The First Book of Common Prayer of Edward VI and the Ordinal of 1549, with the Order of the Communion, 1548, Repr. and Ed. by H.B. Walton [Paperback]

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1869. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... if Wxt IntxoitB, (HolhttB, (Epistle, anil &08$dB, To be used at the Celebration of the Lord's Supper and Holy Communion, through the Year: with proper Psalms and Lessons for divers Feasts and Days. T he first Sxmbag in Mbznt. Beatus vir. Psal. i. Blessed is that man, that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners: and hath not sit in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord: and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side: that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf also shall not wither: and look, whatsoever he doth, it shall prosper. As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away (from the face of the earth). Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment: neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the ungodly shall perish. 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. And so must every Introit be ended. Let us pray. THE COLLECT. Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light. now in the time of this mortal life, (in the which thy Son Jesus Christ came. to visit us in great humility;) that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty, to judge "both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xiii. Owe nothing to any man but this, that ye love one another: for he that loveth another f...