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FORM O F
PRAYER ... f
AND
THANKSGIVING T O
Almighty GOD;
To be ufed
In all Churches and Chapels throughout England,
the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon
Tweed, on Tuefday the Twenty fifth Day of April next,
being the Day appointed by Proclamation for a Gene
ral Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for putting
an End to the late bloody and expenfive War, by
the Conclufion of a Juft and Honourable Peace.

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F O o R M
P R A° Y E R
AND
THANKSGIVING T O
Al mighty GOD;
To be ufed in all Churches and Chapels throughout England,
the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed,
on Tuefday the Twenty fifth Day of April next, being the Day
appointed by Proclamation for a General Thanksgiving
to Almighty God, fcfr.
% The Service mail be the fame with the ufual Office for
Holy-days, except where it is in this Office otherwife ap
pointed.
f Let him that miniftereth, read with a loud Voice thele Sen
tences of Scripture ; and after them the Exhortation, Dearly
beloved Brethren, &c.
/2f*$>S)a3, © <£oO, art piaifeo in ©ion : anlJpraim
UL, unto thee QraH the fcoto be perfoimeo in,xv"
^^ 3lerufalem.
Cftou haft fijeftm U0 tuonoerful things; in tfevtr.;.
righteoufnefiai, 2D <£oD of our faluation : thou that
a 2 art

Morning Prayer.
art the $>ope of all the enDS of the #arth, ana of
them that remain in the b?oaD ©ea,
pfaim 2D let the Nations rejoice anD he glaD : to? thou
Djalt juDge the folk rigbteouflp, anD govern the na*
tions upon €arth(
^f Inftead of the Finite, this Hymn fhall be ufed.

lxvii. 4.

Pfalm
xcvi. 7

Pfe.!m T COill loioe thee, 2D lo?D, mp firength ; the Ho?D
V1"" '' X is mp flonp tocfe, anD mp Defence : mp ^atoiour*
mp <J5oD, anD mp ^igbt, in tohom 31 toill truft,
mp buckler, the horn atfo of mp faluation, anD mp
refuge,
ver. 2. I will call upon th6 Lord, which is worthy to be praifed :
fo fhall I be fafe from mine Enemies.
afctifce unto the ILo?D, 2D pe feinD?eDS of the peo*
pie : aferibe unto the &o?D tooiUnp anD potoer.
pfaim For thou, JLord, haft made us glad through thy Works :
xcii- f- and we will rejoice in giving praife for the operations of thy
hands.
pfai. t. .. 2D be jopful in the lo?D, all pe lanDS : ferne the
&o?D toith glaDnefsf, anD come before his piefencc
toith a fong.
pfaim . He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the houfe"
xcviu. 4. Qf jj-faej . anc) ajj tne encjs Qf tfe World have feen the fal-
vationr of our God.
pfaim 9s fo? me, 3 toil! Ting of thp potoer, anD toill
,ix-16- p?aifc thp mcrcp betime0 in the mo?ning : fo? thou
hafl been mp Defence anD refuge in the Dap of mp
ttouble.
Ver. l7. . Unto thee, O my ftrength, will I fing : for thou, O God,
art my refuge, and my merciful God.
pfai™ <S5?cat p?ofperitp hath he gihen to the I&ing : anD
ujeton lotting fcinDnefs unto DauiD his anointeD,
anD unto his feco fo? eoermo?e. The

<vi il, 51.

Proper Lefibns,..

Morning Prayer. j-
The Lord fhall give ftrength unto his people : the Lord Pfa.'m
fhall give his people the Bleffing of Peace. "*• '°'
®i°$ 5f¥ to the JFather, anD to the &on : anD to
the 5>olp ©hofi ;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fhall be:
world without end. Amen.
•ff Proper Pfalms, XXI; XXXIII, CXXIV, CXXV.
f The Firft, Zechariah VIII.
Te Deum.
The Second, S. Luke 111. to Ver. 15.
Jubilate Deo.
^ The Creed, &c. to the End of the Lord's Prayer.
f Then the Prieft (landing up, fhall fay,
Prieft. 2D lo?D, Qjeto thp mercp upon us,
Anfw. anD grant us thp furcation.
Prieft. 2D JLo?D, fahe the l&ing.
Anfw. Too putteth his trufl in th^e.
Prieft. ^eno him help from thp holp place.
Anfw. anD ebermo?e mightilp DefenD him.
Prieft. let his enemies haue "no aouantage agarnfl
him.
Anfw. let not the toic&eD app?oach to hurt him.
pneft. CnDue th? s©iniliers toith rigbteoumefS\
Anfw. anD mate thp chofen people jopral.
Prieft. 2D lo?D, faue thp people }
Anfw. anD blefs thine inheritance.
Prieft. ©iue peace in our time, 2D lo?D. Anfw.

