FORMULAE ADORANDI: OR, A Religious and Devout Poem, containing certain plain Directions, and affectionate Persuasions, to the Clergy and Laiety of England, for their frequent Address unto, and right Behaviour in the House of the Lord, at His Worship and Service; Agreeable to the Word of God, the Laws and Customs of Holy Church. O Holy Ghost, Guide rightly to indite My pensive Muse; and eke my Pen to write What may advance God's Glory, and th' Salvation Of my dear Country people in this Nation. To the CLERGY. I. I. Isai. 9.16. Mal. 1.6, 14. chap. 2.1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 Rom. 2.21, 24. 2 Cor. 7.2. Phil. 3.17. 1 Thes. 2.10. 1 Tim. 4.12. 1 Pet. 5.1, 2, 3. 1 Cor. 14.40. 2 Thes. 3.6, 7. Act. 6.4. Luk. 24.53. Act. 21.5. Rubrics, Canons, His majesty's Directions concerning Preachers. YE Ministers, Let not the People's sinning From your Example take growth, or beginning. At public Worship, in each part and motion, Observe your Rules; show reverend Devotion. II. 2 Chron. 29. 3-11. Hebr. 10.11. Jer. 33.18. Dan. 8.11, 12, 13. & 12.11. Hebr. 13.15. Ps. 107.21, 22. & 116.17, 18, 19 Num. 28. 3-9. Ecclus. 45.14. 1 Sam. 2.29, 30. 2 Chron. 2.12. Isai. 43.22, 23, 24. & 56.6, 7. Dan. 9.16, 17, 18, 19 Psal. 122.6. Rom. 15.30. 1 Tim. 2.1, 2, 3. Vid. Rubric concerning the Service of the Church. Offer to God the Daily Sacrifice Each day in Church, or in your Chapel, twice; If well at home you be: Do you not cease, For Christ his sake, and for the Church's peace. To the LAIETY. III. Isai. 60.12. Psal. 27.4. S. Luk. 2.36, 37. 1 Tim. 3.15. Psal. 89.7. Hebr. 12.28. Psal. 100.1, 3. Act. 3.1. Isai. 56. 2-7. S. Mar. 11.17. Zech. 8.21. S. Luk 24.53. Act. 1.13, 14. & 2.42. Hebr. 11.6. Ecclus. 50.19, 20, 21. SErve Reverently the Lord, His House frequent; At Common Prayer there be you present From first to last; do you continue still, With diligence God's Service to fulfil. iv Psal. 95.3. & 145.3. Malac. 18. 14. & 2.9. Levit. 22. 20-25. Num. 28.3 10. Deut. 15.21. & 17.1. Exod. 29.38, 39, 40, 41, 42. Our Lord is a great God, will in no wise Accept a partial, or lame Sacrifice: So many spotless Lambs He did require At Evening's Offering, as at Morn, by fire. V Ezek. 22.8. Ezra 9.4, 5. Malac: 3.8, 9 Psal. 141.2. Dan. 20.21. Isai. 2.3. Gen. 28.16, 17. Psal. 84.1, 2, 3, 4. & 55.17, 18. & 121.1. As you expect God should you not despise, Rob him not of his Evening Sacrifice; Come to His House, which is Heaven's Gate, therefore Both Evening and at Morn, and Him Adore. VI Exod. 28.43. 2 Chron. 29.1- 11. Psal. 46.4. Heb. 9.24. & 13.10. 1 King. 8.54, 55. 2 King. 18.22. 2 Chron. 29. 27-30. & 32.12. Isai. 60.13, 14. Psal. 5.7. & 28.2. * Zech. 3.8. & 6.12. S. Luk. 1.78. * In these three last places of Scripture our Saviour Christ is called by a name that signifieth the East, in the Translations of the Syriac. Arabic. Graec. Vulg. Lat. Arius Montanus, Vide Eccles. Canon. 7. 