Anfwet. And let our cry come unto: Anointed Servant now fet over us, and to his Heirs after him: Whom

thee.

Instead of the firft Collect at Morning Prayer, ball these two which follow be used.i

we beseech thee to blefs with all increafe of Grace, Honour and Happiness in this world, and to crown

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frong Tower of Defence unto thy fervants againft the face of their Enemies; We yield thee praise

and thanks for the wonderful deli-In the end of the Litany (which verance of thefe Kingdoms from ballways this day be used after THE GREAT REBELLION, and the Collect. [We humbly befeech all the Miferies and Oppreffions thee, O Father, &c.] ball this be confequent thereupon, under which faid which next followeth. they had fo long groned. We acknowledge it thy goodness that we were not utterly delivered over as a prey unto them: Befeeching thee fill to continue fuch thy Mercies towards us; that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

who haft been exceedingly gracious unto this Land, and by thy miraculous Providence didft deliver us out of our miferable Confufions, by reftoring to us, and to his own juft and undoubted Rights, our then moft gracious Sovereign Lord, thy fervant King Charles the Second, (notwithstanding all the power and malice of his Enemies) and by placing him in the Throne. of thefe kingdoms; thereby reftoring alfo unto us the publick and free profeffion of thy true Religion and Worship, together with our former peace and profperity, to the great comfort and joy of our hearts: We are here now before thee, with all due thankfulness, to acknowledge thine unfpeakable goodness herein, as upon this day, Thewed unto us, and to offer up our facrifice of praife for the fame, unto thy great and glorious Name; humbly be feeching thee to accept this our un feigned though unworthy Oblation of our felves: Vowing all holy O bedience in thought, word and work, unto thy divine Majefty; and promifing in thee and for thee all loyal and dutifulAllegiance to shine

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the world to come, for Jefus Chrift his fake, our only Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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ages fhewed forth thy power and mercy in the miraculous and gracious Deliverances of thy Church, and in the protection of righteous and religious Kings and States, profeffing thy holy and eternal Truth, from the malicious Con fpiracies, and wicked Practices of

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thee from the very bottom of our hearts unfeigned thanks and praife, as for thy many great and publick Mercies, fo especially for that fignal and wonderful Deliverance by thy wife and good providence, as upon this day, completed and vouchfafed to our then moft graci ous Sovereign King Charles the Second, and all the Royal Family": And in them and with them to this whole Church and State, and all Orders and Degrees of men in both, from the unnatural Rebellion, ufurpation and Tyranny of ungodly and cruel men, and from the fad confufions and ruin thereupon enfuing. From all thefe, O gracious and merciful Lord God, not our merit, but thy mercy; not our forefight, but thy providence; not our own arm, but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance did refcue and deliver us; even because thou hadft a favour unto us. And therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name be afcribed all honour, glory and praise, with most humble, and hearty thanks, in all Churches of the Saints: Even fo, blefied

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bleffed be the Lord our God, who thy oblation of our felves: Vowing
alone doth wondrous things; And all holy obedience in Thought,
bleffed be the Name of his Majefty Word and Work, unto thy Divine
for ever, through Jefus Chrift our Majefty; and promifing in thee and
Lord and Saviour. Amen.
for thee all loyal and dutiful Al-
legiance to thine Anointed Servant
now fet over us, and to his Heirs
after him: Whom we beseech thee
to blefs with all increase of grace,
honour and happiness in this world,
to
ty and glory in the world to come,
for Jefus Chrift his fake, our only
Lord and Saviour. Amen.

The Epiftle. 1 S. Pet. II. 11.-17.
The Gospel. S. Matth. XXII.

In the Communion-Service, immediately before the reading of the Epistle, shall these two Colects be ufed, inftead of the Collect for the King, and the Collect of the Day. Almighty art a Strong Tower of Defence unto thy fervants against the face of their enemies; We yield thee praise and thanks for the wonderful deliverance of thefe Kingdoms from THE GREAT REBELLION, and all the miferies and oppreffions confequent thereupon, under which they had fo long groan'd. We acknowledge it thy goodness, that we were not utterly delivered over as a prey unto them: Befeeching thee ftill to continue fuch thy Mercies towards us; that all the World may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

Not every one that faith unto me, Lord, Lord, fhall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father which is in heaven. S. Matth. 7. 21..

