from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him and to make amends for that he himself hath offended and the other Party will not be perswaded to a godly unity but remain still in his frowardness and malice the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent Person to the Holy Communion and not him that is obstinate Provided that every Minister so repelling any as is specified in this or the next precedent Paragraph of this Rubrick shall be obliged to give an account of the same to the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the farthest And the Ordinary shall proceed against the offending Person according to the Canon ¶ The Table at the Communion-time having a fair white Linen Cloth upon it shall stand in the body of the Church or in the Chancel where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said And the Priest standing at the North-side of the Table shall say the Lords Prayer with the Collect following the People 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 not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Collect. ALmighty God unto whom all hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit that we may perfectly love thee and worthily magnifie thy holy Name through Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest turning to the People rehearse distinctly all the TEN COMMANDMENTS and the People still kneeling shall after every Commandment ask God mercy for their transgression thereof for the time past and grace to keep the same for the time to come as followeth Minister GOd spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have none other gods but me People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bowe down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt do no murder People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not commit adultery People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not steal People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his People Lord have mercy upon us and write all these thy laws in our hearts we beseech thee ¶ Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the King the Priest standing as before and saying Let us pray ALmighty God whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite Have mercy upon the whole Church and so rule the heart of thy chosen servant 〈…〉 that he knowing whose Minister he is may above all things seek thy honour and glory and that we and all his subjects duly considering whose authority he hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed Word and Ordinance through Jesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen ¶ Or. ALmighty and everliving God we are taught by thy holy Word that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and governance and that thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisdom We humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart of WILLIAM thy servant our King and Governour that in all his thoughts words and works he may ever seek thy honour and glory and study to preserve thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and godliness Grant this O merciful Father for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall be said the Collect of the Day And immediately after the Collect the Priest shall read the Epistle saying The Epistle or The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse And the Epistle ended he shall say Here endeth the Epistle Then shall he read the Gospel the People all standing up saying The holy Gospel is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse And the Gospel ended shall be sung or said the Creed following the People still standing as before I Believe in one God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And of all things visible and invisible And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God Begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God Light of Light Very God of very God Begotten not made Being of one substance with the Father By whom all things were made Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven And was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary And was made man And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate He suffered and was buried And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures And ascended into heaven And sitteth on the
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 at 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 Question What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief Answer First I learn to believe in God the Father who hath made me and all the world Secondly in God the Son who hath redeemed me and all mankind Thirdly in God the holy Ghost who sanctifieth me and all the elect people of God Question You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keep Gods Commandments Tell me how many there be Answer Ten. Question Which be they Answer THe same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage I. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me II. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bowe down to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my Commandments III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it V. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt do no murder VII Thou shalt not commit adultery VIII Thou shalt not steal IX Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his Question What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments Answer I learn two things my duty towards God and my duty towards my Neighbour Question What is thy duty towards God Answer My duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul and with all my strength to worship him to give him thanks to put my whole trust in him to call upon him to honour his holy Name and his Word and to serve him truly all the days of my life Question What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour Answer My duty towards my Neighbour is to love him as my self and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me To love honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the King and all that are put in authority under him To submit my self to all my governours teachers spiritual pastours and masters To order my self lowly and reverently to all my betters To hurt no body by word or deed To be true and just in all my dealing To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart To keep my hands from picking and stealing and my tongue from evil speaking lying and slandering To keep my body in temperance soberness and chastity Not to covet nor desire other mens good but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living and to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me Catechist My good child know this that thou art not able to do these things of thy self nor to walk in the Commandments of God and to serve him without his special grace which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent Prayer Let me hear therefore if thou canst say the Lords Prayer Answer 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 Question What desirest thou of God in this Prayer Answer I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father who is the giver of all goodness to send his grace unto me and to all people that we may worship him serve him and obey him as we ought to do And I pray unto God that he will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies and that he will be merciful unto us and forgive us our sins and that it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that he will keep us from all sin and wickedness and from our ghostly enemy and from everlasting death And this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodness through our Lord Jesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Question HOw many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answer Two only as generally necessary to salvation that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answer I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof Question How many parts are there in a Sacrament Answer Two the outward visible sign and the inward spiritual grace Question What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism Answer Water wherein the person is baptized In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Question What is the inward and spiritual grace Answer A death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness for being by nature born in sin and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Question What is required of persons to be baptized Answer Repentance whereby they forsake sin and faith whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in
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
the Holy Ghost to give him the Kingdom of heaven and everlasting life Ye have heard also that our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised in his Gospel to grant all these things that ye have prayed for which promise he for his part will most surely keep and perform Wherefore after this promise made by Christ this Infant must also faithfully for his part promise by you that are his Sureties until he come of age to take it upon himself that he will renounce the devil and all his works and constantly believe Gods holy word and obediently keep his commandments I demand therefore DOst thou in the name of this child 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 Answ I renounce them all Minister DOst thou believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary that he suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise again the third day that he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence shall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sins the resurrection of the flesh and everlasting life after death Answ All this I stedfastly believe Minister WIlt thou be baptized in this Faith Answ That is my desire Minister WIlt thou then obediently keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of thy life Answ I will ¶ Then shall the Priest say O Merciful God grant that the old Adam in this Child may be so buried that the new man may be raised up in him Amen Grant that all carnal affections may die in him and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in him Amen Grant that he may have power and strength to have victory and to triumph against the devil the world and the flesh Amen Grant that whosoever is 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 gave 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 thy Congregation sanctifie this Water to the mystical wasting away of sin and grant that this Child 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 the Priest shall take the Child into his