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¶ THE ORDER where Morning and Euening

prayer �all be vſed and ſayd.

He Morning and Euening prayer �all be vſed in the accu�omed place of the Church, Chapell, or Chancel, except it �al be otherwiſe determined by the Ordinary of the place: and the Chancels �all remaine, as they

haue done in times pa�.

A Nd here is to be noted, that the Mini�er at the time of the Communion, and at all other times in his Mini�ration, �all

vſe ſuch Ornaments in the Church, as were in vſe by authority of Parliament in the ſecond yeere of the Reigne of E the ſixt according to the A�e of Parliament ſet foorth in the beginning of thys Booke.

AN ORDER FOR MORNING PRAYER

dayly throughout the yeere.

AT the beginning both of Morning prayer, and likewiſe of Euening Prayer, the Mini�er shall reade with a lowd voice, ſome one of theſe Sentences of the Scriptures that follow. And then he �all ſay that,

which is written after the ſaid Sentences.

T what time soeuer a sinner doth repent him of hi# sinne from the bot-tome of hi# heart; I will put all hi# wickednesse out of my remembrance saith the Lord. I do know mine own wickednesse, and my sinne i# alway against me. Turne thy face away from our sinne#, O Lord and blot out all our offence#.

A sorrowfull spirit i# a sacrifice to God: despise not, O Lord, humble and contrite haert#. Rent your heart#, and not your garment#, and turne to the Lord your God, because he i# gentle and mercifull, hee i# patient and of much mercie, and such a one that i# sorry for your affliction#. To thee, O Lord God belongeth mercie# and forgeuenesse, for we haue gone away from thee, and haue not hearkened to thy voice, whereby we might walke in thy Lawe#, which thou hast appointed for v#. Correct v#, O Lord, and yet in thy iudgement, not in thy fury, least we should be consumed and brought to nothing.

Ezek. 18.

Pſal. 51.

Pſal. 51.

Pſal. 51.

Joel 2.

Daniel 9.

Jere. 10

Matth. 3. Amend your liue#, for the kingdome of God i# at hand. Luke 15. I will goe to my Father, and say to him, Father, I haue

sinned against heauen, and against thee, I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne.

Pſal.143. Enter not in to iudgement wyth thy seruant#, O Lord, for no flesh i# righteou# in thy sight.

1 John 1. If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue ourselue#, and there i# no trueth in v#.

Erely beloued brethren, the Scripture mo-ueth v# in sundry place#, to acknowledge and confesse our manifold sin# and wicked-nesse, and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heauuenly Father, but confesse them with an humble, lowly, penitent & obedient

heart to the end that we may obtaine forgiuene# of the same by hi# infinite goodnesse and mercie. And although we ought at all time# humbly to acknowledge our sinne# before God, yet ought we most chiefly so to doe, when we assemble and meet together, to render thanke# for the great benefit# that wee haue receiued at hi# hand#, to set foorth hi# most worthy praise, to heare hi# most holy word, and to aske those thing# which be requisite & necessary, aswel for the body a# the soule. Wherfore I pray and beseech you, a# many a# be here present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voyce, vnto the throne of the heauenly grace, saying after me.

¶ A generall confe�on, to be ſaid of the whole Congregation after the Mini�er, kneeling.

Lmighty and most mercifull Father, we haue erred and strayed from thy waye#, like lost sheepe we haue followed too much the de-uice# and desire# of our owne heart#. We haue offended against thy holy Lawe#: We haue left vndone those thing# which we ought to haue done, and we haue done those

thing# which wee ought not to haue done, and there i# no health in v#: but thou, O Lord, haue mercy vpon v# miserable

offender#. Spare thou them O God, which confesse their fault#, restore thou them that bee penitent, according to thy promise# declared vnto mankinde, in Christ Jesu our Lord: and grant, O most mercifull Father, for hi# sake, that we may hereafter liue a godly, rightuou#, and sober life, to the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

¶ The abſolution or remi�on of ſinnes to be pronounced by the Mini�er alone.

Lmighty God, the father of our Lord Jesu# Christ, which desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turne from hi# wicked-nesse and lieu, and hath giuen power and com-mandement to hi# Minister#, to declare and pronounce to hi# people being penitent, the

absolution and remission of their sinne#: hee pardoneth and absolueth all them which truly repent, and vnfainedly beleeue hi# holy Gospel. Wherefore we beseech him to grant v# true repentaunce and hi# holy Spirit, that those thing# may please him, which we doe at thi# present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to hi# eternall ioye, through Jesu# Christ our lord.

The people shall aunswere.

Amen.

¶ Then �all the Mini�er hegin the Lords prayer with a loud voice.

Ur Father, which art in heauen, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done in earth a# it i# in heauen. Giue v# thi# day our daily bread. And forgiue v# our trespasse#, a# we forgiue

them that trespasse against v#. And lead v# not into tempta-tion. But deliuer v# from euill.

¶ Then likewiſe he �all ſay.

O Lord, open thou our lip#. Aunſwere.

And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Prie�e.

O God, make speed to saue v#. Aunſwere.

Lord, make haste to helpe v#. Prie�e.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne : and to the holy Ghost. As it wa# in the beginning, i# now and euer shalbe: world without end. Amen.

Praise ye the Lord. ¶ Then �all be ſaid or ſung, this Pſalme following.

Come let v# syng vnto the Lord: let v# heartily reioyce in the strength of our saluacion. Let v# come before hi# presence with thanksgiuing: and shew our selfe# glad in him with Psalme#. For the Lord i# a great God: and a great

King aboue all god# : In hi# hand are all the corner# of the earth: and the strength of the hill# i# hi# also. The sea i# hi#, and he made it: and hi# hand# prepared the drie land.

O come, let v# worship and fall downe: and kneele before the Lord our maker. For he i# the Lord our God : and we are the people of hi# pasture, and the sheepe of hi# hand#. To day if ye will heare hi# voice, harden not your heart# : a# in the prouocacion, and a# in the day of temptation in the wildernesse. When your father# tempted me : prooued me, and saw my worke#. Fourty yeere# long wa# I grieued with thi# generation, and said : it i# a people that doe erre in their heart# : for they haue not knowen my waye#. Unto whom I sware in my wrath : that the should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the father, and to the Sonne : and to the holy Ghost. A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, and euer shall bee : world without end. Amen. ¶ Then �al follow certaine Pſalmes in order, as they be appoin�ed in a

Table made for that purpoſe, except there be proper Pſalmes appointed for that day. And at the end of euery Pſalme throughout the yeere, and likewiſe in the ende of Benedi�us, Benedicite, Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis, �all be repeated.

Glory be to the father, &c. A# it wa# in the beginning, &c.

Then �albe read two Le�ons di�in�ly with a lowd voice, that the people may heare. The fir� of the old Te�ament, the ſecond of the New, lyke as they be appointed by the Kalender, except there bee proper Le�ons, a�igned for that day: the Mini�er that readeth the Le�on, �anding and turning him ſo as he may be� be heard of all ſuch as be preſent, And before euery le�on, the Mini�er �al ſay thus, The fir�, ſecond, third, or fourth Chapter of Geneſis or Exodus, Matthew, Marke, or other like, as is appointed in the Kalender, And in thend of euery Chapter, he �all ſay, Here cndeth such a Chapter of such a Booke.

And to the end the people may the better heare in ſuch places where they doe ſing, there �all the Le�ons be ſung in a plaine tune after the manner of di�in� reading: and likewiſe the Epi�le and Goſpel.

After the fir� Le�on, �all follow, Te Deum laudamus in Engli�e dayly throughout the whole yeere.

E praise the, O God : wee know-ledge thee to be the Lord.

Te Deum.

Laudamus.

All the earth doth worship thee : the Father euerlasting. To thee all Angel# cry aloud : the heauen# and all the power# therein. To thee Cherubin, and Sera-phin : continually doe cry. Holy, holy, holy : Lorde God of Sabbaoth.

Heauen and earth are full of the Maiestie : of thy glory. The gloriou# company of the Apostle# : praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophet# : praise thee. The noble armie of Martyr# : praise thee. The holy Church throrowout all the world : doth knowledge

thee. The Father : of an infinite Maiestie. Thine honourable, true : and onely Sonne. Also the holy Ghost : the Comforter. Thou art the King of glory : O Christ. Thou art the euerlasting Sonne : of the Father. When thou tookest vpon thee to deliuer man : thou diddest not

abhorre the Uirgin# wombe. When thou hadst ouercome the sharpnesse of death : thou didst

open the Kingdome of heauen to all beleeuer#. Thou sittest on the right hand of God : in the glory of the

Father. We beleeue that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee helpe thy seruant# : whom thou hast

redeemed with thy preciou# blood. Make them to be numbred with thy Saint# : in glory euerlast-

ing. O Lord saue thy people : and blesse thine heritage. Gouerne them : and lifte them vp for euer. Day by day : we magnifie thee. And we worship thy name : euer world without end. Uouchsafe, O Lorde : to keepe v# thi# day without synne.

O Lord haue mercie vpon v# : haue mercie vpon v#. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon v# : a# our trust i# in thee. O Lord in thee haue I trusted : let me neuer be confounded.

Or this canticle. Benedicite omnia opera, &c.

All ye worke# of the Lord, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O ye Angel# of the Lord, blesse ye the Lorde : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O ye heauen#, blesse ye the Lord : praise him, and rnagnifie him for euer.

O yee water# that bee aboue the firmament, blesse yee the Lorde : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O all yee power# of the lord, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O yee Sonne, and Moone, blesse yee the Lorde : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O yee Starre# of heauen, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O yee showre#, and deaw, blesse yee the Lorde : prase him, and magnifie him for euer.

O yee winde# of God, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O ye fire and heat, blesse ye the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer. O yee winter and Summer, blesse ye the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer. O ye deawe# and frost#, blesse ye the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer. O yee frost and cold, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer. O yee yce and snow, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer. O ye night# and daye#, blesse ye the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O ye light and darknesse, blesse ye the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer. O ye lightning# and cloud#, blesse ye the Lorde : praise him, and magnifie him for euer. O let the earth blesse the Lorde : yea, let it praise him, and magnifie him for euer. O ye mountaine# and hille# : blesse ye the Lorde, praise him, and magnifie him for euer. O al ye greene thing# vpon the earth, blesse ye the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O yee welle#, blesse ye the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O ye Sea#, and flood#, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer. O ye Whale#, and all that mooue in the water#, blesse ye the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O all yee foule# of the aire, blesse ye the Lord, praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O all ye beast#, and cattell, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O yee children of men, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O let Israel blesse the Lorde : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O yee Priest# of the Lord, blesse yee the Lord : praise hym, and magnifie him for euer.

O ye seruant# of the Lord, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O yee sprit# and soule# of the righteou#, blesse yee the Lord: praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O ye holy and humble men of heart, blesse yee the Lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Anania#, Azaria#, and Misael, blesse yee the lord : praise him, and magnifie him for euer.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne : and to the holy Ghoste. A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, and euer shall be : world without end. Amen.

¶ And after the ſecond Le�on �all be vſed and ſaid Benedi�us, in Engli�, as followeth,

Lessed be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited and redeemed hi# people; And hath raised vp a mighty saluation for v# : in the house of hi# seruaunt Dauid; A# he spake by the mouth of hi# holy Prophet# : which haue been since the world began; That wee should be saued from our enemye# : and from the hand#

of all that hate v#; To performe the mercie promised to our forefather# : and to remember hi# holy Couenant; To performe the oath which hee sware to our forefather Abraham : that he would giue v#; That we being deliured out of the hand# of our enemie#: might serue him without feare In holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the daye# of our life. And thou Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the highest : for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare hi# waye#; To giue knowledge of saluation vnto ht# people : for the remission of their synne#, Through the tender mercie of our God : whereby the day spring from on high, hath visited v#; To giue light to them that sit in darckenesse, and in the sha-dow of death : and to guide our feete into the way of peace. Glory be to the father, and to the Sonne, and to the holy Ghost. A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, and euer shall be : world without end. Amen.

Or this C. Pſalme. Jubilate Deo.

Be ioyfull in the Lord, all yee land# : serue the Lord with gladnesse, and come before hi# presence with a song.

Bee yee sure that the Lord hee i# God : it i# hee that hath made v#, and not we our-selues#; we are hi# people, and the sheepe of hi# pasture.

O go your way into hi# gate# with thankesgiuing, and into hi# Court# with praise : bee thankefull vnto him, and speake good of hi# Name.

For the Lord i# graciou#, hi# mercie i# euerlasting : and hi# trueth endureth from generation to generation.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne, &c. A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, &c. Amen.

Then �all be ſaid the Creed, by the Mini�er and

the people, �anding.

Beleeue in God the Father Almighty, maker of heauen and earth : and in Jesu# Christ hi# onely Sonne our Lord, which wa# conceiued by the holy Ghost, borne of the Uirgine Mary, suffered vnder Ponce Pylate, wa# crucified dead and

buried, he descended into hell. The third day he rose againe from the dead. He ascended into heauen, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead. I beleeue in the holy Ghost, the holy Catholique Church, the Communion of Saint#, the forgiuenesse of sinne#, the resurrection of the body, and the life euerlasting. Amen. And after that, these prayers following, as well at Euenyng praier as at

Morning prayer: all deuoutly kneeling, the Mini�er fir� pronouncing with a loud voyce.

The Lord be with you.

Anſwere.

And with thy spirit.

The Mini�er. ¶ Let v# pray.

Lord haue mercie vpon v#. Chri� haue mercie vpon vs.

Lord haue mercie vpon v#. ¶ Then the Mini�er, Clerkes, and people; �all ſay the Lords prayer in

Engli�, with a loud voice.

Our Father which art in heauen, hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kyngdome come. Thy will bee done in earth a# it i# in heauen. Giue v# thi# day our dayly bread. And forgiue v# our trespasse#, a# we forgiue them that trespasse against v#. And lead v# not into temptation : but deliuer v# from euill. Amen.

Then the Prie� �anding vp, �all ſay.

O Lord, shew thy mercie vpon v#. Anſwere.

And grant v# thy saluation. Prie�e.

O Lord saue the King. Aunſwere.

And mercifully heare v# when we call vpon thee. Prie�.

Indue thy Minister# with righteousnesse. Anſwere.

And make thy chosen people ioyfull. Prie�.

O Lord saue thy people. Anſwere.

And blesse thine inheritance. Prie�.

Giue peace in our time, O Lord. Anſwere.

Because there i# none other that fighteth for v#, but onely thou, O God.

Prie�.

O God make cleane our heart# within v#. Anſwere.

And take not thy holy Spirit from v#. Then �all follow three Colle�s. The fir� of the day, which �all be the ſame that is appointed at the Communion, The ſecond for peace. The third for Grace to liue well. And the two la� Colle�s �all neuer alter, but dayly be ſaid at Morning prayer, throughout all the yeere, as followeth.

¶ The ſecond Colle� for peace.

God, which art Authour of peace, and louer of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternall life, whose seruice i# perfect freedome: defend v# thy humble seruaunt# in all assault# of our enemie#, that we surely trusting in thy defence, may not feare the power of any aduersarie# : through the

might of Jesu# Christ our Lord, Amen.

The third Colle� for grace. Lord our heauenly Father, Almighty and euer-lastyng God, which hast safely brought v# to the beginning of thi# day, defend v# in the same with thy mighty power, and grant that thi# day we fall into no sinne, neither runne into any kinde of

danger : but that all our doing# may be ordered by thy gouern-ance, to doe alwaye# that i# righteou# in thy sight, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ An order for Euening prayer thorowout the yeere.

¶ The Prie� �all ſay,

Ur Father, which art in heauen, hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kyngdome come. Thy will bee done in earth a# it i# in heauen. Giue v# thi# day our daily bread. And forgiue v# our trespasse#, a# wee forgiue them that trespasse against v#. And

leade v# not into temptation. But deliuer v# from euill.

¶ Then likewiſe he �all ſay.

O Lord open thou our lip#. Anſwere.

And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Prie�.

O God make speed to saue v#. Anſwere.

Lord, make haste to helpe v#. Prie�.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne : and to the holy Ghoste. A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, and euer shall bee : world without end. Amen.

Praise ye the Lord. ¶ Then Pſalmes in order, as they be appointed in the Table for Pſalmes,

except there bee proper Pſalmes appointed for that day. Then a Le�on of the old Te�ament, as is appointed likewiſe in the Kalender, except there bee proper Le�ons appointed for that day. After that, Magnificat in Engli�, as followeth.

Y soule doeth magnifie the Lord : and my spirit hath reioysed in God my Sa-uiour.

Magnificat. Luke 1.

For he hath regarded : the lowlinesse of hi# handmaiden.

For behold from henceforth : all ge-neration# shall call me blessed.

For he that i# mighty hath magni-fied me : and holy i# hi# Name.

And hi# mercy I# on them that feare him : throughout all generation#.

He hath shewed strength with hi# arme ; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart#.

Hee hath put downe the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meeke.

He hath filled the hungry with good thing# : and the rich he hath sent empty away.

He remembring hi# mercy, hath holpen hi# seruant Israel : a# he promised to our forefather#, Abraham and hi# seed for euer.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne : and to the holy Ghoste.

A# it wa# in the beginning : i# now, and euer shall be, world without end. Amen.

¶ Or elſe this Pſalme.

Sing vnto the Lord a new song: for he hath done maruellou# thing#.

Cantate domino. Pſal.98. With hi# owne right hand, and with hi#

holy arme : hath he gotten himselfe the vic-tory.

The Lord declared hi# saluation : hi# righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the

sight of the Heathen. He hath remembred hi# mercy and truth toward the house

of Israel : and all the end# of the world haue seene the saluation of our God.

Shew your selue# ioyful vnto the Lord, all ye land# : sing, reioyce and giue thanke#.

Prayse the Lord vpon the harpe : sing to the harp with a Psalme of thankesgiuing.

With Trumpet# also and Shawm# : O shew your selfe# ioyfull before the Lord the King.

Let the Sea make a noyse, and all that therein i# : the round world and they that dwell therin.

Let the flood# clap their hand#, and let the hill# be ioyfull together before the Lord : for he i# come to Judge the earth.

With righteousnesse shall he iudge the world : and the peo-ple with equitie.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne, &c. A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, &c.

¶ Then a Le�on of the New Te�ament. And after that, Nunc dirnittis in Engli�, as followeth.

Ord, nowe lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace : according to thy word.

Nunc di-mittis. Luke 2 29.

For mine eye# haue seene : thy saluation. Which thou hast prepared : before the face of

all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentile# : and to be the glory of

thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne, and to the holy

Ghoste. A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, and euer shall be,

world withoute end. Amen.

¶ Or else this Psalme

Od be merciful vnto v#, and blesse v# : and shew v# the light of hi# countenance, and be mercifull vnto v#.

Deus mi-ſereatur Pſal. 67.

That thy way may be knowen vpon earth : thy sauinge health among all Nation#.

Let the people praise thee O God : yea, let all the people praise thee.

O let the nation# reioice and be glad: for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously, and gouerne the Nation# vpon earth.

Let the people praise thee (O God :) let all the people praise thee.

Then shall the earth bring foorth her increase : and God, euen our owne God, shall giue v# hi# blessing.

God shall blesse v# : and all the end# of the world shall fear him.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne, and to the holy Ghoste.

A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, and euer shall be, world withoute end. Amen.

¶ Then �all follow the Creede, with other prayers, as is before appointed at Morning prayer after Benedi�us, and with the Colle�s. Fir� of the day. The ſecond for peace. The third for aid again� all perils, as hereafter followeth: which two la� Colle�s �all be daily ſaid at Euenyng prayer without alteration.

The ſeconde Colle� at Euening prayer.

God, from whom all holy desire#, all good counsaile#, and all iust worke# doe proceede: giue vnto thy seruant# that peace, which the world cannot giue: that both our heart# may be set to obey thy Commandement#, and also that by thee wee being defended from the feare of our enemie#, may passe our time in

rest and quietnesse, through the merit# of Jesu# Christ our Sauiour.

¶ The third Colle� for ayd, again� all perils. Ighten oure darckenesse we beseeche thee, O Lorde, and by thy great mercie defend v# from all peril# and danger# of thi# night, for the loue of thy onely Sonne our Sauiour Jesu# Christ. Amen.

¶ In the Fea�s of Chri�mas, the Epiphany, S. Matthias, Ea�er, the Aſcen-ſion, Penteco�, Saint Iohn Bapti�, Saint Iames, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saint Simon, and Iude, S. Andrew, and Trinitie Sunday, shall be ſung or ſaid immediately after Benedi�us, this Confe�on of our Chri�Ian faith.

Hosoeuer wyll be saued : before all thing# it i# necessary that he hold the Catholique Faith.

Which Faith, except euery one doe keepe whole and vndefiled : without doubt he shall perish euer-lastingly.

And the Catholique Faith i# thi# : that we worsip one God in Trinitie, and Trinitie in Unitie.

Neither confounding the per-son# : nor diuiding the substance.

QuicunqueVult.

For there i# one person of the Father, another of the Son : and another of the holy Ghost.

But the Godhead of the Father, of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost, i# all one : the glory equall, the Maiesty coeternall.

Such a# the Father i#, such i# the Sonne : and such i# the holy Ghost.

The Father vncreate, the Sonne vncreate : and the holy Ghost vncreate.

The Father incomprehensible, the Sonne incomprehensible : and the holy Ghost incomprehensible.

The Father eternall, the Sonne eternall : and the holy Ghost eternall.

And yet they are not three eternal# : but one eternall. A# also there be not three incomprehensible#, nor three

vncreated : but one vncreated, and one incomprehensible. So likewise the Father i# Almightie, the Sonne Almighty :

and the holy Ghoste Almighty. And yet they are not three Almightie# : but one Almighty. So the Father i# God, the Sonne i# God : and the holy

Ghost i# God. And yet they are not three God# : but one God.

So lykewise the Father i# Lord, the Sonne Lord : and the holy Ghost Lord.

And yet not three Lord# : but one Lord. For like a# we be compelled by the Christian veritie : to ac-

knowledge euery person by himselfe to be God and Lord. So are we forbidden by the Catholique Religion : to say

there be three God#, or three Lord#. The Father i# made of none : neither created, nor begotten. The Sonne i# of the Father alone : not made, nor created,

but begotten. The holy Ghost i# of the Father, and of the Sonne: neither

made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding. So there i# one Father, not three Father#, one Sonne, not

three Sonne# : one holy Ghost, not three holy Ghost#. And in thi# Trinitie, none i# afore, or after other : none i#

greater or lesse then another. But the whole three person# bee coeternall together : and

coequall. So that in all thing#, a# i# aforesaid : the Unitie in Trini-

tie, and the Trinitie in Unitie i# to be worshipped. He therefore that will bee saued: must thu# thinke of the

Trinitie. Furthermore it i# necessary to euerlasting saluation : that he

also beleeue rightly in the incarnation of our Lord Jesu Christ. For the right Faith i#, that we beleeue & confesse : that our

Lord Jesu# Christe the Sonne of God, i# God and man. God of the substaunce of the Father, begotten before the

world# : and man of the substauce of hi# mother, borne in the world.

