HonSon : Vi]ttt\lv Brothers antr f ritmrs anO langtatiers. CJje Contents of rt>i£ iSoofc- INTRODUCTION TO THIS EDITION. J. The Preface. 2. Concerning the Service of the Church. 3. Concerning Ceremonies, why seme be abolished, and some retained. 4. The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read. 5. The Order how the rest of the holy Scripture is appointed to be read. 6. A Table of Proper Lessons and Psalms. 7. The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. 8. Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Pasts through the whole Year. 9. The Order for Morning Prayer. J.O. The Order for Evening Prayer. 11. The Creed of St. Athanasius. 12. The Litany. 13. Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several occasions. 14. The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, to be used at the Ministration of the holy Co mm union, throughout the Year. 15. The Order of the Ministration of the holy Communion. 16. The Order of Baptism both Pubhck and Private. 17. The Order of Baptism for those of Riper Years. 18. The Catechism. 19. The Order of Confirmation. 20. The Porm of Solemnization of Matrimony. 21. The Order for the Visitation of the Sick, and the Communion of the Sick. 22. The Order for the Burial of the Dead. 23. The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth. 24. A Commmation, or denouncing of God's anger and judgements against sinners. 25. Tne Psalter. 26. Articles of Religion. NOTES TO THIS EDITION. ti$t of 3Hu£tration£- DESIGNED BY Illuminated Title, Book of Common Prayer Ditto Morning Prayer Ditto Evening Prayer Ditto The Litany Ditto Prayers and Thanksgivings Ditto Collects,Gospels, and Epistles Christ's Entry into Jerusalem St. John in the Wilderness Christmas Day — The Nativity Stoning of St. Stephen St. John Evangelist Flight into Egypt Adoration of the Magi Infant Jesus in the Temple Christ Healing the Blind Mary Magdalen Judas Receiving the Money The Last Supper Christ Before Pilate Good Friday — Christ Bearing the The Crucifixion The Entombment Easter Day — The Resurrection The Good Shepherd . The Ascension .... Day of Pentecost Miraculous Draught of Fishes The Widow's Son of Nain The Tribute Money The Raising of Jairus' Daughter St. Andrew .... St. Thomas's Incredulity St. Paul Conversion of St. Paul' . Presentation in the Temple Annunciation of the Virgin . St. Mark St. Peter Owen Jones PAGE Frontispiece to face page 1 ,. 16 St. Bartholomew St. Matthew St. Michael St. Luke St. Simon and St. Jude Illuminated Title, Holy Communio The Holy Communion Public Baptism .... Matrimony Burial of the Dead Illuminated Title, The Psalms A.ng. da Fiesole Overbeck Raphael Raphael Raphael Ang. da Fiesole Raphael Overbeck Poussin Raphael Ang. da Fiesole Raphael Overbeck Raphael Raphael Raphael Raphael Overbeck Raphael Raphael Raphael Overbeck Naeke Overbeck Raphael Raphael Raphael Raphael Fra Bartolomeo Raphael Fra Bartolomeo Raphael Raphael Raphael Raphael Overbeck Raphael Owen Jones John C. Horsley Henry Warren John C. Horsley John C. Horsley Owen Jones The historical subjects are carefully drawn from the originals, by George Scharf, Jun., under the superintendence of Lewis Gruner The Vignettes, Initials, Borders, and Ornaments, are designed by Owen Jones, Architect. jmmmirnon HE history of Public or Common Prayer is the history of Beligion. That which most binds (religat) men together as fellow-creatures before their Creator, is the worship which they offer in common to Him. But that which many offer together must be a pre-arranged form. Hence, especially among the chosen people of God, forms of worship and prayer may be traced to the earliest times. Private prayer may be the extemporaneous outpouring of the individual heart, according to the occasion. Public prayer, to be used in com- mon, must be in set words, known and acknowledged beforehand. Fixed ceremonies, as sacrifices and the like, preceded fixed prayer; but this, the spiritual sacrifice, required also to be embodied in form, and hence arose the Jewish Liturgies. Their books of common prayer, says Hooker, contained partly hymns taken out of the Holy Scripture, partly benedictions, thanksgivings, supplications, penned by such as have been from time to time the governors of that synagogue. These they sorted into their several times and places, — some to begin the services of God with and some to end, some to go before and some to follow, and some to be interleaved between the divine readings of the Law and the Prophets. The very speech where- with the Priests were charged to bless the people was ordained of God. If public worship be a strong bond among all men, how much more binding between those who, born again into the Church of Christ, are made one with Him, and every one members one of another ! Thus, in compassion for our wants, our Blessed Lord instituted sacramental cere- monies and a set form of prayer, promising a more especial presence in these acts of common service. He instituted the Liturgy of the Lord's Supper by outward forms, thanksgiving, and psalms. He gave an outward form and set order of words for Holy Baptism. He bade His disciples, when they prayed, to use a fixed form of prayer, the petitions of which, for the chief part, He collected out of the Jewish Liturgy. His Apostles retained these INTRODUCTION. observances, baptizing, communicating, praying, after the pattern winch Christ had set them. The early Church followed in the Apostles' doc- trine and fellowship, in breaking of bread and in prayer: St. Paul abounds in references which shew that the forms of public worship insti- tuted by our Blessed Lord were regularly observed. The earliest writings of the Fathers throughout take the same for granted. But though the earliest Liturgy must have been one and the same in all places, it was pro- bably not committed to writing, but preserved uniform by memory and practice. The great act of common Christian worship was of course the Eucharist, and to the celebration of this act of Holy Communion the name of " Liturgy" was appropriated. The early Christian Church knew of no act of common worship, unaccompanied by this sacrament. When, in course of time, dioceses and patriarchates were generally established, while the essential parts of the Liturgy still remained intact and the same, various additions were made by the several bishops and metropo- litans for the use of their own sees. While a substantial uniformity was preserved, prayers, thanksgivings, commemorations, psalms, portions of Holy Scripture were added, changed, or transposed, according to the requirements and circumstances of the different bishoprics ; each Church, however, constantly holding to its own, while maintaining and allowing the right to each to add, alter, and improve. Hence the variations in those ancient Liturgies that have come down to our times. Such are those which bear the names of St. James, St. Mark, Chrysostom, Basil, Clement, Cyril, Gregory, &c. ; of these, the copies of some vary, and most contain avowed interpolations and additions of later times ; but they all retain the undoubted essentials of Apostolical and Primitive Liturgies, and all seem resolvable into four earlier types, which according to the countries in which they prevailed, have been designated the Oriental, the Alexandrian, the Boman, and the Gallican. It seems probable that the most ancient British Liturgy followed the Gallican order, but when Augustine and his followers in the sixth and seventh centuries seasonably intruded upon the Anglo-Saxon Church, they introduced the Roman sacramentary of Gregory, which thenceforth univer- sally prevailed. The English bishops, however, using the same liberty as their earliest predecessors had used, soon made variations and adaptations suited to their several churches ; and in process of time different customs arose, some of which became so established as to receive the name of the L j I NTRODUCTION. Church in which they were originated or confirmed. Hence the " great diversity" of liturgical services, or "uses," mentioned in the introduction to the Book of Common Prayer, and to remove which was one object of that reformed book. So that, while previous to the Reformation " some followed Salisbury use, some Hereford use, and some the use of Bangor, some of York, some of Lincoln, now from henceforth all the realm shall have but one use." Though these "uses" differed but little one from another, the use of Sarum or Salisbury most generally prevailed. When, however, in the sixteenth century, the Church of England began to reclaim its lost rights and to shake off the baneful domination of foreign power, among its other returns to primitive and apostolic doctrine and worship was the reformation of its existing Liturgy. To reduce the varied uses to one uniform pattern, to restore the services to a tongue understood of the people, to lop off cumbrous ceremonies, to re- move modern and superstitious insertions, and at the same time to pre- serve the essential features of the Liturgies of the Church Universal, was one most reasonable and laudable object of those bishops and doctors who favoured the general reformation of the English Church. Their work was less to compose than to compile and to purify ; and where alterations of the received Liturgy were necessary, they resorted in almost all cases to the storehouses of the Gallican, Spanish, Alexandrian, Oriental, and other Liturgies, which offered ample materials wherewith to fill up the proper measure of the offices. The first office published by the committee of bishops and other learned divines, commissioned to revise the Liturgy in the reign of King Edward VI., was " the Order of the Communion," briefly and hastily put forth in the year 1548. In the following year, 1549, appeared " the Book of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, after the use of the Church of England," in which was comprised an enlarged and altered office for the Holy Communion. This is known as the First Book of King Edward, and was set forth " by the common agreement and full assent both of the Parliament and the Convocations of the provinces of Canterbury and York" in the year 1549. In this book the ancient daily services were reduced to two, Mattins, or Morning ' Prayer, being made up chiefly of the old Mattins, Lauds, and Prime ; and Evensong, in like manner, of Vesper and Compline; the other offices being for the most formed on the vii INTRODUCTION. corresponding portions of the ancient English Liturgies, compared with other uses of the eastern and western Churches. Some exceptions having been taken to this book, a revision was ordered, and Martin Bucer and Peter Martyr, foreign Protestants, w T ere called in by Archbishop Cranmer to assist in the proposed review. Though most of the alterations at this time made have since been recognised by the English Church, the Anti- Roman feeling of the foreign reformers, moderated though it was by the English divines, led them to make other changes so offensive as to have been subsequently repudiated by our Church. This Second Book of King Edward VI. was published in 1552. On the accession of Queen Mary both the acts authorising these books, were repealed, but on Queen Elizabeth's accession the act of repeal was reversed, and a new commis- sion of divines was appointed to review the two books of King Edward, with the object of removing the several objections urged against each. After some discussion the Second Book of King Edward was made the basis of the new edition, and, with a most important addition and omission in the office of the Holy Communion, was