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<35fficium iEucj^arUtif urn. 
 
 A 
 PREPARATORY SERVICE 
 
 TO 
 
 A DEVOUT AND WORTHY RECEPTION 
 
 OF 
 TO WHICH IS ADDED, 
 
 A MEDITATION FOR EVERY DAY IN 
 THE WEEK. 
 
 BY EDWARD LAkS0.D. i - 
 
 Sometime Prebendary and Arclideacon of Exeter, and 
 Rector of St. Mary Hill, and St. Andrew Hubbard, London. 
 
 ST. LUKE xxiv. 36. 
 
 ?^e toas fenoton to t^m in trcafetnfl of Brwu. 
 
 THE THIRTY-SECOND EDITION. 
 
 OXFORD, 
 JOHN HENRY PARKER. 
 
 MDCCCXLVI. 
 
oxford: 
 priivted by i. shrimpton. 
 
■210 tj^e i^caticr. 
 
 Good Reader, 
 
 This little manual of directions and prayers 
 for the Holy Communion first designed for a 
 piivate use, now shews itself in public, on 
 presumption it may help thee in thy closet- 
 retirements towards a pious preparation 
 thereto, and a worthy reception thereof, 
 
 I will not be tedious in prefacing it ; only 
 I cannot say it is mine, but a collection ; 
 and recommends itself unto thee clothed in 
 the language, not of any private conception, 
 (of such the world is already full enough,) 
 but of primitive Liturgies; of that of our 
 holy Church and some of the most devout 
 Fathers of it. Bishop Andrewes, Bishop 
 Cosin, and that great and good man. Arch- 
 bishop Laud, who lived a Patron of it, and 
 died a Martyr for it. 
 
 The collector is not curious, or solicitous 
 to think, how it may go down with a sort of 
 people, whose unwieldy zeal hath trans- 
 ported them under a pretence of spewing out 
 
iv ®o ti)e laeatfcr. 
 
 Popery, to disrelish and traduce any thing 
 that is primitive : but the sober and devout 
 Christian, who lives in the communion of 
 this Church, he is secure of. And that it 
 may further thee in the attainment of our 
 common salvation, is his sincere and hearty 
 desire; in return to which, he begs thee 
 nothing, but to recommend him now and 
 then in these thy private addresses to the 
 Throne of Grace. 
 
PREPARATORY OFFICE 
 
 HOLY COMMFNIOK 
 
 The nearest and most solemn intimacy and ' 
 communion we have with God in this world, is 
 exhibited to us in the blessed Eucharist; that is ; 
 to say, the Sacrament of the Lord's Suppei ; 
 wherein (according to our Church Catechism) : 
 the Body and Blood of Christ are verily and in- ■ 
 deed taken and received by the faithful ; and | 
 hence it is called by St. Paul, 1 Cor. x. 16, the \ 
 Communion of His Body and the Communion I 
 of His Blood ; so that by a due and worthy par- \ 
 
©ffictum lEuc^aristicum. 
 
 ticipation hereof, we are really incorporated into 
 Christ ; we dAvell in Christ, and Christ in us ; we 
 are made one with Christ, and Christ with us; 
 in regard of which invaluable privilege, as well 
 as the great dangers which threaten unworthy 
 addresses thereunto, now especially we should 
 enter into, and heed ourselves, being careful 
 to perform all devotional acts of worship and 
 piety which may conduce to a good acceptable 
 celebration of so Divine a mystery; St. Paul 
 hath comprehended them all under this one 
 word and duty of examination (1 Cor. xi, 28), 
 which includes more than we can readily con- 
 ceive: I shall not insist upon those Graces of 
 Faith, Repentance and Charity, about which it 
 I should be chiefly conversant ; but do immedi- 
 ately proceed to those preparatory acts of devo- 
 tion which should be exercised in order to a due 
 reception of this blessed Sacrament. 
 
 I begin then, as you should in this, and in all 
 other duties of religion, in the name of God ; 
 and exhort, that having received notice from 
 God's Priest of a Connnunion to be celebrated 
 the next Sunday, you forthwith set yourself to 
 this great work, of fitting yourself for a right 
 participation thereof. Whatever you do, let this 
 be ever and anon uppermost in your thoughts 
 that whole week, reflecting on your spiritual es- 
 tate, and especially on that time which God 
 hath lent you from your last reception ; what 
 graces you have improved, what duties omitted, 
 what sins committed ; out of a hearty resentment 
 of which, breathe forth sometimes these, or the 
 like pious ejaculations ; 
 
©fficium lEucfiaristicum. 
 
 I HAVE sinned ; what shall I do unto 
 Thee, O Thou preserver of man! Lord, I 
 am not worthy to come under Thy roof; 
 but speak the word only, and Thy servant 
 shall be healed. 
 
 Adding these two Collects to your private de- 
 votions, both at morning and evening that \ 
 whole week. | 
 
 Almighty God, who of Thy tender mercy ■ 
 
 didst give Thine only Son Jesus Christ, to \ 
 
 suffer death upon the Cross for our redemp- '; 
 
 tion, and didst institute, and in Thy Holy ; 
 
 Gospel command us to continue a perpetual | 
 
 memory of that His precious death, until f 
 His coming again : hear me, most merciful 
 I Saviour, I most humbly beseech Thee, and 
 [ make my groanings, my desires after this 
 
 I Holy Sacrament, answerable to my needs of \ 
 ] it. But, O Lord, how shall such a wretch 
 
 \ as I dare to approach Thy holy Table ? ; 
 
 I How shall I presume to take the children's I 
 
 \ Bread, who am as a vile dog in Thy f 
 
 1 sight? I have often trampled those pre- ,' 
 
 cious things under foot, either carelessly ; 
 
 neglecting, or unworthily receiving those | 
 holy Mysteries ; O Lord, my horrible guilti- 
 
@ffitittm 1£utf)aristicum» 
 
 ness makes me tremble to come, and yet 
 makes me not dare to stay away ; for where 
 shall this polluted soul be washed but in this 
 fountain opened for sin and for unclean- 
 ness ? Hither then I come ; and Thou hast 
 promised, that him that cometh to Thee 
 Thou wilt in no wise cast out. Grant me, 
 therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the Flesh 
 of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink 
 His Blood, that my sinful body may be 
 made clean by His Body, and my soul 
 cashed through His most precious Blood. 
 Amen. 
 
 I WILL not presume to come to Thy Table, 
 O merciful Lord, trusting in mine own 
 righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great 
 mercies, declared unto mankind in our Lord 
 Jesus Christ ; for whose sake, give me, I 
 pray Thee, such a preparation of soul as may 
 qualify me for a worthy approach thereunto; 
 to this end, make me heartily sensible of my 
 sins and miworthiness ; raise up my dull 
 and earthly mind from groveling here below, 
 and inspire it with a holy zeal to seek those 
 things that are above : let that infinite love 
 of Christ in dying for so wretched a sinner 
 inflame my soul, and kindle in me that 
 
©fficium lEucf)aristicum. 
 
 sacred fire of love to Him again, and to all 
 those whom He hatli given me command and 
 example to love, enemies as well as friends, 
 and that for His sake : clothe me, O Lord, 
 in the wedding garment ; and make me, 
 though of myself, a most unworthy, yet hy 
 Thy mercy, an acceptable guest at Thy table, 
 that I may not eat or drink my own dam- 
 nation, but salvation through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Having recommended yourself unto God with 
 these or the like Collects, in your private re- 
 tirements, I do earnestly exhort you to frequent 
 the public prayers of the Church ; (nothing but 
 a charitable, or some very urgent occasion can, 
 this week, or, indeed, shovdd at any time excuse 
 you ; ) and to attend them with all possible de- 
 votion : watch yourself now especially, your 
 thoughts, words and actions, that they be not 
 wicked nor vain ; or, if at any time they should, 
 that you forthwith recal and check yourself, 
 saying or thinking thus. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me ! 
 Christ have mercy upon me ! 
 Lord have mercy upon me ! 
 
 I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that 
 I offend not with my tongue. O God, who 
 knowest us to be set in the midst of so many 
 and great dangers, that by reason of the 
 
©fficium lEud^aristitttm. 
 
 frailty of our nature we cannot always stand 
 upright; grant to me such strength and 
 protection as may support me in all dangers, 
 and carry me through all temptations; 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
JFritras— ittorning. 
 
 Set apart the Friday of every such week as 
 a day of holy fasting and abstinence, rising 
 earlier than usually ; if your health will permit 
 you, at five of the clock ; and being apparelled 
 and ready, you may retire to your ordinary 
 morning prayers. 
 
 I will not presume to confine you to those at 
 the end of this book, but do suppose you already 
 fixed; however, peruse them, and possibly they 
 may suit your condition, they will undoubtedly 
 your devotion. Subjoin to them on every such 
 Fasting-day the two Collects for Preparation to 
 the Communion above written [p. 3], as also 
 the 130th Psalm. 
 
 1 Out of the deep have I called unto 
 Thee, O Lord : Lord, hear my voice. 
 
 2 O let Thine ears consider well : the 
 voice of my complaint. 
 
 3 If Thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark 
 what is done amiss : O Lord, who may 
 abide it? 
 
 4 For there is mercy with Thee : there- 
 fore shalt Thou be feared. 
 
 5 I look for the Lord, my soul doth wait 
 for Him : in His word is my trust. 
 
 6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before 
 the morning watch, I say, before the morn- 
 ing watch. 
 
8 jFritiai)— J^orning. 
 
 7 O Israel trust in the Lord, for with the 
 Lord there is mercy : and with Him is 
 plenteous redemption. 
 
 8 And He shall redeem Israel : from all 
 his sins. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, &c. 
 As it was in the beginning, &c. 
 
 Arising from prayer, you must presently set 
 yourself to recollect your life past, especially 
 since you last received, by that catalogue of sins 
 set down at the end of this book, reading it con- 
 sideringly over, and at every particular ask your 
 soul, ivhether you are guilty of that siji ? and 
 commit to writing those sins you discover your- 
 self guilty of, -with their respective aggravations, 
 viz., if they were committed against knowledge, 
 or on mature deliberation, or against the resist- 
 ance of conscience, &c. 
 
J^ritfaj)— i!)f tI)irtJ f)ouv. 
 
 I suppose this duty of self-examination, most 
 necessary to this great work, despatched by nine 
 of the clock ^; when taking the paper in your 
 hand, humbly prostrating yourself, say : 
 
 Tpie good Lord pardon every one that 
 prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord 
 God of his Fathers, though he be not 
 cleansed according to the purification of the 
 sanctuary. 
 
 Then kneel and pray, 
 PSALM VL 
 
 1 O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine indig- 
 nation : neither chasten me in Thy displea- 
 sure. 
 
 2 Have mercy upon me, Lord, for I 
 am weak : O Lord, heal me, for my bones 
 are vexed. 
 
 3 My soul also is sore troubled : but 
 Lord, how long wilt Thou punish me ? 
 
 4 Turn Thee, O Lord, and deliver my 
 soul : save me for Thy mercies' sake. 
 
 5 For in death no man remembereth 
 Thee : and who will give Thee thanks in 
 the pit ? 
 
 * The third hour includes the time from nine o'clock 
 till noon. 
 
10 jpriKai)— 1!)( t!)iitJ i)our. 
 
 6 I am weary of my groaning : every 
 night wash I my bed : and water ray couch 
 with my tears. 
 
 7 My beauty is gone, for very trouble : 
 and worn away because of all mine enemies. 
 
 8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity : 
 for the Lord hath heard the voice of my 
 weeping. 
 
 9 The Lord hath heard my petition : the 
 Lord will receive my prayer. 
 
 10 All mine enemies shall be confounded 
 and sore vexed : they shall be turned back, 
 and put to shame suddenly. 
 
 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. 
 
 O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, 
 shew Thyself, but let it be in pity and com- 
 passion to Thy wretched and unworthy ser- 
 vant, who in all humility confess myself a 
 wicked and sinful creature. I acknowledge 
 those sins, which, if I would, I cannot hide 
 from Thee, my sins of pride and vain-glory, 
 of hatred and envy, of gluttony and wanton- 
 ness ; I accuse myself of my wicked desires 
 
and thoughts which I have conceived*, of 
 my wanton and evil words . , 
 
 u- -u T 1 ^ * c At these marks 
 
 which 1 have spoken*, Ot have recourse to 
 
 my naughty and ungodly t^^"^^ ^ins noted in 
 
 J 1 u- u T u your paper. 
 
 deeds which I have com- 
 mitted*. I acknowledge and hewail these 
 my manifold sins and wickednesses, which I 
 from time to time most giievously have 
 committed by thought, word, and deed, 
 against Thy Divine Majesty, provoking 
 most justly Thy wrath and indignation 
 against me. I do earnestly repent, and am 
 heartily sorry for these my misdoings-; the 
 remembrance of them is grievous unto me ; 
 the burden of them is intolerable. Have 
 mercy upon me, have mercy upon me, most 
 merciful Father, for Thy Son Jesus Christ's 
 sake, forgive me all that is past ; and grant 
 that I may ever hereafter serve and please 
 Thee in newness of life, to the honour and 
 glory of Thy name, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 FoEGivE me my sins, Lord ; forgive me 
 the sins of my age, and the sins of my 
 youth ; the sins of my soul, and the sins of 
 my body; my secret and my whispering 
 sins ; my presumptuous and my crying sins : 
 
12 JFritratt— tl)c tjfiirtf f)Our. 
 
 the sins that I have done to please myself, 
 and the sins that I have done to please 
 others. 
 
 Forgive me my wanton and idle sins ; 
 forgive me my serious and deliberate sins ; 
 forgive me these sins which I tnow, and 
 those sins which I know not ; the sins which 
 I have laboured so long to hide from others, 
 that now I have even hid them from my 
 own memory : forgive me them, O Lord, 
 forgive them all ;' of Thy great mercy let me 
 he absolved from all my oflences, and of 
 Thy bountiful goodness let me be delivered 
 from the bands of those sins, which by my 
 frailty I have committed. Grant this, 
 Heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ His sake, 
 our blessed Lord and Saviour. Ame7i. 
 
 Adding this short Litany, and the following 
 Prayers, which on any other Friday or Fasting- 
 day may be of use to you, omitting only the 
 prayer for preparation to the Sacrament. 
 
 O God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy 
 upon me a most miserable sinner ! 
 
 O God the Son, Kedeemer of the World, 
 have mercy upon me a most miserable 
 sinner ! 
 
 O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from 
 
the Father and the Son, have mercy upon 
 me a most miserable sinner ! 
 
 O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Trinity, 
 three Persons and one God, have mercy 
 upon me a most miserable sinner! 
 
 Eemember not, Lord, mine offences, nor 
 the offences of my forefathers, neither take 
 Thou vengeance of my sins : spare me, good 
 Lord, spare Thy servant, whom Thou hast 
 redeemed with Thy most precious blood, 
 and be not angiy with me for ever. 
 
 Spare me, good Lord ! 
 
 From all evil and mischief, from sin, from 
 
 the crafts and assaults of the devil, from 
 
 Thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, 
 
 Good Lord deliver me ! 
 
 From all blindness of heart, from pride, 
 vain-glory, and hypocrisy ; from envy, ha- 
 tred, and malice, and from all uncharitable- 
 ness, Good Lord deliver me ! 
 
 From fornication, and all other deadly 
 sin, and from all the deceits of the world, 
 the flesh, and the devil, 
 
 Good Lord deliver me ! 
 
 From, &c. (Here repeat those sins of which 
 you have found yourself guilty, and noted in 
 your paper.) Good Lord deliver me ! 
 
14 JTriBap— tl^e tl^iitt ]^our. 
 
 From hardness of heart, from contempt of 
 Thy word and commandments, from any 
 evil thought which may assault and hurt 
 my soul, Good Lord deliver me ! 
 
 From all adversities which may happen to 
 the body, from noisome and infectious dis- 
 eases, and from sudden death, 
 
 Good Lord deliver me / 
 
 By Thine Agony and bloody Sweat, by 
 Thy Cross and Passion, by Thy precious 
 Death and Burial, and by Thy victorious 
 Descent into hell. 
 
 Good. Lord deliver me ! 
 
 By Thy glorious Resurrection and Ascen- 
 sion, and by the wonderful Coming of the 
 Holy Ghost, Good Lord deliver me ! 
 
 In all time of my tribulation, in all time 
 of my wealth, in the hour of death, and in the 
 day of judgment, Good Lord deliver me ! 
 
 I who am a most miserable sinner, do 
 beseech Thee to hear me, O Lord God : to 
 keep and strengthen me in the tme worship- 
 ping^of Thee ; and to give me grace to serve 
 Thee in righteousness and holiness all the 
 days of my life, 
 
 / beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 
 That it may please Thee to rule my heart 
 
jFrinap— t!)f tf)iiti i)our. 15 
 
 in Thy faith, fear, and iove ; and that' I 
 may evermore have affiance in Thee, and 
 ever seek Thy honom- and glory, 
 
 / beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 That it may please Thee to be my de- 
 fender and keeper, giving me the victory 
 over the world, the flesh, and the devil, 
 
 I beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 
 That it may please Thee to endue my 
 
 soul with grace, wisdom, and understanding, 
 
 / beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 
 That it may please Thee to give me an 
 
 heart to love and dread Thee, and diligently 
 
 to live after Thy commandments, 
 
 / beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 That it may please Thee to give me in- 
 crease of grace, to hear meekly Thy word, 
 and to receive it with pure affection, and to 
 bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, 
 
 / beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 That it may please Thee to strengthen 
 me when I stand, to comfort and help me 
 when I am weak-hearted, to raise me up 
 when I fall, and finally to beat down Satan 
 under my feet, 
 
 / beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 That it may please Thee to succour, help 
 
16 JPrtXraw— t]^c ti^trtJ f)our. 
 
 and comfort me, when I am in danger, 
 necessity, and tribulation, 
 
 / beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 
 That it may please Thee to give me, as at 
 all times, so now especially, due preparation 
 of mind, that I may worthily participate this 
 holy Sacrament, 
 
 / beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 
 To this end may it please Thee to forgive 
 mine enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, 
 and to turn their hearts, 
 
 / beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 
 That it may please Thee to give me true 
 repentance, to forgive me all my sins, negli- 
 gences, and ignorances, to endue me with a 
 lively and astedfast faith, and a sincere resolu- 
 tion to amend my life according to Thy holy 
 word, / beseech Thee to hear me, good Lord ! 
 
 O Son of God, I beseech Thee to hear me. 
 
 O Lamb of God that takest away the sins 
 of the world, Grant me Thy peace. 
 
 O Lamb of God that takest away the sins 
 of the world, Have mercy upon me ! 
 
 O Christ hear me ! 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me ! 
 
 Christ have mercy upon me ! 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me ! 
 
jTrittaB— ij^e t^irU ^our. 17 
 
 Our Father, &c. — deliver us from evil. 
 Amen. 
 
 Lord deal not with me after my sins. 
 Neither reward me after mine iniquities, 
 
 PSALM LL 
 
 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, after 
 Thy great goodness ; according to the multi- 
 tude of Thy mercies do away mine offences. 
 
 2 Wash me throughly from my wicked- 
 ness : and cleanse me from my sin. 
 
 3 For I acknowledge my faults : and my 
 sin is ever before me. 
 
 4 Against Thee only have I sinned, and 
 done this evil in Thy sight : that Thou 
 mightest he justified in Thy saying, and 
 clear when Thou art judged. 
 
 5 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness : 
 and in sin hath my mother conceived me. 
 
 6 But lo. Thou requirest truth in the in- 
 ward parts : and shalt make me to under- 
 stand wisdom secretly. 
 
 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and ! 
 I shall be clean : Thou shalt wash me, and j 
 I shall he whiter than snow. j 
 
 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and 
 
18 .f rttia^— il^c il)irti !)Ottr. 
 
 gladness : that the bones which Thou hast 
 broken may rejoice. 
 
 9 Turn Thy face from my sins : and put 
 out all my misdeeds. 
 
 10 Make me a clean heart, O God : and 
 renew a right spirit within me. 
 
 1 1 Cast me not away from Thy presence : 
 and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 
 
 12 give me the comfort of Thy help 
 again : and stablish me with Thy free spirit. 
 
 13 Then shall I teach Thy ways unto the 
 wicked : and sinners shall be converted unto 
 Thee. 
 
 14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O 
 God, Thou that art the God of my health : 
 and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteous- 
 ness. 
 
 15 Thou shalt open my lips, Lord : 
 and my mouth shall shew forth Thy praise. 
 
 16 For Thou desirest no sacrifice, else 
 would I give it Thee : but Thou delightest 
 not in burnt-offerings. 
 
 17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spi- 
 rit : a broken and contrite heart, O God, 
 shalt Thou not despise. 
 
 18 be favourable and gracious unto 
 Zion : build Thou the walls of Jerusalem. 
 
19 Then slialt Thou be pleased with the 
 sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt 
 offerings and oblations : then shall they 
 offer young bullocks upon Thine altar. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, &c. 
 
 As it was in the beginning, &c. 
 
 O Lord, I beseech Thee mercifully ta 
 hear me ; and spare me, and all those who 
 do confess their sins unto Thee ; that they 
 whose consciences by sin are accused, by 
 Thy merciful pardon may be absolved, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O MOST mighty God and merciful Father, 
 who hast compassion upon all men, and 
 hatest nothing that Thou hast made ; who 
 wouldest not the death of a sinner, but 
 rather that he should turn from his sin and 
 be saved : mercifully forgive me my tres- 
 passes, receive and comfort me who am 
 grieved and wearied with the burden of my 
 sins : Thy property is always to have mercy, 
 and to Thee only it appertaineth to forgive 
 sins : spare me therefore, good Lord, spare 
 me, spare Thy servant, whom Thou hast re- 
 deemed ; enter not into judgment with Thy 
 servant, who am vile earth, and a miserable 
 sinner ; but so turn Thine anger from me, 
 
20 JFutrap— 1]^£ x^xti ^om. 
 
 who meekly acknowledge my vileness, and 
 truly repent me of my faults, and so make 
 haste to help me in this world, that I may 
 ever live with Thee in the world to come ; 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Turn Thou me, O good Lord, and so I 
 
 shall be turned ; be favourable, O Lord, be 
 
 favourable to Thy servant, who turns to 
 
 Thee in weeping, fasting, and praying : for 
 
 Thou art a merciful God, full of compassion, 
 
 \ long-suffering, and of great pity : Thou 
 
 i sparest when we deserve punishment, and in 
 
 ; Thy wrath thinkest upon mercy : spare Thy 
 
 '■ servant, good Lord, spare me, and let me 
 
 not be brought to confusion ! Hear me, O 
 
 . Lord, for Thy mercy is great ; and after the 
 
 [ multitude of Thy mercies, look upon me, 
 
 [ through the merits and mediation of Thy 
 
 I blessed Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 ' The Lord bless me, and keep me, the 
 
 I Lord lift up the light of His countenance 
 
 I upon me, and give me peace, now and for 
 
 I eveiTUore. Amen. 
 
 The time following to eleven of the clock you 
 may bestow in dressing, and fitting yourself for 
 the public prayers of the Church, which then 
 you must by no means fail to be present at. In 
 the meantime,, let no sinful thoughts possess. 
 
JFrtoap— tf)c sixtfj ^our. 21 
 
 your soul, no vain or idle communication pro- 
 ceed out of your mouth, but such as may tend 
 to edifying. Examine, exhort, encourage your 
 servants, or those about you, whom you have 
 commanded, or who purpose to receive this 
 blessed Sacrament with you ; and be careful to 
 avoid the conversation of those who may proba- 
 bly tempt you to sin and vanity. 
 
 ®f)c Siitf) 3:|ottr^. 
 
 Returning from Church or Chapel, about 
 twelve of the clock, humble yourself again be- 
 fore God, and pray ; 
 
 Our Father which art in Heaven, hal- 
 lowed be Thy name : Thy kingdom come : 
 Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Hea- 
 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. 
 Amen. 
 
 Then the 32nd Psalm, still upon your knees ; 
 
 1 Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is 
 forgiven : and whose sin is covered. 
 
 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the 
 
 Lord imputeth no sin : and in whose spirit 
 
 there is no guile. 
 
 b The sixth hour includes the time from noon till three 
 o'clock. 
 
22 JpriUag— ti)f sixt!) f)our. 
 
 3 For while I held my tongue : my bones 
 consumed awaythrough my dailycomplaining. 
 
 4 For Thy hand is heavy upon me day 
 and night : and my moisture is like the 
 drought in summer. 
 
 5 I will acknowledge my sin unto Thee : 
 and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. 
 
 6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the 
 Lord : and so Thou forgavest the wicked- 
 ness of my sin. 
 
 7 For this shall every one that is godly 
 make his prayer unto Thee, in a time when 
 Thou mayest be found : but in the great 
 water-floods they shall not come nigh him. 
 
 8 Thou art a place to hide me in. Thou 
 shalt preserve me from trouble : Thou shalt 
 compass me about with songs of deliverance. 
 
 9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in 
 the way wherein thou shalt go : and I will 
 guide thee with Mine eye. 
 
 10 Be ye not like to horse or mule, which 
 have no understanding : whose mouths must 
 be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall 
 upon thee. 
 
 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly: 
 but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord 
 mercy embraceth him on every side. 
 
jFrittao— tfje sixti^ fiour.' 23 
 
 12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice 
 in the Lord : and be joyful all ye that are 
 true of heart. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, &c. 
 
 As it was in the beginning, &c. 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, who 
 Latest nothiDg that Thou hast made ; and 
 dost forgive the sins of all them that are 
 penitent ; create and make in me a new and 
 contrite heart, that I worthily lamenting my \ 
 sins, and acknowledging my wretchedness, j 
 may obtain of Thee, the God of all mercy, | 
 perfect remission and forgiveness, through i 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. \ 
 
 Almighty and most merciful Father, who I 
 for my many and grievous sins committed i 
 against Thee, and especially since the last | 
 solemn time of my humiliation and repent- | 
 ance, mightest most justly have cut me off j 
 in the midst of my days ; but in the multi • \ 
 tude of Thy mercies hast hitherto spared \ 
 me : accept, I most heartily beseech Thee, ; 
 my unfeigned sorrow for all my former j 
 transgressions ; and grant that I may never ; 
 so presume of Thy mercy, as to despise the I 
 riches of Thy goodness ; but that Thy for- \ 
 bearance and long-suffering may lead me to 1 
 
24 JpriDaB— t^f sixtf) fiour. 
 
 repentance and amendment of my sinful 
 life, to Thy honour and glory, and my final 
 acquittance and absolution at the last day, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Lord, make clean my heart within me : 
 And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 
 
 In the name of God, the Father, the Son, 
 and the Holy Ghost. Ame7i. 
 
 1 WHO am a wretched sinner, here person- 
 ally appearing, and prostrate * unto the Ma- 
 
 • Here throw j^sty of the great and dread- 
 yourseif upon the ful God, and in the presence 
 grounc . ^^ jj^^ j^^jy g^jjggjg . iiaving 
 
 in remembrance the exceeding mercies of 
 His great goodness towards me, as in mani- 
 fold instances, so especially in this, that in 
 the day of my Christening I was so happily 
 and holily vowed and dedicated unto God, 
 to be His child, and to live in His continual 
 service ; and that contrary to the profession 
 which was then made in my name, I have so 
 many and sundry times so grievously vio- 
 lated my vows, and profaned my sacred pro- 
 mises, and employed my soul to the service 
 of the world, the flesh, and the devil : at 
 length recalling myself, and, with all lowli- 
 
JFritiay— ti;c s>ixii) ^our. 25 
 
 ness and devotion, casting my soul and body- 
 prostrate before the dreadful throne of His 
 justice, do acknowledge, confess, and yield 
 myself a miserable wretched sinner, guilty of 
 that Death and Passion which Christ once \ 
 suffered for me upon the tormenting Cross : \ 
 but turning myself to the throne of His in- | 
 finite mercy, and with all my might and j 
 force, from the very depth of my heart, de- j 
 testing the iniquities of my fore-passed life, i 
 I most humbly beg and crave pardon for the i 
 same, with an entire absolution from all my ! 
 sins, even for the precious Death and Pas- i 
 sion's sake of my Lord and Saviour, unto j 
 whom I promise and confirm again, I do I 
 avow and solemnly renew the sacred profes- ! 
 sion and loyal service and fidelity which was i 
 made in my behalf unto Him at my holy \ 
 Baptism, renouncing unfeignedly the vani- j 
 ties of this wicked world, the lusts of the | 
 flesh, and the suggestions of the devil, and I 
 converting myself to my most gracious and \ 
 merciful God : I desire, deliberate, purpose, 
 and fully resolve, to honour Him, serve Him, 
 and obey Him for ever hereafter ; giving 
 and dedicating to Him for this end the 
 faculties of my soul and the members of 
 
26 JFrttiaB— tfie aixt]^ I)our. 
 
 my body, to be His faithful, loyal and obe- 
 dient subjects and servants for ever ; without 
 unsaying-, revoking, or repenting me of this 
 my holy and sacred promise, or any part 
 thereof. And I most humbly beseech 
 Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the 
 Holy Ghost, to confirm me in this constant 
 resolution of abandoning these my sins, and [ 
 living a holy life ; and to accept of this my 1 
 broken and contrite heart, which He hath i 
 promised not to despise ; entirely desiring ' 
 His fatherly goodness, that as He hath given ■ 
 me a will and desire to purpose, so He would =_ 
 give me strength and grace to perform, all | 
 holy actions, through Jesus Christ our Lord, j 
 
 Lord, I pray Thee, that Thy grace may I 
 always prevent and follow me, and make me : 
 continually to be given to all good works, ; 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ; 
 
 Lord, I beseech Thee, grant Thy servant [ 
 grace to withstand the temptations of the j 
 world, the flesh, and the devil ; and with a { 
 pure heart and mind to follow Thee the : 
 only true God, through Jesus Christ our i 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 O God, whose nature and property is ever 
 to have mercy and to forgive, receive my 
 
JFriUaB— tfje stxtf) fjour. 27 
 
 humble petitions ; and though I be tied and 
 bound with the chain of my sins, yet let the 
 pitifulness of Thy great mercy loose me, for 
 the honour of Jesus Christ our Mediator and 
 Advocate. Amen. 
 
 O Saviour of the world, save me ! who 
 by Thy Cross and Passion hast redeemed 
 me ; help me, and save me, I beseech Thee, 
 O God ! 
 
 To the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
 and only wise God, who is the ever-blessed 
 and adorable Trinity, be all honour and 
 glory, now and for ever. A7nen. 
 