Morning l^rayer.
Anfw. OBccaufe there is none other that figfjtett) toi
US. but onlp thbu, 2D <S50D.
Prieft. © ©od, make clean our hearts toithin us*
Anfw. anD take not thp l^olp ^pitftftem us.
f Inftead of the firft Collect for the Day, the following
Prayer fhall be ufed.
GUI € a € anD glo?ieus !o?D <$oD, toho ruled
oner all the feingDomS of the earth, in thp
judgement fenDin# ®3ar, anD in mercp reflo?-
ing l^eace ; COe thp untoo?thp femants haD m>
femeo the utmofl of thp to?ath anD inDignation
againfl us, bp our manifoID anD repeateD p?ouoca*
tions. SBben in thp fatbetlp gooanefs, Chou hafl
turneD our hcaoinefs into jop, bp- putting an eno
to our chafliferaent'anD the mifecies of OBloooujeo,
anD blefling us toith the happp return of publick
Cranquillitp. 3Be p?aife thp iSamc fo? thp mer
ciful pioDiDence ; anD toe befeech thee to grant,
that out of a Due fenfe of this great anD toonDetful
inflance of it, toe map li&c as becomes a people
fafteo bp thp hanD. IBan ilb, toe p?ap thee, fcom
among us, all immO?alitp anD p?ofanenefs, purge
us from all our abominations, take atoap all ha-
treD anD DifXenfions, anD cnDue us toith a fpirit
of true pietp anD holinefs, of lofee anD charitp,
of unitp anD conco?D : Chat the bleflings of fl^eace,
together toith the Puritp of religion, unlhafccn bp
31nftDeiitp, anD unamnpteD bp Isupcrfiitian, map
be fecuteo to us, anD continueD to our pofleritp,
fo? the merits Of thp onlp®cn our ^a&iour Cbltft
Am-en, b

f In

Morning Prayer.
f Then fhall follow the fecond and third ColleSs at Morning
Prayer : And the Litany.
f In the End of the Litany after the Colleft [We humbly bt-
feeeh thee, &c] fhall be faid this Prayer following:
O^ofl great anD mightp 1o?d, toljo art glo*
rions in holinefs, fearful in p?aifes, Doing
toonsers } €23e mofl humblp p?efent outfeloes at
the th?one of thp grace to blefs anD aooje thj>
unfpeafcable sooonefs fo? all thp late mercies Pouch*
fafeD unto us: Chou hafl ujeton us toonDerful
things in thp rigbteoumefs, 2D ©oo of our falba*
tiem. Co thee alone toe afcribe the glo?p of all
our Deliverances 5 fa? it is thou toho haft fo?ougbt
all our too?fes fo? us* Cherefo?e not unto us, 2D
lo?D, not unto us, but unto thp JQame be the
p?aife, fo? thp lotting mercp anD fo? thp truth's
fafee. let this* toe befeech thee, be the blefTeo
fruit of thp maruellous lobing kinDnefs totoaros
us, that toe map turn eoerp one from the coil of
his toap, anD liue as a people that haue been fo
often the niuble care of thp p?ooiDence. let the
facreD perfon of our pacious. §)ODereign Eing
george be altoaps p?ecious in thp fight, let
DiS Eeign be p?ofperous, anD Dis 0aps manp :
®uarD Dim from all Dangers here, anD b?ing
Dim to thp ®lo?p hereafter} fo lhail toe gioe thee
thanks in the aifemblies of thp ©aims, anD be
Dailp ujetoing fo?th thp p?aife from generation to
generation, th?ough 3ieCus Ch?ifl our onlp a^eDiatoj
anD aoioocate. Amen. * f A Prayer

