Ps 96. 7. ascrive unto the Lord worship and power Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his 8. Name bring presents and come into his courts O love the Lord all ye his Saints for the Lord Ps 31. 26. preserveth them that are faithful and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer Blessed be the Lord our God from everlasting Ps 106. 46. and world without end and let all the people say Amen Glory be to the Father and to the Son And to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Asserte Domino Psal xxix BRing unto the Lord O ye mighty bring young rams unto the Lord ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name worship the Lord with holy worship It is the Lord that commandeth the waters it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder It is the Lord that ruleth the Sea the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar-trées yea the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus He maketh them also to skip like a calf Libanus also and Sirion like a young unicorn The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness yea the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Cades The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young and discovereth the thick bushes in his temple doth every man speak of his honour The Lord fitteth above the water-Iloud and the Lord remaineth a King for ever The Lord shall give strength unto his people the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace Exultate justi Psal xxxiii REjoyce in the Lord O ye righteous for it becometh well the just to be thankful Praise the Lord with harp sing praises unto him with the lute and instrument of ten strings Ssing unto the Lord a new song sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage For the word of the Lord is true and all his works are faithful He loveth righteousness and judgment the earth is ful of the goodness of the Lord. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were upon an heap and layeth up the deep as in a treasure-house Let all the earth fear the Lord stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world For he spake and it was done he commanded and it stood fast The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsels of Princes The counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever and the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Iehovah and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him to be his inheritance The Lord looked down from heaven and beheld all the children of men from the habitation of his dwelling he considereth all them that dwell on the earth He fashioneth all the hearts of them and understandeth all their works There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an host neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him and upon them that put their trust in his mercy To deliver their soul from death and to feed them in the time of dearth Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lord for he is our help and our shield For our heart shall rejoyce in him because we have hoped in his holy Name Let thy merciful kindness O Lord be upon us like as we do put our trust in thee Deus noster refugium Psal xlvi GOd is our hope and strength a very present help in trouble Therefore will we not fear though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same The rivers of the floud thereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest God is in the midst of her therefore shall she not be removed God shall help her and that right early The heathen make much ado and the kingdoms are moved but God hath shewed his voice and the earth shall melt away The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Iacob is our refuge O come hither and behold the works of the Lord what destruction he hath brought upon the earth He maketh wars to cease in all the world he breaketh the bowe and knappeth the spear in sunder and burneth the chariots in the fire Be still then and know that I am God I will be exalted among the heathen and I will be exalted in the earth The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Iacob is our refuge The first Lesson is part of the 16. Chap. of the first book of Chronicles beginning at the 7. verse to the end of the 36. THen on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren Give thanks unto the Lord call upon his Name make known his deeds among the people Sing unto him sing psalms unto him talk you of all his wondrous works Glory ye in his holy Name let the heart of them rejoyce that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord and his strength seek his face continually Remember his marvellous works that he hath done his wonders and the judgements of his mouth O ye seed of Israel his servant ye children of Iacob his chosen ones He is the Lord our God his judgements are in all the earth Be ye mindful always of his covenant the word which he commanded to a thousand generations Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham and of his oath unto Isaac And hath confirmed the same to Iacob for a law and to Israel for an everlasting covenant Saying Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan the lot of your inheritance When ye were but few even a few and strangers in it And when they went from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another people He suffered no man to do them wrong yea he reproved kings for their sakes Saying Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm Sing unto the Lord all the earth shew forth from day to day his salvation Declare his glory among the heathen his marvellous works among all nations For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised he also is to be feared above all gods For all the gods of the people are idols but the Lord made the heavens Glory
of life thy servant Charles our most gracious King and Governour We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thée to rule his heart in thy faith fear and love and that he may evermore have affiance in thee and ever seek thy honour and glory We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper giving him the victory over all his enemies We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve our gracious Quéen Catherine Mary the Queen Mother James Duke of York 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 Iustice 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 Vnity 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 thée 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 thée to forgive our enemies persecutors and slanderers and to turn their hearts We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thée 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 thée 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 beséech thée to hear us Son of God we beseech thee to hear us O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Grant us thy peace O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Have mercy upon us O Christ hear us O Christ hear us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our Father which art in heaven c. 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 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 thée in thy holy Church through Iesus 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 thée Let us pray WE humbly beséech thée 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 thée in holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glory through our onely Mediatour and Advocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Most gracious and glorious Lord God who by thy great power hast made and by thine infinite wisdom dost dispose and order all things the Protectour of those that trust in thée and their Deliverer in time of their distress Our Enemies compassed us about on every side but thou hast delivered us by thy mercy They were many and did rage horribly but thou O Lord who dwellest on high art mightier They intended that mischief which through thy goodness to us they were not able to perform And when they had marked us out for ruine thou didst then bring upon them swift destruction Out of the déep of the Sea we cried unto thée O Lord and thou didst hear us We acknowledge and confess O our God that it is not our own strength that hath helped us not the number of our Ships nor the courage of our Souldiers nor yet the
