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A fourme of prayer with thankes giuing, to be vsed of all the Queenes Maiesties louing subiects euery yeere, the 17. of Nouember, being the daye of her Highnesse entry to her kingdome.
Set forth by authoritie.
Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes Maiestie.
Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis.
An order for morning prayer to be vsed, the 17. of Nouember.
I Exhort you therefore, that first of all, prayers, supplications, intercessions, and giuing of thankes be made for all men: for Princes, and for all that are in authority, that we may liue a quiet and peaceable life, in all godlinesse and honestie, for that is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour.
¶ You shall vnderstande, that euery thing in this booke is placed in order, as it shall be vsed, without turning to and fro, sauing the three lessons taken out of the olde Testament, of which you may chuse any one, as you thinke best, for the first lesson at this morning prayer. And in Cathedrall Churches, the minister may vse eyther of the other two for the first lesson at euening prayer.
Ezech. 18 AT what time soeuer a sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of his heart, I will put all his wickednesse out of my remembrance, saith the Lord.
Ioel. 2. Rent your heartes, and not your garmentes, and turne to the Lord your God, because he is gentle and merciful, he is pacient, and of much mercy, and such a one that is sorie for your afflictions.
If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and there is no trueth in vs.
DEarely beloued brethren, the scripture moueth vs in sundrie places, to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes, and that we shoulde not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of almightie God our heauenly father, but confesse thē with an humble, lowly, penitent, & obedient heart, to the end that we may obtaine forgiuenesse of the same, by his infinite goodnesse and mercie. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sinnes before God, yet ought wee most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meete together, to render thankes for the great benefits that we haue receiued at his handes, to set forth his most worthy prayse, to heare his most holy worde, and to aske those thinges which be requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soule. Wherefore I pray & beseech you, as many as be here present, to accompany me with a pure heart & humble voyce, vnto the throne of the heauenly grace, saying after me.
A generall confession to be said of the whole congregation after the Minister, kneeling.
ALmightie and most mercifull father, we haue erred & strayed from thy waies like lost sheepe, we haue folowed too much the deuices and desires of our owne hearts. We haue offended against thy holy Lawes. We haue left vndone those things which we ought to haue done, and wee haue done those things which we ought not to haue done, and there is no helth in vs, but thou, O Lord, haue mercy vpon vs miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O GOD, which confesse their faultes, restore thou [Page] them that be penitent, according to thy promises declared vnto mankind in Christ Iesu our Lord. And graunt, O most mercifull father, for his sake, that we may hereafter liue a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glorie of thy holy name, Amen.
ALmightie God, the father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turne from his wickednesse and liue, and hath giuen power & commaundement to his ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the absolution and remission of their sinnes, he pardoneth & absolueth all them which truely repent, and vnfaynedly beleeue his holy Gospel. Wherefore we beseech him to graunt vs true repentance & his holy spirite, that those thinges may please him which we doe at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holye, so that at the last we way come to his eternall ioye, through Iesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
OVr father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name. Thy kingdome come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen. Giue vs this day our dayly bread. And forgiue vs our trespasses, as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptation. But deliuer vs from euill, Amen.
O Lord open thou our lippes.
And our mouth shall shew forth thy prayse.
O God make speede to saue vs.
O Lord make haste to helpe vs.
Glorie be to the father. &c.
As it was in the beginning. &c.
Prayse ye the Lorde.
O Come, let vs sing vnto the Lord: let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our saluation.
Let vs come before his presence with thākesgiuing: and shewe our selues glad in him with Psalmes.
For the Lorde is a great God: and a great king aboue all gods.
In his hand are all the corners of the earth: and the strength of the hilles is his also.
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands prepared the drie land.
O come, let vs worship and fall downe: & kneele before the Lorde our maker.
For he is the Lorde our God: and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheepe of his hands.
To day if ye will heare his voyce, harden not your hearts: as in the prouocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wildernesse.
When your fathers tempted mee: proued me, and sawe my workes.
Fourtie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation, and sayd: It is a people that do erre in their hearts, for they haue not knowne my waies.
Vnto whom I sware in my wrath: that they should not enter into my rest.
Glorie be to the father. &c.
As it was in the beginning. &c.
Domine in virtute. Psalm. 21.
THe King shall reioyce in thy strength, O Lord: exceeding glad shall he be of thy saluation.
Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire: and hast not denied him the request of his lippes.
For thou shalt preuent him with the blessings of goodnes: and shalt set a crowne of pure golde vpon his head.
He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him a long life: euen for euer and euer.
His honour is great in thy saluation: glory and great worship shalt thou lay vpon him.
For thou shalt giue him euerlasting felicitie: and make him glad with the ioy of thy countenance.
And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lorde: and in the mercy of the most highest, he shall not miscarie.
All thine enemies shall feele thy hande: thy right hand shall finde out them that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them like a fiery ouen in time of thy wrath: the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.
Their fruit shalt thou roote out of the earth: and their seede from among the children of men.
For they intended mischiefe against thee: and imagined such a deuice as they are not able to perfourme.
Therefore shalt thou put them to flight: and the stringes of thy bowe shalt thou make readie against [Page] the face of them.
Be thou exalted Lord in thine owne strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
Benedixisti domine, Psal, 85.
LOrd thou art become gracious vnto thy lande: thou hast turned away the captiuitie of Iacob.
Thou hast forgiuen the offence of thy people: and couered all their sinnes.
Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure: & turned thy selfe from thy wrathfull indignation.
Turne vs then, O God our sauiour: and let thine anger cease from vs.
Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer: and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another?
Wilt thou not turne againe and quicken vs: that thy people may reioyce in thee?
Shewe vs thy mercy, O Lorde: and graunt vs thy saluation.
