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A39987	Forms of prayer used in the reformed churches in France before their persecution and destruction With an account of their manner of batizing, celebrating the Holy Supper, marrying and burying; with some additional remarks. Translated into English, for the use of such of the French nation as do desire to learn English; and may be serviceable to those English who are willing to improve themselues in the French language; and for the information of all of the reformed religion, and others. Unto which is also annexed the names of several learned French ministers, to evidence the truth of this translation.	Eglises réformées de France.; J. T.	1699 (1699)	Wing F1584B; ESTC R221545	24,972	145

his Covenant of Salvation through all the world which was before limited to the people of the Jews there is no doubt but our Children are heirs of that Life which he hath promised unto us and therefore St. Paul saith the Children of the Faithful are holy to distinguish them from the Children of Pagans and Infidels for this Reason our Saviour received the Children which they presented unto him as it is written in the 19th Chapter of St. Matthew the 13th and 14th verses Then were there brought unto him little Children that he should put his hands on them and pray and the Disciples rebuked them but Jesus said Suffer little Children and forbid them not to come unto me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven Now seeing he declares that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them and that he layeth his hands on them and recommendeth them to God his Father he fufficiently teacheth us that we ought not to exclude them from his Church therefore according to this Rule we will receive this Child into his Church that he may be made partaker of those benefits which God hath promised to his Faithful and we will first humbly present him unto God by our Prayers saying with all our heart Lord God Eternal and Everlasting Father since it hath pleased thee by thy infinite goodness to promise us that thou wilt be a God to us and to our Children we pray that it may please thee to confirm thy Grace in this Child here present begotten of parents whom thou hast called into thy Church and as he is offered and consecrated unto thee by us receive him into thy holy protection declaring thy self to be his God and Saviour by pardoning the Original sins which the whole Race of Adam are guilty of Sanctify him also by thy Spirit that when he shall come to the use of Knowledge he may own and adore thee as his only God in glorifying thee all his Days that he may obtain of thee the remission of his sins and to the end that he may obtain such grace be pleased to incorporate him into the Communion of our Lord Jesus Christ and make him partaker of all his Benefits as one of the Members of his Body Hear us merciful Father that the Baptism we are to communicate unto him according to thy Ordinance may produce such Fruits and Vertues in him as are declared to us in thy Gospel Our Father which art in Heaven c. Seeing we are about to receive this Child into the Congregation of the Christian Church do you promise when he shall come to years of discretion to instruct him in the Doctrine which is received by the People of God as it is briefly comprehended in the Confession of Faith which we all profess I believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven c. Do you promise to take pains to instruct him in all this Doctrine and generally in all that is contained in the holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments that he may receive it as the true Word of God come from Heaven You must also exhort him to live according to the Rule which our Lord hath given us in his Law which doth briefly consist in these Two Points That we should love God with all our minds and with all our heart and with all our strength and our Neighbour as our selves likewise according to the Exhortations that the hath given by his Prophets and Apostles that this Child renouncing himself and all his Carnal Desires should dedicate himself unto the glory of the Name of God and of Jesus Christ and to the Edification of his Neighbour After the Promise is made the Godfather speaking to the Minister the Child hath his Name given him and then the Minister sprinkling water on the For●head baptizing him saying with a loud voice N. I baptize thee in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost The whole being audibly performed in the vulgar Tongue that all they which are present may understand and be Witnesses to what is done and be edified in acknowledging and calling to mind what is the Fruit and Vse of their Baptism THE MANNER OF Celebrating the Holy Supper IT is to be observed that they declare to the People on the Lords day before the holy Sacrament is given First that every one may prepare hims●lf to receive it worthily and with such Reverence as it behoves him to do Secondly That they do not admit any children but such as are well instructed and have made profession of their Faith in the Church Thirdly if there come any Strangers that are yet ignoraut to present themselves they should come to be instructed first in private The day it is to be celebrated the Minister speaks of it at the end of his Sermon or if it be necessary makes his Sermon wholly upon it to explain to the people what our Lord did signify by this Mystery and in what manner we must receive it After the