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A47788	The alliance of divine offices, exhibiting all the liturgies of the Church of England since the Reformation as also the late Scotch service-book, with all their respective variations : and upon them all annotations, vindictating the Book of common-prayer from the main objections of its adversaries, explicating many parcels thereof hithereto not clearly understood, shewing the conformity it beareth with the primitive practice, and giving a faire prospect into the usages of the ancient church : to these is added at the end, The order of the communion set forth 2 Edward 6 / by Hamon L'Estrange ...	L'Estrange, Hamon, 1605-1660.	1659 (1659)	Wing L1183; ESTC R39012	366,345	360

Then shall they call upon me saith the Lord but I will not hear they shall seek me early but they shall not finde me and that because they hated knowledge and received not the fear of the Lord but abhorred my counsel and despised my correction Then shall it be to late to knock when the door shall be shut and to late to cry for mercy when it is the time of justice O terrible voice of most just judgement which shall be pronounced upon them when it shall be said unto them Go ye cursed into the fire everlasting which is p●epared for the Devil and his angels Therefore brethren take we heed be time while the day of salvation lasteth for the night cometh when none can work But let us while we have the light believe in the light and walk as the children of the light that we be not cast into the utter darkness where is weeping and ●nashing of teeth Let us not abuse the goodness of GOD which calleth us mercifully to amendment and of his endless pitty promiseth us forgiveness of that which is past if with a whole minde and true heart we return unto him For though our sins be as red as scarlet they shall be as white as snow And though they be like purple yet shall they be as white as wool Turn you clean saith the Lord from all your wickedness and your sins shall not be your destruction Cast away from you all your ungodliness that ye have done make you new hearts and a new spirit Wherefore will ye die O ye house of Israel seeing that I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the Lord God Turn you then and you shall live Although we have sinned yet have we an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous and he it is that obtaineth grace for our sins For he was wounded for our offences and smitten for our wickedness Let us therefore return unto him who is the merciful receiver of all true penitent sinners assuring our selves that he is ready to receive us and most willing to pardon us if we come to him with faithful repentance if we will submit our selves unto him and from henceforth walk in his ways If we will take his easie yoke and light burthen upon us to follow him in holiness patience and charity and be ordered by the governance of his holy spirit seeking always his glory and serving him duly in our vocation with thanksgiving This if we do Christ will deliver us from the curse of the Law and from the extream malediction which shall light upon them that shall be set on the left hand and he will set us on his right hand and give us the blessed benediction of his Father commanding us to take possession of his glorious kingdom unto the which he vouchsafe to bring us all for his infinite mercy Amen Then shall they all kneel upon their knees and the Ministers and Clarks kneeling where they are accustomed to say the Letany shall say the Psalm HAve mercy upon me O God after thy great goodness according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin For I knowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me Against thee onely I have sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying and clear when thou art judged Behold I was shapen in wickedness and in sinne hath my mother conceived me But lo● thou requirest truth in the inward parts and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly Thou shalt purge me with hysope and I shall be clean thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter then snow Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce Turn thy face from my sins and put out all my mis-deeds Make me a clean Heart O GOD and renew a right Spirit within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me O give me the comfort of thy help again and stablish me with thy free Spirit Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked and sinners shall be converted unto thee Deliver me from blood-guiltiness O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness Thou shalt open my lips O Lord my mouth shall shew thy praise For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt-offering The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise O be favorable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Jerusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness with the burnt-offerings and oblations then shall they offer yong bullocks upon thine altar Glory be to the Father and to the Son c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our father which art in heaven c. And lead us not into temptation Answer ●●t deliver us from evil Amen Minister O Lord save thy servants Answer Which put their trust in thee Minister Send unto them help from above Answer And evermore mightily defend them Minister Holy as O God our saviour Answer And for the glory of thy names sake deliver us be merciful unto us sinners for thy names sake Minister O Lord hear our prayers Answer And let our cry come unto thee Let us pray O Lord we ●eseech thee mercifully hear our prayers and spare all those which confesse their sins to 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 which hast compassion of all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made which wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turn from sin and be saved mercifully forgive us our trespasses receive and comfort us which be grieved and wearied with the burden of 〈◊〉 Thy property is to have mercy to thee onely it appertaineth to forgive sins Spare us therefore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed Enter not into judgement with thy servants which be vile earth and miserable sinners but so turn thine ●re from us which meekly knowledge our vilenesse and truely repent us of our faults so make hast to help us in this world that we may ever live with thee in the world to come through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Then shall the people say this that followeth after the Minister 1 B. of Edw 6. Then shall this Anthem be said or sung TUrn thou us O good Lord and so shall we be turned be favourable O Lord be favourable to thy people which turn to thee in weeping fasting and praying for thou art

preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth so as in due time we may enjoy them We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance to forgive us all our sins negligences and ignorances and to endue us with the grace of thy holy spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy word We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. Son of God we beseech thee to hear us Son of God we beseech thee to hear us O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Grant us thy peace O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Have mercy upon us O Christ hear us O Christ hear us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our father which art in heaven c. And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen The Versicle O Lord deal not with us after our sins The Answer Neither reward us after our iniquities Let us pray O God merciful father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowful mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities whensoever they oppresse us And gratiously hear us that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the Devil or man worketh against us be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed that we thy servants being hurt by no persecutions may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church though Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help us and deliver for thy names sake O God we have heard with our ears and our fathers have declared unto us the noble works that thou didst in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thine honour Glory be to the Father and to the Son c. As it was in the beginning is now c. From our enemies defend us O Christ. Gratiously look upon afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people Favourably with mercy hear our prayers O son of David have mercy upon us Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us O Christ. Gratiously hear us O Christ Graciously hear us O Lord Christ. The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed upon us The Answer As we do put our trust in thee Let us pray WE humbly beseech thee O father mercifully to look upon our infirmities and for the glory of thy name sake turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy and evermore serve thee in holinesse and purenesse of living to thy honour and glory through our onely mediator and advacate Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A prayer for the Kings majesty O Lord our heavenly father high and mighty King of Kings Lord of Lords the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon the earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious soveraign Lord and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy spirit that he may alway encline to thy will and walk in thy way endue him plentifully with heavenly gifts grant him in health and wealth long to live strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attain everlasting joy and felicitie through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Scot. Lit. A prayer for the holy Clergy ALmighty and everlasting God which only workest great marvails send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all congregations committed to their charge the healthful spirit of thy grace and that they may truely please thee powre upon them the continual dew of thy blessing grant this O Lord for the honour of our advocate and mediator Jesus Christ Amen Scot. Lit. A prayer to be said in Ember weeks for those which are then to be admitted into holy orders and is to be read every day of the week beginning on the Sunday before the day of Ordination ALmighty God the giver of all good gifts who of thy divine providence hast appointed divers Orders in thy Church give thy grace we humbly beseech thee to all those which are to be called to any office and administration in the same and so replenish them with the truth of thy Doctrine and innocency of life that they may faithfully serve before thee to the glory of thy great name and the benefit of thy holy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A Prayer of Chrysostome ALmighty God which hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and doest promise that when two or three be gathered together in thy name thou wilt grant their requests fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitio●s of thy servants as may be most expedient for them granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth and in the world to come life everlasting Amen THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship 2 Cor. 13. of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Scot. Litnrgies For Rain if the time require O God Heavenly Father whose gift it is that the Rain doth fall the earth is fruitful beasts encrease and fishes do multiply send us we beseech thee in this our necessity such moderate Rain and showers that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O God Heavenly Father which by thy son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom and the righteousnesse thereof all things necessary to their bodily sustenance send us we beseech thee in this our necessity such moderate Rain and showers that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen For fair weather O Lord God which for the sin of man didst once drown all the world except eight persons and afterwards of thy great mercy didst promise never to destroy it so again we humbly beseech thee that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved this plague of rain and waters yet upon our true repentance thou wilt send us such weather whereby we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives and for thy clemencie to give thee praise and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. In the time of dearth and famine O God heavenly father whose gift it is that the rain doth fall the earth is fruitful beasts increase and fishes do multiply behold we beseech thee the afflicuons of thy people and