hands and shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers Name this Child And then naming it after them if they shall certifie him that the Child may well endure it he shall dip it in the Water discreetly and warily saying N. I baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ But if they certifie that the Child is weak it shall suffice to pour Water upon it saying the foresaid words N. I baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall say WE receive this Child into the congregation of Christs flock * Here the Priest shall make a cross upon the childs forehead and 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 this Child is 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 this Child may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning ¶ Then shall be said all kneeling OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is 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 shall the Priest 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 humbly we beseech thee to grant that he being dead unto sin and living unto righteousness and being buried with Christ in his death may crucifie the old man and utterly abolish the whole body of sin and that as he is made partaker of the death of thy Son he may also be partaker of his resurrection so that finally with the residue of thy holy Church he may be an inheritour of thine everlasting Kingdom through Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then all standing up the Priest shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers this Exhortation following Forasmuch as this Child hath promised by you his Sureties to renounce the devil and all his works to believe in God and to serve him ye must remember that it is your parts and duties to see that this Infant be taught so soon as he shall be able to learn what a solemn vow promise and profession he hath here made by you And that he may know these things the better ye shall call upon him to hear Sermons and chiefly ye shall provide that he may learn the Creed the Lords Prayer and the ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his souls health and that this Child may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a Christian life remembring always that Baptism doth represent 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 ¶ Then shall he add and say YE are to
Priest demand the Name of the Child which being by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced the Minister shall say DOst thou in the name of this child renounce the devil and all his works the vain pomp and glory of this world with all covetous desires of the same and the carnal desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them Answer I renounce them all Minister DOst thou believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary that he suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise again the third day that he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence shall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sins the resurrection of the flesh and everlasting life after death Answer All this I stedfastly believe Minister WIlt thou then obediently keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of they life Answer I will ¶ Then the Priest shall say WE receive this child into the congregation of Christs flock and do * The Priest shall make a cross upon the childs forehead sign him with the sign of the cross in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight under his banner against sin the world and the devil and to continue Christs faithful souldier and servant unto his lives end Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearly beloved brethren that this Child is by Baptism regenerate and grafted into the body of Christs Church let us give thanks to Almighty God for these benefits and with one accord make our prayers unto him that he may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning ¶ Then shall the Priest say WE yield thee most hearty thanks most merciful Father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy holy Spirit to receive him for thine own Child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy Church And humbly we beseech thee to grant that he being dead unto sin and living unto righteousness and being buried with Christ in his Death may crucifie the old man and utterly abolish the whole body of sin and that as he is made partaker of the Death of thy Son he may also be partaker of his Resurrection so that finally with the residue of thy holy Church he may be an Inheritour of thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then all standing up the Minister shall make this Exhortation to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOrasmuch as this child hath promised by you his Sureties to renounce the devil and all his works to believe in God and to serve him ye must remember that it is your parts and duties to see that this Infant be taught so soon as he shall be able to learn what a solemn vow promise and profession he hath made by you And that he may know these things the better ye shall call upon him to hear Sermons and chiefly ye shall provide that he may learn the Creed the Lords Prayer and the Ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his souls health and that this child may be virtuously brought up to lead a Godly and a Christian life remembring alway that Baptism doth represent unto us our profession which is to follow the example of our Saviour Christ and be made like unto him that as he died and rose again for us so should we who are Baptized die from sin and rise again unto righteousness continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living ¶ But if they which bring the Infant to the Church do make such uncertain answers to the Priests questions as that it cannot appear that the child was Baptized with Water In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost which are essential parts of Baptism then let the Priest Baptize it in the Form before appointed for Publick Baptism of Infants saving that at the dipping of the child in the Font he shall use this Form of words IF thou art not already Baptized N. I Baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen The MINISTRATION of BAPTISM to such as are of riper years and able to answer for themselves ¶ WHen any such Persons as are of riper years are to be Baptiezd timely notice shall be given to the Bishop or whom he shall appoint for that purpose a Week before at the least by the Parents or some other discreet Persons that so due care may be taken for their Examination whether they be sufficiently instructed in the Principles of the Christian Religion and that they may be exhorted to prepare themselves with Prayers and Fasting for the receiving of this holy Sacrament ¶ And if they shall be found fit then the Godfathers and Godmothers the People being assembled upon the Sunday or Holy-day appointed shall be ready to present them at the Font immediately after the second Lesson either at Morning or Evening Prayer as the Curate in his discretion wall think fit ¶ And standing there the Priest shall ask whether any of the Persons here presented be Baptized or no If they shall answer No then shall the Priest say thus DEarly beloved forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in sin and that which is born of the flesh is flesh and they that are in the flesh cannot please God but live in sin committing many actual transgressions and that our Saviour Christ saith None can enter into the kingdom of God except he be regenerate and born anew of water and of the holy Ghost I beseech you to call upon God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ that of his bounteous goodness he will grant to these persons that which by nature they cannot have that they may be baptized with water and the holy Ghost and received into Christs holy Church and be made lively members of the same ¶ Then shall the Priest say Let us pray ¶ And here all the Congregation shall kneel ALmighty and everlasting God who of thy great mercy didst save Noah and his family in the Ark from perishing by water and also didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people through the Red sea figuring thereby thy holy Baptism and by the Baptism of thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan didst sanctifie the element of water to the mystical washing away of sin We beseech thee for
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
thy fellows 9 All thy garments smell of myrrhe aloes and cassia out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad 10 Kings daughters were among thy honourable women upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in a vesture of gold wrought about with divers colours 11 Hearken O daughter and consider incline thine ear forget also thine own people and thy fathers house 12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty for he is thy Lord God and worship thou him 13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee 14 The Kings daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold 15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle-work the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company and shall be brought unto thee 16 With joy and gladness shall they be brought and shall enter into the Kings palace 17 In stead of thy fathers thou shalt have children whom thou mayest make princes in all lands 18 I will remember thy Name from one generation to another therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee world without end Deus noster refugium Psal 46. GOd is our hope and strength a very present help in trouble 2 Therefore will we not fear though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same 4 The rivers of the floud thereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest 5 God is in the midst of her therefore shall she not be removed God shall help her and that right early 6 The heathen make much ado and the kingdoms are moved but God hath shewed his voice and the earth shall melt away 7 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge 8 O come hither and behold the works of the Lord what destruction he hath brought upon the earth 9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world he breaketh the bow and knappeth the spear in sunder and burneth the chariots in the fire 10 Be still then and know that I am God I will be exalted among the heathen and I will be exalted in the earth 11 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge Evening Prayer Omnes gentes plaudite Psal 47. O Clap your hands together all ye people O sing unto God with the voice of melody 2 For the Lord is high and to be feared he is the great King upon all the earth 3 