Prayers and Confession of Faith are made to testify in the Name of the People that all would live and die in the Christian Doctrine and Religion he says with a loud voice Let us hear my brethren how Jesus Christ hath instituted for us his holy Supper as St. Paul saith in the 11th chap. of the first Epist to the Corinthians I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he brake it and said Take eat this is my Body which is broken for you this do in remembrance of me After the same manner he also took the Cup when he had supped saying This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood This do ye as oft as ye drink it in remembrance of me For as often as ye eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye do shew the Lords death till he come Wherefore whosoever shall eat this Bread and drink this Cup of the Lord Vnworthily shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that Bread and drink of that Cup for he that eateth and drinketh Vnworthily eateth and drinketh Damnation to himself not discerning the Lords Body Brethte we have heard how our Lord made his Supper amongst his Disciples which shews us That Aliens and such that are not of the Number of his Faithful should not be admitted thereto Therefore according to that Rule in the Name and by the Authority of the Lord Jesus Christ I do Excommunicate all Idolaters Blasphemers and contemners of God Hereticks and all people that make separate Sects to break the Union of the Church all that are Perjured and all those who are Disobedient to Parents or to their Superiors all Seditious Mutinous Strikers Litigious Adulterers Whoremongers Thieves Covetous Usurers Extortioners Drunkards Gluttons all such as lead a wicked or scandalous

Naming the Bridegroom and the Bride N. N. knowing that God hath ordained it thus will you live in the Holy State of Matrimony which God hath so greatly honoured have you such an intention as you do here declare before this holy assembly desiring that it should be confirmed They Answer Yes The Minister I take you all that are here present as Witnesses desiring you to remember it yet if there be any who know any impediment in it or that either of them be Married to any other let him declare the same If no Person opposes it the Minister says thus Since there is no Person that opposes it and that there is no impediment Our Lord God confirm that holy design which he hath given you let your begining be in the Name of God who hath made Heaven and Earth Amen The Minister speaking to the Bridegroom says thus N. Do you confess here before God and this holy Assembly that you have taken and do take M. here present for your Wedded Wife and do you promise to keep her in Loving and faithfully maintaining her as the duty of a Loving Husband towards his VVife requireth Living Holily with Her keeping Faith and Loyalty in all things according to the word of God and of his Holy Gospel Answer Yes After speaking to the Bride the Minister says M. Do you confess here before God and this holy assembly that you have taken and do take N. here present for your Lawful Husband do you promise to obey him serving and being subject unto him living a holy life Keeping saith and loyalty with him in all things as a faithful and loyal wife ought to do towards her husband according to the Word of God and of his holy Gospel Answer Yes Then the Minister doth say The Father of all mercy who hath called you by his Grace to this holy State for the love of his Son Jesus Christ who did sanctify Marriage by his holy presence and where●t he wrought his first Miracle before his Apostles give you his holy Spirit to serve and honour him together with one accord Amen Hear the Gospel in which our Lord shews how he would have holy Matrimony to be kept and how it is firm and indissolvable as it is written in the 19th of St. Matthew The Pharisees also came unto him tempting him and saying unto him Is it lawful for a man to put away his Wife for every cause and he answer●● and said unto them have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them Male and Female and said for this cause shall a man leave Father and Mother and cleave unto his Wife and they twain shall be one Flesh wherefore they are no more twain but one Flesh what therefore God hath Joyned together let no man put asunder Believe these Holy Words which our Lord hath spoken as they are contained in the holy Gospel be assured that our Lord God hath joined you in holy Matrimony Therefore live holily together in Love Peace and Unity keeping true Charity Faith and Loyalty one toward another according to the Word of God Let us all pray to our Father with one accord God Almighty who art good and wise and hast foreseen from the begining that it was not good for Man to be alone and therefore didst create an help meet for him like unto himself and hast ordained that two should be one We most humbly pray and beseech thee since it hath pleased thee to call these here present unto the holy State of Matrimony that thou would be pleased of thy bountiful grace to give them thy holy Spirit that they may live in true and stedfast faith according to thy good will that they may overcome all Evil Affections and edify others in all Honesty and Chastity give them thy Blessings as thou didst to thy Faithful Servants Abraham Isaac and Jacob That they having an Holy Seed may praise and serve thee instructing and nourishing them up to thy Praise and Glory and to the Edification of our Neighbours and the