Forsake me not, O God, In mine old age, when I am gray-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great things are they that thou hast done; O God, who is like unto thee?

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins.-Ï John ií. 1, 2.

After which, the Priest shall proceed, saying, Lift up your hearts.

cross, for us miserable sinners, who lay in dark-be received, That Jesus Christ came into the ness and the shadow of death, that he might make world to save sinners.-1 Tim. i. 15. us the children of God, and exalt us to everlasting Hear also what St. John saith: life. And to the end that we should always remember the exceeding great love of our Master and only Saviour Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood-shedding he hath obtained to us, he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort. To Him, therefore, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, let us give (as we are most bounden) continual thanks; submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleasure, and studying to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. Amen.

Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receive the Holy Communion,

Answ. We lift them up unto the Lord.
Priest. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.
Answ. It is meet and right so to do.

Then shall the Priest say,

that we should at all times, and in all places, give It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God.

Here shall follow the proper preface, according to the time, if there be any specially appointed; or else immediately shall follow,

YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, followTHEREFORE with angels and archangels, and ing the commandments of God, and walking from with the company of heaven, we laud and magnihenceforth in his holy ways; draw near with fy thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, and faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comsaying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts! fort; and make your humble confession to Al-heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be mighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees. to thee, O Lord most high. Amen.

Then shall this general confession be made, in the name of all those that are minded to receive the Holy Communion, by one of the Ministers, both he and all the people kneeling humbly upon their knees, and saying,

Proper Prefaces.

On Christmas-day, and seven days after. BECAUSE thou didst give Jesus Christ, thine only Son, to be born as at this time for us, who by the operation of the Holy Ghost was made very ther, and that without spot of sin, to make us clean man of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mofrom all sin: therefore with angels, &c.

On Easter-day, and seven days after. BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; for He is the very paschal lamb which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sins of the world; who by his death hath destroyed death, and by his rising to life again, hath restored us to everlasting life: therefore, &c.

ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, maker of all things, judge of all men, we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness which we from time to time most grievously have committed, by thought, word, and deed against thy Divine Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous to us, the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful Father: for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all that is past; and grant we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in On Ascension-day, and seven days after. newness of life, to the honour and glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THROUGH thy most dearly beloved Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who after his most glorious reThen shall the Priest (or the Bishop being present) surrection, manifestly appeared to all his apostles, stand up, and, turning himself to the people, pro-and in their sight ascended up into heaven to prepare a place for us; that where he is thither we might also ascend, and reign with him in glory: therefore, &c.

nounce this absolution:

ALMIGHTY God our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him; have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Then shall the Priest say,

Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him: Come unto me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you.-Matt. xi. 28.

So God loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.— John iii. 16.

Hear also what St. Paul saith:

On Whitsunday, and six days after. THROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord, according to whose most true promise the Holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven, with a sudden great sound, as it had been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, lighting upon the apostles, to teach them, and to lead them to all truth, giving them both the gift of divers languages, and also boldness, with fervent zeal, constantly to preach the Gospel unto all nations, whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error into the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ: therefore, &c.

On the feast of Trinity only.
WHO art one God, one Lord; not one only Per-
These words [Holy Father] must be omitted on Tri-

This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to nity Sunday.

THE blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life! Drink this in remembrance that Christ's blood was shed for thee, and be thankful.

If the consecrated bread or wine be all spent before all have communicated, the Priest is to consecrate more, according to the form before prescribed; beginning at [Our Saviour Christ in the same night, &c.] for the blessing of the bread, and [Likewise after supper, &c.] for the

turn to the Lord's table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated elements, covering the same with a fair linen cloth.

When all have communicated, the Minister shall re

Then shall the Priest say the Lord's Prayer, the people repeating after him every petition.

We do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteous-blessing of the cup. ness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen.