 Having thus ended your mid-day devotions, 
 review your catalogue of sins : fix on that sin 
 you find yourself chiefly addicted to, labour for 
 a godly sorrow, and relenting of heart on the 
 sight of it ; resolve against all future perpetra- 
 tions of it, carefully using all remedies which 
 may tend to suppress it ; to which purpose exa- 
 mine yourself concerning those occasions and 
 inducements which did lead you. to it, and pro- 
 vide as well as you can against them, noting in 
 your book those occasions and remedies which 
 Scripture, reason, or experience may prompt you 
 to. As for example ; 
 
 Suppose yourself guilty of Irreveretice or 
 want of devotion in the service of God ; write 
 down what doth commonly induce you to it, what 
 remedies are most proper to the cure of it. Thus, 
 
28 JFriHag— t!)i miff !)our. 
 
 On Good Friday, (or be it any other day), 
 I fasted, being to receive the Communion the 
 following Sunday ; and in the exercise of this 
 holy duty, on examination, I found myself much 
 guilty of Irreverence in the worship of God, 
 and discovered these temptations to it. 
 
 1. Too much addicting myself to childish "and 
 light deportment at all times ; and therefore can 
 hardly remit of it, when I come into God's pre- 
 sence. 
 
 2. Listening too much to the vain discourses, 
 and observing the impertinent actions of others. 
 
 3. Want of consideration in whose Presence I 
 am ; to wit, of the great Majesty of Heaven ; 
 of that God, who, if I do not repent, will strictly 
 call me to an account for these, and all other mj'' 
 sins, &c. 
 
 From which occasions you may perceive what 
 remedies to use against it ; as, 
 
 1. To labour for a grave and modest carriage 
 
 of myself at all times, considering my 
 age, quality, degree, &c. 
 
 2. To avoid vain and light persons ; or if that 
 
 may not be done, not to heed them, or 
 seriously to rebuke them. 
 
 3. To entertain all awful and dreadful appre- 
 
 hensions of the great God, who seeth 
 what I do, and how I comport myself: 
 as also of the holy Angels, who may truly 
 enough be believed, from the intimations 
 of the Apostles, St. John (Rev. viii.) 
 
jFritJai) — tl^e sixtf) f)our. 29 
 
 and St. Pa\il (1 Cor. xi. 10), to be pre- 
 
 sent at holy Mysteries. 
 4. To these may be added, lifting up my eyes 
 
 to Heaven ; or fixing them on the Priest ; 
 
 and not letting them loose on whatever 
 
 objects may present themselves. 
 These I then resolved to consider, and prac- 
 tise ; and will therefore frequently read them over : 
 
 Even so Amen : Lord, let Thy grace be 
 sufficient for me ! Lead me not into temp- 
 tation, but deliver me from evil. Amen. 
 
 Then kneeling down, pray for Devotion, or 
 for any other grace, the contrary sin whereof 
 you have now found yourself guilty of, and re- 
 solved against. You will find prayers to this 
 purpose at the latter end of this book. As for 
 Devotion, thus ; 
 
 Most great God, who hast not only per- 
 mitted, but invited us needy and miserable 
 creatures to present our petitions to Thee : 
 O let me set a true value on this most in- 
 estimable privilege. I come unto Thee, O 
 Lord, as a worm to my Sovereign Maker ; I 
 come as an heinous offender to a just and 
 severe Judge ; let, I pray Thee, my ad- 
 dresses in Thine house be with a reverence 
 someway answerable to Thy awful Majesty; 
 give me an hearty desire to pray, and such a 
 pure intention and fixedness of mind upon 
 
JFritfaB— tl^c nintl) I)our. 
 
 Thee, that I may no more incur the giiilt of 
 drawing nigh unto Thee with my lips, when 
 my heart is far from Thee ; but may so ask, 
 that I may receive ; seek, that I may find ; 
 knock, that it may be opened unto me ; that 
 so from praying to Thee here, I may be 
 translated to the praising Thee eternally in 
 Thy glory hereafter, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Ainen. 
 
 This exercise being finished about three of 
 the clock, the time appointed for the Evening 
 Service ; at your return from the Church or 
 Chapel, if you have not fully satisfied your own 
 conscience, but require farther comfort or coun- 
 sel, you are to go to some discreet and learned 
 Minister of God's word (especially to him under 
 whose ministry God hath placed you, not being 
 curious or censorious in your choice as to this 
 particular), and open your grief by Confession, 
 that so you may receive the benefit of Absolu- 
 tion, together with ghostly counsel and advice, 
 to the quieting of your conscience, and the 
 avoiding of all scruple and doubtfulness. 
 
 ^l)t i^intl; l^our ^ 
 
 This being done (as it ought to be) with sub- 
 mission and sobriety, you may with comfort 
 retire into your closet, and upon your 
 knees, say, 
 
 Our Father, which art in Heaven, hal- 
 
 * The 9th hour includes the time from 3 o'clock till 6. 
 
jFriOaB— tfie ninti^ ]^our. 31 
 
 lowed be Thy name: Thy kingdom come: 
 Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Hea- 
 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. 
 Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be 
 open, all desires known, and from whom no 
 secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of my 
 heart by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit ; 
 that I may perfectly love Thee, and worthily 
 magnify Thy holy name, through Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 Then read upon your knees the Ten Com- 
 mandments, as they are set down in our ; 
 Communion Service. \ 
 
 God spake these words, and said, E am ; 
 ti^e XorU tf)p ©otf, t^ou si^alt fiabe none otI;er ; 
 gotfs hut JlBte. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me, and incline ] 
 my heart to keep this law. I 
 
 W)oyx sf)att not mnkt to x\)\m\i ano grabtn ] 
 
 (mage, nor \\)z lifecness of ano tiding tf)at is in \ 
 
 y^t^L'otxi albobc, or in \\)t cart!) hcncatl), or in \ 
 
 H^t toatcr unCcr X\)t cart^. S^^ou si^alt not iboto = 
 
S2 JTritratt— tl)i nintj^ f)our. 
 
 tiobjn to tl)em, nor inors^tp tJ)cm, for 1 ti)t 
 Xortf tfjtt ©otJ am a fcalous €5otJ, antr bisit 
 tj^c sins of tJ)c fati)ers upon t^e cf)tKJi£n, unto 
 tf)e t^ivtt anlJ fourti) generation of tf)rm tf)at 
 Ijaie JHe, antJ si^eto tnerci) unto tfjousanOs, in 
 tl^cm tl^at lobe iW;e, antJ feccp J$l|5 ®on\matttf= 
 ments. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me, and incline 
 my heart to keep this law. 
 
 ®f)ou sl)alt not take tf;e natnc of tf)e Xoxtf 
 tf)t) ^otr in bain, for t\)c ICortr to ill not I)olU 
 ]^im gtiiltlcss ti)at tafectl^ 1|is name in bain. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me, and incline 
 my heart to keep this law. 
 
 KKemcmbcr tl)at tijou keep IioId t^e Sabtiatf) 
 tfa\3. Sir tiaps sl)alt tl^ou labour, anO Do all 
 tl)at tf)ou f)ast to Ko, but tl^e sebenti) tfap is tl^e 
 Sabbatl) of tl)e ITorU t\)\t (SoD. En it ti^ou 
 sl)alt Do no manner of bjork, tl^ou, anU tl)^ 
 son, antf tl)» Uaugl)tcr, tf)u man serbant, antf 
 tl)P maiU serbant, tl)n rattle, anH tl)e stranger 
 tf)at is bDitl)in ti^p gates. JFor in six nans t^z 
 ITortJ matJe Beaben auU earti^, tf)c sea antr all 
 tfjat in tl)cm is, antr restcti \^t scbcnt]^ fta? ; 
 b]l)crefore tlje Hiorti blessctl tl;e scbentf; trap, 
 antr l)allobjetf it. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me, and incline 
 my heart to keep this law. 
 
Jpritfay— t^c ninti^ Ijour. 33 
 
 ?|onour tJ)u iatf)tx anU tJ^B motT)fr, ttjat ti)B 
 Uaps may b£ long in tf)e lanU toJ)id) tl)e ICorD 
 t^B ^otJ Si&ct^ tl)ee. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me, and incline 
 my heart to keep this law. 
 
 ^l)o\x s^alt Uo no murtrcr. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me, and incline 
 my heart to lieep this law. 
 
 ®^ott sJ)aIt not commit aUuItcry. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me, and incline 
 my heart to keep this law. 
 
 ^l)ou s!)aU not steal. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me, and incline 
 my heart to keep this law. 
 
 ®l;ou sljalt not htm false toitncss agaiast t^g 
 neigPour. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me, and incline 
 my heart to keep this law. 
 
 ^I)ou s'^alt not cobct tl)n n£igl)ltottx's ]^cuse, 
 tl)Ott sl)alt not cobet tl)B nctgi)fiour's toife, nor I)is 
 S£itant, nor I)is maiti, nor f)is ox, nor I)is ass, 
 nor ang ti)ing tl^at is I; is. 
 
 Lord have mercy upon me, and w^rite all 
 these Thy laws in my heart, I beseech Thee. 
 
 O Almighty Lord, and everlasting God, 
 vouchsafe I beseech Thee to direct, sanctify, 
 
34 JTritJae— tl)e nint}) {)our. 
 
 and govern both my soul and body in the 
 ways of Thy laws, and in the works of Thy 
 commandments ; that through Thy most 
 mighty protection, both here and ever, I 
 may be preserved both in body and soul, 
 through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
 Amen. 
 
 Then stand up and heartily repeat your Creed. 
 I BELIEVE in God, the Father Almighty, 
 Maker of Heaven and Earth ; and in Jesus 
 Christ His only Son our Lord, who was con- 
 ceived 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- 
 lic Church, the Communion of Saints, the 
 Forgiveness of Sins, the Resurrection of the 
 Body, and the Life everlasting. Amen. 
 
 After which kneel again, and pray ; 
 Almighty, everlasting God, heavenly Fa- 
 ther, I give Thee humble thanks, that Thou 
 
jFriPap— tf)e nintf) i^our, 35 
 
 hast vouchsafed to bring me to the know- 
 ledge of this Faith in Thee, and do beseech 
 Thee, that Thou wouklest keep me steadfast 
 in the Faith, and evermore defend me from 
 all adversities, who livest and reignest one 
 God, world without end. Amen. 
 
 Lord, have mercy upon me ! 
 Christ, have mercy upon me ! 
 Lord, have mercy upon me ! 
 
 PSALM XXXVIII. 
 
 1 Put me not to rebuke, O Lord, in 
 Thine anger : neither chasten me in Thy 
 heavy displeasure. 
 
 2 For Thine arrows stick fast in me : and 
 Thy hand presseth me sore. 
 
 3 There is no health in my flesh, because 
 of Thy displeasure : neither is there any rest 
 in my bones by reason of my sin. 
 
 4 For my wickednesses are gone over my 
 head : and are like a sore burden, too heavy 
 for me to bear. 
 
 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt : 
 through my foolishness. 
 
 6 I am brought into so great trouble and 
 
36 ^rtBap— t^t nintlj \)0VLt. 
 
 miseiy : that I go mourning all the day- 
 long. 
 
 7 For my loins are filled with a sore dis- 
 ease : and there is no whole part in my hody. 
 
 8 I am feeble and sore smitten : I have 
 roared for the very disquietness of my heart. 
 
 9 Lord, Thou knovvest all my desire : and 
 my groaning is not hid from Thee. 
 
 10 My heart panteth, my strength hath 
 failed me : and the sight of mine eyes is 
 gone from me. 
 
 11 My lovers and my neighbours did 
 stand looking upon my trouble : and my 
 kinsmen stood afar oiF. 
 
 12 They also that sought after my life, 
 laid snares for me : and they that went 
 about to do me evil, talked of wickedness, 
 and imagined deceit all the day long. 
 
 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and 
 heard not : and as one that is dumb, who 
 doth not open his mouth. 
 
 14 I became even as a man that heareth 
 not : and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 
 
 15 For in Thee, O Lord, have I put my 
 trust : Thou shalt answer for me, O Lord, 
 my God. 
 
 lf> I have required that they, even miiie 
 
enemies, should not triumph over me : for 
 when my foot slipped, they rejoiced greatly 
 against me. 
 
 17 And I truly am set in the plague : 
 and my heaviness is ever in my sight. 
 
 18 For I will confess my wickedness : 
 and be sorry for my sin. 
 
 19 But mine enemies live, and are mighty : 
 and they that hate me wrongfully, are many 
 in number. 
 
 20 They also that reward evil for good, 
 are against me : because I follow the thing 
 that good is. 
 
 21 Forsake me not, O Lord my God : be 
 not Thou far from me. 
 
 22 Haste Thee to help me : O Lord God 
 of my salvation. 
 
 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. 
 
 O Christ hear me ! and remember now 
 that hour in which Thou didst once com- 
 mend Thy blessed Spirit into the hands of 
 Thy heavenly Father, when with a torn 
 body and a broken heart Thou didst shew 
 forth the bowels of Thy mercy, and die for 
 
JFritray— tl^j nint!) i^our. 
 
 us. I beseech Thee, O Thou brightness 
 and image of God, assist me by this Thy 
 most precious death, that being dead unto 
 the worki, I may live wholly unto Thee, and 
 at the last hour of my departure from this 
 mortal life, I may commend my soul into 
 Thine hands, and Thou mayest receive me 
 into life immortal, there to reign with Thee 
 for ever and ever. A7ne7i. 
 
 Grant me in the mean time, gracious 
 Lord, a pure intention of heart, and a stead- 
 fast resolution to despise all vanity, to fight 
 the battles of the Lord manfully against the 
 world, the flesh, and the devil, to spend my 
 time religiously and usefully, to speak gra- 
 cious words, to walk always as in Thy pre- 
 sence, to preserve my soul and body in holi- 
 ness, fit for the habitation of the Spirit of 
 God. Amen. 
 
 My Lord, and my God ; give me, I be- 
 seech Thee, a wise, a sober, a patient, an 
 understanding, a devout, a religious, a cou- 
 rageous heart ; chaste and temperate reins 
 and thoughts : a soul full of devotion to do 
 Thee service ; and do Thou make my ser- 
 vices acceptable to Thee while I live, and 
 ntiy soul ready for Thee when I die. Amen. 
 
jPrittay— t]^e nintl) T)our. 39 
 
 O Lord, increase in me faith and devo- 
 tion, replenish my heart with all goodness, 
 and of Thy great mercy keep me in the 
 same ; give me true humility in prosperity, 
 patience in adversity, and continual joy in 
 the Holy Ghost. Amen. 
 
 O LoED, give me spiritual wisdom, that I 
 may discern what is pleasing to Thee, and 
 follow what belongs unto my peace ; and let 
 the knowledge and peace of God, and of 
 Jesus Christ our Lord, be my guide and my 
 portion all the days of my life. Amen. 
 
 O Lord, make me humble to my superiors, 
 and friendly to my equals ; thankful to my 
 benefactors, loving to my relations, and cha- 
 ritable to my enemies; to be gentle and 
 easily entreated, slow to anger, and readily 
 admonished ; fully prepared, and thoroughly 
 furnished for every good word and work. 
 Amen. 
 
 O Lord, give me a peaceable spirit, and a 
 quiet life, free from debt and deadly sin ; 
 give me grace to abstain from all appearance 
 of evil, and to do nothing but what is of 
 good report ; to confess Christ and His holy 
 religion by an holy and obedient life, and a 
 mind ready to die for Him when He shall 
 
40 JFrtoatt— tl^e ninti^ i^our. 
 
 call for me. And then, O Lord, assist me ! 
 Amen. 
 
 Lord Jesu ! I give Thee my body, my 
 soul, my substance, my fame, my friends, my 
 liberty, and my life : dispose of me, and of 
 all that is mine, as it seemeth best to Thee, 
 and to the glory of Thy holy name. Amen. 
 
 1 AM not now mine, but Thine ; therefore 
 claim me as Thy right, keep me as Thy 
 charge, and love me as Thy child : fight for 
 me when I am assaulted, heal me when I 
 am wounded, and revive me when I am de- 
 stroyed. Amen. 
 
 O God, from whom all good things do 
 come, grant to me Thy humble servant, that 
 by Thy holy inspiration I may think those 
 things that are good, and by Thy merciful 
 guidance may perform the same, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Give me modesty in my countenance, 
 gravity in my behaviour, deliberateness in 
 my speech, and righteousness in all my ac- 
 tions. Let Thy mercy cleanse me from my 
 sins, and let Thy grace bring forth in me 
 the fruits of everlasting life. Amen. 
 
 O God, who knowest us to be set in the 
 midst of so many and great dangers, that by 
 
JFriDatt— tf)c nimi) ^our. 41 
 
 reason of the weakness of our nature we 
 cannot always stand upright ; look, I be- 
 seech Thee, on my frailties and infiraiities, 
 and grant me such health of body, that both 
 in my soul and body I may evermore serve 
 Thee with all my strength and might, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Assist me mercifully, O Lord, in these, 
 and all my supplications and prayers ; and 
 dispose the way of Thy servant toward the 
 attainment of everlasting salvation ; that 
 among all the changes and chances of this 
 mortal life, I may ever be defended by Thy 
 most gracious and ready help, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 God the Father bless me ! God the Son 
 defend me ! God the Holy Ghost preserve 
 me! God the Holy Trinity be with me, 
 now and for evermore ! 
 
 After this apply yourself to read some choice 
 portion of Scripture ; particularly the history of 
 our Saviour's Passion, as in the Gospels for the 
 Holy Week. Read with as much affection and 
 heartiness as is possible; all along reflecting on 
 His innocency, and yourself as one of those 
 guilty wretches for whom He suffered all this. 
 And think thus of yovirself. 
 
 I HAVE occasioned more torment to Him 
 
42 J^ritJao— lEbcning. 
 
 than His very crucifiers. They crucified 
 Him once, but I have, as much as in me 
 lay, crucified Him daily : they crucified 
 Him because they knew Him not ; but I 
 have known Him, and yet have still con- 
 tinued thus to crucify Him afresh. 
 
 These meditations, as they should work in us 
 a great sorrow for our sins past, and a great 
 hatred, and a firm resolution against them for 
 the time to come ; so likewise should they 
 quicken and stir up our faith in, our love of, 
 and our thankfulness unto Christ, for His so 
 great mercy, in redeeming us by so dear a price. 
 
 Nor must your prayers end here ; they are 
 not complete without intercessions, nor accept- 
 able without charity, which is a main requisite 
 to a worthy communicant. 
 
 JPriDap— lEbening. 
 
 At six of the clock therefore betake yourself 
 again to prayer for all men ; for Christ's Holy 
 Catholic Church ; and for all, who either by re- 
 lation, acquaintance, or more particular desire, 
 may claim a share in your prayers. 
 
 Our Father, which art in Heaven, hal- 
 lowed be Tliy name : Thy kingdom come : 
 Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Hea- 
 ven : give us this day our daily bread : and 
 forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them 
 
JFrtoap— lEbcning. 43 
 
 that trespass against us : and lead us not 
 into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
 Amen. 
 
 PSALM CII. 
 
 1 Hear my prayer, Lord : and let my 
 crying come unto Thee. 
 
 2 Hide not Thy face from me in the time 
 of my trouble : incline Thine ear unto me, 
 when I call ; O hear me, and that right 
 soon. 
 
 3 For my days are consumed away like 
 smoke : and my bones are burnt up as it 
 were a firebrand. 
 
 4 My heart is smitten down, and withered 
 like grass : so that I forget to eat my bread. 
 
 5 For the voice of my groaning : my 
 bones will scarce cleave to my flesh. 
 
 6 I am become like a pelican in the wil- 
 derness : and like an owl that is in the 
 desert. 
 
 7 I have watched, and am even as it 
 were a sparrow : that sitteth alone upon the 
 house-top. 
 
 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day 
 long : and they that are mad upon me are 
 sworn together against me. 
 
44 JFriDap— lEiJcning. 
 
 9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread : 
 and mingled my drink with weeping. 
 
 10 And that because of Thine indignation 
 and wrath : for Thou hast taken me up, and 
 cast me down. 
 
 1 1 My days are gone like a shadow : and 
 I am withered like grass. 
 
 12 But Thou, O Lord, shalt endure for 
 ever : and Thy remembrance throughout all 
 generations. 
 
 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon 
 Sion : for it is time that Thou have mercy 
 upon her, yea the time is come. 
 
 14 And why.-* Thy servants think upon 
 her stones : and it pitieth them to see her in 
 the dust. 
 
 15 The heathen shall fear Thy name, O 
 Lord : and all the kings of the earth Thy 
 majesty. 
 
 16 When the Lord shall build up Sion : 
 and when His glory shall appear. 
 
 17 When He turneth Him unto the 
 prayer of the poor destitute : and despiseth 
 not their desire. 
 
 18 This shall be written for those that 
 come after : and the people which shall be 
 born shall praise the Lord. 
 
19 For He hath looked down from His 
 sanctuary : out of Heaven did the Lord 
 behold the earth. 
 
 20 That He might hear the mournings of 
 such as are in captivity : and deliver the 
 children appointed unto death ; 
 
 21 That they may declare the name of 
 the Lord in Sion : and His worship at Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 22 When the people are gathered toge- 
 ther : and the kingdoms also to serve the 
 Lord. 
 
 23 He brought down my strength in my 
 journey : and shortened my days. 
 
 24 But I said, O my God, take me not 
 away in the midst of mine age : as for Thy 
 years, they endure throughout all genera- 
 tions. 
 
 25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid 
 the foundation of the earth : and the Hea- 
 vens are the work of Thy hands. 
 
 26 They shall perish, but Thou shalt en- 
 dure : they all shall wax old as doth a gar- 
 ment. 
 
 27 And as a vesture shalt Thou change 
 them, and they shall be changed : but Thou 
 art the same, and Thy years shall not fail. 
 
46 JFritfau— lEOcning. 
 
 28 The children of Thy servants shall 
 continue : and their seed shall stand fast in 
 Thy sight. 
 
 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. 
 
 Almighty God, who of Thy tender love 
 towards mankind, hast sent Thy Son our j 
 Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon Him our j 
 flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, ; 
 that all mankind should follow the example | 
 of His great humility ; .mercifully grant, j 
 that I may both follow the example of His 
 patience, and also be made partaker of His j 
 resurrection, through the same Jesus Christ i 
 our Lord. Amen. i 
 
 Almighty God, I beseech Thee graciously i 
 to behold Thy family, for which our Lord 
 Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, 
 and given up into the hands of wicked men, 
 and to suffer death upon the cross ; who 
 now liveth and reigneth with Thee and the 
 Holy Ghost, ever one God world without 
 end. A7nen. 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, by whose 
 Spirit the whole body of the Chm'ch is go- 
 
jFritfat)— lEbcning. 47" 
 
 verned and sanctified ; receive my supplica- 
 tions and prayers which I offer before Thee 
 for all estates of men in Thy Holy Church, 
 that every member of the same in his voca- 
 tion and ministry may truly and godly serve 
 Thee, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 O MEEciruL God, who hast made all men, 
 and hatest nothing that Thou hast made, 
 nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but 
 rather that he should be converted and live ; 
 have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, 
 and Heretics ; and take from them all igno- 
 rance, hardness of heart, and contempt of 
 Thy word ; and so fetch them home, blessed 
 Lord, to Thy fold, that they may be saved 
 among the remnant of the true Israelites ; 
 and be made one flock, under one Shepherd, 
 Jesus Christ our Lord, who livethand reign- 
 eth with Thee, and the Holy Spirit, one 
 God, world without end. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, who hast purchased to 
 Thyself an Universal Church, by the pre- 
 cious blood of Thy dear Son ; mercifully 
 look on that part of it in these kingdoms so 
 miserably shattered and distressed. I con- 
 fess, Lord, our sins have iusilv deserved 
 
48 jFritJae— Ibcning. 
 
 that thou shouldest remove Thy candlestick 
 from us, and by some extraordinary judg- 
 ment, make us a scorn and a by-word to the 
 world: but, I beseech Thee, reverse those 
 plagues which we have deserved, and con- 
 tinue those mercies which we have hitherto 
 enjoyed, especially the comfort of Thy gos- 
 pel, and liberty of Thy truth. O, let not 
 our adversaries ever roar in the midst of our 
 congregations, and set up their banners as 
 signs of victory and conquest over us ; but 
 shield and protect us with Thy mercy, that in 
 Thy holy Church we may still glorify Thy 
 name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 God, the unspeakable Author of the 
 world, Creator of man. Governor of empires, 
 and Establisher of all kingdoms, who out of 
 the loins of our father Abraham didst choose 
 a King that became the Saviour of all kings 
 and nations of the earth : bless, I beseech 
 Thee, Thy servant, and our dread Sovereign 
 Lady Queen Victoria, with the richest bless- 
 ings of Thy gi'ace ; and establish her in the 
 throne of her kingdom by Thy mighty aid 
 and protection : visit her as Thou didst visit 
 Moses in the bush, Joshua in the battle, 
 Gideon in the field, and Samuel in the tern- 
 
jTrtoag— mcnmg. 49 
 
 pie : let the dew of Thy abundant mercies 
 fall upon her head, and give unto her the 
 blessing of David and Solomon : be unto 
 her an helmet of salvation against the face of 
 her enemies, and a strong tower of defence 
 in the time of adversity. Let her reign be 
 prosperous, and her days many ; let peace, 
 and love, and holiness, justice and truth, 
 and all Christian virtues, flourish in her 
 time : let her people serve her with honour I 
 and obedience, and let her so duly serve 1 
 Thee here on earth, that she may hereafter | 
 everlastingly serve Thee in Heaven, through j 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. I 
 
 I BESEECH Thee, Lord, save and defend 
 all Christian Kings, Princes, and Governors, 
 especially Thy servant Victoria our Queen, 
 that under her we may be godly and quietly 
 governed ; and grant unto her whole coun 
 cil, and to all that are put in authority 
 under her, that they may truly and indiffe- j 
 rently minister justice, to the punishment of 
 wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance 
 of Thy true religion and virtue. Amen. ' 
 
 :t 
 
so jFrftKaw— lEtjcning. 
 
 Almighty * God, the God of all mercy, I 
 humbly beseech Thee to pour down the 
 riches of Thine abundant goodness upon the 
 head of Thine handmaid our most gracious 
 Queen Victoria, that she being continually 
 beautified with the royal ornaments of Thy 
 heavenly grace, may be holy and devout as 
 Esther, loving to the Prince as Eacliel, fruit- 
 ful and wise as Rebecca, and obedient as 
 Sarah; and with long life and glory conti- 
 nuing in her high and princely state here, 
 she may at the last be brought to the great 
 happiness of Thine everlasting estate here- 
 after, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, the Fountain of all good- 
 ness, I humbly beseech Thee to bless Ade- 
 laide the Queen Dowager, the Prince Albert, 
 Albert Prince of Wales, and all the Royal 
 Family : endue them with Thy Holy Spirit: 
 enrich them with Thy heavenly grace, pros- j 
 per them with all happiness, and bring them j 
 to Thine everlasting kingdom, through Jesus ': 
 C u'ist our Lord. Amen. ) 
 
 This prayer, in the earlier editions, has reference to ' 
 Katharine, the Queen of Charles II., but it may well j 
 be retained. I 
 
jpritfao— lEbfning. 51 t 
 
 Almighty God, who alone workest greaFi 
 marvels ; give grace to all Bishops, Priests, e 
 and Deacons, especially to those under r 
 whose dispensations I live : illuminate theni r 
 with tme knowledge and understanding of [ 
 Thy word, and grant that by their preach- \_ 
 ing and living they may set it forth, and ;, 
 shew it accordingly ; and also rightly and i 
 duly administer Thy Holy Sacraments : j 
 grant this for Thy Son Jesus Christ's sake. ;; 
 Amen, \ 
 
 O THOU God of Truth, bring into the way 
 of truth all such as have erred and are de- 
 ceived ! O Thou Father of comforts, suc- 
 cour, help, and comfort all that are in dan- 
 ger, necessity, and tribulation ; preserve all 
 that travel by land or by water ; all women 
 labouring of child, all sick persons and 
 young children ; shew Thy pity upon all 
 prisoners and captives ; provide for the fa- 
 therless children and widows, and all who 
 are desolate and oppressed ; yea, have mercy 
 upon all men, especially those whom Thou 
 hast called to the knowledge of, and faith in 
 Thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
52 JFrttfatt— lEbtntng. 
 
