made known unto God And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus The Gospel S. John 1.19 THis is the record of John when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him Who art thou And he confessed and denied not but confessed I am not the Christ And they asked him What then Art thou Elias And he saith I am not Art thou that prophet And he answered No. Then said they unto him Who art thou that we may give an answer to them that sent us What sayest thou of thy self He said I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness Make straight the way of the Lord as said the prophet Esaias And they which were sent were of the Pharisees And they asked him and said unto him Why baptizest thou then if thou be not that Christ nor Elias neither that prophet John answered them saying I baptize with water but there standeth one among you whom ye know not He it is who coming after me is preferred before me whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to unloose These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan where John was baptizing ¶ The NATIVITY of our LORD or the Birth-day of CHRIST commonly called Christmas-day The Collect. ALmighty God who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin Grant that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace may daily be renewed by thy holy Spirit through the same our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever one God world without end Amen The Epistle Heb. 1.1 GOd who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power when he had by himself purged our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high Being made so much better then the angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name then they For unto which of the angels said he at any time Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee And again I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me Son And again when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world he saith And let all the angels of God worship him And of the angels he saith Who maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire But unto the Son he saith Thy throne O God is for ever and ever a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy Kingdom Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladness above thy fellows And Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thine hands They shall perish but thou remainest and they all shall wax old as doth a garment and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail The Gospel S. John 1.1 IN the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God The same was in the beginning with God All things were made by him and without him was not any thing made that was made In him was life and the life was the light of men And the light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not There was a man sent from God whose name was John The same came for a witness to bear witness of the light that all men through him might believe He was not that light but was sent to bear witness of that light That was the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world He was in the world and the world was made by him and the world knew him not He came unto his own and his own received him not But as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God even to them that believe on his name Which were born not of bloud nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth S. Stephens day The Collect. GRant O Lord that in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth we may stedfastly look up to heaven and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed and being filled with the Holy Ghost may learn to love and bless our persecuters by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen who prayed for his murderers to thee O blessed Jesus who standest at the right hand of God to succour all those that suffer for thee our only Mediatour and Advocate Amen ¶ Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity which shall be said continually unto New-years Eve For the Epistle Acts 7.55 STephen being full of the Holy Ghost looked up stedfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God and said Behold I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God Then they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and ran upon him with one accord and cast him out of the city and stoned him and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young mans feet whose name was Saul And they stoned Stephen calling upon God and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice Lord lay not this sin to their charge And when he had said this he fell asleep The Gospel S. Matth. 23.34 BEhold I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes and some of them ye shall kill and crucifie and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city that upon you may come all the righteous bloud shed upon the earth from the bloud of righteous Abel unto the bloud of Zacharias son of Barachias whom ye slew between the temple and the altar Verily I say unto you all these things shall come upon this generation O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered the children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not Behold your house is left unto you desolate For I say unto you ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. S. John the Evangelists day The collect MErciful Lord
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
they rest from their labours Rev. 14.13 ¶ Then the Priest shall say Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Priest ALmighty God with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord and with whom the souls of the faithful after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh are in joy and felicity We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world beseeching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodness shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy Kingdom that we with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name may have our perfect consummation and bliss both in body and soul in thy eternal and everlasting glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Collect. O Merciful God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoever believeth shall live though he die and whosoever liveth and believeth in him shall not die eternally who also hath taught us by his holy Apostle Saint Paul not to be sorry as men without hope for them that sleep in him We meekly beseech thee O Father to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness that when we shall depart this life we may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doth and that at the general resurrection in the last day we may be found acceptable in thy sight and receive that blessing which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee saying Come ye blessed children of my Father receive the Kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world Grant this we beseech thee O merciful Father through Jesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer Amen THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the followship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen The Thanksgiving of Women after CHILD-BIRTH Commonly called The Churching of Women ¶ The Woman at the usual time after her Delivery shall come into the Church decently apparelled and there shall kneel down in some convenient place as hath been accustomed or as the Ordinary shall direct And then the Priest shall say unto her FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness to give you safe deliverance and hath preserved you in the great danger of Child-birth you shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God and say ¶ Then shall the Priest say this Psalm Delexi quoniam Psal 116. I Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer That he hath inclined his ear unto me therefore will I call upon him as long as I live The snares of death compassed me round about and the pains of hell gat hold upon me I found trouble and heaviness and I called upon the Name of the Lord O Lord I beseech thee deliver my soul Gracious is the Lord and righteous yea our God is merciful The Lord preserveth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turn again then unto thy rest O my soul for the Lord hath rewarded thee And why thou hast delivered my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living I believed and therefore will I speak but I was sore troubled I said in my hast All men are liars What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that he hath done unto me I will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord. I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people in the courts of the Lords house even in the midst of thee O Jerusalem Praise 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 ¶ Or this Psalm Nisi Dominus Psal 127. EXcept the Lord build the house their labour is but lost that build it Except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early and so late take rest and eat the bread of carefulness for so he giveth his beloved sleep Lo children and the fruit of the womb are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant even so are the young children Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate 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 the Priest shall say Let us Pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom And the power and the glory For ever and ever Amen Minister O Lord save this woman thy servant Answer Who putteth her trust in thee Minister Be thou to her a strong tower Answer From the face of her enemy Minister Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Minister Let us pray O Almighty God we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast vouch safed to deliver this woman thy servant from the great pain and peril of Child-birth Grant we beseech thee most merciful Father that she through thy help may both faithfully live and walk according to thy will in this life present and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ The Woman that cometh to give her Thanks must offer accustomed Offerings and if there be a Communion it is convenient that she receive the holy Communion A COMMINATION or Denouncing of Gods Anger and Judgments against Sinners with certain Prayers to be used on the First day of Lent and at other times as the Ordinary shall appoint ¶ After Morning Prayer the Litany ended according to the accustomed manner the Priest shall in the Reading Pew or Pulpit say BRethren in the Primitive Church there was a godly Discipline that at the beginning of Lent such Persons as stood convicted of
that day He that readeth so standing and turning himself as he may best be heard of all such as are present And after that shall be said or sung in English the Hymn called Te deum Laudamus daily throughout the year ¶ Note that before every Lesson the Minister shall say Here beginneth such a Chapter or Verse of such a Chapter of such a Book And after every Lesson Here endeth the First or the Second Lesson Te Deum Laudamus WE praise thee O God we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee the Father everlasting To thee all Angels cry aloud the heavens and all the Powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee The noble army of Martyrs praise thee The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee The Father of an infinite Majesty Thine honourable true and only Son Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of Glory O Christ Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man thou didst not abhor Virgins womb When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the Glory of the Father We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord save thy people and bless thine heritage Govern them and lift them up for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keep us this day without sin O Lord have mercy upon us have mercy upon us O Lord let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me never be confounded ¶ Or this Canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera Domini O All ye Works of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Angels of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Heavens bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Waters that be above the firmament bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Powers of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Sun and Moon bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Stars of heaven bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Showers and Dew bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Winds of God bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Fire and Heat bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Winter and Summer bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Dews and Frosts bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Frost and Cold bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Ice and Snow bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Nights and Days bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Light and Darkness bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Lightnings and Clouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O let the Earth bless the Lord yea let it praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Mountains and Hills bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Green things upon the Earth bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Wells bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Seas and Flouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Whales and all that move in the waters bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Fowls of the air bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Beasts and Cattel bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Children of Men bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O let Israel bless the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Priests of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Servants of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Holy and Humble men of heart bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O Ananias Azarias and Misael bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson taken out of the New Testament And after that the Hymn following except when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the day or for the Gospel on St. John Baptist's day Benedictus St. Luke 1.68 BLessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his people And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us in the house of his servant David As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have been since the world began That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate us To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy Covenant To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give us That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life And thou Child shalt be called the prophet of the highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways To give knowledge of salvation unto his people for the remission of their sins Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the Day-spring from on high hath visited us To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Or this Psalm Jubilate Deo Psal 100. O Be joyful in the Lord all ye lands serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the
Lord he is God it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall be sung or said the Apostles Creed by the Minister and the People standing Except only such days as the Creed of St. Athanasius is appointed to be read I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and People shall say the Lords Prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but only thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take not thy holy Spirit from us ¶ Then shall follow three Collects The first of the day which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for Peace The third for Grace to live well And the two last Collects shall never alter but daily be said at Morning Prayer throughout all the year as followeth all kneeling ¶ The second Collect for Peace O God who art the author of peace and lover of concord in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life whose service is perfect freedom Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ The third Collect for Grace O Lord our heavenly Father Almighty and everlasting God who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day Defend us in the same with thy mighty power and grant that this day we fall into no sin neither run into any kind of danger but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance to do always that is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ In Quires and Places where they sing here followeth the Anthem ¶ Then these five Prayers following are to be read here except when the Litany is read and then only the two last are to be read as they are there placed ¶ A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord our heavenly Father high and mighty King of kings Lord of lords the only Ruler of princes who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may alway incline to thy will and walk in the way Endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts grant him in health and wealth long to live strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attain everlasting joy and felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Royal Family ALmighty God the fountain of all goodness We humbly beseech thee to bless CATHERINE the Queen Dowager her Royal Highness the Princess ANNE of Denmark and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy Holy Spirit Enrich them with thy Heavenly Grace Prosper them with all Happiness and bring them to thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People ALmighty and everlasting God who alone workest great marvels Send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthful Spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please thee pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most expedient for them granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth and in the world to come life everlasting Amen 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year The Order for Evening Prayer Daily throughout the YEAR ¶ At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences WHen the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed and doeth that which is lawful and right he shall save his soul alive Ezek. 18.27 I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is â—…e me Psal 51.3 Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities Psal 51.9 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Psal 51.17 Rent your heart and not your garments and turn unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful flow to anger and of great
