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(a) Here the Priest is to take the Paten

(b) And here to break the Bread.

which we believe of the glory of night in which he
the Father, the same we believe of was betrayed (a)
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, he took bread; and into his hands.
without any difference or inequali- when he had given
ty: Therefore with Angels, &c. thanks, (b) he
Or else this may be said, the words [Holy Fa- brake it, and
ther] being retained in the introductory Address: it to his disciples,
Fmerits of thy Son Jesus Christ
NOR the precious death and saying, Take, eat,
merits of thy Son Jesus Christ (c) this is my Bo-
our Lord, and for the sending to us dy, which is given the Bread.
of the Holy Ghost the Comforter; for you; Do this
who are one with thee in thy eter-
nal Godhead: Therefore with An-
gels, &c.

Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the Lord's

in remembrance of
me. Likewise, af-
ter supper (d) he

WHE

(c) And here to lay his hands upon all

(d) Here he is to

hand.

(e) And here he is to lay his hand upon every Vessel, in which

be consecrated.

The Oblation.

Table, say, in the name of all those who shall took the cup; and take the Cup into his receive the Communion, this Prayer following: when he had given W JE do not presume to come to thanks, he gave it this thy Table, O merciful to them, saying, Lord, trusting in our own right- Drink ye all of this, eousness, but in thy manifold and for (e) this is my great mercies. We are not wor-Blood, of the New thy so much as to gather up the Testament, which there is any Wine to crumbs under thy Table. But thou is shed for you, and art the same Lord, whose property for many, for the remission of sins: is always to have mercy: Grant Do this as oft as ye shall drink it, in us therefore, gracious Lord, so to remembrance of me. eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus WHEREFORE, Christ, and to drink his blood, that O Lord and our sinful bodies may be made clean heavenly Father, according to the by his body, and our souls washed institution of thy dearly beloved through his most precious blood, Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, we, and that we may evermore dwell thy humble servants, do celebrate in him, and he in us. Amen. and make here before thy divine ¶ When the Priest, standing before the Table, hath Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, with the more readiness and decency break the which we now offer unto thee, the Bread before the People, and take the Cup into memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance LL glory be to thee, Almighty his blessed passion and precious A God, our heavenly Father, for death, his mighty resurrection and that thou, of thy tender mercy, glorious ascension; rendering unto didst give thine only Son Jesus thee most hearty thanks, for the Christ to suffer death upon the innumerable benefits procured unto cross for our redemption; who us by the same. And we most made there (by his one oblation of humbly beseech thee, The Invocation. himself once offered) a full, per- O merciful Father, to fect, and sufficient sacrifice, obla- hear us; and, of thy Almighty tion, and satisfaction, for the sins of goodness, vouchsafe to bless and the whole world; and did institute, sanctify, with thy Word and Holy and in his holy gospel command us Spirit, these thy gifts and creatures to continue a perpetual memory of of bread and wine; that we, rethat his precious death and sacrifice ceiving them according to thy Son until his coming again: For in the our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy in

so ordered the Bread and Wine, that he may

his hands; he shall say the Prayer of Consecration, as followeth :

say,

If the consecrated Bread and Wine be spent be

fore all have communicated, the Priest is to consecrate more, according to the Form before prescribed; beginning at-All glory be to thee, Al mighty God-and ending with these words When all have communicated, the Minister shall

Partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood.

return to the Lord's Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated Elements, covering the same with a fair linen Cloth. Then shall the Minister say the Lord's Prayer, the People repeating after him every petition. UR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name;

OUR

stitution, in remembrance of his¶ And the Minister who delivereth the Cup, shall Death and Passion, may be par-HE Blood of our Lord Jesus takers of his most blessed Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for Blood. And we earnestly desire thee, preserve thy body and soul thy fatherly goodness, mercifully unto everlasting life: Drink this in to accept this our sacrifice of praise remembrance that Christ's blood and thanksgiving; most humbly be- was shed for thee, and be thankful. seeching thee to grant, that by the ¶ merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy whole Church, may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our-¶ selves, our souls, and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that we, and all others Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will who shall be partakers of this Holy Heaven; Give us this day our daibe done on Earth, as it is in Communion, may worthily receive the most precious Body and Blood ly bread; And forgive us our tresof thy Son Jesus Christ, be filled passes, as we forgive those who with thy grace and heavenly bene- trespass against us; And lead us diction, and made one body with not into temptation; but deliver him, that he may dwell in them, dom, and the Power, and the Glous from evil: For thine is the Kingand they in him. And although we are unworthy, through our mani-y, for ever and ever. fold sins, to offer unto thee any sa- LMIGHTY and everliving crifice; yet we beseech thee to ac- God, we most heartily thank cept this our bounden duty and thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe service, not weighing our merits, to feed us who have duly received but pardoning our offences; through these holy Mysteries, with the spiJesus Christ our Lord; by whom, ritual food of the most precious and with whom, in the unity of the Body and Blood of thy Son our Holy Ghost, all honour and glory Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost be unto thee, O Father Almighty, assure us thereby of thy favour world without end. Amen. and goodness towards us; and that ¶ Here shall be sung a Hymn, or Part of a Hymn, we are very members incorporate ¶ Then shall the Priest first receive the Commu- in the mystical body of thy Son, nion in both kinds himself, and proceed to deliver which is the blessed company the same to the Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, in like manner, (if any be present) and, after faithful people; and are also heirs that, to the People also in order, into their hands, through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most HE Body of our Lord Jesus precious death and passion of thy Christ, which was given for dear Son. And we most humbly thee, preserve thy body and soul beseech thee, O heavenly Father, unto everlasting life: Take and eat so to assist us with thy grace, that this in remembrance that Christ we may continue in that holy feldied for thee, and feed on him in lowship, and do all such good works thy heart by faith, with thanks- as thou hast prepared for us to walk giving. in, through Jesus Christ our Lord;