mainly adopted. This, which is commonly known as Queen Elizabeth's Book, was put forth in 1559. In this state the Liturgy continued unaltered till the accession of Kinw James L, when the Puritans petitioned for a revision, on the score of alleged errors and abuses. A conference was accordingly appointed at Hampton Court, the King himself presiding, and a select number of bishops and divines on the one part, and of Puritan objectors on the other, argued the matters in dispute. The demands, however, of the dissenters were so various and unreasonable, and their objections so completely answered, that no alterations were allowed, except such as the bishops themselves willingly suggested or approved. These were after- wards sanctioned by the Sovereign, and published in the revised edition, called King James's Book, in the year 1604. During the reign of King Charles I., the Scotch Common Prayer Book was arranged by Archbishop Laud, on the model of the English book, with some differences, for the use of the Church of Scotland ; but the English Liturgy remained unaltered. It was proscribed by civil tyranny during the Usurpation, and when, on the recovery of the Church's liberties at the restoration of King Charles II., it came again into public use, another revision of it was demanded by the Presbyterian ministers, who had found the regard of the people for their Liturgy one of the viii INTRODUCTION. greatest obstacles in the furtherance of their own views. A commission was therefore issued to twelve bishops of the Church, and twelve ministers who favoured the Presbyterian cause, with nine assistants on each side, to meet at the Savoy, to hear and answer reasonable objections. The king's commission ran " to compare the Common Prayer Book with the most ancient Liturgies that had been used in the Church in the most primitive and purest times; and to avoid as much as possible, all unnecessary alterations of the Forms and liturgy, wherewith the people were alto- gether acquainted, and had so long received in the Church of England." But the Presbyterians were little prepared for so fair and moderate a course, and heaping up all the answered scruples of the Puritans, and adding other and contradictory ones of their own, and even proposing an entirely new service, without any regard to the existing Liturgy of the Church of England, or of the primitive Liturgies from which it sprung; the conference broke up without anything done, except some suggestions from the bishops, which were afterwards incorporated in the edition of 1662. This was the last revision, and the Book of Common Prayer was then ordered as it now stands. It was unanimously subscribed by both Houses of Convocation, of both provinces, on Friday, the 20th of December, 1661 ; and being brought to the House of Lords in the March following, both Houses very readily passed an act for its establishment, to which the King's assent was given; and the Lord Chancellor was ordered to return the thanks of the lords to the bishops and clergy of both provinces, for the great care and industry shewn in the review of it. This may be called, from the reign in which it was finally sanctioned, King Charles's Book. The chief successive alterations in the Book of Common Prayer, referred to in the notes to this edition, will be best understood by the following chronological order : — First Book of King Edward, ] 549.— Compiled from the ancient service-books of the Church of England, corrected and improved from the Gallican, Spanish, Alexandrian, and Oriental Liturgies. It commenced with the Lord's Prayer. Second Book of King Edward, 1552.— In the Morning and Even- ing Services :— the Introductory Sentences, the Exhortation, the General Confession, and the Absolution, prefixed to the Lord's Prayer; the 100th, the 98th, and the 67th Psalms added ; the responsive use of the last clause * INTRODUCTION. of the Lord's Prayer done away, and the clause added continuously to the prayer ; the blessing added at the end of the Litany. In the Communion ffi ce: — the Decalogue prefixed, the Exhortations altered and transposed, the words " militant here upon earth" added to the prayer "for the whole state of Christ's Church;" the Commendation of the Departed Faithful to God's mercy, altered ; the words of communication entirely changed ; the " Invocation of the Holy Ghost," in the consecration of the Eucharist, the prayer of Oblation, and the rubric that ordered water to be mixed with the wine, omitted, and a rubric added to explain the nature of Christ's presence in the Sacrament ; the use of oil in Baptism, and Unction of the Sick omitted ; with many other minor alterations, omissions, and additions. Book of Queen Elizabeth, 1559.— The deprecation "from the Bishop of Rome, and all his detestable enormities," in the Litany, omitted. At the end of the Litany a Prayer for the Queen, and another for the Clergy, added. In the Eucharist, the words of communication in the First Book of King Edward restored, and both sentences ordered as they now stand ; the rubric on Christ's presence omitted. Book of King James, 1604. — A particular intercession for the Royal Family appointed. Forms of Thanksgivings on several occasions added. The questions and answers on the Sacraments subjoined to the Catechism; and the Administration of Private Baptism confined to a "lawful minister." Book of King Charles, 1662.— The rubric on Christ's presence in the Eucharist in part restored. Several Lessons in the Calendar changed for others more proper for the days. The " prayers for particular occasions" disjoined from the Litany. The prayers to be used in the Ember- weeks, the prayer for the Parliaments, and that " for all conditions of men," and the " General Thanksgiving," added. Several of the Collects altered. The Epistles and Gospels taken out of the last translation of the Bible. The two Psalms prefixed to the Lesson in the Burial Service; and the " Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea," and the forms for the 5th of November, the 30th of January, and the 29th of May (as they originally stood), were added. Other additions, but which have not received the sanction of the Con- vocation, have from time to time been made, and the order for them has, in some cases, been renewed at the accession of each successive sovereign. Several other minor alterations, more or less indicating the spirit in which each revision was undertaken, are not here noticed. X Cfje preface* }• t hath been the wisdom of the Church of England, ever since the first compiling of her publick Liturgy, to keepthe mean between the two extremes, of too much stiffness in refusing, and of too much easiness in admitting any variation from it. For, as on the one side common experience sheweth, that where a change hath been made of things advisedly esta- blished (no evident necessity so requiring) sundry inconveniences have thereupon ensued ; and those many times more and greater than the evils, that were intended to be remedied by such change : So on the other side, the particular forms of Divine worship, and the Rites and Cere- monies appointed to be used therein, being things in their own nature indiffer- ent, and alterable, and so acknowledged ; it is but reasonable, that upon weighty and important considerations, according to the various exigency of times and occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein, as to those that are in place of Authority should from time to time seem either necessary or expedient. Accordingly we find, that in the reigns of several Princes of blessed memory since the Reformation, the Church, upon just and weighty consi- derations her thereunto moving, hath yielded to make such alterations in some particulars, as in their respective times were thought convenient: yet so, as that the main body and essentials of it (as well in the chiefest materials, as in the frame and order thereof) have still con- tinued the same unto this day, and do yet stand firm and unshaken, notwithstanding all the vain attempts and impetuous as- saults made against it, by such men as are given to change, and have always discovered a greater regard to their own private fancies and interests, than to that duty they owe to the publick. By what undue means, and for what mischievous purposes the use of the Liturgy (though enjoined by the laws of the land, and those laws never yet re- pealed) came, during the late unhappy confusions, to be discontinued, is too well known to the world, and we are not willing here to remember. But when, upon His Majesty's happy restoration, it seemed probable, that, amongst other tilings, the use of the Liturgy would also return of course (the same having never been legally abolished) unless some timely means were used to prevent it ; those men who under the late usurped powers had made it a great part of their business to render the people disaffected thereunto, saw themselves in point of reputation and interest concerned (unless they would freely acknowledge themselves to have erred, which such men are very hardly brought to do) with their utmost endeavours to hinder the restitution thereof. In order whereunto divers pamphlets were published against the Book of Common Prayer, the old ob- jections mustered up, with the addition of some new ones, more than formerly had been made, to make the number swell. In fine, great importunities were used to His Sacred Majesty, that the said Book might be revised, and such altera- tions therein, and additions thereunto made, as should be thought requisite for the ease of tender consciences : where- unto His Majesty, out of his pious in- clination to give satisfaction (so far as could be reasonably expected) to all his subjects of what persuasion soever, did graciously condescend. In which review we have endeavoured to observe the like moderation, as we find to have been used in the like case in former times. And therefore of the sundry alterations proposed unto us, we have rejected all such as were either of dangerous consequence (as secretly strik- ing at some established doctrine, or laud- able practice of the Church of England, xi b THE PREFACE. or indeed of the whole Catholick Church of Christ) or else of no consequence at all, hut utterly frivolous and vain. But such alterations as were tendered to us (hy what persons, under what pretences, or to what purpose soever tendered) as seemed to us in any degree requisite or expedient, we have willingly, and of our own accord assented unto : not enforced so to do by any strength of argument, convincing us of the necessity of making the said alterations : for we are fully per- suaded in our judgements (and we here profess it to the world) that the Book, as it stood before established by law, doth not contain in it any thing contrary to the Word of God, or to sound doctrine, or which a godly man may not with a good conscience use and submit unto, or which is not fairly defensible against any that shall oppose the same ; if it shall be allowed such just and favourable con- struction as in common equity ought to he allowed to all human writings, espe- cially such as are set forth by authority, and even to the very best translations of the holy Scripture itself. Our general aim. therefore in this un- dertaking was, not to gratify this or that party in any their unreasonable demands; hut to do that, which to our best under- standings we conceived might most tend to the preservation of peace and unity in the Church; the procuring of reverence, and exciting of piety and devotion in the publick worship of God ; and the cutting off occasion from them that seek