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THANKSGIVING AFTER A STORM. Psalm lxvi.

O BE joyful in God, all ye lands: sing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his praise to be glorious, &c.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

Psalm cvii.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever, &c.

Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was in the beginning, &c.

Colles of Thanksgiving. O MOST blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of infinite goodness and mercy; We thy poor creatures, whom thou hast made and preserved, holding our souls in life, and now rescuing us out of the jaws of death, humbly present ourselves again before thy Divine Majesty, to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for that thou heardest us, when we called in our trouble, and didst not cast out our prayer, which we made before thee in our great distress: Even when we gave all for lost, our ship, our goods, our lives, then didst thou mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully command a deliverance; for which we, now being in safety, do give all praise and glory to thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Or this:

O MOST mighty and gracious good God, thy mercy is over all thy works, but in special manner hath been extended toward us, whom thou hast so powerfully and wonderfully defended. Thou hast shewed us terrible things, and wonders in the deep; that we might see, how powerful and gracious a God thou art; how able and ready to help them, that trust in thee. Thou hast shewed us, how both winds and seas obey thy command;

that we may learn even from them hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do thy will. We therefore bless and glorify thy Name for this thy mercy, in saving us, when we were ready to perish. And we beseech thee, make us as truly sensible now of thy mercy, as we were then of the danger; and give us hearts always ready to express our thankfulness, not only by words, but also by our lives, in being more obedient to thy holy Commandments. Continue, we beseech thee, this thy goodness to us; that we, whom thou hast saved, may serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

An Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous Tempest.

O
COME, let us give thanks unto the
Lord, for he is gracious and his
mercy endureth for ever.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of the sea.

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion slow to anger, and of great mercy.

He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: neither rewarded us according to our iniquities.

But as the heaven is high above the earth so great hath been his mercy toward us.

We found trouble and heaviness : we were even at death's door.

The waters of the sea had well-nigh covered us the proud waters had well-nigh gone over our soul.

The sea roared: and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof.

We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep our soul melted within us, because of trouble.

Then cried we unto thee, O Lord: and thou didst deliver us out of our distress.

Blessed be thy Name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy servants:

but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us.

Thou didst send forth thy commandment and the windy storm ceased, and was turned into a calm.

O let us therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he hath done, and still doeth for the children of men!

Praised be the Lord daily even the Lord that helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us.

He is our God, even the God, of whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord, by whom we have escaped death.

Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands : and we will triumph in thy praise.

Blessed be the Lord God: even the Lord God, who only doeth wondrous things;

And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever: and let every one us say, Amen, Amen.

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Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was in the beginning, &c.
2 Cor. xiii. 14.

THE
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the fellow-
ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us.
all evermore. Amen.

AFTER VICTORY OR DELIVERANCE FROM AN ENEMY.

A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after Vidory.

IF the Lord had not been on our side, now may we say If the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us;

They had swallowed us up quick : when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.

Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul.

But praised be the Lord who hath not given us over as a prey unto them. The Lord hath wrought: a mighty salvation for us.

We gat not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour

unto us.

The Lord hath appeared for us : the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle.

The Lord hath appeared for us : the Lord hath overthrown our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us.

Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us but unto thy Name be given the glory.

The Lord hath done great things for us the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice.

Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord who hath made heaven and earth.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord : from this time forth for evermore. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c.

After this Hymn may be sung the Te Deum. Then this Collea.

O ALMIGHTY God, the Sovereign Commander of all the world, in whose hand is power and might, which none is able to withstand; We bless and magnify thy great and glorious Name for this happy Victory, the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee, who art the only giver of Victory. And, we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of thy Gospel, the honour of our Sovereign, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And, we beseech thee, give us such a sense of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, such as may ap pear in our lives, by an humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so in particular for this victory and Deliverance, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen.

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2 Cor. xiii. 14.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us. all evermore. Amen.

AT THE BURIAL OF THEIR DEAD
AT SEA.

The Office in the Common Prayer-Book
may be used; only instead of these words
[We therefore commit his Body to the
ground; earth to earth, &c.] say,

We therefore commit his Body to
the Deep, to be turned into corrup-
tion, looking for the resurrection of
the body (when the Sea shall give
up
her dead) and the life of the world
to come, through our Lord Jesus
Christ; who at his coming shall
change our vile body, that it may be
like his glorious body, according to
the mighty working, whereby he is
able to subdue all things to himself.

GUNPOWDER TREASON.

A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving, to be used Yearly upon the Fifth Day of November; for the happy deliverance of King JAMES I. and the Three Eftates of England, from the most traitorous and bloody intended Massacre by Gunpowder: and also for the happy Arrival of his Majefty King WILLIAM on this Day, for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation.

The Minister of every Parish shall give warning to his Parishioners publickly in the Church, at Morning Prayer the Sunday before, for the due Observation of the said Day. And after Morning Prayer, or Preaching upon the said Fifth Day of November, shall read publickly, distinctly, and plainly, the Act of Parliament, made in the third Year of King James the First, for the observation of it.

The Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy-Days in all things; except where it is hereafter otherwise appointed.

If this Day shall happen to be Sunday, only the Collect proper for that Sunday shall be added to this Office in its place.

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Let them give thanks, whom the Lord hath redeemed : and delivered from the hand of the enemy.

ver. 2.

Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up: may Israel now say. Psalm cxxix. 1.

Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up: but they have not prevailed against me, ver. 2.

They have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul. Psalm xxxv. 7.

They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves. Psalm lvii. 7. Great is our Lord, and great is his power: yea, and his wisdom is infinite. Psalm cxlvii. 5.