He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet 4. He shall choose out an heritage for us even the worship of Jacob whom he loved 5 God is gone up with a merry noise and the Lord with the sound of the trump 6 O sing praises sing praises unto our God O sing praises sing praises unto our King 7 For God is the King of all the earth sing ye praises with understanding 8 God reigneth over the heathen God sitteth upon his holy seat 9 The princes of the people are joyned unto the people of the God of Abraham for God which is very high exalted doth defend the earth as it were with a shield Magnus Dominus Psal 48. GReat is the Lord and highly to be praised in the city of our God even upon his holy hill 2 The hill of Sion is a fair place and the joy of the whole earth upon the north-side lieth the city of the great King God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge 3 For lo the kings of the earth are gathered and gone by together 4 They marvelled to see such things they were astonished and suddenly cast down 5 Fear came there upon them and sorrow as upon a woman in her travail 6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea through the east-wind 7 Like as we have heard so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts in the city of our God God upholdeth the same for ever 8 We wait for thy loving kindness O God in the midst of thy temple 9 O God according to thy Name so is thy praise unto the worlds end thy right hand is full of righteousness 10 Let the mount Sion rejoyce and the daughter of Juda be glad because of thy judgments 11 Walk about Sion and go round about her and tell the towers thereof 12 Mark well her bulwarks set up her houses that ye may tell them that come after 13 For this God is our God for ever and ever he shall be our guide unto death Audite haec omnes Psal 49. O Hear ye this all ye people ponder it with your ears all ye that dwell in the world 2 High and low rich and poor one with another 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom and my heart shall muse of understanding 4 I will incline mine ear to the parable and shew my dark speech upon the harp 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of wickedness and when the wickedness of my heels compasseth me round about 6 There be some that put their trust in their goods and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches 7 But no man may deliver his brother nor make agreement unto God for him 8 For it cost more to redeem their souls so that he must let that alone for ever 9 Yea though he live long and see not the grave 10 For he seeth that wise men also die and perish together as well as the ignorant and foolish and leave their riches for other 11 And yet they think that their houses shall continue for ever and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one generation to another and call the lands after their own names 12 Nevertheless man will not abide in honour seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish this is the way of them 13 This is their foolishness and their posterity praise their saying 14 They lie in the hell like sheep death gnaweth upon them and the righteous shall have domination over them in the morning their beauty shall consume in the sepulchre out of their dwelling 15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of hell for he shall receive me 16 Be not thou afraid though one be made rich or if the glory of his house be increased DAY x. 17 For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth neither shall his pomp follow him 18 For while he lived he counted himself an happy man and so long as thou doest well unto thy self men will speak good of thee 19 He shall follow the generation of his fathers and shall never see light 20 Man being in honour hath no understanding but is compared unto the beasts that perish Morning Prayer Deus deorum Psal 1. THE Lord even the
judgment thou hast prepared equity thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 O magnifie the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool for he is holy 6 Moses and Aaron among his priest and Samuel among such as call upon his Name these called upon the Lord and he heard them 7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar for they kept his testimonies and the law that he gave them 8 Thou heardest them O Lord our God thou forgavest them O God and punishedst their own inventions 9 O magnifie the Lord our God and worship him upon his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy 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 DAY xx 2 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 3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankfull unto him and speak good of his Name 4 For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation Misericordiam judicium Psal 101. MY song shall be of mercy and judgment unto thee O Lord will I sing 2 O let me have understanding in the way of godliness 3 When wilt thou come unto me I will walk in my house with a perfect heart 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand I hate the sins of unfaithfulness there shall no such cleave unto me 5 A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person 6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I destroy 7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomack I will not suffer him 8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the land that they may dwell with me 9 Whoso leadeth a godly life he shall be my servent 10 There shal1 no deceitful person dwell in my house he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight 11 I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. Morning Prayer Domine exaudi Psal 102. HEar my prayer O Lord and let my crying come unto thee 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble incline thine ears unto me when I call O hear me and that right soon 3 For any days are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt up as it were a fire-brand 4 My heart is smitten down and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread 5 For the voice of my groning my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh 6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness and like an owl that is in the desert 7 I have watched and am even as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone upon the house-top 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me 9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread and mingled my drink with weeping 10 And that because of thine indignation and wrath for thou hast taken me up and cast me down 11 My days are gone like a shadow and I am withered like grass 12 But thou O Lord shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance throughout all generations 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Sion for it is time that thou have mercy upon her yea the time is come 14 And why thy servants think upon her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust 15 The heathen shall fear thy Name O Lord and all the kings of the earth thy Majesty 16 When the Lord shall build up Sion and when his glory shall appear 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute and despiseth not their desire 18 This shall be written for those that come after and the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth 20 That he might hear the mournings of such as are in captivity and deliver the children appointed unto death 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion and his worship at Jerusalem 22 When the people are gathered together and the kingdoms also to serve the Lord. 23 He brought down my strength in my journey and shortned my days 24 But I said O my God take me not away in the midst of mine age as for thy years they endure throughout all generations 25 Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands 26 They shall perish but thou shalt endure they all shall wax old as doth a garment 27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail 28 The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight Benedic anima mea Psal 103. PRaise the Lord O my soul and all that is within me praise his holy Name 2 Praise the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin and healeth all thine infirmities 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things making thee young and lusty as an eagle 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all them that are oppressed with wrong 7 He shewed his ways unto Moses his works unto the children of Israel 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy long-suffering and of great goodness 9 He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for ever 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses 11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west so far hath he set our sins from us 13 Yea like as a father pitieth his own children even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made he remembreth that we are but dust 15 The days of man are but as grass for he flourisheth as a flower of the field 16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more 17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him and his righteousness upon childrens children 18 Even upon such as keep his covenant and think upon his commandments to do them 19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven and his kingdom ruleth over all 20 O praise the Lord ye angels of his ye that
