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FRAGMENTA LITURGICA. 
 vol. vi r. 
 
dFrasmcnta Utturgtca. 
 
 DOCUMENTS, 
 
 ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE 
 EXHIBITING 
 
 THE SEVERAL EMENDATIONS OF IT, AND 
 SUBSTITUTIONS FOR IT, THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED 
 FROM TIME TO TIME, AND PARTIALLY ADOPTED, 
 WHETHER AT HOME OR ABROAD. 
 
 EDITED 
 
 BY THE EEY. PETEK HALL, M.A. 
 
 IN SEVEN VOLUMES. 
 
 BATH : PRINTED BY BINNS AND GOODWIN. 
 
 MDCCCXLVIII. 
 
THE BOOK 
 
 O F 
 
 OOKKOH AY M M 
 
 COMPILED FOR THE USE 
 
 O F 
 
 THE ENGLISH CHURCH 
 
 A T 
 
 D U N K I R K, 
 
 TOGETHER WITH 
 
 A COLLECTION 
 
 O F 
 
 1? I i I 1 1. 
 D U N K I R K, 
 
 PRINTED BY VAN SCHELLE, AND 
 COMPAGN., S O U B I S E-S T R E E T, N°. 202, 
 M D C C X C I. 
 
TIISQLOGIC&L 
 ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 When the first sheets of this publication were sent to the 
 press, it was not proposed to prefix any advertisement to it. If 
 the unanimity hoped for had been formed among the British 
 Protestants of Dunkirk, it would have been rendered unneces- 
 sary. But as some unwarrantable prejudices have gone abroad, 
 and some false notions have been circulated respecting the 
 Society for whose use it has been printed, it is now thought 
 proper to explain the procedures of this Society, and their 
 reasons formaking choice of this Form of Prayer. 
 
 It is well known that many attempts have been made at dif- 
 ferent times to establish a Church at Dunkirk, entirely con- 
 formable to the Church of England : but that all of them were 
 unsuccessful ; and anxious as many families were to have a 
 Church upon any respectable plan, they could not effect the 
 establishment of one. In December, 1790, a paper was drawn 
 up, evincing the importance of Divine worship, and soliciting 
 subscribers. One of its articles declared, that, as soon as the 
 annual subscription amounted to a certain sum, a Minister 
 should be sent for, and a Church opened, without specifying 
 
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 ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 what the establishment should be; leaving the form of the 
 worship to the determination of the subscribers : but neither 
 did this succeed. In consequence of which, a few gentlemen, 
 resolving even at any expense to have public worship in the 
 town, called over a Minister from England in order to open a 
 Church. If the attempt succeeded, the institution might sup- 
 port itself ; but if not, they were to defray every necessary 
 expense. Finding their neighbours disinclined to encourage a 
 religious institution, and supposing that it arose from that 
 unhappy jealousy which subsists between different sects, and is 
 too apt to render one party obnoxious to the others, it was 
 determined that such a Form of Prayer should be adopted as 
 could offend no individual in any part of it, and would be the 
 most likely to give satisfaction. It was not expected that all 
 the English in Dunkirk would concur in it ; because the diffi- 
 culty of pleasing a mixed multitude was too well known, and 
 also the readiness many discover to find fault with the best- 
 concerted measures. But it was hoped that in so large a body 
 a sufficient number might appear, who had candour enough to 
 make some allowance for the private opinions of their brethren, 
 and religion enough to wish to promote a design, whose ten- 
 dency was the general happiness. Care has therefore been 
 taken, in compiling these Prayers, to omit every thing that 
 might offend, and to bring together such sentiments as all may 
 with satisfaction unite in, while they are conducive to real 
 devotion. 
 
ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
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 The Compiler thinks it unnecessary to assign the reason for 
 every alteration made in the prayers of the Church of England. 
 The plan he has followed throughout is that which was proposed 
 long since by the excellent and learned Dr. Samuel Clarke, 
 Rector of St. James's, Westminster. Other alterations have 
 been necessarily made, which the Doctor had not pointed out. 
 It may suffice to say of them in general, that they are such as 
 are well approved of by the Society for whose use the Prayers 
 are printed ; and that many persons who have perused them 
 with a critical accuracy, but not with the most friendly design, 
 have been obliged to acknowledge that they are unable to point 
 out any positive faults. And having succeeded so far, he has 
 succeeded to the utmost of his expectation. He offers, there- 
 fore, this Liturgy with a degree of boldness to the examination 
 of the public at large, but especially of the English inhabitants 
 of Dunkirk, who are most concerned in the success of this 
 establishment; which, if it be not conformable entirely to the 
 Church of England, or to any other Church, at least claims 
 affinity to all in every thing essential to the proper mode of 
 conducting public worship, and the cultivation of the morals of 
 mankind. If there are persons who think that omissions 
 of consequence have been made in compiling these prayers, 
 they are requested to consider the statement of facts they have 
 just perused, and candidly to declare whether the most proba- 
 ble means of success in such circumstances were not adopted. 
 Nor should they refuse to accommodate themselves to times 
 
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 ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 and circumstances in things that are not really essential, and 
 where a good end may be answered by so doing. For when we 
 are enslaved to party prejudices and forms long used, we give 
 up the unalienable right of private judgment, and are deaf to 
 reason though it be ever so urgent. 
 
 The argument generally alleged against alterations in wor- 
 ship is, that our fathers left us the sacred deposit, and we are 
 desirous of transmitting it untouched to our posterity. But if 
 this had always been as valid as many now consider it, the 
 great Reformers of the Church would not have exposed them- 
 selves to all the horrors of persecution ; and far from endan- 
 gering their lives in the removal of falsehood and superstition, 
 would have worshipped according to the forms which their 
 fathers approved. Or perhaps we should have fondly adored 
 the senseless gods which our pagan ancestors worshipped ; and 
 instead of enjoying the reviving light of Christianity, have 
 been buried in the thickest mists of ignorance and idolatry. 
 For if antiquity be the surest test of what is proper for man, 
 paganism ought to stand highest in our esteem and veneration. 
 
 In fine, when we charge the man with sacrilege who dares 
 to innovate an old system, and alter in the smallest degree a 
 mode of worship long observed, we put an effectual stop to 
 all improvement, and shut ourselves up in unmanly igno- 
 rance. All are ready to acknowledge that the Supreme Being 
 regards more the dispositions and desires of his worshippers, 
 than the peculiar forms and words which they observe : 
 
ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
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 wherefore it is evident that, in forming any new religious 
 establishment, the situation of the place, and the circum- 
 stances of the people, ought to be the only considerations that 
 should have weight. 
 
 The whole management of this religious Society, and ot 
 every thing belonging to it, is vested in a Committee of twelve 
 members, chosen by the subscribers. Every subscriber of two 
 Louis per annum, and upwards, is eligible to the office of Com- 
 mittee-man. This Committee will be renewed every three 
 years at a general meeting of the subscribers ; and in case of 
 the death or removal of any of its members, their places will be 
 filled by others. 
 
 The subscribers to this Church have rendered themselves 
 obnoxious to many, by not placing it under the patronage of an 
 English Bishop : but it will be sufficient to inform such persons 
 that no religious Society in France, of any nation, or of any 
 party, can be connected in the smallest degree with a foreign 
 Bishop. The National Assembly passed a decree relative to 
 this subject, bearing date July 12, 1790, as follows : — 
 
 " II est defendu a toute Eglise ou Paroisse de France, et 
 a tout Citoyen Francois, de reconnoitre en aucun cas, et sous 
 quelque pretexte que ce soit, l'autorite d'un Eveque ordinaire 
 ou Metropolitain dont le Siege seroit etabli sous la domination 
 d'une Puissance etrangere, ni celle de ses delegues, residans 
 en France ou ailleurs." 
 
 A n objection of weight has been raised against the Marriages 
 
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 ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 performed according to the forms of this Church. Not belong- 
 ing to the English Established Church, it is supposed that they 
 will not be deemed valid in England. As this is a question of 
 importance, the advice of Counsel was thought necessary ; and 
 the following reply of an eminent Counsellor in London is 
 made known to the public : — 
 
 " The general rule of law is this. Every marriage that is 
 solemnized according to the laws of the country where it is 
 performed, is held legal wherever it is examined ; and there- 
 fore, whatever the present laws of France hold legal, our 
 Courts will affirm also. This rule is so general, that I know of 
 no exception to it." 
 
 As no one can dispute the validity of these marriages in 
 France, it is hoped that the above reply will be satisfactory 
 with regard to England. It is in the power of every one to 
 disprove their legality, if it be false. 
 
 The Psalms that compose the second part of this volume are 
 collected from various authors. Tate and Brady, and Watts, 
 have furnished the greater part of them ; Addison, Burns, and 
 other poets less known, were the composers of the rest. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 The Order for Morning Prayer. 
 The Order for Evening Prayer. 
 The Ten Commandments. 
 The Litany. 
 
 Administration of the Lord's Supper. 
 Administration of Baptism. 
 
 Ministration of Baptism to such as are of riper 
 years. 
 
 The Solemnization of Matrimony. 
 
 Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth. 
 
 Visitation of the Sick. 
 
 Burial of the Dead. 
 
 Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. 
 
 Collects. 
 
 Prayers and Thanksgivings. 
 Prayers for a Family. 
 
 Psalms for Public Worship. 
 
 * There is no Table in the original: the present is now added by the 
 Editor.— P. H. 
 
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 THE ORDER 
 
 MOBNING PEAYEE, 
 
 EVERY LORDS DAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
 
 At the beginning of the Morning Prayer, the Minister shall read 
 some one or more of these sentences of the Scriptures that 
 follow ; and then he shall say that which is written after the 
 said sentences. 
 
 When the wicked man turneth away from his 
 wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth 
 that which is lawful and right, he shall save his 
 soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. 
 
 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the un- 
 righteous man his thoughts: and let him return 
 unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; 
 and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 
 Isaiah lv. 7. 
 
 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit ; a 
 
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 MORNING PRATER. 
 
 broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not 
 despise. Psal. li. 17. 
 
 Rend your heart, and not your garments ; and 
 turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious 
 and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, 
 and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. 
 
 To the Lord our God belong mercies and for- 
 givenesses, though we have rebelled against him : 
 neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our 
 God, to walk in his laws which he hath set before 
 us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. 
 
 Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O 
 Lord ; for in thy sight no man living shall be 
 justified. Psal. cxliii. 2. 
 
 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
 selves, and the truth is not in us : but if we confess 
 our sins, God is faithful and kind to forgive us our 
 sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
 1 John i. 8, 9. 
 
 The hour cometh, and now is, when the true 
 worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and 
 in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship 
 him. God is a spirit ; and they that worship him, 
 must worship him in spirit and in truth. John iv. 
 23, 24. 
 
MORNING PRATER. 
 
 13 
 
 Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us 
 in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our 
 manifold sins and wickedness, before the face of 
 almighty God our heavenly Father, with a lowly, 
 penitent and obedient heart; to the end that we 
 may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite 
 goodness and mercy. And as we ought at all times 
 humbly to acknowledge our sins before God, so 
 ought we to do, when we assemble and meet to- 
 gether, to render thanks for the great benefits we 
 have received at his hands, to set forth his most 
 worthy praise, to hear his most holy word, and to 
 ask those things which are requisite and necessary 
 as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray 
 and beseech you, as many as are here present, to 
 accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice, 
 unto the throne of the heavenly grace ; saying 
 after me : 
 
 A General Confession to be said of the whole Congregation 
 after the Minister. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful Father, We have 
 erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep ; 
 We have followed too much the devices and desires 
 of our own hearts ; We have offended against thy 
 
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 MORNING PRAYER. 
 
 holy laws ; We have left undone those things which 
 we ought to have done ; And we have done those 
 things which we ought not to have done. But thou, 
 0 Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. 
 Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults ; 
 Restore thou them that are penitent ; According to 
 thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus 
 our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, 
 That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and 
 sober life, To the glory of thy holy name. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are 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. 
 
 Our Father, &c. For thine, &c. Amen. 
 
 Then the Minister shall say, 
 
 O Lord, open thou our lips. 
 Ansiv. And our mouth shall shew forth thy 
 praise. 
 
 O God, make speed to save us. 
 Answ. O Lord, make haste to help us. 
 
MORNING PRAYER. 
 
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 Praise ye the Lord. 
 Answ. The Lord's name be praised. 
 
 Then shall be said the XCVth Psalm, or the Cth Psalm. At the 
 end of each of these the following Doxology to be' used : 
 
 Minister. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, 
 invisible, God only wise ; 
 
 Answ. Be honour and glory, through Jesus 
 Christ, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 P scrim XCV. 
 0 Come, let us sing, &e. 
 Now unto the King, &c. 
 Answ. Be honour and glory, &e. Amen. 
 
 Or this Psalm. 
 
 Psalm C. 
 
 0 be joyful in the Lord, &c. 
 Now unto the King, &c. 
 Answ. Be honour and glory, &c. Amen. 
 
 To be used on Saerament-days, instead of the foregoing : 
 
 Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : therefore 
 let us keep the feast ; not with old leaven, neither 
 with the leaven of evil and wickedness : but with 
 the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. 
 v. < . 
 
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 MORNING PRAYER. 
 
 Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more : 
 death hath no more dominion over him. For in 
 that he died, he died unto sin once : but in that he 
 liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye 
 also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but 
 alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Rom. vL 9. 
 
 Christ is risen from the dead, and become the 
 first-fruits of them that slept. For since by man 
 came death, by man came also the resurrection of 
 the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in 
 Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Cor. xv. 20. 
 
 Now unto the King, &c. 
 
 Aiisw. Be honour and glory, &c. Amen. 
 
 Then shall follow a Psalm or Psalms by the Minister, and then 
 the first Lesson taken out of the Old Testament. 
 
 After that, the Te Deum as follows. 
 
 We praise thee, O God ; we acknowledge thee to 
 be the Lord. 
 
 All the earth doth worship thee, the Father ever- 
 lasting. 
 
 To thee all angels cry aloud ; the heavens, and all 
 the powers therein. 
 
MORNING PRAYER. 
 
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 To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do 
 cry, 
 
 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts : 
 Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy 
 glory. 
 
 The glorious company of Apostles have praised 
 thee : 
 
 The goodly fellowship of the Prophets have 
 praised thee : 
 
 The noble army of Martyrs have praised thee. 
 
 The holy Church throughout all the world doth 
 acknowledge thee, 
 
 The Father, of an infinite Majesty ; 
 
 Thine only and well-beloved Son, Jesus Christ ; 
 
 Also thine Holy Spirit, the Comforter. 
 
 We rejoice in the advent of thy Son upon earth ; 
 
 That he took upon him to deliver man, overcame 
 the sharpness of death, and opened the kingdom of 
 heaven to all believers : 
 
 That he sitteth at the right hand of God in the 
 glory of the Father, and will come again to be our 
 judge. 
 
 We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom 
 thou hast redeemed from death : 
 
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 MORNING PRATER. 
 
 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 will magnify thee ; 
 
 And will worship thee 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 goodness light upon us, as our 
 trust is in thee. 
 
 O Lord, in thee have we trusted : let us never be 
 confounded. 
 
 Or, Psalm CXLV. 
 I will magnify thee, O God, &c. Amen. 
 
 Then shall be read the Second Lesson, taken out of the New 
 Testament ; and, after that, the Hymn following. 
 
 St. Luke i. 68. 
 Blessed be the Lord God, &c. Amen. 
 
 Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed, by the Minister and 
 people. 
 
 I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of 
 heaven and earth : 
 
MORNING PRAYER. 
 
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 And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord ; Who 
 was conceived by the Holy Spirit ; Born of the 
 Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate,- Was 
 crucified, dead, and buried : 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 whence he shall come to judge 
 the living and the dead. 
 
 I believe in the Holy Spirit ; The holy universal 
 Church ; The communion of saints ; The forgive- 
 ness of sins ; The resurrection of the dead ; And 
 the life everlasting. Amen. 
 
 Then shall the Minister say, 
 
 The Lord be with you ; 
 Answ. And with thy spirit. 
 
 Lord, have mercy upon us ; 
 Answ. Lord, have mercy upon us. 
 
 Shew thy mercy unto us ; 
 Answ. And grant us thy salvation. 
 
 O Lord, save thy people ; 
 Answ. And mercifully hear us when we call 
 upon thee. 
 
 Endue thy Ministers with righteousness ; 
 Answ. And make thy chosen people joyful. 
 
20 
 
 MORNING PRAYER. 
 
 O God, make clean our hearts within us ; 
 Ansiv. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 
 
 Then shall be read three Collects : the first of which shall be one 
 of these following, at the choice of the Minister ; the second, 
 for Peace ; the third, for Grace to live well. 
 
 Blessed Lord God, who hast caused all holy scrip- 
 tures to be written for our learning ; grant that we 
 may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and 
 inwardly digest them ; that by patience and comfort 
 of thy holy word, we may embrace and ever hold 
 fast the joyful hope of everlasting life, which thou 
 hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 Deliver, O Lord, we beseech thee, thy faithful 
 people from ignorance and error ; and guide them 
 by the continual direction of thy Holy Spirit : that 
 they may plenteously bring forth the fruits of good 
 works, and of thee be plenteously rewarded, accord- 
 ing to thy gracious promises in Christ Jesus our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 The second Collect, for Peace. 
 