 Almighty God, the Creator and Preserver 
 
 of all men (who hast commanded me to 
 
 honour my father and mw 
 
 * This IS only to 7 ^ ^ rr,, 
 
 •be said by those mother*; grant me of Thy 
 who have parents, goodness and grace so to 
 pareii . j^^^ ^^^ honour them, to 
 
 fear and obey them, to help, and to pray for 
 them, as Thou in Thy holy word hast di- 
 rected and charged me to do, that both in 
 their lives and deaths their souls may bless 
 me.) Give, I pray Thee, to (them and) all 
 my relations and benefactors, deliverance 
 from all dangers both of body and soul : 
 keep them in the steadfastness of Thy faith, 
 and in the obedience of Thy command- 
 ments ; bless them, O Lord, and make us all 
 doubly dear to each other both in the flesh 
 and in the Lord, and that for our Lord 
 Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
 O God, from whom every good and per- 
 fect gift proceedeth ; accept my praise and 
 thanksgiving which I offer unto Thee for all 
 Thy mercies and benefits from time to time 
 vouchsafed unto me ; for my health, peace, 
 liberty, friends, and all other blessings of 
 this life ; for Jesus Christ the fountain of 
 all ; for His Conception, Birth, Circumcision ; 
 
iPrtoau— lEbcning. 53 
 
 for His Baptism, Fasting, Temptation ; for 
 His holy and most exemplary Life ; for His 
 bitter, cruel, and yet patient and meritorious 
 Death ; for His victorious triumphant De- 
 scent into hell ; for His glorious Resurrec- 
 tion and Ascension ; for the Coming of the 
 Holy Ghost, the Eternal Comforter, upon 
 the Apostles on the day of Pentecost ; and 
 from that time for the constitution of a 
 Catholic and Apostolic Church, which is to 
 continue to the end of the world. And I 
 beseech Thee, Lord, give me that due 
 sense of all Thy mercies, that my heart may 
 be unfeignedly thankful ; and that I may 
 shew forth Thy praise, not only with my 
 lips, but in my life, by giving up myself 
 unto Thy service, and by walking before 
 Thee in holiness and righteousness all my 
 days, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, who by Thy holy Apostle 
 hast taught us not only to make prayers and 
 supplications, but also to give thanks for all 
 men ; I offer up unto Thee most high laud 
 and humble thanks for all Thy wonderful 
 graces and virtues which Thou hast declared 
 in all Saints ; chiefly in the glorious and 
 
i4 jFriUap— 1Ei)«ning. 
 
 most blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother " of 
 Thy Son Jesus Christ ; and all others who 
 have departed this life with the seal of faith, 
 and do now rest in the sleep of peace ; such 
 as were the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, 
 Martyrs, and Confessors, holy Virgins, pious 
 Matrons, and devout Widows <=, who have 
 washed the feet of the Saints ; beseeching 
 Thee that we may still continue in their 
 holy communion, and enjoy the comfort 
 thereof while we are on earth, following 
 with a glad will and mind their holy exam- 
 ples of godly living and steadfastness in Thy 
 faith ; and that at the last day we with 
 them, and they with us, may attain to the 
 resurrection of the just, and have our perfect 
 consummation and bliss both in body and 
 soul in Thy eternal and everlasting glory, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom 
 with Thee, and the Holy Ghost, be ascribed 
 by us, as is by Angels and Arch-angels, and 
 the whole company of Heaven, all honour 
 and glory, world without end. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, who hast promised to 
 hear the petitions of them that ask in Thy 
 
 ^ St. Luke i. 43. = I Tim. v. 9, 10, 
 
JTriUaB— lEbtning. 
 
 j Son's name ; I beseech Thee mercifully to 
 j incline Thine ears unto me, now that in His 
 
 name I have made my prayers and supplica- 
 I tions unto Thee : and grant that those things 
 \ which I have faithfully asked, according to 
 j Thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the 
 j relief of my necessity, and to the setting 
 1 forth of Thy glory, through Jesus Christ 
 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 The peace of God, which passeth all un- 
 derstanding, the blessing of God Almighty, 
 the Father, the Sou, and the Holy Ghost, 
 the virtue of Christ's blessed Cross and Pas- 
 ; sion, be with me now, at the hour of death, 
 and in the day of judgment. Amen. 
 
 Having thus interceded and given thanks, at 
 seven of the clock with cheerfulness depart your 
 
 I closet : let not your behaviour be without inno- 
 
 i cent alacrity ; but let your special care be to 
 
 \ comport yourself at these your fasts, that they 
 
 I may not (if possible) be taken notice of by any 
 
 I but yourself and God, as being mindful of that 
 
 j command of our Saviour, St. Matt. vi. 17, 18, 
 
 i Anoint thy head, and ivash thy face, that thou 
 
 \ appear not unto men to fast. Be sure then to 
 
 I avoid all sullenness and moroseness ; but give 
 
 I ready and cheerful answers to any that shall 
 
 j demand you. 
 
56 jFrit^ag— lEbcnins. 
 
 Thus disposed, you are ready for your supper 
 "by seven of the clock, whereto, notwithstanding 
 your long abstinence, you must not let loose 
 your appetite, but eat as sparingly as at other 
 times ; remembering that our Church hath ap- 
 pointed this day, as all other Fridays in the 
 year, except Christmas-day, to be days of fast- 
 ing or abstinence. 
 
 These few hours from supper to bed-time you 
 cannot better bestow than in reading, or walking 
 and meditating on the particular exercises of 
 your fasts ; examining yourself whether you 
 have been as intent, as devout in the perform- 
 ance of them, as is requisite. And where you 
 have failed, heartily bewail yourself to God, re- 
 solving within yourself to be more serious and 
 careful for the time to come. Be frequent and 
 diligent in looking over your accountal, observ- 
 ing every week since you last communicated 
 what your carriage hath been ; how you have 
 amended, especially in those particulars in 
 which you have formerly taken notice of your 
 miscarriages, and vowed reformation. 
 
 Some time before you retire to your evening 
 prayers, return to your closet, and let your cha- 
 rity crown your devotions (1 Cor. xvi. 2.) ; set- 
 ting apart, and devoting somewhat unto God of 
 what you have, to the relief of His wanting ser- 
 vants ; distributing it when you see occasion. 
 In the meantime, separate it from the rest of 
 your store, and ever after look upon it as devote, 
 and not to be touched, except to be dispersed to 
 the poor ; when you do thus consecrate it unto 
 God, use this or the like ejaculation. 
 
jFtiPae— B)cning. 57 
 
 What I give, O Lord, is of my own, as 
 Thou hast prospered me ; if I have wronged 
 any one, I am ready to restore four-fold ''. 
 
 O Lord, whose is the earth and the ful- 
 ness thereof, I offer unto Thee, what by Thy 
 gift and blessing I have, this small testi- 
 mony of my thankfulness, to be bestowed on 
 those poor Christians whom Thy providence 
 shall give me opportunity to relieve ; be 
 Thou pleased through the blood of my Sa- 
 viour to accept it, and pardon all my vain 
 expenses. Amen. 
 
 Thou art my God ; my goods are nothing 
 unto Thee ; all my delight is upon the 
 saints that are in the earth, and upon such 
 as excel in virtue. 
 
 ^ St. Luke xix. 8. 
 
 IX0Y2. 
 
58 i^ritJafi— lE&enCng. 
 
 About ten or eleven of tlie clock betake your- 
 self to your ordinary prayers for the evening, I 
 whereto subjoin the two prayers for preparation I 
 to the Holy Communion, which are above writ- 
 ten [page 3], and also on every such day the ' 
 143rd Psalm. 
 
 1 Hear my prayer, Lord, and consideif 
 my desire : hearken unto me for Thy truth 
 and righteousness' sake. 
 
 2 And enter not into judgment with Thy 
 servant : for in Thy sight shall no man liv- ; 
 ing be justified. \ 
 
 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my ■ 
 soul, he hath smitten my life down to the j 
 ground : he hath laid me in the darkness, as i 
 the men that have heen long dead. \ 
 
 4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me : | 
 and my heart within me is desolate. j 
 
 5 Yet do I remember the time past ; I j 
 muse upon all Thy works : yea, I exercise j 
 myself in the works of Thy hands. | 
 
 6 I stretch forth my hands unto Thee : \ 
 my soul gaspeth unto Thee as a thirsty land, j 
 
JFrilrag— lEbentng. 59 
 
 7 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, for 
 my spirit waxetli faint : hide not Thy face 
 from me, lest I be like unto them that go 
 down into the pit. 
 
 8 O let me hear Thy loving- kindness be- 
 times in the morning, for in Thee is my 
 trust : shew Thou me the way that I should 
 walk in, for I lift up my soul unto Thee. 
 
 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine ene- 
 mies : for I flee unto Thee to hide me. 
 
 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth 
 Thee, for Thou art my God : let Thy loving 
 spirit lead me forth into the land of right- 
 eousness. 
 
 1 1 Quicken me, O Lord, for Thy Name's 
 sake : and for Thy righteousness' sake bring 
 my soul out of trouble. 
 
 12 And of Thy goodness slay mine ene- 
 mies : and destroy all them that vex my 
 soul, for I am Thy servant. 
 
 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. 
 
 Thus you end your course of prayers for 
 every Friday preceding a Communion- Sunday. 
 
60 
 
 jFrtoao— lEbentng. 
 
 They are such, I think, as may suit your leisure 
 and condition ; if not, you are prudent enough 
 to omit and alter what you see good. I have, 
 too, all along supposed your constitution strong 
 enough to hold out such a fast ; if health will 
 not bear it, in God's name eat, but moderately, 
 and let your food be mean and ordinary, such as 
 a crust of bread, a little wine, or a glass of small 
 beer, &c. 
 
SattirtfaB. 61 
 
 Saturtfau. 
 
 And now having finished your penitential 
 
 devotions on the Friday, or the Eve to Christ- 
 
 I mas-day, you have the less to do on the Satur- 
 
 1 day, nothing but to guard yourself more strictly 
 
 ! against temptations, that they prevail not upon 
 
 I you ; to which purpose, be much in reading the 
 
 : Scripture, or some good book, particularly The 
 
 ! WJiole Duty of Man ; the third partition of it 
 
 concerns the Lord's Supper, which after evening 
 
 prayer read considerately over, applying every 
 
 passage to yourself, as being some way or other 
 
 concerned in it. 
 
 Part of this day you may bestow in offices of 
 charity : as, visiting your sick friends, or re- 
 conciling yourself to any with whom you have 
 had any difference, as you shall find occasion: 
 or, as you shall be directed by your spiritual 
 guide. 
 
62 SunDag J^Corning, 
 
 Suntrap J^torning. 
 
 On Sunday morning you rise by six of the 
 clock, and subjoin to your morning prayers 
 those two collects for preparation above men^ 
 tioned [page 3.] 
 
 After this, consider how you may with due 
 devotion comport yourself at the holy Altar ; and 
 what are those particular duties and graces you 
 are there to exercise ; you will find an account 
 of them in the third partition of the Whole Duty 
 of Man. 
 
 Then examine the state and temper of your 
 heart ; whether it be tender, and affectionately 
 disposed to relentings for your sins, purposes 
 against them, and resolutions for a holy life ; 
 to humble reliances, and trust on God in our 
 Saviour's blood for pardon ; to spiritual joy and 
 thankfulness ; to good will towards all men ; to 
 charity and liberality, and the like ; otherwise, 
 have an hearty desire, and use your utmost en- 
 deavour, which will be accepted, to bring it to 
 such a disposition. 
 
 If after all this be done, you have any spare 
 minutes before Church or Chapel time, you 
 would do well to bestow them in reading over 
 the Communion Service ; by which means you 
 will be able with more readiness and devotion to 
 go along with the Priest in the public ministra- 
 tion of it. 
 
 About an hour before you go forth, review the 
 account of your sins, noted in your paper ; let 
 
Suntfap JWomtng. 63 
 
 your heart go along with the reading of them, 
 sorrowing for them, and resolving against them. 
 
 After this, humbly kneel, and repeat the 
 51st Psalm, 
 
 1 Hate mercy upon me, O God, after 
 Thy great goodness : according to the 
 multitude of Thy mercies do away mine 
 offences. 
 
 2 Wash me throughly from my wicked- 
 ness : and cleanse me from my sin. 
 
 3 For I acknowledge my faults : and my 
 sin is ever before me. 
 
 4 Against Thee only have I sinned, and 
 done this evil in Thy sight : that Thou ; 
 mightest be justified in Thy saying, and i 
 clear when Thou art judged. | 
 
 5 Behold I was shapen in wickedness : | 
 and in sin hath my mother conceived me. [ 
 
 6 But lo. Thou requirest truth in the in- ^ 
 ward parts : and shalt make me to under- ; 
 stand wisdom secretly. 
 
 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and i 
 I shall be clean : Thou shalt wash me, and i 
 I shall be whiter than snow. i 
 
64 Suttttae i^lotning. 
 
 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and 
 gladness : that the bones which Thou hast 
 broken may rejoice. 
 
 9 Turn Thy face from my sins : and put 
 out all my misdeeds. 
 
 10 Make me a clean heart, O God : and 
 renew a right spirit within me. 
 
 1 1 Cast me not away from Thy presence: 
 and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 
 
 12 O give me the comfort of Thy help 
 again : and stablish me with Thy free 
 Spirit. 
 
 13 Then shall I teach Thy ways unto the 
 wicked : and sinners shall be converted unto 
 Thee. 
 
 14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O 
 God, Thou that art the God of my health : 
 and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteous* 
 ness. 
 
 15 Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord : 
 and my mouth shall shew Thy praise. 
 
 16 For Thou desirest no sacrifice, else 
 would I give it Thee : but Thou delightest 
 not in burnt offerings. 
 
 17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled 
 spirit : a broken and contrite heart, God, 
 shalt Thou not despise. 
 
^orU's ©a». 65 
 
 18 O be favourable and gracious unto 
 Sion : build Thou the walls of Jerusalem. 
 
 19 Then shalt Thou be pleased with the 
 sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt- 
 offerings and oblations : then shall they 
 offer young bullocks upon Thine altar. 
 
 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. 
 
 Then these following Collects. 
 
 1. BLESSED Jesu, who didst take upon 
 Thee our nature, and didst suffer death 
 upon the Cross for our redemption ; and 
 hast commanded us to continue the memory 
 of this Thy precious death till Thy coming 
 again ; O let not the inestimable benefits of 
 it be frustrated by my manifold and griev- 
 ous sins, but inspire my soul with those 
 graces which may qualify me to receive 
 them tendered unto me in this blessed 
 Sacrament. O Lord, Thou seest that I 
 have no power of myself to help myself. O 
 let the pitifulness of Thy great mercy loose 
 
"Jjirtj's Bau. 
 
 me from tlie chains of those sins wherewith 
 I am tied and bound : that being thus set 
 at liberty, I may here with cheerfulness run 
 the way of Thy Commandments, and here- 
 after enter into Thy joy, blessed Saviour 
 and Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 2. Thou, O God and Saviour, knowest 
 how vile I am, and with what eagerness I 
 have pursued the paths that lead unto ever- 
 lasting death ! How often hath this Feast 
 been prepared, I lovingly bid and called 
 thereto ; but have with frivolous excuses ab- 
 sented myself! Or, if I have come, I have 
 brought such troops of Thy professed ene- 
 mies, unrepented sms, along with me, as if I 
 came not to adore, but to defy Thee ; not 
 to commemorate, but to renew Thy Passion ! 
 I am not worthy, O Lord, I am not worthy 
 to come into Thy presence, much less to 
 eat the flesh of the sacrificed Lamb ; for my 
 sins, O blessed Jesu, went along in confede- 
 ration with the High Priests, in treachery 
 with Judas, in injustice with Pilate, in ma- 
 lice and cruelty with the people: O what 
 punishment then shall I be thought worthy 
 of, who have thus trampled under foot the 
 Son of God, and counted the blood of the 
 
Tort's Ba^. 67 
 
 covenant an unholy thing ! Where shall I 
 vile wretch appear, who have put my Lord 
 to death ; who have crucified to myself the 
 Son of God afresh, and put Thee to an open 
 shame ! Where should I appear, hut hefore 
 my Saviour, who hath loved, and died for 
 me, though I have hated and murdered 
 Him! Thy blood, Jesu, is my only re- 
 fuge ! O let the cry of it speak on my be- 
 half; and may it speak better things than 
 the blood of Abel ! Be merciful unto me, 
 O God, be merciful unto me, for my soul 
 trusteth in Thee, and in the clefts of Thy 
 wounds shall be my refuge until Thy Fa- 
 ther's indignation be overpast ! O blessed 
 Advocate and Mediator, intercede for me 
 with Thy Father and ours, Thy God and 
 ours ; and grant that by the grace which 
 Thou hast found, by the prerogative which 
 Thou hast deserved, by the mercy which 
 Thou hast purchased for me, as Thou hast 
 been partaker of my sufferings and infirmi- 
 ties, so I by Thy Death and Resurrection, 
 and by Thy infinite gracious intercession 
 may be made partaker of Thy holiness and 
 Thy glory, even for Thy own merits' sake. 
 Amen, 
 
68 lEoiti's Ba». 
 
 3. O Lord, who hast promised that if I 
 open my mouth wide Thou wilt fill it, I 
 pray Thee to open it; and not my mouth 
 only, but my heart also : create in Thy 
 servant a great hunger and thirst after the 
 things of Thy kingdom and the righteous- 
 ness of it, after all the holy graces, and all 
 the holy ministries of grace ; that I may 
 long for the Bread of Heaven, thirst after 
 the Fountain of salvation, and as the hart 
 panteth after the water-brooks, so my soul 
 may desire Thee, Lord : O kindle such 
 a holy flame in my soul that it may con- 
 sume all my sins and cursed affections, that 
 I may never again defile the place which 
 Thou hast chosen for Thy temple. Thou 
 diedst, dear Jesu, to redeem me from ini- 
 quity ; O let me not again sell myself to 
 work wickedness ; I am a sinner, a grievous 
 one, not w^orthy to look up to Heaven ; but 
 be Thou pleased to look down into the dust, 
 and lift up a sinner from the dunghill ; let 
 me not perish in my folly, or be consumed 
 in Thy heavy displeasure : give me time 
 and space to repent, and give me powers of 
 grace, that as by Thy holy inspiration I do 
 sincerely and fixedly resolve on an entire 
 
i:ortJ's ©as. 69 
 
 reformation, so by Thy merciful guidance I 
 may faithfully perform the same. Amen. 
 
 4. Thou great physician of souls, heal 
 me of those many and foul diseases which 
 my soul groans under; grant that I may 
 now so touch Thee that every one of those 
 loathsome issues may immediately stanch, 
 that these sicknesses may not be unto death, 
 but to the glory of Thy mercy in pardoning, 
 to the glory of Thy grace in purifying so 
 polluted a wretch. O Christ hear me ! in- 
 spire me with a holy zeal to mortify my 
 sins, support me with a holy hope, confirm 
 me with an excellent and nnreprovable 
 faith, and enkindle in me a never-failing 
 charity ; let me judge myself, that I be not 
 judged by Thee ; condemn myself, that I be 
 not condemned with the world: but, receiv- 
 ing this Holy Sacrament with a penitent 
 heart and a lively faith, I may partake the 
 great benefits of it ; I may dwell in Christ, 
 and Christ in me; I may be one with 
 Christ, and Christ with me : the Lord be 
 merciful unto me, and grant this for His 
 own bowels and compassion's sake. Amen. 
 
70 ICortf's Ba^. 
 
 Then these Collects of intercession. 
 
 Meeciful God, who hast made all men, 
 and wouldest not the death of a sinner, but 
 rather that he should turn from his wicked- 
 ness and live : to which purpose Thou hast 
 sent Thy Son out of Thy Bosom to suffer 
 death upon the Cross for our redemption ; 
 look down in mercy and pity upon poor 
 mankind, whose portion is folly and misery, 
 shame and death ; bring all sinners to re- 
 pentance ; enlighten all that sit in darkness ; 
 all Jews, Turks, Infidels, Heretics, and 
 Schismatics : take from them all blindness, 
 hardness of heart, and contempt of Thy 
 Word and Commandment ; and so fetch 
 them home. Blessed Lord, unto Thy fold, 
 that they may be saved among the remnant 
 of the true Israelites, and be made one flock, 
 under one Shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Ainen. 
 
 Gbacious Lord, I do more especially 
 humbly present to Thy Divine Majesty this 
 glorious sacrifice which Thy blessed Son 
 made upon the Cross, in the behalf of all 
 Christians throughout the world ; give unto 
 them all, God, a portion of all the good 
 
Hloitt's ©at). 71 
 
 prayers which are made iu Heaven and 
 earth, the intercession of our Lord, and 
 the supplications of all Thy servants. O 
 let us walk worthy of that holy vocation 
 wherewith we are called ; let us who name 
 the name of Christ, depart from iniquity ; 
 and unite us in the bonds of the common 
 faith, and a holy charity, that no interests 
 or partialities, nor sects or opinions, may 
 keep us any longer in darkness and division ; 
 but that we may with one mind, and one 
 mouth, glorify Thee, the Father of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 Fathee of mercies, be merciful to this 
 miserable divided Church in which we live ; 
 according to all Thy righteousness let Thine 
 anger be turned away from us ; let religion 
 and virtue season all sorts of men therein ; 
 forgive us all our sins ; turn Thee unto us, 
 and bless us, that the world may say, Blessed 
 is this people whose God is the Lord Jeho- 
 vah, and blessed are the folk whom He hath 
 chosen to Him to be His inheritance ! Lord, 
 hear, and cause Thy face to shine upon this 
 Thy sanctuary, which is thus sadly desolate, 
 for the Lord's sake. Amen. 
 
 O King of kings, ail L)rd of lords^ 
 
72 XoiO's ®ap. 
 
 give, I pray Thee, the spirit of government 
 and holiness to all Christian kings, princes, 
 and governors, especially to Thy servant 
 Victoria our Queen ; grant that her people 
 may obey her, and slie may obey Thee, and 
 live in honesty and peace, justice and holy 
 religion, being a nursing mother to the 
 Church, an advocate for the oppressed, a 
 patron for the widows, and a sanctuary for 
 the miserable and fatherless, that she may 
 reign with Thee for ever in the kingdom of 
 the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 O Thou Fountain of all goodness, be 
 pleased to bless and protect Adelaide the 
 Queen Dowager, the Prince Albert, Albert 
 Prince of Wales, and all the royal family ; 
 endue them with all heavenly graces answer- 
 able to their births; make them instruments 
 of Thy glory here, and partakers of Thy 
 glory hereafter. Amen. 
 
 God, who alone workest great marvels, 
 be gracious unto all those who wait at Thine 
 Altar, the Bishops and all the Clergy ; open 
 Thou their lips, that their mouths may shew 
 forth Thy praise ; inspire them with holiness 
 and diligence to preach and declare Thy 
 will by good lives and wise discourses, that 
 
Xoxti's Bag. 
 
 they may minister to the good of souls, and 
 find a glorious reward in the day of the 
 Lord Jesus. Amen, 
 
 O jiERciruL God, be merciful in succour- 
 ing all that are in affliction ; deliver the out- 
 cast and poor, help them to right that suffer 
 wrong; let the sorrowful sighing of the 
 prisoners come before Thee, and, according 
 to the greatness of Thy power, preserve 
 thou those that are appointed to die ; be 
 mercifid unto all who are just now breath- 
 ing out their last ; grant ease to those that 
 are in pain, supply to those that suffer want ; 
 and to all wicked persons give Thy grace, 
 that they may speedily repent, and live well, 
 and be saved through the merits of Jesus 
 Christ. Amen, 
 
 Have mercy and pour down Thy bless- 
 ings, O God, upon (my Father, Mother, and 
 all other) my relations, friends, and bene- 
 factors*: grant unto them whatsoever they 
 ♦ Here men- ^aut, or wiscly and holily de- 
 tion those who sire ; keep them for ever in 
 Thy fear and favour ; and let 
 their portion be in the blessing, and in the 
 service, in the love, and in the kingdom, of 
 God, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
n HortJ's IBae. 
 
 O Lord, I beseech Thee, forgive my 
 enemies all their sins against Thee, and met 
 and g-ive me that measure of Thy grace, that 
 for their hatred, I may love them ; for their 
 cm-sing, I may bless them ; for their inju- 
 ries, I may do them good; and for their 
 persecution, I may pray for them. Lord, I 
 pray for them ; forgive them, for they know 
 not what they do. Amen. 
 
 FiNALTA% O Lord, I pray Thee for all 
 those who shall this day be my companions 
 at the Altar, and for all others who do now 
 communicate in any part of Christendom; 
 that through this Blood of the Cross, we 
 may all be cleansed from our sins, and be 
 presented pure and unblameable, and un* 
 reprovable in Thy sight ; for the sake of 
 Jesus Christ, whom I adore, whom I love, 
 and desire 1 may still more and more love, 
 and love for ever. Amen. Amen. 
 
 Our Father, which art in Heaven, hal- 
 lowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come ; 
 Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Hea- 
 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 
 
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 into temptation ; but deliver us from evil. 
 Atnen. 
 
 The Lord bless and preserve me in my 
 going out and my coming in, from this time 
 forth, for evermore. Amen. 
 
76 ^\)t l^olp Communion. 
 
 Having thus finished your doset-devotions, 
 you go forth to the church or chapel fasting, 
 that so a portion from God's table may be the 
 first morsel ; and remember to take something 
 out of your store to present at the Oifertory. 
 
 When you enter into the church, kneel and 
 pray. 
 
 OuE Father, which art in Heaven, hal- 
 lowed be Thy name ; Thy kingdom come ; 
 Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Hea- 
 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 ; 
 for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
 and the glory, for ever and ever. Am€?i. 
 
 Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy 
 house, and the place wherein Thine honour 
 dwelleth. I will wash my hands in inno- 
 cency, O Lord, and so will I go to Thine 
 Altar. 
 
 Having seated yourself, turn to the Psalms 
 and Lessons, Epistle and Gospel for the day, 
 that you may more freely attend the Priest in 
 reading them. 
 
THE ORDER 
 FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE 
 
 OR HOLY COMMUNION. 
 
 ^ So many as intend to he partakers of the holy 
 Commnnion shall siynify their namesto the Curate, 
 at least some time the day before. 
 
 *(f And if any of those he an open and notorious evil 
 liver, or have done any wrong to his neighbours by 
 rcord or deed, so that the Congregation be thereby 
 offended; the Curate, having knotvledge thereof, 
 shall call him and advertise Inm, that in any tvise 
 he presume not to come to the Lord's Table, until 
 he hath openly declared himself to have truly re- 
 pented and amended his former naughty life, that 
 the Congregation may thereby be satisfied, ichicli 
 before were offended; and that he hath recompensed 
 the parties, to ichom he hath done wrong; or at least 
 declare himself to be in full purpose so to do, as 
 soon as he conveniently may. 
 
 ^ Tlie same order shall the Curate use with those 
 betwLvt whom he perceiveth malice and hatred to 
 reign ; not suffering them to be partakers of the 
 Lords Table until he knoiv them to be reconciled. 
 And if one of the parties so at variance be content 
 to forgive from the bottom of his heart all that the 
 other hath trespassed against him, and to make 
 amends for that he himself hath offended; and the 
 other party will not be persuaded to a godly unity, 
 bid remain still in his frowardness and malice : the 
 Minister in that case oicght to admit the penitent 
 
78 ^\)t 3§ol9 CPommunicn. 
 
 person to the holy Communion, a?id not him that is 
 obstinate. Provided that every 3Iinister so re- 
 pelling any, as is specified in this, or the next pre- 
 cedent Paragraph of this Ruhrick, shall he obliged 
 to give a?i account of the same to the Ordinary 
 iviihin fourteen days after at the farthest. And 
 the Ordinary shall proceed against the offending 
 person according to the Canon. 
 *[[ Tlie Table, at the Communion-time having a fair 
 ichite linen cloth vpo7i it, shall stand in the Body of 
 the Church, or in the Chancel, lohere Morning and 
 Evening Prayer are appointed to be said. And 
 the Priest standing at the North side of the Table 
 shall say the Lord's Prayer^ with the Collect 
 following, the people kneeling. 
 Our Father, which art" in Heaven, hal- 
 lowed be Thy name: Thy kingdom come: 
 Thy will he done in earth, as it is in Hea- 
 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. 
 Amen. 
 
 I'he Cvlkct.. 
 Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be 
 open, all desires known, and from whom no 
 secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our 
 hearts by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit, 
 that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily 
 magnify Thy holy name, through Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
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 ^ Tlien shall the Priest, turning to the people, re- 
 hearse distinctly all the TEN C03niAND- 
 3IENTS ; and the people still kneeling shall, after 
 every Commandment, ask God mercy, for their 
 transgression thereof for the time past, and grace 
 to keep the same for the tim£ to come, asfolloweth. 
 
 Minister. 
 
 God spake tliese words, and said ; I am 
 the Lord Tliy God : Thou shalt have none 
 other gods but Me. 
 
 Peoj)le. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
 incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 Minister. Thou shalt not make to thyself 
 any graven image^ nor the likeness of any 
 thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth 
 beneath, or in the water under the earth. 
 Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship 
 them: for I the Lord Thy God am a jealous 
 God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon 
 the children, unto the third and fourth gene- 
 ration of them that hate me, and shew mercy 
 unto thousands in them that love me, and 
 keep My commandments. 
 
 People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
 incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 Minister. Thou shalt not take the Name 
 of the Lord Thy God in \ain: for the Lord 
 
80 ^{)i l|oly Communtoit. 
 
 will not hold him guiltless, that taketh His 
 Name in vain. 
 
 People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
 incline our hearts to keep this law^. 
 
 3Iinister. Remember that thou keep holy 
 the Sabbath-day. Six days shalt thou labour, 
 and do all that thou hast to do ; but the seventh 
 day is the Sabbath of the Lord Thy God. In 
 it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and 
 thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, 
 and thy maid-servant, thy cattle and the 
 stranger that is within thy gates. For in six 
 days the Lord made heaven and earth, the 
 sea, and all that in them is, and rested the 
 seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the 
 seventh day, and hallowed it. 
 
 People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
 incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 Minister. Honour thy father and thy 
 mother ; that thy days may be long in the 
 land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 
 
 People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
 incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 Minister. Thou shalt do no murder. 
 
 People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
 incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 Minister-. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
 
Wi)t "^olVi CCommunuiit» 81 
 
 People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
 incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 Minister. Thou shalt not steal. 
 
 People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
 incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 Minister. Thou shalt not hear false wit- 
 ness against thy neighbour. 
 
 People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
 incline our hearts to keep this lavv%" 
 
 Minister. Thou shalt not covet thy neigh- 
 bour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neigh- 
 bour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, 
 nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is 
 his. 
 
 People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
 write all these Thy laws in our hearts, we 
 beseech Thee. 
 
 •[[ Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the 
 Queen, the Priest standing as before, and saying, 
 
 Let us pray. 
 Almighty God, whose kingdom is ever- 
 lasting, and power infinite ; Have mercy upon 
 the whole Church ; and so rule the heart of 
 thy chosen Servant VICTORIA.owv Queen 
 and Governor, that she (knowing whose 
 minister she is) may above all things seek 
 
82 W^$ i|oIe CDommunion^ 
 
 Thy honour and glory: and that we, and all 
 her subjects (duly considering- whose authority 
 she hath) may faithfully serve, honour, and 
 humbly obey her, in Thee, and for Thee, ac- 
 cording to Thy blessed Word and ordinance ; 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with 
 Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reign- 
 eth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 
 
 Or 
 Almighty and everlasting God, we are 
 taught by Thy holy Word, that the hearts of 
 Kings are in Thy rule and governance, and 
 that thou dost dispose and turn them as it 
 seemeth best to Thy godly wisdom; We 
 humbly beseech Thee so to dispose and 
 govern the heart of VICTORIA Thy 
 Servant, our Queen and Governour, that, in 
 all her thoughts, words, and works, she may 
 ever seek Thy honour and glory, and study 
 to preserve Thy people committed to her 
 charge, in wealth, peace, and godliness : 
 Grant this, O Merciful Father, for Thy dear 
 Son's sake, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 t Then shalf be said the Collect of the Day. And 
 vnmecbately ajter the Collect thi Priest shall read 
 the Epjstle, saying. The Epistle [or, The portion 
 ot fecnpture appointed for the Epistle] is written 
 
Si)* 3^011) Communion. 
 
 in the Chapter of beginning at the 
 
 — — Verse. And the Epistle ended, he shall say. 
 Here endeth the Epistle. Then shall he read the 
 Gospel (the people all standing up) saying, The 
 
 holy Gospel is written in the Chapter of 
 
 — -beginning at the Verse. And the 
 
 Gospel ended, shall be sung or said the Creed 
 /olhving the people still standing, as before. 
 