When the Priest, standing before the table, hath so or dered the bread and wine, that he may with the more

readiness and decency break the bread before the people, and take the cup into his hands, he shall say the prayer of Consecration, as followeth:

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption, who made there (by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world, and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us, to continue a perpetual memory of that his precious death, until his coming again; hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee, and grant that we, receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed body and blood; who, in the same night that he was betrayed,* took bread, and when he had given thanks,† he brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat ; this is my body, which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me. Likewise after supper, he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for this is my blood of the New Testament which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins: do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me. Amen.

Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds himself, and then proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, in like manner (if any be present,) and after that to the people also in order, into their hands, all meekly kneel

Here the priest is to take the paten into his hands.
And here to break the bread.

And here to lay his hands upon all the bread.
Here he is to take the cup into his hand.

And here to lay his hand upon every vessel (be it chalice or flagon) in which there is any wine to be consecrated.

OUR Father which art in heaven; Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and Amen. the glory, for ever and ever.

After this shall be said as followeth:

O LORD and heavenly Father, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that all we who are partakers of this holy communion, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice; yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.

Or this:

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who 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 towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do 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.

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, we give thanks to thee, for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only begotten Son Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us: thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer: thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us: For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Then the Priest or Bishop (if he be present,) shall let them depart with this blessing:

of a sinner, but that he should rather turn from
his sin, and be saved; mercifully forgive us our
trespasses: relieve and comfort us, who are
grieved and wearied with the burden of our sins.
Thy property is always to have mercy; to thee
only it appertaineth to forgive sins: Spare us,
therefore, good Lord, spare us whom thou hast
redeemed. Enter not into judgment with thy ser-
vants, who are vile earth, and miserable sinners;
but so turn thine anger from us, who meekly
acknowledge our vileness, and truly repent us of
our faults, and so make haste to help us in this
world, that we may ever live with thee in the
world to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

O GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men, that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health among all nations. More especially we that it may be so guided and governed by thy pray for the good estate of the Catholic church, good Spirit, that all, who profess and call themTHE peace of God, which passeth all under-selves Christians, may be led into the way of standing, keep your hearts and minds in the know- truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the ledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Fiour Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty, the nally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness all Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be among those who are any ways afflicted in mind, body, you, and remain with you always. Amen. or estate; (especially him for whom our prayers are desired;) that may please thee to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions, and this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake.

PROPER COLLECTS

THAT MAY BE USED WITH ANY OF THE PRAYERS
FOR THE SICK.

LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and, that we may obtain our petitions, make us to ask such things as shall please thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve; pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord.

In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who O GOD, merciful Father, that despisest not the for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such God, most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and as be sorrowful; mercifully assist our prayers most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the that we make before thee in all our troubles and bitter pains of eternal death. Thou knowest, Lord, adversities whensoever they oppress us; and grathe secrets of our heart; shut not thy merciful earsciously hear us, that those evils which the craft to our prayers; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge Eternal, suffer us not at the last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from

thee. Amen.

O MERCIFUL God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the life, we beseech thee to raise us from the death of sin

and subtlety of the devil or man worketh against
us be brought to nought, and by the providence
of thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we
thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, (or
afflictions,) may evermore give thanks unto thee
in thy holy church; through Jesus Christ our
Lord."

WE beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look to the life of righteousness, that, at the general upon our infirmities, and for the glory of thy name resurrection in the last day, we may be found ac-turn from us all those evils that we most rightceptable in thy sight, and may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal glory; through Jesus Christ our

Lord.

GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

O MOST mighty God, and merciful Father, who hast compassion upon all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, who wouldest not the death

eously have deserved; and grant that in all our
troubles we may put our whole trust and con-
fidence 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.

tender love to mankind hast sent thy Son our
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who of thy
Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh,
and to suffer death upon the cross, that all man-
kind should follow the example of his great hu-
mility; mercifully grant, that we may both follow

the example of his patience, and also be made | faithful devotion to thee. Support him by this partakers of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK.
A general Prayer for the Acceptance of our
Devotions for the Sick.

