I. BOOK K. EDW. VI. 1549. Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou hast vouchsafed to feed us in these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious body and blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and hast assured us (duly receiving the same) of thy favour and goodness toward us; and that we be very members incorporate in thy mystical body, which is the blessed company of all faithful people, and heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. We therefore II. BOOK 1552, Or this. Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, which have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious body and blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness toward us; and that we be [are, 1662.] very members incorporate in thy mystical body, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and be also heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. We now [And we, 1662.] most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and so all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in: through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. [Amen, 1552.] [In this Book alone, the Gloria in Excelsis occurs at the commencement of the Service, very shortly after the Prayer, Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open.' See also Appendix No. XXVIII. 1.] Then the Priest, turning him to the people, shall let them depart with this blessing: ¶ Then shall be said or sung, Glory be to God on high, and in earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, &c. Amen. Then the Priest, or the Bishop, if he be present, shall let them depart with this blessing: [The same in the Folios and Latin Books of Elizabeth, but in the Quartos and in James 1606, The Minister or the Bishop.' In James 1607, &c. and the Books of Charles I., The Priest or Bishop.'] BOOK OF K. CHARLES II. 1662. ¶ Or this: SCOTCH LITURGY 1637. Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who [which 1637,] have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; &c. Amen. [In these Books, and in those of Eliz., James, and Charles I., this Collect exhibits no variations from the Second of Edw. VI.] Then shall be said or sung, Then shall be said or sung, Gloria in Glory be to God on high, and in earth peace, good-will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee &c. Amen. Then the Priest (or Bishop if he be present) shall let them depart with this Blessing. [For a variation from the above in the New Communion Service of Scotland, See Appendix, No. XXVIII. 2.] Then the Presbyter, or Bishop, if he be present, shall let them depart with this blessing. I. BOOK K. EDW. VI. 1549. II. BOOK 1552. The peace of God (which passeth all understanding) keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Jesus [Jesu, 1552.] Christ our Lord: and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you alway. [always. Amen. 1552.] Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants toward the attainment of everlasting salvation; &c. Amen. [Taken from the Ancient Offices.] O Almighty Lord, and everliving God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, &c. Amen. [Taken from the Ancient Offices.] Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words which we have heard this day with our outward ears, &c. Amen. BOOK OF K. CHARLES II. 1662. SCOTCH LITURGY 1637. The 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. [Jesu Christ, Eliz. 1559.] [Respecting the money received at the Offertory, see in the Books of K. Edward, and in those of Elizabeth, James, and Charles I., a Rubric after the Offertory: and in that of 1662, the last Rubric at the end of the Communion Service.] After the divine service ended, that which was offered shall be divided in the presence of the Presbyter, and the Churchwardens, whereof one half shall be to the use of the Presbyter to provide him books of holy divinity: the other half shall be faithfully kept and employed on some pious or charitable use, for the decent furnishing of that church, or the public relief of their poor, at the discretion of the Presbyter and Churchwardens. Collects to be said after the Offertory, when there is no Communion, every such day one or more; and the same may be said also, as often as occasion shall serve, after the Collects either of Morning or [and, Sc. Lit.] Evening Prayer, Communion, or Litany, by the discretion of the [Presbyter or, Sc. Lit.] Minister. Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment &c. through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. [Jesus, om. in the Sc. Lit. and the other Books.] O Almighty Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, &c. through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. [Jesu 1564.] Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words, which we have heard this day with our outward ears, &c. Amen. I. BOOK K. EDW. VI. 1549. II. BOOK 1552. Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; &c. through &c. [through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 1552.] [Taken from the Ancient Offices. ] Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, which knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; &c. for the worthiness of thy Son Jesu [Jesus, 1552. &c.] Christ our Lord. Amen. Almighty God, which hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Son's name; We beseech thee &c. through Jesus Christ our Lord. [Amen, 1552. Jesu, 1564.] For rain. God, heavenly Father, which by thy Son Jesu Christ, hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to the bodily sustenance; &c. through Jesus Christ our Lord. [The rest as in the Prayers and Thanksgivings of the Book of 1662.] For fair weather. O Lord God, which for the sin of man, didst once drown all the world, except eight persons, and afterward, of thy great mercy, didst promise never to destroy it so again; We humbly beseech thee, that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved this plague of rain and waters, yet, upon our true repentance, thou wilt send us such weather, whereby we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season, and learn both by thy punish [In the Second Book of K. Edward, this Prayer and the following occur at the end of the Litany and Suffrages, with the following variations.] For Rain, if the time require.. their bodily sustenance; &c. through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ment to amend our lives, and "and for thy clemency to give |