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Then fall the Bishop Jay,..

Dore here in the prefence of God, and of this congregation, renew the folemn promife and vow that was made in your name at your Baptifm; ratifying and confirming the fame in your own perfons, and acknowledging yourselves bound to believe, and to do all thofe things which your Godfathers and Godmo thers then undertook for you?

And every one fhall audibly answer, I do.

The Bishop

Aniver. Who hath made heaven and earth.

UR. help is in the name of the Lord;

Bishop. Bleffed be the name of the Lord.
Anfwer. Henceforth world without end.
Bishop. Lord, hear our prayers."

Anfwer. And let our cry come unto thee.

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Bishop. Let us pray.

LMIGHTY and everliving God, who haft vouchsafed to regenerate thefe thy fervants by water and the holy Ghott, and haft given unto them forgiver efs of all their fins; ftrengthen them, we beseech thee, O Lord, with the holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace; the fpirit of wisdom and understanding; the fpirit of council and ghoftly ftrength; the fpirit of knowledge and true godlinefs; and fill them, O Lord, with the fpirit of thy holy fear, now and for ever. Amen.

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Then all of them in order kneling before the Bishop, be hall lay his hand upon the head of every one feverally, jaying,
EFEND, O Lord, this thy child, [or this thy fervant] with thy heavenly grace, that he may continue thine
for ever and daily encreate in thy holy spirit more and more, until he come to thy everlasting kingdom.
Then fhall the Bishop Jay. The Lord be with you.
Antw. And with thy fpirit

And (all kneeling down) the Bishop shall add, Let us pray. UR Fa her, which art in heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trefpaffes as we forgive them that trefpafs against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen.

And this Collect.

Lmighty and everlafting God, who makett us both to will and to do thofe things that be good and accept

Aaight oth divine Majesty, We make our humble supplications unto thee for thefe thy fervants, upon

whom (after the example of thy holy apoftles) we have now laid our hands, to certify them (by this fign) of thy favour and gracious goodness towards them. Let thy fatherly hand, we beseech thee, ever be over them; let thy Holy Spirit ever be with them; and fo lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy word, that in the end they may obtain everlasting life, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, who with thee and the holy Ghoft liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 6

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Almighty Lord, and everlafting God, youchlafe, we beseech thee, to direct, faretify, and govern both our heart and bodies in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments, that through thy muft mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preferved in body and foul, through our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen.

Then the Bishop fall bless them, faying thus,

HE bleffing of God Almighty, the Father, the coa, and the Holy Ghoft, be upon you, and remain with you for ever. Amen.

And there fhall none be admitted to the holy

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Communion, until such time as he be confirmed, or be ready and defirous to be confirmed.

* The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony.

r the Banns of all that are to be married together, must be published in the Church three feveral Sundays or Holy-days, in the time of divine fervice, immediately before the Sentences for the Offertory, the Curate Jaying after the accustomed manner.

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Publish the Banns of Marriage between M. of and N. of If any of you know caufe or just impedi ment, why these two perfons fhould not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it: This is the first [fecond, or third] time of asking.

The reasonableness of this Inftitution appears in fome measure from the evil confèquences which would follow

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upon an unlimited Commerce betwixt the two Sexes, such a brutal manner of life must neceffarily produce Confufion

And it the Perfons that are to be married, dwell in divers Parishes, the Banns must be afked in both Parishes, and the Curate of the one Parish all not folemnize Matrimony betwixt them, without a certificate of the Perifh Banns being thrice asked from the Crate of the other Parish.

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At the day appointed for the Solemnization of Matrimony, the perfons to be married shall come into the body of the church with their Friends and Neighbours: and there flanding together, the Man on the right band, and the Woman on the left, the Priest shall fay,

EARLY beloved, we are gathered here together in the fight of God, and in the face of this con. gregation, to join together this Man and thris Woman in holy Matrimony; which is an honourable eftate, inftituted of God in the time of man's innocency, fignitying unto us the myftical union that is betwixt Chrith and his Church which holy eltate Chrift adorned and beautified with his prefence, and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee, and is commended of St. Paul to be honourable among all men ; and therefore is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand unadvifedly, lightly or wantonly, to fatisfy mea's carnal lufts and appetites, like brute beafts that have no undertanding but reverently, ifcreetly, advifedly, foberly, and in the fear of God; duly confidering the caufes for which Matrimony was ordained.