advancement of thy Holy Gospel Hear us most merciful Father through our Lord Jesus Christ thy most Dear Son Amen Our Lord replenish you with his Grace and Goodness and grant you a long and holy life together Amen FINIS POSTSCRIPT AS I have mentioned the differences between the Protestant Dissenters and the Church of England and the great respect paid her by the reformed Forreign Churches So I think fit to conclude by hinting to the Romanists Quakers c. That the Differences between Reform'd Forreign Churches and the Church of England are not so material and great as some have maliciously reported The present Controversies of Papists with Papists and of Quakers among themselves are considerably greater in my Opinion and the Breach between our English Presbyterians and Independents I take to be wider As for that amazing Point of Absolute Predestination it is not so much disputed amongst the Reformed as the Roman Churches One Order of Monks hath hotly engaged another The Jesuists and Jansenists have written so many hectoring and swelling Volumes upon that knotty Subject that a small Library will scarcely contain them Whereas in my poor Apprehension it would be much better to practice the Doctrines we profess than to quarrel about them and to use the words of the Learned Let us confessing that nothing can be done without the Providence of God Adore in humility the Secrets which are hid from us without our enquiry beyond our measure and rather apply to our use that which is shewn us in the holy Scriptures for to be in repose and security The World had been much happier if all who follow that Judicious Divine Mr. Calvin as well as others had embraced this sound this useful and pious instruction As for the Government of the Church by Bishops the Learned Calvin had neither a seasonable time or opportunity to use it It was not feasible or practicable for him to maintain it for how could he establish Protestant Bishops where Popish Bishops were setled But I Appeal to the world if the Calvinian Clergy hath not generally shewn a great Veneration both for the Orders and Persons of our Bishops whether they have not admired their Books and received holy Orders from them And for a further Demonstration of their entire Agreement few of them if any have ever refused a Prebendary a Deanery or any Episcopal Preferment But were there a real Disagreement in any point with what Forehead could a Romanist object it The Arch-Bishop of Paris uncharitably Damns the Arch-Bishop of Cambray the Bishop of Meaux and others joyn with him whilst the Prelate of Cambray doth not want a Party who adhere to him The Pope and his Cardinals are stunn'd atit and for all the Infalibility they pretend to they cannot easily tell on which side to determine The great God compose all Divisions amongst Christians of what Denomination soever let us humbly beseech him to inspire continually the Universal Church with the Spirit of Truth Unity and Concord and grant that all those who confess his Holy Name may agree in the truth of his holy word and live in Unity and Godly Love grant this O Father for Jesus Christ's sake our only Mediator and Advocate Amen FINIS FOR the satisfaction of all such persons that doubt of the Truth of this preceeding Translation they may please to observe that it hath been Examined by us and found to be faithfully translated from the French Form of Prayers which was in use in the Reformed Churches in France among our Ancestors and in our days whose Names are here subscribed Ministers of the French Church in the Savoy T. Satur P. Larriviere C. G. Lamothe Ministers of the Old French Church in London C. Piozet Ch. Bertheau Dubourdieu Minister of the Old Frnnch Church in Soho A. Gilbert Minister of the French Chappel at the Palace of St. James C. Pegorie Minister of the French Church near Leicester Fields La Place Minister of the French Church in Newport-Market Soho Blanc Minister of the Old Patant French Church in Soho Gally Degaujac A French Minister of an English Church J. Lions Minister to several French Churches in and about London Ministers of the New French Churches in London and in Hungerford-Market J. Doules J. Lombard Peter Degaleniere John Graverol P. Roussilions De Milly Melin Minister and Reader of the New French Church in London This Translation hath been carefully compared with the Original and Corrected by S. Lyons a French Minister

Religion help and assist them according to their several necessities comfort them in their afflictions preserve them from the rage of Wolves and increase in them all the gifts of thy Spirit to the end that they may glorifie thee both in Life and Death Finally O God and Father grant also to us who are here assembled in the Name of thy Son Jesus Christ for the sake of his word and of his holy Communion that we may sincerely and without hypocrisie acknowledge how miserable we are by Nature and what Condemnations we deserve and daily draw down upon our selves by our wicked and disorderly Lives that we seeing there is no good thing in us and that our Flesh and Blood are not capable of inheriting thy Kingdom we may with all affection and steadfast confidence intirely surrender up ou● selves unto thy dear Son Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer that he dwelling in us may mortifie our old Adam and renew in us better Life whereby thy holy and glorious Name may be exalted and glorified by all and in all places Then he proceeds thus Hear us O merciful Fath●r for Jesus Christs