excel in strength ye that fulfil his commandment and hearken unto the voice of his words 21 O praise the Lord all ye his hosts ye servants of his that do his pleasure 22 O speak good of the Lord all ye works of his in all places of his dominion praise thou the Lord O my soul Evening Prayer Benedic anima mea Psal 104. PRaise the Lord O my soul O Lord my God thou art become exceeding glorious thou art clothed with majesty and honour 2 Thou deckest thy self with light as it were with a garment and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters and maketh the clouds his chariot and walketh upon the wings of the wind 4 He maketh his Angels spirits and his ministers a flaming fire 5 He laid the foundations of the earth that it never should move at any time 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a garment the waters stand in the hills 7 At thy rebuke they flee at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid 8 They go up as high as the hills and down to the valleys beneath even unto the place which thou hast appointed for them 9 Thou hast set them their bounds which they shall not pass neither turn again to cover the earth 10 He sendeth the springs into the rivers which run among the hills 11 All beasts of the field drink thereof and the wild asses quench their thirst 12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation and sing among the branches 13 He watereth the hills from above the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works 14 He bringeth forth grass for the cattel and green herb for the service of men 15 That he may bring food out of the earth and wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyl to make him a cheerful countenance and bread to strengthen mans heart 16 The trees of the Lord also are full of sap even the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted 17 Wherein the birds make their nests and the fir-trees are a dwelling for the stork 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats and so are the stony rocks for the conies 19 He appointed the moon for certain seasons and the sun knoweth his going down 20 Thou makest darkness that it may be night wherein all the beasts of the forest do move 21 The lions roring after their prey do seek their meat from God 22 The sun ariseth and they get them away together and lay them down in their dens 23 Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour until the evening 24 O Lord how manifold are thy works in wisdom hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches 25 So is the great and wide sea also wherein are things creeping innumerable both small and great beasts 26 There go the ships and there is that Leviathan whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein 27 These wait all upon thee that thou mayest give them meat in due season 28 When thou givest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good 29 When thou hidest thy face they are troubled when thou takest away their breath they die and are turned again to their dust 30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth they shall be made and thou shalt renew the face of the earth 31 The glorious Majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever the Lord shall rejoyce in his works 32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him if he do but touch the hills they shall smoke 33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live I will praise my God while I have my being 34 And so shall my words please him my joy shall be in the Lord. 35 As for sinners they shall be consumed out of the earth and the ungodly shall come to an end praise thou the Lord O my soul praise the Lord. Morning Prayer Confitemini Domino Psal 105. O Give thanks unto the Lord and call upon his Name tell the people what things he hath done DAY xxi 2 O let your songs be of him and praise him and let your talking be of all his wondrous works 3 Rejoyce in his holy Name let the heart of them rejoyce that seek the Lord. 4 Seek the Lord and his strength seek his face evermore 5 Remember the marvellous works that he hath done his wonders and the judgments of his mouth 6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant ye children of Jacob his chosen 7 He is the Lord our God his judgments are in all the world 8 He hath been alway mindful of his covenant and promise that he made to a thousand generations 9 Even the covenant that he made with Abraham and the oath that he sware unto Isaac 10 And appointed the same unto Jacob for a law and to Israel for an everlasting testament 11 Saying Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan the lot of your inheritance 12 When there were yet but a few of them and they strangers in the land 13 What time as they went from one nation to another from one kingdom to another pople 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong but reproved even kings for their sakes 15 Touch not mine Anointed and do my prophets no harm 16 Moreover he called for a dearth upon the land and destroyed all the provision of bread 17 But he had sent a man before them even Joseph who was sold to be a bond-servant 18 Whose feet they hurt in the stocks the iron entred into his soul 19 Until the time came that his cause was known the word of the Lord tried him 20 The king sent and delivered him the prince of the people let him go free 21 He made him lord also of his house and ruler of all his substance 22 That he might inform his princes after his will and teach his senatours wisdom 23 Israel also came into Egypt and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. 24 And he increased his people exceedingly and made them stronger then their enemies 25 Whose heart turned so that they hated his people and dealt untruly with his servants 26 Then sent he Moses his servant and Aaron whom he had chosen 27 And these shewed his tokens among them and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness and it was dark and they were not obedient unto his word 29 He turned their waters into bloud and slew their fish 30 Their land brought forth frogs yea even in their kings chambers 31 He spake the word and there came all manner of flies and lice in all their quarters 32 He gave them hailstones for rain and flames of fire in their land 33 He smote their vines also and fig-trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts 34 He spake the word and the grashoppers came and caterpillers innumerable and did
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
he defendeth the fatherless and widow as for the way of the ungodly he turneth it upside down 10 The Lord thy God O Sion shall be King for evermore and throughout all generations Evening Prayer Laudate Dominum Psal 147. O Praise the Lord for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God yea a joyful and pleasant thing it is to he thankful 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem and gather together the out-casts of Israel 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart and giveth medicine to heal their sickness 4 He telleth the number of the stars and calleth them all by their names 5 Great is our Lord and great is his power yea and his wisdom is infinite 6 The Lord setteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground 7 O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving sing praises upon the harp unto our God 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds and prepareth rain for the earth and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains and herb for the use of men 9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattel and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any mans legs 11 But the Lords delight is in them that fear him and put their trust in his mercy 12 Praise the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Sion 13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee 14 He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the flour of wheat 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth and his word runneth very swiftly 16 He giveth snow like wooll and scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels who is able to abide his frost 18 He sendeth out his word and melteth them he bloweth with his wind and the waters flow 19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes and ordinances unto Israel 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws Laudate Dominum Psal 148. O Praise the Lord of heaven praise him in height 2 Praise him all ye angels of his praise him all his host 3 Praise him sun and moon praise him all ye stars and light 4 Praise him all ye heavens and ye waters that are above the heavens 5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord for he spake the word and they were made he commanded and they were created 6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever he hath given them a law which shall not be broken 7 Praise Lord upon earth ye dragons and all deeps 8 Fire and hail snow and vapours wind and storm fulfilling his word 9 Mountains and all hills fruitful trees and all cedars 10 Beasts and all cattel worms and feathered fowls 11 Kings of the earth and all people princes and all judges of the world 12 Young men and maidens old men and children praise the Name of the Lord for his Name only is excellent and his praise above heaven and earth 13 He shall exalt the horn of his people all his saints shall praise him even the children of Israel even the people that serveth him Cantate Domino Psal 149. O Sing unto the Lord a new song let the congregation of saints praise him 2 Let Israel rejoyce in him that made him and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King 3 Let them praise his Name in the dance let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp 4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meek-hearted 5 Let the saints be joyful with glory let them rejoyce in their beds 6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hands 7 To be avenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people 8 To bind their kings in chains and their nobles with links of iron 9 That they may be avenged of them as it is written Such honour have all his saints Laudate Dominum Psal 150. O Praise God in his holiness praise him in the firmament of his power 2 Praise him in his noble acts praise him according to his excellent greatness 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet praise him upon the lute and harp 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances praise him upon the strings and pipe 5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals praise him upon the the loud cymbals 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Forms of Prayer to be used at SEA ¶ The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea shall be the same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer ¶ These two following Prayers are to be also used in His Majesties Navy every day O Eternal Lord God who alone spreadest out the heavens and rulest the raging of the sea who hast compassed the waters with bounds until day and night come to an end Be pleased to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of us thy servants and the Fleet in which we serve Preserve us from the dangers of the Sea and from the violence of the enemy that we may be a safeguard unto our most gracious Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM and his Kingdoms and a security for such as pass on the Seas upon their lawful occasions that the Inhabitants of our Island may in peace and quietness serve thee our God and that we may return in safety to enjoy the blessings of the land with the fruits of our labours and with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies to praise and glorifie thy Holy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Collect. 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 Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea O Most powerful and glorious Lord God at whose command the winds blow and lift up the waves of the Sea and who stillest the rage thereof We thy creatures but miserable sinners do in this our great distress cry unto thee for help save Lord or else we perish We confess when we have been safe and seen all things quiet about us we have forgot thee our God and refused to hearken to the still voice of thy Word and to obey thy commandments But now we see how terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder the great God to be feared above all and therefore we adore thy divine Majesty acknowledging thy power and imploring thy goodness Help Lord and save us for thy mercies sake in Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen Or this O Most glorious and gracious Lord God who dwellest in heaven but beholdest all things below Look down we beseech thee and hear us calling out of