from the Selection for the Feasts and Fasts, &c.

all devoutly kneeling: and when he delivereth the Bread, he shall say,

THE

Amen.

T After shall be said as followeth :

ALMIGHTY

of all

RANT, we beseech.ee, Al

to whom with thee and the Holy mighty God, that the words

Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

lection.

GLO

which we have heard this day with ¶ Then shall be said or sung, all standing, Gloria our outward ears, may, through in excelsis, or some proper Hymn from the Se- thy grace, be so grafted inwardly YLORY be to God on high, in our hearts, that they may bring and on earth peace, good-will forth in us the fruit of good living; towards men. We praise thee, we to the honour and praise of thy bless thee, we worship thee, we name, through Jesus Christ our glorify thee, we give thanks to Lord. Amen. thee for thy great glory, O Lord Ddoings, with thy most gra

God, heavenly King, God the Fa

ther Almighty.

IRECT us, O Lord, in all our

cious favour, and further us with O Lord, the only begotten Son thy continual help; that in all our Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb works begun, continued, and endof God, Son of the Father, that ed in thee, we may glorify thy hoLakest away the sins of the world, ly name; and finally, by thy merhave mercy upon us. Thou that cy, obtain everlasting life, through takest away the sins of the world, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom, who receive our prayer. Thou that knowest our necessities before we sittest at the right hand of God the ask, and our ignorance in asking; Father, have mercy upon us. we beseech thee to have compasFor thou only art holy; thou sion upon our infirmities; and only art the Lord; thou only, O those things which for our unworChrist, with the Holy Ghost, art thiness we dare not, and for our most High in the glory of God the blindness we cannot ask, vouchFather. Amen. safe to give us, for the worthiness Then the Priest (the Bishop, if he be present) of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. shall let them depart with this blessing: Amen. pass

LMIGHTY God, who hast

Teth all understanding, keep A promised to hear the petitions

your hearts and minds in the know

ledge and love of God, and of his of those who ask in thy Son's Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And name; we beseech thee mercifulthe blessing of God Almighty, the ly to incline thine ears to us who Father, the Son, and the Holy have now made our prayers and Ghost, be amongst you, and remain supplications unto thee; and grant, with you always. Amen. that those things which we have Collects that may be said after the Collects of faithfully asked according to thy Morning or Evening Prayer, or Communion, at will, may effectually be obtained;

the discretion of the Minister.

Amen.

T

ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, to the relief of our necessity, and OnLord; gland in these our supplications and to the setting forth of thy glory, prayers; and dispose the way of through Jesus Christ our Lord. thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that Upon the Sundays and other Holy Days (if there among all the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

be no Sermon or Communion) shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion, unto the end of the Gospel, concluding with the Blessing. And if any of the consecrated Bread and Wine re

main after the Communion, it shall not be car

ried out of the Church; but the Minister and other Communicants shall, immediately after the Blessing, reverently eat and drink the same.

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THE MINISTRATION OF

PUBLIC 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, or Prayer Days. Nevertheless (if necessity so require) Baptism may be administered upon any other day.

There shall be for every Male Child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one. Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it be desired.

When there are Children to be baptized, the Parents or Sponsors shall give knowledge thereof, before the beginning of Morning Prayer, to the Minister. 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 Minister, by his discretion, shall appoint. And the Minister coming to the Font (which is then to be filled with pure Water) and standing there, shall say,

Hath this Child been already baptized, or no?