 O God, who art the author of peace and lover of 
 concord, in the knowledge of whom consisteth our 
 eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom ; 
 
MORNING PRAYER. 
 
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 grant us thy continual protection, that we may be 
 safe from all our enemies, and evermore give thanks 
 unto thee in the congregation of thy people, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 The third Collect, jor Grace. 
 
 O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and ever- 
 lasting God, who hast safely brought us to the 
 beginning of this day, defend us in the same by thy 
 mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into 
 no sin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but that, 
 all our actions being ordered by thy governance, we 
 may do what is righteous in thy sight, now and for 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 A Prayer for the Legislators of the Land. 
 
 O Lord, our heavenly Father, high and mighty, 
 King of kings, Lord of lords, and Ruler of princes, 
 who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers 
 upon the earth ; we beseech thee to instruct and 
 bless all Kings, Princes, and Governors, that they 
 may rule in thy fear, and administer impartial jus- 
 tice to their subjects. And do thou honour with thy 
 peculiar protection and blessing the land in which 
 we live, and all ranks and orders of men amongst 
 
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 MORNING PRATER. 
 
 us. Iii all our concerns, whether civil, commercial, 
 or religious, be thou surety unto us for good. Give 
 wisdom and integrity to thy servants assembled in 
 the great Senate of the land ; that in all their con- 
 sultations and debates they may pursue such mea- 
 sures as shall secure the liberty and peace, the pros- 
 perity and happiness of us thy people, that we may 
 enjoy the blessings of an equal Government, and 
 unite in the true honouring and worshipping of 
 thee. We especially pray thee to bless the depart- 
 ment and district in which we reside, the Mayor 
 and Municipality of this city, and the Judges of its 
 tribunal. May all who bear rule amongst us have 
 wisdom to discern, honesty to approve of, and stead- 
 iness and resolution to maintain justice and right- 
 eousness ; that under them we, thy servants, may 
 live peaceable and godly lives to the glory of thy 
 great name. Amen. 
 
 A Prayer for the Clergy and People. 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, who art the author 
 of every good and perfect gift ; send down upon all 
 Bishops and Ministers of the Gospel, and upon all 
 Congregations committed to their charge, the need- 
 ful Spirit of thy grace ; and, that they may truly 
 
MORNING PRAYER. 
 
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 please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of 
 thy blessing. This we humbly ask in the name of 
 thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 A Prayer for all conditions of Men. 
 
 O God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind ; 
 we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions 
 of men, that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy 
 way known unto them, thy saving health unto all 
 nations. More especially we pray for the good 
 estate of the whole Christian Church in all parts of 
 the world ; that it may be so guided and governed by 
 thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call them- 
 selves Christians may be led into the way of truth, 
 and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of 
 peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we 
 commend to thy fatherly goodness all those who are 
 any ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body, or 
 estate, [^especially those for whom our 
 
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 prayers are desired ;\ that it may please sa id, when any 
 thee to comfort and relieve them accord- desire the P ra J - 
 
 . , . . . . ers of the con- 
 
 ing to their several necessities, giving o-reo-ation. 
 
 them patience under their sufferings, 
 
 and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And 
 
 this we humbly ask, as the disciples of thy Son 
 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 MORNING PRATER. 
 
 A General Thanksgiving. 
 
 Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we, thine 
 unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and 
 hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kind- 
 * This is to be n ess to us and to all men ; [* particularly 
 said, when any fo those who desire now to offer up their 
 
 that have been . 7 , 7 7 .. r .77, 
 
 prayed for de- P raises an( *> thanksgivings jor thy late 
 sire to return mercies vouchsafed unto them.'] We 
 praise. bless thee for our creation, preserva- 
 
 tion, and all the blessings of this life ; but, above all, 
 for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the 
 world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of 
 grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech 
 thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that 
 our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that 
 we may shew forth thy praise, not only with our 
 lips, but in our lives ; by giving up ourselves to thy 
 service, and by walking before thee in holiness and 
 righteousness all our days, according to the Gospel 
 of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 A concluding Prayer. 
 
 Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this 
 time with one accord to make our common supplica- 
 
MORNING PRATER. 
 
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 tions unto thee ; and hast especially encouraged us 
 by thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to make 
 known our humble requests unto thee : fulfil now, 
 O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as 
 may be most expedient for them ; granting us in 
 this world the knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
 world to come life everlasting. Amen. 
 
 One of these valedictory forms of Blessi'ig to be used at the 
 discretion of the Minister. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us all 
 evermore. Amen. 1 Cor. xvi. 23 ; Philip, iv. 23. 
 
 May the God of all grace, who hath called us 
 unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, make us 
 perfect, strengthen, settle us. To him be glory 
 and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Pet. v. 
 10. 11. 
 
 The Lord bless us and keep us ; the Lord 
 make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious 
 unto us ; the Lord lift up the light of his counte- 
 nance upon us, and give us peace now and for 
 evermore. Numb. vi. 24. 2o, 26. 
 
THE ORDER 
 
 FOR 
 
 EVENING PEA YE K, 
 
 F. VERY LORD'S DAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
 
 When the wicked man turneth away from his 
 wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth 
 that which is lawful and right, he shall save his 
 soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. 
 
 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unright- 
 eous man his thoughts : and let him return unto 
 the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; 
 and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 
 Isaiah lv. 7. 
 
 Rend your heart, and not your garments, and 
 turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious 
 and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, 
 and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. 
 
EVENING PRATER. 
 
 27 
 
 To the Lord our God belong mercies and for- 
 givenesses, though we have rebelled against him : 
 neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord 
 our God, to walk in his laws which he hath set 
 before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. 
 
 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
 selves, and the truth is not in us : but if we con - 
 fess our sins, God is faithful and kind to forgive 
 us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unright- 
 eousness. 1 John i. 8, 9. 
 
 The hour cometh, and now is, when the true 
 worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit 
 and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to 
 worship him. God is a Spirit ; and they that wor- 
 ship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. 
 John iv. 23, 24. 
 
 Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us 
 in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our 
 manifold sins and wickedness, before the face of 
 almighty God our heavenly Father, with a lowly, 
 penitent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we 
 may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite 
 goodness and mercy. And as we ought at all times 
 humbly to acknowledge our sins before God, so 
 
28 
 
 EVENING PRAYER. 
 
 ought we to do, when we assemble and meet toge- 
 ther, to render thanks for the great benefits we have 
 received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy 
 praise, to hear his most holy word, and to ask those 
 things which are requisite and necessary as well for 
 the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech 
 you, as many as are here present, to accompany me 
 with a pure heart and humble voice, unto the throne 
 of the heavenly grace ; saying after me : 
 
 A General Confession to be said of the whole Congregation 
 after the Minister. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful Father ; We have 
 erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep ; 
 We have followed too much the devices and desires 
 of our own hearts ; We have offended against thy 
 holy laws ; We have left undone those things 
 which we ought to have done ; And we have done 
 those things which we ought not to have done. 
 But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable 
 offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess 
 their faults ; Restore thou them that are penitent ; 
 According to thy promises declared unto mankind 
 in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most 
 merciful Father, That we may hereafter live a godly, 
 
EVENING PRAYER. 
 
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 righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy 
 name. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are 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. 
 
 Our Father, &c. For thine, &c. Amen. 
 
 Then the Minister shall say, 
 
 O Lord, open thou our lips. 
 Ansiv. And our mouth shall shew forth thy 
 praise. 
 
 O God, make speed to save us. 
 Ansiv. O Lord, make haste to help us. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 Ansiv. The Lord's name be praised. 
 
 Minister. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, 
 invisible, God only wise ; 
 
 Answ. Be honour and glory, through Jesus 
 Christ, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 Then shall he read a Lesson of the Old Testament, and after 
 that the XCVIIIth Psalm, as followeth : 
 
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 EVENING PRAYER. 
 
 Psalm XCV1I1. 
 
 0 sing unto the Lord, &c. Amen. 
 
 Then a Lesson of the New Testament ; and after that, 
 Psalm LXVII. 
 
 Psalm LXVII. 
 God be merciful unto us, &c. {Amen.) 
 
 Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed, by the Minister and 
 people. 
 
 1 believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of 
 heaven and earth : 
 
 And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord ; 
 Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit ; Born of the 
 Virgin Mary ; Suffered under Pontius Pilate ; Was 
 crucified, dead, and buried : The third day he rose 
 again from the dead ; He ascended into heaven ; And 
 sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Al- 
 mighty: From whence he shall come to judge the 
 living and the dead. 
 
 I believe in the Holy Spirit ; The holy universal 
 Church ; The communion of saints ; The forgiveness 
 of sins ; The resurrection of the dead ; And the life 
 everlasting. Amen. 
 
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 Then shall the Minister say, 
 
 The Lord be with you ; 
 Answ. And with thy spirit. 
 
 Lord, have mercy upon us ; 
 Answ. Lord, have mercy upon us. 
 
 Shew thy mercy unto us ; 
 Answ. And grant us thy salvation. 
 
 O Lord, save thy people ; 
 Ansiv. And mercifully hear us when we call 
 upon thee. 
 
 Endue thy Ministers with righteousness ; 
 Ansiv. And make thy chosen people joyful. 
 
 O God, make clean our hearts within us ; 
 Answ. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 
 
 Then shall he read one of the two following Prayers. 
 
 Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly 
 M ills and affections of sinful men ; grant unto thy 
 people, that they may love that which thou com- 
 mandest, and desire that which thou dost promise : 
 that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of 
 the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed 
 where true joys are to be found, at thy right hand 
 for evermore. Amen. 
 
EVENING PRAYER. 
 
 O God, who didst send thy Son Jesus Christ to 
 redeem us from all iniquity, and make us the sons 
 of God, and heirs of eternal life ; grant, we be- 
 seech thee, that we, having this hope, may purify 
 ourselves even as he is pure : that when he shall 
 appear again with power and great glory, we may 
 be made like unto him, and be admitted to dwell 
 with thee in thy heavenly kingdom. Amen. 
 
 The second Collect at Evening Prayer. 
 
 O God, from whom all holy desires, all good coun- 
 sels, and all just works do proceed ; give unto thy 
 servants that peace which the world cannot give, 
 that both our hearts may be set to obey thy com- 
 mandments, and also that by thee we being de- 
 fended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our 
 time in rest and quietness, through thy merciful 
 aid in Jesu Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 The third Collect, for Aid against all Perils. 
 
 O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, with 
 whom there is no shadow of darkness ; defend us, 
 we beseech thee, from all dangers and evil accidents 
 of the approaching night, and keep us by thy 
 watchful providence in peace and safety, now and 
 for ever. Amen. 
 
EVENING PRAYER. 
 
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 Then shall be read the Prayers following. 
 A Prayer for the whole state of Christ's Church militant here 
 on earth. 
 
 Almighty and everliving God, who by thy holy 
 Apostle hast taught us to make supplications, and 
 to give thanks for all men ; we humbly beseech 
 thee most mercifully to receive these our prayers, 
 which we offer unto thy divine Majesty, beseeching 
 thee to inspire continually all thy sincere worship- 
 pers with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord. 
 And grant that all they that do confess the name of 
 Christ, may agree in the truth of thy holy word, 
 and live in unity and godly love. We beseech thee 
 also to preserve and defend all kings, princes, and 
 governors, especially thy servants the Legislators of 
 this country, that under them we may be peaceably 
 governed. And grant unto all that are put in 
 authority under them, that they may truly and 
 impartially administer justice, to the punishment of 
 wickedness and vice, and the maintenance of thy 
 true religion and virtue. Give grace, O heavenly 
 Father, to all the ministers of thy holy Gospel, that 
 they may both by their life and doctrine set forth 
 thy true and lively word. And to all thy people 
 give thy heavenly grace, and especially to this 
 
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 EVENING PRAYER. 
 
 congregation here present ; that with meek heart 
 and due reverence they may hear and receive thy 
 holy word, truly serving thee in holiness and 
 righteousness all the days of their life. And we 
 most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness, 0 Lord, 
 to comfort and succour all those who in this transi- 
 tory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or 
 any other adversity. And we also bless thy name 
 for all thy servants departed this life in thy holy 
 fear ; beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow 
 their good examples, that with them we may be 
 partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. In these our 
 requests, we beseech thee, O God, to hear and to 
 accept us, as the true disciples of thy Son Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 A General Thanksgiving. 
 
 Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we, thine 
 unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and 
 hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kind- 
 
 • This is to be ness to us an( l to an * m ^ n 5 [ * particu- 
 
 said, when any larly to those who desire now to offer up 
 
 that have been , . . , - 7 - , 
 
 prayed for, de- their praises and thanksgivings for thy 
 sire to return late mercies vouchsafed unto them.'] We 
 praise. bless thee for our creation, preserva- 
 
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 tion, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all 
 for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the 
 world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of 
 grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech 
 thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that 
 our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful ; and that 
 we may shew forth thy praise, not only with our 
 lips, but in our lives : by giving up ourselves to thy 
 service, and by walking before thee in holiness and 
 righteousness all our days, according to the Gospel 
 of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 A concluding Prayer. 
 
 Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this 
 time with one accord to make our common supplica- 
 tions unto thee ; and hast especially encouraged us 
 by thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to make 
 known our humble requests unto thee : fulfil now, 
 O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as 
 may be most expedient for them ; granting us in 
 this world the knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
 world to come life everlasting. Amen. 
 
 One of these valedictory forms of Blessing to be used, at the 
 discretion of the Minister. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 
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 us all evermore. Amen. 1 Cor. xvi. 23 ; Philip. 
 iv. 23. 
 
 May the God of all grace, who hath called us 
 unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, make us 
 perfect, strengthen, settle us. To him be glory and 
 dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Pet. v. 10, 11. 
 
 The Lord bless us and keep us ; the Lord make 
 his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto 
 us ; the Lord lift up the light of his countenance 
 upon us, and give us peace now and for evermore. 
 Numb. vi. 24, 25, 26. 
 
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 
 
 To be read with the Morning or Evening Prayer. 
 
 Minister. 
 
 I. God spake these words, and said, I am the 
 Lord thy God : thou shalt have none other gods 
 but me. 
 
 II. 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 
 generation of them that hate me ; and shew mercy 
 unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my 
 commandments. 
 
 III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord 
 thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him 
 guiltless, that taketh his name in vain. 
 
 IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath 
 
8* 
 
 COMMANDMENTS. 
 
 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 
 li allowed it. 
 
 V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy 
 days may be long in the land, which the Lord thy 
 God giveth thee. 
 
 VI. Thou shalt do no murder. 
 
 VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
 
 VIII. Thou shalt not steal. 
 
 IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against 
 thy neighbour. 
 
 X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, 
 thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his 
 servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor 
 any thing that is his. 
 
 Hear also what our Saviour Christ saith : 
 
 Jesus answered him, The first of all the com- 
 
COMMANDMENTS. 
 
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 mandraents is, Hear, 0 Israel : the Lord our God is 
 one Lord ; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God, 
 with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with 
 all thy mind, and with all thy strength : this is 
 the first commandment. And the second is like, 
 namely this ; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy- 
 self : there is none other commandment greater than 
 these. Mark xii. 29, 30, 31. 
 
 People. 
 
 Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these thy 
 laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. 
 
LITANY. 
 
 The following LITANY, or General Supplication, to be said by 
 the Minister and People with the Morning or Evening Prayer. 
 
 0 God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
 earth, and of all things that are therein ; have mercy 
 upon us, miserable sinnerc. 
 
 0 God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
 earth, and of all things that are therein ; have mercy 
 upon us, miserable sinners. 
 
 O God, who, by the death and obedience of thy 
 beloved Son, hast purchased to thyself a church 
 and people, and placed them under thy continual 
 protection, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. 
 
 0 God, ivho, by the death and obedience of thy 
 beloved Son, hast purchased to thyself a Church and 
 people, and placed them under thy continual protec- 
 tion, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. 
 
 O God, who, by thy Holy Spirit, dost govern, 
 direct, and sanctify the hearts of all thy faithful 
 servants, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. 
 
 0 God, who, by thy Holy Spirit, dost govern, 
 
LITANY. 
 
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 direct, and sanctify the hearts of all thy faithful 
 servants, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. 
 
 Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences 
 of our forefathers ; and for the glory of thy name 
 turn from us all those evils that we most justly 
 have deserved. Spare us, good Lord, spare thy 
 people ; and have compassion on the work of thine 
 hands ; 
 
 Spare us, good Lord. 
 From all evil, and mischief ; from sin, from 
 dangerous temptations, from thy wrath, and from 
 everlasting condemnation ; 
 
 Good Lord, deliver us. 
 From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain- 
 glory, and hypocrisy ; from envy, hatred, and 
 malice, and all uncharitableness ; 
 
 Good Lord, deliver us. 
 From fornication, and all other deadly sin, and 
 from all the deceitful allurements of this transitory 
 world ; 
 
 Good Lord, deliver us. 
 From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pes- 
 tilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and 
 from untimely death ; 
 
 Good Lord, deliver us. 
 
