and ever fhall be: world without end. Amen. cording to thy good pleature; We yield thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou wait plcafed, as on this day, to place thy Servant our Sovereign Lord King GEORGE upon the Throne of thefe Realms. Let thy wildom be his guide, and let thine arm ftrengthen him; let juftice, truth, and holiness, let peace and love, and all thofe virtues that adorn the Chriflian Profeffion, flourish in his days: direct all his counfels and endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of his people; and give us grace to obey him cheerfully and willingly for confcience fake; that neither our finful paffions, nor our private interefts, may difappoint his cares for the publick good: let him always poffefs the hearts of his people, that they may never be wanting in honour to his perfon, and dutiful Submiffion to his Authority: let his Reign be long and profperous, and crown him with immortality in the life to come, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Proper Pfalms are, 20, 21, 101. The Second, Rom. 13. Prieft. O Lord, fhew thy mercy upon us. Aniw. And grant us thy falvation. thee. Proper Pricft. Send him help from thy holy place. Anfw. And evermore mightily defend him. Prieft. Let his enemies have no advantage against him. Anfw. Let not the wicked approach to hurt him. Prieft. Endue thy Minifters with righteousness. Antw. And make thy chofen people joyful. Prieft. O Lord, fave thy people. Anfw. And bless thine inheritance. Prieft. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Anfw. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Prieft. Be unto us, O Lord, a ftrong tower, Anfw. From the face of our ene mies. Lord our God, who upholdeft and governest all things in heaven and earth, re O Prieft. O Lord, hear our prayer.ceive our humble prayers, with thee. In flead of the firft Collect at Morning Prayer, fhall be used this following Collect of Thanksgiving for his Majeftys Acceffion to the Throne. In the end of the Litany (which hall always be used upon this Day) after the Collect [We humbly beseech thee, O Father, &c.] fball the following Prayer for the King and Royal Family be used: ruleft over all the kingdoms of the World, and difpofeft of them ac Prince of the Princefs Dowager of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that they A a 4 all all ever trufting in thy goodness; B Chriftian Princes to the de Leffed protected by thy power, and crowned with thy gracious and tence of thy Faith, and haft made endleis favour, may continue be- it their duty to promote the fpirifore thee in health, peace, joy,tual Welfare, together with the and honour, and may live long temporal Intereft of their people; and happy lives upon earth, and We acknowledge with humble after death obtain everlasting life and thankful hearts thy great and glory in the Kingdom of Hea- goodness to us, in fetting thy Serven, by the Merits and Mediation vant, our moit gracious King over of Chrift Jefus our Saviour, who this Church and Nation; Give with the Father and the Holy Spi- him, we beseech thee, all thofe rit, liveth and reigneth ever one heavenly graces that are requifite God, world without end. Amen. for fo high a truft; Let the work of thee his God profper in his hand; Let his eyes behold the fuccefs of his defigns for the Service of thy true Religion establithed amongtt us; And make him a blefled inftrument of proAncestors; we moft humbly be-tecting and advancing thy Truth, feech thee to protect him on the wherever it is perfecuted and opfame from all the dangers to prefled; Let Hypocrify and Prowhich he may be expofed; Hide fanenets, Superftition and Idolatry him from the gathering together fly before his face; Let not Here M Oft gracious God, who haft fet thy fervant GEORGE our King upon the throne of his of the froward, and from the in-fies and falie Doctrines difturb the furrection of wicked doers: Do peace of the Church, nor Schifms thou weaken the hands, blaft the and caufelefs Divifions weaken it; defigns, and defeat the enterprizes But grant us to be of one heart of all his enemies; that no fecret and one mind in ferving thee our confpiracies, nor open violences, God, and obeying him according may difquiet his Reign; but that to thy Will: And that thefe Blelbeing tafely kept under the fha-fings may be continued to after dow of thy wing, and fupported Ages, let there never be one want by thy power, he may triumphing in his Houfe to fucceed him in over all oppofition; that fo the the Government of thefe Kingworld may acknowledge thee to doms; that our Pofterity may tee be his Defender and mighty Deli- his Childrens Children, and Peace verer in all difficulties and adver-upon Ifrael. So we that are thy fities, through Jefus Chrift our People, and Sheep of thy Paiture, Lord. Arn." fhall give thee thanks for ever, and will always be fhewing forth thy praife from generation to genera Then the Prayer for the high Court of Parliament (if fitting.) In the Communion-Service, imme-tion. Amen. diately before the reading of the Epifile, in ftead of the Collect for the King, and that of the Day, hall be used this Prayer for the King, as Jupreme Governor of this Church. Then shall follow this Collect, for Gods protection of the King against all his enemies. The Epifle. 1 S. Pet. 2. 