I wil hearken what ye Lord God wil say concerning me: for he shall speake peace vnto his people, & to his saints, that they turne not againe.
For his saluation is nygh them that feare him: that glory may dwell in our land.
Mercy and trueth are met together: righteousnesse and peace haue kyssed eche other.
Trueth shall florish out of the earth: and righteousnesse hath looked downe from heauen.
Yea, the Lorde shall shewe louing kindnesse: and our lande shall giue her encrease.
Righteousnesse shall go before him: and he shall direct his going in the way.
Nisi quia dominus. Psalm. 124.
IF the Lord him selfe had not byn on our side (now may Israel say:) if the Lord him selfe had not bin on our side, when men rose vp against vs.
They had swalowed vs vp quicke: when they were so wrathfully displeased at vs.
Yea, the waters had drowned vs: & the streame had gone ouer our soule.
The deepe waters of the proude: had gone euen ouer our soule.
But praysed be the Lorde: which hath not giuen vs ouer for a pray vnto their teeth.
Our soule is escaped, euen as a birde out of the snare of the fowler: the snare is broken, and we are deliuered.
Our helpe standeth in the name of the Lorde: which hath made heauen and earth.
¶ The first Lesson, taken out of the xvii.xviii.xix. and xx. Chapters of the second booke of the Chronicles.
2. Chr. cha. 17. vers. 1. a. 3. &c. IEhosaphat the sonne of Asa reigned ouer Iuda. And the Lorde was with him, because he walked in the former wayes of his father Dauid, and sought not Baalim: But sought the Lorde God of his father, and walked in his commaundements, and not after the doings of Israel. And the Lorde stablished the kingdome in his hand, and al Iuda brought him presents, so that he had abundance of riches and honour. And he lift vp his heart vnto the waies of the Lord, and he put downe yet more of the high places and groues out of Iuda. In the thirde yeere of his reigne, he sent [Page] to his Lordes, euen to Benhail, Obadia, Zacharia, Nethanel, & to Michaia, that they should teach in the cities of Iuda: And with them he sent Leuites, euen Semaia, Nethania, Zebadia, Asael, Semiramoth, Iehonathan, Adonia, Tobia, and Tobadonia, Leuites: and with them Elisama and Ioram, Priests. And they taught in Iuda, and had the booke of the lawe of God with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Iuda, and taught the people. And the feare of the Lorde fell vpon all the kingdomes of the lands that were round about Iuda, and they fought not against Iehosaphat.
2. Chro. chap. 18. vers. 3. a. & 31. &c.And when Iehosaphat, taking part with Achab in his warres against the king of Syria, was in great danger to be slayne, he cryed vnto the Lorde, and the Lorde helped him, and chased his enemies away from him: but wicked Achab king of Israel, was there slaine.
2. Chro. chap. 19. vers. 1.4. a. &c.And Iehosaphat came home againe in peace to Hierusalem, & dwelt there. And Iehosaphat went out to the people from Beerseba to mount Ephraim, and brought them againe vnto the Lorde God of their fathers. And he set Iudges in the Lande, throughout all the strong cities of Iuda, citie by citie, and sayd to the iudges, Take heede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgementes of man, but of God, which is with you in the iudgement. Wherefore now let the feare of the Lorde be vpon you, and take heede, and be doing the thing that pleaseth him: for there is no vnrighteousnes with the Lorde our God, that he should haue any respect of persons, or take rewardes. Moreouer, in Hierusalem did Iehosaphat set of the Leuites, and of the Priestes, and of the ancient fathers ouer Israel, in the iudgement [Page] and cause of the Lord, and they returned againe to Hierusalem. And hee charged them, saying, Thus shal ye do in the feare of the Lord faythfully, & with a pure heart: What cause soeuer come to you of your brethren that dwel in their cities, betweene bloud & bloud, betweene lawe and commaundment, betweene statutes and ordinances: yee shall warne them that they trespasse not against the Lorde, and so wrath come vpon you, and your brethren: thus do, and ye shal not offend. And beholde, Amaria the high priest is among you in al matters of the Lord, & Zebadia the sonne of Ismael, a ruler of the house of Iuda for al the Kinges matters: there be officers of the Leuites also before you, take courage to you therefore, and be doing manfully, and the Lord shalbe with such as be good.
After this there came an exceeding great armie of the Moabites and Ammonites against Iehosaphat. And Iehosaphat feared,2. Chro. chap. 20. vers. 1.2.3. a. & set himselfe to seeke the Lord, and proclaimed fasting throughout al Iuda. And he, with all Iuda,a. 5. c. 18. and the inhabitantes of Hierusalem prayed, and fell before the Lorde, worshipping the Lord.d. 22. &c. And the enemies fel out amongst themselues, and slue one another, vntill they were al destroyed. And Iehosaphat, and his people, had the spoyle of goods, rayment, & iewels, more then they could carrie away. And they blessed the Lord, and called ye place, The valley of blessing vnto this day. And they returned to Hierusalem with great ioy & gladnes. And the feare of God fel on the kingdoms of al landes, when they had heard that the Lorde fought against the enemies of Israel. And so the Realme of Iehosaphat was in tranquillitie, and his God gaue him rest on euery side.
Or this may be the first Lesson.The historie of King Hezekia, taken out of the fourth booke of Kings, the 18.19. and 20. Chapters.
