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'^'.•.' . -" '■ '. - 1 5 A umption of our Lady, -f^ 23 Faft. 24 St. Burtholotnenv. ' SEPTEMBER, 7 F^ft. 8 Nati'vitj oiQ\xt tadj.\ / 20 Faft. 21 St. Matthemv. 20 Michaelmas Dm. I '"> '/ : ^ OCTOBER. 27 Fift. 28 SS. 5/»>(?»;an4 J//^/. ^ o I jpaft, NOVEMBER. , v .) . e 1 .^// Saints-Day. f . Y A Iv!- 29 Faft. ^ AWx^'' ffi;^' \ :^^. JQ St. JnJriif9. .■ yO ^%/^c - V^..^»i :^::T SiK'^l D E C £ M- I ? rn ! 1 '; * A < N Tetifls and Fafis. DECEMBER. %'l^hQpoftceptioM of our B. Lady, f 20 Fall. . f . 2t St. Thomas ApoRic. 24 Falh 25 ChriftmaS'Day.\ : 26 St. Stephen. \ 27 St. y(?>&»Apo{lIe and Evangelill. t 28 Holy Innocents, * * . 2981. Thomas of Canterbury. 31 St. Silvejiery out of the London Dijri3. \ f " ' ' ■ ■ • • In cafe n Holydiy/au upon a Monday, /// Fajl is to he kept on the Saturday be/ore. ' Tlie Days marked thus f , are to be kept from Servile V work. - , . . V . . IJ^oveable Holydays# ji rr- f'-^ Eajler-Day^ with the /ou^ D^zyj folio vi ^g. * Afcenfion-Day^ on the Thurfday^ forty Day$ after Eafter. f , Whit 'Sunday y with the twoo Days following. : CorpuS'ChriJli Daj/^ b«ing the firft Thurfday after Trinity. + ' ^ '• ' -' • ■• • *- - Moveable Fasting-Days. .. r All the Week Days of i/«/, beginning from Afi- ■^ - .A3 All '■•M 1511 .:V?S j ' ji i iA - Moveable Fafting-Days. All Fridays t except from Chnjimas-Day tilUifter the Oftave of Epiphany^ and between Eajler and Whit fun- E've, and thafe on which a F^(^ tival of Obligation j,faUs, unlefs it be in Lent or Ember-Week. Ember-Days four Times in the Year, 'viz. Wed-- tie/day^ Friday^ and Saturday. 1 . Next after the Firji Sunday of Lent. 2. In Whitfun-Week. 3, Next after the Fourteenth of September^ being the Exaltation of the Crofs. 4, Next after the Thirteenth of December^ being St. i«r/s Day. - . '^ Days of Abftinence from Flesh, tho* not Fasts. The Fridays above excepted from Fafts. All Saturdays^ except ihofe in Lent^ and thofe on which En)es and Ember -Days fall. All Sundays in Lent. The three Rogation-Days ; viz. Monday, Tue/day, and Wednefday before Afcenjion-Day. St. Mark^% Day, out of the Diocefe of Canter- burys except it falls in Eafter-Week, ^i Chrijlmas-Day falls on Friday ox Saturday, it 15 not kept with Abftinence from Fle/h. I \ 4dvint ■'•^•11 ^ 11 »! ^1ll Ifter fjler ef- ,ent tho* Of Advent an J Marriaie. Ad'Vint. The firft Sunday of Ad ft 'anUr' 1 lay, it 1 \ "^ '■ . ' ' '. i ^ m id^vvJi KcccfJ Neceflary RULES for a Chriftlan.i ■ i f^ ^y*OU mu/J often examhe your Thoughts^ Words y^ and Anions t e/pecially after tnuch Bufinefs^ Speakings See, that you may difcern and amindyom\ Faults, " ' ' ' Hold your Peace in futh Things as belong not' to youy and njchere your Speech is not for the Honour §fGod^ and G'jod of your Neighbour. Often call to mind your Life paji, and nvhat our Sauiour Suffer d for you in enjery Hour of his.. * You miiji li've as tho^ you had nothings and ^et fojjefs^d all 7hi gs ; and remember^ that Meat, Vrini, and Cloathsy are a Chrifiians Riches. Offer yourfelf entirely to God i and tho^ you hamt •nothing to requite his Fa'vours ^vith, but yourfelf you nvill be comforted nvken you confide r that He I gives All, that gives Himfelf. The Apofiles left their poor Boati and Nets, and recei'ved for themi A mofl ampli Reivard. The poor Widoiv ga ' I /" I I. Thou flialt not have ftrangc Goda beforft| me: Thou (halt not ni?ik,c to thyfclf a gravci .Thing, nor the Likeneft of any Thitigtj^at is in| Heaven above, or in the Earth bc!o>v, or of -Things thatar:e in the Water under the Earth;:! Thou (halt not adore nor worlhip them., I ani| the Lord thy God, ftropg and jealous, viiicinM the Sins of the Fathers upon their Children, tol the third and fourth Generation of th^m that hate me ; and (hewing Mercy to Thoufapds ol thofe that love pie, and keep my ComtpapdmcntsJ If. Thou (hah not take the Name of thp.Lord| thy God in vain; for our Lord will not hol( him guiltlefs that takes his Name in vairt. IIL Remember that thou keep Holy the Sab- bath-Day. i ; h-rvl ffi.i n i^, '}\^tn 9\\ ^^ / IV. Honour thy Father and Mother*! b-v - V. Thoi? (halt not kill. '^^ ,'^.,v. ; VI. Thou (halt not commit Aduhery^; ,j. ; VIL* Thou (halt not fteal. ^ u^\;b t.l ■ VIII. Thou (halt not bear falfe Witnefs a-l gainft thy Neighbour. '^ - '^ . j. i^ r) . IX. Thou (halt not defire thy Neighbour's WifcJ • X, Thou ihaUnotcovct thy Neighbour's Goods. ^ij 'hii iu .it*«ii..il;U^ V u»n A, [ 13 ] 1 . I n EXERCISE For the Morning. N the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft. Amen, Biefled be the Holy and undivided Trinity, low and for ever. Amen. Our Father, ^c. *■ ^ Hail Mary^ ^c. I believe in God, ^c. Confefs to Almighty God, to the biefled Virgin Ma>y^ to biefled Michael the Arch- angel, to biefled John the Baptijiy to the Holy polllcs Peter and Paul^ and to all Saints, that have grievoufly finned in Thought, Word and kcd, thro* my Fault, thro* my Fault, thro* my exceeding great Fault : Therefore I beleech the )lcirsd Virgin Mary, biefled Michael the Arch- ingel, biefled John iht Baftijl, the Holy Apof- les Peter and Paul, and all the Saints to pray Lu ihc Lord God for me. The great aud glorious Lord of Heaven and Earth have Mercy on me, forgive me my Sins, ^.nd bring me to everlafting Life. Amen, May the Almighty and mofl: merciful God ;ive me Pardon, Abfolution, and full Remiflion 'i all ray Sins, Amen, • -». . ;A • * B • ^ ; O Lord r^ I f 14 Prayers for Morning, OLord God Almighty, who haft caufed ul to come to the Beginning of this Day, favl lis this Day by thy ?ower, that this Day vl fall into no Sin, but that all our Words maj proceed, all our Thoughts and Works be di refted to do thy Jurtice, thro* our Lord Jefu| Chrift. Jmen, O my God, I offer up to thee all my Thoughts] Words, and Aftions of this Day, and of m\ whole Life. Give me Grace, O Lord, to d(i what thou comniandcil, and command wha| thou pleafeft. , Give me Grace to fuffer what thou permitteflj and permit what thou pleafcft. The Bleffing of God Almighty, Father Son] and Holy Ghoft, defcend upon me, and dwelj in my Heart for ever, Amen» .. , . A Devout Recommendation y nvhich may be ufe\ every Mornings or at any other Time, I Adore and glorify thee, O blefled Trinity] God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holi Ghoft ; I offer myfelf to thy divine Majeftyj humbly befeeching thee to take 'from me, an< from all thy Faithful, whatever difpleafeth theel and give us that which is grateful in thy Sight] Grant that we may here do what thou com^ mandcft, and hereafter receive what thou proJ mifeft. To thee^ O Lord, I commend my Soul and] Body, {my Wife and