the laft murdered by them; though we cannot reflect upon to foul an act but with horror and aftonishment, yet do we moft gratefully commemorate the glories of thy grace, which then fhined forth in thine Anointed; whom thou waft pleafed, even at the hour of death, to endue with an eminent measure of exemplary patience, meekness, and charity, before the face of his cruel enemies. And albeit thou didst fuffer them to proceed to fuch an height of violence, as to kill him, and to take poffeffion of his throne; yet didst thou in great mercy preferve his Son, whofe right it was, and at length by a wonderful providence bring him back, and fet him thereon, to restore thy True Religion, and to fettle peace amongft us: for thefe hy great mercies we glorify thy Name, through Jefus Chrift our bleffed Saviour. Amen.

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Immediately after the Collect [Lighten our darkness, &c.] shall these three next following be used.

O Lord, we beseech thee, &..

O moft mighty God, and merciful Father, &c.
Turn thou us, O good Lord, and fo, r.
As before at Morning Prayer.

Immediately before the Prayer of St. Chryfoftom, shall
this Collect, which next followeth, be used..

ALMIGHTY, and everlasting God, whofe righteous

nefs is like the strong mountains, and thy judgments like the great deep; and who, by that barbarous murder, as on this day committed upon the facred Perfon of shine Anointed, haft taught us, that neither the greatest of Kings, nor the beft of men, are more fecure from violence than from natural death: Teach us alfo hereby fo to number our days, that we may apply our hearts yo wifdom. And grant that neither the fplendour of any thing that is great, nor the conceit of any thing that is good in us, may withdraw our eyes from looking upon ourfelves as finful duft and afhes; but that, according to the example of this thy bleffed Martyr, we may prefs forward to the prize of the high calling that is before us, in faith and patience, humility and meeknefs, mortification

and self-denial, charity and conftant perfeverance unto the end; and all this for thy Son our Lord Jefus Chrift his fake: to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghoft, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

A Form of Prayer,

WITH

THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD.

For having put an End to the Great Rebellion, by the Reftitution of the King and Royal Family, and the Restoration of the Government after many years interruption: which unfpeakable mercies were wonderfully completed upon the Twenty-ninth of May, in the year 1660. And in memory thereof, that day in every year is, by Act of Parliament, appointed to be for ever kept holy.

The Act of Parliament made in the twelfth, and confirmed in the thirteenth year of King CHARLES the Second, for the obfervation of the Twenty-ninth Day of May yearly, as a day of public Thanksgiving, is to be readpubLicly in all Churches at Morning Prayer, immediately after the Nicene Creed, on the Lord's Day next before every fuch Twenty-ninth of May, and notice to be given for the due obfervation of the faid day.

A form of prayer, &c] In the feffions 1660, an Act was paffed for a perpetual anniverfary thankfgiving for his Majefty's happy restoration; upon which occafion the bifhops were commanded to draw up a fuitable form of prayer. This form, however, was afterwards altered, and fome objectionable paffages expunged, fuch as the following: "We befeech thee to give us grace to remember and provide for our latter end, by a careful and ftudious imitation of this thy bleffed faint and martyr, and all other thy faints and martyrs that have gone before us; that we may be made worthy to receive the benefit by their prayers, which they, in communion with thy church catholic, offer up unto thee for that part of it here militant, and yet in fight with, and danger from the flesh."

Said day] In the fame manner the A&t for the obfervation of the Fifth of November is appointed to be read, by that Act itself, publicly in the Church after morning prayer or preaching, on the faid day. And yet it is remarkable, that both thele acts, together with the act for the thirtieth

The Service fhall be the fame with the ufual Office for Holy-days, except where it is in this office otherwije appointed.

¶ If this day fhall happen to be Afcenfion-day or Whitfunday, the Collects of this office are to be added to the offices of thofe Festivals in their proper places: If it be Monday or Tuesday in Whitfun-week, or Trinity Sunday, the proper Pfalms appointed for this day, instead of thofe of ordinary courfe, fhall be also used, and the Collects added as before; and in all these cafes the rest of this office fhall be omitted: But if it shall happen to be any other Sunday, this whole office fhall be ujed, as it followweth, entirely. And what festival soever shall happen to fail upon this folemn day of Thanksgiving, the following Hymn, appointed instead of Venite, exultemus, shall be confiantly used.

