The John Wesley Prayer Collection

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of Psalms and Hymns for the Lord’s Day also published in

the volume by John and Charles Wesley.

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COLLECTS, EPISTLES, and GOSPELS. consist of 57 readings for Sunday services and special services throughout the year.

SELECT PSALMS. have Morning and Evening selections of Psalms to be read over 30 days.

ARTICLES OF RELIGION. consist of 24 Articles.

Psalms and Hymns. have a selection of 42 Psalms and Hymns.

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MINUTES. contain 81 Questions with multiple Answers.

John Wesley’s Tracts on Prayer. contains 47 readings.

JOHN WESLEY’S

THE

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THE SUNDAY SERVICE OF THE METHODISTS IN NORTH AMERICA

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For God hath not given us the spirit of timidity; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:7

Contents iii

Preface --------------------------------------------------- vii Production Notes --------------------------------------- vi Preface --------------------------------------------------- vii Foreword------------------------------------------------- ix Wesley’s Letter to Coke & Asbury-------------------- 3 Wesley’s Foreword-------------------------------------- 5 Charts ---------------------------------------------------- 6 The Order for Morning Prayer, Every Lord’s Day -- 11 The Order for Evening Prayer, Every Lord’s Day -- 18 The Litany – for Wednesdays and Fridays---------- 24 Prayer and Thanksgiving, Every Lord’s Day-------- 30

The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, To be used throughout the Year ----------------- 32 Christmas-day. ------------------------------------- 38 Palm Sunday ---------------------------------------- 64 GOOD-FRIDAY.------------------------------------- 67 EASTER – DAY. ------------------------------------- 72 The Ascension-day. -------------------------------- 81 WHIT-SUNDAY.------------------------------------- 84 TRINITY-SUNDAY.---------------------------------- 86

The Communion. --------------------------------------- 125 Proper Prefaces. -----------------------------------------------135

The BAPTISM of INFANTS. ---------------------------- 141 The BAPTISM to such as are of RIPER YEARS.---- 145 The MATRIMONY. -------------------------------------- 151 The COMMUNION of the SICK.----------------------- 157 The Order for the BURIAL of the DEAD.------------ 158

SELECT PSALMS. Morning Evening The 1st Day -----------164--------------- 166 The 2nd Day-----------168--------------- 170 The 3rd Day -----------172--------------- 174 The 4th Day -----------176--------------- 179 The 5th Day -----------181--------------- 183 The 6th Day -----------185--------------- 187 The 7th Day -----------189--------------- 191 The 8th Day -----------193--------------- 194 The 9th Day -----------197--------------- 199 The 10th Day ---------201--------------- 204

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SELECT PSALMS (cont) Morning Evening The 11th Day ----------------206----------- 208 The 12th Day ----------------210----------- 213 The 13th Day ----------------215----------- 217 The 14th Day ----------------219----------- 221 The 15th Day ----------------224----------- 226 The 16th Day ----------------228----------- 230 The 17th Day ----------------232----------- 234 The 18th Day ----------------236----------- 237 The 19th Day ----------------239----------- 241 The 20th Day ----------------243----------- 244 The 21st Day-----------------246----------- 248 The 22nd Day ----------------249----------- 251 The 23rd Day ----------------252----------- 254 The 24th Day ----------------256----------- 258 The 25th Day ----------------260----------- 262 The 26th Day ----------------264----------- 266 The 27th Day ----------------267----------- 269 The 28th Day ----------------271----------- 273 The 29th Day ----------------274----------- 275 The 30th Day ----------------277----------- 279

Ordaining of SUPERINTENDANTS, ELDERS, and DEACONS.

The making of DEACONS. ------------------------ 282 The ordaining of ELDERS. ------------------------ 287 The Ordaining of a SUPERINTENDANT. -------- 298

ARTICLES OF RELIGION 1. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity.---------------------------307 2. Of the Word, or Son of God,

who was made very Man. ----------------------ib 3. Of the Resurrection of Christ. ------------------------308 4. Of the Holy Ghost.----------------------------------------ib 5. Of the sufficiency

of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation.-----------ib Of the Names of the Canonical Book.-----------------ib Of the Old Testament. --------------------------------------309 7. Of Original or Birth-sin. --------------------------------ib 8. Of Free-will. -------------------------------------------------310 9. Of the Justification of Man. ---------------------------ib

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ARTICLES OF RELIGION (Continued) 10. Of good Works. ------------------------------------------310 11. Of Works of Supererogation. ------------------ ib 12. Of Sin after Justification. ----------------------------311 13. Of the Church. ---------------------------------- ib 14. Of Purgatory.------------------------------------ ib 15. Of speaking in the Congregation in such

a Tongue as the People understand. --- ib 16. Of the Sacraments.----------------------------- 312 17. Of Baptism. ------------------------------------- ib 18. Of the Lord’s Supper. -------------------------- ib 19. Of both Kinds. ---------------------------------- 313 20. Of the One Oblation of Christ, finished

upon the Cross.-----------------------------------ib 21. Of the Marriage of Ministers.------------------ ib 22. Of the Rites and Ceremonies of Churches. ---314 23. Of Christians Men’s Goods. ------------------- ib 24. Of a Christian Man’s Oath.-------------------- ib

A COLLECTION OF PSALMS AND HYMNS --------- 316 Psalms and Hymns Contents------------------------- 430 APPENDICES-------------------------------------------- 435 Endnotes------------------------------------------------- 471

