the world was not worthy they wandred in deserts and in mountains and in dens and caves of the earth And these all having obtained a good report through faith received not the promise God having provided some better thing for us that they without us should not be made perfect Deus misereatur Psal 67. GOd be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance and be merciful unto us That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations Let the people praise thée O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee O God let all she people praise thee Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God even our own God shall give us his blessing God shall bless us and all the end of the world shall fear him Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ Then shall be said thâ— Creed by the Minister and the people standing I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely Son our Lord who was conceived by the holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell the third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the forgiveness of sins the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and people shall say the Lords prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in heaven hallowed de thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest O Lord save thy servants Answer Who do put their trust in thee Priest Send us help from thy holy place Answer And evermore mightily defend us Priest Let the enemy have no advantage over us Answer Nor the wicked approch to hurt us Priest Be unto us O Lord a strong towre Answer From the face of our enemies Priest O Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Priest Indue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in out time O Lord. Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but onely thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take noâ— thy holy Spirit from us ¶ In stead of the first Collect shall these two be usedâ— O Most glorious and powerful Lord God who alone hast spread out the heavens and compassed the waters with bounds until night and day come to an end We adore thy divine Majesty acknowledging thy power and imploring thy goodness Be pleased to receive into thine Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of thy servants that fight for us and the Ships and Navies in which they serve preserve them all from the dangers of the sea and from the violence of the enemy and from every sad accident that they may be a safeguard to our most gracious Sovereign and his Kingdoms and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions Help Lord and save them for thy mercies sake that they may return in safety with honour and victory and good success to enjoy the blesâ—ings of the land and the fruit of their labours and that all the inhabitants of these Islands being blest with plenty and prosperity peace and quietness may serve thee our God in righteousness and true holiness and with a thankful remembrance of all thy mercies may ever praise and glorifie thy holy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Almighty God King of all kings and Governour of all things whose power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth iustly to punish sinners to be merciful to them that truly repent Save and deliver us we humbly beseech thee from the hands of our enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their devices that we being armed with thy defence may be preserved evermore from all perils to glorifie thee who art the only giver of all victory through the merits of thy only Son Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all iust works do proceed Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen LIghten our darkness we beseech thee O Lord and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night for the love of thy onely Son our Saviour Iesus Christ Amen ALmighty everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent Create make in us new and contrite hearts that we worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission and forgiveness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord we beseech thee mercifully hear our prayers and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee that they whose consciences by sin are accused by thy merciful pardon may be absolved through Christ our Lord. Amen O Most mighty God and merciful Father who hast compassion upon all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made who wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turn from his sin and be saved Mercifully forgive us our trespasses receive and comfort us who are grieved and wearied with the burthen of our sins Thy property is always to have mercy to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins Spare us therefore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into judgment with thy servants who are vile earth and miserable sinners but so turn thine anger from
of my salvation and my refuge Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that Ps 33. 17. fear him and upon them that put their trust in his mercy O be favourable and gracious unto Sion Ps 51. 18. build thou the walls of Ierusalem Let thy merciful kindness O Lord be upon us Ps 33. 21. like as we do put our trust in thee Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Domine quid multiplicati Psal 3. LOrd how are they increased that trouble me many are they that rise against me Many one there be that say of my soul there is no help for him in his God But thou O Lord art my defender thou art my worship and the lifter up of mâ— head I did call upon the Lord with my voice and he heard me out of his holy hill I laid me down and slept and rose up again for the Lord sustained me I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me round about Up Lord and help me O my God for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone thou hast broken the teeth oâ— the ungodly Salvation belongeth unto the Lord and thy blessing is upon thy people Dominus illuminatio Psal 27. THe Lord is my light and my salvation whom then shall I fear the Lord is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afraid When the wicked even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell Though an host of men were laid against me yet shall not my heart be afraid and though there rose up war against me yet will I put my trust in him One thing have I desired of the Lord which I will require even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the fair beauty of the Lord and to visit his temple For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me and set me up upon a rock of stone And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness I will sing and speak praises unto the Lord. Hearken unto my voice O Lord when I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear mâ— My heart hath talked of thee Seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure Thou hast been my â—â—â—cour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation When my father and my mother forsake me the Lord taketh me up Teach me thy way O Lord and lead me in the right way because of mine enemies Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries for there are false witnesses risen up against me and such as speak wrong I should utterly have fainted but that I believe derily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living O tarry thou the Lords leisure be strong and he shall comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lord. Ad tâ— Dominâ— Psal 28. UNto thee will I cry O Lord my strength think no scorn of me