The Book of Common Prayer Part 35

_The Holy Table, having at the Communion time a fair white linen cloth upon it, with other decent furniture meet for the high Mysteries there to be celebrated, shall stand at the uppermost part of the Chancel or Church. And the Presbyter, standing at the Holy Table, shall say the Lord's Prayer, with the collect following for due preparation, the people kneeling_.

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespa.s.ses, As we forgive them that trespa.s.s against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

_The Collect_.

Almighty G.o.d, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord.

_Amen_.

_Then shall the Presbyter, turning to the people, rehea.r.s.e distinctly all the Ten Commandments: the people all the while kneeling, and asking G.o.d mercy for the transgression of every duty therein, according to the letter or to the spiritual import of each Commandment, and grace to keep the same for the time to come_.

G.o.d spake these words and said; I am the Lord thy G.o.d: Thou shalt have none other G.o.ds but me.

_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

_Presbyter_. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor wors.h.i.+p them: for I the Lord thy G.o.d am a jealous G.o.d, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments.

_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

_Presbyter_. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy G.o.d in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his Name in vain.

_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

_Presbyter_. Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath-day. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy G.o.d. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

_Presbyter_. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy G.o.d giveth thee.

_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

_Presbyter_. Thou shalt do no murder.

_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

_Presbyter_. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

_Presbyter_. Thou shalt not steal.

_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

_Presbyter_. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

_Presbyter_. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his a.s.s, nor anything that is his.

_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee.

| _Or he may rehea.r.s.e, instead of the Ten Commandments, the Summary | of the Law as followeth_: | | Our Lord Jesus Christ said: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our G.o.d is | one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy G.o.d with all thy heart, | and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy | strength: This is the first commandment. And the second is like, | namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: there is | none other commandment greater than these.

| | On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

| | _People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write these thy laws in | our hearts, we beseech thee.

_Or else instead of the Ten Commandments or the Summary of the Law, may be sung or said on week-days, not being Great Festivals, as followeth_:

Lord, have mercy upon us.

_Christ, have mercy upon us_.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

_Then the Presbyter shall say_,

The Lord be with you.

_Answer_. And with thy spirit.

_Presbyter_. Let us pray.

_Then the Presbyter, turning to the Holy Table, shall say the Collect, or Collects; and then the Presbyter, or some other Presbyter or Deacon, shall read the Epistle, saying_, The Epistle [_or_, The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle] is written in the------chapter of------beginning at the------verse.

_And, the Epistle ended, he shall say_, Here endeth the Epistle.

_Then shall the Presbyter, or some other Presbyter or Deacon, read the Gospel, saying_, The Holy Gospel is written in the------chapter of the Gospel according to------, beginning at the------verse; _and the people, all standing up, shall devoutly sing or say_,

Glory be to thee, O Lord.

_And, the Gospel ended, the people shall in like manner sing or say_,

Thanks be to thee, O Lord, for this thy glorious Gospel.

_Then shall be sung or said this Creed following, the people still reverently standing_.

I believe in one G.o.d the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible:

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of G.o.d, Begotten of his Father before all worlds, G.o.d of G.o.d, Light of Light, Very G.o.d of Very G.o.d, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father; By whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is wors.h.i.+pped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets.

And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins. And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen.

_Then the Presbyter shall declare unto the people what Holy-days or Fasting-days are in the week to be observed. And also (if occasion be) notice shall be given of the Holy Communion; banns of Matrimony may be published; and, subject to the authority of the Bishop, other notices may be read_.

_If there be a Sermon it followeth here_.

_When the Presbyter giveth learning of the Holy Communion he may, at his discretion, use the first or the second of the Exhortations appended to this Liturgy_.

_The third Exhortation appended to this Liturgy may be used at the discretion of the Presbyter before the Offertory, the people standing_.

_Then the Presbyter, or Deacon, shall say_,