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Foreword ix

I grew up in a free church tradition that looked with suspicion on written prayers and liturgical services. The focus was on nurturing our faith through spontaneous expression. At times one might have been led to believe that planning or using the rich history of the church wasn’t real worship. I not only was unaware of the riches of the Anglican tradition, I was inoculated against anything formal as inferior. I love the heart-felt faith I learned growing up, but little did I know how my life would be enhanced by the Book of Common Prayer. On Tuesday night several of the students at Drew University, from various denominational backgrounds, experienced the unifying power of common prayer. Through that weekly practice God began to reshape and deepen my prayer life. At the same time I was learning about the evangelical revivals in 18th century England. My focus was on John and Charles Wesley. Growing up I had been told about the evangelical revival, but no one told me that the Wesleys also stressed a liturgical and sacramental revival. I began to realize that I had settled for half of the message. I had accepted the revival of piety, the love of God, but I had missed the Wesleys’ emphasis on knowledge. My heart had been strangely warmed, but I was raised with a strange anti-intellectualism. Every genuine expression had to flow from the heart. I began to change my practices when I realized the Christian faith was more than a heart strangely warmed. Charles Wesley argued that both knowledge and vital piety needed to be a part of a Christian’s devotion:

5 Unite the pair so long disjoined, Knowledge and vital piety: Learning and holiness combined, And truth and love, let all men see In those whom up to thee we give, Thine, wholly thine, to die and live. (Hymns for Children, p. 36)

The extemporaneous prayers of the revival flowed out of the years of saying the written prayers. Even when John and Charles began to pray extemporaneously; they continued to read written prayers. They realized the value of both types of prayers. Written prayers expand our knowledge. They help us to understand how others have approached God. They remind us of our blind spots. They give a context to our reading of Scripture and they help us to see connections between readings in the Hebrew Bible, the Psalms, the Gospels, and the Epistles. They increase our knowledge. On the other hand our extemporaneous prayers flow from our heart and give us an opportunity to nurture our love for God. They are the

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heart to heart conversations that go beyond the written prayers. Our extemporaneous prayers are an expression of the vital piety that Charles alluded to in the hymn. This piety warms what can sometimes become a cold orthodoxy. This prayerbook was written at the end of John’s life. It is based on the Book of Common Prayer. By editing the Book of Common Prayer John reminds us that his intention was to renew the Church, not to start a new Church. He supplemented this prayer book with a collection of Psalms and Hymns first published in 1744. What is most surprising is the authors of these hymns. The hymns are by Isaac Watts, Samuel Wesley Sr, Samuel Wesley Jr, and others. This reminds us that this book was primarily for the Sunday Service, where in Anglicanism the Psalm was the only acceptable music. Charles’s music supported other services during the week. Singing hymns in services was a practice the Wesleys learned from their time with the German Moravians. Even after 50 years of revival John saw the need for written prayers. He saw the need for a book to support the Sunday Service; Psalms and all. He knew that these prayers and Psalms had been helpful in shaping the lives of many Christians. These prayers and Psalms can still spark a revival of knowledge and vital piety.

Dr. Patrick Eby April 25, 2016 Wesley Seminary

THE

SUNDAY SERVICE

OF THE

METHODISTS;

IN

NORTH AMERICA

With other OCCASIONAL SERVICES.

LONDON: Printed in the Year 1784.

Wesley’s Letter to Coke & Asbury. 3

BRISTOL, SEPTEMBER 10, 1784.

To Dr. COKE, Mr. ASBURY, and our

Brethren in NORTH-AMERICA.

1. By a very uncommon train of providences, many of the provinces of North-America are totally disjoined from their mother-country, and erected into Independent States. The English government has no authority over them either civil or ecclesiastical, any more than over the States of Holland. A civil authority is exercised over them partly by the Congress, partly by the provincial Assemblies. But no one either exercises or claims any ecclesiastical authority at all. In this peculiar situation some thousands of the inhabitants of these States desire my advice; and in compliance with their desire, I have drawn up a little sketch. 2. Lord KING’S account of the primitive church convinced me many years ago, that Bishops and Presbyters are the same order, and consequently have the same right to ordain. For many years I have been importuned from time to time, to exercise this right, by ordaining part of our travelling preachers. But I have still refused, not only for peace’ sake: but because I was determined, as little as possible to violate the established order of the national church to which I belonged. 3. But the case is widely different between England and North-America. Here there are Bishops who have a legal jurisdiction. In America there are none, neither any parish ministers. So that for some hundred miles together there is none either to baptize or to administer the Lord’s supper. Here therefore my scruples are at an end: and I conceive myself at full liberty, as I violate no order and invade no man’s right, by appointing and sending labourers into the harvest.

4 John Wesley’s The Book of Common Prayer.

4. I have accordingly appointed Dr. COKE and Mr. FRANCIS ASBURY, to be joint superintendents over our brethren in North-America: As also RICHARD WHATCOAT and THOMAS VASEY, to act as Elders among them, by baptizing and administering the Lord’s supper. And I have prepared a liturgy little differing from the church of England (I think, the best constituted national church in the world) which I advise all the travelling-preachers to use, on the Lord’s day, in all their congregations, reading the litany only on Wednesdays and Fridays, and praying extempore on all other days. I also advise the elders to administer the supper of the Lord on every Lord’s day. 5. If any one will point out a more rational and scriptural way, of feeding and guiding those poor sheep in the wilderness, I will gladly embrace it. At present I cannot see any better method than that I have taken. 6. It has indeed been proposed, to desire the English Bishops, to ordain part of our preachers for America. But to this I object, 1. I desired the Bishop of London, to ordain only one; but could not prevail: 2. If they consented, we know the slowness of their proceedings; but the matter admits of no delay. 3. If they would ordain them now, they would likewise expect to govern them. And how grievously would this intangle us? 4. As our American brethren are now totally disentangled both from the State, and from the English Hierarchy, we dare not intangle them again, either with the one or the other. They are now at full liberty, simply to follow the scriptures and the primitive church. And we judge it best that they should stand fast in that liberty, wherewith GOD has so strangely made them free.

