THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER And Administration of the SACRAMENTS AND OTHER Rites and Ceremonies of the CHURCH According to the Use of the Church of England Together with the PSALTER or PSALMS OF DAVID Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches AND THE Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd Printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties MDCXCIII The CONTENTS of this BOOK THe Acts for the Vniformity of Common Prayer The Preface Concerning the Service of the Church Concerning Ceremonies The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read The Order how the rest of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be read A Table of Proper Lessons and Psalms The Kalendar with the Table of Lessons Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts throughout the whole Year The Order for Morning Prayer The Order for Evening Prayer The Creed of S. Athanasius The Litany Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several occasions The Collects Epistles and Gospels to be used at the Ministration of the holy Communion throughout the Year The Order of the Ministration of the holy Communion The Order of Baptism both Publick and Private The Order of Baptism for those of riper years The Catechism with the Order for Confirmation of Children The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony Visitation of the Sick and Communion of the Sick The Order for the Burial of the Dead Thanksgiving for Women after Child-bearing A Commination or denouncing of Gods anger and judgments against Sinners The Psalter The Order of Prayers to be used at Sea The Form and Manner of Ordaining Bishops Priests and Deacons A Form of Prayer for the Fifth day of November A Form of Prayer for the Thirtieth day of January A Form of Prayer for the Nine and twentieth day of May. An ACT for the Uniformity of Common Prayer and Service in the CHURCH and Administration of the SACRAMENTS PRIMO ELIZ. WHere at the death of our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Sixth there remained one uniform order of Common Service and Prayer and of the Administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England which was set forth in one Book intituled The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England Authorized by Act of Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth years of our said late Sovereign Lord King Edward the sixth intituled An Act for the Vniformity of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments The which was repealed and taken away by Act of Parliament in the first year of the reign of our late Sovereign Lady Queen Mary to the great decay of the due honour of God and discomfort to the professors of the truth of Christs Religion Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament That the said Statute of Repeal and every thing therein contained only concerning the said Book and the Service Administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies contained or appointed in or by the said Book shall be void and of none effect from and after the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming and That the said Book with the order of Service and of the Administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies with the alteration and additions therein added and appointed by this Statute shall stand and be from and after the said Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist in full force and effect according to the tenour and effect of this Statute Any thing in the foresaid Statute of Repeal to the contrary notwithstanding And further be it Enacted by the Queens Highness with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by Authority of the same That all and singular Ministers in any Cathedral or Parish-Church or other place within this Realm of England Wales and the Marches of the same or other the Queens Dominions shall from and after the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming be bounden to say and use the Mattens Evensong celebration of the Lords Supper and Administration of each of the Sacraments and all their Common and open Prayer in such order and form as is mentioned in the said Book so Authorized by Parliament in the said fifth and sixth year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth with one alteration or addition of certain Lessons to be used on every Sunday in the year and the form of the Litany altered and corrected and two sentences only added in the delivery of the Sacrament to the Communicants and none other or otherwise and That if any manner of Parson Vicar or other whatsoever Minister that ought or should sing or say Common Prayer mentioned in the said Book or minister the Sacraments from and after the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming refuse to use the said Common Prayers or to minister the Sacraments in such Cathedral or Parish-Church or other places as he should use to minister the same in such order and form as they be mentioned and set forth in the said Book or shall wilfully or obstinately standing in the same use any other Rite Ceremony Order Form or manner of celebrating of the Lords Supper openly or privily or Mattens Evensong Administration of the Sacraments or other open Prayers then is mentioned and set forth in the said Book Open Prayer in and throughout this Act is meant that Prayer which is for other to come unto or hear either in Common Churches or private Chappels or Oratories commonly called the Service of the Church or shall