occa- sion of cavil or quarrel against the Li- turgy of the Church. And as to the several variations from the former Book, whether by alteration, addition, or other- wise, it shall suffice to give this general account, That most of the alterations were made, either first, for the better direction of them that are to officiate in any part of Divine Service; which is chiefly done in the Calendars and Ru- biicks : Or secondly, for the more proper expressing of some words or phrases of ancient usage in terms more suitable to the language of the present times, and the clearer explanation of some other words and phrases, that were either of doubtful signification, or otherwise liable to misconstruction: Or thirdly, for a more perfect rendering of such portions of holy Scripture, as are inserted into the Liturgy ; which, in the Epistles and Gos- pels especially, and in sundry other places, are now ordered to be read according to the last Translation: and that it was thought convenient, that some Prayers and Thanksgivings, fitted to special oc- casions, should be added in their due places ; particularly for those at Sea, to- gether with an office for the Baptism of such as are of Riper Years : which, al- though not so necessary when the former Book was compiled, yet by the growth of Anabaptism, through the licentiousness of the late times crept in amongst us, is now become necessary, and maybe always useful for the baptizing of natives in our plantations, and others converted to the faith. If any man, who shall desire a more particular account of the several alterations in any part of the Liturgy, shall take the pains to compare the pre- sent Book with the former ; we doubt not but the reason of the change may easily appear. And having thus endeavoured to dis- charge our duties in this weighty affair, as in the sight of God, and to approve our sincerity therein (so far as lay in us) to the consciences of all men ; although we know it impossible (in such variety of apprehensions, humours, and interests, as are in the world) to please all ; nor can expect that men of factious, peevish, and perverse spirits should be satisfied with any thing that can be done in this kind by any other than themselves : yet we have good hope, that what is here presented, and hath been by the Convocations of both Provinces with great diligence exa- mined and approved, will be also well accepted and approved by all sober, peace- able, and truly conscientious sons of the Church of England. xii SERVICE OF THE CHURCH. ©oncerm'ng tije %zxbkz of fte <2Df)ttrci). was never any thing by the wit of man so well devised, or so sure esta- blished, which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted : as, among other things, it may plainly appear by the Com- mon Prayers in the Church, commonly called Divine Service. The first original and ground whereof if a man would search out by the ancient Fathers, he shall find, that the same was not ordained but of a good purpose, and for a great advance- ment of godliness. For they so ordered the matter, that all the whole Bible (or the greatest part thereof) should be read over once every year ; intending thereby, that the Clergy, and especially such as were Ministers in the congregation, should (by often reading, and meditation in God's word) be stirred up to godliness themselves, and be more able to exhort others by wholesome doctrine, and to confute them that were adversaries to the truth ; and further, that the people (by daily hearing of 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 these many years passed, this godly and decent order of the ancient Fathers hath been so altered, broken, and neglected, by planting in uncertain stories, and legends, with multitude of responds, verses, vain repetitions, com- memorations, and synodals ; that com- monly when any book of the Bible was begun, after three or four chapters were read out, all the rest were unread. And in this sort the book of Isaiah was begun in Advent, and the book of Genesis in Septuagesima ; but they were only begun, and never read through: after like sort were other books of holy Scripture used. And moreover, whereas St. Paul would have such language spoken to the people in the Church, as they might understand, and have profit by hearing the same ; the service in this Church of England these many years hath been read in Latin to the people, which they understand not; so that they have heard with their ears only, and their heart, spirit, and mind, have not been edified thereby. And fur- thermore, notwithstanding that the an- cient Fathers have divided the Psalms into seven portions, whereof every one was called a Nocturn : now of late time a few of them have been daily said, and the rest utterly omitted. Moreover, the number and hardness of the rules called the Pie, and the manifold changings of the service, was the cause, that to turn the book only was so hard and intricate a matter, that many times there was more business to find out what should be read, than to read it when it was found out These inconveniences therefore consi- dered, here is set forth such an order, whereby the same shall be redressed. And for a readiness in this matter, here is drawn out a Calendar for that purpose, which is plain and easy to be understood ; wherein (so much as maybe) the reading of holy Scripture is so set forth, that all things shall be done in order, without breaking one piece from another. For this cause be cut off Anthems, Responds, Invitatories, and such like things as did break the continual course of the reading of the Scripture. Yet, because there is no remedy, but that of necessity there must be some Pules; therefore certain Rules are here set forth ; which, as they are few in num- ber, so they are plain and easy to be understood. So that here you have an Order for Prayer, and for the reading of the holy Scripture, much agreeable to the mind and purpose of the old Fathers, and a great deal more profitable and commo- dious, than that which of late was used. It is more profitable, because here are left out many things, whereof some are xiii OF CEREMONIES. untrue, some uncertain, some vain and superstitious ; and nothing is ordained to be read, but the very pure Word of God, the holy Scriptures, or that which is agreeable to the same ; and that in such a language and order as is most easy and plain for the understanding both of the readers and hearers. It is also more commodious, both for the shortness there- of, and for the plainness of the order, and for that the rales be few and easy. And whereas heretofore there hath been great diversity in saying and singing in Churches within this Realm ; some fol- lowing Salisbury use, some Hereford use, and some the use of Bangor, some of York, some of Lincoln ; now from hence- forth all the whole Realm shall have but one use. And forasmuch as nothing can be so plainly set forth, but doubts may arise in the use and practice of the same ; to appease all such diversity (if any arise) and for the resolution of all doubts, con- cerning the manner how to understand, do, and execute, the things contained in this Book ; the parties that so doubt, or diversly take any thing, shall alway resort to the Bishop of the Diocese, who by his discretion shall take order for the quieting and appeasing of the same; so that the same order be not contrary to any thing contained in this Book. And if the Bishop of the Diocese be in doubt, then he may send for the resolution thereof to the Archbishop. 8 i)0UCjft it be appointed, that all things shall be read and sung in the Church in the English Tongue, to the end that the congregation may be thereby edified; yet it is not meant, but that when men say Morning and Evening Prayer privately, they may say the same in any language that they themselves do understand. And all Priests and Deacons are to say daily the Morning and Evening Prayer either privately or openly, not being let by sickness, or some other urgent cause. And the Curate that ministereth in every Parish-church or Chapel, being at home, and not being otherwise reasonably hin- dered, shall say the same in the Parish- church or Chapel where he ministereth, and shall cause a bell to be tolled there- unto a convenient time before he begin, that the people may come to hear God's Word, and to pray with him. C^f ertremomes, WS,f>v &amz U tfbalitytis, antf Same retametf. "M. such Ceremonies as be used in the Church, and have had their beginning by the institution of man, some at the first were of godly intent and purpose devised, and yet at length turned to vanity and su- perstition : some entered into the Church by indiscreet devotion, and such a zeal as was without knowledge ; and for because they were winked at in the beginning, they grew daily to more and more abuses, which not only for their unprofitableness, but also because they have much blinded the people, and obscured the glory of God, are worthy to be cut away, and clean rejected: other there be, which although they have been devised by man, yet it is thought good to reserve them still, as well for a decent order in the Church, (for the which they were first devised,) as because they pertain to edification, whereunto all things done in the Church (as the Apostle teacheth) ought to be referred. And although the keeping or omitting of a Ceremony, in itself considered, is but a' small thing ; yet the wilful and con- temptuous transgression and breaking of a common order and discipline is no small offence before God, " Let all things be done among you," saith St. Paul, " in a seemly and due order:" the appointment xiv OF CEREMONIES. of the which order pertaineth not to private men ; therefore no man ought to take in hand, nor presume to appoint or alter any publick or common order in Christ's Church, except he be lawfully called and authorized thereunto. And whereas in this our time, the minds of men are so diverse, that some think it a great matter of conscience to depart from a piece of the least of their Ceremonies, they be so addicted to their old customs ; and again on the other side, some be so new-fangled, that they would innovate all things, and so despise the old, that nothing can like them, but that is new : it was thought expedient, not so much to have respect how to please and satisfy either of these parties, as how to please God, and profit them both. And yet lest any man should be offended, whom good reason might satisfy, here be certain causes rendered, why some of the accustomed Ceremonies be put away, and some retained and kept still. Some are put away, because the great excess and multitude of them hath so increased in these latter days, that the burden of them was intolerable ; whereof St. Augustine in his time complained, that they were grown to such a number, that the estate of Christian people was in worse case concerning that matter, than were the Jews. And he counselled that such yoke and burden should be taken away, as time would serve quietly to do it But what would St. Augustine have said, if he had seen the Ceremonies of late days used among us ; whereunto the multitude used in his time was not to be compared? This our excessive mul- titude of Ceremonies was so great, and many of them so dark, that they did more confound and darken, than declare and set forth Christ's benefits unto us. And besides this, Christ's Gospel is not a Ce- remonial Law, (as much of Moses' Law was,) but it is a religion to serve God, not in bondage of the figure or shadow, but in the freedom of the Spirit; being content only with those Ceremonies which do serve to a decent order and godly