1640. Athanas. Justin Martyr, S. Basil, S. August. Epiphan. Durant. de Rit. Eccl. Lib. 1. Cap. 3. The Jews and Sectaries worship towards the West: The Moors and Saracens towards the South: The Christians worship God and Jesus Christ, who is called the East, towards the East. Many Reasons might here be inserted for this; but the straightness of the place will not admit them. The Custom of the Church in such cases may satisfy any Christian that is not contentious. Rom. 2.8. 1 Cor. 11.16. As th' Holy place you enter and go out, To worship towards the Altar make no doubt. Eastward, with th' Ancient Church, Adore let us; Though Schismatics forbidden, with Elxaeus. VII. Levit. 19.30. 1 Cor. 11.4, 7, 22. Exod. 20.24. & 25.21, 22. & 29.42, 43. Num. 6. 22-27. & 17.4. Hos. 12.4, 5, 6. Amos 4.12. 2 Chron. 7.15, 16. S. Matt. 18.20. To reverence God's Sanctuary always, All men keep off your Hats while there you stay. God's promise is to meet His people there, To bless those that approve themselves sincere. VIII. S. Matth. 26.41. 1 Thes. 5.6. Psal. 119.113. Gen. 4.7. S. Matt. 25.21. Ecclus. 43.30. Isai. 1.17. 1 Cor. 6.20. Psal. 26.8. Keep up your watch therefore, vain thoughts expel; Each pious duty strive for to do well. With Soul and Body see you Glorify, In His own House, the Divine Majesty. IX. Isai. 49.22, 23. S. Matth. 28.19. Psal. 51.5. Eph. 2.3. Titus 3.5. 1 Pet. 3.21. S. John 3.3, 5. You Parents hither bring your Infants in, Which were conceived, and also born in sin, To th' Sacred Font, there to be born again Of Water, and the Spirit; a Eph. 5.26, 27. and obtain X. a Col. 2.12, 13. Act. 22.16. S. Mar. 10. 13-16. A washing from all sin; and so become Church-members, meet subjects of God's Kingdom. b Prov. 22.6. Psal. 34.11. Eccles. 12.1. Eph. 6.4. S. Matth. 19.13, 14, 15. Act. 8. 14-17. & 15.32, 41. Hebr. 6.2. Children, c The Catechism of the Church of England. The Catechism learn betime: To be Confirmed be it your next design. XI. Gen. 3.16. Psal. 116. Leu. 12.6, 7, 8. S. Luk. 2.22, 23, 24. Rom. 8.4 1 Cor. 11.5, 6, 10, 13. Ps. 76.11. & 121.1, 2, 3. 1 Tim. 2.9, 10. 1 Thes. 5.18. Heb. 13.15. Phil. 4.8. Through Child-birth's danger who delivered be, Unto your Parish-Church veiled come ye At th' usual time, to Offer, Thank, Adore Almighty God, who did you safe restore. XII. The solemn a Ezra 8.21, 22, 23. Isai. 58. 3-8. S. Mar. 2.20. S. Luk. 5.35. S. John 19.1, 38. Fasts and b Exod. 13. 3-10. & 20. 8-11. & 34.21, 22. Deut. 5. 12-15. Esther 9. 20-32. Nehem. 13. 15-22. Psal. 42.4.5. 1 Mac. 4.52 59 S. Matth. 28. S. Mar. 16.9. & v. 14, etc. S. Luk. 1. 29-39. & 2. 1-39. & 24.1, etc. S. John 10.22, 23. & 20. 1-19. Act. 1. 2-14. & 2.1, etc. & 20.16. 1 Cor. 16.8. & 5.8. Rev. 1.10. Psal. 150.1. Ecc1us. 44.1, 2, 7, 8. Festivals in use In England's Church, observe without abuse. c Deut. 16.13, 14, 15. 2 Chron. 7.8, 9, 10. & 30. 22-27. Neh. 8. 9-12. Fast not on Feasts, nor d Isai. 22.12, 13, 14. Dan. 10.2, 3. Jonah 3. 5-10. feast on Fasting-days. Fly * Levit. 