Children^ my Father dm ^ ' - MotherX / \' Prayers for Morning. ' 15; ]other^ my Brother midSiJiers) my Kinsfolk and ^nefaftors, my Friends and Familiars, all my 'areft and deareft Relations, and all ihofe for horn I am any ways bound to offer up my rayers. To thee I commend the Holy Ca- loiick Church. To thee I commend this King- )m, and our gracious Sovereign. Grant, O lord, that all may know thee, all may honour hd reverence thee, all may love thee, and be ved by thee. Reduce thofe that err, and ring then) again into the Way ; abolifh Here- js, convert all to the true Faith, who as yet do )i know thee. Grant us, O Lord,, thy Grace, lid keep us in thy Peace ; may thy holy Will |e done, and not our5. Comiort all ihofc that lad their Lives in Sorrow, Mifery, orTempla- lons, and mercifully relieve them in their Af- liftions, whether Spiritual or Corporal. Laft- ', I commend all univerfally to thy holy Pro- ^ftion, that thou wouldell vouchfafe to the .iving Forgivenefs of their Sins, and to the puis departed everlaiUng Reft. Atnen. The Litany of our blejfed Sa-viour Jefus. t O R D, have Mercy on us. L^ Chrirt, have Mercy on us, Lord, have Mercy on us. Jefus, receive our Prayers, r- /. Lord Jefus, grant our Pciiilonj. , * B2 OGod, .1^ k. 1 w i i\ i'. i 16 Prayers for Morning. O God, the Father, Creator of the World,! O God, the Son, Redeemer of Mankind, O God the Holy Ghoft, Perfefler of the Elea, Holy Trinity, one God, ' V . Jefus, Son of the living God, >J«;fas, the exprefs Image of thy Father's ?,lory, ^ ^ Jefus, the bright Ray of eternal Light, J^^fus, the incrcatcd Wifdom, by whom ;4ll Things are governed. jcfus, the erernal Word, made Man for edemption, Jcfus, moft bleffed Sen of the Virgin eius, molt powerful, ". efus, moft glorious, efus, moft humble and meek, efus, moft penitent and obedient, jefus, moft chafte and holy, efus. Lover of Poverty, v_.^ ^ efus. Lover of Peace, efus. Lover of us ungrateful Sinners, Jefus, who camcft down from Heaven to teach us with thy own facred Mouth the Truths of Salvation, Jefus, who converfedft fo long on Ei^rth, to Ihew us by thy own holy Example the Way to Heaven, 1 : j Jefus, who diedft even the Death of the Crofs, to take off our Avcrfion from fuffer-. •- ^ tj ins Prayers for Morning* i 7 iwg, and teach us to endure all Things for iverlafting Happinefs, Jcfus, whodidft afcend into Heaven, to :onfirm our Belief, and raife our AiFcdions to the fure Joys of Eternity, Jefus, Author of our Faith, and Finifli- { ^ ;r of our Hope, Jefus, fupreme Objeft of our Love and overflowing Safety of all our Defires, Jefus, our God, bleflgd for ever, Have Mercy, And /pare us^ O Jejus* Have Mercy, And f^ear us, O Je/us. From all Evil, From all Sin, From everlafting Death, By the Myftery of thy holy Incarnation and humble Nativity, By theSanftity of thy heavenly Dodlrine and miraculous Life, ^ By the Merits of thy bitter Paflion and all-reviving Death, By the Joys of thy viftorious Refurrefti- on and triumphant Afcenfion, By the Glory of thy eternal Kingdom and incomprehenfible Majefty, We Sinners, hefeech thee hear us. » ^ That it would pleafe thee to proteft and ga- ▼em thy holy Church, which thou haft pur- chafed with thy precious Blood, We hefeech thee hear uj. . *it That, looking continually on thy admirabte B 3 Life, "5! i \ • '•#«•• srt,'i-TMK il 1 8 Prayers for Morning. Life, we may faithfully endeavour to fallow thy Steps, We befeech thee hear us. That, denying all vicious and Inordinate In- clinations, we may live foberly, juiUy, and pi- oufly. We htfeech thee hear m. That through thy Love the World may be cru- cified to us, and we to the World, We befeech thee hear us. That whatfoever we afk in thy holy Name, we may receive through thy infinite Meriis, We befeech thee hear us* Son of God, We befeech thee hear us. Lamb of God, that takeft away the Sins of the World, Spare us, O Jefus. > Lamb of God, that takeft away the Sins of" the World, Hear us, O Jefus. Lamb of God, that takeft away the Sins of the World, Ha^e Mercy on us. Lord, have Mercy on us. Chrift, have Mercy on us* Lord, have Mercy on us. Our Father, iffc. 7he Antiphone* EVery Day will we repeat thy Pcrfeftlons, O glorious Jefus, that every Day we may grow in our Efteem of thee. Every Day will we attentively compute thy Mercies, that every Day we may increafe in thy Love. Verf All that we have and are, we received from thy Grace. Allelujah. ' Ref All we defirc and hope, we cxpeft in thy Glory, Allelujah^ Verf P^'ayers for Morning. jg Verf, O Lord, hear my Prayer. ' ' Refp. And let my Supplication come unto lee. . ■' ■ ' " ■; \ 7'^-^ Let us pray. * ' ■ ''' * Lmighty God, and mod merciful Saviour^ the Light of this World, and Glory of the kxt ; vouchfafe, wc befcech thee, to illuminate |ur Underttanding, and inflame our Wills, and, indify all the Faculties of our Souls, that whilft iih our Lips we recite thefe Prayer, we may ivvardly in our Hearts adore thy Perfon, and |dmire thy Goodnefs, and conform our Lives thy holy Example, till at length, by frequent [editation on- the Blifs thou had prepared for J8 hereafter, we break off our AfFedlions from [11 irregular Adherence to this World, and place lem intirely on the Enjoyment of thee, who, ^ith the Father and the Holy Ghoft, liveft and jigneft one God, World without End. ylmen. A Prayer for Ferfe'verance in Goodnefs. ' "• Rant, O my Lord Jefus Chriil, that I may perfevere in good Purpofes, and in thy loly Service, lo my Death ; and ;hat I may low, this prefent Day, perfeftly begin, for all have hitherto done is nothing. Amen, -y ^ ? A Prayer to our hlejfed Lady. ^ A I L, O mod holy and bleffed Virgin Mary^ full of celelHal Grace, ind reple- liflied with Beauty and Comclinefs,. IH' whom, |nd by vvhoro, it pleafed our Saviour Jefus Chriil, the •~ f i|. T M*» H* ^< *J W> HM i ■■ Ml* l *iMM*»»My »-_" ' t « n I 20 Prayers for Morning. the Son of God, the King of Heaven, the Bright-j nefs of his Father's Glory, to be born and nour- idled; obtain for me, O blefled Lady, of ihyj only begotten Son, whatever thou knowell toj be nccelfary for the Salvation of my Soul. Oj Holy Mother of God, help my Frailty and! Weaknefs; aflift me this Day in all my Cala- mities, Temptations, and Dangers ; but efpeci- ally at the Hour of Death vouchfafe not to de-j part from me, that by thy Prayers and Protefti^ on I may be fafe in that lall and dangerous Eat^ tie. Amen. A Prayer fo our Guardian Angel. O Angel of God, to whofe holy Care I ai committed by thy fupreme Clemency illuminate, defend, and govern me this Day, ij all my Thoughts, Words, and Aftions. Amen, Blefs us, O Lord, and preferve us from all Evil, and bring us to eternal Life ; and may ihl Souls of the Faithful, through the Mercy oj God, reft in Peace. A BUJJing. THE Peace of our Lord Jefus Chrift; tlj Virtue of his facred Paffion; the Signoj the Holy Crofs ; the Purity and Humility the bleffed Virgin Mary ; the Protcftion of tl Angels ; and the Interceffion of all the Saints ar| Eleftof God, be with me, and defend^'me no^ and in the Hour of my Death, fweet Jefus. Arnci mi Trayers for Morning. 