After the Prayer [For the whole ftate of Chrifts Church, &c.] this Collect following fhall be used.

Lord God of our falvation, Almighty God and heavenly

Father, who of

who haft been exceedingly gracious unto this land, and by thy miraculous Providence didft deliver us out of our miferable Confufions, by reftoring to us, and to his own juft and undoubted Rights, our then moft gracious Sovereign Lord, thy Servant King Charles the Second, (notwithstanding all the power and malice of his enemies) and by placing him in the Throne of stele Kingdoms; thereby reftoring alfo unto us the publick and free Profeffion of thy true Religion and Worship, together with our former peace and profperity, to the great comfort and joy of our hearts: We are here now before thee, with all due thankfulness, to acknowledge thine unfpeakable goodness herein, as upon this day fhewed unto us, and to offer up our facrifice of praife for the fame, unto thy great and glorious Name; humbly befceching thee to accept this our unfeigned though unwor

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In the Offertory fball this Sentence be read.

and un'peakable goodness towards us, didft in a moft extraordinary and wonderful manner difappoint and overthrow the wicked Designs of thofe traiterous, heady and high-minded men, who under the pretence of Religion, and thy moft holy Name, had contrived, and well-nigh effected the utter deftru&tion of this Church and Kingdom: As we do this Day moft heartily and devoutly adore and magnific thy glorious Name for this thine infinite gracious goodness already vouchfafed to us; fo we moft humbly beseech thee to continue thy grace and favour towards us, hiding and covering us under the fhadow of thy wings, that no fuch difmal calamity may ever again fall upon us. To this end fend forth thy light and thy truth, for the difcovery of thefe depths of Satan, this myftery of iniquity. Infatuate and defeat all the fecret counfels of the ungodly. Abate their pride, al1wage

fwage their malice, and confound of Defence against the face of all their devices. Strengthen the hands his enemies. As for those that are of our gracious Sovereign King implacable, clothe them with fhame GEORGE, and all that are put and confufion, but upon himself in Authority under him, with Judge and his pofterity let the Crown ment and Juftice, to cut off all for ever flourish. So we that are fuch workers of iniquity, as turn thy people, and the sheep of thy Religion into Rebellion, and Faith Pafture, fhall give thee thanks for into Faction; that they may never ever, and will always be thawing again prevail against us, nor tri- forth thy praise from generation to amph in the ruin of the Monarchy generation, through Jefus Chrift and thy Church among us. Protect our only Saviour and Redeemer; and defend our Sovereign Lord the to whom with thee, O Father, and King, with the whole Royal Fa- God the Holy Ghoft, be glory in mily, from all Treafons and Con- the Church throughout all ages, fpiracies. Be unto him an Helmet world without end. Amen. of Salvation, and a ftrong Tower

GEORGE R.

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UR Will and Pleafure is, That these three Forms of Prayer and Service,made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, and the Twenty ninth of May, be forthwith Printed and Published, and for the future annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the Church of England, to be ufed Yearly on the faid Days, in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels, in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls within both Our Univerfities, and of Our Colleges of Eaton and Winchefter, and in all Pa rish-Churches and Chapels within that part of Our Kingdom of Great Britain called England, the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed..

Given at Our Court at St. James's the Ninth Day of November, 1714. in the First Year of Our Reign.

By His Majefties Command,

Townshend.

A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving to Almighty God; to be used in all Churches and Chapels within this Realm, every Year upon the First Day of Auguft: Being the Day on which His Majefty began His Happy Reign.

The Service foall be the fame with the ufual Office for Holy-days in all things; Except where it is in this Office otherwile appointed.

If this Day shall happen to be Sunday, the Proper Office for that Sunday bad be wholly omitted. and this ufed inftead of it: But however it fball happen, there foall be Notice thereof given publickly in the Church the Sunday before.

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