me. If I had not come and fpoken unto them, they had For the Epiftle. For the Epiftle. Rev. vii. 2. not had fin: but now they A have no cloak for their fin. He that hateth me, hateth my Father alfo. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had fin: but now have they both feen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will fend unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. All Saints Day. knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the myftical body of thy Son Chrift our Lord; grant us grace fo to follow thy bleffed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to thofe unfpeakable joys, which thou haft prepared for those who unfeignedly love thee, through Lord. Jefus Chrift our Amen. ND I faw another angel afcending from the east, having the feal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the fea, faying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have fealed the fervants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them which were fealed; and there were fealed an hundred and forty and four thousand, of all the tribes of the children of Ifrael. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were fealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were fealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Afer were fealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were fealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manaffes were fealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were fealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were fealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Ifachar were fealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were fealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Jofeph were fealed twelve thousand. Of Of the tribe of Benjamin fet, his difciples came unto were fealed twelve thoufand. After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, ftood before the throne, and before the Lamb, cloathed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, faying, Salvation to our God, which fitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders, and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, faying, Amen: Bleffing, and glory, and wisdom, and thankfgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. him. And he opened his mouth, and taught them, faying, Bleffed are the poor in fpirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Bleffed are they that mourn: for they fhall be comforted. Bleffed are the meek for they fhall inherit the earth. Bleffed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Bleffed are the merciful: for they fhall obtain mercy. Bleffed are the pure in heart: for they fhall fee God. Bleffed are the peace-makers: for they fhall be called the children of God. Bleffed are they which are perfecuted for righteousness fake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Bleffed are ye, when men fhall revile you, and perfecute you, and fhall fay all manner of evil against you falfely for my fake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven: for fo perfecuted they the prophets which were before you. The ADMINISTRATION of the LORD's SUPPER, or, HOLY COMMUNION. ¶IF among those who come to be partakers of the Holy Communion, the Minifter fhall know any to be an open and notorious evil liver, or to have done any wrong to his neighbours by word or deed, fo that the Congregation be thereby offended; he shall advertise him, that he prefume not to come to the Lord's Table, until he have openly declared himself to have truly repented and amended his former evil life, that the Congregation may thereby be fatisfied; and that he hath recompenfed the parties to whom be bath done wrong; or at least declare himself to be in full purpofe fo to do, as foon as he conveniently may. ¶The fame order shall the Minifter ufe with those, betwixt whom be perceiveth malice and hatred to reign; not fuffering them to be partakers of the Lord's Table, until be know them to be reconciled. And if one of the parties, fo at variance, be content to forgive from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trefpaffed against him, and to make amends for that wherein he himfelf bath offended; and the other party will not be perfuaded to a godly unity, but remain ftill in his frowardness and malice; the Minifter in that cafe ought to admit the penitent perfon to the Holy Communion, and not him that is obftinate: Provided, that every Minifter fo repelling any, as is herein specified, shall be obliged to give an account of the fame to the Ordinary, as foon as conveniently may be. ¶The Table, at the Communion-time, having a fair white linen cloth upon it, fhall ftand in the body of the Church, or in the Chancel; and the Minifter, ftanding at the north fide of the table, or where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be faid, fhall fay the Lord's Prayer and the Collect following, the People kneeling; but the Lord's Prayer may be omitted, if Morning Prayer bath been faid immediately before. Our UR Father who art in People. Lord, have mercy thy Name; Thy Kingdom A hearts to keep this law. Minifter. Thou shalt not make to thyfelf any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them: For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God; and vifit the fins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me : and how mercy unto thoufands in them The Collect. LMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts are open, all defires known, and from whom no fecrets are that love me, and keep my hid; cleanse the thoughts of commandments. our hearts by the infpiration of thy holy Spirit; that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name, through Chrift our Lord. Amen. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minifter. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: For the Lord will not hold him guiltlefs, that taketh his Name in vain. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minifter. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbathday. Six days fhalt thou labour, and do all that thou haft to do; but the feventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou fhalt do no manner of work; thou, and thy fon, and thy daughter, daughter, thy man fervant, and thy maid-fervant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in ix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day; wherefore the Lord bleffed the feventh day, and hallowed it. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minifter. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minifter. Thou shalt do no murder. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minifter. Thou shalt not commit adultery. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minifter. Thou shalt not fteal. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minifter. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minifter. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his fervant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is his. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all thefe thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy mind: This is the firft and great commandment. And the fecond is like unto it; Thou fhalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. |