from the west from the north and from the south They went astray in the wilderness out of the way and found no city to dwell in Hungry and thirsty their soul fainted in them So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble and he delivered them from their distress He led them forth by the right way that they might go to the city where they dwelt O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men For he satisfieth the empty soul and filleth the hungry soul with goodness Such as fit in darkness and in the shadow of death being fast bound in misery and iron Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord and lightly regarded the counsel of most Highest He also brought down their heart through heaviness they fell down and there was none to help them up So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distress For he brought them out of darkness and out of the shadow of death and brake their bonds in sunder O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men For he hath broken the gates of brass and smitten the bars of iron in sunder Foolish men are plagued for their offence and because of their wickedness Their soul abhorred all manner of meat and they were even hard at deaths door So when they cryed unto the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distress He sent his word and healed them and they were saved from their destruction O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters These men see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep For at his word the stormy wind ariseth which lifteth up the waves thereof They are carried up to the heaven and down again to the deep their soul melteth away because of the trouble They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits end So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble he delivereth them out of their distress For he maketh the storm to cease so that the waves thereof are still Then are they glad because they are at rest and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the seat of the elders Who turneth the flouds into a wilderness and drieth up the water-springs A fruitful land maketh he barren for the wickedness of them that dwell therein Again he maketh the wilderness a standing water and water-springs of a dry ground And there he setteth the hungry that they may build them a city to dwell in That they may sow their land and plant vineyards to yield them fruits of increase He blesseth them so that they multiply exceedingly and suffereth not their cattel to decrease And again when they are minished and brought low through oppression through any plague or trouble Though he suffer them to be evil-entreated through tyrants and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery and maketh him housholds like a flock of sheep The righteous will consider this and rejoyce and the mouth of all wickedness shall be â—…pped Whoso is wise will ponder these things and they shall understand the loving kindness of the Lord. 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 Collects of Thanksgiving O Most blessed and glorious Lord God who art of infinite goodness and mercy We thy poor creatures whom thou hast made and preserved holding our souls in life and now rescuing us out of the jaws of death humbly present our selves again before thy Divine Majesty to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for that thou heardest us when we called in our trouble and didst not cast out our prayer which we made before thee in our great distress even when we gave all for lost our Ship our Goods our Lives then didst thou mercifully look upon us and wonderfully command a deliverance for which we now being in safety do give all praise and glory to thy holy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this O Most mighty and gracious good God thy mercy is over all thy works but in special manner hath been extended toward us whom thou hast so powerfully and wonderfully defended Thou hast shewed us terrible things and wonders in the deep that we might see how powerful and gracious a God thou art how able and ready to help them that trust in thee Thou hast shewed us how both Winds and Seas obey thy command that we may learn even from them hereafter to obey thy voice and to do thy will We therefore bless and glorifie thy Name for this thy mercy in saving us when we were ready to perish And we beseech thee make us as truly sensible now of thy mercy as we were then of the danger And give us hearts always ready to express our thankfulness not only by words but also by our lives in being more obedient to thy holy commandments Continue we beseech thee this thy goodness to us that we whom thou hast saved may serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous Tempest O Come let us give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of the sea The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great mercy He hath not dealt with us according to our sins neither rewarded us according to our iniquities But as the heaven is high above the earth so great hath been his mercy towards us We found trouble and heaviness we were even at deaths door The waters of the sea had well nigh covered us the proud waters had well nigh gone over our soul The sea rored and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof We were carried up as it were to heaven and then down again into the deep our soul melted within us because of trouble Then cried we unto thee O Lord and thou didst deliver us out of our distress Blessed be thy Name who didst not dispise the
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
¶ 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
an example that ye should follow his steps who did no sin neither was guile found in his mouth The Gospel S. Matth. 21.33 THere was a certain housholder which planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and digged a wine-press in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far countrey And when the time of the fruit drew near he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits of it And the husbandmen took his servants and beat one and killed another and stoned another Again he sent other servants mo then the first and they did unto them likewise But last of all he sent unto them his son saying They will reverence my son But when the husbandmen saw the son they said among themselves This is the heir come let us kill him and let us seize on his inheritance And they caught him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh what will he do unto those husbandmen They say unto him He will miserably destroy those wicked men and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen which shall render him the fruits in their seasons ¶ After the Nicene Creed shall be read instead of the Sermon for that day The first and Second parts of the Homily against Disobedience and wilful Rebellion set forth by Authority Or the Minister who Officiates shall preach a Sermon of his own composing upon the same Argument ¶ In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you even so do unto them for this is the law and the prophets S. Matth. 7.12 ¶ After the Prayer For the whole state of Christs Church c. these two Collects following shall be used O Lord our heavenly Father who didst not punish us as our sins have deserved but hast in the midst of judgment remembred mercy We acknowledge it thine especial favour that though for our many and great provocations thou didst suffer thine anointed blessed King Charles the First as this day to fall into the hands of violent and bloud-thirsty men and barbarously to be murdered by them yet thou didst not leave us for ever as sheep without a shepherd but by thy gracious providence didst miraculously preserve the undoubted heir of his Crowns our then gracious Sovereign King Charles the Second from his bloudy enemies hiding him under the shadow of thy wings until their tyranny was overpast and didst bring him back in thy good appointed time to fit upon the throne of his Father and together with the Royal Family didst restore to us our ancient Government in Church and State For these thy great and unspeakable mercies we render to thee our most humble thanks from the bottom of our hearts beseeching thee still to continue thy gracious protection over the whole Royal Family and to grant to our gracious Sovereign King William a long and a happy Reign over us So we that are thy people will give thee thanks ever and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen ANd grant O Lord we beseech thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Order for Evening Prayer ¶ The Hymn appointed to be used at Morning Prayer instead of Venite exultemus shall here also be used before the proper Psalms ¶ Proper Psalms LXXXIX XCIV LXXXV ¶ Proper Lessons The First Jer. 12. or Dan. 9. to v. 22. The second Heb. 11.32 and 12. to v. 7. ¶ Instead of the first Collect at Evening Prayer shall these two which next follow be used O Blessed Lord God who by thy wisdom not only guidest and orderest all things most suitably to thine own justice but also performest thy pleasure in such a manner that we cannot but acknowledge thee to be righteous in all thy ways and holy in all thy works We thy sinful people do here fall down before thee confessing that thy judgments were right in permitting cruel men sons of Belial as this day to imbrue their hands in the bloud of thine Anointed we having drawn down the same upon our selves by the great and long provocations of our sins against thee For which we do therefore here humble our selves before thee imploring thy mercy for the pardon of them all and that thou wouldst deliver this Nation from bloud-guiltiness that of this day especially and turn from us and our posterity all those judgments which we by our sins have deserved Grant this for the all-sufficient merits of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen BLessed God just and powerful who didst permit thy dear Servant our late dread Sovereign King Charles the First to be as upon this day given up to