2i Wh^n at Morningy Noon^ and E'vening^ the Sign of the Salutation is gi'ven^ fay, TH E Angel of God declared to Mary^ and (he conceived by the Holy Ghoft, H^il \lary^ &c. Behold the Handmaid of the Lord^ Ibe it unto me according to thy Word. Hail fa^y^ &€, And the Word was made Flefh, md dwelt amongit us. Hail Mary^ i^c. A Prayer. POUR forth, we befeech thee, O Lord, thy Grace intox^ur Hearts, that we, to whom :he Incarnation of Chiift thy Son was made :nown by the Meflage of an Angel, may, by lis PafTion and Crofs, be brought to the Glory )f his Rcfurredion, through the fame Chriil our iOrd. Amen. ^ May the Souls of the Faithful, through the [ercyofGod, reft in Peace. Amen. In going forth of your Iloufe^ fay. SHEW me, O Lord, thy Ways, and teach me thy Paths. Diredl my Steps according to thy Word, that no InjulUce rule over me. 'lake perfeft my Goings in thy Paths, that my lieps be not moved. Grace before Meat. LESS us, O Lord, and thefe thy Gifts, which of thy Bounty we arc about to re- :eive, through Chrift our Lord. R. Amen, "i ' Grace after Meat. E give thee Thanks, Almighty God, for all thy Benefits, who livelt and reigncft„ 'orld without End, R. Amen. i ■-;:iiiisec-i'-: ..liM^fcl .< at Prayers for Night. VOuchfafe, O Lord, for thy Name^s Sake, to render all our Benelaftors Life cver- lalling. R. Jmen, Verf. May the Souls of the Faithful, thro* the Mercy of God, reft in Peace. R. Jmen. ^' '• ♦ *iJi i 111 I it » I I' Prayers to be /aid at Night before going to Bed, t IN the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft. Amen, Blefled be the holy and undivided Vfinity> now and for ever, /linen. \ Our Father y (s'c, ' -" . Hai/ M.ury, iffc, I believe in God^ £ffr. ^'•' O Eternal, Infinite and Almighty God, wKofe Glory the Heaven of Heavens is nut able to contain,' look down upon thy unworthy Ser- vant, proftrate at the ¥t^i of thy Mercy, and humbly confcffing to thee, in the Sight of all thy Holy Angels and Blefled Saints, the Sinful- ne(s and Vanity of my Life, but efpecially the tranfgreflions of this Day, by which I have fo lately offended thy Majeily, aad fo grievoufly wounded my own Soul. -" » '' ■ I confefs to Almighty God, to the Bleffed Vir- gin Mary^ to blcfied St. Michael ihQ Archangel, to bleffcd St. John Baptiji^ to the holy Apottles St. Peter and St. PauX and to all the Saints, fT ' Prayers for Ntght. 13 .lat I have grievoufly finned in Thought, Word, md Deed, through my Fault, through my Fault, fhrough my exceeding great Fault. {ere eyi. amine diligently nvhai Sins you may ha [od the Holy Ghoft, Ha^e Mercy on us: ''' ,. holy Trinity, one God, Hwve Mercy on us^ '^ [oly Mary^ [oly Mother of God, [oly Virgin of Virgins, [other of Chriil, [other of Divine Grace, [other mod pure, (other moll chafte, [other undefiled, (other untouched, (other moft amiable, [other moft admirable, [other of our Creator, [other of our Redeemer, [other moft prudent, (other moft venerable, ^irgin moft renowned, 'irg'n moft pov^rerful, Irgin moft merciful, *'; ;-ij:^:p-.. 10 'I \ ^ ) f ' r) .;',.• y iT Virgin ' <■ |5 r :V'.',V\ -^fc^v^ r'\m:,\ .^. *>' i •I- » .i-lU ii.i«i I • njKi . :.i \ » ?l 26 Prayers for Nighu Virgin moft faithful. Mirror of Jufticc, Seat of Wifdom; . ,. .-- Caufe of our Joy, ;. r jv> Spiritual Veffel, Veffel of Honour, Veffel of lingular Devotioiii Myftical Rofe, Tower of Dwvid^ Tower of Ivory, ,^ ., Houfe of Gold, Ark of the Covenant, Gate of Heaven, Morning Star, Health of the Weak, Refuge of Sinners, Convfort of the Afflifted, HelpofChriftians, Queen of Angels, Queen of Patriarchs, Queen of Prophets, Queen of Apoltles, Queen of Martyrs, Queen of Confeflbrs, Queen of Virgins, Queen of all Saints, Lamb of God, who takeft away the Sins ofthc| World, Spare us f O Lord, Lamb of God, who takeft away the Sins of thsj ^ World, Hear us, O Lord. Lamb .J t » , « . Hr. Frayersfor Night. 2J amb of God, who takeft away the Sins of the World, Havi Mercy on us. . ^, ^ _ Anthem. .' ^ ' /' E fly to thy Patronage, (O facrcd Mo- ther of God) defpife not our Prayers in ur Neceflities, but Deliver us from all Dan- ers, O ever-glorious and blefled Virgin, Verf. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. Refp. That we may be made worthy of the fomiies oi Chiift. ,^ Let us pray. Our forth, we befeech thee, O Lord, thy Grace into our Hearts, that we, to whom e Incarnation of ChriA thy Son was made nown by the MclTage of an Angel, may by is Paffion and Crofs be brought to the Giory of is Refurredion : Thro' the fame Chrilt our ord. Amen. " * ' Verf. May the Divine Affiftance remain al . ays with us* . . ._ ..^ Refp, Amen. Verf, And may the Souls of the Fa'uhful, irough the Mercy of God, reft in Peace, Refp, Amen. ,, ^ A Prayer to our Guardian Angel. Angel of God; to whofc holy Care I am committed by thy fupremc (jlemencv. il. mmate. defend and go?ern me this \ 11 Sin and Danger, Amen. ight Ga. The i: ' \ %m \\. f » 2o , - Prayers for Night. IheBleJftng. GOD the Father blefs me, Jefus Chrift i\ fend and keep me, the Virtue of the Holf Ghoil enlighten and fandlify me this Night ar] forever. Amen. Into thy H^nd?, G Lord, l'coinmea(3'my Sp| lit ; Lord Jefus, receive my Soul. j When you go to Bed^ fay^ IN the Name of our Lord Jefus Chrifl: cruel fi#d, I lay me down to reft ; blefs me, Lord, defend me and govern me, and, after tli| fliort and miferable Pilgrimage, bring me to verlcifting Happinefs. Afntn.' ^ "^' - '' ' An excellent Method of hearing Mass. ^:grt ';::irjVif "'::th the Frieji ftvith the Sign ofil CfCfSy and Jay asfollonxs; ' ■. ; t , ' . ' IN the Name of the Father, and of the Soij and of the Goly Ghoil. Amen. ^ *'' i wiil draw near to thy Altar, O my Go| there to giin new Strength and Vigour to ml Soul, and by thy Grace feparate me from thol| Unbelievers who have no Truft in thee. That Grace which comforts me when the Rt iTiembranceof my Sins affli^l and caft me dowt That Grace which lets me know there's an verlafting Refuge in thy Goodnefs, and that the art ready to forgive, even our greateft Sins^ upoj % finccre Repemancc. 71 .