kindness and repenteth him of the evil Joel 2.13 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walk in his laws which he set before us Dan. 9.9 10. O Lord correct me but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing Jer. 10.24 Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand S. Matth. 3.2 I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him Father I have sinned against Heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy son S. Luke 15.18 19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant O Lord for in thy sight shall no man living be justified Psal 143.2 If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us But if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 S. John 1.8 9. DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Spare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant O most merciful Father for his sake That we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life To the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the People still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the Absolution and Remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Minister shall kneel and say the Lords Prayer the People also kneeling and repeating it with him OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom And the Power And the Glory For ever and ever Amen ¶ Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answer And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answer O Lord make haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answ As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. Answ The Lords Name be praised ¶ Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order as they are appointed Then a Lesson of the Old Testament as is appointed And after that Magnificat or the Song of the blessed Virgin Mary in English as followeth Magnificat S. Luke 1.46 MY soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand-maiden For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations He hath shewed strength with his arm he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meek He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel as he promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seed for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Or else this Psalm except it be on the Nineteenth day of the Month when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms Cantate Domino Psal 98. O Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things With his own right hand and with his holy arm hath he gotten himself the victory The Lord declared his salvation his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God Shew your selves joyful unto the Lord all ye lands sing rejoyce and give thanks Praise the Lord upon the harp sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving With trumpets also and shawms O shew your selves joyful before the Lord the King Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein Let the flouds clap their hands and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord for he cometh to judge the earth With righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to
the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then a Lesson of the New Testament as it is appointed And after that Nunc dimittis or the Song of Simeon in English as followeth Nunc dimittis S. Luke 2.29 LOrd now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word For mine eyes have seen thy salvation Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people Israel Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Or else this Psalm Except it be on the Twelfth day of the Month. Deus misereatur Psal 67. GOd be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance and be merciful unto us That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations Lee the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God even our own God shall give us his blessing God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear him Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall be said or sung the Apostles Creed by the Minister and the People standing I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and People shall say the Lords Prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord. Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but only thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take not thy holy Spirit from us ¶ Then shall follow three Collects The first of the Day The second for Peace The third for Aid against all perils as hereafter followeth Which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without alteration ¶ The second Collect at Evening Prayer O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen ¶ The third Collect for Aid against all Perils LIghten our darkness we beseech thee O Lord and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night for the love of thy only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ In Quires and Places where they Sing here followeth the Anthem ¶ A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord our heavenly Father high and mighty King of kings Lord of lords the only Ruler of princes who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may alway incline to thy will and walk in thy way Endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts grant him in health and wealth long to live strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attain everlasting joy and felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Royal Family ALmighty God the fountain of all goodness We humbly beseech thee to bless Catherine the Queen Dowager her Royal Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy Holy Spirit Enrich them with thy heavenly grace Prosper them with all happiness and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People ALmighty and everlasting God who alone workest great marvels Send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthful Spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please thee pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most expedient for them granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth and in the world to come life everlasting Amen 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year ¶ Upon these Feasts Christmas day the Epiphany St. Matthias Easter day Ascension day Whitsun day S. John Baptist S. Janes S. Bartholomew S. Matthew S. Simon and S. Jude S. Andrew and upon Trinity Sunday shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer
we beseech thee to cast thy bright beam of light upon thy Church that it being enlightned by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John may so walk in the light of thy truth that it may at length attain to the light of everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 S. John 1.1 THat which was from the beginning which we have heard which we have seen with our eyes which we have looked upon and our hands have handled of the word of life for the life was manifested and we have seen it and bear witness and shew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested unto us That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you that ye also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ And these things write we unto you that your joy may be full This then is the message which we have heard of him and declare unto you That God is light and in him is no darkness at all If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth But if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the bloud of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness If we say that we have not sinned we make him a liar and his Word is not in us The Gospel S. John 21.19 JEsus said unto Peter Follow me Then Peter turning about seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following which also leaned on his breast at supper and said Lord which is he that betrayeth thee Peter seeing him saith to Jesus Lord and what shall this man do Jesus saith unto him If I will that he tarry till I come what is that to thee Follow thou me Then went this saying abroad among the brethren that that disciple should not die yet Jesus said not unto him He shall not die but if I will that he tarry till I come whâ—… is that to thee This is the disciple which testifieth of these things and wrote these things and we know thâ—… his testimony is true And there are also many other things which Jesus did the which if they should be written every one I suppose that even the world it self could not contain the books that should be written The Innocents day The collect O Almighty God who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength and madest infants to glorifie thee by their deaths Mortifie and kill all vices in us and so strengthen us by thy grace that by the innocency of our lives and constancy of our faith even unto death we may glorifie thy holy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Rev. 14.1 I Looked and lo a Lamb stood on the mount Sion and with him an hundred fourty and four thousand having his Fathers name written in their foreheads And I heard a voice from heaven as the voice of many waters and as the voice of a great thunder and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps and they sung as it were a new song before the throne and before the four beasts and the elders and no man could learn that song but the hundred and fourty and four thousand which were redeemed from the earth These are they which were not defiled with women for they are virgins these are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth these were redeemed from among men being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile for they are without fault before the throne of God The Gospel S. Matth. 2.13 THe angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there until I bring thee word for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him When he arose he took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt and was there until the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying Out of Egypt have I called my Son Then Herod when he saw that he was mocked of the wise-men was exceeding wroth and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts thereof from two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise-men Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet saying In Rama was there a voice heard lamentation and weeping and great mourning Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they are not The Sunday after Christmas-day The collect ALmighty God who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin Grant that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace may daily be renewed by thy holy Sprit through the same our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever one God world without end Amen The Epistle Gal. 4.1 NOw I say that the heir as long as he is a child differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutours and governours until the time appointed of the father Even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fulness of the time was come God sent forth his Son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons And because ye are sons God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying Abba Father Wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son and if a son then an heir of God through Christ The Gospel S. Matth. 1.18 THe birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost Then Joseph her husband being a just man and not willing to make her a publick example was minded to put her away privily But while he thought on these things behold the angel of the Lord appered unto him in a dream saying Joseph thou son of David fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost And she shall bring forth a Son and thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet
people to sit down on the ground and he took the seven loaves and gave thanks and brake and gave to his disciples to set before them and they did set them before the people And they had a few small fishes and he blessed and commanded to set them also before them So they did eat and were filled and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets And they that had eaten were about four thousand and he sent them away The eighth Sunday after Trinity The collect O God whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things and to give us those things which be profitable for us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Rom. 8.12 BRethren we are debtors not to the flesh to live after the flesh For if ye live after the flesh ye shall die but if ye through the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live For as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but ye have received the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father The Spirit it self beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God And if children then heirs heirs of God and joynt-heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together The Gospel S. Matth. 7.15 BEware of false prophets which come to you in sheeps clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves Ye shall know them by their fruits Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewen down and cast into the fire Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven The ninth Sunday after Trinity The collect GRant to us Lord we beseech thee the Spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful that we who cannot do any thing that is good without thee may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 Cor. 10.1 BRethren I would not that ye should be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud and all passed through the sea and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea and did all eat the same spiritual meat and did all drink the same spiritual drink for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them and that Rock was Christ But with many of them God was not well pleased for they were overthrown in the wilderness Now these things were our examples to the intent we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted Neither be ye idolaters as were some of them as it is written The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed and fell in one day three and twenty thousand Neither let us tempt Christ as some of them also tempted and were destroyed of serpents Neither murmure ye as some of them also murmured and were destroyed of the destroyer Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man but God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may able to bear it The Gospel S. Luke 16.1 JEsus said unto his disciples There was a certain rich man who had a steward and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods And he called him and said unto him How is it that I hear this of thee Give an account of thy stewardship for thou mayest be no longer steward Then the steward said within himself What shall I do for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship I cannot dig to beg I am ashamed I am resolved what to do that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their houses So he called every one of his lords debtors unto him and said unto the first How much owest thou unto my lord And he said An hundred measures of oyl And he said unto him Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty Then said he to another And how much owest thou And he said An hundred measures of wheat And he said unto him Take thy bill and write fourscore And the lord commended the unjust steward because he had done wisely for the children of this world are in their generation wiser then the children of light And I say unto you Make to your selves friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness that when ye fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations The tenth Sunday after Trinity The collect LEt thy merciful ears O Lord be open to the prayers of thy humble servants and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle I Cor. 12.1 COncerning spiritual gifts brethren I would not have you ignorant Ye know that ye were Gentiles carried away unto these dumb idols even as ye were lad Wherefore I give you to understand that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost Now there are diversities of gifts but the same Spirit And there are differences of administrations but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations but it is the same God who worketh all in all But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit to another saith by the same Spirit to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit to another the working of miracles to another prophecy to another discerning of spirits to another divers kinds of tongues to another the interpretation of tongues But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit dividing to every man severally as he will The Gospel S. Luke 19.41 ANd when he was come near he beheld the city and wept over it saying If thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace but now they are hid from thine eyes For the