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 LITANY. 
 
 From all sedition, privy conspiracy and rebellion ; 
 from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word 
 and commandment ; 
 
 Good Lord, deliver us. 
 
 In all time of our tribulation, in all time of our 
 prosperity, in the hour of death, and in the day of 
 judgment ; 
 
 Good Lord, deliver us. 
 We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, 0 Lord 
 God : and that it may please thee to rule and govern 
 all thy sincere worshippers in the right way ; 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to direct and preserve in 
 the true worshipping of thee, in righteousness and 
 holiness of life, thy servants the Legislators and 
 Governors of this land ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to guide their hearts in 
 thy faith, fear, and love, that they may evermore 
 put their trust in thee, and ever seek thy honour 
 and glory ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to be their defender and 
 keeper, and to prosper all their righteous under- 
 takings against their enemies ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
LITANY. 
 
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 That it may please thee to direct all their debates 
 and determinations, so that peace, liberty, and con- 
 cord may prevail in our days ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee to illuminate all the 
 Ministers of thy Gospel, with true knowledge and 
 understanding of thy word, and that both by their 
 preaching and living they may set it forth and shew 
 it accordingly ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee to bless and keep the 
 magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, 
 and to preserve peace ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy 
 people ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to give to all nations 
 unity, peace, and concord ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to give us an heart to 
 love and fear thee, and diligently to live after thy 
 commandments ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to give to all thy people 
 increase of grace, to hear meekly thy word, and to 
 
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 LITANY. 
 
 receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the 
 fruits of the Spirit ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to bring into the way of 
 truth all such as have erred and are deceived ; 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to strengthen such as do 
 stand, and to comfort and help the weak-hearted, 
 and to raise up them that fall, and finally to give us 
 the victory over all temptations ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to succour, help, and 
 comfort all that are in danger, necessity, and tribu- 
 lation ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to preserve all that 
 travel by land or by water ; all women labouring of 
 child ; airsick persons, and young children ; and to 
 shew pity upon all prisoners and captives ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to defend and provide for 
 the fatherless children and widows, all that are 
 desolate and oppressed, and especially all those that 
 suffer for righteousness' sake ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
LITANY". 
 
 4.5 
 
 That it may please thee to have mercy upon all 
 men ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, 
 persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts ; 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to give and preserve to 
 our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due 
 time we may enjoy them ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 That it may please thee to accept our sincere 
 repentance ; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, 
 and ignorances ; and to endue us with the grace of 
 thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy 
 holy Word ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 O Lord, deal not with us after our sins ; 
 
 Neither reward us after our iniquities. 
 O God, merciful Father, who despisest not the 
 sighing of the contrite heart, nor the desire of such 
 as be sorrowful, mercifully assist our prayers that 
 we make before thee in all our troubles and adversi- 
 ties whensoever they oppress us ; and graciously 
 hear us, that those evils which the craft and sub- 
 tilty of our adversaries work against us may be 
 
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 LITANY. 
 
 brought to nought, and by the providence of thy 
 goodness they may be dispersed: that we thy servants 
 being hurt by no persecutors, may evermore give 
 thanks unto thee in thy holy Church, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord : 
 
 0 Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy 
 name's sake. 
 
 O God, we have heard with our ears, and our 
 fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that 
 thou didst in their days, and in the times before 
 them : 
 
 O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine 
 honour. 
 
 From our enemies defend us, O Lord ; 
 
 Graciously look upon our afflictions. 
 Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts ; 
 
 Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. 
 Favourably with mercy hear our prayers ; 
 
 Both now and for ever vouchsafe to hear us, 
 0 Lord. 
 
 O Lord, let thy mercy be shewn unto us ; 
 As we do put our trust in thee. 
 
 We humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to 
 look upon our infirmities ; and, for the glory of thy 
 name, turn from us all those evils that we most 
 
LITANY. 
 
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 righteously have deserved: and grant that in all our 
 troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence 
 in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness 
 and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory, 
 through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
THE 
 
 ORDER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LORD'S SUPPER, or HOLY COMMUNION. 
 
 The Minister shall say to them that come to receive 
 the Holy Communion : 
 
 Ye that do truly and earnestly repent of your sins, 
 and are in love and charity with your neighbours, 
 and intend to lead a new life, following the com- 
 mandments of God, and walking from henceforth in 
 his holy ways ; draw near with faith, and partake of 
 this holy ordinance to your comfort, and make your 
 humble confession to Almighty God. 
 
 Then shall this General Confession be made by the 
 Minister and People. 
 
 Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 Maker of all things, Judge of all men ; We acknow- 
 ledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, 
 Which we from time to time most grievously have 
 committed, By thought, word, and deed, Against thy 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
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 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 which is grievous unto us. Have 
 mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful 
 Father ; Forgive us all that is past ; And grant that 
 we may ever hereafter serve and please thee, in 
 newness of life ; To the honour and glory of thy 
 name. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of thy 
 great mercy hast promised forgiveness of sins to all 
 them that with hearty repentance and true faith 
 turn unto thee, have mercy upon us ; pardon and 
 deliver us from all our sins, confirm and strengthen 
 us in all goodness, and bring us to everlasting life, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Then shall the Minister say, 
 
 Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ 
 saith to all that truly turn to him : 
 
 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy- 
 laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. xi. 28. 
 
 God so loved the world, that he gave his beloved 
 Son, to the end that every one that believed in him 
 
5Q 
 
 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
 should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 
 iii. 16. 
 
 Hear also what St. Paul saith : 
 
 This is a true saying, and worthy of all accept- 
 ation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save 
 sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15. 
 
 Hear also what St. 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 John ii. 1. 
 
 Lift up your hearts : 
 Ansiv. We will lift them up unto the Lord. 
 
 Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God : 
 Ansiv. It is meet and right so to do. 
 Minister. It is very meet, right, and our bounden 
 duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, 
 give thanks unto thee, O Lord, holy Father, 
 Almighty, everlasting God. 
 
 Here shall follow the Proper Preface, if there he any especially 
 appointed ; or else immediately shall follow, 
 
 Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and 
 with all the company of heaven, we extol and 
 magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
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 and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts ; 
 heaven and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to 
 thee, 0 Lord most high. Amen. 
 
 PROPER PREFACES. 
 Upon Christmas-day. 
 
 -Because thou didst send thy Son into the world, 
 that the world through him might be saved. There- 
 fore with Angels and Archangels and with all the 
 company of heaven, we extol and magnify thy 
 glorious name, evermore praising thee, and saving, 
 
 . Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts ; heaven and 
 earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord 
 most high. Amen. 
 
 Upon Easter-day. 
 
 But chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the 
 glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our 
 Lord, who by his death hath destroyed death, and 
 by his rising to life again hath raised us to the 
 hope of everlasting life. Therefore with Angels 
 and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, 
 we extol and magnify thy glorious name, evermore 
 praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord 
 
I 
 
 52 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
 God of hosts ; heaven and earth are full of thy 
 glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord most high. Amen. 
 
 Upon Whitsunday. 
 
 According to whose most true promise thy Holy 
 Spirit was poured forth upon the Apostles, to lead 
 them into all the 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 dark- 
 ness and error, into the clear light and true know- 
 ledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all 
 the company of heaven, we extol 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. 
 
 Then the Minister, standing before the Table, shall say the 
 Prayer following : 
 
 Almighty God, our heavenly Father, by whose 
 gracious assistance, and for our benefit, thy beloved 
 Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, was obedient even to 
 the death upon the cross ; who did institute, and in 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
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 his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual 
 memorial of that his precious death until his coming 
 again : hear us, we most humbly beseech thee, and 
 grant that we may receive this bread and wine, ic 
 grateful remembrance of his voluntary death and 
 sufferings : Who, in the same night in which he 
 was betrayed, took bread ; and when he had given 
 thanks, he brake it, and gave it to his disciples, 
 saving, Take, eat, this is my body which is given for 
 you : do this in remembrance of me. Likewise, 
 after supper, he took the cup ; and when he had 
 given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye 
 all of it : for this is my blood of the new covenant, 
 which is shed for you, and for many, for the remis- 
 sion of sins : Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in 
 remembrance of me. Amen. 
 
 Here let the Minister break the Bread. 
 
 Then shall the Minister first receive the communion in both kinds 
 himself; and then proceed to deliver the same to the congrega- 
 tion. And when he delivereth the bread, he shall say : 
 
 Take and eat this in remembrance of Christ. 
 
 And when he delivereth the cup, he shall say : 
 Take and drink this in remembrance of Christ. 
 
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 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
 When all have communicated, the Minister shall say as follow eth. 
 
 O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy faithful ser- 
 vants earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness merci- 
 fully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and 
 thanksgiving ; humbly beseeching thee to grant, 
 tli at by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and obedi- 
 ence to thy will, we may obtain the pardon of our 
 sins, and everlasting life. 
 
 Here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, 
 ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, 
 holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee. And although 
 we be unworthy through our manifold sins to offer 
 unto thee any sacrifice ; yet we beseech thee to 
 accept this our bounden duty and service: not 
 weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, 
 according to thine abundant mercies in Christ Jesus 
 our Lord ; through whom all honour and glory be 
 unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 Then shall be said by all present : 
 
 Glory be to God on high, and in earth peace, 
 good-will towards men. Wc praise thee, we bless 
 thee, we worship thee, we give thanks to thee for 
 the various manifestations of thy great glory, O 
 Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
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 "We bless thee for sending thy beloved Son Jesus 
 Christ into the world to save sinners ; for exalting 
 him unto thy right hand in heaven ; for the gifts 
 and graces of thy Holy Spirit, and for the hope of 
 eternal life. 
 
 For thou only art wise, and holy, and good ; thou 
 only art the Lord: thou only dost govern all things 
 both in heaven and earth. Therefore, blessing and 
 honour, and glory and power, be unto thee, who 
 sittest upon the throne, through our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 One of these valedictory forms to be used at the discretion 
 of the Minister. 
 
 Mat the God of all grace, who hath called us unto 
 his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, make us perfect, 
 strengthen, settle us. To him be glory and domi- 
 nion for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter v. 10, 11. 
 
 The Lord bless us and keep us ; the Lord make 
 his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us ; 
 the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon 
 us, and give us peace now and for evermore. 
 Amen. Numb. vi. 24, 25, 26. 
 
THE ORDER 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 ADMINISTRATION OF BAPTISM. 
 
 Note, that there shall be for every Child two or three Sponsors ; 
 who may most properly be Parents, or nearest relations. 
 
 Hear the words of our Saviour Christ to his Apos- 
 tles, as they are written by St. Matthew, in the 28th 
 chapter, at the i9th verse : 
 
 Go ye, and make disciples of all nations, bap- 
 tizing them into the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 Hear also what St. Peter saith : 
 
 The baptism which saveth us is not the putting 
 away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good 
 conscience towards God. 1 Pet. iii. 21. 
 
 Dearly beloved, 
 Ye have brought this child here to be baptized : 
 
 I demand therefore, 
 Will ye faithfully and earnestly exhort this child 
 to renounce every thing that is evil, the vain pomp 
 
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 and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of 
 the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that 
 he may not follow nor be led by them ? 
 Answ. I will. 
 
 Will ye instruct him in the Gospel of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ ? 
 Answ. I will. 
 
 Will ye exhort him to keep God's holy will and 
 commandments, and to walk in the same all the days 
 of his life ? 
 
 Answ. I will. 
 
 Then shall the Minister take the Child into his hands, and say 
 to the Sponsors : 
 
 Name this Child. 
 
 Then naming it after them, and either dipping it in the water, 
 or sprinkling water upon it, he shall say : 
 
 I baptize thee into the name of the Father, and 
 of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 Or, the following form may be used : 
 
 I baptize thee into the name of Jesus Christ. (See 
 Acts ii. 38 ; xix. o.) 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 Almighty and ever-blessed God, by whose provi- 
 
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 dence the different generations of mankind are 
 raised up to know thee, and to enjoy thy favour for 
 ever ; grant that this child, now dedicated to thee 
 as the disciple of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, 
 may be endued with heavenly virtues, and be in the 
 number of those who shall be everlastingly saved 
 through thy mercy. For this end we entreat thy 
 blessing upon these thy servants, who have now 
 solemnly engaged themselves to instruct it in thy 
 holy truth ; that they may be enabled to discharge 
 their great trust with diligence and fidelity, and 
 may have the comfort of beholding the fruits of their 
 pious labours in the virtuous improvement of their 
 offspring under their care. Finally, we give thee 
 humble thanks, O heavenly Father, for all of us now 
 assembled before thee, that thou hast vouchsafed to 
 call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and to faith 
 in thee. Increase this knowledge, and confirm this 
 faith in us evermore ; that we may be enabled to 
 mortify all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily 
 proceed in all virtue and godliness of living, till we 
 come to that eternal kingdom, which thou hast 
 promised by Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 Exhortation to Parents after Baptism. 
 Brethren, 
 
 The design of receiving Infants by Baptism into 
 the Church of Christ, is to remind parents of their 
 duty to them in their innocent and helpless age: that 
 they may train them up as his disciples, and the 
 children of God ; and that as they have been the 
 instruments of bringing them into this mortal life, 
 they may have the comfort of contributing to their 
 future happiness in a life that will never end. 
 
 Remember then that this child belongs to God 
 who gave it you, and intrusts you with it, that it 
 may be educated and fitted for himself: and if 
 through your criminal neglect, or bad example, his 
 reasonable creature be lost, he will require it at 
 your hands. 
 
 Instil therefore into his tender mind the know- 
 ledge, reverence, and love of God, the heavenly 
 Father and Maker of all, and a deep sense of the 
 duty he owes to him. Acquaint him with his bene- 
 volent designs, from the beginning, for the recovery 
 of a degenerate and perishing world to their duty 
 and happiness: and lead him to learn the mind and 
 will of God for his salvation, from that inestimable 
 
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 treasure of wisdom, the holy scriptures, especially 
 the words of Christ and his apostles; and not from 
 the doctrines and inventions of men. 
 
 Check the first risings of envy and pride in his 
 breast, by teaching him humility and a just know- 
 ledge of himself; that all he possesses or hopes for 
 is from God, whose free bounty alone maketh the 
 difference between his creatures. But at the same 
 time inform him of the dignity of his nature; of the 
 importance of reason, the light of God within him ; 
 by which he is to govern himself, to restrain his 
 affections, to know that God made him, to learn his 
 will, to become like unto him, holy, just, and good. 
 Teach him, above all things, to abhor falsehood and 
 lies ; and to love and cultivate truth and integrity, 
 which will make him amiable in the eyes of all, and 
 acceptable to God. Tell him that he is to love and 
 do good to all men, because all are equally the 
 children of God with himself, and the objects of his 
 fatherly kindness and care: that he is not born only 
 for himself, but for others; to serve his country and 
 mankind by promoting truth and virtue, and the 
 public good. 
 
 To this early care of instructing your child, must 
 be added your own invariable good example : that 
 
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 he at no time be witness to any hasty, passionate, 
 profane words, or unseemly behaviour, inconsistent 
 with virtue and innocence ; and that the name of 
 God in particular be never mentioned before him, 
 but with the utmost seriousness and reverence : 
 because it is by imitation chiefly that our characters 
 are insensibly formed from our infancy, and the 
 impressions then made are seldom effaced after- 
 wards. 
 
 Be therefore thus watchful over this precious 
 charge of heaven committed to you, that it receive 
 no injury in your hands. And sow in him betimes 
 these seeds of piety, charity, sincerity, and all good- 
 ness ; for otherwise the weeds of evil will spring up 
 of course in such a world as this, which it may be 
 difficult afterwards to root out. And although no 
 pains that you can take can ensure success; yet 
 whatever happens, you will have discharged your 
 duty, and not have the guilt and mortifying reflec- 
 tion of having contributed to the ruin and misery 
 of those you love. But if your labours are success- 
 ful, (and generally true is the wise man's remark, 
 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when 
 he is old he will not dep art J rem it;) it will e a 
 source of the highest and purest pleasure and satis- 
 
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 faction to you, and you will have the joy of leaving 
 behind you those who may do good in the world 
 when you shall be no more in it. 
 
 And may the supreme Father and Governor of all 
 things direct and bless you in the faithful discharge 
 of your duty, for his glory, the good of mankind, 
 and the advancement of the gospel of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 Where there are other Sponsors who present the Child to be 
 baptized, and not the Parents, the Minister may thus begin the 
 exhortation : 
 
 Ye that have now undertaken the care of this 
 child, which naturally belongs to the parents, must 
 take heed and remember that it is also a child of 
 God, for whom it is to be educated and fitted : and 
 if through your, &c. 
 
THE 
 
 MINISTRATION OF BAPTISM 
 
 To such as are of riper years, and able to ans wer for 
 themselves. 
 
