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COMMUNION. Mini. Thou halt not make to thygraven image, nor the likenes of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth: Thou halt not bow down to them, nor worhip them: For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and viit ins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and hew mercy unto thouands in them that love me, and keep my command- People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-cline our hearts to keep this law. Mini. Thou halt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltles, that taketh his Name in People: Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-cline our hearts to keep this law. Mini. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days halt thou labour, and do all that thou ha to do; but the eventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou halt do no manner of work, thou, and thy on, ervant, thy cattle, and the within thy gates. For in ix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the ea, and all that in them is, and reed the eventh day: wherefore COMMUNION. the Lord bleed the eventh day, and hallowed People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-cline our hearts to keep this law. Mini. 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 in-cline our hearts to keep this law. Mini. Thou People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-cline our hearts to keep this law. Mini. Thou halt not commit adultery. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-cline our hearts to keep this law. Mini. Thou People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-cline our hearts to keep this law. Mini. Thou halt not bear fal People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-cline our hearts to keep this law. Mini. Thou halt not covet thy neigh-bour’s houe, thou halt not covet thy neigh-bour’s wife, nor his People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write e thy laws in our hearts, we be COMMUNION. Then hall follow one of thee two Colles for the King, the Prieanding as before, and aying, Let us pray. LMIGHTY God, whoe kingdom is ever-ing, and power infinite: Have mercy o rule the heart of en ervant GEORGE, our King and Governor, that he (knowing whoe minier he eek thy honour and glory; and that we and all his s (duly con-e authority he hath) may faithfully erve, honour, and humbly obey him, in thee, ed Word and ordinance; through Jeus Chri our Lord; who with thee and the Holy Gho liveth and reign-eth, ever one God, world without end. AmenLMIGHTY and everlaing God, we are taught by thy holy Word, that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and governance, and that thou do die and turn them as it eemeth be to thy godly widom: We humbly eeeh thee, o to die and govern the heart of GEORGE thy Servant, our King and Gover-nor, that, in all his thoughts, words, and works, he may ever eek thy honour and glory; and udy to preerve thy people committed to his charge, in wealth, peace, and godlines: Grant this, O merciful Father, for thy dear Son’s ake, us Chri our Lord. Amen COMMUNION. aid the Colle of the Day. And immediateIy after the Minihall read the the Epile, The le [, The portion of Scripture appointed for the le] is written in the ——— Chapter of ———, beginning at the ——— Vere. And the Epile ended, he , Here endeth the Epile. hall he read the Gopel (the people all anding up) The Holy Gopel is written in the ——— Chapter of ———, beginning at the e. And the Gopel ended, aid the Creed following, the people anding as before. Believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all And in one Lord Jeus Chri, the only-begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one ance with the Father, By whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our alvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Gho of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified alo for us under Pontius Pilate: He e again according to the Scriptures, And cended into heaven, And itteth on the right hand of the Father: And he hall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the And I believe in the Holy Gho, The Lord and giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and COMMUNION. the Son together is worhipped and glorified, pake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholick and Apoolick Church. I ac-ion of ins. And I look for the Reion of the dead, And the Life of the world to come. Then the Curate hall declare unto the People what Holy-days, or ing-days, are in the week following to be oberved. And then o (if occaion be) hall notice be given of the Communion; ; and the Banns of Matrimony published; and Briefs, Citations, and Excommunications read. And nothing hall be proclaimed or pub-hed in the Church, during the time of Divine Service, but by the er: nor by him any thing, but what is precribed in the Rules of this Book, or enjoined by the king, or by the Ordinary of the Then hall follow the Sermon, or one of the Homilies already forth, or hereafter to be et forth, by Authority. hall the Prie return to the Lord’s Table, and begin the Offertory, aying one or more of thee Sentences following, as he convenient in his dicretion. ET your light hine before men, that they may ee your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. S. . 5. 16. Lay not up for yourures upon earth; where moth and ru doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and eal: but lay up for yourures in heaven; where neither moth nor ru doth corrupt, and where COMMUNION. thieves do not break through nor eal. S. . 