4. Reg. chap. 18. a. 1.3. HEzekia the sonne of Ahaz reigned ouer Iuda, and he did that which is right in the sight of the Lorde, according to all as did Dauid his father. verse 4 He put away the high places, and brake the Images, and cut downe the groues, and all to brake the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for vnto those dayes the children of Israel did burne sacrifice to it, verse 5 and he called it Nehustan. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the Kings of Iuda, neither were there any such before him. verse 6 For he claue to the Lorde, & departed not from him, but kept his commaundementes which the Lorde commaunded Moses. And the Lorde was with him, verse B. 7 so that he prospered in all things which he tooke in hande: and he resisted the King of Assyria, verse B. 13 and serued him not. Therefore in the fourteenth yeere of king Hezekia, did Sennacherib King of Assyria come vp against all the strong cities of Iuda, verse C. 17. 18 and tooke them. And he sent worde to King Hezekia by his captayne Rabsakeh, verse 19 who sayde, Tel Hezekia, thus sayth the great king, euen the king of Assyria, What confidence is this thou hast? or on whom doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against mee? If ye saye, Ye trust in the Lorde our God, is not that hee, whose high places, and whose altars Hezekia hath put downe? And Rabsakeh stoode and cryed vnto the Iewes that stoode vpon the walles, verse E. 28 with a lowde voyce, saying, Heare the wordes of the great King, euen the King of Assyria, verse 29 Thus sayth the King, Let not [Page] Hezekia beguile you, for he shall not be able to deliuer you out of my hands: verse 30 Neither let Hezekia make you to trust in the Lorde, saying, The Lorde shall surely deliuer vs, and this citie shall not be giuen ouer into the handes of the King of Assyria. verse 32 Hearken not vnto Hezekia, for he beguileth you, saying, The Lorde shall deliuer vs. verse 33 Hath euery one of the gods of the nations deliuered his lande out of the hande of the King of Assyria? verse 34 Where is the God of Hamath, of Arphad, and where is the God of Sepharuaim, Hena, and Iua? did they deliuer Samaria out of mine handes? verse 35 And what god is among all the gods of the nations, that hath deliuered his land out of mine hand? Shall the Lord deliuer Hierusalem out of mine hande?
4. Reg. 19. vers. 1. a. When king Hezekia heard of these words, he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and came into the house of the Lord, and sent Eliakim, verse 2 which was the Stewarde of the householde, and Sobna the Scribe, and the Elders of the Priestes clothed in sacke, to Isai the Prophet, the sonne of Amos: verse 3 And they said vnto him, Thus saith Hezekia: This day is a daye of tribulation, and of rebuke and blasphemie. verse 4 Peraduenture the Lorde thy God will heare all the wordes of Rabsakeh, whome the king of Assyria his master hath sent to raile on the liuing God, and to rebuke him with wordes which the Lorde thy God hath heard: and lyft thou vp thy prayer for the remnant that are left. verse 5 So the seruaunts of King Hezekia came to Isai. verse 6 And Isai sayde vnto them, So shal you say to your master, Thus sayeth the Lorde, Be not afrayde of the wordes which thou hast heard, with which the yong men of the kinge of Assyria haue rayled on me. Beholde, verse B. 7. I [Page] will put him in another minde, and he shall heare tydings, and so returne to his owne lande, and I will bring to passe that he shal fall vpon the sworde, euen in his owne lande. verse 9 And when Sennacherib had worde that Thirhaka King of Ethiopia, was come out to fight against him, he departed, & sent messengers vnto Hezekia, verse 10 saying, Thus speake to Hezekia king of Iuda, saying, Let not thy God deceyue thee, in whom thou trustest, saying, Hierusalem shal not be deliuered into the hande of ye king of Assyria. Beholde, verse 11 thou hast heard what the kinges of Assyria haue done to all landes, howe they haue vtterly destroyed them: verse 14 and shalt thou escape? And Hezekia receyued the letter of the hande of the messengers, and readde it: and Hezekia went vp into the house of the Lorde, and layde it abroade before the Lorde. verse 15 And Hezekia prayed before the Lorde, and sayde, O Lorde God of Israel, which dwellest betweene the Cherubims, thou art God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth, thou hast made heauen and earth. verse 16 Lord bowe downe thine eare, and heare: open Lorde thine eyes (I beseech thee) and see, and heare the wordes of Sennacherib which hath sent (this man) to rayle on the liuing God. verse 17 Of a trueth Lorde, the kings of Assyria haue destroyed nations, and their landes, verse 18 and haue set fire on their gods: for they are no gods, but the worke of the handes of man, euen of wood and stone: and they destroyed them. verse 19 Nowe therefore, O Lorde our God, I beseech thee, saue thou vs out of his hande, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe that thou onely art the Lorde God. verse 20 And Isai the sonne of Amos sent to Hezekia, saying, Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel: That which thou hast prayed mee concerning [Page] Sennacherib King of Assyria, I haue heard it. Wherefore thus sayth the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this citie, verse E. 32. nor shoote an arrowe into it, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a banke against it, verse 33 but shall go backe againe the way he came, & shall not come into this citie, saith the Lord. For I will defend this citie to saue it, verse 34 for mine owne sake, & for Dauid my seruants sake. verse 35 And the selfe same night the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in ye hoast of the Assyrians, an hundred fourescore and fiue thousande, & when the remnant were vp earely in the morning, beholde, they were all dead coarses. verse 36 And so Sennacherib king of Assyria auoyded and departed, & went againe and dwelt at Niniue. verse 37 And as he was in a temple worshipping Nisroch his god, Adramelech and Saresar, his owne sonnes smote him with the sword, and they escaped into the lande of Armenia, & Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steade.4 Reg. 20. chap. vers. 1. a. About that time was Hezekia sicke vnto death, & the Prophet Isai the sonne of Amos came to him, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Put thine houshold in an order, verse 2 for thou shalt die, and not liue: and Hezekia turned his face to the wall, and prayed vnto the Lorde, saying, verse 3 I beseeche thee (O Lord) remember nowe how I haue walked before thee in trueth, & with a perfect heart, & haue done that which is good in thy sight, and Hezekia wept sore. verse 4 And afore Isai was gone out into ye middle of the court, the worde of the Lord came to him, saying, verse 5 Turne againe and tell Hezekia the captaine of my people, Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares, and beholde, I will heale thee, so that on the thirde daye thou shall goe vp to the house of [Page] the Lorde. verse 6 And I will adde vnto thy dayes yet fifteene yeeres, and I will deliuer thee and this citie, out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and wil defend this citie, for mine owne sake, and for Dauid my seruants sake. verse 7 And Esai saide, Take a lumpe of dried figs: & they tooke and laid it on the sore, and he recouered, and had exceeding much honour and riches.