First, it was ordained for the procreation of children, to be brought up in the tear and nurture of the Lord, and to the praife of his holy Name.

Secondly, it was ordained for a remedy against fin, and to avoid fornication, that fuch perfons as have not the gift of continency, might marry, and keep themfelves undefiled members of Chr ft's body.

Thirdly, it was ordained for the mutual fociety, help and comfort that the one ought to have of the other. both in profperity and adverfity.

Into which holy eftate thefe two perfons prefent come now to be joined. Therefore if any man can fhewany juft caufe why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now fpeak, or else here after for ever held his peace.

And alfo peaking to the perfons that shall be married, be shall foy,

I be Require and charge you both (as ye will anfwer at the dreadful day of judgment, when the fecrets of ally hearts fhall be difc ofed) that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye do now confefs it. For be ye well affured, that fo many as are coupled together otherwife, chap Gods Word doth allow,, are not joined together by God, neither is their Matrimony lawful. If no impediment be alledged, then Jhall the Curate fay unto the Man.

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IT thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance, in the holy eftate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour and keep her in sickness and in health, and forfaking all other, keep thee only unto her, fo long as ye both shall live? The Man fhall anfwer, I will.

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Then fhall the Prieft fay unto the Woman,

ILT thou have this man to thy wedded hufband, to live together after God's ordinance, in the holy effate of Matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, ferve him, love, honour, and keep him in fickaefs and in health, and forfaking all other, keep thee only unto him, fo long as ye both fhall live F

The Woman hall anfwer, I will.

Then fhall the Minifter fay,.

Who giveth this woman to be married to this Man?

Then shall they give their troth to each other in this manner' ;

The Minifler receiving the woman at her Fathers, or Friends hands, fhali caufe the man with his right band to take the

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Woman by her right hand and to fay after him as followeth :

N. take thee N. to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for I richer for poorer, in fick nets and in health, to love and to cherish, till deach us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth.

Then fhall they loofe their hands, and the Woman with ker right hand taking the Man by bis right band, fall likewij Jay after the Minifter.

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N. take thee N. to my wedded hufband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worle, for richer for poorer, in fickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, ac cording to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth.

Then all they again loofe their hands, and the man fhall give unto the Woman a Ring, laying the fame upon the book, with tre accufiomed duty to the Priest and Clerk. And the Priest taking the Ring, fhall deliver it unto the

and utterly prevent that affectionate and mutual Assistance which contributes fo much to the Support as well as Propagation of our Species; and without which the businets of Education would be liable to be neglected; befides, where the Ma riage Union is founded upon Virtue, fupported by Prudence and good nature; it bids fair for producing the

greatest happiness this world can afford: A happiness which mutual Intereft will ftrengthen, reciprocal kindness will improve, a finiting Offspring confirm, and death fearly diffolve. See Gen. 2, 18, 22, 23. John 2. 1. 1 Cor. 7, 2. Heb. 13. 4.

Man, to put it upon the fourth finger of the Woman's left hand. And the man holding the Ring there, and taught by the Prieft, fhall fay,

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ITH this Ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then the Man leaving the Ring upon the fourth finger of th Womans lef band, they fhall both kneel down, and the Minister fhall fay, Let us pray.

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Eternal God, creator and preferver of all mankind, giver of all fpiritual grace, the author of everlasting that as Ifaac and Rebecca lived faithfully together, fo thefe perfons may furely perform and keep the vow and covenant betwixt them made, (whereof this Ring given and received is a token and pledge;) and may ever remain in perfect love and peace together, and live according to thy laws, through Jefus Chrift our

Lord. Amen.

Then all the Priest join their right hands together, and fay, Those whom God hath joined together, let no man put afunder.

Then fhall the Minister fpeak unto the people:

Orafmuch as N. and N. have confented together in holy wedlock, and have witneffed the fame bee fore God and this company, and thereto have given and pledged their troth either to other, and have declared the fame by giving and receiving ofa Ring, and by joining of hands; I pronounce that they be man and wife together, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

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And the Minifter fhall add this blefing.