JOHN WESLEY.

Wesley's Foreword. 5

I BELIEVE there is no LITURGY in the World, either in ancient or modern language, which breathes more of a solid, scriptural, rational Piety, than the COMMON PRAYER of the CHURCH of ENGLAND. And though the main of it was compiled considerably more than two hundred years ago, yet is the language of it, not only pure, but strong and elegant in the highest degree.

Little alteration is made in the following edition of it, except in the following instances:

1. Most of the holy-days (so called) are omitted, as at present answering no valuable end.

2. The service of the LORD’S DAY, the length of which has been often complained of, is considerably shortened.

3. Some sentences in the offices of Baptism, and for the Burial of the Dead, are omitted––And,

4. Many Psalms left out, and many parts of the others, as being highly improper for the mouths of a Christian Congregation.

JOHN WESLEY.Bristol, September 9,

1784

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Proper LESSONS to be read at Morning and Evening Prayer, on

the SUNDAYS throughout the Year.

Sundays of Advent. The first.

2 _____ 3 _____ 4 _____

Sunday after Christmas. The first

2 _____ 3 _____ 4 _____ 5 _____ 6 _____ 7 _____ 8 _____ 9 _____

10 _____ 11 _____ 12 _____ 13 _____ 14 _____ 15 _____

Sunday before Easter.

1 Lesson. 2 Lesson.

Easter-day. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson.

Sundays after Easter.

The first. 2 _____ 3 _____ 4 _____ 5 _____

Sunday after Ascension day.

Whitsunday. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson.

Morning. Isaiah ___ 1 _____ 5 _____ 25 _____ 30

_____ 37 _____ 41 _____ 44 _____ 51 _____ 55 _____ 57 _____ 59 _____ 65

Genesis 1 _____ 3 _____ 7

19 to verse 30 _____ 24 _____ 39 _____ 43

Exodus 9 Matthew 26

Exodus 12

Romans 6

Numbers 16 ___ 23 & 24 Deut. 4 _____ 6 _____ 8

_____ 12

___ 16 to verse 18

Acts 10 verse 34

Evening. Isaiah ___ 2 _____ 24 _____ 26 _____ 32

_____ 38 _____ 43 _____ 46 _____ 53 _____ 56 _____ 58 _____ 64 _____ 66

Genesis 2 _____ 6 _____ 18 _____ 22 _____ 37 _____ 42 ___ 44 & 45

Exodus 10 Heb. 5 to verse 11

Exodus 14

Acts 2 verse 22

Numbers 22 _____ 25 Deut. 5 _____ 7 _____ 9

_____ 13

Isaiah 11

Acts 19 to verse 21

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The ORDER for

MORNING PRAYER,

Every Lord’s Day.

At the Beginning of Morning Prayer, the Minister Shall read with a loud Voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scripture that follow: And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences.

When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezekiel 18:27. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 51:17. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Daniel 9:9-10. I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

Luke 15:18-19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Psalm 143:2.

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The LITANY. Here followeth the LITANY, or General Supplication, to be

said upon Wednesdays and Fridays.

O God the Father of heaven; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Father of heaven; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three persons, and one God; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three persons, and one God; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.

Spare us, good Lord. From all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and

assaults of the devil, from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation,

Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory, and

hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness,

Good Lord, deliver us. From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all

the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,

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A PRAYER and THANKSGIVING to be used every Lord’s Day.

O God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men, that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness, all those who are any ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body, or estate [*especially those for whom our prayers are desired]; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities; giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions: and this we beg for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.

A General Thanksgiving.

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men; [*particularly to those who desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto them.] We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.

*This to be said when any desire the prayers of the Congregation

* This is to be said when any that have been prayed for desire to return praise.

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THE COLLECTS, EPISTLES, and GOSPELS,

To be used throughout the Year.

The First Sunday in Advent.

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 which the 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 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. Romans 13:8.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness; Thou shalt not covet: and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.

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The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

O LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

The Epistle. Colossians 1:3.

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints; for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel, which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: As ye also learned of Epaphras, our dear fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering, with joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.

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The Order for the Administration of the LORD’s SUPPER.

The Table at the Communion-time, having a fair white Linen

Cloth upon it, shall stand where Morning and Evening Prayers are appointed to be said. And the Elder, standing at the Table, shall say the Lord’s Prayer, with the Collect following, the People kneeling.

Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy Will be done on earth, as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; And lead us not into Temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

The Collect.

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name, through Christ our Lord. Amen. Then shall the Elder, turning to the People, rehearse distinctly

all the TEN COMMANDMENTS: and the People still kneeling shall, after every Commandment, ask God Mercy for their Transgression thereof for the Time past, and Grace to keep the same for the Time to come, as followeth:

The Communion. 135

Here shall follow the proper Preface, according to the Time, if

there be any especially appointed; or else immediately shall follow;

Therefore with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earthy are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high. Amen.

Proper Prefaces.

Upon Christmas-day.

Because thou didst give Jesus Christ thine only Son to be born as at this time for us, who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made very man, and that without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon Easter-day.

But chiefly we are bound to praise thee for the glorious Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord: for he is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin of the world; who by his death hath destroyed death and by his rising to life again, hath destroyed death, and by his rising to life again, hath restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon Ascension-Day.

