APPENDIX.
NO. II.

Here shall follow the proper Preface according to the time, if there bee any especially appointed or else immediatly shall follow, Therefore with Angels and Archangels, &c.

Proper prefaces.

¶ Upon Christmas day, and seven dayes after.

Because thou diddest gibe, &c.

Upon Easter day, and seven dayes after.
But chiefly are we bound to praise thee, &c.

¶ Upon the Ascension day, and seven dayes after.
Through thy most dearely beloved Sonne, &c.

Upon Whitsunday, and six dayes after.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, according to whose most true promise the holy Ghost, &c.

Upon the feast of Trinity onely.

It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places gibe thanks to thee, O Lord Almighty, and everlasting God, which art one God, one Lord, not one onely person, but three persons in one substance. For that which we beleebe of the glory of the Father, the same wee beleebe of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality. Therefore with Angels, &c.

After which Prefaces shall follow immediatly this doxologie. Therefore with Angels and Archangels, &c.

Then the Presbyter standing up, shall say the prayer of consecration, as followeth, but then during the time of consecration, he shall stand at such a part of the holy Table, where he may with the more ease and decency use both his hands.

Almighty God our heavenly Father, which of thy tender mercy didst gibe thy onely Sonne Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the Crosse for our redemption, who made there (by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sinnes of the whole world, and did institute, and in his holy gospel com

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mand us to continue a perpetuall memory of that his precious SCOTTISH death and sacrifice, untill his coming again: Heare us, O mercifull Father, we most humbly beseech At these thee, and of thy almighty goodnesse vouchsafe so (took to blesse and sanctifie with thy word and holy bread) the Spirit these thy gifts and creatures of bread and that offiwine, that they may bee unto us the body and bloud of thy most dearly beloved Son; so that wee receibing them according to thy Sonne our Saviour Jesus Christs holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of the same his most precious body and bloud: who in the night that he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to his disciples, saying, Take, eat, this is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me. Likewise, after supper he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, he intends Drinke yee all of this, for this is my bloud of the new testament, which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins: do this as oft as ye shall drink it in remembrance of me.

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¶Immediatly after shall be said this memoriall or prayer of
oblation, as followeth.

Wherefore O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, we thy humble servants do celebrate and make here before thy dibine Majestie, with these thy holy gifts, the memoriall which thy Son hath willed us to make, having in remembrance his blessed passion, mightie resurrection, and glorious assension, rendring unto thee most heartie thankes for the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the same.

a Mr. Thorndike's Just Weights and Measures, ch. xxii. p. 157. "The Proper Prefaces, and the Seraphim's Hymn are of too ancient and general use in the Catholic Church to be omitted without a mark of apostacy from the devotion of it which they express. The prayer which we consecrate with seemeth agreeable to the intent of God's Church, but more agreeable is

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that form, which the first Book of
Edward VI. revived by the Scottish
Liturgy, prescribeth. And that Me-
morial, or Prayer of Oblation, which is
there prescribed to follow immediately
after the Consecration, is certainly
more proper there, than after the Com-
munion, ending with the Lord's Prayer,
and the Peace after that."

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APPENDIX. And we entirely desire thy Fatherly goodnesse, mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Sonne Jesus Christ, and through faith in his bloud, we (and all thy whole church) may obtain remission of our sinnes, and all other benefits of his passion. And here wee offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our selves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee, humbly beseeching thee, that whosoever shall be partakers of this holy communion, may worthily receive the most precious bodie and bloud of thy Son Jesus Christ, and be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and made one bodie with him, that he may dwell in them, and they in him. And although wee be unworthie, through our manifold sinnes, to offer unto thee any sacrifice: yet wee beseech thee to accept this our bounden dutie and service, not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unitie of the holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father almightie, world without end. Amen.

Then shall the Presbyter say: As our Saviour Christ hath commanded and taught us, we are bold to say,

Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdome come. Thy will bee done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as wee forgive them that trespasse against us. And lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdome, the power, and the glorie, for ever and eber. Amen.

Then shall the Presbyter kneeling down at Gods board, say in the name of all them that shall communicate, this collect of humble accesse to the holy communion, as followeth.

We do not presume to come to this thy table ( mercifull Lord) trusting in our own righteousnesse, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We be not worthie so much as to gather up the crumbes under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose propertie is alwaies to have mercie: grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus

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Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinfull bodies may SCOTTISH bee made cleane by his body, and our souls washed through his SERVICE. most precious bloud, and that wee may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen.

¶ Then shall the Bishop, if he be present, or else the Presbyter that celebrateth, first receive the communion in both kindes himself, and next deliver it to other Bishops, Presbyters and Deacons (if any be there present) that they may help him that celebrateth; and after to the people in due order, all humbly kneeling. And when he receiveth himself, or delivereth the bread to others, he shall say this benediction.

The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life.

Here the partie receiving shall say, Amen.

¶ And the Presbyter or Minister that receiveth the cup himself, or delivereth it to others, shall say this benediction.

The bloud of our Lord Jesus Christ which was shed for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life.

Here the party receiving shall say, Amen.

¶ When all have communicated, he that celebrates shall go to the Lords table, and cover with a fair linen cloth, or corporall, that which remaineth of the consecrated elements, and then say this collect of thanksgiving, as followeth.

Almightie and everliving God, wee most heartily thank thee, for that thou doest vouchsafe to feed us, which have duely received these holy mysteries, with the spirituall food of the most precious body and bloud of thy Sonne our Saviour Jesus Christ, and doest assure us thereby of thy fabour and goodnesse towards us, and that we be very members incorporate in thy mysticall body, which is the blessed companie of all faithfull people, and be also heires through hope of thy eber. lasting kingdome, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Sonne: we now most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom with thee and the holy Ghost, be all honour and glorie, world without end. Amen.

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APPENDIX.
NO. II.

Then shall be said or sung Gloria in excelsis, in English
as followeth.

Glorie be to God on high, &c.

Then the Presbyter, or Bishop, if he be present, shall let
them depart with this blessing.

The peace of God which passeth, &c.

After the divine service ended, that which was offered shall be divided in the presence of the Presbyter, and the Church-wardens, whereof one half shall be to the use of the Presbyter to provide him books of holy divinity: the other half shall be faithfully kept and employed on some pious or charitable use, for the decent furnishing of that Church, or the publike relief of their poore, at the discretion of the Presbyter and Church-wardens.

COLLECTS to be said after the offertory, when there is no Communion; every such day one or more. And the same may bee said also as often as occasion shall serve, after the Collects either of Morning and Evening prayer, Communion, or Letany, by the discretion of the Presbyter or Minister.

Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salbation, that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready helpe, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Almighty LORD, and everlasting God, vouchsafe we beseech thee, to direct, sanctifie, and goberne both our hearts and bodies in the wayes of thy Laws, and in the works of thy Commandements, that through thy most mighty protection, both here and eber, wee may bee preserved in body and soul, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.