 Hear the words of our Saviour Christ to his 
 Apostles, as they are written by St. Matthew, in 
 the 28th chapter, at the 19th verse : 
 
 Go ye, and make disciples of all nations, bap- 
 tizing them into the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 Hear also what St. Peter saith: 
 
 The baptism which saveth us, is not the putting 
 away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good 
 conscience towards God. 1 Pet. iii. 21. 
 
 Dearly beloved brother, 
 You are come here to be baptized : 
 
 I demand therefore, 
 Are you firmly and earnestly resolved to renounce 
 every thing that is evil, the vain pomp and glory of 
 the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and 
 
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 the carnal desires of the flesh, so that you will not 
 follow them, nor be led by them ? 
 Answ. I am so resolved. 
 
 Do you believe Jesus of Nazareth to be the 
 Christ ? 
 
 Answ. I believe it with my whole heart. 
 "Will you be baptized into this faith ? 
 Answ. This is my desire. 
 
 Will you then obediently keep God's holy will 
 and commandments, and walk in the same all the 
 days of your life ? 
 
 Answ. I will endeavour so to do, God being 
 my helper. 
 
 Then shall the Minister dip him in the water, or pour water 
 upon him, saying, 
 
 I baptize thee into the name of the Father, and of 
 the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 Or, the following form may be used ; 
 
 I baptize thee into the name of Jesus Christ. 
 (See Acts ii. 38 ; xix. 5.) 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 Our Father, &c. For thine, &c. Amen. 
 
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 Almighty and everlasting God, heavenly Father, 
 who spakest in times past unto mankind by thy 
 servants the prophets, but hast most fully manifested 
 thy will and goodness to us in these latter days by 
 thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ ; look down, we 
 pray thee, with an eye of favour upon this person, 
 who hath now been baptized with water, and hath 
 thereby declared himself a member of thy church 
 and chosen family on earth, of which our Lord 
 Jesus Christ is the head : sanctify to him this desire 
 to fulfil all righteousness, that by true repentance 
 and faith being purified from all evil, he may be 
 enabled constantly to walk before thee in virtue and 
 holiness of life. 
 
 For this end, assist and bless him in his study of 
 thy holy word, that he may receive thy instructions 
 with meekness and readiness, and follow them ; 
 and also may labour to bring others to the know- 
 ledge of thy truth, that they may be saved by it. 
 
 Give him power and strength to withstand the 
 various temptations, in the midst of which we are 
 placed for our trial and improvement, that he may 
 gain the victory over them. And especially let the 
 glorious prospect of life and immortality, opened 
 
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 unto us by the Gospel, make him count all the 
 riches, the pleasures, and greatness of this world as 
 nothing, when they would shake his integrity, or 
 divert him from his obedience to thee : that, going 
 on to add to his faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 
 temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly-kindness, 
 charity, he may continually improve in the Divine 
 image, and in a meetness and fitness for the future 
 glory and felicity of thy heavenly and eternal king- 
 dom, which of thy great goodness thou hast promised 
 us by Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Exhortation. 
 Christian Brother, 
 You have now made public profession of your faith 
 in Christ, and of your intention to live as becometh 
 his true disciple. And prayer hath been offered up 
 to God for you, that it may please him to strengthen 
 these your good purposes, that, by (your) abiding in 
 Christ and following his doctrine, the heavenly 
 Father may be glorified, and you may bring forth 
 fruit abundantly, promoting the knowledge of truth 
 and virtue in the world. 
 
 To accomplish this good work, you are, with 
 diligence and earnest affection for the truth, to search 
 
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 the scriptures, which are a deep mine of hidden 
 treasure to those who thus seek for it : wherein 
 fresh stores of Divine wisdom continually open 
 themselves to the pious and honest enquirer, fur- 
 nishing him with clearer and more extensive know- 
 ledge of the will of God and of his duty, and new 
 and powerful motives to the practice of it. 
 
 By being baptized, you do not declare yourself of 
 any religious sect or party ; but a Christian. For 
 you are baptized into the name of Jesus only : not 
 of Paul, or of Peter, for the Apostles themselves 
 were not lords of our faith ; not of Luther, Calvin, 
 or Socinus, * in later times : all of whom, though 
 faithful servants of God, and eminent reformers and 
 teachers in the Christian Church, were fallible mor- 
 tals, and mistaken in many things ; and therefore 
 are to be followed by us no farther than as they 
 followed Christ, our common master, and taught the 
 truth which he taught. 
 
 It is our Lord's charge to his Apostles, which 
 belongs also to all his followers, Whosoever shall 
 confess me before men, him will I confess also before 
 
 * The Editor cannot allow the name of Socinus to pass, in conjunction 
 with those of Luther and Calvin, without protesting against that prof.uif 
 lleresiarch being acknowledged as " a faithful servant of God," or " an 
 eminent reformer and teacher in the Christian Church." — P. H. 
 
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 my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall 
 deny me before men, him will I also deny before my 
 Father who is in heaven. Matt. x. 32, 33. 
 
 You are, therefore, to make open confession and 
 acknowledgment of the divine truth of the Gospel, 
 so far as you have attained, or shall attain, to it ; 
 and at no time, through indolence, or the fear of 
 man, or for any worldly consideration whatsoever, 
 are you to dissemble and shrink from it. 
 
 If. by the blessing of the heavenly Father, you 
 have escaped from darkness and grievous errors, in 
 which others may be involved, you are to beware 
 and guard against the being elated thereby, so as to 
 think worse of their final state before God, and 
 better of your own, merely on that account. For 
 this will generate an unworthy pride and self-pre- 
 ference, and contempt of those who possess not these 
 advantages. Whereas you ought rather to be the 
 more humble, reflecting that all things are of God ; 
 that whatever you enjoy is from his bounty, and no 
 desert of your own ; and that it is not the splendour 
 and abundance of his gifts, but the faithful use and 
 application of them for your own personal purifica- 
 tion and improvement, and the edification of others, 
 that will make them of any real value to you, or 
 
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 recommend you to the favour of God in the 
 end. 
 
 And you will always bear in mind, that we 
 cannot be Christ's true disciples, nor is our religion 
 that of the Gospel, if in any respect, and especially 
 if on account of any difference of religious senti- 
 ments, it lead us to undervalue, despise, or evil- 
 intreat any of our fellow-Christians. For he hath 
 expressly told us : A new commandment give I 
 unto you, that ye love one another ; as I have loved 
 you, that ye also love one another. By this shall 
 all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love 
 one another. John xii. 34, 35. 
 
 Finally, forget not the teaching of the Apostle, 
 that in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth 
 any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature; 
 that, as Christians, all our knowledge and endow- 
 ments are only to be esteemed in proportion as they 
 make us wiser and better in our different relations 
 in life, more pious and dutiful to God, more just 
 and kind to others, more strict in the virtuous 
 government of ourselves, our appetites, passions, 
 and affections, and more extensively serviceable to 
 others in their present and future interests. 
 
 And may the supreme Father and Governor of 
 
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 all things direct and bless you in all your ways, that 
 you may be finally approved by him, and be made 
 a partaker of his heavenly and eternal kingdom, 
 which he hath promised by Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
THE FORM 
 
 OF 
 
 SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 
 
 The form of publication of the banns of Marriage. 
 
 I Publish the banns of marriage between M. of 
 
 and N. of . If any of you know 
 
 cause or just impediment, why these two persons 
 should not be joined together in holy matrimony, ye 
 are to declare it. This is the first [second, or third] 
 time of publication. 
 
 When the persons to be married and their friends are assembled, 
 the Minister shall say : 
 
 Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in 
 the sight of God, and in the face of this congrega- 
 tion, to join together this man and this woman in 
 holy matrimony ; which is an honourable estate, 
 instituted of God in the time of man's innocency : 
 which holy estate Christ adorned and beautified 
 with his presence and first miracle that he wrought 
 in Cana of Galilee ; and it is commended of Saint 
 
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 Paul to be honourable among all men. And there- 
 fore none ought to engage therein unadvisedly, 
 lightly, or wantonly, but reverently, discreetly, 
 advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God. 
 
 Then, speaking unto the persons that shall be married, he 
 shall say : 
 
 I require and charge you both, as ye will answer 
 i at the dreadful day of judgment, when the secrets of 
 all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you 
 know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully 
 joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it. 
 For be ye well assured, that so many as are coupled 
 together otherwise than God's word doth allow, are 
 not joined together by God, neither is their matri- 
 mony lawful. 
 
 If no impediment be alleged, then shall the Minister say unto 
 the Man : 
 
 M. Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded 
 wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the 
 holy estate of matrimony ? Wilt thou love her, 
 comfort her, honour, and keep her, in sickness and 
 in health, and, forsaking all other, keep thee only 
 unto her, so long as ye both shall live ? 
 
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 The man shall answer, 
 I will. 
 
 Then shall the Minister say unto the woman : 
 N. Wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband, 
 to live together after God's ordinance in the holy 
 estate of matrimony ? Wilt thou love him, comfort 
 him, honour, and keep him, in sickness and in health, 
 and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so 
 long as ye both shall live ? 
 
 The woman shall answer, 
 I Will. 
 
 Then shall the Minister say, 
 Who giveth this woman to be married to this 
 man ? 
 
 Then shall they engage themselves to each other in this manner. 
 
 The Minister, receiving the woman at her father's or friend's 
 hands, shall cause the man with his right hand to take the 
 woman by her right hand, and to say after him as followeth : 
 
 I, M. take thee N. to my wedded wife, to have and 
 to hold, from this day forward, for better for worse, 
 for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to 
 love and to cherish, till death us do part, according 
 to God's holy ordinance, and the laws of this land. 
 
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 Then shall they loose their hands, and the luoman with her right 
 hand taking the man by his right hand, shall likewise say after 
 the Minister : 
 
 I, N. take thee M. to my wedded husband, to have 
 and to hold, from this day forward, for better for 
 worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in 
 health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, 
 according to God's holy ordinance, and the laws of 
 this land. 
 
 Then shall they again loose their hands, and the man shall give 
 unto the woman a ring, laying the same upon the book. And 
 the Minister taking the ring shall deliver it unto the man, to 
 put it upon the fourth finger of the woman's left hand. And 
 the man, holding the ring there, and taught by the Minister, 
 shall say, 
 
 With this ring I thee wed, in the name of God 
 Most High. Amen. 
 
 Then shall they both kneel down, and the Minister shall say, 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 0 eternal God, Creator and Preserver of all man- 
 kind, giver of all spiritual grace, and author of 
 everlasting life ; send thy blessing upon these thy 
 servants, this man and this woman, whom we bless 
 in thy name : that so these persons may stedfastly 
 
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 perform and keep the vow and covenant betwixt 
 them made, and may remain in perfect peace and 
 love together. Amen. 
 
 Then shall the Minister join their right hands together, and say, 
 
 Those whom God hath joined together, let no 
 man put asunder. 
 
 Then shall the Minister speak unto the people : 
 
 Forasmuch as M. and N. have consented together 
 in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same 
 before God and this company, and thereto have 
 engaged and pledged themselves each to the other, 
 and have declared the same by giving and receiving 
 a ring, and by joining hands ; I pronounce that 
 they be man and wife together, in the name of God 
 Most High. Amen. 
 
 Then shall the Minister say, 
 
 Let us pray. 
 Our Father, &c. For thine, &c. Amen. 
 
 Minister. O Lord, save thy servant and thy 
 handmaid ; 
 
 Ansiv. Who put their trust in thee. 
 
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 MATRIMONY. 
 
 Minister. O Lord, send them help from thy holy 
 place ; 
 
 Answ. And evermore defend them. 
 Minister. Be unto them a tower of strength ; 
 Answ. From the face of their enemy. 
 Minister. O Lord, hear our prayer ; 
 Answ. And let our cry come unto thee. 
 
 Minister. 
 
 O merciful God and heavenly Father, bless, we 
 pray thee, these thy servants, and direct them in 
 the way to eternal life ; that whatsoever in thy 
 holy word they shall profitably learn, they may 
 in deed fulfil the same. And if it shall be thy good 
 pleasure to raise unto them a family, grant that 
 they may live so long together in godly love and 
 honesty, that they may see their children christianly 
 and virtuously brought up, and, together with them, 
 may be inheritors of thine everlasting kingdom, 
 which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 Then shall he add this blessing : 
 
 The Lord God Almighty bless, preserve, and keep 
 you ; the Lord mercifully with his favour look upon 
 
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 you ; and fill you with all spiritual benediction and 
 grace, that ye may so live together in this life, that 
 in the world to come ye may have life everlasting. 
 Amen. 
 
 Exhortation to the parties after Marriage. 
 Brethren : 
 
 It will become you to consider seriously the sacred 
 and important engagement into which you have 
 now entered. Marriage was ordained for the con- 
 tinuance of the human kind ; and is the union of 
 one man with one woman for their joint happiness, 
 and for the pious education of children, where God 
 gives them. And by the original appointment of 
 God, confirmed by our Saviour, (Gen. ii. 24. Matt, 
 xix. 4, o, 6.) this union is to be perpetual, to be 
 dissolved only by death. It was intended by the 
 benevolent Parent of mankind to be a source of 
 the purest satisfactions, to soften the unavoidable 
 cares, and increase the innocent pleasures of lite, 
 by affording the opportunity of sharing them with 
 a most intimate friend and partner. By Christians 
 in particular it is to be looked upon as a state of 
 perfect indissoluble friendship, in which you are to 
 carry your regards for each other beyond the grave, 
 
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 that you may so live in virtue and holiness here, 
 that you may live hereafter in that state, where 
 there will be no marrying nor giving in marriage, 
 but you will be as the angels in heaven. 
 
 Study then to correct what is amiss in your re- 
 spective tempers and dispositions, which may disturb 
 your mutual love and peace, and hinder your pro- 
 gressive virtuous improvements. And be severe 
 censors of yourselves : but exact not too much one 
 from the other ; and bear with each other's infir- 
 mities : for there is nothing perfect here below. 
 None are faultless, but all are to endeavour to 
 become such. Cultivate in yourselves, and in each 
 other, the knowledge and practice of virtue and true 
 religion, as the only foundation of present comfort 
 and future hopes. Study the Scriptures, and the 
 precepts and example of Christ, who alone hath the 
 words of eternal life. And be not extravagant in 
 your expectations from the world ; for though it be 
 filled with many innocent joys and pleasures, it is 
 not, nor is intended to be, a place of unmixed pros- 
 perity and enjoyment, but a transitory scene of trial 
 and improvement for a better and more enduring 
 state. 
 
 The other great end of marriage is for the well 
 
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 ordering of families, and right education of children. 
 This is a matter of the highest moment. For 
 families are the nurseries and schools, in which the 
 successive generations of men are to be instructed, 
 and fitted for their different stations and employ- 
 ments in life, to bear their part and burden in it ; to 
 be helpful to others, good citizens, useful magis- 
 trates, faithful husbands, virtuous wives, patterns of 
 all that is excellent and worthy in every relation. 
 Of a number of families united, nations are com- 
 posed ; and of all of them together, the whole com- 
 munity of mankind. And as these little seminaries 
 are well tutored and governed, or neglected, 
 nations, and the world at large, are happy or 
 otherwise. 
 
 Take heed therefore to set an example of piety 
 and virtue yourselves ; and then you may with 
 authority require those that belong to you to follow 
 it. Let the God of heaven be acknowledged and 
 worshipped each day in your families. At least let 
 his name and worship not be forgotten in your 
 house, on that day of sacred leisure of his own 
 appointment when first he made mankind, never 
 since repealed. Keep a strict watch over all that 
 depend upon you ; and suffer no vice to go unre- 
 
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 proved, or to remain in your house persisted in and 
 unamended. For this would be to encourage it, 
 and put a snare before others. By this domestic 
 care, and godly discipline, you may be a blessing to 
 your family, your neighbours, and country : but, 
 which is above all to be valued and sought for, you 
 will be approved by Almighty God, and rank with 
 prophets and apostles in that future world, where, 
 we are told, they that are wise shall shine as the 
 brightness of the firmament, and they that turn 
 many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. 
 Dan. xii. 3. 
 
THE THANKSGIVING 
 
 OF 
 
 WOMEN AFTER CHILD-BIRTH. 
 
 The woman, at the usual time after her delivery, kneeling down, 
 the Minister shall say unto her : 
 
 Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his 
 goodness to give you safe deliverance, and to pre- 
 serve you in the great danger of childbirth ; yon 
 shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God, and 
 say : 
 
 Then shall the Minister say, 
 
 Psalm CXVL 
 I do love the Lord, &c. 
 
 Or, Psalm CXXVIL 
 Except the Lord, &c. 
 
 Then shall the Minister say, 
 
 Let us pray. 
 Our Father, &c. For thine, &c. Amen. 
 
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 CHURCHING OF WOMEN. 
 
 Minister. O Lord, save this woman thy servant ; 
 Answ. Who putteth her trust in thee. 
 Minister. Be thou to her a strong tower ; 
 Ansiv. From the face of her enemy. 
 Minister. Lord, hear our prayer ; 
 Answ. And let our cry come unto thee. 
 
