A complete Form Of Liturgy, or Divine Service, According to the Usage The Most ANCIENT CHRISTIANS. The Introit, at the Steps. † Glory be to the Father, &c. MOST Glorious, and most Gracious God, who hast in thy good time accomplished, what thou hadst long before by thy Holy Prophet foretold, That from the Rising of the Sun, even to the Going down of the same, thy Name should be great among the Gentiles: and in every place shall be offered unto thee incense and a Pure Oblation: And hast graciously admitted, us, Sinful Mortals, to have Access to thy Glorious Majesty, through the Propitiation and Mediation of our Great High Priest, Christ Jesus, thy dearly beloved Son, our Blessed Lord and Saviour: Be pleased, we humbly beseech thee, graciously to behold us, thy humble Servants, approaching unto Thee in Name, and according to his Ordination; and be Propitious to us in the Pardon of all our Sins; and sanctify our Souls, and Bodies, and Spirits, that Service we perform at this time, may be a Sacrifice acceptable and well pleasing unto Thee, through that Great Propitiation. Upon Fasting Days, &c. For we confess, O Lord, that of ourselves we are utterly unworthy that Thou shouldst have any respect to our Offerings: For we have Sinned, we have done Unrighteously, we have done Wickedly; we have Sinned against Heaven and before Thee; and are not worthy to be called. Thy Children, or Servants: But where Sin hath abounded, Grace hath much more abounded; and Thy Grace is sufficient for us, and gives us Encouragement to say, God be merciful to us, Sinners. And may the Multiplication of thy Mercies, as they multiply our Obligations, so proportionally increase our Sense thereof, and true Gratitude to so Great and Glorious a Lord and Benefactor. And since thou hast constituted the Blessed Orders and Hosts of Angels in Heaven, both for Ministry to thy Glory, and to minister for them, who shall be Heirs of Salvation, We humbly beseech thee, O Lord our God, that with our Entrance to thy Holy Altar, there may be an Accession of thy Holy Angels, who ministering with us, may with us glorify Thy Beniguity: For all Honour, and Glory, and Worship, and Service, and Obedience, is due unto Thee, and to Thee we offer it; to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Now and for Ever. Amen. At the Altar. Glory be to God on High, on Earth Peace, Good Will towards Men. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his People, &c. to And thou, O Child. Then turning toward the People: Assist me, Brethren, with your Prayers, and pray to God for me, that my and your Sacrifice may be acceptable with God the Father Almighty. R. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit assist thee: The Holy Spirit descend upon thee, and the virtue of the most High overshadow thee, and assist thy Ministration. Our Lord receive this Sacrifice from thy hand, to the Praise and Glory of his Name, and also to the Profit of us, and of his whole Holy catholic Church. The Offertory. Accept, We beseech Thee, O Lord, our Oblations, which I thy unworthy Servant do here offer unto Thee of what is thine own, for myself, and for All here present, and for all Faithful Christians, especially those who desire to be remembered here at thy Holy Altar; in Recognition of thy Just and Absolute Dominion over us, and all the World; and as a Symbolical Oblation of ourselves, and all we have unto Thee; and to be consecrated for a Memorial of the Great Propitiation, which thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ made upon the across, by the Sacrifice of himself, for the Sins of the whole World. Accept, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Them and Us by Him: By whom to Thee, and to whom with Thee and thy Holy Spirit, be all Honour and Glory, Now and for Ever. Amen. Then turning towards the People: The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God the Father, and the Communication of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. R. And with thy Spirit. Lift up your Hearts. R. We lift them up unto the Lord. Let us give Thanks unto our Lord God. R. It is meet and right so to do. It is very meet, right, and our bound Duty, that we should adore, worship and glorify Thee, and at all Times, and in all Places, give Praise and Thanks unto Thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty Everliving God, for all thy Goodness and Loving-kindness to us, and to all Men; for our Creation, Preservation, and all the Blessings of this Life; but above all, for thy admirable and inestimable Love in the Redemption of Mankind by our Lord Jesus Christ: For whom, and by whom we humbly offer unto thee our most hearty Thanks and Praise. Then turning toward the People: Pr. Praise our God, all ye his Servants, and all ye, who fear him, both Small and Great. R. Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth: Let us be glad and rejoice, and give Honour to Him. Pr. Eternal, independent, Self-sufficient Being, of Infinite Wisdom, Power, and Goodness, who hast prepared thy Throne in the Heavens, and dwellest in the High and the Holy Place; yet the Heaven, and the Heaven of Heavens, cannot contain Thee; for thou fillest Heaven and Earth: Thou coverest thyself with Light, as with a Garment, dwelling in the Light, which no Man can approach unto; whose Judgments are unsearchable, and thy Ways past finding out. Thou, O most Glorious Majesty, thou art LORD loan: For thou hast made Heaven, the Heaven of Heavens, with all their Host; the Earth, and all things therein; the Seas, and all that is therein; and thou preservest them all; and thy Dominion ruleth over all. R. The Heaven, and the Heaven of Heavens are Thine, O Lord, our God, the Earth also, and all that therein is. Deut. 10.14, 11. Thy Excellence, O God, though in itself incomprehensible to Mortals, yet hast thou to our view and observation so admirably displayed it in thy Works; in the various Kinds, Qualities, and Orders of thy Creatures; the curious Frame and Composure of the Individuals, even the most minute; the exact Accommodation of all to a mutual Subservience of one to another; and in the Beauty and unconceivable Extent of all; that thy Wisdom, Power, Goodness and Greatness is therein convincingly manifest to all. R. How manifold are thy Works, O Lord! In Wisdom hast thou hast made them all: The Earth is full of thy Riches. Psal. 104.24. Great is our Lord; and Great is his Power; and his Wisdom infinite. Psal. 147.5. The Host of Heaven worshippeth Thee: A thousand thousands minister unto Thee; and ten thousand times ten thousand attend upon Thee. R. And we, poor Mortals adore thy most Excellent Majesty; and recognise and revere thy most just and absolute Dominion. When we consider the Heavens, the Work of thy Fingers, the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars which thou hast ordained, Lord, that is Man, that Thou art mindful of him! and the Son of Man, that Thou regardest him! All Nations( in respect of Thee) are but as a Drop of a Bucket, and as the small Dust of the balance; as nothing, yea less than Nothing and Vanity. What then are we, a little handful of thy poor Creatures, among so many Millions of our own Kind, besides so many Myriades of thy more excellent Creatures, which continually attend upon Thee, and with profound Reverence cover their Faces before Thee, that thou shouldst have any regard unto us! R. Who is like unto the Lord our God, who hath his Dwelling so high, and yet humbleth himself to behold the things, which are in Heaven and Earth! But such is thy Providence, which extends to All thy Creatures, even to the Sparrow upon the House-top; and so boundless thy Love and Goodness, that though the Glory of thy Majesty might justly deter the Purest of Mortals from any Address to Thee, thou dost not only graciously invite us, but by thy most Gracious Commands, hast made( or rather reinforced) that our Duty, which otherwise, of itself, were a most desirable Favour: And though the Holiness of thy Majesty might make such sinful Wretches tremble to approach thy Presence; yet such is thy Clemency, that, for our Encouragement, thou hast provided for us, both a Propitiation for our Sins, and a mediator for our Infirmities, in Christ Jesus, thy beloved Son, and our blessed Lord and Saviour; By whom thou didst create all things, and in whom, and through whom, thou hast most admirably demonstrated, in thy infinite Wisdom, at once, both thy Justice and Severity against Sin, and thy Mercy and Clemency to thy poor Creatures, to the Admiration even of thy Blessed Angels. R. Great and marvelous are thy Works, Lord God Almighty: Just and True are thy Ways, thou King of Saints: Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify thy Name? For as thou hast manifested by Wisdom, Power, and Bounty in thy Works of Creation; So hast thou also thy Holiness, Justice, and Mercy in thy Works of Providence; and most admirably in the Great Work of our Redemption. R. O that Men would therefore Praise our Lord for his Goodness, and declare the Wonders, which he doth for the Children of Men! When our First Parents, by Transgression of thy most Just and Reasonable Prohibition for Demonstration of thy Dominion, and of their Subjection and Obedience, had given a Great and Sensible Demonstration to