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against me from my youth up: may Israel now say. Ps. cxxix. 1. Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up: but they have not prevailed against me. Verse 2.

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They have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause; yea, even without a

cause have they made a pit for my soul, Psalm xxxv. 7.

They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it

themselves. Psalm lvii. 7.

Great is our Lord, and great is his power: yea, and his wis dom is infinite. Psalm cxlvii. 5. The Lord setteth up the meek: and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. Verse 6.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the son of man whom thou madest so strong for thine

own self. Psalm lxxx. 17.

And so will not we go back from thee: O let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name. Ver. 18. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

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As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

Proper Psalms, Ixiv, cxxiv, cxxv.

Proper Lessons.
The First, 2 Samuel xxii.
Te Deum.

The Second, Acts xxiii.
Jubilate.

In the Suffrages after the Creed these shall be inserted and used for

the King.

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Priest. Send him help from thy holy place.

People. And evermore mightily defend him.

Priest. Let his enemies have no advantage against him.

People. Let not the wicked approach to hurt him.

Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer shall these two be used.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast

in all ages shewed thy culous and gracious deliverances Power and Mercy in the miraof thy Church, and in the protection of righteous and religi ous Kings and States professing the wicked conspiracies, and thy holy and eternal truth, from malicious practices of all the enemies thereof: We yield thee for the wonderful and mighty our unfeigned thanks and praise, Deliverance of our gracious Sovereign King James the First, the Queen, the Prince, and all the Royal Branches, with the Nobility, Clergy, and Commons Parliament, by Popish treachof England, then assembled in ery appointed as sheep to the slaughter, in a most barbarous and savage manner, beyond the examples of former ages. From this unnatural Conspiracy, not our merit, but thy mercy; not our foresight, but thy providence delivered us: And therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name be ascribed all honour and glory, in all Churches of the saints, from ge-for neration to generation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ACCEPT also, most gra

cious God, of our unfeigned thanks for filling our hearts again with joy and gladness, after the time that thou hadst afflicted us, and putting a new song into our mouths, by bring ing His Majesty King Willium, upon this day, for the Deliver ance of our Church and Nation

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vidence, which so timely interposed in our extreme danger, and disappointed all the designs of our enemies. We beseech thee, give us such a lively and lasting sense of what thou didst then, and hast since that time done for us, that we may not grow secure and careless in our obedience, by presuming upon thy great and undeserved goodness; but that it may lead us to repentance, and move us to be the more diligent and zealous in all the duties of our Religion, which thou hast in a marvellous manner preserved to us. Let truth and justice, brotherly kindness and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity, with all other virtues, so flourish among us, that they may be the stability of our times, and make this Church a praise in the earth. All which we humbly beg for the sake of our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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from Popish Tyranny and arbitrary power. We adore the wisdom and justice of thy Pro-Laws: We most humbly praise and magnify thy most glorious Name for thy unspeakable goodness towards us, expressed in both these acts of thy mercy. We confess it has been of thy mercy alone, that we are not consumed: for our sins have cried to heaven against us; and our iniquities justly called for vengeance upon us. But thou hast not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us after our iniquities; nor given us over, as we deserved, to be a prey to our enemies; but hast in mercy delivered us from their malice, and preserved us from death and destruction. Let the consideration of this thy repeated goodness, O Lord, work in us true repentance, that iniquity may not be our ruin. And increase in us more and more a lively faith and love, fruitful in all holy obedience; that thou mayest still continue thy favour, with the light of thy Gospel, to us and our posterity for evermore; and that for thy dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

In the end of the Litany (which shall always this Day be used) after the Collect [We humbly beseech thee, O Father, &c.] shall this be said which followeth.

ALMIGHTY God and hea

Instead of the Prayer [In time of
War and Tumalts] shall be used this
Prayer following.

Lord, who didst this day

venly Father, who of thy gracious Providence, and tender inercy towards us, didst prevent discover the suares of death the malice and imaginations of that were laid for us, and didst our enemies, by discovering and wonderfully deliver us from the confounding their horrible and same; Be thou still our mighty wicked enterprize, plotted and Protector, and scatter our eneintended this day to have been mies that delight in blood: Inexecuted against the King, and fatuate and defeat their counthe whole State of England, for sels, abate their pride, asswage the subversion of the Govern- their malice, and confound their ment and Religion established devices. Strengthen the hands among us; and didst likewise of our gracious Sovereign King upon this day wonderfully con- GEORGE, and all that are put duct thy Servant King William, in authority under him, with and bring him safely into Eng-judgement and justice to cut off land, to preserve us from the all such workers of iniquity, as

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turn Religion into Rebellion, and Faith into Faction; that they may never prevail against us, or triumph in the ruin of thy Church among us: but that our gracious Sovereign, and his Realms, being preserved in thy true Religion, and by thy merciful goodness protected in the same, we may all duly serve thee, and give thee thanks in thy holy congregation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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In the Communion Service, instead of the Collect for the Day, shall this which followeth be used.

