us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy After shall be said as follow- Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us; and that we are incorporate very, members eth. LORD and heavenly FaO ther, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully in the mystical body of thy to accept this our sacrifice Son, which is the blessed of praise and thanksgiving; company of all faithful people; and are also heirs most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits through hope of thy everlastand death of thy Son Jesus ing kingdom, by the merits Christ, and through faith in and passion of thy dear Son. of the most precious death his blood, we and all thy And we most humbly bewhole Church may obtain seech thee, O heavenly Fa remission of our sins, and ther, so to assist us with all other benefits of his pas thy grace, that we may consion. And here we offer and tinue in that holy fellowpresent unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bo- ship, and do all such good dies, to be a reasonable, holy, for us to walk in; through works as thou hast prepared and lively sacrifice unto thee; Jesus Christ our Lord, to humbly beseeching thee, that whom, with thee and the all we, who are partakers of Holy Ghost, be all honour this holy Communion, may and glory, world without be fulfilled with thy grace end. Amen. and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer bos tech thee Or this. ALMIGHTY and everliving Then shall be said or sung, GLORY be to God on high and in earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesu Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thon that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thon that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. ¶ Then the Priest (or Bishop if he be present) shall let them depart with this Blessing. 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 Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words, which we have heard this day with our outward THE peace of God, which ears, may through thy grace passeth all understand- be so grafted inwardly in ing, keep your hearts and our hearts, that they may minds in the knowledge and bring forth in us the fruit of love of God, and of his Son good living, to the honour Jesus Christ our Lord: and and praise of thy Name; the blessing of God Almighty, through Jesus Christ Our the Father, the Son, and the Lord. Amen. Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always. PREVENT us, O Lord, in Amen. Collects to be said after the Offertory, when there is no Communion, every such day one or more; and the same may be said also, as often as occasion shall serve, after the Collects either of Morning or Evening Prayer, Communion, or Litany, by the discretion of the Minister. SSIST us mercifully, O A Lord, in these our sup plications and prayers, and ALMIGHTY Lord, and our doings with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ALM LMIGHTY God, who hast and grant, that those things, promised to hear the which we have faithfully petitions of them that ask asked according to thy will, in thy Son's Name: We be- may effectually be obtained, seech thee mercifully to in- to the relief of our necessity. cline thine ears to us that and to the setting forth of have made now our prayers thy glory; through Jesus and supplications unto thee; Christ our Lord. Amen. Upon the Sundays and other Holy-days (if there be no Communion) shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion, until the end of the general Prayer [For the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in earth] together with one or more of these Collects last before rehearsed, concluding with the Blessing. And there shall be no celebration of the Lord's Supper, except there be a convenient number to communicate with the Priest, according to his discretion. And if there be not above twenty persons in the Parish of discretion to receive the Communion; yet there shall be no Communion, except four (or three at the least) communicate with the Priest. And in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and Colleges, where there are many Priests and Deacons, they shall all receive the Communion with the Priest every Sunday at the least, except they have a reasonable cause to the contrary. And to take away all occasion of dissension, and superstition, which any person hath or might have concerning the Bread and Wine, it shell suffice that the Bread be such as is usual to be eaten; but the best and purest Wheat Bread that conveniently may be gotten. And if any of the Bread and Wine remain unconsecrated, the Curate shall have it to his own use: but if any remain of that which was consecrated, it shall not be carried out of the Church, but the Priest and such other of the Communicants as he shall then call unto him, shall, immediately after the Blessing, reverently eat and drink the same. The Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be provided by the Curate and the Church-wardens at the charges of the Parish. And note, that every Parishioner shall communicate at the least three times in the year, of which Easter to be one. And yearly at Easter every Parishioner shall reckon with the Parson, Vicar, or Curate, or his or their Deputy or Deputies; and pay to them or him all Ecclesiastical Duties, accustomably due, then and at that time to be paid. After the Divine Service ended, the money given at the Offertory shall be disposed of to such pious and charitable uses, as the Minister and Church-wardens shall think fit. Wherein if they disagree, it shall be disposed of as the Ordinary shall appoint. Whereas it is ordained in this Office for the Administration of the Lord's Supper, that the Communicants should receive the same kneeling: (which order is well meant, for a signification of our humble and grateful acknowledgment of the benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy Receivers, and for the avoiding of such profanation and disorder in the holy Communion, as might otherwise ensue;) yet, lest the same kneeling should by any persons, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice and obstinacy, be misconstrued and depraved: It is hereby declared, That thereby no adoration is intended, or ought to be done, either unto the Sacramental Bread or Wine there bodily received, or unto any Corporal presence of Christ's natural Flesh and Blood. For the Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very natural substances, and therefore may no be adored (for that were idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians;) and the natural Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven, and not here; it being against the truth of Christ's natural Body to be at one time in more places than one. 170 THE MINISTRATION OF PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS, TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH. The people are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that Baptism should not be administered but upon Sundays, and other Holy-days, when the most number of people come together; as well for that the Congregation there present may testify the receiving of them that be newly baptized into the number of Christ's Church; as also because in the Baptism of Infants every Man present may be put in remembrance of his own profession made to God in his Baptism. For which cause also it is expedient that Baptism be ministered in the rulgar tongue. Nevertheless, (if necessity so require) Children may be baptized upon any other day. And note, that there shall be for every Male-child to be baptized two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers. ¶ When there are Children to be Baptized, the Parents shall give knowledge thereof over night, or in the morning before the beginning of Morning Prayer, to the Curate. And then the Godfathers and Godmothers, and the people with the Children, must be ready at the Font, either immediately after the last Lesson at Morning Prayer, or else immediately after the last Lesson at Evening Prayer, as the Curate by his discretion shall appoint. And the Priest coming to the Font, (which is then to be filled with pure Water,) and standing there, shall say, HAT this Child been already bap tized, or no? If they answer, No: Then shall the Priest proceed as followeth DEARLY beloved, ferasmuch as all men are conceived and born in sin; and that our Saviour Christ saith, None can enter into the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate and born anew of Water and of the Holy Ghost; I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous mercy he will grant to this Child that thing which by nature he cannot have; that he may be baptized with Water and the Holy Ghost, and received into Christ's holy Church, and be made a lively member of the same Then shill the Priest say, Let us pray. LMIGHTY and everlasting God, the ark of Christ's Church, and being stedfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, that finally he may come to the land of everCasting life, there to reign with thee world without end; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Re the aid of all that need, the helper LMIGHTY and immortal God, of all that flee to thee for succour, the life of them that believe, and the resurrection of the dead; We call upon thee for this Infant, that he, coming to thy holy Eaptism, may receive renission of his sins by spiritual regeneration. ceive him, O Lord, as thou hast promised by thy well beloved Son, saying, Ask, and ye shall have; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: So give now unto us that ask; let us that seek find; open the gate unto us that knock that this Infant may enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly washing, and may come to the eternal Christ our Lord. Amen. kingdom which thou hast promised by A who of thy great therey didst save Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by water; and also didst safely fead the children of Israel thy people through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism and by the Baptism Then shall the people stand up, and of thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ, in the river Jordan, didst sanctify Water to the mystical washing away of sin; We beseech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt mercifully look upon this Child; wash him and sanctify him with Christ, that he should touch them; the Holy Ghort; that he, being delivered from thy wrath, may be received into the Priest shall say, Hear the words of the Gospel, written by Saint Mark, in the tenth Chapter, at the thirteenth Verse. THEY brought young children to and his disciples rebuked those that |