6. 19, 20. Whatoever ye would that men hould do to you, even o do unto them; for this is the law and the prophets. S. . 7. 12. Not every one that aith unto me, Lord, hall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. S. . 7. 21. Zacchaeus ood forth, and aid unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have done any wrong ore four-fold. S. Who goeth a warfare at any time of his own ? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 1 9. 7. If we have own unto you piritual things, is it a great matter if we hall reap your worldly . 9. 11. Do ye not know that they who minier about holy things live of the acrifice; and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even o hath the Lord althat they who preach the Gohould live of . 9. 13, 14. He that hall reap little; and he hall reap plenteourding as he is di COMMUNION. his heart, not grudging, or of neceity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 . 9. 6, 7. Let him that is taught in the Word, minier unto him that teacheth, in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for what-oweth, that hall he reap. While we have time, let us do good unto all men; and pecially unto them that are of the . 6. 10. Godlines is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath: for we brought nothing into the world, neither may we carry . 6. 6, 7. Charge them who are rich in this world, that they be ready to give, and glad to ribute; laying up in good foun-dation again the time to come, that they may attain eternal life. 1 . 6. 17, God is not unrighteous, that he will forget your works, and labour that proceedeth of love; which love ye have ake, who have miniered to the aints, and yet . 6. 10. To do good, and to diribute, forget not; acrifices God is pleaed. Hebr. Whoo hath this world’s good, and eeth his brother have need, and hutteth up his com- COMMUNION. ion from him, how dwelleth the love of John Give alms of thy goods, and never turn thy face from any poor man; and then the face of hall not be turned away from thee. Be merciful after thy power: if thou hamuch, give plenteouly; if thou ha little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little; for thou thyelf a good reward in the day He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord: and look, what he layeth out, it hall be paid him again. . 19. 17. Bleed be the man that provideth for the ick and needy: the Lord hall deliver him in the time of trouble. . 41. 1. When thee Sentences are in reading, the Deacons, Church-wardens, or other fit perons appointed for that purpoe, ceive the Alms for the Poor, and other devotions of the people, in a on to be provided by the Parih for that purpoe; and reverently bring it to the Priehall humbly preent and place it upon the holy Table. And when there is a Communion, the Priehall then place upon the Table o much Bread and Wine as he hall think After which done, the PrieLet us pray for the whole ate of ChriLMIGHTY and everliving God, who by thy holy Apole has taught us to make prayers, and upplications, and to give thanks A COMMUNION. for all men: We humbly bemercifully [*to accept our alms and oblations, ande our prayers, which we offer unto thy Divine Majethee to inpire continually the univeral Church with the pirit of truth, unity and concord: And grant that all they that do confes thy holy Name, may agree in the truth of thy holy Word, and live in unity and godly love. We beo, to and defend all Chriian Kings, Princes, and pceially they our King; that under him we may be godly and quietly governed: And grant unto his whole Council, and to all that are put in authority under him, that they may truly and indifferently minier juice, to the puniof wickednes and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true Religion, and Virtue. Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all Bihops and Curates; that they may both by their life and doet forth thy true and lively Word, and rightly and duly adminier thy holy Sacraments: And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace; and pecially to this Congregation here prethat, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear, and receive thy holy Word; truly erving thee in holine If there be no alms or oblations, then the words [to our alms and obla- be un aid. COMMUNION. the days of their life. And we mo humbly eech thee, of thy goodnes, O Lord, to com-fort and uccour all them, who in this trantory life are in trouble, orrow, need, or any other adverity. And we alholy Name for all thy ervants departed this life in thy faith and fear; beeeching thee to give us grace o to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom: Grant this, O Father, for us Chriake, our only Mediator and When the Minier giveth warning for the Celebration of the holy Communion, (which he hall always do upon the Sunday, or ome Holy-day, immediately preceding,) after the Sermon or Homily ended, he hall read this Exhortation following. EARLY beloved, on ––––– day next I e, through God’s aance, to er to all hall be religiouly and devoutly died the mo comfortable Sac-rament of the Body and Blood of Chri; to be by them received, in remembrance of his meri-ion; whereby alone we obtain remiion of our ins, and are made partakers of the kingdom of heaven. Where-fore it is our duty to render mo humble and hearty thanks to Almighty God our heavenly Father, for that he hath given his Son our Saviour Jeus Chri, not only to die for us, but COMMUNION. o to be our piritual food and enance in that holy Sacrament. Which being and comfortable a