righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not 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 Priest, standing before the Table, hath so ordered 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 shall say the Prayer of Consecration, as followeth. ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didft give thine only Son Jefus Chrift to fuffer death upon the cross for our redemption; who 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 holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death, until his coming again; Hear us, O merciful Father, we moft hum bly befeech thee; and grant that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift's holy institution, in remembrance of is be par * Here the Priest to take the Paten +And here to break into his hands: the Bread: his death and paffion, may takers of his moft bleffed Body and Blood: who, in the fame night that he was betrayed,* took Bread; and, when he had given thanks, the 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 fupper he took the Cup; and, when he take the Cup into his had given thanks, he And here to lay the Bread. his hand upon all *Here he is to hand: ¶ Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds himself, and then 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 meekly kneeling. And, when he delivereth the Bread to any one, he shall say, THE Body of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which was given for thee, preferve thy body and foul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ R died for thee, and feed on him | mercifully to accept this our facri in thy heart by faith with thankf- ¶ And the Minister that delivereth the Cup to any THE one HE Blood of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which was shed for thee, preferve thy body and foul unto everlasting life. Ďrink this in remembrance that Chrift's Blood was fhed for thee, and be thankful. If the consecrated Bread or Wine be all spent before all have communicated, the Priest is to consecrate more according to the Form before prescribed; beginning at [Our Saviour Christ in the same night, &c.] for the blessing of the Bread; and at fice of praife and thankfgiving; most humbly befeeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jefus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remiffion of our fins, and all other benefits of his paffion. And here we offer and prefent unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our fouls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively facrifice unto thee; humbly befeeching thee, that all we, who are partakers of [Likewise after Supper, &c.] for the blessing of this holy Communion, may be ful the Cup. ¶ When all have communicated, the Minister shall return to the Lord's Table, and reverently place filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be upon it what remaineth of the consecrated Elements, unworthy, through our manifold covering the same with a fair linen cloth. 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, fins, to offer unto thee any facrifice, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jefus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghoft, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen. Or this. LMIGHTY and everliving The power, and the glory, For A God, we moft heartily thank ever and ever. Amen. thee, for that thou doft vouchfafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy myfteries, with the spiritual food of the moft precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift; and dost affure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the bleffed company of all faithful people; and are alfo heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and paffion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly befeech thee, O heavenly Father, fo to affift us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all fuch good works as thou haft prepared for us to walk in; through Jefus Chrift our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghoft, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. GLO ¶ Then shall be said or sung,` LORY be to God on high, and in earth peace, goodwill 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 Jefu Chrift; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takeft away the fins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the fins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the fins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that fitteft at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Chrift, with the Holy Ghoft, art moft high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. ¶ Then the Priest (or Bishop if he be present) shall let them depart with this Blessing. THE peace of God, which paff eth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jefus Chrift 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. ¶ Collects to be said after the Offertory, when there is no Communion, every such day one or more; and the same may be said also, as often as occasion shall serve, after the Collects either of Morning or Evening Prayer, Communion, or Litany, by the discretion of the Minister. ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our fupplications and prayers, and difpofe the way of thy fervants towards the attainment of everlasting falvation; that, among all the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Almighty Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we be seech thee, to direct, fanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. in the works of thy command- ALMIGHTY God, the fountain ments ; that through thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preferved in body and foul; through our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen. G RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words, which we have heard this day with our outward ears, may through thy grace be fo grafted inwardly of all wisdom, who knoweft our neceffities before we afk, and our ignorance in afking; We befeech thee to have compaffion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our unworthinefs we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. LMIGHTY God, who haft in our hearts, that they may bring A promifed to hear the petitions forth in us the fruit of good living, to the honour and praise of thy Name; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy moft gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlafting life; of them that afk in thy Son's Name; We befeech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and fupplications unto thee; and grant, that those things, which we have faithfully afked according to thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of our neceffity, and to the setting forth of thy glory; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Upon the Sundays and other Holy-days (if there be no Communion) shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion, until the end of the general Prayer [For the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in earth] together with one or more of these Collects last before rehearsed, concluding with the Blessing. And there shall be no celebration of the Lord's Supper, except there be a convenient number to communicate with the Priest, according to his discretion. ¶And if there be not above twenty persons in the parish of discretion to receive the Communion; yet there shall be no Communion, except four (or three at the least) communicate with the Priest. ¶ And in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and Colleges, where there are many Priests and Deacons, they shall all receive the Communion with the Priest every Sunday at the least, except they have a reasonable cause to the contrary. And to take away all occasion of dissention, and superstition, which any Person hath or might have concerning the Bread and Wine, it shall suffice that the Bread be such as is usual to be eaten; but the best and purest Wheat Bread that conveniently may be gotten. And if any of the Bread and Wine remain unconsecrated, the Curate shall have it to his own use: but if any remain of that which was consecrated, it shall not be carried out of the Church, but the Priest and such other of the Communicants as he shall then call unto him, shall, immediately after the Blessing, reverently eat and drink the same. The Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be provided by the Curate and the Churchwardens at the charges of the Parish. And note, that every Parishioner shall communicate at the least three times in the year, of which Easter to be one. And yearly at Easter every Parishioner shall reckon with the Parson, Vicar, or Curate, or his or their Deputy or Deputies; and pay to them or him all Ecclesiastical Duties, accustomably due, then and at that time to be paid. ¶ After the Divine Service ended, the money given at the Offertory shall be disposed of to such pious and charitable uses, as the Minister and Church-wardens shall think fit. Wherein if they disagree, it shall be disposed of as the Ordinary shall appoint, 66 “WE THEREAS it is ordained in this Office for the Administration of the Lord's Supper, that the Communicants should receive the same kneeling; (which order is "well meant, for a signification of our humble and grateful acknowledgement of the benefits "of Christ therein given to all worthy Receivers, and for the avoiding of such profanation "and disorder in the holy Communion, as might otherwise ensue ;) yet, lest the same kneeling should by any persons, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice and ob"stinacy, be misconstrued and depraved; It is hereby declared, That thereby no adoration " is intended, or ought to be done, either unto the Sacramental Bread or Wine there bodily "received, or unto any Corporal Presence of Christ's natural Flesh and Blood. For the "Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very natural substances, and therefore "may not be adored; (for that were Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians;) "and the natural Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven, and not here; "it being against the truth of Christ's natural Body to be at one time in more places "than one." |