Full text of "The Book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches"

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THE BOOK OF

COMMON PRAYER,

and adminijl ration of

THE SACRAMENTS,

AND

OTHER R ITE S AND CEREMONIES

Cfmrcl),

ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND :

together with the

PSALTER OR PSALMS

O F

DAVID,

POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES.

LONDON:
Printed by Millar Ritchie,

FOR
J. GOOD, BOND STREET, AND E. HARDING, PALL MALL.

1794.

CONTENTS.

Preface.

Concerning the Service of the Church.

Concerning Ceremonies, &c.

The Order how the Pfalter is appointed to be read.

The Order how the reft of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be read.

Tables and Rules for the Feafts and Fafts throughout the whole year.

A Table of proper LefTbns and Pfalms.

The Calendar, with a Table of LefTons.

The Thirty-nine Articles of the Chriftian Religion.

The Order for Morning Prayer.

The Order for Evening Prayer.

The Creed of St. Athanafius.

The Litany.

Prayers and Thankfgivings upon feveral Occa ons.

The Collects, Epiftles, and Gofpels, to be ufed at the Miniftration of the Holy
Communion throughout the year.

The Order of the Minillration of the Holy Communion.

The Order of Baptifm, both public and private.

The Order of Baptifm of fuch as are of riper years.

The Catechifm, with the Order for Confirmation of Children.

The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony.

Vifitation of the Sick, and Communion of the Sick.

The Order for the Burial of the Dead.

Thankfgiving for Women after Child-bearing.

A Commination, or Denouncing of God's Anger and Judgements againft Sinners.

The Pfalter.

Forms of Prayer to be ufed at Sea.

A Form of Prayer with Thankfgiving for the Fifth Day of November

A Form of Prayer with Fafting for the Thirtieth Day of January.

A Form of Prayer and Thankfgiving for the Twenty-ninth Day of May.

A Form of Prayer with Thankfgiving for the Twenty-fifth Day of Odlober.

A New Verfion of the Pfalms of David.

A Companion to the Altar.

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PREFACE.

IT hath been the wifdom of the Church of England, ever fince the firfl compiling
of her Public Liturgy, to keep the mean between the two extremes, of too much
ftiffnefs in refuiing, and of too much eafinefs in admitting, any variation from it.
For, as on the one fide common experience (heweth, that where a change hath
been made of things advifedly eftablimed (no evident neceffity fo requiring; fundry
inconveniences have thereupon enfued ; and thole many times more and greater
than the evils that were intended to be remedied by fuch change. So on the other
fide, the particular form of Divine Wormip, and the Rites and Ceremonies ap-
pointed to be ufed therein, being things in their own nature indifferent, and
alterable, and fo acknowledged; it is but reasonable, that upon weighty and im-
portant confiderations, according to the various exigency of times and occafions,
fuch changes and alterations fhould be made therein^ as to thofe that are in place of
Authority ihould from time to time feem either neceffary or expedient. Ac-
cordingly we find, that in the Reigns of feveral Princes of bleffed memory fince
the Reformation, the Church, upon juft and weighty confiderations her thereunto
moving, hath yielded to make fuch alterations in fome particulars, as in their re-
fpe&ive times were thought convenient Yet fo, as that the main Body and Effen-
tials of it, (as well in the chiefeft materials, as in the Frame and Order thereof)
have ftill continued the fame unto this day, and do yet ftand firm and unfhaken,
notwithftanding all the vain attempts and impetuous affaults made againft it, by
fuch men as are given to change, and have always difcovered a greater regard to
their own private fancies and interefts, than to that duty they owe to the public.

By what undue means, and for what mifchievous purpofes, the ufe of the Litu'rgy,
(though enjoined by the Laws of the Land, and thoie Laws never yet repealed)
came, during the late unhappy confufions, to be difcontinued, is too well knowrt
to the world, and we are riot willing here to remember. But when, upon his
Majefty's happy Reftoration, it feemed probable that amongft other *things, the ufe
of the Liturgy would alfo return of courfe (the fame having never been legally abolilh-
ed,) unlefs fome timely means were ufed to prevent it ; thofe men who under the late
ufurped powers had made it a great part of their bufinefs to render the people dif-
affected thereunto, law themfelves, in point of Reputation and Intereft, concerned
(unlefs they would freely acknowledge themfelves to have erred, which fuch men are
very hardly brought to do] with their unnoft endeavours to hinder the reftitution
thereof. In order whereunto divers Pamphlets were published againft the book
of Common Prayer, the old objections muftered up, with the addition of fome new
ones, more than formerly had been made, to make the number fwell. In fine,
great importunities were ufed to his Sacred Majefty, that the laid Book might be
revifed, and fuch Alterations therein, and Additions thereunto made, as fhould be
thought requifite for the eafe of tender Confciences. Whereunto his Majefty,
out of his pious inclination to give fatisfadlion (fo far as could be reafonably ex-
pected) to all his fubjecls, of what perfuafion foever, did gracioufly condefcend.

In which review we have endeavoured to obferve the like moderation, as we find
to have been ufed in the like cafe in former times. And therefore of the fundry

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vi PREFACE.

alterations propofed unto us, we have rejected all fuch as were either of dangerous
confequence (as fecretly ftriking at fome eftablifhed Doctrine, or laudable Practice
of the Church of England, or indeed of the whole Catholick Church of Chrift,) or
elfe of no confequence at all, but utterly frivolous and vain. But fuch Alterations as
were tendered to us (by what Perfons, under what pretences, or to what purpofe
foever tendered) as feemed to us in any degree requifite or expedient, we have
willingly, and of our own accord affented unto: not enforced fo to do by any
ftrength of Argument, convincing us of the neceffity of making the faid Alterations.
For we are fully perfuaded in our judgements (and we here profefs it to the
world,) that the book as it ftood before eftablifhed by Law, doth not contain in it
any thing contrary to the word of God, or to found Doctrine, or which a godly man
may not with a good Confcience ufe and fubmit unto, or which is not fairly de-
fenfible againft any that (hall oppofe the fame ; if it (hall be allowed fuch juft and
favourable conftruction, as in common equity ought to be allowed to all Human
Writings, efpecially fuch as are fet forth by Authority, and even to the very beft
Tranflationsofthe holy Scripture itfelf.

Our general aim therefore in this undertaking was, not to gratify this or that
party, in any their unreafonable demands ; but to do that, which to our bcft un-
derftandings, we conceived might moft tend to the Prefervation of peace and unity
in the Church ; the procuring of Reverence, and exciting of Piety and Devotion in
the publick Worfhip of God; and the cutting offoccalion from them that feek oc-
cafion of cavil, or quarrel againft the Liturgy of the Church. And as to the feveral
variations from the former Book, whether by Alteration, Addition, or othenvife, it
lhall iufficeto give this general account: That moft of the Alterations were made,
either rirft for the better direction of them that are to officiate in any part of Di-
vine Service ; which is chiefly done in the Calendars and Rubricks; or fecondly,
for the more proper expreffing of fome words, or phrafes of ancient ufage, in terms
more fuitable to the language of the prefent times, and the clearer explanation of fome
other words and phrafes, that were either of doubtful lignitication, or otherwife
liable to mifconftruction ; or thirdly, for a more perfect rendering of fuch portions
of holy Scripture, as are inferted'into the Liturgy; which, in the Epiftles and
jofpels especially, and in fundry other places, are now ordered to be read accord-
ing to the laft Tranflation ; and that it was thought convenient, that fome Prayers
and Thankfgivings, fitted to fpecial occafions, fhould be added in their due places,
particularly for thofe at Sea, together with an office for the Baptifm of fuch as are
ot Riper Years; which, although not fo necefTary when the former Book was com-
piled, yet by the growth of Anabaptifm, through the licentioufnefs of the late times
crept in amongl^us, is now become ncceffary, and may be always ufeful for the
baptizing of Natives in our Plantations, and 'others converted to the faith. If any
man, who (hall defire a more particular account of the feveral Alterations in any
part of the Liturgy, (hall take the pains to compare the prefent Book with the
former; we doubt not but the reafon of the change may eafily appear.

And having thus endeavoured to difcharge our duties 'in this weighty affair, as in

rf God, and to approve our fincerity therein (fo far as lay in us) to the

jnlcicnces of all men; although we know it' impoffible (in fuch variety of appre-

enlions, humours, and intercfts, as are in the world) to pleafe all ; nor can expeft

at men ot factious, peevifh, and perverfe fpirits, (hould be fatistied with any thing

it can be done in this kind by any other than themfelves; vet we have good

hope, that what is here prcfentcd, and have been by the Convocations of both Pro-

^s with great diligence examined and approved, will be alfo well accepted and

approved by all fobcr, peaceable, and truly confcientious Sons of the Church of

Ungland.

CONCERNING THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH.

HERE was never any thing by the wit of man fo well devifed, or fo
fure eftabiifhed, which in continuance of time, hath not been corrupted ; as, among
other things, it may plainly appear by the Common Prayers in the Church, com-
monly called Divine Service. The firft original and ground whereof, if any man
would fearch out by the ancient Fathers, he fhall find, that the fame was not
ordained but of a good purpofe, and for a great advancement of godlinefs. For
they fo ordered the matter, that all the whole Bible for the greateft part thereof)
fhould be read over once every Year; intending thereby, that the Clergy, andefpe-
cially fuch as were Minifters in the Congregation, fhould (by often reading and
meditation in God's word) be ftirred up to godlinefs themfelves, and be more able to
exhort others by wholefome Doctrine, and to confute them that were adverfaries to
the truth ; and further, that the people (by daily hearing of the holy Scripture read
in the Church) might continually profit more and more in the knowledge of God,
and be the more inflamed with the love of his true Religion.

But thefe many years pafled, this godly and decent Order of the ancient Fathers
hath been fo altered, broken, and neglected, by planting in uncertain Stories and
Legends, with multitude ofRefponds, Verfes, vain Repetitions, Commemorations,
and Synodals ; that commonly, when any Book of the Bible was begun, after
three or four Chapters were read out, all the reft were unread. And in this fort the
Book of Ifaiah was begun in Advent, and the Book of Genefis in Septuagefirna,
but they were only begun, and never read through. After like fort were other
Books of holy Scripture ufed. And moreover, whereas St. Paul would have fuch
language fpoken to the people in the Church, as they might underftand, and have
profit by hearing the fame; the Service in this Church of England, thefe many
years hath been read in Latin to the people, which they underftand not ; fo that
they have heard with their ears only, and their heart, fpirit and mind, have not
been edified thereby. And furthermore, notwithstanding that the ancient Fathers
have divided the Pfalms into feven portions, whereof every one was called a
No&urn ; now of late time a few of them have been daily faid, and the reft utterly
omitted. Moreover, the number and hardnefs of the rules, called the Pie and the
manifold changings of the Service, was the caufe, that to turn the Book only was fo
hard and intricate a matter, that many times there was more bufmefs to find out
what fhould be read, than to read it when it was found out.

Thefe inconveniences therefore confidered, here is fet forth fuch an Order,
whereby the fame fhall be redrefled. And, for a readinefs in this matter, here is
drawn out a Calendar for that purpofe, which is plain and eafy to be underftood ;
wherein (fo much as may be) the reading of the holy Scripture is fo fet forth, that
all things fhall be done in order, without breaking one piece from another. For
this caufe be cut off Anthems, Refponds, Invitatories, and fuch like things as did
break the continual courfe of the reading of the Scripture.

Yet, becaufe there is no remedy, but that of necefTity, there muft be fome rules;
therefore certain rules are here fet forth ; which, as they are few in number, fo they
are plain and eafy to be underftood. So that here you have an Order for Prayer,
and for the reading of the holy Scripture, much agreeable to the mind and purpofe

viii OF CEREMONIES.

of the old Fathers, nnd a great deal more profitable, and commodious than that
which of late was ufed. It is more profitable, becaufe here are left out many things,
whereof fome are untrue, fome uncertain, fome vain and fuperftitiot.s ; and nothing
is ordained to be read, but the very pure Word of God, the holy Scripture, or that
which is agreeable to the fame ; and that in fuch a Language, and Order, as is molt
eafy and plain for the underftanding both of the Readers and Hearers. It is alfo
more commodious, both for the fliortnefs thereof, and for the plainnefs of the
Order, and for that the rules be few and eafy.

And whereas heretofore there hath been great diverfity in faying and Tinging in
Churches within this Realm; fome following Salisbury Ufe, fome Hereford Ufe,
and fome the Ufe of Bangor, fome of York, fome of Lincoln; now from hence-
forth nil the whole Realm (hall have but one Ufe.

And forafmuch as nothing can be fo plainly fet forth, but doubts may arife in
the ufe and practice of the fame ; to appeafe all fuch diverfity (if any arife) and for
the refolutionof all doubts concerning the manner how to understand, do, and exe-
cute the things contained in this Book, the parties that fo doubt, or diverfely take
any thing, lhall ahvay refort to the Bifliop of the Diocefe, who, by his difcretion,
(hall take order for the quieting and appealing of the fame; fo that the fame order
be not contrary to any thing contained in this Book. And if the Bifhop of the
Diocefe be in doubt, then he may fend for the refolution thereof to the Archbifhop.

' THOUGH it be appointed, That all things (hall be read and fung in the

* Church, in the Englifh Tongue, to the end that the congregation may be thereby

* edified ; yet it is not meant but that when men fay Morning and Evening Prayer
privately, they may fay the fame in any language that they themfelves do un-
' derftand.

* And all Priefts and Deacons are to fay daily the Morning and Evening Prayer,
either privately or openly, not being let by ficknefs, or fome other urgent caufe.

' And the Curate that miniftereth in every Parifh Church or Chapel, being
' at home, and not being otherwife reafonably hindered, mail fay the fame in

* the Parim Church or Chapel where he miniftereth ; and fhall caufe a Bell to be
' tolled thereunto a convenient time before he begin, that the people may come to

* hear God's Word, and to pray with him.'

HOF CEREMONIES, WHY SOME BE ABOLISHED,
AND SOME RETAINED.

