persons, and young children, and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless children, and widows, and all who are desolate and oppressed; good Lord. We beseech thee to hear us, That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the carth, so that in due time we may enjoy them; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance: to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy Holy Word; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world; Grant us thy peace. "O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world; Have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. OUR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name: Thy Kingdom come Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And for give us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Bishop. O Lord, deal not with us according to our sins; Ans. Neither reward us according to our iniquities. Bishop. Let us pray. GOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as are sorrowful; mercifully assist our prayers which we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, may, by thy good providence, be brought to nought; that we, thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thy name's sake. 0 GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thine honour. Glory be to the Father, and | Christ; graciously hear us, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Graciously look upon our afflictions. With pity behold the sorrows, of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. O Lord Christ. O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us; As we do put our trust in thee.] Bishop. Let us pray. WE humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and, for the glory of thy name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved; and grant that, in all our troubles, we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy; and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory, through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Here endeth the Litany. O Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever, vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, O THE ORDER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, OR, HOLY COMMUNION. O'Hearn, Hallowed be thy UR Father, who art in 1 Name Thy Kingdom come: Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread: And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation: But deliver us from vil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen. The Collect. unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit; that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Christ our Lord. Amen. ALMIGHTY God, the Then shall Bishop, turning to the People, rehearse distinctly the Ten Commandments: and the People still kneeling, shall, after every commandment, ask God mercy for their transgressions for the time past, and grace to keep the law for the time to come, as followeth. Bishop. GOD spake these words, and said, I am the Lord thy God: Thou shalt have none other gods but me. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow down to not Bishop. Thou shalt not commit adultery. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Thou shalt not steal. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant,nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his Bishop. Remember that ass, nor any thing that is his. thou keep holy the Sabbath- People. Lord, have mercy day. Six days shalt thou la-upon us, and write all these bour, and do all that thou hast thy laws in our hearts, we beto do; but the seventh day is seech thee. Hear also what our Lord Jesus Christ saith: the Sabbath of the Lord thyr Then the Bishop may say, God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-THOU shalt love the Lord Tthy God with all thy heart, servant, thy cattle, and the sranger that is within thy gates. and with all thy soul, and with For in six days the Lord made all thy mind: This is the first heaven and earth, the sea, and and great commandment. And all that in them is, and rested the second is like unto it; Thou the seventh day; wherefore the shalt love thy neighbour as thyLord blessed the seventh day, self. On these two commandand hallowed it. ments hang all the law and the prophets. People. Lord,, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Prople. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Thou shalt do no murder. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. T Let us pray. ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouch safe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments: that, through thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul, through our Lord and Sa viour Jesus Christ. Amen. Then shall be read the Col-1 lect, Epistle, and Gospel, as they are appointed. Then shall be read the Apostles' or Nicene Creed; unless one of them have been read immediately before, in the Morning Service. Then shall the Bishop begin the Offertory, saying one or more of these sentences following, as he thinketh most convenient. LET your light so shine be fore men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. v. 16. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for your selves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. St. Mutt. vi. 19, 20. Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, even so do to them: for this is the law and the prophets. St. Matt. vii. 12. If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your worldly things? 1 Cor. ix. 11. Do ye not know, that they. who minister about holy things, live of the sacrifice; and they who wait at the altar, are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord also ordained, that they who preach the Gospel, should live of the Gospel. 1 Cor. ix. 13, 14. He that soweth little, shall reap little; and he that soweth plenteously, shall reap plenteously. Let every man do according as he is disposed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7. Let him that is taught in the word, minister unto him that teacheth,, in all good things. Be not deceived, God is not mocked: For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap. Gal. vi. 6, 7. While we have time, let us do good unto all men and especially unto them that are of the household of faith. Gal. vi. 10. Godliness is great riches, if man be content with that he hath: For we brought nothing into this world, neither may we carry any thing out. 1 Tim. vi. 6, 7. Not every one that saith un-a to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. vii. 21. Zaccheus stood forth, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have done any wrong to any man, 1 restore four-fold. St. Luke xix. 8. Who goeth a warfare at any time at his own cost? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 1 Cor. ix. 7. Charge them who are rich in this world, that they be ready to give, and glad to distribute; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may attain eternal life. 1 Tim. vi. 17, 18, 19. God is not unrighteous, that he will forget your works, and labour that proceedeth of love; which love ye have showed for his name's sake, who have ministered unto the saints, and yet do minister. Heb. vi. 10 |