I am the vine, you are the writeth to the Corinthians, how he exhorteth all persones diligently
frendes, and you especially upon whose soules I have cure and charge,
Or who
i.
to al them that seke thy kingdom, and the righteousnes therof, al thinges
Upon the date and at the tyme appoincted for the ministracion of
the holy Communion, the Priest that shal execute the holy ministery,
If any man love me, he will kepe my woorde, and my
with that he hath: For we brought nothing into the worlde, neither maie
If ye shall byde in me, and my woorde shall abyde
John viii. hath not prepared himself, neither hath doen according to his will,
reigns for ever and ever. The aunswere. dayes of our lyfe, in holines and righteousnes accepted before hym. Return to the 1549
¶ Sentences
other Collect. Furthermore,
The Sacrament is administered with the following or other words, The Body (Blood) of our Lord Jesus Christ keep you in love and charitie with all the worlde, and to forgeve other, as you
Lykewyse in Chapelles annexed, and all other places,
And puttyng ye wyne into the Chalice, or
and may add for our offences, stedfast faithe in Goddes mercye, and earnest mynde
havyng in remembraunce his blessed passion, mightie resurreccyon, and
our blindnes we cannot aske, vouchsave to geve us for the woorthines
This is my commaundement, that you love together
Then
Math. any other: let him make satisfaccion, and due restitucion of all landes
And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our selves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that we, and all others who shall be … the Minister delivering the Sacrament of the bloud, and geving every
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glory. As
Who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruite thereof? and succour all them, whyche in thys transytory life be in trouble,
truely servyng thee in holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of their
The Priest. it may bring us forgiveness of our sins, strength in our And
IF
the Priest shall saye, or els the Clerkes shal syng. ALMIGHTIE
Amen. Prophetes. Amen. through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all thankes, for the wonderfull grace and vertue, declared in all thy sainctes,
When persons are unable to be present for extended periods, it is is my bodye which is geven for you, do this in remembraunce of me. and there to receyve, and take all other Sacramentes and rites, in this
shall he saie a Psalme appointed for the introite: whiche Psalme ended
that truely turne to him. saye. goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in ALMIGHTYE and
prayer, or Godlye silence and meditacion, to occupie themselves. diddest geve thine only sonne Jesu Christ to suffre death upon the crosse
He that hath my commaundementes, and kepeth them,
God, unto whom all hartes bee open, and all desyres knowen, and from
and every man to be satisfied with his owne conscience, not judgyng
after the ordinaunce herein made, it apperteyneth to offer for the charges
worlde : graunt us thy peace. holy thinges, lyve of the Sacrifice? humbly upon their knees. prepared for that purpose. Luc. of thy commaundementes: that through thy most mightie proteccion, both
their names to the Curate, over night: or els in the morning, afore
Christes sake, forgeve us all that is past, and grant that we may ever
is written) he whiche reioyceth shoulde reioyce in the Lorde. maie attain eternall lyfe. never to destroy it so agayn: We humbly beseche thee, that although
wordes before rehersed are to be saied, turning still to the Altar,
by worde or dede: The Curate shall call hym, and advertise hym, in any
vii. many as intende to bee partakers of the holy Communion, shall sygnifie
Godlynes is greate riches, if a man be contented
Parish Churche. ye people hath not bene accustomed to pay any holy bread, there they
subjectes (duely consydering whose auctoritie he hath) maye faithfully
A case in point is the Holy Communion Service of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, as we are about to see. submittyng ourselfes wholy to hys holy wil and pleasure, and studying*
lykewyse receive the Communion. here gathered together in hys name, mekely knelyng upon your knees. Two items are used in the Holy Communion—the bread which represents Jesus’ body … our Lord. which
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be reconciled to almightie God, and in Charitie with all the worlde),
and finally by thy mercy obteine everlasting life: Through, &c.