thing to them who receive it o dangerous to them that will ume to receive it unworthily; my duty is to exhort you, in the mean on, to conider the dignity of that holy myery, and the great peril of the unworthy receiving thereof; and ciences, (and that not lightly, and after the manner of emblers with God: but o) that ye may come holy and clean to uch a heavenly feain the marriage-garment required by God in holy Scripture, and be received as worthy partakers of that holy Table. The way and means thereto is; Firexamine your lives and converations by the rule of God’s commandments; and wherein-hall perceive yourelves to have of-fended, either by will, word, or deed, there to bewail your own s, and to confeelves to Almighty God, with full purpoof amendment of life. And if ye hall perceive your offences to be uch, as are not only God, but al your neighbours; then ye elves unto them, being ready to make reitution and atiion, according to the uttermo of your powers, for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other; and being likewi COMMUNION. forgive others who have offended you, as you would have forgivenes of your offences at e the receiving of the holy Communion doth nothing ele your damnation. Therefore, if any of you be a blaphemer of God, an hinderer or landerer of his Word, an adulterer, or be in malice, or envy, or in any other grievous crime; repent you of your ins, or ele come not to that holy Table; le after taking of that holy Sacrament, the devil enter into you, as he entered into Judas, and fill you full of all ini-quities, and bring you to deion both of And becaue it is requiite, that no man hould come to the holy Communion, but with in God’s mercy, and with a quiet cience; therefore, if there be any of you, who by this means cannot quiet his own con-cience herein, but requireth further comfort or el; let him come to me, or to creet and learned Minier of God’s Word, and open his grief; that by the miniry of God’s holy Word he may receive the benefit of olution, together with gholy counel and advice, to the quieting of his concience, and COMMUNION. Or, in caee the people negligent to come to the holy Com-ead of the former, he may ue this Exhortation. EARLY beloved brethren, on ––––– I intend, by God’s grace, to celebrate the Lord’s Supper: unto which, in God’s behalf, I bid you all that are here preent; and beyou, for the Lord Jeus Chriake, that ye e to come thereto, being lovingly called and bidden by God himelf. Ye know how grievous and unkind a thing it is, when a man hath prepared a rich fea, decked his table with all kind of proviion, it e, mo unthankfully refue to come. Which of you in moved? Who would not think a great injury and wrong done unto him? Wherefore, modearly beloved in Chri, take ye good heed, ye withdrawing yourelves from this holy Supper, provoke God’s indignation againyou. It is an eaay, I e I am otherwihindered with worldly bus. But uch ex-es are not ily accepted and allowed before God. If any man ay, I am a grievous inner, and therefore am afraid to come: wherefore then do ye not repent and amend? When God calleth you, are ye not aay ye will not come? When ye COMMUNION. to God, will ye excuelves, and ay, ye are not ready? Conider earnely with your-uch feigned excues will avail before God. They that refued the fea in the pel, becaue they had bought a farm, or would try their yokes of oxen, or becauwere married, were not ed, but counted unworthy of the heavenly fea. I, for my part, hall be ready; and, according to mine office, I bid you in the Name of God; I call you in ’s behalf; I exhort you, as ye love your alvation, that ye will be partakers of this holy Communion. And as the Son of God did afe to yield up his oul by death upon alvation; o it is your duty to receive the Communion in remembrance of acrifice of his death, as he himcommanded: which if ye to do, ider with yourelves, how great injury ye do unto God, and how hment hangeth over your heads for the ame; when ye wilfully abain from the Lord’s Table, and eparate from your brethren, who come to feed on the banquet of that mo heavenly food. e things if ye earnely conider, ye will by God’s grace return to a better mind: for the obtaining whereof. we hall not ceae to make our humble petitions unto Almighty God our COMMUNION. At the time of the Celebration of the Communion, the Communi-cants being conveniently placed for the receiving of the holy Sacrament, the Prieay this Exhortation. EARLY beloved in the Lord, ye that mind to come to the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Chri conider how St. Paul exhorteth all ons diligently to try and examine them-elves, before they preume to eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup. For as the be-nefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament; (for then we piritually eat the fleh of Chripiritually drink his blood; then we dwell in Chri in us; we are one with , and Chri with us:) o is the danger great, if we receive the ame unworthily: For then we are guilty of the Body and Blood of our Saviour; we eat and drink our own damnation, not conidering the Lord’s Body; we kindle God’s wrath again us; we provoke him to plague us with divers diundry kinds of death. Judge therefore your-elves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord; repent you truly for your ; have a lively and eadfa faith in Chri our Sa-viour; amend your lives, and be in perfecharity with all men; hall ye be meet partakers of thoe holy myeries. And above all things ye mu give mo humble and hearty COMMUNION. thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Gho, for