8 Morning Prayer.
f A Prayer for the High Court of Parliament.
M£>©C gracious ®od, toe humblp befeech thee,
as fo? this EingDom in general, fo efpeciallp
fo? the Digh Court of parliament, unoer our mofl re*
ligious anD gracious King at this time afrembleo j
that thoutooulDeflbepleafeD td Direct anD p?ofper all
their confultations, to the aDbancement of thp glo?p,
the gooD of thp church, the fafetp, honour, anD toel*
fare of our £>otiereign anD $is EingDoms j that all
things map be fo o?Dereo anD fettleo bp their enoea*
Doursupon the befl anD furefl founDations, that peace
anD happinefs, truth anD juflice, religion anD pietp
map be eflabliujeo among us fo? all generations.
Chefe anD all other neceflaries, fo? them, fo? us, anD
thp tohole church, toe humblp beg in the jQame ano
feoiation of 3lefus Ch?ifl our mofl bleflfeD lo?D anD
atHOUr. Amen. ^f The General Thankfgiving.
Almightp <£oD, .father of all mercies, toe thine
untoo?thP feruants Do gibe thee mofl humble
anD heartp thanks fo? all thp gooDnefs anD lofr
tob™M in5 WnDnefs to us anD to all men [* particularly to
when any thofe, who defire now to offer up their prahes and thankf-
been'iave givings for thy late mercies vouchfafed unto them] ffiQC
payed ijjgfg jftee fo? our creation, p?efctbation, anD all the
te?emm bMngs of this life ; but abobe all, fo? thine inefti*
Pra>fe. mfJQjg (nfog jn the reDemption of the too?lo bp our
lo?D 31efus Ch?ifl; fo? the means of grace, ano fo?
the hope of glo?p. £nD toe befeech thee, gibe us that
Due fenfc of all thp mercies, that our hearts map be
unfeigneDlp.thankful } anD that toe map ujeto fo?th thp
P?aife, not onip toith our lips, but in our libes, bp
t gibing

Morning Prayer.
gibing up ourfelbes to thp ferbice,- anD bp toalking
befo?e thee in holinefs anD tighteoufnefs all our Daps,
th?ough 3lefus Ch?ift our 1o?d j to tohom, toith thee
anD the i£>Qli? <$hoft, be all honour anD glo?p, too?lD
toithout enD. Amen.
•J A Prayer of St. Cbryfojlom.
Almightp ©oD, toho haft giben us grace, at this
time toith one acco?o to make our common ftip*
plications unto thee; anDDoflp?omife, thattohenttoo
o? th?ee are gathereD together in thp J13ame, thou toilt
grant their requefts : fulfil noto, © lo?D, the Defires
anD petitions of thp fertrants, as map be mofl ejcpeDi*
ent fo? them j granting us in this too?lD knotoleDge
of thp truth, anD in the too?lo to come life eberiatt*
ing. Amen. 2 Cor. XIII. 14.
Tl^C grace of our lo?D 3!efus Ch?ifl, anD the lohe
of^oD, anD the fellotoftjip of the IMp ©hofl, he
toith us all ebermo?e. Amen-

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The Communion Service.

f In the Communion Service, at the End of the Command-;
ments, after the Collect for the King [Almighty God, ivhofe
Kingdom is everlajting &c] inftead of the- Collect for the £)ay,
fhall be ufed the following Collect.
O eternal <£od, the eber bleffeD anD onlp Poten*
tate, the p?ince of Peace $ accept, toe befeech
thee, the thanfefgitjlngs anD p?aifes of thp ^er*
bants, fo? our Deliberance from thofe great anD ap
parent Dangers toheretoith toe toere encompaffeD.
Jt is of thp mercp, © lo?D, that toe toere. not ut*
terlp confumeD j that our Religion toas not De*
firopeD, no? our libertp fubberteD, but that toe flill
f reelp p?ofefs thp ^>acreD Cruth, anD jopn in thp mofl
©olp aa3o?ujip, ano poffefs the Sights anD 3Inherit*
ances of our fathers, perfect, © gracious <£oo, the
2fl3o?k that thou hafl begun amongft us : TBlefs anD
P?ofper the hanDS bp tohich thou haft conbepeD this
mercp to us. Direct our ®oberno?s toith the fpirit
of toifoom anD rightcoufnefs. Eule thou in the
mioft of our publick Councils, fo? tfje aDtiancement
of thp gio?p anD the lafting toelfare of this great peo*
pie, that thep map ebermo?e be p?eferbeD from
the Co??uptions of Poperp, the ^iferies of §>laberp, anD

