A History of the Book of Common Prayer; with a Rationale of Its Offices

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ... replcnysshe hym with the grace of thy holy spirite, that he alway incline to thy wil, and walke in thy way. Kepe hym farre of from ignoraunce, but through thy gifte, leat prudence and knowlage alwaie abound in his royall hert. So instructe hym (o Lord Iesv) reygnyng upon us in erth, that his humaine majestee, alway obey thy divine majestee in feare and drede. Indue him plentifully with heauenly geftes. Grant him in health and welth long to hue. Heape glorie and honoure upon hym. Glad hym with the joye of thy countenance. So strengthe hym, that he maie vanquishe and ouercome all his and our foes, and be dread and feared of al the ennemies of his realme. Amen. In the Prayer-Books of Edward VI. this prayer was not put into the Morning and Evening Service; it was, however, placed in the Primer (1553)', as ' the fourth Collect for the King ' at Morning Prayer; another and shorter ' Prayer for the King ' being added to the Collects 'for Peace? and 'for Aid against all Perils? at Evening Prayer. The Collects in the Communion Office were the only Prayers for the King in the Public Service, until the revision of the Prayer-Book at the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth (1559), when this prayer was altered and shortened, and together with the Prayer for thelet, Nov. 6, 1547. The first At the end of the Primer portion, containing Queen Katha-(1553) were also placed 'Sundry rine's prayers, is a Beries of de-Oodly Prayers for divert purposes;' votional sentences: after which the first and second being the comes this prayer for the King: Collects for the King from the then the prayer for men to say Communion Service, and the third entering into battle: then 'A being also a Prayer for the King, devout prayer to be daily said, ' taken from Becon's..