he vouchsafe to bring us all for his infinite mercy Amen ¶ Then shall they all kneel upon their knees and the Priest and Clerks kneeling in the place where they are accustomed to say the Litany shall say this Psalm Miserere mei Deus Miserere mei Deus Psal li. HAve mercy upon 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 acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me Against thee only have I 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 sin 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 hyssop 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 misdeeds 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 bloud-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 and my mouth shall shew thy praise For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise O be favourable 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 young bullocks upon thine altar Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Minister O Lord save thy servants Answer That put their trust in thee Minister Send unto them help from above Answer And evermore mightily defend them Minister Help us O God our Saviour Answer And for the glory of thy Name deliver us be merciful to us sinners for thy Names sake Minister O Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Minister Let us pray O Lord we beseech thee mercifully hear our prayers and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee that they whose consciences by sin are accused by thy merciful pardon may be absolved through Christ our Lord. Amen O Most mighty God and merciful Father who hast compassion upon all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made who wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turn from his sin and be saved Mercifully forgive us our trespasses receive and comfort us who are grieved and wearied with the burden of our sins Thy property is always to have mercy to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins Spare us therefore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into judgment with thy servants who are vile earth and miserable sinners but so turn thine anger from us who meekly acknowledge our vileness and truly repent us of our faults and 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 TUrn thou us O good Lord and so shall we be turned Be favourable O Lord Be favourable to thy people Who turn to thee in weeping fasting and praying For thou art a merciful God Full of compassion Long-suffering and of great pity Thou sparest when we deserve punishment And in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy Spare thy people good Lord spare them And let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Hear us O Lord for thy mercy is great And after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us Through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Minister alone shall say The Lord bless us and keep us the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon us and give us peace now and for evermore Amen THE Psalter or Psalms OF DAVID After the Translation of the GREAT BIBLE Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in CHURCHES Morning Prayer Beatus vir qui non abiit Psal 1. BLessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly nor stood in the way of sinners and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful Day i. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law will he exercise himself day and night 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side that will bring forth his fruit in due season 4 His leaf also shall not wither and look whatsoever he doeth it shall prosper 5 As for the ungodly it is not so with them but they are like the chaff which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth 6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous 7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the ungodly shall perish Quare fremuerunt gentes Psal 2. WHy do the heathen so furiously rage together and why do the people imagine a vain thing 2 The kings of the earth stand up and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed 3 Let us break their bonds asunder and cast away their cords from us 4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn the Lord shall have them in derision 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Sion 7 I will preach the law whereof the Lord hath said unto me Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee 8 Desire of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron and break them in pieces like a potters vessel 10 Be wise now therefore O ye kings be learned
most mighty God hath spoken and called the world from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared in perfect beauty 3 Our God shall come and shall not keep silence there shall go before him a consuming fire and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him 4 He shall call the heaven from above and the earth that he may judge his people 5 Gather my saints together unto me those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness for God is Judge himself 7 Hear O my people and I will speak I my self will testifie against thee O Israel for I am God even thy God 8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices or for thy burnt-offerings because they were not alway before me 9 I will take no bullock out of thine house nor he-goat out of thy folds 10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine and so are the cattel upon a thousand hills 11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight 12 If I be hungry I will not tell thee for the whole world is mine and all that is therein 13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls flesh and drink the bloud of goats 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving and pay thy vows unto the most Highest 15 And call upon me in the time of trouble so will I hear thee and thou shalt praise me 16 But unto the ungodly said God Why dost thou preach my laws and takest my covenant in thy mouth 17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed and hast cast my words behind thee 18 When thou sawest a thief thou consentedst unto him and hast been partaker with the adulterers 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit 20 Thou satest and spakest against thy brother yea and hast slandered thine own mothers son 21 These things hast thou done and I held my tongue and thou thoughtest wickedly that I am even such a one as thy self but I will reprove thee and set before thee the things that thou hast done 22 O Consider this ye that forget God lest I pluck you away and there be none to deliver you 23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise he honoureth me and to him that ordereth his conversation right will I shew the salvation of God Miserere mei Deus Psal 51. HAve mercy upon me O God after thy great goodness according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences 2 Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin 3 For I knowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me 4 Against thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying and clear when thou art judged 5 Behold I was shapen in wickedness and in sin hath my mother conceived me 6 But lo thou requirest truth in the inward parts and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter then snow 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce 9 Turn thy face from my sins and put out all misdeeds 10 Make me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me 11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me 12 O give me the comfort of thy help again and stablish me with thy free Spirit 13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked and sinners shall be converted unto thee 14 Deliver me from bloud-guiltiness O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness 15 Thou shalt open my lips O Lord and my mouth shall shew thy praise 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings 17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise 18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Jerusalem 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness with the burnt-offerings and oblations then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar Quid gloriaris Psal 52. WHy boastest thou thy self thou tyrant that thou canst do mischief 2 Whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily 3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp rasour 4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness more then goodness and to talk of lies more then righteousness 5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt O thou false tongue 6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever he shall take thee and pluck thee out of thy dwelling and root thee out of the land of the living 7 The righteous also shall see this and fear and shall laugh him to scorn 8 Lo this is the man that took not God for his strength but trusted unto the multitude of his riches and strengthened himself in his wickedness 9 As for me I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever 10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou hast done and I will hope in thy Name for thy saints like it well Evening Prayer Dixit insipiens Psal 53. THE foolish body hath said in his heart There is no God 2 Corrupt are they and become abominable in their wickedness there is none that doeth good 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God 4 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is also none that doeth good no not one 5 Are not they without understanding that work wickedness eating up my people as if they would eat bread they have not called upon God 6 They were afraid where no fear was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee thou hast put them to confusion because God hath despised them 7 Oh that the salvation were given unto Israel out of Sion Oh that the Lord would deliver his people out of captivity 8 Then should Jacob rejoyce and Israel should be right glad Deus in nomine Psal 54. SAve me O God for thy Names sake and avenge me in thy strength 2 Hear my prayer O God and hearken unto the words of my mouth 3 For strangers are risen up against me and tyrants which have not God before their eyes seek after my soul 4 Behold God is my helper the Lord is with them that uphold my soul 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies destroy thou them in thy truth 6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee and praise thy
made known unto God And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus The Gospel S. John 1.19 THis is the record of John when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him Who art thou And he confessed and denied not but confessed I am not the Christ And they asked him What then Art thou Elias And he saith I am not Art thou that prophet And he answered No. Then said they unto him Who art thou that we may give an answer to them that sent us What sayest thou of thy self He said I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness Make straight the way of the Lord as said the prophet Esaias And they which were sent were of the Pharisees And they asked him and said unto him Why baptizest thou then if thou be not that Christ nor Elias neither that prophet John answered them saying I baptize with water but there standeth one among you whom ye know not He it is who coming after me is preferred before me whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to unloose These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan where John was baptizing ¶ The NATIVITY of our LORD or the Birth-day of CHRIST commonly called Christmas-day The Collect. ALmighty God who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin Grant that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace may daily be renewed by thy holy Spirit through the same our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever one God world without end Amen The Epistle Heb. 1.1 GOd who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power when he had by himself purged our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high Being made so much better then the angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name then they For unto which of the angels said he at any time Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee And again I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me Son And again when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world he saith And let all the angels of God worship him And of the angels he saith Who maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire But unto the Son he saith Thy throne O God is for ever and ever a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy Kingdom Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladness above thy fellows And Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thine hands They shall perish but thou remainest and they all shall wax old as doth a garment and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail The Gospel S. John 1.1 IN the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God The same was in the beginning with God All things were made by him and without him was not any thing made that was made In him was life and the life was the light of men And the light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not There was a man sent from God whose name was John The same came for a witness to bear witness of the light that all men through him might believe He was not that light but was sent to bear witness of that light That was the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world He was in the world and the world was made by him and the world knew him not He came unto his own and his own received him not But as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God even to them that believe on his name Which were born not of bloud nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth S. Stephens day The Collect. GRant O Lord that in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth we may stedfastly look up to heaven and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed and being filled with the Holy Ghost may learn to love and bless our persecuters by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen who prayed for his murderers to thee O blessed Jesus who standest at the right hand of God to succour all those that suffer for thee our only Mediatour and Advocate Amen ¶ Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity which shall be said continually unto New-years Eve For the Epistle Acts 7.55 STephen being full of the Holy Ghost looked up stedfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God and said Behold I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God Then they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and ran upon him with one accord and cast him out of the city and stoned him and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young mans feet whose name was Saul And they stoned Stephen calling upon God and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice Lord lay not this sin to their charge And when he had said this he fell asleep The Gospel S. Matth. 23.34 BEhold I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes and some of them ye shall kill and crucifie and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city that upon you may come all the righteous bloud shed upon the earth from the bloud of righteous Abel unto the bloud of Zacharias son of Barachias whom ye slew between the temple and the altar Verily I say unto you all these things shall come upon this generation O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered the children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not Behold your house is left unto you desolate For I say unto you ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. S. John the Evangelists day The collect MErciful Lord
added unto the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seek Saul And when he had found him he brought him unto Antioch And it came to pass that a whole year they assembled themselves with the Church and taught much people and the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch And there stood up one of them named Agabus and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar Then the disciples every man according to his ability determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea Which also they did and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul The Gospel S. John 15.12 THis is my commandment that ye love one another as I have loved you Greater love hath no man then this that a man lay down his life for his friends Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you Henceforth I call you not servants for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth but I have called you friends for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you Ye have not chosen me but I have chosen you and ordained you that ye should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name he may give it you Saint John Baptist The collect ALmighty God by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour by preaching of repentance make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life that we may truly repent according to his preaching and after his example constantly speak the truth boldly rebuke vice and patiently suffer for the truths sake through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Isai 40.1 COmfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished that her iniquity is pardoned for she hath received of the Lords hand double for all her sins The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make straight in the desert a high way for our God Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it The voice said Cry And he said What shall I cry All flesh is grass and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field The grass withereth the flower fadeth because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it surely the people is grass The grass withereth the flower fadeth but the word of our God shall stand for ever O Zion that bringest good tidings get thee up into the high mountain O Jerusalem that bringest good tidings lift up thy voice with strength lift it up be not afraid say unto the cities of Judah Behold your God Behold the Lord God will come with strong hand and his arm shall rule for him behold his reward is with him and his work before him He shall feed his flock like a shepherd he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in this bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young The Gospel S. Luke 1.57 ELizabeths full time came that she should be delivered and she brought forth a son And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her and they rejoyced with her And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child and they called him Zacharias after the name of his father And his mother answered and said Not so but he shall be called John And they said unto her There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name And they made signs to his father how he would have him called And he asked for a writing-table and wrote saying His name is John And they marvelled all And his mouth was opened immediately and his tongue loosed and he spake and praised God And fear came on all that dwelt round about them and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill-countrey of Judea And all they that had heard them laid them up in their hearts saying What manner of child shall this be And the hand of the Lord was with him And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost and prophesied saying Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for the hath visited and redeemed his people and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets which have been since the world began that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us to perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant the oath which he sware to our father Abraham that he would grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life And thou child shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins through the tender mercy of our God whereby the Day-spring from on high hath visited us to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace And the Child grew and waxed strong in spirit and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel Saint Peters day The collect O Almighty God who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to the Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock Make we beseech thee all Bishops and Pastours diligently to preach thy holy Word and the people obediently to follow the same that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Acts 12.1 ABout that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church And he killed James the brother of John with the sword And because he saw it pleased the Jews he proceeded further to take Peter also Then were the days of unleavened bread And when he had apprehended him he put him in prison and delivered him to four quaternions of souldiers to keep him intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people Peter therefore was kept in prison but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him And when Herod would have brought him forth the same night Peter was sleeping
that day He that readeth so standing and turning himself as he may best be heard of all such as are present And after that shall be said or sung in English the Hymn called Te deum Laudamus daily throughout the year ¶ Note that before every Lesson the Minister shall say Here beginneth such a Chapter or Verse of such a Chapter of such a Book And after every Lesson Here endeth the First or the Second Lesson Te Deum Laudamus WE praise thee O God we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee the Father everlasting To thee all Angels cry aloud the heavens and all the Powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee The noble army of Martyrs praise thee The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee The Father of an infinite Majesty Thine honourable true and only Son Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of Glory O Christ Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man thou didst not abhor Virgins womb When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the Glory of the Father We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord save thy people and bless thine heritage Govern them and lift them up for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keep us this day without sin O Lord have mercy upon us have mercy upon us O Lord let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me never be confounded ¶ Or this Canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera Domini O All ye Works of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Angels of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Heavens bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Waters that be above the firmament bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Powers of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Sun and Moon bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Stars of heaven bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Showers and Dew bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Winds of God bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Fire and Heat bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Winter and Summer bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Dews and Frosts bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Frost and Cold bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Ice and Snow bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Nights and Days bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Light and Darkness bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Lightnings and Clouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O let the Earth bless the Lord yea let it praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Mountains and Hills bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Green things upon the Earth bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Wells bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Seas and Flouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Whales and all that move in the waters bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Fowls of the air bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Beasts and Cattel bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Children of Men bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O let Israel bless the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Priests of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Servants of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Holy and Humble men of heart bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O Ananias Azarias and Misael bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever 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 ¶ Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson taken out of the New Testament And after that the Hymn following except when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the day or for the Gospel on St. John Baptist's day Benedictus St. Luke 1.68 BLessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his people And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us in the house of his servant David As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have been since the world began That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate us To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy Covenant To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give us That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life And thou Child shalt be called the prophet of the highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways To give knowledge of salvation unto his people for the remission of their sins Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the Day-spring from on high hath visited us To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace 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 ¶ Or this Psalm Jubilate Deo Psal 100. O Be joyful in the Lord all ye lands serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the