3. servile works, f Isai. 58.3. & 22.13. vain sports, g Jer. 36 6, 7. ยง Note that the Christian Church observes Her weekly Festival not on the Seventh, but on the First day of the week; and doth not call it the Sabbath, but Lord's day, and also Sunday. Nor doth She judge the works of the Temple or Church, of Piety, Charity, or Necessity, to be a profaning of that day, but a blameless observing of it. S. Matth. 12. 1-13. S. Mar. 3. 15. S. Luk. 13. 11-17. S. John 7.22, 23. & 9.13, 14, 16. Nor doth our Church prohibit the people from servile Work on the ordinary Fasting-days, as all Fridays, Evens of Holidays, Ember-days, and 38 days of Lent; (though She earnestly desires all Religious people, and so many as may be spared, to repair to their respective Churches at the hours of Prayer.) But on the extraordinary solemn days of Fasting and Humiliation, as Ash wednesday, Good-Friday, the 30th. day of January, and such occasional days as shall be appointed by Supreme Authority to be kept, for removing of God's Judgements, etc. on which days She greatly desires all Christians of capacity to exercise themselves in public and private Humiliation, Devotion and Fasting, and to abstain from servile Works. all wicked ways. XIII. a 2 Sam. 1. & 3. 21-39. & 4. 4-12. 1 Sam. 24. 4-7. & 26. 6-11. 1 Chron. 10.11, 12. Jer. 9.17, 18, 19 Joel 2.12. Amos 5.10, 17. Gen. 4.10, 11. 1 John 3.10. Num. 35.31, 32, 33. Ps. 51.14. Prov. 1. 10-16. & 6. 16-19. Isai. 1.15. Jer. 26.14, 15. Joel 3.19. S. Matth. 21. 38-41. Act. 22.20. Rom. 1.32. With Fasting, Weeping, and with mournful Cry, Lament That Scarlet Sin of double Dye, Of Murdering our a K. CHARLES I January 30th. 1648. Late King. b K. CHARLES II. May 29th. 1660. b Jer. 27. 6-11. Baruc. 1.11, 12. Isai. 1.19, 20. 2 Sam. 19.30. Ezra 6.10. Prov. 24.21, 22. Eccles. 8. 2-5. S. Matth. 23.21. S. Luk. 23.51. Rom. 13. 1-7. 1 Tim. 2.1, 2, 3. Tit. 3. 1. 1 Pet. 2. 13-17. This King the more Serve, Honour, Pray for: Whom God did Restore. XIV. a 1 Tim. 3.1. & 5.17. Tit. 1.4- 13. 1 Pet. 5. 15. 1 King. 18.7, 8. 1 Cor. 9. 7-14. 1 Thes. 5.12, 13, 14. Act. 20.28. Heb. 13.7, 17, Unto your Bishop's double Honour pay: b Eph. 6.18, 19, 20. Colos. 4.2, 3, 4. 2 Thes. 3.1, 2. Heb. 13.18. For them and for your Priests devoutly pray. c Jer. 23.25, 26, 31, 32. & 27.9, 10, 14, 15. & 28.15, 16. & 29.8, 9, 27, 31, 32. Rom. 10.15. 2 Tim. 2.16, 17. Tit. 1.10, 11. & 3.9, 10, 11. 2 Pet. 3. 15-18. Act. 20.29, 30, 31, 1 John 2.18, 19 3 John 9, 10, 11. Rom. 16.17, 18. To any Preachers without lawful mission Do not commit your precious Souls Tuition. XV. Neh. 8.5. S. Luk. 12.47. Eccles. 5.1, 2. Ps. 95.6. & 132.7. Isai. 45.23. Rom. 14.11. Dan. 6.10 S. Luk. 22.41. Act. 9.40. & 20.36. & 21.5. Eph. 3.14. Eccles. canon 18. Rubr. When th' Minister opens the Book to read, Stand up; prepare for Duties that succeed. At Prayers to God fall low upon your knee. God's Word and the Church Laws to this agree. XVI. Ps. 51.3, 17. & 119.176. Jer. 3.12, 13. 1 Pet. 2.25. 1 John 1.8, 9 S. Mar. 1.15. Act. 5.31. & 16.31. & 20.21. S. Joh. 20.23. S. Luk. 11.13. Heb. 4.14, 15, 16. S. Mat. 6. 