^>. i.v / Prayers at Mafs* ^9 fhe PriejHo'wing donvnyfays the Confitear^^^r he goes up to the Mtar if ay it nvhh hi/n ^f/fl-: IConfefs to Almighty God, to the 'bleflcd Vir- gin Mary^ to the blelTed Michael the. Arch- I angel, to the blefled John Ba'ptift^ the holjr Apoftles Peter and Pauly to all the Saints, and to you Father, that I have very much fin- med in Thought, Word, and Deed, thro' my Fault, thro* my Fault, thro' my nioit grievous [Fault. Therefore I befeech the blefled Virgin yiary^ bleflied Michael the Archangel, blefled hhn Bapijiy the holy Ap6fl:les Peter znd ^a^/, land all the Saints, iand you Fa her, to pray for Ime to our Lord God, . . rr^' ''he Pfalm Judica me Deus or Part of the Mafs from the Beginning to the Confiteor ,- as alfo the Gloria in Excclfis Deo ««^ Creed, are not f aid by the Prieji in Maffes for the Dead^ and at fome other Times j lAjhich you may paf o'ver as you fnd he does, "■ ' ' V Jfter the Confiteor, fay, , ' '^ *^; % My God, who haft commanded bs to pray one for another, and in thy holy Church lalt given, even to Sinners, the Povvec of ab- jolving from Sin, receive with et^ual Bounty jhe Prayers of thy Peopleforthe Prieft, and tholl- )f thy Prieft for the People. • . Wc befeech thee, O Lord^ by thcMerirs of C 3 . tbcfe A \k l> 30 Prayers at Mafs. thofc Saints, whofc Relics arc here, and of ail the Saints, that thou would'ft vouchfafc to for- give me all my Sins. Amen. - -^ JVhen the ?riefi goes jirft to the Book^ and fays the Part of the Mafs calFd the Introit, fay^ GRANT, Lord, we may be truly prcpar- ed for the Offering of this great Sacrifice to thee this Day; and bccaufe our Sins alone can render us difpleafing to thee, therefore wc call aloud to thee for Mercy. * ^ • - > r "^ • At the Kyre Eleifon, fay, ' '^' ^ HAVE Mercy on me, O Lord, and for- 1 give me all my Sins. Have Mercy on me,, O Lord, have Mercy oal ar w • At the Gloria in Excelfis Deo, fay, GLORY be to God on High, and Peacel on Earth to Men of good Will. Wc praife thee, we blefs thee^ we adore thee, wc glorify thee, we give thee Thanks for thy great Glory. Lord God, Heavenly King, Father Almighty. horA,JefusChriJl^ the only begotten Son. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takeft away the Sins of the World, licar our Prayers : Who fitteft at the right Hand cf the Father, hear our Prayers : Who ^'teft all rhe right Hand of the Father, have Mercy on usJ For thou only art Holy, thou only art our Lord, lUou only, O Jefus Cbrijt, together with thcj V K. Prayers at Mafs. Z^ [oly Ghoft, art mod High, in the Glory of rod the Father. Amen, * '^hsn th$ Prieji turns to the People^ and fays Do- • minus Vobifcum, y2?y, v.. E thou always with us, O my Gou, and let thy Grace never depart from us. . , lere the Priejlfays the Collcfts, or Prayers f on the Day^ fay then, Lmighty and eternal God, we humbly bc- . _ feech thee, mercifully to give Ear to the layers of thy Servant, which he offers thee in [he Name of thy Church,, and in behalf of us hy People : Accept them to the Honour of thy Name^ and Good of our Souls ; and grant u$ ill thofe Bleffings which may any Ways contri- )ute to our Salvation. Thro* our Lord Je/u^ ^hriji. Amen.*^' ^he Epi(lley&//^«u;/«f, fay, : Ethou, O Lord, eternally praifedand blcf- fed, for having communicated to the holy *rophets and Apoftles thy Spirit, difclofing to to them admirable Secrets, redounding to thy Glory and our great Good. We firmly believe Jtheir Word, becaufe it*s thine. . Give us, wc bcfcech thee, the Happincfs to underftand from the Church, by their Inftrudlions, what is pro- fitable, and Grace to pra£tifc the fame all our ^ c^ * i • '^ ' • ' •. ' What ,'^x:y ^vf r (i ■v e '■>. i m 32 Prayers at Mafs. What foUo'ws is called the Gradual ; y^, HOW wonderful, O Lord, is thy Nai thro* the whole Earth ! I will blefs oa Lord at all Times; his Praife ihall be everil my Mouth. Be thou my God and my Protecl tor; In thee alone will I put my truft, let nij not be confounded for ever. jit the Gofpel, ^hen the People rife up^ fay^ BE ever adored and praifed, O Lord, v. art not content to inftruft and inform us bJ thy Prophets and Apoffles, but haft even vouch] fafed to fpeak to us by thy only Son our Savij our Jefus Chrift^ commanding us by a Voici from Heaven To hear him : Grant us, mercifu God, the Grace to profit by his Divine and Heavenly Doftrine. All that is written of thee] dread Jefusy in thy Gofpel, is Truth itfelf; no] thing but Wifdom m thy Aftions, Power anc Goodnefs in thy Miracles, Light and InftrucJ tion in thy Words. With thee, facred RedemJ cr are Words of eternal Life : To whom fhalll we go, but to thee, eternal Fountain of Truthl Give me, O God, Grace to praftife what thou| commandeft and command what thou pleafeft. At the Creed, heginnivg Credo in unum Deum, I Believe, O Lord, all thou haft taught me byl thy Holy Church: In this Faith, by theAf- fiftanccof thy Grace, I defire to live and die: By K . :i?fayert far Mafu _ , 33 Jv thy Divine Grace I am convinced of the jfncerity and-Wifdom of thofe who have f*-- Jivered thefe facred Truths to us. Their mira- Iculous Succefs is a fufncient Proof. Where (hall I go my Lord ? Thou haft the Words of eternal iLife. Of thy Truth thus deliver'd, my Rea- fon and Will fliall never doubt, tho' my Senfes and vain Imaginations fhould. I believe, O |Lord, help my Unbelief. it the OfFercory, ^\^hen the Priejl uncovers the Chalice, ^ ACCEPT, O holy Father, Almighty and eternal God, this unfpotted Koft, which |I thy unworthy Servant ofFer rhee, my living [and true God, for my innumerable Sins, Of-" fences, and Negligences, and for all here pre* fent, and for all faithful Chriftians, living and dead, that it may avail me and them to Life e- |vcrlafting: Amen. -•• ." '* . r:.icj^i( Jt the Offering of the Chalice, y2jy, WE ofFer thee, O Lord, the Chalice of Sal- vation, befeeching thy Clemency, that lit may afcend before thy Divine Majefty, as a fwect Perfume, for our Salvation, and for that |of the whole World. - • _, Accept us, O Lord, in the Spirit of Humili- ty, and a contrite Heart; and fo may our Sa- crifice be made this Day in thy Sight, that it maybe pleadng to thee, O LotdGod. When ft'?:! )1 I 'W M\ 34 Prayers for Mafs. When thePrieftwaJhis his Fingers at the Corner a^ the Altar t fay f . THOU, Lord, who once vouchfafedft tol wafh thy Dilciples Feet before their In., vitation to thy holy Table, wafh us alfo, we be. feech thee, O Lord, and wafh us again ; notl only our Feet and Hands, but our Hearts, oi}r| Defires, our Souls, that we may be wholly in- nocent and pure; Go on:, and fay i ^X^ Eceive, O holy Trinity, this Oblation wc| Xv niake thee, in Memory of the Paffionj Re- iurrcftion and Afcenfionof our LQiA:yefus,Chrift'\ shkI in Honour of the ever bleffed Virgin M«ni; of bleffed John Bapift \ of the holy Apoftlc! Peter