Or this may be the first Lesson.The summe of the historie of king Iosia, taken out of the fourth booke of the Kings, the 22. and 23. Chapters, and the 2. of the Chronicles, the 34. Chapter.
2. Chronic. Cha. 34. vers. 1.2. a IOsia raigned in Hierusalem, & he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde, and walked in the wayes of Dauid his father, and bowed neither to the right hande, nor to the left. verse 3 In the eyght yere of his raigne, when he was yet a childe, he began to seeke after the God of Dauid his father: and in the twelfth yeere he began to purge Iuda and Hierusalem from the high places, groues, carued images, and images of metall. verse 4 And they brake downe the altars of Baalim, euen in his presence, and other images that were in greater honour then they, he caused to be destroyed: and the groues, carued images, and images of metall, he brake, and made dust of them, and strawed it vpon the graues of them that had offred to them. And he burnt the bones of the Priestes vpon the altars of them, verse 5 and clensed Iuda & Hierusalem. And in the eyghteenth yeere of his raigne,4. Reg. 22. chap vers. 3.4. a. when hee had purged the lande & the temple, he sent Saphan the Scribe to Helkia the high Priest, that he shoulde see the decayed places of the temple repaired, with such [Page] money as the keepers of the porche of the house of the Lord had gathered of the people. verse a. 5. 6.
And Helkia, verse B. 8. 9. 10. as he was about the kinges commaundement, found in the temple the booke of the lawe of the Lord, and deliuered it vnto Saphan, who brought it vnto the king, and read in it before him. verse 11. 12. When the king had heard the wordes of the booke of the lawe, he rent his clothes, & commaunded Helkia the priest, with certaine others, saying, Goe ye, and enquire of the Lorde for me, and for the people, and for all Iuda, verse 13 concerning the wordes of the booke that is founde, for great is the wrath of the Lorde that is kindled against vs, because our fathers haue not hearkened to the wordes of this booke, to do according to all that which is written therein for vs. So Helkia the high Priest, verse 14 with others, went vnto Hulda the Prophetisse: and they communed with her. And shee answered them, verse 15 Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, Thus sayth the Lorde, Behold, verse 16 I will bring euill vpon this place, and on the inhabiters thereof, euen all the woordes of the booke, which the king of Iuda hath read, verse 17 because they haue forsaken me, and haue burnt incense to other gods, to anger me with al ye workes of their hands: my wrath therefore is kindled agaynst this place, and shal not be quenched. But to the king of Iuda, verse 18 which sent you to aske counsell of the Lord, so shall ye say, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, verse 19 Because thine heart did melte, and because thou hast humbled thy selfe before the Lorde, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, & against the inhabiters of the same, howe that they shoulde be destroyed and accursed, and hast rent thy clothes, and [Page] wept before me, that I also haue heard, sayeth the Lorde. verse 20 Beholde therefore, I will receiue thee vnto thy fathers, and thou shalt be put into thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shal not see all the euill which I wil bring vpon this place: And they brought the king worde againe.
4. Reg. cha. 23. vers. 1. a.And then the king sent, and there gathered together vnto him all the Elders of Iuda, and of Hierusalem. verse 2 And the king went vp into the house of the Lord, with al the men of Iuda, and al the inhabiters of Hierusalem, with the Priestes and Prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and hee read in the eares of them all the wordes of the booke of the couenant, which was found in ye house of the Lorde. verse 3 And the king stoode by a piller, and made a couenant before the Lord, that they should walke after the Lord, and keepe his commaundementes, his witnesses, and his statutes, with all their heart, and with all their soule, and make good the wordes of the said couenant that were written in the foresaide booke: and al the people consented to the couenant. verse 4 And the King commaunded Helkia the high Priest, and the inferior Priestes, and the keepers of the ornaments, to bring out of the temple of the Lorde, all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the groues and for all the hoast of heauen: and he burnt them without Hierusalem in the fieldes of Cedron, and caried the ashes of them into Bethel. verse 5 And he put downe the Priestes of Baal, whom the kings of Iuda had founded to burne incense in the high places and cities of Iuda, that were round about Hierusalem, and also them that burnt incense vnto Baal, to the Sunne, to the Moone, to the Planets, & to al the hoast of heauen. [Page] And moreouer, all workers with spirits, verse 24 and soothsayers, images, idoles, and all the abominations that were spyed in the lande of Iuda, and in Hierusalem: these did Iosia put out of the way, to perfourme the wordes of the lawe, which were written in the booke that Helkia the Priest found in the house of the Lorde. verse 25 Like vnto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lorde with all his heart, with al his soule, & al his might, according to all the lawe of Moses, neyther after him arose there any such as he.
Te Deum. WE praise thee, O God: we knowledge thee to be the Lorde.
All the earth doth worship thee: the father euerlasting.
To thee all angels crye alowde: the heauens and al the powers therein.
To thee Cherubin and Seraphin: continually do crye.
Holy, holy, holy: Lord God of Sabaoth.
Heauen & earth are full of the maiestie: of thy glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles: prayse thee.
The goodly felowship of the prophets: prayse thee.