Perfect god, and perfect man : of a reasonable soule, and humane flesh subsisting.

Equall to the father a# touching hi# Godhead : and inferior to the Father, touching hi# manhood.

Who although he be God and man : yet he i# not two, but one Christ.

One; not by conuersion of the Godhead into flesh : but by taking of the manhood into God;

One altogether, not by confusion of substaunce : but by vni-ty of person.

For a# the reasonable soule and flesh i# but one man : so God and man i# but one Christ.

Who suffered for our saluation : descended into hell, rose againe the third day from the dead.

He ascended into heauen: he sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty : from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead.

At whose comming all men shall rise againe with their bo-die# : and shall geue account for their owne work#.

And they that haue done good, shall go into life euerlasting : and they that haue done euill, into euerlastyng fire.

Thi# i# the Catholique faith : whiche except a man beleeue faithfully, he cannot be saued.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne : and to the holy

Ghost. A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, and euer shall be :

world without end. Amen. Thus endeth the order of Morning and Euening prayer

throughout the whole yeere.

¶ Here followeth the Letanie, to be vſed vpon Sundayes, Wedneſdayes, and Fri-

dayes, and at other times when it �albe commanded by the Ordinarie.

God the father of heauen : haue mercy vpon v# miserable sinner#.

O God the father of heauen : haue mercy vpon vs miſerable ſynners.

O God the Sonne redeemer of the world : haue mercye vpon v# miserable sinner#.

O God the Sonne redeemer of the world : haue mercye vpon vs miſerable ſynners.

O God the holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Sonne : haue mercy vpon v# miserable sinner#.

O God the holy Gho�, proceeding from the Father and the Son : haue mercye vpon vs miſerable ſynners.

O holy, blessed, and gloriou# Trinitie, three person# and one God : haue mercy vpon v# miserable sinner#.

O holy, ble�ed, and glorious Trinitie, three perſons and one God : haue mercy vpon vs miſerable ſynners.

Remember not Lord our offence#, nor the offence# of our forefather#, neither take thou vengeance of our sinne# : spare v# good Lord, spare thy people whome thou hast redeemed with thy most preciou# blood, and be not angry with v# for euer.

Spare vs good Lord.

From all euill and mischiefe, from sinne, from the craft# and assault# of the deuill, from thy wrath, and from euerla-sting damnation.

Good Lord deliuer vs.

From all blindnesse of heart, from pride, vaine glory, & hypocrisie, from enuie, hatred, & malice, and all vncharitable-ne#.


From fornication and all other deadly sinne : and from all the deceit# of the world, the flesh and the deuill.


From lightning and tempest, from plague, pestilence and famine, from battell and murder, and from sudden death.


From all sedition and priuie conspiracie, from all false doc-trine and heresie, from hardnesse of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandement.


By the mysterie of thy holy Incarnation, by thy holy Na-tiuitie and Circumcision, by thy Baptisme, Fasting and Temp-tation.


By thine agonie and bloody sweat, by thy Crosse and Pas-sion, by thy preciou# Death and Buriall, by thy gloriou# Resurrection, and Ascencion, and by the comming of the holy Ghost.


In all time of our tribulation, in all time of our wealth, in the houre of death, and in the day of Judgement.


Wee sinner# doe beseech thee to heare v# (O Lord God) and that it may please the to rule and gouerne thy holy Church vniuersally, in the right way.

We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord.

That it may please thee, to keepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee, in righteousne# and holynesse of life, thy seruant Charles our most graciou# King and Gouernour.


That it may please thee to rule hi# heart in thy faith, feare, and loue, and that hee may euermore haue affiance in thee, and euer seeke thy honour and glory.


That it may please thee to be hi# defender and keeper, gi-uing him the victory ouer all hi# enemie#.


That it may please thee to bleffe and preserue our graciou# Queene Mary, Prince Charles, and the rest of the Royall Pro-genie.

We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please the to illuminate all Byshop#, Pa-

stour#, and minister# of the Church, with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy Word, and that both by their preaching and liuing, they may set it foorth and shew it accordingly.


That it may please thee to endue the Lord# of the Counsell, and all the Nobilitie, with grace, wisedome, and vnder-standing.


That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrate#, geuing them grace to execute Justice, and to maintaine trueth.


That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people. We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord.

That it may please thee to geue to all nation#, vnitie, peace, and concord.

We beſeche the to heare vs good Lorde.

That it may please thee to giue v# an heart to loue & dread thee, and diligently to liue after thy Commandemente#.


That it may please thee to giue all thy people increase of grace, to heare meekely thy word, and to receiue it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruit# of the Spirit.


That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth all such a# haue erred, and are deceiued.


That it may please thee to strengthen such a# do stand, and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted, and to raise vp them that fall, and finally to beate downe Satan vnder our feete.


That it may please the to succour, helpe, and comforte all that be in danger, necessitie, and tribulation.


That it may please thee to preserue all that trauaile by land or by water, all women labouring of childe, all sicke person#

and young children, and to shew thy pitie vpon all prisoner# and captiue#.


That it may please thee to defend, and prouide for the fa-therlesse children and widowe#, and all that be desolate and oppressed.


That it may please the to haue mercie vpon all men. We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord.

That it may please thee to forgiue our enemie#, persecu-tour# and slanderer#, and to turne their heart#.


That it may please the to giue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruit# of the earth, so a# in due time wee may enioy them.


That it may please the to giue v# true repentance, to forgiue v# all our sinne#, negligence#, and ignorance#; and to endue v# with the grace of thy holy Spirit, to amend our liue# according to thy holy word.

We beeſech thee to heare vs good Lord.

Sonne of God : we beseech thee to heare v#. Sonne of God: we beſeech thee to heare vs.

O Lambe of God that takest away the sinne# of the world. Grant vs thy peace.

O Lambe of God that takest away the sinne# of the world, Haue mercy vpon vs.

O Christ heare v#. O Chri� heare vs.

Lord haue mercie vpon v#. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs.

Christ haue mercie vpon v#. Christ haue mercie vpon vs.

Lord haue mercie vpon v#. Lord haue mercy vpon vs.

O

Ur father which art in heauen, &c.

But deliuer v# from euill. Amen. And lead v# not into temptation.

The Verſicle.

O Lorde deale not with v# after our sinne#. The Anſwere.

Neither reward v# after our iniquitie#.

¶ Let v# praye. God mercifull Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such a# bee sorrowfull, mercy-fully assist our prayer# that wee make before thee in all our trouble# and ad-uersitie#, whensoeuer they oppresse v#, and graciouslie heare v#, that those e-uil#, which the craft and subtilty of the deuill or man worketh against v#, bee brought to nought, and by the proui-

dence of thy goodne# they may be dispersed, that wee thy seruant#, being hurt by no persecution#, may euermore giue thanke# to thee in thy holy Church, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. O Lord ariſe, helpe vs, and deliuer vs for thy Names ſake.

O God wee haue heard with our eare#, and our father# haue declared vnto v# the noble worke# that thou diddest in their daye#, and in the old time before them. O Lord ariſe, helpe vs, and deliuer vs, for thine honour.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne, and to the holy Ghost A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, and euer shall be world without end. Amen. From our enemie# defend v#, O Christ. Graciou�y looke vpon our affli�ions.

Pitifully behold the sorrowe# of our heart. Mercifully forgiue the ſinnes of thy people.

Fauourably with mercy heare our prayer#. O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs.

Both now and euer, vouchesafe, to heare v#, O Christ. Graciou�y heare vs, O Chri�, graciou�y heare vs, O Lord Chri�.

The verſicle.

O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon v#. The Anſwere.

A# we doe put our trust in thee.

¶ Let v# pray. E humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to looke vpon our infir-mitie# : and for the glory of thy Name# sake, turne from v# all those euill# that we most right-eously haue deserued: and grant that in all our trouble# wee may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenesse of liuing, to thy honour and glory,

through our onely Mediatour and Aduocate Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Kings Maie�ie.

Lord our heuenly Father, high and mighty, King of King#, Lord of lord#, the onely ruler of Prince#, which doest from thy throne behold all the dweller# vpon earth, most heartily wee beseech thee with thy fauour to behold our most graciou# Souer-aigne Lord King Charles, and so replenysh him with the grace of thy holy Spirit, that he may

alway incline to thy will, and walke in thy way: Indue him plentifully wth heauenly gift#: Grant him in health and wealth long to liue: strength him that he may vanquish and ouercome all hi# enemie#: And finally after thi# life he may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicitie, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ A prayer for the Queen, Prince C , and the rest of the Royall progenie.

Lmightie God, the fountain of all goodnesse, We humbly beseech thee to blesse our graciou# Queen Mary, Prince Charles, and the rest of the Royall Progenie : Endue them with thy holy Spirit, enrich them with thy heauenly grace, prosper them with all happinesse, and bring them to thine euer-lasting Kingdom, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lmighty and euerlasting God, which onely workest great maruell#, send down vpon our Bishop# and Curate#, and all Congrega-cion# committed to their charge, the health-ful Spirit of thy grace, and that they may truely please thee, powre vpon them the con-tinuall dew of thy blessing : grant thi#, O

Lord, for the honour of our Aduocate and Mediatour, Jesu# Christ. Amen.

¶ A Prayer of Chriſo�ome.

Lmighty God, which hast giuen v# grace at thi# time with one accord to make our common supplication# vnto thee, and doest promise that when two or three be gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their request# : fulfill now, O Lord, the desire# and petition# of thy

seruant#, a# may be most expedient for them, granting v# in thi# world knowledge of thy trueth, and in the world to come life euerlasting. Amen.

2 Corinthians 13.

T He grace of our Lord Jesu# Christ, and the loue of God, and the fellowship of the holy Ghost, bee with v# all

euermore. Amen.

¶ For raine, if the time require.

God heauenly Father, which by thy Sonne Jesu# Christ, hast promised to all them that seeke thy Kingdome and the righteousnesse therof, all thing# necessary to their bodily sustenance : Send v#, we beseech thee, in thi# our necessitie, such moderate raine and showre#, that we may receiue the fruit# of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour, through Jesu# Christ our

Lord. Amen.

¶ For fair weather.

Lord God, which for the sinne of man diddest once drown all the world, except eight per-son#, and afterward of thy great mercy did-dest promise neuer to destroy it so again : we humbly beseech thee, that although we for our iniquitie# haue worthily deserued thi# plague of raine and water#; yet vpon our true

repentance, thou wilt send v# such weather, whereby we may receiue the fruit# of the earth in due season, and learn both by thy punishment to amend our liue#, and for thy clemency to giue thee praise and glory, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ In the time of dearth and famine.

God heauenly Father, whose gift it i# that the raine doth fall, the earth i# fruitfull, beast# encrease, and fishe# do multiply : Behold, we beseech thee, the affliction# of thy people, and grant that the scarcitie and dearth (which we do

now most iustly suffer for our iniquitie) may through thy goodnesse be mercifully turned into cheapnesse and plenty, for the loue of Jesu# Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be Praise for euer. Amen.

¶ In the time of Warre.

Almighty God, King of all King#, and gouernour of all thing#, whose power no creature i# able to resist, to whom it belongeth iustly to punish sinner#, and to bee mercifull vnto them that truely repent, saue, and deliuer v# (we humbly beseech thee) from the hand# of our enemie#, abate their pride, asswage their malice, and confound their deuise#, that

we being armed with thy defence, may be preserued euermore from all peril# to glorifie thee, which art the onely giuer of all victory, through the merit# of thy onely Sonne Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ In the time of any common plague or ſickene�e.

Almighty God, which in thy wrath, in the time of king Dauid didst slea with the plague of pestilence, three score and ten thousand, and yet remembring thy mercy, diddest saue the rest : haue pitie vpon v# miserable sinner#, that now th great sicknesse, and mortalitie, that like a#

thou diddest then command thine Angel to cease from puni-shing : so it may now please thee to withdraw from v# thi# plague, and greuou# sickenesse, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

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God, whose nature and propertie i# euer to haue mercy, and to forgiue, receiue our humble petition# : and though we be tied and bound with the chaine of our synne#, yet let the pitifulnesse of thy great mercie loose v#, for the honour of Jesu# Christe# sake, our Mediatour and Aduocate. Amen.

A thankesgiuing for raine.

God our heauenly Father, who by thy graciou# prouidence dost cause the former and the latter raine to descend vpon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the vse of man: we giue thee humble thank#, that it hath pleased thee, in our greatest necessitie, to send v# at the last a ioyfull raine vpon thine inheritance, and to refresh it when it wa# dry, to the great comfort of v# thy

vnworthy seruant#, and to the glory of thy holy Name; through thy mercie# in Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ A thankeſgiuing for faire Weather.

Lord God, who hast iustly humbled v# by thy punishment of immoderate raine and water#, and in thy mercy hast relieued and comforted our soule# by thi# seasonable and blessed change of weather : We praise and glorify thy holy Name for thi# thy mercie, and will alway# declare thy louing kindnesse

from generation to generation; through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ A thankesgiuing for plentie.

Most mercifull Father, which of thy graciou# goodnesse hast heard the deuout prayer# of thy Church, and turned our dearth and scarcitie into cheapnesse and plentie: We giue thee hum-ble thank# for thi# thy speciall bounty; beseech-ing thee to continue thi# thy louing kindnesse

vnto v#, that our land may yeeld v# her fruit# of increase, to thy glory and our comfort; through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ A thankeſgiuing for peace and vi�ory.

Almighty God, which art a strong Tower of defence vnto thy seruant# against the face of their enemie# : We yield thee praise and thankesgiuing for our deliuerance from those great and apparent danger# wherewith we were compassed : Wee acknowledge it thy goodnesse that wee were not deliuered ouer

a# a prey vnto them; beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercie# towards v#, that all the world may know that thou art our Sauiour and mighty deliuerer; through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ A thankeſgiuing for deliuerance from the plague.

Lord God, which hast wounded v# for our sinne#, and consumed v# for our transgression#, by thy late heauy and dreadful visitation, and now in the midst of iudgement remembering mercie, hast redeemed our soul# from the iawe#

of death : Wee offer vnto thy Fatherly goodnesse our selue#, our soul# and bodie#, which thou hast deliuered, to be a liuing sacrifice vnto thee, allwaye# praising and magnifying thy mercie# in the midst of thy Church, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

Or this.

E humbly acknowledge before thee, (O most mercifull Father) that all the punishment# which are threatened in thy law might justly haue fallen vpon v#, by reason of our manifold transgression# and hardnesse of heart : yet seeing it hath pleased

thee of thy tender mercie, vpon our weak and vnworthy hu-miliation, to asswage the noisome pestilence wherewith we lately haue been sore afflicted, and to restore the voice of ioy and health into our dwelling# : We offer vnto thy diuine Ma-iesty the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiuing, lauding and mag-nifying thy gloriou# Name for such thy preseruation and prou-idence ouer v#; through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ The order for the Admini�ration of the Lords Supper, or holy Communion

O many as intend to be partakers of the holy Communion, �all ſignifie their names to the Curate ouer night; or else in the mor-ning, before the beginning of Morning prayer, or immediatly after.

And if any of thoſe be an open and notorious euill liuer, ſo that the Congregation by him is offended, or haue done any wrong to his neighbours by word or deed: the curate hauing knowledge therof, �all call him, and aduertiſe hym, in any wiſe not to preſume to come to the Lords Table, vntil hee haue openly declared himſelf to haue truely repented, and amended his former naughty lyfe, that the congregation may therby be ſatisfied, which afore were offended, & that he haue recompenſed the parties, whom he hath done wrong vnto, or at the lea� declare himſelfe to be in full purpoſe ſo to doe, a�oone as he conueniently may. The ſame order �all the Curate vſe with thoſe, betwixt whome hee per-ceiueth malice and hatred to raigne, not ſuffering them to he partakers of the Lords Table vntill hee know them to be reconciled. And if one of the parties so at variance, be content to forgiue from the bottome of his heart, all that the other hath treſpa�ed again� him, and to make amends for that he him- ſelfe hath offended, and the other party will not be perſwaded to a godly vnity, but remain �ill in his frowardne�e and malice: the Minister in that caſe, ought to admit the penitent perſon to the holy Communion, and not him that is ob�inate The Table at the Communion time hauyng a faire white linnen cloth vpon it, �all �and in the body of the Church or in the Chancell where Morning prayer and Euenyng prayer bee appointed to bee ſaid. And the Prie�, �anding at the North ſide of the Table, �al ſay the Lords prayer with this Colle� following.

¶ The Communion.

Ur Father which art in heauen, hallowed bee thy Name. Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done in earth a# it i# in heauen. Giue v# thi# day our dayly

bread. And forgiue v# our trespasse# a# wee forgiue them that trespasse against v#. And leade v# not into temptation, but eliuer v# from euill. Amen. d

Lmighty God, vnto whom all heart# be open, all de-sire# knowne, and from whom no secret# are hid: cleanse the thought# of our heart# by the inspiration of

thy holy Spirit, that we may perfectly loue thee, & worthily magnifie thy holy Name, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Then �al the Prie� rehearſe di�in�ly all the x. Commandements : and the people kneeling, �all after euery Commandement aske God mercy for their transgre�on of the ſame, after this ſort.

GMini�er.

Od spake these word#, and saide, I am the Lord thy God: Thou shalt haue none other God# but me.

People.

Lorde haue mercy vpon v#, and incline our heart# to keepe thi# Law.

Mini�er.

Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image, nor the likenesse of any thing that i# in heauen aboue, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow downe to them, nor worship them, for I the Lord thy God am a ielou# God, and visit the sinne# of the father# vpon the children, vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousand#, in them that loue me, and keepe my Commandement#.

People.

Lord haue mercye vpon v#, and incline our heart# &c. Mini�er.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine, for the Lorde wil not holde hym guiltlesse that taketh hi# Name in vaine.

People.


Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabboth day. Sixe daye# shalt thou labour, and doe all that thou hast to doe, but the seuenth day i# the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it

thou shalt doe no maner of worke, thou and thy sonne, and thy daughter, thy man seruant, and thy maid seruant, thy catell, and the stranger that i# within thy gate#: For in sixe daye# the Lord made heauen and earth, the Sea and all that in them i#, and rested the seuenth daye. Wherefore the Lorde blessed the seuenth day and hallowed it.

People.


Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy daye# may be long in the lande which the Lord thy God giueth the.

People.

Lord haue mercye vpon v#, and incline our heart# &c. The Mini�er.

Thou shalt not do murther. People.


Thou shalt not committe adultery. People.


Thou shalt not steale. People.


Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neyghbour. People.


Thou shalt not couet thy neighbour# house, Thou shalt not couet thy neighbour# wife, nor hi# seruant, nor hi# maid, nor hi# Oxe, nor hi# Asse, nor any thing that i# hi#.

People.

Lord haue mercy vpon v#, and write all these thy Lawe# in our heart# we beseech thee.

¶ Then shall follow the Colle� of the day, with one of theſe two Colle�s following for the King, the Prie� �andyng vp and ſaying,

¶ Let v# praye.

Lmighty God, whose Kingdome i# euerlasting, and power infinite, haue mercie vpon the whole Congregation, and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruant Charles our King and gouernour that hee (knowing whose minister hee i#) may aboue all

thing#, seeke thy honour and glory: and that we hi# Sub-iecte#, (duly considering whose authority hee hath) may faith-fully serue, honour, and humbly obey him in thee and for thee, according to thy blessed word and ordinance, through Jesu# Christ our Lord, who with thee and the holy Ghost, liueth and reigneth euer one God, world without end. Amen.

Lmighty and euerlasting God, wee be taughte by thy holy word, that the heart# of King# are in thy rule and gouernance, and that thou dost dispose, and turne them a# it semeth best to thy godly

wisedome: we humbly beseech thee, so to dispose and gouern the heart of Charles, thy seruaunt our King and gouernour, that in all hi# thoughte#, word#, and worke#, hee may euer seeke thy honour and glory, and study to preserue thy people committed to hi# charge, in wealth, peace and godlinesse: Grant thi# O merciful father, for thy deare Sonne# sake Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen. Immediately after the Colle�s, the Prie� �all read the Epi�le beginning

thus: The Epistle written in the Chapter of And the Epi�le ended, he �all say the Goſpel, beginning thus: The Gospel written in the Chapter of And the Epi�le and Goſpel being ended, �all be said the Creed.

Beleeue in one God, the Father Almighty. Maker of Heauen and Earth, and of all thynge# visible and inuisible: and in one Lord Jesu# Christ, the onely be-

gotten Sonne of God, begotten of hi# Father before all world#, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all thing# were made, who for v# men, and for our

saluation came downe from heauen, and wa# incarnate by the holy Ghost, of the Virgin Mary, and wa# made man, and wa# crucified also for v#, under Pontiu# Pilate. He suffered and wa# buried, and the third day he rose againe according to the Scripture#, and ascended into heauen, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father. And hee shall come againe with glory, to iudge both the quicke and the dead: whose Kyngdome shall haue no end. And I beleeue in the holy Ghost, The Lord and giuer of life, who procedeth from the Father and the Sonne, who with the Father and the Sonne together i# worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophet#. And I beleeue one Catholique and Apostolique Church. I acknowledge one Baptisme, for the remission of sinne#. And I looke for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

¶ After the Creed If there be no Sermon, �all follow one of the Homelies already ſet forth, or hereafter to be ſet forth by common authority.

¶ After ſuch Sermon, Homily, or exhortation, the Curate all declare unto the people, whether there bee any Holy-dayes or Fa�ing-dayes the weeke following, and earne�ly exhort them to remember the poore, ſaying one, or moe of these ſentences following, as he thinketh mo� conuenient by his diſcretion.

Math. 5. Let your light so shyne before men, that they may see your good worke#, and glorify your Father which i# in heauen.

Matt. 6. Lay not vp your selue# treasure vpon the earth, where the rust and moth doeth corrupte and where theeue# breake through and steale: but lay vp for your selue# treasure# in heauen, where neither rust, nor moth doeth corrupt, and where theeue# doe not breake thorow and steale.

Matt. 7. Whatsoeuer you would that men should doe vnto you, euen so doe vnto them, for thi# i# the Law and the Prophet#.

Matt. 7. Not euery one that saith vnto me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdome of heauen; but hee that doeth the will of my Father which i# in heauen.

Luke 19. Zache stood forth, and said vnto the Lord, Behold Lord, the halfe of my good# I giue to the poore, and if I haue done any wrong to any man, I restore foure fold.

1. Cor. 9. Who goeth a warefare at any time of hi# owne cost? Who planteth a Uineyard, and eateth not of the fruite thereof? Or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?

If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall thing#, i# it a great matter, if we shall reap your worldly thing#?

