THESE Rules are published to show in what good Order the public Service of the Church of England is, and the Excellency and Usefulness of it, when it's Rules are duly observed.  
To this Second Edition is added Rules for the Communion 〈…〉   

I was glad when they said unto me. We will go into the house of the Lord. Psal. 1● O come, let us worship, and fall down, at Kneel before the Lord our Maker. Psal. 9   

RULES For our more Devout Behaviour In the time of Divine Service In the Church of England.  
Together with an Account of the several Places and Hours in and about the City of LONDON, where the Service of the Church is Celebrated Morning and Evening, every Day in the Week.  
Second Edition with Additions.  
London, Printed for S. Keble at the Turks-Head in Fleetstreet, 1687.   

IMPRIMATUR.  
Johannes Battely Reverendissimo Pat. & Dom. Domino Wilhielmo Archiep. Cant. à Sacris Domesticis. Feb. 11th. 1686. Ex Aedibus Lambethanis.   

RULES For our more Devour Behaviour in t●● time of Divine Service in the Church of England.  
THESE few following Rules for our more devout behaviour in the time of Divine Service of the Church, I thought good to recommend unto you: Not to instruct the knowing, but to inform the ignorant, who either enter not Gods House at all; or if they do( it may be) are not employed as they should be there; which is an evil, the consequence whereof they consider not. For either they offer to God no Sacrifice at all; or else perform it in such an undue manner without that reverence and devotion which becomes that holy place.  
Now to correct these evils, so that Persons may come to the House of God, as they should come, both knowingly, and understandingly, and also do what there is fit to be done; and( if without prejudice thou wilt red and well weigh these few following Rules) I am willing to believe thou wilt not be the worse; nay, by Gods Blessing, thy mind may be made more Devout, and consequently thy Soul much bettered by the observing them.  
1. Let us take order that we may be there from the beginning to the end; that our hearts and tongues may bear a part throughout; which is a good means to make us partakers both of the Absolution at the beginning of Prayer, and the Blessing at the End.  
2. When we are entering into the religious Assemblies, Let us consider that we are entering Gods House, that holy Place, where Gods most dread Majesty is peculiarly present, which is enough, one would think, to suppress any unworthy and irreligious actions or thoughts.  
3. Let us not come only as Spectators to a Theatre, to hear much, learn little, and do nothing. But as those that have an interest in Gods service: All being bound to this their duty according to their abilities and callings: And that even out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings, hosannas may be offered unto God.  
4. Consider, that he, that dwells in Heaven, hath an especial eye upon that place, above all other, not only to defend it, 2 Mac. 3.39. But to observe our carriage within it. Therefore as to your Carriage and Demeanour in the House of God, you are commanded, Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the House of God, Eccles. 5.1. enjoining thee, First, to beware of all light, unseemly, undecent, and irreverent carriage, and to show humility and devotion in all the gestures of the outward man; bowing down thyself, and kneeling before the Lord thy Maker, Ps. 95.6.  
5. For when our business is with God; we are to mind what we come about, to have our minds, our hearts, and affections, set only upon it: When we come into the House of God, which is the figure of Heaven, we are to leave the Earth and the World behind us, and to have our conversation only in Heaven.  
Well then consider what thou art, and what God is, into whose special presence thou art to enter, and what thy business is with him. Thou art a feeble infirm Creature, made up of nothing but wants and weaknesses; God is a Creator all-sufficient to heal thy infirmities, to supply thy wants, and to manifest his strength in weakness; therefore when you are come unto the public Service of the Church, let no pretence interrupt or take you off from any part of the Divine Service.  
When you come to the Church door, Consider, that you are now upon entrance into the Presence Chamber of the great King of the World, whose Throne of Glory is in Heaven above, but his Throne of Grace in his Temple here below; Say then to yourself. Surely the Lord is in this place. How dreadful is this place? This is none other but the House of God, this is the gate of Heaven, Gen. 28.16, 17. Blessed are they who dwell in thy House: they will always be praising thee, Psal. 24.4. And most happy were I, could I both esteem it, and make it my greatest joy, and constant labour of love, to praise the Lord in his Temple.  
Having entred into the Church with due reverence, you may at the first kneeling down, present yourselves to Almighty God in one of these or the like short Ejaculations.  