conduct of our Commanders but thy alone wisdom and power that hath defeated the counsels broken the strength of our Adversaries It is thine own right hand that purchased us this Victory We want words to express our thankfulness and thoughts to conceive the greatness of thy manifold Deliverances yet be thou pleased to accept the best praises that we can give which we desire now to render unto thee from the bottom of our souls and grant O Lord that we may never forget this thy wonderful blessing which thou hast vouchasafed not onely to us but to all our succéeding generations that it may still prove an incitement unto us to obey and serve thée in holiness of life and that improving this Victory to thy glory and our own good we may obtain the like happy success in all our future Enterprises to the glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our onely Saviour and Deliverer Amen ¶ Then shall follow this Prayer which shall be used continually as long as the Navy is abroad O Most glorious and powerful Lord God who alone hast spread out the heavens and compassed the waters with bounds until night and day come to an end at whose command the winds blow and who rulest the raging of the sea Thou art terrible in all thy works of wonder the great God to be feared above all We therefore adore thy divine Majesty acknowledging thy power and imploring thy goodness Be pleased to receive into thine Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of thy servants that fight for us and the Ships and Qavies in which they serve preserve them all from the dangers of the sea and from the violence of the enemy and from every sad accident that they may be a safeguard to our most gracious Soveraign and his Kingdoms and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions Help Lord and save them for thy mercies sake that they may return in safety with honour and victory and good success to enjoy the blessings of the land and the fruit of their labours and that all the inhabitants of these Islands being blest with plenty and prosperity peace and quietness may serve thée our God in righteousness and true holiness and with a thankful remembrance of all thy mercies may ever praise and glorifie thy holy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thée and dost promise that when two or thrée 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 Iesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen The Communion-Service ¶ The Priest standing at the North-side of the Lords Table shall say 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 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 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 likenese of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow 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 take th his Name in vain People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law 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 heart 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 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 Charles our King and Governour 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 Iesus Christ our Lord who with thee the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen O Almighty God the soveraign Commander of all the world in whose hand is power and might which none is able to withstand We bless
before thee with humble yet inflamed hearts desirous to offer up unto thée our Sacrifice of praise and thanks calling Heaven and Earth to witness with us that as it was the Miracle of thy meer Mercy which raised us out of the depth of those miserable Confusions in which we lay So it is thy Power alone O our God by which we stand thy good Providence by which we prosper More particularly with the highest expressions of our devoutest hearts we magnifie thy great and glorious Name O Lord our God for that remarkable Victory wherewith thou hast lately blest the Naval Forces of our gracious Soveraign O continue forth thy loving kindness towards him Let thy tender Mercies prevent and follow him all the days of his life Let his Reign be prosperous and his Arms victorious and let the blessings of safety and happy success attend all those that fight his Battels Subdue more and more unto him the People that is under him and the nations under his feet Preserve him from the gathering together of the froward and from the Insurrection of the evil doers Let no weapon that is form'd against Him prosper but make Him and His always to return with Honour and Victory and Ioy and Triumph O let all the Blessings of Heaven and Earth be poured out upon the sacred Head of thine Anointed and from thence flow down even to the skirts of the meanest of His people in Peace and Plenty and Prosperity That so both Prince and people may with one mind and with one mouth glorifie thee O God most gracious for this thy unspeakable goodness not onely presenting thée as this day the fruit of the lips giving thanks unto thy Name but also through the entire course of a holy life ever offering up unto thée souls and bodies which thou hast created redéemed and preserved to be a living and holy Sacrifice acceptable unto thée through Iesus Christ To whom with thée O Father Almighty in the unity of the holy Ghost be glory in the Church throughout all ages world without end Amen ALmighty God who hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Sons Name We beséech thée mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications unto thée 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 Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Priest 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 Iesus 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 The Order for Evening Prayer ¶ Let him that ministreth read with a loud voice these Sentences of Scripture and then say the Exhortation that followeth I Exhort that first of all supplications 2 Tim. 2. 1. prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men For Kings and for all that are in authority that we may lead a 2. quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty For this is good and acceptable in the sight of 3. God our Saviour DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy Word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ The Confession to be said of the whole congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost shéep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Sspare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Iesu our Lord and grant O most merciful Father for his sake that we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the people still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beséech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The people shall answer here and at the end of all other Prayers Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister kneel and begin the Lords Prayer the people also repeating it with him OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever Amen ¶ Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answ And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answer O Lord make haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. Answer