sake in whose Name and words we further call upon thee Our Father c. The Minister having said the Lords Prayer and the Apostles Creed he gives some part of the Psalms which is sung and before the Congregations g● forth of the Church he gives the following B●n●diction which is according to what our Lord commanded in the sixth Chapter of Numbers The Lord bless you and keep you the Lord make his Face to shine upo● you and be gracious unto you the Lord lift up his countenance upon yo● and give you peace Ame● A further Blessing th● Minister says to the people Go in Peace and fo● the Love of God remember the Poor This following Pray● is added to the former i● time of great danger an● distress And also as thou ha● the Dominion and Government over us all grant that we may daily learn more and more to submit and humble our selves before thy Majesty and as thou art King and Ruler every where we beseech thee to guide thy People by thy Word and by the Efficacy of thy Spirit confounding thy Enemies by the power of thy Truth and Justice that so all Power and Dominion contrary to thy Glory may be daily destroyed and brought to nought until thy Kingdom be perfected and fully established when thou shalt appear in Judgment in the Person of thy Son Grant that we and all Creatures may render thee true and perfect Obedience even as th● Heavenly Angels wai● only to execute thy Commands so that thy Wil● may be intirely fullfilled and that all may devot● themselves to thy Service and Pleasure and renounce their own Wills and all the desires of thei● flesh Grant that we may walk in the love and fea● of thy Name and be nourished by thy bountifu● goodness that thou giving us all things which are needful and expedien● for us we may eat ou● Bread in peace and seeing that thou carest for us we may the better acknowledge thee to be our Father and expect all good things from thy hand and by withdrawing our confidence from all Creatures may place it wholly in thee and in thy goodness because in as much as during this mortal Life we are poor sinners so full of frailty that we continually fall and go astray from the right way be pleased to pardon all our sins whereby we are liable to thy Judgment and to deliver us by thy pardon from the Eternal Death in which we are that may please thee not t● impute to us our Iniqu●ties as we according t● thy Commandment pa●don all the Injuries w● have received from ●thers and instead of see●ing Vengeance do goo● to our Enemies Finally we pray tha● it may please thee to support us henceforth by th● power that we may n●● fall through the infirmit● of our flesh and for 〈◊〉 much as we are so wea● of our selves that we can not continue steadfast on moment and on the othe● side so continually surrounded and assaulted by so many Enemies as the Devil the World Sin and our Flesh not ceasing to war against us grant we may be strengthned with thy holy Spirit and so armed with thy grace that we may constantly resist all Temptations and persevere in that spiritual Warfare until we shall obtain a full Victory and Triumph at length in thy Kingdom with our Captain and Protector our Lord Jesus Christ Amen Vpon such days as they celebrate the Lords Supper they add to the former this following Prayer As our Lord Jesus Chris● hath not only once offer'd his Body and Blood unto thee upon the Cross fo● the remission of our sins but also communicate them unto us for our nourishment to eternal life grant that we may with true sincerity of heart and ardent Zeal receiv● such benefits by a tru● Faith that we may par● take of his Body an● Blood yea and enjoy the●● entirely he being tru● God and true Man 〈◊〉 truly the holy Celesti● Bread to quicken us t● the end that we may liv● no more to our selves according to our vicious and corrupt nature but that he may live in us and bring us to an holy blessed and eternal life grant therefore that we may be made true partakers of the new and everlasting Covenant of Grace being fully assur'd that thou wilt ever be to us a gracious Father in not imputing our sins unto us and as to thy beloved Children and Heirs wilt provide for us all things necessary as well for our Bodies as Souls that we may continually give thee thanks and glorifie thy holy Name by Words and Works Therefore heavenly Father give us grace this day to celebrate the blessed memory o● thy Dear Son in this manner and to set forth the benefit of his Death so that we receiving new increase and strength in Faith and in all goodness may with the greater confidence call thee Our Father and glory in thee Amen After the holy Sacrament is ended they use this following Thanksgiving or the like Heavenly Father we give thee Eternal Praise and Thanks in that thou hast bestowed upon us poor sinners so great a blessing and brought us to the Communion of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord having delivered him unto Death for us and given him for our spiritual nourishment unto life everlasting Grant that we may never forget thy mercies but having them engrafted in our hearts we may continually grow and increase in good works and in so doing we may order all our lives to the advancement of thy glory and to the Edification of our Neighbours by the same Jesus Christ thy Son who in the Unity o● the holy Spirit liveth and reigneth with thee God eternally blessed Amen For as much as the Scripture teaches That Wars Pestilence and other such Adversities are Visitations sent from God by which he punisheth us for our sins when