Let the words of my mouth, and the Meditations of my heart, be now and ever acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my strength and my Redeemer, Ps. 19.14.  
Or,  
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come, sit us all for thy Service, Revel. 4.8.  
Or,  
O most merciful God give us grace to make the best use of our time in thy House: Graciously, accept us all, that come hither to present ourselves, our souls, and bodies unto thee, for Jesus Christs sake that vouchsafed to present himself bodily in the Temple for us, in great love and humility.  
Now having seriously considered all that is beforementioned, and being resolvedly bent to do it too, upon those serious considerations( for it is lamentable to reflect what absurd things are done in the time of Divine Service) then it will in the next place concern us to prepare for that spiritual and heavenly Work, we there meet about.  
Where first the Service begins with a recital of some pertinent Text of Holy Scripture.  
Then follows a grave Exhortation, being a pathetical admonition of the great and weighty ends and purposes of our coming thither.  
Therefore when the Minister exhorts you, out of the Word of God, to confess and aclowledge your sins, and wickedness, harden not your heart, but with all possible humility both of Body and Soul, say after the Minister in the Confession of Sin: and to this, and to every Prayer, or other Act of Divine Worship, where 'tis prescribed, neglect not to say, Amen; for that is, as it were the Seal to confirm to your Soul the benefits thereof.  
The next is a general Confession, of an admirable composure( for what can be contrived more fully and effectually than this which is) to be said jointly of the whole Congregation, accompanying the Minister, all meekly kneeling upon our knees; with pure hearts and humble voices.  
Now after this humble Confession, whilst we continue on our knees in the posture of Penitents, the Priest( to whom God hath committed the Ministry and word of Reconciliation, and so given him power and commandment to declare and pronounce unto his people being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their Sins) according to the sacred authority and commission given him from Heaven, stands up to your great assurance and comfort to pronounce the Divine Absolution.  
Which Absolution is to be pronounced by the Priest alone, and this I urge because I have heard some say the Absolution a loud after the Priest; as if we could pardon ourselves.  
Neither are they to repeat any of the other Prayers with an audible voice, except the Lords Prayer, and the Responses, because they thereby give great disturbance to others in their devotions.  
When the Minister comes to the words of Absolution, bow down your head, and say softly in your heart, Lord, let this Pardon pronounced by thy Minister fall upon my soul, and seal thereunto the forgiveness of all my sins.  
And now looking upon ourselves as absolved from our sins, upon our Repentance and Faith in Christ.  
After this succeeds the Lords Prayer, we all repeating it with him; for now we take the boldness to call him Father, humbly addressing ourselves to him in that divine Form of Prayer, which he himself hath given us, and the Church has made it as the beginning of our most solemn Service.  
Then a pious Ejaculation or two, being lifted up both by Priest and People unto God for ability to praise him, and speedy succour and relief from him against our adversary the Devil.  
The Priest. O Lord open thou our Lips, &c.  
Now we are all directed by the Church to stand up, and that we may also with united hearts and voices in the highest strain profess and say, Glory be to the Father, &c. and so to give glory unto God; as it becometh Christians distinguished from Jews, Turks, Pagans, or Infidels and heretics, in those most Christian Hymns, and that short abridgement of our Creed, and the Mystery of the Holy Trinity, God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, into whose name we were baptized.  
Then the Priest exhorts you and says, Hallelujah, or Praise ye the Lord, and we answer, The Lords name be praised.  
It follows next, that we should in the most cheerful posture( which is standing) exhibit to God our Lauds and Praises( in the 95 Psalm.)  
This is an Invitatory Psalm; for herein we do mutually invite and call upon one another, being come before his Presence. to Sing to the Lord, to set forth his Praises, to hear his voice as with joy and cheerfulness.  
All Psalms and Hymns are to be answered Verse by Verse with the Minier, that so all may join and bear a part in the Service of God: for, in his Temple doth every man speak of his honour, Psal. 29.9. And here although you cannot red, yet your heart may join with them that do red; and your Mouth also may show forth the Praise of God, by saying after every Psalm, Glory be to the Father, &c. Or else, if it fall in course, As it was in the beginning, &c. adding always, Amen, to express how affectionately you desire the Glory of God.  
Then follows the Psalms in order as they are appointed to be red over every Month,( all the people standing) and at the end of every Psalm shall be repeated, Glory be to the Father, &c.  