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anD libe in the unifo?m pjaftice of pietp anD birtue.
Chefe IBletu'ngs toe moft humblp implo?e fo? the
fake of Ch?ift 3lefus our lo?D. Amen.
The Epiftle. Galat. V. Ver. i3.
F© lR,b?eth?en, pe habe been calleD untolibertp %
onlp ufetiot libertpfo? an occafion to the jFiefij,
but bp lobe ferae one another. iFo? all the lato i%
fulfilleD in one too?D, eben in this ; Chou ujalt
loDe thp neighbour as thpfelf. "But if pe bite anD
Debour one anothec, take bceD that pe be not con*
fumeo of one another. ChiS J fap then, 3Balk in
the Spirit, ano pe ujall not fulfil the luff of the
flelb. JFo? the fleuj lufieth againfl the Spirit, anD
the ©pirit againfl the flelb : anD thefe are contrarp
the one to the other ; fo that pe cannot Do the things
that pe tooulD. TBut if pe be leo bp the Spirit, pe
are not unber the lato. Boto the too?ks of the flefl)
are manifefl, tohich are thefe, 9DuIterp, fomi=
cation, uncleanitefs, lafcibioufnefs, iDolatrp, toitcft*
craft, hatceD, bariance, emulations, tojatb, flrife,
feDitions, herefies, enbpings, murbers, Djunkem
nefs, rebellings* anD fuch like : of the tohich 1
tell pott befo?e, as 31 habe alfo toID pou in time
paft, that thep tohich do fuch things, ftjail not inhe=
rit the EingDom of <£od. IBixt the fruit of the ^>pi=
rit is lobe, jop, peace, Iong=fuffering, gentlenefs,
goobnefs, faith, meeknefs, temperance : againfl
fuch there is no lato. anD thep that are Ch?ifi'S,
habe crucifieD the fh?uj, toith the affections ano
lufls. 3!f toe libe in the ©pirit, let us alfo toalk in
the Spirit, let us not be Defirons of bain g!o?p,
pjoboking one another, enbping one another.
B 2 f The

ii The Communion Service.
The Gofpel. St. Luke YL Ver. 27, to Ver. 39.
B(H C 31 fap unto pou tohich hear, lobe pour
€ncmies, do gooD to them tohich hate pou :
blefs them that curfe pou, anD p?ap fo? them tohich
Defpitefuilp ufe pou. 3nD unto him that fmitetfi
thee on the one cheek, offer alfo the other: anD
him that taketh atoap thp cloke fo?biD not to take
thp coat alfo- ^ibe to enerp man that asketh of
thee J anD of him that taketh atoap thp gooos ask
them not again. 3nD as pe tooulo that men
ChoulD Do to pou, Do pe alfo to them Uketoife. JFo?
if pe lobe them tohic6 lobe pou, tohat thank habe
pe? fo? finners alfo lobe thofe that lobe. them.
9nD if pe do gooD to them tohich Do gooD to pou,
tohat thank habe pe? fo? finners alfo Do -eben the
fame. anD if pe lenD to them of tohom pe hope
to receive, tohat thank habe pe? fo? finners alfo
leno to finners, to receive as much again. 15ut
lobe pe pour enemies, anD Do gooD, anD leno,
hoping fo? nothing ai;ain: ano pour retoaro ujall
be great, anD pe ujall be the chiiDjen of the ^ighefl:
fo? he is kinb unto the unthankful anD to the
ebil. 15e pe therefore merciful, as pour jFather
alfo is merciful. 31uoge not, anD pe ujall
not be juDgeD : ConDemn not, anD pe ujall not be
conDetnneb : JFo?gi&e, anD pe ujall be fo?giben :
©iDC, ana it ujall be givsen unto pou ; gooD mca»
fure, pieffeD Doton, anD ujaken together, anD run*
ning o&er, ujall men gitse into pour bofom. JFo?
toith the fame meafucc that pe mete toithal, it
©all be meafuteD to pou again. f Then

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f Then fhall be faid the Creed following.
ITBeliebe in one ©od, the JFather aimightp, o@aket
of heaben anD earth, anD of all things bifible anD
inbifible :
anD in one lo?D 31efus Ch?ifl, the onlp*begotten
%on of ®oD,15egotten of his JFather befo?e alltoo?lDS;
©od of ®od, light of light, Oerp^oD of herp^oD,
OBegotten, not maDe, IBeing of one fubflance toith
the JFather, I5p tohom all things toere maDe : aufm
fo? us men, anb fo? our falbation, came Doton from
heaben, anD toas incarnate bpthe ^>olp ®fcoft of the
CJirgin egarp, anD toas maDe man, anD toas cruci*
fieD alfo fo? us unDer Pontius Pilate. $e fuffereo
anD toas burieD, anD the thitD Dap he rofe again
acco?Ding to the fcriptures, anD afcenDeo into hea*
Den, anD fitteth on the right hanb of the JFather.
anD he ujall come again toith glo?p to j'uhge both the
quick anD the DeaD : SBhofe kingDom ujall habe no
enb. anD 31 beliebe in the J£olp <S5hofl, Che lo?D anD
giber of life, 2Bho p?oceeDeth from the JFather anD
the @on ? ©dbo toith the JFather anD the §>on toge*
ther is too?ujippeD anD glo?ifieD, Uibo fpake bp the
P?ophets. anD 31 beiiene one catholick anD apoflo*
lick church, 31 acknotoleDge one baptifm fo? the
remiuKon of fins, ano 31 look fo? the refurrection of
the DeaD, anD the life of the too?lD to come. amen.
<f Then fhall follow the Sermon.
f In the Offertory thefe Sentences fhall be read:
let pour light fo ujine befo?e men, that thep map
fee pour gooD toojks, anD glo?ifp pouc JFather tohich
is in heaben. St. Matth. v. 16.

