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The Book of Common Prayer (1662)

Church of England 1693
The Book of Common Prayer establishes the liturgical foundation for Church of England worship, including sacraments, ordination rites, and the Psalter for congregational use.

EEBO-TCP A28758 (TEI), original spelling, unpaginated. EEBO 11670325; STC/Wing Wing B3687; ESTC R30847

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An ACT for the Uniformity of Common Prayer, and Service in the CHURCH, and Administration of the SACRAMENTS.

PRIMO ELIZ.

WHere at the death of our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Sixth, there remained one uniform order of Common Service, and Prayer, and of the Administration of Sacraments, Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England, which was set forth in one Book, intituled, The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England, Authorized by Act of Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth years of our said late Sovereign Lord King Edward the sixth, intituled, An Act for the Vniformity of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments; The which was repealed, and taken away by Act of Parliament, in the first year of the reign of our late Sovereign Lady Queen Mary, to the great decay of the due honour of God, and discomfort to the professors of the truth of Christs Religion:

Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament, That the said Statute of Repeal, and every thing therein contained, only concerning the said Book, and the Service, Administration of Sacraments, Rites and Ceremonies contained or appointed in, or by the said Book, shall be void and of none effect, from and after the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming: and, That the said Book, with the order of Service, and of the Administration of Sacraments, Rites and Ceremonies, with the alteration and additions therein added and appointed by this Statute, shall stand, and be, from, and after the said Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist, in full force and effect, according to the tenour and effect of this Statute: Any thing in the foresaid Statute of Repeal to the contrary notwithstanding.

And further be it Enacted by the Queens Highness, with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by Authority of the same, That all, and singular Ministers in any Cathedral, or Parish-Church, or other place within this Realm of England, Wales, and the Marches of the same, or other the Queens Dominions, shall from and after the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming, be bounden to say and use the Mattens, Evensong, celebration of the Lords Supper, and Administration of each of the Sacraments, and all their Common and open Prayer, in such order and form as is mentioned in the said Book, so Authorized by Parliament in the said fifth and sixth year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth; with one alteration, or addition of certain Lessons to be used on every Sunday in the year, and the form of the Litany altered, and corrected, and two sentences only added in the delivery of the Sacrament to the Communicants, and none other, or otherwise: and, That if any manner of Parson, Vicar, or other whatsoever Minister, that ought or should sing, or say Common Prayer mentioned in the said Book, or minister the Sacraments, from and after the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming, refuse to use the said Common Prayers, or to minister the Sacraments in such Cathedral, or Parish-Church; or other places, as he should use to minister the same, in such order and form, as they be mentioned, and set forth in the said Book, or shall wilfully, or obstinately standing in the same, use any other Rite, Ceremony, Order, Form, or manner of celebrating of the Lords Supper openly, or privily, or Mattens, Evensong, Administration of the Sacraments, or other open Prayers, then is mentioned and set forth in the said Book, [Open Prayer in, and throughout this Act, is meant that Prayer which is for other to come unto, or hear, either in Common Churches, or private Chappels, or Oratories, commonly called the Service of the Church] or shall preach, declare or speak any thing in the derogation, or depraving of the said Book, or any thing therein contained, or of any part thereof, and shall be thereof lawfully convicted, according to the Laws of this Realm, by verdict of twelve men, or by his own confession, or by the notorious evidence of the fact;

he shall lose and forfeit to the Queens Highness, Her Heirs, and Successors, for his first offence, the profit of all his Spiritual Benefices, or Promotions, coming, or arising in one whole year next after this conviction: And also that the person so convicted shall for the same offence suffer imprisonment by the space of six months, without Bail, or Mainprise: And if any such person, once convict of any offence concerning the premisses, shall after his first conviction, eftsoons, offend, and be thereof in form aforesaid lawfully convict; That then the same person shall for his second offence suffer imprisonment by the space of one whole year, and also shall therefore be deprived ipso facto of all his Spiritual Promotions; and, That it shall be lawful to all Patrons, or Donors of all and singular the same Spiritual Promotions, or of any of them, to present, or collate to the same, as though the person and persons so offending were dead: and, That if any such person or persons, after he shall be twice convicted in form aforesaid, shall offend against any of the premisses the third time, and shall be thereof, in form aforesaid, lawfully convicted; That then the person so offending, and convicted the third time, shall be deprived ipso facto of all his Spiritual promotions, and also shall suffer imprisonment during his life: And if the person that shall offend, and be convict in form aforesaid, concerning any of the premisses, shall not be Beneficed, nor have any Spiritual Promotion; That then the same person so offending, and convict, shall for the first offence suffer imprisonment during one whole year next after his said Conviction, without Bail or Mainprise: And if any such person not having any Spiritual Promotion, after his first conviction, shall eftsoons offend in any thing concerning the premisses, and shall in form aforesaid be thereof lawfully convicted; That then the same person shall for his second offence suffer imprisonment during his life.

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Contents

  1. An ACT for the Uniformity of Common Prayer, and Service in the CHURCH, and Administration…
  2. An Act for the Vniformity of Publick Prayers, and Administration of Sacraments, and other…
  3. The PREFACE.
  4. ¶ Concerning the Service of the CHURCH.
  5. ¶ Of CEREMONIES, Why some be abolished, and some retained.
  6. ¶ The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read.
  7. ¶ The Order how the rest of the holy Scripture is appointed to be…
  8. ¶ Proper LESSONS to be read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and other…
  9. The Kalendar
  10. TABLES and RULES for the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of…
  11. THE ORDER FOR Morning and Evening PRAYER
  12. THE Order for Morning Prayer, Daily throughout the YEAR.
  13. Te Deum Laudamus.
  14. Prayer
  15. Benedictus. St. Luke 1.68.
  16. 2 Cor. 13.14.
  17. The Order for Evening Prayer, Daily throughout the YEAR.
  18. ¶ Here followeth the Litany, or General Supplication, to be sung or…
  19. PRAYERS and THANKSGIVINGS upon several Occasions, to be used before…
  20. THANKSGIVINGS.
  21. The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels
  22. The Collect.
  23. The Epistle. Rom. 13.8.
  24. The Gospel. S. Matth. 21.1.
  25. The collect.
  26. The Epistle. Rom. 15.4.
  27. The Gospel. S. Luke 21.25.
  28. The Epistle. 1 Cor. 4.1.
  29. The Gospel. S. Matth. 11.2.
  30. The Epistle. Phil. 4.4.
  31. The Gospel. S. John 1.19.
  32. ¶ The NATIVITY of our LORD, or the Birth-day of CHRIST, commonly…
  33. The Epistle. Heb. 1.1.
  34. The Gospel. S. John 1.1.
  35. For the Epistle. Acts 7.55.
  36. The Gospel. S. Matth. 23.34.
  37. The Epistle. 1 S. John. 1.1.
  38. The Gospel. S. John 21.19.
  39. For the Epistle Rev. 14.1.
  40. The Gospel. S. Matth. 2.13.
  41. The Epistle. Gal. 4.1.
  42. The Gospel. S. Matth. 1.18.
  43. The Epistle. Rom. 4.8.
  44. The Gospel. S. Luke 2.15.
  45. The Epistle. Ephes. 3.1.
  46. The Gospel. S. Matth. 2.1.
  47. The Epistle. Rom 12.1.
  48. The Gospel. S. Luke 2.41.
  49. The Epistle. Rom. 12.6.
  50. The Gospel. S. John 2.1.
  51. The Epistle. Rom 12.16.
  52. The Gospel. S. Matth. 8.1.
  53. The Epistle. Rom. 13.1.
  54. The Gospel. S. Matth. 8.23.
  55. The Epistle Col. 3.12.
  56. The Gospel. S. Matth. 13.24.
  57. The Epistle. 1 S. John 3.1.
  58. The Gospel. S. Matth. 24.23.
  59. The Epistle. 1 Cor. 9.24.
  60. The Gospel. S. Matth. 20.1.
  61. The Epistle. 2 Cor. 11.19.
  62. The Gospel. S. Luke 8.4.
  63. The Epistle. 1 Cor. 13.1.
  64. The Gospel. S. Luke 18.31.
  65. For the Epistle. Joel 2.12.
  66. The Gospel. S. Matth. 6.16.
  67. The Epistle. 2 Cor. 6.1.
  68. The Gospel. S. Matth. 4.1.
  69. The Epistle. 1 Thes. 4.1.
  70. The Gospel. S. Matth. 15.21.
  71. The Epistle. Ephes. 5.1.
  72. The Gospel. S. Luke. 11.14.
  73. The Epistle. Gal. 4.21.
  74. The Gospel. S. John. 6.1.
  75. The Epistle. Heb. 9.11.
  76. The Gospel. S. John 8.46.
  77. The Epistle. Phil. 2.5.
  78. The Gospel. S. Matth. 27.1.
  79. For the Epistle. Isai. 43.1.
  80. The Gospel S. Mark 14.1.
  81. For the Epistle. Isaiah 50.5.
  82. The Gospel. S. Mark 15.1.
  83. The Epistle. Heb. 9.16.
  84. The Gospel. S. Luke 22.1.
  85. The Epistle. 1 Cor. 11.17.
  86. The Gospel. S. Luk. 23.1.
  87. The Collects.
  88. The Epistle. Heb. 10.1.
  89. The Gospel S. John 19.1.
  90. The Epistle. 1 S. Pet. 3.17.
  91. The Gospel. S. Matth. 27.57.
  92. Easter-day.
  93. The Epistle. Col. 3.1.
  94. The Gospel. S. John 20.1.
  95. For the Epistle. Acts 10.34.
  96. The Gospel. S. Luke 24.13.
  97. For the Epistle. Acts 13.26.
  98. The Gospel S. Luke 24.36.
  99. The Epistle. 1 S. John 5.4.
  100. The Gospel. S. John 20.19.
  101. The Epistle. 1 S. Pet. 2.19.
  102. The Gospel. S. John 10.11.
  103. The Epistle. 1 S. Pet. 2.11.
  104. The Gospel. S. John 16.16.
  105. The Epistle S. Jam. 1.17.
  106. The Gospel. S. John 16.5.
  107. The Epistle. S. Jam. 1.22.
  108. The Gospel. S. John 16.23.
  109. For the Epistle. Acts 1.1.
  110. The Gospel. S. Mark 16.14.
  111. The Epistle. 1 S. Peter 4.7.
  112. The Gospel, S. John 15.26. and part of the 16. Chap.
  113. For the Epistle. Acts 2.1.
  114. The Gospel. S. John 14.15.
  115. The Gospel. S. John 3.16.
  116. For the Epistle. Acts 8.14.
  117. The Gospel. S. John 10.1.
  118. For the Epistle. Rev. 4.1.
  119. The Gospel. S. John 3.1.
  120. The Epistle. 1 S. John. 4.7.
  121. The Gospel. S. Luke 16.19.
  122. The Epistle. 1 S. John 3.13.
  123. The Gospel. S. Luke 14.16.
  124. The Epistle. 1 S. Pet. 5.5.
  125. The Gospel. S. Luke 15.1.
  126. The Epistle. Rom. 8.18.
  127. The Gospel. S. Luke 6.36.
  128. The Epistle. 1 S. Pet. 3.8.
  129. The Gospel. S. Luke 5.1.
  130. The Epistle. Rom. 6.3.
  131. The Gospel. S. Matth. 5.20.
  132. The Epistle. Rom. 6.19.
  133. The Gospel. S. Mark 8.1.
  134. The Epistle. Rom. 8.12.
  135. The Gospel S. Matth. 7.15.
  136. The Epistle. 1 Cor. 10.1.
  137. The Gospel. S. Luke. 16.1.
  138. The Epistle. I Cor. 12.1.
  139. The Gospel. S. Luke 19.41
  140. The Epistle. 1 Cor. 15.1.
  141. The Gospel. S. Luke 18.9.
  142. The Epistle. 2 Cor. 3.4.
  143. The Gospel. S. Mark 7.31.
  144. The Epistile. Gal. 3.16.
  145. The Gospel. S. Luke 10.23.
  146. The Epistle. Gal. 5.16.
  147. The Gospel. S. Luke 17.11.
  148. The Epistle. Gal. 6.11.
  149. The Gospel. S. Matth. 6.24.
  150. The Epistale. Ephes. 3.13.

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