Proper Pfalms. cxxiv, cxxvi, cxxix, cxviii. Proper Leffons. The First. 2 Sam. xix. Ver. 9. or Numb. xvi. Te Deum. The Second. The Epiftle of S. Jude Jubilate Deo. The Suffrages next after the Creed fhall ftand thus: Prieft. Let his enemies have no advantage against him; Prieft. Endue thy Minifters with righteousness; Prieft. Give peace in our time, O Lord; Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Prieft. Be unto us, O Lord, a strong tower Prieft. O Lord, hear our prayer; O Inftead of the first Collect at Morning prayer, shall these two which follow be used: Almighty God, who art a strong tower of defence unto thy fervants, against the face of their enemies; We yield thee praife and thankfgiving for the wonderful Deliverance of thefe Kingdoms from THE GREAT REBELLION, and all the Miferies and Oppreffions confequent thereupon, under which they had fo long groaned. We acknowledge it thy goodnefs, that we were not utterly delivered over as a prey unto them; Befeeching thee ftill to continue fuch thy Mercies towards us; that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour, and mighty Deliverer, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. O Lord O Lord God of our falvation, who hast been exceedingly gracious unto this land, and by thy miraculous providence aidft deliver us out of our miserable confufions, by restoring to us, and to his own juft and undoubted Rights, our then moft gracious Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second (notwithstanding all the power and malice of his enemies) and by placing him on the Throne of these Kingdoms, didft restore alfo unto us the publick and free Profeffion of thy true Religion and Worship, together with our former peace and profperity, to the great comfort and joy of our hearts: We are here now before thee, with all due thankfulness, to acknowledge thine unspeakable goodnefs herein, as upon this day, fhewed unto us, and to offer unto thee our facrifice of praise for the fame; humbly befeeching thee to accept this our unfeigned, though unworthy oblation of ourselves: vowing all holy obedience in thought, word, and work unto thy Divine Majefty; and promifing all loyal and dutiful allegiance to thine anointed Servant now fet over us, and to his Heirs after him: Whom we befeech thee to blefs with all increase of grace, honour, and happiness in this world, and to crown him with immortality and glory in the world to come, for Jefus Chrift his fake, our only Lord and Saviour. Amen. In the end of the Litany (which fhall always this day be ufedy after the Colle [We humbly befeech thee, O Father, &c.] fhall this be faid which next followeth : A who haft forth power and mercy in the miraculous and gracious Deliverances of thy Church, and in the protection of righteous and religious Kings and States, profeffing thy holy and eternal truth, from the malicious confpiracies and wicked practices of all their Enemies: We yield unto thee our unfeigned thanks and praife, as for thy many other great and publick mercies, fo efpecially for that fignal and wonderful deliverance by thy wife and good providence (as upon this day) completed and vouchsafed to our then most gracious Sovereign King Charles the Second, and all the Royal Family: And in them to this whole Church and State, and all orders orders and degrees of men in both, from the unnatural re bellion, ufurpation, and tyranny of ungodly and cruel men, and from the fad confufions and ruin thereupon enfuing. From all thefe, O gracious and merciful Lord God, not our merit, but thy mercy; not our forefight, but thy providence; not our own arm, but thy right hand, and thine arm did rescue and deliver us. And therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name be afcribed all honour, and glory, and praife, with moft humble and hearty thanks in all Churches of the Saints: Even fo, bleffed be the Lord our God, who alone doeth wondrous things; and bleffed be the Name of his Majefty for ever, through Jefus Christ our Lord and only Saviour. Amen. In the Communion-Service, immediately before the reading of the Epifile, ball these two Collects be used, in ftead of the Collect for the King, and the Collect of the Day. a defence, thy fervants against the face of their enemies; We yield thee praife and thanksgiving for the wonderful Deliverance of thefe Kingdoms from THE GREAT REBELLION, and all the miferies and oppreffions confequent thereupon, under which they had fo long groaned. We acknowledge it thy goodness, that we were not utterly delivered over as a prey unto them: Befeeching thee ftill to continue fuch thy mercies towards us; that all the world may know, that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Lord God of our falvation, who gracious unto this land, and by thy miraculous providence didft deliver us out of our miserable confufions, by reftoring to us, and to his own juft and undoubted Rights, our then most gracious Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second (notwithstanding all the power and malice of his enemies) and by placing him on the Throne of these Kingdoms, didft reftore alfo unto us the publick and free profeffion of thy true Religion and Worship, together with our former peace and profperity, to the great comfort and joy of our hearts: We are here now before thee, with all due thank. = thankfulness, to acknowledge thine unspeakable goodness herein, as upon this day fhewed unto us, and to offer unto thee our facrifice of praife for the fame; humbly befeeching thee to accept this our unfeigned, though unworthy, oblation of ourfelves: vowing all holy obedience in thought, word, and work unto thy Divine Majefty; and promifing all loyal and dutiful allegiance to thine anointed fervant now fet over us, and to his Heirs after him: Whom we befeech thee to bless with all increafe of grace, honour, and happinefs in this world, and to crown him with immortality and glory in the world to come, for Jefus Chrift his fake, our only Lord and Saviour. Amen. The Epistle. 1 S. Pet. ii. 11--18. In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read. TOt every one that faith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven: but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in Heaven. S. Matth. vii. 21. Not After the Prayer [For the whole State of Chrift's Church, &c.] this Collect following shall be ujed. Father, who of thine in finite and unfpeakable goodness towards us, dit in a molt extraordinary and wonderful manner difappoint and overthrow the wicked defigns of thofe traiterous, heady, and high-minded men, who, under the pretence of Religi on, and thy moft holy Name, had contrived, and wi well-nigh effcted the utter deftruction of this Church anu Kingdom: As we do this Day moit heartily and devoutly adore and magnify thy glorious Name for this thine infinite goods is already vouchiafed to us; fo do we most humbly bich thee to continue thy grace and favour towards us, that no such dismal calamity may ever again fall upon us. Intruate and defeat all the fecret counfels of deceitful and wicked men againit us. Abate their pride, affwage their malice, and confound their devices. Strengthen the hands of our gracious Sovereign King GEORGE, and all that are put in authority under him, with judgment and juice, to cut of 411 14 all all fuch workers of iniquity, as turn Religion into Rebellion, and Faith into Faction; that they may never again prevail against us, nor triumph in the ruin of the Monarchy and thy Church among us. Protect and defend our Sovereign Lord the King, with the whole Royal Family, from all Treafons and Confpiracies. Be unto him an Helmet of Salvation, and a strong Tower of Defence against the face of all his enemies: Clothe them with fhame and confusion, but upon Himself and his Pofterity let the Crown for ever flourish. So we thy people, and the fheep of thy pasture, will give thee thanks for ever, and will always be shewing forth thy praife from generation to generation, through Jefus Chrift our only Saviour and Redeemer; to whom, with thee, O Father, and the Holy Ghoft, be glory in the Church, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. GEORG E. R. OUR Will and Pleasure is, That these three Forms of Prayer and Service made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, and the Twenty ninth of May, be forthwith Printed and Publifhed, and for the future annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the Church of England, to be used yearly on the faid Days, in all Cathedral, and Collegiate Churches and Chapels, in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls, within both Our Univerfities, and of cur Colleges of Eaton and Winchester, and in all Parish Churches and Chapels within that Part of Our Kingdom of Great Britain called England,, the Dominion of Wales,, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed Given at Our Caftle of Windfor, the Twelfth Day of September 1728. In the Second Year of Our Reign. By His Majefty's Command, TOWNSHEND A FORM . |