the redemption of the world by the death and paion of our Saviour Chriboth God and man; who did humble himelf, even to the death upon the Cros, for us inners, who lay in darknes and the hadow of death; that he might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlalife. And to the end that we remember the exceeding great love of our er, and only Saviour Jeus Chri, thus which by his precious blood-hedding he hath obtained to us; he hath inituted and ordained holy Myeries, as pledges of his love, and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endles comfort. To him, therefore, with the Father and the Holy Gho, let us give, as we are mo bounden, continual ubmitting ourelves wholly to his holy ure, and udying to erve him in true holines all the days of Then hall the Prieay to them that come to receive the holy Communion, E that do truly and earnely repent you of your ins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a COMMUNION. new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways; Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confeion to Almighty God, meekly Then hall this general Confeion be made, in the name of all thothat are minded to receive the holy Communion, by one of the ers; both he and all the people kneeling humbly upon their knees and aying, LMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord us Chri, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail our s, Which we, from time to time, mo grievouly have committed, By thought, word, and deed, Again thy Di-vine Majey, Provoking mo july thy wrath us. We do earnerepent, and are heartily orry for thedoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord us Chriake, forgive us all that is paAnd grant that we may ever hereafter erve and e thee in newnes of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name; Through Jeus Chri COMMUNION. ¶ Then hall the Prie (or the Bihop, being preand up, and turning himelf to the people, pronounce this Abolution LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promied ins to all them, that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him; Have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from ins, confirm and rengthen you in all s, and bring you to everlaing life, through Je our Lord. Then hall the PrieHear what comfortable words our Saviour aith unto all that truly turn to him: OME unto me all that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refreh you. S. . 11. 28. So God loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, to the end that all that be-lieve in him hould not perih, but have ever-ing life. S. o what St. Paul aith: This is a true aying, and worthy of all men to be received, That Chri Jeus came into the . 1. 15. o what St. John aith: If any man in, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jeus Chri the righteous; and he is ins. 1 S. 2. 1. A C COMMUNION. After which the Priehall proceed, aying, Lift up your hearts. . We lift them up unto the Lord. . Let us give thanks unto our Lord Then hall the Prie turn to the Lord’s Table, and T is very meet, right and our bounden duty, that we hould at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, *Holy Fa-ther, Almighty, EverlaHere hall follow the proper Preface, according to the time, if there pecially appointed: or ele immediately hall follow, HEREFORE with Angels and Arch-angels, and with all the company of hea-ven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praiing thee, and aying: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hos, heaven and earth are full of thy glory; Glory be to thee, O High. Amen. mas Day, and ECAUSE thou did give Jeus Chrithine only Son, to be born, as at this time for us; who, by the operation of the Holy T B [Holy Father] beomitted Trinity- Sunday. COMMUNION. , was made very man of the ance of the Virgin Mary his mother; and that without in, to make us clean from all in. UT chiefly are we bound to praifor the glorious Reion of thy Son us Chrichal taken away the in of the world; who by his death hath deroyed death, and, by his riing to life again hath reored to us everlaing life. ion-day, and HROUGH thy mo dearly beloved us Chri our Lord; who after his glorious Rely appeared to all his Apoles, and in their ight aup into heaven to prepare a place for us; that where he is, thither we might alreign with him in glory. Therefore with An-unday, and ix days after.HROUGH Jeus Chri our Lord; ac-cording to who true promie, the Holy Gho came down as at this time from heaven with a udden great ound, as it had T T COMMUNION. been a mighty wind, in the likenes of fiery tongues, lighting upon the Apoles, to teach them, and to lead them to all truth; giving them both the gift of divers languages, and s with fervent zeal conpreach the Gopel to all nations; whereby we have been brought out of darkneinto the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jeus Chri. Therefore with Upon the FeaHO art one God, one Lord; not only ons in one ance. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the ame we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Gho, without any difference or inequality. Therefore with An-hall immediately be HEREFORE with Angels and Arch-angels, and with all the company of hea-ven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praiing thee, and aying: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hos, heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O High. Amen. COMMUNION. , kneeling down at the Lord’s Table, ay in the name of all them that hall receive the Communion, this Prayer following. E do not preume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, truing in our s, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy o much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the e property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, o to eat the fleh of thy dear us Chri, and to drink his blood, that inful bodies may be made clean by his ouls waprecious blood, and that we may evermore When the Prieanding before the Table, hath o ordered the Bread and Wine, that he may with the more readines and decency break the Bread before the people, and take the Cup into his hands, ay the Prayer of Conecration, as followeth. LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy did give thine only Son Jeus Chri to uffer death on the s for our redemption; who made there (by his one oblation of himelf once offered) a full, , and acrifice, oblation, and ins of the whole world; and itute, and in his holy Gous to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death, until his coming again: Hear us, O merciful Father, we mo humbly be COMMUNION. thee; and grant that we receiving thecreatures of bread and wine, according to thy us Chri’s holy initution, in remembrance of his death and paion, may be partakers of his mo bleed body and blood: who, in the that he was betrayed, took Bread; and, when he had he brake it, and gave it to his diciples, aying, Take, eat, this is my Body, which is given for you: Do this in remembrance of me. Likewie after upper, he took the Cup; and, when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, aying, Drink ye all of this; for this is my Blood of the New Teament, which hed for you, and for many, ins; Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance Then hall the Minier fir receive the Communion in both kinds elf, and then proceed to deliver the ame to the Bihops, Pries, and Deacons in like manner, (if any be preent;) and, after that to the People alo in order, into their hands, all meekly kneeling. And, when he delivereth the Bread to any one, he HE Body of our Lord Jeus Chriwas given for thee, preerve thy body and Here the Prie is to take the Paten into his hands: And here to break the Bread: And here to lay his hand upon all the Bread. Here he is to take the Cup into his hand: And here to lay his hand upon el (be it Chalice or Flagon) in which there is any Wine to be con- ecrated. COMMUNION. oul unto everlaing life: Take and eat this in remembrance that Chri died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith, with thanks-And the Minier that delivereth the Cup HE blood of our Lord Jeus Chrihed for thee, preerve thy body and oul unto everlaing life: Drink this in remembrance that Chri’s blood was If the conecrated Bread or Wine be all pent before all have com-municated, the Prie is to conecrate more according to the Form before precribed: Beginning at [Our Saviour Chri in the for the bleing of the Bread; and at [Likewiupper, for the bleing of the Cup. When all have communicated, the Minihall return to the Lordís Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the ecrated Elements, covering the ame with a fair linen cloth. ay the Lord’s Prayer, the people repeating after him every petition. UR Father, which art in heaven, Hal-lowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven: Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trees, as we forgive them that tre us; And lead us not into tempta-tion, But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, For ever COMMUNION. After aid as followethLord and heavenly Father, we thy hum-ervants entirely deire thy fatherly s, mercifully to accept this our acrifice of praie and thankgiving; mo humbly be-eeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jeus Chri, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remiion of our ins, and all other benefits of his paion. And here we offer and ent unto thee, O Lord, ourelves, our and bodies, to be a reaacrifice unto thee; humbly beeeching thee, that all we who are partakers of this holy Com-munion, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediion. And although we be ins, to offer unto thee any acrifice; yet we beaccept this our bounden duty and weighing our merits, but pardoning our of-us Chri our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Gho, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. LMIGHTY and everliving God, we heartily thank thee, for that thou vouchafe to feed us, who have duly re-ceived thee holy myeries, with the piritual COMMUNION. food of the mo precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jeus Chriure us thereby of thy favour and goodnetowards us; and that we are very members incoporate in the myical Body of thy Son, which is the bleed company of all faithful o heirs through hope of thy ing kingdom, by the merits of the moprecious death and paion of thy dear Son. And we mo humbly beeech thee, O heavenly o to a us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowhip, and do uch good works as thou ha prepared for us to walk in, through Jeus Chri our Lord; to whom, with thee and the Holy Gho, be all honour and glory, world without end. Then aid or ung, LORY be to God on high, and in earth peace, good-will towards men. We praithee, we bles thee, we worhip thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father O Lord, the only-begotten Son, JeO Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that take away the ins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that take away the ins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that