the violent outrages of wicked men to be despitefully used and at last murdered by them Though we cannot reflect upon so foul an act but with horrour and astonishment yet do we most gratefully commemorate the glories of thy grace which then shined forth in thine Anointed whom thou wert pleas'd even at the hour of death to endue with an eminent measure of exemplary patience meekness and charity before the face of his cruel enemies And albeit thou didst suffer them to proceed to such an height of violence as to kill him and to take possession of his Throne yet didst thou in great mercy preserve his Son whose right it was and at length by a wonderful providence bring him back and set him thereon to restore thy true Religion and to settle peace amongst us For which we glorifie thy Name through Jesus Christ our blessed Saviour Amen ¶ Immediately after the Collect Lighten our darkness c. shall these three next following be used O Lord we beseech thee c. O most mighty God and merciful Father c. Turn thou us O good Lord and so c. As before at Morning Prayer ¶ Immediately before the Prayer of St. Chrysostom shall this Collect which next follweth be used ALmighty and everlasting God whose righteousness is like the strong mountains and thy judgments like the great deep and who by that barbarous murder as upon this day committed upon the Sacred Person of thine Anointed hast taught us that neither the greatest of Kings nor the best of men are more secure from violence then from natural death Teach us also hereby so to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom And grant that neither the splendour of any thing that is great nor the conceit of any thing that is good in us may any ways withdraw our eyes from looking upon our selves as sinful dust and ashes but that according to the example of this thy blessed Martyr we may press forward toward the prize of the high calling that is before us in faith and patience
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
saying Behold a Virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a Son and they shall call his name Emmanuel which being interpreted is God with us Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him and took unto him his wife And knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born Son and he called his name Jesus The Circumcision of Christ The collect ALmighty God who madest thy blessed Son to circumcised and obedient to the law for man Grant us the true circumcision of the Sprit that our hearts and all our members being mortifed from all wordly and carnal lusts we may in all things obey thy blessed will through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Rom. 4.8 BLessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin Cometh this blessdness then upon the circumcision only or upon the uncircumcision also For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness How was it then reckoned when he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision not in circumcision but in uncircumcision And he received the sign of circumcision a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised that he might be the father of all them that believe though they be not circumcised that righteousness might be imputed unto them also And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only but also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had being yet uncircumcised For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law but through the righteousness of faith For if they which are of the law be heirs faith is made void and the promise made of none effect The Gospel S. Luke 2.15 ANd it came to pass as the angels were gone away from them into heaven the shepherds said one to another Let us now go even unto Bethlehem and see this thing which is come to pass which the Lord hath made known unto us And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the babe lying in amanger And when they had seen it they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart And the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen as the was told unto them And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child his name was called JESUS which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb ¶ The same Collect Epistle and Gospel shall serve for every day after unto the Epiphany The Epiphany or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles The collect O God who by the leading of a Star didst manifest thy only begotten Son to the Gentiles Mercifully grant that we which know thee now by faith may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Ephes 3.1 FOr the cause I Paul the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery as I wrote afore in few words whereby when ye read ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now revealed unto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel whereof I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power Unto me who am less then the least of all saints is this grace given that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God who created all things by Jesus Christ To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him The Gospel S. Matth. 2.1 WHen Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king behold there came wisemen from the east to Jerusalem saying Where is he that is born King of the Jews for we have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him When Herod the king had heard these things he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together he demanded of them where Christ should be born And they said unto him In Bethlehem of Judea For thus it is written by the prophet And thou Bethlehem in the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda For out of thee shall come a Governour that shall rule my people Israel Then Herod when he had privily called the wisemen enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared And he sent them to Bethlehem and said Go and search diligently for the young child and when ye have found him bring me word again that I may come and worship him also When they had heard the king they departed and lo the star which they saw in the east went before them till it came and stood over where the young child was When they saw the star they rejoyced with exceeding great joy And when they were come into the house they saw the young child with Mary his mother and fell down and worshipped him And when they had opened their treasures they presented unto him gifts gold and frankincense and myrrhe And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod they departed into their own countrey another way The first Sunday after the Epiphany The collect O Lord we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Rom 12.1 I Beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God For I say through the
these holy Mysteries with the spiritual food of the most precious body and bloud of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son which is the blessed company of all faithful people and are also heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son And we most humbly beseech thee O heavenly Father so to assist us with thy grace that we may continue in that holy fellowship and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in through Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen ¶ Then shall be said or sung GLory be to God on high and in earth peace good will towards men We praise thee we bless thee we worship thee we glorifie thee we give thanks to thee for thy great glory O Lord God heavenly King God the Father Almighty O Lord the only begotten Son Jesu Christ O Lord God Lamb of God Son of the Father that takest away the sins of the world have mercy upon us Thou that takest away the sins of the world have mercy upon us Thou that takest away the sins of the world receive our prayer Thou that fittest at the right hand of God the Father have mercy upon us For thou only art holy thou only art the Lord thou only O Christ with the holy Ghost art most high in the glory of God the Father Amen ¶ Then the Priest or Bishop if he be present shall let them depart with this Blessing 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 ¶ Collects to be said after the Offertory when there is no Communion every such day one or more and the same may be said also as often as occasion shall serve after the Collects either of Morning or Evening Prayer Communion or Litany by the discretion of the Minister ASsist us mercifully O Lord in these our supplications and prayers and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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 GRant we beseech thee Almighty God that the words which we have heard this day with our outward ears may through thy grace be so grafted inwardly in our hearts that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living to the honour and praise of thy Name 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 ALmighty God the fountain of all wisdom who knowest our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities and those things which for our unworthiness we dare not and for our blindness we cannot ask vouchsafe to give us for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God who hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Sons Name We beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of our necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ UPon the Sundays and other Holidays if there be no Communion shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion until the end of the general Prayer For the good estate of the Catholick Church of Christ together with one or mo of these Collects last before rehearsed concluding with the Blessing ¶ And there shall be no Celebration of the Lords Supper except there be a convenient number to communicate with the Priest according to his discretion ¶ And if there be not above twenty Persons in the Parish of discretion to Receive the Communion yet there shall be no Communion except four or three at the least Communicate with the Priest ¶ And in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Colledges where there are many Priests and Deacons they shall all Receive the Communion with the Priest every Sunday at the least except they have a reasonable cause to the contrary ¶ And to take away all occasion of dissension and superstition which any Person hath or might have concerning the Bread and Wine it shall suffice that the Bread be such as is usual to be eaten but the best and purest Wheat Bread that conveniently may be gotten ¶ And if any of the Bread and Wine remain unconsecrated the Curate shall have it to his own use but if any remain of that which was Consecrated it shall not be carried out of the Church but the Priest and such other of the Communicants as he shall then call unto him shall immediately after the Blessing reverently eat and drink the same ¶ The Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be provided by the Curate and the Church-wardens at the Charges of the Parish ¶ And Note That every Parishioner shall Communicate at the least three times in the Year of which Easter to be one And yearly at Easter every Parishioner shall reckon with the Parson Vicar or Curate or his or their Deputy or Deputies and pay to them or him all Ecclesiastical Duties accustomably due then and at that time to be paid ¶ After the Divine Service ended the Money given at the Offertory shall be disposed of to such pious and charitable uses as the Minister and Church-wardens shall think fit Wherein if they disagree it shall be disposed of as the Ordinary shall appoint WHereas it is ordained in this Office for the Administration of the Lords Supper that the Communicants should receive the same Kneeling which Order is well meant for a signification of our humble and grateful acknowledgment of the benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy Receivers and for the avoiding of such profanation and disorder in the holy Communion as might otherwise ensue
