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Héar-also' what St. Paùl-saith:

This is a true-saying' and worthy of all-men to be received, That Christ Jésus' came into the wórld' to save sìnners.

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Heár-also what Saint John-saith:

If àny-man sín, we have an advocate with

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the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and hé

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is the propitiation-for-our-sins.

Priest. Lift-up your hearts.

Answer. We lift them úp' unto the Lòrd.
Priest. Let us give thanks-unto-our-Lord-

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God.

Answer. It is méet and rìght-so-to-do.

It is very meet' ríght' and our boùnden dúty,

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that we should' at áll tìmes' and in all pláces, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, everlasting God.

THE TRISAGIUM.

Therefore, with Angels and A'rch-angels, and

Therefore, with angels] Praise and thanksgiving ought to be expressed with that warmth of manner which naturally arises from a heart filled with admiration, love, and gratitude towards our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier. The voice of rapture and adoration will abound in the rising inflection.]

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with all the company of heaven,, we laud and mágnify thy glōrious náme, évermore praisingthee, and saying, Hōly,, hōly,, hóly-Lórd Gòd

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of hósts-heaven and earth' are fúll of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord móst high.

PROPER PREFACES.

Upon Christmas-Day, and seven Days after.

Because thou didst give Jesus Christ' thine

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only Son, to be born' as at thís-time' for ùs;

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who' by the operation of the Holy Ghost' was

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made véry man, of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother, and that' without spòt of sín, to make ús' cléan from all-sin. Therefore, with angels, &c.

Upon Easter Day, and seven Days after.

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But chiefly are-we-bound-to-praise-thee' for the glōrious resurrection of thy Són, Jesus Chrisť our Lord; for He is the very Paschal Lamb

which was offered-for-us, and hath taken away the sin of the world; who' by his death, hath destroyed-death; and by his rising to life-again, hath restòred to ús' everlasting-life. Therefore, with angels, &c.

Upon Ascension Day, and seven Days after.

Through thy most déarly-beloved Són, Jesus

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Christ our Lord; who, after his most glòrious resurrection, manifestly appeared to all his Apóstles, and in their sight' ascended-up into

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héaven, to prepare a place for ùs; that where He"-is, thither we might also-ascend,, and réign-with-Him' in glòry. Therefore, with angels, &c.

Upon Whitsunday, and six Days after.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord; according to whose most true prómise, the Holy Ghost came down, as at thís-time, from heaven' with a súdden grèat sound, ás-it-had-been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues lighting

upon the Apostles,, to téach-them, and to lead

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them to all truth; giving them' both the gift of dìvers lánguages, and also boldness' with fèrvent zéal' constantly to preach the Gos

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pel unto all-nations; whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error' into the clear light, and trúe knowledge of thée' and of thy Són' Jesus Christ. Therefore, with angels, &c.

Upon the Feast of Trinity only.

Who art one Gód, óne Lòrd; not one only person, but thrèe pérsons in óne substance. For that which we beliève of the glòry of the Fa"

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ther, the same-we-believe' of the Son' and of the

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Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality. Therefore, with angels, &c.

THE PRAYER IN THE NAME OF THE COMMUNI

CANTS.

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We dó-not presúme' to come to thís thy táble O merciful Lord, trusting in our own right

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eousness,, but in thy' mánifold and great mèrcies. We àre-not worthy' so much as to gather-up the crúmbs under thy tàble. But Thou art the sámeLord, whose property-is' always to have mèrcy. Gránt-us-therefore'-grácious-Lórd, só to eat the

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flèsh' of thy dear Són Jésus Christ, and to drink

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his blood,, that our sinful bòdies' may be made

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cléan by his-body, and our souls' washed through

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hís most precious blood; and that we may evermóre' dwell in him, and hé in ùs.

THE PRAYER OF CONSECRATION.

Almighty God, our heavenly Father,, who' of thy tender mércy' didst give thine only Són' Jesus Christ' to suffer déath upon the cross, for

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oùr redemption; who made thére, by his oneoblation-of-himself, ónce-offered, a fúll, pérfect, and sufficient sácrifice, oblátion and satisfáction, for the sins of the whole world; and did ínstitute, and, in his Holy Gospel, command-us to contínue, a perpétual-memory of that his prècious death' until his coming aga"in-heár-us'O-merciful-Father, we most hùmbly beseech

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