 I Believe in one God tlie Father Almighty, 
 Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things 
 visible and invisible : 
 
 And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only- 
 begotten Son of God, Begotten of His Father 
 before all worlds, God of God, Light of 
 Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not 
 made. Being of one substance with the 
 Father; By whom all things were made, 
 Who for us men, and for our salvation came 
 down from heaven, And was incarnate by the 
 Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was 
 made man. And was crucified also for us 
 under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was 
 buried, And the third day He rose again ac- 
 cording to the Scriptures, And ascended into 
 heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the 
 Father. And He shall come again with glory 
 to judge both the quick and the dead : Whose 
 kingdom shall have no end. 
 
 And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the 
 
84 5rf)c 1|oIfi ©ommunton. 
 
 Lord and Giver of life, Who pioceedetli from 
 the Father and the Son, Who with the Father 
 and the Son together is worsliipped and 
 glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And 
 I believe one Gatholick and Apostolick 
 Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the 
 remission of sins, And I look for the Re- 
 surrection of the dead. And the life of the 
 world to come. Amen. 
 
 *}[ Then the Curate shall declare unto tJie people ivhat 
 Holy-days, or Fasting-days, are in the Week follow- 
 ing to be observed. jfLnd then also (if occasion be) 
 shall notice be given of the Communion; and 
 Briefs, Citations, and Excommunications read, 
 ylnd nothing shall be proclaimed or published in the 
 Cliurch, during the time of Divine Service, but 
 by the Minister: nor by him any thing, but what is 
 prescribed in the Rules of this Book, or enjoined by 
 the Queen, or by the Ordinary of the place.. 
 
 ^ Tlien shall follow the Sermon, or one of the Homilies 
 already set forth, or hereafter to be set forth, by 
 authjtrtt'f. 
 
 [ Sermon ended, you go up to the Altar, and 
 prostrate before it, say, 
 
 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, 
 and honour, and power ; for Thou hast cre- 
 ated all things, and for Thy Will's sake they 
 are, and were created. 
 
 Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and 
 
®]^e l^ola CTommunioit. 85 
 
 [ thanks, and honour, and power, be unto 
 our God, and unto the Lamb for evermore* 
 Amen. 
 
 Then whilst others are coming up, and the 
 Priest preparing to read the sentences, pray, 
 
 Almighty Lord, who hast of Thine in- 
 finite mercies vouchsafed to ordain this 
 Sacrament for a perpetual memory of that 
 blessed Sacrifice, which once Thou madest 
 for us upon the Cross ; grant me with such 
 diligent remembrance, and such due rever- 
 ence, to participate of this so holy and 
 wonderful a Mystery, that I may be made 
 worthy by Thy grace to obtain the virtue 
 and fruits of the same, with all the benefits 
 of Thy precious Death and Passion, even 
 the remission of all my sins, and the fulness 
 of all Thy graces, which I beg for Thy 
 only merits, who art my only Saviour, God 
 from everlasting, and world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 O LoED, our heavenly Father, Almighty 
 and everlasting God, regard, we beseech 
 Thee, the devotions of Thy humble servants, 
 who do now celebrate the memorial which 
 Thy Son and our Saviour hath commanded 
 to be made in remembrance of His most I 
 
8G Vti)t I^oli) CTommunion. 
 
 [ blessed Passion and Sacrifice ; tliat by the 
 merits and power thereof, now represented 
 before Thy Divine Majesty, we, and all 
 Thy whole Church, may be made partakers 
 of all other the benefits of His most precious 
 Death and Resurrection from the earth, 
 and glorious Ascension into Heaven, who 
 liveth and reigneth with Thee, and the Holy 
 Spirit, ever one God, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 Be pleased, God, to accept this our 
 bounden duty and service ; and command 
 that the prayers and supplications, together 
 with the remembrance of Christ's Passion, 
 which we do now offer up unto Thee, may 
 by the ministry of the holy Angels be 
 brought up into Thy heavenly tabernacle ; 
 and that Thou not weighing our merits, 
 but looking upon the blessed Sacrifice of our 
 Saviour, which was once fully and perfectly 
 made for us all, mayest pardon our offences, 
 and replenish us with Thy grace and hea- 
 venly benediction, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. ] 
 
STide 1r,olB S^ommunion. 87 
 
 ^ Tlien shall the Priest return to the Lord's Table, 
 and begin the Offertory, saying one or more of these 
 Sentences folhwiny, as he thinketh most convenient 
 in hi^ discretion. 
 
 Let your light so sliine before men, that they 
 may see your good works, and glorify your 
 Father which is in heaven. St. Matth. v. 
 
 Lay not up for yourselves treasure upon 
 the earth ; where the rust and moth doth 
 corrupt, and where thieves break through 
 and steal : but lay up for yourselves treasures 
 in heaven ; where neither rust nor moth doth 
 corrupt, and where thieves do not break 
 through and steal. St. Matt. vi. 
 
 Whatsoever ye would that men should do 
 unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is 
 the Law and the Prophets. St. Matt. vii. 
 
 Not every one that saith unto me. Lord, 
 Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven ; 
 but he that doeth the will of my Father which 
 is in Heaven. *S7. Matt. vii. 
 
 Zacchseus stood forth, and said unto the 
 Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I 
 give to the poor ; and if I have done any 
 wrong to any man, I restore fourfold. St. 
 Luke xix. 
 
 Who goeth a warfare at any time of his 
 
W^t '^olVi CTommunion. 
 
 own cost? Who plantetli a vineyard, and 
 eatetb not of the fruit thereof? Or who feed- 
 eth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the 
 flock ? 1 Cor. ix. 
 
 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, 
 is it a great matter if we shall reap your 
 worldly things ? 1 Cor. ix. 
 
 Do ye not know, that they who minister 
 about holy things live of the sacrifice ; and 
 they who wait at the altar are partakers with 
 the altar? Even so hath the Lord also 
 ordained, that they who preach the Gospel 
 should live of the Gospel. 1 Cor. ix. 
 
 He that soweth little shall reap little ; and he 
 that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously. 
 Let every man do according as he is disposed 
 in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity ; 
 for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. ix. 
 
 Let him that is taught in the Word minis- 
 ster unto him that teacheth, in all good 
 things. Be not deceived, God is not mock- 
 ed : for whatsoever a man soweth that shall 
 he reap. Gal. vi. 
 
 While we have time, let us do good unto 
 all men ; and specially unto them that are of 
 the houshold of fiiith. Gal. vi. 
 
 Godliness is great riches, if a man be con- 
 
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 tent with that he hath : for we hrought 
 nothing into the world, neither may we carry- 
 any thing out. 1 Tim. vi. 
 
 Charge them who are rich in this world, 
 that they be ready to give, and glad to dis- 
 tribute ; laying up in store for themselves a 
 good foundation against the time to come, 
 that they may attain eternal life. 1 Tim vi. 
 
 God is not unrighteous, that He will forget 
 your works, and labour that proceedeth of 
 love ; which love ye have shewed for His 
 Name's sake, who have ministered unto the 
 saints, and yet do minister. Heh. vi. 
 
 To do good, and to distribute, forget not; 
 for with such sacrifices God is well pleased, 
 Heh. xiii. 
 
 Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth 
 his brother have need, and shutteth up his 
 compassion from him, how dwelleth the love 
 of God in him ? 1 St. John iii. 
 
 Give alms of thy goods, and never turn 
 thy face from any poor man ; and then the 
 face of the Lord shall not be turned away 
 from thee. Tohit iv. 
 
 Be merciful after Thy power. If thou 
 hast much, give plenteously : if thou hast 
 little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that 
 
90 V^})t 1|ol8 Communion. 
 
 little : for so gatherest thou thyself a good re- 
 ward in the day of necessity. Tobit iv. 
 
 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth 
 unto the Lord : and look, what he layeth out, 
 it shall be paid him again. Prov. xix. 
 
 Blessed he the man that provideth for the 
 sick and needy : the Lord shall deliver him 
 in the time of trouble. Psal. xli. 
 
 ^ Whilst these Sentences are in reading, the Deacons, 
 Oiurchwardens, or other fit person appointed for 
 that purpose, shall receive the Alms for the Poor, 
 and other devotions of the people, in a decent bason 
 to be provided by the Parish for that pwpose ; and 
 reverently bring it to the Priest, who shall humbly 
 jveseht and place it vpon the holy Table. 
 
 [ Whilst upon your knees you cast in your 
 offerings, stop and say, 
 
 Blessed Jesu, who didst accept the poor 
 widow's two mites ; be pleased graciously to 
 accept this from Thy unworthy servant. Amen. 
 
 The Prayers beginning again, you must join 
 with the congregation ; and heeding every pas- 
 sage, let your heart go along with it ; keep your 
 mind attentive, not only to the words and sub- 
 stance of the Prayers and Exhortations, but also 
 to every passage, and particular ceremony in 
 the consecration; forasmuch as all of them have 
 their meaning and reason. 
 
 Observe the Priest then brealdng the bread, 
 and remember how Christ's Blessed Body was 
 
W)t 1|olo Communion. 91 
 
 [ torn with nails upon the Cross ; observe him 
 pouring 02it the wine, and remember how His 
 precious Blood was spilt likewise; and then 
 consider they were your sins which caused both, 
 which should work in you a great sorrow for 
 them, and then a great hatred, and a firm reso- 
 lution against them, and withal, engage you to 
 thankfulness and love, resolving to express itby an 
 universal obedience in your conversation. Again, 
 
 Observe the people too, taking and eating the 
 bread, taking and drinking the wine, for it signi- 
 fies their particular laying hold on Christ by 
 trust and faith ; their flying to, and apprehend- 
 ing Him, as the means of their salvation, and 
 the pardon of their sins tendered to them in this 
 blessed Sacrament. ] 
 ^ And when there is a Communion, the Priest shall 
 
 then place upon the Table so much bread and Wine 
 
 as he shall think sufficient. 
 
 After which done, the Priest shall say, 
 
 Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's 
 Church militant here in earth. 
 Almighty and everliving God, who "by 
 Thy holy Apostle hast taught us to make 
 prayers, and supplications, and to give thanks, 
 for all men ; We humbly beseech Thee most 
 mercifully [* to accept our 
 alms and oblations, and] to alUor'Ziati<Z, 
 Teceive these our prayers? then shall the icords 
 which we offer unto Thy ^JZ'^l^;^ 
 Divine Majesty; beseech- be left out unsaid. 
 
92 ®!)c 3|oIy CTcmmttnion. 
 
 ing Thee to inspire continually the universal 
 Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and 
 concord: And grant, that all they that do 
 confess Thy holy Name may agree in the 
 truth of Thy holy Word, and live in unity, 
 and godly love. We beseech Thee also to 
 save and defend all Christian Kings, Princes, 
 and Governours ; and specially Thy servant 
 VICTORIA our Queen ; that under her we 
 may be godly and quietly governed : And 
 grant unto her whole Council, and to all that 
 are put in authority under her, that they may 
 truly and indiftereutly minister justice, to the 
 punishment of wickedness and vice, and to 
 the maintenance of Thy true religion, and vir- 
 tue. Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all 
 Bishops and Curates, that they may both by 
 their life and doctrine set forth Thy true 
 and lively Word, and rightly and duly ad- 
 minister Thy holy Sacraments: And to all 
 Thy people give Thy heavenly grace ; and 
 especially to this congregation here present ; 
 that, with meek heart and due reverence, 
 they may hear, and receive Thy holy Word ; 
 truly serving Thee in holiness and righteous- 
 ness all the days of their life. And we most 
 humbly beseech Thee, of Thy goodness, 
 
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 Lord, to comfort and succour all them, who 
 in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, 
 need, sickness, or any other adversity. And 
 we also bless Thy holy Name for all Thy 
 servants departed this life in Thy faith and 
 fear ; beseeching- Thee to give us grace so 
 to follow their good examples, that with 
 them we may be partakers of Thy heavenly 
 kingdom : Grant this, O Father, for Jesus 
 Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advo- 
 cate. Ame7i. 
 
 ^ TVJien the minister giveth teaming for the celebra- 
 tion of the Iwly Communion, (^which he shall always 
 do upon the Sunday, or some Holy-day, immedi- 
 ately preceding,^ after the Sermon or Homily 
 ended, he shall read this Exhortation foUoicing. 
 
 Dearly beloved, on day next I 
 
 purpose, through God's assistance, to admig 
 nister to all such as shall be religiously and 
 devoutly disposed the most comfortable Sa- 
 crament of the Body and Blood of Christ ; 
 to be by them received in remembrance of 
 His meritorious Cross and Passion ; where- 
 by alone we obtain remission of our sins, 
 and are made partakers of the kingdom of 
 heaven. Wherefore it is our duty to render 
 most humble and hearty thanks to Almighty 
 
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 God our heavenly Father, for that He hath 
 given His Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, not 
 only to die for us, but also to be our spiritual 
 food and sustenance in that holy Sacrament. 
 Which being so divine and comfortable a 
 thing to them who receive it worthily, and 
 so dangerous to them that will presume to 
 receive it unworthily ; my duty is to exhort 
 you in the mean season to consider the dig- 
 nity of that holy mystery, and the great 
 peril of the unworthy receiving thereof; and 
 so to search and examine your own con- 
 sciences, (and that not lightly, and after the 
 manner of dissemblers with God ; but so) 
 that ye may come holy and clean to such a 
 heavenly Feast, in the marriage-garment 
 required by God in holy Scripture, and be 
 received as worthy partakers of that holy 
 Table. 
 
 The way and means thereto is ; First, to 
 examine your lives and conversations by the 
 rule of God's commandments; and wherein- 
 soever ye shall perceive yourselves to have 
 offended, either by will, word, or deed, there 
 to bewail your own sinfulness, and to con- 
 fess yourselves to Almighty God, with full 
 purpose of amendment of life. And if ye 
 
®^ l^ole Communion. 95 
 
 shall perceive your offences to be such as are 
 not only against God, but also against your 
 neighbours ; then ye shall reconcile your- 
 selves unto them ; being ready to make re- 
 stitution and satisfaction, according to the 
 uttennost of your powers, for all injuries and 
 wrongs done by you to any other ; and being 
 likewise ready to forgive others that have 
 offended you, as ye would have forgiveness 
 of your offences at God's hand: for other- 
 wise the receiving of the holy Communion 
 doth nothing else but increase your damna- 
 tion. Therefore if any of you be a blasphe- 
 mer of God, an hiuderer or slanderer of His 
 Word, an adulterer, or be in malice, or envy, 
 or in any other grievous crime, repent you 
 of your sins, or else come not to that holy 
 Table ; lest, after the taking of that holy 
 Sacrament, the devil enter into you, as he 
 entered into Judas, and fill you full of all 
 iniquities, and bring you to destruction both 
 of body and soul. 
 
 And because it is requisite, that no man 
 should come to the holy Communion, but 
 with a full trust in God's mercy, and with a 
 quiet conscience ; therefore if there be any 
 of you, who by this means cannot quiet his 
 
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 own conscience herein, but require th further 
 comfort or counsel, let him come to me, or 
 to some other discreet and learned Minister 
 of God's Word, and open his grief ; that by 
 the ministry of God's holy Word he may 
 receive the benefit of absolution, together 
 with ghostly counsel and advice, to the 
 quieting of his conscience, and avoiding of 
 all scruple and doubtfulness. 
 
 ^ Or, in case he shall see the people negligent to come 
 to the holy Communion, instead of the former, he 
 shall use this Exhortation. 
 
 Dearly beloved brethren, on — I 
 
 intend, by God's grace, to celebrate the 
 Lord's Supper: unto which, in God's behalf, 
 I bid you all that are here present ; and be- 
 seech you, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, 
 that ye will not refuse to come thereto, being 
 so lovingly called and bidden by God Him- 
 self. Ye know how grievous and unkind a 
 thing it is, when a man hath prepared a rich 
 feast, decked his table with all kind of pre- 
 vision, so that there lacketh nothing but the 
 guests to sit down: and yet they who are 
 called (without any cause) most unthank- 
 fully refuse to come. Which of you in such 
 a case would not be moved? "Who would 
 
^})z l|ob ©ommunion. 97 
 
 not think a great injury and wrong- done 
 
 unto him ? Wherefore, most dearly beloved 
 in Christ, take ye good heed, lest ye, with- 
 drawing yourselves from this holy Supper, 
 provoke God's indignation against you. It 
 is an easy matter for a man to say, I will 
 not communicate, because I am otherwise 
 hindered with worldly business. But such 
 excuses are not so easily accepted and 
 allowed before God, If any man say, I am 
 a grievous sinner, and therefore am afraid 
 to come : wherefore then do ye not repent 
 and amend? When God calleth you, are 
 ye not ashamed to say ye will not come? 
 When ye should return to God, will ye ex- 
 cuse yourselves, and say ye are not ready? 
 Consider earnestly with yourselves how little 
 such feigned excuses will avail before God. 
 They that refused the feast in the Gospel, 
 because they had bought a farm, or would 
 try their yokes of oxen, or because they were 
 married, were not so excused, but counted 
 unworthy of the heavenly feast. I, for my 
 part, shall be ready ; and, according to mine 
 Office, I bid you in the Name of God, I call 
 you in Christ's behalf, I exhort you, as ye 
 love your own salvation, that ye will be par. 
 
ys ^i)s: l)olt) CTommuuion. 
 
 takers of this holy Communion. And as the 
 Son of God did vouchsafe to yield up His 
 soul by death upon the Cross for your sal- 
 vation ; so it is your duty to receive the 
 Communion in remembrance of the Sacrifice 
 of His death, as He Himself hath com- 
 manded: which if ye shall neglect to do, 
 consider with yourselves how great injury ye 
 do unto God, and how sore punishment 
 hangeth over your heads for the same ; when 
 ye wilfully abstain from the Lord's Table, 
 and separate from your brethren, who come 
 to feed on the banquet of that most heavenly 
 food. These things if ye earnestly consider, 
 ye will by God's grace return to a better 
 mind : for the obtaining whereof we shall 
 not cease to make our humble petitions unto 
 Almighty God our heavenly Father. 
 
 ^ At the time of the celebration of the Communion, 
 the Communicants being convenienthi placed for the 
 receiving of the holy Sacrament, the Priest shall 
 say this Exhortation, 
 
 Deakly beloved in the Lord, ye that 
 
 mind to come to the holy Communion of 
 
 the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, 
 
 must consider how Saint Paul exhorteth all 
 
 persons diligently to try and examine them- 
 
^fft l^olfi €Dommunion. 99 
 
 selves, before they presume to eat of that 
 Bread, and drink of that Cup. For as the 
 benefit is great, if with a true penitent 
 heart and lively faith we receive that holy 
 Sacrament; (for then we spiritually eat the 
 flesh of Christ, and drink His blood ; then 
 we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us ; we 
 are one with Christ, and Christ with us ;) so 
 is the danger great, if we receive the same 
 unworthily. For then we are guilty of the 
 Body and Blood of Christ our Saviour ; we 
 eat and drink our own damnation, not con- 
 sidering the Lord's Body ; we kindle God's 
 wrath against us ; we provoke Him to 
 plague us with divers diseases, and sundry 
 kinds of death. Judge therefore yourselves, 
 brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord ; 
 repent you truly for your sins past ; have a 
 lively and stedfast faith in Christ our Sa- 
 viour ; amend your lives, and be in perfect 
 charity with all men ; so shall ye be meet 
 partakers of those holy mysteries. And 
 above all things ye must give most humble 
 and hearty thanks to God, the Father, the 
 Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemp- 
 tion of the world by the death and passion 
 of our Saviour Christ, both God and man ; 
 
leo ^f)£ llole Communion. 
 
 who did humble Himself, even to the death 
 upon the Cross, for us, miserable sinners, 
 wlio lay in darkness and the shadow of 
 death ; that He might make us the children 
 of God, and exalt us to everlasting- life. And 
 to the end that we should alway remember 
 the exceeding g-reat love of our Master, and 
 only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying' for 
 us, and the innumerable benefits which by 
 His precious blood-shedding He hath ob- 
 tained to us ; He hath instituted and or- 
 dained holy mysteries, as pledges of His 
 love, and for a continual remembrance of 
 His death, to our great and endless comfort. 
 To Him therefore, with the Father and the 
 Holy Ghost, let us give (as we are most 
 bounden) continual thanks ; submitting our- 
 selves wholly to His holy will and pleasure, 
 and studying to serve Him in true holiness 
 and righteousness all the days of our life. 
 Amen. 
 
 f Thm shall the Priest say to them Hmt come to 
 receive the holy Communiorii 
 
 Ye that do truly and earnestly repent you 
 of your sins, and are in love and charity 
 with your neighbours, and intend to lead a 
 new life, following the commandments of 
 
Vtl)t 1|ole Communion. 10 1 
 
 God, and walking from henceforth in His 
 holy ways ; Draw near with faith, and take 
 this holy Sacrament to your comfort; and 
 make your humble confession to Almighty 
 God, meekly kneeling upon your knees. 
 
 ^ Then shall this general Confession he made, in the 
 name of all those that are minded to receive the 
 holy Commxinion^ hy one of the Ministers; both he 
 and all the people kneeling humbly upon their 
 knees, and saying, 
 
 Aljjighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all 
 men ; We acknowledge and bewail our 
 manifold sins and wickedness, Which we, 
 from time to time, most grievously have 
 committed, By thought, word, and deed, 
 Against Thy Divine Majesty, Provoking 
 most justly Thy wrath and indignation 
 against us. We do earnestly repent, and 
 are heartily sorry for these our misdoings ; 
 The remembrance of them is grievous unto 
 us ; The burden of them is intolerable. 
 Have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us, 
 most merciful Father ; For Thy Son our 
 Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that 
 is past ; And grant that we may ever here- 
 after serve and please Thee in newness of life, 
 
102 ^^t l^olp Communion. 
 
 To the honour and glory of Thy Name ; 
 Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 ^ Then shall the Priest (or the Bishop, being pre- 
 "sent,} stand up, and turning himself to the people, 
 proiwunce this Absolution. 
 
 Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who 
 of His great mercy hath promised forgive- 
 ness of sins to all them that with hearty 
 repentance and true faith turn unto Him ; 
 Have mercy upon you ; pardon and deliver 
 you from all your sins ; confirm and 
 strengthen you in all goodness ; and bring 
 you to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 %lThen shall the Priest say. 
 
 Hear what comfortable words our Saviour 
 
 Christ saith unto all that truly turn to Him. 
 
 Come unto me all that travail and are 
 
 heavy laden, and I will refresh you. St. 
 
 Matt, xi, 28. 
 
 So God loved the world, that He gave 
 His only-begotten Son, to the end that all 
 that believe in Him should not perish, but 
 have everlasting life. St. John iii. 16. 
 
 Hear also what Saint Paul saith. 
 This is a true saying, and worthy of all 
 
©J)c I^oId Communion. 103 
 
 men to be received, That Christ Jesus came 
 into the world to save sinners e. 1 Tim. i. 15. 
 
 Hear also what Saint John saith. 
 
 If any man sin, we have an Advocate with 
 the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous ; and 
 He is the propitiation for our sins. 1 St. 
 John ii. 1. 
 
 ^ After which the Priest shall proceed, saying. 
 Lift up your hearts. 
 
 Answer. We lift them up unto the Lord. 
 Priest. Let us give thanks unto our Lord 
 God. 
 
 Aiuwer. It is meet and right so to do. 
 
 ^ Tlien shall the Priest turn to the LorcTs Table, and 
 
 SGI/, 
 
 It is very meet, right, and * These words 
 our bounden duty, that we «»;-,/;^2 
 should at all times, and in all on Tiinity-San- 
 places, give thanks unto Thee, ^*y- 
 O Lord, Holy Father*, Almighty, Everlast- 
 ing God. 
 
 « [ When tlie Priest repeateth that comfortable saying 
 of St. Paul, <' This is a true saying, and worthy of all men 
 to be received, that Christ Jesus came into the world to 
 save sinners," add (to yourself) with all possible devotion 
 and humility, "of whom I am chief."] 
 
104 ^J)e l^olo €ommunion. 
 
 ^ Here shall follow the Proper Preface, according to 
 the time, if there he any specially appointed : or else 
 immediately shall follow. 
 
 Therefore with Angels and Archangels, 
 and with all the company of heaven, we laud 
 and magnify Thy glorious Name ; evermore 
 praising Thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, 
 Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full 
 of Thy glory : Glory be to Thee, O Lord 
 most High. Amen. 
 
 Proper Prefaces. 
 Upon Christmas-day, and seven days after. 
 
 Because Thou didst give Jesus Christ 
 Thine only Son to be born as at this time for 
 us ; who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, 
 was made very man of the substance of the 
 Virgin Mary His mother ; and that without 
 spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. 
 Therefore with Angels, &c. 
 
 Upon Easter-day, and seven days after. 
 
 But chiefly are we bound to praise Thee 
 for the glorious Resurrection of Thy Son 
 Jesus Christ our Lord : for He is the very 
 Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and 
 halh taken away the sin of the world ; who 
 by His death hath destroyed death, and by 
 His rising to life again hath restored to us 
 everlasting life. Therefore with Angels, &c. 
 
2t!)£ l^oli? CTommunion. 105 
 
 Upon Ascension-day, and seven days after. 
 
 Through Thy most clearly beloved Sob Jesus 
 Christ our Lord ; who after His most glori- 
 ous Eesurrection manifestly appeared to all 
 His Apostles, and in their sight ascended up 
 into heaven to prepare a place for us ; that 
 where He is, thither we might also ascend, 
 and reign with Him in glory. Therefore with 
 Angels, &c. 
 
 Upon Whit-Sunday, and six days after. 
 
 Theough Jesus Christ our Lord ; accord- 
 ing to whose most true promise, the Holy 
 Ghost came down as at this time from heaven 
 with a sudden great sound, as it had been a 
 mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, 
 lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, 
 and to lead them to all truth ; giving them 
 both the gift of divers languages, and also 
 boldness with fervent zeal constantly to 
 preach the Gospel unto all nations ; whereby 
 we have been brought out of darkness and 
 error into the clear light and true knowledge 
 of Thee, and of Thy Son Jesus Christ. 
 Therefore with Angels, &c. 
 
106 ®i)e I^oIb Communion. 
 
 Upon the Feast of Trinity only. 
 
 Who art one God, one Lord; not one 
 only Person, but three Persons in one Sub- 
 stance. For that which we believe of the 
 glory of the Father, the same we believe of 
 the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any 
 difference or inequality. Therefore with 
 Angels, &c. 
 
 ^ After each of which Prefaces shaU immediately be 
 sung or saidt 
 
 Therefore with Angels and Archangels, 
 and with all the company of heaven, we 
 laud and magnify Thy glorious Name ; ever- 
 more praising Thee, and saying. Holy, holy, 
 holy. Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth 
 are full of Thy glory : Glory be to Thee, O 
 Lord most High. Amen. 
 
 ^ Then shalVthe Priest, kneeling down at the Lord^s 
 Table, say in the nam£ of all them that shall re- 
 ceive the Communion this Prayer following. 
 
 We do not presume to come to this Thy 
 Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own 
 righteousness, but in Thy manifold and 
 great mercies. We are not worthy so much 
 
Vl'i)t l^ob CTommunion. 107 
 
 as to gather up the crumbs under Thy Table. 
 But thou art the same Lord, whose property- 
 is always to have mercy : Grant us therefore, 
 gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of Thy 
 dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink His 
 blood, that our sinful bodies may be made 
 clean by His body, and our souls washed 
 through His most precious blood, and that 
 we may evermore dwell in Him, and He in us. 
 Amen. 
 
 •[[ Wlien the Priest, standing before the Table, hath 
 so ordered the Bread and Wine, that he may with 
 the more readiness and decency break the Bread 
 before the people, and take the Cup into his hands, 
 he shall say the Prayer of Consecration, asfollow- 
 etL 
 
 Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who 
 of Thy tender mercy didst give Thine only 
 Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the 
 cross for our redemption ; who made there 
 (by His one oblation of Himself once offered) 
 a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, obla- 
 tion, and satisfaction, for the sins of the 
 whole world : and did institute, and in His 
 holy Gospel command us to continue, a per- 
 petual memory of that His precious death, 
 until His coming again ; Hear us, merci- 
 
108 Vti^t l^olp ©ommunion. 
 
 ful Father, we most humbly beseech Thee ; 
 and grant that we receiving these Thy crea- 
 tures of bread and wine, according to Thy 
 Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institu- 
 tion, in remembrance of His death and pas- 
 sion, may be partakers of His most blessed 
 Body and Blood : who, in the same night that 
 He was betrayed, «took Bread; p". f!"-' /f 
 
 ' ' Priest IS to take 
 
 and, when He had given thanks, the Paten into his 
 *He brake it, and gave it to''"!«^V'^. , 
 
 ' ^ * Jnd here to 
 
 His disciples, saying, Take eat, break the Bread. ■ 
 
 cthis is My Body which is, ' ^ndhereto 
 •' -^ , , lay kis hand up- 
 
 given for you : Do this in re- on all the Bread. 
 membrance of Me. Likewise after supper 
 He rftook the Cup ; and, when ^ ^^'"^ ^^ »* 
 He had given thanks, He gave into his hand: 
 it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this ; for 
 this « is My Blood of the New ' And here to 
 Testament, which is shed for % /"« /'««^ «i" 
 
 on every rej 
 
 you and for many lor the re- ((,e it Chalice 
 
 mission of sins : Do this, as oft ^^""^ ^'^ «'*''^* 
 
 ,,,,.,. . there is any 
 
 as ye shall drink it, in remem- f^nne to be con- 
 brance of Me. Amen. secrated. 
 
je ^olvi Communion. 109 
 
 [ If you have time, while the Priest, and 
 others are communicating, use these or the like 
 heavenly aspirations. 
 
 I AM now before the Altar of God, even the 
 God of my joy and gladness. 
 
 I will offer thanksgiving unto my God, 
 and pay my vows unto the most Highest. 
 
 O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
 of the world, Grant me Thy peace. 
 
 O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
 of the world. Have mercy upon me. 
 
 Grant me, gracious Lord, so to eat the 
 Flesh of Thy Son, and to drink His Blood, 
 that my sinful body may be made clean by 
 His Body, and my soul washed through His 
 most precious Blood. Amen. 
 