¶ If they answer, No; then shall the Minister proceed, as followeth. EARLY beloved, forasmuch Ghost; that he, being delivered born in sin; and our Saviour into the Ark of Christ's Church; Christ saith, None can enter into and being steadfast in faith, joythe kingdom of God, except he be ful through hope, and rooted in regenerate and born anew of Wa- charity, may so pass the waves of ter and of the Holy Ghost; I be- this troublesome world, that finally seech you to call upon God the he may come to the land of everFather, through our Lord Jesus lasting life; there to reign with Christ, that of his bounteous mer-thee, world without end, through cy, he will grant to this Child, that Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. which by nature he cannot have that he may be baptized with Wa- A God, the aid of all who need, ter and the Holy Ghost, and received into Christ's holy Church, the helper of all who flee to thee and be made a living member of for succour, the life of those who the same.

¶ Then shall the Minister say,

Let us pray.

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¶ Or this. LMIGHTY and immortal

believe, and the resurrection of the dead; we call upon thee for this Infant, that he, coming to thy hoLMIGHTY and everlasting ly Baptism, may receive remission God, who, of thy great mer- of sin, by spiritual regeneration. cy, didst save Noah and his fami- Receive him, O Lord, as thou hast ly in the Ark from perishing by promised by thy well-beloved Son, water; and also didst safely lead saying, Ask, and ye shall have; the children of Israel thy people seek, and ye shall find; knock, and through the Red Sea, figuring it shall be opened unto you: So thereby thy holy Baptism; and by give now unto us who ask; let us the Baptism of thy well-beloved who seek, find; open the gate unSon Jesus Christ in the river Jor-to us who knock; that this Infant dan, didst sanctify water, to the may enjoy the everlasting benedicmystical washing away of sin; tion of thy heavenly washing, and we beseech thee, for thine infinite may come to the eternal kingdom mercies, that thou wilt mercifully which thou hast promised by Christ look upon this Child; wash him, our Lord. Amen. ¶ Then the Minister shall say as follows: or else and sanctify him with the Holy shall pass on to the questions addressed to the

Sponsors; and from thence to the Prayer immedi-that he favourably alloweth this
ately before the Immersion, or the pouring of Wa-
ter on the Infant. But note; that, in every Church, charitable work of ours, in bring-
the intermediate parts of the Service shall being this Infant to this holy Bap-

used, once at least in every month (if there be a

Baptism) for the better instructing of the people tism; let us faithfully and devoutly
Hear the words of the Gospel,
give thanks unto him, and say,

in the Grounds of Infant Baptism.

written by St. Mark, in the tenth ALMIGHTY and everlasting

chapter, at the thirteenth verse.

THE

God, heavenly Father, we HEY brought young children hast vouchsafed to call us to the give thee humble thanks, that thou to Christ, that he should knowledge of thy grace, and faith touch them; and his disciples re- in thee: Increase this knowledge, buked those who brought them. and confirm this faith in us everBut when Jesus saw it, he was more. much displeased, and said unto this Infant; that he may be born Give thy Holy Spirit to them, Suffer the little children to again, and be made an heir of come unto me, and forbid them everlasting salvation, through our not; for of such is the kingdom Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and of God. Verily I say unto you, reigneth with thee and the Holy Whosoever shall not receive the Spirit, now and for ever. kingdom of God as a little child, Then shall the Minister speak unto the Godfa Amen. he shall not enter therein. And

he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

B.

thers and Godmothers in this wise:

brought this Child here to be EARLY beloved, ye have baptized; ye have prayed that our Lord Jesus Christ would vouch

After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon the words of the safe to receive him, to release him Gospel: ELOVED, ye hear in this Holy Ghost, to give him the kingfrom sin, to sanctify him with the Gospel the words of our Sa-dom of heaven and everlasting viour Christ, that he commanded life. Ye have heard also that our the children to be brought unto Lord Jesus Christ hath promised, him; how he blamed those who in his Gospel, to grant all these would have kept them from him; things that ye have prayed for; how he exhorteth all men to fol-which promise, he for his part will low their innocency. Ye perceive most surely keep and perform. how, by his outward gesture and Wherefore, after this promise made deed, he declared his good will by Christ, this Infant must also toward them: For he embraced faithfully, for his part, promise by them in his arms, he laid his hands upon them, and blessed them. come of age to take it upon himyou that are his Sureties (until he Doubt ye not therefore, but ear- self) that he will renounce the nestly believe, that he will like-devil and all his works, and conwise favourably receive this pre-stantly believe God's holy Word, sent Infant; that he will embrace and obediently keep his commandhim with the arms of his mercy; ments. that he will give unto him the blessing of eternal life, and make him partaker of his everlasting kingdom. Wherefore, we being thus persuaded of the good will of

Our heavenly Father towards this
Infant, declared by his Son Jesus vil

The Minister shall then demand of the Sponsors as follows; the Questions being considered as addressed to them severally, and the answers to

be made accordingly.

child, renounce the de

I demand therefore, OST thou, in the name of and all his works, the vain pomp this

Christ; and nothing doubting, but and glory of the world, with all

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