ness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations. These and all other necessaries, for them, for us, and Thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. ¶ A Collect or Prayer for all Conditions of men, to be used at such times when the Litany is not appointed to be said. tholick Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to Thy fatherways afflicted, or distressed, in mind, ly goodness all those, who are any body, or estate; [es- * This to be pecially those for whom the Prayers of the GOD, the Creator and Preserver our prayers are desir- Congregation. of all mankind, we humbly be-ed,] that it may please Thee to comseech Thee for all sorts and condi- fort and relieve them, according to tions of men; that Thou wouldest their several necessities, giving them be pleased to make Thy ways known patience under their sufferings, and unto them, Thy saving health unto a happy issue out of all their afflic all nations. More especially, we tions. And this we beg for Jesus pray for the good estate of the Ca- Christ His sake. Amen. THANKSGIVINGS. ¶A General Thanksgiving. LMIGHTY God, Father of all A unworthy been prayed for de servants do give Thee most humble and hearty thanks for all Thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and This to be said to all men ; [*partiwhen any that have cularly to those who sire to return praise. desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto them.] We bless Thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for Thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech Thee, give us that due sense of all Thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we shew forth Thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to Thy service, and by walking before Thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to Whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world For Rain. when any deare GOD our heavenly Father, Who by Thy gracious providence dost cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man; We give Thee humble thanks that it hath pleased Thee, in our great necessity, to send us at the last a joyful rain upon Thine inheritance, and to refresh it when it was dry, to the great comfort of us Thy unworthy servants, and to the glory of Thy holy Name; through Thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For fair Weather. LORD God, Who hast justly of immoderate rain and waters, and in Thy mercy hast relieved and com forted our souls by this seasonable and blessed change of weather; We praise and glorify Thy holy Name for this Thy mercy, and will always declare Thy loving-kindness from generation to generation; through tholick Church; that it may guided and governed by Thy Spirit, that all who profess themselves Christians may be l to the way of truth, and holdt faith in unity of spirit, in the of peace, and in righteousness Finally, we commend to Thy ly goodness all those, who are ways afflicted, or distressed, in body, or estate; [*es- *Th pecially those for whom the Pr when our prayers are desir. Congr ed,] that it may please Thee to fort and relieve them, according their several necessities, giving patience under their sufferings. a happy issue out of all their tions. And this we beg for de Christ His sake. Amen. THANKSGIVINGS. General Thanksgiving. es, we Thine unworthy de For Rain. s by Thy gracious provide GOD our heavenly Father, dost cause the former and the la rain to descend upon the earth, it may bring forth fruit for the us man; We give Thee humble tha that it hath pleased Thee, in great necessity, to send us at the a joyful rain upon Thine inheritan and to refresh it when it was to the great comfort of us Thy worthy servants, and to the of Thy holy Name; through mercies in Jesus Christ our Amen. give Thee most humble thanks for all Thy goodving-kindness to us, and said to all men ;[*partiave cularly to those who aise. desire now to offer up -s and thanksgivings for ercies vouchsafed unto bless Thee for our crevation, and all the blesslife; but above all, for imable love in the rethe world by our Lord ; for the means of grace, hope of glory. And, we e, give us that due sense ercies, that our hearts eignedly thankful, and v forth Thy praise, not r lips, but in our lives; ■ ourselves to Thy serwalking before Thee in righteousness all our Jesus Christ our Lord, th Thee and the Holy honour and glory, world Amen. For Plenty. MOST merciful F of Thy gracious go heard the devout pray Church, and turned our scarcity into cheapness We give Thee humble this Thy special bounty; Thee to continue Thy ness unto us, that our yield us her fruits of Thy glory and our comfo Jesus Christ our Lord. For Peace and Deliverand Enemies. ALMIGHTY God. strong tower of d Thy servants against t their enemies; We yield and thanksgiving for our from those great and ap gers wherewith we were We acknowledge it Th that we were not delive a prey unto them; besee know that Thou art our still to continue such towards us, that all the mighty Deliverer; thr Christ our Lord. Amen. For restoring Publick Peac ETERNAL God, of to be of one mind in a stillest the outrage of a unruly people; We bles Name, that it hath pleas have been lately raised Lppease the seditious tu us; most humbly beseech grant to all of us grace, t henceforth obediently w For fair Weather. LORD God, Who hast jus humbled us by Thy late plag of immoderate rain and waters, a in Thy mercy hast relieved and co forted our souls by this seasona and blessed change of weather; praise and glorify Thy holy Na for this Thy mercy, and will alwa declare Thy loving-kindness fro generation to generation; throug Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND GOSPELS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. Note, that the Collect appointed for every Sunday, or for any Holy-day that hath a Vigil or Eve, shall be said at the Evening Service next before. THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. LMIGHTY God, give us grace A that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which Thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when He shall come again in His glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through Him Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. This Collect is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas Eve. The Epistle. Owe no man any thing. Rom. xiii. ver. 8. The Gospel. When they drew nigh unto Jerusalem. St. Matth. xxi. ver. 1. to ver. 14. THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Bed all holy Scriptures to be LESSED