1. Cor. 9.

Doe yee not know, that they which minister about holy thing#, liue of the sacrifice? and they which wate of the Altar, are partaker# with the Altar? Euen so hath the Lord also ordained, that they which preach the Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.

1. Cor. 9.

1. Cor. 9. He which soweth liytle shall reape little; and he that soweth plenteously, shall reape plenteously. Let euery man doe accor-dyng as he i# dysposed in hi# heart, not grudging or of necessi-tie : for God loueth a cherefull giuer.

Let him that i# taught in the word, minister vnto him that teacheth in all good thing#. Be not deceiued, God i# not mocked; for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he reape.

Galat. 6.

Galat. 6. While we haue time, let v# doe good vnto all men, and specially vnto them, whiche are of the householde of faith.

Godlinesse i# great riche#, if a man be content with that he hath: for wee brought nothing into the world, neither may we carie any thing out.

1. Tim. 6.

Charge them whiche are rich in thi# world, that they be ready to giue, and glade to distribute, laying vp in store for themselue# a good foundation, against the time to come, that they may attaine eternall life.

1. Tim. 6.

Heb. 6. God i# not vnrighteou#, that he will forget your worke# and labour that proceedeth of loue, which loue ye haue shewed for hi# Name# sake, whiche haue ministered vnto the Saint#, and yet doe minister.

To doe good, and to distribute, forget not, for with such sa-crifice# God i# pleased.

Whoso hath thi# world# good, and seeth hi# brother haue need and shutteth vp hi# compassion from him, how dwelleth the loue of God in him?

Geue alme# of thy good#, and turne neuer thy face from any poore man, and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee.

Hebr. 13.

1. John 3.

Tob. 4.

Tob. 4. Bee mercifull after thy power. If thou hast much giue plenteously, if thou hast little, doe thy diligence gladly to giue of that little, for so gatherest thou thy selfe a good reward in the day of necessity.

Prou. 19. He that hath pity vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord : and looke what he layeth out: it shall be paid him againe.

Pſal. 41i. Blessed be the man that prouydeth for the sicke, and needie, the Lorde shall deliuer him in the time of trouble.

¶ Then �all the Church-wardens, or ſome other by them appoynted, gather the deuotion of the people, and put the ſame into the poore mans boxe, and vpon the offering dayes appointed, euery man and woman �al pay to the Curate the due and accu�omed offerings. After whiche done, the Prie� �al ſaie.

¶ Let v# pray for the whole state of Christ# Church militant herein earth.

Imighty and euerliuing God, which by thy holy Apostle hast taught v# to make prayer# and supplication#, & to giue thank# for all men: Wee humbly beseech thee moste mercifully (to

accept our almes and) to receiue these our prayer#

If ther be no almes giuen to the poore then �all the words (ofaccepting our almes) be leftout vnſaid.

which we offer vnto thy Diuine Maiestie, beseeching thee to inspire continually, the vniuersall Church with the spirit of trueth, vnitie, and concord: and grant that all they that doe confesse thy holy Name, may agree in the trueth of thy holy word, and liue in vnitie and godly loue. We beseech thee also to saue and defend all Christian King#, Prince#, and Gouer-nour#, and specially thy seruaunt, Charles our King that vnder him we may be godly and quietly gouerned: and graunt vnto hi# whole Counsaile, and to all that be put in authoritie vnder him, that they may truely and indifferently minister Justice, to the punishement of wyckednesse and vice, and to the mainten-ance of God# true Religion and vertue. Giue grace (O hea-uenly Father) to all Bishop#, Pastour#, and Curate#, that they may both by their life and doctrine set foorth thy true & liuely word, and rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacra-ment#: and to all thy people giue thy heauenly grace, and specially to thi# Congregation hear present, that with meeke

heart and due reuerence, they may heare & receiue thy holy word, truely seruyng the in holinesse and rightuousne# all the daie# of their life. And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodnesse, O Lord, to comfort & succour all them which in thi# transitory life be in trouble, sorrow, neede, sicknesse, or any other aduersitie: grant thi#, O Father, for Jesu# Christ# sake our onely Mediatour and Aduocate. Amen. ¶ Then �all follow this exhortation, at certaine times when the Curate �all

ſee the people negligent to come to the holy Communion.

E be come together at thi# time, dearely beloued brethren to feede at the Lord# Supper, vnto the which in God# behalfe I bid you all that be heere present, & beseech you for the Lord Jesu# Christ#

sake, that ye will not refuse to come thereto, being so louingly called, and bidden of God himselfe. Yee know how greuou# and vnkinde a thing it i#, when a man hath prepared a rich feast: decked hi# table with all kinde of prouisyon, so that there lacketh nothing but the guest# to sit down, and yet they which be called (without any cause) most vnthankfully refuse to come. Which of you in such a case would not be moued? Who would not think a great iniurie and wrong done vnto him? Wherefore moste derely beloued in Christ take yee good heed, lest yee, wythdrawyng your selue# from thi# holy Supper, and prouoke God# indignation against you, it i# an easie matter for a man to say, I will not communicate, because I am otherwise letted with worldly busynesse, but such excuse# be not so easily accep-ted and allowed before God. If any man say, I am a greuou# sinner, and therefore am afraid to come: wherefore then doe ye not repent and amend: When God calleth you, bee you not ashamed to say you wil not come? When you should returne to God, will you excuse your selue# and say that you be not ready? consider ernestly with your selue# how little such fained excuse# shall auaile before God. They that refused the feast in the Gospel, because they had bought a Farme, or would try their yoke# of Oxen, or because they were married, were not so excused, but counted vnworthy of the heuenly feast. I for my part am here present and according to mine office, I bid you in

the name of God, I call you in Christ# behalfe, I exhort you, a# you loue your owne saluation, that ye will bee partaker# of thi# holy Communion. And a# the Son of God, did vouchsafe to yeeld vp hi# soule by death vpon the Crosse for your health: Euen so it i# your dutie to receiue the Communion together in the remembraunce of hi# death a# he himselfe commanded. Now, if you wyll in no wise thu# doe, consider with your selue#, how great iniury you doe vnto God, and howe sore punishment hangeth ouer your head# for the same. And where-a# you offend God so sore in refusing thi# holy banket, I admonish, exhort, and beseech you, that vnto thi# vnkindnesse yee will not adde any more. Which thing yee shall doe if yee stand by a# gazer# and looker# of them that do communicate, and be no partaker# of the same your selue#. For what thing can thi# be accounted else, then a further contempt and vnkindenesse vnto God? Truely it i# a greate vnthankefulnesse to say nay when ye be called, but the fault i# much greater, when men stand by, and yet will neither eate nor drinke thi# holy Communion with other. I pray you what can thi# be else, but euen to haue the mysterie# of Christ in derision? It i# said vnto all: Take yee and eate, take and drinke ye all of thi#. Doe thi# in remebraunce of me. With what face then, or with what countenaunce shall ye heare these word#? what will thi# be else, but a neglecting, a despising, and mocking of the Testament of Christ? Wherfore rather then yee should so doe, depart you hence, and giue place to them that bee godly dys-posed. But when you depart, I beseech you ponder with your selue#, from whom ye depart. Ye depart from the Lord# Table: ye depart from your brethren, and from the banket of most heauenly food. These thing# if ye earnestly consider ye shall by God# grace, returne to a better mynde, for the obtai-ning wherof, we shall make our humble petition# while we shal receiue the holy Communion.

¶ And ſometime �all this be ſaid alſo at the diſcretion of the Curate.

Earely beloued, forasmuche a# our duety i# to ren-dre to almighty God our heauenly father most hearty thanke# for that he hath giuen hi# Sonne our Sauiour Jesu# Christ not onely to die for v#,

but also to be our spiritual food, and sustenaunce, a# it i# declared vnto v#, a# well by God# word a# by the holy Sacra-ment of hi# blessed body and blood, the which being so comfortable a thing to them which receiue it worthily and so daungerou# to them that will presume to receiue it vnworth-ely: my duty i# to exhort you to consider the dignitie of the holy mystery, and the great peril of the vnworthy receiuing therof, and so to search and examine your owne conscience#, a# you shold come holy and cleane to a most godly and heuenly Feast, so that in no wise you come but in the mariage garment, required of God in holy Scripture, and so come and be re-ceiued a# worthy partaker# of such an heauenly Table, The way and meane# therto i#: First to examine your liue# and conuersation by the rule of God# Commandement# and where-insoeuer yee shall perceiue your selue# to haue offended either by will, word, or deed, there bewaile your owne sinfull liue#, and confesse your selue# to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendement of life. And if yee shall perceiue your offence# to bee such, a# be not onely against God, but also against your neighbour#, then you shall reconcyle your selue# vnto them, ready to make restitution and satisfaction according to the vttermost of your power# for all iniurie# and wrong# done by you to any other, and likewise being ready to forgiue other that haue offended you a# you would haue forgiuene# of your offence# at God# hand: for otherwyse the receiuing of the holy Communion doth nothing el#e, but encrease your damnation. And because it i# requisite that no man should come to the holy Communion, but with a full trust in God# mercy, and with a quiet conscience: therfore if there be any of you, which by the meane# aforesaid cannot quiet hi# owne conscience, but requireth further comfort or counsell, then let him come to mee, or some other discreet and learned minister of God# word, and

open hi# griefe, that hee may receiue suche ghostly counsell, aduice, and comfort, a# hi# conscience may bee relieued, and that by the ministery of God# word, he may receiue comfort, and the benefite of absolution, to the quieting of hi# conscience, nd auoyding of all scruple and doubtfulnesse. a

¶ Then �all the Prie� ſay this exhortation.

Earely beloued in the Lord, yee that minde to come to the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of oure Sauiour Christ, must consider what S. Paul writeth to the Corinthian#, how hee exhorteth all

person# diligently to trie and examine themselue#, before they presume to eate of that Bread, and drinke of that Cup. For a# the benefit i# great, if with a true penitent heart and liuely faith, wee receiue that holy Sacrament (for then wee spiritual-ly eate the flesh of Christ, and drinke hi# blood, then wee dwell in Christ and Christ in v#, wee be one wyth Christ, and Christ with v#:) so i# the danger great, if we receiyue the same vnworthily. For then wee bee guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ our Sauiour: wee eate and drinke our owne damnation, not considering the Lord# Body: wee kindle God# wrath against v#, wee prouoke him to plague v# with diuer# disease#, and sundry kinde# of death. Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God, an hinderer, or slaunderer of hi# word, an adulterer, or bee in malice or enuie, or in any other greuou# crime, bewaile your sinne#, and come not to thi# holy Table, lest after the taking of that holy Sacrament, the deuill enter into you, a# he entred into Juda#, and fill you full of all iniquitie#, and bring you to destruction both of bodye and soule. Judge therefore your selue# (brethren) that yee be not iudged of the Lord. Repent you truly for your sinne# past: haue a liuely and stedfast faith in Christ our Sauiour. Amend your liue#, and be in perfect charitie wyth all men, so shal yee be meete partaker# of those holy mysterie#. And aboue all thinge# yee must giue most humble and hearty thank# to God the Father, the Sonne, and the holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world, by the death and Passion of our Sauiour Christ, both God and man, who did humble himselfe, euen to the death vpon the Crosse, for v# miserable sinner# which lay in

darckenesse, and shadow of death, that hee might make v# the children of God, and exalt v# to euerlasting life. And to the end that we should alway remember the exceeding great loue of our Master and onely Sauiour Jesu# Christ, thu# diyng for v#, and the innumerable benefit# which by hi# preciou# blood-sheading he hath obtained to v#, hee hath instituted and ordained holy mysterie#: a# pledge# of hi# loue, and continuall remembrance of hi# death, to our great and endlesse comfort. To him therfore with the Father and the holy Ghost, let v# giue (a# we are moste bounden) continuall thanke#, submitting our selue# wholly to hi# holy will and pleasure, and studying to serue him in true holinesse and righteousnesse, all the daye# of ur life. Amen. o

¶Then �all the Prie� ſay to them that come to receiue the holy

Communion. Ou that doe truely and ernestly repent you of your sinne#, and bee in loue and charity with your neighbour# and intend to lead a new life, following the Commandement# of God, and walking from hencefoorth in hi# holy waye#: Draw neere, and take thi# holy Sacrament to

your comfort make your humble confession to Almighty God, before thi# Congregation here gathered together in hi# holy

ame, meekely kneling vpon your knee#. N ¶ Then �all this generall confe�on be made, in the name of all those that

are minded to receiue the holy Communion, either by one of them, or elſe by one of the Mini�ers, or by the Prie� himſelfe, all kneeling humbly vpon their knees.

Lmighty God, Father of our Lord Jesu# Christ, maker of all thing#, Judge of all men, wee knowledge and bewaile oure manifold sinne# and wickednesse, which we from time to time most greuously haue com-mitted, by thought word and deed, against thy diuine Maiestie, prouoking most iustly

thy wrath and indignation against v#: Wee doe earnestly repent, and be heartily sorry for these our misdoing#, the

remembrance of them i# greuou# vnto v#: the burthen of theim i# intolerable. Haue mercy vpon v#, haue mercy vpon v#, most mercifull Father, for thy Sonne our Lord Jesu# Christ# sake, forgiue v# all that i# past, and grant that wee may euer hereafter serue and please thee, in newenesse of life, to the honour and glory of thy name through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶ Then �all the Prie� or the Bi�op (being preſent) �ande vp, and turning

himſelfe to the people, ſay thus. Lmighty God, our heauenly father, who of hi# great mercy hath promised forgeuenesse of sinne#, to all them, which with hearty repentance and true faith turn to him : haue mercy vpon you, pardon and deliuer you from all your sinne#, confirme and

strengthen you in all goodnesse, and bring you to euerlastyng life; through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Then �all the Prie� alſo ſay, ¶ Heare what comfortable word# our Sauiour Christ

saith to all them that truely turne to him. Come vnto me all that trauaile and be heauy laden, and I will refresh you. So God loued the world that he gaue hi# onely begotten Sonne, to the end that all that beleeue in him, should not perish, but haue life euerlasting. ¶ Heare also what S. Paul saith. Thi# i# a true saying, and worthy of all men to be re-ceyued, that Jesu# Christ came into the world to saue synner#. ¶ Heare also what S. John saith. If any man sinne, we haue an aduocate with the Father, Jesu# Christ the righteou#, and he i# the propitiation for our sinne#.

¶ After which the Prie� �all proceed ſaying.

Lift vp your heart#. Aunſwere.

We lift them vp vnto the Lord. Prie:.

Let v# giue thanke# vnto our Lord God. Aunſwere.

It i# meet and right so to doe.

Prie�.

It i# very meet, right, and our bounden duetie that wee should at all time#, and in all place#, geue thanke# to thee, O

ord holy Father, Almighty euerlasting God. L ¶ Here �all follow the proper Preface, according to the time, if there be

any ſpecially appointed, or else immediatly �all follow: Therfore with Angelle# and Archangel#, &c.

¶ Proper Prefaces.

¶ Vpon Christmas day and ſeuen days after.

Ecause thou dyddest giue Jesu# Christ, thyne onely Sonne, to bee borne a# thi# day for v#, who by the operation of the holy Ghost wa# made very man of the substaunce of the Uirgin Mary hi# mother, and

that without spot of sinne, to make v# cleane from all sinne. Therefore with Angel# and Archangel#, &c.

¶ Vpon Ea�er daye, and ſeuen days after.

Ut chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glori-ou# resurrection of thy Sonne Jesu# Christ our Lord, for he i# the very Paschall Lambe, which wa# offered for v#, and hath taken away the sin of the world, who by hi# death hath destroyed death,

and by hi# rising to life againe, bath restored to v# euerlasting life. Therefore with Angel#, &c.

¶ Vpon the Aſcention day, and ſeuen days after. Hrough thy most dearely beloued Sonne, Jesu# Christ our Lord, who after hi# most gloriou# re-surrection, manifestly appeared to all hi# Apos-tle#, and in their sight ascended vp into heauen, to prepare a place for v#, that where he i#,

thither might we also ascend, and reigne with him in glory. Therfore with Angel# and Archangel#, &c.

¶ Vpon Wytſonday, and ſixe days after.

Hrough Jesu# Christ our Lord, according to whose most true promise, the holy Ghost came down thi# day from heauen, with a sodden great sound, a# it had beene a mighty winde, in the like-nesse of fiery tonge# lighting vpon the Apostle#, to

teach them, and to leade them to all trueth, giuing them both the gift of diuer# language#, and also boldnesse with feruent zeale, constantly to preach the Gospel vnto all nation#, whereby wee are brought out of darcknesse and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Sonne Jesu# Christ. Therefore with Angel#, &c.

¶ Vpon the fea� of Trinitie onely.

T i# very meete right, and our bounden duetie, that we should at all time#, and in all place#, giue thanke# to thee, O Lord, Almighty and euerlasting God, which art one God, one Lord, not one onely person, but three person# in one

substaunce, for that which we beleeue of the glory of the Father, the same we beleeue of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost, without any difference or inequalitie. Therefore, &c.

¶ After which Prefaces, �all follow immediatly.

Herefore with Angel# and Archangel#, and with all the company of heauen, we laud and magnify thy gloriou# Name, euermore praising thee, and saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of host#, heauen and earth are ful of thy glory, Glory be

to the, O Lord most hyghe.

¶ Then �all the Prie� kneelinge downe at Gods borad, ſay in the name of all them that �all receiue the Communion, this prayer following.

E do not presume to come to thi# thy table (O merciful Lorde) trusting in our owne right-uousnesse, but in thy manifolde and great mer-cie#. We be not worthy so much a# to gather vp the crumbe# vnder thy Table, But thou art the

same Lord, whose property i# allwaye# to haue mercy: grant v# therefore graciou# Lord, so to eate the flesh of thy deare Sonne Jesu# Christ, and to drinke hi# blood, that our sinfull bodie# may be made cleane by hi# body, and our soule# washed through hi# most preciou# blood, and that we may euermore dwell in him, and he in v#. Amen.

¶ Then the Prie� �anding vp, �all ſay as foloweth:

Lmighty God our heauenly Father which of thy tender mercie, didst giue thine onely Sonne Jesu# Christ, to suffer death vpon the Crosse for our redemption, who made ther (by hi# one oblation of

himself once offered) a full, perfect and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sin# of the whole world, and did institute, and in hi# holy Gospel command v# to continue a perpetuall memory of that hi# preciou# death, vntill hi# comming againe: Heare v# O merciful Father, we beseech the, and grant that wee receiuyng these thy creature# of Bread and Wine, according to thy Sonne our Sauiour Jesus Christ# holy Institution, in remembrauce of hi# death and passion, may bee partaker# of hi# most blessed Body and Blood, who in the same night that hee wa# betraied, tooke bread, and when he had giuen thanke#, he brake it, and gaue it to hi# Disciple#, saying: Take, eate, thi# i# my Body, which i# giuen for you, doe thi# in remembrance of me. Likewise after supper he tooke the Cup, and when hee had giuen thanke#, he gaue it to them, saying: Drinke ye all of thi#, for thi# i# my Blood of the New Testament, which i# shed for you and for many, for the re-mission of sinne#: doe thi# a# oft a# yee shall drinke it in re-membrance of mee. ¶ Then �all the Mini�er fir�e receiue the Communion in both kindes him-

ſelfe, and next deliuer it to other Mini�ers (if any bee there preſent), that they may helpe the chiefe Mini�er and after to the people in their hands kneeling. And when he deliuereth the Bread, he shall ſay.

He Body of our Lord Jesu# Christ, which wa# giuen for thee, preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life: and take and eate thi# in remembrance that

Christ died for thee, and feede on him in thine heart by faith with thankesgiuing.

¶ And the Mini�er that deliuereth the Cup, �all ſay.

He Blood of our Lord Jesu# Christ, which wa# shed for thee, preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life: and drinke thi# in remembrance that Christ#

blood wa# shed for thee, and be thankefull. ¶ Then �all the Prie� ſay the Lords prayer, the people repeating after him

euery petition. After �all be ſaid as followeth.

Lorde and heauenly Father, we thy humble ser-uant#, entirely desire thy Fatherly goodnesse, mercifully to accept thi# our Sacrifice of praise and thankesgeuing moste humblye beseeching thee to grant, that by the merit# and death of thy

Sonne Jesu# Christ, and through faith in hi# blood, we and all thy whole Church, may obtaine remission of our sinne#, and all other benefit# of hi# Passion. And here we offer and pre-sent vnto thee, O Lord, our selue#, our soule#, and bodie#, to bee a reasonable, holy, and liuely sacrifice vnto thee, humbly beseeching thee, that all wee which be partaker# of thi# holy Communion, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heauely bene-diction. And although wee be vnworthy, through our manifold sinne#, to offer vnto the any sacrifice: yet wee beseech thee to accept thi# our bounden duety and seruice, not weighing our merit#, but pardoning our offence#, through Jesu# Christ our Lord, by whom and with whom, in the vnity of the holy Ghost, all honour and glory be vnto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.

Or this.

Lmighty and euerlasting God, we moste heartely thanke thee, for that thou doest vouchsafe to feed v#, which haue duely receiued these holy myster-ie#, with the spirituall food of the most preciou# body and blood of thy Sonne, our Sauiour

Jesu# Christ, and doest assure v# thereby of thy fauour and goodnesse toward v#, and that wee be very member# incorpor-ate in thy mysticall body, whiche i# the blessed company of all faithfull people, and bee also heire# through hope, of thy euer-lasting Kingdome, by the merit# of the most preciou# death

and passion of thy deare Son: we now most humbly beseech thee, O heuenly Father, so to assist v# with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good worke# a# thou hast prepared for v# to walke in, through Jesu# Christ our Lord; to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

¶ Then �all be ſaid or ſung.

Lory be to God on high. And in earth peace, good will toward# men. Wee praise thee, we blesse thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, wee giue thank# to thee, for thy great glorie. O Lord God, heauenly King, God the Father

Almightie. O Lord the onely begotten Sonne Jesu Christ. O Lord God, Lambe of God, Sonne of the Father, that takest away the sinne# of the world, haue mercie vpon v#: Thou that takest away the sinne# of the world, haue mercy vpon v#. Thou that takest away the sinne# of the world, receiue our praier. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, haue mercie vpon v#. For thou onely art holy: thou only art the Lord, thou onely O Christ with the holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the father. Amen. ¶ Then the Prie� or the Bi�op, if he be preſent, �all let them depart with

this ble�ing. He peace of God, which passeth all vnderstan-ding, keepe your haert#, and mind# in the knowledge and loue of God, and of hi# Sonne Jesu# Christ our Lord : and the blessing of God Almyghty, the Father, the Sonne, and the holy

Ghost, bee amongst you, and remaine with you alwaye#. Amen.

¶ Colle�s to be ſaid after the offertory when there is no Communion; euery

ſuch day one. And the ſame may bee ſaid alſo as often as occa�on �all ſerue, after the Colle�s, either of Morning and Euening Praier, Com-munion, or Letany, by the diſcretion of the Mini�er.