Morning Prayer fhall begin with these fentences.

"O the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveneffes, though we have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he fet before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10.

It is of the Lord's mercies that we were not confumed: because his compaffions fail not. Lam. iii. 22.

of January, appoint these feveral days to be folemnly obferved, and both fuppofe and enact that proper prayers and praifes fhall be used on those days; yet not one of them provides for or establishes any office for the ufe of either one or other of the faid days: nor have our kings, by whofe order and directions alone these several offices are printed and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer, and appointed to be used on their refpective days, any power or authority invefted in them by King Charles İld's Act of Uniformity, to establish or enjoin any other form than what is provided in the Book of Common Prayer, or to do any thing else in relation to that book, than to alter and change from time to time the names of the king, queen, and royal progeny. So that it might be very well queftioned whether thefe or any other occafional offices, put out by the fame order, could fafely be used, were it not for the general connivance, or rather concurrence, of the two other parts of the legislative authority, the Lords and Commons, who, if fitting, are always prefent at the performance of fuch offices, and frequently addrefs the king to order them.

Inftead of Venite, exultemus, fhall be faid or fung this Hymn following; one verfe by the Prieft, and another by the Clerk and People.

MY

Y fong fhall be alway of the loving-kindness of the Lord: with my mouth will I ever be fhewing forth his truth from one generation to another. Pfalm lxxxix. 1. The merciful and gracious Lord hath fo done his marvellous works that they ought to be had in remembrance. Pfalm cxi. 4.

Who can exprefs the noble acts of the Lord: or fhew forth all his praife? Pfalm cvi. 2.

The works of the Lord are great: fought out of all them that have pleafure therein. Pfalm cxi. 2.

The Lord fetteth up the meek: and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. Pfalm cxlvii. 6.

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment: for all them that are oppressed with wrong. Pfalm ciii. 6.

For he will not always be chiding: neither keepeth he his anger for ever. ver. 9.

He hath not dealt with us after our fins : nor rewarded us according to our wickedneffes. ver. 10.

For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth: fo great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

ver. II.

Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children: even fo is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. ver. 13. Thou, O God, haft proved us: thou also haft tried us, even as filver is tried. Pfalm lxvi. 9.

Thou fufferedt men to ride over our heads, we went through fire and water: but thou haft brought us out into a wealthy place. ver. 11.

Oh, how great troubles and adverfities haft thou fhewed us! and yet didit thou turn and refresh us: yea, and broughtest us from the deep of the earth again. Pfalm lxxi. 18.

Thou didst remember us in our low eftate, and redeem us from our enemies: for thy mercy endureth for ever. Pfalm cxxxvi. 23, 24.

This hymn] This was framed anew in the reign of James. II.

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Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land: thou haft turned away the captivity of Jacob. Pf.lxxxv. 1.

God hath fhewed us his goodness plenteously: and God hath let us fee our defire upon our enemies. Pfalm lix. 10. They are brought down, and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. Pfalm xx. 8.

There are they fallen, all that were wickedness: they are caft down, and fhall not be able to fland. Pfalm xxxvi. 12. The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless ns: even he fhall blefs the houfe of Ifrael, he fhall bless the house of Aaron. Pfalm cxv. 12.

He fhall bless them that fear the Lord: both Small and great. ver. 13.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men. Pfalm cvii. 21.

That they would offer unto him the facrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness! ver. 22.

And not hide them from the children of the generations to come: but fhew the honour of the Lord, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done. Pfalm lxxviii. 4.

That our pofterity may also know them, and the children that are yet unborn: and not be as their forefathers, a faithlefs and ftubborn generation. ver. 6, 9.

Give thanks, Ō Ifrael, unto God the Lord, in the congregations from the ground of the heart. P. lxviii. 26. Praised be the Lord daily: even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. ver. 19.

O let the wickednefs of the wicked come to an end: but establish thou the righteous. Pfalm vii. 9.

Let all thofe that feek thee, be joyful and glad in thee: and let all fuch as love thy falvation fay alway, The Lord be praised. Pfalm xl. 19.

Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was in the beginning, &c.

¶ Proper Pfalms, cxxiv. cxxvi. cxxix. cxviii.

Proper pfalms] Thefe pfalms were appointed in the reign of James II. in lieu of the xxth, xxift, lxxxvth, and cxviiith.