OF fuch Ceremonies as be ufed in the Church, and have had their beginning
by the Inftitution of man, fome at the firft were of godly intent and purpofe devifed,
and yet at length turned to vanity and fuperftition : Some entered into the Church
by indifcreet Devotion, and fuch zeal as was without knowledge ; and for becaufe
they were winked at in the beginning, they grew daily to more and more Abufes,
which not only for their unprofitablenefs, but alfo becaufe they have much blinded
the people, and obfcured the glory of God, are worthy to be cut away, and clean
rejected. Others there be, which although they have been devifed by man, yet
it is thought good to retain them ftill, as well for a decent Order in the Church (for
the which they were firft devifed) as becaufe they pertain to edification, whereunto
all things done in the Church (as the Apoftle teacheth) ought to be referred.

And although the keeping or omiting of a Ceremony, in itfelf confidered, is but
a fmall thing ; yet the wilful and contemptuous tranfgreflion and breaking of a
common Order and Difcipline, is no fmall offence before God, " Let all things
be done among you," faith Saint Paul, " in a feemly and due Order." The

OF CEREMONIES. ix

appointment of which Order pertaineth not to private men ; therefore no man
ought to take in hand, nor prefume to appoint or alter any public or common
Order in Chrift's Church, except he be lawfully called and authorifed thereunto.
And whereas, in this our time, the minds of men are fo diverfe, that fome think
it a great matter of confcienceto depart from a piece of the leaft of their Ceremonies,
they be fo addi&ed to their old Cuftoms ; and again, on the other fide, fome be fo
new-fangled, that they would innovate all things, and fo defpife the old, that
nothing can like them but that is new. It was thought expedient, not fo much to
have refpect how to pleafe and fatisfy either of thefe parties, as how to pleafe God
and profit them both. And yet, left any man Ihould be offended, whom good
reafon might fatisfy, here be certain caufes rendered, why fome of the accuftomed
Ceremonies be put away, and fome retained and kept Mill.

Some are put away, becaufe the great excefs and multitude of them hath fo in-
creafed in thefe latter days, that the burden of them was intolerable ; whereof Saint
Auguftine in his time complained, that they were grown to fuch a number, that
the eftate of Chriftian people was in worfe cafe concerning that matter, than were
the Jews. And he counselled, that fuch yoke and burden fhould be taken awav,
as time would ferve quietly to do it. But what would Saint Auguftine have faid,
if he had feen the Ceremonies of late days ufed among us; whereunto the mul-
titude ufed in his time was not to be compared r This our exceffive multitude
of Ceremonies was fo great, and many of them fo dark, that they did more con-
found and darken, than declare and fet forth Chrift's benefits unto us. And
befides this, Chrift's Gofpel is not a Ceremonial Law (as much of Mofes' Law
was) but it is a Religion to ferve God, not in bondage of the figure or fhadow,
but in the freedom of the fairit ; being content only with thofe Ceremonies,
which do ferve to a decent Order, and godly Difcipline, and fuch as be apt to
ftir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God, by fome
notable and fpecial fignification, whereby he might be edified. Furthermore, the
moft weighty caufe of the abolifhment of certain Cetemonies was, That they were
fo far abufed, partly by the fuperftitious blindnefs of the rude and unlearned, and
partly by the infatiable avarice of fuch as fought more their own lucre, than the
Glory of God, that the abufcs could not wtll be taken away, the thing remain-
ing ft ill.

But now as concerning thofe perfons, which peradventure will be offended, for
that fome of the Old Ceremonies are retained ftill: If they confider, that without
fome Ceremonies it is not pofiible to keep any Order or quiet Difcipline in the
Church, they mail eafily perceive juft caufe to reform their judgements. And if
they think much, that any of the old do remain, and would rather have all dc-
viied anew: then fuch men granting fome Ceremonies convenient to be had, furely
where the old may be well ufed, there they cannot reafonably reprove the old only
for their age, without bewraying of their own folly. For in fuch a cafe they ou^ht
rather to have reverence unto them for their Antiquity, if they will declare themfelves
to be more ftudious of Unity and Concord, than of Innovations and New-
fanglenefs, which (as much as may be with true fetting forth of Chrift's Re-
ligion) is alway to be efchewed. Furthermore, fuch mail have no juft caufe with
the Ceremonies referved to be offended. For as thofe be taken away which were
moft abufed, and did burden men's confcienccs without any Caufe ; fo the other
that remain, are retained for a Difcipline and Order, which (upon juft caufes) may
be altered and changed, and therefore are not to be efteemed equal with God's Law.
And moreover, they be neither dark nor dumb Ceremonies, but are fo fet forth,
that every man may underftand what they do mean, and to what ufe thev do ferve.
So that it is not like that they, in time to come, mould be abufed as others have
been. And in thefe our doings we condemn no other Nations, nor prefcribe any
thing but to our own people only: for we think it convenient that every Country

HOW THE HOLY SCRIPTURE IS TO BE READ.

fhould ufe fuch Ceremonies as they fhall think beft to the fetting forth of God's
Honour and Glory, and to the reducing of the people to a moft perfed and godly
living, without Error or Superftition ; and that they fhould put away other things,
which, from time to time, they perceive to be moft abufed ; as in men's Ordi-
nances it often chanceth diverfly in divers Countries.

* THE ORDER HOW THE PSALTER IS APPOINTED TO BE

READ.

THE Pfalter fhall be read through once every Month, as it is there appointed,
both for Morning and Evening Prayer. But in February it fhall be read only to
the twenty-eighth, or twenty-ninth 'Day of the Month.

And whereas, January, March, May, July, Auguft, Oftober, and December,
have one and thirty days apiece : It is Ordered, That the fame Pfalms fhall be
read the laft day of the faid Months, which were read the day before: fo that the
Pfalter may begin again the firft day of the Month next enfuing.

And whereas the CXIX Pfalm is divided into twenty-two Portions, and is over
long to be read at one tme : it is fo ordered, tha* at one time fhall not be read
above four or five of the faid Portions.

And at the end of every Pfalm, and of every fuch part of the CXIX Pfalm, fhall
be repeated this Hymn :

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghojl :

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever Jh all be: world without end. Amen.

Note, That the Pfalter followeth the Divifion of the Hebrews, and the Tranfla-
tion of the great Englilh Bible, fet forth and ufed in the Time of King Henry the
Eighth, and Edward the Sixth.

1 THE ORDER HOW THE REST OF HOLY SCRIPTURE IS
APPOINTED TO BE READ.

THE Old Teftament is appointed for the firft LefTons at Morning and Evening
Prayer ; fo as the moft part thereof will be read over every year once, as in the
Calendar is appointed.

The New Teftament is appointed for the fecond Leflbns at Morning and
Evening Prayer, and fhall be read over orderly every year thrice, befides the Epiftles
and Gofpels ; except the Apocalypfe, out of which there are only certain proper
LefTons appointed upon divers Feafts.

And to know what Leflbns fhall be read ever}' day, look for the day of the Month
in the Calendar following, and there ye fhall find the Chapters that fhall be read
for the Leflbns both at Morning and Evening Prayer; except only the Moveable
Feafts, which are not in the Calendar, and the Immoveable, where there is a blank
left in the Column of Leflbns; the proper Leflbns for all which days are to be found
in the Table of proper Leflbns.

And note, That whenfoever proper Pfalms or Leflbns are appointed, then the
Pfalms and Leflbns of ordinary courfe appointed in the Pfalter and Calendar (if they
be different) fhall be omitted for that time.

Note alfo, That the Collect, Epiftle, and Gofpel, appointed for the Sunday, fhall
ferve all the Week after, where it is not in this Book otherwife ordered.

TABLES AND RULES

FOR

THE MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE FEASTS,

TOGETHER WITH THE

DAYS OF FASTING OR ABSTINENCE,

THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR.

RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLY DAYS BEGIN.

EASTER-DAY, on which the reft depend, is always the Firft Sunday after
the Full Moon, which happens upon, or next after, the Twenty-firft Dav of
March. And if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Eafter-day is the Sun-
day after.

Advent Sunday is always the neareft Sunday to the Feaft of Saint Andrew,
whether before or after.

Septuagefima **| - f~ Nine "^

Sexagefima I jfr J Eight \ Weeks before

Quinquagefima j c } Seven f Eafter.

Quadrageiima J w L Six j

Rogation Sunday "^ f~ Five Weeks "^J

Afcenfion-day v . J Forty Days I aft er

Whitfunday f \ Seven Weeks f Eafter.

Trinity Sunday j \^_ Eight Weeks J

A TABLE OF ALL THE FEASTS

THAT ARE

TO BE OBSERVED IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

L L Sundays in the Year.

fThe Circumcifion of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
The Epiphany.
The Converfion of St. Paul.
The Purification of the Blefled Virgin.
S. Matthias the Apoftle.
The Annunciation of the Blefled Virgin.
S. Mark the Evangelift.
S. Philip and S. James the Apoftles.
The Afcenfion of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
S. Barnabas.

The Nativity of S. John Baptift.
S. Peter the Apoftle.
S. James the Apoftle.
S. Bartholomew the Apoftle.
S. Matthew the Apoftle.
S. Michael and all Angels.
S. Luke the Evangelift.
S. Simon and S. Jude the Apoftles.
All Saints.

S. Andrew the Apoftle.
S. Thomas the Apoftle.
The Nativity of our Lord.
S. Stephen the Martyr.
S. John the Evangelift.
_The Holy Innocents.
Monday and Tuefday in Eafter Week.
Monday and Tuefday in Whitfun Week.

A TABLE OF THE VIGILS, FEASTS, AND DAYS OF ABSTINENCE,,

TO BE OBSERVED IN THE YEAR.

Nativity of our Lord.
The Purification of the
Blefled Virgin Mary.
The Annunciation of
the Blefled Virgin.

Eafter-day.
XT~~ T nri * :r . _r ^

e Evens or Vigils before

Afcenfion-day.
Pentecoft.
S. Matthias.
S. John Baptift.
S. Peter.
S. James.

the

S. Bartholomew.
S. Matthew.
S. Simon and S. Jude.
S. Andrew.
S. Thomas.
All Saints.

NOTE. That if any ofthefe Feaft-days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or
Faft-day (hall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it.

"PROPER LESSONS, &c.

DAYS OF FASTING OR ABSTINENCE.

I. The Forty Days of Lent.

fl . The firft Sunday in Lent.
2. The Feaft of Pentecoft.
3. September 14..
4. December 13.

III. The Three Rogation-days, being the Monday, Tuefday, and Wednefday, be-
fore Holy Thurfday, or the Afcenfion of our Lord.

IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except Chriftmas-day.

CERTAIN SOLEMN DAYS FOR WHICH PARTICULAR SERVICES ARE
APPOINTED.

I. The Fifth Day of November, being the Day kept in Memory of the Papifts'
Confpiracy.

II. The Thirtieth Day of January, being the Day kept in Memory of the Martyr-
dom of King Charles the Firft.

III. The Nine and Twentieth Day of May, being the Day kept in Memory of
the Birth and Return of King Charles the Second.

IV. The Twenty-fifth Day of Odober, being the Day on which his Majefty began
his Happy Reign.

PROPER LESSONS TO BE READ AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER
On the Su ND A YS, and other Ho IY-DAYS, throughout the Year.

I LESSONS proper Cor S U N D A YS.

Sundays of Adv

I Matt in i.
Ifaialv i
5

* Evtnfong.
Ifaiah 2
24

Sunday after
Afr.cn /ion- day.
Whitfunday.

I Mat tins.

I Evcnfong.
13

2 5

i Leflbn

Deu.i6/v.i8

Ifaiah 11

Sund.af.ChriJl.
i

3
37

2 Leflbn
Trinity Sunday
i Leflbn

Afts 10 v. 34.
Gcnef. i

Afts 19 tov.2i
Genef. 18

4 l

2 Leflbn

Matt. 3

i John 5

Sunday! after

the Epiphany.

Sundays afttr

Trinity.

Jofh. JO
Judg. 4

Jo(hua23
Judges 5

i Sam. 2

i Sam. 3

i <j

Septuageffima.

Gen. i

Gen. 2

aSam. 12

2 Sam. 19

Sexage/tma.

Quinquagcffima

9 to ver. 20

i Kin. 13

i Kin. 17

LENT.

i Sunday.

19 /over. 30

2 Kin. 5

2 Kin. 9

1 3

J 9

2 3

Exod. 3

Exod. 5

erem. ,5

Jerem.22

i Leflbn

10'

Ezek. z

Ezek. 13

2 Leflbn

Matt. 26

Heb.5.r0v.u.

1 7

Eajltr-day.

2 4

i Leflbn

Exo. 12

Ixo. 14

Daniel 3

Daniel 6

2 Leflbn

Rom. 6

AftS2. V. 22.

r oel 2

Micah 6

Sunds.af. Eajl.

Habak. 2

Prov. ,

Num. 16

Num.22

'rov. 2

23 24

Deut. 4

Deut. 5

2 4

2 5

1 5

LESSONS proper for H O L Y-D AYS.

S. Andrew.

Maitins.
Prov. ao

Prov. 21

2 Leffon.

5 Matlins.
Matt. 28

5 Evenjong.
Afts 3

S. Thorn. Apofl
Nativity of

Tneftlay in
Eajler Week.

Chrifl.

i Leffon.

Exo. 26

Exod. 32

i Leffon.

Ifai.9/0v. 8.

IC.7v.iotov.i7

2 Leffon.

iCo. 15

a Leffon.

Luke2 /ov.15-

Tit.3v.4./0v.g.

S. Mark.

Ecclus. 4

Ecclus. 5

S. Stephen.

S. Philip and

i Leffon.
2 Leffon.

Prov. 28
Aa$6. v. 8. &

Ecclef. 4
Afts7.ver.30.

S. >.
i Leffon.

ch. 7 /0v. 30.

rover. 55.

2 Leffon.

John .v. 43.

S. John.

Afccfllion Day.

i Leffon.

Ecclef. 5

Ecclef. 6

i Leffon.

Deut. 10

2 Kin. 2

2 Leffon.
Innocents-day

Rev. i
Jer. 3i./ov.i8.

Rev. 22
Wifd. i

2 Leffon.
Monday in

Luke 24. v. 44.

Eph. 4 /0v. 1 7.

Cncumcifion.

Whitfun Week.

i Leffon.

Gen. 17

Dfut 10. v.i2.

i Leffon.

Gen. it /ov.io

Num. n.v.iS

2 Leffon.

Rom. 2

Coloff. 2

to v. 30.

Ep,phany.

2 Leffon.

i Cor. 12

iCor. 14/07.26

i Leffon.

Ifaiah 60

Ifaiah 49

JWrfav IR

2 Leffon.

Lukes- /0v.23

Jeh.2. to v. 12.