 O Lord, I am not worthy, nor fit that 
 Thou shouldest come under the filthy roof 
 of the house of my soul, because it is wholly 
 desolate and ruinous ; neither hast Thou 
 with me a fit place where to lay Thy head : 
 but, as Thou didst vouchsafe to be laid in a 
 stable and manger of unreasonable beasts ; 
 as Thou didst not disdain to be entertained 
 even in the house of Simon the leper ; as 
 Thou didst not reject the harlot, a sinner 
 
110 VLf)t 1|oIp Communion. 
 
 [ like unto me, coming unto Thee and touch- 
 ing Thee ; as Thou didst not abhor her foul 
 and profane mouth, nor yet the thief on the 
 cross confessing Thee ; even so vouchsafe 
 to admit me also, an over worn, miserable, 
 and out of measure sinful creature, to the 
 receiving and communicating of the most 
 pure, quickening, and saving Mysteries of 
 Thy most holy Body and precious Blood. 
 Amen. 
 
 O Lord God, how I receive the Body and 
 Blood of my most blessed Saviour Jesus 
 Christ, the price of my redemption, is the 
 very wonder of my soul, yet, my most firm 
 and constant belief, upon the words of my 
 Saviour. At this time, they are graciously 
 tendered to me and my faith : Lord, 
 make me a worthy receiver, and partaker 
 of all the benefits of this blessed Sacrament. 
 Amen. ] 
 
®:f)8 I|oIb Communion. 1 1 1 
 
 ^ Then shallthe minister first receive the Communion 
 in both kinds himself, and then proceed to deliver 
 the same to the BisJiops, Priests, and Deacons, in 
 like manner, (if ayiy he present,^ and after that to 
 the people also in order, into their hands, all meekly 
 kneeling. And, when he delivereth the Bread to 
 any one^ he shall say, 
 
 The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which 
 was given for thee, preserve thy body and 
 soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this 
 in remembrance that Christ died for thee, 
 and feed on Him in thy heart by faith with 
 thanksgiving. 
 
 ^ And the Minister that delivereth the Cup to any 
 one shall say, 
 The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 which was shed for thee, preserve thy body 
 and soul unto everlasting life. Drink this in 
 remembrance that Christ's Blood was shed 
 for thee, and be thankful. 
 
1 1 2 ^^t 1|ol0 Communion. 
 
 [ Upon the approach of the Priest with the 
 Consecrated Bread, say, 
 
 Thou hast said, that he that eateth Thy 
 Flesh, and drinketh Thy Blood, hath eternal 
 life. 
 
 Behold the servant of the Lord, be it unto 
 me according to Thy word. 
 
 When the Priest otFers thee the Holy Bread, 
 say softly with him, 
 
 The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ which 
 was given for me, preserve my body and soul 
 unto everlasting life. 
 
 Then answer audibly, 
 Amen. 
 
 Whilst you eat It, 
 
 By Thy crucified Body deliver me from 
 this body of death. 
 
 After receiving. 
 
 By Thine Agony and bloody Sweat, by 
 Thy Cross and Passion, 
 
 Good Lord deliver vie ! 
 
 . 
 
VL^ '^olp Communion. 113 
 
 [ I have sworn, and am stedfastly purposed 
 to keep Thy righteous judgments. 
 
 O hold Thou up my goings in Thy paths, 
 that my footsteps slip not. 
 
 Upon the approach of the Priest with the Con- 
 secrated Cup, say, 
 
 What reward shall I give unto the Lord 
 for all the benefits that He hath done unto 
 me ? I will take the cup of salvation, and call 
 upon the Name of the Lord. 
 
 When the Cup of blessing is offered unto you, 
 say in your heart with the greatest devotion that 
 possibly you may, 
 
 The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which 
 was shed for me, preserve my body and soul 
 unto everlasting life. 
 
 Answering audibly.. 
 
 A>IEN. 
 
 After you have received the Cup, 
 
 O MY God, Thou art true and holy ; my 
 soul, thou art blessed and happy ! 
 
 O the depth of the wisdom and know- 
 ledge of God! how incomprehensible are 
 His judgments, and His ways past finding: 
 out! 
 
114 ^f)e 1|oIp CTommimion. 
 
 [ Praise the liOrd, O my soul, and all that 
 is within me praise His Holy Name, who 
 saveth thy life from destruction, and feedeth 
 thee with the Bread of Heaven ! 
 
 Glory he to God on high, and on earth 
 peace, good-will towards men. I worship 
 Thee, O Lord, and magnify Thy Name for 
 ever, who hast vouchsafed to fill my soul 
 with gladness, and to feed me with the hea- 
 venly Mysteries of Christ's sacred Body and 
 Blood, humbly beseeching Thee, that from 
 henceforth I may walk in good works, and 
 serve Thee in holiness and pureness of living, 
 to the honour of Thy name. Amen. 
 
 Most blessed Redeemer, I do truly believe 
 that Thy Body was crucified, and Thy Blood 
 was shed out of Thy Body, as verily as I 
 have received this Bread and this Wine set 
 apart from the Bread ; and that for the re- 
 mission of my sins, as well as any others: 
 and I do also believe, that with this Bread 
 and Wine I have really and spiritually re- 
 ceived Thy precious Body and Blood, where- 
 by my sins are fully washed away, and my 
 soul purified and refreshed : this, O Lord, I 
 believe ; help Thou my unbelief. Amen. 
 
®f)e T^olia Communion. 115 
 
 [ ®]^e Song of Simeon. 
 
 1 LoED, now lettest Thou Thy servant 
 depart in peace : according to Thy word. 
 
 2 For mine eyes have seen ; Thy salva- 
 tion. 
 
 3 Which Thou hast prepared : before the 
 face of all people. 
 
 4 To he a light to lighten the Gentiles : 
 and to be the glory of Thy people Israel. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, &c. 
 the beginning, 
 
 PSALM cm. 
 
 1 Peaise the Lord, O my soul : and all 
 that is within me praise His holy Name. 
 
 2 Praise the Lord, O my soul : and forget 
 not all His benefits. 
 
 3 Who forgiveth all thy sins : and healeth 
 all thy infirmities. 
 
 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction : 
 and crowneth thee with mercy and loving- 
 kindness. 
 
 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good 
 things : making thee young and lusty as an 
 eagle. 
 
116 W)t Tkolxt (gommtmion. 
 
 [ 6 The Lord executeth righteousness, and 
 judgment : for all them that are oppressed 
 with wrong. 
 
 7 He shewed His ways unto Moses : His 
 works unto the children of Israel. 
 
 8 The Lord is full of compassion and 
 mercy : long-suffering and of great good- 
 ness. 
 
 9 He will not alway be chiding : neither 
 keepeth He His anger for ever. 
 
 10 He hath not dealt with us after our 
 sins : nor rewarded us according to our 
 wickednesses. 
 
 11 For look how high the Heaven is in 
 comparison of the earth : so great is His 
 mercy also towards them that fear Him. 
 
 12 Look how wide also the East is from 
 the West : so far hath He set our sins from 
 us. 
 
 13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own 
 children : even so is the Lord merciful unto 
 them that fear Him. 
 
 14 For He knoweth whereof we are 
 made : He remembereth that we are but 
 dust. 
 
 15 The days of man are but as grass : for 
 he flourisheth as a flower of the field . 
 
Wtft 1|oIb Communion. 117 
 
 [ 16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it, 
 it is gone : and the place thereof shall know 
 it no more. 
 
 17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord 
 endureth for ever and ever upon them that 
 fear Him : and His righteousness upon chil- 
 dren's children. 
 
 18 Even upon such as keep His Cove- 
 nant : and think upon His Commandments 
 to do them, 
 
 19 The Lord hath prepared His seat in 
 Heaven : and His Kingdom ruleth over 
 all. 
 
 20 O praise the Lord, ye Angels of His, 
 ye that excel in strength : ye that fulfil His 
 Commandment, and hearken unto the voice 
 of His words . 
 
 21 O praise the Lord, all ye His hosts, 
 ye servants of His that do His pleasure. 
 
 22 O speak good of the Lord, all ye works 
 of His, in all places of His dominion : praise 
 thou the Lord, O ray soul. 
 
 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. 
 
118 V^^t l^ob CDommunion. 
 
 [ Whilst others are communicating ; meditate, 
 and say, 
 
 Happy are those servants, whom, when 
 their Lord cometh, He shall find thus 
 doing. 
 
 Know ye not, that ye are the temple of 
 God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in 
 you ? If any one defile the temple of God, 
 him will God destroy. 
 
 Behold, thou art made whole, sin no more, 
 lest a worse thing happen unto thee ! 
 
 The hour cometh, and now is, that the 
 true worshippers shall worship the Father in 
 spirit and in truth. 
 
 Be we followers of God as dear children, 
 and walk in love as Christ loved us, and gave 
 Himself an offering and a sacrifice of a 
 sweet savour unto God for us. 
 
 This Holy Communion requires from us the 
 greatest charity we can express ; therefore (if 
 we have any time between these ejaculations 
 and the Post- Communion) it would be highly 
 religious to pray for those who are yet to com- 
 municate of one or both kinds, saying AMEN 
 to the words of the Priest, when he gives the 
 Sacrament to any one as well as to yourself. 
 And this act of your charity in praying for 
 others, will render your own prayers and ser- 
 
^f)t llolp ©ommumon. 119 
 
 [ vices the more holy, and acceptable to God, and 
 effectual to your soul's health. For he that 
 prays for himself alone, reaps only the single 
 benefit of his own single devotion ; but whoso 
 devoutly prays for others, reaps the fruits of the 
 prayers of others, which is the great benefit of 
 the Communion of Saints. ] 
 
 ^ If the consecrated Bread or Wine he all spent 
 before all have communicated, the Priest is to con- 
 secrate more according to the Form before pre- 
 scribed ; beginning at [Oiu* Saviour Christ in the 
 same night, §-c.^ for the blessing of the Bread; 
 and at [Likewise after Supper, ^c.\for the bless- 
 ing of the Cup. 
 
 ^ Wlien all have communicated, the 3Iini$ter shall 
 retiim to the Lord's Table, and reverently place 
 upon it what remaineth of the consecrated Elements, 
 covering the same with a fair linen cloth. 
 
 •[[ Then shall the Priest say the Lord's Prayer, the 
 people repeating after him every Petition, 
 
 Our Father, which art in Heaven, Hal- 
 lowed be Thy name : Thy kingdom come : 
 Thy will be done in earth. As it is in Hea- 
 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. 
 For Thine is the kingdom, The power, and 
 the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. 
 
120 ^f)c 1|ob ©ommttnton. 
 
 ^ After shall be said asfolloweth. 
 
 O Lord and heavenly Father, we Thy 
 humble servants entirely desire Thy fatherly 
 goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice 
 of praise and thanksgiving ; most humbly 
 beseeching Thee to grant, that by the merits 
 and death of Thy Son Jesus Christ, and 
 through faith in His blood, we and all Thy 
 whole Church may obtain remission of our 
 sins, and all other benefits of His passion. 
 And here we offer and present unto Thee, O 
 Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a 
 reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto 
 Thee ; humbly beseeching Thee, that all we, 
 who are partakers of this holy Communion, 
 may be fulfilled with Thy grace and heavenly 
 benediction. And although we be unworthy, 
 through our manifold sins, to off"er unto 
 Thee any sacrifice, yet we beseech Thee to 
 accept this our bounden duty and service; 
 not weighing our merits, but pardoning our 
 offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord ; by 
 whom, and with whom, in the unity of the 
 Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto 
 Thee, O Father Almighty, world without 
 end. Amen. 
 
W^ 1|olB ©ommttnton. 121 
 
 Or this. 
 Almighty and everliving God, we most 
 heartily thank Thee, for that Thou dost 
 vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received 
 these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food 
 of the most precious Body and Blood of Thy 
 Son our Saviour Jesus Christ ; and dost 
 assure us thereby of Thy favour and goodness 
 towards us ; and that we are very members 
 incorporate in the mystical body of Thy Son, 
 which is the blessed company of all faithful 
 people ; and are also heirs through hope of 
 Thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of 
 the most precious death and passion of Thy 
 dear Son. And we most humbly beseech 
 Thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with 
 Thy grace, that we may continue in that 
 holy fellowship, and do all such good works 
 as thou hast prepared for us to walk in ; 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with 
 Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and 
 glory, world without end. Ainen. 
 
 ^ Then shall be said or sung, 
 
 Glory be to God on high, and in earth 
 peace, good will towards men. We praise 
 Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, 
 
122 W)t '3|oIb ©ommunion. 
 
 we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for 
 Thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, 
 God the Father Almighty. 
 
 O Lord, the only -begotten Son Jesu 
 Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son 
 of the Father, that takest away the sins of 
 the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that 
 takest away the sins of the world, receive our 
 prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand 
 of God the Father, have mercy upon us. 
 
 For Thou only art holy; Thou only art 
 the Lord ; Thou only, O Christ, with the 
 Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of 
 God the Father. Amen. 
 
 % Then the Priest (or Bishop if he he present) shall 
 let them depart with this blessing. 
 
 The peace of God, which passeth all 
 understanding, keep your hearts and minds 
 in the knowledge and love of God, and of 
 His Son Jesus Christ our Lord : and the 
 blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the 
 Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you 
 and remain with you always. Amen. 
 
^j^e lloly Communion. 123 
 
 [ At the end of the Communion say, 
 
 To the King Eternal, the Immortal, In- 
 visible, the only wise God, the ever Blessed 
 Trinity, be all honour, and glory, now and 
 for evermore. Amen. 
 
 Arising and making your reverence towards 
 the Altar, you depart with a glad heart, and a 
 cheerful countenance : preserve good thoughts 
 in your mind ; yet be not sullen or morose, but 
 salute any of your Christian brethren you meet 
 with. ] 
 
 ^ Collects to be said after the Offertory, when there 
 is no Communion, every such day one or more ; and 
 the same may be said also, as often as occasion 
 shall serve, after the Collects either of Morning or 
 Evening Praijer, Communion, or Litany, by the 
 discretion of the Minister. 
 
 Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our 
 supplications and prayers, and dispose the 
 way of Thy servants towards the attainment 
 of everlasting salvation ; that, among all the 
 changes and chances of this mortal life, 
 they may ever be defended by Thy most 
 gracious and ready help ; through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O Almighty Lord, and everlasting God, 
 vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, to direct, sane- 
 
124 ^|)e 3|oIg ggommanion, 
 
 tify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, 
 in the ways of Thy laws, and in the works of 
 Thy commandments ; that through Thy most 
 mighty protection^ both here and ever, we 
 may be preserved in body and soul ; through 
 our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, 
 that the words, which we have heard this day 
 with our outward ears, may through Thy 
 grace be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, 
 that they may bring forth in us the fruit of 
 good living, to the honour and praise of 
 Thy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings 
 with Thy most gracious favour, and further 
 us with Thy continual help ; that in all our 
 works begun, continued, and ended in Thee, 
 we may glorify Thy holy Name, and finally by 
 Thy mercy obtain everlasting life ; through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Ame7i. 
 
 Almighty God, the fountain of all wis- 
 dom, who knowest our necessities before we 
 ask, and our ignorance in asking ; We be- 
 seech Thee to have compassion upon our in- 
 firmities ; and those things, which for our 
 
®l)e llolfi ©ommunion. 125 
 
 unworthiness we dare not, and for our blind- 
 ness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for 
 the worthiness of Thy Son Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, who hast promised to 
 hear the petitions of them that ask in Thy 
 Son's Name ; We beseech Thee mercifully 
 to incline Thine ears to us that have made 
 now our prayers and supplications unto 
 Thee ; and grant, that those things, which 
 we have faithfully asked according to Thy 
 will, may effectually be obtained, to the 
 relief of our necessity, and to the setting 
 forth of Thy glory ; through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 ^ Upon the Sundai/s and other Hohj-days {if there 
 be no Communion) shall be said all that is ap- 
 pointed at the Communion, until the end of the 
 general Prayer [For the whole state of Christ's 
 Chiu'ch militant here in earth] together icith one 
 or more of these Collects last before rehearsed, con- 
 cluding with the blessing, 
 
 ^ And there shall be no celebration of the Lord's 
 Supper, except there be a convenient number to 
 communicate with the Priest, according to his dis- 
 cretion. 
 
 ^ And if there be not above twenty persons in the 
 Parish of discretion to receive the Communion ; yet 
 there shall be no Communion, except four (or three 
 at tlie least) communicate with the Priest. 
 
126 ®I)e l|olB ©ommunion. 
 
 ^ And in Cathedral and Collegiate Ofiurches, and 
 Colleges, where there are many Priests and Deacons, 
 they shall all receive the Communion with the 
 JPriest every Sunday at the least, except they have 
 a reasonoMe cause to the contrary. 
 
 ^ And to take away all occasion of dissention, and 
 superstition, which any person hath or might have 
 concerning the Bread and Wine, it shall suffice 
 that the Bread he such as is usual to he eaten ; but 
 the best and purest Wheat Bread that co7iveniently 
 may be gotten. 
 
 ^ And if any of the Bread and Wine remain uncon- 
 eecrated, the Curate shall have it to his own use : 
 hut if any remain of that which was consecrated, it 
 shall not be carried out of the Church, but the 
 Priest and such other of the Communicants as he 
 shall then call unto him, shall, immediately after 
 the Blessing, reverently eat and drink the same. 
 
 ^ Tlie Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be 
 provided by the Curate and the Church-wardens at 
 the charges of the Parish. 
 
 ^ And note, that every Parishioner shall communi- 
 cate at the least three times in the year, of which 
 Easter to be one. And yearly at Easter every 
 Parishioner shall reckon with the Parson, Vicar, 
 or Curate, or his or their Deputy or Deputies; and 
 pay to them or him all Ecclesiastical Duties, ac- 
 customably due, then and at that time to be paid. 
 
 ^ After the Divine Service ended, the money given 
 at the Offertory shall be disposed of to such pious 
 and charitable uses, as tJie Minister and Church- 
 wardens shall think fit. Wherein if they disagree, 
 it shall be disposed of as the Ordinary shall appoint. 
 
Wi)i Tk^lQ ©ommunion. 127 
 
 "Whereas it is ordained in this Office for the 
 Administration of the Lord's Supper, that the 
 Communicants should receive the same kneelmg ; 
 (which order is "well meant, for a signification of 
 om- humble and grateful acknowledg-ment of the 
 benefits of Chiist therein given to all worthy 
 Keceivers, and for the avoiding of such profanation 
 and disorder in the holy Communion, as might 
 otherwise ensue ;) yet,lest the same kneeling should 
 by any persons, either out of ignorance and in- 
 firmity, or out of malice and obstinacy, be miscon- 
 strued and depraved; It is here declared. That 
 thereby no adoration is intended, or ought to be 
 done, either unto the Sacramental Bread or Wine 
 there bodily received, or unto any Corporal Pre- 
 sence of Christ's natural Flesh and'^Blood. For the 
 Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their 
 very natural substances, and therefore may not be 
 adored ; (for that were Idolatrj', to be abhorred of 
 all faithful Christians ;) and the natural Body and 
 Blood of our Sa^^our Christ are in Heaven, and not 
 here ; it being against the truth of Christ's natural 
 Body to be at one time in more places than one. 
 
128 ^ribate ^o!5t=€nommttnion. 
 
 As soon as you come home, retire into your 
 closet, and bless God with these collects of 
 thanksgiving. 
 
 Almighty God, the Fountain of all good- 
 ness, from whom every good and perfect 
 gift proceedeth ; and to whom all glory and 
 honour should he returned : I do desire most 
 heartily to thank Thee, for that Thou hast 
 vouchsafed to feed me, who have received 
 these holy Mysteries, with the spiritual food 
 of the most precious Body and Blood of Thy 
 Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, and dost 
 assure me thereby of Thy favour and good- 
 ness towards me, and that I am a very 
 member incorporate in the mystical Body 
 of Thy Son, which is the Blessed company 
 of all faithful people ; and am also an heir 
 through hope of Thine everlasting kingdom, 
 by the merits of the most precious Death 
 and Passion of Thy dear Son. O the height 
 and depth of that unspeakable mercy of 
 Thine, who art pleased to admit me a sinful 
 wretch to have any part in those inestimable 
 benefits, which I have so often despised and 
 trampled under foot ! I am not worthy, O 
 
^ribatc ^ost=g^ommunton. 129 
 
 Lord, of that daily bread, which sustains the 
 body ; but Thou hast made me partaker of 
 that living Bread which came down from 
 Heaven, which nourisheth the soul, and of 
 which whosoever eateth, shall live for ever. 
 O grant that my soul may relish this Divine 
 food with spiritual ravishments, and love, 
 great as the flame of Cherubims ; and grant 
 that what Thou hast given me for the re- 
 mission of my sins, may not by any fault 
 become the increase of them ; that this Holy 
 Communion prove not unto me, unto judg- 
 ment and condemnation, but may support 
 and preserve me in every temptation, rejoice 
 and quiet me in every trouble, enlighten and 
 strengthen me in every good word and work ; 
 comfort and defend me in the hour of my 
 death against all oppositions of the spirits of 
 darkness, and further me in the attainment 
 of everlasting salvation, through Jesus Christ. 
 Amen. 
 
 Most Holy God, who art of purer eyes 
 than to behold iniquity ; grant, I pray Thee, 
 that no unclean thing may be in me, who 
 have now received Thee in my heart and 
 soul; but let this blood of Christ, who 
 through the Eternal Sp'irit offered Himself 
 
130 ^tibatc ^8ost=®ommun{cn. 
 
 without spot to Thee, purge my conscience 
 from dead works to serve Thee the living 
 God ; give me grace, that from henceforth 
 I put off concerning my former conversation 
 the old man, which is corrupt, according to 
 the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the 
 spirit of my mind : and that I put on the 
 new man, which after Thee is created in 
 righteousness and true holiness ; to which 
 purpose be pleased to watch over me for 
 good, to keep me both outwardly in my 
 body, and inwardly in my soul. O God, 
 Thou seest that I have no power of myself 
 to help myself ; Thou knowest me also to be 
 set in the midst of so many and great 
 dangers, that by reason of the frailty of my 
 nature, I cannot always stand upright ; grant 
 to me such strength and protection, as may 
 support me in all dangers, and carry me 
 through all temptations, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O Thou with whom is no variableness, 
 nor shadow of turning, let Thy Holy Spirit 
 direct me in all things, let Thy grace always 
 prevent and follow me, and preserve me 
 against all assaults of my spiritual enemies, 
 especially of my own treacherous heart, 
 
^lib ate ^osf=Communio«. 131 
 
 which is deceitful above all things, wicked, 
 desperately wicked. Lord, Thou knowest 
 it : how often hath it betrayed me to the 
 breach of Thy holy laws, to the violation of 
 all those vows and promises which I have 
 made to Thee! How often have I turned 
 my back in the day of battle ! O let me no 
 more thus start aside like a broken bow, but 
 be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding 
 in the work of the Lord, resisting the devil 
 that he may flee from me, subduing my 
 flesh, and bringing it into subjection ; cru- 
 cifying and overcoming the world. And 
 therefore let these solemn vows, which I 
 have now made to forsake my sins, never 
 depart from my mind: but let the remem- 
 brance of them excite me to fight manfully 
 under Thy banner, and continue Thy faith- 
 ful servant and soldier unto my life's end. 
 Amen. 
 
 O Lord, I do here humbly present unto 
 Thee my soul and body, to be a living, holy, 
 and reasonable sacrifice unto Thee ; I be- 
 seech Thee sanctify my body, that from a 
 polluted dunghill it may become the temple 
 of God. Sanctify my soul, and receive it 
 for Thy dwelling-place, the seat of Thy Spi- 
 
132 ^ribatc ^ost-Communion. 
 
 lit ana the house of prayer and holy medi- 
 tation ; sanctify me throughout, that both 
 my body, and soul, and spirit, may be pre- 
 served blameless unto the coming of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, to whom with Thee, O 
 Father, and the Holy Ghost, be all honour 
 and glory, world without end. Amen. 
 
 Thus have you dosed your Communion De- 
 votions, it only remains that you bestow the 
 greatest part of the afternoon in reading, pray- 
 ing, meditating, good conferences, and the like ; 
 and when your condition calls you to your usual 
 converses, you are still to remember you have 
 a great business which lies upon your hands, 
 which is the performance of those promises you 
 have now made to God ; to which purpose fre- 
 quently recollect them to mind, and let the re- 
 membrance of them be your refuge against all 
 temptations to your old sins, whenever they 
 assault you ; knowing what a grievous thing it 
 is to break that vow which you have sealed in 
 yovir Saviour's Blood, and to have that Blood 
 (through which only you can have pardon) to 
 witness against you, which God forbid. 
 
Suntrag '£i)fmng. 133 
 
 To your evening prayers, that Sunday night, 
 immediately before the Blessing, subjoin this 
 CoUect. 
 
 O BLESSED Jesus-, who hast this day 
 made me a partaker of Thy blessed Body 
 and Blood, Thy mercy hath given it, and 
 my faith hath received it into my soul; O 
 let me ever feel the happy virtue and effects 
 of it ; put Thy fear into my heart, to keep 
 those vows and promises which I have on 
 this solemnity rendered unto Thee in my 
 mind, that I may not sin against Thee ; 
 enrich me with all those graces which come 
 from this precious Body and Blood, and here- 
 after bring me to Thine everlasting glory, 
 for Thy merits and uiercies' sake. Amen. 
 
 Thus, not to detain you longer, I have re- 
 commended to you the aforesaid Devotions to be 
 used on the Friday in every month, which pre- 
 cedes a Communion (especially the Fridays be- 
 fore the three solemn times which our Church 
 hath consecrated to this blessed purpose, Christ- 
 mas, Easter, and Whit-Sunday), supposing that 
 your health and important occasions will permit 
 it, otherwise you are not obliged to the strict- 
 
134 Sunlfap '5£&^ntng. 
 
 est of them, though you are obliged to receive 
 this Sacrament, whensoever an opportunity offers 
 itself. 
 
 To capacitate you for a worthy communicant 
 thereof at all times, I do lastly and heartily ad- 
 vise you to maintain a constant course of daily 
 prayers at morning and evening throughout the 
 year ; every night recalling the actions of the 
 day past, and repenting for the sins of it, the 
 practice v.heieof will fit you for the Communion 
 at any time, when it is occasionally tendered to 
 you ; I mean, when you are suddenly called to 
 communicate with a dying person, or come ac- 
 cidentally into a congregation where it is to be 
 received, and all fit guests are invited to it ; in 
 those cases, you are by no means to turn your 
 back upon it, but bestowing that little time 
 wbich is before you in recollecting, repenting, 
 exerting your faith, love, thankfulness, &c., 
 omitting nothing of the strictness which is re- 
 quired in the act of receiving, and performing 
 afterwards to your power what you secretly pro- 
 mised ; receive it with the rest in the name of 
 God, beginning with the Prayers before men- 
 tioned [page 85], which are to be said whilst 
 the Priest is preparing to read the sentences. 
 
 Almighty God, who hast of Thine infinite 
 mercies vouchsafed, &c. 
 
 But this I advise, on supposal you carry 
 about with you such an habitual preparation 
 which is acquired by keeping a strict course of 
 daily private Devotions, and a constant watch- 
 
SunCao lE&cning. 135 
 
 fulness over yourself; otherwise you sin sadly. 
 However, be careful to communicate whenever 
 you are solemnly invited to it, i. e. every month ; 
 and with due remembrance of Him whose death 
 you do hereby shew forth till He come. 
 
 6rotJ ^Imigf)tg make won a tnortljp participant 
 of 31is ^oUb antf MooU f)crc, tl^at i)ou mag for 
 cbcr enjoe 1|im fjcreafter, ^men. 
 
DEVOTIONS FOR THE MOENING, 
 
 Which begin with prostration and saying, 
 
 At the Name of Jesus, God blessed for 
 ever, let every knee bow, both of things in 
 Heaven, things in earth, and things under 
 the earth ; glory be to Thee, O Lord most 
 high. 
 
 Then upon your knees, say, 
 
 God be in my head, and in my under- 
 standing, that I may know in this my day 
 the things which do concern my everlasting 
 peace. 
 
 God be in my eyes, and in my seeing, 
 that they may be always looking up to Thy 
 mercy-seat, and that they be not as so many 
 casements to let in vanity. 
 
 God be in my mouth, and in my speak- 
 ing, to guard and fence it from idle words; 
 and that it may at no time be a door to let 
 out follv. 
 
©t&otions for JHorning. 137 
 
 God be in my ears, and in my hearing, 
 that they may be always open to sound and 
 wholesome counsels, and deaf to corrupt and 
 filthy communications. 
 
 God be in my heart, and in my thinking-, 
 to preserve it from being a sink of unclean- 
 ness, and that it may never be suffered 
 either to flatter me or deceive others. 
 
 God be at my end, and at my departing, 
 that so my death may be precious in the 
 sight of the Lord, with whom I pray that I 
 may live for evermore. Amen. And so 
 
 Prevent me, Lord, in all my doings 
 with Thy most gracious favour, and further 
 me with Thy continual help, that in all my 
 works begun, continued, and ended in Thee, 
 I may glorify Thy holy Name, and finally 
 by Thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Our Father, which art in Heaven, hal- 
 lowed be Thy name ; Thy kingdom come : 
 Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Hea- 
 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. 
 Amen. 
 
138 IBefcotions for Jitorning. 
 
 My voice shalt Thou hear betimes, O 
 Lord : early in the morning "vvill I direct my 
 prayer unto Thee; and I will look up. 
 
 O Lord, open Thou my lips. 
 
 And my mouth shall shew forth Thy 
 praise. 
 
 O God, make speed to save me ; 
 
 O Lord, make haste to help me. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, &c. 
 
 As it was in the beginning, &c. Amen. 
 
 PSALM XCV. 
 
 COME let us sing unto the Lord : let us 
 heartily rejoice in the strength of our salva- 
 sion. 
 
 Let us come before His presence with 
 thanksgiving : and shew ourselves glad in 
 Him with psalms. 
 
 For the Lord is a great God : and a great 
 King above all gods. 
 
 In His hand are all the corners of the 
 earth : and the strength of the hills is His 
 also. 
 
 The sea is His, and He made it : and 
 His hands prepared the dry land. 
 
 O come let us worship and fall down : 
 and kneel before the Lord our Maker. 
 
IBcbotions for JiHorning. 139 
 
 For He is the Lord our God : and we are 
 the people of His pasture and the sheep of 
 His hand. 
 