all their Posterity, of the Evil Consequence of Sin, and of the subtlety, Envy and Malice of Satan, thou didst immediately thereupon give a Memorable Demonstration of thy Justice in their Temporal Punishment, and of thy Clemency in thy Gracious Promise of a Saviour in due time to come, signified in the mean time in the Mystery of Sacrifices to all Mankind ever after. R. Thy Righteousness, O Lord, is like the Mountains, thy Judgments a Great Deep. And when( notwithstanding in process of time) the Wickedness of Men became Great in the Earth, and their Minds so corrupted, as set upon Evil continually; and thou thereupon didst in thy Justice determine to wash away that deluge of Sin with a deluge of Waters, yet didsr thou in thy judgement remember Mercy; gavest them 120 years Warning, and out of that Corrupt Mass select and preserve one Family, that of thy Servant Noah, for a Root of a future Generation. R. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and true in thy judgement. To these, besides the Light of Natural Reason, thou gavest Direction by certain Positive Precepts, to be transmitted to Posterity by Tradition and Instruction of the Parents: And when, notwithstanding all this, being again increased to a great Multitude, they conspired together in a Vain Vundertaking, thou didst confounded their Language, and disperse them into several Parts of the Earth: And afterward from among the rest, didst select one Person, Abram, whom, after divers Exercises and trials of his Fidelity, thou mad'st the Father of another special Generation, for thy own peculiar and more immediate Regiment, and for a Great Example and Monument to all other Nations, and to the rest of Mankind, of thy Holy Providence and Government. R. Great and Morvellous, &c. In his time thou mad'st Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Cities about them, a lasting Monument of Divine Vengeance to all, who after should live Ungodly; and deliveredst Righteous Lot from that terrible judgement, for Example to all others in the approaches of thy Judgments to confided in thy Mercy, in the Ways of Righteousness. R. Great and marvelous, &c. But leaving the rest to the use of the Common Means they had received, thou didst multiply and train up the Posterity of thy Servant Abraham, in a State of Subjection to other People, to teach them Obedience to thy Righteous Government; then didst deliver them in so wonderful manner, as did demonstrate both thy Absolute Power over all Creatures, and thy terrible Judgments upon the Wicked, and thy special Favour to thy Faithful Servants, and to their Posterity after them. And when thou hadst so delivered them, thou didst Exercise them with thy Discipline Forty years in the Wilderness before thou broughtest them into the Promised Land of Rest; for a Mystical Instruction of thy Divine Conduct of Souls, through the Wilderness of this World to the celestial Regions of Rest. R. Great and Mavellous, &c. Thou gavest them in Writing a Righteous Law to direct their Actions, Righteous Judgments for the Exercise of Justice, and Holy Rites and Ceremonies for Mystical Admonitions and Instructions, concerning future Spiritual and celestial things. And when thou hast permitted that incredulous, stubborn, and disobedient Generation, for a Warning to all others afterward, to die in the Wilderness, thou broughtest-in their Children into that Promised Land with an admirable irresistible Power; and didst by them execute a Just and Terrible judgement upon the former Inhabitants for their Wickedness. R. Great and marvelous, &c. When thou hadst brought them in, and settled them in that Good Land, thou didst leave a Remnant of the former Inhabitants, both in Mercy to them, and for Exercise and trial of thine own People: And when they, after all the Experiments they had seen of thy Great Goodness to them, and of thy Justice in punishing the Miscarriages both of others, and of themselves, had corrupted themselves, and transgressed thy Holy Laws and Institutions, Thou didst sand them Prophets to admonish them, Judgments to correct them, and upon their Repentance, Saviours to deliver them; and all this method again and again, many times repeated, and thy Judgments increased upon them, as their Sins and Provocations deserved and required, to prepare them for the Coming of the Great Saviour, the Messiah, who had been so long promised, and by so many Types, Figures and Prophesies all along, but more and more plainly, signified to them. R. Great and marvelous, &c. And all this didst thou providently order for Tacit Admonition to the rest of Mankind, till, the fullness of Time being come, thou