and Paul\ of thefe, and of all the Saints j that it may be available to their HoriO'ijr and our| Salvation. And may they vouchfafe to inters cede for us in Heaven, whofe Memory we ce- lebrareon Earth. Through the fame Chriji ow| Lord. Amm. *' • - - -'^ When the Prieji turns about and fays y Orate Fra- tres, fay, MAY our Lord receive this Sacrifice fromi thy Hands, to the Praife and Glory of his Name, for our Good, and the Benefit of his| whole Church. '^ ' "^'^^ ' '^'^' At the Secreta, or mohen the Priefl is faying thi\ Prayers in the Book proper for the Day ^ in a\ lo^ Voice i fay ^ . -. | - ,^^ - /^ ^ Mercifully ♦■♦If*' '• h ^ ■ _ _ Prayers for Mafs. g§ Ercifully hear our Prayers, O Lord, and ^^gracioufly accept this Oblation, which fc'thy Servants are making to thee, that as we Feritto the Houour of thy Name, fo it may J to us here a Means of obtaining thy Grace, id in the next Life cverlailing Happincfs, imen. ^hen the Prieji fays in a loud Voke, Per omnia <, faecula iaeculorum, yiy?, • ^ » 'Tis verily meet and juftj right and available ^ to Salvation, that we always and in all Pla- 's give tlianks to thee, holy Lord, Father AU lighty, eternal God, thro' C^r/)? our Lord ; by [horn the Angels ^praife thy Majetty, the Do-** linations adore it, the Powers tremble before it,: le Heavens and heavenly Virtues, and blefled^ sraphims with common jubilee glorify; toge*^ ler with whom we befeech thee, (hat we may le admitted to join our Voices, faying in an umbleMenner. '-^ ^ ^ * i . ♦. « rt>i '*^^ Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth i le Heavens and Earth are full of thy Glory, Hofanna in the Higheft. Bleffed is he that )mesin the Name of our Lord. Hofanna in leHigheft. ' > " y^i v, .. c, ^hat follows iscaWdthe^ Canon of the Mafs^ fay then y OST merciful Father, who haft given us thy only Son to be our daily Sacrifice, iclinc thy Ears to ottr Prayers, and favour our Defiresi If ^1 1 1 1 ■i' (1 « 36 Prayers for Mafs. Defires; proteft, unite and govern thy holyi Church, throughout the whole World, pour forti thy Bleffing on his prefcnt Holincfs, that Prd late who has a particular Charge over us, oq King, and all true Prgfeffors of the Catholiclj Faith. Whiljt the Priefi makes his Memento or CommeJ moration for the Li'vingy Jianding feft Union. Grant, O Lord, that they may be made for us, the true Body and Blood of th/ dear Son, that being confecrated to thee by this holy Viftinif we may live in thy Service, and depart this Life in thy Grace. u^/ /i&^ Elevation, or lifting up of the facred Hofi and Chalice y in Memory ^/^Chrift being lifted up on the Crofs : Andfirfl of the Hoft, fay^ MOST admirable Body, I adore thee with all the Powers of my Soul. Lord, who haft given thyfelf entire to us, grant we may be- come entirely thine. I believe, O Lord help my Unbelief. Moft merciful Saviour, be thou my Proteftor, ftrengthen and defend me by thy heavenly Grace> now, and efpecially at the Hour of my Death,,* iv9tttjefus. Jmen. At the Elevation of the Chalice^ fay^ MOST adorable Blood, that waflies awajT all our Sin^i I adore thee ; Happy we^ if I 38 Prayers at Mafs. we can return our Life and Blood for thine. O Jefusy do thou cleanfe, fandlify and pre. ierve our Souls to eternal Life. Live Jefus in .us, and we ia thee. Amen. ^ , J/ter the Elevation, fay^ ^^ I ^IS now, O Lord, with grateful Hearts X we call to mind the facred Myfteries of thy Paflion and Death, thy Refurreftion and Af. fcenfion. Here is thy Body that was broken; here is thy Blood that was fned for us, of which thefe exterior Signs are but the Figures, and yet in reality contain the Subftance. It is now we truly offer thee, O Lord, that pure and holy VidUm, which thou haft been pleafed to give us ; of whicli all the other Sacrifices were but fa many Types and Figures. Whilft the Prieft makes his Memento or Comme. morationy^r the Deaci^ Jiandir.g in Jilence n.mth his Hands joind before his Breajly make your Memento thus^ I Offer thee again, O Lord, this holy Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of thy only Son, in Behalf of the Faithful departed, and in particu* lar for the Souls of [here name ^whom you chief j propofed to pray for) my Parents (if dead) Relati- ons, Bcnefadors, Neighbours, &c. Likewife of fufh as I have any Ways injured, or been the -Occafion of their Sins; of fuch as have itijur-d 411C, and been my Enemies j of fuch as die in War, Prayers at Mafs. 39 ar, or have none to pray for them, &c. To hefe, O Lord, and to all that reft irf Chrift, rant, we befecch thee, a Placeof Refrefhment, ight and Peace, thro' the fame Chrift our Lord. ^hen the PrieJ} Jirikes his Breafl, and in a loud Voice fays^ Nobis quoque Peccatoribus, fay^ Oachfafc to grant the fame one Day to U5^ poor and miferable Sinners as we are, and udge us not according to our Demerits ; but hrough the infinite Multitude of thy Mercies, in hich we hope liberally extend to us thy Grace nd Pardon. We ask it of thee, in the Name of thy dear on, who lives and reins eternally with thee, nd in that Form of Piaj^er which he himfelf ath taught us.. If the Pater noftcr, or Our Father, fay it iviti the Priefi asjol/oivs, UR Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy Name ; thy Kingdom come ; thy ill be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; give s this Day our daily Bread ; and forgive us our >efpaflcs, as we forgive them that irefpafs s^- ainit us; and lead us not into Temptation; ut deliver us from Evil, jimsn. Deliver us from thofe Evils, which we labour nder at prefent ; from paft Evils, which can be othing Dut our manitold Sins; and from the ^i I 40 Prayers at Mafs. Evils to come, which will be the juft Chaftife. jnent of our Offences, if our Prayers, and thofc more powerful ones of thy Saints, who inter, cede for us, intercept not thy Juftice, or excite not thy Bounty. Htre the Priefi breaking the Hoji^ puts a particl\ into the Chalice^ fay then^ THY Body was broken, and thy Blood fhedl for us: Grant that the Commemoration ot this Holy Myftery may obtain us Peace : And that thofe that receive it may find everlalling Reft. ; . , ■ . ..;,. .... • . ,,, ■; At Agnus Dei, 9r Lamb of God, ^ i/ *u;//ii the Priefi^ as followoi ; LAMB of God, who takeft away the Sins o(| the World, have Mercy on us. I Lamb of God> who take!t away the Sins o[| the World, have Mercy on us. I Lamb of God, who takeft away the Sins of the World, grant us thy Peace. Jt the Prayers before Communion y&)', IN faying to thy Apoftlc, my Peace I Icara you, my Peace I give you ; thou haft pro- mifed, O Lord, to all thy Church, that Peace with thee, and Peace with ourfelves. Let nothing, O Lord, ever