Lord he is God it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation 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 ¶ Then shall be sung or said the Apostles Creed by the Minister and the People standing Except only such days as the Creed of St. Athanasius is appointed to be read I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and People shall say the Lords Prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but only thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take not thy holy Spirit from us ¶ Then shall follow three Collects The first of the day which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for Peace The third for Grace to live well And the two last Collects shall never alter but daily be said at Morning Prayer throughout all the year as followeth all kneeling ¶ The second Collect for Peace O God who art the author of peace and lover of concord in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life whose service is perfect freedom Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ The third Collect for Grace O Lord our heavenly Father Almighty and everlasting God who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day Defend us in the same with thy mighty power and grant that this day we fall into no sin neither run into any kind of danger but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance to do always that is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ In Quires and Places where they sing here followeth the Anthem ¶ Then these five Prayers following are to be read here except when the Litany is read and then only the two last are to be read as they are there placed ¶ A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord our heavenly Father high and mighty King of kings Lord of lords the only Ruler of princes who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may alway incline to thy will and walk in the way Endue him plenteously 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 felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Royal Family ALmighty God the fountain of all goodness We humbly beseech thee to bless CATHERINE the Queen Dowager her Royal Highness the Princess ANNE of Denmark and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy Holy Spirit Enrich them with thy Heavenly Grace Prosper them with all Happiness and bring them to thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People ALmighty and everlasting God who alone workest great marvels Send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthful Spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please thee pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions 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 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year The Order for Evening Prayer Daily throughout the YEAR ¶ At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences WHen the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed and doeth that which is lawful and right he shall save his soul alive Ezek. 18.27 I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is â—…e me Psal 51.3 Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities Psal 51.9 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Psal 51.17 Rent your heart and not your garments and turn unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful flow to anger and of great
kindness and repenteth him of the evil Joel 2.13 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walk in his laws which he set before us Dan. 9.9 10. O Lord correct me but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing Jer. 10.24 Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand S. Matth. 3.2 I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him Father I have sinned against Heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy son S. Luke 15.18 19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant O Lord for in thy sight shall no man living be justified Psal 143.2 If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us But if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 S. John 1.8 9. DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Spare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant O most merciful Father for his sake That we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life To the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the People still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the Absolution and Remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Minister shall kneel and say the Lords Prayer the People also kneeling and repeating it with him OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom And the Power And the Glory For ever and ever Amen ¶ Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answer And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answer O Lord make haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answ As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. Answ The Lords Name be praised ¶ Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order as they are appointed Then a Lesson of the Old Testament as is appointed And after that Magnificat or the Song of the blessed Virgin Mary in English as followeth Magnificat S. Luke 1.46 MY soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand-maiden For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations He hath shewed strength with his arm he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meek He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel as he promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seed for ever 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 ¶ Or else this Psalm except it be on the Nineteenth day of the Month when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms Cantate Domino Psal 98. O Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things With his own right hand and with his holy arm hath he gotten himself the victory The Lord declared his salvation his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God Shew your selves joyful unto the Lord all ye lands sing rejoyce and give thanks Praise the Lord upon the harp sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving With trumpets also and shawms O shew your selves joyful before the Lord the King Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein Let the flouds clap their hands and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord for he cometh to judge the earth With righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity 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 ¶ Then a Lesson of the New Testament as it is appointed And after that Nunc dimittis or the Song of Simeon in English as followeth Nunc dimittis S. Luke 2.29 LOrd now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word For mine eyes have seen thy salvation Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people Israel 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 ¶ Or else this Psalm Except it be on the Twelfth day of the Month. Deus misereatur Psal 67. GOd be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance and be merciful unto us That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations Lee the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God even our own God shall give us his blessing God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear him 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 ¶ Then shall be said or sung the Apostles Creed by the Minister and the People standing I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and People shall say the Lords Prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord. Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but only thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take not thy holy Spirit from us ¶ Then shall follow three Collects The first of the Day The second for Peace The third for Aid against all perils as hereafter followeth Which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without alteration ¶ The second Collect at Evening Prayer O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen ¶ The third Collect for Aid against all Perils LIghten our darkness we beseech thee O Lord and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night for the love of thy only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ In Quires and Places where they Sing here followeth the Anthem ¶ A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord our heavenly Father high and mighty King of kings Lord of lords the only Ruler of princes who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may alway incline to thy will and walk in thy way Endue him plenteously 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 felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Royal Family ALmighty God the fountain of all goodness We humbly beseech thee to bless Catherine the Queen Dowager her Royal Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy Holy Spirit Enrich them with thy heavenly grace Prosper them with all happiness and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People ALmighty and everlasting God who alone workest great marvels Send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthful Spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please thee pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions 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 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year ¶ Upon these Feasts Christmas day the Epiphany St. Matthias Easter day Ascension day Whitsun day S. John Baptist S. Janes S. Bartholomew S. Matthew S. Simon and S. Jude S. Andrew and upon Trinity Sunday shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer
seek thy honour and glory We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper giving him the victory over all his enemies We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve CATHERINE the Queen Dowager Her Royal Highness the Princess ANNE of Denmark and all the Royal Family We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Priests and Deacons with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council and all the Nobility with grace wisdom and understanding We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magistrates giving them grace to execute justice and to maintain truth We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all Nations unity peace and concord We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee and diligently to live after thy commandments We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy word and to receive it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred and are deceived We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand and to comfort and help the weak-hearted and to raise up them that fall and finally to beat down Satan under our feet We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that are in danger necessity and tribulation We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water all women labouring of child all sick persons and young children and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to defend and provide for the fatherless children and widows and all that are desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies persecutors and slanderers and to turn their hearts We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give and 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 fins 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 ¶ Then shall the Priest and the People with him say the Lords Prayer OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Priest O Lord deal not with us after our sins 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 oppress us and graciously here us that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us he 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 through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help us and deliver us 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 days 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 and to the holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen From our enemies defend us O Christ Graciously look upon our 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 Graciously hear us O Christ Graciously hear us O Lord Christ Priest O Lord let thy mercy be shewed upon us 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 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 holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glory through our only Mediatour and Advocate Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions 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 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Here endeth the Litany PRAYERS and THANKSGIVINGS upon several Occasions to be used before the two final Prayers of the Litany or of Morning and Evening Prayer PRAYERS
we beseech thee to cast thy bright beam of light upon thy Church that it being enlightned by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John may so walk in the light of thy truth that it may at length attain to the light of everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 S. John 1.1 THat which was from the beginning which we have heard which we have seen with our eyes which we have looked upon and our hands have handled of the word of life for the life was manifested and we have seen it and bear witness and shew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested unto us That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you that ye also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ And these things write we unto you that your joy may be full This then is the message which we have heard of him and declare unto you That God is light and in him is no darkness at all If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth But if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the bloud of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness If we say that we have not sinned we make him a liar and his Word is not in us The Gospel S. John 21.19 JEsus said unto Peter Follow me Then Peter turning about seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following which also leaned on his breast at supper and said Lord which is he that betrayeth thee Peter seeing him saith to Jesus Lord and what shall this man do Jesus saith unto him If I will that he tarry till I come what is that to thee Follow thou me Then went this saying abroad among the brethren that that disciple should not die yet Jesus said not unto him He shall not die but if I will that he tarry till I come whâ—… is that to thee This is the disciple which testifieth of these things and wrote these things and we know thâ—… his testimony is true And there are also many other things which Jesus did the which if they should be written every one I suppose that even the world it self could not contain the books that should be written The Innocents day The collect O Almighty God who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength and madest infants to glorifie thee by their deaths Mortifie and kill all vices in us and so strengthen us by thy grace that by the innocency of our lives and constancy of our faith even unto death we may glorifie thy holy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Rev. 14.1 I Looked and lo a Lamb stood on the mount Sion and with him an hundred fourty and four thousand having his Fathers name written in their foreheads And I heard a voice from heaven as the voice of many waters and as the voice of a great thunder and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps and they sung as it were a new song before the throne and before the four beasts and the elders and no man could learn that song but the hundred and fourty and four thousand which were redeemed from the earth These are they which were not defiled with women for they are virgins these are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth these were redeemed from among men being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile for they are without fault before the throne of God The Gospel S. Matth. 2.13 THe angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there until I bring thee word for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him When he arose he took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt and was there until the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying Out of Egypt have I called my Son Then Herod when he saw that he was mocked of the wise-men was exceeding wroth and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts thereof from two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise-men Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet saying In Rama was there a voice heard lamentation and weeping and great mourning Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they are not The Sunday after Christmas-day The collect ALmighty God who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin Grant that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace may daily be renewed by thy holy Sprit through the same our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever one God world without end Amen The Epistle Gal. 4.1 NOw I say that the heir as long as he is a child differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutours and governours until the time appointed of the father Even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fulness of the time was come God sent forth his Son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons And because ye are sons God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying Abba Father Wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son and if a son then an heir of God through Christ The Gospel S. Matth. 1.18 THe birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost Then Joseph her husband being a just man and not willing to make her a publick example was minded to put her away privily But while he thought on these things behold the angel of the Lord appered unto him in a dream saying Joseph thou son of David fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost And she shall bring forth a Son and thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet
an honest and good heart having heard the word keep it and bring forth fruit with patience The Sunday called Quinquagesima or the next Sunday before Lent The collect O Lord who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth Send thy Holy Ghost and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity the very bond of peace and of all virtues without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christs sake Amen The Epistle 1 Cor. 13.1 THough I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have no charity I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it profiteth me nothing Charity suffereth long and is kind charity envieth not charity vaunteth not it self is not puffed up doth not behave it self unseemly seeketh not her own is not easily provoked thinketh no evil rejoyceth not in iniquity but rejoyceth in the truth beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things endureth all things Charity never faileth but whether there be prophecies they shall fail whether there be tongues they shall cease whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away For we know in part and we prophesie in part But when that which is perfect is come then that which is in part shall be done away When I was a child I spake as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child but when I became a man I put away childish things For now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face now I know in part but then shall I know even as also I am known And now abideth faith hope charity these three but the greatest of these is charity The Gospel S. Luke 18.31 THen Jesus took unto him the twelve and said unto them Behold we go up to Jerusalem and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles and shall be mocked and spitefully entreated and spitted on And they shall scourge him and put him to death and the third day he shall rise again And they understood none of these things and this saying was hid from them neither knew they the things which were spoken And it came to pass that as he was come nigh unto Jericho a certain blind man sat by the way-side begging and hearing the multitude pass by he asked what it meant And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by And he cried saying Jesus thou Son of David have mercy on me And they which went before rebuked him that he should hold his peace but he cried so much the more Thou Son of David have mercy on me And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought unto him and when he was come near he asked him saying What wilt thou that I should do unto thee And he said Lord that I may receive my fight And Jesus said unto him Receive thy fight thy faith hath saved thee And immediately he received his sight and followed him glorifying God and all the people when they saw it gave praise unto God The first day of Lent commonly called Ashwednesday The collect ALmighty and everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent Create and make in us new and contrite hearts that we worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed for the Day For the Epistle Joel 2.12 TUrn ye even to me saith the Lord with all your heart and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning And rent your heart and not you garments and turn unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil Who knoweth if he will return and repent and leave a blessing behind him even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto the Lord your God Blow the trumpet in Zion sanctifie a fast call a solemn assembly gather the people sanctifie the congregation assemble the elders gather the children and those that suck the breasts let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet let the priests the ministers of the Lord weep between the porch and the altar and let them say Spare thy people O Lord and give not thine heritage to reproch that the heathen should rule over them Wherefore should they say among the people Where is their God The Gospel S. Matth. 6.16 WHen ye fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you they have their reward But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face that thou appear not unto men to fast but unto thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal But lay up for your selves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal For where your treasure is there will your heart be also The first Sunday in Lent The collect O Lord who for our sake didst fast fourty days and fourty nights Give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the Spirit we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness to thy honour and glory who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen The Epistle 2 Cor. 6.1 WE then as workers together with him beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain For he saith I have heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee behold now is the accepted time behold now is the day of salvation Giving no offence in any thing that the ministry be not blamed but in all things approving our selves as the ministers of God in much patience in afflictions in necessities in distresses in stripes in imprisonments in tumults in labours in watchings in fastings by pureness by knowledge by long-suffering by kindness by the Holy Ghost by love unfeigned by the word of truth by the power of God by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left by honour and dishonour by evil report and
good report as deceivers and yet true as unknown and yet well known as dying and behold we live as chastened and not killed as sorrowful yet alway rejoycing as poor yet making many rich as having nothing and yet possessing all things The Gospel S. Matth. 4.1 THen was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil And when he had fasted fourty days and fourty nights he was afterward an hungred And when the tempter came to him he said If thou be the Son of God command that these stones be made bread But he answered and said It is written Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city and setteth him on a pinacle of the temple and saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thy self down for it is written He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in their hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone Jesus said unto him It is written again Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Again the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them and saith unto him All these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me Then saith Jesus unto him Get thee hence Satan for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and ministred unto him The second Sunday in Lent The collect ALmighty God who seest that we have no power of our selves to help our selves Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 Thes 4.1 WE beseech you brethren and exhort you by the Lord Jesus that as ye have received of us how you ought to walk and to please God so ye would abound more and more For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus For this is the will of God even your sanctification that ye should abstain from fornication that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour not in the lust of concupiscence even as the Gentiles which know not God that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter because that the Lord is the avenger of all such as we also have forewarned you and testified For God hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto holiness He therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but God who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit The Gospel S. Matth. 15.21 JEsus went thence and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon And behold a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts and cried unto him saying Have mercy on me O Lord thou Son of David my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil But he answered her not a word And his disciples came and besought him saying Send her away for she crieth after us But he answered and said I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel Then came she and worshipped him saying Lord help me But he answered and said It is not meet to take the childrens bread and to cast it to dogs And she said Truth Lord yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters table Then Jesus answered and said unto her O woman great is thy faith be it unto thee even as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole from that very hour The third Sunday in Lent The collect WE beseech thee Almighty God look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to be our defence against all our enemies through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Ephes 5.1 BE ye therefore followers of God as dear children and walk in love as Christ also hath loved us and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness let it not be once named amongst you as becometh saints neither filthiness nor foolish talking nor jesting which are not convenient but rather giving of thanks For this ye know that no whoremonger nor unclen person nor covetous man who is an idolater hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God Let no man deceive you with vain words for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience Be not ye therefore partakers with them For ye were sometimes darkness but now are ye light in the Lord walk as children of light For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light for whatsoever doth make manifest is light Wherefore he saith Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light The Gospel S. Luke 11.14 JEsus was casting out a devil and it was dumb And it came to pass when the devil was gone out the dumb spake and the people wondred But some of them said He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils And other tempting him sought of him a sign from heaven But he knowing their thoughts said unto them Every kingdom divided against it self is brought to desolation and a house divided against a house falleth If Satan also be divided against himself how shall his kingdom stand because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your sons cast them out therefore shall they be your judges But if I with the finger of God cast out devils no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you When a strong man armed keepeth his palace his goods are in peace but when a stronger then he shall come upon him and overeome him he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted and divideth his spoils He that is not with me is against me and he that gathereth not with me scattereth When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest and finding none he saith I will return unto my house whence I came out And when he cometh he findeth it swept and garnished Then goeth he and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked then himself and they enter in and dwell there and the last state of that man