word of God deceitfully but by manifestation of the truth commending our selves to every mans conscience in the sight of God But if our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them For we preach not our selves but Christ Jesus the Lord and our selves your servants for Jesus sake For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ The Gospel S. Matth. 9.9 ANd as Jesus passed forth from thence he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receit of Custom and he saith unto him Follow me And he arose and followed him And it came to pass as Jesus sat at meat in the house behold many Publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples And when the Pharisees saw it they said unto his disciples Why eateth your Master with Publicans and sinners But when Jesus heard that he said unto them They that be whole need not a Physician but they that are sick But go ye and learn what that meaneth I will have mercy and not sacrifice for I am not came to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Saint Michael and all Angels The collect O Everlasting God who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order Mercifully grant that as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Rev. 12.7 THere was war in heaven Michael and his Angels fought against the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels and prevailed not neither was their place found any more in heaven And the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and Satan which deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven Now is come salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ for the accuser of our brethren is cast down which accused them before our God day and night And they overcame him by the bloud of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives unto the death Therefore rejoyce ye heavens and ye that dwell in them Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the devil is come down unto you having great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short time The Gospel S. Matth. 18.1 AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus saying Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven And Jesus called a little child unto him and set him in the midst of them and said Verily I say unto you Except ye be converted and become as little children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven And whoso shall receive one such little child in my Name receiveth me But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me it were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Wo unto the world because of offences for it must needs be that offences come but wo to that man by whom the offence cometh Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee cut them off and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed rather then having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire And if thine eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather then having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones for I say unto you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven Saint Luke the Evangelist The collect ALmighty God who calledst Luke the Physician whose praise is in the Gospel to be an Evangelist and Physician of the soul May it please thee that by the wholsom medicines of the doctrine delivered by him all the diseases of our souls may be healed through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 2 Tim. 4.5 WAtch thou in all things endure afflictions do the work of an Evangelist make full proof of thy ministry For I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day and not to me only but unto all them also that love his appearing Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me For Demas hath forsaken me having loved this present world and is departed unto Thessalonica Crescens to Galatia Titus unto Dalmatia Only Luke is with me Take Mark and bring him with thee for he is profitable to me for the ministry And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus when thou comest bring with thee and the books but especially the parchments Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil the Lord reward him according to his works Of whom be thou ware also for he hath greatly withstood our words The Gospel S. Luke 10.1 THe Lord appointed other seventy also and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself would come Therefore said he unto them The harvest truly is great but the labourers are few pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest Go your ways behold I send you forth as lambs among wolves Carry neither purse nor scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the way And into whatsoever house ye enter first say Peace be to this house And if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest upon it if not it shall turn to you again And in the same house remain eating and drinking such things as they give for the labourer is worthy of his hire Saint Simon and Saint Jude Apostles The collect O Almighty God who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone Grant us so to be joyned together in unity of spirit by their doctrine that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle S. Jude 1. JUde the servant of
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
the Lord ye that mind to come to the holy Communion of the body and bloud of our Saviour Christ must consider how Saint Paul exhorteth all persons diligently to try and examine themselves before they presume to eat of that Bread and drink of that Cup. For as the benefit is great if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament for then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ and drink his bloud then we dwell in Christ and Christ in us we are one with Christ and Christ with us So is the danger great if we receive the same unworthily For then we are guilty of the body and bloud of Christ our Saviour we eat and drink our own damnation not considering the Lords body we kindle Gods wrath against us we provoke him to plague us with divers diseases and sundry kinds of death Judge therefore your selves brethren that ye be not judged of the Lord repent you truly for your sins past have a lively and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour amend your lives and be in perfect charity with all men so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy Mysteries And above all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ both God and man who did humble himself even to the death upon the Cross for us miserable sinners who lay in darkness and the shadow of death that he might make us the children of God and exalt us to everlasting life And to the end that we should alway remember the exceeding great love of our Master and only Saviour Jesus Christ thus dying for us and the innumerable benefits which by his precious bloud-shedding he hath obtained to us he hath instituted and ordained holy Mysteries as pledges of his love and for a continual remembrance of his death to our great and endless comfort To him therefore with the Father and the Holy Ghost let us give as we are most bounden continual thanks submitting our selves wholly to his holy will and pleasure and studying to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the days of our life Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receive the holy Communion YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins and are in love and charity with your neighbours and intend to lead a new life following the commandments of God and walking from henceforth in his holy ways Draw near with faith and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort and make your humble confession to Almighty God meekly kneeling upon your knees ¶ Then shall this general Confession be made in the name of all those that are minded to receive the holy Communion by one of the Ministers both he and all the People kneeling humbly upon their knees and saying ALmighty God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Maker of all things Judge of all men We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness Which we from time to time most grievously have committed By thought word and deed Against thy divine Majesty Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us We do earnestly repent And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings The remembrance of them is grievous unto us The burthen of them is intolerable Have mercy upon us Have mercy upon us most merciful Father For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christs sake Forgive us all that is past And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life To the honour and glory of thy Name Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest or the Bishop being present stand up and turning himself to the People pronounce this Absolution ALmighty God our heavenly Father who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him Have mercy upon you pardon and deliver you from all your sins confirm and strengthen you in all goodness and bring you to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him COme unto me all that travel and are heavy laden and I will refresh you S. Matth. II. 28. So God loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son to the end that all that belive in him should not perish but have everlasting life S. John 3.16 Hear also what Saint Paul saith This is a true saying and worthy of all men to be received that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners I Tim. 1.15 Hear also what Saint John saith If any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins I S. John 2.1 ¶ After which the Priest shall proceed saying Lift up your hearts Answer We lift them up unto the Lord. Priest Let us give thanks unto our Lord God Answer It is meet and right so to do ¶ Then shall the Priest turn to the Lords Table and say IT is very meet right and our bounden duty that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee O Lord * These words Holy Father must be omitted on Trinity Sunday Holy Father Almighty everlasting God ¶ Here shall follow the proper Preface according to the time if there be any specially appointed or else immediately shall follow THerefore with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnifie thy glorious Name evermore praising thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts Heaven and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most High Amen ¶ Proper Prefaces ¶ Upon Christmas-day and seven days after BEcause thou didst give Jesus Christ thine only Son to be born as at this time for us who by the operation of the holy Ghost was made very man of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother and that without spot of sin to make us clean from all sin Therefore with Angels c. ¶ Upon Easter-day and seven days after BUt chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord for he is the very Paschal Lamb which was offered for us and hath taken away the sin of the world who by his death hath destroyed death and by his rising to life again hath restored to us everlasting life Therefore c. ¶ Upon Ascension-day and seven days after THrough thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to all his Apostles and in their sight ascended up into heaven to prepare a place for us that where he is thither we might also ascend and reign with him in glory Therefore with Angels c. ¶ Upon Whitsunday and six
days after THrough Jesus Christ our Lord according to whose most true promise the holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven with a sudden great sound as it had been a mighty wind in the likeness of fiery tongues lighting upon the Apostles to teach them and to lead them to all truth giving them both the gift of divers languages and also boldness with fervent zeal constantly to preach the Gospel unto all nations whereby we have been brought out of darkness and errour into the clear light and true knowledge of thee and of thy Son Jesus Christ Therefore with Angels c. ¶ Upon the Feast of Trinity only WHo art one God one Lord not one only person but three persons in one substance For that which we believe of the glory of the Father the same we believe of the Son and of the Holy Ghost without any difference or inequality Therefore c. ¶ After each of which Prefaces shall immediately be sung or said THerefore with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnifie thy glorious Name evermore praising thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts Heaven and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most High Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest kneeling down at the Lords Table say in the name of all them that shall receive the Communion this Prayer following WE do not presume to come to this thy Table O merciful Lord trusting in our own righteousness but in thy manifold and great mercies We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table But thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy Grant us therefore gracious Lord so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ and to drink his bloud that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body and our souls washed through his most precious bloud and that we may evermore dwell in him and he in us Amen ¶ When the Priest standing before the Table hath so ordered the Bread and Wine that he may with the more readiness and decency break the Bread before the People and take the Cup into his hands he shall say the Prayer of Consecration as followeth ALmighty God our heavenly Father who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption who made there by his one oblation of himself once offered a full perfect and sufficient sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospel command us to continue a perpetual memory of that his precious death until his coming again Hear us O merciful Father we most humbly beseech thee and grant that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christs holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion may be partakers of his most blessed body and bloud who in the same night that he was betrayed (a) Here the Priest is to take the Paten into his hands took bread and when he had given thanks (b) And here to break the bread he brake it and gave it to his disciples saying Take eat (c) And here to lay his hand upon all the bread this is my body which is given for you do this in remembrance of me Likewise after Supper (d) Here he is to take the cup into his hand he took the cup and when he had given thanks he gave it to them saying Drink ye all of this for this (e) And here to lay his hand upon every vessel be it Chalice or Flagon in which there is any wine to be consecrated is my bloud of the New Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins Do this as oft as ye shall drink it in remembrance of me Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds himself and then proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops Priests and Deacons in like manner if any be present and after that to the People also in order into their Hands all meekly kneeling And when he delivereth the bread to any one he shall say THe body of our Lord Jesus Christ which was given for thee preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving ¶ And the Minister that delivereth the Cup to any one shall say THe bloud of our Lord Jesus Christ which was shed for thee preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life Drink this in remembrance that Christs bloud was shed for thee and be thankful ¶ If the Consecrated Bread or Wine be all spent before all have communicated the Priest is to consecrate more according to the Form before prescribed Beginning at Our Saviour Christ in the same night c. for the blessing of the Bread and at Likewise after Supper c. for the blessing of the Cup. ¶ When all have communicated the Minister shall return to the Lords Table and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated Elements covering the same with a fair Linen Cloth ¶ Then shall the Priest say the Lords Prayer the People repeating after him every Petition 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 The Power and the Glory For ever and ever Amen ¶ After shall be said as followeth O Lord and heavenly Father we thy humble servants entirely desire thy Fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving most humbly beseeching thee to grant that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ and through faith in his bloud we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins and all other benefits of his passion And here we offer and present unto thee O Lord our selves our souls and bodies to be a reasonable holy and lively sacrifice unto thee humbly beseeching thee that all we who are partakers of this holy Communion may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction And although we be unworthy through our manifold sins to offer unto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service not weighing our merits but pardoning our offences through Jesus Christ our Lord by whom and with whom in the unity of the Holy Ghost all honour and glory be unto thee O Father Almighty world without end Amen ¶ Or this ALmighty and everliving God we most heartily thank thee for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us who have duly received
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
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
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
Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest joyn their right Hands together and say Those whom God hath joyned together let no man put asunder ¶ Then shall the Minister speak unto the people FOrasmuch as N. and N. have consented together in holy Wedlock and have witnessed the same before God and this company and thereto have given and pledged their Troth either to other and have declared the same by giving and receiving of a Ring and by joyning of Hands I pronounce that they be Man and Wife together In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ And the Minister shall add this blessing GOd the Father God the Son God Holy Ghost bless preserve and keep you the Lord mercifully with his favour look upon you and so fill you with all spiritual benediction and grace that ye may so live together in this life that in the world to come ye may have life everlasting Amen ¶ Then the Minister or Clerks going to the Lords Table shall say or sing this Psalm following Beati omnes Psal 128. BLessed are all they that fear the Lord and walk in his way For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy house Thy children like the olive-branches round about thy table Lo thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace upon 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 this Psalm 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 Let 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 blese 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 ¶ The Psalm ended and the Man and the Woman kneeling before the Lords Table the Priest standing at the Table and turning his Face towards them shall say Lord have mercy upon us Answer Christ have mercy upon us Minister Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Minister O Lord save thy servant and thy handmaid Answer Who put their trust in thee Minister O Lord send them help from thy holy place Answer And evermore defend them Minister Be unto them a towre of strength Answer From the face of their enemy Minister O Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Minister O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Jacob bless these thy servants and sow the seed of eternal life in their hearts that whatsoever in thy holy Word they shall profitably learn they may indeed fulfil the same Look O Lord mercifully upon them from heaven and bless them And as thou didst send thy blessing upon Abraham and Sarah to their great comfort so vouchsafe to send thy blessing upon these thy servants that they obeying thy will and alway being in safety under thy protection may abide in thy love unto their lives end through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ This Prayer next following shall be omitted where the Woman is past Child-bearing O Merciful Lord and heavenly Father By whose gracious gift mankind is increased We beseech thee assist with thy blessing these two persons that they may both be fruitful in procreation of Children and also live together so long in godly love and honesty that they may see their children Christianly and virtuously brought up to thy praise and honour through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God who by thy mighty power hast made all things of nothing who also after other things set in order didst appoint that out of Man created after thine own image and similitude Woman should take her beginning and knitting them together didst teach that it should never be lawful to put asunder those whom thou by Matrimony hadst made one O God who hast consecrated the state of Matrimony to such an excellent Mystery that in it is signified and represented the spiritual marriage and unity betwixt Christ and his Church Look mercifully upon these thy servants that both this Man may love his wife according to thy Word as Christ did love his spouse the Church who gave himself for it loving and cherishing it even as his own flesh and also that this Woman may be loving and amiable faithful and obedient to her Husband and in all quietness sobriety and peace be a follower of holy and godly Matrons O Lord bless them both and grant them to inherit thy everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say ALmighty God who at the beginning did create our first parents Adam and Eve and did sanctifie and joyn them together in Marriage Pour upon you the riches of his grace sanctifie and bless you that ye may please him both in body and soul and live together in holy love unto your lives end Amen ¶ After which if there be no Sermon declaring the Duties of Man and Wife the Minister shall read as followeth ALl ye that are married or that intend to take the holy Estate of Matrimony upon you hear what the holy Scripture doth say as touching the Duty of Husbands towards their Wives and Wives towards their Husbands Saint Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the Fifth Chapter doth give this commandment to all married Men Husbands love your Wives even as Christ also loved the Church and gave himself for it that he might sanctifie and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word that he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies He that loved his wife loveth himself For no man ever yet hateth his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it even
they verily for a few days chastned us after their own pleasure but he for our profit that we might be partakers of his holiness These words good brother are written in holy Scripture for our comfort and instruction that we should patiently and with thanksgiving bear our heavenly Fathers correction whensoever by any manner of adversity it shall please his gracious goodness to visit us And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons then to be made like unto Christ by suffering patiently adversities troubles and sicknesses For he himself went not up to joy but first he suffered pain he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truly our way to eternal joy is to suffer here with Christ and our door to enter into eternal life is gladly to die with Christ that we may rise again from death and dwell with him in everlasting life Now therefore taking your sickness which is thus profitable for you patiently I exhort you in the Name of God to remember the profession which you made unto God in your Baptism And for as much as after this life there is an account to be given unto the righteous Judge by whom all must be judged without respect of persons I require you to examine your self and your estate both toward God and man so that accusing and condemning your self for your own fault you may find mercy at our heavenly Fathers hand for Christs sake and not be accused and condemned in that fearful judgment Therefore I shall rehearse to you the Articles of our Faith that you may know whether you do believe as a Christian man should or no. ¶ Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the Faith saying thus 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 ¶ The sick Person shall answer All this I stedfastly believe ¶ Then shall the Minister examine whether he repent him truly of his sins and be in charity with all the world exhorting him to forgive from the bottom of his heart all Persons that have offended him and if he hath offended any other to ask them forgiveness and where he hath done injury or wrong to any man that he make amends to the uttermost of his power And if he hath not before disposed of his Goods let him then be admonished to make his Will and to declare his Debts what he oweth and what is owing unto him for the better discharging of his conscience and the quietness of his Executors But men should often be put in remembrance to take order for the settling of their temporal Estates whilst they are in health ¶ These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his Prayer as he shall see cause ¶ The Minister should not omit earnestly to move such sick Persons as are of ability to be liberal to the Poor ¶ Here shall the sick Person be moved to make a special confession of his sins if he feel his conscience troubled with any weighty matter After which confession the Priest shall absolve him if he humbly and heartily desire it after this sort OUr Lord Jesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences And by his Authority committed to me I absolve thee from all thy sins In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ And then the Priest shall say the Collect following Let us pray O Most merciful God who according to the multitude of thy mercies dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent that thou remembrest them no more Open thine eye of mercy upon this thy servant who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiveness Renew in him most loving Father whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the devil or by his own carnal will and frailness preserve and continue this sick member in the unity of the Church consider his contrition accept his tears asswage his pain as shall seem to thee most expedient for him And forasmuch as he putteth his full trust only in thy mercy impute not unto him his former sins but strengthen him with thy blessed Spirit and when thou art pleased to take him hence take him unto thy favour through the merits of thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister say this Psalm In te Domine speravi Psal 71. IN thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness incline thine ear unto me and save me Be thou my strong hold whereunto I may alway resort thou hast promised to help me for thou art my house of defence and my castle Deliver me O my God out of the hand of the ungodly out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope even from my youth Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born thou art he that took me out of my mothers womb my praise shall alway be of thee I am become as it were a monster unto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength faileth me For mine enemies speak against me and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliver him Go not far from me O God my God hast thee to help me Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation for I know no end thereof I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousness only Thou O God hast taught me from my youth up until now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works Forsake me not O God in mine old age when
apply our hearts unto wisdom Turn thee again O Lord at the last and be gracious unto thy servants O satisfie us with thy mercy and that soon so shall we rejoyce and be glad all the days of our life Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity Shew thy servants thy work and their children thy glory And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us prosper thou the work of our hands upon us O prosper thou our handy-work Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall follow the Lesson taken out of the fifteenth Chapter of the former Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 15.20 NOw is Christ risen from the dead and become the first-fruits of them that slept For since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive But every man in his own order Christ the first-fruits afterward they that are Christs at his coming Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the Father when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power For he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death For he hath put all things under his feet But when he saith all things are put under him it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him And when all things shall be subdued unto him then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead if the dead rise not at all why are they then baptized for the dead And why stand we in jeopardy every hour I protest by your rejoycing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord I die daily If after the manner of men I have fought with beast at Ephesus what advantageth it me if the dead rise not Let us eat and drink for to morrow we die Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good manners Awake to righteousness and sin not for some have not the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame But some man will say how are the dead raised up And with what body do they come Thou fool that which thou sowest is not quickned except it die And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shall be but bare grain it may chance of wheat or of some other grain But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him and to every seed his own body All flesh is not the same flesh but there is one kind of flesh of men another flesh of beasts another of fishes and another of birds There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for one star differeth from another star in glory So also is the resurrection of the dead It is sown in corruption it is raised in incorruption It is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory It is sown in weakness it is raised in power It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body And so it is written The first man Adam was made a living soul the last Adam was made a quickning Spirit Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual but that which is natural and afterward that which is spiritual The first man is of the earth earthy the second man is the Lord from heaven As is the earthy such are they that are earthy and as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly And as we have born the image of the earthy we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Now this I say brethren that flesh and bloud cannot inherit the kingdom of God neither doth corruption inherit incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written Death is swallowed up in victory O Death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ Therefore my beloved brethren be ye stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. ¶ When they come to the Grave while the Corps is made ready to be laid into the Earth the Priest shall say or the Priest and Clerks shall sing MAn that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery He cometh up and is cut down like a flower he fleeth as it were a shadow and never continueth in one stay In the midst of life were are in death of whom may we seek for succour but of thee O Lord who for our sins art justly displeased Yet O Lord God most holy O Lord most mighty O holy and most merciful Saviour deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not thy merciful ears to our prayers but spare us Lord most holy O God most mighty O holy and merciful Saviour thou most worthy Judge eternal suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee ¶ Then while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by the Priest shall say FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed we therefore commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may be like unto his glorious body according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself ¶ Then shall be said or sung I Heard a voice from heaven saying unto me Write From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord even so saith the Spirit for
I will consider thy heavens even the works of thy fingers the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained 4 What is man that thou art mindful of him and the son of man that thou visitest him 5 Thou madest him lower then the angels to crown him with glory and worship 6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet 7 All sheep and oxen yea and the beasts of the field 8 The fowls of the air and the fishes of the sea and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas 9 O Lord our Governour how excellent is thy Name in all the world Morning Prayer Confitebor tibi Psal 9. I Will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will speak of all thy marvellous works DAY ii 2 I will be glad and rejoyce in thee yea my songs will I make of thy Name O thou most Highest 3 While mine enemies are driven back they shall fall and perish at thy presence 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the throne that judgest right 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen and destroyed the ungodly thou hast put out their name for ever and ever 6 O thou enemy destructions are come to a perpetual end even as the cities which thou hast destroyed their memorial is perished with them 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever he hath also prepared his seat for judgment 8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness and minister true judgment unto the people 9 The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed even a refuge in due time of trouble 10 And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast never failed them that seek thee 11 O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion shew the people of his doings 12 For when he maketh inquisition for bloud he remembreth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor 13 Have mercy upon me O Lord consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest me up from the gates of death 14 That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion I will rejoyce in thy salvation 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made in the same net which they hid privily is their foot taken 16 The Lord is known to execute judgment the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the people that forget God 18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever 19 Up Lord and let not man have the upper hand let the heathen be judged in thy sight 20 Put them in fear O Lord that the heathen may know themselves to be but men Ut quid Domine Psal 10. WHy standest thou so far off O Lord and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble 2 The ungodly for his own lust doth persecute the poor let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined 3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own hearts desire and speaketh good of the covetous whom God abhorreth 4 The ungodly is so proud that he careth not for God neither is God in all his thoughts 5 His ways are alway grievous thy judgments are far above out of his sight and therefore defieth he all his enemies 6 For he hath said in his heart Tush I shall never be cast down there shall no harm happen unto me 7 His mouth is full of cursing deceit and fraud under his tongue is ungodliness and vanity 8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent his eyes are set against the poor 9 For he lieth waiting secretly even as a lion lurketh he in his den that he may ravish the poor 10 He doth ravish the poor when he getteth him into his net 11 He falleth down and humbleth himself that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains 12 He hath said in his heart Tush God hath forgotten he hideth away his face and he will never see it 13 Arise O Lord God and lift up thine hand forget not the poor 14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God while he doth say in his heart Tush thou God carest not for it 15 Surely thou hast seen it for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong 16 That thou mayest take the matter into thy hand the poor committeth himself unto thee for thou art the helper of the friendless 17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious take away his ungodliness and thou shalt find none 18 The Lord is King for ever and ever and the heathen are perished out of the land 19 Lord thou hast heard the desire of the poor thou preparest their heart and thine ear hearkeneth thereto 20 To help the fatherless and poor unto their right that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them In Domino confido Psal 11. IN the Lord put I my trust how say ye then to my soul that she should flee as a bird unto the hill 2 For lo the ungodly bend their bow and make ready their arrows within the quiver that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart 3 For the foundations will be cast down and what hath the righteous done 4 The Lord is in his holy temple the Lords seat is in heaven 5 His eyes consider the poor and his eye-lids try the children of men 6 The Lord alloweth the righteous but the ungodly and him that delighteth in wickedness doth his soul abhor 7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares fire and brimstone storm and tempest this shall be their portion to drink 8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness his countenance will behold the thing that is just Evening Prayer Salvum me fac Psal 12. HElp me Lord for there is not one godly man left for the faithful are minished from among the children of men 2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour they do but flatter with their lips and dissemble in their double heart 3 The Lord shall root out all deceitful lips and the tongue that speaketh proud things 4 Which have said With our tongue will we prevail we are they that ought to speak who is Lord over us 5 Now for the comfortless troubles sake of the needy and because of the deep sighing of the poor 6 I will up saith the Lord and will help every one from him that swelleth against him and will set him at rest 7 The words of the Lord are pure words even as the silver which from the earth is tried and purified seven times in the fire 8 Thou shalt keep them O Lord thou shalt preserve him from this generation for ever
