give 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,]

By Minister and congregation.

THEREFORE with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glorious Name; evermore praising Thee and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of Thy glory: glory be to Thee, O Lord Most High. Amen.

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 man of the substance of the Virgin Mary His mother; and that without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with angels, &c.

These words (Holy Father) are to be omitted on Trinity Sunday.

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 sin of the world; Who by His death hath destroyed death, and by His rising to life again hath restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with angels, &c.

ON ASCENSION-DAY,

and seven days after.

THROUGH Thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord; Who after His most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to all His Apostles, 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 with angels, &c.

ON WHIT-SUNDAY,

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 with angels, &c.

On the feast of TRINITY only.

WHO art one God, one Lord; not only one Person, but three Persons in one Substance. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the same we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality. Therefore with angels, &c.

After each of which prefaces shall immediately be said,

Therefore with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glorious Name; evermore praising Thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, heaven and earth are full of Thy glory: glory be to Thee, O Lord most high. Amen.

PRAYER.

We do not presume to come to this Thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, 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 Amen.

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PRAYER

of consecration by the Minister.

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.

PRAYER

by the communicant at the consecration.

O LORD, open now the eyes of our understanding, that we may clearly discern the true intent and meaning of these holy mysteries: and I beseech Thee also to add such strength to our faith, and such seriousness to our repentance, that we may