preach declare or speak any thing in the derogation or depraving of the said Book or any thing therein contained or of any part thereof and shall be thereof lawfully convicted according to the Laws of this Realm by verdict of twelve men or by his own confession or by the notorious evidence of the fact he shall lose and forfeit to the Queens Highness Her Heirs and Successors for his first offence the profit of all his Spiritual Benefices or Promotions coming or arising in one whole year next after this conviction And also that the person so convicted shall for the same offence suffer imprisonment by the space of six months without Bail or Mainprise And if any such person once convict of any offence concerning the premisses shall after his first conviction eftsoons offend and be thereof in form aforesaid lawfully convict That then the same person shall for his second offence suffer imprisonment by the space of one whole year and also shall therefore be deprived ipso facto of all his Spiritual Promotions and That it shall be lawful to all Patrons or Donors of all and singular the same Spiritual Promotions or of any of them to present or collate to the same as though the person and persons so offending were dead and That if any such person
months which were read the day before So that the Psalter may begin again the first day of the next month ensuing And whereas the CXIX Psalm is divided into XXII Portions and is over long to be read at one time It is so ordered that at one time shall not be read above four or five of the said Portions And at the end of every Psalm and of every such part of the CXIX Psalm shall be repeated this Hymn 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 Note That the Psalter followeth the Division of the Hebrews and the Translation of the Great English Bible set forth and used in the time of King Henry the Eighth and Edward the Sixth ¶ The Order how the rest of the holy Scripture is appointed to be read THe Old Testament is appointed for the first Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer so as the most part thereof will be read every year once as in the Kalendar is appointed The New Testament is appointed for the second Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer and shall be read over orderly every year thrice besides the Epistles and Gospels except the Apocalyps out of which there are only certain proper Lessons appointed upon divers Feasts And to know what Lessons shall be read every day look for the day of the month in the Kalendar following and there ye shall find the Chapters that shall be read for the Lessons both at Morning and Evening Prayer Except only the Moveable Feasts which are not in the Kalendar and the immoveable where there is a blank left in the Column of Lessons the proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in the Table of proper Lessons And note that whensoever proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course appointed in the Psalter and Kalendar if they be different shall be omitted for that time Note also that the Collect Epistle and Gospel appointed for the Sunday shall serve all the week after where it is not in this Book otherwise ordered ¶ Proper LESSONS to be read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and other Holidays throughout the Year ¶ Lessons proper for Sundays Sundays of Advent ¶ Mattins ¶ Evensong The first Isaiah 1. Isaiah 2. 2 5 24 3 25 26 4 30 32 Sundays after Christmas   The first 37 38 2 41 43 Sundays after the Epiphany   The first 44 46 2 51 53 3 55 56 4 57 58 5 59 64 6 65 66 Septuagesima Gen. 1 Gen. 2. Sexagesima 3 6 Quinquagesima Lent 9 to vers 20 12 First Sunday 19 to vers 30 22 2 27 34 3 39 42 4 43 45 5 Exod. 3.  Exod. 5.  6 1 Lesson 9 10 2 Lesson Matth. 26. Heb. 5 to v. 11 Easter-day   1 Lesson Exod. 12. Exod. 14. 2 Lesson Rom. 6. Acts 2. v. 22. Sundays after Easter   The first Numb 16. Numb 22. 2 23 24. 25 3 Deut. 4. Deut. 5. 4 6 7 5 8 9 Sunday after Ascension-day 12 13 Whitsunday   1 Lesson Deut. 16. to v. 18. Isaiah 11. 2 Lesson Acts 10. v. 34. Acts 19 to v. 21. Trinity Sunday   1 Lesson Gen. 1. Gen. 18. 2 Lesson Matth. 3. 1 John 5. Sundays after Trinity   The first Josh 10. Josh 23. 2 Judges 4. Judges 5. 3 1 Sam. 2. 1 Sam. 3. 4 12 13 5 15 17 6 2 Sam. 12. 2 Sam. 19. 7 21 24 8 1 King 13. 1 King 17 9 18 19 10 21 22 11 2 King 5. 2 Kings 9. 12 10 18 13 19 23 14 Jerem. 5. Jerem. 22. 15 35 36 Sund. after Trin. ¶ Mattins ¶ Evensong 16 Ezek. 2. Ezek. 13. 17 14 18 18 20 24 19 Dan. 3. Dan. 6. 20 Joel 2. Micah 6. 21 Habak 2. Prov. 1. 22 Prov. 2. 3 23 11 12 24 13 14 25 15 16 26 17 19 ¶ Lessons proper for Holidays  ¶ Mattins ¶ Evensong S. Andrew Prov. 20. Prov. 21. S. Thomas the Apostle 23 24 Nativity of CHRIST   1 Lesson Isai 9. to ver 8. Isai 7. ver 10. to ver 17. 2 Lesson Luk. 2. to ver 15 Titus 3. ver 4. to v. 9. S. Stephen   1 Lesson Prov. 28. Eccles 4. 2 Lesson Acts 6. vers 8. and ch 7. to vers 30. Acts 7. v. 30. to v. 55. S. John   1 Lesson Eccles 5. Eccles 6. 2 Lesson Apoc. 1. Apoc. 22. Innocents day Jer. 31. to ver 18. Wisd 1. Circumcision   1 Lesson Gen. 17. Deut. 10. v. 12. 2 Lesson Rom. 2. Colos 2. Epiphany   1 Lesson Isaiah 60. Isaiah 49. 2 Lesson Luk. 3. to v. 23. Joh. 2. to v. 12. Conversion of St. Paul   1 Lesson Wisd 5. Wisd 6. 2 Lesson Act. 22. to v. 22. Acts 26. Purification of the Virgin Mary Wisd 9. Wisd 12. S. Matthias 19 Ecclus 1. Annunciation of our Lady Ecclus 2. 3 Wednesday before Easter   1 Lesson Hos 13. Hos 14. 2 Lesson Joh. 11. v. 45.  Thursday before Easter   1 Lesson Dan. 9. Jerem. 31. 2 Lesson John 13.  