FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Al-OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hal mighty God, of his goodness, to give you safe deliverance, and to preserve you in the great danger of Child-birth; you shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God, and say, ¶Then shall the Minister say the follow. ing Hymn, taken from the 116th Psalm. Dilexi quoniam. I AM well pleased that the LORD hath heard the voice of my prayer; That he hath inclined his ear unto me; therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. I found trouble and heaviness, and I called upon the Name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. What reward shall I give unto the LORD, for all the benefits that he hath done unto me? I will receive the cup of salvation, and call upon the Name of the LORD. I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people; in the courts of the LORD's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem, Praise the LORD. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. T Then shall the Minister say the Lord's Prayer, with what follows: but the Lord's Prayer may be omitted, if this be used with the Morning or Evening Prayer. lowed be thy Name. come. Thy will be done on earth, As it Thy kingdom is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But de liver us from evil. Amen. Minister. O Lord, save this woman thy servant; er; Answer. Who putteth her trust in thee. Minister. Be thou to her a strong tow Answer From the face of her enemy. Minister. Lord, hear our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Minister. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, we thee hum ble thanks for that thou hast been graciously pleased to preserve, through the great pain and peril of Child-birth, this woman thy servant, who desires now to offer her praises and thanksgivings unto thee. Grant, we beseech thee, most merciful Father, that she, through thy help, may both faithfully live, and walk accord ing to thy will, in this life present; and al so may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Woman, that cometh to give her Thanks, must offer accustomed offerings, which shall be applied by the Minister and the Churchwardens to the relief of distressed Women in child bed; and if there be a Communion, it is convenient that she receive the Holy Communion. FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. T The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea, shall be the same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. T These two following Prayers may be also used in ships of war. ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea; who hast compassed the waters with bounds, until day and night come to an end; Be pleased to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection, the persons of us thy servants, and the Fleet [or Ship] in which we serve. Preserve us from the dangers of the sea, and from the violence of the enemy; that we may be a safeguard unto the United States of America, and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions; that the inhabitants of our land may in peace and quietness serve thee our God; and that we may return in safety to enjoy the blessings of the land, with the fruits of our labour; and, with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies, to praise and glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Collect. with thy most gracious favour, and IRECT us, O Lord, in all our doings, further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name; and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea. MOST powerful and glorious Lord God, at whose command the winds. blow, and lift up the waves of the sea, and who stillest the rage thereof; We, thy creatures, but miserable sinners, do in this our great distress cry unto thee for help: Save, Lord, or else we perish. We confess, when we have been safe, and seen all things quiet about us, we have forgotten thee our God, and refused to hearken to the still voice of thy word, and to obey thy commandments: But now we see how terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder; the great God to be feared above all: And therefore we adore thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging thy power, and imploring thy goodness. Help, Lord, and save us for thy mercy's sake, in Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord. Amen. TOr this. MOST glorious and gracious Lord God, who dwellest in heaven, but beholdest all things below; Look down, we beseech thee, and hear us, calling out of the depth of misery, and out of the jaws of this death, which is now ready to swallow us up: Save, Lord, or else we perish. The living, the living shall praise tliee. O send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds and the roaring sea; that we, being delivered from this distress, may live to serve thee, and to glorify thy Name all the days of our life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The Prayer to be said before a figlu at sea against any enemy. MOST powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things; Thou sittest in the throne judging right, and therefore we make our address to thy Divine Ma jesty in this our necessity, that thou wouldest take the cause into thine own hand, and judge between us and our enemies. Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us; for thou givest not alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few. O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance; but hear us thy poor servants begging mercy, and imploring thy help, and that thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Short Prayers for single persons, who cannot meet to join in Prayer with others, by reason of the Fight, or Storm. General Prayers. O God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all who fly unto thee: O save us from the violence of the enemy. O Lord of hosts, fight for us, that we may glorify thee. O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins, or the violence of the enemy. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. Short Prayers in respect of a Storm. THOU, O Lord, who stillest the raging of the sea, hear, hear us, and save us, that we perish not. O blessed Saviour, who didst save thy disciples ready to perish in a storm, hear us, and save us, we beseech thee. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. O Lord, hear us. O Christ, hear us. God, the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon us, save us now and evermore. Amen. OR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But de liver us from evil. Amen. When there shall be imminent danger, as many as can be spared from necessary service in the Ship shall be called together, and make an humble Confession of their sin to God: In which, every one ought seriously to reflect upon those particular sins of which his conscience shall accuse him; saying as followeth, The Confession. ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, Which we from time to time most grievously have committed, By thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is intolerable. LORD be merciful to us sinners, and have mercerciful Father, For thy Son save us thy mercy's sake. Thou art the great God, who hast made and rulest all things O deliver us for thy Name's sake. Thou art the great God to be feared above all: O save us, that we may praise thee. Special Prayers with respect to the enemy. us, most our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶ Then shall the Priest, if there be any in the Ship, say, ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly re ther, who of his great mercy hath pro mised forgiveness of sins to all those who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him; Have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Thanksgiving after a storm. BE joyful in God, all ye lands; sing praises unto the honour of his Name; make his praise to be glorious. Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works; through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. For all the world shall worship thee, sing of thee, and praise thy Name." O come hither, and behold the works of God; how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men. He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold the people; and such as will: not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. O praise our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard; Who holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to slip. For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the snare; and laidest trouble upon our loins. I will go into thine house with burntofferings; and will pay thee my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God; and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul. I called unto him with my mouth, and gave him praises with my tongue. If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart, the Lord will not hear me. down again to the deep; their soul melteth away because of the trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. So when they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, he delivereth them out of their distress. For he maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. O that men would therefore praise the wonders that he doeth for the children of LORD for his goodness; and declare the men! That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders! and to the Holy Ghost; Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end Amen. Collects of Thanksgiving. MOST blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of infinite goodness and mercy; We, thy poor creatures, whom thou hast made and preserved, holding our souls in life, and now rescuing us out of the jaws of death, humbly present ourselves again before thy Divine Majesty, to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for that thou heardest us when we called in our trouble, and didst not cast out our prayer, which we made before thee in our great distress: Even when we gave all for lost, our ship, our goods, our lives, then didst thou mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully command a deliverance; for which we, now being in safety, do give all praise and glory to thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. π Or this. But God hath heard me; and consider-MOST mighty and gracious good God, ed the voice of my prayer. Praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer, nor turned his mercy from me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Confitemini Domino. Psalm cvii. THAT men would praise the Iwan for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell out his works with gladness! They that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. For at his word the stormy wind ariseth, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They are carried up to the heaven, and thy mercy is over all thy works, but in a special manner hath been extended towards us, whom thou hast so powerfully and wonderfully defended. Thou hast showed us terrible things, and wonders in the deep, that we might see how powerful and gracious a God thou art; how able and ready to help those who trust in thee. Thou hast showed us how both winds and seas obey thy ccmmand; that we may learn, even from them, herafter ther thy voice, and to do thy will. We fore bless and glorify thy Name, for this thy 'mercy in saving us, when we were ready to perish. And, we beseech thee, make us as truly sensible now of thy mercy, as we were then of the danger; And give us hearts always ready to express our thankfulness, not only by words, but also by our lives, in being more obedient to thy holy commandments. Continue, we beseech thee, this thy goodness to us; that we, whom thou hast saved, may serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving af. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of the sea. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mer cy. He hath not dealt with us according to our sins; neither rewarded us according to our iniquities. But as the heaven is high above the earth; so great hath been his mercy towards us. We found trouble and heaviness; we were even at death's door. The waters of the sea had well-nigh covered us; the proud waters had wellnigh gone over our soul. The sea roared; and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof. We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep; our soul melted within us, because of trou ble. Then cried we unto thee, O Lord; and thou didst deliver us out of our distress. Blessed be thy Name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy servants; but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us. Thou didst send forth thy command. ment; and the windy storm ceased, and was turned into a calm. O let us therefore praise the Lord for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he hath done, and still doeth for the children of men! Praised be the Lord daily; even the Lord that helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord, by whom we have escaped death. Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands; and we will triumph in thy praise. had not been on our side, when men rose up against us; They had swallowed us up quick, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us. Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul; the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul. But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us over as a prey unto them. The Lord hath wrought a mighty salvation for us. We got not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the hadst a favour unto us. light of thy countenance, because thou The Lord hath appeared for us; the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle. The Lord hath appeared for us; the Lord hath overthrown our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us. Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us; but unto thy Name be given the glory. The Lord hath done great things for us; the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice. Our help standeth in the Name of the Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. After this Hymn may be said the Te Deum. T Then this Collect. Commander of all the world, in whose ALMIGHTY God, the Sovereign hand is power and might, which none is able to withstand; We bless and magnify thy great and glorious Name for this hapPy Victory, the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee, who art the only giver of Victory. And, we beseech thee, give thy glory, the advancement of thy Gospel, us grace to improve this great mercy to the honour of our country, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And, we beseech thee, give us such a sense of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, such as may ap Blessed be the Lord God; even the Lord God, who only doeth wondrous things; And blessed be the Name of his Majes-pear in our lives by an humble, holy, and ty for ever; and let every one of us say. Amen, Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Sor, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanks giving after Victory. F the Lord had not been on our side, now may we say; if the Lord himself through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, obedient walking before thee all our days; with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so in particular for this Victory and Deliverance, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen." 2 Cor. xiii. 14. Tand love of God, and the fellowHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. At the Burial of the Dead at Sea. | E therefore commit his body to the W deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, the life of the world to come, through our (when the sea shall give up her dead,) and Lord Jesus Christ; who at his coming shall change our vile body, that it may be like ty working whereby he is able to subdue his glorious body, according to the mighall things unto himself. A FORM OF PRAYER FOR THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. When Morning or Evening Prayer shall be read in any Prison, instead of the Psalm, O come, let us sing, &c., shall be read the 130th Psalm: and the Minister shall insert, after the Collect for the day, the Collect in the following Service, O God, who sparest, &c., and at such times as the Litany is not read, he shall add the prayer, O God, merciful Father, who despisest not, fc. And when notice is given to the Minister, that a Prisoner is confined for some great or capital crime, he shall visit him; and when he cometh into the place where the Prisoner is, he shall say, kneeling down, REMEMBER not, Lord, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Answer. Spare us, good Lord. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. understanding of themselves, and of thy threats and promises; that they may neither cast away their confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee. Relieve the distressed, protect the innocent, and awaken the guilty: and forasmuch as thou alone bringest light out of darkness, and good out of evil, grant that the pains and punishments which these thy servants endure, through their bodily confinement, may tend to setting free their souls from the chains of sin; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THere the Minister, as he shall see convenient, may read the Prayer for All Conditions of Men, the Collect for AshWednesday, and the Collect beginning Almighty God, the fountain of all wis dom, &c., or any other prayer of the Liturgy, which he shall judge proper. Then shall the Minister exhort the pris oner or prisoners after this form, or other like. UR Father, who art in heaven, &c. upon us; Minister. O Lord, show thy mercy¶ Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Answer. And blot out all our iniquities. Minister. Send us help from thy holy place; Answer. For thine indignation lieth hard upon us. Minister. O Lord, hear our prayer; Answer. And let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee. The Collect. RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty G God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. GOD, who sparest when we deserve D humble yourself under the mighty hand ance. and thereto O punishment, and in thy wrath remem amine your life and conversation by the berest mercy; We humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness to comfort and succour all those who are under reproach and misery in the house of bondage; correct them not in thine anger, neither chasten them in thy sore displeasure. Give them a right rule of God's commandments; and whereinsoever you shall perceive yourself to have offended either by will, word, or deed, there to bewail your own sinfulness, and to confess yourself) Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if |