my flesh I am become like a pelicane in the wildernes and like an Owle that is in the desart I haue watched and am euen as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone vpon the house top Mine enemies reuile me all the day long and they that are mad vpon me are sworne together against me For I haue eaten ashes as it were bread and mingled my drinke with weeping And that because of thine indignation and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me downe My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am withered like grasse But thou O Lord shall endure for euer and thy remembrance thoughout all generations Thou shalt arise and haue mercie vpon Sion for it is time that thou haue mercie vpon her yea the time is come And why thy seruants thinke vpon her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust The heathen shall feare thy Name O Lord and all the kings of the earth thy maicstie When the Lord shall build vp Sion and when his glorie shall appeare When hee turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and des●iseth not their desire This shal be written for those that come after and the people which shal be borne shall praise the Lord. For he hath looked downe from his sanctuarie out of the heauen did the Lord behold the earth That he might heare the mournings of such as be in captiuitie and deliuer the children appointed vnto death That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion and his worship at Hierusalem When the people are gathered together the kingdomes also serue the Lord. He brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes But I said O my God take me not away in the middest of mine age as for thy yeeres they endure throughout all generations Thou Lord in the beginning hast laied the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy hands They shall perish but thou shalt endure they all shall ware old as doeth a garment And as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy yeres shall not faile The children of thy seruants shall continue and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight Benedicanima Psal 103. PRaise the Lord O my soule and all that is within mee prayse his holy Name Praise the Lord O my soule and forget not all his benefits Which forgiueth all thy sinne and healeth all thine infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruction
word of the Lord tryed him The king sent and deliuered him the prince of the people let him goe free Hee made him lorde also of his house and ruler of all his substance That he might informe his princes after his wil and teach his Senators wisedome Israel also came into Egypt and Iacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. And he increased his people exceedingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose heart turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruely with his seruants Then sent hee Moses his seruant and Aaron whome hee had chosen And these shewed his tokens among them and wonders in the land of ham He sent darkenesse and it was darke and they were not obedient vnto his word He turned their waters into blood and slue their fish Their land brought forth frogs yea euen in their kings chambers He spake the word and there came all maner of flies and lite in all their quarters Hee gaue them hailestones for raine and flames of fire in their land He smote their vines also and figge trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts Hee spake the word and the grashoppers came and caterpillers innumerable and did eate vp all the grasse in their land and deuoured the fruite of their ground He smote all the first borne in their land euen the chiefe of all their strength Hee brought them foorth also with siluer and golde there was not one feeble person among their tribes Egypt was glad at their departing for they were afraide of them He spread out a cloud to be a couering and fire to giue light in the night season At their desire he brought quailes and he filled them with the bread of heauen He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out so that riuers ran in dry places For why he remembred his holy promise and Abraham his seruant And hee brought forth his people with ioy and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the landes of the heathen and they tooke the labours of the people in possession That they might keepe his statutes obserue his lawes Confitemini Domino Psal 106. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Euening Prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lord or shew forth all his praise Blessed are they that alway keepe iudgement and doe righteousnesse Remember me O Lord according to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O visite mee with thy saluation That I may see the felicitie of thy chosen and reioyce in the gladnes of thy people giue thankes with thine inheritance We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done amisse and dealt wickedly Our fathers regarded not thy woonders in Egypt neither kept they thy great goodnesse in remembrance but were disobedient at the sea euen at the red sea Neuerthelesse he helped them for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowen He rebuked the red sea also and it was dryed vp so hee led them through the deepe as thorow a wildernesse And hee saued them from the aduersaries hand and deliuered them from the hand of the enemie As for those that troubled them the waters oucrwhelmed them there was not one of them left Then beleeued they his words and sang praise vnto him But within a while they forgat his works and would not abide his counsell But lust came vpon them in the wildernesse and they tempted God in the desart And he gaue them their desire and sent leanncsse withall into their soule They angred Moses also in the tentes and Aaron the Saint of the Lord. So the earth opened and swallowed vp Dathan and couered the congregation of Abiram And the fire was kindled in their companie the flame burnt vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten image Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calf● that eateth hay And they forgate God their Sauiour which had done so great things in Egypt Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham and fearefull things