Good Friday   1 Lesson Gen. 22. to v. 20 Isa 53. 2 Lesson John 18. 1 Pet. 2. Easter Even   1 Lesson Zec. 9. Exod. 13. 2 Lesson Luk. 23. v. 50. Heb. 4. Munday in Easter week   1 Lesson Exod. 16. Exod. 17. 2 Lesson Matth. 28. Acts 3. Tuesday in Easter week   1 Lesson Exod. 20. Exod. 32. 2 Lesson Luk. 24. to v. 13 1 Cor. 15. S. Mark Ecclus 4. Ecclus 5. S. Philip and S. Jacob. ¶ Mattins ¶ Evensong 1 Lesson 7 9 2 Lesson John 1. v. 43.  Ascension-day   1 Lesson Deut. 10. 2 Kings 2. 2 Lesson Luk. 24. v. 44. Eph. 4. to v. 17. Munday in Whitsun-week   1 Lesson Gen. 11. to v. 10. Num. 11. v. 16. to v. 30. 2 Lesson 1 Cor. 12. 1 Cor. 14. to v. 26. Tuesday in Whitsun week   1 Lesson 1 Sam. 19. v. 18. Deut. 30. 2 Lesson 1 Thess 5. v. 12. to v. 24. 1. John 4. to v. 14. S. Barnabas   1 Lesson Ecclus 10. Ecclus 12. 2 Lesson Acts 14. Act. 15. to v. 36. S. John Baptist   1 Lesson Malach. 3. Malach. 4. 2 Lesson Matth. 3. Mat. 14. to v. 13. S. Peter   1 Lesson Ecclus 15. Ecclus 19. 2 Lesson Acts 3. Acts 4. S. James Ecclus 21. Ecclus 22. S. Bartholomew 24 29 S. Matthew 35 38 S. Michael   1 Lesson Gen. 32. Dan. 10. v. 5. 2 Lesson Acts 12. to v. 20. Jud. v. 6. to v. 16. S. Luke Ecclus 51. Job 1. S. Simon and S. Jude Job 24 25. 42 All Saints   1 Lesson Wis 3. to v. 10. Wis 5 to v. 17. 2 Lesson Heb. 11. v. 33. c. 12. to v. 7. Apoc. 19. to v. 17. ¶ Proper Psalms
on certain Days  ¶ Mattins ¶ Evensong ¶ Christmas-day Psal xix xlv lxxxv Psal lxxxix cx cxxxii ¶ Ashwednesday vi xxxii xxxviii cii cxxx cxliii ¶ Good Friday xxii xl liv lxix lxxxviii ¶ Easterday Psal ii lvii cxi Psal cxiii cxiv cxviij ¶ Ascension day viii xv xxi xxiv xlvii cviii ¶ Whitsunday xlviii lxviii civ cxiv The Kalendar JANUARY hath xxxi days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 1 A Circum      2 b Gen. 1 Matth. 1 Gen. 2 Rom. 1 10 3 c  3 2 4 2 19 4 d  5 3 6 3  5 e 7 4 8 4 8 6 f Epiphany      7 g  9 5 12 5 16 8 A Lucian P. 13 6 14 6 5 9 b  15 7 16 7  10 c  17 8 18 8 13 11 d  19 9 20 9 2 12 e  21 10 22 10  13 f Hillary B. 23 11 24 11 10 14 g 25 12 26 12  15 A 27 13 28 13 18 16 b  29 14 30 14 7 17 c  31 15 32 15  18 d Prisca R. 33 16 34 16 15 19 e  35 17 37 1 Cor. 1 4 20 f Fabian B. 38 18 39 2  21 g Agnes Virg. 40 19 41 3 12 22 A Vincent Sp. 42 20 43 4 1 23 b  44 21 45 5  24 c  46 22 47 6 9 25 d S. Paul Conv.      26 e  48 23 49 7 17 27 f  50 24 Exod. 1 8 6 28 g  Exod. 2 25 3 9  29 A 4 26 5 10 13 30 b K. C. M. * Note That Exodus 6. is to be read only to verse 14 0 27 7 11 3 31 c  8 28 9 12 FEBRUARY hath xxviii days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson  1 d Fast Exod. 10 Mark 1 Exod. 11 1 Cor. 13 11 2 e P. Mary  2  14 19 3 f  12 3 13 15 8 4 g  14 4 15 16  5 A Agatha Sic. 16 5 17 2 Cor. 1 16 6 b  18 6 19 2 5 7 c  20 7 21 3  8 d  22 8 23 4 13 9 e  24 9 32 5 2 10 f  33 10 34 6  11 g Levit. 18 11 Lev. 19 7 10 12 A  20 12 26 8  13 b  Num. 11 13 Num. 12 9 18 14 c Valentine 13 14 14 10 7 15 d  16 15 17 11 16 e  20 16 21 12 15 17 f  22 Lu. 1 to 39 23 13 4 18 g  24 1. 39 25 Galat. 1  19 A  27 2 30 2 12 20 b  31 3 32 3 1 21 c Fast 35 4 36 4  22 d S. Matt. Deut. 1 5 Deut. 2 5 9 23 e  3 6 4 6  24 f   7 Ephes 1 17 25 g  5 8 6 2 6 26 A  7 9 8 3  27 b  9 10 10 4 14 28 c  11 11 12 5  29  13 Matth. 7 14 Rom. 12 MARCH hath xxxi days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 1 d David Arc. Deut 15 Luke 12 Deut. 16 Ephes 6  2 e Cedde 17 13 18 Philip 1 11 3 f  19 14 20 2  4 g  21 15 22 3 19 5 A  24 16 25 4 8 6 b  26 17 27 Colos 1  7 c Perpetua 28 18 29 2 16 8 d  30 19 31 3 5 9 e  32 20 33 4  10 f  34 21 Josh 1 1 Thes 1 13 11 g  Josh 2 22 3 2 2 12 A Greg. M. B. 4 23 5 3  13 b  6 24 7 4 10 14 c  8 John 1 9 5  15 d  10 2 23 2 Thes 1 18 16 e  24 3 Judges 1 2 7 17 f  Judges 2 4 3 3  18 g Ed. K. West 4 5 5 1 Tim. 1 15 19 A  6 6 7 2 3 4 20 b  8 7 9 4  21 c Benedict A. 10 8 11 5 12 22 d  12 9 13 6 1 23 e  14 10 15 2 Tim. 1  24 f Fast 16 11 17 2 9 25 g An. Mary  12  3  26 A  18 13 19 4 17 27 b  20 14 21 Titus 1 6 28 c  Ruth 1 15 Ruth 2 2 3  29 d  3 16 4 Philem. 14 30 e  1 Sam. 1 17 1 Sam. 2 Hebr. 1 3 31 f  3 18 4 2 APRIL hath xxx days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson  1 g  1 Sam. 5 John 19 1 Sam. 6 Hebr. 3 11 2 A  7 20 8 4  3 b Richard B. 9 21 10 5 19 4 c S. Ambrose 11 Acts 1 12 6 8 5 d  13 2 14 7 16 6 e  15 3 16 8 5 7 f  17 4 18 9  8 g  19 5 20 10 13 9 A  21 6 22 11 2 10 b  23 7 24 12  11 c  25 8 26 13 10 12 d  27 9 28 James 1  13 e  29 10 30 2 18 14 f  31 11 2 Sam. 1 3 7 15 g  2 Sam. 2 12 3 4  16 A  4 13 5 5 15 17 b  6 14 7 1 Pet. 1 4 18 c  8 15 9 2  19 d Alphege A. 10 16 11 3 12 20 e  12 17 13 4 1 21 f  14 18 15 5  22 g  16 19 17 2 Pet. 1 9 23 A S. George 18 20 19 2  24 b  20 21 21 3 17 25 c S. Mark Ev. M.  22  1 John 1 6 26 d  22 23 23 2  27 e  24 24 1 King 1 3 14 28 f  1 King 2 25 3 4 3 29 g  4 26 5 5  30 A  6 27 7 2 3 John MAY hath xxxj days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 1 b S. Phil.    Jude  2 c Iac. 1 Kings 8 Acts 28 1 Kings 9 Rom. 1 9 3 d Invention of the Cross 10 Matth. 1 11 2 8 4 e  12 2 13 3  5 f  14 3 15 4 16 6 g S. John Ev. 16 4 17 5 5 7 A  18 5 19 6  8 b  20 6 21 7 13 9 c  22 7 2 Kings 1 8 2 10 d  2 Kings 2 8 3 9  11 e  4 9 5 10 10 12 f  6 10 7 11  13 g  8 11 9 12 18 14 A  10 12 11 13 7 15 b  12 13 13 14  16 c  14 14 15 15 15 17 d
