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Olet the nations rejoice and be glad for thou fhalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.

Let the people praise thee, O God: let all the people praife .thee.

Then fhall the earth bring forth her increase and God, even our own God, fhall give us his bleffing.

God fhall blefs us: and all the ends of the world fhall fear him. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. The Pfalm ended, and the Man and the woman kneeling before the Lord's Table, the Prieft Standing at the Table, and turning bis face towards them, hall Jay,

Lord, have mercy upon us. Anfwer. Chrift, have mercy upon us.

Minifter. Lord, have mercy

upon us.

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UR 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 trefpaffes, as we forgive them that trefpafs against us; And lead us not into temptation, But

deliver us from evil. Amen.

Minifter. O Lord, fave thy fervant, and thy handmaid; Anfwer. Who put their truft in thee.

Minifter. O Lord, fend them help from thy holy place; Anfwer. And evermore defend

them.

Minifier. Be unto them a tower of ftrength,

Anfaver. From the face of their enemy.

Minifter. O Lord, hear our prayer;

Anfaver. And let our cry some unto thee.

Minifter.

GOD of Abraham, God of Ifaac, God of Jacob, blefs thefe thy fervants, and fow the feed of eternal life in their hearts, that whatfoever in thy holy word they fhall profitably learn, they may indeed fulfil the fame. Look, O Lord, mercifully upon them from heaven, and bless them. And as thou didst fend thy bleffing upon Abraham and Sarah, to their great comfort: fo vouchfafe to fend thy bleffing upon thefe thy fervants, that they obeying thy will, and alway being in fafety under thy protection, may abide in thy love unto their lives end, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amén.

This Prayer next following fhall be omitted, where the Wo man is paft child-bearing.

Merciful Lord and heavenly Father, by whofe graci We befeech thee, affift with thy ous gift mankind is increased; blefling thefe two perfons, that they may both be fruitful in live together fo long in godly procreation of children, and alfo love and honefty, that they may fee their children christianly and virtuously brought up, to thy praife and honour, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

God, who by thy mighty power haft made all things of nothing, who alfo (after other things fet in order) didft appoint that out of man (created after thine own image and fimilitude) woman should take her begin ning; and knitting them toge ther, didft teach that it fhould never be lawful to put afunder those whom thou by Matrimony hadft made one: O God, who haft confecrated the ftate of Matrimony to fuch an excellent mystery, that in it is fignified

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and reprefented the spiritual marriage and unity betwixt Chrift and his Church; Look mercifully upon thefe thy fervants, that both this man may love his wife, according to thy Word, (as Chrift did love his fpoufe the Church, who gave himself for it, loving and cherifhing it, even as his own flesh,) and alfo that this woman may be loving and amiable, faithful and obedient to her husband, and in all quietnefs, fobriety and peace, be a follower of holy and godly matrons. O Lord, blefs them both, and grant them to inherit thy everiafting kingdom, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

Then fhall the Priest say, A Lmighty God, who at the beginning did create our first parents, Adam and Eve, and did fanctify and join them together in marriage; pour upon you the riches of his grace, fanctify and bless you, that ye may pleafe him both in body and foul, and live together in holy love unto your lives end. Amen.

After which, if there be no Sermon declaring the duties of man and wife, the Minifter fhall read as followerb.

fanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water, by the word; that he might prefent it to himfelf a glorious Church, not having fpot or wrinkle, or any fuch thing; but that it fhould be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies: He that loveth his wife, loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church; for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this caufe fall a man leave his father and his mother, and fhall be joined unto his wife, and they two fhall be one flesh. This is a great mystery but 1 fpeak concerning Chrift and the Church. Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular fo love his wife even as himself,

Likewife the fame St. Paul, writing to the Coloffians, fpeaketh thus to all men that are married; Hufbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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Hear alfo what Saint Peter the Apostle of Chrift, who was himself a married man, faith unto them that are married; hufbands, dwell with your wives, according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker veffel, and

ALL ye that are married the holy estate of Matrimony upon you, hear what the holy Scripture doth fay as touching the duty of husbands towards their wives, and wives towards their husbands.

Saint Paul in his Epiftle to the Ephefians, the fifth Chapter, doth give this commandment to all married men'; Hufbands, love your wives, even as Chrift alfo loved the Church, and gave himfelf for it; that he might

as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Hitherto ye have heard the duty of the husband toward the wife. Now likewife, ye wives, hear and learn your duties toward your hufbands, even as it is plainly fet forth in holy Scrip

ture.

Saint Paul, in the aforenamed Epistle to the Ephefians, teacheth you thus; Wives, fubmit yourselves unto your own huf

bands,

bands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Chrift is the head of the Church and he is the Saviour of the body. Therefore as the Church is fubject unto Chrift; fo let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. And again he faith, Let the wife fee that the reverence her husband.

the converfation of the wives; while they behold your chafte converfation coupled with fear. Whofe adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel: but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet fpirit, which is in the fight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also who trufted in God adorned themselves, being in fubjection unto their own husbands; even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord: whofe daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement,

And in his Epiftle to the Coloffians, Saint Paul giveth you this fhort leffon; Wives, fubmit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Saint Peter alfo doth inftru&t you very well, thus faying; Ye wives, be in fubjection to your !own hufbands; that if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by It is convenient that the new married Perfons fhould receive the holy Communion at the time of their Marriage, or at the first opportunity after their Marriage.

