Then fhall the Prieft turn to the Lord's Table and fay, f Every day, morning and evening, (P 92. 1, 2) and upon all occafions, Eph. 5. 20. g In the Church, (Luke 24. 53. 1.Cor. 14 16) with the Family, (See the Command ments, 17 2. c.) and in private; Dan. 6. 10) and wherefoever It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times f, and in all places g, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy h Father, Almighty everlasting God i. Thefe words [Holy Father] must be omitted on Trinity Sunday k. And we have occafion to give thanks. b Infinitely good. therefore the giver of all good; because he is Almighty, that is, Lord of all, and Everlafting God. Our duty is to give thanks to him for Chrift's Dying for the forgiveness of our fins, and for all the Benefits we receive thereby in all times and places. k Because we then give this thanks to the Holy Trinity. Here fhall follow the proper Preface, according to the time, if there be any specially appointed: or else immediately fhall follow. I For thy giving thine only Son to Die for the forgiveness of our fins, and for all the Benefits we receive thereby, (of which BeWine are fome (See the Creed 44 2) and for thy ordaining this Bleffed Remembrance of his Dying for us. nefits the Bread and Therefore I with Angels, and Archangels m, and with all the company of heaven n, we laudo and magnify P thy glorious Name qevermore r praifing thee, and faying, Holy, Holy, Holy s Lord God of bofts t, beaven and earth are full of thy glory u. Glory v be to thee, O Lord, most high w*. Amen x. Rev. 1. 4. m The Princes of the Angels. Dan. 10. 13, 21. M lafting 177 lafting Glory with him is one. In every Communion, and upon all other occafions. s Infinitely good. Of all the Armies of heaven and earth, ordering all for our good. u Thy Glorious Benefits which we partake of by the Death of thy Son. Even all we fee on earth are glorious in the wisdom and power of the making and preferving them. Our higheft thanksgiving. For thy giving thine only Son to Die for the forgiveness of our fins, and for all the Benefits we receive thereby, (of which Benefits the Bread and Wine are fome) and for thy ordaining this Bleffed Remembrance of his Dying for us. It is a Bleffed Remembrance, i In that it is a Comfortable and Joyful Remembrance: 2 In that it Preferves and Quickens our Belief of the Promises, and our Obedience to the Commands of the New Teftament, which we fee feal'd with the Death of Chrift: 3 In that by preferving and quickening our belief and obedience, it is the Means of receiving all the Promifes of the New Testament feal'd and obtain'd by the Death of Chrift. For it is by our belief and obedience that we receive the Mercies promifed. To exprefs our higheft Thanksgiving, we give thanks with the Angels, and all the company of heaven, and in the words of the Angels, Ijai. 6. 3. Luk 2. 14. x I give all the thanks of this Thanksgiving. PROPER PREFACES. Upon Christmas-day, and feven days after. 9 John 3. 17 z Wonderful working. a John 1. 14. 6 Bred in her womb as other Children. Gal. 4. 4. ei Pet. 1.19. d Matth. 1. 20, 21. To ob tain by his Death the full pardon of all our fins, and grace and all the other benefits of pardon. 1 John 1. 7. Because thou didst give Jefus Chrift thine only Son to be born as at this time for us y: who by the operation z of the Holy Ghost, was made very man a, of the fubftance of the Virgin Mary his mother b, and that without Spot of fin c, to make us clean from all fin d. Therefore e with Angels, &c. Heb. 2. 14. e For thy fending thine only Son into the world to Die for the forgivenefs of our fins, and for all the Benefits we receive thereby, &c. See before note 1. When after this and the other Prefaces, you fay thy glorious Name; understand both the glory before notes q, u, and alfo the glory spoken of in the Preface. As here, his glorious mer in giving his only Son to be born for us. At Eafter his glorious raifing his Son from the dead. On Afcenfion day, his glo су rious rious raifing and exalting him. At Whitfuntide, his glorious fending the Holy Ghoft. And on Trinity Sunday, the glory of the one God in three Perfons. When you fay, Glory be to thee, O Lord, most high, give thanks again for all the fame mercies for which you then gave thanks before. Upon Eafter-day, and feven days after. f His Rifing again 24. 26.) And his Rifing again for our everlafting life (1 Cor. 15. 20, 21, 22) bought by his Death. John 3. 