 16 15 17 16 4 18 e  18 16 19 1 Cor. 1  19 f Dunst A. B. 20 17 21 2 12 20 g  22 18 23 3 1 21 A  24 19 25 4  22 b  Ezra 1 20 Ezra 3 5 9 23 c  4 21 5 6  24 d  6 22 7 7 17 25 e  9 23 Neh. 1 8 6 26 f Augustin Neh. 2 24 4 9  27 g Ven. Bede 5 25 6 10 14 28 A  8 26 9 11 3 29 b K. Ch. II. N. R. 10 27 13 12  30 c  Esther 1 28 Esther 2 13 11 31 d  3 Mark 1 4 14 JUNE hath xxx days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson  1 e Nicom Esther 5 Mark 2 Esther 6 1 Cor. 15 19 2 f  7 3 8 16 8 3 g  9 4 Job 1 2 Cor. 1 16 4 A  Job 2 5 3 2 5 5 b Boniface 4 6 5 3  6 c  6 7 7 4 13 7 d  8 8 9 5 2 8 e  10 9 11 6  9 f  12 10 13 7 10 10 g  14 11 15 8  11 A S. Barn A. M.     18 12 b  16 12 17 18 9 7 13 c  19 13 20 10  14 d  21 14 22 11 15 15 e  23 15 24 25 12 4 16 f  26 27 16 28 13  17 g S. Alban 29 Luke 1 30 Galat. 1 12 18 A  31 2 32 2 1 19 b  33 3 34 3  20 c Edward 35 4 36 4 9 21 d  37 5 38 5  22 e  39 6 40 6 17 23 f Fast 41 7 42 Ephes 1 6 24 g S. Io. B.      25 A  Prov. 1 8 Prov. 2 2 14 26 b  3 9 4 3 3 27 c  5 10 6 4  28 d Fast 7 11 8 5 11 29 e S. Peter      30 f  9 12 10 6 JULY hath xxxi days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 19 1 g  Prov. 11 Luke 13 Prov. 12 Philip. 1 8 2 A Mary Visit 13 14 14 2  3 b  15 15 16 3 16 4 c Tr. Mart. B. 17 16 18 4 5 5 d  19 17 20 Colos 1  6 e  21 18 22 2 13 7 f  23 19 24 3 2 8 g  25 20 26 4  9 A  27 21 28 1 Thes 1 10 10 b  29 22 31 2  11 c  Eccles 1 23 Eccles 2 3 18 12 d  3 24 4 4 7 13 e  5 John 1 6 5  14 f  7 2 8 2 Thes 1 15 15 g Swithun B. 9 3 10 2 4 16 A  11 4 12 3  17 b  Jerem. 1 5 Jerem. 2 1 Tim. 1 12 18 c  3 6 4 2 3 1 19 d  5 7 6 4  20 e Margar. 7 8 8 5 9 21 f M. Magd. 9 9 10 6  22 g  11 10 12 2 Tim. 1 17 23 A  13 11 14 2 6 24 b Fast 15 12 16 3  25 c S. Iames  13  4 13 26 d S. Anne 17 14 18 Titus 1 3 27 e  19 15 20 2 3  28 f  21 16 22 Philem. 11 29 g  23 17 24 Hebr. 1  30 A  25 18 26 2 19 31 b  27 19 28 3 AUGUST hath xxxj days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 8 1 c Lammas Jer. 29 John 20 Jer. 30 Heb. 4 16 2 d  31 21 32 5 5 3 e  33 Acts. 1 34 6  4 f  35 2 36 7 13 5 g Tr. Of our L. 37 3 38 8 2 6 A N. of Jesus 39 4 40 9  7 b  41 5 42 10 10 8 c  43 6 44 11  9 d  45 46 7 47 12 18 10 e S. Laurance 48 8 49 13 7 11 f  50 9 51 James 1  12 g  52 10 Lam. 1 2 15 13 A  Lam. 2 11 3 3 4 14 b  4 12 5 4  15 c  Ezek. 2 13 Ezek. 3 5 12 16 d  6 14 7 1 Pet. 1 1 17 e  13 15 14 2  18 f  18 16 33 3 9 19 g  34 17 Dan. 1 4  20 A  Dan. 2 18 3 5 17 21 b  4 19 5 2 Pet. 1 6 22 c  6 20 7 2  23 d Fast 8 21 9 3 14 24 e S. Bart.  22  1 John 1 3 25 f  10 23 11 2  26 g  12 24 Hosea 1 3 11 27 A  Hos 2 3 25 4 4  28 b S. Aug. B 5 6 26 7 5 19 29 c Beh. Of John 8 27 9 2 3 John 8 30 d  10 28 11 Jude  31 e  12 Matth. 1 13 Rom. â— SEPTEMBER hath xxx days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 16 1 f Giles Ab. Conf. Hos 1 Matth. 2 Joel 1 Rom. 2 5 2 g  Joel â— 3 3 3  3 A  Amos 1 4 Amos 2 4 13 4 b  3 5 4 5 2 5 c  5 6 6 6  6 d  7 7 8 7 10 7 e Enurchus B 9 8 Obadiah 8  8 f Nat. Mary Jonah 1 9 Jon. 2 3 9 18 9 g  4 10 Mich. 1 10 7 10 A  Mich. 2 11 3 11  11 b  4 12 5 12 15 12 c  6 13 7 13 4 13 d  Nah. 1 14 Nah. 2 14  14 e Holy Cross 3 15 Hab. 1 15 12 15 f  Hab. 2 16 3 16 1 16 g  Zeph 1 1 Zeph. 2 1 Cor. 1  17 A Lamb. 3 18 Hagg. 1 2 9 18 b  Hagg. 2 19 Zech. 1 3  19 c  Zcc. 2 3 20 4 5 4 17 20 d Fast 6 21 7 5 6 21 e S. Matt.  22  6  22 f  8 23 9 7 14 23 g  10 24 11 8 3 24 A  12 25 13 9  25 b  14 26 Mal. 1 10 11 26 c S. Cyprian Mal. 2 27 3 11 19 27 d  4 28 Tob. 1 12  28 e  Tobit 2 Mark 1 3 13 8 29 f S. Mich.  2  14  30 g S. Jerom. 4 3 6 15 OCTOBER hath xxxi days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 16 1 A Remig. B. Tobit 7 Mark 4 Tobit 8 1 Cor 16 5 2 b  9 5 10 2 Cor. 1 13 3 c  11 6 12 2 2 4 d  13 7 14 3  5 e  Judeth 1 8 Judeth 2 4 10 6 f Faith Virg. 3 9 4 5  7 g Â
5 10 ◠6 18 8 A  7 11 8 7 7 9 b Dennis 9 12 10 8  10 c  11 13 12 9 15 11 d  13 14 14 10 4 12 e  15 15 16 11  13 f Ed. Conf. wisd 1 16 Wisd 2 12 12 14 g  3 Lu. 1 to 39 4 13 1 15 A  5 139 6 Galat. 1  16 b  7 2 8 2 9 17 c Etheldred 9 3 10 3  18 d S. Luke  4  4 17 19 e  11 5 12 5 6 20 f  13 6 14 6  21 g  15 7 16 Ephes 1 14 22 A  17 8 18 2 3 23 b  19 9 Ecclus 1 3  24 c  Ecclus 2 10 3 4 11 25 d Chrisp M. 4 11 5 5  26 e  6 12 7 6 19 27 f Fast 8 13 9 Philip. 1 8 28 g Sim.  14  2  29 A Iude. 10 15 11 3 16 30 b  12 16 13 4 5 31 c Fast 14 17 15 Col. 1 NOVEMBER hath xxx days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson  1 d All     13 2 e Saints Ecclus 16 Luke 18 Ecclus 17 Colos 2 2 3 f  18 19 19 3  4 g  20 20 21 4 10 5 A Pap. C. 22 21 23 1 Thes 1  6 b Leonard 24 22 (a) Ecclus. 25. is to be read only to verse 13. 25 2 18 7 c  27 23 28 3 7 8 d  29 24 (b) Ecclus. 30. only to verse 18. 30 4  9 e  31 John 1 32 5 15 10 f  33 2 34 2 Thes 1 4 11 g S. Martin 35 3 36 2  12 A  37 4 38 3 12 13 b Britius B. 39 5 40 1 Tim. 1 1 14 c  41 6 42 2 3  15 d Machutus 43 7 44 4 9 16 e  45 8 (c) Ecclus 46 only to verse 20. 46 5  17 f Hugh B. 47 9 48 6 17 18 g  49 10 50 2 Tim. 1 6 19 A  51 11 Baruch 1 2  20 b Edm. K M. Baruch 2 12 3 3 14 21 c  4 13 5 4 3 22 d Ceci ia V. 6 14 H. of sus Titus 1  23 e S. Clem. Bel D. 15 Isaiah 1 2 3 11 24 f  Isaiah 2 16 3 Philem. 19 25 g Cather V. 4 17 5 Hebr. 1  26 A  6 18 7 2 8 27 b  8 19 9 3  28 c  10 20 11 4 16 29 d Fast 12 21 13 5 5 30 e S. Andr.  Acts 1  6 DECEMBER hath xxxj days  MORNING Prayer EVENING Prayer     1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson  1 f  Isaiah 14 Acts 2 Isai 15 Hebr. 7 13 2 g  16 3 17 8 2 3 A  18 4 19 9 10 4 b  20 21 5 22 10  5 c  23 6 24 11 18 6 d Nicho. B. 25 7 to v. 30. 26 12 7 7 e  27 7.30 28 13   f Concept 29 8 30 James 1 15 9 g Vir. Mary 31 9 32 2 4 10 A  33 10 34 3  11 b  35 11 36 4 12 12 c  37 12 38 5 1 13 d Lucy Vir. 39 13 40 1 Pet. 1  14 e  41 14 42 2 9 15 f  43 15 44 3  16 g O Sapientia 45 16 46 4 17 17 A  47 17 48 5 6 18 b  49 18 50 2 Pet. 1  19 c  51 19 52 2 14 20 d Fast 53 20 54 3 3 21 e S. Tho.  21  1 John 1  22 f  55 22 56 2 11 23 g  57 23 58 3  24 A Fast 59 24 60 4 19 25 b Christm     8 26 c S. Steph.      