 Minister. Let us pray. 
 
 0 Almighty God, the Father of mercies, the God 
 of all consolation ; we present unto thee our 
 unfeigned thanks, that thou hast vouchsafed to 
 deliver this woman thy servant from the great pain 
 and peril of child-birth. Give her such a due sense, 
 O Lord, of thy kind and gracious dealings with her, 
 that a constant grateful remembrance of thy good- 
 ness may dispose her to a cheerful obedience to thy 
 laws : that she through thy help may both faithfully 
 live, and walk according to thy will in this life 
 present ; and also may be partaker of everlasting 
 glory in the life to come, through Jesus Christ ouf 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
THE ORDER 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 VISITATION OF THE SICK. 
 
 The Minister shall begin with saying, 
 
 Peace be to this house, and to all that dwell in it. 
 
 And he may exhort the sick person after this form, or other like : 
 
 Dearly beloved, know this, that Almighty God is 
 the Lord of life and death, and all things to them 
 pertaining; as youth, strength, health, age, weakness, 
 and sickness. Wherefore, whatsoever your sickness 
 is, know you certainly that it is God's visitation. 
 And for what cause soever this sickness is sent unto 
 you ; (whether it be to try your patience for the 
 example of others, and that your faith may be found 
 in the day of the Lord, laudable, glorious, and 
 honourable, to the increase of glory and endless 
 felicity ; or whether it be sent unto you to correct 
 and amend in you whatsoever doth offend the eyes 
 of your heavenly Father ;) know you certainly, that 
 
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 VISITATION OF THE SICK. 
 
 if you truly repent of your sins, and bear your sick- 
 ness patiently, trusting in God's mercy declared by 
 his son Jesus Christ, and render unto him humble 
 thanks for his fatherly visitation, submitting your- 
 self wholly unto his will, it shall turn to your profit, 
 and help you forward in the way that leadeth unto 
 everlasting life. 
 
 If he think fit, the Minister may proceed in his exhortation. 
 
 Take therefore in good part the chastisement of the 
 Lord : for, (as Saint Paul saith in the twelfth chapter 
 to the Hebrews,) Whom the Lord loveth, he chas- 
 teneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 
 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as 
 with sons : for what son is he whom the father 
 chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, 
 whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and 
 not sons. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our 
 rlesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reve- 
 rence: shall we not much rather be in subjection 
 unto the Father of spirits, and live ? For they verily 
 for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure ; 
 but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of 
 his holiness. These words, good brother, are written 
 in holy scripture for our comfort and instruction ; 
 
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 that we should patiently, and with thanksgiving, 
 bear our heavenly Father's correction, whensoever 
 by any manner of adversity it shall please his 
 gracious goodness to visit us. And there should be 
 no greater comfort to christian persons, than to be 
 made like unto Christ, by suffering patiently adver- 
 sities, troubles, and sicknesses. For he himself 
 went not up to joy, but first he suffered paiu ; he 
 entered not into his glory, before he was crucified. 
 So truly our way to eternal joy is to suffer here with 
 Christ; and our door to enter into eternal life is 
 gladly to die with Christ, that we may rise again 
 from death, and dwell with him in everlasting life. 
 
 Then shall be said the folloiving prayers. 
 
 0 Lord, look down from heaven, behold, visit and 
 relieve this thy servant. Look upon him with the 
 eyes of thy mercy ; give him comfort, and sure 
 confidence in thee ; support him under all the trials 
 of his present sickness ; relieve his pains, if it seem 
 good unto thee ; and keep him in perpetual peace 
 and safety, through thy great mercy in Christ Jesus 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, Maker of mankind, 
 who dost correct those whom thou dost love, and 
 
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 VISITATION OF THE SICK. 
 
 chastise every one whom thou dost receive : we 
 beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant 
 visited with thy hand, and grant that he may take 
 thy visitation patiently ; and fit him, O Lord, for 
 whatever in thy wise and righteous providence thou 
 hast appointed for him : that he may have cause to 
 glorify thy ntime for his present sufferings, and find 
 that thou, O God, of very faithfulness has caused 
 him to be troubled. Hear our prayers, O Lord, and 
 grant our requests, for thy mercies' sake in Christ 
 Jesus our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Hear us, Almighty and most merciful God and 
 Saviour, extend thy accustomed goodness to this 
 thy servant, who is grieved with sickness. Sanctify, 
 we beseech thee, this thy fatherly correction to him; 
 that the sense of his weakness may add strength to 
 his faith, and seriousness to his repentance : that if 
 it shall be thy good pleasure to restore him to his 
 former health, he may lead the residue of his life in 
 thy fear and to thy glory ; or else give him grace 
 (so) to take thy visitation, that, after this painful 
 life ended, he may dwell with thee in life ever- 
 lasting, according to thy gracious promises in 
 Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 
 
VISITATION OF THE SICK. 
 
 87 
 
 A prayer for a sick child. 
 
 O Almighty God, and merciful Father, to whom 
 alone belong the issues of life and death ; look 
 down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, with 
 the eyes of mercy upon this child now lying upon 
 the bed of sickness. Deliver him in thy good 
 appointed time from his bodily pain, and sanctify 
 this thy fatherly chastisement to him; that if it 
 shall be thy pleasure to prolong his days here on 
 earth, he may live to thee, and be an instrument of 
 thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing 
 good in his generation : or else receive him to 
 thyself among those who have fallen asleep in the 
 Lord Jesus, and who shall be raised by thee to end- 
 less life and happiness at the last day. Grant this, 
 O Lord, for thy mercies' sake in Christ Jesus our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 A Prayer for a sick Person, when there appeareth small hope of 
 recovery. 
 
 O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our 
 only help in time of need ; we fly unto thee for 
 succour in behalf of this thy servant, here lying 
 under thy hand in great weakness of body. Look 
 graciously upon him, O Lord ; and the more the 
 
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 and heal all his troubles. Break not the bruised 
 reed, nor quench the smoking flax. Shut not up 
 thy tender mercies in displeasure ; but make him to 
 hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou 
 hast broken may rejoice. Deliver him from all dis- 
 quieting fears, and lift up the light of thy counte- 
 nance upon him, and give him peace, for thy mercies' 
 sake in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen, 
 
 Concluding Prayer. 
 Unto God's gracious mercy and protection we 
 commit thee. O Lord, bless him and keep him. 
 O Lord, make thy face to shine upon him, and be 
 gracious unto him. O Lord, lift up the light of thy 
 countenance upon him, and give him peace both now 
 and for evermore. Amen. 
 
THE ORDER 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 
 
 The Minister, meeting the corpse at the entrance of the church- 
 yard, and going before it either into the church, or towards 
 the grave, shall say : 
 
 I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord : 
 he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet 
 shall he live ; and whosoever liveth, and believeth 
 in me, shall never die. St. John xi. 25, 26. 
 
 I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall 
 stand at the latter day upon the earth : and 
 though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet 
 in my flesh shall I see God ; whom I shall see for 
 myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. 
 Job xix. 25, 26, 27. 
 
 We brought nothing into this world, and it is 
 certain we can carry nothing out : the Lord gave, 
 and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name 
 of the Lord. 1 Tim. 6, 7 ; Job i. 21. 
 
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 VISITATION OF THE SICK. 
 
 and lieal all his troubles. Break not the bruised 
 reed, nor quench the smoking flax. Shut not up 
 thy tender mercies in displeasure ; but make him to 
 hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou 
 hast broken may rejoice. Deliver him from all dis- 
 quieting fears, and lift up the light of thy counte- 
 nance upon him, and give him peace, for thy mercies' 
 sake in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen, 
 
 Concluding Prayer. 
 Unto God's gracious mercy and protection we 
 commit thee. O Lord, bless him and keep him. 
 O Lord, make thy face to shine upon him, and be 
 gracious unto him. O Lord, lift up the light of thy 
 countenance upon him, and give him peace both now 
 and for evermore. Amen. 
 
THE ORDER 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 
 
 The Minister, meeting the corpse at the entrance of the church- 
 yard, and going before it either into the church, or towards 
 the grave, shall say : 
 
 I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord : 
 he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet 
 shall he live ; and whosoever liveth, and believeth 
 in me, shall never die. St. John xi. 25, 26. 
 
 I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall 
 stand at the latter day upon the earth : and 
 though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet 
 in my flesh shall I see God ; whom I shall see for 
 myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. 
 Job xix. 25, 26, 27. 
 
 We brought nothing into this world, and it is 
 certain we can carry nothing out : the Lord gave, 
 and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name 
 of the Lord. 1 Tim. 6, 7 ; Job i. 21. 
 
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 BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 
 
 After they are come into the church, shall he read one or both 
 of the Psalms following. 
 
 (Psalm XXXIX.) 
 
 I sald, I will take heed, &c. 
 
 (Psalm XC.) 
 
 Lord, thou hast been our refuge, &c. 
 
 Then shall follow the Lesson, taken out of the fifteenth chapter 
 of the former Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians. 
 
 (1 Cor. XV. 20.) 
 
 Now is Christ risen from the dead, &c. 
 
 When they come to the grave, while the corpse is made ready to 
 be laid into the earth, the Priest shall say : 
 
 Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time 
 to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and 
 is cut down like a flower : he fleeth as it were a 
 shadow, and never continueth in one stay. 
 
 In the midst of life we are in death : of whom 
 may we seek for succour, but of thee, 0 Lord, who 
 for our sins art justly displeased ? 
 
 Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, 
 O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not 
 into the bitter pains of eternal death. 
 
 Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts : 
 shut not thy merciful ears to our prayers ; but 
 
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 spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, 0 
 holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge 
 eternal, suffer us not at our last hour for any pains 
 of death to fall from thee. 
 
 Then, while the earth shall he cast upon the body by some 
 standing by, the Priest shall say : 
 
 Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his 
 great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our 
 dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his 
 body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, 
 dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resur- 
 rection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus 
 Christ ; who shall change our vile body, that it may 
 be like unto his glorious body, according to the 
 mighty working, whereby he is able to subdue all 
 things to himself. 
 
 Then shall be said : 
 I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, 
 Write, from henceforth blessed are the dead which 
 die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they 
 rest from their labours. 
 
 Then the Priest shall say : 
 
 Lord, have mercy upon us. 
 Answ. Lord, have mercy upon us. 
 Our Father, &c. For thine, &c. Amen. 
 
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 BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 
 
 Priest. 
 
 Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of 
 them that depart hence in the Lord, and with 
 whom the souls of the faithful, after they are 
 delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy 
 and felicity ; we give thee hearty thanks, for that 
 it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out 
 of the miseries of this sinful world : beseeching thee 
 that we, with all those that are departed in the true 
 faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect con- 
 summation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy 
 eternal and everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 The Collect. 
 
 O merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, who is the resurrection and the life ; in 
 whom whosoever believeth shall live, though he 
 die ; and whosoever liveth and believeth in him, 
 shall not die eternally : who also hath taught us, 
 by his holy Apostle Saint Paul, not to be sorry, as 
 men without hope, for them that sleep in him : we 
 meekly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from 
 the death of sin unto the life of righteousness ; that 
 when we shall depart this life, we may rest in him, 
 as our hope is this our brother doth : and that at 
 
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 the general resurrection in the last day, we may 
 be found acceptable in thy sight, and receive that 
 blessing which thy well-beloved Son shall then 
 pronounce to all that love and fear thee, saying, 
 Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive 
 the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning 
 of the world. Grant this, we beseech thee, O mer- 
 ciful Father, through Jesus Christ our Mediator 
 and Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
 of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be 
 with us all evermore. Amen. 
 
FOR M S 
 
 OF 
 
 PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 
 
 The Morning and Evening service, to be used daily at sea, shall 
 be the same which is appointed in the foregoing book of 
 Common Prayer. 
 
 The Collect. 
 
 Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy 
 most gracious favour, and further us with thy con- 
 tinual 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. Amen. 
 
 The following prayer is to be also used in his Majesty's navy 
 every day. 
 
 O Eternal Lord God, who alone spreadest out 
 the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea ; who 
 hast compassed the waters with bounds until day 
 and night come to an end : be pleased to receive 
 into thy almighty and most gracious protection 
 
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 the persons of us thy servants, and the fleet in which 
 we serve. Preserve us from the dangers of the sea, 
 and from the violence of the enemy ; that we may 
 be a safeguard unto our country, and a security for 
 such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions : 
 that the inhabitants of our land may in peace and 
 quietness serve thee our God ; and that we may 
 return in safety to enjoy the blessings of it, with 
 the fruits of our labours, and with a thankful 
 remembrance of thy mercies, to praise and glorify 
 thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 Prayers to be used in Storms at sea. 
 
 0 most powerful and glorious Lord God, at whose 
 command the winds blow, and lift up the waves of 
 the sea, and who stillest the rage thereof ; we thy 
 creatures, but miserable sinners, do in this our great 
 distress, with penitent hearts, cry unto thee for help. 
 Save, Lord, or else we perish. We confess, when 
 we have been safe, and have seen all things quiet 
 about us, we have forgotten thee our God, and re- 
 fused to hearken to the still voice of thy word, and 
 to obey thy commandments. But now we see how 
 terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder ; the 
 
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 great God to be feared above all : and therefore we 
 adore thy divine Majesty, acknowledging thy power, 
 and imploring thy goodness. Help, Lord, and save 
 us, for thy mercies' sake in Jesus Christ thy Son 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Or this. 
 
 O Most glorious and gracious Lord God, who 
 dwellest in heaven, but beholdest all things below ; 
 look down, we beseech thee, and deliver us from 
 the dreadful danger which now threatens us with 
 destruction. Save, Lord, or else we perish. The 
 living, the living shall praise thee. O send thy 
 word of command to rebuke the raging winds, and 
 the roaring sea ; that we, being delivered from this 
 distress, may live to serve thee, and to glorify thy 
 name all the days of our life. Hear, Lord, and save 
 us, of thine infinite mercy and goodness. Amen. 
 
 The prayer to be said before a Fight at sea against any enemy. 
 
 O Most powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord 
 of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things ! 
 Thou sittest in the throne, judging right; and 
 therefore we make our address to thy divine 
 Majesty in this our necessity, that thou wouldest 
 
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 take the cause into thine own hand, and judge 
 between us and our enemies. Stir up thy strength, 
 O Lord, and come and help us ; for thou givest not 
 alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by 
 many or by few. O let not our sins now cry against 
 us for vengeance ; but hear us thy penitent servants, 
 begging mercy, and imploring thy help, and that 
 thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face 
 of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our 
 Saviour and mighty Deliverer. Amen. 
 
 Short prayers for single persons that cannot meet to join in prayer 
 with others, by reason of the Fight or Storm. 
 
 General Prayers. 
 Lord, be merciful to us, pardon our sins, and save 
 us for thy mercies' sake. 
 
 Thou art the great God that hast made and rulest 
 all things : O deliver us for thy name's sake. 
 
 Thou art the great God to be feared above all : 
 O save us, that we may praise thee. 
 
 Special prayers ivith respect to the Enemy. 
 
 Thou, O Lord, art just and powerful : O defend our 
 cause against the face of the enemy. 
 
 0 God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all 
 
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 that fly unto thee : 0 save us from the violence of 
 the enemy. 
 
 O Lord of hosts, fight for us, that we may glorify 
 thee. 
 
 O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our 
 sins, or the violence of the enemy. 
 
 O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy 
 name's sake. 
 
 Collects of Thanksgiving. 
 
 O Most blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of 
 infinite goodness and mercy, we thy poor creatures, 
 whom thou hast made and preserved, holding our 
 souls in life, and now rescuing us out of the jaws of 
 death, humbly present ourselves again before thy 
 divine Majesty, to offer a sacrifice of praise and 
 thanksgiving, for that thou heardest us when we 
 called in our trouble, and didst not cast out our 
 prayer which we made before thee in our great 
 distress. Even when we gave all for lost, our ship, 
 our goods, our lives, then didst thou mercifully look 
 upon us, and wonderfully command a deliverance ; 
 for which we now, being in safety, do give all praise 
 and glory to thy holy name, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
PRAYERS TO BE USED AT SEA. 
 
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 Or this. 
 
 O most mighty and gracious God, thy mercy is 
 over all thy works, but in special manner hath been 
 extended towards us, whom thou hast so powerfully 
 and wonderfully defended. Thou hast shewed us 
 terrible things, and wonders in the deep, that we 
 might see how powerful and gracious a God thou 
 art ; how able and ready to help them that trust in 
 thee. Thou hast shewed us, how both winds and 
 seas obey thy command ; that we may learn even 
 from them, hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do 
 thy will. We therefore bless and glorify thy name 
 for this thy mercy in saving us, when we were 
 ready to perish. And we beseech thee, make us as 
 truly sensible now of thy mercy, as we were then 
 of the danger : and give us hearts always ready to 
 express our thankfulness, not only by words, but 
 also by our lives, in being more obedient to thy 
 holy commandments. Continue, we beseech thee, 
 this thy goodness to us ; that we, whom thou hast 
 preserved, may serve thee in holiness and righte- 
 ousness all the days of our life, according to the 
 Gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
102 
 
 PRAYERS TO BE USED AT SEA. 
 
