upon earth : thy faving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praife thee. : O let the nations rejoyce and be glad for thou fhalt judge the folk righteoufly, and govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praife thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. Minifter. forth her increase: and God even our own God, fhall give us his bleffing. Then fhall the earth bring God of Abraham, God of God fhall blefs us: and all the ends of the world fhall fear him. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the, &c. The Pfalm ended, and the man and the woman kneeling before the Lords Table, the Prieft ftanding at the Table, and turning his face towards them, fhall fay, Lord, have mercy upon us. Anfier. Christ, have mercy upon us. Minifler. Lord, have mercy upon us. Ifaac, God of Jacob, blefs thefe thy fervants, and fow the feed of eternal life in their hearts, that whatsoever in thy holy Word they fhall profitably learn,they may in deed fulfil the fame. Look, O Lord, mercifully upon then from heaven, and blefs them. And as thou didft fend thy bleffing upon Abraham and Sarah, to their great comfort; fo vouchfafe to fend thy bleffing upon thefe thy fervants, that they obeying thy will, and alway being in fafety under thy protection, may abide in thy love unto their lives end, thro' Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. This Prayer next following hall be omitted, where the Heaven; Hallowed be thy woman is paft Child-bearing.. Name. Thy Kingdom come. MercifulLord and heavenThy will be done in earth, Asly Father, by whofe grait is in heaven. Give us this cious gift mankind is increased; day our daily bread. And for- We beseech thee affift with thy give us our trefpaffes, As we bleffing these two perfons, that forgive them that trefpafs a- they may both be fruitful in gainst us. And lead us not into procreation of children,and alfo temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Minifier. O Lord, fave thy fervant, and thy handmaid; Anfwer. Who put their truft in thec. help from holy place. Miniffer thy Lord, find them live together fo long in godly love and honefty, that they may fee their children Chriftianly and virtuously brought up, to thy praife and honour, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. God, who by thy de alt ty power haft made things of nothing, who also (after other things fet in order) didft appoint that out of man (created after thine own image (created study woman hoid of Man and Wife, the Minifter shall read as followeth. A Ll ye that are married, or that intend to take the take her beginning; and knit- holy eftate of Matrimony upting them together, didft teach on you, hear what the holy that it fhould never be lawful Scripture doth say as touching to put afunder thofe whom the duty of husbands towards thou by Matrimony hadft made their wives, and wives towards one: O God, who haft confe- their husbands. crated the ftate of Matrimony Saint Paul in his Epiftle to to fuch an excellent myftery, the Ephefians, the fifth Chap that in it is fignifiel and repre- ter, doth give this Commandfented the fpiritual marriage ment to all married men, Husand unity betwixt Chrift and bands, love your wives, even his Church, Look mercifully as Chrift alfo loved theChurch, upon thefe thy fervants, that and gave himself for it, that both this man may love his he might fan&tifie and cleanse wife, according to thy word, it with the washing of water by (as Chrift did love his fpoufe the Word; that he might pre the Church, who gave himself sent it to himself a glorious for it, loving and cherishing it Church, not having spot or even as his own flesh) and al- wrinkle, or any fuch thing; but fo that this woman may be lo- that it fhould be holy and with ving and amiable, faithful and out blemish. So ought men to obedient to her husband, and love their wives, as their own in all quietnefs, fobriety and bodies: He that loveth his wife, peace, be a follower of holy loveth himself. For no man eand godly matrons. O Lord, ver yet hated his own flesh, but bles them both, and grant nourisheth and cherisheth it, them to inherit thy everlasting even as the Lord the Church: kingdom, through Jefus Chrift For we are members of his boour Lord. Amen. dy,of his flesh, and of his bones. For this caufe fhall a man leave Then all the Priest fay, Almighty God, who at the his father and mother, and beginning did create our fall be joyned unto his wife, firth parents, Adam and Eve, and they two fhall be one flesh. and did fanétific and joyn them This is a great mystery; but I together in marriage; Pour fpeak concerning Chrift and the upon you the riches of his Church. Nevertheless, let e grace, fan&tifie and blefs you, very one of you in particular, that ye may please him both in fo love his wife even as himself. body and foul, and live toge- Ephef. 5.25. ther in holy love unto your lives end. Amen. Likewife the fame Saint Paul writing to theColoffians, fpeakAfter which, if there be no eth thus to all men that are Sermon declaring the duties married, Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against mit your felves unto your own them. Col. 3. 19. husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Col. 3. 18. Hear alfo what Saint Peter the Apoftle of Chrift, who was himself a married man, faith unto them that are married, Ye husbands, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker veffel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindred. 1 S. Pet. 3. 7. Hitherto ye have heard the duty of the husband toward the wife. Now likewife, ye wives, hear and learn your duties toward your husbands, even as it is plainly fet forth in holy Scripture. Sain: Peter alfo doth inftru&t you very well, thus faying, Ye wives, be in fubjection to your own husbands; that if any obey not the Word, they alfo may without the Word be won by the converfation of the wives while they behold your chafte converfation coupled with fear, Whofe adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet fpirit, which is in the fight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time, the holy women alfo who trufted inGod, adorned themselves, being in fubjection unto their own huf Saint Paul in the aforenamed Epiftle to the Ephefians, teacheth you thus, Wives, fubmit your felves unto your own hufbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Chrift is the head bands; even as Sarah obeyed of the Church and he is the Abraham, calling him lord; Saviour of the body. Therefore whofe daughters ye are as long as the Church is fubje&t unto as ye do well, and are not aChrift, fo let the wives be to fraid with any amazement. their own husbands in every 1 S. Pet. 3. 