Through thy most dearly beloved Son, Jesus Christ our Lord; who, after his most glorious Resurrection, manifestly appeared to all his Apostles, and in their sight ascended up into heaven, to prepare a place for us; that where he is, thither we might also ascend, and reign with him in glory. Therefore with Angels, &c.

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Upon Whitsunday.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord; according to whose most true promise the Holy Ghost came down, as at this time, from heaven with a sudden great sound, as it had been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, and to lead them into all truth; giving them both the gift of divers languages, and also boldness, with fervent zeal, constantly to preach the Gospel unto all nations, whereby we have been → brought out of darkness and error, into the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ. Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon the Feast of Trinity.

Who art one God, one Lord; not one only person, but three persons in one substance. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the same we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality. Therefore with Angels, &c.

After each of which Prefaces shall immediately be said,

Therefore with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high. Amen.

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The MINISTRATION of BAPTISM of INFANTS.

The Minister coming to the Front, which is to be filled with pure Water, shall say,

Dearly beloved, forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in sin, and that our Saviour Christ saith, None can enter into the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate and born anew of water and of the Holy Ghost; I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous mercy he will grant to this Child that thing which by nature he cannot have; that he may be baptized with water and the Holy Ghost, and received into Christ’s holy Church, and be made a lively member of the same.

Then shall the Minister say, Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, who of thy great mercy didst save Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by water; and also didst safely lead the children of Israel, thy people, through the Red Sea, figuring thereby the holy Baptism; and by the Baptism of thy well beloved Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan, didst sanctify water to the mystical washing away of sin, We beseech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt look upon this Child; wash him and sanctify him with the Holy Ghost; that he being delivered from thy wrath, may be received into the ark of Christ’s Church; and being steadfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, that finally he may come to the land of everlasting life; there to reign with thee, world without end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The MINISTRATION of BAPTISM to such as are of

RIPER YEARS.

The Minister shall say,

Dearly beloved, forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in sin (and that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and they that are in the flesh cannot please God, but live in sin, committing many actual transgressions); and that our Saviour Christ saith, None can enter into the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate and born anew of water and of the Holy Ghost; I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous goodness he will grant to these Persons, that which by nature they cannot have; that they may be baptized with Water and the Holy Ghost, and received into Christ’s holy Church, and be made lively members of the same.

Then shall the Minister say, Let us pray.

( And here all the Congregation shall kneel. )

Almighty and everlasting God, who of thy great mercy didst save Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by water; and also didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism; and by the Baptism of thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan, didst sanctify the element of water to the mystical washing away of sin; We beseech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt mercifully look upon these thy Servants; wash them and sanctify them with the Holy Ghost; that they being delivered from thy wrath, may be received into the ark of Christ’s Church; and being stedfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, that finally they may come to the land of everlasting life; there to reign with thee, world without end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Form of Solemnization of MATRIMONY. First, the Banns of all that are to be married together, must be

published in the Congregation, three several Sundays, in the Time of Divine Service; the Minister saying after the accustomed Manner,

I Publish the Banns of Marriage between M. of _____and N. of_____. 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 asking. At the Day and Time appointed for Solemnization of

Matrimony, the Persons to be married, standing together, the Man on the Right Hand, and the Woman on the Left, the Minister shall say,

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; which is an honourable estate, instituted of God in the time of man’s innocency, signifying unto us the mystical union that is betwixt Christ and his Church: which holy estate Christ adorned and beautified with his presence, and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee, and is commended of St. Paul to be honourable among all men; and therefore is not by any to be enterprized, or taken in hand unadvisedly, lightly or wantonly, to satisfy men’s carnal lusts and appetites, like brute beasts, that have no understanding; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God; duly considering the causes for which Matrimony was ordained.

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The COMMUNION of the SICK.

The Collect.

Almighty, everliving God, maker of mankind, who dost correct those whom thou dost love, and chastise every one whom dost receive; we beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant visited with thine hand; and to grant that he may take his sickness patiently, and recover his bodily health, if it be thy gracious will; and whensoever his soul shall depart from the body, it may be without spot presented unto thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Hebrews 12:5,6.

My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

The Gospel. John 5:24.

Verily, verily I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hast everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

After which the Elder shall proceed according to the form

before prescribed for the Holy Communion, beginning at these words [ Ye that do truly, &c.ix ]

At the time of distribution of the Holy Sacrament, the Elder

shall first receive the Communion himself, and after minister unto them that are appointed to communicate with the sick, and last of all to the sick person.

158

The Order for the BURIAL of the DEAD.

The Minister meeting the corpse, and going before it, shall say,

I Am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. John 11:25,26.

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. Job 19:25,26,27.

We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord. 1 Timothy 6:7. Job 1:21.

Then shall be read Psalm 90.

LORD, thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.

Thou turneth man to destruction: again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday; seeing that is past, as a watch in the night.

As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as a sleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass.

In the morning it is green, and groweth up: but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

166

THE FIRST DAY.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 3.

LORD, how are they increased that trouble me: many are they that rise against me.

2 Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in his God.

3 But thou, O Lord, art my defender: thou art my glory, and the lifter of my head.

4 I did call upon the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill.

5 I laid me down and slept, and rose up again; for the Lord sustained me.

6 I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people, that have set themselves against me round about.

7 Up, Lord, and help me, O my God: for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheekbone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord, and thy blessing is upon thy people.

PSALM 4.

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.

2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour: and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after lying.

3 Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to himself the man that is godly: when I call upon the Lord, he will hear me.

