Domine, Deus noster. Psal. viii.

O LORD our Governour, &c.

Glory be to the Father, &c. [Hallelujah :]

As it was in the beginning, &c. Amen. [Hallelujah.]

Then shall be said or sung the Creed, commonly called the Apostles' Creed, by the Priest and People; except only on such days as the Creed following after it is appointed to be used.

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost; Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate; Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into Hades; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven; And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The communion of Saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body; And the life everlasting. Amen.

Instead of the foregoing Creed, the following shall be used upon Christmas-day, Easter-day, the first Sunday after Easter, Ascension-day, Whitsunday, Trinity-Sunday, and on the first Sunday of every month.

I BELIEVE in one unbegotten only true God Almighty, The Father of Christ, The Creator and Maker of all things, Of whom are all things.

And in the Lord Jesus Christ, his only-begotten Son, The first-born of the whole creation, Who was begotten before the ages by the good-will of the Father, By whom all things were made, both in heaven and earth, visible and invisible; Who in the last times came down from heaven, And took flesh upon him, And was born of the holy Virgin Mary ; And lived an holy life, according to the laws of his God and Father; And was crucified under Pontius Pilate, and died for us; The third day after his Passion he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father; And he shall come again with glory at the end of the world, To judge the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, that is, the Comforter, Who hath wrought effectually in all the saints from the beginning of the world, And was

afterwards sent to the Apostles by the Father, According to the promise of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; and after the Apostles, to all believers in the holy Catholic Church: And I believe the resurrection of the flesh; And the remission of sins; And the kingdom of heaven, And the life of the world to come. Amen.

Here shall follow the Sermon or Homily, if there be any. After the Sermon, or, if there be none, after the Creed, the Deacon, being turned to the People, shall on the Lord's day declare unto them the name and day of any Festival or Fast which in the week following is to be observed, if it have proper Lessons appointed for it; as also the five Fasting Days in the week before Holy Week, notice of which shall be given on the preceding Sunday.

Then the Deacon, being turned to the People, shall say,
Let no unbeliever, no heterodox person stay.

(Here shall follow the Prayers for the Catechumens, Energumens, and Penitents, if there be any.)

Then the Deacon, being turned to the People, shall say,

Let none of those who are not allowed, come near.

Then the Priest shall turn to the People, and say,

The Lord be with you;

Answ. And with thy spirit.

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Then the Deacon, being turned to the People, shall say,

This clause

is to be omitted ALL we of the faithful, let us [*fall

upon our knees, and] fervently and intensely pray to God through his Christ.

Then the Priest and People devoutly kneeling, the Priest shall say,

Lord, have mercy upon us;

Answ. Christ, have mercy upon us.

Pr. Lord, have mercy upon us.

Then the Priest and People shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice.

OUR Father, &c. For thine, &c. Amen.

Then the Priest shall say,

O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us;
Answ. And grant us thy salvation.
Pr. O Lord, save thy people;

Answ. And bless thine inheritance.

Pr. O God, make clean our hearts within us;
Answ. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

Then shall follow three Collects; the first of the Day, which shall

be the same that is appointed at the Communion; the second for Peace; the third for Grace to live well.

The second Collect, for Peace.

O GOD, who art the author of peace, and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom: Defend us, thy humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The third Collect, for Grace.

O LORD, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day: Defend us in the same with thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall the Deacon stand up, and, being turned to the People, he shall say:

LET us pray with earnestness, and commend ourselves and one another to the living God, through his Christ.

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