humble acknowledgment of the divine mercies and goodness unto you, in this great blessing and deliverance from the pain and peril of child-birth." [Or else name any other instance in which the minister is required to give thanks.]

The Psulm or Hymn of Thanksgiving.

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want: he maketh me lie down in green pastures, he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; for he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he cried unto him, he heard. O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed

me.

O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

For his anger endureth but for a moment; in his favour is life weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

I cried unto thee, O Lord: unto the Lord I made my supplication.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down into the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with glad

ness,

To the end that my glory may sing praise unto thee, and not be silent: O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

Or else say the Te Deum.

We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee all angels cry aloud: the heavens and all the powers therein.

To thee cherubim and seraphim continually do cry,
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth,

Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory.
The glorious company of the apostles praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise thee.
The noble army of martyrs praise thee.

The holy church throughout all the world, doth acknowledge thee:

The Father of an infinite majesty.

Thy honourable, true, and only Son.
Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.

Thou art the King of glory, O Christ.

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.

When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the virgin's womb.

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.

We believe that thou shalt come, to be our Judge.

We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting.

O Lord, save thy people: and bless thine heritage.
Govern them and lift them up for ever.

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Day by day, we magnify thee,

And we worship thy name, ever, world without end.. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us: as our trust is in thee.

O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded. Minister. The Lord be with you.

Answer. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

O most merciful Saviour and Redeemer Jesus, who wert born of a pure and a holy maid; who hast felt the calamities of mankind, and knowest how to pity our infirmities, and rejoicest in doing and showing mercy to all that need, and to all that call to thee for succour; we give thee thanks and praise, that thou hast heard the prayers, and considered the cries, and relieved the necessities, of this thy servant, and kept her life from the grave, still continuing to her a portion in the land of the living, and opportunities of serving thee. O be pleased to continue and increase, and to sanctify thy mercies to thy servant: pardon all her sins, pity her infirmities, enable her duty, keep her from all evil by thy blessed providence, let her portion be in the things of God and of religion, in the light of thy countenance, and the service of thy majesty; that she,-walking humbly and devoutly before thee, piously and dutifully to her relatives, doing justice, and giving good example to those with whom she shall converse, may find the rewards of holiness, and the eternal mercies of God, in the day of thy glorious appearing, Q blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus. Amen.

Then shall be added this form of Blessing.

The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you, and give

you peace.

The blessing of God Almighty, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and abide with you, and bẹ your portion for ever and ever. Amen.

A Prayer to be said immediately after the Woman's Delivery, either by the Priest, or any other in Attendance.

O ALMIGHTY LORD and Father, who healest every sickness and every disease, and art ever gracious, and always present to the prayers of them who, in the day of trouble, call upon thy holy name; thou hast given delivery to this thy servant, [and made her the mother of a living child] still be pleased to continue and renew thy loving-kindness unto her; keep her from all violent accidents and intolerable pains, from colds and fevers; defend her by the custody of

thy holy angels of light, from all impresses of the powers of darkness give her rest and sleep, a quiet spirit, and an easy body, confidence in thee, and a daily sense of thy mercies; a speedy restitution of health and strength, and a thankful heart to praise thee in the congregation of saints, and to serve thee with an increasing and a persevering duty all the days of her life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then, if there be time and fitted circumstances, add this Prayer for the Child.

O eternal God, who hast promised to be a Father to a thousand generations of them that love and fear thee; be pleased to bless this child, who is newly come into a sad and most sinful world. O God, preserve his life, and give him the grace and sacrament of baptismal regeneration: do thou receive him and enable him to receive thee, that he may have power to become the child of God; keep him from the spirits that walk at noon, and from the evil spirits of the night, from all charms and enchantments, from sudden death and violent accidents give unto him a gracious heart and an excellent understanding, a ready and unloosed tongue, a healthful and a useful body and a wise soul, that he may serve thee and advance thy glory in this world, and may increase the number of thy saints and servants in the kingdom of our Lord Jesus. Amen.

To God the Father of our Lord Jesus: to the eternal Son of God, the Son of man: to the Spirit of the Father and the Son: be all honour and glory, praise and thanksgiving, love and obedience, now and for evermore. Amen.

A Prayer to be said by a new married Wife entering into

a Family.
I.

O ETERNAL GOD, the Father of wisdom and mercy, thou hast been my guide and my defence all my days; thou didst take me from my mother's womb, and didst conduct me through the varieties of my life with much mercy, and the issues of a loving and wise providence; I bless thy name, O Lord, for all thy dispensations; thou hast done all things with infinite goodness and infinite wisdom: thou hast kept me from the effects of thy wrath, and the evils of my own

infirmities; thou didst defend me from evils by the guard of angels, and didst lead me into good by the conduct of thy Holy Spirit: thou hast always heard my prayer, ever being more ready to bless me than I to ask it: thou hast said unto me, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee;' be therefore graciously pleased to hear the prayer of thine handmaid, that I may have the aids of an excellent providence and a mighty grace to do my duty in all my relations, in all varieties and changes of the world, until my great change shall come.

II.

Give thy blessing to thy servant, my dear husband, give him a long life and a confirmed health; encircle him with blessings, adorn him with thy grace, nourish him with content, refresh him with a perpetual succession of comforts, let the light of thy countenance be upon him in all his actions and the accidents of his life, and grant that he may still more and more increase in the love and fear of thy holy name; that, despising the things of this world, he may hunger and thirst after the things of God and of religion, and may have his portion in the gathering together of the saints in the kingdom of grace and glory.

III.

Bless me, even me, O my Father; and grant that I may, in all things, do my duty to thee, my God: give me a perfect command over all my passions and affections, that they being subject to my will, and my will guided by reason, and my reason by religion, I may never suffer any undecency or violent transport, but may pass through all the accidents of my life with meekness and a sober spirit, with patience and charity, with prudence and holiness. O be pleased to give thy servant a right judgment in all things, that I may not be amazed at trifles, nor discomposed by every contrariety of accidents, nor passionate for the things of the world, nor discontent if thou shouldst smite me: but that I may, with an even and a quiet spirit, do my duty, and comply with every variety of thy providence, and obey my husband, and be amiable in his eyes, and useful and careful for his children: ever desiring to approve myself to thee in a holy and hearty obedience, in piety and devotion, in patience and humility,