From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, Lord Christ. Bish. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us. Answ. As we do put our trust in thee. Let us pray. W look upon our infirmities; and for the glory of E humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved; and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory, through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. GOD, who providest for thy people by thy powtry and rulest over them in love, grant unto this thy servant our QUEEN the spirit of wisdom and government, that being devoted unto thee with all her heart, she may so wisely govern this kingdom, that in her time thy church and people may continue in safety and prosperity; and that persevering in good works unto the end she may through thy mercy come to thine everlasting kingdom, through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen. TH HE Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. The Bishops who read the Litany will resume their Seats.13 SECT. V.-THE BEGINNING OF THE COMMUNION SERVICE. Sanctus. Holy! Holy! Holy, Lord God of Hosts; Amen. Then the Archbishop beginneth the Communion Service. UR Father which art in Heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done in Earth, As it is in Heaven. our daily bread. And forgive us our Give us this day trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. A Collect. Amen. LMIGHTY GOD, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name, through Christ our Lord. Amen. C Then shall the Archbishop, turning to the People, rehearse distinctly all the Ten Commandments; and VOL. III. 13 This rubric occurs for the first time. H the People, still kneeling, shall after every Commandment ask God Mercy for their transgression thereof for the time past, and Grace to keep the same for the time to come, as followeth. Go Archbishop. OD spake these words, and said, I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt have none other gods but me. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Archb. Thou shalt not make to thyself 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 visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Archb. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Archb. Remember that thou keep holy the sabbathday. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. Lord made heaven and earth, the For in six days the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Archb. 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. Archb. Thou shalt do no murder. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Archb. Thou shalt not commit adultery. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Archb. Thou shalt not steal. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Archb. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Archb. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. Then shall follow this Collect for the Queen, the Archbishop standing as before, and saying, A Let us pray. LMIGHTY God, whose kingdom is everlasting, Church, and so rule the heart of thy chosen Servant VICTORIA our Queen and Governor, that she (knowing whose Minister she is) may above all things seek thy honour and glory; and that we and all her subjects (duly considering whose Authority she hath) may faithfully serve, honour, and humbly obey her, in thee, and for thee, according to thy blessed word and ordinance, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE, To be read by one of the Bishops. 1 Pet. ii. 13. UBMIT yourselves to every ordinance of man for SUBA the Lord's sake: whether it be to the King as supreme; or unto Governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. THE GOSPEL, To be read by another Bishop, the Queen with the People standing. S. Matth. xxii. 15. HEN went the Pharisees, and took counsel how THE they might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou |