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The Collect for the Communion

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Service. God, who declarest thy Almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity; we beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant, who for his transgressions is appointed to die. Grant that he may take thy judgments patiently, and repent him truly of his sins; that he recovering thy favour, the fearful reward of his actions may end with this life; and whensoever his soul shall depart from the body, it may be without spot presented unto thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Heb. xii. 11. O chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness, unto them which are exercised thereby.

The Gospel. St. John v. 24.

nation; but is passed from death unto life.

¶ A Prayer for imprisoned Debtors.

MOST gracious God, look down in pity and compassion upon these thine afflicted servants, who are fallen under the misery of a close restraint. Give them always a deep sense of their sins, and of thy fatherly love and correction; and the more their confinement presseth hard upon them, the more let the comforts of thy grace and mercy abound towards them. Give to their creditors tenderness and compassion, and to them a meek and forgiving spirit towards all those who have confined them, and a full purpose to repair all the injuries and losses which others have sustained by them. Raise them up friends to pity and relieve them; give them the continued comfort of thy countenance here; and so sanctify their afflic

VERILY, verily, I say unto tions, that they may work for you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condem

them an eternal weight of glory, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen.

A FORM OF

Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God,

For the Fruits of the Earth, and all the other Blessings of his merciful Providence; To be used yearly on the first Thursday in November, or on such other Day as shall bẹ appointed by the Civil Authority.

¶The Service shall be as usual, except where it is hereby otherwise appointed. ¶ Among the Sentences at the beginning of Morning Prayer shall be the following:

HONOUR the Lord with

thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Prov. iii. 9, 10.

The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by under

standing hath he established the

heavens: By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. Prov. iii. 19, 20.

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deut. xxxiii. 27.

Israel then shall dwell in safety

alone; the fountain of Jacob shall be upon the land of corn and of wine, also his heaven shall drop down dew. Deut. xxxiii. 28.

Happy art thou, O Israel; who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency. Deut. xxxiii. 29.

Instead of, O come let us sing, &c. the following shall be said or sung:

Seed-time and Harvest, and for crowning the year with thy goodness, in the increase of the ground and the gathering in of the fruits thereof. And we beseech thee, give us a just sense of this great mercy; such as may appear in our lives, by an humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee and the

PRAISE ye the Lord; for it Holy Ghost, be all glory and hois good to sing praises unto nour, world without end. Amen. our God; for it is pleasant, and¶The Collect to be used instead of that for praise is comely.

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem; he gathereth together the out-casts of Israel.

He healeth those that are broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

He covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth; he maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains.

He giveth to the beast his food; and to the young ravens which cry.

Praise the Lord, O Jerusa

lem: Praise thy God, O Sion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

¶Then shall be said or sung one of the Selections, or some other portion of the Psalms, at the discretion of the Minister.

¶The first Lesson shall be, Deut. viii. and the second Lesson shall be, 1 Thess. v. 12 ¶ After the General Thanksgiving, shall be

to 24.

said this which followeth :

MOST edge [OST gracious God, by whose knowledge the depths are broken up and the clouds drop down the dew; we yield thee unfeigned thanks and praise, as for all thy mercies, so especially for the returns of

the day.

Most merciful Father, who hast blessed the labours of the husbandman in the returns of the fruits of the earth; we give thee humble and hearty thanks for this thy bounty; beloving kindness to us; that our seeching thee to continue thy land may still yield her increase, to thy glory and our comfort, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

The Epistle. St. James i. 16.

Dthren: every good gift and every perfect gift is from above; and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us of the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. Be ye doers of the word; and not

O err, my beloved bre

hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso look eth into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 43. E have heard that it hath

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been said, Thou shalt love neighbour and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you: that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the Publicans the same? Or if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

FORMS OF PRAYER

TO BE USED IN FAMILIES.

MORNING PRAYER.

¶The Master or Mistress having called together as many of the Family as can conveniently be present; let one of them, or any other whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all kneeling:

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UR 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 forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Acknowledgment

Alive and move and have our being; we, thy needy predmety and LMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whom we of God's

cially through the

creatures, render thee our humble praises, for thy pre- night past.
servation of us from the beginning of our lives to this
day, and especially for having delivered us from the
dangers of the past night. To thy watchful provi-
dence we owe it, *(that no disturbance hath come
nigh us or our dwelling; but, that we are brought in
safety to the beginning of this day.) For these thy

• When distur bances of any kind

befal a Family,inthat notwithstand

stead of this, say,

we are brought in

ginning of this

ing our dangers, mercies, we bless and magnify thy glorious name; safety to the be- humbly beseeching thee to accept this our morning sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; for his sake who lay down in the grave, and rose again for us, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen..

day.