After which the Church gives us a kind of rest to our Devotions, that they tyre not: For now we should with all devout diligence, sober, serious, and grave attention, hear the first Lesson red out of the Old Testament by the Priest.  
After which is said devout Hymn( all standing) commonly called Te Deum Laudamus composed, as it is supposed, by St. Ambrose, We praise thee O God, &c.  
Then is to be red the second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament; and at the End is said or sung( all standing) Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; or O be joyful in the Lord.( A Lesson we have out of both Testaments, that we may see their admirable agreement,)  
It was the privilege and happiness of the Jews, that Moses and the Prophets were red in their Synagogues every Sabbath day. But behold a greater than Moses is here, and one whom all the Prophets foretold of, and pointed to.  
We have moreover Christ and his Apostles, and so our Ears are Blessed with that; the accomplishment of which the Holy Men of Old did long for, and expect should be in due time. But they saw only afar off.  
Next in order succeeds the Apostles Creed; or summary of our Chrian Faith, to be rehearsed jointly both by Priest, and all the People standing: Our standing up, with the rest of the Congregation, to signify and delare, that you will stand to this Faith, and earnestly contend for it as being the same which was once given to or by the Saints, the holy Apostles.  
After this a pious salutation of Christian and mutual Love, entertained between Minister and People,( Priest, The Lord be with you; Answ. And with thy Spirit.  
After this we are called upon again to compose ourselves for Prayer on our knees, with a Let us Pray. A wholesome form of words frequently used to rouse and rally our sleeping and wandring Devotions.  
Then succeeds the Lords Prayer for all the Disciples of Christ to join in, as he hath taught them to call upon that God in whom they believe.  
After this the Minister stands up again( to testify the authority of his Function in making intercession by Prayer with God) and he and the people together, lift up several pithy Ejaculations unto Heaven, for Mercy and Salvation; for King and Subjects, Ministers and People, for Peace and Holiness.  
Upon which follows more solemn Prayers,( all devoutly kneeling) viz. the Collect for the day, for Peace and Grace, the Litany on Sundays, Holidays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The word Litany imports no more but a certain form of most earnest Supplications; and such indeed is this presented, wherein Priest and people are to strive together, as mutual helpers each to other, in the wrestling with God for a special blessing upon themselves and all others) the Intercession for the Kings Majesty, for the Royal Family, for the Clergy and People, for all Estates and Conditions of Men, and the general Thanksgiving never to be omitted. Each of a grave, and pious, and profitable composition, and worthy a more distinct consideration, which you may see more at large in Dr. cumber, upon the Book of Common Prayer.  
And then we conclude our daily Prayers with that excellent form of St. Chrysostome's, Almighty God, &c.  
And we shut up all with that Apostolical form of impetrating a Blessing at our departure, from the Holy Trinity, and each Person therein, The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore, Amen.  
Here to be some short Ejaculations to ourselves. As  
Blessed be thy great and glorious Name, O Lord our God, for this opportunity more of praising thee for thy mercies, and making my wants known unto thee, through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ.  
Or any other short one.  
Then rising up and making thine humble aadoration before the Throne of Glory, say,  
Hallelujah; Salvation be unto our God, and to the Lamb for ever, Amen.  
Depart with a glad heart, and a cheerful Countenance.  

SOME SHORT RULES For our more Devout Behaviour In the TIME of the Communion SERVICE.  
UPON Sundays and Holidays, we proceed to the Communion Service. The Priest standing on the North side of the Table( the People all kneeling) shall say the Lords Prayer with the Collect following.  
Then shall the Priest, turning to the people rehearse distinctly all the Ten Commandments, and all the people, still kneeling, shall after every Commandment, ask God mercy for their transgression thereof for the time past, and grace to keep the same for the time to come. As followeth. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this Law.  
Then shall follow one of the two Collects for the King, and the Collect for the day: And immediately after the Collect the Priest shall red the Epistle, and then the Gospel, the people all standing up, to signify our desiring it.  
And the Gospel ended shall be sung or said the Creed following, the people all standing as before.  
Then shall follow the Sermon, or one of the Homilies.  
Sermon being ended, and if there be the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, then fall upon your knees, and with all reverence, say this Ejaculation.  
O Lord strengthen me against the temptations of Satan, who strives to draw away my heart from thee; and accept the Prayers which we have made and shall now make unto thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. Or some other Prayer out of your own Book if you have time.  