The noble armie of martyrs: prayse thee.
The holy Church throughout all the worlde: doeth knowledge thee.
The father: of an infinite maiestie.
Thy honorable, 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 Virgins wombe.
When thou haddest ouercome the sharpenes of death: thou diddest open the kingdome of heauen to all beleeuers.
Thou sittest on the right hand of God: in the glorie of the father.
We beleeue yt thou shalt come: to be our Iudge.
We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruants: whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud.
Make them to be numbred with thy saints: in glory euerlasting.
O Lord saue thy people: & blesse thine heritage.
Gouerne them: and lift them vp for euer.
Day by day: we magnifie thee.
And we worship thy name: euer world without ende.
Vouchsafe, O Lord: to keepe vs this day without sinne.
O Lord haue mercy vpō vs: haue mercy vpō vs.
O Lorde let thy mercy lighten vpon vs: as our trust is in thee.
O Lorde in thee haue I trusted: let me neuer be confounded.
The second Lesson, taken out of the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romanes, the xiii. Chapter.
1 LEt euery soule be subiect vnto the higher powers: for there is no power but of God: and the 2 powers that be, are ordeyned of God. Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist, shal receiue to 3 themselues iudgement. For Princes are not to be feared for good workes, but for euil. Wilt thou then be without feare of the power? do wel: so shalt thou 4 haue prayse of the same. For he is the minister of [Page] God for thy wealth: but if thou doe euil, feare: for he beareth not the sworde for nought: for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth euill. Wherefore ye must bee subiect, not because of 5 wrath onely, but also for conscience sake. For, for 6 this cause ye pay also tribute: for they are Gods ministers, applying themselues for the same thing.
Giue to all men therefore their duetie: tribute, to 7 whom ye owe tribute: custome, to whom custome: feare, to whom feare: honour, to whom ye owe honour. Owe nothing to any man, but to loue one 8 another: for he that loueth another, hath fulfilled the Lawe. For this, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, 9 Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnes, Thou shalt not couet: and if there be any other commaundement, it is briefly cōprehended in this saying, euen in this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.
Loue doth not euill to his neighbour: therefore is 10 loue the fulfilling of the Lawe.
And that, considering the season, that it is nowe 11 time that we shoulde arise from sleepe: for nowe is our saluation neerer, then when we beleeued it. The 12 night is past, and the day is at hand: let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light, So that we walke honestly, 13 as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying: But put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ, 14 and take no thought for the flesh, to fulfill the lustes of it.
Or the C. Psalme.
O Be ioyfull in the Lord all ye landes: serue the Lord with gladnes, and come before his presence with a song.
Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God, it is he that hath made vs, and not we our selues: we are his people, and the sheepe of his pasture.
O goe your way into his gates with thankesgiuing, and into his courtes with prayse: be thankfull vnto him, and speake good of his name.
For the Lorde is gracious, his mercie is euerlasting: and his trueth endureth from generation to generation.
Glory be to the father. &c.
As it was in the beginning. &c.
I Beleeue in God the father almightie, maker of heauen and earth. And in Iesus Christ his onelie sonne our Lorde, which was conceyued by the holy ghost, borne of the virgine Marie, suffered vnder Ponce Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried, hee descended into hell, the thirde daye he rose againe from the dead, he ascended into heauen, and sitteth on the right hand of God the father almightie, from thence shal he come to iudge the quicke & the dead. I beleeue in the holy ghost, the holy Catholike Church, the communion of saints, the forgiuenesse of sinnes, the resurrection of the body, and the life euerlasting. Amen.
The Lord be with you.
And with thy spirit.
Let vs pray.
Lord haue mercy vpon vs.
Christ haue mercy vpon vs.
Lord haue mercy vpon vs.
Our father which art in heauen. &c.
O Lord shewe thy mercy vpon vs.
And graunt vs thy saluation.
O Lord saue the Queene.
Who putteth her trust in thee.
Sende her helpe from thy holy place.
And euermore mightily defende her.
Let the enemies haue none aduantage on her.
Let not the wicked approche to hurt her.
Indue thy ministers with righteousnes.
And make thy chosen people ioyfull.
O Lord saue thy people.
And blesse thine inheritance.
Giue peace in our time, O Lord.
Because there is none other that fighteth for vs, but onely thou, O God.
O God make cleane our hearts within vs.
And take not thy holy spirite from vs.
A prayer for the Queenes Maiestie. O Lorde our heauenly father, high and mightie, King of kings, Lorde of lordes, the onely ruler of Princes, which doest from thy throne beholde all the dwellers vpon the earth, most hartily we beseech thee with thy fauour to behold our most gracious soueraigne Ladie Queene Elizabeth, and so replenish her with the grace of thy holy spirit, that she may alway incline to thy will, and walke in thy way, indue her plentifully with heauenly giftes, graunt her in health & wealth long to liue, strength her, that she may vanquish and ouercome all her enemies, and finally after this life, she may attayne euerlasting ioye and felicitie, through Iesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
The second Collect for peace. O God, which art authour of peace, and louer of concorde, in knowledge of whome standeth our eternall life, whose seruice is perfite freedome, defende vs thy humble seruants in al assaults of our enemies, that we surely trusting in thy defence, may not feare the power of any aduersaries, through the might of Iesus Christ our Lorde, Amen.
The third Collect for grace. O Lorde our heauenly father, almightie & euerlasting God, which hast safely brought vs to the beginning of this day, defende vs in the same with thy mightie power, & grant that this day we fal into no sinne, neither runne into any kinde of danger, but that al our doings may be ordred by thy gouernance, to doe alwaies that is righteous in thy sight, through Iesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
O God the father of heauen: haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners.
O God the father of heauen: &c.
O God the sonne redeemer of the world: haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners.