weak and sickly among you and many sleep For if we would judge our selves we should not be judged But when we are judged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world Wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eat tarry one for another And if any man hunger let him eat at home that ye come not together unto condemnation And the rest will I set in order when I come The Gospel S. Luk. 23.1 THe whole multitude of them arose and led him unto Pilate And they began to accuse him saying We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar saying that he himself is Christ a king And Pilate asked him saying Art thou the King of the Jews And he answered him and said Thou sayest it Then said Pilate to the chief Priests and to the people I find no fault in this man And they were the more fierce saying He stirreth up the people teaching throughout all Jewry beginning from Galilee to this place When Pilate heard of Galilee he asked whether the man were a Galilean And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herods jurisdiction he sent him to Herod who himself was also at Jerusalem at that time And when Herod saw Jesus he was exceeding glad for he was desirous to see him of a long season because he had heard many things of him and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him Then he questioned with him in many words but he answered him nothing And the chies Priests and Scribes stood and vehemently accused him And Herod with his men of war set him at nought and mocked him and arayed him in a gorgeous robe and sent him again to Pilate And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together for before they were at enmity between themselves And Pilate when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people said unto them Ye have brought this man unto me as one that perverteth the people and behold I having examined him before you have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him No nor yet Herod for I sent you to him and lo nothing worthy of death is done unto him I will therefore chastise him and release him For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast And they cried out all at once saying Away with this man and release unto us Barabbas Who for a certain sedition made in the city and for murder was cast in prison Pilate therefore willing to release Jesus spake again to them But they cried saying Crucifie him crucifie him And he said unto them the third time Why what evil hath he done I have found no cause of death in him I will therefore chastise him and let him go And they were instant with loud voices requiring that he might be crucified and the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison whom they had desired but he delivered Jesus to their will And as they led him away they laid hold upon one Simon a Cyrenean coming out of the countrey and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus And there followed him a great company of people and of women who also bewailed and lamented him But Jesus turning unto them said Daughters of Jerusalem weep not for me but weep for your selves and for your children For behold the days are coming in which they shall say Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bare and the paps which never gave suck Then shall they begin to say to the mountains Fall on us and to the hills Cover us For if they do these things in a green tree what shall be done in the dry And there were also two other malefactours led with him to be put to death And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary there they crucified him and the malefactours one on the right hand and the other on the left Then said Jesus Father forgive them for they know not what they do And they parted his raiment and cast lots And the people stood beholding and the rulers also with them derided him saying He saved others let him save himself if he be Christ the chosen of God And the souldiers also mocked him coming to him and offering him vinegar and saying If thou be the king of the Jews save thy self And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS And one of the malefactours which were hanged railed on him saying If thou be Christ save thy self and us But the other answering rebuked him saying Dost not thou fear God seeing thou art in the same condemnation And we indeed justly for we receive the due reward of our deeds but this man hath done nothing amiss And he said unto Jesus Lord remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom And Jesus said unto him Verily I say unto thee To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise And it was about the sixth hour And there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour And the sun was darkened and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice he said Father into thy hands I commend my spirit and having said thus he gave up the ghost Now when the Centurion saw what was done he glorified God saying Certainly this was a righteous man And all the people that came together to that sight beholding the things that were done smote their breasts and returned And all his acquaintance and the women that followed him from Galilee stood afar off beholding these things Good Friday The Collects ALmighty God we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the cross who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God world without end Amen ALmighty and everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church that every member of the same in his vocation and ministry may truly and godly serve thee through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen O Merciful God who hast made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldest the death of a sinner but rather that he should be converted and live Have mercy upon all Jews Turks Infidels and Hereticks and take from them all ignorance hardness of heart and contempt of thy Word and so fetch them home blessed Lord to thy flock that they may
be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites and be made one fold under one Shepherd Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit one God world without end Amen The Epistle Heb. 10.1 THe law having a shadow of good things to come and not the very image of the things can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect for then would they not have ceased to be offered because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year For it is not possible that the bloud of bulls and of goats should take away sins Wherefore when he cometh into the world he saith Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not but a body hast thou prepared me In burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure Then said I Lo I come in the Volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will O God Above when he said Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not neither hadst pleasure therein which are offered by the law Then said he Lo I come to do thy will O God He taketh away the first that he may establish the second By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all And every priest standeth daily ministring and offering often times the same sacrifices which can never take away sins But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sat down on the right hand of God from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his foot-stool For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us For after that he had said before This is the covenant that I will make with them that after those days saith the Lord I will put my laws into their hearts and in their minds will I write them and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more Now where remission of these is there is no more offering for sin Having therefore brethren boldness to enter into the holiest by the bloud of Jesus by a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us through the vail that is to say his flesh And having an high Priest over the house of God let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithful that promised And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as ye see the day approching The Gospel S. John 19.1 PIlate therefore took Jesus and scourged him And the souldiers platted a crown of thorns and put it on his head and they put on him a purple robe and said Hail king of the Jews And they smote him with their hands Pilate therefore went forth again and saith unto them Behold I bring him forth to you that ye may know that I find no fault in him Then came Jesus forth wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe And Pilate saith unto them Behold the man When the chief Priests therefore and officers saw him they cried out saying Crucifie him crucifie him Pilate saith unto them Take ye him and crucifie him for I find no fault in him The Jews answered him We have a law and by our law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God When Pilate therefore heard that saying he was the more afraid and went again into the judgment-hall and saith unto Jesus Whence art thou But Jesus gave him no answer Then saith Pilate unto him Speakest thou not unto me knowest thou not that I have power to crucifie thee and have power to release thee Jesus answered Thou couldest have no power at all against me except it were given thee from above therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him but the Jews cried out saying If thou let this man go thou art not Cesars friend Whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar When Pilate therefore heard that saying he brought Jesus forth and sat down in the judgment-seat in a place that is called the Pavement but in the Hebrew Gabbatha And it was the preparation of the passover and about the sixth hour and he saith unto the Jews Behold your king But they cried out Away with him away with him crucifie him Pilate saith unto them Shall I crucifie your king The chief Priests answered We have no king but Cesar Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified and they took Jesus and led him away And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a scull which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha Where they crucified him and two other with him on either side one and Jesus in the midst And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS This title then read many of the Jews for the place where Jesus wa crucified was nigh to the city and it was written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin Then said the chief Priest of the Jews to Pilate Write not The king of the Jews but that he said I am the king of the Jews Pilate answered What I have written I have written Then the souldiers when they had crucified Jesus took his garments and made four parts to every souldier a part and also his coat now the coat was without seam woven from the top throughout They said therefore among themselves Let us not rend it but cast lots for it whose it shall be that the Scripture might be fulfilled which saith They parted my raiment among them and for my vesture they did cast lots These things therefore the souldiers did Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother and his mothers sister Mary the wife of Cleophas and Mary Magdalen When Jesus therefore saw his mother and the disciple standing by whom he loved he saith unto his mother Woman behold thy son Then saith he to the disciple Behold thy mother And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home After this Jesus knowing that all things were accomplished that the Scripture might be fulfilled saith I thirst Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar and they filled a spunge with vinegar and put it upon hyssop and put it to his mouth When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar he said It is finished and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost The Jews therefore because
people to sit down on the ground and he took the seven loaves and gave thanks and brake and gave to his disciples to set before them and they did set them before the people And they had a few small fishes and he blessed and commanded to set them also before them So they did eat and were filled and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets And they that had eaten were about four thousand and he sent them away The eighth Sunday after Trinity The collect O God whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things and to give us those things which be profitable for us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Rom. 8.12 BRethren we are debtors not to the flesh to live after the flesh For if ye live after the flesh ye shall die but if ye through the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live For as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but ye have received the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father The Spirit it self beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God And if children then heirs heirs of God and joynt-heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together The Gospel S. Matth. 7.15 BEware of false prophets which come to you in sheeps clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves Ye shall know them by their fruits Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewen down and cast into the fire Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven The ninth Sunday after Trinity The collect GRant to us Lord we beseech thee the Spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful that we who cannot do any thing that is good without thee may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 Cor. 10.1 BRethren I would not that ye should be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud and all passed through the sea and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea and did all eat the same spiritual meat and did all drink the same spiritual drink for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them and that Rock was Christ But with many of them God was not well pleased for they were overthrown in the wilderness Now these things were our examples to the intent we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted Neither be ye idolaters as were some of them as it is written The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed and fell in one day three and twenty thousand Neither let us tempt Christ as some of them also tempted and were destroyed of serpents Neither murmure ye as some of them also murmured and were destroyed of the destroyer Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man but God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may able to bear it The Gospel S. Luke 16.1 JEsus said unto his disciples There was a certain rich man who had a steward and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods And he called him and said unto him How is it that I hear this of thee Give an account of thy stewardship for thou mayest be no longer steward Then the steward said within himself What shall I do for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship I cannot dig to beg I am ashamed I am resolved what to do that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their houses So he called every one of his lords debtors unto him and said unto the first How much owest thou unto my lord And he said An hundred measures of oyl And he said unto him Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty Then said he to another And how much owest thou And he said An hundred measures of wheat And he said unto him Take thy bill and write fourscore And the lord commended the unjust steward because he had done wisely for the children of this world are in their generation wiser then the children of light And I say unto you Make to your selves friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness that when ye fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations The tenth Sunday after Trinity The collect LEt thy merciful ears O Lord be open to the prayers of thy humble servants and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle I Cor. 12.1 COncerning spiritual gifts brethren I would not have you ignorant Ye know that ye were Gentiles carried away unto these dumb idols even as ye were lad Wherefore I give you to understand that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost Now there are diversities of gifts but the same Spirit And there are differences of administrations but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations but it is the same God who worketh all in all But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit to another saith by the same Spirit to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit to another the working of miracles to another prophecy to another discerning of spirits to another divers kinds of tongues to another the interpretation of tongues But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit dividing to every man severally as he will The Gospel S. Luke 19.41 ANd when he was come near he beheld the city and wept over it saying If thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace but now they are hid from thine eyes For the
the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind and thy neighbour as thy self And he said unto him Thou hast answered right this do and thou shalt live But he willing to justifie himself said unto Jesus and who is my neighbour And Jesus answering said A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed leaving him half-dead And by chance there came down a certain priest that way and when he saw him he passed by on the other side And likewise a Levite when he was at the place came and looked on him and passed by on the other side But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was and when he saw him he had compassion on him and went to him and bound up his wounds pouring in oyl and wine and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him And on the morrow when he departed he took out two pence and gave them to the host and said unto him Take care of him and whatsoever thou spendest more when I come again I will repay thee Which now of these three thinkest thou was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves And he said He that shewed mercy on him Then said Jesus unto him Go and do thou likewise The fourteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect ALmighty and everlasting God give unto us the increase of faith hope and charity and that we may obtain that which thou dost promise make us to love that which thou dost command through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Gal. 5.16 I Say then Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other so that ye cannot do the things that ye would But if ye be led by the Spirit ye are not under the law Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these Adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness idolatry witchcraft hatred variance emulations wrath strife seditions heresies envyings murders drunkenness revellings and such like of the which I tell you before as I have also told you in time past that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God But the fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance against such there is no law And they that are christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts The Gospel S. Luke 17.11 ANd it came to pass as Jesus went to Jerusalem that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee And as he entred into a certain village there met him ten men that were lepers who stood afar off And they lifted up their voices and said Jesus master have mercy on us And when he saw them he said unto them Go shew your selves unto the priests And it came to pass that as they went they were cleansed And one of them when he saw that he was healed turned back and with a loud voice glorified God and fell down on his face at his feet giving him thanks and he was a Samaritan And Jesus answering said Were there not ten cleansed but where are the nine There are not found that returned to give glory to God save this stranger And he said unto him Arise go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole The fifteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect KEep we beseech thee O Lord thy Church with thy perpetual mercy And because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Gal. 6.11 YE see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh they constrain you to be circumcised only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ For neither they themselves who are the circumcised keep the law but desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walk according to this rule peace be on them and mercy and upon the Israel of God From henceforth let no man trouble me for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus Brethren the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit Amen The Gospel S. Matth. 6.24 NO man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other Ye cannot serve God and Mammon Therefore I say unto you Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body what ye shall put on Is not the life more then meat and the body then raiment Behold the fowls of the air for they sow not neither do they reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature And why take ye thought for raiment Consider the lilies of the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arayed like one of these Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field which to day is and to morrow is cast into the oven shall he not much more clothe you O ye of little faith Therefore take no thought saying What shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be clothed for after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you Take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of it self sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof The sixteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect O Lord we beseech thee let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church and because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistale Ephes 3.13 I Desire that ye saint not at my tribulations for you which is your glory For this cause I bowe my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named that he would grant you
according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that ye being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages world without end Amen The Gospel S. Luke 7.11 ANd it came to pass the day after that Jesus went into a city called Nain and many of his disciples went with him and much people Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city behold there was a dead man carried out the only son of his mother and she was a widow and much people of the city was with her And when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her and said unto her Weep not And he came and touched the bier and they that bare him stood still and he said Young man I say unto thee Arise And he that was dead sat up and began to speak and he delivered him to his mother And there came a fear on all and they glorified God saying that a great Prophet is risen up among us and that God hath visited his people And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea and throughout all the region round about The seventeenth Sunday after Trinity The collect LOrd we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us and make us continually to be given to all good works through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Ephes 4.1 I Therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called with all lowliness and meekness with long-suffering forbearing one another in love endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace There is one body and one Spirit even as ye are called in one hope of your calling one Lord one Faith one Baptism one God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all The Gospel S. Luke 14.1 IT came to pass as Jesus went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath-day that they watched him And behold there was a certain man before him who had the dropsie And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees saying Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day And they held their peace And he took him and healed him and let him go and answered them saying Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath-day And they could not answer him again to these things And he put forth a parable to those who were bidden when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms saying unto them When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding sit not down in the highest room lest a more honourable man then thou be bidden of him And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee Give this man place and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room But when thou art bidden go and sit down in the lowest room that when he that bade thee cometh he may say unto thee Friend go up higher then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted The eighteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect LOrd we beseech thee grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world the flesh and the devil and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 Cor. 1.4 I Thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ that in every thing ye are enriched by him in all utterance and in all knowledge even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you So that ye come behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall also confirm you unto the end that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ The Gospel S. Matth. 22.34 WHen the Pharisees had heard that Jesus had put the Sadducees to silence they were gathered together Then one of them who was a lawyer asked him a question tempting him and saying Master which is the great commandment in the law Jesus said unto him Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind This is the first and great commandment And the second is like unto it Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets While the Pharisees were gathered together Jesus asked them saying What think ye of Christ whose son is he They say unto him The son of David He saith unto them How then doth David in Spirit call him Lord saying The Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool If David then call him Lord how is he his Son And no man was able to answer him a word neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any mo questions The nineteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect O God forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee Mercifully grant that thy holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Ephes 4.17 THis I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind having the understanding darkened being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their heart who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness to work all uncleanness with greediness But ye have not so learned Christ If so be that ye have heard him and have been taught by him as the truth is in Jesus That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts and be renewed in the spirit of your mind and that ye put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness Wherefore putting away lying speak every man truth with his neighbour for we are members one of another Be ye angry and sin not Let not the sun go down upon your wrath neither give place to the devil Let him that stole steal no more but rather let him labour working with his hands the thing which is good that he may have to