interrupt this holy Peace ; let nothing feparate us from thee, to whom we heartily defire to be united, through! riiii blclTed Sacrament of Peace and ReconciliaJ tionJ ^ Prayers at A dafs. 41 tion. Let this Food of Angels ftrengthcn tis iti every Chriftian Duty, fo as never more to yield under Temptations, or fall into our common Weakneffes, • At the 'Domint non fum dignus tf»^ Communion* fay it and grant it may one Day what it here adores below. Jmen^ Prayers before Sasramental ConfeJJion. MOST gracious Lord ! who of thy infinij Love and Mercy towards Mankind, ordained in thy Church the Sacrament of PI nance, as a fovereign Remedy to heal our fpij tual Wounds, and purge us from the Unclea uefs wherewith after Rapiifni we have any wal defiled our Souls i look down on me, an uj grains. Give me Grace therefore, O Lord, that as of |hj Goodnefs thoa haft infpired into my Heart his holy Refolution, fo I may with due Reve- rence, Contrition, and Sincerity, accomplifh ^hat I have purpofed, to the Glory of thy holy lame, and the full Remiffion of all my Sins. )pen the Secrets of my Soul to me, O Lord, md make me know all my Sins and Iniquities; 3ive me a perfedl Sorrow and hearty Contrition lor them, and Grace to confefs them to my fpi- riiual Phyfician plainly and entirely, fincerely ind penitently, with ti firm and conftant Refolu- lidn to endeavour the Amendment of my Life For the future. .., ,? . . . • ,r , -, \ Lord my gracious God, the only Comfort >f my Soul, fince thou defireft that in all Things Ihould fmcerely ferve thee, and I, thro' thy rrace, defire nothing more than to perform thy IVill : How comes it to pafs, O Lord, that I lill ofi^end thee ? How comes it to pafs that I relapfe fo often into my former Follies ? Thy ~rrace is not wanting : What then can it be at- tributed h I 46 A Table of Sins.. tributed to, but only to my own Ittconfiancy gnd Perverfenefs ? for which, O Lord, t am moft heartily forry. Often I determine to refill every Temptation, and imrnediately I am over, come and fail in my good Purpoie. Juftly there, fore! ought I to humble my Soul, and make Ac- count that on Earth there lives not any one who is more infirm or weak than myfelf. Increafein jne daily thy Grace, and the fovereign Virtue of Humility, I moll humbly befeech thee, that! may perfeftly know thee and myfelf, thy Majet ty and Mercy, and my own Abominations and] Mifery ; that fo diilrufting my own Forces, and confiding in thy gracious Help and Favour, I may at length fight more manfully, and gain the Viftory over my Enemies, O my only Re. deemer and Saviour Jefus Chrift, who, with thj Father and the Holy Ghoft, lived and reigneilj one God, for ever, jimen. A TABLE to help our Menaory, when wc| prepare ourfelves for Confeflion. Of the Ten Commandments. Sins againft the firft Commandment* f^IVEU to any Creature the Honour due on/yti God. ^ Uot loved God above all Things. ' ^ '' Doubted in matters of Faiths -x : . ; . «< k • ♦ ^ . A Table of Sins. 47 L ignorant of the Creeds the Ten Commandments ^ Lr Precepts of the Chorch. . . - irmured againji God, * ' / \anted confidence in God,. refumed on his Goodnefs, ' ' ferred my Con'verjion to God. *'•' ' " ^ \lie'vcd Dreams, or Tellers of fortunes. \ne to Witches or Cunning Men for Counfel^ §r for the Reco'very of Things loft. - \i Charms or fuperftitious Words or ABionSyfot \the Cure of Difeafes^ ar finding cut Thingi t9 \comet &c. , wen any Succour or Favour to Herefy. \nired any onis Connjerfion from Herefy or Schifm. myedfeldom^ or ^thnjoilfulDiftr actions* 11. Com m a n dment . • - \ -^ ''AKE N the Name of God in Rocured^ defired^ or haftened the Death of oil or my onvn. Made Woihen mi/carry. Borne Hatred or Malice to atff onei Dejired Renjenge. . v ^^ • . < Not forgiven. . . . ' \MffHfid to^ak t9 otber^l tdffil ^i: f; ..;t«v, • 1 '> ■ . M'^ I ' '\ ■ mti ■»;■ w •• 4. A Table of Sins* 45 Yifven pro'vokifig Language. ^hnatenedy orjiruck others not under my Charge. ladeoihers fall out. , - Vr. Gommandment. - - ^Ommitted Adultery ^ Fornication^ Incejl^ &C. Caufed Pollution in my/elf or others, ^Jfedimmodeji Words ^ LooksyOrGeJlures. \aci'vious Dr effing^ or fuch as might provoke others toluft. ■ '. ^ (ept le^d Company^ gone to immodeji Plays^ lad'- mous 3 alls y or Retellings. Vijhoneft Books. .. * j ^I ' . ; Jnchajie Songs. ,.r v -^ ,-- . ,^x '" ;. ^ Kij/ing, or unchajle Dijcour/es. '-^. \ken Pkajure in touching tnyfelf^ or others ^ ««- chafily. Ue'uoed my Skin, or any miked Part of my Body^ to intice others, '' .-,■•->,; v.-, ^^.■_-; ,-., ■:;\ - ^,,, , ,^ _j (eft immodeji Pidures^ or looked at immodef O^- ]e5is. — \; • ' [arried Perfons ought here to examine them- felves, whether they have not abufed the Li- berty of their State by any Aaion againft Nature or Pollutions. -, , r : , ^ VII, Commandment. ^ - . STEALTH. . . , . v r Lozenage, hceit in Buying or Sellings Reckonings or Gam* the Wares, Prices^ Weights or M^afures. £ * Bought ^' rf. ,f ? • • ! ; I 'i 1 I'i. • ,, .1, t4i II wr^ \ 5 .\ i \h .«>'•; j;o -^ Table of Sim. Bought offiich as could not fell, . . •' ^aken of fuch as could not gi've, ' Wilfully damaged another s Goods. JSJegiigenily fpoiled them. Run carelef.y into Debty beyond my Po^w^r^ or iiuithA out Purpofe of Payment. ^ ; ^ ./ - NegleSi to pay my Debts, Vexed others by unjufl Lawo-fuits. "N eft fulfilled my P ramifies. Kept that ijuhich ought to be refiored, Vni. Commandment. ' H. \^ 'DORNEfalfie Witnefe, or told Lyes. Called one by injurious Names. ......?, ■ Difi(G^ered another s fiecret Sins. * \ ^ Defamed or lefifenedthe Reputation ofotheru Rafihly belie'ved eml Reports of them. :, ?■ i, Not defended their Reputations. ,->^-\':.^-u Souoed Dificord betnjueen others. i^J^l: u ,^v. Opened others Letters . 'Judged rafijly and Without Grounds. /J is.: Liftened to others Talk to an e'vil End. Concealed aT ruth y to the Detriment of another. IX. Commandment. J I -i- \l y V Nc Lit » jNWARD Concupificences ofitheTlefih^ that f A "^ no. farther than the Mind ; as defiring, or ov/fl * /V/^/f taking Pleafiure in thinking of immoJiji Thif7gs, • I 7aken Pleafiure in^ or not refified^ irregular Mot^Ri . ons and Lulls of the Body. ? ^^V' * i- HP/i - • • • X. CoJ/« f ^ • • ' Jl \ \ .\ 1 ^r^ or nfjith ■ * «- .%, Others* - m V ' ' .V S J -i . ' . ? IV • , , . , C^ f.- ' of another* nejh, that f 4 Mngf or Wl \ ■ ..»i ,.4. i* i , . rregiilar Mm X, Cow J Talle of Sins. Si X. Commandment. rO^ETEP wrongfully any 7hing that belongs to another. Not been content ivith ^what God hath given me* ^ Been greedy of the Goods of this World. - ^ . Of the Seven Deadly Sins, ^ I. Pride. • ■ "' pRIDE, that isf Self-efteem^ Self-conceit ^ be^ ing puffed up ^thin ones Self , ' ^--^ \ Vain -glory ^ or fee king to he ejieemed by others, Preftmtption of ones Self and Difdain or Contemft of others. ' , ■ '. - r^?. „ ,. " •- Hypocrify.