14 The Communion Service.
Co do gooD, anD to Diflribute, fo?get not, fo?
toith fuch facrifices $oD is toell pleafeb. Heb. xin. 16.
€ After the Prayer [For the whole State of ChrifPs Church, &c.J
this' Colled fhall be ufed :
O^eabenlp JFather, the lo?D of hofts, anD the
0od of Peace, tohofe JSame is excellent in
all the too?lD ; thou makeft ©Bars to ceafe in the
earth, thou b?eakeft the boto, anD knappefl the
fpear in funbet, ano burnefl the chariots in the fire.
mz intirelp Defire to blefs anD p?aife thp holp
3l3ame, fo? that thou haft bcato the (Uoice of our
humble petitions, anD hafl in mercp put an eno
to the OBffufion of I6I00D, anD maDe peace in
our bo?Dcrs. © grant, that being DelibercD
from the hanDS of our OBnemies ab?oaD, toe map
lihe in Peace anD true Ch?ifiian Charitp toith one
another at home. JFo? tohich eno, take atoap, toe
befeech thee, allp?ejuDice anD hatreD, bitter enbp-
ing anD flrife, anD tohateber elfe map htnoer u&
from gofclp union anD concojD. CnDue us toith the
toifbom fromabobe, tohich is pure, peaceable, gentle,
eafp to be intreateo, full of mercp anD gooD fruits,
toithout partialitp, toithout hppocrifp. <©?ant th'"
© mofl merciful JFather, fo? the fake of 3Iefu0 Ch?*u,
the prince of peace, anD our onlp ^abiour anD
IReDecmer. Amen.
^ A Player for all Mankind, efpecially for the Reformed
Churches.
Olo?b, eur ®od, abunDant in gooDnefs anD
truth, tohofe mercies are ober all thp too?ks j
UXz befeech thee to ertenD thp compamon anD favour
toall^antdnD, mo?e efpeciallp to all Ch?iflians, ano

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anD in particular to our 1B?eth?en of the JRefo?meD
Churches, gibing them all bleflmgs conbenient fo?
them. anD toe humblp intreat thee to enlighten
all thofe toho are in Darknefs anD erro?, anD to
gibe them repentance to the acknotolebgement of
the truth, that toe map all become one flock, unDer
the great SbepberD anD TBiujop of our Souls, 31efus
Ch?ift, our bleffeb Sabiout anD EeDeemer: to
tohom toith thee, © JFather, anD the J£>olp Spirit,
be all honour anD glo?p fo? ebermo?e. Amen.
GiRant, © lo?D, toe befeech thee, that the courfe
of this too?lD map he fo peaceablp o?DereD b^
thp ®obernance, that thp. Church map jopfullp
ferbe thee in all goDtp ouietnefs, tb?ouM) 3lefus
Ch?ift OUr 10?D. Amen.
Almightp <©od, toho hafl p?omifeo to hear the
petitions of them that ask in thp Son's Bame ;
dBe befeech thee mercifullp to incline thine ears to us
that habe maDe noto our p?apers anD fupplications
unto thee ; anD grant that thofe things tohich toe
habe faithfullp askeD acco?Ding to thp toill, map
effe&uallp be obtaineo, to the relief of our neceflities,
ano to the fetting fo?th of thp glo?p, th?ough 3lefus
Ch?ifl OUr 10?D. Amen.
f Then the Prieft (or the Bifhop, if he be prefent) fhall let
them depart with this Bleffing :
Tl£> <& peace of <$od tohich paffeth all unDerflanD*
ing, keep pour hearts anD minDS in the knoto*
leDge anD lobe of <£od, anD of his Son 31efus Ch?ifl
our lo?D : anD the blelfing of ®od almightp, the
JFather, the Son, anD the polp #boft, be amongft
pou, anD remain toith pou altoaps. Amen.
finis.

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