A form of prayer with thanksgiving to be used yearly on the fifth day of November for the happy deliverance of King James I and the three estates of the realm from the most traiterous and bloody intended massacre by gun-powder : and also for the happy arrival of His present Majesty on this day for the deliverance of our church and nation / by Their Majesties special command.

A Form of Prayer with Thanks∣giving, to be used Yearly up∣on the Fifth Day of November.

¶ The Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy Days in all things; Except where it is hereafter otherwise appointed.

¶ If this Day shall happen to be Sunday, only the Collect pro∣per for that Sunday, shall be added to this Office in its place.

¶ Morning Prayer shall begin with these Sentences.

THe Lord is full of compassion and mercy: long suffering, and of great goodness.

He will not alway be chiding: neither keepeth he his anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins: nor re∣warded us according to our wickednesses.

¶ Instead of Venite, exultemus, shall this Hymn following be used, one Verse by the Priest, and another by the Clerk and People.

O Give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for ever.

Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed: and delivered from the hand of the enemy.

Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up: may Israel now say.

Yea, many a time have they vexed me, from my youth up: but they have not prevailed against me.

They have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause: yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul.

They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves.

Great is our Lord, and great is his power: yea, and his wisdom is infinite.

The Lord setteth up the meek: and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou shadest so strong for thine own self.

And so will not we go back from thee: O let us live, and we shall call upon thy name.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning. &c.

¶ Proper Psalms. LXIV, CXXIV, CXXV.

¶ Proper Lessons.

• The first, 2 Sam. XXII. Te Deum.
• The second, Acts XXIII. Jubilate.

¶ In the Suffrages after the Creed, these shall be inserted and used for the King and Queen.

Priest.

O Lord, save the King and Queen;

People.

Who put their trust in thee.

Priest.

Send them help from thy holy place.

People.

And evermore mightily defend them.

Priest.

Let their enemies have no advantage against them.

People.

Let not the wicked approch to hurt them.

¶ Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer, shall these two be used.

ALmighty God, who hast in all Ages shewed thy Power and Mercy in the miraculous and gra∣cious deliverances of thy Church, and in the Pro∣tection of righteous and religious Kings and States, professing thy holy and eternal Truth, from the wicked Conspiracies, and malicious Practices of all the Enemies thereof; We yield thee our unfeigned Thanks and Praise, for the wonderfull and mighty Deliverance of our late gracious Sovereign King JAMES the First, the Queen, the Prince, and all the Royal Branches, with the Nobility, Clergy, and Commons of this Realm, then Assembled in Parlia∣ment, by Popish Treachery appointed as Sheep to the Slaughter, in a most barbarous and savage man∣ner, beyond the Examples of former Ages. From this unnatural Conspiracy, not our Merit, but thy Mercy; not our Foresight, but thy Providence deli∣vered us: And therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us; but unto thy Name be ascribed all Honour and Glory in all Churches of the Saints, from Gene∣ration to Generation, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ACcept also, most gracious God, of our unfeigned Thanks for filling our Hearts again with Ioy and Gladness, after the Time that thou hast afflicted us, and putting a New Song into our Mouths, by bringing His Majesty who now Reigns over us, upon this Day, for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation, from Popish Tyranny and Arbitrary Power. We Adore the Wisdom and Iustice of thy Providence, which so timely interposed in our ex∣treme Danger, and disappointed all the Designs of our Enemies. We beseech thee give us such a

lively and lasting Sense of what thou didst then, and hast, since that Time, done for us, that we may not grow secure and careless in our Obedience, by pre∣suming upon thy great and undeserved Goodness; but that it may lead us to Repentance, and move us to be the more diligent and zealous in all the Duties of our Religion, which thou hast, in a marvellous manner preserved to us. Let Truth and Iustice, Brotherly kindness and Charity, Devotion and Piety, Concord and Vnity, with all other Virtues, so flourish among us, that they may be the Stability of our Times, and make this Church a Praise in the Earth. All which we humbly beg for the sake of our Blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

¶ In the end of the Litany (which shall always this day be used) after the Collect [We humbly beseech thee O Father, &c.] shall this be said which followeth.