by the red sea So he said he would haue destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stande before him in the gap to turne away his wrathfull indignation lest he should destroy them Yea they thought scorne of that pleasant land and gaue no credence vnto his word But murmured in their tents and hearkened not vnto the voice of the Lord. Then lift hee vp his hande against them to ouerthrowe them in the wildernesse To cast out their seede among the nations and to scatter them in the lands They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and ate the offerings of the dead Thus they prouoked him to anger with their owne inuentions and the plague was great among them Then stood vp Phinees prayed and so the plague ceased And that was counted vnto him for righteousnes among all posterities for euermore They angred him also at the waters of strife so that hee punished Moses for their sakes Because they prouoked his spirit so that he spake vnaduisedly with his lippes Neither destroyed they the heathen as the Lorde commanded them But were mingled among the heathen and learned their workes In so much that they worshipped their idols which turned to their owne decay yea they offered their sonnes and daughters vnto deuils And shed innocent blood euen the blood of their sonnes and of their daughters whome they offered vnto the woles of Chanaan and the land was defiled with blood Thus were they stained with their owne workes went a whoring with their owne inuentions Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people in so much that he abhorred his owne inheritance And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them were lords ouer them Their enemies oppressed them had them in subiection Many a time did he deliuer them but they rebelled against him with their owne inuentions and were brought downe in their wickednesse Neuerthelesse when hee saw their aduersitie hee heard their complaint Hee thought vpon his couenant and pitied them according vnto the multitude of his mercies yea hee made all those that led them away captiue to pitie them Deliuer vs O Lord our God and gather vs from among the heathen that we may giue thanks vnto thy holy Name and make our boast of thy praise Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlasting and world without end and let all the people say Amen Confitemini Domino Psal 107. O Giue thankes vnto the Lorde Morning prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Let them giue thankes whom the Lord hath redeemed deliuered from the hand of the enemie And gathered them out of the lands from the East and from the West from the North and from the South They went astray in the wildernesse out of the way and found no citie to dwell in Hungry and thirstie their soule fainted in
thy dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ my only Sauiour and redeemer and I most humbly beseech thee for his sake to be mercifull vnto mee and to cast all my sinnes out of thy sight and remembrance through the merits of his bloody death and passion Powre vpon me O Lord thy holy spirit of wisedome and grace gouerne and leade me by thy holy word that it may be a lanterne vnto my feete and a light vnto my steps Shew thy mercie vpon me and so lighten the naturall blindnes and darkenesse of my heart through thy grace that I may dayly bee renewed by the same spirit and grace By the which O Lord purge the grossenes of my hearing vnderstanding that I may profitably reade heare and vnder stand thy word and heauenly will beleeue and practise the same in my life and conuersation and euermore hold fast that blessed hope of euerlasting life Mortifie and kill all vite in mee that my life may expresse my faith in thee mercifully heare the humble suite of thy seruant and grant me thy peace all my dayes Graciously pardon mine infirmities and defend mee in all dangers of body goods and name but most chiefly my soule against all assaults temptations accusations subtill baites and sleights of that old enemie of mankind Satan that roaring Lion euer seeking whom he may deuoure And here O Lord I prostrate with most humble mind craue of thy diuing Maiestie to bee mercifull vnto the vniuersall Church of thy Sonne Christ and specially according to my bounden duety beseech thee for this sake to blesse saue and defend the principall memeber thereof thy seruant our most deare and Souercigne Lord King Iames encrease in his royal heart true faith godly ●eale and loue of the same And grant him victorie ouer all his enemies a long prosperous and honourable life vpon earth a blessed ende and life euerlasting Moreouer O Lorde graunt vnto his Maiesties most honourable Counsellours and euery other member of this thy Church of England that thy and we in our seuerall callings may truely and godly serue thee Plant in our hearts true feare and honour of thy Name obedience to our Prince and loue to our neighbours Increase in vs true faith and religion Replenish our mindes with all goodnesse and of thy great mercie keepe vs in the same till the end of our lines Giue vnto vs a godly zeale in prayer true humilitie in prosperitie perfect patience in aduersitie and continuallioy in the holy Ghost And lastly I commend vnto thy fatherly protection all that thou hast giuen me as wife children and seruants Aide me O Lord that I may gouerne norish bring them vp in thy feare and seruice And forsmuch as in this world I must alwayes be at warre and strife not with one sort of enemies but with an infinitie number not onely with flesh and blood but with the deuill which is the prince of darknesse and with wicked men executors of his most damnable will Grant me therefore thy grace that being armed with thy defence I may stand in this battel with an inuincible constaucie against all corruption which I am compassed with on euery sde vntil such time as I hauing ended the combate which during this life I must sustaine in the ende I may attaine to thy heauenly rest which is prepared for mee and all thine elect through Christ our Lord and only Sauiour AMEN ⸪ ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie Anno 1603. ¶ Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis
and crowneth thee with mercie and louing kindnesse Which satisfieth thy mouth with good things making thee yong and lustie as an Eagle The Lord executeth righteousnesse and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wroug He shewed his wayes vnto Boses his workes vnto the children of Israel The Lord is full of compassion and mercie long suffering and of great goodnesse He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our wickednesse For looke howe high the heauen is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercie also toward them that feare him Looke how wide also the East is from the West so farre hath he set our sinnes from vs. Yea like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the Lord mercifull vnto them that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a flowre of the field For as soone as the winde goeth ouer it it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more But the mercifull goodnes of the Lord endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him and his righteousnesse vpon childrens children Euen vpon such as keepe his couenant and thinke vpon his commandements to doe them The Lorde hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kingdome ruleth ouer all O praise the Lorde yee angels of his yee that excell in strength ye that fulfill his commandement and hearken vnto the voice of his wordes O praise the Lord all ye his hostes ye seruants of his that doe his pleasure O speake good of the Lord all ye workes of his in all places of his dominion Praise thou the Lord O my soule Benedic anima mea Psal 104. PRaise the Lord Euening prayer O my soule O Lorde my God thou art become exceeding glorious thou art clothed with maiestie and honour Thou deckest thy selfe with light as it were with a garment and spreadest out the heauens like a curtaine Which layeth the beames of his chamber in the waters and maketh the cloudes his charet and walketh vpon the wings of the winde He maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flaming fire He layd the foundations of the earth that it neuer should mooue at any time Thou coueredst it with the deepe like as with a garment the waters stand in the hilles At thy rebuke they flee at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid They goe vp as high as the hilles and downe to the valleys beneath euen vnto the place which thou hast appointed for them Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe neither turne againe to couer the earth He sendeth the springs into the riuers which runne among the hilles All beasts of the field drinke thereof and the wilde Asses quench their thirst Beside them shall the foules of the ayre haue their habitation and sing among the branches He watereth the hilles from aboue the earth is filled with the fruite of thy workes He bringeth foorth grasse for the cattell and greene herbe for the seruice of men That he may bring foode out of the earth and wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyle to make him a cherefull countenance and bread to strengthen mans heart The trees of the Lord also are full of sap euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted Wherein the birdes make their nestes and the Firre trees are a dwelling for the Storke The high hilles are a refuge for the wilde Goates and so are the stonie rockes for the Conies Hee appointed the Moone for certaine seasons and the Sunne knoweth his going downe Thou makest darkenesse that it may be night wherein all the beasts of the forest doe mooue The Lions roaring after their pray doe seeke their meate at God The sunne ariseth and they get them away together and lay them downe in their dennes Man goeth foorth to his worke and to his labour vntill the euening O Lord how manifold are thy workes in wisedome hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches So is the great and wide sea also wherein are things creeping innumerable both small and great beasts There goe the ships and there is that Liuiathan whom thou hast made to take his passime therein These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayest giue them meate in due season When thou giuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good When thou hidest thy face they are troubled When thou takest away their breath they die and are turned againe to their dust When thou lettest thy breath goe forth they shal be made and thou shalt renue the face of the earth The glorious Maiestie of the Lord shall endure foreuer the Lord shall reioyce in his workes The earth shall tremble at the looke of him if he doe but touch the hilles they shall smoke I will sing vnto the Lord as long as I liue I will praise my God while I haue my being And so shall my words please him my ioy shal be in the Lord. As for sinners they shall be consumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an end praise thou the Lord O my soule praise the Lord. Confitemini Domino Psal 105. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Morning prayer and call vpon his name tell the people what things he hath done O let your songs be of him and praise him and let your talking be of all his wonderous workes Reioyce in his holy Name let the heart of them reioyce that seek the Lord. Seeke the Lord his strength seeke his face euermore Remember the marueilous works that he hath done his wonders and the indgements of his mouth O ye seede of Abraham his seruant ye children of Iacob his chosen Hee is the Lorde our God his iudgements are in all the world He hath bene alway mindfull of his couenant and promise that he made to a thousand generations Euen the couenant that he made with Abraham and the other that he sware vnto Isahac And appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law and to Israel for an euerlasting testament Saying Vnto thee will I giue the land of Chanaan the lot of your inheritance When there were yet but a fewe of them and they strangers in the land What time as they went from one nation to another from one kingdome to another people He suffered no man to doe them wrong but reproued euen kings for their sakes Touch not mine anoynted doe my Prophets no harme Moreouer hee called for a dearth vpon the land and destroyed all the prouision of bread But hee had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bond seruant Whose feete they hurt in the stockes the yron entred into his soule Until the time came that his cause was knowen the