ed, but counted unworthy of the fect charity with all men. Su heavenly feast. Wherefore, ac- shall ye be meet partakers o cording to mine office, I bid you those holy Mysteries. And aIn the name of God, I call you in bove all things, ye must give most Christ's behalf, I exhort you, as humble and hearty thanks to God ye love your own salvation, that the Father, the Son, and the Holy ye will be partakers of this Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the Communion. And as the Son of world, by the death and passion God did vouchsafe to yield up his of our Saviour Christ, both God soul by death upon the cross, for and man; who did humble himyour salvation; so it is your duty self, even to the death upon the to receive the Communion in re- cross, for us miserable sinners, membrance of the sacrifice of who lay in darkness and the shahis death, as he himself hath com- dow of death; that he might make manded: Which if ye shall ne- us the children of God, and exalt glect to do, consider with your- us to everlasting life. And to the selves, how great is your ingra- end that we should always retitude to God, and how sore pun-member the exceeding great love ishment hangeth over your heads of our Master and only Saviour for the same, when ye wilfully Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, abstain from the Lord's Table, and the innumerable benefits and separate from your brethren which by his precious blood-shedwho come to feed on the ban-ding he hath obtained for us, be quet of that most heavenly food. hath instituted and ordained holy These things if ye earnestly con- Mysteries, as pledges of his love, sider, ye will by God's grace, return to a better mind; for the obtaining whereof we shall not cease to make our humble petitions unto Almighty God, our heavenly Father.

At the time of the Celebration of the
Communion, the Priest shall say this

Exhortation.

DEARLY beloved in the Lord,

ye who mind to come to the Holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, must consider how St. Paul exhorteth all persons diligently to try and examine themselves, before they presume to eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup. For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament; so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily. Judge therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord; repent ye truly for yoursins past; have a lively and steadfast faith in Christ our Saviour; amend your lives, and be in per

and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort. To him, therefore, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, let us give(as we are most bounden) continual thanks; submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleasure, and study ing to serve him in true holiness and righteousness, all the days of

of our life. Amen.

Then shall the Priest say to those who

come to receive the Holy Communion,

YE who do truly and earnestly

repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways; draw near with faith,and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, devoutly kneeling.

T Then shall this general Confession be made, by the Priest and all those who are minded to receive the Holy Com munion, humbly kneeling.

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15.

After which the Priest shall proceed, saying,

Lift up your hearts. Answer. We lift them up unto the Lord.

our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; we acknowledge and bewail our Hear also what St. John saith. manifold sins and wickedness, If any man sin, we have an Adwhich we from time to time most vocate with the Father, Jesus grievously have committed, by Christ the righteous; and he is thought, word, and deed, against the propitiation for our sins. thy divine Majesty; provoking 1' John ii. 1, 2. most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burthen of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all that is past; and grant, that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life, to the honour and glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

7 Then shall the Priest (the Bishop, if he be present) stand up, and turning to the People, say,

LMIGHTY God, our heavenly

A Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him, have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness; and bring you to everlasting life, through

Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall the Priest say, Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all who truly turn to him.

OME unto me, all ye that tra

Priest. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.

Answer. It is meet and right so to do.

Then shall the Priest turn to the Lord's

Table, and say,

T is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, [*Holy Father,] Almighty, everlasting God.

Here shall follow the proper Preface, according to the time, if there be any specially appointed; or else immedi ately shall be said or sung by the Priest and People,

HEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name; evermore praising 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 seven Days

after.

BEC Christ, thine only Son, to

ECAUSE thou didst give Je

Cvel and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. St.Matt. xi. 28. So God loved the world, that be born as at this time for us; he gave his only begotten Son, who, by the operation of the Hoto the end that all that believe in ly Ghost, was made very man, of him should not perish, but have the substance of the Virgin Mary everlasting life. St. John iii. 16. his Mother; and that without Hear also what St. Paul saith. spot of sin, to make us clean from This is a true saying, and wor-all sin: Therefore with Angels, &c. * These words [Holy Father] must be omitted on Trinity Sunday.

Upon Easter Day, and seven Days after.

Or else this may be said, the words [Holy Father] being retained in the introductory Address.

FO

BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus OR the precious death and Christ our Lord: For he is the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ very Paschal Lamb, which was our Lord, and for the sending to offered for us, and hath taken us of the Holy Ghost the Comforter; who are one with thee in thy eternal Godhead: Therefore with Angels, &c.

away the sin of the world; who by his death hath destroyed death, and, by his rising to life again, hath restored to us everlasting life: Therefore with Angels, &c. TUponAscension Day,andseven Daysafter. HROUGH thy most dearly

Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the Lord's Table, say, in the name of all those who shall receive the ComImunion, this Prayer following:

We do not presume to come

Lord; who, after his most glorito this thy Table, O merous resurrection, manifestly apciful Lord, trusting in our own peared to all his Apostles, and in righteousness, but in thy manitheir sight ascended up into hea- fold and great mercies. We are ven, to prepare a place for us; not worthy so much as to gather that where he is, thither we might up the crumbs under thy Table. also ascend, and reign with him in But thou art the same Lord, glory: Therefore with Angels, &c. whose property is always to have Upon Whitsunday, and six Days after. cious Lord, so to eat the flesh of mercy: Grant us therefore, graTHROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord; according to whose thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and most true promise, the Holy Ghost to drink his blood, that our sinful came down as at this time from bodies may be made clean by his heaven, with a sudden great through his most precious blood, body, and our souls washed sound, as it had been a mighty and that we may evermore dwell wind, in the likeness of fiery in him, and he in us. tongues, lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, and to lead them to all truth; giving them both the gift of divers languages, and also boldness with fervent zeal, constantly to preach the gospel unto all nations; whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error, into the clear glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, light and true knowledge of thee, for that thou, of thy tender merand of thy Son Jesus Christ:cy, didst give thine only Son JeTherefore with Angels, &c. sus Christ to suffer death upon

Amen.

When the Priest, standing before the Table, hath so ordered the Bread and Wine, that he may with the more reaIdiness and decency break the Bread before the People, and take the Cup into his hands; he shall say the Prayer of Consecration, as followeth:

¶ Upon the Feast of Trinity only, may the cross for our redemption; who made there (by his one

be said,

WHO art one God, one Lord; oblation of himself once offered)

not one only person, but a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrithree persons in one substance: fice, oblation, and satisfaction, For that which we believe of the for the sins of the whole world; glory of the Father, the same we and did institute, and in his holy believe of the Son, and of the gospel command us to continue Holy Ghost, without any differ-a perpetual memory of that his ence or inequality: Therefore precious death and sacrifice until with Angels, &c. This coming again: for in the

night in which he was betrayed (a) he took bread; and when he had given thanks, (6) he brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat, (c) this is my Body, which is given for you: Do this in remembrance of me. Likewise, after supper (d) he

Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his Death and Passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood. And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness, mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy whole Church, may obtain remission of our sins,

took the cup; and to take the Cup and all other benefits of his pas

when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for (e) this is my Blood, of the New Testament, which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins: Do this as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.

into his hands.

THEREFORE,

The Oblation. WHEREFORnd

= heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and make here before thy divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks,for the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the same. And we most humbly beseech thee, O merThe Invocation. ciful Father, to hear us; and, of thy Almighty goodness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, these thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine; that we, receiving them according to thy

sion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls, and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that we, and all others who shall be partakers of this holy Communion, may worthily receive the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and made one body with him, that he may dwell in them, and they in him. And al

thengh we are unworthy, through

our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice; yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service, not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences; through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.

Here shall be sung a Hymn, or Part of a Hymn, from the Selection for the Feasts and Fasts, &c.

Then shall the Priest first receive the

Communion in both kinds himself, and

proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, in like manner, (if any be present) and, after that, to the People also in order, into their hands, all devoutly kneeling: And when he delivereth the Bread, he shall say,

THE

THE Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul

unto everlasting life: Take and ny of all faithful people; and are eat this in remembrance that also heirs through hope of thy Christ died for thee, and feed on everlasting kingdom, by the mehim in thy heart by faith, with thanksgiving.

And the Minister who delivereth the
Cup, shall say,

TH

HE Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life: Drink this in remembrance that Christ's blood was shed for thee, and be thankful.

If the consecrated Bread and Wine be spent before all have communicated, the Priest is to consecrate more, according to the Form before prescribed; beginning at-All glory be to thee, Almighty God and ending with these words-Partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood.

When all have communicated, the Minister shall return to the Lord's Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated Elements, covering the same with a fair

linen Cloth.

Then shall the Minister say the Lord's

Prayer, the People repeating after him every petition.

OUR Father, who art in Hea

ven, Hallowed be thy name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

After shall be said as followeth:

rits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

Then shall be said or sung, all standing,
Gloria in excelsis, or some proper Hymn
from the Selection.

GL
LORY be to God on high,
and on earth peace, good-
I will towards men. We praise
thee, we bless thee, we worship
thee, we glorify thee, we give
thanks to thee for thy great glory,
O Lord God, heavenly King, God
the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only begotten Son Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that

takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us. Thou that
have mercy upon us.
takest away the sins of the world,
Thou that

takest away the sins of the world,
sittest at the right hand of God
receive our prayer. Thou that
the Father, have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most High in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Then the

present) shall let them depart with this blessing:

T

A Host God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us who have duly receiv- HE peace of God, which ed these holy Mysteries, with the passeth all understanding, spiritual food of the most precious keep your hearts and minds in Body and Blood of thy Son our the knowledge and love of God, Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost and of his Son Jesus Christ our assure us thereby of thy favour Lord: And the blessing of God and goodness towards us; and Almighty, the Father, the Son, that we are very members incor- and the Holy Ghost, be amongst porate in the mystical body of thy you, and remain with you al Son, which is the blessed compa- ways. Amen.