9-15. Humbly Confess your sins with due Contrition, Repent, Believe; and then obtain Remission. Devoutly pray to God for Grace, that still You may renounce all Sin, and do His Will. XVII. Heb. 11.6. Jam. 1.5, 6, 7. Ps. 28.2. Exod. 17.11. 1 King. 8.22. 2 Chr. 6.12, 13. Psal. 63.5. & 134.3. & 113.4, 5. 1 Tim. 2.8. Psal. 141.2. Jam. 1.17. In humble Prayers, hoping to obtain, In hearty Lands, returning Thanks again, To God most High your Hands do you uplift; From whom comes every good and perfect gift. XVIII. Neh. 9.5. Psal. 134.1, 2. & 135.1, 2, 3. & 45.11, 12. & 72.11. & 86.9. & 99.2, 3, 5. 2 Chron. 20.9, 18. S. John. 5.22, 23. Phil. 2.9, 10, 11. Canon 18. Stand up at Glory to the Father, Son, And Holy Ghost: Let this also be done At Hymns, Creeds, Gospels. And likewise make you At the Name of JESUS a Reverend Bow. XIX. Neh. 8.6. 1 Chron. 29.20. 2 Chr. 7.3. Ps. 106.46. Deut. 17. 8-13. & 28. 45-48. Jer. 35. S. Matth. 18.17. 1 Thes. 5.12, 13. Heb. 13.17. Ps. 95.1, 2. & 143.20. & 148.11, 12, 13. & 149.1. & 150. Ecclus. 50.18. Col. 3.16. Ps. 30.4. Is. 6.2, 3. Each Respond make, to each Prayer Amen say. Lawful Commands of Holy Church obey. With sweet alternate voice in Psalms and Hymns, Sound forth God's praise with Saints and Seraphims. XX. Isai. 55.3. S. Luk. 8.15. Heb. 2.1. S Matth. 28.20. & 26.26, 27, 28. S. Mar. 14.22, 23, 24. S. Luk. 22.19, 20. S. John 6. 50-56. 1 Cor. 10.16. & 11. 17-34. God's Holy Word read, hear, and eke obey. The Holy Eucharist without delay Preparedly Receive, when Invitation Is given unto you, for your own Salvation. XXI. 1 Sam. 15.23. Prov. 17.11. Isai. 30.8, 9, 10. & 59. 3-8. 2 Tim. 3. 1-9, 13, 14. Ezr. 7.2, 5- 26. Is. 19.20. S. Matth. 5.19. Eph. 2.2. & 4. 8-15. Act. 20.28, 29, 30, 2 Cor. 11.13, 14, 15. 1 Joh. 2.26. If any of the old Rebellious Rout, By subtle wiles, do seek, or go about You to persuade our Laws to disobey, Union to break, divide and go astray XXII. Hagg. 1. 7-10. Rom. 16.17, 18. 2 Thes. 3.6, 14. Ps. 59.12. 1 Tim. 4.1, 2. 1 Cor. 1.11, 12, 13. Rom. 13. 1-7. Prov. 1.8. & 6.20. 1 Cor. 1.10. Heb. 13.17, 18. 1 Tim. 2. 1-6. Psal. 122. 6-9. Jer. 29.7. Eph. 4. 1-6. 1 Cor. 11.2, 34. & 14.40. 2 Thes. 2.15. To any Conventicle; Mark, a i e. Note Observe Those lying Hypocrites; but never swerve From your Dear Mother, England's Church, but still Pray for Her Peace, Love Her, Her Rites fulfil. XXIII. Isai. 51.7. Judas v. 17, 18, 19 Baruc. 4.28. Phil. 1.27, 28. 'tis 3.1. 1 Pet. 2. 13-21. & 5.5, 6. 1 Sam. 2.30. Psal. 84.4. Prov. 8.32, 34. S. Matt. 5.9. Rom. 2. 6.-11 Col. 1.21, 22, 23. Jam. 1.25. S. Joh. 5.28, 29. Mal. 3.16, 17, 18. Let no Fanatic scoffs make you refuse These Christian Duties constantly to use: Which if you do perform with due subjection, You shall be Blessed at the Resurrection. The Quotations of the Psalms here are sometimes according to those in the Book of Common Prayer. Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures. S. Matth. 22.29. Search the Scriptures. S. John 5.39. London, Printed for Rich. Royston. 1676.