The 1st Day. PSALMS. 167

4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still.

5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.

6 There are many that say, Who will shew us any good? 7 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon

us. 8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the

time that their corn and their wine increased. 9 I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is

thou, Lord, only that makest me dwell in safety.

PSALM 5.

Ponder my words, O Lord: consider my meditation. 2 O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King,

and my God; for unto thee will I make my prayer. 3 My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord: early in the

morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in

wickedness: neither shall any evil dwell with thee. 5 Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight; for

thou hatest all them that work vanity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: the Lord will

abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon

the multitude of thy mercy; and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies: make thy way plain before my face.

9 And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name, shall be joyful in thee.

10 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous; and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him, as with a shield.

282

The Form and Manner of Making and Ordaining of SUPERINTENDANTS,

ELDERS, and DEACONS.

The Form and Manner of making of DEACONS.

When the Day appointed by the Superintendant is come, after Morning Prayer is ended, there shall be a Sermon, or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and Office of such as come to be admitted Deacons.

After which one of the Elders shall present unto the Superintendant the Persons to be ordained Deacons: and their Names being read aloud, the Superintendant shall say unto the People:

Brethren, if there be any of you, who knoweth any impediment or crime in any of these persons presented to be ordained deacons, for the which he ought not to be admitted to that office, let him come forth in the Name of God, and shew what the crime or impediment is.

And if any Crime or Impediment be objected, the Superintendant shall surcease from ordaining that Person, until such Time as the Party accused shall be found clear of that Crime.

ARTICLES OF RELIGION. 307

Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour and further us with thy continual help, that in all our works begun, continued and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen.

ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

1. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity.

There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there are three Persons of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

2. Of the Word, or Son of God, who was made very Man.

The Son, who is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, of one substance with the Father, took man’s nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin: so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, and very man, who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for actual sins of men.

A

COLLECTION OF

Psalms and Hymns

FOR THE

LORD’s DAY.

PUBLISHED BY

JOHN WESLEY, M.A. Late Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford;

AND

CHARLES WESLEY, M.A. Late Student of Christ-Church, Oxford.

LONDON: Printed in the Year 1784.

316

A

COLLECTION

OF

Psalms and Hymns.

PSALM 1.

1 Blest is the man, and none but he, Who walks not with ungodly men,

Nor stands their evil deeds to see, Nor sits the Innocent t’arraign,

The persecutor’s guilt to share, Oppressive in the scorner’s chair.

2 Obedience is his pure delight,To do the pleasure of his Lord;

His exercise by day and night To search his soul-converting word,

The law of liberty to prove, The perfect law of life and love.

3 Fast by the streams of paradise He as a pleasant plant shall grow;

The tree of righteousness shall rise, And all his blooming honours shew,

Spread out his boughs, and flourish fair, And fruit unto perfection bear.

352 A Collection of Psalms and Hymns.

Unfruitfulness.

1 Long have I sat beneath the sound Of thy salvation, Lord; But still how weak my faith is found, And knowledge of thy word! 2 Oft I frequent thy holy place, Yet hear almost in vain; How small a portion of thy grace Can my hard heart retain! 3 My gracious Savior and my God, How little art thou known By all the judgments of thy rod, And blessings of thy throne? 4 How cold and feeble is my love! How negligent my fear! How low my hope of joys above! How few affections there! 5 Great God, thy sovereign power impart, To give thy word success; Write thy salvation on my heart, And make me learn thy grace. 6 Shew my forgetful feet the way, That leads to joy on high, Where knowledge grows without decay And love shall never die.

357

The Witnessing Spirit.

1 Why should the children of a king Go mourning all their days? Great Comforter, descend, and bring The tokens of thy grace! 2 Dost thou not dwell in all thy saints, And seal the heirs of heaven? When wilt thou banish my complaints, And shew my sins forgiv'n? 3 Assure my conscience of her part In the Redeemer's blood; And bear thy witness with my heart, That I am born of God. 4 Thou art the earnest of his love, The pledge of joys to come; May thy blest wings, celestial dove Safely convey me home!

Veni Creator.

1 Creator spirit, by whose aid The world's foundation first was laid, Come visit ev'ry waiting mind, Come pour thy joys on human kind; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy Thee. 2 O source of uncreated heat, The father's promis'd Paraclete! Thrice holy fount, immortal fire, Our hearts with heavenly love inspire; Come, and thy sacred unction bring To sanctify us while we sing.

360

A

COLLECTION

OF

Psalms and Hymns.

PART THE SECOND

PSALM 8.

Part the First.

1 Sovereign, everlasting Lord, How excellent thy name! Held in being by thy word, Thee all thy works proclaim: Thro' the earth thy glories shine, Thro' those dazzling worlds above, All confess the source divine, Th' almighty God of love!

2 Thou the God of power and grace! Whom highest heavens adore, Callest babes to sing thy praise, And manifest thy power: Lo! they in thy strength go on,

Lo! on all thy foes they tread, Cast the dire accuser down, And bruise the serpent's head.

363

PSALM 23.

1 The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care, His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye; My noon day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountains pant, To fertile vales, and dewy meads My weary, wand'ring steps he leads; Where peaceful rivers soft and slow Amid the verdant landskip flow. 3 Tho in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My stedfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade. 4 Tho' in a bare and rugged way, Thro' devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile: The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crown'd, And streams shall murmur all around.

412 A Collection of Psalms and Hymns.

PSALM 150.