O God the sonne redeemer of the world: &c.
O God the holy ghost proceeding from the father and the sonne: haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners.
O God the holy ghost proceeding, &c.
O holy, blessed, and glorious trinitie, three persons and one God: haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners.
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinitie, &c.
Remember not Lorde our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers, neyther take thou vengeance of our sinnes: spare vs good Lorde, spare thy people whome thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with vs for euer.
Spare vs good Lorde.
From all euill and mischiefe, from sinne, from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill, from thy wrath, and from euerlasting damnation.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
From all blindnesse of heart, from pride, vayne glory, and hypocrisie, [Page] from enuie, hatred, and malice, and all vncharitablenesse.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
From fornication, and all other deadly sinne, and from all the deceites of the world, the flesh and the deuill.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
From lightning and tempest, from plague, pestilence and famine, from battell and murder, and from sodaine death.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
From all sedition and priuie conspiracie, from all false doctrine and herisie, from hardnesse of heart, and contempt of thy worde and commaundement.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
By the mysterie of thy holy incarnation, by thy holy natiuitie and circumcision, by thy baptisme, fasting, and temptation.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
By thine agonie and blooddy sweate, by thy crosse and passion, by thy precious death and buriall, by thy glorious resurrection and ascension, and by the comming of the holy ghost.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
In all time of our tribulation, in all time of our wealth, in the houre of death, and in the day of iudgement.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
We sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs (O Lord God) and that it may please thee 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 righteousnesse and holinesse of life, thy seruant Elizabeth, our most gratious Queene and gouernour,
VVe beseech thee to heare vs good Lord.
That it may please thee to rule her heart in thy fayth, feare, and loue, and that she may alwaies haue affiance in thee, and euer seeke thy honour and glory.
VVe beseech thee to heare vs good Lord.
That it may please thee to be her defender and keeper, giuing her the victorie ouer all her enemies.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to illuminate al Byshops, Pastours, and Ministers of the Church, with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy worde, and that both by their preaching and liuing they may set it forth, and shewe it accordingly.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsaile, and all the nobilitie, with grace, wisedome, and vnderstanding.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrates, giuing them grace to execute iustice, and to mayntaine trueth.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to giue to all nations, vnitie, peace, and concorde.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee, and diligently to liue after thy commandements.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to giue to al thy people encrease of grace, to heare meekely thy word, and to receiue it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruites of the spirite.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth, all such as haue erred, and are deceiued.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it maye please thee to strengthen suche as doo stande, and to comforte and helpe the weake hearted, and to rayse vppe them that fall, and fynallie to beate downe Satan [Page] vnder our feete.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to succour, helpe, and comfort all that be in danger, necessitie, and tribulation.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to preserue all that trauaile by lande or by water, all women labouring of childe, all sicke persons and yong children, and to shew thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes, and all that be desolate and oppressed.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies, persecutours & slanderers, and to turne their hearts.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to giue & preserue to our vse the kindely fruites of the earth, so as in due time we may enioy them.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance, to forgiue vs all our sinnes, negligences and ignorances, and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite, to amende our liues according to thy holie word.
We beseech thee to heare, &c.
Sonne of God: we beseech thee to heare vs.
Sonne of God: we beseech thee to heare vs.
O lambe of God, that takest away the sinnes of the world.
Graunt vs thy peace.
O lambe of God, that takest away the sinnes of the world.
Haue mercie vpon vs.
O Christ heare vs.
O Christ heare vs.
Lord haue mercie vpon vs.
Lord haue mercie vpon vs.
Christ haue mercie vpon vs.
Christ haue mercie vpon vs.
Lord haue mercie vpon vs.
Lord haue mercie vpon vs.
Our father which art in heauen. &c.
And lead vs not into temptation.
But deliuer vs from euil. Amen.
The versicle. O Lorde deale not with vs after our sinnes.
The answere. Neither rewarde vs after our iniquities.
Let vs pray.
O God mercifull father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor ye desire of such as be sorowfull, mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee, in al our troubles and aduersities, whensoeuer they oppresse vs: and graciously heare vs, that those euils which the craft and subtiltye of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to nought, & by the prouidence of thy goodnesse they may be dispersed, that wee thy seruantes being hurt by no persecutions, may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church, through Iesus Christ our Lord.
O Lorde arise, helpe vs, and deliuer vs for thy names sake.
O God we haue heard with our eares, and our fathers haue declared vnto vs, the noble works that thou didest in their dayes, 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, &c.
As it was in the beginning, is now, &c.
From our enemies defend vs, O Christ.
Graciously looke vpon our afflictions.
Pitifully beholde the sorowes of our hearts.
Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people.
Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers.
O sonne of Dauid haue mercie vpon vs.
Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs, O Christ.
Graciously heare vs, O Christ,
Graciously heare vs, O Lord Christ.
The versicle. O Lord let thy mercie be shewed vpon vs.
The answere. As we doe put our trust in thee.
Let vs pray.
WE humbly beseech thee, O father, mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities, and for the glory of thy names sake, turne from vs all those euils that we most righteously haue deserued: and graunt that in al our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and euermore serue thee, in holinesse and purenesse of liuing, to thy honour and glorye, through our onely mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lorde. Amen.
Psal. 66. c. 14. O Come hither, and hearken, all ye that feare God: and we wil tell you what hee hath done for our soules.
Psal. 59. a. 3. & 71. b, 9.10.When men of power were gathered against vs, and lay in waite for our soules: they tooke counsel together, saying, God hath forsaken them, persecute them, and take them, for there is none to deliuer them.
Psal. 22. b. 12. & 56. a. 1.2.Our enemies closed vs in on euery side: they gaped vpon vs with their mouthes, as it were ramping and roaring Lions, seeking to deuoure vs, [Page] and to swalow vs vp.