dis- cipline, and such as be apt to stir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God, by some notable and special signification, whereby he might be edified. Furthermore, the most weighty cause of the abolishment of certain Cere- monies was, that they were so far abused, partly by the superstitious blindness of the rude and unlearned, and partly by the unsatiable avarice of such as sought more their own lucre, than the glory of God, that the abuses could not well be taken away, the thing remaining still. • But now as concerning those persons, which peradventure will be offended, for that some of the old Ceremonies are re- tained still: If they consider that without some Ceremonies it is not possible to keep any order, or quiet discipline in the Church, they shall easily perceive just cause to reform their judgements. And if they think much, that any of the old do remain, and would rather have all de- vised anew : then such men granting some Ceremonies convenient to be had, surely where the old may be well used, there they cannot reasonably reprove the old only for their age, without bewraying of their own folly. For in such a case they ought rather to have reverence unto them for their antiquity, if they will declare themselves to be more studious of unity and concord, than of innovations and new-fangleness, which (as much as may be with true setting forth of Christ's reli- gion) is always to be eschewed. Further- more, such shall have no just cause with the Ceremonies reserved to be offended. For as those be taken away which were most abused, and did burden men's con- sciences without any cause ; so the other that remain, are retained for a discipline and order, which (upon just causes) may be altered and changed, and therefore are not to be esteemed equal with God's law. And moreover, they be neither dark nor dumb Ceremonies, but are so set forth, that every man may understand what they do mean, and to what use they do XV OF CEREMONIES. serve. So that it is not like that they in time to come should be abused as other have been. And in these our doings we condemn no other nations, nor prescribe any thing but to our own people only: for we think it convenient that every country should use such Ceremonies as they shall think best to the setting forth of God's honour and glory, and to the reducing of the people to a most perfect and godly living, without error or super- stition ; and that they should put away other things, which from time to time they perceive to be most abused, as in men's ordinances it often chanceth di- versly in divers countries. 2Ti)e (faxtitx fjofo tije psalter ts appointed to bt rea&. Q~l)t Psalter shall be read through once every Month, as it is there appointed, both for Morning and Evening Prayer. But in February it shall be read only to the twenty- eighth, or twenty- ninth day of the month. And, whereas January, March, May, July, August, October, and December have one- and- thirty days apiece ; It is ordered, that the same Psalms shall be read the last day of the said months, which were read the day before : so that the Psalter may begin again the first day of the next month ensuing. And, whereas the 119th Psalm is di- vided into twenty-two portions, and is over-long to be read at one time ; It is so ordered, that at one time shall not be read above four or five of the said portions. And at the end of every Psalm, and of every such part of the 119th Psalm, shall be repeated this Hymn, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. Note, that the Psalter followeth the division of the Hebrews, and the trans- lation of the great English Bible, set forth and used in the time of King Henry the Eighth and Edward the Sixth. ®i)z <&xtm fjofo t&e rest of fjolg 2Ti)e Old Testament is appointed for the first Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer ; so as the most part thereof will be read every year once, as in the Ca- lendar is appointed. The New Testament is appointed for the second Lessons at Morning and Even- ing Prayer, and shall be read over or- derly every year thrice, besides the Epistles and Gospels; except the Apocalypse, out of which there are only certain Proper Lessons appointed upon divers Feasts. And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the day of the month in the Calendar following, and there ye shall find the chapters that shall be read for the Lessons both at Morning Scripture ts appoints to be reaU. and Evening Prayer; except only the Moveable Feasts, which are not in the Calendar, and the Immoveable, where there is a blank left in the column of Lessons, the Proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in the Table of Proper Lessons. And note, that whensoever Proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed; then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course appointed in the Psalter and Ca- lendar (if they be different) shall he omit- ted for that time. Note also, that the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, appointed for the Sunday shall serve all the week after, where it is not in this Book otherwise ordered. xvi proper Le&$on£ iCo 6c rratr at iiWorninn; an6 ISbening f rarer, on tfic .SuntiajJS, nntr otijer JtjoIp-ftaDS tfirougjout tjje ¥rar. t luteins) prfljjrr for gnwtraysi. Sundays of Advent. 1 2 3 4 Sundays after Chris/mas. 1 2 Sundays after the Epiphany. 1 2 3 4 Septuagesima. Sexagesima. Quinquagesima. LENT. Sunday 1 • 2 3 ■ 4 5 6 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Easier- Day. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Sundays after Easter. 1 2 3 lwaiiins. Evensong. Sundays after Malrtns. Easter. Isaiah 1 Isaiah 2 4 » 24 5 8 ft w „ 25 26 Sunday after „ 30 j» 32 Ascension- Day. ,, 12 Whit-Sunday. [to v. IS 1 Lesson. Deuter. 16 „ 37 5J 38 2 Lesson. Acts 10 v. „ 41 >> 43 Trinity Sunday. [34 1 Lesson. Genesis 1 2 Lesson. Matthew 3 „ 44 >> 46 Sundays after „ 51 >> 53 Trinity . „ 55 J» 56 1 Joshua 10 „ 57 )J 58 2 Judges 4 „ 59 >» 64 3 1 Samuel 2 „ , 65 >» 66 4 „ 12 Genesis 1 Genesis 2 5 „ 15 3 >> 6 6 2 Sam. 12 [v. 20 7 „ 21 „ 9 to >> 12 8 1 Kings 13 9 „ 18 [30 10 ,. 21 „ 19 to v. >> 22 11 2 Kings 5 „ 27 >» 34 12 „ 10 „ 39 >> 42 13 ■ „ 19 „ 43 )i 45 14 Jeremiah 5 Exodus 3 Exodus 5 15 „ 35 16 Ezekiel 2 9 »» 10 17 ■ 14 Matth. 26 Heb. 5 /'nv. 18 „ 20 [11 19 ■ Daniel 3 Exodus 12 Exodus 14 20 Joel 2 Romans 6 Acts 2 v. 22 21 Habak. 2 22 ■ Proverbs 2 23 11 Numh. 16 Numb. 22 24 ■ ■ „ 13 „ 23,24 25 25 15 Deuter. 4 Deuter. 5 26 • „ 17 Evevsovp. o Deuter. 7 9 » 13 Isaiah 11 Acts 19 to [v. 21 Genesis 18 1 J ohn 5 Joshua 23 Judges 1 Samuel 3 „ 13 „ 17 2 Sam. 19 „ 24 1 Kings 17 „ 19 22 2 Kings 9 „ 18 23 22 „ 36 Ezekiel 13 „ 18 H 24 Daniel 6 Micah 6 Proverbs 1 3 „ 12 „ 14 16 » 19 Jerei xvii PROPER LESSONS. % feetfatui proper lav ^aly-HaujS. St. Andrew. St. Thomas the Aposte. Nativity of Christ. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. St. Stephen. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. St. John. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Innocents' Day. Circumcision. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Epiphany. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Conversion of St. Pan'. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Pnrific. of the Virgin Mary. St. Matthias. Annunciation of our Lady. Wednesday be fore Easier. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Thursday before Easter. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Good Friday. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Easter-Even. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Mattins. Evensong. Monday in • Mattins. Prov. 20 Prov. 21 Easter- Week. 1 Lesson. liiXOUUS 10 liiXOdus 1/ „ 23 „ 24 2 Lesson. JVlattn. 28 ACtS o Tuesday in Easter- Week. Isaiah 9 to Isai. 7 v. 10 1 Lesson. k,xodus zU -EjXOMUS OZ [v. 8 [to\. 17 2 Lesson. .Luke z4' ro i .... i s 1 Uor. 10 Luke 2 /o Tit. 3 v. 4 to [v. 13 [v. 15 [v. 9 St. Mark. i^cclus. 4' Ecclus. 5 St. Philip and Prov. 28 Eccles. 4 St. James. » 9 Acts 6 v. 8 Acts7 v.30 1 Lesson. \_and ch. 7 \_to v. 55 2 Lesson. John 1 v. [, 13 E „ 22 G 8 „ 27 B „ 5 D „ 14 F „ 23 A 16 „ 28 C 18 „ 6 E 9 „ 15 G „ 24 B „ 29 D 7 „ 7 F 16 A „ 25 C This Table contains so much of the Calendar as is necessary for the determining of Easter ; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the Year in the First Column of the Table, against which stands the Day of the Paschal Full Moon ; then look in the Third Column for the Sunday Letter, next after the Day of the Full Moon, and the Day of the Month standing against that Sunday Letter is Easter-Day. If the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, then (according to the First Rule) the next Sunday after is Easter- Day. To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add 1 to the Year of our Lord, and then divide by 19; the Remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remaineth, then 19 is the Golden Number. To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the Year 1799 inclusive, add to the Year of our Lord its Fourth Part, omitting Fractions, and also the Number 1 : divide the Sum by 7 ; and if there is no Remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter: But if any Number remaineth, then the Letter standing against that Number in the small annexed Table is the Sunday Letter. A 1 G 2 F 3 E 4 D 5 C 6 B x\xm TABLES AND RULES. For the next Century, that is, from the Year 1800 till the Year 1899 inclusive, add to the current Year only its Fourth Part, and then divide by 7, and proceed as in the last Rule. Note, that in all Bissextile or Leap-Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter, from the intercalated Day exclusive to the End of the Year. Hti0th.£r QCnhlt ta fmtf CEns'tcr till t\)t i?car 1899 uultttftbc. Golden Numb. SUNDAY LETTERS. A B C D E F G I. April 16 April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 14 April 15 11. „ 9 >. 3 4 „ 5 „ 6 „ 7 » 8 III. Mar. 26 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 IV. April 16 April 17 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 V. H 2 „ 3 4 „ 5 „ Mar. 31 1 1 VI. „ 23 ,. 24 „ 25 „ 19 „ 20 April 21 m 22 VII. „ 9 m 10 „ 11 12 „ 13 14 „ 8 VIII. 2 „ 3 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 „ 1 IX. „ 16 „ 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21 „ 22 X. h 9 ,, io „ 11 „ 5 „ 6 „ 7 ., 8 : XL Mar. 26 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 Mar. 25 XII. April 16 April 17 April 18 April 19 April 13 April 14 Apr.l 15 XIII. „ 2 „ 3 4 „ 5 ., 6 ., 7 „ 8 XIV. Mar. 26 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 XV. April 16 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 XVI. .i 2 „ 3 » 4 5 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 „ 1 XVII. H '-3 „ 24 „ 18 „ 19 April 20 Apiil 21 „ 22 XVIII. „ 9 „ 10 ;, ii „ 12 „ 13 „ 7 » 8 XIX. ri 2 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 „ 1 To make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday Letter for the Year in the uppermost Line, and the Golden Number, or Prime, in the Column of Golden Numbers, and against the Prime, in the same Line under the Sunuay Letter, you have the Day of the Month on which Easter falleth that Year. But note, tliat tbe Name of the Moni.li is set on the Left Hand, or just with the Figure, and followeth not, hs in other Tables, by Descent, but Collateral. XW1V TABLES AND RULES. ACCORDING TO THE SEVERAL DAYS THAT EASTElt CAN l'OSSIBLY FALL UPON. ft 0> 60 (6 >-t i o as '< 00 ~a a -a - ^ -a a> a" '< as w a a f » re N Ml re 5 £ a su 3 to ^ a 3 o re a 3 oo V c o a <*? ^ S- V! O • a > O re » a o" 3 i OO a 5! a> t-f oo c H a m &. a - » a ^ S- » '-^ p: re a Mar. 22 „ 23 „ 24 „ 25 .. 