lest if thou make as though thou hearest not I become like them that go down into the pit Hear the voice of my humble petitions when I cry unto thee when I hold up my haâ—ds towards the mercy-sent of thy holy templâ— O pluck me not away neither destâ—oy me with the ungodly and wicked doers which speak friendly to their neighbours but imagine mischief in their hearts Reward them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their own inventions Recompense them after the work of their hands pay them that they have deserved For they regard not in their mind the workâ— of the Lord nor the operation of his hands therefore shall he break them down and not build them up Praised be the Lord for he hath heatd the voice of my humble petitions The Lord is my strength and my shâ—eld my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my 〈◊〉 will I praise him The Lord is my strength and he is the wholesom defence of his Anointed O save thy people and give thy bleâ—â—â—â—â— unto thine Inheritance feed them and set them up for ever Deus noster refugium Psal 4â— GOd is our hope and strength a very present help in trouble Therefore will we not fear though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same The rivers of the â—â—â—nd thereof shall make glad the city of God the â—â—ly place of the tabernacle of the most Highest God is in the midst of her therefore shall she not be removed God shall help her and that right early The heathen make much adâ— and the kingdoms are moved but God hath shewed his voice and the earth shall melt away The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Iacob is our refuge O come hither and behold the works of the Lord what destruction he hath brought upon the earth He maketh wars to cease 〈◊〉 all the worâ—d he â—eaketh the â—â—w and â—naâ—peth the spear in sunder and burneth the chaâ—iâ—tâ— in the fire Be still then and know that I am God I will be exalted among the heathen and I will be exalted in the earth The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Iacob is our refuge The first Lesson appointed to be read is Isaiah 58. CRty aloud spare not lift up thy voice like a trumpet and shew my people their transgression and the house of Iacob their sins Yet they seek me daily and delight to know any ways as a nation that did righteousness and forsook not the ordinance of the it God they as 〈◊〉 of me the ordinances of Iustice they take delight in approching to God Wherefore have we fasted say they and thou sâ—est not Wherefore have we aâ—â—â—â—ed our soul â—nd thou takest no knowledge Behold in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact all your labours Behold ye fast for strife and devate and to â—mite with the fast of wickedness ye shall not fast as ye do this day to make your voice to be heard on high Is it such a Fast that I have chosen a day for a man to afflict his soul is â—t to bowe down his head as a bulrâ—â—â—h and to spread sackâ—oth and ashes under him wilt thou call this a Fast and an acceptable day to the Lord Is not this the Fast that I have chosen to loase the bonds of whckedness to undo the heavy burdens and to
let â—he oppressed go fâ—â—e and that ye â—eak every yoke Is it not to deal thy breaâ— to the hungry and that thou bring the pâ—or that are cast out to thy house when thou seest the naked that thou cover him and that thou hide not thy self from thine 〈◊〉 flesh Their shall thy light break forth as the morning thinâ— health shall spring forth speedily and thy righteousness shall go before thee the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward Then shall thou can and the Lord shall answer thou shall 〈◊〉 and he shall say Here I am if thou take away from the mindst of thee the yoke the â—â—tting forth of the finger and speaking 〈◊〉 And if 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 out thy soul to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 affected soul then shall thy light riâ—e in 〈…〉 ty and thy darkness he as the 〈◊〉 day And the Lord shall 〈◊〉 thee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 satisfie thy 〈◊〉 in drâ—â—ght and make 〈◊〉 thy houes and thou shalt he like a watered â—â—â—den and like a spring of water whose â—â—ters faâ—â— not And they that shall be of 〈◊〉 shall 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 waste places thou thair 〈◊〉 up the foundations of many generatiâ—â—â— and thou 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The 〈◊〉 of the breath The 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in If thou turn away thy foot from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from doing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 on m◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and call the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 honourable and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 thiâ—e 〈◊〉 ways nor finding 〈◊〉 own pleasure nor speaking thine own words Then shalt thou delight thy self in the Lord and I will cause thee to ride upon the 〈◊〉 places of the earth and feed thee with the 〈◊〉 of Iacob thy father for the mouth of the Lord hath 〈◊〉 it ¶ After the First Lesson shall follow Te Dâ—â—â—n 〈◊〉 in English WE praise thee O God we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee the Father everlasting To thee all Angels cry aloud the â—eavens and all the powers therein To thee Therubin and Seraphin continually do cry Holy holy holy Lord God of Saâ—â—oth Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thâ— glory The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee The goodly fellowship of the Propheâ—s praise thee The noble army of Martyrs praise thee The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee The Father of an infinite Majesty 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 honourable true and onely Son Also the holy Ghost the Comforteâ— Thou art the thing of glory O Christ Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man thou 〈◊〉 not abâ—â—â— the Virgins wonâ—b When thou hadst overcome the sharpeness of death thou didst open the kingdom if heaven to all believers Thou â—â—â—est at the right hand of God in the 〈◊〉 of the Father We believe that thou shalt come to be our Iudge We therefore pray thee hekp thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord save thy people and bless thine heritage Govern them and lift them up for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keep us this day without sin O Lord have mercy upon us have mercy upon us O Lord let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee O Lord in the have I trusted let me never be confounded For the second Lesson the One and twentieth Chapter of S. Luke ANd he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither 〈◊〉 mites And he said Of a truth I saw unto you that this poor widow hath cast in more then they all For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God but she of her peâ—â—â—â—y hath cast in all the living that she had And as some spake of the temple how it was adorned with goodly stones gifts he said As for these things which ye behold the days will come in the which there shall not he left one tone upon another that shall not be thrown doâ—on And they asked him saying Master but when shall these things be and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass And he said Take heed that ye be not deceived for many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and the time draweth near go ye not therefore after them But when ye shall hear of Wars and commotions be not terrified for these things must first come to pass but the end is not by and by