thy glorious Name; evermore praifing thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen.

PROPER PREFACES.

Upon Christmas-Day, and feven days after.

BECAU

ECAUSE thou didst give Jefus Chrift thine only Son to be born as at this time for us; who, by the operation of the Holy Ghoft, was made very man of the fubftance of the Virgin Mary his mother; and that without fpot of fin, to make us clean from all fin. Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon Eafter-Day, and feven days after. BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious Refurrection of thy Son Jefus Christ our Lord: for he is the very Pafchal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the fin of the world; who by his death hath destroyed death, and by his rifing to life again hath restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Angels, &c.

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Upon Afcenfion-Day, and feven days after.

"HROUGH thy moft dearly beloved Son Jefus Christ our Lord; who after his most glorious refurrection manifeftly appeared to all his Apostles, and in their fight afcended up into heaven to prepare a place for us; that where he is, thither we might alfo afcend, and reign with him in glory. Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon Whit Sunday, and fix days after.

HROUGH Jefus Chrift our Lord; according to whose most true promife, the Holy Ghoft came down as at this time from heaven with a fudden great found, as it had been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them,

latter

part of which, from "Holy, &c." was fung in full chorus by the Prieft and congregation. The prefaces were adopted from the Romish Miffal, in which there are ten for particular feafts.

and to lead them to all truth; giving them both the gift of divers languages, and alfo boldnefs with fervent zeal conftantly to preach the Gospel unto all nations; whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error, into the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jefus Chrift. Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon the Feast of Trinity only.

WHO art one God, one Lord; not one only Perfon,

WHO

but three Perfons in one Subftance. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the fame we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality. Therefore with Angels, &c.

After cach of which Prefaces fhall immediately be

THE

fung or faid,

HEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and faying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hofts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen.

Then fhall the Pricft, kneeling down at the Lord's Table, fay in the name of all them that shall receive the Communion, this Prayer following:

WE

E do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies; we are not

Then fhall the Priest, &c.] This rubric is the fame in Edward VIth's first book, except that the word board occurs instead of table. The remainder of the fervice (which was arranged as it now ftands in his fecond book) is fo different, that the only way of pointing out its variations, without perplexity, will be to prefent the reader with a view of the whole from the beginning to the end. "First then come the Epiftle; the Gofpel; the Nicene Creed; then the Exhortation to be used at the Communion; and afthat ftands the Exhortation to be used on some day before: then the Sentences, the Lauds, Anthem, and Prefaces; the Prayer for the whole State of Christ's Church, with the Prayer of Confecration; the Prayer of Oblation (of which hereafter;) the Lord's Prayer, with this introduction, As our Saviour Chrift hath commanded and taught us, we are bound to fay, Our Father. After which the Prieft was to fay, The peace of the Lord be always with you: The Clerks, And with thy fpirit. Then the Prieft, Chrifi cur Pafchal Lamb is offered for us, once for all, ruken he

worthy fo much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the fame Lord, whofe property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, fo to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jefus Chrift, and to drink his blood, that our finful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our fouls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen.

When the Prieft, ftanding before the Table, bath fo or dered the Bread and Wine, that he may with the more readiness and decency break the Bread before the People, and take the Cup into his hands; he fhall fay the Prayer of Confecration, as followeth:

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of thy

tender mercy didft give thine only Son Jefus Chrift to fuffer death upon the crofs for our redemption; who

bare our fins in his body on the Crafs; for he is the very Lamb of God, that taketh away the fins of the world: wherefore let us keep a joyful and holy feaft with the Lord. Then came the Invitation, the Confefhon, the Abfolution, with the comfortable fentences out of Scripture: after thofe the Prayer of Addrefs; immediately after which the Minifter received, and diftributed to the congregation. And during the Communion time, the Clerks were to fing, beginning as foon as the Priest received, O Lamb of God, that takes away the fins of the world, Have mercy upon us: 0 Lamb of God, that takeft away the fins of the world, Grant us thy peace. When the Communion was ended, the Clerks were to fing the Post-Communion, which confifted of the following fentences of Scripture, which were to be faid or fung, every day one, viz. Matt. xvi. 24. xxiv. 13. Luke i. 68, 74, 75. xii. 43, 46, 47. John iv. 23. V. 14. viii. 31, 32. XI. 36. xiv. 21. XV. 7. Rom. viii. 31, 32, 33, 34. xiii. 12. I Cor. i. 30, 31. iii. 16, 17. vi. 20. Ephef. v. 1, 2. This done, the Salutation paffed between the Minifter and People, The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. And then the Minifter concluded the office with the fecond prayer in our prefent Poft-Communion and the bleffing. How thefe feveral forms or the rubrics that belong to them differ from the forms that we ufe now, I muft fhew as I am treating upon the feveral particulars: I only fet down the order of them here, to give the reader a general view of the whole.