26 „ 27 „ 28 „ 29 „ 30 „ 31 April 1 „ 2 „ 3 „ 4 h 5 „ 6 » 7 8 „ 9 „ 10 ., 11 ., 12 ., 13 ,. 14 „ 15 ., 16 .. 17 „ 18 ., 19 „ 20 „ 21 „ 22 ,. 23 „ 24 „ 25 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 Jan. 18 „ 19 ,, 20 „ 21 „ 22 „ 23 „ 24 „ 25 ,. 26 „ 27 „ 28 „ 29 „ 30 ., 31 Feb. 1 „ 2 „ 3 ,. 4 „ 5 M 6 >, 7 M 8 „ 9 „ 10 H 11 „ 12 „ 13 „ 14 „ 15 „ 16 „ 17 18 „ 19 „ 20 21 Feb. 4 >, 5 „ 6 .. 7 8 „ 9 „ io „ 11 „ 12 ,. 13 „ 14 ., 15 , 16 ., 17 ., 18 „ 19 „ 20 21 „ 22 „ 23 ,. 24 „ 25 „ 26 „ 27 » 28 Mar. 1 2 „ 3 j „ 4 . » 5 ! ., 6 | " : " i 9 ■ „ 10 : April 26 „ 27 „ 28 „ 29 „ 30 May 1 „ 2 >, 3 „ 4 „ 5 „ 6 „ 7 8 „ 9 „ 10 ., 11 „ 12 „ 13 „ 14 „ 15 „ 16 17 „ 18 „ 19 ,. 20 „ 21 22 „ 23 „ 24 25 „ 26 „ 27 „ 28 ., 29 „ 30 April 30 May 1 „ 2 „ 3 „ 4 h 5 „ 6 ,, 7 „ 8 „ 9 » io ,, 11 „ 12 „ 13 „ 14 „ 15 „ 16 >, 17 „ 18 „ 19 „ 20 „ 21 ., 22 „ 23 .. 24 „ 25 26 „ 27 „ 28 „ 29 „ 30 „ 31 June 1 2 » 3 May 10 „ 11 „ 12 ., 13 ., 14 „ 15 „ 16 ., 17 » 18 „ 19 „ 20 „ 21 „ 22 ., 23 „ 24 „ 25 „ 26 „ 27 „ 28 „ 29 » 30 „ 31 June 1 „ 2 » 3 » 4 5 „ 6 „ 7 n 8 „ 9 „ 10 „ 11 „ 12 „ 13 27 27 27 27 27 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 22 Nov. 29 „ 30 Dec. 1 „ 2 „ 3 Nov. 27 „ 28 „ 29 30 Dec. 1 „ 2 „ 3 Nov. 27 „ 28 „ 29 ., 30 Dec. 1 2 „ 3 Nov. 27 28 „ 29 „ 30 Dec. 1 „ 2 » 3 Nov. 27 „ 28 „ 29 „ 30 Dec. 1 „ 2 „ 3 Nov. 27 „ 28 1 Note, that in a Bissextile or Leap-Year, the Number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same, as if Easter-Day had fallen One Day later than it really does. And for the same Reason, One Day must, in every Leap- Year, be added to the Day of the Month given by the Table for Septuagesima Sunday : And the like must be done for the first Day of Lent (commonly called Ash Wednesday), unless the Table gives some Day in the Month of March for it; for in that Case, the Day given by the Table is the right Day. XXXV TABLES AND RULES. ACCURDIXG TO THE FOREGOING CALENDAR. The Year of our LORD. The Golden Number. The Epact. Sunday Letter. Sundays after Epiphany. Septuagesima Sunday. The First Day of Lent. W c-r- fD b 1 841 t> 92 — i E i Jan. 19 Fph 5 Ma>-ch 23 1 R4.fi 1 OtU 4 x 1 9 rj i > 4 Feb. 8 ,, jit) April 12 1 847 lot/ & o 14 n Q t> Jan 31 17 J! 1 ' 4 1 848 R V 91 o Feb. 20 1V1 ell L 11 O 23 1 R4Q 7 f a o VJ 4 M 4 TtVh 9 1 J? C U. — 1 8 18 >0 iO'JW ft O 1 7 i 1 F 9 Jan. 27 1 13 March 31 1811 Jowl Q 98 zo 1 Feb. 16 J.V1 dl u II o Anril 20 lOOi 1 u O V lip 4 )» 8 x eu. ^t) 1 1 )) 11 I Ot)t> 1 1 90 XK 1 1 9 Z Jan. 23 Q March 27 1 ft 14 lot)* 1 9 J Z 1 1 A K Feb. 12 lVldlCIl 1 Anril 16 11 11 11 117 lodO 1 3 1 o 1 9 4 >) 4 Vph 91 rcu. li 8 )> ° 1 Ot)0 1 4 1 TP 93 FR 1 Jan. 20 >1 ° March 93 i.»l Cl 1 U 1 1 >- f J loo/ 1 1 10 4 u 4, ■± Feb. 8 April 12 1 8 18 1 OOO 1 o 1 1 1 O n V> U V Jan. 31 17 4 1 ft 1Q 1 7 1 / 9fi zo i_> Feb. 20 IVldrCll i7 24 1 ft J o 7 /A VJ A 1' »» 5 T?„v> 99 8 )» ° 1 Q 18 lO ji 9 * Jan. 27 1 s March 31 1»X d 1 1 1 Ul i oOZ 1 1 u l j Feb. 16 1*1 d I L 11 tl Anril 90 i ft (1 o Z 1 1 1 1 ♦> o »» 1 "Roh 1 8 j? eu. 10 R 1 80* 9 99 r"R n L Jan 24 1 fl 11 1U Marnli 97 leoo 4 o o A Feb. 12 A/I •» »>rtli 1 ivi a l c n i A nr il 1 i» M ii j \j lot)!) 1 4 1* VJ Q O Jan. 28 RoVi 14 Jj ci). It i ! 1 ftM7 loo/ o 91 ZO 1? r Feb. 17 ividicn u 91 ,, /i ' 1 ft li ft 1 oOo 7 o 4? >> 9 TTpIi 9f! j: eu. zo 12 j» i** 1869 8 17 C 2 Jan. 24 „ 10 March 98 1870 9 28 B 5 J eb. 13 March 2 Anril 17 Xi 1)1 11 ± / 1871 10 9 A 4 5 Feb. 22 () 1872 11 20 GF 3 Jan. 28 „ 14 Marnli 31 ividl ull tl 1 1873 12 1 E 4 Feb. 9 „ 26 Anril 13 U. UI 11 1 tl 1874 13 12 D 3 >> 1 „ 18 )> ° 1875 14 23 C 2 Jan. 24 „ 10 March 98 1876 15 4 B.\ 5 Feb. 13 March 1 April 16 1877 16 15 G 3 Jan. 28 Feb. 14 1 1878 17 26 F 5 Feb. 17 March 6 „ 21 1879 18 7 E 4 )> 9 Feb. 26 „ 13 1880 19 18 DC 2 Jan. 25 11 March 28 1881 1 15 5 Feb. 13 March 2 April 17 1882 2 11 A 4 jt 5 Feb. 22 9 1883 3 22 G 2 Jan. 21 7 March 25 1884 4 3 FE 4 Feb. 10 „ 27 April 13 1885 1 5 14 D 3 ) J 1 „ 18 5 1 886 6 25 C 6 J) 21 March 10 „ 25 1887 7 6 B 4 J) 6 Feb. 23 „ 10 1888 8 17 AG 3 Jan. 29 „ 15 2 1889 9 28 F 6 Feb. 18 March 6 „ 22 1890 10 9 E 3 >> 2 Feb. 19 6 1891 11 20 D 2 Jan. 23 Feb. 1 1 March 29 1892 12 1 CB 5 Feb. 14 March 3 April 18 TABLES AND RULES. 9 Caile of fyt MabcrtU ^frasfeS for dforty--rtjjI)t $rar <* o o" i O o 3 3 i " P rf * '■•a 1845 April 27 May i May ii 97 z / 1> ov. 30 1846 Ma v 17 )» 21 j» 31 94. JJ 29 1847 jj 9 jj 13 j» 23 9 )) 28 1848 jj 28 June 1 June 11 9 1 ? — • > uec. 3 1849 >> 13 May 17 May 27 9 28 1853 jj 1 11 r a jj 15 9(1 ZO >» 27 1854 >» 21 ]* June 4 94. juec. 3 1855 »j 13 11 17 May 27 9^ >> 2 1856 A nril 27 11 1 )) 11 97 JN ov. 30 1857 A/1 a v 17 11 11 31 94 JJ 29 jj 9 11 13 11 23 9*i JJ 28 1859 j> 29 June o I June 12 99 JJ 27 1860 ) » 13 May 17 May 27 Uec. 2 1861 >» 5 it 9 i* 19 9ft ZO 1 1862 )) 25 ii 29 June 8 9'* JN ov. 30 1863 n 10 ii 14 May 24 9*1 j» 29 ± OUT a 1 J. it 5 15 9ft jj 27 1865 ii 21 ii 25 June 4 94 Dee. 3 1 Sfi6 ii ii 10 May 20 9ft ZD ?j 2 1867 ii 26 ii 30 June 9 9^ ZO jj 1 1868 ii 17 ii 21 May 31 94 Zt Nov. 29 ii A ii 6 jj 16 9ft ZO jj jj 28 1870 ii 22 ii 26 June 5 9 ^ Zu 27 1871 ii 14 ii 18 Mav 28 9^ Uec. 3 1872 ii 5 it 9 Jl 19 26 jj 1 1873 ii 18 ii 22 June 1 24 Nov. 30 1874 ii 10 ii 14 May 24 25 jj 29 1875 ii 2 tt 6 >> 16 26 ■ »j 28 1876 ii 21 ii 25 June 4 24 Dec. 3 1877 )j 6 »» 10 May 20 26 11 9 Z 1878 J? 26 ii 30 June 9 23 11 1 1879 ii 18 it 22 M 1 24 Nov. 30 1880 ii 2 ii 6 May 16 26 ii 28 1881 ii 22 ii 26 June 5 23 a 27 1882 a 14 ! ) 18 May 28 25 Dec. 3 1883 April 29 11 3 >) 13 27 1 1 2 IS 84 May 18 11 22 June 1 24 Nov. 30 1885 j> 10 11 14 May 24 25 a 29 1886 >> 30 June 3 June 13 22 ii 28 1887 >» 15 May 19 May 29 24 ii 27 1888 >> 7 ii 11 jj 21 26 Dec. 3 1889 j» 26 u 30 June 9 23 11 1 1890 j> 11 ii 15 May 25 25 Nov. 30 1891 3 n 7 jj 17 26 29 1892 j> 23 n 27 June 6 23 a 28 xxxvii TABLES AND RULES. & Eaito to fiuU (£a£ter, FROM THE YEAR 1900, TO THE YEAR 2199 INCLUSIVE. Golden Numb. Days of the Month. s 3 -t — Golden Numb. Days of the Month. Sunday Letters. Golden Numb. Days of the Month. Sunday Letters. Golden Numb. Days of the Month. Sunday Letters. 14 Mar. 22 D 5 Mar. 31 F April 9 A 6 April 18 C 3 „ 23 E April 1 G 15 ,. 10 B „ 19 D „ 24 F 13 „ 2 A 4 „ 11 C „ 20 E 11 „ 25 G 2 „ 3 B „ 12 D „ 21 F „ 26 A „ 4 § 12 „ 13 E „ 22 G 19 „ 27 B 10 ,, 5 1 „ 14 F „ 23 A 8 ,, 28 C ,. 6 E „ 15 G „ 24 B >, 29 D 18 „ 7 F 9 „ 16 A >, 25 C 16 30 E 7 8 G 17 „ 17 B The Golden Numbers in the foregoing Calendar will point out the Days of the Paschal Full Moons till the Year of our Lord 1900; at which Time, in order that the Ecclesiastical Full Moons may fall nearly on the same Days with the real Full Moons, the Golden Numbers must be removed to different Days of the Calendar, as is done in the annexed Table, which contains so much of the Calendar then to be used, as is necessary for finding the Pdschal Full Moons, and the Feast of Easter, from the Year 1900, to the Year 2199 inclusive. This Table is to be made use of, in all respects, as the First Table before inserted, for finding Easter till the Year 1899. pcra» ALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Sun, and Moon, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Showers, and Dew, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. 8 MORNING PRAYER.. O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Dews, and Frosts, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord : praise hini, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Nights, and Days, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Lightnings, and Clouds, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O let the Earth bless the Lord : yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Mountains, and Hills, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Green Things upon the Earth, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Seas, and Floods, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Beasts, and Cattle, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O let Israel bless the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. 9 MORNING PRAYER. O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. &m£n. Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament. And after that, the Hymn following ; scept when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the Day, or for the Gospel on St. John Baptist's Day. 33enetiictu£. St. Luke i. 68. LESSED be the Lord God of Israel : for he hath visited, and redeemed his people ; And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us : in the house of his servant David ; As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets : which have been since the world began ; That we should be saved from our enemies : and from the hands of all that hate us ; To perform the mercy promised to our fore- fathers : and to remember his holy Covenant ; To perforin the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham : that he would give us ; That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies : might serve him without fear ; 10 MORNING PRAYER. In holiness and righteousness before him : all the days of our life. And thou, Child, shalt be called the Pro- phet of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways ; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people : for the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God : whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us ; To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. &nttn. X Psalm c. BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. O go your way into his gates with thanks- giving, and into his courts with praise : be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is ever- lasting : and his truth endureth from generation to generation. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. gtnwn. //*. 1/C 11 MORNING PRAYER. ^[ Then shall be sung or said the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, standing: except only such days as the Creed of St. Athanasins is appointed to be read. BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catho- lick Church ; The Communion of Saints ; The For- giveness of sins ; The Kesurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. &tt\£lT. iese Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voire. The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. JHtnts'trv. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. 12 MORNING PRAYER. H Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. rjg^^gjg UR Father, which art in ^w^f5^«0 neayen ' Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. iN^V^^^gjf/M, Thy will be done in earth, ntffg S^— ^g ^l ^ S ^ * s m nea ven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. gmen. •| Then the Priest, standing up shall .say, O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. And grant us thy salvation. O Lord, save the Queen. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. And make thy chosen people joyful. O Lord, save thy people. And bless thine inheritance. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. O God, make clean our hearts within us. UitB'torr. And take not thy holy Spirit from us. r 13 MORNING PRAYER. racc* LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy govern- ance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^ttttlt. ^] In Quires and where they sing, here followeth the Anthem. 11 MORNING PRAYER. — "ft Then these five Prayers following are to be read here, except when the Litany is read ; and then only the two last are to be lead, as they are there placed. 