 To-day, if ye will hear His voice, harden 
 not your hearts : as in the provocation, and 
 as in the day of temptation in the wilder- 
 ness. 
 
 When your fathers tempted Me : proved 
 Me, and saw My works. 
 
 Forty years long was I grieved with this 
 generation, and said : It is a people that do 
 err in their hearts, for they have not known 
 My ways. 
 
 Unto whom I sware in My wrath : that 
 they should not enter into My rest. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, &c. 
 
 As it was in the beginning, &c. Amen. 
 
 After which read one or more of David's 
 Psalms in order ; beginning with the first, and 
 so onward, concluding each Psalm with 
 
 Glory be to the Father, &c. 
 
 As it was in the beginning, &c. Ameti. 
 
 Then a chapter out of the Proverbs of Solo- 
 mon, or the New Testament : and after that, 
 
 We praise Thee, O God : we acknowledge 
 Thee to be the Lord. 
 
140 IB^botions for jWommg. 
 
 All the earth doth worship Thee : the 
 Father everlasting. 
 
 To Thee all Angels cry aloud : the Hea- 
 vens and all the Povi^ers therein. 
 
 To Thee Cheruhin and Seraphin : conti- 
 nually do cry, 
 
 Holy, holy, holy : Lord God of Sabaoth. 
 
 Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty: 
 of Thy glory. 
 
 The glorious company of the Apostles : 
 praise Thee. 
 
 The goodly fellowship of the Prophets : 
 praise Thee. 
 
 The noble army of Martyrs : praise Thee. 
 
 The holy Church throughout all the 
 world : doth acknowledge Thee. 
 
 The Father : of an infinite Majesty. 
 
 Thine honourable, true : and only Son. 
 
 Also the Holy Ghost : the Comforter. 
 
 Thou art the King of Glory : O Christ! 
 
 Thou art the everlasting Son : of the 
 Father. 
 
 When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver 
 man : Thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. 
 
 When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness 
 of death : Thou didst open the kingdom of 
 Heaven to all believers. 
 
IBebotions for J¥(cirning. 141 
 
 Thou sittest at the right hand of God : in 
 the glory of the Father, 
 
 We believe that Thou shalt come : to be 
 our Judge. 
 
 We therefore pray Thee, help Thy ser- 
 vants : whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy 
 precious blood. 
 
 Make them to be numbered with Thy 
 saints : in glory everlasting. 
 
 O Lord, save Thy people : and bless 
 Thine heritage. 
 
 Govern them : and lift them up for ever. 
 
 Day by Day : we magnify Thee. 
 
 And we worship Thy Name : ever world 
 without end. 
 
 Vouchsafe, O Lord : to keep us this day 
 without sin. 
 
 O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy 
 upon us. 
 
 O Lord, let Thy mercy lighten upon us : 
 as our trust is in Thee. 
 
 Lord, in Thee have I trusted : let me 
 never be confounded. 
 
 Then the Creed. 
 
 1 BELIEVE in God, the Father Almighty, 
 Maker of Heaven and earth ; and in Jesus 
 
142 Be&ottons for J^toming. 
 
 Christ His only Son our Lord, who was 
 conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the 
 Virgin JSIary, 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 Ca- 
 tholic Church, The Communion of Saints, 
 The Forgiveness of Sins, The Eesurrection 
 of the body. And the life everlasting. Ajnen. 
 
 Our Father, which art in Heaven, hal- 
 lowed be Thy name : Thy kingdom come : 
 Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Hea- 
 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. 
 Amen. 
 
 Blessing, and honour, and glory, and 
 power be unto Him that sitteth on the 
 Throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 Glory be to God on high, on earth peace, 
 good will towards men. I praise Thee ; I 
 
Dc&otions for iteming. 143 
 
 bless Thee ; I worship Thee ; I glorify Thee ; 
 I give thanks to Thee for Thy great gloiy 
 and goodness, O Lord God, heavenly King, 
 God the Father Almighty : for Thy Son 
 Jesus Christ, manifested in the flesh, to de- 
 stroy the works of the devil ; and who is the 
 Fountain of all those mercies, both spiritual 
 and temporal, so freely and plentifully be- 
 stowed on me Thy most unworthy creature, 
 from time to time ; particularly, that Thou 
 hast protected me this last night from all 
 perils ghostly and bodily, and brought me to 
 see the light of another day, whereas Thou 
 mightest justly have suffered me to sleep in 
 death, by reason of those manifold and hei- 
 nous sins wherewith I have from time to 
 time offended Thy Divine Majesty. I have 
 sinned ! and what shall I say unto Thee, O 
 Thou preserver of man ? I have left undone 
 those things which I ought to have done ; 
 and I have done those things which I ought 
 not to have done, and there is no health in 
 me : but Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon 
 me, most miserable offender ! Thou, who 
 desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather 
 that he would turn from his wickedness and 
 live, have mercy upon me ! Spare me and 
 
144 JBeiJotions for J^orning. 
 
 restore me, who do here in all humility con- 
 fess my faults, and do desire to be penitent 
 for them. Have regard to Thy blessed Son 
 who is our Advocate with Thee, O Father, 
 and the Propitiation for all our sins, for 
 whose sake mercifully grant unto me true 
 repentance, and the assistance of Thy Holy 
 Spirit, which may teach and enable me to 
 please Thee hereafter in all things, to deny 
 ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live 
 godly, righteously, and soberly in this pre- 
 sent world, that so at last I may come to 
 Thine eternal joy, through the same Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God our Heavenly Father, 
 who of Thy great mercy hast promised for- 
 giveness of sins to all them that with hearty 
 repentance and true faith turn unto Thee : 
 have mercy upon me ; pardon and deliver 
 me from all my sins, confirm and strengthen 
 me in all goodness, and bring me unto ever- 
 lasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 O Lord, our Heavenly Father, Almighty 
 and everlasting God, who hast safely brought 
 me to the beginning of this day, preserve 
 me in the same, and all other days of my 
 
Btboticns for iFWornmg. 145 
 
 life, from all sin and danger ; and by Thy 
 gracious governance dispose all my tliouglits, 
 words, and actions this day, to Thy glory^ 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Most gracious God, I humbly beseech 
 Thee as for this kingdom in general, so es- 
 pecially for her who is the supreme governor 
 thereof: O Lord, grant the Queen a long 
 life, that her years may endure as many 
 ages ; furnish her with safe and wise coun- 
 sels, and give her an heart of courage and 
 constancy to pursue them ; O prepare Thy 
 loving mercy and faithfulness for her, that 
 they may preserve her ; let Thy Name, O 
 God of Jacob, defend her ; send her help 
 from Thy sanctuary, and strengthen her out 
 of Sion ; and let us her servants under Thee 
 see with joy that Thou wilt hear her from 
 Thy holy Heaven, even with the wholesome 
 strength of Thy right hand ; so will we al- 
 ways sing praises unto Thy Name, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Avien. 
 
 Bless, Lord, the Queen Dowager, the 
 Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and 
 all the Royal Family ; prosper them with 
 all happiness, and make them all instru- 
 mental to the furtherance of Thy glory in 
 
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 this world, and bring them to Thine ever- 
 lasting kingdom in the world to come, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all 
 Bishops and Curates ; especially to him 
 whom by Thy good providence Thou hast 
 appointed my spiritual pastor and guide. 
 Grant that I may reverence his person, and 
 have regard to his good and wholesome 
 counsels, so that by him I may be con- 
 ducted, and together with him enter into 
 Thine eternal joy, through Jesus Christ. 
 Amen. 
 
 O God, the Creator and Preserver of all 
 mankind, I beseech Thee for all sorts and 
 conditions of men, and especially for Thy 
 holy Catholic Church, that one Faith may 
 be uniformly professed, as Thy Church is 
 and can be but one ; purge it from all athe- 
 ism, heresy, and schism ; and grant that all 
 they who do profess Thy Holy Name may 
 agree in the truth of Thy Holy Word, and 
 hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond 
 of peace, and in righteousness of life, through 
 Him who is the only head over all things 
 to Hi 
 Amen. 
 
Bctwtions for JW^oming. U7 
 
 O God of Mercies, and iFather of Com- 
 forts, have mercy upon, and comfort all those 
 who are any ways afflicted or distressed in 
 mind, body, or estate ; relieve them accord- 
 ing to their several necessities, give them 
 patience under their sufferings, and a happy 
 issue out of all their afflictions, for Jesus 
 Christ His sake. Amen. 
 
 Gracious Lord, bless all those who are 
 near and dear unto me, and make them near 
 and dear to Thine own self; all my kindred*, 
 
 • Here insert ^^^^ all Other my fricuds, 
 your nearest re- acquaintances, and benefac- 
 
 lations, . •■,•,, t^ • 
 
 t Here parti- *°^*^' Particularly f- Forgive 
 cuiarize whom me and them all our sins, and 
 you think fit. continue us Thy servants in 
 life and death. Amen. 
 
 The Lord fulfil the desires and petitions 
 of Thy servant, as may be most expedient 
 for me: the Lord bless me and keep me: 
 the Lord lift up the light of His counte- 
 nance upon me, and give me peace both 
 now and evermore. 
 
H8 ©ebotions for lEbening. 
 
 Erasers for tl^e lEJjcnmg. 
 
 O Lord, I do again humbly present my- 
 self before Thee ; let my prayers be set forth 
 in Thy sight as the incense, and the lifting up 
 of my hands be an evening sacrifice, even 
 for Jesus Christ His sake. Amen. 
 
 Our Father, which art in Heaven, hal- 
 lowed be Thy Name ; Thy kingdom come ; 
 Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Hea- 
 ven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and 
 forgive us our trespasses, as Ave forgive them 
 that trespass against us ; and lead us not 
 into temptation, but deliver us from evil ; 
 for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
 and the glory, for ever and ev^er. Amen. 
 
 Then read a Psalm, which conclude with 
 
 Glory be to the Father, &c. 
 As it was in the beginning, &c. 
 
 After it a Chapter out of the New Testament, 
 at the end of which say, 
 
 Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant de- 
 part in peace : according to Thy word. 
 For mine eyes have seen : Thy salvation. 
 
IBcfcotions for lEbentnfj. 149 
 
 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, &c. 
 
 As it was in the beginning, &c. 
 After which devoutly repeat your Creed. 
 
 I BELIEVE in God, the Father Almighty, 
 Maker of Heaven and Earth ; And in Jesus 
 Christ His only Son our Lord, who was con- 
 ceived 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- 
 lic Church, the Communion of Saints, the 
 Forgiveness of sins, the Resurrection of the 
 body. And the life everlasting. Amen. 
 The Lord be with me. Amen. 
 
 Our Father, which art in Heaven, hal- 
 lowed be Thy Name ; Thy kingdom come ; 
 Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Hea- 
 ven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and 
 
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 forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them 
 that trespass against us ; and lead us not into 
 temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. 
 Almighty and most merciful Father, but 
 a most severe and just Judge to all obstinate 
 and impenitent sinners, I acknowledge and 
 bewail my manifold sins and wickedness, 
 which I from time to time most grievously 
 have committed in thought, word, and deed, 
 against Thy Divine Majesty. I have sinned, 
 and what shall I do unto Thee, O Thou 
 preserver of man ? I have left undone those 
 things which I ought to have done ; and I 
 have done those things which I ought not 
 to have done, and there is no health in me. 
 But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon me a 
 most miserable offender. God, who desirest 
 not the death of a sinner, but rather that he 
 should turn from his wickedness and live, 
 have mercy upon me ; spare and restore me, 
 who desire in all humility to confess my 
 faults, and to be penitent for them ; have re- 
 gard to Thy Son Jesus Christ, who is our 
 Advocate with Thee, and the Propitiation 
 for all our sins; for whose sake grant me 
 true repentance, and the assistance of Thy 
 Holy Spirit, to please Thee hereafter in all 
 
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 things, to teach and enable me to deny all 
 ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live 
 soberly, godly, and righteously in this pre- 
 sent evil world, that so at last I may come 
 to Thine eternal joy, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who 
 of Thy great mercy hast promised forgive- 
 ness of sins to all them that with hearty 
 repentance and true faith turn unto Thee, 
 have mercy upon me ; pardon and deliver me 
 from all my sins, confirm and strengthen me 
 in all goodness, and bring me unto everlasting 
 life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Almighty and ever-living God, who hast 
 commanded me to pray for all men ; I hum- 
 bly beseech Thee, most mercifully receive 
 these my prayers which I offer uyto Thy 
 Divine Majesty; beseeching Thee to inspire 
 continually the Universal Church, and espe- 
 cially that part of it in these kingdoms, with 
 the spirit of truth, unity, and concord ; bless 
 her who is supreme Governor over it, our 
 most gracious Sovereign Lady Queen Vic- 
 toria ; treasure up in her all Thy hidden 
 blessings, make and keep her a devoted ser- 
 vant unto Thee, a constant patron of Thy 
 
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 Church and truth ; that she may live long", 
 and be full of honourable success all her 
 days. Bless her m her person, in her ac- 
 tions, in her consort, in the whole Royal 
 Family, in her servants, in her people ; and 
 this life ended, crown her with everlasting 
 glory ; under her, bless the whole state 
 ecclesiastical and civil, that righteousness 
 and peace may kiss each other, and we may 
 serve and honour Thee for ever. Amen. 
 
 O LoED, bless all the afflicted members of 
 the Body of Thy Son, wheresoever, howso- 
 ever distressed; send them constant patience, 
 and speedy deliverance, as seems best to 
 Thee, and is best for them ; and do unto 
 them according- to all those mercies, which 
 I would, or should desire Thou shouldest 
 shew to^my own soul, if at any time Thou 
 shalt be pleased to make my estate as theirs 
 is at this present; and then, O Lord, be 
 merciful ! Amen. 
 
 Geacious God, bless all the places to 
 which Thou hast made me have any near 
 reference, every soul contained in them ; all 
 my friends, kindred, and acquaintance ; any 
 to whom Thou hast made me any way 
 obliged, especially my (Father, Mother, Sec.) 
 
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 Lord, I beseech Thee, forgive me and them 
 all our sins, and continue us Thy servants 
 both in life and death, making us doubly 
 dear unto each other, both in the flesh, and 
 in the Lord. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, Father of all mercies, I 
 Thine unworthy servant do give Thee most 
 humble and hearty thanks for all Thy good- 
 ness and loving-kindness bestowed on me. 
 Above all, for the Eedemption of the world 
 by our Lord Jesus Christ ; in Him, for the 
 means of grace, and for the hope of Glory : 
 for all the blessings of this life ; for Thy 
 creating, and for Thy protection of me all 
 my days ; and particularly, that this day 
 past Thou hast preserved, me in ray health, 
 
 , . „ and assisted me in my de- 
 
 ( * Or pros- •' 
 
 pered me in my votions*. Give me, I bescech 
 affairs.) Thec, a due sense of these 
 
 Thy mercies, and grace and power to ex- 
 press it by an obedience to all Thy Com- 
 mandments. Go on to preserve, and take 
 me into Thy protection this night : lighten 
 my darkness, O Lord, and by Thy great 
 mercy defend me from all perils and dangers 
 of this night, for the love of Thy only Son 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
154 Si)ort(r ©cbotions for JHorning. 
 
 The Lord fulfil tlie desires and petitions 
 of Thy servant, as may be most expedient 
 for me ; tlie Lord bless me and keep me ; 
 the Lord lift up the light of His counte- 
 nance upon me, and give me peace, both 
 now and for evermore. Amen. 
 
 SHORTER PRAYERS FOR SERVANTS OR ANY 
 
 OTHERS WHO MAY BE ENGAGED 
 
 IN NECESSARY AFFAIRS. 
 
 JFor tl;e J^orning. 
 
 Pkaised be the Lord, from the rising up 
 of the sun, unto the going down of the same. 
 
 Thou art my God, and I will thank Thee ; 
 Thou art my God, and I will praise Thee; 
 who hast lightened mine eyes, that I sleep 
 not in death ; hast delivered me from the 
 terrors of the night, and from the evil that 
 walketh in darkness ; who renewest Thy 
 mercies to me every morning, and hast 
 given me one day more to serve Thee, 
 and call upon Thy Name. I laid me down 
 and slept, and rose up again, for Thou, 
 Lord, only makest me to dwell in safety ; 
 to Thee therefore, Father, Son, and Holy 
 
%^oxttt HBtbotions for J^torning. 155 
 
 Ghost, the blessed, glorious, and undivided 
 
 Trinity, be honour and glory this day, and 
 
 for evermore. A7nen. 
 
 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 ; but turn Thee unto me, 
 and have mercy upon me. Remember not 
 mine iniquities, nor the iniquities of my 
 forefathers, neither take Thou vengeance 
 of my sins. Have regard to Thy Son Jesus 
 Christ, who had no regard to His own life, 
 but laid it down on the Cross for me ; and 
 in Him, and for His sake be reconciled unto 
 me. Amen. 
 
 Entek not into judgment with Thy ser- 
 vant, O Lord, for if thou shouldest be ex- 
 treme to mark what I have done amiss, 
 what would become of me? for of so many 
 millions of sins that I have committed, I 
 cannot answer Thee one of a thousand. 
 But, O Thou who hast revealed it to me 
 as a faithful saying, that Jesus Christ came 
 into the world to save sinners, save me, 
 O save me, who am the chiefest of them ; 
 wash away all my sins in His Blood, bury 
 
156 S{)orter IBcbotions for iMovning. 
 
 them in His grave, that they may never 
 rise up in this world to shame me, or in the 
 world to come to condemn me. Amen. 
 
 Thou hast been my succour, leave me not, 
 neither forsake me, O God of my salvation ; 
 but go on to create in me a clean heart, 
 a new and contrite heart, and to renew a 
 right spirit within me. Give me Thy Holy 
 Spirit to think, and do always such things 
 as be rightful, that I who cannot do any 
 thing that is good without Thee, may by 
 Thee be enabled to live according to Thy 
 Will, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O God, the Creator and Preserver of all 
 mankind, I humbly beseech Thee for all 
 sorts and conditions of men ; especially for 
 Thy Holy Catholic Church; for that part 
 of it in these kingdoms ; for her who is the 
 Supreme Governor thereof, our dread Sove- 
 reign Lady Queen Victoria; for Adelaide 
 the Queen Dowager, the Prince Albert, 
 Albert Prince of Wales, and all the Eoyal 
 Family; for the whole state ecclesiastical 
 and civil; for all those who are any way 
 afflicted, or distressed in mind, body, or 
 estate; for all my relations, friends, and 
 benefactors, particularly, S<q. Endow them 
 
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 all witli heavenly gifts, answerable to their 
 respective places and callings ; guide them 
 with Thy counsel here, and hereafter bring 
 them unto glory, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 Defend me, O God, under Thy wings, 
 and keep me safe this day under Thy 
 feathers. Give Thine Angels charge over 
 me, to keep me in all my Vv^ays. Set a 
 watch this day before my mouth, and keep 
 the door of my lips. Turn away mine 
 eyes that they behold not vanity; and let 
 not mine heart be inclined to any evil 
 thing. Order my steps in Thy word, that 
 no wickedness may have dominion over me. 
 Prosper Thou the work of my hands unto 
 me, O prosper Thou my handy work: and let 
 Thy merciful kindness be this day upon me, 
 like as I do put my trust in Thee, through 
 the merits of Thine only Son, Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Om* Father which art, &c. 
 
 For Thine is the kingdom, &c. 
 
 The blessing of God Almighty, Father, 
 Son, and Holy Ghost, be with me, and all 
 related to me, this day, and for evermore. 
 Ame7i. 
 
158 Sljortcr IBcbotions for lEticning. 
 % S'f)ort ^ra^cr for tl;e lEbcning. 
 
 O Praise the Lord all ye His servants, ye 
 that by night stand in the house of the 
 Lord. With these, Lord, do I now lift 
 up my hands to Thy sanctuary, and will 
 praise Thy Name for all thy mercies spi- 
 ritual and terapora],bestowedonmein Jesus 
 Christ ; for this day's life and protection ; for 
 withholding those several judgments which 
 my sins deserve; for loading me with a 
 multitude of blessings, which by reason of 
 my manifold sins I have not deserved. For- 
 give, Lord, forgive them all, and increase 
 Thy grace upon me evermore ; let them not 
 hinder Thy graces hereafter from descending 
 down upon me, nor my prayers at this or any 
 other time from ascending up unto Thee, as 
 an acceptable sacrifice, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Have mercy upon me, O God, after Thy 
 great goodness ; and according to the multi- 
 tude of Thy mercies do away mine offences. 
 Wash me throughly from my wiclicdness, 
 and cleanse me from my sin. For I ac- 
 Icnowledge my faults, and my sin is ever be- 
 ore me. O Thou who hast sent Thy Son 
 
Sf)ortcr ©cbotions for lEbening. 159 
 
 into the world, not to call the righteous but 
 sinners to repentance, have mercy upon me, 
 and grant me true repentance unto life, never 
 to be repented of, and which may bring me 
 to Thine eternal joy, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Keep me, O Lord, Thy poor humble ser- 
 vant, with Thy perpetual mercy ; and be- 
 cause the frailty of man without Thee can- 
 not but fall, preserve me ever by Thy help 
 from all things hurtful, and lead me to all 
 things profitable to my salvation, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O God, who wouldest have all to be saved, 
 and come to the knowledge of the truth, have 
 mercy upon all men. Bless every member 
 of the Universal Church, especially that part 
 of it in this land of my nativity, and herein 
 the Queen's Majesty, the Queen Dowager, 
 the Prince, and the whole Royal Family ; all 
 that are in authority under her, all the 
 ministers of Thy Holy Word and Sacra- 
 ments, particularly him to whose oversight 
 Thou hast committed me. Give, I pray 
 Thee, unto them all according to Thy good 
 pleasure, the blessings both of this life, and 
 that which is to come. Forget not peculiarly 
 
IGO Sfjortcr IBcbotions foi lEbcnmg, 
 
 to shew mercy to the relations, friends, 
 helpers, and well-wishers of Thy servant. 
 Let Thine eye of mercy be ever open upon 
 all Thy wanting and suffering servants ; 
 support them under, and graciously deliver 
 them out of all their distresses, even for 
 Jesus Christ His sake. Ainen. 
 
 Thy servant will speak yet once more, and 
 beseech Thee, O Lord, who hast made the 
 night for man to rest in, as well as the day 
 to labour, that this night I may so take my 
 bodily rest, that my soul m.ay continually 
 watch for my deliverance out of this mortal 
 life ; and that my sleep be not excessive, 
 according to the insatiate desires of the 
 flesh, but sufficient to relieve and maintain 
 nature. Let me remember Thy Name in 
 the night season, and commune with mine 
 own heart, and. search out my spirits, and. 
 compose them in Thee, that I may rise 
 to serve Thee in all sober and godly con- 
 versation, through the aid and assistance 
 of Jesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour. 
 Amen. 
 
 Our Father which art, &c. 
 
 For Thine is the kingdom, ^rc. 
 
 The blessing of God Almighty, Father, 
 
S'^orter Bgtjotions for ISbening. 161 
 
 Son, and Holy Ghost, be with me, and rest 
 upon me, and all related to me, this night, 
 and for evermore. Amen. 
 
 Bittttions ^otD to pass our tjaws bxW anU 
 acctptabiB unto (&oti. 
 
 St. Basil f exhorts to this purpose. Before we 
 do any thing else, be ive careful to consecrate the 
 first-fruits of the day, and the very beginning of 
 our holy thoughts unto the service of God. Ac- 
 cordingly let the first thing which you do, and 
 the first word which you speak, every day, tend 
 to this great and important end, the worship 
 and acknowledgment of Almighty God ; for, as 
 good men have observed, upon our first thoughts 
 do commonly depend the thoughts and actions 
 of the whole day : therefore when you first 
 awake, you must admire and thankfully resent 
 His great goodness for the last night's sleep, 
 who might, and deservedly so, have suffered 
 death to seize on you whilst sleeping, and hurried 
 you hence to render an account of what you 
 have done in the flesh; the result of which will 
 he, to think how (on the supposal of this dread- 
 ful surprise) you were prepared, and to conclude 
 and pray, 
 
 Happy is that servant, whom his Lord, when 
 He Cometh, shall find doing His will. Ameti, 
 Be it to Thy servant according to Thy word. 
 
 ^ [Reg. Fus. Tract. Inter. 37. torn. ii. p. 383. B.C.] 
 
162 directions f)ob) to pass out tirags. 
 
 To which meditation prefix this holy ejaculation. 
 
 Lighten mine eyes, O Lord, that I sleep 
 not in death. Amen, 
 
 And subjoin this humble resignation of your- 
 self into the hands of God. 
 
 Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend this 
 day my soul and my body ; beseeching Thee to 
 be ever with me to direct, sanctify, and go- 
 vern me in the ways of Thy laws, and in the 
 works of Thy commandments, that through 
 Thy most mighty protection both here and 
 ever, I may be preserved both in body and 
 soul, to serve Thee the only true God, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ame7i. 
 
 2. After which presently arise, and at your 
 uprising, say, 
 
 In the name of God, the Father, the Son, 
 and the Holy Ghost. Amen. Blessed be 
 God, the holy and undivided Trinity, now 
 and for ever. Amen. 
 
 I ARISE from my bed to glorify Him. He 
 of His infinite mercy bless and keep me this 
 day, and for evermore. Amen. 
 
 I laid me down and slept, and rose up 
 again, for the Lord sustained me. 
 
Btrcctionis fioin to pass our tfass. 163 
 
 S. At your apparelling, say, 
 
 Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
 make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the 
 lusts thereof. Clothe me, O Lord, with the 
 ornaments of Thy heavenly grace, and cover 
 me with the rohes of righteousness, through 
 Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 4. At the washing of your hands, say, 
 
 O w'ASH me thronghly from my wicked- 
 ness, and cleanse me from my sins ; make 
 me a clean lieart, O God, and renew a right 
 spirit within me, a spirit cleaving steadfastly 
 unto Thee, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 5. After which betake yourself to your morn- 
 ing prayers, and after them walk awliile in your 
 chamber, and bethink yourself of the business 
 of the following day, and of a prudent and con- 
 scientious transaction of them : in the manag- 
 ing of which consider what temptations may 
 probably assault you, and arm yourself against 
 them ; what good your occasions may render you 
 capable of doing this day, and resolve within 
 yourself to do it, and to do it as effectually as 
 you can. And be willing to commit all your 
 affairs to God, to be guided by His counsel ; 
 protected and provided for by His care ; accord- 
 ing to the advice of holy David, commit thy way 
 
164 Biwctions f)obi lo pass our 
 
 u7ito the Lord, trust also in Him a7id He shall 
 bring it to pass. 
 
 6. And forasmuch as the Apostle enjoins us 
 to pray always ; and again, to continue in prayer, I 
 accordingly should we follow his injunction ; 
 not that we should do nothing else hut pray, 
 "but have our hearts so inflamed with the love of 
 God as to he in a continual disposition to pray, 
 and this not only at all set and accustomed 
 times, but at all times, and upon all occasions 
 and objects presented, raise up your souls upon 
 the spiritual wings of holy meditations, celestial 
 affections, devout colloquies, and ejaculatory 
 converses with Heaven. Thus Enoch walked 
 ■with God, and was translated. Thus David 
 professeth, / have set God alivays before me : and 
 / will alway give thanks mito the Lord, His 
 praise shall ever be in my month. Correspond- 
 ently whereunto you should furnish yourself 
 with meditations fitted to every day's ordinary 
 actions, and several dispositions of your soul. 
 
 When you go forth out of your house or 
 chamber say, 
 
 The Lord preserve my going out and my 
 
 coming in, from this time forth for evermore. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 When you stand upon some high place, say, 
 Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the 
 
 heavens, and Thy faithfulness unto the 
 
 clouds. 
 
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 When you behold pleasant fields, and variety 
 of objects, say, 
 
 O Lord, how manifold are Thy works, in 
 wisdom hast Thou made them all ; the earth 
 is full of Thy riches. 
 
 When you see or hear any thing extraordi- 
 nary, say, 
 
 Blessed be the Lord God, even the God 
 of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things ! 
 And blessed be the Name of His Majesty for 
 ever ; and all the earth shall be filled with 
 His Majesty. Amen. Amen. 
 
 When you hear the clock, or see the hour of 
 the day, say, 
 
 Our days upon earth are but as a shadow ; 
 and we bring our years to an end as a lale 
 that is told ; so teach me to number my 
 days, that I may apply my heart unto wis- 
 dom. Ajnen. 
 
 When you go to read the Scriptures, say. 
 
 Open Thou, mine eyes, O Lord, that I 
 may see the wondrous things of Thy law. 
 Amen. 
 
 When you are sad or discontented, say, 
 Why art thou so full of heaviness, my 
 
166 IBircctions !)oto to pass our tfa^s. 
 
 soul, and why art thou so disquieted within 
 me ? Put thy trust in God, for I will yet 
 give Him thanks for the help of His coun- 
 tenance. 
 
 When you hunger or thirst, say, 
 
 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst 
 after righteousness, for they shall be filled. 
 
 When you are asked an alms, heing able to 
 give, say, 
 
 B1.ESSED be God, who hath not only given 
 me ability, but this opportunity also to lay 
 up in store for myself a good foundation 
 against the time to come, that I may lay 
 hf)ld on eternal life. 
 
 When you hear others evil spoken of, say, 
 
 Lord, who shall dwell in Thy tabernacle, 
 or who shall rest upon Thy holy Hill ? He 
 that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor 
 done evil unto his neighbour, and hath not 
 slandered his neighbour. 
 
 Upon tlie sense of your sins, and the mis- 
 spending of your time, say. 
 
 Call to remembrance, O Lord, Thy tender 
 mercies and Thy loving kindness which 
 
directions f)oio to pass our tfags. 167 
 
 have been ever of old. O remember not the 
 sins and offences of my youth, nor of my 
 riper years. O deal not with me after my 
 sins, neither reward me after mine iniqui- 
 ties ; but according- to Thy mercy think 
 upon me, Lord, for Thy goodness. Amen, 
 
 7. Be careful to retire, some part of the day, 
 into your closet, and devoutly read the medita- 
 tion for the day, at the end of this book ; and on 
 every Friday, as also the Wednesdays and Sa- 
 turdays in Lent, and Ember Week, the Litany 
 and Prayers at p. 12. 
 
