$127. Then the Priest shall give thanks to God, in the name of all them that have communicated, turning him first to the people, and saying,

The Lord be with you.

The Answer. And with thy spirit.

The Priest. Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY and everliving GOD, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou hast vouchsafed to feed us in these holy Mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious body and blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, and hast assured us (duly receiving the same) of thy favour and goodness. toward us, and that we be very members incorporate in thy mystical body, which is the blessed company of all faithful people, and heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. We therefore most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works, as thou hast prepared for us to walk in: through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end'.

§ 126.

Give us And for

Then shall the Priest say the Lord's Prayer, the people repeating after him every Petition. OUR Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. this day our daily bread. give us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation : But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. [Here follows108. See p. 247.

§ 127. Or this. ALMIGHTY and everliving, &c. [Same as 1552, to] world without end. Amen.

[Here follows 78. See p. 215.]

S

§ 128. Then the Priest turning him to the people, shall let them depart with this blessing:

m

The peace of GOD (which passeth all understanding) keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of GOD, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you alway.

§ 129. Where there are no clerks, there the Priest shall say all things appointed here for them to sing.

§130. When the holy Communion is celebrate on the workday, or in private houses: Then may be omitted, [the] Gloria in excelsis, the Creed, the Homily, and the exhortation, beginning,

Dearly beloved, &c.

§132. Collects to be said after the Offertory, when there is no Communion, every such day one.

ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants toward the attainment of everlasting salvation: that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever be defended by

O.H.C. Edw. VI. 1548.

§ 128. Then shall the Priest, turning him to the people. let the people depart with this blessing¶.

THE peace of God, which, &c. [Same as 1549, to]

Jesus Christ our Lord.

To the which the people shall answer.
Amen.

[Here follows 141. See p. 262.]

Second Edward VI. 1552. § 128. Then the Priest or the Bishop, if he be present, shall let them depart with this blessing".

mIn one ed. O.H.C. 1548, "and in."

In eds. 1552, and 1559, "Jesu;" but in eds. 1637 and 1662, "Jesus."

In one ed. 1552, and 1559, "among." P In ed. 1662, "towards.'

This, in O.H.C., follows on after 119. See p. 254.

thy most gracious and ready help; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

O ALMIGHTY Lord and everliving GOD, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments: that through thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul: Through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words which we have heard this day with our outward ears, may through thy grace be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the honour and praise of thy name: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Elizabeth, 1559.

§ 128. Then the Priest, &c. THE Peace of God, &c.

[Same as 1552.]

§132. Collects to be said, &c.

[Same as 1552.]

ASSIST us mercifully, &c.
[Same as 1549 throughout.]

James I. 1604.

§ 128. Then the Priest, &c. THE Peace of God, &c.

[Same as 1552.]

§ 132. Collects to be said, &c. [Same as 1552.]

ASSIST us mercifully, &c.

[Same as 1549 throughout.]

Scotch Liturgy, 1637.

§ 128. Then the Presbyter or Bishop if he be present, shall let them depart with this blessing.

THE Peace of God, &c.

[Same as 1549, to]

remain with you always. Amen.

In ed. 1662, "Jesus Christ."

In Scotch ed., 1637, and ed. 1662, "everlasting God."

§ 131. After the divine service end-
ed, that which was offered shall
be divided in the presence of the
presbyter and the churchwardens,
whereof one half shall be to the use
of the presbyter, to provide him
books of holy divinity; the other
half shall be faithfully kept and
employed on some pious or charit-
able use, for the decent furnishing
of that church, or the public relief
of their poor, at the discretion of
the presbyter and churchwardens.
$132. Collects to be said, &c.
[Same as 1552.]

ASSIST us mercifully, &c.
[Same as 1549 throughout.]

PREVENT US, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and 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.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom, which © knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking: we beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities, and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us for the worthiness of thy Son Jesu Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, which hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Son's name, we beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications unto thee: and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will, may effectually be obtained to the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of thy glory: Through Jesus Christ our Lord f.

¶ For rains.

O GOD heavenly Father, which by thy Son Jesu Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to the bodily sus

Second Edw. VI. 1552. PREVENT us, O Lord, &c. ALMIGHTY God, the fountain, &c. [Same as 1549.]

[The prayers For Rain and For Fair Weather are here omitted, as also 133: and instead of 134]

$135. Upon the holy days, if there be no Communion, shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion, until the end of the Homily, concluding with the general prayer, for the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in earth' and one or more of these Collects before rehearsed, as occasion shall serve.

b In one ed., 1549, "Through, &c." In ed. 1662, "who."

d In ed. 1662, "Jesus."

h

In one ed., 1552, "have" omitted. In eds. 1552 and afterwards, “Amen” added.

tenance: send us, we beseech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth, to our comfort and to thy honour; Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For fair weather.

O LORD God, which for the sin of man, didst once drown all the world, except eight persons, and afterward of thy great mercy, didst promise never to destroy it so again: We humbly beseech thee, that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved this plague of rain and waters, yet, upon our true repentance, thou wilt send us such weather. whereby we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season, and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives, and by the granting of our petition to give thee praise and glory: Through Jesu Christ our Lord.

§ 133. Upon Wednesdays and Fridays, the English Litany shall be said or sung in all places, after such form as is appointed by the king's majesty's Injunctions: Or as is or shall be otherwise appointed by his highness. § 134. And though there be none to communicate with the Priest, yet these days (after the Litany ended) the Priest shall put upon him a plain Albe or surplice, with a cope, and say all things at the Altar (appointed to be said at the celebration of the Lord's supper,) until after the offertory. And then shall add one or two of the Collects aforewritten, as occasion shall

serve, by his discretion. And then turning him to the people shall let them depart with the accustomed blessing.

§ 136. And the same order shall be used all other days, whensoever the people be customably assembled to pray in the church, and none disposed to com municate with the Priest.