1. thing. And again he faith, Let the wife fee that the reverence her husband. Ephef. 5. 22. And in his Epiftle to the Coloffians, Saint Paul giveth you this fhort leffon, Wives, fub It is convenient that the new married perfons fhould receive the holy Communion at the time of their Marriage, or at the first opportunity after their Marriage. The Order for the Vifitation of the Sick. When any person is fick, notice ¶ When he cometh into the fick | fhall be given thereof to the Minifter of the Parish; who mans prefence, he shall say, kneeling down, Emember not, Lord, our coming into the fick perfons Riniquities, nor the iniqui house, fhall fay, ties of our forefathers. Spare us, good Lord, spare thy peo ple, ! ple, whom thou haft redeemed my, and keep him in perpetual with thy moft precious blood, peace and fatety, through Jefus and be not angry with us forever. Chrift our Lord. Amen. Arfen. Spaven & and merciful God and Savi. our; extend thy accuftomed goodness tothis thy fervant who is grieved with fickness. Santifie, we beseech thee, this thy OH Father which artin fatherly correction to him; that Heaven; Hallowed be thy the fenfe of his weakness may Name. Thy Kingdom come. add ftrength to his faith, and Thy will be done in Earth, As ferioufnels to his repentance. it is in Heaven. Give us this That if it fhall be thy good day our daily bread. And for- pleasure to reftore him to his give us our trefpaffes, As we former health, he may lead the forgive them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Minifter. O Lord, fave thy fervant; Anfwer. Which putteth his truft in thee. Minifter. Send him help from thy holy place, Answer. And evermore mightily defend him. Minifter. Let the enemy have no advantage of him; Anfwer. Nor the wicked approach to hurt him. Minifter. Be unto him, O enemy. Minifter. O Lord, hear our prayers. refidue of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory or elfe give him grace fo to take thy vifitation, that after this painful life ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlasting, through Je fus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then hall the Minifter exhort the fick perfon after this form, or other like. DE Early beloved, know this, that Almighty God is the Lord of life and death, and of all things to them pertaining, as youth, ftrength, health, age, weakness, and sickness. Wherefore, whatsoever your fickness is, know you certainly that it is Gods vifitation. And for what cause foever this fickness is fent unto you, whether it be to try your patience for the example of others, and that your faith may be found in the day of the Lord, look down from Lord, laudable, glorious, and heaven, behold, vifit and honourable, to the increase of relieve this thy fervant. Look glory and endless felicity; or upon him with the eyes of thy elfe it be fent unto you to cormercy, give him comfort and rest and amend in you whatfofure confidence in thee, defend ever doth offend the eyes of him from the danger of the ene- your heavenly Father; know Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Minifter. you T you certainly, that if you truly please his gracious goodness to repent you of your fins, and vifit us. And there fhould be bear your fickness patiently, no greater comfort to Chriftian trufting in Gods mercy, for his perfons,than to be made like undear Son Jefus Chrifts fake, toChrift, by suffering patiently and render unto him humble adverfities, troubles, and fickthanks for his fatherly vifitati- neffes. For he himself went not on, fubmitting your felf wholly up to joy, but first he suffered unto his will, it fhall turn to pain, he entred not into his your profit, and help you for- glory before he was crucified. ward in the right way that So truly our way to eternal joy, leadeth unto everlafting life. is to fuffer here with Chrift; If the perfon visited be very and our door to enter into eterfick, then the Curate may end nal life, is gladly to die with his Exhortation in this place, Chrift; that we may rise again or elfe proceed. from death, and dwell with Ake therefore in good part, him in everlasting life. Now the chaftifement of the therefore taking your fickness, Lord: for (as Saint Paul faith which is thus profitable for in the twelfth Chapter to the you, patiently, I exhort you Hebrews) whom the Lord lo- in the Name of God, to reveth he chaftneth, and scour- member the profeffion which geth every fon whom he recei- you made unto God in your veth. If ye endure chaftning, Baptism. And forasmuch as afGod dealeth with you as with ter this life, there is an account fons for what fon is he whom to be given unto the righteous the father chaftneth not? But Judge, by whom all muft be if ye be without chaftifement, judged without respect of perwhereof all are partakers, then fons; I require you to examine are ye baftards, and not fons. your self and your estate, both Furthermore, we have had fa- toward God and man; fo that thers of our flefh, which cor- accufing and condemning your rested us, and we gave them felf for your own faults, you reverence: fhall we not much may find mercy at our heavenrather be in fubjection unto the ly Fathers hand for Chrifts Father of Spirits, and live? For fake, and not be accufed and they verily for a few days chaft- condemned in that fearful judgned us after their own plea- ment. Therefore I fhall refure; but he for our profit, hearfe to you the Articles of that we might be partakers of our Faith, that you may know his holiness. These words, whether you do believe as a good brother, are written in ho- Chriftian man fhould, or no. IyScripture for our comfort and inftruction, that we fhould patiently, and with thanksgiving bear our heavenly Fathers correction, whenfoever by any manner of adverfity, it fhall Here the Minifter shall rehearse the Articles of the Faith, faying thus, Oft thou believe in God Dthe Father Almighty, Ma ker of Heaven and Earth? And |