1 Praise the Lord, who reigns above, And keeps his court below, Praise the holy God of love, And all his greatness shew: Praise him for his noble deeds, Praise him for his matchless power: Him, from whom all good proceeds, Let earth and heaven adore. 2 Publish, spread to all around The great Jehovah’s name, Let the trumpet’s martial sound The Lord of Hosts proclaim: Praise him every tuneful string, All the reach of heav’nly art, All the powers of music bring, The music of the heart. 3 Him, in whom they move, and live, Let every creature sing, Glory to their Maker give, And homage to their King; Hallow’d be his name beneath, As in heaven on earth ador’d, Praise the Lord in every breath; Let all things praise the Lord!

Hymn to GOD the FATHER.

1 Hail, Father, whose creating call Unnumber’d worlds attend, Jehovah comprehending all, Whom none can comprehend. 2 In light unsearchable enthron’d, Which angels dimly see; The fountain of the Godhead own’d And foremost of the Three.

Psalms and Hymn Contents. 431

CONTENTS.

PART 1. PSALM 1 ------------------------------------------------ 316 Psalm 3 ------------------------------------------------ 317 Psalm 4 ------------------------------------------------ 318 Psalm 5 ------------------------------------------------ 320 Psalm 6 ------------------------------------------------ 322 Psalm 13 ------------------------------------------------ 323 Psalm 38 ------------------------------------------------ 324 Psalm 51 ------------------------------------------------ 325The Same Part the First ------------------------------- 326 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 327 Part the Third ------------------------------------------ 328 Part the Fourth ---------------------------------------- 329 Psalm 68 ------------------------------------------------ 330 Psalm 80 Part the First ------------------------------- 331 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 332 Psalm 90 ------------------------------------------------ ib Psalm 91 ------------------------------------------------ 333 Psalm 93 ------------------------------------------------ 335 Psalm 121 ----------------------------------------------- 336 Psalm 130 ----------------------------------------------- ib Psalm 139 Part the First ------------------------------ 338Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 339 Part the Third ------------------------------------------ 340 The Creator and Creatures --------------------------- 341 Life and Eternity --------------------------------------- 342 Judgment ----------------------------------------------- 343 On the Crucifixion ------------------------------------- 344 Sovereignty and Grace -------------------------------- 345 A Thought in Affliction -------------------------------- 346 The Christian Race ------------------------------------ 347

432 A Collection of Psalms and Hymns.

The New Creation -------------------------------------- 348 Christ’s Humiliation and Exaltations --------------- ib Waiting for the Spirit of Adoption ------------------- 349 Hymn to the Holy Ghost ------------------------------ 350 Charity -------------------------------------------------- 351 Unfruitfulness ------------------------------------------ 352 Sincere Praise ------------------------------------------ 353 Christ’s Compassion for the Tempted--------------- 354 The Comparison and Complaint -------------------- 355 Breathing after the Holy Spirit ---------------------- 356 The Witnessing Spirit --------------------------------- 357 Veni Creator -------------------------------------------- ib A Hymn for Sunday ----------------------------------- 359

PART 2. PSALM 8 Part the First ------------------------------ 360 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 361 Psalm 18 ver. 1 &c ------------------------------------ 362 Psalm 23 ------------------------------------------------ 363 Psalm 24 Part the First ------------------------------- 364 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 365 Psalm 32 Part the First ------------------------------- 366 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 367 Psalm 36 ------------------------------------------------ ib Psalm 45 Part the First ------------------------------- 368 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 370 Psalm 47 Part the First ------------------------------- 371 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 372 Psalm 57 ------------------------------------------------ 373 Psalm 84 ------------------------------------------------ 374 Psalm 89 ------------------------------------------------ 375 Psalm 100 ----------------------------------------------- 376 Psalm 103 Part the First ------------------------------ 377 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- ib Psalm 104 ----------------------------------------------- 378 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 379

Psalms and Hymn Contents. 433

Part the Third ------------------------------------------ 380 Part the Fourth ---------------------------------------- 381 Psalm 113 ----------------------------------------------- 382 Psalm 114 ----------------------------------------------- 383 The Same ----------------------------------------------- 384 Psalm 116 ----------------------------------------------- 385 Psalm 117 ----------------------------------------------- 386 Psalm 118 Part the First ------------------------------ 387 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 388 Part the Third ------------------------------------------ 389 Part the Fourth ---------------------------------------- ib Part 121 ------------------------------------------------ 391 Psalm 125 ----------------------------------------------- 392 Psalm 126 ----------------------------------------------- 393 Psalm 128 ----------------------------------------------- 394 Psalm 131 ----------------------------------------------- 395 Psalm 132 ----------------------------------------------- 396 Psalm 133 Part the First ------------------------------ 397 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 398 Psalm 134 3 --------------------------------------------- 99 Psalm 139 Part the First ------------------------------ ib Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 400 Psalm 145 ver. 7, &c Part the First------------------ 401 Part the Second, ver. 14, &c ------------------------- 402 Psalm 146 ----------------------------------------------- 403 Psalm 147 ----------------------------------------------- 404 Psalm 148 Part the First ------------------------------ 405 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 406 Part the Third ------------------------------------------ 407 The Same ----------------------------------------------- ib The Same ----------------------------------------------- 409 The Same ----------------------------------------------- 410 Psalm 150 ----------------------------------------------- 412 Hymn to God the Father ------------------------------ ib Hymn to God the Son --------------------------------- 413 Hymn to God the Holy Ghost ------------------------ 414 Hymn to the Trinity ----------------------------------- 415 Another ------------------------------------------------ 416

434 A Collection of Psalms and Hymns.

Another ------------------------------------------------ 417 The Divine Perfections -------------------------------- ib Sun, Moon, and Stars, praise ye the Lord --------- 418 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 419 Song to Creating Wisdom Part the First ------------ 420 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 421 Thanksgiving for God’s particular Providence Part the First ------------------------------------------- 422 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- ib God glorious, and Sinners saved -------------------- 423 Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption --------------------------------------- 424 The Offices of Christ Part the First ----------------- 425 Part the Second ---------------------------------------- 426 Triumph over Death ----------------------------------- 427 Christ worshipped by all Creatures ----------------- 428 God our Light in darkness --------------------------- ib Come, Lord Jesus ------------------------------------- 429

F I N I S.