Whitjin Week.

Conner Ron of

i Leffon.

iSam.ig.v.iS.

Deut. Q

S. /W.

I Leffon-.

Wifd. 5

Wifd. 6

2 Leffon.
S. Barnabas .

iThef.5.v.ij.
/ov. 24.

i Joh. 4. /0v. 1 4

2 Leffon.

A&S22/OV.22.

Ads 26

i Leffon.

Ecclus. 10

Ecclus. i a

Purification of
the Virgin Mary

Wifd 9

Wifd. 12

2 Leffon.

Afts 14

Ats 15. /ov-36

S. Matthias.

Ecclus. i

i Leffon.

Malachi 3

Malachi 4

Annunciation
of our Laj\.
Wcdnefdav I:-
fore Eajltr.

Ecclus. 2

2 Leffon.
S. Peter
i Leffon.

2 Leffon.

Mitth. 3

Ecclus. 15
Afts 3

Mat. 14. /0v. 1 3

Ecclus. 19
Ads 4

i Leffon.
2 Leffon.

Hofea 13
John 11. v.45.

Hofea 14

S. James.

S. Bartholo-

Ecclus. ii

Ecclus 22

Thurfday before
Eajler.

mew.
S. Matthew.

Ecclus.24
35

Ecclus.29

1 Leffon.

Daniel 9

Jrem. 31

S. Michael.

2 Leffon.
Good Friday.
i Leffon.
2 Leffon.

John 13

Gen. 22. /ov. 20
John 18

Ifaiah 53
i Pet. 2

i Leffon.
2 Leffon.
S. liiJk.
S. S/mo/7 and

Gen. 32
Afts 12 /ov. 20
Ecclus. 51

Dan. io.ver.5
Jude v.6./oi6
Job i

a/?rr c<r.
i Leffon.

Zech. 9

Exod. 13

S. ></.
W// Sajn/j.

JOD24.25

2 Leffon.
Monda\ in
Eujler Week.

Luke 23. v. 50.

Hcb. 4

i Leffon.
2 Leffon.

Hebr.n. v .32.

Wif. 5 ./0v. ,7
Rev. 19. /over.

i Leffon.

Exod. 16

Exod. 17

PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DAYS.

Chriflmas Day

Mattins.
Pfalm 19

H F.venfong.
Pfalm 89

Eafter Day.

1 Mattins.
Pfalm 2

I Eve*fo*g.
11 3

'57

114

132

1 1 1

118

Afh Wcdnefday

32
38

103
1 3

Afcenfion Day.

1
i
21

24
47
108

Good Friday

22
40

69
88

Whit-funday.

104

'45

JANUARY hath XXXI Days.

MORNING I EVEN
PRAYER, j PRA-i

ING

'ER.
Leff.

R.om.1

3
4

7
8
9

12
13

iCor.i

3
4

7
8
9

10
1 L

*Ll

a!*

3 e

4 c

5 <
6 1

10 C
11 C

:;i

'5'

16 I

17 c
18 <

19 !

20 f

EI
J
2 3

24 C

2 5 <

2 7
ig 1

29,
3o
31

Circunt-

(cifion.

i Leff.

Gen. i .
3
5

15
17
19

21
23
2 5
27

*9
3
33
35
38
4
42
44
46

tXO 2.

6^vi4
8

2 Leff.
Mat. i

5
6
7
8

9
10
11

1 3
4
1 5
16

17
18
>9

20
21
22

23
2 4

2 5
26

i Leff. s

Gen. a.
4
6
8

4
6
8

2
2 4
26
28
30
32

34
37
39
4t
43
45
47

49
Exo. i.

3
5
7
9

Epipktny.

Lucian.

Hilary S

1 Prifca V

Fabian B
Agnes V
L Vincent

lG>-)tx:?. o/
'.-(S.Paul

} tf. CAarV.
: -(Martyr.

MARCH hath XXXI Days.

MORNING
PRAVLR.

EVENING

PRAYER.

i
1

i
i
i
i
i
i

2
142

3 s

11 5

2 C

3 1

6 b

7; C

8 d
9 c

' g

2 A

5
6 c
7 f
8 g
9 f
o b

1 C
2 d

3 e

4
5 g
6A

7 b
8 c

9 ^
jo e

J* f

David.
Chad.

i Leir.
Dcu.i5
17
19

21
24
26
28
3
32

Joftl.2

4
6
g

2 Leff
Luk.i2
'3
4

J 5

17
18

20
21
22
2 3
T U 4

Johni

3
4
5
6
7
8
9

*3
J 4
*5
16
17
18

i Leff.
Dtu.i6
18

22
25
27

*9
3 1
33
Jofh.i.

3
5
7
9

Ja a 3 ,.

3
5
7
9
1 1

J 9

Ruth 2

,s. 4 ,

2 Leff.
Eph.6.
Phil i

3
4
Col. i

3
4
iTh.i

s Th S ,.

J,
*. 3
4

/>
6
aTi. i.

3
4
Tit. i.
2, 3
Phile.
Heb.i.

Pe^eT

(tua

Greg.

Jud. 2
1

J 4
16

Edw.

Bene-

~(d,6

Faft
fin nun

(cfr*

Ruth i

,cJ\

FEBRUARY hath XXV 11 1 Days;
And in every Leap Year XXIX Days.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

4
5
6

8
9

1 O
1 2

1 3
4

'/
18

! 9

21
22
8 3

- 1
-'.T
86

e j
f

Faft.
*u,ifi ta .
31ar B.

i Led.
x. 10.

11
18
20
22
24

33
Lev.! 8.

30
N'U. 1!

J 3
16

23 '
24
27

3'
35
Deut. i

5
7
9
ri

z Leff.
Mark j

3
4

7
8

9
to
11

3
4

L- -39
i. .39.

7
8
9

1 1
Mar. 7.

Leff.
Ex.it.

3
'5
i?
9

*3
3*
34
Lev. 19
26
Nu. 12
M
i?
H
23
25
3
3 2
36
D.-ut.a

6
8
10

i Leff.
Co. 13
*4
15
16
sCor.i

3
4

7
8
9

Gal i.
z
3
4

Eph.i.

3
4
5'
Ro.ii.

I
b

a e :

e,-
f-

\gatha.

A -
b.

e'-
f

A
b
c 1
d
c

falent'ii.

Faft.
S. Mat-
(thias

APRIL hat i XXxX Days.

MORNING 1 EVENING
PRAYER. 1 PRAYER.

1 2

7
6

1 1

3
4
'5
16
'7
18
'9

20
21
22

*3
24

2 5
26
2 7
28
29
30

K' !

i Leff.
,Sa. 5 .

9
1 1

15
17
9

2 3
25

2 LeflT.
Joh. 19

20
21

Aasi.

7
8

10
r i

>,1
4

5
16
J 7
18
19
2(3
21
22

2 5
27

i Leff.
i Sa. 6.
8
10

; 6 4

20
22
24
26
28

S s 3 ,.

3
5

9
it

J 3
*5

J 7
19

iKin.i
3

5
T

2 Leir
Heb. 3 .
4
5
6

7
8

9
10
1 1

Jam. i.

i Pet. i

^
3

a Pet.i

3
i Jtfh.i

2, 3 foh

b Rich.
c'S.Amb

f i

c
d -

2 9

2Sa. 2.

4
c

A
j.

d^lphe.
e
f

10
12

A S. Geo
k

l8
20

c'S.MarA
d (Ev.

iKin 2

6 4

MAY hath XXXI. Days.

6
8

1 1
it

d'lnvent.
e(ofCrofs

MOR
PR/

i Led

iKin.i

10
12

18
20
82

2Kin.
fi 4

NING
.YER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

.2 Leff

Aas2*

Matt, i

4
5
6
7
8

9
10
1 1

1 7 -
18

20
21
22

2 3

25
26
27
28

Mark!

i Leff

tiKin.c
1 1
13

17
19

zKin.i
3
5
7
9
n

3
'5

21
2 3
25

Ezra 3
5
7 -
Neh. i
4
6
9
3
Efth. a
i

2 Leff.

Jude.
1 Rom.i

7
8

15
l6

iCor.i

4
5
6
7
8

10
1 1

g ! S. John
A(Port L.

b !

tj~

8
9

a
26

-7
28
29

t Dunftan

Ezra i

4
6

9
Neh.2.

Efth. i
3

dim:

e _
f Auguft.
g Ve. Bedc
A

b'K. Char.
c'fN. & R.

JULY

hath XXXI
MORNING
PRAYER.

)ays.
EVEP
PRA

JING
VER.

2 Leff.
Phil, i

3
4
Col. i

3
4
5
i Th. i

2
2> 3

4
5
6
aTi. i

4
.-,
(.
7
8
9-

i '.>
.j
M
'5

l6 i'

2 5
26
27
28
29

i Leff.
Pro. 11
13

21
2 3
25

2 7

Eccl.i
3
5
7
9
11
Jer.i.
3
5
7
9
11

2 Leff.
Luk.13

20
21
22

23
24

John i

3
4
5
6
7
8
9

i Leff.
Pro. 12
14
16
18

20
22
24
26
28
3

Eccl. 2

JerA.

\Vif.V. M.
b

c Tranfl.

d(Maitin.

jSwithun.

e Margar.

g S. Mary

b pfft
cS. 7a.
dS. Anne.

23
25

17
18

16
18

26
28

r,t. 4 i.

2. 3

Phile.
Heb. i

n , 1

JUNE hath XXX Days.

MOP
PR/

i Leff
Efth. .
7
9
Job 2

i i

| 18

16
'9

1 2 3
20, 27
29

3
33
35
37
39
4 1

Pro. i
3

5
7

NING
LYER.

1 EVENING
1 PRAYER.

e Nicom.

.2 Leff
, Mark a
3
4

7
8
9

12
13

Luke i

3
4

10
11

i Leff
Efth. 6
8
Job i
3
5
7
9
11

3
'5

17, 18

3 2
34
36
38
4
42

'ro. 2
4
6
8

2 Leff.
iCo.i 5
16
2Cor.i

3
4

7
8

G,', 3 ,

4
5
6

Eph.i

4
5

12
13

4
>5
16
17
18

21
22

23
24
2.5
26
27
28
2 9

1
A
b Boniface
c

AS.Earna!,
b (Ap

gS.Alban.

cJTr.K.Ed.

f Faft
g S. John
\ (Bap.

eS Pttei.
f

AUGUST hath XXXI Days.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

3
4
5
6J
7
8

o
i

7
8

19 ,

20^
21
22
23
24

25
26

27 /

28
29
3"

c Lammas
j

i Leff.
Jer. 29
3
33
3.5
37
39
4*

V 6

5
52
Lam. 2

Ezek.2
6

34
Dan. 2

4
6
8

Ho.2,3

*.'

2 Leff.
Joh.20

Aa$ i

3
4
5
6

9
10
11

3
M
15
16
17
18

J 9

21
22
2 3
24
25
26

27
28

Matt, i

i Leff.
Jer. 30
32
34
36
38
4
42

47
49
5 l
Lam. i

Ezek.3
7
H
33
Dan. i

3
5
7
9

11
Hof i

2 Leff.
Heb. 4
5
6
7
8

Jam. i

3
4
5
i Pet. i

3
4
5
2 Pet.i

3
ijoh.i

3
4

2 ,3 fob
Jude
Rom.i

^ Transfig.
a Name of
c (Jefus

e S.Lauren,
f

[

1 (Faft
e 5. Earth.
f(A. & M.

4
7
9
11

J 3

a S. Auguft.
cS. John
i beheaded

SEPTEM

BER hath XX

"MORNING"

PRAYER.

X Day
~EVE
PRA
~Leff.
Joel i.

3
\mos2

4
6
8
Obad.

l- 2 >3
tfic. i

3
5

7
Nah. 2
Hab. i

3
Zeph.2
Hag. i
Zee. i

4> 5
7

J 3
Mai. i

Toh. i

3
6

^TNG~

YER.

t Led.
Rom. 2
3
4
5
6
7
8

9
10

3
4

J 5
16
iCor.i

3
4
5
6
7
8
9

'4
*5

3
4
5
6

7
8
9

1 1

1 2
13

'4
15
16
IJ
t8

1 9

2O]
21

22
23
24

26
27
28
29
3

b
c
d

e
f

b
c
d
e

B
A
b
c
d
e
f

f
g

Giles, A

i Lett.
Hof.i4
Joel 2.
Amosi
3
5
7
9
Jona. i

Mic 4 ,
4
6

Nah. i

3
Hab. 2
Zeph.i

Hag. 2
Ze.a, 3
6

Mai. 2
Tob.2
4

2 Leff.
Matt. 2
3
4
5
6
7
8

10
11

'3
J 4

22
2 3

2 5
26
27
28
Marki

Snurch.

Vativ. of
V. Mar.

Holy.

(Crofs

Lambert

Faft
S. Matth.
-(A.&M.

S. Cypr.

S. Mich.
S. Jerom.

NOVEMBER hath XXX Days.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

3
4
5
6
7
8

l8
I

All Saints

Leff.

Eccl 16
18

20
22
24
2 7

2 9
3i
33
35
37
39
4'
43
45
47
49
5
Bar. 2
4
6
B.&D
Ifaia 2

2 Leff.

Luk.iS
*9

20
21
22

23
24

(ohn i

7
8

10
11

12
13

J 4

15
16

*7
18

20
21

Aa i

Leff.

Eccl 17
19

21
2 3
25'013
28
30/(Jl8
32

34
36

38
40
42
44
46/020
48
5
Bar. i.
3
5
Hi. Su.
Ifaia. i
3
5
7
9
1 1

2 Leff

Col. 2.
3
4
Th. i

3
4
5

2Th. 1

,T!.,

2, 3
4

2 Ti. 1
2

4
Tit. i

2. 3
Phile.
Heb. i

3
4
.5
6

[

i. Pap. Con.
> Leonard.

?'s.Martin.
^

3 Britius.

i Machut.

f Hugh, B.

bEdm. K.

d Cecilia,
e Clemen,
f

3^>

g Catherin

d Faft
e S. Andr.

OCTOE

ER ha
~MOR
PRA

h XXXI Days.

VING I EVENING
YER. 1 PRAYER.