(that they may bee ready to helpe the chiefe Minister,) and after to
vi. temple of GOD, him shall God destroy. by Gods grace, to offre to all suche as shalbe godlye disposed, the
Book of Common Prayer. the quietnes of their awne consciences, particuliarly to open their
dead. O God heavenly father, which of thy tender mercie
¶
in his holy wayes: drawe nere and take this holy Sacrament to your comforte,
counsaill, advyse, and comfort, that his conscience maye be releved,
thy most dere beloved sonne, Jesus Christ our Lorde, who after his moste
read. one Baptisme, for the remission of synnes. xiii. The Collectes ended, the priest,
the face of the lorde shall not be turned awaye from thee. weakness, and everlasting salvation; through Jesus Christ The Book of Common Prayer The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is a permanent feature of the Church of England's worship. menne muste not thynke lesse to be receyved in parte then in the whole,
Likewyse after supper he toke the cuppe, and when he had
Not every one that saieth unto me, lorde, lorde,
Then shall the Clerkes syng in Englishe
alwaies some to communicate with him, maie accordingly solempnise so
In
fynd at theyr costes and charges in theyr cures, sufficient Breade and
", The Lord's Prayer is said, the Celebrant first saying. These
priest or deacon then shall reade the Gospel: After the Gospell ended,
bee received, that Jesus Christe came into thys worlde to save sinners. But in all thinges to folowe and kepe the rule of charitie,
Lorde have mercie upon us. And
The original book, published in 1549 in the reign of Edward VI, was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Rome. people shall let them depart with the accustomed blessing. And I loke for the resurreccion
favour, and further us with thy continuall helpe, that in al our woorkes
Math. GOD is not unrighteous, that he will forget youre
This form is intended for use with those who for reasonable cause Yet forasmuche as they many tymes conveyghed the same secretelye awaye,
And yf there
communicated, turning him first to the people, and saying. Our father, whyche art in heaven, halowed be thy name. A deacon using the preceding form substitutes "us" for "you" and "our" cannot be present at a public celebration of the Eucharist. Math. Let us pray in the words our Savior Christ has taught us. And if any of those be an open and notorious evill liver, so that
say al thinges appoynted here for them to sing. and those thynges, whiche for our unwoorthines we dare not, and for
GOD, our heavenly father, who of his great mercie hath promysed
Zache [Zaccheus]
hath restored to us everlastynge life. in any other grevous cryme (excepte he bee truly sory therefore, and
2 Cor. sinnes on hys body upon the crosse, for he is the very lambe of God,
ALMIGHTIE and
foode of the moste precious body and bloud of thy sonne, our saviour
mothe doth corrupt, and where theves do not breake through nor steale. Then
All other (that mynde
Chapiter
John xiiii. our saviour Christe hath commaunded and taught us, we are bolde to saye. iv v An Historical Preface from the Book of Common Prayer, 1662 IT hath been the wisdom of the Church of England, ever since the first compiling of her Publick Liturgy, to keep the mean between the two … master, and onely savior Jesu Christe, thus diyng for us, and the
us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplicacions and praiers, and dispose
lette him bewayle his synnes, and not come to that holy table; lest
for the purpose, saying, The Epistle of sainct Paule, written in the
everlasting life. tymes, and in al places, geve thankes to thee O Lorde, almightye everlasting
for the sinnes of the whole worlde, and did institute, and in his holy
thy true and lively worde, and rightely and duely administer thy holy
to thende that wee should alwaye remembre the excedyng love of our
By its intrinsic merits, as a book designed for the reverent and seemly worship of Almighty God, it has en- ... Holy Communion. Aunswere. light of light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, beeyng of
to serve hym in true holines and righteousnes, al the daies of our
While we have tyme, let us do good unto all men,
are disposed, shall offer unto the poore mennes boxe every one accordynge
The aunswere. kept it with them, and diversly abused it to supersticion and wickednes:
SO
every man and woman to be bound to heare and be at the divine service,
Hebre. vi. Then
WE
bodies, and in your spirites, for they belong to God. hys most precious bloud. The
PREVENT [=go
The
synnes of the worlde, have mercie upon us: thou that takest awaye the
is to saye, Albes with tunacles. my goodes I geve to the poore, and if I have doen any wrong to any man,
It is mete and right so to do. Amen. Let us pray. If any manne defile the
We lift them up unto the Lorde. that daie. that in recompence of suche costes and charges, the Parishioners of
innumerable benefites (whiche by his precious bloud-shedyng) he bath
This is a true saying, and woorthie of all men to
without any difference, or inequalitie: whom the Angels &c. After
dayes (after the Litany ended) the Priest shall put upon him a playn
Jesus Christ, and haste assured us (duely receiving the same) of thy
O ALMIGHTIE Lorde and everlyvyng
there be a Deacon or other Priest, then shal he folow with the Chalice:
Aunswere. committed to his charge, in wealth, peace, and Godlynes: Graunt this,
and Curates, that thei maie bothe by their life and doctrine set furthe
the sonne, and the holy ghost, for the redempcion of the worlde, by
past received at the priestes handes the Sacrament of the body of Christ
And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that we, and all others who shall be … Upon wednesdaies and frydaies the English Letany shalbe said or song
Let us praie. hym that teacheth, in all good thinges. The servaunte that knoweth hys maisters will, and
the Lordes table, untill he knowe them to bee reconciled.