give to him that needeth Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth but that which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers And grieve not the holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil-speaking be put away from you with all malice And be ye kind one to another tender-hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven you The Gospel S. Matth. 9.1 JEsus entred into a ship and passed over and came into his own city And behold they brought to him a man sick of the palsie lying on a bed And Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsie Son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee And behold certain of the Scribes said within themselves This man blasphemeth And Jesus knowing their thoughts said Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts For whether is easier to say Thy sins be forgiven thee or to say Arise and walk But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins then saith he to the sick of the palsie Arise take up thy bed and go unto thine house And he arose and departed to his house But when the multitude saw it they marvelled and glorified God who had given such power unto men The twentieth Sunday after Trinity The collect O Almighty and most merciful God of thy bountiful goodness keep us we beseech thee from all things that may hurt us that we being ready both in body and soul may chearfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Ephes 5.15 SEe then that ye walk circumspectly not as fools but as wise redeeming the time because the days are evil Wherefore be ye not unwise but understanding what the will of the Lord is And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess but be filled with the Spirit speaking to your selves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ submitting your selves one to another in the fear of God The Gospel S. Matth. 22.1 JEsus said The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king who made a marriage for his son and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding and they would not come Again he sent forth other servants saying Tell them who are bidden Behold I have prepared my dinner my oxen and my fatlings are killed and all things are ready come unto the marriage But they made light of it and went their ways one to his farm another to his merchandise And the remnant took his servants and entreated them spitefully and slew them But when the king heard thereof he was wroth and he sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burnt up their city Then saith he to his servants The wedding is ready but they who were bidden were not worthy Go ye therefore into the high-ways and as many as ye shall find bid to the marriage So those servants went out into the high-ways and gathered together all as many as they found both bad and good and the wedding was furnished with guests And when the king came in to see the guests he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment And he saith unto him Friend how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment and he was speechless Then said the king to his servants Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into outer darkness There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth For many are called but few are chosen The one and twentieth Sunday after Trinity The collect GRant we beseech thee merciful Lord to thy faithful people pardon and peace that they may be cleansed from all their sins and serve thee with a quiet mind through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Ephes 6.10 My brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil For we wrestle not against flesh and bloud but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in high places Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand Stand therefore having your loyns girt about with truth and having on the breast-plate of righteousness and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace Above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints and for me that utterance may be given unto me that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel for which I am an ambassadour in bonds that therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak The Gospel S. John 4.46 THere was a certain noble man whose son was sick at Capernaum When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee he went unto him and besought him that he would come down and heal his son for he was at the point of death Then said Jesus unto him Except ye see signs and wonders ye will not believe The noble man saith unto him Sir come down ere my child die Jesus saith unto him Go thy way thy son liveth And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him and he went his way And as he was now going down his servants met him and told him saying Thy son liveth Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend And they said unto him Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him So the father knew that it was at the same hour in the which Jesus said unto him Thy son liveth and himself believed and his whole house This is again the second miracle that Jesus did when he was come out of Judea into Galilee The two and twentieth Sunday after Trinity The collect LOrd we beseech thee to keep thy houshold the Church in continual godliness that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoutly given to serve thee in good works to the glory of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Phil. 1.3 I Thank my God upon every remembrance of you always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now being confident of this very thing that he
were put forth he went in and took her by the hand and the maid arose And the same hereof went abroad into all that land The twenty fifth Sunday after Trinity The collect STir up we beseech thee O Lord the wills of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works may of thee be plenteously rewarded through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Jer. 23.5 BEhold the days come saith the Lord that I will raise unto David a righteous branch and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth In his days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his Name whereby he shall be called THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS Therefore behold the days come saith the Lord that they shall no more say The Lord liveth who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt But The Lord liveth who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of north-countrey and from all countreys whither I had driven them and they shall dwell in their own land The Gospel S. John 6.5 WHen Jesus then lift up his eyes and saw a great company come unto him he saith unto Philip Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat And this he said to prove him for he himself knew what he would do Philip answered him Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them that every one of them may take a little One of his disciples Andrew Simon Peters brother saith unto him There is a lad here who hath five barley-loaves and two small fishes but what are they among so many And Jesus said Make the men sit down Now there was much grass in the place So the men sat down in number about five thousand And Jesus took the loaves and when he had given thanks he distributed to the disciples and the disciples to them that were set down and likewise of the fishes as much as they would When they were filled he said unto his disciples Gather up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost Therefore they gathered them together and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves which remained over and above unto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did said This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world ¶ If there be any mo Sundays before Advent-Sunday the Service of some of those Sundays that were omitted after the Epiphany shall be taken in to supply so many as are here wanting And if there be fewer the overplus may be omitted Provided that this last Collect Epistle and Gospel shall always be used upon the Sunday next before Advent Saint Andrews day The collect ALmighty God who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ and followed him without delay Grant unto us all that we being called by thy holy Word may forthwith give up our selves obediently to fulfil thy holy Commandments through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Rom. 10.9 IF thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation For the Scripture saith Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek For the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard And how shall they hear without a preacher And how shall they preach except they be sent as it is written How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things But they have not all obeyed the gospel For Esaias saith Lord who hath believed our report So then saith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God But I say Have they not heard Yes verily their sound went into all the earth and their words unto the ends of the world But I say Did not Israel know First Moses saith I will provoke you to jealousie by them that are no people and by a foolish nation I will anger you But Esaias is very bold and saith I was found of them that sought me not I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me But to Israel he saith All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people The Gospel S. Matth. 4.18 JEsus walking by the sea of Galilee saw two brethren Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishers And he saith unto them follow me and I will make you fishers of men And they straightway left their nets and followed him And going on from thence he saw other two brethren James the son of Zebedee and John his brother in a ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and he called them And they immediately left the ship and their father and followed him Saint Thomas the Apostle The collect ALmighty and everliving God who for the more confirmation of the Faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Sons resurrection Grant us so perfectly and without all doubt to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ that our faith in thy sight may never be reproved Hear us O Lord through the same Jesus Christ to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory now and for evermore Amen The Epistle Ephes 2.19 NOw therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners but fellow-citizens with the saints and of the houshold of God and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit The Gospel S. John 20.24 THomas one of the twelve called Didymus was not with them when Jesus came The other disciples therefore said unto him We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails and thrust my hand into his side I will not believe And after eight days again his disciples were within and Thomas with them then came Jesus the doors being shut and stood in the midst and said Peace be unto you Then saith he to Thomas Reach hither thy finger and behold my hands and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side and be
not faithless but believing And Thomas answered and said unto him My Lord and my God Jesus saith unto him Thomas because thou hast seen me thou hast believed blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this book But these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through his Name The Conversion of Saint Paul The collect O God who through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Saint Paul hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world Grant we beseech thee that we having his wonderful Conversion in remembrance may shew forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same by following the holy doctrine which he taught through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Acts 9.1 ANd Saul yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord went unto the high priest and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues that if he found any of this way whether they were men or women he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem And as he journeyed he came near Damascus and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he said who art thou Lord And the Lord said I am Jesus whom thou persecutest it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks And he trembling and astonished said Lord what wilt thou have me to do And the Lord said unto him Arise and go into the city and it shall be told thee what thou must do And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless hearing a voice but seeing no man And Saul arose from the earth and when his eyes were opened he saw no man but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus And he was three days without sight and neither did eat nor drink And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Ananias And he said Behold I am hear Lord. And the Lord said unto him Arise and go into the street which is called Straight and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus for behold he prayeth and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him that he might receive his sight Then Ananias answered Lord I have heard by many of this man how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy Name But the Lord said unto him Go thy way for he is a chosen vessel unto me to bear my Name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my Names sake And Ananias went his way and entred into the house and putting his hands on him said Brother Saul the Lord even Jesus that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales and he received sight forthwith and arose and was baptized And when he had received meat he was strengthened Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues that he is the Son of God But all that heard him were amazed and said Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this Name in Jerusalem and came hither for that intent that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus proving that this is very Christ The Gospel S. Matth. 19.27 PEter answered and said unto Jesus Behold we have forsaken all and followed thee what shall we have therefore And Jesus said unto them Verily I say unto you that ye which have followed me in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel And every one that hath forsaken houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my Names sake shall receive an hundred-fold and shall inherit everlasting life But many that are first shall be last and the last shall be first The Presentation of Christ in the Temple commonly called The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin The collect ALmighty and everliving God we humbhly beseech thy Majesty that as thy Only begotten Son was this day presented in the Temple in substance of our flesh so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Mal. 3.1 BEhold I will send my messenger and he shall prepare the way before me and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple even the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in behold he shall come saith the Lord of hosts But who may abide the day of his coming and who shall stand when he appeareth for he is like a refiners fire and like fullers sope And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver and he shall purifie the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness Then shall the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years And I will come near to you to judgment and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against false swearers and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages the widow and the fatherless and that turn aside the stranger from his right and fear not me saith the Lord of hosts The Gospel S. Luke 2.22 ANd when the days of her purification according to the law Moses were accomplished they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord as it is written in the law of the Lord Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons And behold there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon and the same man was just and devout waiting for the consolation of Israel and the Holy Ghost was upon him And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Lords Christ And he came by the Spirit into the temple and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him after the custom of the law
then took he him up in his arms and blessed God and said Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word For mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared before the face of all people a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him And Simeon blessed them and said unto Mary his mother Behold this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel and for a sign which shall be spoken against Yea a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed And there was one Anna a prophetess the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser she was of a great age and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years which departed not from the temple but served God with fastings and prayers night and day And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord they returned into Galilee to their own city Nazareth And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit filled with wisdom and the grace of God was upon him Saint Matthias day The collect O Almighty God who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles Grant that thy Church being alway preserved from false Apostles may be ordered and guided by faithful and true Pastours through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen For the Epistle Acts 1.15 IN those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples and said The number of the names together were about an hundred and twenty Men and brethren this Scripture must needs have been fulfilled which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas who was guide to them that took Jesus for he was numbred with us and had obtained part of this ministry Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity and falling headlong he burst asunder in the midst and all his bowels gushed out And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue Aceldama that is to say The field of bloud For it is written in the book of Psalms Let his habitation be desolate and let no man dwell therein and his Bishoprick let another take Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us beginning from the baptism of John unto that same day that he was taken up from us must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his Resurrection And they appointed two Joseph called Barsabas who was sirnamed Justus and Matthias And they prayed and said Thou Lord which knowest the hearts of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell that he might go to his own place And they gave forth their lots and the lot fell upon Matthias and he was numbred with the eleven Apostles The Gospel S. Matth. 11.25 AT that time Jesus answered and said I thank thee O Father Lord of heaven and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight All things are delivered unto me of my Father and no man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls For my yoke is easie and my burden is light The Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary The collect WE beseech thee O Lord pour thy grace into our hearts that as we have known the Incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his Resurrection through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Isa 7.10 MOreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz saying Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God ask it either in the depth or in the height above But Ahaz said I will not ask neither will I tempt the Lord. And he said Hear ye now O house of David is it a small thing for you to weary men but will ye weary my God also Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call his name Immanuel Butter and hony shall he eat that he may know to refuse the evil and choose the good The Gospel S. Luke 1.26 ANd in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David and the virgins name was Mary And the angel came in unto her and said Hail thou that art highly favoured the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women And when she saw him she was troubled at his saying and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be And the angel said unto her Fear not Mary for thou hast found favour with God And behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son and shalt call his name Jesus He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever and of his kingdom there shall be no end Then said Mary unto the angel How shall this be seeing I know not a man And the angel answered and said unto her The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God And behold thy cousin Elizabeth she hath also conceived a son in her old age and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren For with God nothing shall be unpossible And Mary said Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it unto me according to thy word And the angel departed from her Saint Marks day The collect O Almighty God who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly Doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark Give us grace that being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine we may be established in the truth of thy holy Gospel
between two souldiers bound with two chains and the keepers before the door kept the prison And behold the angel of the Lord came upon him and a light shined in the prison and he smote Peter on the side and raised him up saying Arise up quickly And his chains fell off from his hands And the angel said unto him Gird thy self and bind on thy sandals and so he did And he saith unto him Cast thy garment about thee and follow me And he went out and followed him and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel but thought he saw a vision When they were past the first and the second ward they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city which opened to them of his own accord and they went out and passed on through one street and forthwith the angel departed from him And when Peter was come to himself he said Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews The Gospel S. Matth. 16.13 WHen Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying whom do men say that I the Son of man am And they said Some say that thou art John the Baptist some Elias and others Jeremias or one of the prophets He saith unto them But whom say ye that I am And Simon Peter answered and said Thou art Christ the Son of the living God And Jesus answered and said unto him Blessed art thou Simon Bar-jona for flesh and bloud hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father which is in heaven And I say also unto thee that thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven Saint James the Apostle The collect GRant O merciful God that as thine holy Apostle Saint James leaving his father and all that he had without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ and followed him so we forsaking all worldly and carnal affections may be evermore ready to follow thy holy commandments through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Acts 11.27 and part of Chap. 12. IN those days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch And there stood up one of them named Agabus and signified the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar Then the disciples every man according to his ability determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea Which also they did and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church And he killed James the brother of John with the sword And because he saw it pleased the Jews he proceeded further to take Peter also The Gospel S. Matth. 20.20 THen came to him the mother of Zebedees Children with her sons worshipping him and desiring a certain thing of him And he said unto her What wilt thou She saith unto him Grant these my two sons may sit the one on thy right hand and the other on the left in thy Kingdom But Jesus answered and said Ye know not what ye ask Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with They say unto him We are able And he saith unto them Ye shall drink indeed of my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father And when the ten heard it they were moved with indignation against the two brethren But Jesus called them unto him and said Ye know that the princes of Gentiles exercise dominion over them and they that are great exercise authority upon them But it shall not be so among you but whosoever will be great among you let him be your minister and whosoever will be chief among you let him be your servant Even as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many Saint Bartholomew the Apostle The collect O Almighty and everlasting God who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word Grant we beseech thee unto thy Church to love that Word which he believed and both to preach and receive the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Acts 5.12 BY the hands of the Apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people and they were all with one accord in Solomons porch And of the rest durst no man joyn himself to them but the people magnified them And believers were the more added to the Lord multitudes both of men and women Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets and said them on beds and couches that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem bringing sick folks and them which were vexed with unclean spirits and they were healed every one The Gospel S. Luke 22.24 ANd there was also a strife among them which of them should be accounted the greatest And he said unto them The Kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors But ye shall not be so but he that is greatest among you let him be as the younger and he that is chief as he that doth serve For whether is greater he that sitteth at meat of he that serveth is not he that sitteth at meat but I am among you as he that serveth Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations And I appoint unto you a Kingdom as my Father hath appointed unto me that ye may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel Saint Matthew the Apostle The collect O Almighty God who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receit or custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires and inordinate love of riches and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen The Epistle 2 Cor. 4.1 THerefore seeing we have this ministry as we have received mercy we faint not but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty not walking in craftiness nor handling the