27 d S. Iohn     16 28 e Innocen  25  5 5 29 f  61 26 62 2 John  30 g  63 27 64 3 John 13 31 A Silvest Bish 65 28 66 Jude TABLES and RULES for the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence through the whole YEAR Rules to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin EAster-day on which the rest depend is always the first Sunday after the first Full Moon which happens next after the One and twentieth day of March. And if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday Easter-day is the Sunday after Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of S. Andrew whether before or after Septuagesima Sunday is Nine weeks before Easter Sexagesima Sunday is Eight weeks before Easter Quinquagesima Sunday is Seven weeks before Easter Quadragesima Sunday is Six weeks before Easter Rogation-Sunday is Five weeks after Easter Ascension-day is Fourty days after Easter Whitsunday is Seven weeks after Easter Trinity-Sunday is Eight weeks after Easter A Table of the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of England through the Year The days of the Feasts of ALL Sundays in the Year The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST The Epiphany The Conversion of St. Paul The Purification of the Blessed Virgin S. Matthias the Apostle The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin St. Mark the Evangelist St. Philip and St. Jacob the Apostles The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST St. Barnabas The Nativity of St. John Baptist St. Peter the Apostle Munday and Tuesday in Easter-week St. James the Apostle St. Bartholomew the Apostle St. Matthew the Apostle St. Michael and all Angels St. Luke the Evangelist St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostles All Saints St. Andrew the Apostle St. Thomas the Apostle The Nativity of our Lord. St. Stephen the Martyr St. John the Evangelist The Holy Innocents Munday and Tuesday in Whitsun-week A Table of the Vigils Fasts and days of Abstinence to be observed in the Year THe Eves or Vigils before The Nativity of our Lord. THe Eves or Vigils before The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary THe Eves or Vigils before The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin THe Eves or Vigils before Easter-day THe Eves or Vigils before Ascension-day THe Eves or Vigils before Pentecost THe Eves or Vigils before St. Matthias THe Eves or Vigils before St. John Baptist THe Eves or Vigils before St. Peter THe Eves or Vigils before St. James THe Eves or Vigils before St. Bartholomew THe Eves or Vigils before St. Matthew THe Eves or Vigils before St. Simon and St. Jude THe Eves or Vigils before St. Andrew THe Eves or Vigils before St. Thomas THe Eves or Vigils before All Saints Note That if any of these Feast-days fall upon a Munday then the Vigil or Fast-day shall be kept upon the Saturday and not upon the Sunday next before it Days of Fasting or Abstinence I. THe fourty days of Lent II. The Ember-days at the four Seasons being the Wednesday
Yet lest the same Kneeling should by any Persons either out of ignorance and infirmity or out of malice and obstinacy be misconstrued and depraved It is here declared That thereby no Adoration is intended or ought to be done either unto the Sacramental Bread and Wine there bodily received or unto any Corporal Presence of Christs Natural Flesh and Bloud For the Sacramental Bread and Wine remain Still in their very Natural Substances and therefore may not be adored for that were Idolatry to be abhorred of all faithful Christians And the Natural Body and Bloud of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven and not here it being against the truth of Christs Natural Body to be at one time in more places then one The MINISTRATION of Publick BAPTISM of INFANTS to be used in the CHURCH ¶ THE People are to be admonished that it is most convenient that Baptism should not be administred but upon Sundays and other Holy-days when the most number of People come together as well for that the Congregation there present may testifie the receiving of them that be newly Baptized into the number of Christs Church as also because in the Baptism of Infants every man present may be put in remembrance of his own profession made to God in his Baptism For which cause also it is expedient that Baptism be ministred in the vulgar Tongue Nevertheless if necessity so require Children may be Baptized upon any other day ¶ And Note that there shall be for every male-child to be Baptized two Godfathers and one Godmother and for every female one Godfather and two Godmothers ¶ When there are Children to be Baptized the Parents shall give knowledge thereof over night or in the morning before the beginning of Morning Prayer to the Curate And then the Godfathers and Godmothers and the People with the Children must be ready at the Font either immediately after the last Lesson at Morning Prayer or else immediately after the last Lesson at Evening Prayer as the Curate by his discretion shall appoint And the Priest coming to the Font which is then to be filled with pure Water and standing there shall say Hath this Child been already Baptized or no ¶ If they answer No then shall the Priest proceed as followeth DEarly beloved forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in sin and that our Saviour Christ saith None can enter into the Kingdom of God except he be regenerate and born anew of water and of the Holy Ghost I beseech you