 8. Neglect not when occasion offers to per- 
 form all spiritixal works of mercy, viz. to Instruct 
 the ignorant, to Correct offenders, to Counsel the 
 doubtful, \to Comfort the afflicted,'] to Suffer in- 
 juries with patience, to Forgive offences and wrongs, 
 to Pray for others. As also all corporal works 
 of mercy, viz. to Feed the hungry, and Give drink 
 to the thirsty, to Clothe the naked, to Harbour the 
 stranger and needy, to Visit the sick, to Minister 
 unto prisoners and captives, to Bury the dead. 
 
 9. Next to the Holy Commandments and in- 
 junctions of the Gospel, be diligent to observe 
 the precepts of the Church, viz. 
 
 1. To observe the Festivals and Holy- 
 days. 
 
 2. To keep the Fasting- days with devo- 
 tion and abstinence. 
 
 3. To observe the Ecclesiastical Customs 
 
168 Biuctions J)ot» to pass our trags. 
 
 and Ceremonies established, and that 
 without frowardness and contradiction. 
 
 4. To repair every day, morning and 
 evening, (unless there be a just and un- 
 feigned cavise to the contrary, ) unto some 
 Church or Chapel for public Prayers, 
 unto vi^hich God hath in a more peculiar 
 manner annexed His Blessing, that where 
 two or three are gathered together in His 
 Name He will be in the midst of them. 
 
 5. To receive the Blessed Sacrament of 
 the Body and Blood of Christ with fre- 
 quent devotion, and three times a year at 
 least ; whereof Easter to be always one. 
 And for the better preparation thereunto, 
 as occasion is, to disburden your con- 
 science of those sins that may grieve 
 you, or scruples that may trouble you, 
 to a learned and discreet Priest, and from 
 him to receive advice, and the benefit of 
 Absolution. 
 
 10. Possess your soul with the fear of God, 
 the Judge of all the earth, who is about your 
 path, and about your bed, and spieth all your 
 ways ; and dare you sin in His presence ? 
 Dare you so highly affront Him to His face, 
 before whom all things are naked and open ? 
 
 11. Before you betake yourself to your even- 
 ing prayers, think upon all the day past how 
 you have spent it; that is, what good or evil 
 actions you have done, and what bad inclina- 
 tions you have resisted or amended, asking God 
 pardon for all the offences of it. 
 
Biwctions i^oto to pass our Uaes. 169 
 
 12. As you undrevss yourself, consider that 
 the time is coming when you shall put off this 
 body of flesh, as you do now the garments which 
 cover its nakedness ; and that you may do this 
 in peace, and to your future happiness, your 
 soul must now be stripped, and put off concern- 
 ing the former conversation the old man, which 
 is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and 
 put on that new man, which after God is cre- 
 ated in righteousness and true holiness. 
 
 13. As )'ou enter into your bed, say, 
 
 In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 who was crucified upon His Cross, and laid 
 into His grave for me, I lay me down to 
 rest; He bless me, and keep me, He save 
 me, and raise me up again ; and bring me 
 at last unto life eternal. Amen. 
 
 14. As you betake yourself to sleep, say, 
 
 I WILL lay me down in peace, and take my 
 rest ; for it is Thou, Lord, only, tbat makest 
 me dwell in safety. Amen. 
 
 Have mercy upon me, Lord, now, and 
 at the hour of death. Amen. 
 
 Preserve me while I am waking, defend 
 me while I am sleeping, that my soul may 
 continually watch for Thee, and both body 
 
170 directions Ijoin lo pass our Oags. 
 
 and soul may rest in Thy peace for ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 15. Should you in the night time lie awake, 
 say, 
 
 O Lord, Thou hast proved and visited my 
 heart in the night season, Thou hast tried 
 me ; O Blessed Father, purge me, that Thou 
 mayest find no wickedness in me, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Ainen. 
 
 Lord, give me grace to make haste, and 
 not to prolong the time to keep Thy Com- 
 mandments : that I may call my own ways 
 to rememhrance, and turn my feet to Thy 
 testimonies. And then, at midnight will I 
 give Thee thanks, because of Thy righteous 
 judgments, O Lord, my strength and my 
 Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 16. In case you are not presently disposed to 
 sleep, devoutly repeat the 51st Psalm, which to 
 that purpose you must be careful to get by 
 heart. 
 
 Have mercy on me, God, &c. 
 Glory be to the Father, &c. 
 
BRIEF HEADS OF SELF-EXAMINATION, 
 
 by way of 
 
 9lrticlc0 upon tj^e ^tit €^ommantiimnt0, 
 
 to be 
 
 INQUIRED INTO BY EVERY CHRISTIAN, ESPECIALLY 
 ON THE FRIDAY, OR THE DAY IMMEDIATELY PRE- 
 CEDING THE HOLY SACRAMENT. 
 
 Enter into, and commune with thine own 
 self, O my soul ; jud^e thyself, that thou be 
 not judged ; condemn thyself, that thou be 
 not condemned with the world ; answer for 
 thyself before God, and in the presence of 
 His Holy Angels, 
 
 ©uUtu or not guilti) of transgressing the 
 First Commandment in all, or any of 
 these instances ? 
 
 1. Hast thou at any time doubted whe- 
 ther there be a God, or of His providence or 
 His power, of His mercy or justice, or any 
 other of His attributes ? 
 
172 ScIf=1Examinatiott. 
 
 2. Hast thou neglected to know God, or 
 to glorify Him as God ; or to love, fear, 
 Relieve in, or to give thanks unto Him 
 accordingly ? 
 
 3. Hast thou feared men above Him, by 
 committing sin to shun some outward dis- 
 graces or sufferings from them ? 
 
 4. Hast thou set up in thy thoughts any 
 thing in competition with God, as pride, or 
 some other darling lust, or interest ? 
 
 5. Hast thou, in thy prosperous condition, 
 been puffed up and forgotten God, and in 
 dangers and distresses not trusted in Him, 
 but in some other worldly helps, or unlawful 
 means, to bring thyself out of them ? 
 
 6. Hast thou heeded too much supersti- 
 tious observations, or dreams, or fortune- 
 tellers, or vain predictions of men, so as 
 to give credit to them ; or lots, so as to 
 attempt the knowledge of some secret thing 
 by them ? 
 
 Cuiitt) or not guilty of transgressing the 
 Second Commandment, in all, or any of 
 these instances ? 
 
 1. Hast thou framed in thy mind any 
 bodily shape or form of God, or worshipped 
 
ScIf=1Exatnination. 173 
 
 Him by an image, or given that honour to 
 Saint or Angel, which is clue only to 
 Himself? 
 
 2. Hast thou behaved thyself irreverently 
 in any of thy addresses to Him, not kneeled, 
 or religiously bowed thyself before Him ? 
 
 3. Hast thou at any time wilfully omitted 
 prayers, public or private, and been glad of 
 a pretence to do so ? 
 
 4. Hast thou contented thyself with cold- 
 ness and deadness, or wandering thoughts in 
 thy prayers ; or drawn near unto God with 
 thy lips, when thy heart hath been far from 
 Him? 
 
 5. Hast thou been more careful of the 
 outward ceremonial part of thy worship, than 
 of the inward and spiritual ? 
 
 ©uittp or not guilty of transgressing the 
 Third Commandment, in all, or any of 
 these instances ? 
 
 1. Hast thou in thine ordinary conversa- 
 tion used any rash oath, or eager execration ? 
 
 2. Hast thou perjured thyself, or sworn 
 any thing false, knowing it to be so ? 
 
 3. Hast thou designed to abuse thy 
 
I74f ScU='Examinatton. 
 
 neighbour by failing in any engagement 
 which hath been in thy power to perform ? 
 
 4. Hast thou seriously considered and be- 
 wailed thy frequent and dangerous violations 
 of that great and solemn vow which thou 
 madest to God in thy Baptism? As also 
 the breach of any other religious and deli- 
 berate vows and promises made in times 
 of adversity, or, at any other time, unto 
 Him? 
 
 5. Hast thou unduly regarded, or irreve- 
 rently treated any of those persons or things 
 whereon the Name of God is called, as His 
 Priests, Word, Sanctuary, &c. ? 
 
 6. Hast thou by a vile and wicked life 
 given occasion unto others to blaspheme the 
 Holy Name of God ? 
 
 CSuiltn or not gutlto of transgressing the 
 Fourth Commandment, in all, or any of 
 these instances ? 
 
 1. Hast thou profaned the Lord's Day, or 
 any other Feasts or Fasts of the Church, by 
 intending too much thine own business, and 
 not devoting them chiefly to holy exercises, 
 whereunto they were assigned ? 
 
 2. Hast thou been satisfied in them with 
 
Self=1Examinatton. 1 75 
 
 the bare use of means, without any regard to 
 practice ? 
 
 3. Hast thou neglected to shew forth in 
 them thy charity to those who stand in need 
 of it? 
 
 4. Hast thou, in them, neglected prayer, 
 or reading the Holy Scriptures, or receiving 
 the Communion ? 
 
 5. Hast thou profaned the Lord's Supper ; 
 either, first, by coming to it ignorantly, or 
 without examination, or without contrition 
 and purposes of new life: or, secondly, by 
 behaving thyself irreverently at it without 
 devotion and spiritual affection ; or thirdly, 
 by neglecting to keep the promises made 
 at it? 
 
 6. Hast thou been careless of assigning 
 some set and solemn times to humble thy- 
 self for thy sins, or of calling thyself to a 
 daily account for them, or of acting revenge 
 upon thyself by fasting, and other acts of 
 mortification ? 
 
 CEruilto or not guilto of transgressing the 
 Fifth Commandment, in all, or any of 
 these instances ? 
 
 1. Hast thou refused obedience to the 
 
176 5el(=1Examinaticirt. 
 
 lawful commands of the Queen, or any in 
 authority under lier ; or sown sedition among 
 her people ? 
 
 2. Hast thou grudged her just tributes, or 
 ludged and spoken evil of her? 
 
 3. Hast thou grieved or despised thy 
 spiritual Fatliers, such as labour for thy 
 soul ? 
 
 4. Hast thou sought to withhold from them 
 their just maintenance ? 
 
 5. Hast thou forsaken thy lawful Minister 
 to follow factious teachers and conventicles? 
 
 6. Hath thy behaviour been stubborn and 
 irreverent unto, and hast thou despised thy 
 natural Parents ; either first, by publishing 
 their infirmities ; or secondly, by contemning 
 their counsels ; or thirdly, by murmuring at 
 their government ? 
 
 7. Hast thou neglected, on any occasion, 
 to assist them to thy power, or to offer up 
 daily prayers to God for them ? 
 
 Art thou a Parent, and 
 
 8. Hast thou been careless of instructing 
 thy children betimes in the ways of God, 
 but for want of timely correction suffered 
 them to run into customs of sin ; or en- 
 
S6ftt='5Examinatten. I7f 
 
 couraged them thereto by thine own evil 
 example ? 
 
 9. Hast thou discouraged them by harsh 
 and cruel usage, and not provided for their 
 subsistence according to thine ability ? 
 
 Art thou a Brother or Sister, and 
 
 10. Dost thou want affection toward thy 
 brethren or sisters, but sometimes harbourest 
 envyings and heart-burnings in thy heart 
 towards them ? 
 
 Art thou an Husband, and 
 
 11. Hath thy behaviour been unkind, fro- 
 ward, and unquiet towards thy wife, not 
 bearing with her infirmities ? 
 
 12. Hast thou neglected to pray for her, 
 and not endeavoured to advance her good, 
 spiritual as temporal ? 
 
 Art thou a Wife, and 
 
 13. Hast thou striven for rule and domi- 
 nion over thy husband, and resisted his law- 
 ful commands, and not prayed for Him ? 
 
 Art thou a Master, and 
 
 14. Hast thou used thy servants cruelly 
 and tyrannically ? 
 
 2 a 
 
178 SeKx=1ExatninatU!n. 
 
 15. Hast thou been careless of their souls ; 
 either tirst, by not providing them means of 
 instruction ; or secondly, not admonishing 
 them when they commit sin ; or thirdly, 
 not allowing them time for prayer, and the 
 worship of God ? 
 
 Art thou a Servant, and 
 
 16. Hast thou disobeyed the lawful com- 
 mands of thy master ? 
 
 17. Hast thou murmured at his rebukes? 
 
 18. Hast thou purloined his goods, or 
 carelessly wasted them ? 
 
 ^uiltB or not gutltn of transgressing the 
 Sixth Commandment, in all, or any of 
 these instances ? 
 
 1. Hast thou hastened thine end by wil- 
 ful intemperance and disorderly living ? 
 
 2. Dost thou want bowels of mercy and 
 compassion to thy poor neighbours, and not 
 minister unto their necessities ? 
 
 3. Art thou guilty of murder, secret or 
 open ? 
 
 4. Hast thou wished in thine heart the 
 death of any of thy neighbours or relations ? 
 
SeK='3Examination. I7fl 
 
 5. Hast thou maligned, and been cause- 
 lessly or sinfully angry with thy neighbour ? 
 Hast thou borne any hatred, or malice, or 
 revenge in thy heart towards him ? 
 
 6. Hast thou not rejoiced in his good 
 success, but envied his welfare ? 
 
 7. Hast thou drawn any to drunkenness, 
 or other vices which may bring diseases, or 
 death ? 
 
 8. Hast thou maimed or hurt the body of 
 thy neighbour ? 
 
 9. Hast thou stirred men up to fighting 
 or quarrelling? 
 
 10. Hast thou rashly wished thine own 
 death ? 
 
 ^Bruiltu or not guilti^ of transgressing the 
 Seventh Commandment, in all, or any of 
 these instances ? 
 
 1. Hast thou actually defiled thy neigh- 
 bour's wife, or thy body by adultery, fornica- 
 tion, lasciviousness, uncleanness, either of 
 hand or eye ? 
 
 2. Hast thou deliberately pleased thyself 
 with, and consented unto any foul lascivious 
 thoughts, impure fancies and desires ? 
 
180 S£lf=lExamination. 
 
 3. Hast thou delighted thyself in wanton 
 company, in unchaste songs, or filthy ob- 
 scene talking ? 
 
 4. Hast thou not laboured to subdue thy 
 body by fasting, or other severities, but 
 rather pampered it to heighten thy lust ? 
 
 5. Hast thou patched or painted thy face, 
 or otherwise adorned thy body with a design 
 of rendering others lustful or carnally de- 
 sirous of thee ? 
 
 6. Hast thou been proud of thy apparel, 
 or bestowed too much time, care, or cost 
 about it? 
 
 ©ufltB or not guiliu of transgressing the 
 Eighth Commandment, in all, or any of 
 these instances ? 
 
 1. Hast thou been content with that state, 
 whatever it be, wherein thou art ? 
 
 2. Hast thou been idle or negligent in 
 that condition of life whereunto thou art 
 called ? 
 
 3. Hast thou been too vehement upon, or 
 spent too much time at lawful recreations ; 
 or been at any time drawn by them to anger 
 or covetousness ? 
 
5cU=1Exammation. 1 8 1 
 
 4. Hast thou not been so exact in paying 
 and dealing with those thou hast traded 
 with as thou wert able, and in justice wert 
 bound ? 
 
 5. Hast thou in buying or selling used 
 arts of deceit, or exacted on the necessities 
 of thy neighbour ? 
 
 6. Hast thou by violence, or colour of 
 law, or cozenage, or any other undue means, 
 taken from thy neighbour what belonged not 
 to thee ? 
 
 7. Hast thou kept back the wages of the 
 servant and hireling. 
 
 €ruilto or not guilt» of transgressing the 
 Ninth Commandment, in all, or any of 
 these instances ? 
 
 1. Hast thou been forward to believe ill 
 reports of thy neighbour ? 
 
 2. Hast thou causelessly suspected, or 
 rashly judged of him ? 
 
 3. Hast thou invented, or said any thing 
 false that hath been injurious to his good 
 name and reputation ? 
 
 4. Hast thou falsely denied the truth, or 
 refused at any time to bear witness unto it, 
 either out of fear or flattery ? 
 
182 »af=1ExBmlnai(on. 
 
 5. Hast thou willingly given ear to slan- 
 derers, busy-bodies, and such as go about 
 with lies ? 
 
 6. Hast thou pleased thyself in raising and 
 whispering vain and fruitless lies ? 
 
 7. Hast thou railed at thy neighbour for 
 any injuries done unto thee ? 
 
 8. Hast thou despised, or scoffed and de- 
 rided him for his infirmities ? 
 
 9. Hast thou dissembled, or dealt doubly 
 with him ? 
 
 10. Hast thou been desirous to seem and 
 to be reputed, greater or better than thou art ? 
 
 6(UiltB or not guiltj) of transgressing the 
 Tenth Commandment, in all, or any of 
 these instances? 
 
 1. Hast thou at any time inordinately 
 lusted after what belongs to others ? 
 
 2. Hast thou entertained secret co votings 
 in thy thoughts, with any delight or com- 
 placency in them ? 
 
 3. Hast thou harboured a thought or 
 desire to hurt, or any way prejudice thy 
 neighbour ? 
 
 Xortf i)dSit mercB upon us, antr incline out 
 f)eartg to iieep Tkis ICatns. 
 
FOR PARTICULAR GRACES. 
 
 JFor Jait^. 
 
 Almighty God, whom without Faith it is 
 impossible to please ; grant me, I beseech 
 Thee, so perfectly to believe in Thy Son 
 Jesus Christ, that my faith in Thy sight 
 may never be reproved ; and being called to 
 the knowledge of Thy grace, and faith in 
 Thee, and admitted into the fellowship of 
 Christ's religion, I may eschew those things 
 which are contrary to my profession, and 
 follow all such things as are agreeable to 
 the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Aynen. 
 
 JFor I^ope. 
 
 Blessed Lord, who hast caused all Holy 
 Scriptures to be written for our learning; 
 grant that I may in such wise hear them, 
 read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, 
 that by patience and comfort of Thy Holy 
 Word, I may embrace, and ever hold fast 
 the blessed hope of everlasting life, which 
 
184 ©olltCtS. 
 
 Thou hast given ixs in our Saviour Jesus 
 Christ ; and that I may therefore purify my- 
 self, even as He is pure, that when He shall 
 appear again with power and great glory, I 
 may be made like unto Him in His eternal 
 and glorious Kingdom, where with Thee, O 
 Father, and Thee, O Holy Ghost, He liveth 
 and reigneth, ever one God, world without 
 end. Amen. 
 
 JFor tT)e ttioz of CE^o^. 
 
 O God, w^ho hast prepared for them that 
 love Thee, such good things as pass man's 
 understanding, pour into my heart such love 
 towards Thee, that I loving Thee above all 
 things, may obtain Thy promises which ex- 
 ceed all that I can desire, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen, 
 
 JFor ®]^arit». 
 
 O Lord, who hast taught us that all our 
 doings without Charity are nothing worth; 
 send Thy Holy Ghost, and pour into my 
 heart that most excellent gift of Charity, the 
 very bond of peace, and of all virtues, with- 
 out which whosoever liveth, is counted dead 
 
®0U«tS. 185 
 
 before Thee. Grant this for Thy only Son, 
 Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
 O Holy Jesus, who wert conceived in the 
 womb of a Virgin, I beseech Thee grant Thy 
 servant grace to withstand all temptations of 
 the flesh, and with a pure and clean heart to 
 follow Thee the only God, even for Thine 
 own mercies and merits' sake. Amen. 
 
 jFor ©ontrition. 
 Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest 
 nothing that Thou hast made, and dost for- 
 give the sins of all them that are Penitent: 
 create and make in me a new and contrite 
 heart, that I worthily lamenting my sins, 
 and acknowledging my wretchedness, may 
 obtain of Thee the God of all mercy, perfect 
 remission and forgiveness, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 £ox Bcbotion. 
 Most great God, who hast not only per- 
 mitted but invited us needy and miserable 
 creatures to present our petitions to Thee: 
 O let me set a true value on this most in- 
 
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186 Collects. 
 
 valuable privilege. I come unto Thee, 
 Lord, as a worm to my Sovereign Maker, I 
 come as an heinous offender to a just and 
 severe Judge ; let, I pray Thee, mine 
 addresses to Thine house be with a Rever- 
 ence some way answerable to Thine awful 
 Majesty ; give me an hearty desire to pray, 
 and such a pure intention and fixedness of 
 mind upon Thee, that I may no more incur 
 the guilt of drawing near to Thee, with my 
 lips, when my heart is far from Thee : but 
 may so ask, that I may receive ; seek, that I 
 may find ; knock, that it may be opened unto 
 me ; that so, from praying to Thee here, I 
 may be translated to the praising Thee eter- 
 nally in Thy glory, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 £ox tl)e fear of C&otf. 
 Most great God, who only art high, and 
 to be feared, put Thy Fear into my heart, 
 that I may not sin against Thee; let me 
 never so misplace my Fear as to be afraid of 
 man, whose breath is in his nostrils: but fill 
 me, Lord, with the Spirit of Thy holy Fear, 
 which is the beginning of wisdom, and let it 
 preserve me in a perpetual confonnity to 
 
Collects. 187 
 
 Thy Will in all things, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 jFor CTontentetin^ss. 
 
 O 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 ; keep me I beseech Thee, 
 under the protection of Thy good providence, 
 and learn me in whatsoever state I am, 
 therewith to be Content : grant me grace to 
 forsake all covetous desires, and inordinate 
 love of riches, and so to pass through things 
 temporal, that I finally lose not the things 
 eternal ; but that among all the sundry and 
 manifold changes of the world, my heart 
 may surely there be fixed, where true joys 
 are to be found, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Ame7i. 
 
 £ox ©iligcnce. 
 
 O Lord, who in Thy Holy Gospel didst 
 sentence the slothfiJ and unprofitable ser- 
 vant to be cast into outer darkness; grant 
 that I may not stand here all the day idle, 
 
188 Collects. 
 
 but may give all Diligence to make my 
 calling and election sure ; make me in some 
 measure useful to myself and others, Loth as 
 to this and a better life. O let me never 
 lay mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to 
 slumber, but learn and labour to get my own 
 living, and to do my duty in that state of 
 life, whereto it hath pleased Thee to call me, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 JFor 3|umilit5. 
 
 Almighty God, who resistest the proud, 
 and givest grace to the humble ; mercifully 
 grant that I may follow the example of the 
 great Humility of Thy blessed Son, who did 
 humble Himself to take upon Him our flesh, 
 and to suffer death upon the cross : convince 
 me that I am less than the least of all Thy 
 mercies ; that as I am vile in myself, so let 
 me be vile in mine own eyes, and may there- 
 fore esteem every man better than myself. 
 Grant this, O Father, for Thy Son Jesus 
 Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
 jFor justice. 
 O Thou King of Eighteousness, who lovest 
 Eighteousness, and art mighty to save ; give 
 
Collects. 189 
 
 me grace to obtain this love of Thine by- 
 cleansing my heart and hands from all fraud 
 and injustice ; O grant that I may most 
 strictly observe that sacred rule of doing 
 unto all men, as I would they should do unto 
 me ; that I hurt no body in word or deed, 
 but be true and just in all my dealings ; that 
 so keeping innocency, and taking heed unto 
 the thing that is right, I may have peace at 
 the last, even peace with Thee, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, who hast given Thine 
 Only Son to be unto us both a Sacrifice for 
 sin, and also an Ensample of godly life ; give 
 me grace^to learn of Him who was meek and 
 lowly of heart, to put on bowels of Mercy, 
 Meekness, and Long-suffering ; to be so far 
 from offering the least injury, that I may 
 never return the greatest ; and grant, I be- 
 seech Thee, that the course of this world 
 may be so peaceably ordered by Thy govern- 
 ance, that I may joyfully serve Thee in all 
 godly quietness, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
190 ®oU«cts. 
 
 JFor Smccriig. 
 
 O Holy Lord, wlio sear chest the heart, \ 
 and triest the reins ; try me, I beseech Thee, 
 and seek the ground of my heart ; purge it 
 from all Hypocrisy, and suffer not any ac- 
 cursed thing to lurk within me ; give me 
 Truth in the inward parts, to he pure in 
 heart, that I may be qualified to see Thee 
 in Thy Kingdom, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 J'or temperance. 
 
 Gracious Lord, who refreshest us with 
 Thy good creatures, and art the Author of 
 all good things which we do enjoy; give me 
 grace, I pray Thee, to use them with thank- 
 fulness and Moderation ; let me never be 
 overcharged with surfeiting and drunken- 
 ness, nor my table be ever made a snare 
 unto me ; but that I may so eat and drink, 
 that my flesh may be subdued to the Spirit, 
 and I may ever obey Thy godly motions in 
 righteousness and true holiness, to Thy 
 Honour and Glory, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
€DolU«». 191 
 
 Gracious God, wlio hast taught me, that 
 it is a joyful and pleasant thing to he Thank- 
 ful ; suffer me not, I heseech Thee, to lose 
 my part in that Divine pleasure, but make 
 me truly and unfeignedly Thankful to Thee 
 for all Thy mercies ; let Thy mercies lead me 
 to repentance, and give me grace to improve 
 them all to the advancement of Thy glory, 
 and the furtherance of my salvation, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Atnen. 
 
 JFor trust in ©otf. 
 
 O God, who never failest to help and 
 govern them whom Thou dost bring up in 
 Thy steadfast fear and love ; grant, I pray 
 Thee, that I may lean only upon the hope 
 of Thy heavenly grace, and in all my troubles 
 put my whole Trust and Confidence in Thy 
 mercy, casting all my care upon Thee, and 
 "being careful for nothing, but to keep Thy 
 testimonies, and think upon Thy command- 
 ments, to do them. Grant this, O Father, 
 for Jesus Christ His sake. Amen. 
 
 iFor ^crstberance. 
 O Lord, raise up I pray Thee, Thy 
 
192 
 
 Collects. 
 
 power, and come among us, and with great 
 might succour me ; tliat whereas through 
 my sins and wickedness, I am sore let and 
 hindered in running the race that is set 
 hefore me, Thy hountiful grace and mercy 
 may help and strengthen me to hold out 
 unto the end, that so T may be saved ; to be 
 faithful unto death, that I may receive a 
 crown of life ; nourish me, I pray thee, with 
 all goodness, and of Thy great mercy keep 
 me in the same, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
A MEDITATION FOR EVERY DAY 
 OF THE WEEK. 
 
 Jttontray's fglf Citation. 
 
 OF THE END FOR WHICH I WAS BORN. 
 
 My God, who is not capable of any ac- 
 cession of glory or happiness by bringing me 
 into this world, yet hath been pleased to 
 bring me out of nothing and give me a 
 being, that so He might make me the object 
 of His love ; and hath now placed me in a 
 condition far above all His other creatures, 
 except His Angels ; and as all His other 
 creatures are sul3servient to my use, so hath 
 He also ordained those heavenly pieces of 
 His creation to be ministering Spirits for my 
 protection and advantage ; and hath given 
 me an understanding, will, and memory ; a 
 body, vigorous, active, fit for employment of 
 several kinds. But surely as I did not make 
 myself, nor give myself those endowments ; 
 so am I not to think that I am made for 
 
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1 94 Jactitations. 
 
 myself, or to serve myself alone ; No ! I am 
 told by Solomon, that God made all tliinjjs 
 for Himself; and if all tliing-s, then myself 
 too, who enjoy no small share of His lovinj^ 
 kindness ; and therefore now I am not free, 
 and at my own appointment and disposition 
 in the world, but am obliged to perform the 
 things for which I was sent into this habita- 
 tion : and upon my most serious recollection 
 I am convinced, that for no other matter or 
 cause or end, I was born or placed here, but 
 only to serve God in this life, and by this 
 service to gain heaven and salvation in the 
 life to come. Moses tells me, that we were 
 created, that we should be an holy people to 
 serve our God ; and for this end we were 
 redeemed, (Luke i. 74, 75.) to serve God "in 
 holiness and righteousness all the days of 
 our life." Since then it is thus, that the end 
 and final cause of my being in this world is 
 to serve God, and thereby to work out my 
 own salvation, whatsoever thing I do, or 
 bestow my time in, which is either contrary, 
 or impertinent, or not profitable to this end, 
 though it were to gain kingdoms, it is but 
 vanity and lost labour, and such as will turn 
 in time to grief and repentance, if I change 
 not my courses ; because it is not the matter 
 for which I came into this world, nor for 
 which I shall be demanded an account, ex- 
 cept it be to receive judgment and punish- 
 ment for the same. Again, seeing my only 
 
JgtcUitc-tttons. 195 
 
 business and affair in this world is to serve 
 my Maker, and save my own soul, and that 
 all other creatures here are but to serve my 
 use to that only end, I desire to be in- 
 different to all these creatures, as to riches 
 or poverty, to health or sickness, to honour 
 or contempt ; and I will endeavour to desire 
 so much or little of either of them as God 
 sees best for me to the attainment of the said 
 end, which is the serving of God, and the 
 weal of my own soul. And now, O my soul, 
 I must take thee off from all vain and sinful 
 delights, and from all immoderate use of 
 those that are most innocent; and fix my 
 endeavours, and all my actions upon those 
 things which may conduce to those ends, 
 resolving to spend this day accordingly. 
 
 A SHORT EJACULATION' FOR THIS DAY. 
 
 Lord, since Thou hast made me a reason- 
 able creature, let me not be more unreasonable 
 than the beasts, who do all according to the 
 rules Thou hast set them ; grant that I may 
 do nothing this day but what may advance 
 Thy glory, and my own happiness. Amen. 
 
 ©ucstiaB's Jilttfitation. 
 
 OF god's loving kindness to MAN. 
 
