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Then shall be read the Gospel, faying,

The Holy Gospel is written in the fifth chapter of the Gospel according to S. John, beginning at the twenty fourth verse.

And the People fhall answer,

Glory be to thee, O Lord.

The Gospel.

Verily, verily, I fay unto you, He that heareth

my word, and believeth on him that fent me, hath everlasting life, and fhall not come into condemnation; but is paffed from death unto life.

The Gospel ended, he shall fay,

Here endeth the Holy Gospel.

And the People fhall answer,

Thanks be to thee, O Lord.

Then fhall the Prieft and People fay the following Creed.

Believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invifible.

And in one Lord Jefus Chrift, the only-begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, Begotten, not made, Confubftantial with the Father, By whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our falvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made Man, And was cruciN

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fied alfo for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, And afcended into heaven, And fitteth on the right hand of the Father; And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have

no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghoft, the Lord, the giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who fpake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholick and Apoftolick Church. I acknowledge one Baptifm for the remiffion of fins. And I look for the refurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Then the Priest hall uncover the Euchariftick Elements, and turning to the People, and figning himfelf with the fign of the cross upon his forehead, he Shall fay,

THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy

Ghost, be with you all.

Anfw. And with thy fpirit.

Pr. Lift up your hearts.

Anfw. We lift them up unto the Lord.

Pr. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.

Anfw. It is meet and right so to do.

Then

Then the Priest shall turn towards the Euchariftick Elements, and fay,

IT is truly meet and right, juft and profitable to

our fouls, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty Everlasting God, through Chrift our Lord; through whom the angels praife thy majesty, the dominions adore thee, the powers tremble before thee, the heavens and the hofts of heaven, with the bleffed feraphim, together glorify thee with united fhouts of joy. With whom we beseech thee to command alfo our voices to be admitted, with humble fubmiffion, faying,

Here the People fhall join with the Priest, and fay,

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and Earth are full of thy glory: Hofanna to the Son of David: Bleffed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the Highest.

Then shall the Priest say,

WE E thank thee, O Father, for the life which thou haft revealed unto us by thy Son Jefus, by whom thou didst create and doft provide for all things: Thou didst fend him to become Man for our falvation; thou didst permit him to fuffer, and to die; and when thou hadst raised him again, thou wert pleased to glorify him, and didft fet him on thy right hand, and by him didft promise to us the refurrection of the dead. Do. thou, O Lord Almighty, everlasting God, fo gather together thy church from the ends of the earth into thy kingdom, as this corn was once scattered, but is now collected together and become one piece of bread. N 2

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We thank thee alfo, O Father, for the precious Blood of Jefus Chrift which was fhed for us, and for his precious Body, the Representation of which we here celebrate with these Antitypes, as himself hath appointed, to fhew forth his death. Glory be to thee through him for ever and ever. Amen.

Then the Prieft or Deacon fhall fay to the People, Let us fervently and intensely pray to God through his Christ.

Then the People fhall kneel down, and the Priest fhall fay the following prayer.

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Lord and heavenly Father, according to the inftitution of thy dearly beloved Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift, we thy humble fervants do celebrate and make here before thy divine majesty, with these thy Holy Gifts, the Memorial which thy Son hath commanded us to make, having in remembrance his bleffed paffion, mighty refurrection, and glorious afcenfion; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the fame; entirely defiring thy fatherly goodnefs mercifully to accept this our facrifice of praise and thanksgiving; moft humbly befeeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jefus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole church may obtain remiffion of our fins, and all other benefits of his paffion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our felves, our fouls, and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively facrifice unto thee; humbly befeeching thee, that whofoever shall partake of these myftick bleffings of the most precious body and blood of thy Son Jefus Chrift, may worthily receive the fame, and

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may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we are unworthy through our manifold fins to offer unto thee any facrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service, not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jefus 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.

Then shall the Priest fay the following prayer of interceffion.

Almighty and ever-living God, who by thy holy

apostle haft taught us to make prayers and fupplications, and to give thanks for all men; we humbly befeech thee moft mercifully to accept these our oblations, and to receive thefe our prayers, which we offer unto thy divine majefty, befeeching thee to infpire continually the univerfal church with the fpirit of truth, unity, and concord; and grant that all they who confefs thy holy name, may agree in the truth of thy holy word, and live in unity and godly love. Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively word, and rightly and duly adminifter thy holy facraments. We befeech thee alfo to fave and defend all chriftian kings, princes, and governours; and efpecially thy fervant our King, that under him we may be godly and quietly governed: and grant unto his whole Council, and to all that are put in authority under him, that they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintainance of thy true religion and virtue. And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace,

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