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
take care that this Child be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed by him so soon as he can say the Creed the Lords Prayer and the ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue and be further instructed in the Church-Catechism set forth for that purpose IT is certain by Gods Word that Children which are baptized dying before they commit actual sin are undoubtedly saved TO take away all scruple concerning the use of the sign of the Cross in Baptism the true Explication thereof and the just Reasons for the retaining of it may be seen in the thirtieth Canon first published in the year MDCIV. The MINISTRATION of Private BAPTISM of CHILDREN in HOUSES ¶ THe Curates of every Parish shall often admonish the People that they defer not the Baptism of their children longer then the first or second Sunday next after their Birth or other Holy-day falling between unless upon a great and reasonable cause to be approved by the Curate ¶ And also they shall warn them that without like great cause and necessity they procure not their children to be Baptized at home in their houses But when need shall compel them so to do then Baptism shall be administred on this fashion ¶ First let the Minister of the Parish or in his absence any other lawful Minister that can be procured with them that are present call upon God and say the Lords Prayer and so many of the Collects appointed to be said before in the Form of Publick Baptism as the time and present exigence will suffer And then the child being named by some one that is present the Minister shall pour Water upon it saying these words N. I baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ Then all kneeling down the Minister shall give thanks unto God and say WE yield thee 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 we humbly beseech thee to grant that as he is now made partaker of the Death of thy Son so he may be also of his Resurrection And that finally with the residue of thy Saints he may inherit thine everlasting Kingdom through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ And let them not doubt but that the child so Baptized is lawfully and sufficiently Baptized and ought not be Baptized again Yet nevertheless if the child which is after this sort Baptized do afterward live it is expedient that it be brought into the Church to the intent that if the Minister of the same Parish did himself Baptize that child the Congregation may be certified of the true form of Baptism by him privately before used In which case he shall say thus I certifie you that according to the due and prescribed Order of the Church at such a time and at such a place before divers witnesses I baptized this child ¶ BVt if the child were baptized by any other lawful Minister then the Minister of the Parish where the child was born or christened shall examine and try whether the child be lawfully Baptized or no. In which case if those that bring any child to the Church do answer that the same child is already baptized then shall the Minister examine them further saying BY whom was this child Baptized Who was present when this child was Baptized Because some things essential to this Sacrament may happen to be omitted through fear or haste in such times of extremity therefore I demand further of you With what matter was this child Baptized With what words was this child Baptized ¶ And if the Minister shall find by the Answers of such as bring the child that all things were done as they ought to be then shall not be christen the child again but shall receive him as one of the flock of true Christian people saying thus I Certifie you that in this case all is well done and according unto due order concerning the Baptizing of this child who being born in original sin and in the wrath of God is now by the laver of Regeneration in Baptism received into the number of the children of God and heirs of everlasting life For our Lord Jesus Christ doth not deny his grace and mercy unto such Infants but most lovingly doth call them unto him as the holy Gospel doth witness to our comfort on this wise The Gospel S. Mark 10.13 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 them from him how he exhorted 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 hath likewise favourably received this present Infant that he hath embraced him with the arms of his mercy and as he hath promised in his holy Word will give unto him the 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 declared by his Son Jesus Christ towards this Infant let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him and say the Prayer which the Lord himself taught us OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen 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 being born again and being made an heir of everlasting Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ may continue thy servant and attain thy promise through the same our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit now and for ever Amen ¶ Then shall the
thine infinite mercies that thou wilt mercifully look upon these thy servants wash them and sanctifie them with the Holy Ghost that they 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 they may come to the land of everlasting life there to reign with thee world with 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 these persons that they coming to thy holy Baptism may receive remission of their sins by spiritual regeneration Receive them O Lord as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son saying Ask and ye shall receive 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 these persons 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 John in the third Chapter beginning at the first Verse THere was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus a ruler of the Jews The same came to Jesus by night and said unto him Rabbi we know that thou art a teacher come from God for no man can do these miracles that thou doest except God be with him Jesus answered and said unto him Verily verily I say unto thee Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God Nicodemus saith unto him How can a man be born when he is old Can he enter the second time into his mothers womb and be born Jesus answered Verily verily I say unto thee Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit Marvel not that I said unto thee Ye must be born again The wind bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sound thereof but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth so is every one that is born of the Spirit ¶ After which he shall say this Exhortation following BEloved ye hear in this Gospel the express words of our Saviour Christ that except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God Whereby ye may perceive the great necessity of this Sacrament where it may be had Likewise immediately before his Ascension into Heaven as we read in the last Chapter of Saint Marks Gospel he gave command to his disciples saying Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned Which also sheweth unto us the great benefit we reap thereby For which cause Saint Peter the Apostle when upon his first preaching of the Gospel many were pricked at the heart and said to him and the rest of the Apostles Men and brethren what shall we do replied and said unto them Repent and be baptized every one of you for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost For the promise is to you and your children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call And with many other words exhorted he them saying Save your selves from this untoward generation For as the same Apostle testifieth in another place even Baptism doth also now save us not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Doubt ye not therefore but earnestly believe that he will favourable receive these present persons truly repenting and coming unto him by faith that he will grant them remission of their sins and bestow upon them the Holy Ghost that he will give them the blessing of eternal life and make them partakers of his everlasting Kingdom Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heavenly Father towards these persons declared by his Son Jesus Christ let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks to him and say ALmighty and everlasting God heavenly Father we give thee humble thanks for 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 these persons that they may be born again and be made heirs of everlasting salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit now and for ever Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall speak to the Persons to be Baptized on this wise WEl-beloved who are come hither desiring to receive holy Baptism ye have heard how the Congregation hath prayed that our Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to receive you and bless you to release you of your sins to give you the Kingdom of heaven and everlasting life Ye have heard also that our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised in his holy Word to grant all those things that we have prayed for which promise he for his part will most surely keep and perform Wherefore after this promise made by Christ ye must also faithfully for your part promise in the presence of these your Witnesses and this whole Congregation that ye will renounce the devil and all his works and constantly believe Gods holy Word and obediently keep his commandments ¶ Then shall the Priest demand of each of the Persons to be Baptized severally these Questions following Question DOst thou renounce the devil and all his works the vain pomp and glory of the 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 Question 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 Question WIlt thou be baptized
in this Faith Answer That is my desire Question WIlt thou then obediently keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of thy life Answer I will endeavour so to do God being my helper ¶ Then shall the Priest say O Merciful God grant that the old Adam in these Persons may be so buried that the new man be raised up in them Amen Grant that all carnal affections may die in them and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in them Amen Grant that they may have power and strength to have victory and to triumph against the devil the world and the flesh Amen Grant that they being here dedicated to thee by our Office and Ministry may also be endued with heavenly virtues and everlastingly rewarded through thy mercy O blessed Lord God who dost live and govern all things world without end Amen ALmighty everliving God whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins did shed out of his most precious side both water and bloud and give commandment to his disciples that they should go teach all Nations and baptize them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Regard we beseech thee the supplications of this Congregation sanctifie this Water to the mystical washing away of sin and grant that the persons now to be baptized therein may receive the fulness of thy grace and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elect children through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest take each person to be Baptized by the right hand and placing him conveniently by the Font according to his discretion shall ask the Godfathers and Godmothers the Name and then shall dip him in the water or pour water upon him saying N. I Baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say WE receive this person into the congregation of Christs flock and * Here the Priest shall make a cross upon the persons forehead do 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 these persons are regenerate and grafted into the body of Christs Church let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits and with one accord make our prayers unto him that they may lead the rest of their life according to this beginning ¶ Then shall be said the Lords Prayer all kneeling OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen WE yield thee humble thanks O heavenly Father 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 these persons that being now born again and made heirs of everlasting salvation though our Lord Jesus Christ they may continue thy servants and attain thy promises through the same Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same holy Spirit everlastingly Amen ¶ Then all standing up the Priest shall use this Exhortation following speaking to the Godfathers and Godmothers first FOrasmuch as these persons have promised in your presence to renounce the devil and all his works to believe in God and to serve him ye must remember that it is your part and duty to put them in mind what a solemn vow promise and profession they have now made before this Congregation and especially before you their chosen Witnesses And ye are also to call upon them to use all diligence to be rightly instructed in Gods holy Word that so they may grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and live godly righteously and soberly in this present world ¶ And then speaking to the new Baptized Persons he shall proceed and say ANd as for you who have now by Baptism put on Christ it is your part and duty also being made the Children of God and of the light by faith in Jesus Christ to walk answerably to your Christian calling and as becometh the children of light remembring always that Baptism representeth unto us our profession which is to follow the example of our Saviour Christ and to 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 ¶ It is expedient that every Person thus Baptized should be confirmed by the Bishop so soon after his Baptism as conveniently may be that so he may be admitted to the holy Communion ¶ If any Persons not Baptized in their infancy shall be brought to be Baptized before they come to years of discretion to answer for themselves it may suffice to use the Office for Publick Baptism of Infants or in case of extream danger the Office for Private Baptism only changing the word Infant for Child or Person as occasion requireth A CATECHISM that is to say An Instruction to be learned of every Person before he be brought to be Confirmed by the Bishop Question WHat is your Name Answer N. or M. Question Who gave you this Name Answer My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism wherein I was made a member of Christ the child of God and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven Question What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you Answer They did promise and vow three things in my Name First that I should renounce the devil and all his works the pomps and vanity of this wicked world and all the sinful lusts of the flesh Secondly that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith And thirdly that I should keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of my life Question Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they have promised for thee Answer Yes verily and by Gods help so I will And I heartily thank our heavenly Father that he hath called me to this state of salvation through Jesus Christ our Saviour And I pray unto God to give me his grace that I may continue in the same unto my lives end Catechist Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief Answer I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in
that Sacrament Question Why then are Infants baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them Answer Because they promise them both by their Sureties which promise when they come to age themselves are bound to perform Question Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ordained Answer For the continual remembrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ and of the benefits which we receive thereby Question What is the outward part or sign of the Lords Supper Answer Bread and Wine which the Lord hath commanded to be received Question What is the inward part or thing signified Answer The body and bloud of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lords Supper Question What are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby Answer The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by the body and bloud of Christ as our bodies are by the bread and wine Question What is required of them who come to the Lords Supper Answer To examine themselves whether they repent them truly of their former sins stedfasty purposing to lead a new life have a lively faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankful remembrance of his death and be in charity with all men ¶ The Curate of every Parish shall diligently upon Sunday's and Holy-days after the second Lesson at Evening Prayer openly in the Church instruct and examine so many Children of his Parish sent unto him as he shall think convenient in some part of this Catechism ¶ And all Fathers Mothers Masters and Dames shall cause their Children Servants and Prentices which have not learned their Catechism to come to the Church at the time appointed and obediently to hear and be ordered by the Curate until such time as they have learned all that is here appointed for them to learn ¶ So soon as Children are come to a competent age and can say in their Mother Tongue the Creed the Lords Prayer and the Ten Commandments and also can answer to the other Questions of this short Catechism They shall be brought to the Bishop And every one shall have a Godfather or a Godmother as a Witness of their Confirmation ¶ And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for children to be brought unto him for their Confirmation the Curate of every Parish shall either bring or send in Writing with his hand subscribed thereunto the Names of all such persons within his Parish as he shall think fit to be presented to the Bishop to be Confirmed And if the Bishop approve of them he shall Confirm them in manner following The ORDER of CONFIRMATION or Laying on of Hands upon those that are Baptized and come to years of Discretions ¶ Vpon the day appointed all that are to be then Confirmed being placed and standing in order before the Bishop he or some other Minister appointed by him shall read this Preface following TO the end that Confirmation may be ministred to the more edifying of such as shall receive it the Church hath thought good to order That none hereafter shall be Confirmed but such as can say the Creed the Lords Prayer and the ten Commandments and can also answer to such other Questions as in the short Catechism are contained which Order is very convenient to be observed to the end that children being now come to the years of discretion and having learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptism they may themselves with their own mouth and consent openly before the Church ratifie and confirm the same and also promise that by the grace of God they will evermore endeavour themselves faithfully to observe such things as they by their own confession have assented unto ¶ Then shall the Bishop say DO ye here in the presence of God and of this Congregation renew the solemn promise and vow that was made in your name at your Baptism ratifying and confirming the same in your own persons and acknowledging your selves bound to believe and to do all those things which your Godfather and Godmothers then undertook for you ¶ And every one shall audibly answer I do The Bishop OUr help is in the Name of the Lord Answer Who hath made heaven and earth Bishop Blessed be the Name of the Lord Answer Henceforth world without end Bishop Lord hear our prayers Answer And let our cry come unto thee Bishop Let us pray ALmighty and everliving God who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by water and the Holy Ghost and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins Strengthen them we beseech thee O Lord with the Holy Ghost the Comforter and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength the spirit of knowledge and true godliness and fill them O Lord with the spirit of thy holy fear now and for ever Amen ¶ Then all of them in order kneeling before the Bishop he shall lay his Hand upon the Head of every one severally saying DEfend O Lord this thy child or this thy thy servant with thy heavenly grace that he may continue thine for ever and daily increase in thy holy Spirit more and more until he come unto thy everlasting Kingdom Amen ¶ Then shall the Bishop say The Lord be with you Answer And with thy Spirit ¶ And all Kneeling down the Bishop shall add Let us pray OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ And this Collect. ALmighty and everlasting God who makest us both to will and to do those things that be good and acceptable unto thy divine Majesty We make our humble supplications unto thee for these thy servants upon whom after the example of thy holy Apostles we have now laid our hands to certifie them by this sign of thy favour and gracious goodness towards 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 everlasting life through our Lord Jesus Christ who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen O Almighty Lord and everlasting God vouchsafe we beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of thy laws and in the works of thy commandments that through thy most mighty protection both here and ever we may be preserved in body and soul through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ Then the Bishop shall bless them saying thus THe blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost be upon you and remain with you for
I am gray-headed until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy righteousness O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like unto thee Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Adding this O Saviour of the world who by thy cross and precious bloud hast redeemed us save us and help us we humbly beseech thee O Lord. ¶ Then shall the Minister say THe Almighty Lord who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him to whom all things in heaven in earth and under the earth do bowe and obey be now and evermore thy defence and make thee know and feel that there is none other Name under heaven given to man in whom and through whom thou mayest receive health and salvation but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ Amen ¶ And after that shall say UNto Gods gracious mercy and protection we commit thee The Lord bless thee and keep thee The Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace both now and evermore Amen A Prayer for a sick Child O Almighty God and merciful Father to whom alone belong the issues of life and death Look down from heaven we humbly beseech thee with the eyes of mercy upon this Child now lying upon the bed of sickness Visit him O Lord with thy salvation deliver him in thy good appointed time from his bodily pain and save his soul for thy mercies save That if it shall be thy pleasure to prolong his days here on earth he may live to thee and be an instrument of thy glory by serving thee faithfully and doing good in his generation or else receive him into those heavenly habitations where the souls of them that sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity Grant this O Lord for thy mercies sake in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God world without end Amen ¶ A Prayer for a sick Person when there appeareth small hope of Recovery O Father of mercies and God of all comfort our only help in time of need We flie unto thee for succour in behalf of this thy servant here lying under thy hand in great weakness of body Look graciously upon him O Lord and the more the outward man decayeth strengthen him we beseech thee so much the more continually with thy grace and holy Spirit in the inner man Give him unfeigned repentance for all the errours of his life past and stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus that his sins may be done away by thy mercy and his pardon sealed in heaven before he go hence and be no more seen We know O Lord that there is no word impossible with thee and that if thou wilt thou canst even yet raise him up and grant him a longer continuance amongst us Yet forasmuch as in all appearance the time of his dissolution draweth near so fit and prepare him we beseech thee against the hour of death that after his departure hence in peace and in thy favour his soul may be received into thine everlasting kingdom through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord and Saviour Amen ¶ A commendatory Prayer for a sick Person at the point of departure O Almighty God with whom do live the spirits of just men made perfect after they are delivered from their earthly prisons We humbly commend the soul of this thy servant our dear brother into thy hands as into the hands of a faithful Creatour and most merciful Saviour most humbly beseeching thee that it may be precious in thy fight Wash it we pray thee in the bloud of that immaculate Lamb that was slain to take away the sins of the world that whatsoever defilements it may have contracted in the midst of this miserable and naughty world through the lusts of the flesh or the wiles of Satan being purged and done away it may be presented pure and without spot before thee And teach us who survive in this and other like daily spectacles of mortality to see how frail and uncertain our own condition is and so to number our days that we may seriously apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly wisdom whilst we live here which may in the end bring us to life everlasting through the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for Persons troubled in Mind or in Conscience O Blessed Lord the Father of mercies and the God of all comforts we beseech thee look down in pity and compassion upon this thy afflicted servant Thou writest bitter things against him and makest him to possess his former iniquities thy wrath lieth hard upon him and his soul is full of trouble But O merciful God who hast written thy holy Word for our learning that we through patience and comfort of thy holy Scriptures might have hope give him a right understanding of himself and of thy threats and promises that he may neither cast away his confidence in thee nor place it any where but in thee Give him strength against all his temptations and heal all his distempers Break not the bruised reed nor quench the smoking flax Shut not up thy tender mercies in displeasure but make him to hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce Deliver him from fear of the enemy and lift up the light of thy countenance upon him and give him peace through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The COMMUNION of the SICK ¶ Forasmuch as all mortal Men be subject to many sudden Perils Diseases and Sicknesses and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life therefore to the intent they may be always in a readiness to die whensoever it shall please Almighty God to call them the Curates shall diligently from time to time but especially in the time of Pestilence or other infectious Sickness exhort their Parishioners to the often receiving of the holy Communion of the Body and Bloud of our Saviour Christ when it shall be publickly Administred in the Church that so doing they may in case of sudden visitation have the less cause to be disquieted for lack of the same But if the sick Person be not able to come to the Church and yet is desirous to receive the Communion in his House then he must give timely notice to the Curate signifying also how many there are to Communicate with him which shall be three or two at the least and having a convenient place in the sick Mans House with all things necessary so prepared that the Curate may reverently