3
4

7
8

1 1

1 2

'3
'4

iti
18

20
21
22

27
28
29
3

b
c
d
e
f

b
c

g
A
b
c
d
1 e

1
.1

Remig. b

i Leff.
Tob. 7

9
1 1

[udit.i

3
5
7
9
1 1

2 Leff.
Mark 4'
5
6
7
8
9

1 1

i Leff,
rob. 8

10
12

udit2
4
6
8

10
1 2

2 Leff.
iCo.i6
zCor.i

3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Faith V.

S. Dennis

'5
Wif. i.
3
5
7
9

n
15

L.i. 39
1.^.39

7
8
9

1 1

'3
M

Wif. 2

l6
l8

Eccl. i
3
5
7
9

1 1
3

1 1
GaL 5 1

Eph. i

3
4
5
6
Phi], i

3
Co,S

Tr. k Ed.

Etheldr.
5. Luke,

v Evan.

Crifpin.

4
6
8

10
12

Faft
S. Simon
} (&.Jvde

Faft

DECEMBER hath XXXI Days.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PKAYEX.

4
5
6
7
8
9

10
1 2

J 4
1 5
16
i?
18

J 9

2 3

2 -1

2 .-
26

29
3

Leff.

Ifai.i 4 !
16
18

2 Leff.
Afts2 1
3
4

7-i

i Leff.
Ifai.i5
7
9

28
30
32

34
36
38
40
42

4 8
50

5 2
54

62.
64
66

Leff!

Heb. 7
8
9

1 1

Jam. i

3
4
5

i Pct.t

,pL

ijoh.i

3
4

5
2 John
J 3 John
tjude.

b
c
d

l
f

K
A

g
A
b

c
c

g
^

(

2 3
2 a
27
29
3i
33
35
37
39
4
43
45
47
49
5i
53

55
57
59

6-3

Nicholas

^onc. of
(V. Mar.

12
13

M
J 5
16
J 7
18
'9

20
21
22
23

2 .4

25
26

2 7
*8

Lucy, V-

Sapi-
^entia

Faft
5. Thomas
-(A.&M.

Faft
Chrijlmas
S. Supke.
S.Jok. Ev
Innocent.

Silvcfter

TABLE to find EASTER-DAY from th
prefent Time, till the Year 1899 inclufive
according to the foregoing Calendar.

T THIS Table contains fo much
of the Calendar as is neceffar
_. for the determining of Eaftei'
c to find which, look for th
o. Golden Number of the Year in
< jthe firft ColumH of the Table
- againft which ftands the Day o
a the Pafchal Full Moon; then
5 look in the third Column fo
? the Sunday Letternext after the
Day of the Full Moon, and the

Day of the Month ftanding

i,C againft that Sunday Letter is
22 DiEafkr-day. If the Full Moon
happens upon a Sunday, then

24 F

25 G

26 A

2?;B

8C
29JD

Apr. i

(according to the firft Rule) the
next Sunday after isEafter-day
To find the Golden Number
or Piime, add one to the Year
of our I.oid, and then divide
by 19; the Remainder, if any ;
is the Golden Number; but if
nothing remained), then 19 is
the Golden Number.

2 A TofindtheDominicalorSun-
day Letter, according to theCa-
lendar, until the year 1799 in-
clufive, add to the Year of : O T^

6 E jour Lord its fourth Part,L

7 F pmittingFra6tions,and alfo L

8 G (the Number i ; divide theL|j?
- A Sum by 7 ; and if there is jp

B i no Remainder, then A MJclC
~ the Sunday Letter: But if gig
any Number remaineth,
then the Letter ftanding againft
thatNumberin the fmall annex-

15 G ed Table, is the Sunday Letter.

16 A For the next Century, that is,

from the Year 1800 till the
C JYear 1899 inclufive, add to the
D current Year only its fourth
Part, and then divide by 7, and
proceed as in the laft Rule.

Note, That in all Biffextile
23 A or Leap Years, the Letter found
as above will be the Sunday
25 C Letter from the intercalated
Day exclufwe, to the End of
the Year.

0^> O 2^0* O eowcoeoog wh.

5 O%U3 3

. - c .. .--'_ __ ^
OHO. oL5.sLo.cLa. cLjj a.c-_ c.S.a.a.0.

3AIjn[DUI

A TABLE ot the WU\

g CALENDAR.

'793
794

1796
797
1798
1799

1800

1 8o 3
18=4

1312
423

i.J

17 26

7
8A G

3 i

fan. 27

Feb. 16 Mar.

Jan.24
Feb. i

Jan. 2
Feb.

Jan. 29

2 Ma
4 Feb.
o

r. 5 Apr.ao
>.i8| 5

oMar.27

ill a

6Mar. 2
26 Apr.i

Mar.

4 ai
6Jtb

May 5

Apr. 2 8
6 May 18

May

9' Tune 8

12
June i
14 May 2 4

27 June 6

Dec.

29
27
Dec. 3

Dec.

TABLE of the MOVEABLE FEASTS, according to the feveral Days that EASTER can
poffibly fall upon.

5
I

^ 1

. o-

P-

<V ^

S- &>

^ 5'

"~ i

v ~

p tV 5

*? ^

*H-

*7^ n

*? '

*< -"-i

s r

March 22

Jan. 18

Febr. 4

Apr. 26

Apr. 30

May 10

Nov. 29

2,1

May i

i j

2 7

Dec. i

2 5

2 9

May i

Nov. 27

2 5

3 l

Dec. i

April i

2 9

Nov. 27

2 3

Febr. i

2 4

2,5

Dec. i

Nov. 2 7

1 1

3 l

[une i

24 Dec. "i

March i

2 4

23 Nov. 27

2 3

Dec. i

3 1

2 q

23 6

[une i

1 1

2 3

24! 6

Nov. 27

NOTE. That in a Biflextile, or Leap Year, the Number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the
fame as if Eafter-day had fallen one Day later than it really does : and for the fame reafon one Day
muft, in every Leap Year, be added to the Day of the Month given by the Table for Septuagefima
Sunday: and the like muft be done for the Firft Day of Lent (commonly called Afh Wednefday)
unlefs the Table gives fome Day in the Month of March for it ; for in that Cafe the Day given by

the Table is the right Day.

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s <r

Day of .c: __,

|JH

the Mont. ^

GENE RAL T A

B LE S

FOR

FINDING THE DOMINICAL OR SUNDAY LETTER,

AND

THE PLACES OF THE GOLDEN NUMBERS IX

THE CALENDAR.

TABLE I.

TABLE II.

TO find the Month,
nd Days of the Month,
o which the Golden

Numbers ought to be

E F

0* *"

o "'

>refixed in the Calendar

1600

1700

800

cLS,
o

n any given Year of our
Lord, confifting of en-

ire hundred yeais, and

1900

2OOO

100

200

2300
2400

2500

2600

2700
2800

B 600! o

i 5 2

i[,

n all the intermediate
Years betwixt that and

1700 i

5300

he next Hundredth

2900

000

100
200

3400

35
3600

3700

1800
1900

54
55

Year following, look in
the Second Column of

J OOO

1 7

Table II. for the given

3 800

900

.000

.1OO

4200

4300
4400

4600

21OO
2200

57
5800

Year, confifting of en-
tire Hundreds, and note

2QOO

CQOO

tri Number or PvnVipr

4700
4800

4900

5000

5100

5200

6100

53005400

55
5600

B2400
2 5 00
2600
2700
B2800

oy u ^
36000
6100
6200
6300
86400

which ftands againft it
in the Third Column ;
then in Table III. look
for the fame Number in
the Column under any

5800

5900
)OOC

6200 ^3
6400

6500

2 9 00

6500

given Golden Number,

6600

6700
680

6 9 oc

7000

7100!
' 00 l73c

7400

3000
31

6600 22
6700 23

which when you have
found, guide your eye

3 3200

fide-ways to the left

750
760

7 8cc

79 oc
8ooc

8ioc

1820C

8300
8400

33
3400

6900 23
7OOO 2<

hand, and in the Firft
Column you will find

7 IOC

850

Sec.

35 OC

B 72002-

which that GoldenNum-

1 or Sunday

3700 9
380010

7300 25
740035

ber ought to be prefix-
ed in the Calendar dur-

TO find the Dominica

Letter for any given Year of our Lord,
add to the Year its fourth Part, omit-

3900:10
B 4000 o

7500 26 ing that Period of One
B 7600 26 Hundred Years.

ting Fraftioos, and alfo the Number

4100 i

770026

The Letter B prefixed

which in Table I. ftandct

i at the Top'

42OO 2

78o<

3 .,-

to certain Hundredth

of the Co umn, wherein the NumbeV

4300 2

790028

Years in Table 11. de-

of Hundreds contained in that given

B 4400 2

B 8000(27

notes thofe Years which

Year is found : divide the Sum by 7,

45 3

8ico 2 g

are ftill to be accounted

and if there is i o Remainder, then A
is the Sunday Letter; but if any Num-
ber remaineih, then the Letter which

4600 3

47 4
84800' 4

830029
B 8400 2 c

Biffextileor Leap Years
in the New Calendar;
whereas all the other

, (landeth under that Number, at the
Top of the Table, is th> Sunday

4900 4
5000, 5

8 5 o<
&c.

> C

Hundredth Years are to
be accounted only com-

Letter.

5100' 6

mon Years.

TABLE III.

. in

GOLDEN NUMBERS.

1 1

1 B

March 21

2 P.

r <

ifi

March 21

2 8

i g

March 22

1 T

March 22

2 1

March 23
March 24
March 25

E
F
G

1 2

21
>. 2
23

3
4

1 3

5
6

1 -

i a

8
9

ID
21'

March 23
March 24
March 25

1 2

i 2
23

26
27

18
19

March 26
March 27

A
R

24
2-"

?.8

.'.C

c
1

. i

I 2

March 26

March 27

A
B

-6

7
18

28
tg

20
21

March 28
March 29
March 30

15
l6

26
27
28

18
1 9

1 2

> 1
22
23

i a

2 4

'.6

March 28
March 29
March 30

C
D
E

1 6

17
18

B
9

20
21

e
i

1 1

1 2

2 3
24

4
5

March 31
April i
April 2
April 3
April 4

F
G
A
B
C

1 1

2 1
22
23
24

4
5
6

'3
M
15

7
8

'7
'.8
9

27
'.3
29

March 31
April 1
April 2
April 3

April 4

G
A
B
C

1 2

2C
21

c
i

1
1
1 .

24
2,5

3
4

i -j
16

25
.6

6
7
8
9

April 5
April 6
April 7
April 8
April 9

D
E
F
G

25
26

7
8

J 5
16
17
18

2"
28

7
8

9
10
11

2C
21
22

2 9

O
1
2

12
13

>2
23
2 4
25

3
4
5

April 5
April 6
April 7
April 8
April 9

D
F
G
A

' j

24
2
26

5
6
7
8
9

ib
7

29
O

1C
12

2C
2 1
22
23

o
i

3
4

April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14

2Z
21
22

-3

1
2

12
ig

23
24

2 5
27

4
8

17
18
9

7'
8

April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14

B
C

E
F

20
21

1
B

1 2
13

22
23
24

3
4

16
17

2 4

''5
26
27
28

7
8

16
18

April 1.5
April 16
April 17
April 17

3
4

23
26

-7

6
7

17
18

28
29

9
11

20
21
22

3
4

April 15
April 16
April 17
April 17

A
B
B

4
5

'5
16
17
18

7
8
9

20
21

1 1

12
13

21
22
23

April 18

2 3

April 18

2lj 2

M! 5

April 18

1 9

ARTICLES

AGREED UPON

BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF BOTH PROVINCES,
AND THE WHOLE CLERGY,

IN THE CONVOCATION HOLDEN AT LONDON, IN THE YEAR 1562, FOR THE
AVOIDING OF DIVERSITIES OF OPINIONS, AND FOR THE STABLISHING
OF CONSENT TOUCHING TRUE RELIGION.

[ Reprinted by His Majefty's Commandment, with His Royal Declaration prefixed thereunto. ]

HIS MAJESTY'S DECLARATION.

J3EING by God's Ordinance, according to our juft Title, Defender of the Faith,
and Supreme Governor of the Church, within thefe our Dominions, We hold it
moll agreeable to this our Krngly Office, and our own Religious Zeal, to conferve
and maintain the Church committed to Our Charge, in the unity of true Religion,
and in the bond of Peace : and not to fuffer unneceflary Difputations, Altercations,
or Queftions, to be raifed, which may nourifti Faction both in the Church and
Commonwealth. We have therefore upon mature Deliberation, and with the
Advice of fo many of our Bifhops as might conveniently be called together,
thought fit to make this Declaration following.

That the Articles of the Church of England (which have been allowed and
authorized heretofore, and which our Clergy generally have fubfcribed unto) do
contain the true Doctrine of the Church of England, agreeable to God's Word:
which We do therefore Ratify and Confirm, requiring all our loving Subjects
to continue in the uniform profeflion thereof, and prohibiting the leaft difference
from the faid Articles, which to that end We command to be new printed, and this
our Declaration to be Publifhed therewith.

That we are Supreme Governor of the Church of England ; And that if any
Difference arife about the external Policy, concerning Injunctions, Canons, and
other Conftitutions whatfoever thereto belonging, the Clergy in their Convocation
is to order and fettle them, having firft obtained leave under Our Broad Seal fo
to do, and We approving their faid Ordinances and Conftitutions ; providing that
none be made contrary to the JLaws and Cuftoms of the Land.

That out of Our Princely Care, that the Churchmen may do the Work which
is proper unto them, the Bimops and Clergy, from time to time in Convocation,
upon their humble defire, (hall have Licence' under Our Broad S eal, to deliberate
pf, and to do all fuch things, as being made plain by them, and aflented unto

ARTICLES OF RELIGION. xxiii

by Us, (hall concern the fettled continuance of the Doctrine and Difcipline of
the Church of England now Eftablifhed ; from which We will not endure any
varying or departing in the leaft Degree.

That for thepreient, though fome Differences have been ill raifed, yet We take
comfort in this, that all Clergv-men within Our Realm, have always mod willing-
ly fubfcribed to the Articles Eftablifhed, which is an Argument to 'Us, that they all
agree in the true ufual, literal meaning of the faid Articles, and that even in thofe
curious Points in which the prefent Differences lie, Men of all forts take the
Articles of the Church of England to be for them ; which is an Argument
again, that none of them intend any Defertion of the Articles Eftablifhed.