Ssist v# mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplica-tion# and prayer#, and dispose the way of thy ser-uant# toward the attainment of euerlasting saluation,

that emong all the change#, and chance# of thi# mortall life, they may euer be defended by thy moste graciou#, and ready helpe, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALmighty Lord and euerliuyng God, vouchsafe we beseech thee, to direct, sanctifie, and gouerne both our heart#, and bodie# in the waye# of thy Lawe#, and in the worke# of thy Commandement#, that

through thy most mightie protection, both here and euer, we maye bee preserued in body and soule: through our Lord and Sauiour Jesu# Christ. Amen.

Rant wee beseech thee Almighty God, that the worde#, which wee haue heard thi# day with our outward eare#, may through thy grace be so graf-ted inwardly in our heart#, that they may bring foorth in v# the fruit of good liuing, to the honour

and praise of thy name: through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

Reuent v# O Lord in all our doing#, with thy most gratiou# fauour, and further v# with thy continuall helpe, that in all our worke# begunne, continued, and ended in thee, wee may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercie, obtaine

euerlasting life, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lmighty God, the fountaine of all wisedom, which knowest our necessitie# before we aske, and our ignorance in asking, wee heseech thee to haue compasssion vpon our infirmitie#, and those thing#

which for our vnworthinesse we dare not, and for our blind-nesse we cannot aske, vouchsafe to giue v# for the worthinesse of thy Sonne Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lmighty God, whiche hast promysed to heare the petition# of them that aske in thy Sonne# Name, wee beseech thee mercifully to incline thine eare# to v# that haue made now our prayer# and supplication# vnto thee, & grant that those thing#

which we haue faithfully asked, according to thy will, may effectually be obtained to the relief of our necessitie, and to the setting foorth of thy glory through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

Pon the Holy dayes (if there bee no Communion,) �all be ſaid all that is appointed at the Communion, vntill the end of the Homily, concluding with the generall

prayer, (for the whole estate of Christ# Church militant here in earth) and one or moe of these Colle�s before rehearſed, as occaſion �all ſerue. ¶ And there �albe no celebration of the Lords

Supper, except there be a good number to Communicate with the Prie�, according to his diſcretion. ¶ And If there be not aboue twenty perſons in the pari� of diſcretion to receiue the Communion, yet there �all be no communion except foure or thre at the lea� communicate with the Prie�. ¶ And in Cathedrall and Collegiate Churches, where be many Prie�s and Deacons, they �all all receiue the Communion with the Mini�er euery Sunday at the lea�, except they haue a reaſonable cauſe to the contrary. ¶ And to take away the ſuper�ition, which any perſon hath, or might haue in the Bread and Wine, it �all ſuffice that the Bread be ſuch as is vſuall to be eaten at the Table, with other meates, but the be� and pure� Wheat

bread, that conueniently may be gotten. And If any of the Bread and Wine remaine, the Curate shall haue it to his owne vſe. ¶ The Bread and Wine for the Communion �all bee prouided by the Curate, and the Churchwardens at the charges of the Pari�, and the Pari� �all be diſcharged of ſuche ſummes of money, or other dueties, which hitherto they haue paid far the ſame by order of their houſes euery Sunday. ¶ And note that euery Pari�ioner all communicate, at the lea� three times in the yere, of which Ea�er to be one: and �all alſo receiue the Sacramentes, and other Rites, according to the order in this booke appoin-ted. And yerely at Ea�er, euery Pari�ioner �all reckon with his Parſon,

Vicar or Curate, or his, or their deputie or deputies, and pay to them or him, all Eccleſia�icall dueties,

accu�omably due, then and at that time to be paid.

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The Mini�ration of Baptiſme, to bee vſed in the Church.

T appeareth by auncient Writers, that the Sacrament of Baptiſme in the old time, was not commonly mini�red, but at two times in the yeere, at Ea�er and Whitſontide. At which times it was openly mini�red in the preſence of al the congregation. Which cu�ome now being growne out of vse, (although it can not for many conſiderations bee well restored agayne) it is thought good to follow the same as nere as conueniently may be. Wherefore the people are

to bee admonished, that it is mo� conuenient that Baptiſme �ould not be admini�red but vpon Sundayes, and other Holy-dayes, when the mo� number of people may come together, as well for that the Congregation there preſent may te�ifie the receiuing of them that be newly baptized, into the number of Chri�s Church, as alſo becauſe in the Baptiſme of Infants, euery man preſent may be put in remembrance of his owne profe�ion made to God in his Baptiſme. For which cause alſo, it is expedient that Baptiſme be mini�red in the Engli� tongue. Neuerthele�e (if nece�ity ſo require) children may at all times be baptized at home. When there are children to he baptized vpon the Sunday, or Holy-day, the Parents �al giue knowledge ouer night, or in the Morning, afore the beginning of Morning prayer, to the Curate. And then the Godfathers, Godmothers, and people, with the children mu� be ready at the font, either immediately after the la� Le�on at Morning Prayer, or elſe immediately after the la� Le�on at Euening prayer, as the Curate by his diſcretion �all appoint. And then �andinge there, the Prie� ſhall aske whether the children bee baptized or no. If they aunſwere, No: Then �all the Prie� ſay thus.

Earely beloued, forasmuche a# all men be conceiued and borne in sin, and that our Sauiour Christ saith, None can enter into the kingdome of God, except hee bee regenerate, and borne anew of water and of the Holy Gost: I beseech you to call vpon God the Father, through our lord Jesu# Christ, that of hi# bounteou# mercie, hee will grant to these children, that

thing which by nature they cannot haue, that they may be baptized with water and the holy Ghost, and receiued into Christ# holy Church, and be made liuely member# of the same.

Then ſhall the Prie� ſay.

¶ Let v# praye. Lmightie and euerlasting GOD, whiche of thy great mercie diddest saue Noe and hi# familie in the Arcke, from perishing by water, and also did-dest safely lead the children of Israel, thy people, throrow the Red Sea, figuring therby thy holy

Baptisme: and by the Baptisme of thy welbeloued Son Jesu# Christ, diddest sanctifie the flood Jordan, and all other water#, to the mysticall washing away of sinne: We beseech thee for thine infinite mercie#, that thou wilt mercifully look vpon these children, sanctifie them and wash them with thy holy Gost, that they being deliuered from thy wrath, may bee receiued into the Arcke of Christ# Church, and being stedfast in faith, ioyfull through hope, and rooted in charitie, may so passe the waue# of thi# troublesome world, that finally they may come to the land of euerlasting life, there to reigne with thee world without end, through Jesu# Christ our Lorde. Amen.

Lmighty and immortall God, the aide of all that neede, the helper of all that flee to thee for suc-cour, the life of them that beleeue, and the resur-rection of the dead: wee call vpon thee for these Infant#, that they comming to thy holy Baptisme,

may receiue remission of their sinne# by spirituall regeneracion. Receiue them (O Lord) a# thou hast promised by thy

welbeloued Sonne, saying: Aske and you shall haue; seeke, and you shall finde: knocke and it shall bee opened vnto you: So giue now vnto v# that aske. Let v# that seeke, finde open the gate vnto v# that knocke, that these Infante# may enioy the euerlasting benediction of thy heauenly washing, and may come to the eternall Kingdome which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Then �all the Prie� ſaye

Heare the word# of the Gospel, written by S. Marke, in the tenth Chapter.

T a certaine time they brought children to Christ that hee should touch them, and hi# Disciple# re-buked those that brought them. But when Jesu# saw it, he wa# displeased, and said vnto them. Suffer little children to come vnto me, and forbid

them not, for to such belongeth the Kyngdome of God. Verily, I say vnto you; whosoeuer doeth not receiue the Kingdome of God a# a liytle child, hee shall not enter therein. And when hee had taken the vp in hi# arme#, hee put hi# hande# vpon them, and blessed them.

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¶ After the Goſpel is read, the Mini�er �al make this briefe exhortation

vpon the words of the Goſpel.

Riend#, ye heare in thi# Gospel the word# of our Sauiour Christ, that he commaunded the children to be brought vnto him: how he blamed those that woulde haue kepte them from him: how he exhorted all men to follow their innocencie. You

perceiue how by hi# outward gesture and deede he declared hi# good will toward them: for he embraced them in hi# arme#, he laied hi# hand# vpon them, and blessed them, Doubt yee not therfore, but ernestly beleeue that he will likewise fauourably receiue these present Infant#, that hee will embrace them with the arme# of hi# mercie, that hee will giue vnto them the blessing of eternal life: and make them partaker# of hi# euer-lasting Kingdome. Wherfore we being thu# perswaded of the good will of our heauenly father, towarde# these Infant# declared by hi# Sonne Jesu# Christ, and nothing doubting,

but that hee fauourably alloweth thi# charitable worke of our#, in bringing these children to hi# holye Baptisme: let v# faith-fully and deuoutly giue thanke# vnto him, and say,

Lmighty and euerlasting God, heauenly Father, we giue thee humble thank#, that thou hast vouch-saufed to call v# to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee: Increase thi# knowledge, and confirme thi# faith in v# euermore: Giue thy holy

Spirit to these infant#, that they may be borne againe, and be made heire# of euerlasting Saluacion, through our Lord Jesu# Christ, who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit, now and for euer. Amen. ¶ Then the Prie� �al ſpeake vnto the Godfathers and Godmothers, on this

wyſe:

Elbeloued friend#, yee haue brought these children here to bee baptized, ye haue prayed that our Lord Jesu# Christ, would vouchsafe to receiue them, to lay hi# hand# vpon them, to blesse them, to release

them of their sinne#, to giue them the Kingdome of heauen, and euerlasting life. Yee haue heard also that our Lord Jesu# Christ hath promised in hi# Gospel, to grant all these thing# that ye haue prayed for: which promise he for hi# part will most surely keepe and performe. Wherfore after thi# promise made by Christ, these infant# must also faithfully for their part promise by you that be their suretie#, that they will forsake the deuill and all his worke#, and constantly beleeue God# holy word, and obediently keepe hi# Commandement#. ¶ Then �al the Prie� demand of the Godfathers and Godmothers these

que�ions following.

Doest thou forsake the deuill and all hi# worke#, the vaine pompe and glory of the world, with all couetou# desire# of the same, and the carnall desire# of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them?

Aunſwere.

I forsake them all. The Minister.

Doest thou beleeue in God the father almighty, maker of heauen and earth? And in Jesu# Christ hi# onely begotten

Sonne our Lord? And that hee wa# conceiued by the holy Ghost, borne of the Virgin Mary, that he suffered vnder Pontiu# Pilate, wa# crucifyed, dead and buried, that hee went downe into hell, and also did rise againe the third day, that he ascended into heauen, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come againe at the end of the world, to iudge the quicke and the dead? And doest thou beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholicque Church, the Communion of Sainct#, the remission of synne#, the resurrec-cion of the fleshe, and euerlasting life after death?

Aunſwere.

All thi# I stedfastly beleeue. Mini�er.

Wylt thou be baptized in thi# faith? Aunſwere.

That is my desyre. ¶ Then �all the Prie� ſay.

Mercifull God, grant that the old Adam in these children may be so buried, that the new man may be raised vp in them. Amen. Grant that all carnall affeccion# may die in them, and that all thing# belonging to the spirit,

may liue and grow in them. Amen. Grant that they may haue power and strength to haue vic-tory, and to triumph against the deuill, the world, and the flesh. Amen. Grant that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee, by our office and ministery, may also be endued with heauenly vertue#, and euerlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, who doest liue and gouerne all thing#, world without ende. Amen.

Lmighty euerliuing God, whose most derely be-loued Sonne Jesu# Christe, for the forgiuenesse of our sinne#, did shed out hi# moste preciou# side both water and blood, and gaue commaundement to hi# Disciple# that they should go teach all

Nation#, and baptize them in the Name of the Father, the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost : Regard, wee beseech thee, the supplication# of thy Congregation, and grant that all thy ser-

uant# which shall bee baptized in thi# water, may receiue the fulnesse of thy grace, and euer remaine in the number of thy faithfull and elect children, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶ Then the Prie� �al take the childe in his hands, and aſke the name; and

naming the childe, �all dip it in the water, ſo it bee diſcreetly and warily done, ſaying,

N. I baptize the in the Name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost. Amen.

¶ And if the childe bee weake, it �all ſuffice to powre water vpon it, ſaying

the foreſaid words.

N. I baptize the in the Name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost. Amen.

¶ Then the Prie� �all make a Cro�e vpon the Childes forehead, ſaying:

E receiue thi# Childe into the Congregation of Christ# flocke, and doe signe him with the signe of the Crosse, in token that hereafter hee shal not bee ashamed to confesse the Faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight vnder hi# banner against

sinne, the world, and the deuill, and to continue Christ# faithfull souldier and seruaunt vnto hi# liue# end. Amen.

Then �all the Prie� ſay,

Eeing now, dearely beloued brethren that these children bee regenerate and grafted into the body of Christ# Congregacion, let v# giue thank# vnto God for these benefit#, and with one accord make our prayer# vnto Almighty God, that they may

leade the rest of their life according to thi# beginning. Then �al be ſayd.

Our Father which art in heauen, &c. Then �al the Prie� ſay,

Ee yelde thee hearty thanke# most mercifull Fa-ther, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate thi# Infant with thy holy Spirite, to receiue him for thine owne childe by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Congregacion. And humbly we

beseche thee to grant that he being dead vnto sinne, and lyuing vnto righteousnesse, and being buried with Christ in hi# death, may crucify the old man, and vtterly abolishe the whole body of sinne, that a# he i# made partaker of the death of thy Son, so hee may bee partaker of hi# resurrection, so that finally with the residue of thy holy Congregacion, he may bee inheritour of thine euerlasting Kingdome. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶ At the la� end, the Prie� calling the Godfathers and Godmothers

together, �al say this exhortation following.

Orasmuch a# these children haue promised by you to forsake the deuill and his worke#, to beleeue in God, and to serue him, you must remember that it i# your part# and dutie# to see that these Infant# be taughte, so soone as they shall be able to learne,

what a solemne vow, promise, and profession they haue made by you. And that they may know these thing# the better; yee shall call vpon them to heare Sermon#, and chiefly you shall prouide that they may learne the Creed, the Lord# prayer, and the ten Commandement# in the English tongue; and all other thing# which a Christian man ought to know and beleeue to hi# soule# health, and that these children may bee vertuously brought vp, to leade a godly and a Christian life, remembring alwaye# that Baptisme doeth represent vnto v# our profession, which i#, to follow the example of our Sauiour Christ, and to be made like vnto him, that a# he died and rose againe for v#: so should we whiche are baptized, die from sinne, and rise again vnto righteousnesse, continually mortifiyng all our euill and corrupt affection#, and dayly proceding in all vertue and godlynesse of liuing. ¶ The Mini�er �al command that the children bee brought to the By�op

to be confyrmed of him, ſo ſoone as they can ſay in their vulgar tongue, the Articles of the Faith, the Lords prayer, and the ten Commande-mentes, and be further in�ru�ed in the Catechiſme ſet foorth for that purpoſe, accordingly as it is there expre�ed.

Of them that are to be baptized in priuate houſes in time of nece�ty, by the Mini�er of the Pari�, or any other

lawfull Mini�er that can be procured.

He Pa�ors and Curates �all oft admoni� the people, that they deferre not the Baptiſme of Infants any longer then the Sunday, or other Holy day, next after the Childe be borne vnle�e vpon a great and reaſonable cauſe declared to the Curate, and by him

approoued. ¶ And alſo they �all warne them, that without great cauſe, and ne-ce�ty, they procure not their children to bee baptized at home in their houſes. And when great neede �all compel them ſo to do, that then Bap-tiſme shall be admini�ered in this fa�ion. ¶ Fir�, let the lawfull Mini�er, and them that be preſent, call vpon God for his grace, and ſay the Lords Prayer, if the time will ſuffer. And then the childe being named by ſome one that is preſent, the ſaid lawfull Mini�er �all dip it in water, or poure water vpon it, ſaying theſe words:

N. I Baptize thee in the Name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost. Amen.

¶ And let them not doubt, but that the childe ſo baptized, is lawfully and ſufficiently baptized, and ought not to bee baptized againe. But yet neuerthele�e, if the childe which is after this ſort baptized, doe afterward liue, it is expediente that it be broughte into the Church, to the Intent that if the Prie� or Mini�er of the ſame Pari� did himſelf baptize that childe, the Congregation may be certified of the true forme of Baptisme by him priuately before vſed: or if the child were baptized by any other lawfull Mini�er, that then the Mini�er of the Pari� where the childe was borne or Chri�ened, �all examine and trie, whether this childe be lawfully baptized, or no. In which caſe, if thoſe that bring any childe to the Church, do anſwer that the ſame child is already baptized, then �all the Mini�er examine them further, ſaying, By whom wa# the childe baptized? Who wa# present when the childe wa# baptized? And because something# essentiall to thi# Sacrament may

happen to bee omitted through feare or haste in such time# of extremitie; therefore I demand further of you;

With what matter wa# the childe baptized? With what word# wa# the childe baptized? Whether think you the childe to bee lawfully and perfectly

baptized?

¶ And if the Mini�er �all finde by the anſwers of ſuch as bring the childe, that all things were done as they ought to bee: then �hal not hee Chri�en the childe againe, but �all receiue him as one of the flocke of the true Chri�ian people, ſaying thus,

Certifie you, that in thi# case all i# well done, and ac-cording vnto due order concerning the baptizing of thi# childe, which being borne in originall sinne and in the wrath of God, i# nowe by the lauer of regenera-

tion in Baptisme, receiued into the number of the children of God, and heire# of euerlasting life: for our Lord Jesu# Christ doeth not deny hi# grace and mercy vnto such ‘Infant#, but most louingly doth call the vnto him: a# the holy gospel doth witnesse to our comfort on thi# wise.

T a certaine time they brought children vnto Christ that he should touch them: and hi# Disciple# rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesu# saw it, he wa# displeased, and said vnto them: Suffer little

children to come vnto me, and forbid them not, for to such be-longeth the Kingdome of God. Verely I say vnto you, whoso-euer doth not receiue the Kingdome of God a# a little childe, hee shall not enter therin. And when he had taken them vp in his arme#, he put hi# hand# vpon them, and blessed them.

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¶ After the Goſpel is read, the mini�er �al make this exhortation vpon the

words of the Goſpel.

Riend#, you heare in thi# Gospel the word# of our Sauiour Christe, that he commanded the chyldren to be brought vnto him: how he blamed those that would haue kepte them from him, how hee ex-horted all men to follow their innocencie: Yee

perceiue how by hi# outward gesture and deed he declared hi# good will toward them. For he embraced them in hi# arme#, he laid hi# hand# vpon them, and blessed them, Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly beleeue, that he hath likewise fauour-ably receiued thi# present Infant, that hee hath embraced him with the arme# of hi# mercie, that he hath giuen vnto him the blessing of eternall life, and made him partaker of hi# euer-lasting Kingdome. Wherfore wee beeing thu# perswaded of the good will of our heauenly Father, declared by hi# Sonne Jesu# Christ toward# thi# Infant, Let v# faithfully and de-

voutly giue thanke# vnto him, and say the prayer, which the Lord himselfe taught, and in declaration of our Faith, let v# recite the Article# contained in our Creed.

¶ Here the Mini�er with the Godfathers, and Godmothers �all ſay.

¶ Our Father which art in heauen, &c. ¶ Then �all the Prie� demand the name of the childe, which being by the

Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced, the Mini�er �all ſay,

Doest thou in the name of thi# childe forsfake the deuill and all hi# worke#, the vaine pompe and glory of the world, with all the couetous# desire# of the same, the carnall desire# of the flesh, and not to follow and be led by them?

Anſwere.

I forsake them all.

Mini�er.

Doest thou in the name of thi# childe professe thi# faith, to beleeue in God the Father Almighty, maker of heauen and earth? And in Jesu# Christ hi# onely begotten Sonne our Lord? and that hee wa# conceiued by the holy Ghost, borne of the Uirgin Mary, that hee suffered vnder Pontiu# Pilate, wa# crucified, dead, and buried, that he wet downe into hell, and also did rise againe the third daye, that hee ascended into heau-en, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, and from thence he shall come againe at the end of the world, to iudge the quicke and the dead? And doe you in hi# name beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholicque Church, the Communion of Saint#, the Remission of sinne#, Resurreccion, and euerlasting life after death?

Aunſwere.

All thi# I steadfastly beleeue.

¶ Let v# pray. Lmighty and euerlasting God, heauenly father, wee giue thee humble thancke#, for that thou hast vouchsafed to call v# to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee: Increase thi# knowledge, and confirme thi# faith in v# euer-more: Giue thy holy Spirit to thi# infant,that he being borne againe and being made heire of euerlast-inge saluacion, through our Lord

Jesu# Christ, may continue thy seruant, and attaine thy promise, through the same our Lord Jesu# Christ thy Sonne, who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnity of the same holy Spirit euerlastingly. Amen. ¶ Then �al the Mini�er make this exhortatcion, to the Godfathers and

Godmothers.

Orasmuch a# thi# childe hath promised by you to forsake the deuill and al hi# worke#, to beleeue in God, and to serue him: you must remember that it i# your part and duety, to see that thi# Infant be taught, so soone a# hee shall bee able to learne what a solemne vow, promise, and profession hee hath made by you. And that hee may know these thinge# the better, yee shall call vpon him to

heare Sermon#, and chiefly you shall prouide that hee may learne the Creed, the Lord# prayer and the ten Commande-ment# in the English tongue, and all other thing# which a Christian man ought to know, and beleeue to hi# soule# health, and that thi# childe may bee vertuously brought vp, to leade a godly and a christian life, remembring alway that Baptisme doth represent vnto v# our profession, which i#, to follow the example of our Sauiour Christ, and be made like vnto him, that a# hee died and rose againe for v#, so shoulde wee which are baptized, die from sinne, and rise againe vnto righteous-

nesse, continually mortifying all our euill and corrupt affec-tion#, and daily proceding in all vertue, and godlinesse of liuing.

And so foorth, a# in publique Baptisme.

¶ But if they which bring the Infants to the Church, doe make ſuch vncertaine aunſwers to the Prie�s que�ons, as that It cannot appeare that the Childe was baptized with water, In the Name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost : whichh are the e�entiall parts of Baptiſme: then let the Prie� baptize It in form aboue written, concerning publique Baptisme, ſaying that at the dipping of the Childe in the Font, he �all vſe this forme of wordes.

F thou be not already baptized, N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost. Amen.

The order of Confirmation, or laying

on of hands vpon children baptized, and able

to render an account of their Faith, according to the Catechiſme following.