3 Prager for tfje ^ueert'js JHajestjK LORD our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth ; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen VICTORIA; and so replenish her with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that she may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way : Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts ; grant her in health and wealth long to live ; strengthen her that she may vanquish and overcome all her enemies ; and finally, after this life, she may attain ever- lasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord, glmtlt. m & Prater for tjje ixopal Jamtfo. LMIGHTY God, the fountain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee to bless the Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family : Endue them with thy holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace ; prosper them with all happiness; and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. &men. MORNING PRAYER. ^ & tyx&qzt for tfjc (Clergy ano people, L M I G H T Y and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels j Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations com- mitted to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace ; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. £Jmtn. g ^irager of St cftrjjsogtom* L M I G H T Y God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common suppli- cations unto thee ; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests : Fulfil now, desires and petitions of thy servants, he most expedient for them ; granting us world knowledge of thy truth, and in the come life everlasting. 2 Corinthians, xhi. HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellow- ship of the Holy Ghost, he with us all evermore, glnun. Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year. .iM—.' 16 H At lhe beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sen- tences of the Scriptures that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences. HEN the wicked man turn- eth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and ^ doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezekiel xviii. 27. I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalm li. 3. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psalm li. 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17. Rend your heart, and not your gar- ments, and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repent- eth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. ..... I EVENING PRAYER. M mercies have rebelled against him : neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before US. Daniel ix. 9, 10. O Lord, correct me, but with judge- ment ; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. *. — „ - — & Jeremiah x. 24. Psalm vi. 1. Repent ye ; for the Kingdom of hea- ven is at hand. St. Matthew iii. 2. I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19. Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us : but, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteous- ness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9. EVENING PRAYER. •r- » ' • • EARLY beloved brethren, the ; Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness ; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face ' of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we as- semble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are re- quisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me; r» • • • • 19 EVENING PRAYER. A general Confession to be said of the whol* Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. LMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those tilings which we ought to have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done ; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miser- able offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name, gjmsn. The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing ; the people still kneeling. LMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wicked- ness, and live ; and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being peni- tent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins : He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present ; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy ; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy ; through Jesus *w4 Christ our Lord. glmfll. 20 EVENING PRAYER. U Then the Minister shall kneel, ;m<1 say the Lord's Prayer; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him. ITR Father, which art in hea- ven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the king- dom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. &mm. 5| Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. O God, make speed to save us. <%n£iasr. O Lord, make haste to help us. 5j Here all standing up, the Priest shall say. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : Avorld without end. gttttcn. \Bviest. Praise ye the Lord. &nstorr. The Lord's Name be praised. 21 EVENING PRAYER. s Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order as they are ap- pointed. Then a Lesson of the Old Testament, as is appointed. And after that, Magnificat (or the Song of the blessed Virgin Mary), in English, as followeth. JHognificat s T . Luke l Y soul doth magnify the Lord : and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded : the loAvliness of his hand- maiden. For behold, from hence- forth : all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me : and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him : throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arm : he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel : as he promised to our fore- fathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; S^^tfLf Qi As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. &men. EVENING PRAYER ^1 Or else this Psalm; except it be on the Nineteenth Day of the Month, when it is read in the ordinary Course of the: Psalms. Cantatc SDomino* Psalm xcviii. SING unto the Lord a new song : for he hath done marvellous things. With his own right hand, and with his holy arm : hath he gotten himself the vic- tory. The Lord declared his salvation : his right- eousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel : and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands : sing, rejoice, and give thanks. Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. With trumpets also and shawms : shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King. Let the sea make a noise, and all that there- in is : the round world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord : for he cometh to judge the earth. With righteousness shall he judge the world : and the people with equity. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. gtnun. 23 EVENING PRAYER. *\\ Then ;v Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed. And ,-it'ter that, Nunc dimittis (or the Sony of Symeon), in English, us followeth. iftunc btmitti£» St. Luke a. 29. ORD, now lettest thou thy ser- vant depart in peace : according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen : thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared : before the face of all people ; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. ^Ittttn. Or else this Psalm ; except it be on the Twelfth Day of the Month. j£)cu£ mi^etcatutr. psm m lxvii. OD be merciful unto us, and bless us : and shew us the light of his countenance, and be mer- ciful unto us : That thy way may be known upon earth : thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God : let all the people praise thee. O let the nations rejoice and be glad thou shalt judge the folk righteously, govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praise thee, O God : let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth bring forth her in- crease : and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us : and all the ends of the world shall fear him. yea, : for and yea, 24 EVENING PRAYER. J, v Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. 0men. H Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, standing, BELIEVE in God the Father Al- mighty, Maker of heaven and earth : And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He de- scended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholick Church ; The Communion of Saints ; The Forgiveness of sins; The Eesurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. gluUtt. U And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing with a loud roice, The Lord be with you. SUis'Uut. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us„ 2i> *r D EVENING PRAYER. 1[ Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. U R Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass *V against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. ^men. *j Tin n the Pries! standing up shall say, O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us; Slntilvfi'. And grant us thy salvation, priest. O Lord, save the Queen. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. }3rirst. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. And make thy chosen people joyful. |9mst. O Lord, save thy people. And bless thine inheritance. Give peace in our time, Lord. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. God, make clean our hearts within us. And take not thy holy Spirit from us. 26 EVENING PRAYER. «: Then shall follow three Collects : the first of the Day ; the second for Peace; the third for Aid against all Perils, as hereafter followeth • which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening l'raver without alteration i frfje gecoto Collect at fatting prager, GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. 0mcn. &fje tfjtr* Collect for Ifo against all perils i IGHTEN our darkness, we be- *\ seech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ, ^mcn. 1i In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem. & f rager for tfje aueen'g jmajestg. LORD our heavenly Father, hio-h and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth ; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen VICTORIA; and so replenish her with 27 EVENING PRAYER, the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that she may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way: Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant her in health and wealth long to live j strengthen her that she may vanquish and overcome all her enemies; and finally, after this life, she may attain ever- lasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. &mcn. R IJrager for tfje i-togai jTamtlg. LMIGHTY God, the fountain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee to bless the Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family: Endue them with thy holy Spirit ; enrich them with thy heavenly grace ; prosper them with all happiness ; and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, gtmen. 3 prager for tjje (tlergg anti people. LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels ; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations com- mitted to their charge, the healthful ^ Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. 28 EVENING PRAYER. & Pwper of gfc Cftrp^o^tom, LMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee ; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests : Fulfil now, Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come ife everlasting. gJmen. 