[From Bishop Andrews.]

hope under all his pain, and enable him patiently to submit to thy fatherly correction. Send him help now in time of need, both for his soul and for his body. Bless the means for his recovery; and, if it be thy good pleasure, restore him speedily rious resolution to serve thee more zealously all to his former health, and inspire him with a sehis days.

counsels, deliver him from the fear of death, assist Or if thou hast otherwise resolved in thy wise him in his last agony, give him an easy and cheerful passage out of this life, and send thy holy angels to conduct him into rest and peace with our Lord Jesus, for the same Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

[From Bishop Taylor.]

I.

II.

ALMIGHTY God, Father of mercies, the God O LORD, it is a great presumption that one sin- of peace and comfort, of rest and pardon, we thy ner should dare to commend another to thy Di- servants, in duty to thee, and charity to our brovine Majesty. And who would not fear to un-ther, humbly beg mercy of thee for him, to dedertake it? But thy commandment it is, "That scend upon his body and his soul. We come to we should pray for the sick members of thy thee in the name of Jesus, praying thee to pardon church, and mourn with them that mourn:" and the sins of this thy servant, and to bury them in thou hast promised that our prayers thus made, the grave of Him that died for us, that they may thou wilt receive. And now behold, O Lord, we never rise up in judgment against him, nor bring that are no way meet, but unworthy, utterly un-him in the day of trial, to shame and confusion worthy, to ask for aught for ourselves, charity of face. Amen. and compassion so binding us, are enforced to become suitors to thee for others, even for this thy servant, now afflicted by thee. Of thee we hope; GIVE thy servant, O Lord, patience in his sorof thee we desire; to thee we pray, in the most rows, comfort in his sickness, and restore him to meek and humble manner, and even from the bot-health, if it seem good to thee. And, however tom of our hearts. O Lord, that which thou mightest justly deny to our unworthiness, deny not, we beseech thee, to thine own gracious goodness. O Lord, forgive us our sins; O Lord forgive us our sins, our great and grievous sins, oft and many times committed, long and many years continued; so that we may be meet to pray for others, and our prayers be made unto thee in an acceptable time.

Graciously look upon our afflictions.
Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts.
Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.
Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.
Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O
Christ.

Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. Amen.

Particular Prayers for the Sick.

[From Bishop Patrick.]

O MOST gracious God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast united us all in one body, that we should love one another, and if one member suffers, all the members should suffer with it; we humbly implore thy tender mercies towards this thy servant, of whose afflicted condition we desire to have a compassionate sense and feeling.

Look graciously upon him, O Lord, and visit him with thy salvation. Vouchsafe him such consolations from above, as we should desire for ourselves, were we in his extremity. Give him a true penitent heart for all the offences that he hath at any time committed. together with a lively faith in thy Son Jesus, who came into the world to save sinners. Give him the comfort of a holy hope, that thou acceptest his repentance, and

thou shalt determine concerning him, yet make his repentance perfect, and his faith strong, and his hope steadfast, and his passage safe; that when thou shalt call his soul from the body, it may enter into the rest of the sons of God, and the bosom of blessedness, and be with the holy Jesus. Amen.

III.

O LORD, thou knowest all the necessities, and all the infirmities of thy servant: fortify his soul with spiritual joys, and perfect resignation; and take from him all inordinate affections to this world; and enlarge his heart with desires of being with thee, in thy heavenly kingdom.

IV.

LORD, let not any pain or passion discompose the order of his thoughts, or his duty; and lay no more upon thy servant than thou wilt make him able to bear; and together with the temptation, do thou provide a way to escape; even by the mercies of a longer and more holy life, or by the mercies of a blessed death; even as it pleaseth thee, O Lord, so let it be. Amen.

V.

LORD, let the tenderness of his conscience and the Spirit of God call to mind his sins, that they may be confessed and repented of: and let thy powerful grace remove from his soul every root of bitterness; and in the union of the holy Jesus, and in the love of God, and in the communion of all the saints, let his soul be presented to thee blameless, and entirely pardoned, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.