^ '* _ ' .^., ;, )>v. .' i. \Obfiinacy in one^s oivn Opinion, ; ' *'*' ir. -Covetouinefs. QOFETOUSNESS. i ; ^ ^ ^ Wordly Solicitude, '. ,, v ■,.. Want of Pity, ' - > v v>^^^ ., iVo?^/«i;^« /^/wj, ha'ving 'wherenxjith. Not lent to thofe in "Need, JVi?/. been contented ^vith my oivn Eft ate. JII. Luxury, or Luft. Of the Sins ofLitxeryj fee the fixth Command- mv,nt. ^ IV. Anger. " \aNGER, orPaJJion. r^ Impatience^ or Fretfulnefs. •» ^«^^, or Fury, Yicking of parrels, , • \hnoderate Grieniing. mvere Corre£iing, E 2 V; G!u(. III ^'1 i ■ ^'« ^V ' Yk H^ iH ' I: T % 52 J Table of Sins. V. Gluttonv. f-^LUTTONr, or Excefs in Eating. ^ Drunkennefs, Intemperance, Eating more than one Meal on Faftingdajs. Eating Flejh on prohibited Days, - Banquet ted and feafted abo've my Ability. VI. Envy. Grieved at another 5 Profptrity^ or to hear them ivell fpoken of, ' ., . ,. ' Tf:jc iced at their Hurt. ' * - ' , Difpraifed their Merchandize. Interpreted their Doings^ or Sayings^ in the Wdrjl Senfe. • VII. Sloth. j^LOTH. ' : • ;• / Indexation, '' Id/em/s, or Lazine/s, Overmuch feeking my oivn Safe. •« " Been inconjiant in good Purpofes, • .' • " Negle^ed Things gi'ven me in Charge. * • Been ungrateful to God for his Benefits. Unthankful to my Friends and Benefactors. Chofen rather to woant^ than to 'work or labour for my Linjing, Not pr^ayed foi' the Having and the Dead, IN aU which we may not only fin ourfclves, but alfo be accefTaty to another's Sin, either by commanding, counfelling, confenting to, or approving; by not endeavouring to hinder, by not admQnifliingi and, lalily, by evil Example. Jht\ A Form of Confefion. '53 T^he Form and Manner of ConfeJJton. Firft make the Sign of the Crors ; then hy. Pray Father gi've me your BlcJJing^ After this lay the Confiteor^ &c. to mea culpa^ through my Faulty &c. T^ hen fay ^ I' Confefs to Almighty God, and to you my ; Ghollly Father, that fince my lall Confeffion {vjhkh ivasjo long ago) I have divers Ways of- fended Almighty God. Here accufe yourfelf of all the Sins nxjhich you can rwell call to Mind, according to the Order of God'' 5 Commandment i ; fpecifying, as near as you can, the Nitmier of Times njuhich you have been guilty of each Sin, Then, by Way of Conclufcn, fay, for all thefe, and whatever clfe I cannot at this prefent call to Mind, I afk Pardon of Al.^ mighty God, and Penance and Abfolution of you my Ghoftly Father. , Make an end, faying, Ideo precor, i^c. or Therefore I befeech, (Be. , A Prayer rt the Receik ,i * 1 h-- t •■I ii ■I ■I vi^l 54 Prayers after Confejfton. Thou, who fufteredit for me, have Mercy on mc. God be merciful to me a Sinner. Prayers after CotjfeJJton. OGod of Mercy and Pity, having now, through thy gracious Goodnefs, difburden- ied my Confcience of the Guilt wherewith it was| opprefled, and, in the humblell Manner I was able, difcov-ered all the Sins I could poffibly think of to thy Minifter, my Ghollly Father:] I moft humbly befeech thee to accept thisConfel- iian, and forgive me all my Trefpafles, as well f uch as I forgot, as thofe which I remembred. Grant me Grace, O Lord, to live more carcl fully and diligently hereafter, and to abllain froni| my former Follies, which I utterly deteft, firm- ly purpofing, through thy Grace, never any| more to offend in them ; clpecially, O my mer- ciful and moll bountiful Saviour, give me Graccl to withrtand thofe Temptations wherewith I ara| moft grievoufly infeftcd, [^here they are to be men* tioned'] as alio to.avoid all iheOccafions ofoifcnd'l ing thee for the future. The jull Man falls feven Times a Day, much! more then fhall I full, O my Lord, having, thro'f my own Fiailty and vicious Culloms, increafedj the Wickcdncfs and Blindnefs which I reccivedl from my Forelather Adam ; yet. Lord, as 1 hopJ and purpofe lirmly, by thy merciful Favour, lo rcrr4in from confeiuing to any monal Sin, (froir . ': wnicl prayers after ConfeJJion. 55 Iwhich Imoft humbly beg of thee to prcferve me vvhihl I live) fo will I by thy Goodneft cominu* ally ftrive againft my venial Sins and Imperfefti- pnsj which that I may the better perform, grant me Grace, my fweet Saviour Jefus Chriu, to perfevere in examining my Confcience every Night more diligently than other, according to the Inftrudlions it hath pleafed thee to impart unto me by thy Servant, and every Morning io hap- pily to begin the Day, by offering the Firll-fruits of all my Aftions, that the reft of it may always [be employed to * v Glory. * • . i •• * " » i ' As for the Pc' ^ce enjoined me, and not yet Ipertormed, I humbly befeech thy Afliltance, [both ill the perfedt Remembering and diligent JExecuting of ir, till, by thus daily endeavouring, Ithrough thy Grace, to amend my Life, I become lat lalt a true Penitent ; and fo, through the Me- pusof thy bitter Paffion, obtain full Forgivenefs loFmy Sins in this World, and in the other ever- [lafting Life. Grant this, O my Lord and Savi- lour Jefus Chrift, who, with God the Father and JtheHoIy Gholl, liveft and reigneft World with- (out End. Amen, ' "* * ■ ' • ' ^ I Befeech thee, O Lord, let this my Confefiion be acceptable to thee, by the luterccilion of Itheblefrcd Virgin Mary^ thy holy Mother, and lofall 'he Saints; and \ouchfafe, out of thy in/i- Inite Gjodncfs and Meicy, to fupply whatever Ihas been defedive in this or any other of my Con- felGoas, that thou maylt fully ratify in Heaven thac I J<, '1{ I I ) I ■M ^U . H i 1 'fa 56 Prayers before Receiving. that Abfolution which has been here pronouncedl on Earth ; who lived and reigneil for ever, Amm\ I Prayers be/ore receiving the blejfed Sacrament, 01 My Lord and Saviour Jelus Chriil, I molil ' firmly believe, that thou, true God and true Man, art really, prefcnt in this moil blefled Sacrament; I believe that it contains. thy Body and Blood, accompanied with thy Soul and DiJ vinity. I acknowledge thefe Truths, I believe thefe Wonders, I adore thy Power which has! wrought them, and I praife thy infinite Goodnefs, which has prepared them for me. But who ami I, O fovereign Majelly, that thou fliouldeft vouchfafe to come to me ! Or how fliall I dare prefume to approach to thee ? Thou art the King of Kings, the Lord and Maker of Heaven and Earth, and I am a poor Worm of the Earth.l Thou art the Saint of Saints, Purity and Holinefi itfelf ; and I am a wretched unclean miferablel Sinner, the very Filth of Sin. O Lord> I con- fefs my great unworthinefs, which thou belli knoweft ; but llill my whole Confidence is in thyl infinite Goodnefs: I am terrified at thofe Word( of ihy Apoftle, that He, ivho eats and drinks m\ nMjrthily^ eats and drinks ^Judgment to himfelf. Bi then I am encouraged again with that merciful Invitation, Come to me all you that labour and ar\ hea'vy burthenedy and I njuill refrejh you. To the« therefore I come, dear Lord, trulting in thy di-i vine Clemency, thai thou wilt pardon all my Ini' quities, heal all my Infirmities, and from ^W^ A Profejfton of Catholic Faith. 