That therefore in thefe both curious and unhappy Differences, which have for
fo many hundred Years, in different Times and Places exerciled the Church of
Chrift, We will that all further curious fearch be laid afide, and thefe Difputes
fhut up in God's promifes, as they be generally fet forth to Us in the holy Scrip-
tures, and the general meaning of the Articles of the Church of England accord-
ing to them. And that no man hereafter fhall either Print or Preach to draw the
Article afide any way, but fhall fubmit to it in the plain and full meaning thereof;
and fhall not put his own Senfe or Comment to be the meaning of the Article, but
fhall take it in the Literal and Gramatical Senfe.

That if any publick Reader in either Our Univerfities, or any Head or Mafterof
a College, or any other perfon refpedively in either of them, fhall affix any new
Senfe to any Article, or fhall publickly Read, Determine or Hold any publick Dif-
putation, or fuffer any fuch to be Held either way, in either the Univerfities or Col-
leges refpedively; or if any Divine in the Univerfities fhall Preach or Print any
thing either way, other than is already Eftablifhed in Convocation with Our Royal
Affent ; he or they the Offenders fhall be liable to Our Difpleafure, and the
Churches Cenfure in our Commiffion Ecclefiaftical, as well as any other : And
we will fee there fhall be due Execution upon them.

ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

J. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity

THERE is but one living and true God, everlafting, without body, parts,
or paffions ; of infinite power, wifdom, and goodnefs, the Maker and
Preferver of all things both vifible and invifible. And in unity of this God-
head there be three Perfons of one fubftance, power and eternity ; the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghoft.

II. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man.
THE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlafting of the
Father, the very and eternal God, of one fubftance with the Father, took man's
nature in the womb of the bleffed Virgin, of her fubftance : fo that two whole and
perfect natures, that is to fay, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in
one Perfon, never to be divided, whereof is one Chrift, very God and very man,

XXIV

ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

who truly fuffered, was crucified, dead and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and
to be a facrifice, not only for original guilt, but alfo for actual fins of Men.

III. Of the going down of Chrift into Hell

AS Chrift died for us, and was buried : fo alfo is it to be believed, that he
went down into hell.

IV. Of the RefurrecJion of Chrijl.

CHRIST did truly rife again from death, and took again his body, with flefli,
bones, and all things appertaining to the Perfection of Man's nature, wherewith
he afcended into Heaven, and there fitteth until he return to judge all Men at the
laft day.

V. Of the Holy Ghojl.

THE Holy Ghoft, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one Sub-
ftance, Majefty and Glory, with "the Father and the Son, very and eternal God.

VI. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation.
HOLY Scripture containeth all things neceffary to Salvation : fo that whatfo-
ever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any
man, that it fhould be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requifite
or neceflary to Salvation. In the Name of the holy Scripture we do underftand
thofe Canonical Books of the Old and New Teftament, of whofe Authority was
never any doubt in the Church.

f OF THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF THE CANONICAL BOOKS.

Genefis,

Exodus,

Leviticus,

Numeri,

Deuteronomium,

Jofue,

Judges,

Ruth,

The I Book of Samuel,

The II. Book of Samuel,

The I. Book of Kings,

The I. Book of Chronicles,
The II. Book of Chronicles,
Thel.BookofEfdras,
The II. BookofEfdras,
TheBookofHefter,
The Book of Job,
The Pfalms,
The Proverbs,
Ecclefiaftes or Preacher,
Cantica, or Songs of Solomon,
Four Prophets the greater,
Twelve Prophets the lefs.

The II. Book of Kings,

And the other Books (as Hierome faith) .the Church doth read for example of
life, and inftrudlion of manners ; but yet doth it not apply them to eftablifh any
Doctrine ; fuch are thefe following.

The 1 1 1. BookofEfdras,

The IV. BookofEfdras,

The Book of Tobias,

The Book of Judith,

The reft of the Book of Hefter,

The Book of Wifdom,
Jefus the Son of Sirach,

Baruch the Prophet,

The Song of the Three Children,

The Story of Sufanna,

Of Bell and the Dragon,

The Prayer of Manafies,

The I. Book of Maccabees,

The II. Book of Maccabees.

All the Books of the New Teftament, as they are commonly received, we do
receive and account them Canonical.

_ _ VII. Of the Old Tejlament.

_l H Old Teftament is not contrary to the New : for both in the Old and New
leftament, everlafting life is offered to mankind by Chrift, who is the only Me-
diator between God and man, being both God and man. Wherefore they are not

ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

vxx

to be heard, which feign that the old Fathers did look only for tranfitory promifes.
Although theLawgiven fromGodbyMofes, astouching Ceremonies and Rites, do not
bind Chriftian men, nor the Civil Precepts thereof ought of necefllty to be received in
any Commonwealth: yet notwithftanding, no Chriftian man whatfoever is free
from the obedience of the Commandments which are called Moral.

VIII. Of the Three Creeds.

THE Three Creeds, Nice Creed, Athanafius's Creed, and that which is com-
monly called the Apoftles Creed, ought throughly to be received and believed: for
they may be proved by moft certain warrants of holy Scripture.

IX. Of Original or Birth Sin.

ORIGINAL Sin ftandeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do
vainly talk) but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that
naturally is ingendred of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone
from original righteoufnefs, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, fo that the flefh
lufteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore in every perfon bom into this
world, it deferveth God's wrath and damnation. And this infection of nature doth
remain, yea, in them that are regenerated, whereby the luft of the fletli, called in
Greek, $gtfytutHntyifefr which fome do expound the wifdom, fome fenfuality, fome
the affection, fome the defire of the flefh, is not fubject to the Law of God. And
although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet
the Apoftle doth confefs that concupifcence and luft hath ofitfelf the nature of fin.

X. Of Fr

THE condition of man after the Fall of Adam, is fuch, that he cannot turn
and prepare himfelf by his own natural ftrength and good works to Faith and
calling upon God : Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleafant and
acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Chrift preventing us, that we may
have a good-will, and working with us when we have that good-will.

X I . Of the Juftification of Man.

WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and
Saviour Jefus Chrift by Faith, and not for our own works or defervings. Where-
fore, that we are juftified by Faith only, is a moft wholefome Doctrine, and
very full of comfort, as more largely is expreffed in the Homily of Juftification.

XII. Of Good Works.

ALBEIT that good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after
Juftification, cannot put away our fins, and endure the feverity of God's judg-
ment ; yet are they pleafing and acceptable to God in Chrift, and do fpring out
neceflarily of a true and lively Faith, infomuch that by them a lively Faith may
be as evidently known, as a tree difcerned by ths fruit.

XIII. Of Works before Jujlification.

WORKS done before the grace of Chrift, and the infpiration of his Spirit,
are not pleafant to God, forafmuch as they fpring not of Faith in Jefu Chrift,
neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the School- Authors fay)
deferve grace of congruity : yea, rather for that they are not done as God hath
willed and commanded them to be done, we doubt not but they have the -nature
of fin.

XIV. Of Works of Supererogation.

VOLUNTARY Works befides, over and above God's Commandments,
which they call Works of Supererogation, cannot be taught without arrogancy
and impiety. For by them men do declare, That they do not only render unto

xxvi ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

God as much as they are bound to do, but that they do more for his fake than of
bounden duty is required : Whereas Chrift faith plainly, When ye have done all
that are commanded to you, fay, We are unprofitable fervants.

XV. Of Chrtjl alone without Sin.

CHRIST in the truth of our nature, was made like unto us in all things (fin
only except) from which he was clearly void, both in his flefh, and in his fpirit.
He came to be a Lamb without fpot, who by facrifice of himfelf once made,
(hould take away the fins of the world : and fin (as St. John faith) was not in
him. But all we the reft (although baptized and born again in Chrift) yet offend
in many things, and if we fay we have no fin, we deceive ourfelves, and the
truth is not in us.

XVI. Of Sin after Baptifm.

NOT every deadly fin willingly committed after baptifm, is fin againft the Holy
Ghoft, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant of Repentance is not to be
denied to fuch as fall into fin after Baptifm. After we have received the Holy
Ghoft, we may depart from grace given, and fall into fin, and by the grace of
God (we may) arife again, and amend our lives. And therefore they are to be con-
demned, which fay they can no more fin as long as they live here, or deny the place
of forgivenefs to fuch as truly repent.

XVII. Of Predejlination and Election.

PREDESTINATION to life, is the everlafting purpofe of God, whereby
(before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath conftantly decreed by his
Counfel, fecret to us, to deliver from curfe and damnation, thofe whom he hath
chofen in Chrift out of mankind, and to bring them by Chrift to everlafting falva-
tion, as veflels made to honour. Wherefore they which be endued with fo ex-
cellent a benefit of God, be called according to God's purpofe by his Spirit work-
ing in due feafon: they through grace obey the calling: they be juftified freely:
they be made fons of God by adoption : they be made like the image of his
only begotten Son Jcfus Chrift: they walk religioufly in good works, and at length
by God's mercy they attain to everlafting felicity.

As the godly condderation of Predeftination and our Election in Chrift, is full
of fweet, pleafant, and unfpeakable comfort to godly perfons, and fuch as feel
in themfelves the working of the Spirit of Chrift, mortifying the works of the
fleih, and their earthly members, and drawing up their minds to high and heaven-
ly things, as well becaufe it doth greatly eftablifli and confirm their Faith of
eternal falvation, to be enjoyed through Chrift, as becaufe It doth fervently kindle
their love towards God. So, for curious and carnal perfons, lacking the Spirit of
Chrift, to have continually before their eyes the fentence of God's Predeftination,
is a moft dangerous downfall, whereby the Devil doth thruft them either into
defperation, or into wretchlefnefs of moft unclean living, no lefs perilous than de-
fpe ration.

Furthermore, we muft receive God's promifes in fuch wife as they be generally
fet forth to us in holy Scripture. And in our doings, that Will of God is to be
followed, which we have exprefly declared unto us in the word of God.

XVIII. Of Obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Chrljl.
THEY alfo are to be had accurfed, that prefume to fay, That every man (hall
be faved by the Law or Seel which he profefleth, fo that he be diligent to frame
his life according to that Law, and the Light of Nature. For holy Scripture doth
fet out unto us only the. Name of Jefus Chrift, whereby men mult be faved.

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XIX. Of the Church.

THE vifible Church of Chrift is a Congregation of faithful men, in the which
the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly miniftred, ac-
cording to Chrift's Ordinance, in all thofe things that of neceflity are requisite to
the fame.

As the Church of Hierufalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred, fo alfo the
Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of Ceremonies,
but alfo in matters of Faith.

XX. Of the Authority of the Church.

THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and Authority in
Controverfies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing
that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it fo expound one place of
Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore although the Church be
a Witnefs and a Keeper of holy Writ, yet as it ought not to decree any thing
againft the fame, fo befides the fame ought it net to enforce anything to be believed
for neceflity of Salvation.

XXI. Of the Authority of General Councils.

GENERAL Councils may not be gathered together without the Command-
ment and Will of Princes. And when they be gathered together (forafmuch as they
be an Aflembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of
God) they may err, and fometime have erred, even in things pertaining unto God.
Wherefore things ordained by them asnecelfary to Salvation, have neither ftrength
nor authority, unlefs it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture.

XXII. Of Purgatory.

THE Romifli Doclrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping, and
Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and alfo Invocation of Saints, is a
fond thing, vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but
rather repugnant to the Word of God.

XXIII. Of Miniftring in the Congregation.

IT is not lawful for any man to take upon him the Office of Publick Preach-
ing, or Miniftring the Sacraments in the Congregation, before he be lawfully
called, and fent to execute the fame. And thofe we ought to judge lawfully called
and fent, which be chofen and called to this Work by men who have publick Au-
thority given unto them in the Congregation, to call and fend Minifters unto the
Lord's Vineyard.

XXV. Of Speaking in the Congregation in fuch a Tongue as the People under-

Jiandeth.

IT is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the Cuftom of
the Primitive Church, to have Publick Prayer in the Church, or to Miniftcr the
Sacraments in a Tongue not underfunded of the People.

XXV. Of the Sacraments.

SACRAMENTS ordained of Chrift, be not only Badges or Tokens of
Chriftian men's Profeffion : but rather they be certain fure Witnelfcs, and effectual
figns of Grace, and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work in-
vifibly in us, and 'doth not only quicken, but alfo ftrengthen and confirm our
Faith in him.

There are two Sacraments ordained of Chrift our Lord in the Gofpel, that is
to fay, Baptifm, and the Supper of the Lord.

Thofe five commonly called Sacraments, That is to fay, Confirmation, Penance
Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unftion, are not to be counted for Sacraments
of the Gofpel, being fuch as have grown, partly of the corrupt following of the
Apoftles, partly are ftates of life allowed by the Scriptures : but yet have not like

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nature of Sacraments with Baptifm and the Lord's Supper, for that they have not
any vifible Sign or Ceremony ordained of God.

The Sacraments were not ordained of Chrift to be gazed upon, or to be carried
about, but that \ve fliould duly ufe them. And in fuch only as worthily received the
fame, they have a wholefome effect or operation : but they that receive them
unworthily, purchafe to themfelves damnation, as St. Paul faith.

XXVI. Of the Unworthinefs of the Minijlers, which hinders not the effect
of the Sacraments.

ALTHOUGH in the Vifible Church the evil be ever mingled with the good,
and fome time the evil have chief Authority, in the Miniftration of the Word
and Sacraments: yet forafmuch as they do not the fame in their own name,
but in ChrilVs, and do Minifter by his Commiffion and Authority, we may
ufe their Miniftry, both in hearing the Word of God, and in receiving of
the Sacraments. Neither is the effect of Chrift's Ordinance taken away by their
vvickednefs, nor the grace of God's gifts diminifhcd from fuch, as by faith and
rightly do receive the Sacraments miniftred unto them, which be effectual, be-
caufe of Chrift's Inftitution and Promife, although they be miniftred by evil
men.

Ncverthelefs, it appertaineth to the Difcipline of the Church, that enquiry be
made of evil Miniftcrs, and that they be accufed by thofe that have knowledge of
their offences; and finally being found guilty, by juft judgment be depofed.

XXVII. Of Baptifm.

BAPTISM is not only a Sign of Profeffion, and Mark of Difference, where
by Chriftian men are difcerned from others that be not Chriftened: but it is alfo
a Sign of Regeneration or New Birth, whereby, as by an Inftrument, they that
receive Baptifm rightly, are grafted into the Church : the promifes of the forgive-
nefs of fin, and of our adoption to be the Sons of God by the Holy Ghoft, arc
vifibly Signed and Sealed : Faith is confirmed, and Grace increafed by Virtue of
Prayer unto God. The Baptifm of young Children is in any wife to be retained
in the Church, as moft agreeable with the Inftitution of ChriiV.

XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper.

THE Supper of the Lord is not only a Sign of the love that Chriftians ought
to have among themfelves one to another: but rather it is a Sacrament of our Re-
demption by Chrift's death: Infomuch that to fuch as rightly, worthily, and with
Faith receive the fame, the Bread which we break, is a partaking of the Body of
Chrift : and likewife the Cup of Bleffing, is a partaking of the Blood of Chrift.
^ Tranfubftantiation (or the change of the fubftance of Bread and Wine) in the
Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy Writ : but it is repugnant to
the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath
given occafion to many Superftitions.

The Body of Chrift is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper only after an heaven-
ly and fpiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Chrift is received
and eaten in the Supper, is Faith.

The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Chrift's Ordinance referved,
carried about, lifted up, or worfhipped.

XXIX. Of the Wichd, winch eat not the Body of Chriji in the ufe of the Lord's

Supper.

THE Wicked and fuch as be void ofa lively Faith, although they do carnally
and vifibly prefs with their teeth, (as St. Auguftine faith) the Sacrament of the
Body and Blood of Chrift: yet in no wife are they partakers of Chrift, but rather
to their condemnation do eat and drink the Sign or Sacrament of fo great a
thing.

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XXX. Of both Kinds.

THE Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay People : For both the
parts of the Lord's Sacrament by Chrift's Ordinance and Commandment, ought to
be miniftred to all Chriftian men alike.

XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Chrift fnijhed upon the Crofs.

THE Offering of Chrift once made, is that perfect Redemption, Propitiation, and
Satisfaction for all the fins of the whole world, both Original and Aclual, and there
is none other Satisfaction for fin, but that alone. Wherefore the Sacrifices of Mafles,
in the which it was commonly faid, that thePrieft did offer Chrift for the quick and
the dead, to have remiflion of pain or guilt, were blafphemous Fables, and dangerous
Deceits.

XXXII. Of the Marriage of Prie/ts.

BISHOPS, Priefts, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to
vow the eftate of fingle life, or to abftain from Marriage : Therefore it is law r ful for
them, as for all other Chriftian men, to Marry at their own difcretion, as they (hall
judge the fame to ferve better to godlinefs.

XXXIII. Of Excommunicate P erf ens, how they are to be avoided.

THAT perfon which by open Denunciation of the Church is rightly cut off
from the Unity of the Church, and Excommunicated, ought to be taken, of the
whole multitude of the faithful, as an Heathen and Publican, until he be openly
reconciled by Penance, and received into the Church by a Judge that hath Au-
thority thereunto.

XXXIV. Of the Traditions of the Church.

IT is not neceffary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one, or ut-
terly like; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according
to the diverfity of Countries, Times, and Men's Manners, fo that nothing be or
dained againft God's \Vord. \Vhofoever, through his private Judgment, willing-
ly and purpofely doth openly break the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Church,
which be not repugnant to the \Vord of God, and be ordained and approved bv
common Authority, ought to be rebuked openly, (that other may fear to do the like)
as he that offendeth againft the common Order of the Church, and hurteth the
Authority of the Magiftrate, and woundeth the Confciences of the weak Brethren.

Every particular or National Church hath Authority to ordain, change, and abo-
15(h Ceremonies or Rites of the Church, ordained only by man's Authority, fo that
all things be done to edifying.

XXXV. Of Homilies.

THEfecond Book of Homilies, thefeveral Titles whereof we have joyned under
this Article, doth contain a godly and wholfome Doctrine, and neceffary for thefe
Times, as doth the former Book of Homilies, which were fet forth in the Time
of Edward the Sixth ; and therefore we judge them to be read in Churches by the
Minifters, diligently and diftinclly, that they may be underfunded of the People.

f OF THE NAMES OF THE HOMILIES.

1 Of Alms-doing.

2 Of the Nativity of Chrift.
i3OfthePaffionof Chrift.

1 4 Of the Rcfurreftion of Chrift.

15 Of the worthy receiving ot the Sacra-
ment of the Body and Blood of Chrift.

1 6 Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghoft.

17 For the Rogation-days.

1 8 Of the State of Matrimony.

19 Of Repentance.

20 Againft Idlenefs.

21 Againft Rebellion.

3 Of Repairing and

4 Of good Works,

1 OF the right Ufe of the Church.

2 Againft Peril of Idolatry.

- J keeping clean of Churches,
firft of Fafting.

5 Againft Gluttony and Drunkennefs.

6 Againft excefs o? Apparel.

7 Of Prayer.

8 Of the Place and Time of Prayer.

9 That Common Prayers and Sacraments

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ought to be Miniftered in a known Tongue
Of the Reverent Eftimation of God's

Word.

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XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bijhops and Mimjlers.

THE Book of Confecration of Arch-Bifhops and Bi(hops, and Ordering of
Priefts and Deacons, lately fct forth in the time of Edward the Sixth, and confirm-
ed at the fame time by Authority of Parliament, doth contain all things neceffary to
fuch Confecration and Ordering : neither hath it any thing that of itfelf is fuperftitious
and ungodly. And therefore whofoever are Confecrated or Ordered according to
the Rites of that Book, fince the Second Year of the forenamed King Edward,
unto this time, or hereafter fhall be Confecrated or Ordered according to the fame
Rites, we decree all fuch to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully Confecrated and
Ordered.

XXXVII. Of the Civil Magi/f rates.

THE Queen's Majefty hath the chief Power in this Realm of England, and
other her Dominions, unto whom the chief Government of all Eftates of this
Realm, whether they be Ecclefiaftical or Civil, in all Caufes doth appertain, and
is not, nor ought to be fubjecl to any Foreign Jurifdiction.

Where we attribute to the Queen's Majefty the chief Government, by which Titles
we understand the Minds of fome flanderous Folks to be offended : we give not to our
Princes the miniftring either of God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing
the Injunctions alfo lately fct forth by Elizabeth our Queen do moft plainly teftify :
but that only Prerogative which we fee to have been given always to all godly
Princes in holy Scriptures by God himfelf, that is, that they fhould rule all Eftates
and Degrees committed to their Charge by God, whether they be Ecclefiaftical or
Temporal, and reftrain with the Civil Sword the ftubborn and evil doers.

The Bifhop of Rome hath no Jurisdiction in this Realm of England.

The Laws of the Realm may punifh Chriftian men with Death for heinous
and grievous Offences.

It is lawful for Chriftian men, at the Commandment of the Magiftrate, to wear
weapons, and ferve in the Wars.

XXXVIII. Of Chriftian Men's Goods which are net common.

THE Riches and Goods of Chriftians are not common, as touching the Right,
Title, and Poffeffion of the fame, as certain Anabaptifts do falfely boaft. Not-
withftanding, every Man ought of fuch things as he poffeffeth, liberally to give
Alms to the Poor, according to his ability.

XXXIX. Of a Cbrlftian Mans Oath.

AS we confefs that vain and ram Swearing is forbidden Chriftian men by our Lord
Jefus Chrift, and James his Apoftle: So we judge that Chriftian Religion doth not
prohibit, but that a man may fwear when the Magiftrate requireth, in a Caufe of
Faith and Charity, fo it be done according to the Prophets teaching, in Juftice,
Judgment, and Truth.

THE RATIFICATION.

THIS Book of Articles before Rehearfed, is again Approved, and Allowed to
be Holden and Executed within the Realm, by the Affent and Confent of our So-
vereign Lady ELIZABETH, by the Grace of God, of England, France, and
Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. which Articles were deliberately
Read, and Confirmed again by the Subfcription of the Hand of the Arch-Bifhop
and Bifhops of the Upper Houfe, and by the Subfcription of the whole Clergy of
the Nether Houfe in their Convocation, in the Year of our Lord, 1571.

THE ORDER FOR

MORNING. PRAYER,

DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

H At the beginning of Morning Prayer, the Mini/ler

Jhall read with a loud voice fome one or more of

thefe fentences of the fcriptures that follow : and

then he Jhall fay that which is written after the

faid fentences.

"X7I7HEN the wicked man turneth away from
his wickednefs that he hath committed,
and doeth that which is lawful and right, he mall
fave his foul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27.

I acknowledge my tranfgreflions, and my fin is
ever before me. Pfal. li. 3.

2 MORNING PRAYER.

Hide thy face from my fins, and blot out all
mine iniquities. Pfal. li. 9.

The facrifices of God are a broken fpirit : a
broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt
not defpife. Ver. 17.

Rend 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 kind-
nefs, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and for-
giveneffes, though we have rebelled againft him :
neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord
our God, to walk in his laws, which he fet before
us. Dan. ix. 9, 10.

Lord, correft me, but with judgement ; not
in thine anger, left thou bring me to nothing.
Jer. x. 24. Pfal. vi. i.

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand. St. Matth. iii. 2.

1 will arife and go to my father, and will fay
unto him, Father, I have finned againft heaven,
and before thee, and am no more worthy to be
called thy fon. St. Luke xv. 18, 19.

Enter not into judgement with thy fervant, O
Lord ; for in thy fight mall no man living be juf-
tified. Pfal. cxliii. 2.

If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive our-
felves, and the truth is not in us : but if we con-
fefs our fins, he is faithful and juft to forgive us

MORNING PRAYER. 3

our fins, and to cleanfe us from all unrighteouf-
nefs. i St. John i. 8, 9.

DEARLY beloved brethren, the fcripture
moveth us in fundry places to acknowledge and
confefs our manifold fins and wickednefs, and that
we fhould not diflemble nor cloak them before
the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father,
but confefs them with an humble, lowly, peni-
tent, and obedient heart, to the end that we may
obtain forgivenefs of the fame by his infinite
goodnefs and mercy. And although we ought at
all times humbly to acknowledge our fins before
God, yet ought we moft chiefly fo to do, when
we aflemble and meet together, to render thanks
for the great benefits that we have received at his
hands, to fet forth his moft worthy praife, to hear
his moft holy word, and to alk thofe things which
are requifite and neceflary, as well for the body
as the foul. Wherefore I pray and befeech you,
as many as are here prefent, to accompany me
with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the
throne of the heavenly grace, faying after me.
H A general Confejfion to be faid of the whole congre-
gation, after the Mini/ler, all kneeling.

ALMIGHTY and moft merciful Father, We
have erred and ftrayed from thy ways like loft
fheep : We have followed too much the devices
and defires of our own hearts : We have offend-

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4 MORNING PRAYER.

ed againft thy holy laws : We have left undone
thofe things which we ought to have done ; And
we have done thofe things which we ought not to
have done; And there is no health in us. But
thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miferable of-
fenders. Spare thou them, O God, which con-
fefs their faults : Reftore thou them that are peni-
tent ; According to thy promifes, declared unto
mankind in Chrift Jefu our Lord. And grant, O
moft merciful Father, for his fake, That we may
hereafter live a godly, righteous, and fober life,
To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.
I The Abfolution or Remiffion of fins, to be pronounced
by the Prieft alone, ftanding ; the people ftill kneel-
ing.

ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord
Jefus Chrift, who defireth not the death of a fm-
ner, but rather that he may turn from his wick-
ednefs, and live; and hath given power and com-
mandment to his Minifters, to declare and pro-
nounce to his people, being penitent, the abfolu-
tion and remiffion of their fins: He pardoneth
, and abfolveth all them that truly repent, and un-
feignedly believe his holy Gofpel. Wherefore
let us befeech him to grant us true repentance,
and his Holy Spirit, that thofe things may pleafe
him which we do at this prefent, and that the
reft of our life hereafter may be pure and holy,

MORNING PRAYER. 5

fo that at the laft we may come to his eternal joy,

through Jefus Chrift our Lord.

H The people Jhall anfwer here, and at the end of all

other prayers, " Amen."

1 Then the Minijler Jhall kneel, and fay the Lord's
Prayer with an audible voice ; the people alfo kneel-
ing, and repeating it with him, both here, and
wherefoever elfe it is ufed in divine fervice.
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
trefpafles, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft
us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deli-
ver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen.

f Then likewife he Jhall fay,
O Lord, open thou our lips.
Anfw. And our mouth mall mew forth thy
praife.

Prieft. O God, make fpeed to fave us.
Anfw. O Lord, make hafte to help us.

H Here all Jlanding up, the Priejl Jhall fay,
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and
to the Holy Ghoft ;

Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever fiiall be : world without end. Amen.

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6 MORNING PRAYER.

Prieft. Praife ye the Lord.

Anfw. The Lord's Name be praifed.
f Then Jhall be Jaid or Jung this Pfalm following;

except on Eafler-day, upon which another Anthem

is appointed; and on the nineteenth day of every

month it is not to be read here, but in the ordinary

courje of the Pfalms.

Venite, exultemus Domino.
Pfalm xcv.

O COME, let us fing unto the Lord : let us
heartily rejoice in the ftrength of our falvation.

Let us come before his prefence with thankf-
giving : and fhew ourfelves glad in him with
pfalms.

For the Lord is a great God : and a great King
above all gods.

In his hand are all the corners of the earth:
and the ftrength of the hills is his alfo.

The fea is his, and he made it : and his hands
prepared the dry land.

O come, let us worfhip, and fall down : and
kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is the Lord our God : and we are the
people of his pafture, and the fheep of his
hand.

To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not
your hearts : as in the provocation, and as in the
day of temptation in the wildernefs ;

MORNING PRAYER. 7

When your fathers tempted me: proved me,

and faw my works.

Forty years long was I grieved with this genera-
tion, and faid : It is a people that do err in their

hearts, for they have not known my ways.

Unto whom I fware in my wrath: that they

mould not enter into my reft.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and

to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever

mall be : world without end. Amen.

1 Then Jhall follow the Pfalms in order as they are
appointed. And at the end of every Pfalm through-
out the year, and likewife at the end of Benedicite,
Benediflus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, Jhall
be repeated,
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and

to the Holy Ghoft ;

Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and

ever fhall be : world without end. Amen.

f Then Jhall be read diftinElly, zuith an audible voice,
the jirft lejfon, taken out of the Old Tejlament, as
is appointed in the Kalendar, (except there be pro-
per lejfons ajjigned for that day) he that readeth,
fo Jlanding, and turning himfelf, as he may beft
be heard of all fuck as are prefent. And after
that, Jhall be faid or fung, in Englijh, the Hymn
called Te Deum laudamus, daily throughout the
year.

