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of the Body (when the Sea fhall give up her dead,) and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jefus Chrift; who at his coming fhall change our vile Body, that it may be like his glorious Body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is able to fubdue all things to himself.

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 Estates of England, from the most Traiterous and bloody intended Massacre by Gunpowder: And alfo for the happy Arrival of His Majefty King William on this Day, for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation.

The Minifter of every Parish shall give warning to his Parishoners publickly in the Church at Morning Prayer the Sunday before, for the due Obfervation of the faid Day. And after Morning Prayer, or Preaching, upon the faid Fifth Day of November, shall read publickly, diftin&tly, and plainly, the Act of Parliament made in the Third Year of King James the Firft, for the Obfervation of it.

The Service fail be the jame with the ufual office for Holy-daye in all things; except where it is hereafter otherwife appointed.

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

Morning Prayer shall begin with thefe Sentences:

HE Lord is full of compaffion, and mercy: longfuffering, and of great goodnefs. Pfal. 103. 8.

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He will not alway be chiding: neither keepeth he his anger for ever. ver. 9.

He hath not dealt with us after our fins: nor rewarded us according to our wickedneffes. ver. 10.

In ftead of Venite, exultemus, fball this Hymn following be ufed, one Verfe by the Priest, and another by the Clerk and people.

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Give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for ever. Pfal. 107. 1.

Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed: and elivered from the band of the enemy. ver. 4,

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Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up may Ifrael now fay. Pfal. 129. 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 deftroy me without a caufe: yea, even without a caufe have they made a pit foul. Pfal. 35.7;

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. Pfalm. 57. 7.

Great is our Lord, and great is his power: yea, and his wifdom is infinite. Pfal. 147. 5.

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

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the fon of man whom thou madeft to itrong tor thine own felf. Pfal. 80. 17.

And fo will not we go back from thee: O let us live, and we fball call upon thy Name. ver. 18.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the, &c.

¶ Proper Pfalms, 64, 124, 125.

¶ Proper Lessons.

The I. 2. Sam. 22. Te Deum.
The II. Acts 23. Jubilate.

In the fuffrages after the Creed, thefe fhall be inferted and ufed for the King:

Prieft O Lord, fave the King.

People. Who putteth his truft in thee.

Prieft. Send him help from thy holy place.

People. And evermore mightily defend him.

Prieft. Let his enemies have no advantage against him.

People. Let not the wicked approach to hurt him.

Inftead of the firft Collect at Morning Prayer, fhall these two be used;

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and mercy, in the miraculous and gracious deliverances

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of thy Church. and in the protection of righteous and religious Kings and States profeffing thy holy and eternal truth, from the wicked confpiracies, and malicious practices of all the enemies thereof; We yield thee our unfeigned thanks and praife, for the wonderful and mighty eliverance of our gracious Sovereign King James the First, the Queen, the Prince and all the Royal Branches, with the Nobility, Clergy, and Commons of England, then affembled in Parliamem, by Popish treachery appointed as fheep to the flaughter, in a moit barbarous and Savage manner, beyond the examples of former ages. From this unnatural Confpiracy, not our merit, but thy mercy, not our forefight, but thy Providence delivered us: And therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name be afcribed all honour and glory, in all Churches of the faints, form generation to generation, through Jefus Chrift our Lord.

Amen.

Accept alfo, moft gracious God, of our unfeigned thanks,

for filling our hearts again with joy and gladness, after the time that thou hadft afflicted us, and putting a new fong into our mouths, by bringing his Majefty King Willian upon this Day, for the deliverance of our Church and Nation from Popish Tyranny and Arbitrary Power. We adore the wifdom and juftice of thy Providence, which fo timely interpofed in our extreme danger, and difappointed all the defigns of our enemies. We befeech thee, give us fuch a lively and lafting Senfe of what thou didst then, and haft fince that time done for us, that we may not grow fecure and careless in our obedience, byprefuming 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 haft in a marvellous manner preserved to us. Let truth and juftice, brotherly kindnefs and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity, with all other virtues, fo flourish among us, that they may be the stability of our times, and make this Church a praife in the Earth. All which we humbly beg for the lake of our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

In the End of the Litany (which fhall always this Day be used) after the Collect [We humbly befeech thee, O Father, &c.] fhall this be faid which followeth :

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Lmighty God and heavenly Father, who of thy gracious providence, and tender mercy towards us, didft prevent the malice and imaginations of our enemies, by difcovering 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 Subverfion of the Government and Religion established among us; and didft likewife upon this Day wonderfully conduct thy Servant King William, and bring him safely into England, to preferve us from the attempts of our enemies to bereave us of our Religion and Laws: We moft humbly praife and magnify thy moft glorious Name for thy unspeakable goodness towards us, expreffed in both thefe Acts of thy mercy. We confefs it has been of thy mercy alone, that we are not confumed: for our fins have cried to Heaven against us, and our iniquities justly called for vengeance upon us. But thou haft not dealt with us after our fins, nor rewarded us after our iniquites; nor given us over, as we deserved, to be a prey to our enemies; bur haft in mercy delivered us from their malice, and preferved us from death and deftruction, Let the confideration 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 mayeft still continue thy favour, with the light of thy Gofpel, to us and our pofterity for evermore; and that for thy dear Sons fake, Jesus Christ our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

Inftead of the Prayer [In time of War and Tumults] fhall be used this Prayer following:

Lord, who didft this Day difcover the Snares of death

that were laid for us, and didit wonderfully deliver us from the fame; Be thou fill our mighty Protector, and fcatter our enemies that delight in blood. Infatuate and defeat their counfels, abate their pride, affwage their malice, and confound their devices. Strengthen the hands of our

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gracious Sovereign King GEORGE, and all that are put in authority under him, with judgment and justice, to cut off all fuch 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 Realms being preferved in thy true Religion, and by thy merciful goodnefs protected in the fame, we may al! duly ferve thee, and give thee thanks in thy holy Congregation, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

In the Communion Service, inftead of the Colle for the Day, shall this which followverb be used:

Ternal God, and our most mighty Protector, we thy

Eunworthy fervants do humbly prefent ourselves before

thy Majefty, acknowledging thy Power, Wisdom, and Goodnefs, in preferving the King, and the three Estates of the Realm of England, affembled in Parliament, from the Destruction this Day intended against them. Make us, we befeech thee, truly thankful for this, and for all other thy great mercies towards us,; particularly for making this Day again memorable, by a fresh Inftance of thy loving kindness towards us. We blefs thee for giving his late Majesty King William a fafe Arrival here, and for making all Oppofition fall before him, till he became our King and Governor. We befeech thee to protect and defend our Sovereign King GEORGE, and all the Royal Family, from all Treafons and Conspiracies; preferve him in thy Faith, Fear, and Love; profper his Reign with long Happiness here on earth; and crown him with everlafting Glory hereafter, through Jefus Chrift our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

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The Epiftle. Rom. xiii. 1. to ver. 8.

ET every foul be fubject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God. Whofoever therefore refifteth the power, refifteth the ordinance of God and they that refift, fhall rereceive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid

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