435

APPENDICES

The following are approximations of the custom pages, used in some first edition books, for the use of Manual Acts during the Lord’s Supper and the Signation (of the cross on the forhead) during the Baptism of Infants.

136 The Communion.

redemption; who made there (by his oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death until his coming again; hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee, and grant that we, receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood: 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, Likewise after Supper § he took the Cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for this ‖ is my Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins: Do this as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me. Amen. Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in both

kinds himself, and then proceed to deliver the same to the other Ministers in like manner, (if any be present) and after that to the People also, in order, into their Hands. And when he delivereth the Bread to any one, he shall say,

The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in remem-

brance

* Here the Elder is to take the Patten into his Hands:

† And here to break the Bread:

‡ And here to lay his Hand upon all the bread.

§ Here he is to take the Cup into his Hand:

‖ And here to lay his Hand upon every Vessel (be it Chalice or Flaggon) in which there is any Wine to be consecrated.

Endnotes:

< Endnotes refer back to page number > i Wesley, John. The Sunday Service of the Methodists with Other

Occasional Services. London, 1788. < ix > ii White, James F. John Wesley's Prayer Book. Akron, OH: OSL

Publications, 1995. < vii > iii Ibid, ii. < vii > iv Found in several copies of the first edition (White, 2) and also in

the 1788 British version. < 5 > v John Wesley changes what here in the 1662 BCP calls for the Priest to pronounce

Absolution or Remission of sins. Instead he uses the Collect used for the twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity. [1995.James Wood, The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as They Are to Be Sun, penguin classics deluxe ed. (New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2012), 69.]:

The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing: the people still kneeling. Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live; and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him which we do at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. < 12 >

vi Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c.

is understood to be a common doxology fully stated: 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. < 15 > vii and a reed in his right hand (missing phrase) < 66 > viii Even though all passages from Tobit are not omitted by Wesley,

Tobit is not listed as cannon in the Articles of Religion, 308. < 131 > → At this point begins in some 1st editions alternate pages [135

and 136] were used pertaining to manual ceremonial acts. Of the three copies I observed, the alternative pages were in the Princeton copy, but not in the Asbury or the Georgetown copy. These alternative pages have been included in the Appendices of this volume. According to White there is a lack of clarity as to the discrepancies in copies (White, 4). < 136 >

← At this point ends the alternative pages [135 and 136]. < 138 >

Endnotes:

→ At this point begins in some 1st editions alternate pages [141

through 144] which include the manual act of signation during baptism. These alternative pages have been included in the Appendix of this volume. < 142 >

● This N● is a visual cue to identify this section with Naming the child and in the “Name” of God as referenced in this ceremony. <143 >

← At this point concludes the alternative pages [141 through 144]. < 146 >

● This N● is a visual cue. < 149 > ix This notation of &c. refers back to a select passage from the Holy

Communion. < 157 >

JOHN WESLEY’S TRACTS ON PRAYER

A COLLECTION OF FORMS OF PRAYER,

FOR EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK.

A COLLECTION OF PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES

PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN.

By Rev. John Wesley, A.M.

Copyright © 2016 by Rev. Jonathan H. Johnson first edition.

All rights reserved.

Printed Book ISBN: 978-1-365-06699-3

Digitally designed in the United States of America by

Battle Creek, Michigan USA http://www.furocious-studios.com

For God hath not given us the spirit of timidity; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:7

The contents of this book are an excerpt from The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A. M. - Volume Xi. London, 1733. 203-272. and are published here as a companion to John Wesley’s The Book of Common Prayer. This book is added as a special bonus to the eBook version in order to conveniently collect all these works of John Wesley in one digital Prayer Book.

Contents.

A Collection of Forms of Prayer, For Every Day in the Week.

Day of the Week Morning Evening Sunday----------------3 ------------------ 6

Particular Questions relative to the Love of God.-------------------7

Day of the Week Morning Evening Monday ---------------10 ---------------- 13 Tuesday ---------------16 ---------------- 18 Wednesday -----------21 ---------------- 24 Thursday -------------27 ---------------- 29 Friday -----------------32 ---------------- 34 Saturday --------------37 ---------------- 39

A Collection of Prayers for Families. Day of the Week Morning Evening

Sunday----------------42 ---------------- 44 Monday ---------------46 ---------------- 48 Tuesday ---------------50 ---------------- 52 Wednesday -----------54 ---------------- 56 Thursday -------------58 ---------------- 60 Friday -----------------62 ---------------- 64 Saturday --------------66 ---------------- 68

Prayers for Children. Preface. ---------------------------------------------70 Day of the Week Morning Evening

Lord’s Day ------------70 ---------------- 72 Monday ---------------73 ---------------- 74 Tuesday ---------------75 ---------------- 76 Wednesday -----------77 ---------------- 78 Thursday -------------79 ---------------- 80 Friday -----------------81 ---------------- 82 Saturday --------------83 ---------------- 84

A Prayer for Relations, Friends, etc., to be used after Morning and Evening Prayer. ---------------------------------- 85

Grace before Meat. ----------------------------------- ib Grace after Meat. ------------------------------------- ib

MINUTES OF SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS

BETWEEN

THE REV. THOMAS COKE, LL. D.