The Lord setteth up the meek: and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. ver. 6.

Let thy hand be the man of upon thy right hand and upon the Son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self. Psalm 1xxx. 17. And so will not we go back from thee: O let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name. ver. 18.

Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was in the beginning, &c.

PROPER PSALMS.

lxiv. cxxiv.

CXXV.

PROPER LESSONS. The First. 2 Sam. xxii.

Te Deum.

The Second. Acts xxiii.

Jubilate Deo.

In the Suffrages after the Creed, these shall be inserted and used for the King. Priest. O Lord, save the King; People. Who putteth his trust in thee.

Priest. Send him help from thy holy place;

People. And evermore mightily

defend him.

Priest. Let his enemies have no advantage against him ;

People. Let not the wicked approach to hurt him.

Instead of the first Collect at Morning

Prayer, shall these two be used. ALMIGHTY God, who hast in all ages shewed thy power and mercy in the miraculous and gracious deliverances of thy Church, and in the protection of righteous and religious Kings and States, professing thy holy and eternal Truth, from the wicked conspiracies, and malicious practices of all the enemies thereof; We yield thee our unfeigned thanks and praise, for the wonderful and mighty deliverance of our Sovereign King JAMES the First, the Queen, the Prince, and

all the Royal Branches, with the Nobility, Clergy, and Commons of England, then assembled in Parliament, by Popish treachery appointed as sheep to the slaughter, in a most barbarous and savage manner, beyond the examples of former ages. From this unnatural Conspiracy, not our merit, but thy mercy, not our foresight, but thy Providence, delivered us: And therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name be ascribed all honour and glory in all churches of the Saints, from generation to generation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ACCEPT also, most gracious God, of our unfeigned thanks, for filling our hearts again with joy and gladness, after the time that thou hadst afflicted us, and putting a new song into our mouths, by bringing his Majefty King WILLIAM, upon this day, for the deliverance of our Church and Nation from Popish tyranny and arbitrary power. We adore the wisdom and justice of thy Providence, which so timely interposed in our extreme danger, and disappointed all the designs of our enemies. We beseech thee, give us such a lively and lasting sense of what thou didst then, and hast since that time done for us, that we may not grow secure and careless in our obedience, by presuming upon thy great and undeserved goodness; but that it may lead us to repentance, and move us to be the more diligent and zealous in all the duties of our Religion, which thou hast in a marvellous manner preserved to us. Let truth and justice, brotherly kindness and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity, with all other virtues, so flourish among us, that they may be the stability of our times, and make this Church a praise in the earth. All which we humbly beg for the sake of our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

In the end of the Litany (which shall always this Day be used) after the Collea [We

humbly beseech thee, O Father, &c.] shall this be said which followeth : ALMIGHTY God, and heavenly Father, who of thy gracious Providence, and tender mercy towards us, didst prevent the malice and imaginations of our enemies, by discovering and confounding their horrible and wicked enterprize, plotted and intended this day to have been executed against the King, and the whole State of England, for the subversion of the Government and Religion established among us; and didst likewise upon this Day wonderfully conduct thy servant King WILLIAM, and bring him safely into England, to preserve us from the attempts of our enemies to bereave us of our Religion and Laws; We most humbly praise and magnify thy most glorious Name for thy unspeakable goodness towards us, expressed in both these acts of thy mercy. We confess, it has been of thy mercy alone, that we are not consumed for our sins have cried to heaven against us, and our iniquities. justly called for vengeance upon us. But thou hast not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us after our iniquities; nor given us over, as we deserved, to be a prey to our enemies; but hast in mercy delivered us from their malice, and preserved us from death and destruction. Let the consideration of this thy repeated goodness, O Lord, work in us true repentance; that iniquity may not be our ruin And increase in us more and more a lively faith and love, fruitful in all holy obedience; that thou mayest still continue thy favour, with the light of thy Gospel, to us and our posterity for evermore: and that for thy dear Son's sake Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

Instead of the Prayer [In time of War and Tumults] shall be used this Prayer following.

O LORD, who didst this Day dis

cover the snares of death that were laid for us, and didst wonderfully

deliver us from the same; Be thou still our mighty Protector, and scatter our enemies that delight in blood: Infatuate and defeat their counsels, abate their pride, assuage their malice, and confound their devices. Strengthen the hands of our gracious Sovereign King GEORGE, and all that are put in authority under him, with judgement and justice, to cut off all such workers of iniquity, as turn Religion into Rebellion, and Faith into Faction; that they may never prevail against us, or triumph in the ruin of thy Church among us: but that our gracious Sovereign, and his Realm, being preserved in thy true Religion, and by thy merciful goodness protected in the same, we may all duly serve thee, and give thee thanks in thy holy congregation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In the Communion Service, instead of the Collea for the Day, shall this which fol loreth be used. ETERNAL God, and our most mighty Protector, we thy unworthy servants do humbly present ourselves before thy Majesty, acknowledging thy power, wisdom, and goodness, in preserving the King, and the Three Estates of the Realm of England as sembled in Parliament, from the destruction this Day intended against them. Make us, we beseech thee, truly thankful for this, and for all other thy great mercies towards us; particularly for making this Day again memorable, by a fresh instance of thy loving-kindness towards us. We bless thee for giving his late Majesty King WILLIAM a safe arrival here, and for making all opposition fall before him, till he became our King and Governor. We beseech thee to protect and defend our Sovereign King GEORGE, and all the Royal Family, from all treasons and conspiracies; Preserve him in thy faith, fear, and love; Prosper his Reign with long happiness here on earth; and crown him with everlasting glory hereafter, through Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

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