Grace before supper. O LORD Jesu Christ, without whom nothing is sweet nor savoury, we beseech thee to bless us and our supper, and with thy blessed presence (O God) to cheer our hearts, that in all our meats and drinks we may taste and savour of thee, to thy honour and glory. Amen. Grace after supper. BLESSED is God in all his ways: And holy in all his works. Our help is in the name of the Lord: Who hath made both heaven and earth. Blessed be the name of our Lord: From henceforth world without end. Amen. Most mighty Lord and merciful Father, we yield thee hearty thanks for our bodily sustenance, requiring also most entirely thy gracious goodness, so to feed us with the food of thy heavenly grace, that we may worthily glorify thy holy name in this life, and after be partakers of the life everlasting through our Lord Jesu Christ. Amen. Grace before meat. WHETHER We eat or drink, or what thing else soever we do, let us do it to the laud, praise, and glory of God, who bless us and these his gifts, through our Lord Jesu Christ. Amen. Grace after meat. Now we have well refreshed our bodies, let us remember the lamentable afflictions and miseries of many thousands our neighbours in Christ, visited by the hand of God, some with mortal plague and diseases, some with imprisonment, some with extreme poverty and necessity, that either they cannot, or they have not to feed as we have done; remember therefore how much and how deeply we here present are bound unto the goodness of Almighty God, for our health, wealth, and many other his benefits given unto us, through our most merciful Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to whom be praise, honour, and glory, world without end. Amen. GOD save the universal Church, and preserve our most gracious Queen Elizabeth, and the realm, and send us peace in our Lord Jesus, amen. C Imprinted at London, by Rychard Jugge, Printer vnto Cum priuilegio ad impri- THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Londini, in officina Richardi Jugge, & Johannis Cawode. Cum privilegio Regiæ Anno. 1559. [1 1596, of.] C The Booke of common praier, and ad ministration of the Sacramentes, and other rites and Ceremonies in the Churche of Englande. Londini, in officina Richardi Jugge, & Iohannis Cawode. Cum priuilegio Regie Maiestatis. Anno. 1559. [The copy, which has been reprinted, is in the Library of the Rev. W. Maskell, Broadleaze, near Devizes.] The Boke of common praier, and ad ministration of the Sacramentes, and other rites and Ceremonies in the Churche of Englande. Londini', in officina Ri chardi Graftoni. Cum priuilegio Regie Maiestatis. Anno. 1559. ['Over these words a printed label is pasted, bearing-Londini, in heina Richardi Iugge, & Iohannis Cawode.] [The copy, which has been collated, is in the University Library, Cambridge.] |