OD the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghoft, blefs, preferve, and keep you; the Lord mercifully with his favour lock upon you, and fo fill you with all fpiritual benediction and grace, that ye may fo live together in this life, that in the world to come ye may have life everlasting. Amen.

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Then the Minifter, or Clerks going to the Lord's Table, shall say or fing this Pfalm following.

LESSED are all they that For thou shalt eat the labour Thy wife fhall be as the fruitful

Beati omnes, Pfalm 128.

fear the Lord; and walk in his ways.

of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.
vine: upon the walls of thine house.

Thy children like the olive-branches: round about thy table.
Lo, thus fhall the man be bleffed

that feareth the Lord.

'The Lord from out of Sion fhall fo bless thee: that thou fhall fee Jerufalem in profperity all thy life long; Yea that thou shalt fee thy children's children; and peace upon Ifrael.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the, &c.

Or this Pfalm.

Deus miferatur. Pfalm 67.

G The therfyl unto us,known up on earth: thy faving health among all nations.

OD be merciful unto us, and blefs us: and fhew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us,

Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praife thee.

O let the nations rejoice and be glad: for thou fhalt judge the folk right-oufly, and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee, O God: let all the people praife thee.

Then fhall the earth bring forth her increafe: and God, even our own God, fhall give us his bleffing.

God fhall blets us : and all the ends of the world fhall fear him.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the, &c.

The Pfalm ended and the Man and the Woman kneeling before the Lords Table, the Pricft ftanding at the table, and turie

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Anfw. Coruit, have mercy upon us.

ing his face towards them fball fay,

. Minister, Lord, have mercy upon us.

UR Father, which art in heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in

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give them that trefpafs against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Minifter. O Lord, fave thy fervant and thy handmaid;

Anfw. Who put their trust in thee.

Minifter. O Lord, feud them help from thy holy place.

Aufw. And evermore defend them.

Minifter. Be unto them a tower of strength,

Anfw. From the face of their enemy.

Minitter. O Lord, hear our prayer.

Anfw. And let our cry come unto thee,

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GOD of Abraham, God of Ifaac, God of Jacob, blefy these thy fervants, and fow the feed of eter nal life in their hearts, that whatfoever in thy holy word they fhall profitably learn, they may indeed fulfil the fame. Look, O Lord, mercifully upon them from Heaven, and bless them. And as thou didst fend they bleffing upon Abraham and Sarah, to their great comfort; fo vouchsafe to fend thy bleffing upon thefe thy fervants, that they obeying thy will, and alway being in fafety under thy protection, may abide in thy love unto their lives end, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

This Prayer next following shall be omitted, where the Woman is past child-bearing:

Merciful Lord and heavenly Father, by whofe gracious gift mankind is increased; We befeech thee affitt with thy blefling thefe two perfons, that they may both be fruitful in procreation of children, and alfo live together, fo long in godly love and honefty, that they may fee their children christianly and virtu« oufly brought up, to thy praife and honour, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.:

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God, who by thy mighty power haft made all things of nothing, who alfo (after other things fet in order) didft appoint that out of man (created after thine own image and fimilitude) woman should take her be ginning and knitting them together, didit teach that it fhould never be lawful to put afunder those whom thou by Matrimony hadit made one: O God, who haft confecrated the ftate of Matrimony to fuch aft excellant myftery, that in it is fignified and reprefented the fpiritu marriage and unity betwixt Chrub aad his Church; Look mercifully upon thefe thy fervants, that both this man may love his wife, according to thy word, (as Chrift did love his fpoufe the Church, who gave himself for it, loving and cherishing it even as his own fleth) and alfo that this woman may be loving and amiable, faithful and obedient to her husband, and in all quietness, fobriety and peace, be a follower of holy and godly matrons. O Lord, bless them bọth, and grant them to inherit thy eveilafting kingdom, through Jefus Chrift our Lord." Amen.