COMMUNION. away the ins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Chri, with the Holy , art mo high in the glory of God the AmenThen the Priehop if he be preent) hall let them depart with this BleHE peace of God, which paanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his us Chri our Lord: and the bleing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Gho, be among you, and remain with you always. s to be aid after the Offertory, when there is no Communion, uch day one or more; and the ame may be aid alo, as often as ocaion erve, after the Colles either of Morning or Even-ing Prayer, Communion, or Litany, by the dicretion of the SSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in theupplications and prayers, and dithe way of thy ervants towards the attainment of everlaalvation; that; among all the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever be defended by thy mo gracious and us Chri our Lord. A COMMUNION. Almighty Lord, and everlaing God, afe, we beeech thee, to direify, and govern both our hearts and bo-dies in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments; that through thy momighty proteion, both here and ever, we may be preerved in body and oul, through our us ChriRANT, we beeech thee, Almighty God, that the words, which we have heard this o grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the honour and praie of thy Name; through Je our Lord. REVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name; and finally by thy mercy obtain everlaing life, through JeLMIGHTY God, the fountain of all dom, who knowe our neceities be-fore we ak, and our ignorance in aking: We eech thee to have compaion upon our in-firmities; and thoe things, which for our un- A COMMUNION. s we dare not, and for our blindnewe cannot ak, vouchafe to give us, for the s of thy Son Jeus Chri our Lord. LMIGHTY God, who ha promied to hear the petitions of them that ak in thy Son’s Name: We beeech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and upplications unto thee; and grant, that thoe things, which we have faithfully ked according to thy will, may effeually be obtained, to the relief of our neceity, and to etting forth of thy glory; through JeUpon the Sundays and other Holy-days (if there be no Commu-nion) aid all that is appointed at the Communion, until the end of the general Prayer [For the whole ate of ChriChurch militant here in earth] together with one or more of s la before reheared, concluding with the Bleing. And there hall be no Celebration of the Lord’s Supper, except there be a convenient number to communcate with the Prie, according to his diAnd if there be not above twenty perons in the Parih of dicretion to receive the Communion: yet there hall be no Communion, except four (or three at the lea) communicate with the PrieAnd in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and Colleges, where there are many Pries and Deacons, they hall all receive the Com-munion with the Prie every Sunday at the lea, except they have a onable caue to the contrary. And to take away all occaion of diion, and uperition, which on hath or might have concerning the Bread and Wine, it uffice that the Bread be uch as is uual to be eaten; but the and pure Wheat Bread that conveniently may be gotten. A COMMUNION. And if any of the Bread and Wine remain unconecrated, the Cu-hall have it to his own ue: but if any remain of that which ecrated, it hall not be carried out of the Church, but the Prieuch other of the Communicants as he hall then call unto him, hall, immediately after the Bleing, reverently eat and The Bread and Wine for the Communion hall be provided by the Curate and the Church-wardens at the charges of the PariAnd note, that every Parihioner hall communicate at the leathree times in the year, of which Eaer to be one. And yearly at er every Parihioner hall reckon with the Paron, Vicar, or Curate or his or their Deputy or Deputies; and pay to them or him all Eccleical Duties, accuomably due, then and at that time to be paid. After the Divine Service ended, the Money given at the Offertory hall be died of to uch pious and charitable ues, as the er and Church-wardens hall think fit. Wherein if they agree, it hall be died of as the Ordinary HEREAS it is ordained in this office for the Adminition of the Lord’s Supper, that the Communicants hould receive the ame kneeling; (which order is well meant, for a ignification of our humble and grateful acknowledgement of the Benefits of Chri therein given to all worthy receivers, and for the avoiding of uch prophanation and diorder in the holy Communion, as might otherwiue:) Yet le the ame kneeling hould by any ons, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice and inacy, be micontrued and depraved: It is here declared, that thereby no adoration is intended, or ought to be done, either unto the Sacramental Bread or Wine there bodily received, or unto any Cor-poral Preence of Chri’s natural Fleh and Blood. For the Sacra-mental Bread and Wine remain ill in their very natural ances; and therefore may not be adored; (for that were Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Chriians;) and the natural Body and Blood of our Saviour Chri are in Heaven, and not here; it being againthe truth of Chri’s natural Body, to be at one time in more places The ORDER for the Administration of the LORD’s SUPPER, many as intend to be partakers of the holy Communion hall ig-nify their names to the Curate, at leaome time the day before. And if any of thoe be an open and notorious evil liver, or have done G