14, 15. g For thus he Died and Rofe again for our everlafting life. b Paffover from death: as by the Paffover lamb the peo ple of Ifrael were deli lamb, in delivering us But chiefly we are bound to praise thee for the glorious Refurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord f. For g he is the very Pafchal lamb h which was offer'd for us i, and bath taken k the fin of the world: away who by bis Death 1 bath deftroyed death m; and by his Rifing to life again, bath reStored to us everlasting life n. Therefore o with Angels, &c. vered from death. Exod. 12. 11, 12, 13. Upon the Crofs. k Obtained pardon for. Taking away our fins. m Delivered us from everlasting death. n Upon the account of his taking away our fins by his Death, he hath, by his Rifing to life again, reftord to us everlasting life, in that he rose again to call us into the way to it, (Matth. 28. 18, 19, 20. Als 5. 31. Ch.. 26. 17, 18) and to go up into heaven to prepare a place for us, and to come again and receive us thither. John 14. 2, 3. For. thy giving thine only Son to take away our fins by his Death, and for thy Raifing him again to his Glory, and to restore to us everlasting life bought by his Death, and for all the Benefits we receive by his Death, &c. See before. Upon Afcenfion-day, and feven days after. him to Die for the Through thy most dearly beFor thy giving loved Son Jefus Christ our Lord p: who after his most glorious Refurrection q manifeftly forgiveness of our fins, and for all the mercies we receive thereby. God's giving his most dearly beloved Son to Die for us, fhews the Infinite Greatnefs of his Love to us. 9 Whereby he most M 2 gloriously gloriously overcame appeared to all bis Apoftles r*, and in their fight afcended up into beaven s to prepare a place for us; that where he is, thither we might alfo afcendt, and reign with him in glory u. Therefore v with Angels, &c. t John 14. 2, 3. u Rom. 8. 17, 18. For thy giving thine only Son to Die for the forgiveness of our fins, and for his Afcenfion into heaven to prepare a place for us to reign with him in the glory bought by his Death, and for all the Be nefits we receive by his Death, &c. Upon Whitfunday, and fix days after. w For thy giving him to Die for the forgiveness of our fins, and for all the Mer cies we receive there- b Acts 2. 4 to 12. 1. 7, Ads 4. 13,31.2 Tim. Ghoft to enable the Through Jefus Christ our Lord w: according to whofe most true promife x, the Holy Ghoft came down as at this time from heaven with a fudden great found, as it had been a mighty. wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues y lighting upon the Apoftles z; to teach them, and to lead them to all truth a; giv ing them both the gift of divers languages b, and alfo boldness with fervent zeal c conftantly to preach the Gospel unto all nations d: whereby e we have been brought out of darkness and errorf, into the clear light, and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jefus Chrift. There fore g with Angels, &c. enable thy Apoftles to preach to 'all nations the Gospel of Salvation by Christ's Death, and for all the Benefits we receive by his Death, &c. Upon Again in that each of them is the fame One God. Phil. 2. 6. 1 Cor. 2. 10, 1. The Holy Ghoft being the Spirit of God, and fo truly God, is equal with God in knowing all things. And by the fame reafon he is equal with God in all other refpects. He that is God, must be equal with God, being one and the fame God. There is this difference, that the Father is of none, not begotten, nor proceeding: the Son is of the Father alone, begotten, not proceeding: the Holy Ghoft is of the Father, and of the Son, not begotten, but proceeding. 1 The meaning therefore of without any difference or inequa lity, is that each of the Holy Perfons is the fame One perfect God, and not greater or less than the other. 9 For thy giving Chrift to Die for the forgiveness of our fins, and for all the Benefits we receive by his Death, &c. See the Creed, 50 2. 20, 21. As it was the Manhood of Chrift that Died: fo his Manhood was given to Die for us by the Father, (1 John 4. 10) and by the Son, (1 John 3. 16) and by the Holy Ghoft. Matth. 1. All the Three Holy Perfons were the Maker, and Preferver, and Difpofer of the Manhood of the Son. r I believe, and give thanks according to this Thanksgiving. A's before the Giving thanks, which is the first thing of this holy Feaft, we do earnestly humble our felves with confeffing our fins and evil deferts: fo before the fecond thing, which is the Bleffing the holy Signs with Chrift's Word, that is, fhewing how they are taken according to his Words; we do alfo earnestly humble our felves, by con-4, 5. M 3 feffing SI Tim. |