THE KING'S ACCESSION. A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving to Almighty God, to be used in all Churches and Chapels within this Realm, every Year, upon the Twenty-fifth Day of October ; being the Day on which his Majesty began his happy Reign. The Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy-Days in all things; except where it is in this Office otherwise appointed. If this Day shall happen to be Sunday, this whole Office shall be used, as it followeth, entirely. Morning Prayer shall begin with these Sentences. EXHORT that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men ; for Kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty for this is good and acceptable unto God our Saviour. 1 Tim.ii. 1, 2, 3. : If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us but if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John i. 8, 9. Instead of Venite exultemus, the Hymn following shall be said or sung; one Verse by the Priest, and another by the Clerk and People. O LORD our Governor : how excellent is thy Name in all the world! Psalm viii. 1. Glory be to the Father, &c. PROPER PSALMS. PROPER LESSONS. The First. Josh. i. to end of ver. 9. The Second. Rom. xiii. Jubilate Des. Priest. Send him help from thy holy place; Answ. And evermore mightily defend him. Priest. Let his enemies have no advantage against him ; Answ. Let not the wicked approach to hurt him. Priest. Endue thy ministers with righteousness; Answ. And make thy chosen people joyful. Priest. O Lord, save thy people; Answ. And bless thine inheritance. Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord; Answ. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Priest. Be unto us, O Lord, a strong tower; Answ. From the face of our enemies. Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer; Answ. And let our cry come unto thee. Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer shall be used this following Collea of Thanksgiving, for his Majesty's Accession to the Throne. ALMIGHTY God, who rulest over all the kingdoms of the world, and disposest of them according to thy good pleasure; We yield thee unfeigned thanks for that thou wast pleased, as on this Day, to place thy Servant, our Sovereign Lord King GEORGE, upon the Throne of this Realm. Let thy wisdom be his guide, and let thine arm strengthen him; let justice, truth, and holiness, let peace, and love, and all those virtues, that adorn the Christian profession, flourish in his days: Direct all his counsels and endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of his people; and give us grace to obey him cheerfully and willingly for conscience sake; that neither our sinful passions, nor our private interest, may disappoint his cares for the public good: let him always possess the hearts of his people, that they may never be wanting in honour to his person, and dutiful submission to his authority: let his reign be long and prosperous, and crown him with immortality in the life to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In the end of the Litany (which shall always be used upon this Day) after the Collect [We humbly beseech thee, O Father, &c.] shall the following Prayer for the King and Royal Family, be used. O LORD our God, who upholdest and governest all things in heaven and earth, receive our humble pray. ers, with our hearty thanksgivings for our Sovereign Lord GEORGE, a on this Day, set over us by thy grace and providence to be our King; and so together with him bless our gra cious Queen Charlotte, their Royal Highnesses George Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that they all ever trusting in thy goodness, protected by thy power, and crowned with thy gracious and endless favour, may continue before thee in health, peace, joy, and honour, and may live long and happy lives upon earth, and after death obtain everlasting life and glory in the kingdom of heaven, by the merits and mediation of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without end. Amen. Then follows this Collect for God's prote tion of the King against all his enemies. Most gracious God, who hast set thy servant GEORGE our King upon the throne of his Ancestors, we most humbly beseech thee to protect him on the same from all the dangers to which he may be exposed; Hide him from the gathering together of the froward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers: Do thou weaken the hands, blast the designs, and defeat the enterprizes of all his enemies; that no secret conspiracies, nor open violences, may disquiet his reign; but that being safely kept under the BLESSED Lord, who hast called Christian Princes to the defence of thy faith, and hast made it their duty to promote the spiritual welfare, together with the temporal interest, of their people; We acknowledge with humble and thankful hearts thy great goodness to us in setting thy Servant, our most gracious King, over this Church and Nation: Give him, we beseech thee, all those heavenly graces, that are requisite for so high a trust; Let the work of thee, his God, prosper in his hand; Let his eyes behold the success of his designs for the service of thy, true Religion established amongst us; and make him a blessed instrument of protecting and advancing thy truth, wherever it is persecuted and oppressed; Let hypocrisy and profaneness, superstition and idolatry fly before his face; Let not heresies and false doctrines disturb the peace of the Church, nor schisms and causeless divisions weaken it; but grant us to be of one heart and one mind in serving thee, our God, and obeying him according to thy will. And that these blessings may be continued to after ages, let there never be one wanting in his house to succeed him in the government of this United Kingdom, that our posterity may see his children's children, and peace upon Israel. So we that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for ever, and will always be shewing forth thy praise from generation to genera tion. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Pet. ii. 11 to 17. ante 140. The Gospel. Matt.xxii. 16. to 22.ante 219. After the Nicene Creed shall follow the Sermon. In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read. LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matt. v. 16. After the Prayer [For the whole State of Christ's Church, &c.] these Collects following shall be used. A Prayer for Unity. GOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace; Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly union and concord; that as there is but one body, and one Spirit, and one hope of our calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God, and Father of us all; so we may henceforth be all of one heart and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity; and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. living, to the honour and praise of thy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE HE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. Strahan and Preston, Printers-Street, London. |