2 Corinthians xiii. HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore, j^tncn. 29 m Jttornmg Imager. (1 Upon these Feasts; Christmas-Day, the Epiphany, Saint Matthias, Easter-Day, Ascension-Day, Whitsunday, Saint John Baptist, Saint James, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saint. Simon and Saint .hide, Saint. Andrew, and upon Trinity-Sunday, shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles' Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly called The Creed of Saint Athana- sius, by the Minister and people standing HO SOEVER will be saved : before all things it is neces- sary that lie hold the Catholick Faith. Which Faith except every one do keep whole and unde- filed : without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholick Faith is this : That we wor- ship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity ; Neither confounding the Persons : nor dividing the Substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son : and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one : the Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son : and such is the Holy Ghost. The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate : and the Holy Ghost uncreate. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incom- prehensible : and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal : and the Holy Ghost eternal. And yet they are not three eternals : but one eternal. As also there are not three incomprehensibles, 80 AT MORNING PRAYER. nor three uncreated : but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible. So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty : and the Holy Ghost Almighty. And yet they are not three Almighties : but one Almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God : and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not three Gods : but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord : \%J and the Holy Ghost Lord. #*J N>> — And yet not three Lords : but one Lord. ^ For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity : to acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord ; So are we forbidden by the Catholick Religion : to say, 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 Ghost 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 Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. And in this Trinity none is afore, or after J[ other : none is greater, or less than another ; But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together : and co-equaL So that in all things, as is aforesaid : the Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped. He therefore that will be saved : must thus think of the Trinity. (M W\» Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting sal- vation : that he also believe rightly the Incarna- tion of our Lord Jesus Christ. 31 AT MORNING PRAYER. / For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess : that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man ; God, of the Substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds : and Man, of the Substance of his Mother, born in the world ; Perfect God, and perfect Man : of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting ; Equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead : and inferior to the Father,,as touching his Manhood. Who although he be God and Man : yet he is not two, but one Christ ; One; not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh : but by taking of the Manhood into God ; One altogether; not by confusion of Sub- stance : but by unity of Person. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man : so God and Man is one Christ ; Who suffered for our salvation : descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead. He ascended into heaven, he sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty : from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies : and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting : and they that have done evil into everlasting fire. This is the Catholick Faith ; which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. gjmett. 32 * • ^ Here followeth the Litany, or General Supplication, to be sung or said after Morning Prayer upon Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fiidays, and at otlier times when it shall be com- manded by the Ordinary. GOD the Father, of heaven : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Father, of heaven : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. God the Son, Redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. m Holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God : have mercy upon us ^ miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. pEMEMBER not, Lord, our offences, nor the (i offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou Is! vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord. ROM all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. 33 THE LITANY. ROM all blindness of heart; from pride, vain- glory, and hypocrisy ; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us. ROM fornication, and all other deadly sin ; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, Good Lord, deliver us. ROM lightning and tempest; from plague, pes- tilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us. ROM all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebel- lion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, Good Lord, deliver us. g>s Y the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by Jjk thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy 31 Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation, C Good Lord, deliver us. y thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death a and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us. ■23 N all time of our tribulation; in all time of l&M our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the 1 day of judgement, Good Lord, deliver us. E sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 34 THE LITANY. hat it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee, in righteous- ness and holiness of life, thy Servant VIC- TORIA, our most gracious Queen and Crovemour; W ? beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. ^ hat it may please thee to rule her heart in J thy faith, fear, and love, and that she may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory ; I We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to be her defender and keeper, giving her the victory over all* her enemies ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to bless and preserve the Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to illuminate all ^ Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true know- mi ledge and understanding of thy Word ; and that^ both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and shew it accordingly ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. j hat it may please thee to endue the Lords o: the Council, and all the Nobility, with grace 'J&l, wisdom, and understanding; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to bless and keep the ^> Magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. y hat it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people ; W e beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 35 THE LITANY. l4l , i m ' » hat it may please thee to give to all nations i unity, peace, and concord ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live t*) after thy commandments ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to give to all thy t\) people increase of grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred, and are - deceived ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand ; and to comfort and help the weak-hearted ; and to raise up them that fall ; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. mjf ii a t it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort, all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water, all women labour- ing of child, all sick persons, and young children ; and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to defend, and pro- vide for, the fatherless children, and widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Luord. 36 THE LITANY. hat it may please thee to have mercy upon all men ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. m hat it may please thee to forgive our enemies, I , persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their " hearts ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to give and preserve v to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as J J in due time we may enjoy them ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. hat it may please thee to give us true re- i pentance ; to forgive us all our sins, negli- l gences, and ignorances ; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy Word ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. ^?ON of God : we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God : toe beseech thee to hear us. Lamb of God : that takest away the sins of the world ; Grant us thy -peace. €> Lamb of God : that takest away the sins of the world ; Have mercy upon us. Christ, hear us. O Christ, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy uj)on us. Lord, have mercy upon us. '37 THE LITANY. «[[ Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's Prayer. UR 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 tres- passes, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. &men. Priest. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. Neither reward us after our iniquities. Let us pray. GOD, merciful Father, that de- spisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful ; Mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, when- soever they oppress us ; and graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought ; and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed ; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Nance's sake. THE LITANY. GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thine honour. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. ^tmttt. From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Graciously look upon our afflictions. Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. O Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us ; As we do put our trust in thee. .39 THE LITANY. Let us pray. E humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmi- ties ; and for the glory of thy Name turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved ; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory ; through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord, &men. taper of £>b € {jrp£o£tom* LMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee ; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered to- gether in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests ; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. 