to call upon God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ that of his bounteous mercy he will grant to this Child that thing which by nature he cannot have that he may be baptized with water and the Holy Ghost and received into Christs holy Church and be made a lively member of the same ¶ Then shall the Priest say Let us pray ALmighty and everlasting God who of thy great mercy didst save Noah and his family in the Ark from perishing by water and also didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people through the Red sea figuring thereby thy holy baptism and by the baptism of thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan didst sanctifie water to the mystical washing away of sin We beseech thee for thine infinite mercies that thou wilt mercifully look upon this Child wash him and sanctifie him with the Holy Ghost that he being delivered from thy wrath may be received into the ark of Christs Church and being stedfast in faith joyful through hope and rooted in charity may so pass the waves of this troublesom world that finally he may come to the land of everlasting life there to reign with thee world without end through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty and immortal God the aid of all that need the helper of all that flee to thee for succour the life of them that believe and the resurrection of the dead We call upon thee for this Infant that he coming to thy holy Baptism may receive remission of his sins by spiritual regeneration Receive him O Lord as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son saying Ask and ye shall have seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you So give now unto us that ask let us that seek find open the gate unto us that knock that this Infant may enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly washing and may come to the eternal Kingdom which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the People stand up and the Priest shall say Hear the words of the Gospel written by Saint Mark in the Tenth Chapter at the Thirteenth Verse THey brought young children to Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But when Jesus saw it he was much displeased and said unto them Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom of God Verily I say unto you Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child he shall not enter therein And he took them up in his arms put his hands upon them and blessed them ¶ After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon the words of the Gospel BEloved ye hear in this Gospel the words of our Saviour Christ that he commanded the children to be brought unto him how he blamed those that would have kept than from him how he exhorteth all men to follow their innocency Ye perceive how by his outward gesture and deed he declared his good will toward them for he embraced them in his arms he laid his hands upon them and blessed them Doubt ye not therefore but earnestly believe that he will likewise favourably receive this present Infant that he will embrace him with the arms of his mercy that he will give unto him the blessing of eternal life and make him partaker of his everlasting Kingdom Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heavenly Father towards this Infant declared by his Son Jesus Christ and nothing doubting but that he favourably alloweth this charitable work of ours in bringing this Infant to his holy Baptism let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him and say ALmighty and everlasting God heavenly Father we give thee humble thanks that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the Knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increase this knowledge and confirm this faith in us evermore Give thy holy Spirit to this Infant that he may be born again and be made an heir of everlasting Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit now and for ever Amen ¶ Then shall Priest speak unto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wife DEarly beloved ye have brought this Child here to be baptized ye have prayed that our Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to receive him to release him of his sins to sanctifie him with
Priest demand the Name of the Child which being by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced the Minister shall say DOst thou in the name of this child renounce the devil and all his works the vain pomp and glory of this world with all covetous desires of the same and the carnal desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them Answer I renounce them all Minister DOst thou believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary that he suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise again the third day that he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence shall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sins the resurrection of the flesh and everlasting life after death Answer All this I stedfastly believe Minister WIlt thou then obediently keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of they life Answer I will ¶ Then the Priest shall say WE receive this child into the congregation of Christs flock and do * The Priest shall make a cross upon the childs forehead sign him with the sign of the cross in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight under his banner against sin the world and the devil and to continue Christs faithful souldier and servant unto his lives end Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearly beloved