Which done join with the Congregation in the Communion Service( all kneeling in a settled and fervent devotion: for when we pray, our minds ought not to be fixed on any thing else, for God will have the whole heart or none). The Priest returns to the Lords Table and begins with some select sentences of Scripture wherein God either commands us to be charitable, or else promiseth a blessing to those that are so. And then we pray for the whole state of Christs Church Militant here on Earth, whereby we profess ourselves to be real Members of it, and desirous to hold Communion with it, in Christs mystical Body and Blood.  
Then shall the Priest say this Exhortation, Dearly beloved in the Lord, &c.  
Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receive the holy Communion. You that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, &c.  
Then shall this general Confession be made, all kneeling humbly upon their knees, after the Priest, saying, Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c.  
Now after this humble Confession of our Sins, the Priest stands up pronounces unto his people being penitent the Absolution and Remission of their Sins, Almighty God our Heavenly Father, &c.  
( And now looking upon ourselves as absolved from our Sins upon our Repentance and Faith in Christ. We may boldly and cheerfully present ourselves unto the Lords Table;)  
Then shall the Priest say, Hear what comforta- words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him, &c.  
After which the Priest shall proceed, saying, Lift up your hearts.  
Then shall the Priest turn to the Lords Table and say, It is very meet, right, &c.  
Then shall the Priest kneeling down at the Lords Table, say( in the name of all them that shall receive the Communion) this Prayer following, We do not presume to come to this thy Table, &c.  
When the Priest, standing before the Table, hath so ordered the Bread and Wine, that he may with the more readiness and decency break the Bread before the People, and take the Cup into his hands, he shall say the Prayer of Consecration, as followeth, Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, &c.  
Now be attentive to the actions of the Minister; and when you see him breaking the Bread, and pouring out the Wine, meditate, how Christs Body was broken and his blood  shed upon the across for us,  
When thou art come to the holy Table;  
First, humble thyself in an unfeigned acknowledgement of thy great unworthiness to be admitted there, and to that purpose remember again, between God and thine own soul, some of thy greatest and foulest Sins, then meditate on those bitter Sufferings of Christ, which are set out to us in the Sacrament, Consider this, and let it work in thee, First a great hatred and a firm resolution against them, for the time to come.  
Then lift up your heart with this or the like ejaculation. Lord I am not worthy by reason of my sins to approach before thee: but seeing it hath pleased thee in mercy to call me to thy Table, behold in humility and obedience I come.  
Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds himself; and after, the people, all meekly kneeling. Before we receive, when the Minister is coming to distribute, and to offer the Elements unto us,( considering that Christ with all his benefits are offered unto us by God, as well as the Elements by the Minister) then meditate thus with yourself.  
Christ with the benefits of his death doth now come to sanctify and comfort my sinful Soul, in full assurance whereof I am to receive these Signs and Seals at the hands of his Minister.  
And as you stretch out your hands to receive the Body or Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, lift up your Soul in Faith with this or the like Ejaculation,  
Come Lord Jesus unto thy humble Servant, as my trust is thou wilt.  
Our Church hath here provided this concluding Banquet of Prayers and Praises, imitating our Saviours Pattern, so that we may all with one heart and voice now say most cheerfully; Our Father, &c. the People repeating after the Priest every Petition, all kneeling.  
After shall be said.  
O Lord and Heavenly Father, &c. or Almighty, &c.  
Then shall be said or sung.  
Glory be to God on high, &c.  
Then the Blessing.  
And now Praising God for his goodness, depart lovingly together with cheerful hearts, that God hath so graciously entertained, us his unworthy Servants.  
And these few things now mentioned, may through Gods Grace, help you to such a pious government of yourself at the time of receiving the holy Sacrament, as may make it turn to your great and endless comfort.  
And now I pray and beseech you, for the Love you have to Christ, and for your own Souls sake, and the Churches sake, to come with more reverence, for I have seen in the Church, People sitting, and some, that count themselves Loyal Subjects, standing at the time of the Prayers of the Church, which is a most lamentable thing to do( if there be place for kneeling) if we consider we are in that holy Place, where Gods Majesty is represented, and our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge us all at the last day; who is a God of purity, in whose presence the brightest Angel is impure.  