apply our hearts unto wisdom Turn thee again O Lord at the last and be gracious unto thy servants O satisfie us with thy mercy and that soon so shall we rejoyce and be glad all the days of our life Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity Shew thy servants thy work and their children thy glory And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us prosper thou the work of our hands upon us O prosper thou our handy-work 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 ¶ Then shall follow the Lesson taken out of the fifteenth Chapter of the former Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 15.20 NOw is Christ risen from the dead and become the first-fruits of them that slept For since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive But every man in his own order Christ the first-fruits afterward they that are Christs at his coming Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the Father when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power For he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death For he hath put all things under his feet But when he saith all things are put under him it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him And when all things shall be subdued unto him then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead if the dead rise not at all why are they then baptized for the dead And why stand we in jeopardy every hour I protest by your rejoycing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord I die daily If after the manner of men I have fought with beast at Ephesus what advantageth it me if the dead rise not Let us eat and drink for to morrow we die Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good manners Awake to righteousness and sin not for some have not the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame But some man will say how are the dead raised up And with what body do they come Thou fool that which thou sowest is not quickned except it die And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shall be but bare grain it may chance of wheat or of some other grain But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him and to every seed his own body All flesh is not the same flesh but there is one kind of flesh of men another flesh of beasts another of fishes and another of birds There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for one star differeth from another star in glory So also is the resurrection of the dead It is sown in corruption it is raised in incorruption It is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory It is sown in weakness it is raised in power It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body And so it is written The first man Adam was made a living soul the last Adam was made a quickning Spirit Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual but that which is natural and afterward that which is spiritual The first man is of the earth earthy the second man is the Lord from heaven As is the earthy such are they that are earthy and as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly And as we have born the image of the earthy we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Now this I say brethren that flesh and bloud cannot inherit the kingdom of God neither doth corruption inherit incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written Death is swallowed up in victory O Death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ Therefore my beloved brethren be ye stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. ¶ When they come to the Grave while the Corps is made ready to be laid into the Earth the Priest shall say or the Priest and Clerks shall sing MAn that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery He cometh up and is cut down like a flower he fleeth as it were a shadow and never continueth in one stay In the midst of life were are in death of whom may we seek for succour but of thee O Lord who for our sins art justly displeased Yet O Lord God most holy O Lord most mighty O holy and most merciful Saviour deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not thy merciful ears to our prayers but spare us Lord most holy O God most mighty O holy and merciful Saviour thou most worthy Judge eternal suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee ¶ Then while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by the Priest shall say FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed we therefore commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may be like unto his glorious body according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself ¶ Then shall be said or sung I Heard a voice from heaven saying unto me Write From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord even so saith the Spirit for
notorious sin were put to open penance and punished in this world that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord and that others admonished by their example might be the more afraid to offend Instead whereof until the said Discipline may be restored again which is much to be wished it is thought good that at this time in the presence of you all should be read the general Sentences of Gods cursing against impenitent sinners gathered out of the seven and twentieth Chapter of Deuteronomy and other places of Scripture and that ye should answer to every Sentence Amen To the intent that being admonished of the great indignation of God against sinners ye may the rather be moved to earnest and true repentance and may walk more warily in these dangerous days fleeing from such vices for which ye affirm with your own mouths the curse of God to be due CUrsed is the man that maketh any carved or molten image to worship it Deut. 27.15 ¶ And the People shall answer and say Amen Minister Cursed is he that curseth his father and mother ver 16. Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that removeth his neighbours land-mark ver 17. Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that maketh the blind to go out of his way ver 18. Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger the fatherless and widow ver 19. Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretly ver 24. Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbours wife Lev. 20.10 Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that taketh reward to slay the innocent Deut. 27.25 Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man and taketh man for his defence and in his heart goeth from the Lord. Jer. 17.5 Answer Amen Minister Cursed are the unmerciful fornicators and adulterers covetous persons idolaters slanderers drunkards and extortioners S. Matth. 25.41 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Answer Amen Minister NOw seeing that all they are accursed as the prophet David beareth witness who do err and go astray from the commandments of God Psal cxix 21. let us remembring the dreadful judgment hanging over our heads and always ready to fall upon us return unto our Lord God with all contrition and meekness of heart bewailing and lamenting our sinful life acknowledging and confessing our offences and seeking to bring forth worthy fruits of penance S. Matth. iij. 10. For now is the ax put unto the root of the trees so that every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire Hebr. x. 31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Psal xj 6. He shall pour down rain upon the sinners snares fire and brimstone storm and tempest this shall be their portion to drink For lo Isa xxvj 21. the Lord is come out of his place to visit the wickedness of such as dwell upon the earth But who may abide the day of his coming Mal. iij. 2. Who shall be able to endure when he appeareth His fan is in his hand S. Matth. iij. 12. and he will purge his floor and gather his wheat into the barn but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire 1 Thes v. 2 3. The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night and when men shall say Peace and all things are safe then shall sudden destruction come upon them as sorrow cometh upon a woman travailing with child and they shall not escape Rom. ij 4 5. Then shall appear the wrath of God in the day of vengeance which obstinate sinners through the stubbornness of their heart have heaped unto themselves which despised the goodness patience and long-sufferance of God when he called them continually to repentance Prov. j. 28 29 30. Then shall they call upon me saith the Lord but I will not hear they shall seek me early but they shall not find 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 too late to knock when the door shall be shut S. Matth. xxv 10 11 12. and too late to cry for mercy when it is the time of justice O terrible voice of most just judgment which shall be pronounced upon them when it shall be said unto them S. Matth. xxv 41. Go ye cursed into the fire everlasting which is prepared for the devil and his angels 2 Cor. vj. 2. Therefore brethren take we heed betime S. John ix 4. while the day of salvation lasteth for the night cometh when none can work S. John xij 35 36. But let us while we have the light believe in the light and walk as children of the light that we be not cast into utter darkness S. Matth. xxv 30. where is weeping and gnashing of teeth Let us not abuse the goodness of God who calleth us mercifully to amendment and of his endless pity promiseth us forgiveness of that which is past if with a perfect and true heart we return unto him Isaiah j. 18. For though our sins be as red as scarlet they shall be made white as snow and though they be like purple yet they shall be made white as wooll Ezek. xviij 30 31 32. Turn ye saith the Lord from all your wickedness and your sin 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 ye then and ye shall live 1 S. John ij 1. Although we have sinned yet have we an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins Isaiah liij 5. 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 unto him with faithful repentance if we will submit our selves unto him and from henceforth walk in his ways S. Matth. xj 29 30. if we will take his easie yoke and light burden upon us to follow him in lowliness 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 extreme malediction which shall light upon them that shall be set on the left hand and he will set us on his right hand S. Matth. xxv 33 34. and give us the gracious benediction of his Father commanding us to take possession of his glorious kingdom unto which
young rams unto the Lord ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength 2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name worship the Lord with holy worship 3 It is the Lord that commandeth the waters it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder 4 It is the Lord that ruleth the sea the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the Cedar-trees yea the Lord breaketh the Cedars of Libanus 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf Libanus also and Sirion like a young unicorn 7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness yea the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Cades DAY vi 8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young and discovereth the thick bushes in his temple doth every man speak of his honour 9 The Lord sitteth above the water-floud and the Lord remaineth a King for ever 10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace Morning Prayer Exaltabo te Domine Psal 30. I Will Magnifie Thee O Lord for thou hast set me up and not made my foes to triumph over me 2 O Lord My God I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me 3 Thou Lord hast brought my soul out of hell thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit 4 Sing praises unto the Lord O ye saints of his and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness 5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye and in his pleasure is life heaviness may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning 6 And in my prosperity I said I shall never be removed thou Lord of thy goodness hadst made my hill so strong 7 Thou didst turn thy face from me and I was troubled 8 Then cried I unto thee O Lord and gat me to my Lord right humbly 9 What profit is there in my bloud when I go down to the pit 10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee or shall it declare thy truth 11 Hear O Lord and have mercy upon me Lord be thou my helper 12 Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness 13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing O my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever In te Domine speravi Psal 31. IN thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy righteousness 2 Bowe down thine ear to me make haste to deliver me 3 And be thou my strong rock and house of defence that thou mayest save me 4 For thou art my strong rock and my castle be thou also my guide and lead me for thy Names sake 5 Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me for thou art my strength 6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of truth 7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities and my trust hath been in the Lord. 8 I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my soul in adversities 9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy but hast set my feet in a large room 10 Have mercy upon me O Lord for I am in trouble and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness yea my soul and my body 11 For my life is waxen old with heaviness and my years with mourning 12 My strength faileth me because of mine iniquity and my bones are consumed 13 I became a reproof among all mine enemies but especially among my neighbours and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me and they that did see me without conveyed themselves from me 14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind I am become like a broken vessel 15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude and fear is on every side while they conspire together against me and take their counsel to take away my life 16 But my hope hath been in thee O Lord I have said Thou art my God 17 My time is in thy hand deliver me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me 18 Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance and save me for thy mercies sake 19 Let me not be confounded O Lord for I have called upon thee let the ungodly be put to confusion and be put to silence in the grave 20 Let the lying lips be put to silence which cruelly disdainfully and despitefully speak against the righteous 21 O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee even before the sons of men 22 Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence from the provoking of all men thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues 23 Thanks be to the Lord for he hath shewed me marvellous great kindness in a strong city 24 And when I made hast I said I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes 25 Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my prayer when I cryed unto thee 26 O love the Lord all ye his saints for the Lord preserveth them that are faithful and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer 27 Be strong and he shall establish your heart all ye that put your trust in the Lord. Evening Prayer Beati quorum Psal 32. BLessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven and whose sin is covered 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin and in whose spirit there is no guile 3 For while I held my tongue my bones consumed away through my daily complaining 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night and my moisture is like the drought in summer 5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee and mine unrighteousness have I not hid 6 I said I will confess my sins unto the Lord and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin 7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found but in the great water-flouds they shall not come nigh him 8 Thou art a place to hide me in thou shalt preserve me from trouble thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance 9 I will inform thee and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go and I will guide thee with mine eye 10 Be ye not like to horse and mule which have no understanding whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle lest they fall upon thee 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord mercy embraceth him on every side 12 Be glad O ye righteous and rejoyce
in the Lord and be joyful all ye that are true of heart Exultate justi Psal 33. REjoyce in the Lord O ye righteous for it becometh well the just to be thankful 2 Praise the Lord with harp sing praises unto him with the lute and instrument of ten strings 3 Sing unto the Lord a new song sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage 4 For the word of the Lord is true and all his works are faithful 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were upon an heap and layeth up the deep as in a treasure-house 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world 9 For he spake and it was done he commanded and it stood fast 10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsels of princes 11 The counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever and the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation 12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Jehovah and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him to be his inheritance 13 The Lord looked down from heaven and beheld all the children of men from the habitation of his dwelling he considereth all them that dwell on the earth 14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them and understandeth all their works 15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an host neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength 16 A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength 17 Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him and upon them that put their trust in his mercy 18 To deliver their soul from death and to feed them in the time of dearth 19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lord for he is our help and our shield 20 For our heart shall rejoyce in him because we have hoped in his holy Name 21 Let thy merciful kindness O Lord be upon us like as we do put our trust in thee Benedicam Domino Psal 34. I Will alway give thanks unto the Lord his praise shall ever be in my mouth 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord the humble shall hear thereof and be glad 3 O praise the Lord with me and let us magnifie his Name together 4 I sought the Lord and he heard me yea he delivered me out of all my fear 5 They had an eye unto him and were lightened and their faces were not ashamed 6 Lo the poor crieth and the Lord heareth him yea and saveth him out of all his troubles 7 The Angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him and delivereth them 8 O taste and see how gracious the Lord is blessed is the man that trusteth in him 9 O fear the Lord yet that are his saints for they that fear him lack nothing 10 The lions do lack and suffer hunger but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good 11 Come ye children and hearken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is he that lusteth to live and would fain see good days 13 Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips that they speak no guile 14 Eschew evil and do good seek peace and ensue it 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their prayers 16 The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil to root out the remembrance of them from the earth 17 The righteous cry and the Lord heareth them and delivereth them out of all their troubles DAY vii 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as be of an humble spirit 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of all 20 He keepeth all his bones so that not one of them is broken 21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate 22 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute Morning Prayer Judica me Domine Psal 35. PLead thou my cause O Lord with them that strive with me and fight thou against them that fight against me 2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler and stand up to help me 3 Bring forth the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me say unto my soul I am thy salvation 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul let them be turned back and brought to confusion that imagine mischief for me 5 Let them be as the dust before the wind and the Angel of the Lord scattering them 6 Let their way be dark and slippery and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them 7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause yea even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul 8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself that he may fall into his own mischief 9 And my soul be joyful in the Lord it shall rejoyce in his salvation 10 All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in misery from him that spoileth him 11 False witnesses did rise up they laid to my charge things that I knew not 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the great discomfort of my soul 13 Nevertheless when they were sick I put on sackcloth and humbled my soul with fasting and my prayer shall turn into mine own bosom 14 I behaved my self as though it had been my friend or my brother I went heavily as one that mourneth for his mother 15 But in mine adversity they rejoyced and gathered themselves together yea the very abjects came together against me unawares making mows at me and ceased not 16 With the flatterers were busie mockers who gnashed upon me with their teeth 17 Lord how long wilt thou look upon this O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me and my darling from the lions 18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people 19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me without a cause 20 And why their communing is not for peace but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the
as a dream when one awaketh so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city 20 Thus my heart was grieved and it went even through my reins 21 So foolish was I and ignorant even as it were a beast before thee 22 Nevertheless I am alway by thee for thou hast holden me by my right hand 23 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and after that receive me with glory 24 Whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee 25 My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever 26 For lo they that forsake thee shall perish thou hast destroyed all them that commit fornication against thee 27 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God to put my trust in the Lord God and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Sion Ut quid Deus Psal 74. O God wherefore art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture 2 O think upon thy congregation whom thou hast purchased and redeemed of old 3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance and mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt 4 Lift up thy feet that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy which hath done evil in thy sanctuary 5 Thine adversaries rore in the midst of thy congregations and set up their banners for tokens 6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees was known to brinng to an excellent work 7 But now they break down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers 8 They have set fire upon thy holy places and have defiled the dwelling-place of thy Name even unto the ground 9 Yea they said in their hearts Let us make havock of them altogether thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land 10 We see not our tokens there is not one prophet more no not one is there among us that understandeth any more DAY xv 11 O God how long shall the adversary do this dishonour how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever 12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand why pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy 13 For God is my King of old the help that is done upon earth he doeth it himself 14 Thou didst divide the sea through thy power thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters 15 Thou smotest the heads of Leviathan in pieces and gavest him to be meat for the people in the wilderness 16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks thou driedst up mighty waters 17 The day is thine and the night is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sun 18 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast made summer and winter 19 Remember this O Lord how the enemy hath rebuked and how the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name 20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the enemies and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever 21 Look upon the covenant for all the earth is full of darkness and cruel habitations 22 O let not the simple go away ashamed but let the poor and needy give praise unto thy Name 23 Arise O God maintain thine own cause remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily 24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies the presumption of them that hate thee encreaseth ever more and more Morning Prayer Confitebimur tibi Psal 75. UNto thee O God do we give thanks yea unto thee do we give thanks 2 Thy Name also is so nigh and that do thy wondrous works declare 3 When I receive the congregation I shall judge according unto right 4 The earth is weak and all the inhabiters thereof I bear up the pillars of it 5 I said unto the fools Deal not so madly and to the ungodly Set not up your horn 6 Set not up your horn on high and speak not with a stiff neck 7 For promotion cometh neither from the east nor from the west nor yet from the south 8 And why God is the judge he putteth down one and setteth up another 9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixt and he poureth out of the same 10 As for the dregs thereof all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them and suck them out 11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob and praise him for ever 12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted Notus in Judaea Psal 76. IN Jury is God known his Name is great in Israel 2 At Salem is his tabernacle and his dwelling in Sion 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow the shield the sword and the battel 4 Thou art of more honour and might then the hills of the robbers 5 The proud are robbed they have slept their sleep and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing 6 At thy rebuke O God of Jacob both the chariot and horse are fallen 7 Thou even thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry 8 Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from heaven the earth trembled and was still 9 When God arose to judgment and to help all the meek upon earth 10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain 11 Promise unto the Lord your God and keep it all ye that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared 12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes and is wonderful among the kings of the earth Voce mea ad Dominum Psal 77. I Will cry unto God with my voice even unto God will I cry with my voice and he shall hearken unto me 2 In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord my sore ran and ceased not in the night-season my soul refused comfort 3 When I am in heaviness I will think upon God when my heart is vexed I will complain 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak 5 I have considered the days of old and the years that are past 6 I call to remembrance my song and in the night I commune with mine own heart and search out my spirits 7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever and will he be no more intreated 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever and is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious and will he shut up his loving kindness in displeasure 10 And I said It is mine own infirmity but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most Highest 11 I will remember the works of the Lord and call to mind thy wonders of