brethren that this Child is by Baptism regenerate and grafted into the body of Christs Church let us give thanks to Almighty God for these benefits and with one accord make our prayers unto him that he may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning ¶ Then shall the Priest say WE yield thee most hearty thanks most merciful Father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy holy Spirit to receive him for thine own Child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy Church And humbly we beseech thee to grant that he being dead unto sin and living unto righteousness and being buried with Christ in his Death may crucifie the old man and utterly abolish the whole body of sin and that as he is made partaker of the Death of thy Son he may also be partaker of his Resurrection so that finally with the residue of thy holy Church he may be an Inheritour of thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then all standing up the Minister shall make this Exhortation to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOrasmuch as this child hath promised by you his Sureties to renounce the devil and all his works to believe in God and to serve him ye must remember that it is your parts and duties to see that this Infant be taught so soon as he shall be able to learn what a solemn vow promise and profession he hath made by you And that he may know these things the better ye shall call upon him to hear Sermons and chiefly ye shall provide that he may learn the Creed the Lords Prayer and the Ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his souls health and that this child may be virtuously brought up to lead a Godly and a Christian life remembring alway that Baptism doth represent unto us our profession which is to follow the example of our Saviour Christ and be made like unto him that as he died and rose again for us so should we who are Baptized die from sin and rise again unto righteousness continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living ¶ But if they which bring the Infant to the Church do make such uncertain answers to the Priests questions as that it cannot appear that the child was Baptized with Water In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost which are essential parts of Baptism then let the Priest Baptize it in the Form before appointed for Publick Baptism of Infants saving that at the dipping of the child in the Font he shall use this Form of words IF thou art not already Baptized N. I Baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen The MINISTRATION of BAPTISM to such as are of riper years and able to answer for themselves ¶ WHen any such Persons as are of riper years are to be Baptiezd timely notice shall be given to the Bishop or whom he shall appoint for that purpose a Week before at the least by the Parents or some other discreet Persons that so due care may be taken for their Examination whether they be sufficiently instructed in the Principles of the Christian Religion and that they may be exhorted to prepare themselves with Prayers and Fasting for the receiving of this holy Sacrament ¶ And if they shall be found fit then the Godfathers and Godmothers the People being assembled upon the Sunday or Holy-day appointed shall be ready to present them at the Font immediately after the second Lesson either at Morning or Evening Prayer as the Curate in his discretion wall think fit ¶ And standing there the Priest shall ask whether any of the Persons here presented be Baptized or no If they shall answer No then shall the Priest say thus DEarly beloved forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in sin and that which is born of the flesh is flesh and they that are in the flesh cannot please God but live in sin committing many actual transgressions and that our Saviour Christ saith None can enter into the kingdom of God except he be regenerate and born anew of water and of the holy Ghost I beseech you to call upon God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ that of his bounteous goodness he will grant to these persons that which by nature they cannot have that they may be baptized with water and the holy Ghost and received into Christs holy Church and be made lively members of the same ¶ Then shall the Priest say Let us pray ¶ And here all the Congregation shall kneel ALmighty and everlasting God who of thy great mercy didst save Noah and his family in the Ark from perishing by water and also didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people through the Red sea figuring thereby thy holy Baptism and by the Baptism of thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan didst sanctifie the element of water to the mystical washing away of sin We beseech thee for