Dedication of soul and body to Goa's

service, with a resA ND, since it is of thy mercy, O gracious Father,

daily in goodness.

that another day is added to our lives; we here lution to be growing dedicate both our souls and our bodies to thee and thy service, in a sober, righteous, and godly life: In which resolution, do thou, O merciful God, confirm and strengthen us; that, as we grow in age, we may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer for grace to enable us to perform that resolution.

BUT,

UT, O God, who knowest the weakness and corruption of our nature, and the manifold temptations which we daily meet with; we humbly beseech thee to have compassion on our infirmities, and to give us the constant assistance of thy Holy Spirit; that we may be effectually restrained from sin, and excited to our duty. Imprint upon our hearts such a dread of thy judgments, and such a grateful sense of thy goodness to us, as may make us both afraid and ashamed to offend thee. And, above all, keep in our minds a lively remembrance of that great Day, in which we must give a strict account of our thoughts, words, and actions; and according to the works done in the body, be eternally rewarded or punished, by him whom thou hast appointed the Judge of quick and dead, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For grace to guide and keep us the following day, and for God's blessing on the

*On Sunday Morn

ing instead of this,

say, and let thy Hous to the place of thy

ly Spirit accompany

IN particular, we implore thy grace and protection for the ensuing day. Keep us temperate in our business of the same. meats and drinks, and diligent in our several callings. Grant us patience under any afflictions thou shalt see fit to lay on us, and minds always contented with our present condition. Give us grace to be just and upright in all our dealings; quiet and peaceable; full of compassion; and ready to do good to all men, according to our abilities and opportunities. Direct us public worship, mak- in all our ways *(and prosper the works of our hands attentive, and rais- in the business of our several stations.) Defend us the thoughts of this from all dangers and adversities; and be graciously deration of the next, pleased to take us and all things belonging to us unthat we may fer der thy Fatherly care and protection. These things, prayers and praises and whatever else thou shalt see necessary and conlisten to our duty venient to us, we humbly beg, through the merits with honest hearts, and mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

¶The Family being together, a little before Bed Time, let the Master or Mistress, or any other whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all kneeling :

UR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name;

OUR herd or cart 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 evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

MOST

Confession of sins, with a prayer for

don.

*Here, let him

short pause, that

OST merciful God, who art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, and hast promised forgive- contrition and parness to all those who confess and forsake their sins; we come before thee in an humble sense of our own unworthiness, acknowledging our manifold transgressions of thy righteous laws. But, O gracious Father, who desirest not the death of a sinner, look upon us, we beseech thee, in mercy, and forgive us all our transgressions. Make us deeply sensible of the great evil of them; and work in us an hearty contrition; that we may obtain forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever ready to receive humble and penitent sinners; for the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

who reads make every one may secretconfess the sins and failings of that day.

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Prayer for grace

ND lest, through our own frailty, or the tempta- to reform and grow tions which encompass us, we be drawn again into better. sin, vouchsafe us, we beseech thee, the direction and assistance of thy Holy Spirit. Reform whatever is amiss in the temper and disposition of our souls; that no unclean thoughts, unlawful designs, or inordinate desires, may rest there. Purge our hearts from envy, hatred, and malice; that we may never suffer the sun to go down upon our wrath; but may always go to our rest in peace, charity, and good-will, with a conscience void of offence towards thee and towards men: That so, we may be preserved pure and blameless, unto the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

ND accept, O Lord, our intercessions for all man- The Intercession. kind. Let the light of thy Gospel shine upon all

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nations; and may as many as have received it, live as becomes it. Be gracious unto thy Church; and grant that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may serve thee faithfully. Bless all in authority over us; and so rule their hearts and strengthen their hands, that they may punish wickedness and vice, and maintain thy true religion and virtue. Send down thy blessings temporal and spiritual, upon all our relations, friends, and neighbours. Reward all who have done us good, and pardon all those who have done or wish us evil, and give them repentance and better minds. Be merciful to all who are in any trouble; and do thou, the God of pity, administer to them according to their several necessities, for his sake who went about doing good, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

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