 When I consider the parts of my body, or 
 the faculties of my soul, I am astonished at 
 my own dull heart, that I should so ungrate- 
 fully spend my days without considering the 
 
196 JiileDitations. 
 
 manifold mercies of my God. How many 
 poor creatures do I behold, whom nature 
 hath rendered ridiculous by some deformities, 
 in either misplacing, adding, or taking away 
 some of their members ; or else by palsies, 
 breaking of bones or some other diseases or 
 sad accidents, have been made utterly use- 
 less when they were made ; whilst my God 
 hath sent me into the world completely built, 
 and hath ever since preserved me thus with- 
 out any of those blemishes or sad incon- 
 veniences, which I see many, that are better 
 than myself, labour under. And then, my 
 reason is perfect and clear without any im- 
 perfection, serves me upon all occasions to 
 contrive and manage all those affairs I am 
 engaged in ; whereas many are so stupid 
 and ignorant, so sottish and foolish, that they 
 little differ from the very beasts that tread 
 upon the grass, and cannot in any services 
 be useful either to themselves or others. 
 But, besides all these and the other advan- 
 tages I enjoy in common with all Christians, 
 as, my being created in the likeness of nothing 
 but Himself, to no other end but to be His 
 honourable servant in this world, and His 
 copartner in Kingly Glory for all eternity in 
 the world to come ; besides the redemption 
 and preservation which I am entitled to ; 
 yet if I do not wretchedly oppose His various 
 contrivances for my eternal good, I have 
 many advantages in my education and in 
 
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 the daily passages of my life, being- assisted 
 by good books, frequent instructions, con- 
 stant examples, and daily devotions, which 
 many good people have not the opportunity 
 of. And now I am ashamed of my ingrati- 
 tude to so good, so great, so bountiful a 
 Lord, and resolve with myself for the time 
 to come to amend my life, and my former 
 behaviour to Him. And since I know there 
 is nothing, Lord, which doth so much dis- 
 please Thee or dry up the fountain of Thy 
 mercy, or so binds Thy hands from doing 
 good, as doth ingratitude in the receiving of 
 Thy benehts, wherein I have hitherto ex- 
 ceeded all others ; but I have done it, O 
 Lord,in mine own ignorance, not considering 
 Thine infinite gifts bestowed on me, or what 
 account Thou wilt demand for the same ; 
 but now seeing Thou hast vouchsafed to 
 make me worthy of this especial grace also, 
 whereby to see and know my own error, I 
 hope hereafter,by direction of the same grace, 
 to shew myself a better child towards Thee. 
 O my God, I am vanquished at length with 
 consideration of Thy love ; and how can I 
 have the heart to offend Thee hereafter, 
 seeing Thou hast preserved me so many 
 ways with benefits ? Can I have hands to 
 lift up against Thee, who hast given up 
 Thine own hands to be nailed upon the 
 Cross for me ? No ! I trust not to return to 
 such iniquity for the time to come, to which 
 
198 iitcDitattons. 
 
 I beseech Thee, for Thy mercies' sake, from 
 Thy holy throne of Heaven, to say, Amen. 
 
 THE EJACULATION FOR THIS DAY. 
 
 LoED, as Thy mercies do surround me, so 
 grant that my returns of duty may abound ; 
 and let me this day manifest my gratitude 
 by doing something well pleasing unto Thee. 
 Ameii. 
 
 82attincstiaD's J^lctJitation. 
 
 When I reflect upon the displeasure 
 which God hath to sin, to be so great, that 
 He hates all those that work iniquity, that 
 both the wicked man and his wickedness are 
 hateful in His sight ; and finally, that the 
 whole life of sinners, their thoughts, words, 
 yea, and their good actions also, are abomina- 
 tions unto Him whilst they live in sin ; and 
 that, which is yet more. He cannot abide nor 
 permit the sinner to praise Him, or to name 
 His testimonies with his mouth, as the Holy 
 Ghost testifieth. When I consider all this, 
 I cannot but tremble with fear, lest I should 
 be one of that number ; having carelessly 
 and vainly, and in many things sinfully, passed 
 away my days and years without so much as 
 a serious inquiry into my own life, or how I 
 might give an account to my God ; and 
 when He hath called unto me, and invited 
 me by any of His gracious methods to good, 
 
jl^etJitations. 
 
 I have rather yielded to the vain and sinful 
 complacencies of my tempting- companions, 
 and have too often chosen to hearken to, and 
 follow them in their allurinc^ customs, than 
 to yield myself to Hisheavenly Will, and the 
 invitations of His Holy Spirit: nay, since I 
 have more solemnly dedicated myself to His 
 service, and have had the paths of piety 
 smoothed and made plain for me to walk in 
 with ease and deli2;ht, and have had a guide 
 to instruct me in the ways of His command- 
 ments ; yet I still feel a coldness in my hest 
 performances, and my heart is even ready to 
 retreat from holy duties, and willing again 
 to withdraw me into the customary paths of 
 this foolish world : and my treacherous soul 
 is ready to argue on their side, to defend and 
 presently to excuse its ways, by saying, 
 " Pride is a point of gentry, and having a 
 "just esteem of myself; that gluttony and 
 " pampering my flesh is a warrantable en- 
 " joyment of the creatures; that anger and 
 " revenge are both effects of a noble mind 
 " that must not tamely put up with affronts 
 " or disrespects ; that lasciviousness is but a 
 " trick of youth ; that the immoderate and 
 " expensive artifices of clothing, washing, 
 " patching, and adorning, about Avhich so 
 " much time is frequently spent, are but the 
 " innocent setting off that beauty and comely 
 " feature, which, they say, was purposely 
 " bestowed by God to be set out to best 
 
200 Jactitations. 
 
 " advantage for admiration and delight." 
 Thus am I ensnared by the bewitching ex- 
 ample of others to betray my own reason, so 
 as to have too kind thoughts of all vices and 
 fooleries of mankind; I shall one day find 
 that such pleasant devices and dreams will 
 be turned into tears, and such fond conceits 
 into doleful lamentations ; for I know God 
 will not be jested with, and that He is the 
 same God still, and will ask as severe an 
 account of me, as He hath done of others 
 before. Therefore, my soul, I will drive out 
 of my heart all vain and foolish complacencies 
 in any thing that may withdraw me from my 
 duty, or engage me into sin ; and I will, by 
 God's assistance, spend my remaining days 
 so carefully, as not willingly to commit any 
 thing I know to be a sin, or do any action 
 that I think may offend my God. 
 
 THE EJACULATION FOR THIS DAY. 
 
 Lord, let me not this day add to that 
 heap of sins which I stand guilty of, but 
 give me grace to pass it innocently, that 
 neither in thought, word, or deed, any offence 
 may pollute my soul. Amen. 
 
 ©^ursflap's i^cDitation. 
 
 OF DEATH. 
 
 1 DO now appear before my God a living 
 object of His favour ; but how soon the 
 
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 scene may change, and I go hence, is not 
 jet discovered to me ; possibly this very day 
 may be the last that I shall ever count, and 
 the* same earth, which I do now so negli- 
 gently tread, may speedily receive me into 
 her cold embraces. Nor is the way by which 
 I shall pass from hence less uncertain than 
 the time ; for I cannot recount how many 
 ways 1 may fliU into those hands of my 
 eternal Judge, whereof St. Paul conceives 
 great horror in only thinking. One little 
 stone falling from the house top as I pass by, 
 one slip of my horse, or fall of my coach as 
 I ride, one sudden mischance of a million 
 that may befal me, is able to bereave me of 
 this life, and cast me into that everlasting- 
 ness, out of which the whole w'orld shall not 
 be able to deliver me. And if I could tri- 
 umph over all these sad accidents, and had 
 assurance that nothing of mishap should 
 befal me to hurry me to my grave ; yet I 
 have a war within me, a seed-plot of corrup- 
 tion which will at length by degrees eat out 
 my juice and marrow, and certainly return 
 me to the dust hvm Avhence I took my 
 being ; and all those friends and relations 
 who profess so much kindness, and are my 
 companions in my merriment, will endeavour 
 to avoid the sight of me, and leave me a 
 pale carcass to be sacrificed to the gaping 
 grave, and think no more of me than I 
 am used to do of those I now survive. 
 
 2 J) 
 
202 JKetitatuins. 
 
 Possibly some one or other dear friend may 
 passionately follow my hearse, and mix some 
 days and nights with tears for my departure. 
 But alas ! when the black attire of funeral is 
 over, and all my acquaintances dismissed to 
 their several houses, I am lodged in a con- 
 dition incapable of alteration ; my body falls 
 to dust, and is mingled with its own ruins ; 
 but my soul, that appears before the tribunal 
 of that strict inquiry, that leaves no circum- 
 stance unsearched, but takes cognizance of 
 all the passages of my life: and accordingly 
 I am dismissed into an endless condition of 
 happiness or woe ; and this condition I must 
 undoubtedly one time or other arrive at, 
 through the gate of death. O then let me 
 daily, nay hourly, provide for that passage ! 
 I will by frequent meditation of my death, 
 suppress all growth of sin in me : I will 
 think of the cold sweat of death, and by that 
 allay all heat of wanton thoughts ; I will 
 think how meanly clad I shall enter into 
 my coffin, only a shroud and other dresses 
 fitted to cover me from indecency ; and this 
 thought shall keep me from complacency in 
 rich attire and haughty deckings ; I will think 
 how pale and wan, and loathsome I shall then 
 appear,and by that thought T will subdue and 
 mortify those pleasing conceits I am too apt 
 to entertain : I will contrive the spending of 
 my days, so as every day may something ad- 
 vance my-preparation for a blessed sentence. 
 
JttctJitations. 203 
 
 THE EJACULATION FOB THIS DAY. 
 
 O Lord, deliver me from the corruption 
 of my own life, that so when I die, my 
 corruptible may put on incorruption ; and 
 let me this day do something that may add 
 to my comfortable departure out of this life. 
 
 JFriUao's iitetritation. 
 
 OF JUDGMENT. 
 
 As soon as I have bid adieu to the world, 
 and am arrested by the cold hands of death, 
 I must appear before my Judge, stripped of 
 all my ornaments, and forsaken of all my 
 companions; the Book which shall be opened, 
 and whereby my cause must be discerned, 
 shall be the evidence of my deeds and actions 
 in this life, recorded in the testimony of my 
 own conscience, and in the infallible memory 
 of God's unsearchable wisdom ; so that this 
 account will be most exact and exquisite, not 
 omitting the least error or offence that I have 
 committed or passed in all my life ; and then 
 my particular reward or punishment will be 
 assigned to my own self, conformable to the 
 quality of this account, wherein sentence of 
 life or death is to be pronounced accordingly, 
 and that without ever being recalled. But 
 besides this, there will be another day of my 
 appearance too, when all the world shall 
 
204 J^tt(itatton». 
 
 appear at the same general Sessions, and 
 then my body shall rise with me again to 
 partake with me either in joy or torment, 
 according: as it hath been instrumental in 
 my good or bad actions, and as it hath acted 
 in those virtues or vices which my soul did 
 exercise ; and there my Saviour Christ who 
 was contemptible in this world, and dis- 
 honoured publicly, and put to confusion with 
 the rest of His Saints and Martyrs in the 
 sight of all men, shall then shew His power 
 and Majesty in the sight of all His creatures 
 together, but especially of all His wicked 
 enemies, who after that day are never to see 
 nor behold Him more ; and then too my 
 own happiness or misery will have its full 
 completion, and receive all the degrees which 
 it is capable of. For men, when they die, 
 do not commonly carry with them all that 
 good or evil which they have wrought, 
 having left behind them divers things which 
 may increase their good or ill deserving 
 after their death ; as their examples, their 
 instructions given to others, their temporal 
 faculties or abilities, books, preachings, ex- 
 hortations, and other like means, whereby 
 good or evil may proceed after their de- 
 parture, the reward whereof cannot so con- 
 tinently be assigned to them ; for that their 
 joy and punishment, in the places, where 
 they are, may daily be augmented by the 
 hurt or good that may be wrought in this 
 
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 world, by the means they left behind them ; 
 so 'tis believed by divers, that the glory of 
 St. Paul is increased daily in heaven, and 
 shall be unto the world's end, by reason of 
 them who do daily profit by his writings, 
 and raise examples of good Hie upon the 
 earth : as also on the contrary part, that the 
 torments of heretics are continually aug- 
 mented by the number of them who are 
 from time to time corrupted by their sedi- 
 tious and pestilent writings ; the like they 
 hold of dissolute pools, and other loose 
 writers, who have left behind them lasci- 
 vious, wanton, and carnal poems ; as also of 
 negligent parents, masters or teachers, who 
 by their carelessness and evil examples gave 
 occasion to corrupt their children, scholars, 
 or servants committed to their governments 
 and instructions. But after this general 
 Day of Judgment once past, there shall be no 
 more place of pretending upon earth to 
 either good or evil ; for that the world there 
 and then shall have an end, and final sen- 
 tence be pronounced of whatsoever hath 
 passed from the first foundation and esta- 
 blishment thereof. And is it thus, my 
 soul, that I must one day undergo so strict 
 a scrutiny, that I cannot avoid so final a 
 condition? I will surely then, charing and 
 casting up all accounts and reckonings of 
 my traffic and stewardship in this worldly 
 pilgrimage, according to the advice of my 
 
206 jmetiitations. 
 
 God, have a careful and continual remem- 
 brance and consideration of it, as of the 
 greatest and most important business that 
 ever I shall deal in ; and I will look upon it 
 as the most forcible means to restrain me 
 from sin that possibly may be amongst frail \ 
 men in this life. Good God, what a won- 
 derful meeting will this be ! how joyful to 
 the good, and how lamentably doleful and 
 terrible to the wicked! The godly and 
 righteous being to receive their bodies, 
 vv'herein they lived, into the league and 
 fellowship of their eternal bliss, shall em- 
 brace them with all possible sweetness and 
 delight: but the miserable damned spirits 
 beholding the carcasses which were the in- 
 struments and occasion of their sin, and 
 when well knowing that their unspeakable 
 torments shall be increased by their mutual 
 conjunction and association, shall abhor and 
 detest the same and curse the day that ever 
 they were acquainted. And can I now 
 think fit any longer to delay my preparation 
 for this terrible day ? I will now enter into 
 a true judgment of myself, my life, state, 
 and actions, that so I may prevent the 
 danger of that day : I will prepare myself, 
 and accept of that good counsel of my Jesus, 
 and watch for that day, that so I may be able 
 to stand in that fiery trial : and my blessed 
 Lord give me His Grace to look better 
 about me, than ever yet I have done. Amen, 
 
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 THE EJACULATION FOR THIS DAY. 
 
 My God, the Apostle tells me, that if I 
 will judge myself, I shall not be judged of 
 the Lord. O assist me with Thy Holy- 
 Spirit, to ransack my polluted heart, that I 
 may this day find out and forsake whatsoever 
 Thou abhorrest, that so I may meet my 
 Saviour at that great day of Judgment, with 
 a pure and penitent heart. Amen. 
 
 SattirtJay's J^clsitation. 
 
 OF HELL AND THE CONDITION OF THOSE THAT ARE 
 D003IED TO IT. 
 
 I AM surprised with horror and amaze- 
 ment when I do but reflect upon this place, 
 and am no less astonished to consider what 
 God hath revealed to us in the Scripture, 
 touching the dreadful circumstances of 
 hellish punishments, and yet to see how 
 little the wicked men of this world do fear 
 and indeed how little I myself have re- 
 garded them ; I have not suffered the 
 thought of Hell to dwell upon my spirits, 
 lest it should prove too great an allay and 
 hindrance to my pleasures and earthly con- 
 tentments. But I am well assured, that 
 this is the only time wherein I may avoid 
 all ; now is the season when I may put 
 myself out of danger of all these terrible 
 
20S jlflctiitations. 
 
 matters : and therefore this very day I will 
 resolve to fix them in my thoughts, for I 
 know not what shall heeome of me to- 
 morrow ; it may be, my heart will then be 
 as hard and as c;ireless of all these affairs as 
 it hath been hert^tofore. Besides, I know 
 that it cannot be very long before I must be 
 judged ; and that the pains are intolerable 
 and yet eternal, which do attend and expect 
 the wicked ; I confess them most unfor- 
 tunate and miserable, who for pleasure or 
 commodity of this world are fallen into 
 them; what then should hinder me to dis- 
 patch myself of all impediments, and break 
 violently from the charms of this wicked 
 world which hinder me from this true and 
 zealous resolution ? Why should 1 sleep 
 one night, seeing this night may chance to 
 be my last ? 1 know if 1 come there with 
 any guilt upon my soul, any sin unrepented 
 of, I must stand to that which is past, and 
 according- to my former demeanour must 
 receive my doom. 1 shall behold a Judge 
 there, whose face I cannot avoid, whose 
 wisdom I cannot deceive, whose equity I 
 cannot bow, \\hose severity I cannot mollify, 
 whose indignation I cannot appease, whose 
 determination I cannot alter, and from 
 whose sentence I cannot possibly appeal. 
 Alas ! what will all those delicate people do 
 at that instant, who live now in ease and 
 l)leasure, and can take no pains in the ser- 
 
J^etiitations. 209 
 
 vice of God, nor abide to hear the naming 
 of that day ? What shift, I say, will they 
 find out in their extremities ? Whither will 
 they turn themselves ? Whose help will 
 they crave ? They shall see all things cry 
 vengeance round about them, all things 
 yield them cause of fear and horror, but 
 nothing any spark of hope or consolation : 
 above them they shall behold the Judge 
 offended with their wickedness ; beneath 
 them, Hell opened and the cruel furnace 
 ready prepared to receive them to torment, 
 on their right hand shall be their sins 
 accusing them ; on their left, the devils 
 ready to execute God's eternal sentence 
 upon them ; within them shall lie their 
 own consciences gnawing, without them all 
 damned souls bewailing; and on every side 
 the whole world burning. And whilst the 
 saved are rejoicing and singing praises to 
 their Saviour, the damned will be blasphem- 
 ing and cursing the day of their nativity. 
 Consider the intolerable upbraiding of those 
 most insolent infernal spirits against the 
 miserable condemned souls which are de- 
 livered to their prey ; with how bitter scojfifs 
 and taunts will they drag them to their tor- 
 ments ; consider the eternal separation that 
 must then be made of fathers and children, 
 mothers and daughters, friends and com- 
 panions ; the one to glory, the other to 
 misery, without any hope ever to see or hear 
 
 2e 
 
210 JKcDitations. 
 
 any more the one the other ; and that which 
 will be as great a grief as any of the rest, 
 the son or daughter going to rest or joy 
 shall not take pity of their own parents or 
 friends that are carried to calamity, but 
 rather shall rejoice thereat, for that it re- 
 doundeth to the glory of God for the execu- 
 tion of His justice. O my soul, who art 
 now considering of these things afar off, and 
 then shalt be present to see actually before 
 thine eyes, what a doleful separation will 
 that be ! What a parting ! O let me think 
 seriously, where will all my delights, re- 
 creations, and vanities be at that day, all 
 mine and my Parents' pleasures and pastimes, 
 and our pride and bravery in apparel, our 
 glittering in gold, and sweet savours and 
 perfumes, our honours and adorations of 
 cap and knee, our adulations of flatterers, 
 our delicate fare and dainty dishes, our 
 wanton dalliances and pleasant entertain- 
 ments ! Where are all our friends and 
 merry companions, accustomed to laugh and 
 disport the time with us! Are all now 
 gone ! O vanity of vanities, when we have 
 most need of them they are farthest from us, 
 and the remembrance of them shall do 
 nothing but torment us ! O how sour will 
 the pleasures past of the world seem at that 
 day ! How doleful will the cogitations 
 thereof be unto us ! How frivolous a thing 
 all the delights, dignities, riches, offices, and 
 
Jttetiitations. 211 
 
 other prefei-ments, wherein we take such ex- 
 cessive satisfaction now, and do weary our 
 spirits for gaining the same ! And on the 
 contrary side, how joyful will that person be 
 at that instant, who hath attended to lead a 
 virtuous life in resisting of sin and doing 
 good works, albeit it were with much pain 
 and contempt of the world ! Most happy 
 creature shall he or she be that ever they 
 were born, and overwhelmed with joy that 
 ever they walked the paths of religion ; and 
 no tongue but God's can express their happi- 
 ness. And this by God's grace shall be the 
 business of my remaining days. 
 
 THE EJACULATION FOR THIS DAY. 
 
 Holy Father, season my soul with such a 
 dread of eternal torments, that no temptation 
 may so bewitch me as to commit any thing 
 that may bring me in danger of them ; and 
 let me this day order my steps so vigilantly, 
 that I may contract no stain, which may 
 occasion Thy displeasure towards me, for 
 Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
 SunUaw's J^ctiitation. 
 
 OF HEAVEN AND THE JOYS OP THAT PLACE. 
 
 If a poor afflicted man, that were out of 
 his way, wandering alone in a deep miry 
 dirty lane, in the midst of a dark and tem- 
 
212 JHrUitations. 
 
 pestiious ni^lit, far from company, destitute 
 of money, beaten with rain, terrified with 
 thunder, stiff with cold, wearied out with 
 labour, ahnost famished with hunner and 
 thirst, and near brought to despair, with a 
 multitude of other miseries ; should upon 
 the sudden, in the twinkling- of an eye, be 
 taken out of that afBiction, and be placed in 
 a goodly, large, and rich palace, furnished 
 with all kinds of clear lights, comfortable 
 fires, sweet savours, dainty meats, soft beds, 
 pleasant music, delicate apparel, and honour- 
 able company, all prepared ftr him alone, 
 and all to attend his coming, to receive and 
 embrace him, to serve and honour him, and 
 to crown and appoint him King for ever: 
 what would this poor man do ? How would 
 he look ? Certainly his heart would be r.1- 
 vished with that sudden and exceeding 
 greatness of so inestimable a comfort. Yet 
 so shall it be, and much more, with those 
 happy souls that come to Heaven from the 
 troubles of this life ; for never was a cool 
 shade so pleasant in a hot summer's day, nor 
 a well-spring to the poor traveller in his 
 greatest thirst of the summer, nor the repose 
 of an easy bed to a wearied servant after his 
 labour at night, as shall this rest of Heaven 
 be to a wearied soul that comes thither. 
 vSt. Paul tells us. That ire shall see God face 
 to face ; St. John tells us. That tee shall see 
 God as He is ; both the Apostles intimating 
 
J^cUitattons. 213 
 
 that all happiness is comprised in that : and 
 the reason of all this is, because all the plea- 
 sures, delights, and contentations of this world, 
 wherein mortal men do solace themselves, 
 being nothing else but little pieces of God's 
 incomprehensible felicity ; the same are con- 
 tained, and much more perfectly in God 
 Himself, from whom they are derived : so 
 that they are in their own nature imperfect 
 unto men ; but now in seeing God, we shall 
 see all the goodness and perfection of w'orldly 
 things compact and united together, and 
 presented unto us all at once : and then this 
 flesh of ours that now is so cumbersome, 
 grievous to the mind, that now is invested 
 with so many inconveniences, subject to so 
 many mutations, vexed with so many dis- 
 eases, defiled with so many corruptions, re- 
 plenished with so many miseries and cala- 
 mities, shall then be made glorious and most 
 perfect to endure for ever without change or 
 mutation, and to reign thus with our souls 
 everlastingly. O what a joyful day will that 
 be to thee, having lived in the fear of God, 
 and having now achieved in His service the 
 end of thy pilgrimage ! thou shalt come at 
 thy death to pass from misery and labour, to 
 life and immortality ; and in that passage, 
 when others begin to fear, thou shalt lift up 
 thy head in hope: what a day of joy shall 
 that be unto thee, when thy sold slipping out 
 of prison and conducted by the Angels into 
 
214 jmctritattons. 
 
 the tabernacle of Heaven, shall be received 
 there with the honourable company and 
 troops of that place, with all those blessed 
 Spirits, with Cherubim and Seraphim, 
 Patriarchs, Prophets, Martyrs, Virgins, In- 
 nocents, Confessors, holy Bishops, and other 
 Saints of God ! All which, as they did re- 
 joice at thy conversion from sin, so shall 
 they triumph now at thy coronation and 
 glorification. What joy will thy soul receive 
 at that day, when she shall be presented by 
 her good Angel into the presence of all those 
 princely States, before the Seat and Majesty 
 of the Blessed Trinity! What recital and 
 declaration of all thy good works done, and 
 troubles suffered for the love and service of 
 God Almighty ! When, I say, these blessed 
 Spirits shall lay down in all that honourable 
 consistory, all thy virtuous acts with their 
 particularities, all thy alms-deeds, all thy 
 prayers, all thy fasting, all thy innocence of 
 life, all thy patience in bearing injuries, all 
 thy constancy and industry, all thy tem- 
 perance in meats and drinks, all the virtues 
 of thy whole life ; when all, I say, shall be 
 recounted there, all commended, all re- 
 warded, shalt not thou now see the value 
 and profits of holy living ? Shalt not thou 
 now confess from the bottom of thy heart, 
 that gainful and honourable is the service of 
 God? Shalt not thou now be most joyful, 
 and bless the hour ten thousand times, when 
 
JHleUitations. 215 
 
 thou first resolvedst to leave the slavery of 
 this miserable world, to serve only so bounti- 
 ful a Lord? Shalt not thou now think thy- 
 self beholden most deeply to him or her, that 
 persuaded thee first to make this resolution ? 
 But yet more than this, when thou shalt look 
 round about thee, and see what a port and 
 haven of security thou art arrived at, and 
 shalt cast back thine eyes upon those dangers 
 thou hast passed, and wherein other men are 
 in hazard, thy cause of joy shall greatly be 
 increased, for thou shalt see now evidently, 
 how infinite times thou wert in peril to perish 
 in thy earthly pilgrimage, if God had not 
 held His special Hand over thee ; thou shalt 
 now see the danger wherein other men are, 
 the death and damnation wherein so many 
 of thy friends and acquaintances have fallen, 
 in the eternal pains of hell incurred by 
 sundry that used to laugh and be merry 
 with thee ; all which shall augment thy 
 felicity of this so fortunate a lot. And nosv 
 for thyself, thou mayest be secure, thou art 
 out of all dangers for ever ; there is now no 
 more need, or fear, or labour, or care ; thy 
 only exercise will be now to rejoice, to 
 triumph, to sing Hallelujahs to the I^amb, 
 that hath brought thee to this felicity, and 
 will continue thee there for everlasting. 
 Moreover, thy happiness will be much ad- 
 vanced by meeting with all thy godly friends 
 in heaven, with father and mother, with 
 
216 JMctfitations. 
 
 brethren and sisters, with kindred aud rela- 
 tions, familiars and acquaintances ; where 
 mutual embraces and welcomiugs will still 
 increase thy joy. Add to this the most tri- 
 umphant exultation that shall daily be at the 
 fresh arrival of new brethren and sisters 
 coming thither from time to time, with the 
 spoils of their enemies vanquished and con- 
 quered in this world. O what a comfortable 
 sight will it be to see those heavenly mansions 
 filled every day with men and women, to see 
 the crown of glory set upon their heads, and 
 that in all varieties according to the infinite 
 variety of their combats and conquests ; one 
 for martyrdom and confession against the 
 persecutor ; another for virginity and chastity 
 against the flesh ; another for humility and 
 poverty against the world ; another for many 
 conquests together against the devil. And 
 now, my soul, thou hast been shewed a faint 
 draught of Heaven, and sure thou canst not 
 but from this dull prospect, long, desire, and 
 even pant to gain a little of it. But there 
 is no other way ever to arrive there, there is 
 no hope to be crowned with this wreath of 
 glory, but by a virtuous and holy life, by 
 keeping of God's commandments ; for it is 
 not every one that saith. Lord, Lord, shall 
 enter into the kingdom of Heaven, but they 
 that shall do the will of the eternal Father 
 of Christ, who is in Heaven. Aud I am well 
 assured, that whatsoever hath been the sub- 
 
JWcDitatioa^. 217 
 
 ject of this week's meditation, either of my 
 Creator or creation ; of my particular end ; 
 or of the majesty, and bounty, and justice of 
 my God and Saviour ; as also of the account 
 that He will one day demand of me ; and of 
 the punishments and rewards laid up for the 
 life to come : all this, I say, hath been to 
 bring- me to a true sense and apprehension 
 of my poor soul, and to engage me to a 
 virtuous and holy lil'e here, and so to guide 
 me to inexpressible joy hereafter. The Lord 
 God of Heaven give me grace to make use of 
 all to those blessed ends. Amen. 
 
 THE EJACULATION FOR THIS DAY. 
 
 Lord, fix my heart so firmly on Thy ever- 
 lasting joys, that nothing in this world may 
 ever hinder my pursuits of them, and let this 
 day's performances some ways advance my 
 assurance of them, that so when I return to 
 my earth, I may lie down in sure and certain 
 hopes to be transplanted into those mansions, 
 where all tears shall be wiped from mine 
 eyes, and live eternally with my Saviour 
 Jesus. Amen. Amen. 
 
 ©lore hz to ©otJ on \)io^. 
 
 OXFORD : PRINTED BY I. t-HUIJIPTON. 
 

 THE 
 
 
 PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN'S LIBRARY; 
 
 
 ^ StriES of CCl^eap publications, 
 
 
 
 FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION. 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Learn to Die. — [Sutton.] .... 
 
 s. d, 
 1 
 
 2. 
 
 Practice of Divine Love. — [Ken. ] . 
 
 9 
 
 3. 
 
 Private Devotions. — [Spinckes.] . . 
 
 1 6 
 
 4. 
 
 Parable of the Pilgrim.— [Patrick.] . 
 
 1 
 
 5. 
 
 The Imitation of Christ. — [A Kempis.] 
 
 1 
 
 6. 
 
 Manual of Prayer for the Young. — 
 
 
 
 [Ken.] 
 
 6 
 
 7. 
 
 Guide to the Holy Communion — 
 
 
 
 [Nelson.] 
 
 8 
 
 8. 
 
 Guide to the Penitent.— [Kettlewell.] 
 
 9 
 
 9. 
 
 The Golden Grove.— [Taylor.] . . 
 
 9 
 
 10. 
 
 Daily Exercises. — [Horneck.] . . . 
 
 9 
 
 11. 
 
 Life of Ambrose Bonwicke .... 
 
 1 
 
 12. 
 
 Plain Sermons.— [Andrewes.] . . . 
 
 2 
 
 13. 
 
 Life of Bishop Bull.— [Nelson.] . . 
 
 1 6 
 
 14. 
 
 Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. 
 
 
 
 — [Bp. Taylor.] 
 
 9 
 
THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN'S LIBRARY. 
 
 15. Companion to the Prayer Book ..10 
 
 16. Christian Contentment. — [Sander- 
 
 son.] 9 
 
 17. Steps to the Altar 9 
 
 18. Selections from Hooker. — [Keble.] . 1 6 
 
 19. Advice to a Friend. — [Patrick.] ..16 
 
 20. Repentance and Fasting. — [Patrick.] 1 6 
 
 21. On Prayer.— [Patrick.] 2 
 
 22. Practical Christian, Part I. — [Sher- 
 
 lock.] 2 
 
 23. Part II.— [Sherlock] 2 
 
 24. Meditations on the Eucharist. — 
 
 [.i#^-] 16 
 
 2-5.'Learn to live.— [Sutton.] .... 20 
 26. TheArt of Contentment, by the author 
 
 of " The Whole Duty of Man." . 2 
 ''27. Meditations for a Fortnight. — [Ger- 
 hard.] 9 
 
 28. The Heart's Ease.— [Patrick.] ..16 
 
 29. Doctrine of the English Church. — 
 
 [Heylin.] 8 
 
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