Then fhall the Prieft fay,

Almighty God, who at the beginning did create our first parents, Adam and Eve, and did fanctify and

join them together in marriage; Pour upon you the riches of his grace, fanctify and bless you, that ye may please him bo h in body and foul, and live together in holy love unto your lives end. Amen. After which if there be no Sermon declaring the duties of Man and Wife the Minifier fball read as followeth : Ascripture doth my as touching the duty of hulbands towards their you, rds their latisbands, LL ye that are married, or that intend to take the holy eftate of Matrimony upon you, hear what the holy

Saint Paul in his Epifle to the Ephefians, the fifth Chapter, doth give this commandment to all married men, Hufbands love your wives, even as Chrift alfo loved the Church, and gave himself for it, that he might fanctify and cleanfe it with the washing of water, by the word; that he might prefent it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any fuch thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nour theth and cherisheth it, even as the Loid the Church for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two fhall be one flesh. This is a great mystery; but I fpeak concerning Christ and the Church. Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular fo love his wife, even as himself. Epbrf. v. 25. Likewife the fame St Paul, writing to the Coloffians, fpeaking thus to all men that are married, Hufbands, love your Wi es, and be not bitter against them. COL. iii, 19.

Hear alfo what St. Peter the Apostle of Chrift, who was himself a married man, faith unto them that are married; Ye husbands dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. i S. PET. iii. 7.

Hitherto ye have heard the duty of the busband toward the wife. Now likewife, ye wives hear and learn your duties toward your husbands, even as it is plainly fet forth in holy Scripture..

St. Paul in the aforenamed Epiftle to the Ephefians teacheth you thus; Wives, fubmit yourfe'ves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Chrift, is the head of the Church and he is the Saviour of the body. Therefore as the Church is fubject unto Chrift, fo let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. And again he faith, Let the wife fee that the reverence her husband. EPHES. V. 22.

And in his Epistle to the Coloans, Saint Paul giveth you this fhort leffon, Wives fubmit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Col. iii. 18,

Saint Peter alfo doth inftruft you very well, thus faying, Ye wives, be in fubjection to your own husbands; that if any obey not the word, they also may without the word, be won by the converfation of the wives; while they behold your chafte converfation coupled with fear. Whofe adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparet; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptable even the ornament of a mieek and quiet spirit, which is in the fight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time the ho y women also, who trusted in God,

adorned themselves, being in fubjection unto their own hufbands; even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord; whofe daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. 1S. PET. L. It is convenient that the new married perfons fhould receive the Hory Communion at the time of their marriage, or at the first opportunity after their Marriage.

* The ORDER for the

VISITATION of the SICK.

When any perfon is fick, notice fhall be given thereof to the Minifter of the Parish; who coming to the fick per fons boufe, fhall lay,

EACE be to this houfe, and to all that dwell in it.

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When he cometh into the fick mans prefence, be fall fay, kneeling down,

EMEMBER not, Lord, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers. Spare us good Lord, fpare thy people, whom thou haft redeemed with thy mott precious blood, and be not angry with us for

Anfw. Spare us good Lord.

Lord, have mercy upon us..
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

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UK Father, which art in heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. earth, as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our them that trefpafs against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Minister. O Lord, fave thy fervant;

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Thy will be done in trefpaffes as we forgive Amen.

Minister. Be unto him, O Lord, aftrong tower,
Anfw. From the face of his enemy.

Minifter. O Lord, hear cur prayers.

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LORD, look down from heaven, behold, vit, and relieve this thy fervant. the eyes of thy mercy, give him comfort and fure confidence in thee, defend him from the danger of the en my, and keep him in perpetual peace and fafety, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. EAR us, Almighty and most merciful God and Saviour; extend thy accustomed goodness to this thy fervant, who is grieved with fickness. Sanctify, we beseech thee, this thy fatherly correction to him; that the fenfe of his weakness may add ftrength to his faith, and ferioufnefs to his repentance. That it it fhould be thy good pleasure to re flore him to his former health, he may lead the refidue of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory or elfe give him grace fo to take thy vifitation, that after this painful life ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlafling, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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Then fball the Minifter exhort the fick perfon after this form or other like:

EARLY beloved, know this, that Almighty God is the Lord of life and death, and of all things to them pertaining, as youth, ftrength, health, age, weaknefs, and fickness. Wherefore, whatsoever your fickn. fs is, know you certainly, that it is Gods vifitation. And for what caufe foever this fickaefs is feat unto you, whether it be to try your patience for the example of others, and that your faith may be found, in the day of the Lod, lauda le, glorious and honourable, t the encrease of glory and endless felicity; or else it

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