Therefore let all those that have done amiss beg pardon for it, and be more devout for the time to come;  
It is the Duty of all you that are Parents to take care that your Children, as well as yourselves, as often as they can, repair unto the public Service of the Church, on the Week days; for in this City of London, we have so great opportunity, and our Churches so near us, and Prayers Morning and Evening in these places following every day in the Week.   

THE Daily Hours OF PRAYERS BOTH Morning and Evening In and about the CITY of LONDON Every day in the Week, throughout the Year, in these Places, viz.  
  Mo. E. At Whitehal chapel 6. 10 4 At St. James chapel 6. 10 4 At St. Peters Westmin. 6. 10 4 At the B. of Londons house. 10 3 At the B. of Ely's House 11 3 At the Temple 8 4 In Term Time 7 4 At Grays Inn 11 5 At Lincols Inn 11 5 At the Charter House 10 3 St. Austins at the Old Change. 0 6 St. Andrew Undershaft in Leaden-hall street. 6 0 St. Antholins Watlingstreet 6 0 St Botolph without Aldersgate 10 0 St. Bennet Pauls Wharf 11 3 St. Christopher near the Exchange 6 6 St. Clement Danes without Temple Bar 10 3 St. Dionis Back-Church in Limestreet 8 5 St. Dunstan in the West in Fleetstreet 7 8 St. Dunstan at Stepny 11 3 St. Edmond the King in Lumbardstreet 11 7 St. Giles in the Fields 6 0 St. Gregory by St. Pauls 6 0 St. heal near Bishopsgate 9 4 St. James Clerkenwel 10 0 St. James Wostminster 11 4 St. Katherine near the Tower 11 0 St. laurence Jewry near Guild-hall. 11 8 St. laurence Pountney near Cannon-street 0 2 St. Mary Le Bow in Cheapsi. 8 8 St. Martin Ludgate 11 3 St. Mary Woolnoth in Lumbardstreet 11 0 St. Martins in the Fields 6 5 St. Peter in cornhill 11 4 St. Peter Poor in Broadst. 10 3 St. Paul Cov. Gard. 6, 11 3, 5 St. Swithin at Londonstone 11 4 Holy sepulchers Parish without Newgate 6 3 Somerset House in the Strand for them of the Church of Engl. 7. 10 4  
Therefore what great Blessings do we lose, by neglecting to come to the public Prayers of the Church. We have time for every thing else, and shall we not find time for this great concern of our Souls? For with what confidence can we expect a Blessing from our Heavenly Father without asking it, and what an ungrateful thing it is to receive Blessings at God's hand daily, and not as daily to aclowledge and give him thanks for it in public every day as well as in private? For by the public we let the World see we are not ashamed of our Religion; for St. Paul saith, be careful for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your request be made known unto God, Phil. 4.6.  
And that we may do it then with cheerfulness and readiness of heart( which makes all our service the better accepted) I will put you in mind of the kingly Prophets delights in this kind of service, who was able to say, Every day will I give thanks unto thee, and praise thy Name for ever and ever. Ps. 145.1. and in Psal. 55.18. he says, In the Evening, and Morning, and at Noon day will I pray, and that instantly, and he shall hear my voice.   

A Prayer to be used before reading the Holy Bible.  
O Lord whose word is a two edged Sword, to cut down all things that shall rise up against the same, bless me, I beseech thee in the reading of this thy holy and heavenly Word, prepare me with reverence to red it, enlighten my understanding to understand it, work in me, true obedience to submit myself unto it, that I may lay it up in the Closet of my heart, and bring it forth in my Life and Conversation. Through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour. Amen.   
FINIS.   

Some BOOKS Printed for, and Sold by Sam. Keeble, at the Turks-head in Fleet-Street.  
A Weeks Preparation towards a Worthy Receiving of the LORD'S Supper after the Warning of the Church for the Celebration of the Holy Communion, &c.  
Preparation to a Holy Life; by the Author of the Weeks Preparation.  
The Book of Bertram the Priest, concerning the Body and Blood of Christ in the Sacrament; written in Latin by the Command of the Emperour Charles the Great, above Nine Hundred years ago, and First Translated into English, in 1549.  
The New Youths Behaviour, containing First his Duty to God; Secondly, Decency in his Conversation towards Men.  
The Worth of a Penny, or a Caution to keep Money.  
FINIS.