Almighty God] This form is compofed from the Agx THE TROTHOMISES, or beginning of the oblation of St. Bafil, Alex. Rom. tom. i. 64 et infra. But in the ancient forms it was always preceded by an invocation or prayer for the defcent of the Holy Ghost. This was continued in Edward Vith's first prayer-book; where we have the following form. "Hear us, O merciful Father, we beseech thee, and with thy holy fpirit and word, vouchfafe to blefs and fanctify thefe thy gifts, and creatures of bread and wine, that they may be unto us the body and blood of thy most dearly beloved Son Jefus Christ, who in the farae night that he was betrayed,

made there (by his one oblation of himfelf once offered) a full, perfect, and fufficient facrifice, oblation, and fatisfaction, for the fins of the whole world; and did inftitute, and in his hely Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death, until his coming again; hear us. O merciful Father, we most humbly befeech thee; and grant that we receiving thefe thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jefus Chels holy institution, in remembrance of his death

on, may be partakers of his moft bleffed Body B: who, in the fame night that he was betray

ed, took Bread; and, when he had given thanks, he brake it; and gave it to his difciples, faying, Take, eat, this is my Body which is given for you: Do this in remembrance of me. Likewife after Supper book the Cup; and, when he had given thanks, he A bit gave it to them, faying, Drink ye all of this; sསྒོ་༞ ; ! for this§ is my Blood of the New Teftament, red, which is fhed for you, and for many, for the remition of fins: Do this, as oft as ye fhall drink it, in remembrance of me. Amen.

is any

Tien fhall the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds himself, and then proceed to deliver the fame to the Bishops, Pricfts, and Deacons in like manner, (if any be prefent;) and after that to the People alfo in order, into their hands, all meekly kneeling. And when he delivereth the Bread to any one, he shall fay,

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HE Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preferve thy body and foul unto everlasting lite. Take and eat this in remembrance that Chrift died

." This form of prayer, however, and the croflings performed during its repetition, were omitted on the review of Edward's firft book, at the fuggeftion of Bucer, and the prefent confecration prayer adopted.

Then fhall the Minifter, &c.] This rubric is nearly the fame in Edward Vith's firft book. That the Prieft fhould first receive the elements himself, ordained by the Council of Toledo, 12, 5, in these words, “The Prieft, whenever he offers up the facrifice, fhall firft receive himfelf." The autho ity for delivering the bread into the hands of the people, in oppofition to the Romish custom of putting the wafer upon the tongue, is of great antiquity. St. Cyril, Myftag. 5, fays, "Let every perfon be careful to keep

for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.

And the Minifter that delivereth the Cup to any

one, fhall fay,

HE Blood of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which was fhed for thee, preferve thy body and foul unto everlasting Drink this in remembrance that Chrift's blood was fhed for thee, and be thankful.

life.

¶ If the confecrated Bread or Wine be all spent before all bave communicated, the Priest is to confecrate more, according to the Form before prefcribed; beginning at [Our Saviour Chrift in the fame night, &c.] for the bleffing of the Bread; and that [Likewife after Supper, &c.] for the bleffing of the Cup.

¶ When all have communicated, the Minister shall return to the Lord's Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the confecrated Elements, covering the fame with a fair linen cloth.

Then fhall the Prieft fay the Lord's Prayer, the People repeating after him every Petition.

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UR Father, 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: For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

the bread, for whoever through careleffness lofes any part of it, had much better lose part of himself." He tells us also the communicant made a cross with his two arms, and received the bread in the hollow of his right hand. The ordinance for receiving the Sacrament kneeling is at leaft as old as the time of St. Auguftine; who remarks, "that it is a fin not to receive the Sacrament in a pofture of adoration;" in Pfalm 98. When the Prieft pronounces the words of delivering, "Preferve thy body and foul, &c." the communicant fhould anfwer, Amen; a practice rigidly obferved in the ancient church. Cyril, Mystag. 5.

If the confecrated Bread, &c.] This and the next rubric were introduced at the laft review. The third is found in the fecond book of Edward VI.