wroth 8 There went a smoke out in his presence and a consuming fire out of his mouth so that coals were kindled at it 9 He bowed the heavens also and came down and it was dark under his feet 10 He rode upon the Cherubins and did flie he came flying upon the wings of the wind 11 He made darkness his secret place his pavilion round about him with dark water and thick clouds to cover him 12 At the brightness of his presence his clouds removed hail-stones and coals of fire 13 The Lord also thundred out of heaven and the Highest gave his thunder hail-stones and coals of fire 14 He sent out arrows and scattered them he cast forth lightnings and destroyed them 15 The springs of waters were seen and the foundations of the round world were discovered at thy chiding O Lord at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure 16 He shall send down from on high to fetch me and shall take me out of many waters 17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy and from them which hate me for they are too mighty for me 18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble but the Lord was my upholder 19 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty he brought me forth even because he had a favour unto me 20 The Lord shall reward me after my righteous dealing according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me 21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not forsaken my God as the wicked doth 22 For I have an eye unto all his laws and will not cast out his commandments from me 23 I was also uncorrupt before him and eschewed mine own wickedness 24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing and according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight 25 With the holy thou shalt be holy and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect 26 With the clean thou shalt be clean and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness 27 For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud 28 Thou also shalt light my candle the Lord my God shall make my darkness to be light 29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men and with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall 30 The way of God is an undefiled way the word of the Lord also is tried in the fire he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him 31 For who is God but the Lord or who hath any strength except our God 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength of war and maketh my way perfect 33 He maketh my feet like harts feet and setteth me up on high 34 He teacheth mine hands to fight and mine arms shall break even a bow of steel 35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation thy right hand also shall hold me up and thy loving correction shall make me great 36 Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go that my foot-steps shall not slide DAY iv 37 I will follow upon mine enemies and overtake them neither will I turn again till I have destroyed them 38 I will smite them that they shall not be able to stand but fall under my feet 39 Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battel thou shalt throw down mine enemies under me 40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me and I shall destroy them that hate me 41 They shall cry but there shall be none to help them yea even unto the Lord shall they cry but he shall not hear them 42 I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind I will cast them out as the clay in the streets 43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen 44 A people whom I have not known shall serve me 45 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me but the strange children shall dissemble with me 46 The strange children shall fail and be afraid out of their prisons 47 The Lord liveth and blessed be my strong helper and praised be the God of my salvation 48 Even the God that seeth that I be avenged and subdueth the people unto me 49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies and setteth me up above mine adversaries thou shalt rid me from the wicked man 50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee O Lord among the Gentiles and sing praises unto thy Name 51 Great prosperity giveth he unto his King and sheweth loving kindness unto David his Anointed and unto his Seed for evermore Morning Prayer Coeli enarrant Psal 19. THe heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handy-work 2 One day telleth another and one night certifieth another 3 There is neither speech nor language but their voices are heard among them 4 Their sound is gone out into all lands and their words into the ends of the world 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the Sun which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber and rejoyceth as a giant to run his course 6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the Heaven and runneth about unto the end of it again and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof 7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law converting the soul the testimony of the Lord is sure and giveth wisdom unto the simple 8 The statutes of the Lord are right and rejoyce the heart the commandment of the Lord is pure and giveth light unto the eyes 9 The fear of the Lord is clean and endureth for ever the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether 10 More to be desired are they then gold yea then much fine gold sweeter also then hony and the hony-comb 11 Moreover by them is thy servant taught and in keeping of them there is great reward 12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth O cleanse thou me from my secret faults 13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me so shall I be undefiled and innocent from the great offence 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight 15 O Lord my strength and my redeemer Exaudiat te Dominus Psal 20. THe Lord hear thee in the day of trouble the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee 2 Send thee help from the Sanctuary and strengthen thee out of Sion 3 Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt-sacrifice 4 Grant thee thy hearts desire and fulfil all thy mind 5 We will rejoyce in thy salvation and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God the Lord perform all thy petitions 6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed and will hear him from his holy Heaven even
the depth of misery and out of the jaws of this death which is ready now to swallow us up Save Lord or else we perish The living the living shall praise thee O send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds and the roring sea that we being delivered from this distress may live to serve thee and to glorifie thy Name all the days of our life Hear Lord and save us for the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ Amen The prayer to be said before a fight at Sea against any Enemy O Most powerful and glorious Lord God the Lord of hosts that rulest and commandest all things Thou sittest in the Throne judging right and therefore we make our Address to thy divine Majesty in this our necessity that thou wouldst take the cause into thine own hand and judge between us and our enemies Stir up thy strength O Lord and come and help us for thou givest not alway the battel to the strong but canst save by many or by few O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance but hear us thy poor servants begging mercy and imploring thy help and that thou wouldst be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy Make it appear that thou art our Savior and mighty Deliverer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Short Prayers for single Persons that cannot meet to joyn in Prayer with others by reason of the Fight or Storm General Prayers LOrd be merciful to us sinners and save us for thy mercies sake Thou art the great God that hast made and rulest all things O deliver us for thy Names sake Thou art the great God to be feared above all O save us that we may praise thee Special Prayers with respect to the Enemy THou O Lord art just and powerful O defend our cause against the face of the Enemy O God thou art a strong tower of defence to all that flee unto thee O save us from the violence of the Enemy O Lord of hosts fight for us that we may glorifie thee O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins or the violence of the enemy O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thy Names sake Short Prayers in respect of a Storm THou O Lord that stillest the raging of the sea hear hear us and save us that we perish not O blessed Saviour that didst save thy disciples ready to perish in a Storm hear us and save us we beseech thee Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us O Lord hear us O Christ hear us God the Father God the Son God the holy Ghost have mercy upon us save us now and evermore 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 the power and the glory For ever and ever Amen ¶ When there shall be imminent danger as many as can be spared from necessary service in the Ship shall be called together and make an humble Confession of their sins to God In which every one ought seriously to reflect upon those particular sins of which his conscience shall accuse him Saying as followeth The confession ALmighty God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Maker of all things Judge of all men We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness Which we from time to time most grievously have committed By thought word and deed Against thy divine Majesty Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us We do earnestly repent And be heartily sorry for these our misdoings The remembrance of them is grievous unto us The burden of them is intolerable Have mercy upon us have mercy upon us most merciful Father For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ sake Forgive us all that is past And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life To the honour and glory of thy Name Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest if there be any in the Ship Pronounce this Absolution ALmighty God our heavenly Father who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them which with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him Have mercy upon you pardon and deliver you from all your sins confirm and strengthen you in all goodness and bring you to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Thanksgiving after a Storm Jubilate Deo Psal 66. O Be joyful in God all ye lands sing praises unto the honour of his Name make his praise to be glorious Say unto God O how wonderful art thou in thy works through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee For all the world shall worship thee sing of thee and praise thy Name O come hither and behold the works of God how wonderful he is in his doing towards the children of men He turned the sea into dry land so that they went through the water on foot there did we rejoyce thereof He ruleth with his power for ever his eyes behold the people and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves O praise our God ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard Who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip For thou O God hast proved us thou also hast tried us like as silver is tried Thou broughtest us into the snare and laidst trouble upon our loyns Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads we went through fire and water and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings and will pay thee my vows which I promised with my lips and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices with the incense of rams I will offer bullocks and goats O come hither and hearken all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue If I incline unto wickedness with my heart the Lord will not hear me But God hath heard me and considered the voice of my prayer Praised be God who hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercy from me 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 Confitemini Domino Psal 107. O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed and delivered from the hand of the enemy And gathered them out of the lands from the east and
they cried out the more exceedingly Crucifie him And so Pilate willing to content the people released Barabbas unto them and delivered Jesus when he had scourged him to be crucified And the souldiers led him away into the hall called Pretorium and they call together the whole band And they clothed him with purple and platted a crown of thorns and put it about his head and began to salute him Hail king of the Jews And they smote him on the head with a reed and did spit upon him and bowing their knees worshipped him And when they had mocked him they took off the purple from him and put his own clothes on him and led him out to crucifie him And they compel one Simon a Cyrenean who passed by coming out of the countrey the father of Alexander and Rufus to bear his cross And they bring him unto the place Golgotha which is being interpreted the place of a scull And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrhe but he received it not And when they had crucified him they parted his garments casting lots upon them what every man should take And it was the third hour and they crucified him And the superscription of his accusation was written over THE KING OF THE JEWS And with him they crucifie two thieves the one on his right hand and the other on his left And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith And he was numbred with the transgressours And they that passed by railed on him wagging their heads and saying Ah thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days save thy self and come down from the cross Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes He saved others himself he cannot save Let Christ the king of Israel descend now from the cross that we may see and believe And they that were crucified with him reviled him And when the sixth hour was come there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice saying Eloi Eloi lama sabachtbani which is being interpreted My God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some of them that stood by when they heard it said Behold he calleth Elias And one ran and filled spunge full of vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink saying Let alone let us see whether Elias will come to take him down And Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the ghost And the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom And when the centurion which stood over against him saw that he so cried out and gave up the ghost he said Truly this man was the Son of God Wednesday before Easter The Epistle Heb. 9.16 WHere a testament is there must also of necessity be the death of the testatour for a testament is of force after men are dead otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testatour liveth Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without bloud for when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law he took the bloud of calves and of goats with water and scarlet wooll and hyssop and sprinkled both the book and all the people saying This is the bloud of the testament which God hath enjoyned unto you Moreover he sprinkled likewise with bloud both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry And almost all things are by the law purged with bloud and without shedding of bloud is no remission It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices then these For Christ is not entred into the holy places made with hands which are the figures of the true but into heaven it self now to appear in the presence of God for us nor yet that he should offer himself often as the high priest entreth into the holy place every year with bloud of others for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself And as it is appointed unto men once to die but after this the Judgment so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation The Gospel S. Luke 22.1 NOw the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh which is called the passover And the chief Priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him for they feared the people Then entred Satan into Judas sirnamed Iscariot being of the number of the twelve And he went his way and communed with the chief Priests and captains how he might betray him unto them And they were glad and covenanted to give him money And he promised and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude Then came the day of unleavened bread when the passover must be killed And he sent Peter and John saying Go and prepare us the passover that we may eat And they said unto him Where wilt thou that we prepare And he said unto them Behold when ye are entred into the city there shall a man meet you bearing a pitcher of water follow him into the house where he entreth in And ye shall say unto the good-man of the house The master saith unto thee Where is the guest-chamber where I shall eat the passover with my disciples And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished there make ready And they went and found as he had said unto them and they made ready the passover And when the hour was come he sat down and the twelve Apostles with him And he said unto them With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer For I say unto you I will not any more eat thereof until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God And he took the cup and gave thanks and said Take this and divide it among your selves For I say unto you I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God shall come And he took bread and gave thanks and brake it and gave unto them saying This is my body which is given for you this do in remembrance of me Likewise also the cup after supper saying This cup is the new Testament in my bloud which is shed for you But behold the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And truly the Son of man goeth as it was determined but wo unto that man by whom he is betrayed And they began to enquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing And there was also a strife among them which of them should be accounted the greatest And he said unto them The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them
