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date: 24 March 2023

The Book of Common Prayer 1662 

  1. Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness.
    Morning Prayer Sentences of the Scriptures
  2. We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts.
    Morning Prayer General Confession
  3. 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; And there is no health in us.
    Morning Prayer General Confession
  4. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life.
    Morning Prayer General Confession
  5. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us.
    Morning Prayer The Lord's Prayer; see Bible, Missal
  6. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
    Morning Prayer Gloria
  7. We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
     
    Morning Prayer Te Deum; see Anonymous
  8. The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee.
    The goodly fellowship of the Prophets: praise thee.
    The noble army of Martyrs: praise thee.
     
    Morning Prayer Te Deum
  9. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
    Morning Prayer Te Deum
  10. Day by day: we magnify thee;
    And we worship thy Name: ever world without end.
     
    Morning Prayer Te Deum
  11. O Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded.
     
    Morning Prayer Te Deum
  12. O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord.
    Morning Prayer Benedicite
  13. I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
    And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
    I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.
     
    Morning Prayer The Apostles' Creed; see Book of Common Prayer, Missal
  14. Give peace in our time, O Lord.
    Morning Prayer Versicle
  15. O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom.
    Morning Prayer The Second Collect, for Peace
  16. In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem.
    Morning Prayer rubric following Third Collect
  17. O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give.
    Evening Prayer Second Collect
  18. Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night.
    Evening Prayer Third Collect
  19. Whosoever will be saved: before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith.
    At Morning Prayer Athanasian Creed ‘Quicunque vult’
  20. Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
    The Litany
  21. From all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,
    Good Lord, deliver us.
     
    The Litany
  22. From battle and murder, and from sudden death,
    Good Lord, deliver us.
     
    The Litany
  23. In the hour of death, and in the day of judgement,
    Good Lord, deliver us.
     
    The Litany
  24. O God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men.
    Prayers…upon Several Occasions ‘Collect or Prayer for all Conditions of Men’
  25. O God our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious providence dost cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth.
    Thanksgivings For Rain
  26. Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light.
    Collects The first Sunday in Advent
  27. Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them.
    Collects The second Sunday in Advent
  28. Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people.
    Collects The five and twentieth Sunday after Trinity
  29. Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid.
    Holy Communion The Collect
  30. I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.
    the phrase ‘sins of the fathers’ is also used in the Douay/Rheims Bible (1609) in Numbers ch. 14, v. 18
    Holy Communion The Ten Commandments; see Bible
  31. Incline our hearts to keep this law.
    Holy Communion The Ten Commandments (response)
  32. Thou shalt do no murder.
    Holy Communion The Ten Commandments; see Bible
  33. I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible:
    And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father, By whom all things were made.
     
    Holy Communion Nicene Creed; see Book of Common Prayer, Missal
  34. We humbly beseech thee most mercifully to accept our alms and oblations.
    Holy Communion Prayer for the Church Militant
  35. To inspire continually the universal Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord.
    Holy Communion Prayer for the Church Militant
  36. We do earnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is intolerable.
    Holy Communion General Confession
  37. Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him.
    Holy Communion Comfortable Words (preamble)
  38. Lift up your hearts.
    Holy Communion versicles and responses; see Missal
  39. It is meet and right so to do.
    Holy Communion versicles and responses
  40. Who, in the same night that he was betrayed, took Bread; and, when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat, this is my Body which is given for you: Do this in remembrance of me.
    Holy Communion Prayer of Consecration
  41. Among all the changes and chances of this mortal life.
    Holy Communion Collects after the Offertory
  42. I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
    Catechism
  43. To keep my hands from picking and stealing.
    Catechism
  44. question: What meanest thou by this word Sacrament?
    answer: I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
     
    Catechism
  45. If any of you know cause, or just impediment, why these two persons should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it. This is the first [second, or third] time of asking.
    Solemnization of Matrimony The Banns
  46. Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony.
    Solemnization of Matrimony Exhortation
  47. Not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly, to satisfy men's carnal lusts and appetites, like brute beasts that have no understanding.
    Solemnization of Matrimony Exhortation
  48. If any man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
    Solemnization of Matrimony Exhortation
  49. Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live?
    Solemnization of Matrimony Betrothal
  50. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part.
    Solemnization of Matrimony Betrothal
  51. With this Ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.
    Solemnization of Matrimony Wedding
  52. Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder.
    Solemnization of Matrimony Wedding; see Bible
  53. Peace be to this house, and to all that dwell in it.
    The Visitation of the Sick
  54. Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery.
    The Burial of the Dead First Anthem; see Bible
  55. In the midst of life we are in death.
    The Burial of the Dead First Anthem
  56. Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life.
    The Burial of the Dead Interment
  57. Be pleased to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of us thy servants, and the Fleet in which we serve.
    Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea First Prayer
  58. That we may be…a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions.
    Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea First Prayer
  59. We therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body (when the Sea shall give up her dead).
    Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea At the Burial of their Dead at Sea
  60. Man is very far gone from original righteousness.
    Articles of Religion (1562) no. 9
  61. It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom of the Primitive Church, to have publick Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the people.
    Articles of Religion (1562) no. 24
  62. The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England.
    Articles of Religion (1562) no. 37
  63. A Man may not marry his Mother.
    A Table of Kindred and Affinity