JESUS CHRIST our Saviour out of Thine own bosom, to take upon Him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the Cross for our redemption;

Mercifully grant, we beseech Thee, that we and all Thy faithful people may so trust in His meritorious sufferings, and so follow the example of His great humility and patience therein, that at the last we may be made partakers of His glory in Thine everlasting kingdom, through Thy mercy, O Heavenly FATHER, who with the SON and the HOLY GHOST livest and reignest, one GOD, world without end.

COLLECTS PASCHAL.

I.

O Almighty GoD, which through Thine only begotten Son JESUS CHRIST hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life,

We beseech Thee so to enliven our dead hearts by Thy HOLY SPIRIT dwelling in us, that we may daily feel the power of CHRIST's death destroying our sins, and the power of His resurrection raising us up unto newness of life;

That so, after this mortal life ended, we may rise unto life. immortal, by Thy mercy, O Heavenly Father, and the merits of the same JESUS CHRIST, Thine only Son, our Lord.

Amen.

COLLECTS PENTECOSTAL.

I.

O GOD, the King of Glory, who after that Thine only Son JESUS CHRIST had accomplished the work of our Redemption upon the Cross, didst raise Him up from the grave, and exalt Him with great triumph into the highest heavens,

We beseech Thee, leave us not comfortless whilst we live here in this vale of misery; but send to us Thy HOLY GHOST, to sanctify our hearts and lives, to comfort us in all our sadnesses and distresses, and to guide us aright in all our ways;

That we also by Thy good grace may at length be exalted to that place of endless joy and happiness, whither our blessed Saviour JESUS is gone before us; who with Thee and the same HOLY GHOST liveth and reigneth one GOD, world without end. Amen.

II.

O Almighty God, who, by sending the HOLY GHOST upon the Apostles in the likeness of fiery cloven tongues, didst enable them plentifully with gifts and abilities for the service of Thy Church, to propagate the Gospel of Thy Son JESUS CHRIST, and instruct all nations of the world in Faith and Holy Religion,

We beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to send forth from time to time, a plenteous supply of faithful labourers into the Churches of Christ; to endue them with knowledge and a right judgment in all things appertaining to Truth and Godliness; and to furnish them with such a competent measure of gifts, as may make them serviceable instruments to promote Thy glory, and the salvation of Thy chosen people, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

* COLLECTS,

Wherewith to conclude the Service.

I.

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, which knowest our necessities before we ask, and the manifold ignorances,

* Collects. Only one is given.

frailties, and infirmities of our prayers, when we do ask; and. yet hast both commanded us to call upon Thee in all our necessities, and graciously promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in Thy Son's Name,

We beseech Thee mercifully to incline Thine ears unto us, that have now made our prayers and supplications* unto Thee; That those things which we have faithfully asked agreeably to Thy holy will may be effectually obtained;

And that those things which Thou in Thine infinite wisdom knowest to be further expedient for the relief of our necessities and the setting forth of Thy glory, (although we are neither for our sins worthy to receive them, nor for our blindness know how to ask them,) may yet of Thine abundant goodness be vouchsafed unto us, for the worthiness of Thy Son, JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.

† COLLECTS AND PRAYERS OCCASIONAL.

I. For a Sick Person.

O Almighty and most Merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that Thou hast made,

Look down, we beseech Thee, from heaven; behold, visit, and relieve Thy servant which is grieved with sickness.

Give him, O LORD, a deep sense and sight of his own sins and frailty, that, his heart being broken with true sorrow and unfeigned repentance for the same, he may find comfort and sure confidence in Thy mercy.

Strengthen him in the spirit of his mind with faith against

supplications. Originally there followed, "(though with much weakness.)

+ Collects and Prayers. In the MS. no more is given than this, which is followed by twenty blank pages; and these, again, by forty-nine pages, exhibiting Notes of nine Sermons, of which four are on the same Text as the Fifteenth ad Aulam, and one on the same Text as the Fourth ad Clerum.

all the assaults of the enemy; and give him such ease of bodily pain, as Thy wisdom knoweth to be most expedient for his soul's health.

Grant that he may so patiently take Thy fatherly visitation, that, after this painful life ended, he may dwell with Thee in life everlasting, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

O LORD, save Thy servant;

Which putteth

Send him help from Thy holy place;

And evermore

Be unto him a strong tower,

From the face

THE OFFICE OF THE COMMUNION.

1. The Instruction.

We be come together at this time, Dearly beloved Brethren, according to God's Holy Ordinance to eat the Lord's Supper: that is to say, to be partakers of the Holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST. Wherein as the comfort and benefit is exceeding great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive this Holy Sacrament, for then we spiritually eat the flesh of CHRIST, and drink His blood; whereby we become one with CHRIST, and CHRIST with us, to the strengthening and refreshing of our souls, and preserving them by the power of His death unto everlasting life; so on the other side is the danger exceeding great, if we receive the same unworthily; for then we be guilty of the Body and Blood of our Saviour; we provoke the heavy wrath and displeasure of Almighty GoD against us; and for want of discerning the LORD's Body we eat and drink our own

damnation. Wherefore it is necessary for every one of us, before we presume to eat of that Bread, and to drink of that Cup, in the first place duly to try and examine our own hearts and ways, by the rule of God's holy Commandments. And whereinsoever we shall find ourselves to have offended, either by thought, word, or deed (as in very many things we offend all) to bewail our own sinfulness therein; to ask pardon at the hands of Almighty GoD for the same; and to resolve with stedfast purpose of heart, by His good grace to order our lives hereafter according to His holy Word.

Secondly, forasmuch as GOD hath exceedingly manifested His great love to mankind in sending His only begotten Son into the world to save sinners, and to reconcile us to Himself when we were yet enemies; it behoveth us herein to be followers of His example, as dear children,* by loving one another as brethren, to bear no hatred nor malice in our hearts against any man; but to forgive those that have offended us; and if we have done wrong to any other, to reconcile ourselves unto them, by acknowledging our offence, and making them just satisfaction for the same.

Thirdly, we ought to come to this holy Sacrament with a lively and stedfast faith in God's mercy through CHRIST our Saviour, by the breaking of whose Body, and the shedding of His most precious Blood upon the Cross, (represented unto us in this Sacrament,) we and the whole Church trust to obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of His passion, to our great and endless comfort.

Lastly, forasmuch as this Sacrament † was ordained by our Saviour JESUS CHRIST Himself for this end especially, that the remembrance of His death, wherein He offered up Himself a sacrifice for our sins (and the innumerable benefits that we

*

as dear children. Originally, "as dear children of our Heavenly Father." + this Sacrament. Originally, "this blessed Sacrament."