And with thy spirit Let us pray ALmighty and everliving God who hath vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by water and the holy ghost and hast given unto them forgivenesse of all their sins strengthen them we beseech thee O Lord with thy holy ghost the comforter and dayly encrease in them thy manifold gifts of grace the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsil and Ghostly strength the spirit of knowledge and true Godlinesse and fulfil them O Lord with the spirit of thy holy fear 1 B. of Edw. 6. answer Amen Common Prayer 1 B. of Edw. 6. Then E then shall the Bishop lay his hands upon every childe severaly saying Minister Defend O Lord this child with thy heavenly grace that he may continue thine for ever and dayly encrease in thy holy spirit more and more until he come to thine everlasting kingdom Amen Signe them O Lord and mark them to be thine for ever by the vertue of thy holy crosse and passion F Confirm and strengthen them with the inward unction of thy holy Ghost mercifully unto Everlasting life Amen Then the Bishop shall G crosse them in the fore head and lay his hands upon their heads saying N. I signe thee with the signe of the Crosse and lay mine hand upon thee In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Amen And thus shall he do to every childe one after another And when he hath laid his hand upon every childe then shall he say Omitted in Bucer The peace of the Lord abide with you   Answer   And with thy spirit Common Prayer Then shall the Bishop say Let us pray ALmighty everliving God which maketh us both to will and to do those things that be good and acceptable unto thy majesty we make our humble supplications unto thee for these children upon whom after the example of thy holy Apostles We have laid our hands to certifie them by this signe of thy favour and gratious goodnesse toward them let thy fatherly hand we beseech thee ever be over them let thy holy spirit ever be with them and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy word that in the end they may obtain the everlasting life through our Lord Jesus Christ who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth one God world without end Amen Then the Bishop shall blesse the children saying thus The blessing of God almighty the Father the Son and the holy Ghost be upon you and remain with you for ever Amen The Curate of every parish or some other at his appointment shall diligently upon Sundayes and holy dayes half an hour before Evensong openly in the Church instruct and examine so many children of his parish sent unto him as the time will serve and as he shall think convenient in some part of this Catechisme And all Fathers mothers Masters and Dames shall cause their children servants and prentises which have not learned their Catechisme to come to the Church at the time appointed and obediently to hear and be ordered by the Curate untill such time as they have learned all that is here appointed for them to learn And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for children to be brought afore him to any convenient place for their confirmation then shall the Curate of every parish either bring or asend in writing H the names of all those children of his parish which can say the articles of their faith the Lords prayer and the ten Commandements and also how many of them can answer to the other questions contained in this Catechisme I And there shall none be admitted to the holy Communion until such time as he can say the Catechisme and be confirmed Annotations upon CHAP. IX A. Confirmation in what sence a Sacrament The closing ceremony of Baptisme Why very expedient at this time The Directory defective towards her own Principles B. Confirmation by what names anciently called C. The necessity of Catechysing What Catechists were a dissent from Learned men Catechists not Presbyters Usually lay-men Women Catechised by women and why an especial reason for it in the Greek Church Sanctimonial Catechumens what not the same with Audientes as is commonly supposed in what sence sometimes called Audientes Lent set apart for Catechising Competents what The excellency of our Catechisme K. James his most judicious direction D. The language of the hand what Imposition of hands denoteth E. Confirmation peculiar to the Apostles and their successors Byshops VVhy so Never performed by Presbyters What meant by Presbyteri consignant in the counterfeit Ambrose F. Unction or Chrism an ancitient ceremony belonging to Confirmation why separated at length from it and indulged to Presbyters The Arausican Councel diversity of readings Sirmundus his Edition defended Whence two Chrismations in the Church of Rome G. signing with the Cross a Companion of unction H. Children when antiently confirmed I. Communication of the Eucharist to succeed presently upon Confirmation COnfirmation is by the Church of Rome held for a Sacrament and so some of the antient Fathers represent it St. Cyprian speaking of Baptisme and Confirmation Tunc esse filii Det esse possunt si utroqve Sacramento nascantur Then are they made the sons of God when they are born again by both Sacraments So St. Augustine mentions Chrismatis Sacramentum and in both their sences they applying that title to all things of mysterious import in a large construction as Augustine not less then 19. times in his de celebratione Paschae we will allow this for a Sacrament But that it is so in true propriety of speech our adversaries shall never obtain from us until they can finde verbum et Elementum and both of Christs Institution to meet in it neither of which as they confess are yet to be found their great Cardinal putting us off for both to tradition unwritten But although we entertain it not as a Sacrament yet being of Apostolical practise and exercised with the product of such marvellous effects and operations we who pretend not to any such miraculous gifts have not yet so slight a value for it as absolutely to reject it being well perswaded that accompanied with such fervent prayers it will be the readier way to convey those graces of the holy spirit into the soul of the party baptized which are necessary to establish him in every good word and work For the gift of the Holy Ghost in order to which this rite is used is not so much an effect of the Hands imposed as of the Invocation then applyed Ad invocationem sacerdotis spiritus sanctus infunditur saith St. Ambrose very well at the Invocation of the Byshop the holy Ghost is infused This Ceremony was considered by the Apostles and succeeding Fathers as the completory and close of Baptisme not that Baptisme was ineffectual without it but as an assistant to it and therefore Confirmation in persons