¶ Then shall the Priest say; Hear what comfortable words our saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him. Come unto me all ye that travel and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. Matt. xi. 28. So God loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John iii. 16. Hear also what St. Paul saith. This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15. Hear also what St. John saith. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins. 1 John ii. 1. After which the priest shall proceed, saying, Lift up your hearts. Answ. We lift them up unto the Lord. Priest. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. Answ. It is meet and right so to do. ¶ Then shall the priest turn to the Lord's table and say, It 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] must be omitFather, almighty, and everlasting God. ted on Trinity Sunday. * *These words [Holy Here shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if there be any special appointed; or else immediately shall follow, Therefore with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name; evermore praissng 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. Because thou didst give Jesus Christ thine only Son to be born as at this time for us; who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made very man of the substance of the virgin Mary his mother; and that without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with angels, &c. Upon Easter-day, and seven days after. But chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious. resurrection of thy son Jesus Christ our Lord: for he is the very paschal lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken 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. Upon Ascension-day, and seven days after. Through thy most dearly beloved son Jesus Christ our Lord; who after his most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to all his apostles, and in their sight ascended into heaven to prepare a place for us; that where he is, thither we might also ascend, and reign with him in glory. Therefore with angels, &c. Upon Whitsunday, and six days after. Through Jesus Christ our Lord; according to whose most true promise the Holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven with a sudden great sound, as it had been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, lighting upon the apostles, to teach them, and to lead them into 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 from darkness and error into the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy son Jesus Christ. Therefore with angels, &c. Upon the feast of Trinity only. Who art one God, one Lord; not only one person, but three persons in one substance: for that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the same we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality, Therefore with angels, &c. After each of which prefaces shall immediately be sung or said Therefore 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. ¶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. Directions. We do not presume to come to this thy table, O When the priest acknowmerciful Lord, trusting in our ledges in this form of humiliation own righteousness, but in thy his own, and the communicant's manifold and great mercies. unworthiness, and God's unmeWe are not worthy so much rited kindness, in admiting them to his holy table, make this act of as to gather up the crumbs humiliation your own by your under thy table; but thou most devout attention, and joinart the same Lord, whose pro-ing with a hearty Amen. perty is always to have mer cy: 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. When the priest, standing before the table, hath so ordered the bread and wine, that he may with mo e 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 heaven-1 ly father, who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only son Jesus Christ to suffer Directions. This is the prayer of consecration, to be said by the priest alone; and while he is consecra death upon the cross for our redemption, who made there (by his own oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his Send down thy spirit and bleaholy gospel command us to sing upon this means of grace continue a perpetual memory self, O Jesu, hast ordained. and salvation, which thou thy. of that his precious death ting the bread and wine, raise up your soul to see with the eye of hath left you in that sacrament; faith what great things the Lord and pray that they may be a means of conveying into your soul all the benefits of his precious death, saying secretly, hand: until his coming again: Hear us, O merciful father, we most humbly beseech thee, and grant that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy 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: who, in the same night that he (a) Here the priest is was betrayed, (a) took bread; and to take the patten into his when he had given thanks (b) he, (b) And here to break 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 took the cup; and, when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for this (e) 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. the bread: (c) And here to lay his hand upon all the bread. (d) Here he is to take the cup into his hand: (e) And here to lay his hand upon every vessel (be it chalice or flagon) in which there is any wine to be consecrated. Directions. Amen. Be not discouraged if you cannot fill up all spaces with regular devotion, or with intense meditation between the prayer of consecra tion and the time of receiving the bread and wine; in this case do as well as you can remember your own offences with as much sorrow as you can, and the mercies of God to you in Christ Jesus, with as much love, joy, and gratitude; recommend to God's mercy your parents, relations, friends, and all the world. Do any thing that is good and proper to fill up the time; and leave the rest to God, who is a bounteous rewarder of them that seek him. Or when the prayer of consecration is over, if you have time before the bread and wine are brought to you, use the following prayer. A prayer immediately after the consecration of the bread and wine. 1 will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and will call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people; in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem, praise the Lord. Psalm cxvi. 14, 15, 16. Now, O my God, prostrate before thine altar, I dare not so much as look upon this mystery of our salvation, if thou hadst not invited me: I beseech thee therefore, accept of this representation we make before thee of that ail-sufficient sacrifice, which thy son our saviour Jesus Christ made upon the cross: let the merit of it plead effectually for the pardon and forgiveness of all my sins, and render thee favorable and propitious to me a miserable sinner; let the power of it prevail against all the powers of darkness; let the wisdom of it make me wise unto salvation; and let the peace of it reconcile me unto thee, and bring to me peace of conscience. And then, O blessed Jesus my redeemer, I shall be enabled to adore thee, who didst en |