O the end that confirmacion may bee mini�red to the more edifying of ſuch, as �all receiue it (accor-ding vnto S. Pauls do�rine, who teacheth that all things should bee done in the Church, to the edifi-cation of the ſame) it is thought good that none hereafter �all bee confirmed but ſuch as can ſay in their mother tongue the Articles of the Faith, the Lords prayer, and the ten Commandements, and can alſo anſwere to ſuch que�ions of this �ort

Catechiſme, as the Bi�op (or ſuche as hee �al appoint) �all by his diſcretion appoſe them in. And this order is mo� conuenient to be obſerued for diuers conſiderations.

Fir�, becauſe that when children come to the yeeres of diſcretion, and haue learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promiſed for them in Baptiſme, they may then themſelues with their owne mouth, and with their own conſent, openly before the Church, ratifie and confirme the ſame : and alſo promiſe that by the grace of God, they will euermore endeauour themſelues faithfully to obſerue and keepe ſuch things, as they by their owne mouth and confe�on haue a�ented vnto.

Secondly, forasmuche as Confirmation is mini�red to them that be Baptized, that by impoſition of hands and prayer, they may receiue �rength and defence again� all temptations to ſinne, and the a�aults of the world and the deuill: it is mo� mete to be mini�red when children come to that age, that partly by the frailty of their owne fle�, partly by the a�aults of the world and the deuill, they begin to bee in danger to fall into ſundry kindes of �nne.

Thirdly, for that it is agreeable with the vſage of the Church in times pa�, whereby it was ordained that Confirmation �ould be mini�red to them that were of perfe� age, that they being instru�ed in Christs Religion,

�ould openly profe�e their owne faith, and promiſe to bee obedient vnto the will of God.

And that no man �all thinke that any detriment �all come to children by deferring of their Confirmation, hee �all know for trueth, that it is certaine by Gods word, that children being baptized, haue all things nece�ary for their ſaluation, and be vndoubtedly ſaued.

A Catechisme, that is to ſay, an In- �ruction to bee learned of euery Childe,

before hee bee brought to bee Con- firmed by the Bi�op.

Que�ion.

Hat i# your name? Anſwere.

N. or M. Que�ion.

Who gaue you thi# name? Anſwere.

My Godfather# and Godmother# in my Baptisme, wherein I wa# made a member of Christ, the childe of God, and an inheritour of the Kingdome of heauen.

Que�ion.

What did your godfather# and godmother# then for you? Anſwere.

They did promise, and vow three thing# in my name. First, that I should forsake the deuill, and all hi# worke#, the pompe# and vanitie# of the wicked world, and all the sinfull lust# of the flesh. Secondly, that I should beleeue all the Article# of the Christian Faith. And thirdly, that I should keepe God# holy will and Commandement#, and walke in the same all the daye# of my life.

Que�ion.

Doest thou not thinke that thou art bound to beleeue and to doe a# they haue promised for thee?

Anſwere.

Ye# verely, and by God# helpe so I will. And I heartily thanke our heauenly Father, that hee hath called mee to thi#

state of saluation, through Jesu# Christ our Sauiour. And I pray God to giue me hi# grace, that I may continue in the same vnto my liue# end.

Que�ion.

Reherse the Article# of thy beliefe. Anſwere.

Beleeue in God the Father Almightie, maker of heauen and of earth. And in Jesu# Christ hi# only Sonne our Lord, which wa# conceiued by the holy Ghost, borne of the Virgine Mary, suffered vnder Pontius Pilate, wa# crucified, dead and buried, he descended into hell, the

third day hee rose againe from the dead, hee ascended into heauen, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Al-mighty : From thence he shal come to iudge the quicke and the dead. I beleeue in the holy Ghost, the holy Catholique Church, the Communion of Saint#, the forgiuenesse of sinne#, the resurrection of the body, and the life euerlasting. Amen.

Que�ion.

What doest thou chiefely learne in these Article# of thy be-liefe?

Anſwere.

Firste, I learne to beleeue in God the Father, who hath made me and all the world.

Secondly, in God the Sonne, who hath redeemed me and all mankinde.

Thirdly, in God the holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me and all the elect people of God.

Que�ion.

You said, that your Godfather# and Godmother# did pro-mise for you, that you should keepe God# Commandement#. Tell me how many there be?

Aunſwere.

Tenne. Que�ion.

Which be they?

Anſwere.

HE same which GOD spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodu#, saying: I am the Lord thy God which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt, oute of the house of bondage.

i. Thou shalt haue none other God# but me. ii. Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any

grauen image nor the likene# of any thing that i# in heauen a-boue, or in the earth beneath, nor in the water vnder the earth. Thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them. For I the Lord thy God am a iealou# God, and visit the sinne# of the father# vpon the children, vnto the third and fourth genera-tion of them that hate me, and shew mercy vnto thousand# of them that loue me, and keepe my commandement#.

iii. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine: for the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh hi# Name in vaine.

iiii. Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabboth day. Six daye# shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do: but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt doe no manner of worke, thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter, thy man seruant, and thy maid seruant, thy cattell, and the stranger that is within thy gate#: for in six daye# the Lord made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that in them i#, and rested the seuenth day, wherfore the Lord blessed the seuenth day, and hallowed it.

v. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy daye# may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giueth the.

vi. Thou shalt do no murder. vii. Thou shalt not commit adultery. viii. Thou shalt not steale. ix. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neigh-

bour. x. Thou shalt not couet thy neighbour# house, thou shalt not couet thy neighbour# wife, nor hi# seruant, nor hi# maid, nor hi# Oxe nor hi# Asse, nor any thing that i# hi#.

Que�ion.

What doest thou chiefely learne by these Commandement#? Anſwere.

I learne two thing# : My duetie toward# God, and my duetie toward# my neighbour.

Que�ion.

What i# my duetie toward# God? Anſwere.

My duetie toward# God, i# to beleeue in him, to feare him, and to loue him with all my heart, with all my minde, with all my soule, and with all my strength. To worship him, to giue him thanke#, to put my whole trust in him, to call vpon him, to honour hi# holy Name and hi# Word, and to serue him truely all the daye# of my life.

Que�ion.

What i# thy duetie toward# thy neighbour? Anſwere.

My duetie toward# my neyghbour i#, to loue him a# my selfe, and to doe to all men a# I would they should doe vnto mee. To loue, honour, and succour my father and mother. To honour and obey the King and hi# minister#. To submit my selfe to all my Gouernour#, teacher#, spirituall Pastour# and Master#. To order my selfe lowly and reuerently to all my better#. To hurt no body by word or deed. To bee true and iust in all my dealing. To beare no malice nor hatred in my heart. To keepe my hand# from picking and stealing, and my tongue from euill speaking, lying and slandering. To keepe my body in temperance, sobernesse, and chastitie. Not to couet nor desire other men# good#, but to learne and labour truly to get mine owne liuing, and to doe my duety in that state of life, vnto the which it shall please God to call me.

Que�ion.

My good childe know thi#, that thou art not able to doe these thing# of thy selfe, nor to walke in the commandement# of God, and to serue him, without hi# speciall grace, which thou must learne at all time# to call for by diligent prayer. Let me heare therefore if thou canst say the Lord# prayer.

Anſwere.

Ur Father which art in heauen, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done in earth, a# it i# in heauen. Giue v# thi# day our daily bread. And forgiue v# our trespasse#, a# we forgiue them that trespasse against v#. And leade

v# not into temptation : but deliuer v# from euill. Amen. Que�ion.

What desirest thou of God in thi# prayer? Anſwere.

I desire my Lord God our heauenly Father, who i# the giuer of all goodnesse, to send hi# grace vnto mee, and to all people, that wee may worship him, serue him, and obey him a# we ought to doe. And I pray vnto God, that he will send v# all thing# that be needfull both for our soule# and bodie#. and that hee will be mercifull vnto v#, and forgiue v# our sinne#, and that it will please him to saue and defend v# in all dan-ger# ghostly and bodily, and that he will keepe v# from all sinne and wickednesse, and from our ghostly enemie, and from euerlastyng death. And this I trust he wil doe of hi# mercy and goodnesse, through our Lord Jesu# Christ. And therefore I say. Amen. So be it.

Que�ion.

Ow many Sacrament# hath Christ ordai-ned in hi# Church? Anſwere.

Two onely a# generally necessary to sal-uation; that i# to say, Baptisme, and the Supper of the Lord. Que�ion.

What meanest thou by thi# word Sacrament? Anſwere.

I meane an outward and visible Signe of an Inward and Spirituall grace giuen vnto v#; ordained by Christ himselfe, a# a mean# whereby we receiue the same, and a pledge to assure v# thereof.

Que�ion.

How many part# be there in a Sacrament?

Anſwere.

Two; the Outward visible Signe, and the Inward Spiri-tuall Grace.

Que�ion.

What i# the outward visible signe or forme in Baptisme? Anſwere.

Water: wherein the person baptized i# dipped or sprinkled with it, In the Name of the Father, and of Sonne, and of the holy Gho�.

Que�ion.

What i# the inward and spirituall grace? Anſwere.

A death vnto sinne, and a new birth vnto righteousnesse: for being by nature borne in sinne, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace.

Que�ion.

What i# required of person# to be baptized? Anſwere.

Repentance, whereby they forsake sinne; and faith, whereby they stedfastly beleeue the promise# of God, made to them in that Sacrament.

Que�ion.

Why then are Infant# baptized, when by reason of their tender age they cannot performe them?

Anſwere.

Ye#: they doe performe them by their Suretie#; who promise and vow them both, in their name#: which when they come to age, themselue# are bound to performe.

Que�ion.

Why wa# the Sacrament of the Lord# Supper ordained? Anſwere.

For the continuall remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ, and the benefit# which we receiue thereby.

Que�ion.

What i# the outward part or signe of the Lord# Supper? Anſwere.

Bread and wine, which the Lord hath commanded to bee receiued.

Que�ion.

What i# the inward part or thing signified?

Anſwere.

The Body and Blood of Christ, which are verely and in-deed taken and receiued of the faithfull in the Lord# Supper.

Que�ion.

What are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby? Anſwere.

The strengthening and refreshing of our soule# by the Body and Blood of Christ, a# our bodie# are by the Bread and wine.

Que�ion.

What i# required of those which come to the Lord# Sup-per?

Anſwere.

To examine themselues#, whether they repent them truely of their former sinne#, stedfastly purposing to leade a new life; haue a liuely faith in God# mercy through Christ, with a thankefull remembrance of hi# death; and be in charitie with all men.

¶ So ſoone as the children can ſay in their mother tongue the Articles of the Faith, the Lords prayer, the ten Commandements, and alſo can anſwere to ſuch que�ions of this �ort Catechiſme, as the Bi�op (or ſuch as he shall appoint) �all by his diſcretion appoſe them in : then �all they be brought to the Bi�op by one that �all be their Godfather, or God-mother, that euery childe may haue a witne�e of his Confirmation. And the Bi�op �all confirme them on this wiſe.

Confirmation, or laying on of hands.

Mini�er.

Ur helpe i# in the Name of the Lord. Anſwere.

Which hath made heauen and earth. Mini�er.

Blessed i# the Name of the Lord. Anſwere.

Hencefoorth world without end. Mini�er.

Lord heare our prayer#. Anſwere.

And let our cry come vnto thee. ¶ Let v# pray.

Lmighty and euerliuing God, who hast vouch-saufed to regenerate these thy seruant# by water and the holy Ghost, and hast giuen vnto them for-giuenesse of all their sinne#: strengthen them wee beseech thee, O Lord, with the holy Ghost the

Comforter, and dayly increase in them thy manifold gift# of grace, the Spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding: the Spirit of Counsell and ghostly strength, the Spirit of knowledge and true godlinesse, and fulfill them (O Lord) with the Spirit of thy holy feare. Amen.

¶ Then the Bi�op �all lay his hand vpon euery childe ſeuerally, ſaying,

Defend, O Lord, thi# childe with thy heauenly grace that he may continue thine for euer, and dayly increase in thy holy Spirit more and more, vntill hee come vnto thy euerlasting Kingdome. Amen.

¶ Then �al the Bi�op ſay,

¶ Let v# pray. Lmightie euerliuing God, whiche makest v# both to will, and to doe those thing# that bee good and acceptable vnto thy Maiestie. Wee make our hum-ble supplication# vnto thee for these children, vpon whom (after the example of the holy Apostle#) we

haue laied our hand#, to certifie them (by thi# signe) of thy fauour and gracious# goodnesse toward them : Let thy Father-ly hand, wee beseche thee, euer be ouer them : Let thy holy Spirit euer bee with them, and so leade them in the knowledge and obedience of thy word, that in the end they may obtaine the euerlasting life: through our Lord Jesu# Christ, who with thee and the holy Ghost liueth and reigneth one God, world without end. Amen.

¶ Then the Bi�op �al ble�e the children, ſaying thus,

The blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Sonne, and the holy Ghost, bee vpon you, and remaine with you for euer. Amen.

¶ The Curate of euery Pari�, or ſome other at his appointment, �all

diligently vpon Sundayes and Holy dayes, halfe an houre before Euenſong openly in the Church, instru� and examine ſo many Children of his Pari� sent vnto him, as the time will ſerue and as he �all thinke conuenient, in ſome part of this Catechiſme.

¶ And all Fathers, Mothers, Ma�ers, and Dames, �all cauſe their children, seruants & prentiſes (which haue not learned their Catechiſme) to come to the Church at the time appointed, and obediently to heare, and bee ordered by the Curate, vntill ſuch time as they haue learned all that is here appointed for them to learne. And whenſoeuer the Bi�op shall giue knowledge for children to be brought before him to any conuenient place, for their confirmation: then �all the Curate of euery Pari�, either bring or ſend in writing the names of all thoſe children of his Pari�, which can say the Articles of their Faith, the Lords prayer, and the ten Commande-ments, and alſo how many of them can anſwere to the other questions contained in this Catechiſme.

¶ And there �all none be admitted to the holy Communion; vntil ſuch time as he can ſay the Catechiſme, and be confirmed.

¶ The forme of ſolemnization of Matrimony

Ir�, the banes mu� be asked three ſeuerall Sundayes or Holy dayes, in the time of Seruice, the people being preſent after the ac-cu�omed maner.

And If the perſons that would be married dwell in diuers Pari�es, the Banes mu� be asked in both Pari�es and the Curate of the one Pari� �all not ſolemnize Matrimony betwixt them, without a certificate of the Banes being thrise asked, from the Curate of the other Pari�.

At the day appoynted for ſolemnization of Matrimony, the perſons to bee married �all come into the body of the Church, with their friends and neighbours. And there the Prie� �all ſay thus.

Earely beloued friend#, wee are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in the face of hi# Congregation, to ioyne together thi# man and thi# woman in holy Matri-mony, which i# an honorable state, instituted of God in Paradise, in the time of Man# innocencie, signifying vnto v# the mysticall

vnion that i# betwixt Christ and hi# Church : which holy estate Christe adorned and beautified with hi# presence and first mir-acle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee, and i# commended of S. Paul to be honourable among all men, and therfore i# not to be enterprised, nor taken in hand vnaduisedly, lightly or wantonly, to satisfie men# carnall lust# and appetite#, like brute beast# that haue no vnderstanding, but reuerently, dis-creetly, aduisedly, soberly, and in the feare of God, duely considering the cause# for the which Matrimony wa# ordained. One wa# the procreation of children, to be brought vp in the feare and nurture of the Lord, and praise of God. Secondly, it wa# ordained for a remedie against sinne and to auoid forni-cation, that such person# a# haue not the gift of continency

might marry, and keepe themselue# vndefiled member# of Christ# body. Thirdly, for the mutuall societie, helpe, and com-fort, that the one ought to haue of the other, both in prosperity and aduersitie, into the which holy estate these two person# pre-sent, come now to be ioyned. Therefore if any man can shew any iust cause, why they may not lawfully be ioyned together let him now speake, or el#e hereafter for euer hold hi# peace.

And alſo ſpeaking vnto the perſons that �all be married, he �all ſay.

Require and charge you (a# you will answere at the dreadful day of Judgement, when the secret# of all heart# shall be disclosed) that if either of you doe know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully ioyned together in Matrimony, that ye confesse it. For be ye well

assured, that so many a# be coupled together, otherwise then Godd# word doeth allow, are not ioyned together by God, neither i# their Matrimony lawfull. ¶ At which day of mariage, if any man doe alledge and declare any im-

pediment, why they may not be coupled together in Matrimony by Gods Law, or the Lawes of this Realme, and will be bound, and ſufficient ſureties with him to the parties, or elſe put in a caution to the full value of ſuch charges as the perſons to be married doe ſu�aine, to prooue his alle-gation: then the ſolemnization mu� bee deferred vnto ſuch time as the truth be tried. If no impediment be alleadged, then �all the Curate ſay vnto the man,

N. Ilt thou haue thi# woman to thy wedded wife, to liue together after God# ordinance, in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou loue her, comfort

her, honour, and keepe her, in sickenesse, and in health? and forsakyng all other, keepe thee onely vnto her, so long a# you both shall liue?

The man shall anſwere,

I will. Then �all the Prie� ſay vnto the woman,

N. Ilt thou haue thi# man to thy wedded husband, to liue together after God# ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimonie? Wilt thou obey him and

serue him, loue, honour, and keepe him, in sicknesse and in health? and forsaking all other, keepe thee onely vnto him so long a# you both shall liue?

The woman �all anſwere,

I will. Then �all the Mini�er ſay,

Who giueth thi# woman to be married to thi# man? ¶ And the Mini�er receiuing the woman at her fathers or friendes hands,

�all cauſe the man to take the woman by the right hand, and ſo either to giue their troth to other, the man fir� ſaying.

I N. take thee N. to my wedded wife, to haue and to hold from thi# day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickenesse and in health, to loue and to cherish, till death v# depart, according to God# holy ordinance, and therto I plight thee my troth. ¶ Then �all they looſe their hands, and the woman taking againe the man

by the right hand, �all ſay.

I N. take thee N. to my wedded husband, to haue and to hold from thi# day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickenesse and in health, to loue, cherish, and to obey, till death v# depart, according to God# holy ordinance, and thereto I giue thee my troth. ¶ Then �all they againe looſe their hands, and the man �all giue vnto the

woman a Ring, laying the ſame vpon the booke, with the accu�omed duety to the Prie� and Clerke. And the Prie� taking the Ring, �all deliuer it vnto the man, to put it vpon the fourth finger of the womans left hand. And the man taught by the Prie�, �all ſay.

With this Ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly good#, I thee endow: In the Name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost. Amen.

¶ Then the man leauing the Ring vpon the fourth finger of the womans left hand, the Mini�er �all ſay,

Eternall God, creatour and preseruer of all man-kind, giuer of all spirituall grace, the authour of euerlasting life, send thy blessing vpon these thy seruaunt#, thi# man and thi# woman, whom wee blesse in thy Name, that a# Isaac and Rebecca

liued faithfully together, so these person# may surely performe and keepe the vow and couenant betwixt them made (wherof this Ring giuen, and receiued, i# a token and pledge) and may euer remain in perfect loue and peace together, and liue

according vnto thy Law#, thorough Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Then �all the Prie� ioyne their right hands together and ſay.

Those whom God hath ioyned together, let no man put asunder.

¶ Then �all the Mini�er ſpeak vnto the people.

Orasmuch a# N. and N. haue consented together in holy wedlocke, and haue witnessed the same before God, and thi# company, and therto haue giuen and pledged their troth either to other, and haue de-

clared the same by geuing and receiuing of a Ring, and by ioyning of hand#: I pronounce that they be man and wife together. In the Name of the Father, of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost. Amen.

¶ And the Mini�er �all adde this ble�ng.

OD the Father, God the Sonne, God the holy Ghost, blesse, preserue, and keepe you, the Lord mercifully with hi# fauour looke vpon you, and so fill you with all spirituall benediction and grace,

that you may so liue together in thi# life, that in the world to come you may haue life euerlasting. Amen.

¶ Then the Mini�er or Clerckes going to the Lords Table, �all ſay, or ſing this Pſalme following

Lessed are all they that feare the Lord : and walke in hi# waye#.

Beati omnes. Pſal. 128.

For thou shalt eate the labour of thy hand#: O well i# thee, and happy shalt thou be.

Thy wife shall be a# the fruitfull Vine : vpon the walle# of thy house.

Thy children like the Oliue branche# : round about thy table.

Loe thu# shall the man be blessed : that feareth the Lord. The Lorde from out of Sion shall blesse thee : that thou

shalt see Hierusalem in prosperity, all thy life long. Yea, that thou shalt see thy children# children : and peace

vpon Israel.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne : and to the holy Ghost.

A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, and euer shalbe : world without end. Amen.

Or this Psaime.

Od bee mercifull vnto v# and blesse v# : and shewe v# the light of hi# countenaunce, and bee mercifull vnto v#.

That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth : thy sauing health among all nation#.

Let the people praise thee (O God) : yea, let all the people praise thee.

Deus mi-ſereatur Pſal. 67.

O let the nation# reioyce and be glad : for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously, & gouerne the nation# vpon the earth.

Let the people praise the (O God) : let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth bring foorth her increase : and God, euen our owne God, shal giue v# hi# blessing.

God shall blesse v#, and all the end# of the world shall feare him.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne, &c. A# it wa# in the beginning, i# now, &c.

¶ The Pſalme ended, and the man and the woman kneeling afore the Lords Table: The Prie� �anding at the Table, and turning his face towards them, �all ſay,

Lorde haue mercy vpon v#. Anſwere.

Christ haue mercy vpon v#. Mini�er.

Lord haue mercy vpon v#. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen, &c.

And leade v# not into temptation. Anſwere.

But deliuer v# from euill. Amen. Mini�er.

O Lord, saue thy seruant, and thy handmaid. Anſwere.

Which put their trust in thee.

Mini�er.

O Lord send them helpe from thy holy place. Anſwere.

And euermore defend them. Mini�er.

Be vnto them a tower of strength. Anſwere.

From the face of their enemy. Mini�er.

O Lord heare our prayer. Anſwere.

And let our crie come vnto thee. Mini�er.

God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, blesse these thy seruant#, and sow the seed of eternal life in their mind#, that whatsoeuer in thy holy word they shall profitably learne, they may indeed fulfill the same. Looke, O Lord

mercifully vpon them from heauen, and blesse them. And a# thou diddest send thy blessing vpon Abraham and Sarah, to their great comfort : so vouchsafe to send thy blessing vpon these thy seruant#, that they obeying thy will, and alway being in safetie vnder thy protection, may abide in thy loue vnto their lieu# end, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ This prayer next following �al be omitted, where the woman is pa� chid birth.