didst sand forth thy Son, the splendour of thy Glory, and express Image of thy Person, who assumed our Nature, and in it performed a Perfect Obedience to thy Holy Will in all things, even to Death upon the across; by which, after he had instituted a most Holy Religion, and exemplified the same in a most Holy Life, he offered up himself to Thee, and made a full Expiation for the Sins of all Mankind; that by Him we may have Access unto Thee, and Acceptance with Thee. R. O that Men would therefore, &c. In his Name therefore in Grateful Obedience to thy Gracious Commands, and thankful Acceptance of those thy Gracious Encouragements, we humbly, as we can, present ourselves before Thee:( Oh that we could do it with that Reverence and Devotion that is meet!) and with all those thy Glorious Creatures in Heaven, and all thy faithful and devote Servants upon Earth, Adore and Worship thy supreme most Glorious Majesty, Acknowledging and enterprising thy most just and absolute Dominion over us all: R. Blessed be the Lord God of our Fathers for ever and ever. Time, O Lord, is the Magnificence, and the Power, and the Glory, and the Victory, and the Majesty: for all that is in Heaven and in Earth is thine: thine is the Kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as Head over all. That we are all Thine by Right of Creation: R. The Heavens are Thine, the Earth also is Thine: Thou hast founded the whole World, and all that therein is. By right of Sustentation and Preservation. R. In Thee we live, and move, and have our Being. And We, the Sinful Sons of Men all Thine, also by Right of Redemption. R. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our Sins in his own Blood, to Him be Glory and Dominion for ever, and ever. Amen. And We here present, with all the Members of thy visible Church, Thine, also by special Dedication and Consecration; which we for our part do each here again Ratify and Confirm: R. We confirm, O Lord, we ratify and confirm it with all our Souls for ever. Humbly beseeching Thee, to Pardon all our Sins, and make us perfectly and completely Thine, by thy Holy Spirit of Sanctification; that He may Be in us, and Abide with us for ever; may illuminate our Minds to know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent, and proposed to be a Propitiation for us in this Blood. R. Even for us, who were dead in Trespasses and Sins. Blessed be thou, O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who of thy abundant Mercy hast begotten us again unto a lively Hope, by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the Dead: R. To an inheritance incorruptible, immaculate, and indefectible, reserved Heaven for us, who are kept by the Power of God, through Faith unto Salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Oh! How adorable is thy Wisdom and Goodness, O God! How Great the Mystery of the Gospel! R. The Mystery of Godliness, God manifest in the Flesh, testified and justified by the Spirit, beholded and admired by the Angels, preached unto Gentiles, believed on in the World, and received up into Glory! The Mystery of Christ, which was hide from Ages, and from Generations, but in due time made manifest to his Saints! R. To whom he was pleased to make known the Riches of the Glory of this Mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in us the Hope of Glory: Who, being in the form of God, would not appear as God, but abased himself, taking the form of a Servant, made into the likeness of Men, and in appearance found as Man, humbled himself, being made obedient to Death, even the Death of the across. R. For which God hath exalted him, and given him a Name above all Names, that at the Name of JESUS every Knee bow, of celestial, Terrestrial, and Subterrestrial things, and every Tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the Glory of God the Father. And therefore with Angels and archangels, and all the Holy and Blessed Orders and Hosts of Heaven, We adore, worship and glorify Thee, and Laud and magnify thy Glorious Name, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and Earth are full of thy Glory: Glory be to Thee, O Lord, Most High. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive Glory and Honour, and Power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy Pleasure they are and were Created. R. Worthy is the Lamb, that was slain, to receive Power, and Riches, and Wisdom, and Strength, and Honour, and Glory, and Blessing: For thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us unto Go by thy Blood out of every Kindred, and Tongue, and People, and Nation. R. Blessing, Honour, Glory and Power, be unto him that sitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Blessed be thou, Almighty, most Glorious, and most Gracious God, our Heavenly Father, who of thy tender Mercy didst give thy only Son, Jesus Christ, to suffer Death upon the across for our Redemption; Who made there, by his own Oblation of himself once offered, and Full, Perfect, and Sufficient Sacrifice, Oblation and Satisfaction for the Sins of the whole World; and did institutue, and in his Holy Gospel command us to continue, and celebrate a Perpetual Memorial of that his precious Death and Sacrifice, until his Coming again; And for that purpose in the same Night, wherein he was betrayed, took Bread into his Holy and Immaculate Hands, and looking up to Heaven, to Thee, his God and Father, gave Thanks, Blessed and Sanctified it; And broke it, and gave it to his Disciples, saying, This is the Mystery of the New Testament; Take, Eat, This is my Body, which is given for you, Do this in Remembrance of Me! Likewise, after Supper he took the Chalice of Wine, mixed with Water, and looking up to Heaven, to Thee his God and Father, gave Thanks, blessed sanctified it; And gave it to them, saying, Drink ye All of This; for This is my Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you, and for many, for the Remission of Sins: Do this, as often as ye shall drink it, in Commemoration of Me. Wherefore, O Lord, Holy Father, We thy humble Servants, according to his Holy Institution with these thy Holy Gifts, Commemorating that his bitter, but most precious Death and Passion, and solemnly Representing the same before thy Divine Majesty, as the great, most Holy, and Only Propitiation for all our Sins, and the Sins of the whole World; and being mindful also of his Powerful Resurrection, Glorious Ascension into Heaven, and Blessed Session at thy right Hand to intercede for us, till he shall come again with great Power and Glory to judge both the Living and the Dead, and to distribute to every one according to their Works done in the Flesh; do offer unto thee, by him this Pure and Immaculate Offering, with our most humble Adoration, highest Praises, and most hearty Thanks, for thy inestimable Clemency, Goodness and Benignity to us therein; and thereby demonstrated to Men and Angels: and most humbly and earnestly by Supplicate and Beseech thee, that this our Unbloody, Reasonable, and Spiritual Sacrifice may be acceptable and well Pleasing unto thee, most Mighty God, by our Anointed Jesus, who gave himself for us, an Offering, and a Sacrifice to thee, for a sweet smelling Savour; that thou will be pleased graciously to behold the same, and look upon this Token and Memorial of the Covenant, from thy Glorious Throne in Heaven, and be Propitious to us, and to thy whole Holy catholic Church, in the free, and full Pardon of all our Sins, in a Liberal and Bountiful Collation of thy Rick Treasure of the Inestimable Graces of thy Holy Spirit upon us, and in a gracious Audience of the Prayers, and Acceptance of the Thanksgivings, which we here offer unto thee: and sand down thy Holy Spirit upon these Proposited Elements, to sanctify and Bless them, that to us who partake thereof, this Bread may be made the Precious Body of thy Christ, and this Wine the Precious Blood of thy Christ, to the Remission of all our Sins, and to the mighty Confirmation of us in all Grace, and Virtue, and to Eternal Life. And we render also unto thee our most hearty Thanks and Praise for the Blessed Effects of this Holy Propitiation in the Riches of thy Grace communicated to All thy Saints, whom thou hast already translated out of this State of Mortality, and received into Mansions of Bliss in the celestial Regions, from the Beginning of the World to this day; All the Holy patriarches, Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, and Saints, and particularly and especially the ever Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of thy Son, our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, in whom he assumed our human Nature, which he first Sacrificed on the across, and after exalted into Heaven, as the First Fruits thereof, and a Divine Magnet to attract us all to Him;[ And particularly also S. N. whose Memory is this day Celebrated in thy Holy Church,] Humbly beseeching thee that we may have Communion, Part, and Society with them, and like Grace to follow the Examples of their steadfastness in thy Faith, Obedience to thy Commandments, and Observance of his Holy Counsels. And we humbly beseech thee, for our Relations and Friends, who are gone before us with Sign of Faith, to grant to them, and to All departed in Christ, tho' in some State