feet that it is I my self handle me and see for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have And when he had thus spoken he shewed them his hands and his feet And while they yet believed not for joy and they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and of an hony-comb And he took it and did eat before them And he said unto them These are the words which I spake unto you while I was yet with you that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms concerning me Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the Scriptures and said unto them Thus it is written and thus it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his Name among all Nations beginning at Jerusalem And ye are witnesses of these things The first Sunday after Easter The collect ALmighty Father who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins and to rise again for our justification Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice arid wickedness that we may alway serve thee in pureness of living and truth through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 S. John 5.4 WHatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith Who is he that overcometh the world but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God This is he that came by water and bloud even Jesus Christ not by water only but by water and bloud and it is the Spirit that beareth witness because the Spirit is truth For there are three that bear record in heaven the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one And there are three that bear witness in earth the spirit and the water and the bloud and these three agree in one If we receive the witness of men the witness of God is greater for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself he that believeth not God hath made him a liar because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son And this is the record That God hath given to us eternal life and this life is in his Son He that hath the Son hath life and he that hath not the Son hath not life The Gospel S. John 20.19 THe same day at evening being the first day of the week when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews came Jesus and stood in the midst and saith unto them Peace be unto you And when he had so said he shewed unto them his hands and his side Then were the disciples glad when the saw the Lord. The said Jesus to them again Peace be unto you As my Father hath sent me even so send I you And when he had said this he breathed on them and saith unto them Receive ye the Holy Ghost Whose soever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them and whose soever sins ye retain they are retained The second Sunday after Easter The collect Almighty God who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and also an ensample of godly life Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour our selves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 S. Pet. 2.19 THis is thank-worthy if a man for conscience toward God endure grief suffering wrongfully For what glory is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye shall take it patiently But if when ye do well and suffer for it ye take it patiently this is acceptable with God For even hereunto were ye called because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps Who did no sin neither was guile found in his mouth Who when he was reviled reviled not again when he suffered he threatned not but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree that we being dead to sin should live unto righteousness by whose stripes ye were healed For ye were as sheep going astray but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls The Gospel S. John 10.11 JEsus said I am the good shepherd the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep But he that is an hireling and not the shepherd whose own the sheep are not seeth the wolf comings and leaveth the sheep and fleeth and the wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep The hireling sheep because he is an hireling and careth not for the sheep I am the good shepherd and know my sheep and am known of mine As the Father knoweth me even so know I the Father and I lay down my life for the sheep And other sheep I have which are not of this fold them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold and one shepherd The third Sunday after Easter The collect ALmighty God who shewest to them that be in errour the light of thy truth to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness Grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowship of Christs Religion that they may eschew those things that are contrary to their Profession and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same through our Lord Jesus Christ 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 cloak of maliciousness but as the servants of God Honour all men Love the brotherhood Fear God Honour the King The Gospel S. John 16.16 JEsus said to his disciples A little while and ye shall not see me and again a little while and ye shall see me because I go to the Father Then said some of his disciples among themselves What is this that he saith unto us A little while and ye shall not see me and again a little while and ye shall see me and Because I go
receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth And when he had spoken these things while they beheld he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up behold two men stood by them in white apparel which also said Ye men of Galilee why stand ye gazing up into heaven This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven The Gospel S. Mark 16.14 JEsus appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen And he said unto them 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 And these signs shall follow them that believe In my Name shall they cast out devils they shall speak with new tongues they shall take up serpents and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover So then after the Lord had spoken unto them he was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God And they went forth and preached every where the Lord working with them and confirming the Word with signs following Sunday after Ascension-day The collect O God the King of glory who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy Kingdom in heaven We beseech thee leave us not comfortless but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen The Epistle 1 S. Peter 4.7 THe end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer And above all things have servent charity among your selves for charity shall cover the multitude of sins Use hospitality one to another without grudging As every man hath received the gift even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God If any man speak let him speak as the Oracles of God If any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God giveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen The Gospel S. John 15.26 and part of the 16. Chap. WHen the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father even the Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father he shall testifie of me And ye also shall bear witness because ye have been with me from the beginning These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended They shall put you out of the synagogues yea the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service And these things will they do unto you because they have not known the Father nor me but these things have I told you that when the time shall come ye may remember that I told you of them Whitsunday The collect GOd who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoyce in his holy comfort through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Spirit one God world without end Amen For the Epistle Acts 2.1 WHen the day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord in one place And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire and it sat upon each of them And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews devout men out of every Nation under heaven Now when this was noised abroad the multitude came together and were confounded because that every man heard them speak in his own language And they were all amazed and marvelled saying one to another Behold are not all these which speak Galileans And how hear we every man in our own tongue wherein we were born Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the dwellers in Mesopotamia and in Judea and Cappadocia in Pontus and Asia Phrygia and Pamphylia in Egypt and in the parts of Lybia about Cyrene and strangers of Rome Jews and Proselytes Cretes and Arabians we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God The Gospel S. John 14.15 JEsus said unto his disciples If ye love me keep my commandments And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knwoeth him but ye know him for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more but ye see me because I live ye shall live also At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you He that hath my commandments and keepeth them he it is that loveth me and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I will love him and will manifest my self to him Judas saith unto him not Iscariot Lord how is it that thou wilt manifest thy self unto us and not unto the world Jesus answered and said unto him If a man love me he will keep my words and my Father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings and the word which you hear is not mine but the Fathers which sent me These things have I spoken unto you being yet present with you But the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my Name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you not as the world giveth give I unto you Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid Ye have heard how I said unto you I go away and come again unto you If ye loved me ye would rejoyce because I said I go unto the Father for my Father is greater then I. And now
I have told you before it come to pass that when it is come to pass ye might believe Hereafter I will not talk much with you for the prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me But that the world may know that I love the Father and as the Father gave me commandment even so I do Munday in Whitsun Week The collect GOd who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoyce in his holy comfort through the merits of Christ Jesu our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Spirit one God world without end Amen For the Epistle Acts 10.34 THen Peter opened his mouth and said Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons but in every Nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him The word which God sent unto the children of Israel preaching peace by Jesus Christ he is Lord of all That word I say you know which was published throughout all Judea and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil for God was with him And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem whom they slew and hanged on a tree Him God raised up the third day and shewed him openly not to all the people but unto witnesses chosen before of God even to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead And he commanded us to preach unto the people and to testifie that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead To him give all the Prophets witness that through his Name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins While Peter yet spake these words the Holy Ghost fell on all them who heard the word And they of the circumcision who believed were astonised as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost For they heard them speak with tongues and magnifie God Then answered Peter Can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Ghost as well as we And he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days The Gospel S. John 3.16 GOd so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved He that believeth on him is not condemned but he that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather then light because their deeds were evil For every one that doeth evil hateth the light neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved But he that doeth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God Tuesday in Whitsun Week The collect GOd who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoyce in his holy comfort through the merits of Christ Jesu our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the samē Spirit one God world without end Amen For the Epistle Acts 8.14 WHen the Apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God they sent unto them Peter and John who when they were come down prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost For as yet he was fallen upon none of them only they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Then laid they their hands on them and they received the Holy Ghost The Gospel S. John 10.1 VErily verily I say unto you He that entreth not by the door into the sheepfold but climbeth up some other way the same is a thief and a robber But he that entreth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep To him the porter openeth and the sheep hear his voice and he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out And when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them and the sheep follow him for they know his voice And a stranger will they not follow but will flee from him for they know not the voice of strangers This parable spake Jesus unto them but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them Then said Jesus unto them again Verily verily I say unto you I am the door of the sheep All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers but the sheep did not hear them I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture The thief cometh not but for to steal and to kill and to destroy I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly Trinity Sunday The collect ALmighty and everlasting God who hast given unto us thy servants grace by the confession of a true Faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity and in the power of the divine Majesty to worship the Unity We beseech thee that thou wouldst keep us stedfast in this Faith and evermore defend us from all adversities who livest and reignest one God world without end Amen For the Epistle Rev. 4.1 AFter this I looked and behold a door was opened in heaven and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which said Come up hither and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter And immediately I was in the Spirit and behold a throne was set in heaven and one sat on the throne and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone and there was a rainbow round about the throne in sight like unto an emerald And round about the throne were four and twenty seats and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting clothed in white raiment and they had on their heads crowns of gold And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thundrings and voices And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne which are the seven Spirits of God And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal and in the midst of the throne
Yet lest the same Kneeling should by any Persons either out of ignorance and infirmity or out of malice and obstinacy be misconstrued and depraved It is here declared That thereby no Adoration is intended or ought to be done either unto the Sacramental Bread and Wine there bodily received or unto any Corporal Presence of Christs Natural Flesh and Bloud For the Sacramental Bread and Wine remain Still in their very Natural Substances and therefore may not be adored for that were Idolatry to be abhorred of all faithful Christians And the Natural Body and Bloud of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven and not here it being against the truth of Christs Natural Body to be at one time in more places then one The MINISTRATION of Publick BAPTISM of INFANTS to be used in the CHURCH ¶ THE People are to be admonished that it is most convenient that Baptism should not be administred but upon Sundays and other Holy-days when the most number of People come together as well for that the Congregation there present may testifie the receiving of them that be newly Baptized into the number of Christs Church as also because in the Baptism of Infants every man present may be put in remembrance of his own profession made to God in his Baptism For which cause also it is expedient that Baptism be ministred in the vulgar Tongue Nevertheless if necessity so require Children may be Baptized upon any other day ¶ And Note that there shall be for every male-child to be Baptized two Godfathers and one Godmother and for every female one Godfather and two Godmothers ¶ When there are Children to be Baptized the Parents shall give knowledge thereof over night or in the morning before the beginning of Morning Prayer to the Curate And then the Godfathers and Godmothers and the People with the Children must be ready at the Font either immediately after the last Lesson at Morning Prayer or else immediately after the last Lesson at Evening Prayer as the Curate by his discretion shall appoint And the Priest coming to the Font which is then to be filled with pure Water and standing there shall say Hath this Child been already Baptized or no ¶ If they answer No then shall the Priest proceed as followeth DEarly beloved forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in sin and that our Saviour Christ saith None can enter into the Kingdom of God except he be regenerate and born anew of water and of the Holy Ghost I beseech you to call upon God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ that of his bounteous mercy he will grant to this Child that thing which by nature he cannot have that he may be baptized with water and the Holy Ghost and received into Christs holy Church and be made a lively member of the same ¶ Then shall the Priest say Let us pray ALmighty and everlasting God who of thy great mercy didst save Noah and his family in the Ark from perishing by water and also didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people through the Red sea figuring thereby thy holy baptism and by the baptism of thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan didst sanctifie water to the mystical washing away of sin We beseech thee for thine infinite mercies that thou wilt mercifully look upon this Child wash him and sanctifie him with the Holy Ghost that he being delivered from thy wrath may be received into the ark of Christs Church and being stedfast in faith joyful through hope and rooted in charity may so pass the waves of this