Mercifull Lord, and heauenly Father, by whose gracious# gift mankind i# increased, wee beseech thee assist with thy blessing these two person#, that they may both bee fruitfull in procreation of chil-dren, also liue together so long in godly loue and

honestie, that they may see their children# children, vnto the third and fourth generation vnto thy praise and honour: through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

God which by thy mightie power hast made all thing# of naught, which also (after other thing# set in order) didst appoint that out of man (crea-ted after thine owne image and similitude) wo-man should take her beginning : and knitting

them together, diddest teach that it should neuer be lawfull to put asunder those, whom thou by Matrimony hadst made one : O God which haste consecrated the state of Matrimony to such an excellent Mystery, that in it i# signified and represented the spirituall mariage and vnitie betwixt Chnist and hi# Church : Looke mercifully vpon these thy seruant#, that both thi# man may loue hi# wife, according to thy word (a# Christe did loue hi# spouse the Church, who gaue himselfe for it, louing and cherishing it, euen a# hi# owne flesh) and also that thi# woman may be louing and amiable to her husband a# Rachel, wise a# Rebecca, faithfull and obedient a# Sara, and in all quietnesse, sobrietie, and peace, be a folower of holy and godly matron#. O Lord, blesse them both, and grant them to inherite thy euerlasting Kingdome, through Jesu# Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Then �all the Prie� ſay,

Lmighty God, which, at the beginnyng did create our first parent# Adam and Eue, and did sanctifie and ioyne them together in marriage : powre vpon you the riche# of hi# grace, sanctifie, & blesse you, that ye may please him both in body and soule, and liue together in holy loue,

vnto your liue# end. Amen. ¶ Then �al begin the Communion. And after the Goſpel �all be ſaid a

Sermon, wherein ordinarily (ſo oft as there is any mariage) the office of a man and wife �all be declared, according to holy Scripture, or if there be no Sermon, the Mini�er �all reade this that followeth.

Ll yee which be married, on which intend to take the holy estate of Matrimony vpon you, heare what holy Scripture doth say, a# touching the duety of husband# toward# their wiue#, and wiue# toward# their husband#.

Saint Paul in hi# Epistle to the Ephesian# the fifth Chap-ter, doth giue thi# commandement to all married men, Yee husband# loue your wiue#, euen a# Christ loued the Church, and hath giuen himselfe for it, to sanctifie it, purging it in the fountaine of water, through the word, that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious# Congregation, not hauing spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should bee holy and blamelesse. So men are bound to loue their owne wiue#, a#

their owne bodie#. Hee that loueth hi# owne wife loueth himselfe. For neuer did any man hate hi# owne flesh, but nour-isheth and cherisheth it, euen a# the Lond doth the Congrega-tion, for we are member# of hi# body, of hi# flesh and of hi# bone#. For thi# cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall be ioyned vnto hi# wife, and they two shall be one flesh. Thi# misterie i# great : but I speake of Christ and of the Congregation. Neuerthelesse, let euery one of you so loue hi# owne wife, euen a# himselfe.

Likewise the same Saint Paul writing to the Collossian#, speaketh thu# to all men that be married. Ye men, loue your wyue#, and be not bitter vnto them.

Colo�. 3.

Heare also what S. Peter the apostle of Christ, which wa# himselfe a married man, saith vnto them that are married, Yee husband#, dwell with your wyue# according to knowledge, giuing honour vnto the wife a# vnto the weaker vessell, and a# heire# together of the grace of life, so that your prayer# be not hindred.

1. Pet. 3.

Hetherto yee haue heard the duety of the husband toward the wife. Now likewise yee wiue#, heare and learne your due-tie# toward your husband#, euen a# it i# plainely set forth in holy Scripture.

S. Paul in the aforenamed Epistle to the Ephesian#, teach-eth you thu#: Ye women, submit your selue# vnto your owne husband# a# vnto the Lord. For the husband i# the wiue# head, euen a# Christ i# the head of the Church, and he i# also the Sauiour of the whole body.

Epheſ. 5.

Therefore a# the Church or Congregation, i# subiect vnto Christ: so likewise let the wiue# also be in subiection vnto their owne husband# in all thing#. And againe he saith, Let the wife reuerence her husband. And in hi# Epistle to the Collos-sian#, S. Paule giueth you thi# short lesson, Ye wiue#, submit your selue# vnto your owne husband#, a# it i# conuenient in the Lord.

Saint Peter also doeth instruct you very godly, thu# saying, Let wyue# be subiect to their owne husband#, so that if any obey not the word, they may bee wonne withoute the word, by the conuersation of the wiue#, while they behold your chaste conuersation coupled with feare. Whose apparell let it not bee

outward, with braided haire and trimming about with gold, either in putting on of gorgeous# apparell, but let the hid man which i# in the heart, be without all corruption, so that the spirit be milde and quiet, which i# a precious# thing in the sight of God. For after thi# maner in the old time did the holy women which trusted in GOD apparell themselues#, being subiect to their owne husband#, a# Sara obeyed Abraham calling him lord, whose daughter# yee are made, doing well, and being not dismayed with any feare.

¶ The new married perſons, the same day of their mariage, must receiue

the holy Communion.

¶ The order for the buriall of the dead.

¶ The Prie� meeting the Corps at the Church �ile, �all ſaye, or elſe the

Prie� and Clerkes �all ſing, and ſo goe either into the Church, or towards the graue.

Am the resurrection and the life (saith the Lord.) He that beleeueth in me, yea, though he were dead, yet shall he liue. And whosoeuer liueth, and belie-ueth in me, shall not die for euer.

Iohn 11.

Know that my Redeemer liueth, and that I shall rise out of the earth in the last day, and shal be couered againe with my skinne, and shall see God in my flesh: yea, and I my selfe shall behold him, not with other,

but with these same eye#.

Iob 19.

Ee brought nothing into thi# world, neither may we carry any thing out of thi# world. The Lord giueth, and the Lord taketh away. Euen a# it hath pleased the Lord so commeth thing# to passe : Blessed be the

Name of the Lord.

1. Tim. 6.

Iob 1.

¶ When they come to the graue, while the Corps is made ready to bee laid into the earth, the Prie� �all ſay, or the Prie�, and Clerkes �all ſing.

An that i# borne of a woman hath but a short time to liue, and i# full of misery. Hee commeth vp, and i# cut downe like a flower, he fleeth a# it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one stay.

In the mid# of life we bee in death : of whom may we seeke for succour but of thee, O Lord, which for our sinne# art iustly displeased? Yet O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty,

Iob 14.

O holy, and most mercifull Sauiour, deliuer v# not into the bitter paine# of eternall death. Thou knowest Lord the secret# of our heart#, shut not vp thy mercifull eye# to our prayer# : but spare v# Lord moste holy, O God most mighty, O holy and mercifull Sauiour, thou most worthy Judge eternall, suf-fer v# not at our last houre for any paine# of death to fall from thee.

¶ Then while the earth �all be ca� vpon the body by ſome �anding by, the Prie� �all ſay.

Orasmuch a# it hath pleased Almighty God of hi# great mercy to take vnto himselfe the soule of our deare brother here departed, we therfore commit hi# body to the ground, earth to earth, ashe# to ashe#,

dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of resurrection to eternall life, through our Lord Jesu# Christ, who shall change our vile body that it may bee like vnto hi# gloriou# body, according to the mighty working, whereby he i# able to subdue all thing# to himselfe.

Then �all be ſaid or ſung.

Heard a voice from heauen saying vnto me, Write, from henceforth blessed are the dead, which die in the Lord. Euen so sayeth the Spirite, that they rest from their labour#.

Reue. 14,

15.

¶ Then �all follow this Le�on, taken out of the xv. Chapter to the Corin-thians, the fir� Epi�le.

Hrist i# risen from the dead, and become the first fruit# of them that sleepe. For by a man came death, and by a man came the resurrection of the dead. For a# by Adam all die, euen so by Christ shal all bee made aliue, but euery man in hi#

owne order. The first i# Christ, then they that are Christ# at hi# comming. Then commeth the end, when he hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the Father, when he hath put downe all rule, and all authority and power. For hee must reigne till he haue put hi# enemie# vnder hi# feete. The last enemy that shall be destroyed i# death. For hee hath put all thing# vnder hi# feete. But when hee saith, all thing# are put vnder him, it

1. Corin. 15,

20.

i# manifest that he i# excepted that hath put all thing# vnder hym. When all thing# are subdued vnto him, then shall the Sonne also himselfe be subiecte vnto him that put all thing# vnder him, that God may be all in all. Else what doe they which are baptized ouer the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized ouer them? yea, and why stand we alway then in ieopardy? By our reioycing which I haue in Christ Jesu our Lord, I die dayly. That I haue fought with beast# at Ephesu# after the manner of men, what aduantageth it me, if the dead rise not againe? Let v# eate and drinke, for to morrow wee shall die. Bee not yee deceiued; euill word# corrupt good manner#. Awake truely out of sleepe, and sinne not. For some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake thi# to your shame. But some man will say How arise the dead? With what body shall they come? Thou foole, that which thou sowest i# not quickened except it die. And what sowest thou? Thou sowest not that body that shall bee, but bare corne, a# of wheat or some other : but God giueth it a body at hi# pleasure, to euery seede hi# owne body. All flesh i# not one manner of flesh : but there i# one manner of flesh of men, another manner of flesh of beast#, another of fishe#, an other of bird#. There are also celestiall bodie#, and there are bodie# terrestriall. But the glory of the celestiall i# one, and the glory of the terrestriall i# another. There i# one manner glory of the Sunne, and another glory of the Moone, and another glory of the Starre#. For one Starre differeth from another in glory. So i# the resurrection of the dead. It i# sowen in corruption, it riseth againe in incorruption. It i# sowen in dishonour, it riseth againe in honour. It i# sowen in weaknesse, it riseth againe in power. It i# sowen a natural body, it riseth againe a spirituall body. There i# a natural body, and there i# a spirituall body : a# it i# also written, The first man Adam wa# made a liuing soule, and the last Adam wa# made a quickening spirite. How- beit that i# not first which i# spirituall, but that which i# na-tureall and then that which i# spirituall. The first man i# of the earth, earthy. The second man i# the Lord from heauen, heauenly. A# i# the earthy, such are they that be earthy. And a# i# the heauenly, such are they that are heauenly. And a# we haue borne the image of the earthy, so shall we beare the

image of the heauenly. Thi# say I, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherite the Kingdome of God, neither doth corruption inherite incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mys-tery. We shall not all sleepe : but we shall all be changed, and that in a moment, in the twinckling of an eye, by the last trumpe. For the trumpe shall blow, and the deade shall rise in-corruptible, and we shall be changed. For thi# corruptible must put on incorruption, and thi# mortall must put on immortality. When thi# corruptible hath put on incorruption, and thi# mor-tall hath put on immortality, then shall be brought to passe the saying that i# written : Death i# swallowed vp in victory : Death, where i# thy sting? Hell, where i# thy victory? The sting of death i# sinne, and the strength of sinne i# the Law. But thanke# be vnto God, which hath giuen v# victory through our Lord Jesu# Christ. Therfore my deare brethren, be yee stedfast and vnmouable, alwaye# rich in the worke of the Lord, forasmuch a# yee know how that your labour i# not in vaine in the Lord.

¶ The Le�on ended, the Prie� �all ſay.

Lord haue mercie vpon v#. Christe haue mercie vpon v#. Lord haue mercie vpon v#. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen. &c. And leade v# not into temptation.

Anſwere.

But deliuer v# from euill. Amen. The Prie�.

Lmightie God, with whom doe liue the spi-rit# of them that depart hence in the Lord, and in whom the soule# of them that be elec-ted, after they be deliuered from the burden of the flesh, be in ioy and felicitie : Wee giue thee heartie thanke# for that it hath pleased thee to deliuer thi# N. our brother, out of

the miserie# of thi# sinfull world beseeching thee, that it may please thee of thy graciou# goodnesse, shortly to accomplish the numbre of thine elect, and to hasten thy Kingdome, that wee with thi# our brother, and all other departed in the true faith

of thy holy Name, may haue our perfect consummation and blisse, both in body and soule in thy eternall and euerlasting glory. Amen.

¶ The Colle�.

Mercifull God, the Father of our Lord Jesu# Christ, who i# the resurrection and the life, in whom whosoeuer be-leeueth shall liue, though he die, and whosoeuer liueth, and beleeueth in him, shall not die eternally : who also taught v# (by hi# holy Apostle Paul) not to be sorry a# men without hope, for them that sleepe in him : We meekely be-

seeche thee (O Father) to raise v# from the death of sinne, vnto the life of righteousnesse, that when we shall depart thi# life, wee may rest in him, a# our hope i# thi# our brother doeth, and that at the generall Resurrection in the last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight, and receiue that blessing which thy well beloued Sonne shall then pronounce to all that loue and fear thee, saying, Come ye blessed children of my Father, receiue the Kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world. Grant thi#, wee beseeche thee, O mer-cifull father, through Jesu# Christe our Mediatour and Re-deemer. Amen.

THE

F O R M E A N D MANNER OF MAKING

and Conſecrating BISHOPS. PR I E S T E S and

DE A C O N S .

Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the King Mo� Excellent Maie�y: and by the

Aſsignes of IOHN BILL.

Anno. 1634.

¶ THE PREFACE.

T is euident unto all men, diligently read-

ing holye Scripture, and ancient Authors, that from the Apo�les time, there hath beene theſe orders of Mini�ers in Chri�s church, Biſhops, Prie�s, and Deacons, Which offices were euermore had in ſuch reuerent e�imation, that no man by his own priuate authoritie, might preſume to execute any of them, except he were fir�

called, tried, examined, and knowne to haue ſuch qualities, as were requiſite for the ſame. And alſo by publique prayer, with impo-ſition of hands, approued, and admitted thereunto. And therefore to the intent theſe orders ſhould bee continued, and reuerently vſed, and e�eemed in this Church of England, it is requiſite that no man (not being at this preſente Biſhop, Prie�, nor Deacon) ſhall execute any of them, except hee bee called, tried, examined, and admitted, according to the forme hereafter following. And none ſhall be admitted a Deacon, except hee bee twenty one yeeres of age at the lea�. And euery man, which is to bee admitted a Prie�, ſhall bee full foure and twentie yeeres old. And euery man, which is to be conſecrated a Biſhop, ſhall be fully thirtie yeeres of age. And the Biſhop knowing either by himſelfe, or by ſufficient te�imony, any perſon to be a man of vertuous conuerſation, and without crime, and after examination and tryall, findyng him learned in the Latine

tongue, and ſufficientlye in�ru�ed in holy Scripture, maye vpon a Sunday or holy day, in the face of the Church, ad-

mit him a Deacon in ſuch manner and forme as hereafter followeth.

The Forme and manner of Orde-

ring of D E A C O N S . Ir�, when the day appointed by the Biſhop is come, there ſhall be an exhortation, declaring the duetie and office of ſuch as come to be admitted Mini�ers, how nece ary ſuch orders are in the Church of Chri�, and alſo how the people ought to e�eeme them in their vocation.

After the exhortation ended, the Archedeacon or his Deputie, hall preſent ſuch as ſhall come the Biſhop to bee admitted, ſaying theſe words.

Euerend Father in God, I p°eƒente vnto you, theƒe perƒones p°e-ƒent, to be admitted Deacons.

The Biſhop.

Ake heed that the perƒons whom yee p°eƒente vnto vs, bee apt and meet, for their learning and godly conuerƒation, to exerciƒe

their miniƒterie duely, to the honour of God, and edifying of his Church.

The Archedeacon ſhall anſwere.

Haue enquired of them, and alƒo examined them, and thinke them ƒo to be.

And then the Biſhop ſhall ſay vnto the people.

Reth°ren, if there be any of you, who knoweth any impedi-ment, or notable crime, in any of theƒe perƒones presented to be

ordered Deacons, for the which hee ought not to bee admitted to the ƒame, let him come foo°th in the name of God, and ƒhewe what the crime o° impediment is.

And if any great crime, or impediment be obie�ed, the Biſhoppe ſhall ſurceaſe, from ordering that perſon, vntill ſuch time as the party accuſed ſhall trie himſelf cleare of that crime.

Then the Biſhop, commending ſuch as ſhall be found meet to bee ordered to the prayers of the Congregation, with the Clearkes, and people preſent, ſhall ſay or ſing the Letany as followeth, with the prayers.

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The Letanie and Suffrages. God the Father of heauen : haue mercy vpon vs miƒerable ƒinners. O God the Father of heauen : haue mercy vpon vs miſerable ſinners. O God the Sonne, redeemer of the world : haue mercy vpon vs miƒerable ƒinners. O God the Sonne, Redeemer of the world : haue mercy

vpon vs miſerable ſinners.

O God the holy Gho¥, p°oceeding from the Father and the Son: haue mercie vpon vs miƒerable ƒinners. O God the holy Gho�, proceeding from the Father and the Sonne: haue mercy vpon vs miſerable ſinners.

O holy, ble±ed, and glo°ious Trinity, th°ee perƒons and one God : haue mercie vpon vs miƒerable ƒinners. O holy, bleffed, and glorious Trinitie, three perſons and one God : haue mercy vpon vs miſerable ſinners. Remember not Lord our o¤ences, no° the o¤ences of our fo°e-fathers, neither take thou vengeance of our ƒinnes : ƒpare vs good Lord, ƒpare thy people, whom thou ha¥ redeemed with thy mo¥ p°ecious bloud, and be not angry with vs fo° euer.

Spare vs good Lord. From all euill and miƒchiefe, from ƒinne, from the crafts and a±aults of the deuill, from thy w°ath, and from euerla¥ing dam-nation.

Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindne±e of heart, from p°ide, vaine glo°y, and hypo-criƒie, from enuie, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitablene±e.

Good Lord deliuer vs. From fo°nication, and all other deadly ƒinne, and from all the deceits of the wo°ld, the fleƒh, & the deuill.

Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempe¥, from plague, peƒtilence, and famine, from battell and murther, and from ƒudden death.

Good Lord deliuer vs. From all ƒedition and p°iuy conƒpiracy, from all falƒe doctrine and hereƒie, from hardne±e of heart, and contempt of thy word and Commandement:

Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mi¥ery of thy holy Incarnation, by thy holy Natiuitie and Circumciƒion, by thy Baptiƒme, Fa¥ing, and Temptation.

Good Lord deliuer vs. By thine agony and bloody ƒweat, by thy Cro±e and Pa±ion, by

thy p°ecious Death and Buriall, by thy glorious Reƒurrection and Aƒcenƒion, and by the comming of the holy Gho¥.

Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulacion, in all time of our wealth, in the houre of death, and in the daye of Judgement.

Good Lord deliuer vs. Wee ƒinners doe beƒeech thee to heare vs (O Lord God), and that it may pleaƒe thee to rule and gouerne thy holy Church uni-uerƒally in the right way.

Wee beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to keepe and ¥rengthen in the true wo°-ƒhipping of thee, in righteouƒne±e, and holine±e of life, thy seruant Charles, our mo¥ gracious King and Gouernour.

Wee beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to rule his heart in thy faith, feare, and loue, and that he may euermo°e haue a¤iaunce in thee, and euer seeke thy honour and glo°y.

Wee beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to bee his defender and keeper, giuing him the victo°y ouer all his enemies.

We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to ble±e and p°eƒerue our gracious Queene Mary, Prince Charles, and the re¥ of the Royall P°ogenie.

We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to illuminate all Biƒhops, Pa¥o°s, and Mini¥ers of the Church, with true knowledge and vnder¥anding of thy Wo°d, and that both by their p°eaching and liuing, they may set it foo°th and ƒhew it acco°dingly.

We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to endue the Lo°ds of the Councell, and al the Nobility, with grace, wiƒedome, and vnder¥anding.

We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to ble±e and keepe the Magi¥rates, gi-uing them grace to execute Ju¥ice, and to maintaine trueth.

We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to ble±e and keepe all thy people.

We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to giue to all Nations, vnity, peace, and concord.

Wee beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to geve vs an heart to loue and dread thee, and diligently to liue after thy Commandements.

Wee beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord.

That it may pleaƒe thee to geve all thy people increaƒe of grace, to heare meekely thy wo°d, and to receiue it with pure a¤ection, and to b°ynge foo°th the fruits of the Spirit.

Wee beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to b°ing into the way of trueth, al ƒuch

as haue erred, and are deceiued. Wee beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord.

That it may pleaƒe thee to ±rengthen ƒuch as doe ±and, and to comfo°t and help the weake hearted, and to raiƒe vp them that fall, and finally to beate downe Satan vnder our feete.

Wee beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to ƒuccour, helpe and comfo°t, all that be

in danger, nece±ity, and tribulation. We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord.

That it may pleaƒe thee to p°eƒerue all that trauell by land o° by water, all women labouring of child, all ƒick perƒons and young child°en, and to ƒhew thy pity upon all priƒoners and captiues.

We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to defend and p°ouide fo° the fatherle±e

child°en and widowes, and all that bee deƒolate and opp°e±ed. We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord.

That it may pleaƒe thee to haue mercie upon al men. We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord.

That it may pleaƒe thee to forgiue our enemies, perƒecuto°s, and ƒlanderers, and to turne theyr hearts.

Wee beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may pleaƒe thee to giue and p°eƒerve to our vƒe the kindly

fruits of the earth, ƒo as in due time wee may enioy them. We beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord.

That it may pleaƒe thee to giue vs true repentance, to fo°giue vs all oure ƒinnes, negligences, and igno°ances, and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy Spirit, to amend our liues acco°ding to thy holy Word.

Wee beſeech thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God: wee beƒeech thee to heare vs.

Sonne of God: we beeſech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God, that take¥ away the ƒinnes of the world. Grant vs thy peace. O Lambe of God, that take¥ away the ƒinnes of the world.

Have mercie upon us. O Chri¥ heare vs.

O Chri� heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs.

Lord haue mercy vpon vs.

Chri¥ haue mercy vpon vs. Chri� haue mercy vpon vs.

Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs.

Our Father which art in heauen, &c. And leade vs not into temptation.

But deliuer vs from euill. Amen. The Verſicle.

O Lo°d deale not with vs after our ƒinnes. Anſwere.

Neither reward vs after our iniquities.

¶ Let us pray. God mercifull Father, that deƒpiƒe¥ not the ƒighing of a contrite heart, no° the deƒire of ƒuch as be ƒo°rowfull, mercifully a±i¥ our p°ayers that wee make befo°e thee, in all our troubles and aduerƒities, whenƒoever they opp°e±e vs: and graciouƒly heare

vs, that those euils, which the craft and ƒubtilty of the deuill, or man worketh again¥ vs, be b°ought to naught, and by the p°oui-dence of thy goodne±e, they may be diƒperƒed, that we thy ser-uants, beyng hurt by no perƒecutions, may euermo°e giue thankes vnto thee, in thy holy Church, through Jesus Chri¥ our Lord.

O Lorde ariſe, helpe vs, and deliuer vs, for thy Names ſake. O God, we haue heard with our eares, and oure fathers haue de-

clared vnto vs the noble wo°kes that thou didde¥ in their dayes, and in the old time befo°e them.

O Lord ariſe, helpe vs, and deliuer vs, for thine honour. Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne : and to the holy Gho¥.

As it was in the begynning, is now, and euer ƒhall be, wo°ld without end. Amen. From our enemies defend vs, O Chri¥.