ETERNAL God, and our

The Epistle. Rom, xiii, 4,4

every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power, but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do

that which is evil, be afraid for

of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For for this cause pay ye tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually up

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therefore to all their dues; tri. this very thing. Render bute to whom tribute is due custom to whom customi, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour.

most mighty Protector, we he beareth not the sword in thy unworthy servants do hum-vain: for he is the minister bly present ourselves before thy Majesty, acknowledging thy power, wisdom, and goodness, in preserving the King, and the Three Estates of the Realm of England assembled in Parliament, from the destruction this day intended against them. Make us, we beseech thee, truly thankful for this, and for all other thy great mercies towards us; particularly for making this day again memorable, by a fresh instance of thy loving-kindness towards us. We bless thee for giving his late Majesty King William a safe arrival here, and for making all opposition the time was come that he fall before him, till he became should be received up, he stedour King and Governour. We fastly set his face to go to Jerubeseech thee to protect and salem, and sent messengers bedefend our Sovereign King fore his face; and they went GEORGE, and all the Royal and entered into a village of the Family, from all treasons and Samaritans, to make ready for conspiracies; Preserve him in him: And they did not receive thy faith, fear, and love; Pros-him, because his face was as per his Reign with long happi- though he would go to Jerusaness here on earth; and crown lem. And when his disciples him with everlasting glory here- James and John saw this, they after; through Jesus Christ our said, Lord, wilt thou that we only Saviour and Redeemer. command fire to come down from heaven, and consume N2

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A FORM OF PRAYER WITH FASTING,

TO BE USED YEARLY ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY,

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Being the Day of the Martyrdom of the Blessed King CHARLES 1. to implore the mercy of God, that neither the Guilt of that sacred and innocent Blood, nor those other sins, by which God was provoked to deliver up both us and our King into the hands of cruel and unreasonable men, may at any time hereafter be visited upon us or our posterity.

If this Day shall happen to be Sunday, this Form of Prayer shall be used and the Fast kept the next Day following. And upon the Lord's Day next before the Day to be kept, at Morning Prayer, immediately after the Nicene Creed, notice shall be given for the due observation of the said Day. The Service of the Day shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy-days in all things; except where it is in this Office otherwise appointed.

THE ORDER FOR MORNING PRAYER.

He that ministereth,shall begin with one or more of these Sentences.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against

him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Daniel ix. 9, 10.

Correct us, O Lord, but with

judgement: not in thine anger, lest thou bring us to nothing. Jer. x. 24.

Enter not into judgement with thy servants, O'Lord: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2.

¶ Instead of Venite exultemus the

Hymn following shall be said or

sung; one Verse by the Priest, another by the Clerk and people. IGHTEOUS art thou, O

judgements. Psalm cxix. 137.

Thou art just, O Lord, in all that is brought upon us for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly. Neh. ix. 33.

Nevertheless, our feet were almost gone our treadings had well-nigh slipped. Psal. lxxiii. 2. For why? we were grieved at the wicked: we did also see the ungodly in such prosperity. Verse 3. The people stood up, and the rulers took counsel together : against the Lord, and against his Anointed. Psalm ii. 2.

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False witnesses also did rise up against him: they laid to his charge things that he knew not. Psalm xxxv. 11.

For the sins of the people, and the iniquities of the Priests: they shed the blood of the just in the midst of Jerusalem. Lam. iv. 13.

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united for in their anger they slew a man; Gen. xlix. 6.

Even the man of thy right They cast their heads together hand: the Son of man, whom thou with one consent: and were confed-hadst made so strong for thine erate against him. Psal. Ixxxiii. 5. own self. Psalm lxxx. 17.

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In the sight of the unwise he seemed to die and his departure was taken for misery. Wisdom iii. 2.

He heard the blasphemy of the multitude, and fear was on every side: while they conspired together against him, to take away his life. Psalm xxxi. 15. They fools counted his life madThey spoke against him withness, and his end to be without false tongues, and compassed him honour: but he is in peace. Wisabout with words of hatred and dom v. 4. & iii. 3. fought against him without a cause. Psalm cix. 2.

Yea, his own familiar friends, whom he trusted: they that eat of his bread laid great wait for him. Psalm xli. 9.

They rewarded him evil for good to the great discomfort of his soul. Psalm xxxv. 12.

They took their counsel together, saying, God hath forsaken him persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him. Psalm lxxi. 9.

For though he was punished in the sight of men: yet was his hope full of immortality. Wisdom iii. 4.

How is he numbered with the children of God and his lot is among the saints! Wisdom v. 5.

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But, O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God, to whom vengeance belongeth: be favourable and gracious unto Sion. Psalm xciv. 1. & li. 18.

Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people, whom thou hast redeemed":

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