an example that ye should follow his steps who did no sin neither was guile found in his mouth The Gospel S. Matth. 21.33 THere was a certain housholder which planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and digged a wine-press in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far countrey And when the time of the fruit drew near he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits of it And the husbandmen took his servants and beat one and killed another and stoned another Again he sent other servants mo then the first and they did unto them likewise But last of all he sent unto them his son saying They will reverence my son But when the husbandmen saw the son they said among themselves This is the heir come let us kill him and let us seize on his inheritance And they caught him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh what will he do unto those husbandmen They say unto him He will miserably destroy those wicked men and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen which shall render him the fruits in their seasons ¶ After the Nicene Creed shall be read instead of the Sermon for that day The first and Second parts of the Homily against Disobedience and wilful Rebellion set forth by Authority Or the Minister who Officiates shall preach a Sermon of his own composing upon the same Argument ¶ In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you even so do unto them for this is the law and the prophets S. Matth. 7.12 ¶ After the Prayer For the whole state of Christs Church c. these two Collects following shall be used O Lord our heavenly Father who didst not punish us as our sins have deserved but hast in the midst of judgment remembred mercy We acknowledge it thine especial favour that though for our many and great provocations thou didst suffer thine anointed blessed King Charles the First as this day to fall into the hands of violent and bloud-thirsty men and barbarously to be murdered by them yet thou didst not leave us for ever as sheep without a shepherd but by thy gracious providence didst miraculously preserve the undoubted heir of his Crowns our then gracious Sovereign King Charles the Second from his bloudy enemies hiding him under the shadow of thy wings until their tyranny was overpast and didst bring him back in thy good appointed time to fit upon the throne of his Father and together with the Royal Family didst restore to us our ancient Government in Church and State For these thy great and unspeakable mercies we render to thee our most humble thanks from the bottom of our hearts beseeching thee still to continue thy gracious protection over the whole Royal Family and to grant to our gracious Sovereign King William a long and a happy Reign over us So we that are thy people will give thee thanks ever and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen ANd grant O Lord we beseech thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Order for Evening Prayer ¶ The Hymn appointed to be used at Morning Prayer instead of Venite exultemus shall here also be used before the proper Psalms ¶ Proper Psalms LXXXIX XCIV LXXXV ¶ Proper Lessons The First Jer. 12. or Dan. 9. to v. 22. The second Heb. 11.32 and 12. to v. 7. ¶ Instead of the first Collect at Evening Prayer shall these two which next follow be used O Blessed Lord God who by thy wisdom not only guidest and orderest all things most suitably to thine own justice but also performest thy pleasure in such a manner that we cannot but acknowledge thee to be righteous in all thy ways and holy in all thy works We thy sinful people do here fall down before thee confessing that thy judgments were right in permitting cruel men sons of Belial as this day to imbrue their hands in the bloud of thine Anointed we having drawn down the same upon our selves by the great and long provocations of our sins against thee For which we do therefore here humble our selves before thee imploring thy mercy for the pardon of them all and that thou wouldst deliver this Nation from bloud-guiltiness that of this day especially and turn from us and our posterity all those judgments which we by our sins have deserved Grant this for the all-sufficient merits of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen BLessed God just and powerful who didst permit thy dear Servant our late dread Sovereign King Charles the First to be as upon this day given up to the violent outrages of wicked men to be despitefully used and at last murdered by them Though we cannot reflect upon so foul an act but with horrour and astonishment yet do we most gratefully commemorate the glories of thy grace which then shined forth in thine Anointed whom thou wert pleas'd even at the hour of death to endue with an eminent measure of exemplary patience meekness and charity before the face of his cruel enemies And albeit thou didst suffer them to proceed to such an height of violence as to kill him and to take possession of his Throne yet didst thou in great mercy preserve his Son whose right it was and at length by a wonderful providence bring him back and set him thereon to restore thy true Religion and to settle peace amongst us For which we glorifie thy Name through Jesus Christ our blessed Saviour Amen ¶ Immediately after the Collect Lighten our darkness c. shall these three next following be used O Lord we beseech thee c. O most mighty God and merciful Father c. Turn thou us O good Lord and so c. As before at Morning Prayer ¶ Immediately before the Prayer of St. Chrysostom shall this Collect which next follweth be used ALmighty and everlasting God whose righteousness is like the strong mountains and thy judgments like the great deep and who by that barbarous murder as upon this day committed upon the Sacred Person of thine Anointed hast taught us that neither the greatest of Kings nor the best of men are more secure from violence then from natural death Teach us also hereby so to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom And grant that neither the splendour of any thing that is great nor the conceit of any thing that is good in us may any ways withdraw our eyes from looking upon our selves as sinful dust and ashes but that according to the example of this thy blessed Martyr we may press forward toward the prize of the high calling that is before us in faith and patience