Graciouſly looke vpon our affli�ions. Pitifully behold the ƒo°rowes of our hearts.

Mercifully forgiue the ſinnes of thy people. Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers.

O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer voucheƒafe to heare vs, O Chri¥.

Graciouſly heare vs, O Chri�, Graciouſly heare vs, O Lord Chri�. The Verſicle.

O Lord let thy mercy be ƒhewed vpon vs. The Anſwere.

As we doe put our tru± in thee.

¶ Let vs pray. E humbly beƒeech thee, O father, mercifully to look vpon our infirmities, and fo° the glo°y of thy Names ƒake, turne

from vs all thoƒe euils that wee mo¥ righteouƒly haue deƒerued: and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole tru¥ and confidence in thy mercy, and euermo°e ƒerue thee in holine±e and purene±e of liuing, to thy honour and glo°y, th°ough our onely Mediatour and Aduocate Jeƒus Ch°i¥ our Lo°d. Amen.

Lmightie God, which ha¥ giuen vs grace at this time with one acco°d to make our common ƒupplications vnto the, and doe¥

p°omiƒe that when two o° th°ee bee gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their reque¥s: fulfill now, O Lord, the deƒires and petitions of thy ƒeruants, as may be mo¥ expedient fo° them, granting vs in this wo°ld, knowledge of thy truth, and in the wo°ld to come life euerla¥ing. Amen.

¶ Then ſhall bee ſaid alſo this that followeth.

Lmighty God, which by thy diuine p°ouidence, ha¥ appointed diuers o°ders of Mini¥ers in the Church, and didde¥ inƒpire thine holy Apo¥les to chuƒe vnto this o°der of Deacons, the fir¥ Marty° S. Stephen, with other: mercifully behold theƒe thy ƒeruants,

now called to the like office and admini¥ration; repleniƒhe them ƒo with the trueth of thy doctrine, and innocency of life, that, both by wo°d and good example, they may faithfully ƒerue thee in this of-fice, to the glo°y of thy Name, and p°ofite of the Congregation, th°ough the merits of our Sauiour Jeƒu Chri¥, who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy Gho¥, now and for ever. Amen.

Then ſhall be ſung or ſaid the Communion of the day, ſauing the Epi�le ſhall

be read out of Timothie, as followeth.

Ikewiƒe mu¥ the Mini¥ers be hone¥, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither greedy of filthy lucre, but holding the my¥ery of the faith, with a pure conƒci-

ence: and let them fir¥ be p°ooued, and then let them mini¥er, ƒo that no man be able to rep°oue them. Even ƒo mu¥ their wiues be hone¥, not euil ƒpeakers, but ƒober and faithfull in all things. Let the Deacons be the huƒbands of one wife, and ƒuche as rule their child°en well, and their owne houƒholds: Fo° they that mini¥er

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well, get themƒelves a good degree, and a great liberty in the faith, which is in Chri¥ Jeƒu. Theƒe things write I vnto thee tru¥ing to come ƒho°tly vnto thee; but and if I tarry long, that then thou maye¥ yet haue knowledge, how thou oughte¥ to behaue thy ƒelf in the houƒe of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth. And without doubt, great is that my¥ery of godlyne±e. God was ƒhewed in the fleƒh, was iu¥ified in the ƒpirit, was seene among the Angels, was p°eached vnto the Gentiles, was beleeued on in the wo°ld, and receiued up in glory.

Or elſe this out of the ſixth of

the A�s.

Hen the twelve called the multitude of the Diƒciples together, and ƒaid, It is not meet that we ƒhould leaue the wo°d of God,

and ƒerue tables. Wherefo°e b°eth°en, looke yee out among you, ƒeuen men of hone¥ repo°t and full of the holy Gho¥ and wiƒdome, to whom wee may commit this buƒine±e: but wee will giue our ƒelues continually to p°aier, and to the admini¥ration of the wo°d. And that ƒaying pleaƒed the whole multitude. And they choƒe Ste-phen, a man ful of faith, and full of the holy Gho¥, and Philip, and P°ocho°us, and Nicano°, and Timon, and Permenas, and Nicholas a conuert of Antioch. Theƒe they ƒet befo°e the Apo¥les: and when they had p°ayed, they laid their hands on them. And the wo°d of God increaƒed, and the nomber of the Diƒciples multiplied in Jeru-ƒalem greatly, and a great company of the P°ie¥s, were obedient vnto the faith.

And before the Goſpell, the Biſhop ſitting in a chaire, ſhall cauſe the Oath of the Kings ſupremacie, and again� the power and authoritie of all forreigne Pontentates, to bee mini�red vnto euery of them that are to be ordered.

The Oath of the Kings Soueraignetie.

A. B. do vtterly te¥ifie and declare in my conƒcience that the Kings Highne±e is the onely ƒup°eam Gouernour of this Realme & of all other his Highnes Dominions and Countries, aƒwel in all ƒpiritual o° Eccleƒia¥icall things

or cauƒes, as Temporall, and that no fo°reigne P°ince, Perƒon, P°elate, State, o° Potentate, hath o° ought to haue any iursidiction,

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power, ƒuperio°ity, p°eeminence o° autho°ity Eccleƒia¥icall o° Spiritual within this Realme, and therefore I doe vtterly re-nounce and fo°ƒake all fo°reigne Jurisdictions, Powers, Supe-rio°ities, and autho°ities, and doe p°omiƒe that from hencefo°th I ƒhall beare faith and true Allegiance to the kings Highne±e, his Heires and lawfull Succe±ours, and to my power ƒhall a±i¥ and defend all Juriƒdictions, P°ivileges, P°eeminences, and Authorities granted o° belonging to the Kings Highnes, his Heires and Suc-ce±ours, o° vnited and annexed to the Imperiall Crowne of this Realme, ƒo helpe me God, and the Contentes of this Booke. Then ſhall the Biſhop examine euery one of them that are to bee ordered, in the

preſence of the people, after this manner following.

Oe you tru¥ that you are inwardly mooued by the holy Gho¥, to take vpon you this o¤ice and mini¥ration, to ƒerue

God, fo° the p°omotinge of his glo°y, and the edifying of his people? Anſwere.

I tru¥ ƒo. The Biſhop.

Doe you thinke that yee truly be called acco°ding to the will of our Lo°d Jeƒus Chri¥, and the due o°der of this Realme, to the Mini¥ery of the Church?

Anſwere. I thinke ƒo.

The Biſhop. Doe you unfainedly beleeue all the Canonicall Scriptures, of

the old and new Te¥ament? Anſwere.

I doe beleeue. The Biſhop.

Ill you diligently reade the ƒame vnto the people a±embled in the Church, where you ƒhall be appointed to ƒerue?

Anſwere. I will.

The Biſhop. T aopertaineth to the o¤ice of a Deacon in the Church, where he ƒhall be appointed to a±i¥ the P°ie¥ in deuine Seruice, and ƒpe-

cially when he mini¥reth the holy Communion, and to helpe him in di¥ribucion thereof, and to reade holy Scriptures and Homilies in the Congregation, and to in¥ruct the youth in the Cathechiƒme, to baptize and to p°eache if he bee admitted thereto by the Biƒhop. And furthermo°e, it is his o¤ice, where p°ouiƒion is ƒo made, to ƒearch for the ƒicke, poo°e, and impotent people of the Pariƒh, and to inti-

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mate their e¥ates, names, and places where they dwell vnto the Curate, that by his exho°tation they may bee relieued by the Pa-riƒh or other conuenient almes: wil you doe this gladly and will-ingly?

Anſwere. I will ƒo doe by the helpe of God.

The Biſhop. Ill you applie all youre diligence to frame and faƒhion your owne liues, and the liues of all your familie acco°ding to the

doctrin of Chri¥, and to make both your ƒelues and them as much as in you lieth, wholeƒome examples of the flocke of Chri¥?

Anſwere. I will ƒo doe, the Lord being my helper.

The Biſhop. Ill you reuerently obey your Ordinary and other chiefe Mini¥ers of the Church, and them to whom the gouerne-

ment and charge is committed ouer you, following with a glad minde and will their godly admonitions?

Anſwere. I will indeauour my ƒelfe, the Lo°d being my helper.

Then the Biſhop laying his hands ſeuerally vpon the head of euery of them, ſhall saye.

Take thou authority to execute the o¤ice of a Deacon in the

Church of God committed vnto thee: In the Name of the Father, the Sonne, and the holy Gho¥. Amen.

Then ſhal the Biſhop deliuer to euery one of them the New Te�ament, ſaying. Take thou autho°itie to reade the Goƒpel in the Church of God,

and to p°each the ƒame, if thou be thereto o°dinarily commanded.

Then one of them appointed by the Biſhop, ſhall reade the Goſpel of that day. Then ſhall the Biſhop proceed to the Communion, and all that are ordered shall

tarry and receiue the holy Communion the ſame day with the Biſhop. The Communion ended, after the la� Colle�, and immediately before the

Benediction, ſhall be ſaid this Colle� following.

Lmighty God, giuer of all good thinge, which of thy great goodne±e ha¥ vouchƒafed to accept and take theƒe thy ƒeruants

vnto the o¤ices of Deacons in thy Church: make them wee beƒeech thee (O Lo°d) to bee mode¥, humble, and con¥ant in their mini-¥ration, to haue a ready will to obƒerue all ƒpirituall diƒcipline, that

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they hauing alwayes the te¥imony of a good conƒcience, and con-tinuing euer ƒtable and ƒtrong in thy Sonne Chri¥, may ƒo well uƒe themƒelues in this inferiour o¤ice, that they may be found worthy to bee called vnto the higher mini¥eries in thy Church, th°ough the ƒame thy Sonne our Sauiour Chri¥, to whom be glory and honour, wo°ld without end. Amen. And here it mu� bee ſhewed vnto the Deacon that hee mu� continue in that

office of a Deacon, the ſpace of a whole yeere at the lea� (except for reason-able cauſes, it bee otherwiſe ſeene to his Ordenary) to the intent hee may be perfe�, and well expert in the things appertaining to the Eccleſia�icall admini�ration, in executing whereof, if he be found faithful and diligent, he may be admitted by his Dioceſan to the order of Prie�hood.

¶ The forme of Ordering of Prie�s.

When the exhortacion is ended, then ſhall follow the Communion. And for the

Epi�le ſhall bee read out of the twentieth Chapter of the A�es of the Apo�les as followeth.

Rom Mileto, Paul ƒent me±engers to Epheƒus, and called the Elders of the Congregation; which when they were come to him, hee ƒaid unto them. Yee know, that from the fir± day that I came into Aƒia, after

what manner I haue beene with you at all ƒeaƒons, ƒeruiyng the Lo°d with all humblene±e of minde, and with many teares and temptations which happened vnto me by the layings await of the Jewes, because I would keepe backe nothing that was p°ofitable vnto you, but to ƒhew you, and teach you openly th°oughout euery houƒe: witne±ing both to the Jewes, and alƒo to the G°eekes, the repentance that is toward GOD, and the faith which is toward our Lord Jeƒus. And now behold, I goe bound in the ƒpirit vnto Hieruƒalem, not knowing the things that ƒhall come on me there, but that the holy Gho¥ witne±eth in euery Citie, ƒaying that bands

and trouble abide mee. But none of theƒe things mooue me, neither is my life deare vnto my ƒelfe, that I might fulfill my courƒe with ioy and the mini¥ration of the wo°d which I haue receiued of the Lord Jesu, to te¥ifie the Goƒpel of the grace of God. And now behold, I am ƒure that hencefo°th yee all (th°ough whom I haue gone p°eaching the kingdome of God) ƒhall ƒee my face no more. Wherefore I take you to reco°d this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men: For I haue ƒpared no labour, but haue ƒhewed you all the counsell of God. Take heed therefo°e vnto your ƒelues, and to all the flocke among whom the holy Gho¥ hath made you ouerƒeers, to rule the Congregation of God, which hee hath pur-chaƒed with his blood. Fo° I am sure of this, that after my depart-ing, ƒhall grieuous woolues enter in among you, not ƒparing the flocke. Mo°eouer, of your owne ƒelues ƒhall men ariƒe, ƒpeaking peruerƒe things, to d°aw diƒciples after them. Therefo°e awake, and remember that by the ƒpace of th°ee yeeres I ceaƒed not to warne euery one of you night and day, with teares. And now b°eth°en, I commend you to God, and to the wo°d of his grace, which is able to build further, and to giue you an inheri-tance among all them which are ƒanctified. I haue deƒired no mans ƒiluer, gold, o° ve¥ure. Yea, you know your ƒelues, that theƒe hands haue mini¥red vnto my nece±ities, and vnto them that were with mee. I haue ƒhewed you all things, how that so labouring yee ought to receiue the weake, and to remember the wo°ds of the Lo°de Jeƒus, how that hee ƒaid; It is mo°e ble±ed to giue, than to receiue.

Or elſe this third Chapter, of the fir� Epi�le to Timothie.

His is a true ƒaying, If any man deƒire the o¤ice of a Biƒhop, he desireth an hone¥ wo°k. A Biƒhop therefo°e mu¥ be blamele±e, the huƒband of one wife, vigilant, ƒo-bre, diƒcrete, a keeper of hoƒpitalitie, apt to teach, not

giuen to ouer much wine, no fighter, nor greedy of filthy lucre, but gentle, abho°ring fighting, abho°ring couetouƒne±e, one that ruleth well his own houƒe, one that hath child°en in ƒubiection with all reuerence. Fo° if a man cannot rule his owne houƒe, how ƒhall hee care for the Congregation of God? He may not be a yong Scholer, le¥ he ƒwell, and fall into the iudgement of the euill ƒpeaker. He mu¥ alƒo have a good repo°t of them which are without; le¥ hee fall into rebuke, and ƒnare of the euill ƒpeaker. Likewiƒe mu¥ the Mini¥ers bee hone¥, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither grerdy of filthy lucre; but holding

1. Tim. 3.This when Deacons and Prie�s are made both in one day.

the mi¥erie of the faith, with a pure conƒcience: and let them fir¥ be p°ooued, and then let them mini¥er ƒo that no man be able to re-p°ooue them. Euen ƒo mu¥ their wiues be hone¥, not euill ƒpeakers: but sober and faithfull in all things. Let the Deacons be the huƒbands of one wife, and ƒuch as rule their child°en well, and their owne houƒholds: Fo° they that mini¥er well get themƒelues a good degree, and great liberty in the faith which is in Ch°i¥ Jeƒus. Theƒe things write I vnto thee, tru¥ing to come ƒho°tly vnto thee: but if I tarry long, that then thou maye¥ haue yet knowledge, how thou oughte¥ to behaue thy ƒelfe in the houƒe of God, which is the Vongregacion of the liuing God, the pillar and ground of trueth.

And without doubt, great is that my¥erie of godline±e: God was ƒhewed in the fleƒh, was iu¥ified in the Spirit, was ƒeene among the Angels, was p°eached vnto the Gentiles, was beleeued on in the wo°ld, and receiued up in glory.

After this shall be read for the Goſpel a piece of the la� Chapter of Mathew, as followeth.

Eƒus came and ƒpake vnto them, ƒaying: All power is giuen vnto me in heauen and in earth: Goe ye therefo°e and teach all Na-

tions, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Gho¥, teaching them to obƒerue all things, whatƒo-euer I haue commanded you : and loe, I am with you alway, euen vntil the end of the wo°ld.

Or elſe this that followeth, of the tenth Chapter of Iohn.

Erily, verely, I ƒay vnto you, He that entreth not in by the doo°e into the ƒheepefold, but climbeth up ƒome other way, the

ƒame is a thiefe and a murtherer. But hee that entreth in by the doo°e, is the ƒhepeherd of the ƒheepe, to him the po°ter openeth, and the ƒheepe heare his voyce, and hee calleth his owne ƒheepe by name, and leadeth them out. And when hee hath sent foo°th his owne ƒheepe, hee goeth befo°e them, and the sheepe follow him, fo° they know his voice. A ¥ranger will they not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voyce of ¥rangers. This p°ouerbe ƒpake Jeƒus vnto them, but they vnder¥ood not what things they were which hee ƒpake vnto them. Then ƒaid Jeƒus vnto them againe, Verely, verely, I ƒay vnto you, I am the doo°e of the sheepe: and all (euen as many as come befo°e mee) are theeues and murderers, but the ƒheepe did not heare them. I am the doo°e : by me if any

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man enter in, he ƒhall be ƒafe, and goe in and out, and finde pa¥ure. A thiefe cometh not but fo° to ¥eale, kill and to de¥roy. I am come, that they might haue life, and that they might haue it mo°e abun-dantly. I am the good ƒhepherd. A good ƒhepherd giueth his life fo° the ƒheepe. An hired ƒeruant, and he which is not the shepherd (neither the ƒheepe are his owne) ƒeeth the wolfe comming, and lea-ueth the sheepe and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth and ƒcattereth the ƒheepe. The hired ƒervant fleeth, becauƒe hee is an hired ƒeruaunt, and careth not for the ƒheepe. I am the good ƒhepherd and know my ƒheepe, and am knowne of mine. As my Father knoweth me, euen ƒo know I alƒo my Father. And I giue my life fo° the ƒheepe. And other ƒheepe I haue, which are not of this fold: them alƒo mu¥ I bring, and they ƒhall heare my voyce, and there ƒhall be one foldm and one ƒhepherd.

Or elſe this, of the xx. Chapter of Iohn.

He ƒame day at night, which was the fir¥ day of the Sab-bothes, when the doo°es were ƒhut (where the Diƒciples were

a±embled together, fo° feare of the Jewes) came Jeƒus and ¥ood in the mid¥, and ƒayd vnto them, Peace be vnto you. And when hee had ƒo ƒayd, he ƒhewed vnto them his hands & his ƒide. Then were the Diƒciples glad, when they ƒaw the Lo°d. Then ƒaid Jeƒus vnto them againe, Peace be vnto you: As my Father ƒent me, euen ƒo ƒend I you alƒo. And when he had ƒaid thoƒe wo°ds, he b°eathed on them and ƒayd vnto them, Receiue ye the holy Gho¥: Whoƒoeuers ƒinnes yee remit, they are remitted vnto them: and whoƒoeuers ƒinnes ye retaine, they are retained.

When the Goſpel is ended, then ſhall be ſayd or ſung.

Ome holy Gho¥ eternall God p°oceeding from aboue: Both from the Father and the Sonne, the God of peace and

loue: Viƒit oure minds, and into us, thy heauenly grace inƒpire: That in all truth and godline±e, we may haue true deƒire. Thou art the very Comforter, in all woe and diƒtre±e: The heauenly gifte of God mo¥ high, which no tongue can ex-

pre±e. The fountaine and the liuely sp°ing, of ioy cele¥iall: The fire ƒo bright, the loue ƒo cleare, and Vnction ƒpirituall. Thou in thy giftes art manifold, whereby Chri¥es Church doth

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Acco°ding to thy p°omiƒe made, thou giue¥ ƒpeech of grace: That th°ough thy helpe, the p°aiƒe of God, may ƒound in euery

place. O holy Gho¥, into oure wits, ƒend downe thy heauenly light: Kindle our hearts with feruent loue, to ƒerue God day and night. Strength and ¥abliƒh all our weakene±e, ƒo feeble and ƒo fraile: That neither fleƒh, the world, no° deuill, again¥ us do p°euaile. Put backe our enemie farre from us, and grant us to obtaine, Peace in our hearts, with God and man, without grudge o°

disdaine. And grant O Lo°d that thou being, our leader and our guide: We may eƒchewe the ƒnares of ƒinne, and from thee neuer ƒlide. To us ƒuch plentie of thy grace, good Lo°d grant we thee p°ay: That thou maye¥ be our Comforter, at the la¥ d°eadfull day. Of all ¥rife and di±ention, O Lo°d, di±olue the bands: And make the knots of peace and loue, th°oughout all Chri¥ian

lands. Grant vs O Lo°d, th°ough thee to know the Father mo¥ of

might: That of his deare beloued Sonne, we may attaine the ƒight, And that with perfect fayth alƒo, we may acknowledge thee; The Spirit of them both alway, one God in perƒons th°ee. Laude and p°aiƒe be to the Father, and to the Sonne equall: And to the holy Spirite alƒo, one God coeternall. And p°ay wee that the onely Sonne, vouchƒafe his Spirite to

ƒend: To all that doe profe±e his Name, vnto the wo°lds end. Amen.

And then the Archdeacon ſhall preſent vnto the Biſhop, all them that ſhall

receiue the order of Prie�hood that day, the Archedeacon ſayinge,

Euerend Father in God, I preƒent vnto you, theƒe perƒons, p°e-ƒent, to be admitted to the o°der of P°ie¥hood,

Cum interrogatione & reſponſione, vt in ordine Diaconatus.

And then the Biſhop ſhall ſay to the people,

Ood people, theƒe bee they whom wee purpoƒe, God willing, to receiue this day vnto the holy o¤ice of P°ie¥hood. Fo° after

due examination, we finde not to the contrary, but that they be lawfully called to their function and mini¥erie, and that they bee perƒons meet fo° the ƒame: but yet if there bee any of you, which

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knoweth any impediment, o° notable cryme in any of them, fo° the which hee oughte not to be receiued into this holy mini¥erie, now in the Name of God declare the ƒame.

And if any great crime or impediment be obiected,

Vt ſupra in Ordine Diaconatus vſque ad finem Letanie cum hac Colle�a.

Lmighty God, giuer of all good thinges, which by thy holy Spirit ha¥ appointed diuers o°ders of Mini¥ers in thy

Church, mercifully behold theƒe thy ƒervants, now called to the of-fice of Prie¥hood, and repleniƒh them ƒo with the truth of thy doc-trine, and innocencie of life, that both by wo°de and good example, they may faithfully serue thee in this o¤ice, to the glo°y of thy Name, and p°ofit of the Congregation, th°ough the merits of our Sauiour Jeƒus Chri¥, who liueth and reigneth, with thee and the holy Gho¥, wo°ld without end. Amen. Then the Biſhop ſhall mini�er vnto euery of them the Oath,

concerning the Kings Supremacie, as it is ſet forth in the order of Deacons, and that done, hee ſhall ſay vnto them, which are appointed to receiue the ſaid office, as hereafter followeth.

Ou haue heard b°eth°en, aƒwell in youre p°iuate examination, as in the exho°tation, and in the holy Le±ons taken out of the

Goƒpel, and of the w°itings of the Apo¥les, of what dignity, and of how great impo°tance this o¤ice is, (whereunto yee be called). And now wee exho°t you, in the Name of our Lo°d Jeƒus Chri¥, to haue in rememb°ance into how high a dignity, and to how chargeable an o¤ice yee be called, that is to ƒay, to be the me±engers, the watch-men, the Pa¥ours, and the Stewards of the Lo¥d to teach, to p°e-moniƒhe, to feede, and p°ouid for the Lo°ds family: to ƒeek for Ch°i¥s ƒheepe that be diƒperƒed ab°oad, and fo° his child°en which bee in the midde¥ of this naughty wo°ld, to bee ƒaued th°ough Ch°i¥ fo° euer. Haue alwayes therfo°e p°inted in your rememb°ance how great a treaƒure is committed to your charge, fo° they be the ƒheepe of Ch°i¥, which hee bought with his death, and fo° whom he ƒhed his blood. The Churche and Congregation whom you mu¥ ƒerue, is his ƒpouƒe and his body.

