The booke of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.
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The booke of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.
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Church of England.
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Imprinted at London :: By Robert Barker, printer to the kings most excellent Maiestie,
Anno 1603.
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Church of England. -- Book of common prayer -- Early works to 1800.
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"The booke of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05983.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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The first day of Lent.
The Collect.
ALmightie & euerlasting God, which hatest nothing that thou hast made, and doest forgiue the sinnes of al them that be penitent: create and make in vs new and contrite hearts, that we woorthily lamenting our sinnes, and knowledging our wretchednesse, may obtaine of thee the God of al mercy, perfect remission and forgiuenes, through Iesus Christ.
The Epistle.
TVrne you vnto me with all your hearts, with fasting, weeping, and mourning: rent your hearts, and not your clothes. Turne you vnto the Lord your God, for he is gracious & mer∣cifull, long suffring & of great compassion, and ready to pardon wickednes. Then (no doubt) he also shall turne and forgiue: and after his chastening, hee shall let your encrease remaine for meate and drinke offrings vnto the Lorde your God. Blowe out with the trumpet in Sion, proclaime a fasting, call the congregation, and gather the people together: warne the congregation, gather the Elders, bring the children and sucklings together. Let the
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bridegrome goe foorth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the Priests serue the Lord betweene the porch and the altar, weeping, and saying, Be fauourable, O Lord, be fauorable vnto thy people, let not thine heritage be brought to such confusion, least the heathen bee lords thereof. Where∣fore should they say among the Heathen, Where is now their God.
The Gospel.
WHen yee fast, be not sad, as the hy∣pocrites are: For they diffigure their faces, that it may appeare vnto men how that they fast. Ve∣rely I saye vnto you, they haue their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, annoynt thine head, and wash thy face, that it appeare not vnto men howe that thou fa∣stest, but vnto thy father which is in secrete, and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth, where the rust and moth doeth corrupt, and where theeues breake through and steale: But lay vp for you treasures in heauen, where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt, and where theeues do not break through nor steale. For where your treasure is, there will your hearts be also.