Then said he unto-them Nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom And great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven But before all these they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you delivering you up to â—he synagogues and into prisons being brought before kings and rulers for my names sake And it shall turn to you for a testimony Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate before what ye shall answer For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist And ye shall be betrayed hath by parents and brethren and kinsfolks and friends and some of you shall they cause to be put to death And ye shall â—â— hated of all man for my names sake But there shall not an hair of your head perish In your patience possessive your souls And when ye shall see Ierusalem compaâ—sed with armies then know that the desolation thereof is nigh Then let them which are in Iudeâ— flee to the mountains and let them which are in the midst of it depart out and let not them that are in the countreys enter thereinto For these be the days of vengeance that all things which are written may be fulfilled But wo unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days for there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Ierusalem shall be troden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars and upon the earth distress of nations with perplerity the sea and the waves roaring mens hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth for the powers of heaven shall be shaken And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory And when these things begin to come to pass then look up and lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh And he spake to them a parable Behold the fig-tree and all the trees
contrivances of the Adversaries of True Religion distracted with intestine differences and divisions at home do with all humility and sincerity acknowledge and confess That by our unthankfulness for thy wonderful mercies and deliverances insensibleness and stupidity under thy manifold iudgments impiety and other daily provocations of thy vengeance we have justly deserved thy wrath and indignation against us Wherefore we are here met together this day desiring with broken and penitent hearts to present our selves before the Throne of Grace beseeching thee in mercy to pardon the great â—ffences of us thy servants and the crying sins of this Nation to remove the evils which we now lie under to avert those judgments which we justly deserve to reconcile our dâ—fferences and heal our breaches to unite ouâ— hearts in the profession of the True Religion which thine own right hand hath planteâ— and established in this Kingdom and in an holy conversation answerable thereunto To which end we humbly beséech thee abundantly to bestow the choicest of thy blessings teâ—poral and spiritual upon the Kings most Excellent Majesty and the High Court of Parliament that all their consultations may tend to the glory of thy great Name the safeâ—y and honour of the King the advancement of Piety and preservation of the Church and the security peace and prosperity of all eâ—tates and conditions of men in this Kingdom All which we humbly beg in the Name and through the Mediation of thy Son and our blessed Saviour Iesus Christ Amen The Collect for Grace O Lord our heavenly Father Alnâ—ighty and everlasting God who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day desend us in the same with thy mighty power and grant that this day we fall into no sin neither run into any kind of danger but that all our dâ—ings may be ordered by thy governance to â—o always that is righteous in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amâ—n ¶ Here followeth the Litany O God the Father of Heaven have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Father of Heaven have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Son Redeemer of the world have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Son Redeemer of the world have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon us miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinity three Persons and one God have mercy upon us miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinity three Persons and one God have mercy upon us miserable sinners Remember not Lord out offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins space us good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious bloud and he not angry with us for ever Spare us good Lord. From all evill and mischief from sin from the crafts and assaults of the devil from thy wrath and from everlasting damnation Good Lord deliver us From all blindness of heart from pride vain-glory and hypâ—crisie from envy hatred and malice and all uncharitableness Good Lord-deliver us From fornication and all other deadly sin and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the devil Good Lord deliver us From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battel and murder and from sudden death Good Lord deliver us From all sedition privy conspiracy and rebellion from all false doctrine heresie and schism from hardness of heart and contempt of thy Word and Commandment Good Lord deliver us By the mystery of thy holy Incarâ—â—ation by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision by thy Baptism Fasting and Temptation Good Lord deliver us By thine Agony and bloudy Sweat by thy Cross and Passion by thy precioâ—s Death and Burial by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension and by the coming of the holy Ghost Good Lord deliver us In all time of our tribulation in all time of our weâ—â—th in the hour of death and in the day of Iudgment Good Lord deliver us We sinners do beseech thee to hear us O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church â—â—â—verâ—al in the right way We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strongthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousness and holiness of life thy servant Charles ouâ— most gracious King and Governour We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith fear and love and that he may evermore have affiance in thee and ever seek thy honour and glory We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper giving him the victory over all his enemies We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thée to bless and preserve our gracious Queen Catherine James Duke of York and all the Royal Family We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Priests and Deacons with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee-to endue the Lords of the Council and all the Nobility with grace wisdom and understanding We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magistrates giving them grace to execute Iustice and to maintain Truth We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all Nations Unity Peace and Concord We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee and diligently to live after thy Commandments We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give â—o all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy Word and to receive it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erret and are deceived We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand and to comfort and help the weak-hearted and to raise up them that fall and finally to beat down Satan uâ—der our feet We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that are in danger necessity and tribulation We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water all women labouring of child all sick persons and young