 A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous 
 Tempest. 
 
 O Come, let us give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is 
 gracious, and his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised : let 
 the redeemed of the Lord say this ; whom he hath 
 delivered from the merciless rage of the sea. 
 
 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; 
 slow to anger, and of great mercy. 
 
 He hath not dealt with us according to our sins ; 
 neither rewarded us according to our iniquities. 
 
 But as the heaven is high above the earth, so 
 great hath been his mercy towards us. 
 
 We found trouble and heaviness ; we were even 
 at death's door. 
 
 The waters of the sea had well nigh covered us ; 
 the proud waters had well nigh gone over our soul. 
 
 The sea roared ; and the stormy wind lifted up 
 the waves thereof. 
 
 We were carried up as it were to heaven, and 
 then down again into the deep : our soul melted 
 within us, because of trouble. 
 
 Then cried we unto thee, O Lord ; and thou 
 didst deliver us out of our distress. 
 
PRAYERS TO BE USED AT SEA. 
 
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 Blessed be thy name, who didst not despise the 
 prayer of thy servants ; but didst hear our cry, and 
 hast saved us. 
 
 Thou didst send forth thy commandment ; and 
 the windy storm ceased, and was turned into a 
 calm. 
 
 O let us therefore praise the Lord for his good- 
 ness ; and declare the wonders that he hath done, 
 and still doeth, for the children of men. 
 
 Praised be the Lord daily ; even the God that 
 helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 
 
 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh 
 salvation : God is the Lord, by whom we have 
 escaped death. 
 
 Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the 
 operation of thy hands ; and we will triumph in 
 thy praise. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord God ; even the Lord God 
 who only doeth wondrous things : 
 
 And blessed be the name of his Majesty for ever ; 
 and let every one of us say, Amen, Amen. 
 
 After Victory or Deliverance from an Enemy. 
 A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Tha?iJ:sgiving after Victory. 
 
 If the Lord had not been on our side, now may we 
 
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 say ; if the Lord himself had not been on our side, 
 when men rose up against us ; 
 
 They had swallowed us up alive, when they were 
 so wrathfully displeased at us. 
 
 Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream 
 had gone over our soul : the deep waters of the 
 proud had gone over our soul. 
 
 But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us 
 over as a prey unto them. 
 
 The Lord hath wrought a mighty salvation for us. 
 
 We gat not this by our own sword, neither was 
 it our own arm that saved us : but thy right hand, 
 and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, 
 because thou hadst a favour unto us. 
 
 The Lord hath appeared for us ; the Lord hath 
 covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day 
 of battle, 
 
 The Lord hath appeared for us, the Lord hath 
 overthrown our enemies, and dashed in pieces those 
 that rose up against us. 
 
 Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but 
 unto thy name be given the glory. 
 
 The Lord hath done great things for us ; the 
 Lord hath done great things for us, for which we 
 rejoice. 
 
PRATERS TO BE USED AT SEA. 
 
 105 
 
 Our help standeth in the name of the Lord, who 
 hath made heaven and earth. 
 
 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time 
 forth for evermore. Amen. 
 
 Then this Collect. 
 
 0 Almighty God, the supreme Governor of the 
 world, in whose hand is power and might, which 
 none is able to withstand ; we bless and magnify 
 thy great and glorious name for this happy victory. 
 And we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this 
 great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of thy 
 gospel, the honour of our country, and, as much as 
 in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And we 
 beseech thee give us such a sense of this great 
 mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness ; 
 such as may appear in our lives, by an humble, holy, 
 and obedient walking before thee all our days, 
 according to the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord : 
 through whom be ascribed unto thee for all thy 
 mercies, and in particular for this victory and deli- 
 verance, all glory, honour and praise, O Father 
 Almighty, world without end. Amen. 
 
 The Lord bless us and keep us ; the Lord make 
 his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us ; 
 
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 the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon 
 us, and give us peace now and for evermore. Numb. 
 vi. 24, 25, 26. 
 
 At the Burial of their Dead at Sea, 
 
 The foregoing office, for the burial of the dead, may 
 be used ; only, instead of these words, [We therefore 
 commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, 
 ashes to ashes, dust to dust,] say, 
 
 We therefore commit his body to the deep, till 
 the sea shall give up the dead that are in it ; in sure 
 and certain hope that there shall be a resurrection 
 to eternal life, of all those who die in the fear and 
 love of God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: who 
 shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto 
 his glorious body, according to the mighty working 
 whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. 
 
COLLECTS, 
 
 TO BE READ AFTER THE THIRD COLLECT, FOR GRACE. 
 
 For Christmas-Day. 
 
 Almighty God, who didst as on this day send thy 
 beloved Son Jesus Christ into the world, accept our 
 unfeigned thanks for this thine unspeakable gift. 
 We rejoice that in the fulness of time he came into 
 the world, made of a woman, made under the law. 
 Grant that we. being regenerate and made thy chil- 
 dren by adoption and favour, may be renewed in the 
 spirit of our minds by the gospel of thy Son. 
 Teach us duly to consider the good purposes for 
 which he appeared among men ; and may we wisely 
 improve the blessings conferred upon us through 
 him : that in the last day, when he shall come again 
 in his glorious majesty, we may rise to life eternal. 
 Amen. 
 
 For Good-Friday. 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, who of thy love to 
 mankind hast sent thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ 
 
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 COLLECTS. 
 
 to suffer death, as on this day, upon the cross, that 
 all mankind may learn of him humility and obedi- 
 ence ; mercifully grant that we may both follow the 
 example of his patience and virtue, and also be made 
 partakers of the blessings of his gospel. And as he 
 died on account of the sins of the world, may we 
 hence learn to die unto sin, that we may live unto 
 Christ, and reign with him in his heavenly kingdom. 
 
 Merciful Father, by whose Spirit the whole body 
 of the Church is governed and sanctified ; receive 
 our supplications and prayers which we offer before 
 thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church, that 
 every member of the same in his vocation and 
 ministry may truly and godly serve thee. 
 
 And, O Thou 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 orders of men, and 
 take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and 
 contempt of thy word, and bring them home to the 
 fold of Christ, that there may be one fold under one 
 shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord : to whom be glory 
 in all his churches, world without end. Amen. 
 
COLLECTS. 
 
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 For Easter-Day. 
 
 Almighty God ; who, through thine only Son Jesus 
 Christ, hast overcome death, and opened to us the 
 gates of everlasting life ; we humbly beseech thee 
 that, as by thy special grace preventing us, thou 
 didst put into our minds good desires ; so, by thy 
 continual help, we may bring the same to good effect. 
 And, as thou hast raised up thy Son Jesus Christ 
 from the dead, to die no more, grant that we, being 
 dead to sin, may be raised with him to newness of 
 life, and with him inhabit the realms of bliss for 
 evermore. Amen. 
 
 For Ascension- Day. 
 
 Grant, we humbly beseech thee, Almighty God, 
 (that) like as we do believe thy only-begotten Son, our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, to have ascended as on this day 
 into the heavens ; so we may also in heart and mind 
 thither ascend, and with him continually dwell, when 
 time shall be no more. Amen. 
 
 For Whit-Sunday. 
 
 O God, who, as at this time, didst teach the hearts 
 of thy faithful people by sending to them the light 
 
110 
 
 COLLECTS. 
 
 of thy Holy Spirit ; grant us by the same Spirit to 
 have a right judgment in all things, and evermore 
 to rejoice in thy aid and comfort, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
PRAYERS 
 
 AND 
 
 THANKSGIVINGS. 
 
 Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several occasions, to be used 
 before the two final prayers of Morning and Evening Prayer. 
 
 For Rain. 
 
 O God, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus 
 Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy king- 
 dom, and the righteousness thereof, all things neces- 
 sary to their bodily sustenance ; send us, we beseech 
 thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and 
 showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth 
 to our comfort, and to thy honour. And grant that 
 we may shew forth our thankfulness to thee by a 
 sincere obedience to thy holy laws, which thou hast 
 taught us by Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For Fair Weather. 
 
 O Almighty Lord God, who for the sin of man 
 didst once drown all the world, except eight persons, 
 
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 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 
 
 and afterward of thy great mercy didst premise 
 never to destroy it so again : we humbly beseech 
 thee, that although we for our iniquities have 
 deserved a plague of rain and waters ; yet, upon 
 our true repentance, thou wilt send us such weather, 
 as that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due 
 season ; and learn by thy punishment to amend our 
 lives, and for thy clemency to give thee praise and 
 glory, now and for ever. Amen. 
 
 In the time of Dearth and Famine. 
 
 O God, heavenly Father, whose gift it is, that the 
 rain doth fall, the earth is fruitful, beasts increase, 
 and fishes do multiply: behold, we beseech thee, 
 the afflictions of thy people: and grant that the 
 scarcity and dearth, which we do now most justly 
 suffer for our iniquity, may, through thy goodness, 
 be mercifully turned into plenty ; that we may be 
 preserved to glorify thy name for this, and for all 
 thy mercies to us, through Christ Jesus our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 In the time of War and Tumults. 
 
 O Almighty God, King of all kings, and Governor 
 of all things, whose power no creature is able to 
 resist, to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners, 
 
OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 
 
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 and to be merciful to them that truly repent ; save 
 and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the 
 hands of our enemies : suffer them not to be thy 
 scourge unto us, but scatter them by thy almighty 
 hand, and defeat all their attempts against us ; that 
 we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved 
 evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art 
 the only giver of all victory. Amen. 
 
 hi the time of any common Plague or Sickness. 
 
 O Almighty God, who in thy just displeasure didst 
 send a plague upon thine own people in the wilder- 
 ness, for their obstinate rebellion against Moses and 
 Aaron ; and also in the time of king David didst 
 slay with the plague of pestilence threescore and 
 ten thousand, and yet, remembering thy mercy, didst 
 save the rest : have pity upon us miserable sinners, 
 who now are visited with great sickness and mor- 
 tality ; that like as thou didst then command the 
 destroying angel to cease from punishing, so it may 
 now please thee, upon our penitent and humble 
 supplication, to withdraw from us this plague and 
 grievous sickness, through thy mercies in Christ 
 Jesus our Lord. Amen. 
 
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114 OCCASIONAL THANKSGIVINGS. 
 
 For Rain. 
 
 O God, our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious 
 providence dost cause the rain to descend upon the 
 earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of 
 man ; we give thee humble thanks, that it hath 
 pleased thee in our great necessity to send us at the 
 last a joyful rain upon thine inheritance, and to 
 refresh it when it was dry, to the great comfort of 
 us thy unworthy servants, and to the glory of thy 
 holy name, through thy great mercies in Christ 
 Jesus our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For fair Weather. 
 
 0 Lord God, who hast justly humbled us by thy 
 late plague of immoderate rain and waters, and in 
 thy mercy hast relieved and comforted our souls by 
 this seasonable and blessed change of weather : we 
 praise and glorify thy holy name for this thy 
 mercy; and will always declare thy loving-kindness 
 from generation to generation. Unto thee be glory 
 through Jesus Christ for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 For Plenty. 
 
 O Most merciful Father, who of thy gracious good- 
 ness hast heard the devout prayers of thy people, 
 
OCCASIONAL THANKSGIVINGS. 
 
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 and turned our dearth and scarcity into plenty and 
 abundance : we give thee humble thanks for this 
 thy special bounty ; beseeching thee to continue thy 
 loving-kindness unto us, that our land may yield us 
 her fruits of increase, to thy glory, and our comfort. 
 Amen. 
 
 For Peace and Deliverance from our Enemies. 
 
 O Almighty God, who art a strong tower of 
 defence unto thy servants against the face of their 
 enemies ; we yield thee praise and thanksgiving for 
 our deliverance from those great and apparent 
 dangers, wherewith we were compassed. We ac- 
 knowledge it thy goodness that we were not deli- 
 vered over as a prey unto them ; beseeching thee 
 still to continue such thy mercies towards us, that 
 all the world may know that thou art our Saviour 
 and mighty Deliverer. Amen. 
 
 For restoring public Peace at Home. 
 
 O Eternal God, our heavenly Father, who alone 
 makest men to be of one mind in an house, and 
 stillest the outrage of a violent and unruly people ; 
 we bless thy holy name, that it hath pleased thee to 
 appease the seditious tumults which have been 
 lately raised up amongst us : most humbly beseech- 
 
116 OCCASIONAL THANKSGIVINGS. 
 
 ing thee to grant to all of us grace, that we may 
 henceforth obediently walk in thy holy command- 
 ments ; and, leading a quiet and peaceable life in all 
 godliness and honesty, may continually offer unto 
 thee our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for 
 these and all other thy mercies towards us, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 
 
 For deliverance from the Plague, or other common Sickness: 
 
 O Lord God, against whom we have greatly sinned, 
 and who mightest justly have consumed us by thy 
 late heavy and dreadful visitation ; and now in the 
 midst of judgment remembering mercy, hast re- 
 deemed us from the brink of destruction : we offer 
 unto thy fatherly goodness ourselves, our souls and 
 bodies, which thou hast delivered, to be a living 
 sacrifice unto thee ; always praising and magnify- 
 ing thy mercies in the congregation of thy people, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
MORNING PRAYER 
 
 FOR A. 
 
 FAMILY. 
 
 O God, our Creator and heavenly Father, the giver 
 of all good, upon whom we depend now and for 
 ever : 
 
 Under an awful sense of thy constant presence 
 with us, we thy creatures and thy servants are 
 assembled together, to thank thee for thy common 
 blessings and undeserved goodness to us, and par- 
 ticularly to acknowledge the watchful care of thy 
 good providence, by which we have been preserved 
 during the defenceless hours of the night, and 
 brought in health and safety to the light of another 
 day. 
 
 Thy mercies, O God, are renewed unto us every 
 morning. Let our gratitude and dutiful obedience 
 to thy holy laws bear some proportion to thy 
 favours, that we may be a family fearing thee and 
 
118 
 
 MORNING PRAYER. 
 
 glorifying thy name among men, by our virtuous 
 and godly behaviour. 
 
 We desire to set thee our God before us in all 
 our ways, that thy blessing may go along with us 
 in our several employments, and that we may never 
 undertake any thing that we dare not beg of thee 
 to prosper. 
 
 If it be consistent with thy wise and good 
 designs for us, we pray that we may be preserved 
 from all dangers and sad accidents, and continued 
 in health. But as we know not what is best for us, 
 we would therefore refer our outward estate wholly 
 to thee, and be solicitous only to be kept from the 
 ways of sin, and to be carried forward in the paths 
 of virtue and holiness which lead to thee and thy 
 favour. 
 
 Make us sincere in heart, and uncorrupt before 
 thee, and just and upright in all our dealings with 
 our fellow -creatures ; and dispose us to acts of 
 kindness towards them, to share in their disfresses 
 and relieve them, and to rejoice in and embrace all 
 opportunities of doing them good, especially of pro- 
 moting their eternal happiness. 
 
 Assist us also in the just government and sub- 
 jection of our inferior appetites and passions to the 
 
MORNING PRAYER. 
 
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 laws of reason and true religion, and make us 
 moderate in the use of lawful things, that we may 
 be kept at the greatest distance from what is 
 unlawful and sinful. 
 
 It hath pleased thee, the sovereign Disposer of 
 all things, to appoint the different orders and ranks 
 of men for wise purposes of public good. Enable 
 us all to be useful in our several stations and capa- 
 cities, and to discharge our duty towards each other 
 with diligence and fidelity ; not with eye-service, 
 but fearing thee, O God, who seest in secret, and 
 wilt reward thy servants in the future world, 
 where greater piety and virtue will make the only 
 difference in the rank of thy creatures one from the 
 other. 
 
 These our humble requests we offer unto thee, O 
 Father supreme, as the disciples of thy Son, Jesus 
 Christ our Lord ; whose holy example we ardently 
 desire to follow, and in whose perfect form of words 
 we conclude these our prayers for ourselves and 
 others. 
 
 Our Father, &c. For thine, &c. Amen. 
 
EVENING PRAYE R 
 
 FOR A 
 
 FAMILY. 
 
 O Eternal, ever-blessed Lord God, our constant 
 preserver and benefactor, by whose goodness we 
 are brought to the close of another day ; we thank 
 thee for this and all thy mercies. 
 
 It is thy gracious design, O God, in lengthening 
 our days, to give us space for repentance, and for 
 improvement in every thing holy and good, that we 
 may be fitted for perfect and durable happiness 
 with thee. 
 