of Sin or Imperfection, Pardon of all their Sins, Place of Refreshment, Light and Peace, and Part in the First Resurrection. [ And particularly,] &c. For the whole catholic Church, and the whole Race of Mankind, to behold with Mercy and Pity all our Misery and Sufferings, through the Envy, Malice, and subtlety of those Rebels against thee, the Apostate Spirits of the Kingdom of Darkness: to behold the great havoc they have made, and Confusions they have wrought in the World, and even in thy Church, and among thy People, who are called by thy Name: And let all our Sufferings be united to the Sufferings of our Saviour, and being Sanctified by them, be accepted by thee; and all the Malice and Mischiefs of those thine and our inveterate Enemies be computed, to the filling up of their Measure, that they may be cast out, and the Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour thy Son be set up in full Power and Glory throughout the whole World. R. How long, O Lord, Holy and True, dost thou not judge and avenge the Sufferings of thy poor Creatures, upon those Spiritual Wickednesses, thine and our Enemies, who vex us with their wil●ss? O Lord, preserve, raise, govern and restore thy Universal Church to its primitive Purity, Holiness, Unity, Zeal, and Fruitfulness in Good Works; and let the light of thy Countenance so shine upon it, that from thence it may be reflected into the Eyes and Hearts of all those who sit in Darkness, that so they may be brought out of their Darkness into Thy Light, unto Thee the God of Light and Life. For all Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and Ministers of thy Church; that they all may be faithful, industrious, and profitable Servants to thee in their several Place. For all Christian Kings, Governours and Officers, that they also may be faithful, industrious and profitable Servants to thee in Their several Places, that we may all led quiet and peaceable Lives in all Godliness and Honesty. For all thy People, that they may be well instructed, rightly understand, and be mindful of their Baptismal Covenant, and their Great Business in this present transitory incertain State of Mortality, and apply themselves unto it accordingly. For all specially Devoted unto thee, and to thy Service in any Religious State of Celibacy, ꝯtinence or Chastity; that being cleansed from all Defilement of Flesh and Spirit, they may be perfected in Holiness through the Fear of God. For all whose Hearts are with us, who desire to be remembered in our Prayers, and temember us in theirs, tho' absent in Body, by reason of any just Impediment, to remember and be Gracious to them, supply their Corporeal Absence from us, by the Presence of thy Spirit with them, and make them Partakers with us of all the Benefits of this Holy Sacrifice. For all our Benefactors; to remember and be gracious to them, renumerate them with Heavenly Gifts; give to them at present an Hundredfold, and hereafter Life Everlasting; for temporal Eternal things, and for Earthly celestial. For all in any kind of Affliction; of Mind or of Body; for thy Name, or by thy Discipline or Providence; to preserve and support them, sanctify and make all profitable and advantageous to them; and rescue and deliver them in thy good time. For those who are Astray in the By-ways of Heresy, Error or Schism; to reclaim and reduce them; and this Nation in particular, to sand forth a Powerful and Prevalent Spirit of Reformation amongst us, and stir up the Hearts and Spirits of thy Faithful Servants to be courageous, resolute and industrious for the Promotion thereof, strengthen them thereunto, bless them therein, and cause the False Prophets and Foul Cranmerian Spirit to depart out of the Land. For those, who are without in Darkness, Ignorance or Error; to grant them the Light of thy Truth, and bring them in. For our Enemies, and all who injure, hurt, or hate us, or bear us any Evil Will; to pardon their Sins; for they know not what they do; restrain their Malice, and turn their Hearts to Peace and Amity with us. For Salubrity of the Air, Seasonable Weather and Fertility of the Earth, and a continual due Sense of thy abundant Goodness in all things. And these things, O most Gracious and Bountiful Lord, and what ever else in thy Infinite Wisdom thou seest any way requisite or necessary for us, or for any whom we have or ought to have prayed for, we humbly beg and Implore through this Holy Propitiation now commemorated before thee, in the Name, and for the Sake and Merits of thy dearly Beloved Son, our Blessed Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus, who hath commanded and encouraged us, when