57 ime forward take full Pofleffian of my Soul. yonly Intention in coming to thee is, that I ayomply with thy holy Will and divine In- iiution ; that I may commemorate thy Death nd PafTion ; and that, by receiving thee in thefe cred Myftcries,! may be happily united to thee; jhat (oy as thou halt promifed, I may be in thee ndthou in me. Lord, thou knoweft how una- e I am of myfclf to prepare my Soul for fo great Favour ; be thou pleal'ed therefore to prepare e by thy Grace. Cail out of my Soul all that ilthofSin, which thou difcovereft there; and nkindle in my Heart the facred Fire of thy Love, emeniber, Lord, thac thou hall laid, I am come caji Fire upon the Earthy and %^hat do I dejlre \ut that it Jhould be enkindled, I earnellly beg at this divine Flame my take hold of my Soul. give me Grace from this Moment to love thee rever. Amen, . i« . .- ?rofeJ/i)n of the Catholick Faith, extracted out of the Council ^/Trcnt by Pope Pius IV. N, believe and profefs with a firm Faith all [ and every one of the Things which are con- ined in the Symbol of Faith which is ufed in e holy Roman Church, *i;/«. I believe in one God the Father Almighty, ^ker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things fiblc and invifible; and in one Lord Jefus hrill, the only begotten Son of God, and born the Father before all Ages; God of God, Light I'ighti true God of true God^ begotten, not made. •V ' ::'i I k 58 J Profejfton of Catholic Faith. nude, confublhntial to the Father, by whomal things were made ; who for us Men, and for 01 Salvation, came down from Heaven, and m incarnate by the Holy Ghoft of the Virgin Mar\ AND WAS MADE Man, was crucificd alfo for under Pontius Pilate^ fuftered, and was buriej and rofe again the third Day according to tt Scriptures, and afcended into Heaven, (its at tl Right Hand of the Father, and will come aga with Glory to judge the Living and the Dead, whole Kingdom there will be no End : And the Holy Ghoft the Lord and Life-giver, wl proceeds from the Father and the Son : Who gether with the Father and the Son is ador'daj glorified, who fpoke by the Prophets. And holy Catholic and Apoftolic Church. I com one Baptifm for the Remiflion of Sins, and I peft the Refurreftion of the Body, and the of the World to come. Ametik : • ^ I moft firmly admit and embrace Apoftoli and Ecclcfiaftical Traditions, and all other Cc flitutions and Obfervations of the fame Chun I alfo admit the facred Scriptures accordinj the Senfe which the holy Mother Church held and does hold, to whom it belongs to ju( of the true Senfe and Interpretation of the h Scriptures, nor will lever take and interpret th othcrwife than according to the unanimous C| fent of the Fathers. I profefs alfo that there are truly and prop feven Sacraments of the new Law. inftjtut^* .; Ji A ProfeJJion of Catholic Faith. 59 lefus Chrift our Lord, and for the Salvation of ankind, tho' all are not neceflary for every one; liz.Bapcifm, Confirmation, Eucharift, Penance, trcme Unftion, Order, ajid Matrimony, and at they confer Grace ; and of thefe Baptjfm, loniirmation, and Order cannot be reiterated litbout Sacrilege. lalfo receive and admit the Ceremonies of the iholic Church, received and approv'd in the lo- n Adminiftration of the above faid Sacrament. I receive and embrace all and ^vQxy one of the ings which have been defin'd and declared in eholy Council oi Trent , concerning original and Juftification. • ' ' * «.-...•.. on IS ador'daBp^ofefs likewife that in the Mafs is offered to hets. AndoW''^ tx\it^ proper, and propitiary Sacrifice for Living and the Dead ; and that in the Sacra- ntof the Eucharift there{is truly, really and fub- tially the Body and Blood, together with the |il and Divinity of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and It there is made a Converfion of the whole llance of the Bread into the Body, and of the lole Subftance of the Wine into the Blood ; ich Converfion the Catholic Church calls nfubftantiation. ' " •* ' * ' •"' confefs alfo that under either Kind alone, ion of the it'^ and entire Chrift, and a true Sacrament is interpret tlljiv'd. nanimous Cjccnftantly hold that there is a Purgatory, and t the Souls detained there are helped by the "rages of the Faithful, ikewife that the Saints reigning together with Faith. by whom all n, and for 01 ven, and wj Virgin Mar)^ Sed alfo for id was buriej :ording to tl iven, fits at t vill come aga [id the Dead, End : And iife-giver, w Son : Who irch. I con Sins, and I yr, and the •ace Apoftoli] all other C( fame Churc Ires accordinj ler Church belongs to ju^ |ly and propj inftiiutc< .:^' ' i. ^ H i»i 60 jf Pro/eJ/ion of Catholic Faith. Chrift are to be honoured and invocated, tla| they offer Prayers to God for us, and that theii Relics are to be venerated. . . -.- I mod firmly aflert that the Images of Chrid, and of the Mother of God ever Virgin, and alfo of the other Saints are to be had and retained and that due Honour and Veneration is tob; given to them. ,,. . I alfd affirm that the Power of Indulgences m left by Chrift in the Church, and that the Ufeoi them is moft wholefome to Chriftian People. I acknowledge the holy Catholic, and Apollo lie Roman Church, the Mother and Miftrefsoj all Churches; and I promife and fwear tru Obedience to the i?d?w^« Bifllop, the Stcceflbro| St. Peter Prince of the Apoftlcs and Vicar Jefus Chrift. I alfo profefs and undoubtedly receive all oth Things delivered, defined and declared by thefj cred Canons and General Councils, and pari cularly by the holy Council of Trent; and lii wife I alfo condemn, rejedl and anathematize Things contrary thereto, and all Herefies wh fover condemn'd, rejefted, and anathematizM the Church. W This true Catholic Faith out of which no; can be fav*d, which I now freely profcls a truly hold, I N. promife, vow and fwear in conftantly to hold and profefs the fame vvh and entire, with God's Affiftance, to the En my Life. Jmen. '" / J. McK. f I N I S t-i *'«.■<• >T I •* -i M'" 'h m )d, tta! at theii ' Chrid, ,nd alfo ^tained, IS to bi ices m I Ufe oj pie. Apoiloj ftrefs ol lar trui :eilbro| ^icar I . » ■ all oth r the (i i pari nd lik atize 5 wh itizM :h no fci's a sar m e wh : End