Lord, Who hast caus written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of Thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The Epistle. Whatsoever things were written. Rom. xv. ver. 4. to ver. 14. The Gospel. And there shall be signs. St. Luke xxi. ver. 25. to ver. 34. Thy messenger to prepare Thy way before Thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of Thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready Thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at Thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in Thy sight, Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Let a man so account of us. 1 Cor. iv. ver. 1. to ver. 6. The Gospel. Now when John had heard. St. Matth. xi. ver. 2. to ver.11. THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. LORD, raise up (we pray Thee) Thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is set before us, Thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through the satisfaction of Thy Son our Lord, to Whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Rejoice in the Lord alway. Phil. iv. ver. 4. to ver. 8. John. St. John i. ver. 19. to ver. 29. The Gospel. This is the record of THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, OR THE BIRTH-DAY OF CHRIST, COMMONLY CALLED CHRISTMAS-DAY. AL LMIGHTY God, Who hast given us Thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon Him, and as at this time to be born of a pure LORD Jesu Christ, Who at Virgin; Grant that we being rege THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by Thy Holy Spirit; through He came our Lord Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. God, Who at sundry times. Heb. i. ver. 1. to ver. 13. The Gospel. In the beginning was the Word. St. John i. ver. 1. to ver. 15. GE SAINT STEPHEN'S DAY. RANT, O Lord, that, in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of Thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed; and, being filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless our persecutors by the example of Thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed for his murderers to Thee, O blessed Jesus, Who standest at the right hand of God to succour all those that suffer for Thee, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. "Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continually unto New-your's Eve. For the Epistle. Stephen, being full of the Holy Ghost. Acts vii. ver. 55. The Gospel. Behold, I send unto you prophets. St. Matth. xxiii. ver. 34. SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY. THE INNOCENTS' DAY. the mouths of babes and suckALMIGHTY God, Who out of lings hast ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify Thee by their deaths; Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by Thy grace, that by the innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith even unto death, we may glorify Thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. I looked, and lo, a Lamb. Rev. xiv. ver. 1. to ver. 6. St. Matth. ii. ver. 13. to ver. 19. The Gospel. The Angel of the Lord. THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS-DAY. LMIGHTY God, Who hast given As Thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon Him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin; Grant that we being regenerate, and made Thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by Thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Now I say, that the heir. Gal. iv. ver. 1. to ver. 8. The Gospel. The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. St. Matth. i. ver. 18. THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. LMIGHTY God, Who madest MERCIFUL, Lord, we beseech cised, and obedient to the circum of light upon Thy Church, that, it being enlightened by the doctrine of Thy blessed Apostle and Evanelist Saint John may so walk in the ght of Thy truth, that it may at Lngth attain to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. That which was from the beginning. 1 St. John i. ver. 1. The Gospel. Jesus said unto Peter, Follow Me. St. John xxi. ver. 19. of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and man; Grant us the true Circumcision all our members, being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, we will; through the same Thy Son Jemay in all things obey Thy blessed sus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Blessed is the man. Rom. iv. ver. 8. to ver. 15. The Gospel. And it came to pass. St. Luke ií. ver. 15. to ver. 22. The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day after unto the Epiphany. THE EPIPHANY, OR THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE GENTILES. GOD, Who by the leading of a star didst manifest Thy onlybegotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant, that we, which know Thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of Thy glorious Godhead; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. For this cause, I Paul. Ephes. iii. ver. 1. to ver. 13. The Gospel. When Jesus was born in Bethlehem. St. Matth. ii. ver. 1. THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. LMIGHTY and everlasting God, A mercifully look upon our infir: mities, and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth Thy right hand to help and defend us; through The Epistle. Be not wise in your own conceits. Rom. xii. ver. 16. The Gospel. When He was come down. St. Matth. viii. ver. 1. to ver. 14. THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. GOD, Who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright; Grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Let every soul be subject. Rom. xiii. ver. 1. to ver. 8. The Gospel. And when He was entered into a ship. St. Matth. viii. ver. 23. THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE LORD, we beseech Thee to continually in Thy true religion; that they who do lean only upon the hope of Thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by Thy mighty power; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Put on therefore, as the elect of God. Coloss. iii. ver. 12. to ver. 18. The Gospel. The kingdom of heaven. St. Matth. xiii. ver. 24. to ver. 31. THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE God whose blessed Son was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we beseech Thee, that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves, even as He is pure; that, when He shall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like unto Him in His eternal and glorious kingdom; where |