"I saw the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. . . . Above it stood the seraphims: . and one cried to another, and said, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory." ... Isaiah vi. 1-4. "These things said Esaias, when he saw His glory, and spake of HIM." S. John xii. 41. 6. ¶ Here shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if there be any specially appointed: or else immediately shall follow, THERER 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. THIRD DIVISION OF THE SERVICE. The Third Division of the Service consists only of the Great PRAYER OF CONSECRATION, and a prayer of deepest humility which well accords with our approach to the nearest Presence which GOD vouchsafes to mortal man, commonly called "THE PRAYER OF HUMBLE ACCESS." ¶ Before the Prayer of Consecration, say: "We most humbly beseech Thee, O merciful 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 they may be unto us the Body and Blood of Thy most dearly beloved SON. "O THOU, who sittest at the right hand of the Father, yet art present with us, though unseen, come and sanctify with Thy Presence these Thy gifts, those who offer, and those who receive them. Amen." "Thou standest at the Altar, Thou offerest every prayer; "Out of Thy hand the incense Ascends before the Throne, "And through Thy blood accepted, THIRD DIVISION OF THE SERVICE. 1. THE PRAYER OF HUMBLE ACCESS. 2. THE CONSECRATION. 3. THE ADMINISTRATION. I. Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the Lord's Table, say in the name of all them that shall receive the Communion this Prayer following. WE E do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his Blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his Body, and our souls washed through his most precious Blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen. |