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8 MORNING PRAYER.

I Note, that before every leffon the Mini/ler Jhall fay,

66 Here beginneth fuck a chapter, or verfe of fuck

a chapter of fuch a book :" and after every leffbn,

" Here endeth the firjl, or the fecond lejfon"
Te Deum laudamus.

WE praife thee, O God : we acknowledge
thee to be the Lord.

All the earth doth worfhip thee : the Father
everlafting.

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 majefty : of
thy glory.

The glorious company of the apoftles: praife
thee.

The goodly fellowfhip of the prophets : praife
thee.

The noble army of martyrs : praife thee.

The holy church throughout all the world:
doth acknowledge thee ;

The Father : of an infinite majefty ;

Thine honourable, true : and only Son ;

Alfo the Holy Ghoft : the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory : O Chrift.

Thou art the everlafting Son : of the Father.

MORNING PRAYER. 9

When thou tookeft upon thee to deliver man :
thou didft not abhor the virgin's womb.

When thou hadft overcome the fharpnefs of
death: thou didft open the kingdom of heaven
to all believers.

Thou fitted at the right hand of God : in the
glory of the Father.

We believe that thou fhalt come: to be our
Judge.

We therefore pray thee, help thy fervants :
whom thou haft redeemed with thy precious
blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy faints : in
glory everlafting.

O Lord, fave thy people : and blefs thine he-
ritage.

Govern them : and lift them up for ever.

Day by day : we magnify thee ;

And we worfhip thy Name : ever world with-
out end.

Vouchfafe, O Lord : to keep us this day with-
out fin.

O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy up-
on us.

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us: as
our truft is in thee.

O Lord, in thee have I trufted : let me never
be confounded.

10 MORNING PRAYER.

1 Or this canticle, Benedicite, omnia opera Domini.

O ALL ye works of the Lord, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye angels of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye heavens, blefs ye the Lord : praife him,
and magnify him for ever.

O ye waters, that be above the firmament, blefs ye
the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye powers of the Lord, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye fun and moon, blefs ye the Lord : praife
him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye ftars of heaven, blefs ye the Lord : praife
him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye fhowers and dew, blefs ye the Lord:
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye winds of God, blefs ye the Lord : praife
him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye fire and heat, blefs ye the Lord : praife
him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye winter and fummer, blefs ye the Lord:
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye dews and frofts, blefs ye the Lord : praife
him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye frofts and cold, blefs ye the Lord : praife
him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye ice and fnow, blefs ye the Lord: praife
him, and magnify him for ever,

MORNING PRAYER. 11

O ye nights and days, blefs ye the Lord : praife
him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye light and darknefs, blefs ye the Lord:
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye lightnings and clouds, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O let the earth blefs the Lord: yea, let it
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye mountains and hills, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye green things upon the earth, blefs ye the
Lord: praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye wells, blefs ye the Lord : praife him,
and magnify him for ever.

O ye feas and floods, blefs ye the Lord : praife
him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye whales, and all that move in the waters,
blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him
for ever.

O all ye fowls of the air, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye beafts and cattle, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye children of men, blefs ye the Lord:
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O let Ifrael blefs the Lord: praife him, and
magnify him for ever.

O ye priefts of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

12 MORNING PRAYER.

O ye fervants of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye fpirits and fouls of the righteous, blefs ye
the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye holy and humble men of heart, blefs ye
the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O Ananias, Azarias, and Mifael, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and
to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
mall be : world without end. Amen.
H Thenjhall be read, in like manner, the fecond lejjbn,

taken out of the New Teftament. And after that,

the hymn following ; except when thatjhall happen

to be read in the chapter for the day, or for the gof-

pel on St. John the Baptift's day.

Benedittus. St. Luke i. 68.

BLESSED be the Lord God of Ifrael : for he
hath vifited and redeemed his people ;

And hath raifed up a mighty falvation for us :
in the houfe of his fervant David ;

As he fpake by the mouth of his holy pro-
phets : which have been fmce the world began ;

That we fhould be faved from our enemies:
and from the hands of all that hate us ;

To perform the mercy promifed to our forefa-
thers : and to remember his holy covenant ;

MORNING PRAYER. 13

To perform the oath which he fware to our
forefather Abraham : that he would give us ;

That we being delivered out of the hand of
our enemies : might ferve him without fear ;

In holinefs and righteoufnefs before him: all
the days of our life.

And thou, child, fhalt be called the Prophet
of the Higheft : for thou fhalt go before the face
of the Lord to prepare his ways ;

To give knowledge of falvation unto his peo-
ple : for the remiffion of their fins,

Through the tender mercy of our God : where-
by the day-fpring from on high hath viiited us ;

To give light to them that fit in darknefs, and
in the fhadow 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 Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
mall be : world without end. Amen.

f Or this Pfalm.
Jubilate Deo. Pfalm c.

O BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : ferve
the Lord with gladnefs, and come before his
prefence with a fong.

Be ye fure that the Lord he is God : it is he
that hath made us, and not we ourfelves, we are
his people, and the fheep of his pafture.

14 MORNING PRAYER.

go your way into his gates with thankfgiving,
and into his courts with praife : be thankful unto
him, and fpeak good of his name.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlaft-

ing: and his truth endureth from generation to

generation.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and

to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever

{hall be : world without end. Amen.

H Then Jhall be fung or faid the Apq/lles Creed by the
Mini/ler, and the people, ftanding ; except only
fuch days as the Creed of Saint Athanafms is ap-
pointed to be read.

1 BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth :

And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, Born of
the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried ; He defcended
into hell, The third day he rofe again from the
dead; He afcended into heaven, And fitteth on
the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence he (hall come to judge the quick
and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghoft ; The holy Catho-
lic Church ; The communion of faints ; The for-
givenefs of fins; The refurreftion of the body,
And the life everlafting. Amen.

Jefut Chriji.] In Vita Claud. Cjef. Vide Suetoniut, and Pliny's Teftimonics, Lib. loand 15.

MORNING PRAYER. 15

f And after that, thefe Prayers following, all de-
voutly kneeling ; the Minifter jirjl pronouncing with

a loud voice,

The Lord be with you.

Anfw. And with thy Spirit.
Minifter.
H Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Chrift, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

1 Then the Minifter, Clerks, and People, fhall fay
the Lord's 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 tref-
pafles, As we forgive them that trefpafs againft us.
And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us
from evil. Amen.

f Then the Priejl Jlanding up, Jhall fay,

O Lord, mew thy mercy upon us.

Anfw. And grant us thy falvation.

Prieft. O Lord, fave the king.

Anfw. And mercifully hear us when we call
upon thee.

Prieft. Endue thy minifters with righteoufnefs.

Anfw. And make thy chofen people joyful.

Prieft. O Lord, fave thy people.

Anfw. And blefs thine inheritance.

Dailv bread.'] The bread neceflary for our fubfiftence. See Dr. Willan'j Hiftoiy of Chrift. p. 117.

i6 MORNING PRAYER.

Prieft. Give peace in our time, O Lord.
Anfw. Becaufe there is none other that fighteth
for us, but only thou, O God.

Prieft. O God, make clean our hearts within us.
Anfw. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
f Then Jhall follow three Colletts ; the Jirjl of the day,
which Jhall be the fame that is appointed at the
Communion ; the fecond for peace ; the third for
grace to live well. And the two laft Colled s Jhall
never alter, but daily be faid at Morning Prayer
throughout all the year, as followeth, all kneeling.

f THE SECOND COLLECT, FOR PEACE.
O GOD, who art the author of peace, and
lover of concord, in knowledge of whom ftand-
eth our eternal life, whofe fervice is perfeft free-
dom ; defend us thy humble fervants in all aflaults
of our enemies, that we furely trufting in thy de-
fence, may not fear the power of any adverfaries,
through the might of Jefus Chrift our Lord.
Amen.

1 THE THIRD COLLECT, FOR GRACE.
O LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and
everlafting God, who haft fafely brought us to the
beginning of this day ; defend us in the fame with
thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall
into no fin, 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
fight, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

MORNING PRAYER. 17

f In choirs and places where they fing, here followeth

the Anthem.
1 Then thefejive Prayers follozuing are to be read here,

except when the Litany is read; and then only the

two lajl are to be read, as they are there placed.
HA PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY.

O LORD, our heavenly Father, high and
mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only
ruler of princes, who doft from thy throne behold
I all the dwellers upon earth; Moft heartily we
befeech thee with thy favour to behold our moft
gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE, and fo
replenilh him with the grace of thy Holy Spirit,
that he may alway incline to thy will, and walk
in thy way : Endue him plenteoufly with heavenly
gifts; grant him in health and wealth long to live;
ftrengthen him that he may vanquifh and overcome
all his enemies ; and finally after this life, he may
attain everlafting joy and felicity, through Jefus
Chrift our Lord. Amen.

f A PRAYER FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all good-
nefs, we humbly befeech thee to blefs our gracious
Queen CHARLOTTE, his Royal Highnefs GEORGE
Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family : En-
due them with thy Holy Spirit ; enrich them with
thy heavenly grace ; profper them with all hap-
pinefs ; and bring them to thine everlafting king-
dom, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

i8 MORNING PRAYER.

f A PRAYER FOR THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE.

ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who alone
workeft great marvels; Send down upon our bi-
fhops and curates, and all congregations committed
to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace ;
and that they may truly pleafe thee, pour upon
them the continual dew of thy bleffing.' Grant
this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate
and Mediator, Jefus Chrift. Amen.

H A PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM.

ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us grace at
this time with one accord to make our common
fupplications unto thee, and doft promife that
when two or three are gathered together in thy
Name, thou wilt grant their requefts ; Fulfil now,
O Lord, the defires and petitions of thy fervants,
as may be moft expedient for them ; granting us in
this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the
world to come life everlafting. Amen,
2 COR. xiii. 14.

THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the
love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy
Ghoft, be with us all evermore. Amen.
Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout

the Year.

Holy Spirit.'] No one can receive the word of God but by the Holy Spirit. LUTHE R.

[ 19 ]

THE ORDER FOR

EVENING PRAYER,

DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

H At the beginning of Evening Prayer, the Minijler

Jhall read with a loud voice fome one or more of

thefe fentences of the fcriptures that follow : and

then he Jhall fay that which is- written after the

faid fentences.

T7[7HEN the wicked man turneth away from
his wickednefs that he hath committed,

and doeth that which is lawful and right, he mall

fave his foul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27.

I acknowledge my tranlgreflions, and my fin is

ever before me. Pfal. li. 3.

Hide thy face from my fins, and blot out all

mine iniquities. Ver. 9.

The facrifices of God are a broken fpirit : a

broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt

not defpife. Ver. 17.

Rend 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 kind-

nefs, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and for-

giveneffes, though we have rebelled againft him :

C 2

20 EVENING PRAYER.

neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord
our God, to walk in his laws, which he fet before
us. Dan. ix. 9, 10.

Lord, correft me, but with judgement ; not
in thine anger, left thou bring me to nothing.
Jer. x. 24. Pfal. vi. i.

Repent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand. St. Matth. iii. 2.

1 will arife and go to my father, and will fay
unto him, Father, I have finned againft heaven,
and before thee, and am no .more worthy to be
called thy fon. St. Luke xv. 18, 19.

Enter not into judgement with thy fervant, O
Lord ; for in thy fight fhall no man living be juf-
tified. Pfal. cxliii. 2.

If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive our-
felves, and the truth is not in us : but if we con-
fefs our fins, he is faithful and juft to forgive us
our fins, and to cleanfe us from all unrighteouf-
nefs. i St. John i. 8, 9.

DEARLY beloved brethren, the fcripture
moveth us in fundry places to acknowledge and
confefs our manifold fins and wickednefs, and that
we mould not diffemble nor cloak them before
the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father,
but confefs them with an humble, lowly, peni-
tent, and obedient heart, to the end that we may
obtain forgivenefs of the fame by his infinite
goodnefs and mercy. And although we ought at

EVENING PRAYER. 21

all times humbly to acknowledge our fins before
God, yet ought we moft chiefly fo to do, when
we affemble and meet together, to render thanks
for the great benefits that we have received at his
hands, to fet forth his moft worthy praife, to hear
his moft holy word, and to afk thofe things which
are requifite and necefiary, as well for the body
as the foul. Wherefore I pray and befeech you,
as many as are here prefent, to accompany me
with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the
throne of the heavenly grace, faying after me.
1 A general ConfeJ/ion to be faid of the whole congre-

gation> after the Mini/ler, all kneeling.
ALMIGHTY and moft merciful Father, We
have erred and ftrayed from thy ways like loft
fheep : We have followed too much the devices
and defires of our own hearts: We have offend-
ed againft thy holy laws : We have left undone
thofe things which we ought to have done ; And
we have done thofe things which we ought not to
have done ; And there is no health in us. But
thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miferable of-
fenders. Spare thou them, O God, which con-
fefs their faults : Reftore thou them that are peni-
tent; According to thy promifes, declared unto
mankind in Chrift Jefu our Lord. And grant, O
moft merciful Father, for his fake, That we may
hereafter live a godly, righteous, and fober life,
To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

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22 EVENING PRAYER.

f" The Abfolution or Remiffion of fins, to be pronounced
by the Priejl alone, Jlanding ; the people ftill kneel-
ing.

ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord
Jefus Chrift, who defireth not the death of a {in-
ner, but rather that he may turn from his wick-
ednefs, and live ; and hath given power and com-
mandment to his Minifters, to declare and pro-
nounce to his people, being penitent, the abfolu-
tion and remiffion of their fins : He pardoneth
and abfolveth all them that truly repent, and un-
feignedly believe his holy Gofpel. Wherefore
let us befeech him to grant us true repentance,
and his Holy Spirit, that thofe things may pleafe
him which we do at this prefent, and that the
reft of our life hereafter may be pure and holy,
fo that at the laft we may come to his eternal joy,
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
H Then the Minifter jhall kneel, and fay the Lord's
Prayer ; the people alfo 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
trefpafles, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft
us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deli-
ver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and

EVENING PRAYER. 23

the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen.

1 Then likewife he Jhall fay,

O Lord, open thou our lips.