melody in our heaviness Sing us one of the songs of Sion DAY xxix 4 How shall we sing the Lords song in a strange land 5 If I forget thee O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning 6 If I do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth yea if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth 7 Remember the children of Edom O Lord in the day of Jerusalem how they said Down with it down with it even to the ground 8 O daughter of Babylon wasted with misery yea happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and throweth them against the stones Confitebor tibi Psal 138. I Will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple and praise thy Name because of thy loving kindness and truth for thou hast magnified thy Name and thy word above all things 3 When I called upon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soul with much strength 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee O Lord for they have heard the words of thy mouth 5 Yea they shall sing in the ways of the Lord that great is the glory of the Lord. 6 For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect unto the lowly as for the proud he beholdeth them afar off 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies and thy right hand shall save me 8 The Lord shall make good his loving kindness toward me yea thy mercy O Lord endureth for ever despise not then the works of thine own hands Morning Prayer Domine probasti Psal 139. O Lord thou hast searched me out and known me thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising thou understandest my thoughts long before 2 Thou art about my path and about my bed and spiest out all my ways 3 For lo there is not a word in my tongue but thou O Lord knowest it altogether 4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and before and laid thine hand upon me 5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me I cannot attain unto it 6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit or whither shall I go then from thy presence 7 If I climb up into heaven thou art there if I go down to hell thou art there also 8 If I take the wings of the morning and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea 9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me 10 If I say Peradventure the darkness shall cover me then shall my night be turned today 11 Yea the darkness is no darkness with thee but the night is as clear as the day the darkness and light to thee are both alike 12 For my reins are thine thou hast covered me in my mothers womb 13 I will give thanks unto thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made marvellous are thy works and that my soul knoweth right well 14 My bones are not hid from thee though I be made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth 15 Thine eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect and in thy book were all my members written 16 Which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them 17 How dear are thy counsels unto me O God O how great is the sum of them 18 If I tell them they are mo in number then the sand when I wake up I am present with thee 19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked O God depart from me ye bloud-thirsty men 20 For they speak unrighteously against thee and thine enemies take thy Name in vain 21 Do not I hate them O Lord that hate thee and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee 22 Yea I hate them right sore even as though they were mine enemies 23 Try me O God and seek the ground of my heart prove me and examine my thoughts 24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me and lead me in the way everlasting Eripe me Domine Psal 140. DEliver me O Lord from the evil man and preserve me from the wicked man 2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts and stir up strife all the day long 3 They have sharpned their tongues like a serpent adders poison is under their lips 4 Keep me O Lord from the hands of the ungodly preserve me from the wicked men who are purposed to overthrow my goings 5 The proud have laid a snare for me and spread a net abroad with cords yea and set traps in my way 6 I said unto the Lord Thou art my God hear the voice of my prayers O Lord. 7 O Lord God thou strength of my health thou hast covered my head in the day of battel 8 Let not the ungodly have his desire O Lord let not his mischievous imagination prosper left they be too proud 9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about 10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them let them be cast into the fire and into the pit that they never rise up again 11 A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth evil shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow him 12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poor and maintain the cause of the helpless 13 The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy Name and the just shall continue in thy sight Domine clamavi Psal 141. LOrd I call upon thee haste thee unto me and consider my voice when I cry unto thee 2 Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening-sacrifice 3 Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and keep the door of my lips 4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness lest I eat of such things as please them 5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly and reprove me 6 But let not their precious balms break my head yea I will pray yet against their wickedness 7 Let their judges be overthrown in stony places that they may hear my words for they are sweet 8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit like as when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth 9 But mine eyes look unto thee O Lord God in thee is my trust O cast not out my soul 10 Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me and from the traps of the wicked doers 11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together and let me ever escape them Evening Prayer Voce mea ad Dominum Psal 142. I Cried unto the Lord with my voice yea even unto the Lord did I make my
supplication 2 I poured out my complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble 3 When my spirit was in heaviness thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me 4 I looked also upon my right hand and saw there was no man that would know me 5 I had no place to flee unto and no man cared for my soul 6 I cried unto thee O Lord and said Thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the living 7 Consider my complaint for I am brought very low 8 O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me 9 Bring my soul out of prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name which thing if thou wilt grant me then shall the righteous resort unto my company Domine exaudi Psal 143. HEar my prayer O Lord and consider my desire hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness sake 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant for in thy sight shall no man living be justified 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul he hath smitten my life down to the ground he hath laid me in the darkness as the men that have been long dead 4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate 5 Yet do I remember the time past I muse upon all thy works yea I exercise my self in the works of thy hands 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land 7 Hear me O Lord and that soon for my spirit waxeth faint hide not thy face from me lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit DAY xxx 8 O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust shew thou me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my soul unto thee 9 Deliver me O Lord from mine enemies for I flee unto thee to hide me 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness 11 Quicken me O Lord for thy Names sake and for thy righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble 12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies and destroy all them that vex my soul for I am thy servant Morning Prayer Benedictus Dominus Psal 144. BLessed be the Lord my strength who teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight 2 My hope and my fortress my castle and deliverer my defender in whom I trust who subdueth my people that is under me 3 Lord what is man that thou hast such respect unto him or the son of man that thou so regardest him 4 Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away like a shadow 5 Bowe thy heavens O Lord and come down touch the mountains and they shall smoke 6 Cast forth thy lightning and tear them shoot out thine arrows and consume them 7 Send down thine hand from above deliver me and take me out of the great waters from the hand of strange children 8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness 9 I will sing a new song unto thee O God and sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute 10 Thou hast given victory unto kings and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword 11 Save me and deliver me from the hand of strange children whose mouth talketh of vanity and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity 12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple 13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour that there be no decay no leading into captivity and no complaining in our streets 15 Happy are the people that are in such a case yea blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God Exaltabo te Deus Psal 145. I Will magnifie thee O God my King and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever 2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee and praise thy Name for ever and ever 3 Great is the Lord and marvellous worthy to be praised there is no end of his greatness 4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another and declare thy power 5 As for me I will be talking of thy worship thy glory thy praise and wondrous works 6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts and I will also tell of thy greatness 7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be shewed and men shall sing of thy righteousness 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful long-suffering and of great goodness 9 The Lord is loving unto every man and his mercy is over all his works 10 All thy works praise thee O Lord and thy saints give thanks unto thee 11 They shew the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power 12 That thy power thy glory and mightiness of thy kingdom might be known unto men 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages 14 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall and lifteth up all those that are down 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee O Lord and thou givest them their meat in due season 16 Thou openest thine hand and fillest all things living with plenteousness 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him yea all such as call upon him faithfully 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will help them 20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him but scattereth abroad all the ungodly 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name forever and ever Lauda anima mea Psal 146. PRaise the Lord O my soul while I live will I praise the Lord yea as long as I have any being I will sing praises unto my God 2 O put not your trust in princes nor in any child of man for there is no help in them 3 For when the breath of man goeth forth he shall turn again to his earth and then all his thoughts perish 4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his God 5 Who made heaven and earth the sea and all that therein is who keepeth his promise for ever 6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong who feedeth the hungry 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison the Lord giveth sight to the blind 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the righteous 9 The Lord careth for the strangers
prayer of thy servants but didst hear our cry and hast saved us Thou didst send forth thy commandment and the windy storm ceased and was turned into a calm O let us therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he hath done and still doeth for the children of men Praised be the Lord daily even the Lord that helpeth us and poureth his benefits upon us He is our God even the God of whom cometh salvation God is the Lord by whom we have escaped death Thou Lord hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands and we will triumph in thy praise Blessed be the Lord God even the Lord God who only doeth wondrous things And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever and let every one of us say Amen Amen 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 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all now and for evermore Amen After Victory or Deliverance from an Enemy ¶ A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and thanksgiving after Victory IF the Lord had not been on our side now may we say if the Lord himself had not been on our side when men rose up against us They had swallowed us up quick when they were so wrathfully displeased at us Yea the waters had drowned us and the stream had gone over our soul the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul But praised be the Lord who hath not given us over as a prey unto them The Lord hath wrought a mighty salvation for us We gat not this by our own sword neither was it our own arm that saved us but thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance because thou hadst a favour unto us The Lord hath appeared for us the Lord hath covered our heads and made us to stand in the day of battel The Lord hath appeared for us the Lord hath overthrown our enemies and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us Therefore not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name be given the glory The Lord hath done great things for us the Lord hath done great things for us for which we rejoyce Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord who hath made heaven and earth Blessed be the Name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore 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 ¶ After this Hymn may be sung the Te Deum ¶ Then this Collect. O Almighty God the Sovereign Commander of all the world in whose hand is power and might which none is able to withstand We bless and magnifie thy great and glorious Name for this happy Victory the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee who art the only giver of Victory And we beseech thee give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory the advancement of thy Gospel the honour of our Sovereigns and as much as in us lieth to the good of all mankind And we beseech thee give us such a sense of this great mercy as may engage us to a true thankfulness such as may appear in our lives by an humble holy and obedient walking before thee all our days through Jesus Christ our Lord To whom with thee and the holy Spirit as for all thy mercies so in particular for this Victory and deliverance be all glory and honour world without end Amen 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen At the Burial of their Dead at Sea ¶ THe Office in the Common Prayer-Book may be used Only in stead of these words We therefore commit his Body to the Ground Earth to Earth c. say We therefore commit his Body to the Deep to be turned into corruption looking for the resurrection of the Body when the Sea shall give up her Dead and the life of the world to come through our Lord Jesus Christ who at his coming shall change our vile Body that it may be like his glorious Body according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself THE Form and Manner OF Making Ordaining and Consecrating OF Bishops Priests and Deacons According to the Order of the Church of England THE PREFACE IT is evident unto all men diligently reading holy Scripture and Ancient Authors that from the Apostles time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church Bishops Priests and Deacons Which Offices were evermore had in such Reverend estimation that no man might presume to execute any of them except he were first Called Tried Examined and Known to have such Qualities as are requisite for the same and also by publick Prayer with Imposition of Hands were approved and admitted thereunto by lawful Authority And therefore to the intent that these Orders may be continued and reverently used and esteemed in the Church of England No man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop Priest or Deacon in the Church of England or suffered to execute any of the said Functions except he be Called Tried Examined and Admitted thereunto according to the Form hereafter following or hath had formerly Episcopal Consecration or Ordination And none shall be Admitted a Deacon except he be Twenty three years of age unless he have a Faculty And every man which is to be Admitted a Priest shall be full Four and twenty years old And every man which is to be Ordained or Consecrated Bishop shall be fully Thirty years of age And the Bishop knowing either by himself or by sufficient testimony any Person to be a Man of virtuous Conversation and without Crime and after Examination and Trial finding him learned in the Latin Tongue and sufficiently Instructed in holy Scripture may at the times appointed in the Canon or else upon urgent occasion on some other Sunday or Holy-day in the face of the Church Admit him a Deacon in such Manner and Form as hereafter followeth THE Form and Manner of Making of Deacons ¶ WHen the day appointed by the Bishop is come after Morning Prayer is ended there shall be a Sermon or Exhortation declaring the Duty and Office of such as come to be admitted Deacons how necessary that Order is in the Church of Christ and also how the People ought to esteem them in their Office ¶ First the Arch-Deacon or his Deputy shall present unto the Bishop sitting in his Chair near to the holy Table such as desire to be Ordained Deacons each of them being decently habited saying these words REverend Father in God I present unto you these persons present to
be admitted Deacons ¶ The Bishop TAke heed that the persons whom ye present unto us be apt and meet for their learning and godly conversation to exercise their Ministry duly to the honour of God and the edifying of his Church ¶ The Arch-Deacon shall answer I Have enquired of them and also examined them and think them so to be ¶ Then the Bishop shall say unto the People BRethren if there be any of you who knoweth any Impediment or notable Crime in any of these persons presented to be Ordered Deacons for the which he ought not to be admitted to that Office let him come forth in the Name of God and shew what the Crime or Impediment is ¶ And if any great Crime or Impediment be objected the Bishop shall surcease from Ordering that Person until such time as the Party accused shall be found clear of that Crime ¶ Then the Bishop commending such as shall be found meet to be Ordered to the Prayers of the Congregation shall with the Clergy and People present sing or say the Litany with the Prayers as followeth ¶ The Litany and Suffrages O God the Father of heaven have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Father of heaven have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Son Redeemer of the world have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Son Redeemer of the world have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon us miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinity three persons and one God have mercy upon us miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinity three persons and one God have mercy upon us miserable sinners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our fore-fathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare us good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with us for ever Spare us good-Lord From all evil and mischief from sin from the crafts and assaults of the devil fron thy wrath and from everlasting damnation Good Lord deliver us From all blindness of heart from pride vain-glory and hypocrisie from envy hatred and malice and all uncharitableness Good Lord deliver us From fornication and all other deadly sin and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the devil Good Lord deliver us From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battel and murder and from sudden death Good Lord deliver us From all sedition privy conspiracy and rebellion from all false doctrine heresie and schism from hardness of heart and contempt of thy Word and Commandment Good Lord deliver us By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision by thy Baptism Fasting and Temptation Good Lord deliver us By thine Agony and bloudy Sweat by thy Cross and Passion by thy precious Death and Burial by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension and by the coming of the holy Ghost Good Lord deliver us In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the hour of death and in the day of judgment Good Lord deliver us We sinners do beseech thee to hear us O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousness and holiness of life thy servant WILLIAM our most gracious King and Governour That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith fear and love and that he may evermore have affiance in thee and ever seek thy honour and glory We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper giving him the victory over all his enemies We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve CATHERINE the Queen Dowager Her Royal Highness the Princess ANNE of Denmark and all the Royal Family We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Priests and Deacons with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless these thy servants now to be admitted to the Order of Deacons or Priests and to pour thy grace upon them that they may duly execute their Office to the edifying of thy Church and the glory of thy holy Name We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council and all the Nobility with grace wisdom and understanding We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magistrates giving them grace to execute justice and to maintain truth We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all Nations unity peace and concord We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee and diligently to live after thy commandments We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy word and to receive it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred and are deceived We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand and to comfort and help the weak-hearted and to raise up them that fall and finally to beat down Satan under our feet We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that are in danger necessity and tribulation We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water all women labouring of child all sick persons and young children and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to defend and provide for the fatherless children and widows and all that are desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give and 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 ¶ Then shall the Priest and the People with him say the Lords Prayer OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Priest O Lord deal not with us after our sins Answer Neither reward us after our iniquities Priest 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 oppress us and graciously 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 through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help us and deliver us 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 days 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 and to the Holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen From our enemies defend us O Christ Graciously look upon our 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 Graciously hear us O Christ graciously hear us O Lord Christ Priest O Lord let thy mercy be shewed upon us Answer As we do put our trust in thee WE humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon our infirmities and for the glory of thy Name 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 holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glory through our only Mediatour and Advocate Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion with the Collect Epistle and Gospel as followeth The Collect. ALmighty God who by thy divine providence hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church and didst inspire thine Apostles to choose into the Order of Deacons the first Martyr Saint Stephen with others Mercifully behold these thy servants now called to the like Office and Administration Replenish them so with the truth of thy Doctrine and adorn them with innocency of life that both by word and good example they may faithfully serve thee in this Office to the glory of thy Name and the edification of thy Church through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen The Epistle 1 Tim. 3.8 LIkewise must the Deacons be grave not double-tongued not given to much wine not greedy of filthy lucre holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience And let these also first be proved then let them use the Office of a Deacon being found blameless Even so must their wives be grave not slanderers sober faithful in all things Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife ruling their children and their own houses well For they that have used the Office of a Deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus ¶ Or else this out of the Sixth of the Acts of the Apostles Acts 6.2 THen the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them and said It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve tables Wherefore brethren look ye out among you seven men of honest report full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom whom we may appoint over this business But we will give our selves continually to prayer and to the ministery of the word And the saying pleased the whole multitude And they chose Stephen a man full of of faith and of the Holy Ghost and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch Whom they set before the Apostles and when they had prayed they laid their hands on them And the word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly and a great company of the Priests were obedient to the faith ¶ And before the Gospel the Bishop sitting in his Chair shall cause the Oath of the Kings Supremacy and against the Power and Authority of all foreign Potentates to be ministred unto every of them that are to be Ordered The Oath of the Kings Sovereignty I A. B. do utterly testifie and declare in my conscience That the Kings Highness is the only supreme Governour of this Realm and of all other his Highnesses Dominions and Countreys as well in all Spiritual or Ecclesiastical things or Causes as Temporal And that no foreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preeminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm And therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign Jurisdictions Powers Superiorities and Authorities and do promise That from henceforth I shall bear Faith and true Allegiance to the Kings Highness His Heirs and lawful Successors and to my power shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Priviledges Preeminences and Authorities granted or belonging to the Kings Highness His Heirs and Successors or united and annexed to the Imperial Crown of this Realm So help me God and the Contents of this Book ¶ Then shall the Bishop examine every one of them that are to be Ordered in the presence of the People after this manner following DO you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this Office and