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know the greatne±e of the fault, and alƒo of the ho°rible puniƒhment which will enƒue. Wherfo°e, conƒider with your ƒelues the end of your mini¥ery, towards the child°en of God, towards the ƒpouƒe and body of Ch°i¥, and ƒee that you neuer ceaƒe your labour, your care, and diligence, vntill you haue doen all that lieth in you, ac-co°ding to your bounden duety, to b°ing all ƒuch as are, o° shall be committed to your charge, vnto that agreement in faith, and know-ledge of God, and to that ripene±e and perfectne±e of age in Ch°i¥, that there be no place left among you, either for errour in Religion, o° fo° viciouƒne±e in life.

Then, fo°aƒmuch as your o¤ice is both of ƒo greate excellencie, and of ƒo great di¤icultie, ye ƒee with how great care and ¥udy yee ought to apply your ƒelues, aƒwell that you may ƒhewe your ƒelues kind to that Lo°d, who hath placed you in so high a dignity, as alƒo to beware, that neither you your ƒelues o¤end, neither be occaƒion that other o¤end. Howbeit, ye cannot haue a mind and a wil thereto of your ƒelues, fo° that power and ability is giuen of God alone. Therefo°e ye ƒee how ye ought and haue need, earne¥ly to pray fo° his holy Spirit. And ƒeeing that you cannot by any other meanes compa±e the doing of ƒo weighty a wo°ke pertaining to the ƒaluation of man, but with doctrine and exho°tacion, taken out of holy Scrip-tures, and with a life agreeable unto the ƒame. Ye perceiue how ¥udious yee ought to bee in reading and learning the Scriptures, and in framing the manners, both of your ƒelues, and of them that ƒpecially pertaine vnto you, acco°ding to the rule of the ƒame Scriptures: And fo° this ƒelfe ƒame cauƒe, ye ƒee how yee ought to fo°ƒake and ƒet aƒide (as much as you maye) all wo°ldly cares and ¥udies.

We haue a good hope, that you haue well weighed and pondered theƒe things with your ƒelues, long befo°e this time, and that you haue clearly determined, by Gods grace, to giue your ƒelues wholly to this vocation, wherunto it hath pleaƒed God to call you, ƒo that (as muche as lieth in you) you apply your ƒelues wholly to this one thing, and d°aw all your cares and ¥udies this way, and to this end. And that you will continually p°ay for the heauenly a±i¥ance of the holy Gho¥, from God the father, by the mediation of our onely Mediatour and Sauiour Jesus Ch°i¥, that by daily reading and weighing of the Scriptures, ye may ƒo waxe riper and ¥ronger in your mini¥ery: And that yee may so endeuour your ƒelues from time to time to ƒanctifie the liues of you and yours, and to faƒhion them after the rule and doctrine of Ch°i¥. And that ye may be wholƒome and godly examples and paternes fo° the re¥ of the

congregation to folowe: & that this p°eƒent congregation of Ch°i¥ here a±embled, may alƒo under¥and your mindes and wils, in theƒe things: and that this your p°omise ƒhall more moue you to do your duties, ye shal anƒwere plainely to these things, which we in the name of the congregation ƒhall demand of you touching the ƒame.

Doe you thinke in your heart, that you be truely called acco°ding to the will of our Lo°d Jeƒus Ch°i¥e, and the oƒder of this Church of England, to the mini¥ery of P°ie¥hood?

Anſwere.

I thinke it. The Biſhop.

Ee you perƒwaded that the holy ƒcriptures conteine ƒu¤iciently al doctrine required of nece±itie fo° eternall ƒaluation, thorow

faith in Jeƒu Ch°i¥? And are you determined with the ƒayd Scriptures, to in¥ruct the people committed to your charge, and to teach nothing (as required of nece±itie, to eternal ƒaluation) but that you shall be perƒwaded may be concluded, and p°ooued by the Scripture?

Anſwere. I am ƒo perƒwaded, and haue ƒo determined by Gods grace.

The Biſhop. Ill you then giue your faithfull diligence alwayes, ƒo to mini¥er the doctrine and Sacraments, and the diƒcipline of

Ch°i¥, as the Lo°d hath commanded, and as this Realme hath re-ceiued the same, acco°ding to the Commandements of God, ƒo that you may teach the people committed to your cure and charge, with al diligence to keepe and obƒerue the ƒame?

Anſwere. I wil ƒo doe, by the helpe of the Lo°d.

The Biſhop. Ill you bee ready with al faithful diligence, to baniƒh and d°iue away all erroneous and ¥range doctrines, contrary to

Gods wo°d, and to use both publike and p°iuate monitions and exhortations, as well to the ƒicke as to the whole, within youre cures, as need ƒhall require and occaƒion be giuen?

Anſwere. I will, the Lo°d being my helper.

The Biſhop. Ill you bee diligent in p°ayers, and in reading of the holy Scriptures, and in ƒuch ¥udies as helpe to the knowledge of

the ƒame, laying aƒide the ¥udy of the wo°ld and the fleƒhe?

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Anſwere. I will endeuour my selfe ƒo to doe, the Lo°d being my helper.

The Biſhop. Ill you be diligent to frame and faƒhion your owne ƒelues, and your families, acco°ding to the doctrine of Ch°i¥, and to

make bothe youre ƒelues and them (as much as in you lieth) whol-ƒome examples and ƒpectacles to the flocke of Ch°i¥?

Anſwere. I will ƒo apply my ƒelfe, the Lo°d being my helper.

The Biſhop. Ill you mainetaine and ƒet fo°wards (as much as lyeth in you) quietnes, peace, and loue, among all Ch°i¥ian people,

and ƒpecially among them that are, o° ƒhall be committed to your charge?

Anſwere. I will ƒo doe, the Lo°d being my helper.

The Biſhop. Ill you reuerently obey your O°dinarie, and other chiefe Mini¥ers, vnto whom the gouernment and charge is com-

mitted ouer you, following with a glad minde and will, their godly admonition, and ƒubmitting your ƒelves to their godly iudgements?

Anſwere. I will ƒo doe, the Lo°d being my helper.

Then ſhal the Biſhop ſay, Lmightie God, who hath giuen you this will to doe all theƒe things, grant alƒo vnto you ¥rength and power to perfo°me the

ƒame, that he may accompliƒh his wo°ke which he hath begun in you, untill the time hee shall come at the latter day, to iudge the quicke and the dead. After this, the Congregation ſhall bee deſired ſecretly in their prayers, to make

humble ſupplicacions to God for the foreſaid things : for the whiche prayers, there ſhall be a certaine ſpace kept in ſilence.

That done, the Biſhop ſhall pray in this wiſe.

¶ Let us praye.

Lmightie God and heauenly father, which of thy infi-nite loue and goodne±e towards vs, ha¥ giuen to vs thy only & mo¥ deare beloued Son Jeƒus Ch°i¥, to be our redemer and autho° of euerla¥ing life: who after he had

made perfecte our redempcion by his death, & was ascended into heauen, ƒent ab°oad into the wo°ld his Apo¥les, P°ophets, Euangel-

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i¥s, Doctours and Pa¥ours, by whoƒe labour and mini¥ery, hee gathered together a greate flocke in all the parts of the wo°ld, to ƒet fo°th the eternall praiƒe of thy holy Name. For theƒe ƒo great bene-fits of thy eternall goodne±e, and fo° that thou ha¥ vouchƒafed to call theƒe thy ƒeruaunts here preƒent, to the ƒame office and mini¥e-rie of the ƒaluacion of mankinde; wee render vnto thee mo¥ hearty thankes, we wo°ƒhip and p°aiƒe thee, and we humbly beƒeech thee, by the ƒame thy Sonne, to grant vnto us all, which either here, o° elƒewhere call upon thy Name, that wee may ƒhew our ƒelues thankful to thee, fo° theƒe and all other thy benefits, & that we may dayly increaƒe and goe fo°wards, in the knowledge and faith of thee and thy Sonne, by the holy Spirit. So that as well by theƒe thy Mini¥ers, as by them to whom they shall be appointed Mini¥ers, thy holy Name may be alwayes glo°ified, and thy ble±ed king-dome enlarged, th°ough the ƒame thy Sonne our Lo°de Jeƒus Ch°i¥, which liueth and reigneth with thee, in the unitie of the ƒame holy Spirite, wo°ld without end. Amen. When this prayer is done, the Biſhop with the Prie�es preſent ſhal lay their

hands ſeuerally vpon the head of euery one that receiueth Orders. The Receiuers humbly kneeling vpon their knees, and the Biſhop ſaying,

Eceiue the holy Gho¥, whoƒe ƒinnes thou doe¥ fo°giue, they are fo°giuen: and whoƒe ƒinnes thou doe¥ retaine, thei are re-

tained: and be thou a faithful diƒpenƒer of the wo°d of god, and of his holy Sacraments. In the name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the holy Gho¥. Amen.

The Biſhop ſhall deliuer to euery one of them the Bible in his hand, ſaying.

Ake thou autho°ity to preach the wo°d of God, and to mini¥er the holy Sacraments in this Congregation, where thou ƒhalt be

ƒo appointed. When this is done, the Congregation ſhall sing the Creed, and alſo they ſhall goe

to the Communion, which all they that receiue Orders, ſhall take together, and remaine in the ſame place where the hands were layd vpon them, vntill ſuch time as they haue receiued the Communion.

The Communion being done, after the la� Colle�, and immediatly before the

Benedi�ion, ſhall be ſaid this Colle�. O¥ mercifull Father, we beƒeech thee so to ƒend vpon theƒe thy ƒeruantes thy heauenly ble±ing, that they may bee clad

about with all iu¥ice, and that thy wo°d ƒpoken by their mouthes, may haue ƒuch ƒucce±e, that it may neuer be ƒpoken in vaine. G°ant alƒo that we may haue grace to heare, and receiue the ƒame as thy

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mo¥ holy wo°d and the meanes of our ƒaluation, that in all our wo°ds and deeds we may ƒeeke thy glo°y, and the increase of thy Kingdome, th°ough Jeƒus Ch°i¥ our Lo°d. Amen. If the Order of Deacon and Prie�hood, be giuen both vpon one day, then ſhall all

things at the holy Communion bee uſed as they are appointed at the ordering of Prie�s, Sauing that for the Epi�le, the whole third Chapter of the fir� to Timothie ſhall be read, as it is ſet out before in the order of Prie�s. And immediatly after the Epi�le, the Deacons ſhall be ordered. And it ſhall ſuffice the Letany to be ſaid once.

The Forme of Conſecrating of an Archbiſhop, or Biſhop.

¶ At the Communion.

The Epi�le.

His is a true ƒaying, If a man deƒire the office of a Biƒhop he deƒireth an hone¥ wo°k. A Biƒhop there-fo°e mu¥ be blamele±e, the huƒband of one wife, diligent, ƒober, diƒcrete, a keeper of hoƒpitality, apt to teach, not giuen to ouermuch wine, no fighter, not

greedy of filthy lucre, but gentle, abho°ring fighting, abho°ring couetouƒne±e, one that ruleth well his own houƒe, one that hath chil-dren in ƒubiection with all reuerence. Fo° if a man cannot rule his owne houƒe, how shall he care fo° the Congregation of God? Hee may not be a yong ƒcholler, le¥ he ƒwell and fall into the iudgement of the euill speaker. He mu¥ alƒo haue a good repo°t of them which are without, le¥ he fall into rebuke, and the ƒnare of the euill ƒpeaker.

The Goſpel. Eƒus ƒaid to Simon Peter, Simon Johanna, loue¥ thou mee, more than theƒe? Hee ƒaid vnto him, yea, Lo°d, thou knowe¥ that

I loue thee: hee ƒaid vnto him, feed my Lambes. He ƒaid to him againe the ƒeconde time: Simon Johanna, loue¥ thou me? He ƒaied vnto him, Yea Lo°d, thou knowe¥ that I loue thee: he ƒaied vnto

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him, Feede my ƒheepe. He ƒaid vnto him the third time, Simon Johanna, loue¥ thou me? Peter was ƒo°ry, becauƒe he ƒaid vnto hym the third time, Love¥ thou me? And hee ƒaid vnto him, Lo°d thou knowe¥ all things, thou knowe¥ that I loue thee. Jeƒus ƒaid vnto him, Feed my ƒheepe.

Or elſe out of the tenth Chapiter of Iohn: as before in the order of Prie�s. After the Goſpel and Creed ended: fir� the ele�ed Biſhop ſhall bee

preſented by two Biſhops vnto the Archbiſhop of that Prouince, or to ſome other Biſhop appointed by his commi�ion: the Biſhops that preſent him, ſaying.

O¥ reuerend Father in God, we preƒent vnto you this godly and well learned man to be conƒecrated Biƒhop.

Then ſhall the Archbiſhop demand the Kings mandate for the conſecration and

cauſe it to bee read, and the Oath touching the knowledge of the Kings Supremacie, ſhall be mini�red to the perſons ele�ed, as it is ſet out in the order of Deacons. And then ſhall bee mini�red alſo the Oath of due obedience vnto the Archbiſhop, as followeth.

The Oath of due obedience to the Archbiſhop.

N the Name of God, Amen. I, N. chosen Biƒhop of the Church and See of N. doe p°ofe±e and p°omiƒe, a due reuerence and obe-

dience to the Archbiƒhop, and to the Metropoliticall Church of N. and to their ƒucce±o°s: so helpe me God, th°ough Jeƒus Ch°i¥e.

This Oath shall not be made at the Conſecration of an Archbiſhop. Then the Archbiſhop shall mooue the Congregation preſent, to praye, ſaying thus to them.

Rethren, it is w°itten in the Goƒpel of S. Luke, that our Sa-vioure Ch°i¥ continued the whole night in prayer, o° euer that

he did chuƒe and ƒend fo°th his tewlue Apo¥les. It is w°itten alƒo in the Acts of the Apo¥les, that the Diƒciples which were at Antioche did fa¥ and pray, o° euer they laid hands vpon, or ƒent fo°th Paul and Barnabas. Let vs therefo°e, following the example of our Saviour Ch°i¥ and his Apo¥les, fir¥ fall to p°ayer, o° that we admit and send fo°th this perƒon p°eƒented vnto vs, to the wo°ke wherunto we tru¥e the holy Gho¥ hath called him.

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And then ſhall be ſaid the Letanie, as afore in the order of Deacons,

And after this place: That it may pleaƒe the to illuminate all Bi-ƒhops. &c. he ſhal ſay.

That it may pleaƒe thee to ble±e this our b°other elected, and to ƒend thy grace vpon him, that he may duely execute the office wherunto hee is called, to the edifying of thy Church, and to the honour, p°aiƒe, and glory of thy Name.

Aunswere. We beseech thee to heare vs good Lo°d.

Concluding the Letanie in the end, with this prayer.

Lmightie God, giuer of all good things, which by thy holy ƒpi-rit ha¥ appointed divers orders of Mini¥ers in thy Church,

mercifully behold this thy seruant, now called to the wo°ke and mini¥ery of a Biƒhop, and repleniƒh him ƒo with the truth of thy doctrine, and innocencie of life, that both by wo°d and deed he may faithfully serue thee in this office, to the glo°y of thy Name, and profit of thy Congregation, through the merits of our Sauiour Jeƒus Ch°i¥, who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy Gho¥, wo°ld without end. Amen.

Then the Archbiſhop ſitting in a chaire, ſhall ſay to him that is to bee conſe-crated.

Rother, fo° as much as holy Scripture, and the old Canons commandeth, that we ƒhould not be ha¥y in laying on hands,

and admitting of any perƒon to the gouernement of the Congrega-tion of Ch°i¥, which he hath purchaƒed with no le±e p°ice than the effuƒion of his owne blood: afo°e I admit you to this admini¥ration wherunto you are called, I will examine you in certaine articles, to the end the Congregation present, may haue a triall and beare wit-ne±e how ye be minded to behaue your ƒelfe in the Church of God. Are you perƒwaded that you bee truly called to this mini¥ration according to the will of our Lo°de Jeƒus Chri¥, and the o°der of this Realme?

Anſwere. I am ƒo perƒwaded.

The Archbiſhop. Re you perƒwaded that the holy Scriptures containe ƒuffici-ently all doctrine, required of nece±itie fo° eternall ƒaluation,

th°ough the faith in Jeƒus Ch°i¥? And are you determined with the ƒame holy Scriptures, to in¥ruct the people committed to your

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charge, and to teach o° maintaine nothing, as required of nece±itie to eternall saluation, but that you ƒhall be perƒwaded may be concluded, and p°oued by the ƒame?

Anſwere. I am so perƒwaded and determined by Gods grace.

The Archbiſhop. Ill you then faithfully exerciƒe your ƒelfe in the ƒayd holy Scriptures, and call vpon God by p°ayer fo° the true un-

der¥anding of the ƒame, ƒo as ye may be able by them to teache and exho°t with wholeƒome doctrine, and to with¥and and conuince the gaineƒayers?

Anſwere. I will so doe, by the helpe of God.

The Archbiſhop. E you ready with all faithfull diligence to baniƒh and d°iue a-way all erroneous and ¥range doctrine contrary to Gods

wo°d, and both p°iuately and openly to call vpon, and encourage other to the ƒame?

Anſwere. I am ready, the Lo°d being my helper.

The Archbiſhop. Ill you deny all vngodline±e and wo°ldly lu¥s, and liue ƒoberly, righteously, and godly in this wo°ld, that you may

ƒhewe your ƒelfe in all things an example of good wo°ks vnto other, that the aduerƒary may be aƒhamed, hauing nothing to lay again¥ you?

Anſwere. I will so doe, the Lo°d being my helper.

The Archbiſhop. Ill you maintaine and ƒet fo°ward (as much as shall lie in you) quietne±e, peace, and loue emonge all men: and ƒuch as

be vnquiet, diƒobedient, and criminous within your Dioce±e, co°-rect and puniƒh, acco°ding to ƒuch autho°itie, as yee haue by Gods wo°d, and as to you shall bee committed, by the ordinance of this Realme?

Anſwere. I will doe ƒo by the helpe of God.

The Archbiſhop. Ill you ƒhewe your ƒelfe gentle, and be mercifull fo° Ch°i¥s ƒake to poo°e and needie people, and to all ¥rangers de¥itute

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Anſwere. I will ƒo ƒhewe myƒelfe by Gods helpe.

The Archbiſhop. Lmightie God oure heauenly Father, who hath giuen you a good will to doe all theƒe things, grant alƒo vnto you, ¥rength

and power to perfo°me the ƒame, that hee accompliƒhing in you, the good wo°ke which he hath begon, yee may bee found perfect, and irrep°ehenƒible at the latter day, th°ough Jeƒus Ch°i¥ our Lo°d. Amen.

Then ſhall be ſung or ſaid, Come holy Gho�, &c. As it is ƒet out in the o°der of Prie¥s.

That ended, the Archbiſhop ſhall ſay.

Lo°de, heare our p°ayer. Anſwer.

And let our cry come vnto thee.

¶ Let vs pray. Lmighty God and mo¥ mercifull Father, which of thine infinite goodne±e ha¥ giuen thy onely and mo¥ deare beloued Son Jeƒus Ch°i¥ to be our Redeemer and Autho° of euerla¥ing life, who after that hee had made perfect our Redemption by his death, and was aƒcended into heauen, pow°ed downe his gifts abondantly vpon men, making ƒome

Apo¥les, some P°ophets, ƒome Euangeli¥s, ƒome Pa¥ours and Doctours, to the edifying and making perfect his Congregation: grant wee beƒeech thee, to this thy ƒervant ƒuch grace, that hee may euermo°e be ready to ƒp°eade ab°oad thy Gospell, and glad tidings of reconcilement to God, and to vƒe the autho°itie giuen vnto him, not to de¥roy, but to ƒave, not to hurt, but to helpe: ƒo that he, as a wiƒe and a faithfull ƒervant, giuing to thy family meate in due ƒea-ƒon, may at the la¥ bee receiued into ioy, through Jeƒu Ch°i¥ our Lo°d, who with thee, and the holy Gho¥ liueth and reigneth one God, wo°ld without end. Amen. Then the Archbiſhop and Biſhops preſent, ſhal lay their hands vpon the head of

the ele�ed Biſhop, the Archbiſhop ſaying.

Ake the holy Gho¥, and remember that thou ¥irre up the grace of God, which is in thee, by impoƒicion of hands: fo° god hath

not giuen vs the ƒpirite of feare, but of power, and loue, and ƒo-berne±e.

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Then the Archbiſhop ſhal deliuer him the Bible, ſaying.

Iue heed vnto reading, exho°tation and doctrine. Thinke vpon theƒe things contained in this booke. Be diligent in them, that

the increaƒe comming thereby, may be manife¥ vnto all men. Take heed vnto thyƒelfe, and vnto teaching, and be diligent in doing them: fo° by doing this thou ƒhalt ƒaue thy ƒelfe, and them that heare thee. Bee to the flocke of Ch°i¥ a ƒhepherd, not a wolfe: feed them, deuoure them not: hold vp the weak, heale the ƒick, binde together the b°oken, b°ing againe the outca¥s, ƒeeke the lo¥. bee ƒo mercifull, that yee be not too remi±e: ƒo mini¥er diƒcipline, that you fo°get not mercy, that when the chiefe Shepherd ƒhall come, ye may receiue the immarce±ible crowne of glo°y, th°ough Jeƒus Ch°i¥ our Lo°d. Amen. Then the Archbiſhop ſhall proceed to the Communion, with whom the new

conſecrated Biſhop, with other ſhall alſo communicate. And for the la� Colle� immediatlye before the Benedi�ion, ſhall be ſaid this Prayer.

O¥ merciful Father, we beƒeech thee, to ƒend down vpon this thy ƒeruant, thy heauenly ble±ing, and ƒo endue him with thy

holy Spirit, that he p°eaching thy wo°d, may not onely be earne¥ to rep°ooue, beƒeech, and rebuke, with all patience and doctrine, but alƒo may bee, to ƒuch as beleeue, an wholƒome example in wo°d, in conuersation, in loue, in faith, in cha¥itie, and puritie, that faith-

fully fulfilling his courƒe, at the latter day hee may receiue the Crowne of righteouƒne±e, laid vp by the Lo°d the

righteous Judge, who liueth and reigneth, one God with the Father and holy

Gho¥, wo°ld without end. Amen.

Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the

King Mo t Excellent Maie ty: and by the A�ignes of IOHN BILL. Anno. 1634.

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