troublesom world that finally he may come to the land of everlasting life there to reign with thee world without end through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty and immortal God the aid of all that need the helper of all that flee to thee for succour the life of them that believe and the resurrection of the dead We call upon thee for this Infant that he coming to thy holy Baptism may receive remission of his sins by spiritual regeneration Receive him O Lord as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son saying Ask and ye shall have seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you So give now unto us that ask let us that seek find open the gate unto us that knock that this Infant may enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly washing and may come to the eternal Kingdom which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the People stand up and the Priest shall say Hear the words of the Gospel written by Saint Mark in the Tenth Chapter at the Thirteenth Verse THey brought young children to Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But when Jesus saw it he was much displeased and said unto them Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom of God Verily I say unto you Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child he shall not enter therein And he took them up in his arms put his hands upon them and blessed them ¶ After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon the words of the Gospel BEloved ye hear in this Gospel the words of our Saviour Christ that he commanded the children to be brought unto him how he blamed those that would have kept than from him how he exhorteth all men to follow their innocency Ye perceive how by his outward gesture and deed he declared his good will toward them for he embraced them in his arms he laid his hands upon them and blessed them Doubt ye not therefore but earnestly believe that he will likewise favourably receive this present Infant that he will embrace him with the arms of his mercy that he will give unto him the blessing of eternal life and make him partaker of his everlasting Kingdom Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heavenly Father towards this Infant declared by his Son Jesus Christ and nothing doubting but that he favourably alloweth this charitable work of ours in bringing this Infant to his holy Baptism let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him and say ALmighty and everlasting God heavenly Father we give thee humble thanks that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the Knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increase this knowledge and confirm this faith in us evermore Give thy holy Spirit to this Infant that he may be born again and be made an heir of everlasting Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit now and for ever Amen ¶ Then shall Priest speak unto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wife DEarly beloved ye have brought this Child here to be baptized ye have prayed that our Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to receive him to release him of his sins to sanctifie him with
I am gray-headed until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy righteousness O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like unto thee Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Adding this O Saviour of the world who by thy cross and precious bloud hast redeemed us save us and help us we humbly beseech thee O Lord. ¶ Then shall the Minister say THe Almighty Lord who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him to whom all things in heaven in earth and under the earth do bowe and obey be now and evermore thy defence and make thee know and feel that there is none other Name under heaven given to man in whom and through whom thou mayest receive health and salvation but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ Amen ¶ And after that shall say UNto Gods gracious mercy and protection we commit thee The Lord bless thee and keep thee The Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace both now and evermore Amen A Prayer for a sick Child O Almighty God and merciful Father to whom alone belong the issues of life and death Look down from heaven we humbly beseech thee with the eyes of mercy upon this Child now lying upon the bed of sickness Visit him O Lord with thy salvation deliver him in thy good appointed time from his bodily pain and save his soul for thy mercies save That if it shall be thy pleasure to prolong his days here on earth he may live to thee and be an instrument of thy glory by serving thee faithfully and doing good in his generation or else receive him into those heavenly habitations where the souls of them that sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity Grant this O Lord for thy mercies sake in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God world without end Amen ¶ A Prayer for a sick Person when there appeareth small hope of Recovery O Father of mercies and God of all comfort our only help in time of need We flie unto thee for succour in behalf of this thy servant here lying under thy hand in great weakness of body Look graciously upon him O Lord and the more the outward man decayeth strengthen him we beseech thee so much the more continually with thy grace and holy Spirit in the inner man Give him unfeigned repentance for all the errours of his life past and stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus that his sins may be done away by thy mercy and his pardon sealed in heaven before he go hence and be no more seen We know O Lord that there is no word impossible with thee and that if thou wilt thou canst even yet raise him up and grant him a longer continuance amongst us Yet forasmuch as in all appearance the time of his dissolution draweth near so fit and prepare him we beseech thee against the hour of death that after his departure hence in peace and in thy favour his soul may be received into thine everlasting kingdom through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord and Saviour Amen ¶ A commendatory Prayer for a sick Person at the point of departure O Almighty God with whom do live the spirits of just men made perfect after they are delivered from their earthly prisons We humbly commend the soul of this thy servant our dear brother into thy hands as into the hands of a faithful Creatour and most merciful Saviour most humbly beseeching thee that it may be precious in thy fight Wash it we pray thee in the bloud of that immaculate Lamb that was slain to take away the sins of the world that whatsoever defilements it may have contracted in the midst of this miserable and naughty world through the lusts of the flesh or the wiles of Satan being purged and done away it may be presented pure and without spot before thee And teach us who survive in this and other like daily spectacles of mortality to see how frail and uncertain our own condition is and so to number our days that we may seriously apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly wisdom whilst we live here which may in the end bring us to life everlasting through the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for Persons troubled in Mind or in Conscience O Blessed Lord the Father of mercies and the God of all comforts we beseech thee look down in pity and compassion upon this thy afflicted servant Thou writest bitter things against him and makest him to possess his former iniquities thy wrath lieth hard upon him and his soul is full of trouble But O merciful God who hast written thy holy Word for our learning that we through patience and comfort of thy holy Scriptures might have hope give him a right understanding of himself and of thy threats and promises that he may neither cast away his confidence in thee nor place it any where but in thee Give him strength against all his temptations and heal all his distempers Break not the bruised reed nor quench the smoking flax Shut not up thy tender mercies in displeasure but make him to hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce Deliver him from fear of the enemy and lift up the light of thy countenance upon him and give him peace through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The COMMUNION of the SICK ¶ Forasmuch as all mortal Men be subject to many sudden Perils Diseases and Sicknesses and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life therefore to the intent they may be always in a readiness to die whensoever it shall please Almighty God to call them the Curates shall diligently from time to time but especially in the time of Pestilence or other infectious Sickness exhort their Parishioners to the often receiving of the holy Communion of the Body and Bloud of our Saviour Christ when it shall be publickly Administred in the Church that so doing they may in case of sudden visitation have the less cause to be disquieted for lack of the same But if the sick Person be not able to come to the Church and yet is desirous to receive the Communion in his House then he must give timely notice to the Curate signifying also how many there are to Communicate with him which shall be three or two at the least and having a convenient place in the sick Mans House with all things necessary so prepared that the Curate may reverently
with the wholsom strength of his right hand 7 Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God 8 They are brought down and fallen but we are risen and stand upright 9 Save Lord and hear us O King of Heaven when we call upon thee Domine in virtute tua Psal 21. THe King shall rejoyce in thy strength O Lord exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation 2 Thou hast given him his hearts desire and hast not denied him the request of his lips 3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head 4 He asked life of thee and thou gavest him a long life even for ever and ever 5 His honour is great in thy salvation glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him 6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance 7 And why because the King putteth his trust in the Lord and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry 8 All thine enemies shall feel thy hand thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee 9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure and the fire shall consume them 10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth and their seed from among the children of men 11 For they intended mischief against thee and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform 12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them 13 Be thou exalted Lord in thine own strength so will we sing and praise thy power Evening Prayer Deus Deus meus Psal 22. MY God my God look upon me why hast thou forsaken me and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint 2 O my God I cry in the day-time but thou hearest not and in the night-season also I take no rest 3 And thou continuest holy O thou worship of Israel 4 Our fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou didst deliver them 5 They called upon thee and were holpen they put their trust in thee and were not confounded 6 But as for me I am a worm and no man a very scorn of men and the out-cast of the people 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn they shoot out their lips and shake their heads saying 8 He trusted in God that he would deliver him let him deliver him if he will have him 9 But thou art he that took me out of my mothers womb thou wast my hope when I hanged yet upon my mothers breasts 10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born thou art my God even from my mothers womb 11 O go not from me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to help me 12 Many oxen are come about me fat bulls of Basan close me in on every side 13 They gape upon me with their mouths as it were a ramping and a roring lion 14 I am poured out like water and all my bones are out of joynt my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd and my tongue cleaveth to my gums and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death 16 For many dogs are come about me and the council of the wicked layeth siege against me 17 They pierced my hands and my feet I may tell all my bones they stand staring and looking upon me 18 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture 19 But be not thou far from me O Lord thou art my succour hast thee to help me 20 Deliver my soul from the sword my darling from the power of the dog 21 Save me from the lions mouth thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns 22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee 23 O praise the Lord ye that fear him magnifie him all ye of the seed of Jacob and fear him all ye seed of Israel 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor he hath not hid his face from him but when he called unto him he heard him 25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation my vows will perform in the sight of them that fear him 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied they that seek after the Lord shall praise him your heart shall live for ever 27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves and be turned unto the Lord and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him 28 For the kingdom is the Lords and he is the Governour among the people 29 All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped 30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him and no man hath quickned his own soul 31 My seed shall serve him they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation 32 They shall come and the heavens shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born whom the Lord hath made Dominus regit me Psal 23. THe Lord is my shepherd therefore can I lack nothing 2 He shall feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort 3 He shall convert my soul and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his Names sake 4 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff comfort me 5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me thou hast anointed my head with oyl and my cup shall be full 6. But thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever Morning Prayer Domini est terra Psal 24. THe earth is the Lords and all that therein is the compass of the world and they that dwell therein DAY v. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas and prepared it upon the flouds 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall rise up in his holy place 4 Even he that hath clean hands and a pure heart and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity nor sworn to deceive his neighbour 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation 6 This is the generation of them that seek him even of them that seek thy face O Jacob. 7 Lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 8 Who is the King of glory it is the Lord strong
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
true saying If a man desire the Office of a Bishop he desireth a good work A Bishop then must be blameless the husband of one wife vigilant sober of good behaviour given to hospitality apt to teach not given to wine no striker not greedy of filthy lucre but patient not a brawler not covetous one that ruleth well his own house having his children in subjection with all gravity For if a man know not how to rule his own house how shall he take care of the Church of God not a novice lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil ¶ Or this for the Epistle Acts 20.17 FRom Miletus Paul sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the Church And when they were come to him he said unto them Ye know from the first day that I came into Asia after what manner I have been with you at all seasons serving the Lord with all humility of mind and with many tears and temptations which befel me by the lying in wait of the Jews And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you but have shewed you and have taught you publickly and from house to house testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ And now behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem not knowing the things that shall befal me there save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city saying That bonds and afflictions abide me But none of these things move me neither count I my life dear unto my self so that I might finish my course with joy and the Ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testifie the Gospel of the grace of God And now behold I know that ye all among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God shall see my face no more Wherefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the bloud of all men For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God Take heed therefore unto your selves and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you Overseers to feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own bloud For I know this that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears And now brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his grace which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified I have coveted no mans silver or gold or apparel yea you your selves know that these hands have ministred unto my necessities and to them that were with me I have shewed you all things how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus how he said It is more blessed to give then to receive ¶ Then another Bishop shall read The Gospel S. John 21.15 JEsus saith to Simon Peter Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me more then these He saith unto him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee He saith unto him Feed my lambs He saith to him again the second time Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me He saith unto him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee He saith unto him Feed my sheep He saith unto him the third time Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time Lovest thou me And he said unto him Lord thou knowest all things thou knowest that I love thee Jesus saith unto him Feed my sheep ¶ Or this S. John 20.19 THe same day at evening being the first day of the week when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews came Jesus and stood in the midst and saith unto them Peace be unto you And when he had so said he shewed unto them his hands and his side Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again Peace be unto you As my Father hath sent me even so send I you And when he had said this he breathed on them and saith unto them Receive ye the Holy Ghost Whose soever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them and whose soever sins ye retain they are retained ¶ Or this S. Matth. 28.19 JEsus came and spake unto them saying All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you And lo I am with you alway even unto the end of the world ¶ After the Gospel and the Nicene Creed and the Sermon are ended the Elected Bishop vested with his Rotchet shall be presented by two Bishops unto the Archbishop of that Province or to some other Bishop appointed by lawful Commission the Archbishop sitting in his Chair near the holy Table and the Bishops that present him saying MOst Reverend Father in God we present unto you this godly and well-learned Man to be Ordained and Consecrated Bishop ¶ Then shall the Archbishop demand the Kings Mandate for the Consecration and cause it to be read And the Oath touching the acknowledgment of the Kings Supremacy shall be ministred to the Persons Elected as it is set down before in the Form for the Ordering of Deacons And then shall also be ministred unto them the Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop as followeth The Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop IN the Name of God Amen I N. chosen Bishop of the Church and See of N. do profess and promise all due reverence and obedience to the Archbishop and to the Metropolitical Church of N. and to their Successors So help me God through Jesus Christ ¶ This Oath shall not be made at the Consecration of an Archbishop ¶ Then the Archbishop shall move the Congregation present to pray saying thus to them BRethren it is written in the Gospel of S. Luke That our Saviour Christ continued the whole night in Prayer before he did choose and send forth his twelve Apostles It is written also in the Acts of the Apostles That the Disciples who were at Antioch did fast and pray before they laid hands on Paul and Barnabas and sent them forth Let us therefore following the example of our Saviour Christ and his Apostles first fall to prayer before we admit and send forth this Person presented unto us to the work whereunto we trust the Holy Ghost hath called him