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
and mighty even the Lord mighty in battel 9 Lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 10 Who is the King of glory even the Lord of hosts he is the King of glory Ad te Domine levavi Psal 25. UNto thee O Lord will lift up my soul my God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let mine enemies triumph over me 2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed but such as transgress without a cause shall be put to confusion 3 Shew me thy ways O Lord and teach me thy paths 4 Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation in thee hath been my hope all the day long 5 Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses which have been ever of old 6 O remember not the sins and offences of my youth but according to thy mercy think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodness 7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord therefore will he teach sinners in the way 8 Them that are meek shall he guide in judgment and such as are gentle them shall he learn his way 9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies 10 For thy Names sake O Lord be merciful unto my sin for it is great 11 What man is he that feareth the Lord him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose 12 His soul shall dwell at ease and his seed shall inherit the land 13 The secret of the Lord is among them that fear him and he will shew them his covenant 14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord for he shall pluck my feet out of the net 15 Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me for I am desolate and in misery 16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles 17 Look upon my adversity and misery and forgive me all my sin 18 Consider mine enemies how many they are and they bear a tyrannous hate against me 19 O keep my soul and deliver me let me not be confounded for I have put my trust in thee 20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me for my hope hath been in thee 21 Deliver Israel O God out of all his troubles Judica me Domine Psal 26. BE thou my Judge O Lord for I have walked innocently my trust hath been also in the Lord therefore shall I not fall 2 Examine me O Lord and prove me try out my reins and my heart 3 For thy loving kindness is ever before mine eyes and I will walk in thy truth 4 I have not dwelt with vain persons neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful 5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked and will not sit among the ungodly 6 I will wash my hands in innocency O Lord and so will I go to thine altar 7 That I may shew the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works 8 Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth 9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners nor my life with the bloud-thirsty 10 In whose hands is wickedness and their right hand is full of gifts 11 But as for me I will walk innocently O deliver me and be merciful unto me 12 My foot standeth right I will praise the Lord in the congregations Evening Prayer Dominus illuminatio Psal 27. THe Lord is my light and my salvation whom then shall I fear the Lord is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afraid 2 When the wicked even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell 3 Though an host of men were laid against me yet shall not my heart be afraid and though there rose up war against me yet will I put my trust in him 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord which I will require even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the fair beauty of the Lord and to visit his temple 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me and set me up upon a rock of stone 6 And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me 7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness I will sing and speak praises unto the Lord. 8 Hearken unto my voice O Lord when I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me 9 My heart hath talked of thee Seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek 10 O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure 11 Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation 12 When my father and my mother forsake me the Lord taketh me up 13 Teach me thy way O Lord and lead me in the right way because of mine enemies 14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries for there are false witnesses risen up against me and such as speak wrong 15 I should utterly have fainted but that I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living 16 O tarry thou the Lords leisure be strong and he shall comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lord. Ad te Domine Psal 28. UNto thee will I cry O Lord my strength think no scorn of me lest if thou make as though thou hearest not I become like them that go down into the pit 2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions when I cry unto thee when I hold up my hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy temple 3 O pluck me not away neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers which speak friendly to their neighbours but imagine mischief in their hearts 4 Reward them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their own inventions 5 Recompense them after the work of their hands pay them that they have deserved 6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord nor the operation of his hands therefore shall he break them down and not build them up 7 Praised be the Lord for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions 8 The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise him 9 The Lord is my strength and he is the wholsom defence of his Anointed 10 O save thy people and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance feed them and set them up for ever Afferte Domino Psal 29. BRing unto the Lord O ye mighty bring
placed you in so high a Dignity as also to beware that neither you your selves offend nor be occasion that others offend Howbeit ye cannot have a mind and will thereto of your selves for that will and ability is given of God alone Therefore ye ought and have need to pray earnestly for his holy Spirit And seeing that you cannot by any other means compass the doing of so weighty a work pertaining to the salvation of man but with doctrine and exhortation taken out of the holy Scriptures and with a life agreeable to the same consider how studious ye ought to be in reading and learning the Scriptures and in framing the manners both of your selves and of them that specially pertain unto you according to the rule of the same Scriptures And for this self same cause how ye ought to forsake and set aside as much as you may all worldly cares and studies We have good hope that you have well weighed and pondered these things with your selves long before this time and that you have clearly determined by Gods grace to give your selves wholly to this Office whereunto it hath pleased God to call you So that as much as lieth in you you will apply your selves wholly to this one thing and draw all your cares and studies this way and that you will continually pray to God the Father by the mediation of our only Saviour Jesus Christ for the heavenly assistance of the Holy Ghost that by daily reading and weighing of the Scriptures ye may wax riper and stronger in your Ministry and that ye may so endeavour your selves from time to time to sanctifie the lives of you and yours and to fashion them after the rule and Doctrine of Christ that ye may be wholsom and godly examples and patterns for the people to follow And now that this present Congregation of Christ here assembled may also understand your minds and wills in these things and that this your promise may the more move you to do your duties ye shall answer plainly to these things which we in the Name of God and of his Church shall demand of you touching the same DO you think in your heart that you be truly called according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Order of this Church of England to the Order and Ministry of Priesthood Answer I think it The Bishop ARe you perswaded that the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all Doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ And are you determined out of the said Scriptures to instruct the people committed to your charge and to teach nothing as required of necessity to eternal salvation but that which you shall be perswaded may be concluded and proved by the Scripture Answer I am so perswaded and have so determined by Gods grace The Bishop WIll you then give your faithful diligence always so to minister the Doctrine and Sacraments and the Discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded and as this Church and Realm hath received the same according to the Commandments of God so that you may teach the people committed to your Care and Charge with all diligence to keep and observe the same Answer I will so do by the help of the Lord. The Bishop WIll you be ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange Doctrines contrary to Gods Word and to use both publick and private monitions and exhortations as well to the fick as to the whole within your Cures as need shall require and occasion shall be given Answer I will the Lord being my helper The Bishop Will you be diligent in prayers and in reading of the holy Scriptures and in such Studies as help to the knowledge Of the same laying aside the study of the world