and confirm for Lord thou know'st us frail That neither devil world nor flesh against us may prevail Put back our enemies far from us and help us to obtain Peace in our hearts with God and man the best the truest gain And grant that thou being O Lord our leader and our guide We may escape the snares of sin and never from thee slide Such measures of thy powerful grace grant Lord to us we pray That thou may'st be our Comforter at the last dreadful day Of strife and of dissension dissolve O Lord the bands And knit the knots of peace and love throughout all Christian Lands Grant us thy grace that we may know the Father of all might That we of his beloved Son may gain the blissful sight And that we may with perfect faith ever acknowledge thee The Spirit of Father and of Son One God in Persons three To God the Father laud and praise and to his blessed Son And to the holy Spirit of grace Co-equal three in one And pray we that our only Lord would please his Spirit to send On all that shall profess his Name from hence to the worlds end Amen ¶ That done the Bishop shall pray in this wise and say Let us pray ALmighty God and heavenly Father who of thine infinite love and goodness towards us hast given to us thy only and most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ to be our Redeemer and the Author of everlasting life who after he had made perfect our Redemption by his death and was ascended into heaven sent abroad into the world his Apostles Prophets Evangelists Doctors and Pastors by whose labour and ministry he gathered together a great flock in all the parts of the world to set forth the eternal praise of thy holy Name For these so great benefits of thy eternal goodness and for that thou hast vouchsafed to call these thy servants here present to the same Office and Ministry appointed for the salvation of mankind we render unto thee most hearty thanks we praise and worship thee and we humbly beseech thee by the same thy blessed Son to grant unto all which either here or elsewhere call upon thy holy Name that we may continue to shew our selves thankful unto thee for these and all other thy benefits and that we may daily increase and go forwards in the knowledge and faith of thee and thy Son by the holy Spirit So that as well by these thy Ministers as by them over whom they shall be appointed thy Ministers thy holy Name may befor ever glorified and thy blessed Kingdom enlarged through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same holy Spirit world without end Amen ¶ When this prayer is done the Bishop with the Priests present shall lay their hands severally upon the head of every one that receiveth the Order of Priesthood the Receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees and the Bishop saying REceive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our Hands Whose sins thou dost forgive they are forgiven and whose sins thou dost retain they are retained And be thou a faithful Dispenser of the Word of God and of his holy Sacraments In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ Then the Bishop shall deliver to every one of them kneeling the Bible into his hand saying TAke thou Authority to Preach the Word of God and to Minister the holy Sacraments in the Congregation where thou shalt be lawfully appointed thereunto ¶ When this is done the Nicene Creed shall be sung or said and the Bishop shall after that go on in the Service of the Communion which all they that receive Orders shall take together and remain in the same place where hands were laid upon them until such time as they have received the Communion ¶ The Communion being done after the last Collect and immediately before the Benediction shall be said these Collects MOst merciful Father we beseech thee to send upon these thy servants thy heavenly blessing that they may be clothed with righteousness and that thy Word spoken by their mouths may have such success that it may never be spoken in vain Grant also that we may have grace to hear and receive what they shall deliver out of thy most holy Word or agreeable to the same as the means of our salvation that in all our words and deeds we may seek thy glory and the increase of thy Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PRevent us O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious favour and further us with thy continual help that in all our works begun continued and ended in thee we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen THe peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. And the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remain with you always Amen ¶ ANd if on the same day the Order of Deacons be given to some and the Order of Priesthood to others The Deacons shall be first Presented and then the Priests and it shall suffice that the Litany be once said for both The Collects shall both be used first that for Deacons then that for Priests The Epistle shall be Ephes iv 7. to 14. as before in this Office Immediately after which they that are to be made Deacons shall take the Oath of Supremacy be Examined and Ordained as is above prescribed Then one of them having read the Gospel which shall be either out of S. Matth. ix 36. as before in this Office or else S. Luke xii 35 to 39 as before in the Form for the Ordering of Deacons they that are to be made Priests shall likewise take the Oath of Supremacy be Examined and Ordained as is in this Office before appointed The Form of Ordaining or Consecrating of an ARCHBISHOP or BISHOP Which is always to be performed upon some Sunday or Holy-day ¶ When all things are duly prepared in the Church and set in Order after Morning Prayer is ended the Archbishop or some other Bishop appointed shall begin the Communion-Service in which this shall be The Collect. ALmighty God who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy holy Apostles many excellent gifts and didst charge them to feed thy flock Give grace we beseech thee to all Bishops the Pastors of thy Church that they may diligently Preach thy Word and duly Administer the godly Discipline thereof and grant to the people that they may obediently follow the same that all may receive the crown of everlasting glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ And another Bishop shall read The Epistle 1 Tim. 3.1 THis is a
true saying If a man desire the Office of a Bishop he desireth a good work A Bishop then must be blameless the husband of one wife vigilant sober of good behaviour given to hospitality apt to teach not given to wine no striker not greedy of filthy lucre but patient not a brawler not covetous one that ruleth well his own house having his children in subjection with all gravity For if a man know not how to rule his own house how shall he take care of the Church of God not a novice lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil ¶ Or this for the Epistle Acts 20.17 FRom Miletus Paul sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the Church And when they were come to him he said unto them Ye know from the first day that I came into Asia after what manner I have been with you at all seasons serving the Lord with all humility of mind and with many tears and temptations which befel me by the lying in wait of the Jews And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you but have shewed you and have taught you publickly and from house to house testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ And now behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem not knowing the things that shall befal me there save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city saying That bonds and afflictions abide me But none of these things move me neither count I my life dear unto my self so that I might finish my course with joy and the Ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testifie the Gospel of the grace of God And now behold I know that ye all among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God shall see my face no more Wherefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the bloud of all men For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God Take heed therefore unto your selves and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you Overseers to feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own bloud For I know this that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears And now brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his grace which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified I have coveted no mans silver or gold or apparel yea you your selves know that these hands have ministred unto my necessities and to them that were with me I have shewed you all things how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus how he said It is more blessed to give then to receive ¶ Then another Bishop shall read The Gospel S. John 21.15 JEsus saith to Simon Peter Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me more then these He saith unto him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee He saith unto him Feed my lambs He saith to him again the second time Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me He saith unto him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee He saith unto him Feed my sheep He saith unto him the third time Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time Lovest thou me And he said unto him Lord thou knowest all things thou knowest that I love thee Jesus saith unto him Feed my sheep ¶ Or this S. John 20.19 THe same day at evening being the first day of the week when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews came Jesus and stood in the midst and saith unto them Peace be unto you And when he had so said he shewed unto them his hands and his side Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again Peace be unto you As my Father hath sent me even so send I you And when he had said this he breathed on them and saith unto them Receive ye the Holy Ghost Whose soever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them and whose soever sins ye retain they are retained ¶ Or this S. Matth. 28.19 JEsus came and spake unto them saying All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you And lo I am with you alway even unto the end of the world ¶ After the Gospel and the Nicene Creed and the Sermon are ended the Elected Bishop vested with his Rotchet shall be presented by two Bishops unto the Archbishop of that Province or to some other Bishop appointed by lawful Commission the Archbishop sitting in his Chair near the holy Table and the Bishops that present him saying MOst Reverend Father in God we present unto you this godly and well-learned Man to be Ordained and Consecrated Bishop ¶ Then shall the Archbishop demand the Kings Mandate for the Consecration and cause it to be read And the Oath touching the acknowledgment of the Kings Supremacy shall be ministred to the Persons Elected as it is set down before in the Form for the Ordering of Deacons And then shall also be ministred unto them the Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop as followeth The Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop IN the Name of God Amen I N. chosen Bishop of the Church and See of N. do profess and promise all due reverence and obedience to the Archbishop and to the Metropolitical Church of N. and to their Successors So help me God through Jesus Christ ¶ This Oath shall not be made at the Consecration of an Archbishop ¶ Then the Archbishop shall move the Congregation present to pray saying thus to them BRethren it is written in the Gospel of S. Luke That our Saviour Christ continued the whole night in Prayer before he did choose and send forth his twelve Apostles It is written also in the Acts of the Apostles That the Disciples who were at Antioch did fast and pray before they laid hands on Paul and Barnabas and sent them forth Let us therefore following the example of our Saviour Christ and his Apostles first fall to prayer before we admit and send forth this Person presented unto us to the work whereunto we trust the Holy Ghost hath called him
¶ And then shall be said the Litany as before in the Form of Ordering Deacons save only that after this place That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops c. the proper Suffrage there following shall be omitted and this inserted in stead of it THat it may please thee to bless this our Brother Elected and to send thy grace upon him that he may duly execute the Office whereunto he is called to the edifying of thy Church and to the honour praise and glory of thy Name Answer We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. ¶ Then shall be said this Prayer following ALmighty God giver of all good things who by thy holy Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church Mercifully behold this thy servant now called to the Work and Ministry of a Bishop and replenish him so with the truth of thy Doctrine and adorn him with innocency of life that both by word and deed he may faithfully serve thee in this Office to the glory of thy Name and the edifying and well governing of thy Church through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost world without end Amen ¶ Then the Archbishop sitting in his Chair shall say to him that is to be Consecrated Brother forasmuch as the holy Scripture and the ancient Canons command that We should not be hasty in laying on Hands and admitting any Person to Government in the Church of Christ which he hath purchased with no less price then the effusion of his own bloud before I admit you to this Administration I will examine you in certain Articles to the end that the Congregation present may have a trial and bear witness how you be minded to behave your self in the Church of God ARe you perswaded that you be truly called to this Ministration according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Order of this Realm Answer I am so perswaded The Archbishop ARe you perswaded that the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all Doctrine required of necessity to eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ And are you determined out of the same holy Scriptures to instruct the people committed to your charge and to teach or maintain nothing as required of necessity to eternal salvation but that which you shall be perswaded may be concluded and proved by the same Answer I am so perswaded and determined by Gods grace The Archbishop WIll you then faithfully exercise your self in the same holy Scriptures and call upon God by prayer for the true understanding of the same so as ye may be able by them to teach and exhort with wholsom Doctrine and to withstand and convince the gain-sayers Answer I will so do by the help of God The Archbishop ARe you ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange Doctrine contrary to Gods Word and both privately and openly to call upon and encourage others to the same Answer I am ready the Lord being my helper The Archbishop WIll ye deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts and live soberly righteously and godly in this present world that you may shew your self in all things an example of good works unto others that the adversary may be ashamed having nothing to say against you Answer I will so do the Lord being my helper The Archbishops WIll you maintain and set forward as much as shall lie in you quietness love and peace among all men and such as be unquiet disobedient and criminous within your Diocess correct and punish according to such authority as you have by Gods Word and as to you shall be committed by the Ordinance of this Realm Answer I will so do by the help of God The Archbishop WIll you be faithful in Ordaining Sending or Laying Hands upon others Answer I will so be by the help of God The Archbishop WIll you shew your self gentle and be merciful for Christs sake to poor and needy people and to all strangers destitute of help Answer I will so shew my self by Gods help ¶ Then the Archbishop standing up shall say ALmighty God our heavenly Father who hath given you a good will to do all these things grant also unto you strength and power to perform the same that he accomplishing in you the good work which he hath begun you may be found perfect and irreprehensible at the latter day through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Bishop Elect put on the rest of the Episcopal Habit and kneeling down Veni Creator Spiritus shall be sung or said over him the Archbishop beginning and the Bishops with others that are present answering by Verses as followeth COme Holy Ghost our souls inspire And lighten with celestial fire Thou the anointing Spirit art Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart Thy blessed Unction from above Is comfort life and fire of love Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of thy grace Keep far our foes give peace at home Where thou art guide no ill can come Teach us to know the Father Son And thee of both to be but one That through the ages all along This may be our endless song Praise to thy eternal merit Father Son and holy Spirit ¶ Or this COme Holy Ghost eternal God proceeding from above Both from the Father and the Son the God of peace and love Visit our minds into our hearts thy heavenly grace inspire That truth and godliness we may pursue with full desire Thou art the very Comforter in grief and all distress The heavenly gift of God most high no tongue can it express The fountain and the living spring of joy celestial The fire so bright the love so sweet the Vnction spiritual Thou in thy gifts art manifold by them Christs Church doth stand In faithful hearts thou writ'st thy law the finger of Gods hand According to thy promise Lord thou givest speech with grace That through thy help Gods praises may resound in every place O Holy Ghost into our minds send down thy heavenly light Kindle our hearts with servent zeal to serve God day and night Our Weakness strengthen and confirm for Lord thou know'st us frail That neither devil world nor flesh against us may prevail Put back our enemies far from us and help us to obtain Peace in our hearts with God and man the best the truest gain And grant that thou being O Lord our leader and our guide We may escape the snares of sin and never from thee slide Such measures of thy powerful grace grant Lord to us we pray That thou may'st be our Comforter at the last dreadful day Of strife and of dissension dissolve O Lord the bands And knit the knots of peace and love throughout all Christian Lands Grant us thy grace that we may know the Father of all might That we of his beloved Son may gain the blissful
sight And that we may with perfect faith ever acknowledge thee The Spirit of Father and of Son One God in Persons three To God the Father laud and praise and to his blessed Son And to the holy Spirit of grace Co-equal three in one And pray we that our only Lord would please his Spirit to send On all that shall profess his Name from hence to the worlds end Amen ¶ That ended the Archbishop shall say Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Archbishop Let us pray ALmighty God and most merciful Father who of thine infinite goodness hast given thy only and dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ to be our Redeemer and the author of everlasting life who after that he had made perfect our Redemption by his death and was ascended into heaven poured down abundantly his gifts upon men making some Apostles some Prophets some Evangelists some Pastors and Doctors to the edifying and making perfect his Church Grant we beseech thee to this thy Servant such grace that he may evermore be ready to spread abroad thy Gospel the glad tidings of reconciliation with thee and use the Authority given him not to destruction but to salvation not to hurt but to help so that as a wise and faithful servant giving to thy Family their portion in due season he may at last be received into everlasting joy through Jesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth one God world without end Amen ¶ Then the Archbishop and Bishops present shall lay their Hands upon the Head of the Elected Bishop kneeling before them upon his Knees the Archbishop saying REceive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Bishop in the Church of God now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our Hands In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen And remember that thou stir up the grace of God which is given thee by this Imposition of our Hands For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and love and soberness ¶ Then the Archbishop shall deliver him the Bible saying GIve heed unto reading Exhortation and Doctrine Think upon the things contained in this Book Be diligent in them that the increase coming thereby may be manifest unto all men Take heed unto thy self and to Doctrine and be diligent in doing them for by so doing thou shalt both save thy self and them that hear thee Be to the flock of Christ a shepherd not a wolf feed them devour them not Hold up the weak heal the sick bind up the broken bring again the outcasts seek the lost Be so merciful that you be not too remiss so minister Discipline that you forget not mercy that when the chief Shepherd shall appear you may receive the never-fading crown of glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Archbishop shall proceed in the Communion-Service with whom the new Consecrated Bishop with others shall also Communicate ¶ And for the last Collect immediately before the Benediction shall be said these Prayers MOst merciful Father we beseech thee to send down upon this thy Servant thy heavenly blessing and so endue him with thy holy Spirit that he Preaching thy Word may not only be earnest to reprove beseech and rebuke with all patience and doctrine but also may be to such as believe a wholsom example in word in conversation in love in faith in chastity and in purity that faithfully fulfilling his course at the latter day he may receive the crown of righteousness laid up by the Lord the righteous Judge who liveth and reigneth one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost world without end Amen PRevent us O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious favour and further us with thy continual help that in all our works begun continued and ended in thee we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen THe peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. And the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost be amongst you and remain with you always Amen Marie R. OUR Will and Pleasure is That these Three Forms of Prayer and Service made for the Fifth of November the Thirtieth of January and the Twenty ninth of May be forthwith Printed and Published and for the future annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the Church of England to be used yearly on the said days in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chappels in all Chappels of Colledges and Halls within both Our Universities and of Our Colledges of Eaton and Winchester and in all Parish-Churches and Chappels within Our Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Sixth day of October 1692. in the Fourth year of Our Reign By Her Majesties Command Nottingham A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving To be used yearly upon the Fifth day of November for the happy deliverance of King JAMES I. and the Three Estates of the Realm from the most Traiterous and Bloudy intended Massacre by Gunpowder And also for the happy Arrival of His present Majesty on this Day for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation ¶ The Service shall be the same with the usual Office for holydays in all things Except where it is hereafter otherwise appointed ¶ If this Day shall happen to be on Sunday only the Collect proper for that Sunday shall be added to this Office in its place ¶ Morning Prayer shall begin with these Sentences THE Lord is full of compassion and mercy long-suffering and of great goodness Psal 103.8 He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for ever Verse 9. He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses Verse 10. ¶ Instead of Venite exultremus shall this hymn following be used one Verse by the Priest and another by the Clerk and People O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever Psal 107.1 Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed and delivered from the hand of the enemy verse 2. Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up may Israel now say Psal 129.1 Yea many a time have they vexed me from my youth up but they have not prevailed against me verse 2. They have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause yea even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul Psal 35.7 They have laid a net for my feet and pressed down my soul they have digged a pit before me and are fallen into the midst of it themselves Psal 57 7. Great is our Lord and great is his power yea and his wisdom is infinite