11. to v. 18. D Early beloved, I beseech you, as and abitain from Hefhly lufts, which war against the foul; having your converfation honeft among the Gentilon Gentiles; that whereas they that fpeak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they fhall behold, glorify God in the day of vifitation. Subinit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lords fake: whether it be to the King, as fupreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are fent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praife of them that do well. For fo is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to filence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of malicioufnefs, but as the fervants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. 1 The Gofpel. S.Matth.22.16. tov.23. ND they fent out unto him AN their difciples, with the He rodians, faying, Mafter, we know that thou art true, and teacheft the way of God in truth, neither careft thou for any man for thou regardeft not the perfon of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkeft thou? Is it lawful to Lfore men, that they my fee ET your light thine be your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven, S. Matth. 5. 16. After the Prayer [For the whole ftate of Chrifts Church, &c.] thefe Collects following fhall be ujed. A Praver for Unity. to Cefar, the things which are Cefars and unto God, the things that are Gods. When they had heard thefe words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. O God the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace; Give us grace feriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divifions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatfoever elfe may hinder us from godly Union and Concord: That as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptifm, one God and Father of us all; fo we may henceforth be all of one Heart, and of one foul, united in one holy Bond of Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. O thee, the courfe of this world may be fo peaceably order Grant, that old, we beseech by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully ferve thee in all godly quietnefs, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Gant, we beseech thee, Al mighty God, that give tribute unto Cefar, or not? unto them, Render therefore un-which we have heard this day with After the Nicene Creed fhall Follow the form all this Sen-Aidon, the fountain In Offertory tence be read: of all wifdom, who knoweit our neceffities betore we afk, and Our our ignorance in afking: We be- J HE peace of God which keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jefus Christ our Lord: and the bleffing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghoft, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. upon our infirmities; and thofe things which for our unworthinefs we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot afk, vouchfafe to give us, for the worthinefs of thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. GEORGE R. UR Will and Pleasure is, that thefe Four Forms of Prayer and Service, made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, the Twenty ninth of May, and the Twenty fifth of October, be forthwith Printed and Published, and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the Church of England; to be ufed Yearly on the faid Days, in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels, in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls within both Our Universities, and of Our 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 Court at St. James's the Seventh Day of By His Majefty's Command, BUTE. ARTI Agreed upon by the ARCHBISHOPS and BISHOPS Of both PROVINCES, And the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden” at LONDON in the Year 1562; for avoiding of Diverfities of Opinions, and for the establishing of Confent touching True Religion. Reprinted by His Majefty's Commandment; with his Royal Declaration prefixed thereunto. His MAJESTY'S DECLARATION. Eing by God's Ordinance, according to Our juft Title, De fender of the Faith, and Supreme Governor of the :Church, within these our Dominions, We hold it most agreeable to this our Kingly Office, and our own religious Zeal, to conferve and maintain the Church committed to our charge, in the unity of true Religion, and in the bond of Peace and not to fuffer unneceffary Difputations, Altercations, or Queflions to be raised, which may nourish Faction both in the Church and Common wealth. We have therefore, upon mature deliberation, and with the advice of fo many of our Bishops as might conveniently be called together, thought fit to make this Declaration following: That the Articles of the Church of England (which have been allowed and authorized beretofore, and which Our Clergy generally have fubfcribed unto) do contain the true Doctrine of the Church of England, agreeable to Gods Word: which We do therefore ratify and confirm, requiring all Our loving Subjects to continue in the uniform profeffion thereof, and prohibiting the least difference from the faid Articles, which to that end We command to be new printed, and this Our Declaration to be published therewith. That We are Supreme Governor of the Church of England: And that if any difference arife about the external policy concerning Injunctions, Canons, and other Conftitutions whatsoever thereto belonging, the Clergy in their Convocation is to crder and fettle them, having first cbtained leave under Our Bread Seal fo to do: and We approving their faid Ordinances and Conflitutions; provid |
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