 If we have this day overcome temptations to evil, 
 if we have in any respect obeyed thy holy will, and 
 done good in the world, unto thee be the praise. 
 But we take shame to ourselves that we have 
 hitherto profited so little by thy forbearance and 
 continuance of us in life. With unfeigned sorrow 
 we confess our sins before thee, seeking forgiveness 
 
EVENING PRAYER. 121 
 
 at thy hands. And we thank thee, O Father of 
 mercies, for the assurance of thy free pardon and 
 acceptance, upon forsaking our sins, which thou 
 hast afforded us by our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Help us to correct and amend whatever has been 
 amiss in our conduct and dispositions ; and preserve 
 us from falling into any former sins, of all which we 
 now sincerely repent before thee, that we may grow 
 wiser and better by our past miscarriages. And 
 for this end, let the example of Jesus, thy holy and 
 beloved Son, and our Lord and Master, be always 
 before us, that we may follow him in his piety, 
 integrity, purity, meekness, humility, and zeal for 
 the good of others, and be approved by thee, at the 
 last, as his true disciples ; that when he, who is our 
 life, shall appear again at the end of the world, we 
 also may appear with him in glory. 
 
 With a sincere desire for the happiness of our 
 fellow-creatures, we offer up our prayers for them 
 unto thee, who art the common Father of all. Con- 
 tinue the care of thy good providence over the 
 nations that unhappily know not thee ; and raise up 
 chosen instruments to carry amongst them the 
 knowledge of thee the only true God, and of Jesus 
 Christ the messenger of thy truth to men. 
 
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 EVENING PRAYER. 
 
 Reform the sad errors of the Christian world ; 
 grant that tie worship of thee, 0 Father, in spirit 
 and truth, established by thy Son Jesus Christ, may 
 everywhere be restored ; that thy moral laws may 
 not be rendered ineffectual by human devices, and 
 false notions of religion set up instead of them ; nor 
 the progress of thy holy gospel be stopped and 
 hindered by the wicked lives and scandalous beha- 
 viour of those who profess it. Put an end to all 
 usurpation of thy authority, and imposition upon 
 the consciences of men. Let all animosities cease 
 among Christians for diversities of opinion ; and 
 unite all in sincere obedience to thy laws, and in 
 good-will and kindness one to another. 
 
 Bless our Sovereign the King, and all that are in 
 authority under him ; that they may be wise and 
 faithful to promote the public happiness, and that 
 the people may lead quiet and peaceable lives in all 
 godliness and honesty. Visit and relieve all that 
 are in misery and under affliction ; and assist all 
 thy creatures in their several trials to which thou 
 exposest them in this uncertain world, that they 
 may be sanctified by them, and qualified for higher 
 degrees of happines with thee. 
 
 Extend thy goodness particularly to our relations 
 
EVENING PRAYER. 
 
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 and friends ; enable them to withstand the tempta- 
 tions of the world, and lead them on in the ways of 
 virtue and holiness unto everlasting life. 
 
 And now, O Lord, we recommend ourselves and 
 all that belong to us, unto thy care and protection 
 this night. Defend us from all dangers and distress- 
 ful accidents, and give us quiet and refreshing sleep, 
 which may fit us for the duties of the following day. 
 And make us ever mindful of that time which is 
 hastening upon us, when we shall make our bed in 
 the grave ; that we may never live in such a state 
 in which we may fear to die. Hear and accept us, 
 O God, as the disciples of thy Son Jesus Christ ; 
 who hath taught us to address ourselves unto thee 
 our Father alone, and in whose comprehensive 
 prayer we sum up all our wants. 
 
 Our Father, &c. For thine, &c. Amen. 
 
 finis. 
 
PSALMS 
 
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 COLLECTED 
 FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS. 
 
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 M D C C X C 1. 
 
PSALMS 
 
 FOR 
 
 PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 PSALM I. (S.M.) 
 The Church is the honour and safety of a Nation. 
 Great is the Lord our God. 
 
 PSALM II. (L.M.) 
 Delight in the Worship of God. 
 Great God ! attend, while Zion sings. 
 
 PSALM III. (L. M.) 
 All nations called upon to praise God the Creator. 
 A plain translation of Psalm C. 
 Ye nations round the earth, rejoice. 
 
 PSALM IV. (L.M.) 
 A Paraphrase of the same. 
 Before Jehovah's awful throne. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM V. (C. M.) 
 The Vanity of Man as mortal. 
 Teach me the measure of my days. 
 
 PSALM VI. (L. M.) 
 A Psalm for the Lord's Day. 
 Sweet is the work, my God, my King. 
 
 PSALM VII. (CM.) 
 Breathing after Holiness. 
 O that the Lord would guide my ways. 
 
 PSALM VIII. (CM.) 
 A Church Established. 
 Arise, O King of grace, arise. 
 
 PSALM IX. (L. M.) 
 Safety in public Diseases and Dangers. 
 He that hath made his refuge God. 
 
 PSALM X. (CM.) 
 Breathing after Heaven. 
 Return, O God of love, return. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
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 PSALM XI. (S. If.) 
 The Frailty and Shortness of Life. 
 Alas, the brittle clay. 
 
 PSALM XII. (L. M.) 
 The Divine Perfections. 
 Great God ! thy glories shall employ. 
 
 PSALM XIII. (CM.) 
 The Immutability of God. 
 Through endless years thou art the same. 
 
 PSALM XIV. (L. M.) 
 God Incomprehensible. 
 Can creatures, to perfection, find ? 
 
 PSALM XV. (L. M.) 
 The All-Seeing God. 
 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen us through. 
 Pause L 
 
 Could we so false, so faithless prove ? 
 Pause II. 
 The veil of night is no dis£ui.>c\ 
 
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PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM XVI. (L.M.) 
 To God the Creator. 
 Great First of beings ! mighty Lord. 
 
 PSALM XVII. (C. M.) 
 To God the Creator of Mankind. 
 God of our lives, whose bounteous care. 
 
 PSALM XVIII. (CM.) 
 The Goodness of God. 
 Sweet is the mera'ry of thy grace. 
 
 PSALM XIX. (L.M.) 
 The daily Goodness of God. 
 Great God ! how endless is thy love ! 
 
 PSALM XX. (L. M.) 
 The Goodness of God unchangeable. 
 Eternal source of ev'ryjoy. 
 
 PSALM XXI. (CM.) 
 The Eternal Dominion of God. 
 Great God ! how infinite art thou ! 
 
PSALMS. 
 PSALM XXII. (S. M.) 
 God's Universal Dominion. 
 The Lord, the sovereign King. 
 
 PSALM XXIII. (L. M.) 
 The Goodness and Mercy of God. 
 Bless, O our souls, the living God ! 
 
 PSALM XXIV. (S. M.) 
 The same. 
 O bless the Lord, our souls ! 
 
 PSALM XXV. (S. M.) 
 Divine Mercy. 
 Great God, we sing thy praise. 
 
 PSALM XXVI. (C. M.) 
 God kind and merciful. 
 Let ev ry tongue thy goodness speak. 
 
 PSALM XXVII. (C. M.) 
 The Compassion of God. 
 O thou, the wretched's sure retreat. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM XXVIII. (C. ML) 
 The Wisdom of God hi his Works. 
 Songs of immortal praise belong. 
 
 PSALM XXIX. (P. C.) 
 The same. 
 
 Great God, the heav'n's well-order'd frame. 
 
 PSALM XXX. (L. M.) 
 Divine Providence. 
 Through all the various shifting scene. 
 
 PSALM XXXI. (L. M.) 
 The Perfections and Providence of God. 
 High in the heavens, eternal God. 
 
 PSALM XXXII. (C. M.) 
 The same. 
 
 Thy mercies, Lord, beyond the rounds. 
 
 PSALM XXXIII. (L. M.) 
 Confidence in the Divine Protection. 
 The Lord my pasture shall prepare. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM. XXXIV. (L. M.) 
 Dependence on Providence. 
 Ox thee, O God ! we still depend. 
 
 PSALM XXXV. (C. M.) 
 To God our Preserver. 
 Great God ! to thee our grateful tongues. 
 
 PSALM XXXVI. (P.M.) 
 God our Father and our Friend. 
 The Lord Jehovah reigns. 
 
 PSALM XXXVII. (C. M.) 
 The Faithfulness of God. 
 Our never-ceasing songs shall show. 
 
 PSALM XXXVIII. (C. M.) 
 Praise to God. 
 Great is the Lord ; his works of might. 
 
 PSALM XXXIX. (C. M.) 
 Praise to the great and good God. 
 Long as we live, we'll bless thy name. 
 
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 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM XL. (L. If.) 
 Universal Praise to God. 
 My God, my King, thy various praise. 
 
 PSALM XLI. (P. M.) 
 Praise to God for his Works. 
 Give thanks to God most high. 
 
 PSALM XLIL (L. M.) 
 Praise for Protection, Grace, and Truth. 
 My God, in whom are all the springs. 
 
 PSALM XLIII. (C. M.) 
 Praise for God s Providential Care. 
 Loed, how thy wonders are display'd ! 
 
 PSALM XL IV. (L. M.) 
 Praise to God for his universal Care and Goodness. 
 Vast are thy works, Almighty Lord ! 
 
 PSALM XLV. (CM.) 
 Gratitude to God. 
 When all thy mercies, O my God. 
 Pause. 
 
 When worn with sickness, oft hast thou. 
 
PS ALMS. 
 PSALM XLVI. (L. M.) 
 Divine Protection. 
 Up to the hills I lift mine eyes. 
 
 PSALM XLVIL 
 Thanks to God our Preserver. 
 Upward we lift our eyes. 
 
 PSALM XLVIII. (P.T.) 
 Praise to God in Prosperity and Adversity. 
 Praise to God, immortal praise. 
 
 PSALM XLIX. (S.M.) 
 The Books of Nature and Scripture. 
 Behold the lofty sky. 
 
 PSALM L. (S.M.) 
 God's Word most excellent. 
 Behold the morning sun. 
 
 PSALM LI. (L. M.) 
 The Glory and Success of the Gospel. 
 The heavens declare thy glory, Lord. 
 
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 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM LII. (C. M.) 
 For the Lords-Day Morning. 
 Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear. 
 
 PSALM Lilt (S.M.) 
 A Psalm before Sermon. 
 Come, sound his praise abroad. 
 
 PSALM LIV. (L.M.) 
 A Warning to Sinners. 
 Come, let our voices join to raise. 
 
 PSALM LV. (C. M.) 
 The Blessedness of Saints. 
 Blest are the undefil'd in heart. 
 
 PSALM LVI. (CM.) 
 Confessions of Sincerity, Repentance, and Obedience. 
 Thou art my portion, gracious God. 
 
 PSALM LVII. (CM ) 
 Instruction from Scripture. 
 How shall the young secure their hearts ? 
 
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 PSALM LVIII. (C. M.) 
 Delight in Scripture. 
 O, how I love thy holy law ! 
 
 PSALM LIX. (CM.) 
 Imperfection of Nature, and Perfection of Scripture. 
 Let all the heathen writers join. 
 
 PSALM LX. (C. M.) 
 Desire of Knowledge. 
 Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord. 
 
 PSALM LXL (C. M.) 
 Benefit of afflictions. 
 Lord, I have found 'tis good for me. 
 
 PSALM LXII. (C. M.) 
 Holy Resolutions. 
 O that thy statutes ev'ry hour ! 
 
 PSALM LXIII. (C. M.) 
 For Divine Assistance. 
 My soul lies cleaving to the dust. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM LXIV. (L. M.) 
 Sanctified Afflictions. 
 Father, I bless thy gentle hand. 
 
 PSALM LXV. (C. M.) 
 Trust in God under Trouble. 
 O God, the cov'nant of thy lore. 
 
 PSALM LXVI. (C. M,) 
 Man frail, and God eternal. 
 O God, our help in ages past. 
 
 PSALM LXVIL (CM.) 
 The Frailty and Importance of Human 
 Thee we adore, eternal Name. 
 
 PSALM LXVIII. (L. M.) 
 The Wisdom of redeeming Time. 
 God of eternity, from thee. 
 
 PSALM LXIX. (C. M.) 
 Confidence in God our Father. 
 O God, on thee we all depend. 
 
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 PSALM LXX. (P. MO 
 The Excellency of the Scriptures. 
 We love the volumes of thy word. 
 
 PSALM LXXI. (C. M.) 
 Hope of Heaven by the Resurrection of Christ. 
 Blessd be the everlasting God. 
 
 PSALM LXXII. (S. M.) 
 Christ's Death and Rising again foretold. 
 (Compare Ps. ii. Acts iv. 24.) 
 Maker and Sov'reign Lord. 
 
 PSALM LXXIII. (C. M.) 
 Acceptable Worship. 
 God is a Spirit, just and wise. 
 
 PSALM LXXIV. (L. M.) 
 The Pleasure of Public JVorship. 
 How pleasant, how divinely fair ! 
 
 PSALM LXXV. (L. M.) 
 Inward Devotion. 
 Great God, permit us not to be. 
 
140 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM LXXVI. (L.M.) 
 The Eternal Sabbath. 
 God of the Sabbath, hear our vows. 
 
 PSALM LXXVIL (L. M.) 
 A Morning Hymn. 
 God of the morning, at whose voice. 
 
 PSALM LXXVIII. (L. M.) 
 An Evening Hymn. 
 Thus far the Lord has led us on. 
 
 PSALM LXXIX. (C. M.) 
 An Evening Psalm, 
 Lord, thou wilt hear us when we pray. 
 
 PSALM LXXX. (L. M.) 
 Brotherly Love. 
 O God, our Father and our King. 
 
 PSALM LXXXI. (C. M.) 
 The Advantages of seeking the Knowledge of God. 
 Shine forth, eternal source of light. , 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM LXXXII. (C. M.) 
 Christian Benevolence. 
 Father of mercies, send thy grace. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIII. (CM.) 
 The Divine Investigation implored. 
 Searcher of hearts, before thy face. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIV. (CM.) 
 The Blessings of Civil Government. 
 Eternal Sov'reign of the sky. 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. (CM.) 
 For a Fast- Day in Public Calamity. 
 When Abra'm, full of sacred awe. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVI. (L. M.) 
 For a New Year. 
 Great God, we sing that mighty hand. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVII. (L.M.) 
 Praise from the Heavenly Bodies. 
 The spacious firmament on high. 
 
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 PSALM LXXXVI1I. (L.M.) 
 The God of Grace, 
 God, who in various methods told. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX. (C. M.) 
 A Song of Praise. 
 In God's own house pronounce his praise. 
 
 PSALM XC. (S. M.) 
 Seeking God. 
 My God, permit my tongue. 
 
 PSALM XCI. (L. M.) 
 Grace and Glory. 
 Th' Almighty reigns, exalted high. 
 
 PSALM XCII. (CM.) 
 Christ's Coming and Office foretold. 
 Hark, the glad sound, the Saviour comes ! 
 
 PSALM XCIII. (C. M.) 
 Christ's Kingdom. 
 Hear what the Lord of glory said. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
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 PSALM XCIV. (C. M.) 
 The Divine blessing implored. 
 Father of all, to thee we come. 
 
 PSALM XCV. (L.M.) 
 The Wise Choise. 
 Beset with snares on either hand. 
 
 PSALM XCVI. (S.M.) 
 The Improvement of the Present Moment. 
 To-morrow, Lord, is thine. 
 
 PSALM XCVI I. (L.M.) 
 The Wonders of the Divine Goodness. 
 Give to our God immortal praise. 
 
 PSALM XCVIII. 
 The same. 
 Lord of the worlds above. 
 
 PSALM XCIX. (L.M.) 
 The Sinner s Portion, and the Christian's Hope. 
 The sinner's portion lies below. 
 
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 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM C. (C. M.) 
 God our Portion, here and hereafter. 
 God ! my supporter and my hope. 
 
 PSALM CL (L.M.) 
 God a lasting Refuge. 
 Thou, Lord, through every changing scene. 
 
 PSALM CIL (L.M.) 
 Storm and Thunder. 
 Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame. 
 
 PSALM MIL (S. M.) 
 Forgiveness of Sins upon Confession. 
 O, Blessed souls are they. 
 
 PSALM CIV. (C. M.) 
 Works of Creation and Providence. 
 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CV. (P.M.) 
 The same. 
 Ye holy souls, in God rejoice. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
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 PSALM CVJ. (S.M.) 
 Practical Atheism exposed. 
 When man grows bold in sin. 
 
 PSALM CVII. (C, M.) 
 The Way and End of the Righteous. 
 My God, the steps of pious men. 
 
 PSALM CVIII. (L.M.) 
 The Church's Safety and Triumph among National 
 Desolations. 
 God is the refuge of his saints. 
 
 PSALM C IX. (S.M.) 
 Gospel Worship and Order. 
 Far as thy name is known. 
 
 PSALM CX. (L.M.) 
 A Penitent pleading for Pardon. 
 Shew pity, Lord ; O Lord, forgive. 
 
 PSALM CXI. (L. M.) 
 Divine Providence. 
 At God's command, the morning ray. 
 
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 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM CXII. (C. M.) 
 Reverential Worship. 
 With rev'rence let the saints appear. 
 
 PSALM CXIII. (P.M.) 
 Life, Death, and the Resurrection. 
 Think, mighty God, on feeble man. 
 
 PSALM CXIV. (P.M.) 
 The same. 
 
 The Lord of glory reigns ; he reigns on high. 
 
 PSALM CXV. (P. M.) 
 Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth. 
 I'll praise my Maker with my breath. 
 
 PSALM CXVI. (C. M.) 
 The Difference between the Righteous and the Wiched. 
 The man, in life wherever placed. 
 