with long Happiness here on Earth and Crown him with everlasting Glory hereafter through Jesus Christ our Saviour and Redeemer Amen The Epistle Rom. 13.1 LEt every soul be subject unto the higher powers For there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God Whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation For rulers are not a terrour to good works but to the evil Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same For he is the minister of God to thee for good But if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the minister of God a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but also for conscience sake For for this cause pay you tribute also for they are Gods ministers attending continually upon this very thing Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour The Gospel S. Luke 9.51 ANd it came to pass when the time was come that he should be received up he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem and sent messengers before his face and they went and entred into a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him And they did not receive him because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem And when his disciples James and John saw this they said Lord wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them even as Elias did But he turned and rebuked them and said Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives but to save them And they went to another village ¶ After the Creed if there be no Sermon shall be read one of the six Homilies against Rebellion ¶ This Sentence is to be read at the Offertory WHatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them for this is the law and the prophets S. Matth. 7.12 ¶ After the Prayer for the Church Militant this following Prayer is to be used O God whose Name is excellent in all the Earth and thy Glory above the Heavens who on this day didst miraculously preserve our Church and State from the secret contrivance and hellish malice of Popish Conspirators and on this day also didst begin to give us a mighty Deliverance from the open Tyranny and Oppression of the same Cruel and Bloud-thirsty Enemies we bless and adore thy glorious Majesty as for the former so for this thy late marvellous Loving kindness to our Church and Nation in the Preservation of our Religion and Liberties And we humbly pray that the devout Sense of this thy repeated Mercy may renew and increase in us a Spirit of Love and Thankfulness to thee its only Author a Spirit of peaceable Submission and Obedience to our gracious Sovereign whom thou madest the blessed Instrument of it and a Spirit of fervent zeal for our holy Religion which now again thou hast so wonderfully Rescued and Established a Blessing to us and our Posterity And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake Amen A Form of Prayer with Fasting to be us'd Yearly upon the Thirtieth of January being the Day of the Martyrdom of the Blessed King CHARLES the First To Implore the Mercy of God That neither the Guilt of that Sacred and Innocent Blood nor those other Sins by which God was provoked to deliver up both us and our King into the hands of cruel and unreasonable Men may at any time hereafter be visited upon us or our Posterity ¶ If this day shall happen to be Sunday this Form of Prayer shall be used and the Fast kept the next Day following And upon the Lords Day next before the Day to be kept at Morning Prayer immediately after the Nicene Creed Notice shall be given for the due observation of the said Day ¶ The Service on the Day shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy days in all things Except where it is in this Office otherwise appointed The Order for Morning Prayer ¶ He that Ministreth shall begin with one or more of these Sentences TO the Lord our God belong Mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walk in his laws which he set before us Dan. 9.9 10. Correct us O Lord but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring us to nothing Jer. 10.24 Enter not into judgment with thy servants O Lord for in thy sight shall no man living be justified Psal 143.2 ¶ Instead of Venite exultemus the Hymn following shall be said or sung one Verse by the Priest another by the Clerk and People RIghteous art thou O Lord and just are they judgments Psal 119.137 Thou art just O Lord in all that is brought upon us for thou hust done right but we have done wickedly Neh. 9.33 Nevertheless my feet were almost gone my treadings had well nigh slipt Ps 73.2 For why I was grieved at the wicked I did also see the ungodly in such prosperity ver 3. The people stood up and the rulers took counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed Psal 2.2 They cast their heads together with one consent and were confederate against him Ps 83.5 He heard the blasphemy of the multitude and fear was on every side while they conspir'd together against him to take away his life Psal 31.15 They spoke against him with false tongues and compast him about with words of hatred and fought against him without a cause Psal 109.2 Yea his own familiar friends whom he trusted they that eat of his bread laid great wait for him Psal 41.9 They rewarded him evil for good to the great discomfort of his soul Psal 35.12 They took their counsel together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliver him Psal 71.9 The breath of our nostrils the anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits of whom we said Vnder his shadow we shall be safe Lam. 4.20 The adversary and the enemy enter'd into the gates of Jerusalem saying When shall the die and his name perish verse 12. Psal 41.5 Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed against him and now that he lieth let him rise up no more verse 8. False witnesses also did rise up against him they laid to his charge things that he knew not Psal 35.11 For the sins of the people and the iniquities of the priests they shed the bloud of the just in the midst of Jerusalem Lam. 4.13 O my soul come not thou into their secret unto their assembly mine honour be not thou united for in their anger they
the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind and thy neighbour as thy self And he said unto him Thou hast answered right this do and thou shalt live But he willing to justifie himself said unto Jesus and who is my neighbour And Jesus answering said A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed leaving him half-dead And by chance there came down a certain priest that way and when he saw him he passed by on the other side And likewise a Levite when he was at the place came and looked on him and passed by on the other side But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was and when he saw him he had compassion on him and went to him and bound up his wounds pouring in oyl and wine and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him And on the morrow when he departed he took out two pence and gave them to the host and said unto him Take care of him and whatsoever thou spendest more when I come again I will repay thee Which now of these three thinkest thou was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves And he said He that shewed mercy on him Then said Jesus unto him Go and do thou likewise The fourteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect ALmighty and everlasting God give unto us the increase of faith hope and charity and that we may obtain that which thou dost promise make us to love that which thou dost command through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Gal. 5.16 I Say then Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other so that ye cannot do the things that ye would But if ye be led by the Spirit ye are not under the law Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these Adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness idolatry witchcraft hatred variance emulations wrath strife seditions heresies envyings murders drunkenness revellings and such like of the which I tell you before as I have also told you in time past that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God But the fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance against such there is no law And they that are christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts The Gospel S. Luke 17.11 ANd it came to pass as Jesus went to Jerusalem that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee And as he entred into a certain village there met him ten men that were lepers who stood afar off And they lifted up their voices and said Jesus master have mercy on us And when he saw them he said unto them Go shew your selves unto the priests And it came to pass that as they went they were cleansed And one of them when he saw that he was healed turned back and with a loud voice glorified God and fell down on his face at his feet giving him thanks and he was a Samaritan And Jesus answering said Were there not ten cleansed but where are the nine There are not found that returned to give glory to God save this stranger And he said unto him Arise go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole The fifteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect KEep we beseech thee O Lord thy Church with thy perpetual mercy And because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Gal. 6.11 YE see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh they constrain you to be circumcised only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ For neither they themselves who are the circumcised keep the law but desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walk according to this rule peace be on them and mercy and upon the Israel of God From henceforth let no man trouble me for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus Brethren the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit Amen The Gospel S. Matth. 6.24 NO man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other Ye cannot serve God and Mammon Therefore I say unto you Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body what ye shall put on Is not the life more then meat and the body then raiment Behold the fowls of the air for they sow not neither do they reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature And why take ye thought for raiment Consider the lilies of the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arayed like one of these Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field which to day is and to morrow is cast into the oven shall he not much more clothe you O ye of little faith Therefore take no thought saying What shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be clothed for after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you Take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of it self sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof The sixteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect O Lord we beseech thee let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church and because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistale Ephes 3.13 I Desire that ye saint not at my tribulations for you which is your glory For this cause I bowe my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named that he would grant you
according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that ye being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages world without end Amen The Gospel S. Luke 7.11 ANd it came to pass the day after that Jesus went into a city called Nain and many of his disciples went with him and much people Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city behold there was a dead man carried out the only son of his mother and she was a widow and much people of the city was with her And when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her and said unto her Weep not And he came and touched the bier and they that bare him stood still and he said Young man I say unto thee Arise And he that was dead sat up and began to speak and he delivered him to his mother And there came a fear on all and they glorified God saying that a great Prophet is risen up among us and that God hath visited his people And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea and throughout all the region round about The seventeenth Sunday after Trinity The collect LOrd we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us and make us continually to be given to all good works through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Ephes 4.1 I Therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called with all lowliness and meekness with long-suffering forbearing one another in love endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace There is one body and one Spirit even as ye are called in one hope of your calling one Lord one Faith one Baptism one God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all The Gospel S. Luke 14.1 IT came to pass as Jesus went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath-day that they watched him And behold there was a certain man before him who had the dropsie And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees saying Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day And they held their peace And he took him and healed him and let him go and answered them saying Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath-day And they could not answer him again to these things And he put forth a parable to those who were bidden when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms saying unto them When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding sit not down in the highest room lest a more honourable man then thou be bidden of him And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee Give this man place and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room But when thou art bidden go and sit down in the lowest room that when he that bade thee cometh he may say unto thee Friend go up higher then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted The eighteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect LOrd we beseech thee grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world the flesh and the devil and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 Cor. 1.4 I Thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ that in every thing ye are enriched by him in all utterance and in all knowledge even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you So that ye come behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall also confirm you unto the end that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ The Gospel S. Matth. 22.34 WHen the Pharisees had heard that Jesus had put the Sadducees to silence they were gathered together Then one of them who was a lawyer asked him a question tempting him and saying Master which is the great commandment in the law Jesus said unto him Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind This is the first and great commandment And the second is like unto it Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets While the Pharisees were gathered together Jesus asked them saying What think ye of Christ whose son is he They say unto him The son of David He saith unto them How then doth David in Spirit call him Lord saying The Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool If David then call him Lord how is he his Son And no man was able to answer him a word neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any mo questions The nineteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect O God forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee Mercifully grant that thy holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Ephes 4.17 THis I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind having the understanding darkened being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their heart who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness to work all uncleanness with greediness But ye have not so learned Christ If so be that ye have heard him and have been taught by him as the truth is in Jesus That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts and be renewed in the spirit of your mind and that ye put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness Wherefore putting away lying speak every man truth with his neighbour for we are members one of another Be ye angry and sin not Let not the sun go down upon your wrath neither give place to the devil Let him that stole steal no more but rather let him labour working with his hands the thing which is good that he may have to