The ORDER for the
VISITATION of the Sick.

When any perfon is fick, notice
hall be given thereof to the Mi-
nifter of the Parish: who coming
into the fick perfon's house, shall
fay,

EACE be to this house, and to
all that dwell in it.

When be cometh into the fick
man's prefence, he shall Jay,
kneeling down,

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Emember not, Lord, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers. Spare us, good Lord, fpare thy people, whom thou haft redeemed with thy moft precious blood, and be not angry with us for

ever.

Anfw. Spare us, good Lord.

Then fhall the Minifter fay,

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Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Chrift, bave mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. UR Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy thy will be done in earth, as Name; Thy kingdom come; it is in heaven: Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trefpaffes, as we forgive them that trefpafs against us; And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Minifter. O Lord, fave thy fervant;

Anfw. Which putteth his truft in thee,

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Lord of life and death, and of all things to them pertaining, as youth, ftrength, health, age, weaknefs, and fickrefs. Wherefore, whatsoever your fickness is, know you certainly, that it And for is God's vifitation. what caufe foever this fickness is fent unto you, whether it be to try your patience for the example of others, and that your faith may be found in the day of the Lord, laudable, glorious and honourable, to the increafe of of glory and endless felicity; or elfe it be fent unto you to cor→ rect and amend in you whatsoever doth offend the eyes of your heavenly Father; know you certainly, that if you truly re pent you of your fins, and bear your fickness patiently, trufting in God's mercy, for his dear Son Jefus Christ's fake, and render unto him humble thanks for his fatherly vifitation, fubmitting yourself wholly unto his will, it shall turn to your profit, and help you forward in the right way that leadeth unto everlafting life.

If the perfon vifited be very fickt, then the Curate may end bis Ex bortation in this place, or else proceed.

TAKE therefore in good part Lord: For (as St. Paul faith in the twelfth Chapter to the Hebrews) whom the Lord loveth he chafteneth, and fcourgeth every fon whom he receiveth. If ye endure chaftening, God dealeth with you as with fons; for what fon is he whom the father chafteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, where of all are partakers, then are ye baftards, and not fons Fur thermore, we have had fathers of our flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them

reverence; fhall we not much rather be in fubjection unto the Father of fpirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chaftened us after their own pleafure; but he for our pro, that we might be partakers of his holinefs. These words, good brother, are written in holy fcripture for our comfort and inftruction, that we fhould patiently, and with thanksgiving bear our heavenly Father's correction, whenfoever by any manner of adverfity it fhall pleafe his gracious goodnefs to vifit us. And there fhall be no greater comfort to Chriftian perfons, than to be made like unto Chrift by fuffering patiently adverfities, troubles, and fickneffes. For he himself went not up to joy, but first he suffered pain; he entered not into his glory before he was crucified. So truly our way to eternal joy

ment. Therefore I fhall rehearse to you the Articles of our Faith, that you may know whether you do believe as a Chriftian man should, or no.

Here the Minifter shall rebearfe the Articles of the Faith; faying

thus

OST thou believe in God

the Father Almighty, Mak er of heaven and earth?

And in Jefus Chrift his only. begotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, born of the Virgin Mary; that he fuffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; that he went down into hell, and alfo did rife again the third day; that he a fcended into heaven, and fitteth on the right hand of God the Fa ther Almighty; and from thence hall come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead?

is to fuffer here with Chrift: and our door to enter into eternal life is gladly to die with Chrift; that we may rife again from death, and dwell with him in everlasting life. Now therefore taking your fickness, which is thus profitable for you, patiently; I exhort you in the Name of God, to remember the profeffion which you made unto God in your Baptifm. And forafmuch as after this life there is an account to be given unto the righteous Judge, by whom all must be judged without refpect of perfons; I require you to examine yourfelf and your eftate, both toward God and man: fo thataccufing and condemning yourfelf for your own faults, you may find mercy at our heavenly Father's hand for Chrift's fake, and not be accufed and condemned in that fearful judge.

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And doft thou believe in the Holy Ghoft; the holy catholick Church; the communion of Saints; the remiffion of fins the refurrection of the flesh; and everlafting life after death?

The fick Perfon shall answer, All this I ftedfaftly believe.

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¶ Then fhall the Minifter examine whether be repent him truly of bis fins, and be in charity with all the world; exhorting him to forgive from the bottom of his beart all perfons that have of fended him, and if he hath offended any other, to ask them forgiveness; and where he kath done injury or wrong to any man, that be make amends to the uttermoft of bis power. And if be bath not before difpofed of his goods, let him then be admonifhed to make his Will, and to declare bis Debts what be eweth, and what is owing unte him

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