Anfw. And our mouth fhall fliew forth thy
praife.

Prieft. O God, make fpeed to fave us,

Anfw. O Lord, make hafte to help us.
1 Here all ftanding up, the Prieft Jhall fay,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and
to the Holy Ghoft;

Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever mail be : world without end. Amen.

Prieft. Praife ye the Lord.

Anfw. The Lord's Name be praifed.
H Then Jhall be faid or Jung the Pfalms in order as

they are appointed. Then a lejfon of the Old Tefta-

ment, as is appointed: and after that, Magnificat

(or the Song of the blejfed Virgin Mary) in Englijh,

as follow eth.

MAGNIFICAT. St. Luke i. 46.

MY foul dotn magnify the Lord : and my fpi-
rit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded the lowlinefs of his hand-
maiden.

For behold, from henceforth: all generations
ftiall call me blefled.

For he that is mighty hath magnified me : and
holy is his Name.

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24 EVENING PRAYER.

And his mercy is on them that fear him :
throughout all generations.

He hath fhewed ftrength with his arm: he hath
fcattered the proud in the imagination of their
hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their feat :
and hath exalted the humble and meek.

He hath filled the hungry with good things :
and the rich he hath fent empty away.

He remembering|Jiis mercy, hath holpen his
fervant Ifrael : as he promifed to our forefathers,
Abraham and his feed for ever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to
the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
ihall be : world without end. Amen.

1 Or elfe this Pfalm ; except it be on the nineteenth day

of the month, when it is read in the ordinary courfe

of the Pfalms.

Cantate Domino. Pfalm xcviii.

O SING unto the Lord a new fong: for he
hath done marvellous things.

With his own right hand, and with his holy
arm : hath he gotten himfelf the vi6lory.

The Lord declared his falvation : his righteouf-
nefs hath he openly fhewed in the fight of the
heathen.

EVENING PRAYER. 25

He hath remembered his mercy and truth to-
ward the houfe of Ifrael : and all the ends of the
world have feen the falvation of our God.

Shew yourfelves joyful unto the Lord, all ye
lands: fing, rejoice, and give thanks.

Praife the Lord upon tfte harp: fing to the
harp with a pfalm of thankfgiving.

With trumpets alfo and mawms: O fhew your-
felves joyful before the Lord the King.

Let the fea make a noife, and all that therein
is: the round world, and they that dwell therein.

Let the floods clap their hands, and let the
hills be joyful together befor the Lord: for he
cometh to judge the earth.

With righteoufnefs (hall he judge the world:
and the people with equity.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and
to the Holy Ghoft;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
mall be: world without end. Amen.
H Then a lejfon of the New Teftament, as it is ap-
pointed: and after that, Nunc dimittis, (or the
;fong of Simeon) in Engli/h, as followeth.
Nunc dimittis. St. Luke ii. 29.

LORD, now letteft thou thy fervant depart in
peace: according to thy word.

For mine eyes have feen: thy falvation,

Which thou haft prepared : before the face of
all people;

'velfth day

n snrl

26 EVENING PRAYER.

To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and to
be the glory of thy people Ifrael.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and
to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
fhall be : world without end. Amen.
H Or elfe this Pfalm; except it be on the twelfth day

of the month.
Deus mifereatur. Pfalm Ixvii.

GOD be merciful unto us, and blefs us : and
{hew us the light of his countenance, and be mer-
ciful unto us.

That thy way may be known upon earth : thy
faving health among all nations.

Let the people praife thee, O God: yea, let
all the people praife thee.

O let the nations rejoice and be glad : for thou
ftialt judge the folk righteoufly, and govern the na-
tions upon earth.

Let the people praife thee, O God: yea, let
all the people praife thee.

Then fhall the earth bring forth her increafe :
and God, even our own God, fhall give us. his
bleffing.

God fhall blefs us: and all the ends of the
world fhall fear him.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and
to the Holy Ghoft ;

EVENING PRAYER. 27

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
fliall be : world without end. Amen.
f Then Jhall be faid or fung the Apojlles Creed by the
Minifter, and the people, Jlanding.

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth :

And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, Born of
the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried ; He defcended
into hell, The third day he rofe again from the
dead ; He afcended into heaven, And fitteth on
the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence he mall come to judge the quick
and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghoft ; The holy Catho-
lic Church ; The communion of faints ; The for-
givenefs of fins; The refurreftion of the body,
And the life everlafting. Amen.
1 And after that, thefe Prayers following, all de-
voutly kneeling ; the Minifter Jirfl pronouncing with

a loud voice,

The Lord be with you.

Anfw. And with thy Spirit.
Minifter.
f Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Chrift, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

28 EVENING PRAYER.

1 Then the Minifter, Clerks, and People, Jhall fay
the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice.

1 Then the Prieft Jlanding up, Jhall fay,

O Lord, fhew thy mercy upon us.

Anfw. And grant us thy falvation.

Prieft. O Lord, fave the king.

Anfw. And mercifully hear us when we call
upon thee.

Prieft. Endue thy minifters with righteoufnefs.

Anfw. And make thy chofen people joyful.

Prieft. O Lord, fave thy people.

Anfw. And blefs thine inheritance.

Prieft. Give peace in our time, O Lord.

Anfw. Becaufe there is none other that fighteth
for us, but only thou, O God.

Prieft. O God, make clean our hearts within us.

Anfw. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
f Then Jhall follow three Collects; thefrjl of the day;

the fecond for peace; the third for aid againfl all

perils, as hereafter followeth : which two laft Col-

lefts Jhall be daily faid at Evening Prayer, without

alteration.

Fromevil.'] From the evil one. See a note in Dr. Willan's Hiftory of Chrift. p. 37.

EVENING PRAYER. 29

SECOND COLLECT AT EVENING PRAYER.

O GOD, from whom all holy defires, all good
counfels, and all juft works do proceed; Give
unto thy fervants that peace which the world can-
not give, that both our hearts may be fet to obey
thy commandments, and alfo that by thee we be-
ing defended from the fear of our enemies, may
pafs our time in reft and quietnefs, through the
merits of Jefus Chrift our Saviour. Amen.
H THE THIRD COLLECT, FOR AID AGAINST ALL

PERILS.

LIGHTEN our darknefs, we befeech 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, Jefus Chrift. Amen.
H In choirs and places where they Jing, here Jolloweth

the Anthem.
? A PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY.

O LORD, our heavenly Father, high and
mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only
ruler of princes, who doft from thy throne be-
hold all the dwellers upon earth ; Moft heartily
we befeech thee with thy favour to behold our
moft gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE,
and fo replenifh him with the grace of thy Holy
Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy will, and
walk in thy way : Endue him plenteoufly with
heavenly gifts, grant him in health and wealth
long to live ; ftrengthen him that he may van-

30 EVENING PRAYER.

quifli and overcome all his enemies; and finally

after this life, he may attain everlafting joy and

felicity, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

f A PRAYER FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY.

! A PRAYER FOR THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE.

ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who alone
workeft great marvels ; Send down upon our bi-
fhops and curates, and all congregations commit-
ted to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy
grace ; and that they may truly pleafe thee, pour
upon them the continual dew of thy bleffing.
Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Ad-
vocate and Mediator, Jefus Chrift. Amen.
1 A PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM.

ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us grace at
this time with one accord to make our common
fupplications unto thee, and doft promife, that
when two or three are gathered together in thy
Name, thou wilt grant their requefts ; Fulfil now,
O Lord, the defires and petitions of thy fervants,
as may be moft expedient for them; granting us

EVENING PRAYER. 31

in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the
world to come life everlafting. Amen.

2 COR. xiii. 14.

THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the
love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy
Ghoft, be with us all evermore. Amen.
Here endcth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout

the Year.

THE CREED OF Sj. ATHANASIUS.

1 Upon thefe feafts, Chriftmas-day, the Epiphany, St.
Matthias, Eajler-day, Afcenfion-day y W/iitfunday,
St. John Baptift, St. James, St. Bartholomew,
St. Matthew, St. Simon and St. Jude, St. An-
drew, and upon Trinity -Sunday, Jhall be fung, or
faid, at Morning Prayer, in/lead of the Apoftles
Creed, this Confejfwn of our Chriftian faith, com-
monly called the Creed of St. Athanafms, by the
Minifler and people, Jlanding.

Quicunque vult.
WHOSOEVER will be faved: before all

things it is neceflary that he hold the Catholic

faith.

Which faith, except every one do keep whole

and undefiled: without doubt he mall perifh

everlaftingly.

And the Catholic faith is this : That we wor-

fhip one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity ;

32 THE CREED OF ST. ATHANASIUS.

Neither confounding the perfons : nor dividing
the fubftance.

For there is one perfon of the Father, another
of the Son : and another o^the Holy Ghoft.

But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghoft is a|l one: the Glory
equal, the Majefty co-eternal.

Such as the Father is, fuch is the Son: and
fuch is the Holy Ghoft.

The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate : and
the Holy Ghoft uncreate.

The Father incomprehenfible, the Son incom-
prehenfible : and the Holy Ghoft incomprehen-
fible.

The Father eternal, the Son eternal : and the
Holy Ghoft eternal.

And yet they are not three eternals : but one
eternal.

As alfo there are not three incomprehenfibles,
nor three uncreated : but one uncreated, and one
incomprehenfible.

So likewife the Father is Almighty, the Son
Almighty : and the Holy Ghoft Almighty.

And yet they are not three Almighties: but
one Almighty.

So the Father is God, the Son is God: and
the Holy Ghoft is God.

And yet they are not three Gods: but one
God.

THE CREED OF ST. ATHANASIUS. 33

So likewife the Father is Lord, the Son Lord :
and the Holy Ghoft Lord ;

And yet not three Lords : but one Lord.

For like as we are compelled by the Chriftian
verity: to acknowledge every Perfon by himfelf
to be God and Lord ;

So are we forbidden by the Catholic religion:
to fay, There be three Gods, or three Lords.

The Father is made of none : neither created,
nor begotten.

The Son is of the Father alone : not made, nor
created, but begotten.

The Holy Ghoft is of the Father, and of the
Son : neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but
proceeding.

So there is one Father, not three Fathers ; one
Son, not three Sons : one Holy Ghoft, not three
Holy Ghofts.

And in this Trinity none is afore, or after
other : none is greater, or lefs than another ;

But the whole three Perfons are co-eternal to-
gether : and co-equal.

So that in all things, as is aforefaid : the Unity
in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity is to be wor-
fhipped.

He therefore that will be faved : muft thus think
of the Trinity,

34 THE CREED OF ST. ATHANASIUS.

Furthermore, it is neceffary to everlafting falva-
tion : that he alfo believe rightly the incarnation
of our Lord Jefus Chrift.

For the right faith is, that we believe and con-
fefs : that our Lord Jefus Chrift, the Son of God,
is God and man;

God of the fubftance of the Father, begotten
before the worlds : and man of the fubftance of
his mother, born in the world ;

Perfeft God, and perfeft man : of a reafonable
foul, and human flefh fubfifting ;

Equal to the Father, as touching his God-
head : and inferior to the Father, as touching his
manhood.

Who although he be God, and man : yet he is
not two, but one Chrift ;

One ; not by converfion of the Godhead into
flefh : but by taking of the manhood into God ;

One altogether ; not by confufion of fub-
ftance : but by unity of perfon.

For as the reafonable foul and flefh is one man :
fo God and man is one Chrift.

Who fuffered for our falvation : defcended
into hell, rofe again the third day from the
dead.

He afcended into heaven, he fitteth on the
right hand of the Father, God Almighty: from
whence he Ihall come to judge the quick and
the dead.

THE CREED OF ST. A T H A N A S I U S. 35

At whofe coming all men mall rife again with
their bodies: and fhall give account for their
own works.

And they that have done good, fhall go into
life everlafting : and they that have done evil,
into everlafting fire.

This is the Catholic faith : which except a
man believe faithfully, he cannot be faved.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and
to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
fhall be : world without end. Amen.
1 Here followeth the Litany, or General Supplication,

to be Jung or faid after Morning Prayer, upon

Sundays, Wednefdays, and Fridays, and at other

times, when itjhall be commanded by the Ordinary.

O GOD the Father of heaven : have mercy
upon us miferable fmners.

O God the Father of heaven : have mercy
upon us miferable fmners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world:
have mercy upon us miferable fmners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world :
have mercy upon us miferable fmners.

O God the Holy Ghoft, proceeding from the
Father, and the Son : have mercy upon us mife-
rable fmners.

D 2

3 6 THE LITANY.

O God the Holy Ghoft, proceeding from the
Father, and the Son : have mercy upon us mife-
rable fmners.

O holy, blefled, and glorious Trinity, three
Perfons, and one God : have mercy upon us mi-
ferable fmners.

O holy, blefled, and glorious Trinity, three
Perfons, and one God : have mercy upon us mi-
ferable finners.

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the
offences of our fore -fathers, neither take thou
vengeance of our fins : fpare us, good Lord,
fpare thy people whom thou haft redeemed with
thy moft precious blood, and be not angry with
us for ever.

Spare us, good Lord.

From all evil and mifchief, from fin, from the
crafts and aflaults of the devil, from thy wrath,
and from everlafting damnation,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From all blindnefs of heart ; from pride, vain-
glory, and hypocrify ; from envy, hatred, and
malice, and all uncharitablenefs,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From fornication, and all other deadly fin;
and from all the deceits of the world, the flem,
and the devil,

Good Lord, deliver us.

THE LITANY. 37

From lightning and tempeft ; from plague,
peftilence, and famine ; from battle and murder,
and from fudden death,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From all fedition, privy confpiracy, and rebel-
lion ; from all falfe do&rine, herefy, and
fchifm ; from hardnefs of heart, and contempt
of thy word and commandment,

Good Lord, deliver us.

By the myftery of thy holy incarnation; by
thy holy nativity and circumcifion ; by thy bap-
tifm, fafting, and temptation,

Good Lord, deliver us.

By thine agony and bloody fweat ; by thy
crofs and paffion ; by thy precious death and bu-
rial ; by thy glorious refurre&ion and afcenfion ;
and by the coming of the Holy Ghoft,

Good Lord, deliver us.

In all time of our tribulation; in all time of
our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the
day of judgment,

Good Lord, deliver us.

We finners do befeech thee to hear us, O
Lord God, and that it may pleafe thee to rule
and govern thy holy church univerfal in the
right way ;