 PSALM CXVII. (C. M.) 
 God, the Governor of the World. 
 O thou, to whom all creatures bow. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
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 PSALM CXVIII. (C. M.) 
 God, the Object of Praise. 
 To celebrate thy praise, O Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXIX. (CM.) 
 The Righteous Man. 
 Lord, who's the happy man, that may ? 
 
 PSALM CXX. (L. M.) 
 The Righteousness of God. 
 Thou suit'st, O Lord, thy righteous ways. 
 
 PSALM CXXI. (C. M.) 
 The Glory of God discovered in his Works. 
 The heavens declare thy glory, Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXXII. (C. M.) 
 The Word of God, the Rule of Life. 
 God's perfect law converts the soul. 
 
 PSALM CXXII I. (C. M.) 
 Heaven the Habitation of God. 
 This spacious earth is all the Lord's. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM CXXIV. (C. M. i 
 God } the Conqueror. 
 Erect your heads, eternal gates. 
 
 PSALM CXXV. (S. M.) 
 A Prayer for Pardon. 
 To God, in whom I trust. 
 
 PSALM CXXVI. (C. M.) 
 Inward Purity. 
 I 'll wash my hands in innocence. 
 
 PSALM CXXVIL (C. M.) 
 God the Creator. 
 Let all the just to God with joy. 
 
 PSALM CXXVI1I. (CM.) 
 Trust in God's Providence. 
 Through all the changing scenes of life. 
 
 PSALM CXXIX. (P. M.) 
 God, the Refuge of his Saints. 
 God is our refuge in distress. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
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 PSALM CXXX. (P. M.) 
 Universal Praise. 
 Praise the Lord who reigns above. 
 
 PSALM CXXXI. (C, M.) 
 Song of Praise. 
 Let all the land with shouts of joy. 
 
 Pause. 
 
 O All ye nations, bless the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXXXII. (S. M.) 
 
 Universal Praise. 
 To bless thy chosen race. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIII. (CM.) 
 The Pleasures of Divine Worship. 
 How good and pleasant must it be ! 
 
 PSALM CXXXIV. (L. M.) 
 The Praise of God in his House. 
 O Come, loud anthems let us sing. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. (P. M.) 
 Praise from all Nations. 
 Sing to the Lord a new-made song. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVL (C. M.) 
 Heaven the Habitation of God. 
 Jehovah reigns, let therefore all. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVII. (CM.) 
 Rehearsing God's Deeds. 
 O Render thanks, and bless the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVIIL (CM.) 
 The Happiness of a Virtuous Course. 
 O Render thanks to God above. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIX. (CM.) 
 The past Mercy of God an Encouragement 
 Prayer. 
 
 O God, my heart is fully bent. 
 
 PSALM CXL. (L. M.) 
 The Prosperity of the Just Man. 
 That man is blest who stands in awe. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM CXLI. (P. M.) 
 
 The Majesty and Condescension of God. 
 Ye saints and servants of the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXLII. (C. M.) 
 Public Thanks for Deliverances. 
 What shall I render to my God ? 
 
 PSALM CXLIII. (C. M.) 
 A Psalm for the Lord's Day. 
 Then open wide the temple gates. 
 
 |PSALM CXLIV. (CM.) 
 Obedience to God's Commandments. 
 How bless'd are they who always keep 
 
 PSALM CXLV. (CM.) 
 The Value of God's Word. 
 Safe in my heart, and closely hid. 
 
 PSALM CXLVI. (CM.) 
 Religious Instruction. 
 Instruct me in thy statutes, Lord. 
 
152 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM CXLVII. 
 Death and Resurrection of Christ. 
 He dies, the Friend of sinners dies. 
 
 PSALM CXLVIII. (C. M.) 
 Praise to God in his House. 
 0 praise the Lord with one consent. 
 
 PSALM CXLIX. (P. M.) 
 God the Governor of the World. 
 To God the mighty Lord. 
 
 PSALM CL. (CM.) 
 The Greatness and Goodness of God. 
 Thee I'll extol, my God and King. 
 
 PSALM CLI. (CM.) 
 God, the Hearer of Prayer. 
 The Lord does them support that fall. 
 
 PSALM CLII. (P.M.) 
 All Nature called upon to praise God. 
 Ye boundless realms of joy. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM CLIII. (L. M.) 
 The same. 
 From all that dwell below the skies. 
 
 PSALM CLIV. (S.M.) 
 The Birth of Christ. 
 Behold, the grace appears. 
 
 PSALM CLV. 
 Chrisfs Resurrection and Ascension. 
 Shout, ye saints, in rapt'rous song. 
 
 PSALM CLVL (C. M.) 
 A Prayer for Pardon. 
 O Thou unknown, almighty cause. 
 
 PSALM CLVII. (C. M.) 
 Humility and Submission. 
 Is there ambition in my heart ? 
 
 PSALM CLVIIL (C. M.) 
 The Seasons of the Year. 
 With songs and honours sounding loud. 
 
 N 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM CLIX. (P. M.) 
 Praise to God from all Creatures. 
 Ye tribes of Adam, join. 
 
 PSALM CLX. (L. M.) 
 Universal Praise to God. 
 The Lord, how absolute he reigns ! 
 
 PSALM CLXI. (L. M.) 
 The Christian Race. 
 Awake, our souls ; away, our fears. 
 
 PSALM CLX II. (C. M.) 
 God's Eternity. 
 Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the ground. 
 
 PSALM CLXIII. (S. M.) 
 Heavenly Joy on Earth. 
 Come, we that love the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CLXIV. (L.M.) 
 The Pleasures of a Good Conscience. 
 Lord, how secure and bless'd are they ! 
 
PSALMS. 
 
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 PSALM CLXV. (C. M.) 
 The Shortness of Life, and the Goodness of God. 
 Time ! what an empty vapour 'tis ! 
 
 PSALM CLXVI. (L. M.) 
 The Promises of God our Security. 
 Praise, everlasting praise, be paid. 
 
 PSALM CLXVII. (L. M.) 
 The Example of Christ. 
 I read my duty in the word. 
 
 PSALM CLXVIII. (C. M.) 
 The Hope of Heaven our support under Trials 
 on Earth. 
 When I can read my title clear. 
 
 PSALM CLXIX. (P. M.) 
 Thanks to God at the close of Public Worship for 
 the Gospel, and Prayer for the due improve- 
 ment of it. 
 
 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM CLXX. (L.M.) 
 God exalted above all Praise. 
 Eternal pow'r whose high abode. 
 
A TABLE 
 
 TO 
 
 FIND OUT ANY PSALM BY THE FIRST 
 LINE OF IT. 
 
 A 
 
 Page 
 
 Alas, the brittle clay .. .. .. 129 
 
 Arise, O King of grace, arise . . . . . . 128 
 
 At God's command, the morning ray . . . . 145 
 
 Awake, our souls ; away, our fears . . . . 154 
 
 B 
 
 Before Jehovah's awful throne . . . . . . 127 
 
 Behold, the grace appears . . . . . . 153 
 
 Behold the lofty sky .. .. ..135 
 
 Behold the morning sun .. .. .. 135 
 
 Beset with snares on either hand . . . . 143 
 
 Bless, O our souls, the living God . . . . 131 
 
 Bless'd be the everlasting God . . . . . . 139 
 
 Blest are the undefil'd in heart .. .. 13(i 
 
 C 
 
 Can creatures to perfection find . . . . 129 
 
 Come, let our voices join to raise . . . . 136 
 
158 INDEX. 
 
 Page 
 
 Come, sound his praise abroad . . . . . . 136 
 
 Come, we that love the Lord . . . . . . 154 
 
 E 
 
 Erect your heads, eternal gates . . . . 148 
 
 Eternal pow'r, whose high abode .. .. 156 
 
 Eternal source of ev'ry joy .. .. ..130 
 
 Eternal Sov'reign of the sky . . . . . . 141 
 
 F 
 
 Far as thy name is known . . . . . . 145 
 
 Father, I bless thy gentle hand . . . . 138 
 
 Father of all, to thee we come . . . . . . 143 
 
 Father of mercies, send thy grace . . . . 141 
 
 From all that dwell below the skies . . . . 153 
 
 G 
 
 Give thanks to God most high . . ..134 
 
 Give to our God immortal praise . . . . 143 
 
 Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame . . . . 144 
 
 God is a Spirit, just and wise . . . . . . 139 
 
 God is our refuge in distress . . . . 148 
 
 God is the refuge of his saints . . . . . . 145 
 
 God, my supporter and my hope . . . . 144 
 
 God of eternity, from thee .. .. ..138 
 
 God of our lives, whose bounteous care .. .. 130 
 
 God of the morning, at whose voice . . . . 140 
 
INDEX. 159 
 
 Pasre 
 
 God of the Sabbath, hear our vows . . . . 140 
 
 God's perfect law converts the soul . . . . 147 
 
 God, who in various methods told . . . . 142 
 
 Great First of beings, mighty Lord . . . . 1 30 
 
 Great God, attend, while Zion sings . . . . 127 
 
 Great God, how endless is thy love . . . . 130 
 
 Great God, how infinite art thou . . . . 130 
 
 Great God, permit us not to be .. .. 139 
 
 Great God, the heav'n's well-order'd frame . . 132 
 
 Great God, thy glories shall employ .. ..129 
 
 Great God, to thee our grateful tongues . . . . 132 
 
 Great God, we sing that mighty hand . . . . 141 
 
 Great God, we sing thy praise . . .. ..131 
 
 Great is the Lord ; his works of might .. ..133 
 
 Great is the Lord our God . . . . . . 127 
 
 H 
 
 Hark ! the glad sound, the Saviour comes . . . . 142 
 
 Hear what the Lord of glory said .. ..142 
 
 He dies, the Friend of sinners dies . . . . 152 
 
 He that hath made his refuge God . . . . 128 
 
 High in the heav'ns, eternal God . . . . 132 
 
 How bless'd are they who always keep . . . . 151 
 
 How good and pleasant must it be .. ..149 
 
 How pleasant, how divinely fair . . . . 139 
 
 How shall the young secure their hearts .. .. 136 
 
160 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 I 
 
 Page 
 
 I'll praise my Maker with my breath . . . . 146 
 
 I'll wash my hands in innocence . . . . 148 
 
 In God's own house pronounce his praise . . . . 142 
 
 Instruct me in thy statutes, Lord . . . . 151 
 
 I read my duty in the word . . . . . . 155 
 
 Is there ambition in my heart. . . . . . 153 
 
 J 
 
 Jehovah reigns, let therefore all . . . . 150 
 L 
 
 Let all the heathen writers join .. .. 137 
 
 Let all the just to God with joy . . . . 148 
 
 Let all the land with shouts of joy . . . . 149 
 
 Let ev'ry tongue thy goodness speak . . . . 131 
 
 Long as we live, we'll bless thy name . . . . 133 
 
 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing . . . . 155 
 
 Lord, how secure and bless'd are they . . . . 154 
 
 Lord, how thy wonders are display'd . . . . 134 
 
 Lord, I have found 'tis good for me . . . . 137 
 
 Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear . . . . 136 
 
 Lord of the worlds above . . . . . . 143 
 
 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen us through . . 129 
 
 Lord, thou wilt hear us when we pray . . . . 140 
 
 Lord, who's the happy man, that may . . . . 147 
 
INDEX. 161 
 M 
 
 Page 
 
 Maker and Sov'reign Lord .. .. ..139 
 
 My God, in whom are all the springs . . . . 134 
 
 My God, my King, thy various praise . . . . 134 
 
 My God, permit my tongue .. I ..142 
 
 My God, the steps of pious men . . . . 145 
 
 My soul lies cleaving to the dust . . . . 137 
 
 O 
 
 O bless the Lord, our souls . . . . . . 131 
 
 O blessed souls are they . . . . . . 144 
 
 O come, loud anthems let us sing . . . . 149 
 
 O God, my heart is fully bent . . . . 150 
 
 O God, on thee we ail depend . . . . 138 
 
 O God, our Father, and our King . . . . 140 
 
 O God, our help in ages past . . . . . . 138 
 
 O God, the cov'nant of thy love . . . . 138 
 
 O how I love thy holy law . . . . . . 137 
 
 On thee, O God, we still depend . . . . 133 
 
 O praise the Lord with one consent . . . . 152 
 
 O render thanks, and bless the Lord . . . . 150 
 
 O render thanks to God above . . . . . . 150 
 
 O that the Lord would guide my ways . . . . 128 
 
 O that thy statutes ev'ry hour . . . . . . 137 
 
 O thou, the wretched's sure retreat . . . . 131 
 
 O thou, to whom all creatures bow . . . . 146 
 
 O thou unknown, almighty cause . . . . 153 
 
 Our never ceasing songs shall shew .. . . 133 
 
162 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 P 
 
 Page 
 
 Praise, everlasting praise, be paid .. .. 155 
 
 Praise the Lord who reigns above . . . . 149 
 
 Praise to God, immortal praise . . . . 135 
 
 R 
 
 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord . . . . 144 
 
 Return, O God of love, return . . . . 128 
 
 Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the ground . . . . 154 
 
 S 
 
 Safe in my heart, and closely hid . . . . 151 
 
 Searcher of hearts, before thy face . . . . 141 
 
 Shew pity, Lord ; O Lord, forgive . . . . 145 
 
 Shine forth, eternal source of light . . . . 140 
 
 Shout, ye saints, in rapt'rous song . . . . 153 
 
 Sing to the Lord a new-made song . . . . 150 
 
 Songs of immortal praise belong . . . . 132 
 
 Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace . . . . 130 
 
 Sweet is the work, my God, my King . . . . 128 
 
 T 
 
 Teach me the measure of my days . . . . 1 28 
 
 Th' Almighty reigns exalted high . . . • 142 
 
 That man is bless'd who stands in awe . . . . 150 
 
 Thee I'll extol, my God and King . . . . 152 
 
INDEX. 
 
 loo 
 
 
 Page 
 
 J. nee w6 adore, eternal .Name . . . . 
 
 . . loo 
 
 The heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord 
 
 IOC 
 
 . . loo 
 
 The heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord 
 
 1 AT 
 
 1 he Lord does them support that fall . . 
 
 . . VOL 
 
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 The Lord Jehovah reigns . . . . 
 
 . . 1 oo 
 
 The Lord my pasture shall prepare . . 
 
 1 "39 
 
 The Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high 
 
 . . 146 
 
 The Lord, the sov'reign King . . , . 
 
 . . 1 o 1 
 
 The man, in lite wherever placed . . 
 
 . - 14rb 
 
 Then open wide the temple gates . . 
 
 l ^ i 
 ■ . 10 1 
 
 The sinner's portion lies below 
 
 . . 14.5 
 
 The spacious firmament on high . a 
 
 1 4.1 
 . . l + l 
 
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 1 4.fi 
 . . 1 tO 
 
 J. Ulo sUallUUo cal 111 1» all tile XjVJIU ^ • • 
 
 1 4.7 
 
 Thou art my portion, gracious God . . 
 
 . . Loo 
 
 Thou, Lord, through ev'ry changing scene . . 
 
 1 4. J. 
 
 Thou suit'st, 0 Lord, thy righteous ways . . 
 
 i i — 
 
 . . 1-r/ 
 
 Through all the changing scenes of lite 
 
 . . 148 
 
 Through all the various shifting scene 
 
 . . 132 
 
 Through endless years thou art the same . . 
 
 129 
 
 TIhk far tlip T.nvH liac lprl nc nn 
 
 
 Thy mercies fill the earth, 0 Lord . . 
 
 . . 137 
 
 Thy mercies, Lord, beyond the rounds 
 
 . . 132 
 
 lime ! what an empty vapour 'tis . . 
 
 . . 155 
 
 To bless thy chosen race 
 
 . . 149 
 
 To celebrate thy praise, 0 Lord 
 
 .. 147 
 
 To God, in whom I trust 
 
 14S 
 
164 INDEX. 
 
 Page 
 
 To God, the mighty Lord . . . . . . 152 
 
 To-morrow, Lord, is thine . . . . . . 143 
 
 U 
 
 Up to the hills I lift my eyes .. .. ..135 
 
 Upward we lift up our eyes . . . . . . 135 
 
 V 
 
 Vast are thy works, almighty Lord . . . . 134 
 W 
 
 We love the volumes of thy word . . . . 139 
 
 What shall I render to my God . . . . 151 
 
 When Abra'm, full of sacred awe . . . . 141 
 
 When all thy mercies, O my God . . . . 134 
 
 When I can read my title clear . . . . 155 
 
 When man grows bold in sin . . . . . . 1 45 
 
 With rev'rence let the saints appear . . . . 146 
 
 With songs and honours sounding loud . . . . 153 
 
 Y 
 
 Ye boundless realms of joy .. .. .. 152 
 
 Ye holy souls, in God rejoice . . . . . . 144 
 
 Ye nations round the earth, rejoice . . . . 127 
 
 Ye saints and servants of the Lord . . . . 151 
 
 Ye tribes of Adam, join .. .. .. 154 
 
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