we pray, to say unto Thee, Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. Pr. Peace be unto you all. Pp. And to thy Spirit. Pr. Let us bow our Heads to our Lord. Pp. To thee, O Lord. Pr. To thee, O Lord, We, who are thy Servants, bow our Heads[ and Knees, and Hearts] before thy Holy Altar, expecting from thee thy Rich and Abundant Mercy, Grace, and Blessing: sand it down, O Lord, upon us, and sanctify our Souls, and Bodies, and Spirits, that we may be duly qualified to be Communicants and Partakers of thy Holy Mysteries, to the Remission of all our Sins, the Increase of all Grace, the Resurrection of our Bodies, and to Life Eternal. For We do not presume to approach unto thy Holy Mysteries, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own Righteousness, but in thy manifold and great Mercies. We are not Worthy so much as to gather up the Crumbs under Thy Table: But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have Mercy: Grant us therefore, Gracious Lord, so to eat the Flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his Blood, that our Bodies and Souls being cleansed, and our Sins pardonned, through his most precious Blood, we may enjoy thy Favour, be filled with thy Spirit, and evermore dwell in Him, and he in us. Post Communion. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all Spiritual Blessings in Heavenly things through Christ. Glory be to God, who hath Sanctiffed, and doth sanctify us all. Be thou exalted above the Heavens, and thy Glory over all the Earth; and may Thy Kingdom remain for ever and ever. For thy Mercy is enlarged beyond the Heavens, and thy Faithfulness beyond the Clouds. Fill our Mouths, O Lord, with thy Praise, and our Lips with Joy, that we may praise thy Glory, and thy Magnificence all the day. O how plentiful is thy Goodness, which thou hast laid up for them, who fear thee; and which thou hast prepared for them, who put their Trust in thee, even before the Sons of Men! We give Thanks to thee, O Christ, our Lord, because thou hast condescended that we should be Partakers of thy Body and Blood, to the Remission of Sins, and to Life Eternal. We give Thanks to Thee, O Lord, our God, for our Participation of the Pure, Holy, and Heavenly Mysteries, which thou hast given us for our Benefit and Sanctification, and for the Health of our Souls and Bodies. Be pleased, O Lord, that it may be all effectually wrought in us, to thy own Glory and Service, and our great Growth in all Grace here, and Everlasting Happiness hereafter, through our Lord Jesus Christ; By whom all Good is communicated to us, and by whom be all Glory to thee for ever and ever. Amen. Glory be to God on high, &c. HYMN I. RISE, O my Soul, with thy Desires to Heaven, And with Divinest Contemplation use Thy Time, where Time's Eternity is given, And let vain Thoughts, no more thy Thoughts abuse, But down in silent Darkness let them lye: So live thy better, let thy worse Thoughts Die. And thou, my Soul, inspired with Holy flamme, View, and Review with most regardful Eye That Holy across, whence thy Salvation came, On which thy Saviour, and thy Sin did Die: For in that Sacred Object is much Pleasure; And in that Saviour is my Joy, my Treasure. To Thee, O JESU, I direct mine Eyes, To Thee my Hands, to thee my Humble Knees, To Thee my Heart shall offer Sacrifice, To Thee my Thoughts, who my Thoughts only sees; To Thee my Life, myself, and all I give, To Thee I die, to Thee alone I live. O Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord most High, Corqual, Coeternal DEITY, Who mad'st us, didst redeem, and dost Inspire Our Souls fallen Heat with new celestial Fire; We Bless thee now, and shall eternally, O Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord most High. HYMN II. O taste, O taste, O taste and see, How good, how sweet, thy Lords to thee. Blessed, O Blessed is the Man, That firmly holds his Trust in Him: O Fear the Lord all ye his Saints, For they who Fear him nothing want. The lions lack, and Hunger bear, But nought want they who do Him Fear: The lions lack, and pine for Food; But who fear Him can want no Good. O Fear the Lord, &c. HYMN III. TO God, who did create the World's great Frame; To God, by whom lost Man's Redemption came; To God, who Graces sends, God the Holy Ghost; We now give Praise with all the Heavenly Host. Thy early Praises i'th' Beginning were, When all the Morning Stars made up the choir; Thee, all thy Works, Angels and Men adore, As we do now, and shall do evermore. All Glory to the Majesty on high, The ever Blessed Blessing Trinity. As in th' Beginning was, in now, shall be, When Time shall pass into Eternity. FINIS.