2 Corinthians xiii. HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellow- ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. ^tfltn. Here einleth the Litany 40 UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, 11 To be used before the two final Prayers of the Litany, or pf Morning and Evening Prayer, proper^ FOR R A T N GOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom, and the righteous- ness thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance ; Send us, we beseech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord. FOR FAIR WEATHER. ALMIGHTY Lord God, who for the sin of man didst once drown all the world, except eight persons, and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise never to destroy it so again ; We hum- bly beseech thee, that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved a plague of rain and waters, yet upon our true repentance thou wilt send us such weather, as that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season ; and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. &nun. * 41 PRAYERS. IN THE TIME OF DF.ARTII ANO FAMINF GOD, heavenly Father, whose szift it is, that the rain doth fall, the earth is fruitful, beasts increase, and fishes do multiply; Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy people ; and grant that the scarcity and dearth, which we do now most justly suffer for our iniquity, may through thy good- ness be mercifully turned into cheapness and plenty ; for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, now and for ever, glmcn. Or this GOD, merciful Father, who, in the time of Elisha the prophet, didst suddenly in Samaria turn great scarcity and dearth into plenty and cheapness ; Have mercy upon us, that we, who are now for our sins punished with like adversity, may likewise find a seasonable relief : Increase the fruits of the earth by thy heavenly benediction ; and grant that we, receiving thy bountiful liberality, may use the same to thy glory, the relief of those that are needy, and our own comfort ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^m£H. IN THE TIME OF WAR AND TUMUT.TS ALMIGHTY God, King of all kings, and Governour of all things, whose power no creature is able to resist, to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to be merci- ful to them that truly repent; Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies ; abate their pride, asswage their malice, and confound their devices ; that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved 42 PRAYERS. evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory ; through the merits of thy only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. ^men. IN THE TIME OF ANY COMMON PLAGUE OB SICKNESS. ALMIGHTY God, who in thy wrath didst send a plague upon thine own people in the wilder- ness, for their obstinate rebellion against Moses and Aaron; and also, in the time of king David, didst slay with the plague of Pes- tilence threescore and ten thousand, and yet remem- bering thy mercy didst save the rest ; Have pity upon us miserable sinners, who now are visited with great sickness and mortality; that like as thou didst then accept of an atonement, and didst command the de- stroying Angel to cease from punishing, so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and griev- ous sickness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. glniM. ^ IN THE EMBER WEEKS. TO UE SAID EVERY DAY. FOR THOSE THAT ARE TO BE ADMITTED INTO HOLY ORDERS. LMIGHT Y God, our heavenly Father, avIio hast purchased to thyself an universal Church by the precious blood of thy dear Son; Mercifully look upon the same, and at this time so o- u ide and govern the minds of thy servants the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock, that they may lay hands suddenly on no man, but faith- fully and wisely make choice of fit persons to serve in the sacred Ministry of thy Church. And to those which shall be ordained to any holy function give thy grace and heavenly benediction ; that both by their life and doctrine they may set forth thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^nun. 43 PRAYERS. Or this. f I 4 LMIGHTY God, the giver of all good gifts, who of thy divine providence hast appointed divers Orders in thy Church ; Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to all those who are to be called to any office and administration in the same; and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine, and endue them with innocency of life, that they may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great Name, and the benefit of thy holy Church ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. @LmtXl. f A PRAYER THAT MAY BE SAID AFTER ANY OP THE FORMER. GOD, whose nature and pro- perty is ever to have mercy and to forgive, receive our humble peti- tions ; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us ; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate. &ui£n. m A PRAYER FOR THE HIGH COURT OF PARLIAMENT, TO BE READ DURING THEIR SESSION. OST gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this King- dom in general, so especially for the High Court of Parliament, under our most religious and gracious Queen at this time as- sembled : That thou wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy 44 » PRAYERS. Church, the safety, honour, and welfare of our Sove- reign, and her Dominions ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations. These and all other necessaries, for them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour, gtmttt. II A COLLECT OR PRAYER FOR ALL CONDITIONS OF MEN. TO BE USED AT SUCH TIMES WHEN THE LITANY is NOT APPOINTED TO BE SAID. f ? GOD, the Creator and Pre- server of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men ; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholick Church ; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those, who are any ways afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate ; \*especially those - r * . .* Tins Lo be said Jar whom our prayers are desired,] when my desire that it may please thee to comfort the Prayers of the and relieve them, according to their Con s re s ation ' several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflic- tions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake. &uun. f T T 45 THANKSGIVINGS. ^1 A GENERAL THANKSGIVING. LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy ser- aph I A| k£rxft vants do give thee most humble ^/4wl^ r an ^ near ty thanks for all thy M^M/yySfvffit g oocmess anc ^ loving-kindness to * * * * '* *™ us, and to all men ; [* particu- larly to those who ■ , «/ * 1 his to be stud desire now to offer up their praises when any that have and thanksgivings for thy late mercies been prayed for de- 7 t txt it ii sire to return praise- vouchsafed unto them.] We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we shew forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. glttUn. {•Oil RAIN \ GOD our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious providence dost cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man ; We give thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee, in our great 46 THANKSGIVINGS. necessity, to send us at the last a joyful rain upon thine inheritance, and to refresh it when it was dry, to the great comfort of us thy unworthy servants, and to; the glory of thy holy Name; through thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord. gjmm. FOR FAIR WRATH EH LORD God, who hast justly humbled us by thy late plague of immoderate rain and waters, and in thy mercy hast relieved and com- forted our souls by this seasonable and blessed change of weather; We praise and glorify thy holy Name for this thy mercy, and will always declare thy loving-kindness from generation to generation ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^men. FOR PLENTY. MOST merciful Father, who of thy gracious goodness hast heard the devout prayers of thy Church, and turned our dearth and scarcity into cheapness and plenty ; We give thee humble thanks for this thy special bounty; beseeching thee to continue thy loving-kindness unto us, that our land may yield us her fruits of increase, to thy glory and our comfort ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^JttUlT. FOR PEACE AND DELIVERANCE FROM OUK ENEMIES ALMIGHTY God, who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies ; We yield thee praise and thanksgiving for our deliver- ance from those great and appa- rent dangers wherewith we were compassed : We 47 THANKSGIVINGS. acknowledge it thy goodness that we were not deli- vered over as a prey unto them ; beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies towards us, that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^Intttt. FOR RESTORING PUBLICK PEACE AT HOME ETERNAL God, our heavenly Father, who alone makest men to be of one mind in a house, and stillest the outrage of a violent and unruly people ; We bless thy holy Name, that it hath pleased thee to appease the seditious tumults which have been lately raised up amongst us ; most humbly beseeching thee to grant to all of us grace, that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy holy commandments ; and, leading a quiet and peaceable life in all godli- ness and honesty, may continually offer unto thee our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for these thy mercies towards us ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ®mm. FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THE PLAGUE , OR OTHER COMMON SrCKNESS. LORD God, who hast wounded us for our sins, and consumed us for our transgressions, by thy late heavy and dreadful visitation ; and now, in the midst of judgement re- membering mercy, hast redeemed our souls from the jaws of death; We offer unto thy fatherly goodness ourselves, our souls and bodies which thou hast delivered, to be a living sacrifice unto thee, always praising and magnifying thy mercies in the midst of thy Church ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^nun. 48 THANKSGIVINGS. f Or this. E humbly acknowledge before thee, O most merciful Father, that all the punishments which are threat- ened in thy law might justly have fallen upon us, by reason of our manifold transgressions and hard- ness of heart: Yet seeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender mercy, upon our weak and unworthy humiliation, to asswage the contagious sickness wherewith we lately have been sore afflicted, and to restore the voice of joy and health into our dwellings; We offer unto thy Divine Majesty the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, lauding and magnifying thy glorious Name for such thy pre- servation and providence over us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^meit. ■19 F* * 3Tije Collects, 5To lie utfetf tt)r0ttgT)Out tfje ^ear. *H Note, ihat ihe Collect appointed for every Sunday, or for any Holy-day that hath a Vigil or Eve, shall he said at the Evening Service next before. Ef)e Collect. LMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of dark- ness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever, gtmen. 1| This Collect is to he repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas Eve. 7 1 \ A 51 Q THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. K\\t <£p\$t\t. Rom. xiii. 8. WE no man any thing, but to love one another : for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adul- tery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. STIje CxOtfjprf. St. Matth. xxi. 1. HEN they drew nigh unto Jeru- salem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her : loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them ; and straightway he will send them. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting 52 THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the dis- ciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them ; and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way ; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that 53 THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. And when he was come into Jerusalem all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple; and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Cge £cconti Shinto? tit Slifoent. tElje Cflllrct. LESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ, ^men. QL\)C