Psal. 44. d. 20.We were counted euen as sheepe appoynted to be slaine: many of vs were for thy sake killed all the day long.
Psal. 107. a. 4 &. 44. d. 22.And many went astray in the wildernes, wandring hungrie and thirstie in strange landes: our soules fainted in vs, and were brought lowe, euen vnto the very dust.
Psal. 18. a. 3.4.For why? the snares and sorowes of death compassed vs: and the ouerflowings of vngodlinesse made vs afraide.
Psal. 18. a. 5. & 107. b. 12.Then we made our complaint vnto our God, and cryed vnto the Lorde in our trouble: and he heard the voyce of our prayer out of his holy temple, and deliuered vs out of our distresse.
Psal. 107. a. 3.He gathered vs home againe out of the landes: from the East, and from the West, from the North, and from the South.
Psal. 116. b. 8. & 4. a. 1. & 18. d. 27.He deliuered our soules from death, our eies from teares, and our feete from falling: hee hath set vs at libertie, he hath light our candle, the Lord our God hath made our darkenesse to be light.
Psal. 18. g. 47. & 59. c. 16.Wherefore wee will giue thankes vnto thee, O Lorde, & sing prayses vnto thy name: we will sing of thy power, and prayse thy mercie betimes in the morning, for thou hast bene our defence and refuge in the time of trouble.
Psal. 118.O giue thankes vnto the Lorde, for he is gracious: and his mercie endureth for euer.
Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is nowe, & euer shalbe, world without ende, Amen.
Let vs pray.
O Lorde God, most mercifull father, who as vpon this day, placing thy seruant our Souereigne and gracious Queene Elizabeth in the kingdome, diddest deliuer thy people of England from danger of warre and oppression, both of bodies by tyrannie, and of conscience by superstition, restoring peace and true religion, with libertie both of bodies and mindes, and hast continued the same thy blessings, without all desert on our parte, nowe by the space of theseEncrease this nomber, according to the yeeres of her Maiesties reigne. twentie yeeres: we who are in memory of these thy great benefites assembled here together, most humbly beseeche thy fatherly goodnesse to graunt vs grace, that we may in woorde, deede, and heart, shew our selues thankfull and obedient vnto thee for the same: & that our Queene through thy grace, may in al honour, goodnesse, and godlines, long and many yeeres reigne ouer vs, and we obey and enioy her, with the continuance of thy great blessings, which thou hast by her thy minister powred vpon vs: This we beseech thee, to graunt vnto vs, for thy deare sonne Iesus Christes sake, our Lord and Sauiour, Amen.
ALmightie and euerlasting God, which onely workest great maruayles, sende downe vpon our Bishops and Curates, and all congregations committed to their charge, the healthful spirit of thy grace, and that they may truely please thee, powre vpon them the continuall dewe of thy blessing: Graunt this, O Lord, for the honour of our aduocate and mediator Iesus Christ, Amen.
In the time of any common plague or sickenesse.
O Almightie God, which in thy wrath in ye time of King Dauid, diddest slay with the plague of pestilence three score and ten thousand, and yet remembring thy mercie diddest saue the rest: haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners, that nowe are visited with great sicknesse and mortalitie, that like as thou diddest then commaunde thine Angell to ceasse from punishing: so it may nowe please thee to withdrawe from vs this plague and grieuous sicknes, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A prayer of Chrisostome. ALmightie God, which hast giuen vs grace at this time with one accorde to make our common supplications vnto thee, & doest promise that when two or three be gathered together in thy name, thou wilt graunt their requests: fulfill now, O Lorde, the desires and petitions of thy seruants, as may be most expedient for them, graunting vs in this world knowledge of thy trueth, and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlasting, Amen.
THe grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ, and the loue of God, and the felowship of the holy ghost, be with vs all euermore, Amen.
OVr Father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name. Thy kingdome come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen. Giue vs this day our dayly bread. And forgiue vs our trespasses, as we forgiue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And leade vs not into temptation. But deliuer vs from euill. Amen.
ALmightie God, vnto whom al hearts be open, al desires knowen, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughtes of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy spirite, that we may perfectly loue thee, & worthily magnifie thy holy name, through Christ our Lord, Amen.
GOD spake these wordes, and sayd, I am the Lord thy GOD: Thou shalt haue none other gods but me.
Lorde haue mercie vpon vs, and encline our hearts to keepe this lawe.
Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image, nor ye likenes of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or in the earth beneath, or in the water vnder the earth. Thou shalt not bow downe to them, nor worship them: For I the Lorde thy God am a gelous God, and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the children, vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shewe mercie vnto thousandes in them that loue me, & keepe my commaundements.
Lorde haue mercie vpon vs, and encline our. &c.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vayne: For the Lord will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne.
Lorde haue mercie vpon vs, and encline our. &c.
Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabboth day. Sixe daies shalt thou labour & do all that thou hast [Page] to do, but the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God. In it thou shalt doo no maner of woorke, thou & thy sonne, & thy daughter, thy man seruant, & thy maide seruant, thy cattell, & the stranger that is within thy gates: For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth, the sea and al that in them is, and resteth the seuenth day: Wherefore the Lorde blessed the seuenth day, and halowed it.
Lorde haue mercie vpon vs, and encline our. &c.
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be long in the lande which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
Lorde haue mercie vpon vs, and encline our. &c.
Thou shalt do no murder.
Lord haue mercie vpon vs, and encline our. &c.
Thou shalt not commit adulterie.
Lord haue mercie vpon vs, and encline our. &c.
Thou shalt not steale.
Lord haue mercie vpon vs, and encline our. &c.
Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neighbour.