and the flesh Answer I will endeavour my self so to do the Lord being my helper The Bishop WIll you be diligent to frame and fashion your own selves and your Families according to the Doctrine of Christ and to make both your selves and them as much as in you lieth wholsom examples and patterns to the flock of Christ Answer I will apply my self thereto the Lord being my helper The Bishop WIll you maintain and set forwards as much as lieth in you quietness peace and love among all Christian people and especially among them that are or shall be committed to your charge Answer I will so do the Lord being my helper The Bishop WIll you reverently obey your Ordinary and other chief Ministers unto whom is committed the charge and government over you following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions and submitting your selves to their godly judgments Answer I will so do the Lord being my helper ¶ Then shall the Bishop standing up say ALmighty God who hath given you this will to do all these things Grant also unto you strength and power to perform the same that he may accomplish his work which he hath begun in you through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ After this the Congregation shall be desired secretly in their Prayers to make their humble supplications to God for all these things For the which Prayers there shall be silence kept for a space ¶ After which shall be sung or said by the Bishop the persons to be Ordained Priests all kneeling Veni Creator Spiritus the Bishop beginning and the Priests and 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 fervent zeal to serve God day and night Our weakness strengthen
Collect at Morning Prayer shall these two which follow be used O Almighty God who art a strong Tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies We yield thee praise and thanks for the wonderful deliverance of these Three Kingdoms from The GREAT REBELLION and all the Miseries and Oppressions consequent thereupon under which they had so long groan'd We acknowledge it thy Goodness that we were not utterly delivered over as a prey unto them Beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies towards us that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God of our Salvation who hast been exceedingly gracious unto this land and by thy miraculous providence didst deliver us out of our miserable confusions by restoring to us and to his own just and undoubted Rights our then most gracious Sovereign Lord thy Servant King Charles the Second notwithstanding all the power and malice of his enemies and by placing him in the Throne of thi◠Kingdom thereby restoring also unto us the publick and free profession of thy true Religion and Worship together with our former peace and prosperity to the great comfort and joy of our hearts We are here now before thee with all due thankfulness to acknowledge thine unspeakable goodness herein as upon this day shewed unto us and to offer up our sacrifice of praise for the same unto thy great and glorious Name humbly beseeching thee to accept this our unfeigned though unworthy Oblation of our selves vowing all holy obedience in thought word and work unto thy Divine Majesty and promising in thee and for thee all loyal and dutiful allegiance to thine Anointed Servant now set over us and to his Heirs after him Whom we beseech thee to bless with all increase of Grace Honour and Happiness in this world and to crown him with Immortality and Glory in the world to come for Jesus Christ his sake our only Lord and Saviour Amen ¶ In the end of the Litany which shall always this Day be used after the Collect We humbly beseech thee O Father c. shall this be said which next followeth ALmighty God who hast in all ages shwed forth thy Power and Mercy in the miraculous and gracious deliverances of thy Church and in the protection of righteous and religious Kings and States professing thy holy and eternal truth from the malicious Conspiracies and wicked Practices of all their enemies We yield unto thee from the very bottom of our hearts unfeigned thanks and praise as for thy many great and publick mercies so especially for that signal and wonderful deliverance by thy wise and good providence as upon this day compleated and vouchsafed to our then most gracious Sovereign King Charles the Second and all the Royal Family And in them and with them to this whole Church and State and all Orders and Degrees of men in both from the unnatural Rebellion Usurpation and Tyranny of ungodly and cruel men and from the sad Confusions and Ruine thereupon ensuing From all these O gracious and merciful Lord God not our merit but thy mercy not our foresight but thy providence Not our own arm but thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance did rescue and deliver us even because thou hadst a favour unto us And therefore not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name be ascribed all Honour Glory and Praise with most humble and hearty thanks in all Churches of the Saints Even so blessed be the Lord our God who alone doth wondrous things and blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen ¶ In the Communion-Service immediately before the reading of the Epistle shall these two Collects be used instead of the Collect for the King and the Collect of the day O Almighty God who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies We yield thee praise and thanks for the wonderful deliverance of these three Kingdoms from THE GREAT REBELLION and all the miseries and oppressions consequent thereupon under which they had so long groan'd We acknowledge it thy goodness that we were not utterly delivered over as a prey unto them beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies towards us that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God of our Salvation who hast been exceedingly gracious unto this land and by thy miraculous Providence didst deliver us out of our miserable Confusions by restoring to us and to his own just and undoubted Rights our then most gracious Sovereign Lord thy Servant King Charles the Second notwithstanding all the power and malice of his enemies and by placing him in the Throne of this Kingdom thereby restoring also unto us the publick and free profession of thy true Religion and Worship together with our former peace and prosperity to the great comfort and joy of our hearts We are here now before thee with all due thankfulness to acknowledge thine unspeakable goodness herein as upon this day shewed unto us and to offer up our sacrifice of praise for the same unto thy great and glorious Name humbly beseeching thee to accept this our unfeigned though unworthy Oblation of our selves Vowing all holy Obedience in thought word and work unto thy Divine Majesty and promising in thee and for thee all loyal and dutiful Allegiance to thine Anointed Servant now set over us to his Heirs after him Whom we beseech thee to bless with all increase of grace honour and happiness in this world and to crown him with Immortality and Glory in the world to come for Jesus Christ his sake our only Lord and Saviour Amen The Epistle 1 S. Pet. 2.11 DEarly beloved I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul having your conversation honest among the Gentiles that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers they may by your good works which they shall behold glorifie God in the day of visitation Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the king as supreme or unto governours as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of them that do well For so is the will of God that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men as free and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness but as the servants of God Honour all men Love the brotherhood Fear God Honour the king The Gospel S. Matth. 22.16 ANd they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians saying Master we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth neither carest thou for any man for thou regardest not the person of men Tell us therefore What thinkest thou Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar or not But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said Why tempt ye me ye hypocrites Shew me the tribute-money And they brought unto him a peny And he saith unto them Whose is this image and superscription They say unto him Cesars Then saith he unto them Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesars and unto God the things that are Gods When they had heard these words they marvelled and left him and went their way In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven but he that doth the will of my Father which is in heaven S. Math. 7.21 ¶ After the Prayer For the whole state of Christs Church c. this collect following shall be used ALmighty God and heavenly Father who of thine infinite and unspeakable goodness towards us didst in a most extraordinary and wonderful manner disappoint and overthrow the wicked Designs of those traiterous heady and high-minded men who under the pretence of Religion and thy most holy Name had contrived and well nigh effected the utter destruction of this Church and Kingdom As we do this day most heartily and devoutly adore and magnifie thy glorious Name for this thine infinite gracious goodness already vouchsafed to us so we most humbly beseech thee to continue thy grace and favour towards us hiding and covering us under the shadow of thy wings that no such dismal calamity may ever again fall upon us To this end send forth thy light and thy truth for the discovery of these depths of Satan this mystery of iniquity Infatuate and defeat all the secret counsels of the ungodly Abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their devices Strengthen the hands of our gracious Sovereign King William and all that are put in authority under him with judgment and justice to cut off all such workers of iniquity as turn Religion into Rebellion and Faith into Faction that they may never again prevail against us nor triumph in the ruine of the Monarchy and thy Church among us Protect and defend our Sovereign Lord the King with the whole Royal Family from all Treasons and Conspiracies Be unto him an helmet of Salvation and a strong tower of defence against the face of all his enemies As for those that are implacable clothe them with shame and confusion but upon himself and his posterity let the Crown for ever flourish So we that are thy people and the sheep of thy pasture shall give thee thanks for ever and will always be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer to whom with thee O Father and God the Holy Ghost be glory in the Church throughout all ages world without end Amen FINIS
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