broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psal. li. 17.

Rend your heart, and not your garments; and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he hath set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10.

Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified. Psal. cxliii. 2.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and kind to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John i. 8, 9.

The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit; and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. John iv. 23, 24..

DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, before the face of almighty God our heavenly Father, with a lowly, penitent and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy. And as we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God, so ought we to do, when we assemble and meet together, to render thanks for the great benefits we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace; saying after me:

A General Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep; We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts; We have offended against thy

holy laws; We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults; Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. Ard grant, O most merciful Father, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy name.

Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts are 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.

OUR FATHER, &c. For thine, &c. Amen.

Then the Minister shall say,

O Lord, open thou our lips.

Answ. And our mouth shall shew forth thy

praise.

O God, make speed to save us.

Answ. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Praise ye the Lord.

Answ. The Lord's name be praised.

Then shall be said the XCVth Psalm, or the Cth Psalm. At the end of each of these the following Doxology to be used:

Minister. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, God only wise;

Answ. Be honour and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalm XCV.

O COME, let us sing, &c.

Now unto the King, &c.

Answ. Be honour and glory, &c. Amen.

Or this Psalm.

Psalm C.

O BE joyful in the Lord, &c.

Now unto the King, &c.

Answ. Be honour and glory, &c. Amen.

To be used on Sacrament-days, instead of the foregoing: CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast; not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of evil and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. v. 7.

Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. vi. 9.

Christ is risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Cor. xv. 20.

Now unto the King, &c.

Answ. Be honour and glory, &c.

Amen.

Then shall follow a Psalm or Psalms by the Minister, and then the first Lesson taken out of the Old Testament.

After that, the Te Deum as follows.

WE praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.

To thee all angels cry aloud; the heavens, and all the powers therein.