ALmighty God and heavenly Father, who of thy gracious providence, and tender mercy towards us, didst prevent the malice and imaginations of our Enemies, by discovering and confounding their hor∣rible and wicked Enterprise, plotted and intended this day to be executed against the King, & the whole State of this Realm, for the subversion of the Government, and Religion established among us; And didst like, wise upon this day wonderfully conduct thy Servant our present King, and bring him safely into this Kingdom, to preserve us from the late Attempts of our Enemies to bereave us of our Religion and Laws: We most humbly praise and magnifie thy most glorious Name, for thy unspeakable goodness towards us expressed in both these Acts of thy mercy. We confess it has been of thy mercy alone, that we are not consumed: For our sins have cried to Heaven against us; and our iniquities justly called for venge∣ance

upon us. But thou hast not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us after our iniquities; nor given us over, as we deserved, to be a prey to our E∣nemies; but hast in mercy delivered us from their malice, and preserved us from death and destruction. Let the consideration of this thy repeated goodness, O Lord, work in us true repentance, that iniquity may not be our ruine. And increase in us more and more a lively faith and love, fruitful in all holy obedi∣ence, that thou mayst still continue thy favour with the light of thy Gospel to us and our posterity for e∣vermore; and that for thy dear Sons sake Iesus Christ our only Mediatour and Advocate. Amen.

¶ Instead of the Prayer [in time of War and Tumults] shall be used this Prayer following.

O Lord, who didst this day discover the Snares of death that were laid for us, and didst wonderful∣ly deliver us from the same; Be thou still our mighty Protector, and scatter our Enemies that delight in blood. Infatuate and defeat their Counsels, abate their Pride, asswage their Malice, and confound their Devices. Strengthen the hands of our gracious Sovereigns King WILLIAM and Queen MARY, and all that are put in Authority under them, with Iudgment and Iustice, to cut off all such workers of iniquity, as turn Religion into Rebellion, and Faith into Faction; that they may never prevail against us, or triumph in the ruine of thy Church among us: But that our gracious Sovereigns and their Realms being preserved in thy true Religion, and by thy mer∣ciful goodness protected in the same, we may all duly serve thee, and give thee thanks in thy holy Congre∣gation, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Communion-Service.

¶ Instead of the Collect for the day, shall this which followeth be used.

ETernal God, and our most mighty Protector, we thy unworthy Servants do humbly present our selves before thy Majesty, acknowledging thy Pow∣er, Wisdom and Goodness in Preserving the King, and the Three Estates of this Realm assembled in Parliament, from the Destruction this Day intended against them. Make us, we beseech thee, truly thank∣ful for this, and for all other thy great Mercies to∣wards us; particularly for making this Day again Memorable, by a fresh Instance of thy Loving-kind∣ness towards us. We bless thee for giving his Majesty, that now is, a safe Arrival here, and for making all Opposition fall before him, till he became our King and Governour. Continue, we beseech thee, to Protect and Defend him, the Queen, and all the Royal Family, from all Treasons and Conspira∣cies; Preserve them in thy Faith, Fear and Love; Prosper their Reign with long Happiness here on Earth, and Crown them with everlasting Glory hereafter, through Iesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

¶ The Epistle. Rom. xiii. 1.

LEt every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist, shall receive to themselves dam∣nation.

For rulers are not a terrour to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he heareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For, for this cause pay you tribute also: for they are Gods ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour.

¶ The Gospel. St. Luke ix. 51.

ANd it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Ierusalem, And sent messengers before his face: and they went and entred into a village of the Samaritanes, to make ready for him. And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Ierusalem. And when his disciples Iames and Iohn saw this, they said, Lord; wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and con∣sume them, even as Elias did? But he turned and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of Spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

¶ After the Creed, if there be no Sermon, shall be read one of the six Homilies against Rebellion.

¶ This Sentence is to be read at the Offertory.

WHatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets▪ 8. Matth. vii. 12.

¶ After the Prayer for the Church Militant, this following Prayer is to be used.

O God, whose Name is Excellent in all the Earth, and thy Glory above the Heavens; who on this Day didst miraculously preserve our Church and State from the secret Contrivance, and hellish Malice of Popish Conspirators; and on this Day also didst begin to give us a mighty Deliverance from the open Tyranny and Oppression of the same Cruel and Blood-thirsty Enemies: We bless and adore thy glorious Majesty, as for the Former, so for this thy Late marvellous Loving kindness to our Church and Nation, in the Preservation of our Re∣ligion and Liberties. And we humbly pray, that the devout Sense of this thy repeated Mercy, may renew and increase in us a Spirit of Love and Thankfulness to thee its only Author; a Spirit of peaceable Sub∣mission and Obedience to our Gracious Sovereign, whom thou madest the blessed Instrument of it; and a Spirit of fervent Zeal for our holy Religion, which now again thou hast so wonderfully Rescued and Established a Blessing to us and our Posterity. And this we beg for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

FINIS.

Notes

• Ps. ciii. 8:
• 9.
• 10.
• Psal. cvii. 1.
• 2.
• cxxix. 1.
• 2843
• Ps. xxxv. 7.
• lvii. 7.
• cxlvii. 5.
• 6.
• lxxx. 17.
• 18.