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Minifter.

OD fpake thefe words, and faid, I am the Lord thy God: Thou fhalt have none other Gods but me. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Thou shalt not make to thyfelf 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 thalt not bow down to them, nor worship them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and wifit the fins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and fhew mercy unto thoufands in them that love me, and keep my commandments.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifier. Thou fhalt 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.

Minifter. Remember that thou keep holy the fabbathday. Six days fhalt thou labour, and do all that thou haft to do; but the feventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy fon, and thy daughter, thy man-fervant, and thy maid-fervant, thy cattle, and the ftranger that is within thy gates. For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and rested the feventh day: wherefore the Lord bleffed the feventh day, and hallowed it.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Then the Prieft, ftanding at God's board, fhall begin: "Glory be to God on high." The Clerks. "And in earth peace, good-will towards men. We praife thee, &c." to the end of that hymn. Then the Prieft shall turn him to the people, and fay, "The Lord be with you." The Answer. "And with thy fpirit." The Prieft. "Let us pray." Then fhall follow the collects of the day, with one of these two collects following for the King." The prefent arrangement of the Communion Service was adopted at the Review of the Liturgy by Edward VIth, and introduced into his fecond Prayer-Book.

Minifter. 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.

Minifter. Thou shalt do no murder.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Thou fhalt not commit adultery.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Thou shalt not steal.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Thou shalt not bear falfe witness against thy neighbour.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his fervant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his afs, 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 fhall follow one of these two Collects for the King, the Prieft ftanding as before, and faying,

Let us pray,

Almighty God, whofe kingdom is everlasting, and

power infinite; Have mercy upon the whole Church; and fo rule the heart of thy chofen Servant GEORGE, our King and Governor, that he (knowing whofe minister he is) may above all things feek thy honour and glory; and that we, and all his fubjects, (duly confidering whofe authority he hath) may faithfully ferve, honour, and humbly obey him, in thee, and for thee, according to thy bleffed Word and Ordinance, through Jefus Chrift

Two Collects] Thefe two prayers were tranflated in a great measure from the Miffal at the Reformation, and introduced into Edward VIth's first Prayer-Book.

our Lord; who, with Thee and the Holy Ghoft, liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

¶ Or,

Almighty and everlasting God, we are taught by thy

Word, that the hearts of Kings are in thy

rule and governance, and that thou doft dispose and turn them as it feemeth beft to thy godly wisdom; We humbly befeech thee fo to difpofe and govern the heart of GEORGE thy fervant, our King and Governor, that in all his thoughts, words, and works, he may ever seek thy honour and glory; and study to preserve thy people committed to his charge, in wealth, peace, and godliness: Grant this, O merciful Father, for thy dear Son's fake Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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¶ Then fhall be faid the Collect of the Day. And immedi ately after the Collect, the Priest fhall read the Epifle, faying, The Epiftle [or, The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epiftle] is written in the ter of, beginning at the Verfe. And the Epiftle ended, he fhall fay, Here endeth the Epiftle. Then fhall be read the Gospel, (the People all ftanding up) faying, The holy Gofpel is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verfe. And the Gofpel ended, fhall be fung or faid the Creed following, the People still standing as before:

Then fhall be faid, &c.] In lieu of this rubric, the following ones occur in Edward VIth's firft book. "The Collects ended, the Prieft, or he that is appointed, fhall read the Epiftle in a place affigned for the purpose, faying, "The Epiftle, &c." The Minifter then fhall read the Epiftle. Immediately after the Epiftle ended, the Prieft, or one appointed to read the Gofpel, fhall fay, "The holy Gofpel, &c." The clerks and people fhall anfwer, "Glory be to thee, O Lord." The Prieft or Deacon fhall then read the Gofpel. After the Gofpel ended, the Prieft fhall begin: "I believe in one God;" the Clerks fhall fing the reft.-N. B. This mode of reciting the Nicene Creed is obferved at present in many, if not all the English cathedrals.

The Creed following] There was in the Chriftian church no entire form of a general Creed previously to the Council of Nice, (in Bythinia) A. D. 325. This meeting confifted of Chriftian Prelates from all parts of the world, who compofed a form, in oppofition to Arian tenets, for the general ufe of the church; nearly refembling the above Creed, except that it omitted all the articles fubfequent to the words, " in the Holy Ghoft." About fifty-lix years afterwards, certain herefies having arifen refpecting

Believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things vifible and invifible: And in one Lord Jefus Chrift, 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 fubftance with the Father, By whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our falvation, came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, And was crucified alfo for us under Pontius Pilate: He fuffered, and was buried, And the third day he rofe again according to the Scriptures, And afcended into heaven, And fitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he fhall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: Whofe kingdom fhall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghoft, the Lord and giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who fpake by the prophets. And I believe one Catholick and Apoftolick Church. I acknowledge one Baptifin for the remiffion of fins. And I look for the Refurrection of the dead; And the life of the world to come. Amen.

Then the Curate fhall declare unto the People what Holydays, or Fafting days, are in the week following to be obferved. And then alfo (if occafion be) fhall notice be given of the Communion; and Briefs, Citations, and the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, another council, held at Conftantinople, compleated the form of this fymbol, as it now ftands in our fervice, by the addition of the following words: in the first paragraph, "Heaven and earth, and of." In the fecond, "begotten of his Father, before all words." In the fourth, "from heaven," and, "by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary; and, "and was crucified alfo for us under Pontius Pilate." In the fifth, "and was buried," and "according to the ferip tures;" and, "and fitteth on the right hand of the Father." In the fixth, again with glory." The whole of the feventh, "whofe kingdom fhall have no end." In the laft paragraph, "I believe;" and all after the words "Holy Ghoft."- -Vide Uffer. de Symbolis, p. 15, et infra.

Then the Curate] These three rubricks were added at the laft Review 1662; before that time the only directions were the following: "After the creed ended, fhall follow the fermon or homily, or fome portion of one of the homilies, as they fhall be hereafter divided, wherein if the people be not exhorted to the worthy receiving of the Holy Sacrament of the body and

Excommunications read. And nothing shall be proclaimed or publifhed in the Church, during the time of Divine Service, but by the Minifter: nor by him any thing, but what is prefcribed in the Rules of this Book, or enjoined by the King, or by the Ordinary of the place.

Then fhall follow the Sermon, or one of the Homilies already fet forth, or hereafter to be fet forth, by authority. Then fhall the Priest return to the Lord's Table, and begin the Offertory, faying one or more of thefe Sentences following, as he thinketh most convenient in his difcretion. ET your light so shine before men, that they may your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. St. Matth. v. 16.

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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and ruft doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor ruft doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor fteal. St. Matth. vi. 19, 20.

Whatsoever ye would that men fhould do unto you, even fo do unto them: for this is the law and the prophets. St. Matth. vii. 12.

Not every one that faith unto me, Lord, Lord, fhall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Ver. 21.

Zaccheus ftood forth, and faid unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have done any wrong to any man, I restore four-fold. St. Luke xix. 8.

Who goeth a warfare at any time of his own coft? 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? I Cor. ix. 7.

blood of our Saviour Chrift, then fhall the Curate give this exhortation to thofe that be minded to receive the fame."

Offertory] So called because the sentences are faid or fung while the people are making their offerings at the altar. In Edward VIth's firft book the following rubrick preceded the fentences: "Then fhall follow for the Offertory one or more of thefe fentences of holy fcripture, to be fung while the people do offer, or elfe one of them to be faid by the Minifter immediately before the offering."

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