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A form of prayer with thanksgiving to Almighty God to be used in all churches and chapels within this realm every year, upon the sixth day of February, being the day on which His Majesty began his happy reign / by His Majesties special command.
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Church of England.
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1685
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Wing C4174; ESTC R38743
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Governance and that thou do'st dispose and turn them as it seémeth best to thy Godly Wisdom We humbly beseéch theé so to dispose and govern the Heart of James thy Servant our King and Governour that he knowing whose Minister he is may in all his Thoughts Words and Works even seék thy Honour and Glory and study to preserve thy People committed to his Charge in Wealth Peace and Godliness And that we and all his Subjects duely considering whose Authority he hath may faithfully serve honour and humly obey him in theé and for theé according to thy blessed Word and Ordinance through Iesus Christ our Lord who with theé and the Holy Ghost â—â—â—eth and reigneth ever one God World without End Amen O Most Gracious and Powerful Lord God who by thy Divine Providence didst as this Day Safely and Quietly place over us in the Imperial Throne of this Kingdom thy Servant our most gracious Sovereign Lord King James We thine Vnworthy Servants here Assembled together to Celebrate the Memory of this thy great Mercy toward us most humbly beseech thee to grant us Grace that we may always shew our selves truly and unfeignedly thankful unto thee for the same And that our gracious King may through thy Mercy long continue his Reign over us in all Vertue Godliness and Honour Preserve his Life and Establish his Throne Let his Reign be prosperous and his Days many Let Iustice Truth and Holiness Let Peace and Love and all Christian Vertues flourish in his Days Be unto him we beseech thee an Helmet of Salvation against his Enemies and a strong Tower of Defence in the time of Trouble Let all his People Serve him with Honour and Obedience And let him so duly and religiously Serve thee here upon Earth that hereafter he may Everlastingly Reign with thee in Heaven through Iesus Christ thy Son our Saviour Amen ¶ In the End of the Litany which shall always be used upon this Day after the Collect We humbly beseech thee O Father c. shall the following Prayer For the King and Royal Family be used O Lord our God who upholdest and governest all things in Heaven and Earth Receive our humble Prayers with our Thanksgivings for our Sovereign Lord James as this Day set over us by thy Grace and Providence to be our King And so together with him bless his Royal Consort our Gracious Queén Mary Katherine the Queén Dowager the Princesses Mary and Anne and the whole Royal Family with the Sew of thy holy Spirit That they all ever trusting in thy Goodness protected by thy Power and crowned with thy gracious and endless Favour may continue before theé in Health Peace Ioy and Honour a long and happy Life upon Earth And after Death obtain everlasting Life and Glory in the Kingdom of Heaven by the Merits and Mediation of Christ Iesus our Saviour Who with the Father and the holy Spirit liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen ¶ In the Communion-Service immediately before the reading of the Epistle instead of the Collect for the King and that of the Day shall these two be used as before in Morning-Prayer Almighty God whose Kingdom is everlasting c. O most gracious and powerful Lord God c. ¶ After the Nicene Creed shall be read the Homily Concerning Obedience to Rulers and Magistrates set forth by Authority Or the Minister who officiates shall preach a Sermon of his own composing upon the same Argument The Epistle 1 S. Pet. 2.11 DEarly beloved I beseéch you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the Soul Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers they may by your good Works which they shall behold glorify God in the day of visitation Submit your selves to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the King as supreme Or unto Governours as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of them that do well For so is the Will of God that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men As freé and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness but as the Servants of God Honour all Men. Love the Brotherhood Fear God Honour the King The Gospel S. Matt. 22.16 ANd they sent out unto him their Disciples with the Herodians saying Master we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth neither earest thou for any man for thou regardest not the person of men Tell us therefore What thinkest thou Is it lawful to give Tribute unto Cesar or not But Iesus perceived their wickedness and said Why tempt ye me ye Hypocrites Shew me the Tribute money And they brought unto him a Peny And he saith unto them Whose is this Image and Superscription They say unto him Cesars Then saith he unto them Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesars and unto God the things that are Gods When they heard these words they marvelled and lest him and went their way ¶ In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read Godiness is great Riches if a man be content with that he hath For we brought nothing into the World neither may we carry any thing out 1 Tim. vi 6 7. ¶ After the Prayer For the whole State of Christs Church c these Collects following shall be used GRant we beseéch theé Almighty God That our Sovereign Lord the King whom of thine especial Grace and Favour thou hast as upon this Day happily settled in the Throne of Supream Government over us being strengthned and established with thy freé and princely Spirit the Spirit of Wisdom and Government the Spirit of Counsel and Ghostly Strength the Spirit of Knowledge and true Godliness and being filled with the Spirit of thy holy Fear may be always a Religious Defender of thy holy Faith and Church among us a gracious Governour unto all his Subjects a glorious Conquerour over all his Enemies a mighty Protector of the People committed to his Charge and a happy Father of a numerous Posterity to Rule these Nations after him by Succession in all Ages and Generations And grant also gracious Lord that we and all his Subjects both of this Kingdom and in all other his Dominions duly considering that there is no Power but of God and that the Powers that be are ordained of God may be subject and obedient to him not only for Wrath but also for Conscience sake and so may long enjoy together with him the Continuance of these thy great Blessings which by him thou dost vouchsafe unto us leading a quiet and peaceable Life in all Godliness and Honesty through Iesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour To whom with theé O Father and God the holy Ghost be Glory in the Church throughout all ages World without End Amen ANd grant O Lord we beseéch theé that the Course of this World may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that thy Church may joyfully serve theé in all godly Quietness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen FINIS