Lorde haue mercie vpon vs, and encline our hearts to keepe this lawe.
Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house.
Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wyfe, nor his seruant, nor his maide, nor his oxe, nor his asse, nor any thing that is his.
Lord haue mercie vpon vs, and write all these thy lawes in our hearts, we beseech thee.
¶ Let vs pray.
ALmightie GOD, whose kyngdome is euerlasting, and power infinite: haue mercie vpon the whole congregation, and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruant Elizabeth our Queene and gouernour, that she (knowing whose minister she is) may aboue all thinges seeke thy honour and glory, and that we her subiectes (duely consydering whose authoritie she hath) may faythfully serue, honour, and humbly obey her, in thee, and for thee, according to thy blessed woord & ordinance: through Iesus Christe our Lorde, who with thee and the holy ghost, lyueth and reigneth euer one God, worlde without ende, Amen.
STyrre vp, we beseech thee, O Lorde, the willes of thy faithful people, that they plenteously bringyng foorth the fruite of good workes, may of thee be plenteously rewarded, through Iesus Christ our Lorde.
The Epistle.
1. Pet. 2.11.DEarely beloued, I beseech you, as strangers & pilgrims, absteine from fleshly lustes, which fight against the soule, verse 12 And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good workes which they shall see, glorifie God [Page] in the day of ye visitation. verse 13 Submit your selues vnto al maner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake, whether it bee vnto the king, as vnto the superiour, Or vnto gouernours, verse 14 as vnto them that are sent of him, for the punishment of euil doers, and for the prayse of them that do wel. verse 15 For so is the will of God, that by wel doing ye may put to silence the ignorāce of ye foolish men, As free, verse 16 & not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but as the seruants of God. Honour all men: verse 17 loue brotherly felowship: feare God: honour the King.
The Gospel.
Mat. 22.16. ANd they sent vnto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, wee knowe that thou art true, & teachest the way of God truely, neither carest for any man: for thou considerest not the person of men. Tel vs therefore, verse 17 how thinkest thou? Is it lawful to giue tribute vnto Cesar, or not? But Iesus perceiued their wickednes, verse 18 and sayd, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? verse 19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought him a peny.
And he sayd vnto them, verse 20 Whose is this image & superscription? They sayde vnto him, Cesars. verse 21 Then sayd he vnto them, Giue therefore to Cesar, ye things which are Cesars, and giue vnto God, those things which are Gods. And whē they heard it, verse 22 they marueiled, & left him, and went their way.
I Beleue in one God the father almightie, maker of heauen and earth, & of al thinges visible & inuisible: and in one Lord Iesus Christ, ye onely begotten sonne of God, begotten of his father before all worldes, God of God, lyght of lyght, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the father, by whome al thinges were [Page] made: who for vs men, and for our saluation, came downe from heauen, and was incarnate by the holy ghost, of the virgin Marie, and was made man, & was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate. He suffered, and was buried, and the thirde day he rose agayne, according to the scriptures, & ascended into heauen, and sitteth at the right hande of the father. And he shal come againe with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead: whose kyngdome shal haue no ende. And I beleeue in the holy ghost, the Lord and giuer of lyfe, who proceedeth from the father and the sonne, who with the father & the sonne together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophetes. And I beleeue one Catholique and Apostolique Church. I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sinnes. And I looke for the resurrection of ye dead, & ye life of ye world to come. Amen.
Mat. 5.LEt your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father which is in heauen.
Let vs pray for the whole state of Christes Church, militant here in earth.
ALmightie and euerliuing God, which by thy holy apostle hast taught vs to make prayers & supplications, & to giue thankes for al men: we humbly beseech thee, most mercifully to receiue these our prayers, which we offer vnto thy diuine maiestie, beseeching thee to inspire continually the vniuersal Church with the spirit of trueth, vnitie, and concorde: and graunt that al they that doe confesse thy holy name, may agree in the trueth of thy holy worde, & liue in vnitie and godly loue. We beseeche thee also to saue and defende all Christian kinges, princes and gouernours, and specially thy seruant Elizabeth our Queene, that vnder her we may be [Page] godly and quietly gouerned. And graunt vnto her whole counsayle, and to all that be put in aucthoritie vnder her, that they may truely and indifferently minister iustice, to the punishment of wickednesse and vice, and to the mayntenance of Gods true religion and vertue. Giue grace (O heauenly father) to al Byshops, Pastours, & Curates, that they may both by theyr lyfe & doctrine set foorth thy true and liuely woorde, and rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacramentes. And to all thy people gyue thy heauenly grace, and especially to this congregation here present, that with meeke heart and due reuerence, they may heare and receiue thy holy worde, truely seruing thee in holynesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of their life. And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodnesse (O Lord) to comfort and succour all them which in this transitory lyfe bee in trouble, sorowe, neede, sicknesse, or any other aduersitie. Graunt this, O father, for Iesus Christes sake our onely mediatour and aduocate. Amen.
ALmightie God, which hast promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name, wee beseeche thee mercyfully to encline thine eares to vs that haue made now our prayers and supplications vnto thee, and graunt that those thinges which we haue faithfully asked, according to thy wil, may effectually be obteyned, to ye releefe of our necessitie, & to the setting foorth of thy glory, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE peace of God, which passeth al vnderstanding, keepe your hearts and mindes in ye knowledge and loue of God, and of his sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde: and the blessing of God almightie, ye father, the sonne, and the holy ghost, be among you, and remayne with you alwaies, Amen.
A thankesgiuing, to be sung as the 81. Psalme.
The second part.
An Antheme or prayer for the preseruation of the Church, the Queenes Maiestie, and the Realme, to be sung after Euening prayer at all times.
A song of reioysing for the prosperous Reigne of our most gratious Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth.
AMEN.