THE REV. FRANCIS ASBURY AND OTHERS,

AT A CONFERENCE, BEGUN

IN BALTIMORE, IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND,

ON MONDAY, THE 27th. OF DECEMBER,

IN THE YEAR 1784.

COMPOSING A FORM OF DISCIPLINE

FOR THE MINISTERS, PREACHERS AND

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE METHODIST

EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN

A M E R I C A.

PHILADELPHIA:

PRINTED by CHARLES CIST, in ARCH-

STREET, the Corner of Fourth-STREET.

_____________ 1785.

Contents

Page ---------------------------------------Questions

3 ------------------------------------------Questions 1-3

4 ------------------------------------------Questions 4-9

5 ------------------------------------------Questions 10-14

6 ------------------------------------------Questions 15

9 ------------------------------------------Questions 16-18

10 ----------------------------------------Questions 19-23

11 ----------------------------------------Questions 24-28

12 ----------------------------------------Questions 29-33

14 ----------------------------------------Questions 34-38

15 ----------------------------------------Questions 39-42

17 ----------------------------------------Questions 43-47

18 ----------------------------------------Questions 48-51

19 ----------------------------------------Question 52

20 ----------------------------------------Questions 53-55

21 ----------------------------------------Questions 56-57

22 ----------------------------------------Questions 58-60

23 ----------------------------------------Questions 61-62

24 ----------------------------------------Questions 63-66

26 ----------------------------------------Question 67

27 ----------------------------------------Questions 68-69

29 ----------------------------------------Questions 70-72

30 ----------------------------------------Question 73

32 ----------------------------------------Questions 74-77

33 ----------------------------------------Question 78

34 ----------------------------------------Questions 79-81

36 ----------------------------------------Notes

MINUTES, &c.

It is desired, That all Things be considered as in the immediate

Presence of God:

That every Person speak freely whatever is in his Heart.

Question 1. How may we best improve the Time of our

Conferences?

Answer 1. While we are conversing, let us have an especial

Care, to set God always before us.

2. In the intermediate Hours, let us redeem all the Time we

can for private Exercises:

3. Therein let us give ourselves to Prayer for one another, and

for a Blessing on our Labour.

Question 2. What can be done in order to the future Union of

the Methodists?

Answer. During the Life of the Rev. Mr. Wesley, we

acknowledge ourselves his Sons in the Gospel, ready in Matters

belonging to Church-Government, to obey his Commands. And

we do engage after his Death, to do every Thing that we judge

consistent with the Cause of Religion in America and the political

Interests of these States, to preserve and promote our Union with

the Methodists in Europe.

Question 3. As the Ecclesiastical as well as Civil Affairs of

these United States have passed through a very considerable

Change by the Revolution, what Plan of Church-Government shall

we hereafter pursue?

Answer. We will form ourselves into an Episcopal Church

under the Direction of Superintendents, Elders, Deacons and

Helpers, according to the Forms of Ordination annexed to our

Liturgy, and the Form of Discipline set forth in these Minutes.

[ 15 ]

Answer. Twenty-four Pounds (Pennsylvania-Currency) if they

need it, and no more.

Question 39. How is this to be provided?

Answer. By the Circuits proportionably.

Question 40. What shall be allowed the married Preachers for

the Support of their Children?

Answer. For each of their Children under the Age of six Years,

let them be allowed six Pounds (Pennsylvania-Currency): and for

each Child of Age of six and under the Age of eleven, eight

Pounds.

Question 41. are there any Directions to be given concerning

the Negroes?

Answer. Let every Preacher, as often as possible, meet them in

Class. And let the Assistant always appoint a proper White Person

as their Leader. Let the Assistants also make a regular Return to

the Conference, of the Number of Negroes in Society in their

respective Circuits.

Question 42. What Methods can we take to extirpate Slavery?

Answer. We are deeply conscious of the Impropriety of making

new Terms of Communion for a religious Society already

established, excepting on the most pressing Occasion: and such

we esteem the Practice of holding our Fellow-Creatures in Slavery.

We view it as contrary to the Golden Law of God on which hang

all the Law of the Prophets, and the unalienable Rights of

Mankind, as well as every Principle of the Revolution, to hold in

the deepest Debasement, in a more abject Slavery than is perhaps

to be found in any Part of the World except America, so many

Souls that are all capable of the Image of God.

We therefore think it our most bounden Duty, to take

immediately some effectual Method to extirpate this Abomination

from among us: And for that Purpose we add the following to the

Rules of our Society: viz.

1. Every Member of our Society who has Slaves in his

Possession, shall within twelve Months after Notice given to him

by the Assistant (which Notice the Assistants

[ 35 ]

literally work for the Meat that endureth to everlasting Life. And in

Fact every Believer till he comes to Glory, works for, as well as

from Life.

3. We have received it as a Maxim, that “A Man is to do

nothing in order to Justification:” Nothing can be more false.

Whoever desires to find Favour with God, should cease from Evil

and learn to do well. So God himself teaches by the Prophet

Isaiah. Who ever repents, should do Works meet for Repentance.

And if this is not in order to find Favour, what does he do them

for?

Once more review the whole Affair:

1. Who of us is now accepted of God?

He that now believes in Christ with a loving, obedient Heart.

2. But who among those that never heard of Christ?

He that according to the Light he has, feareth God and

worketh Righteousness.

3. Is this the same with He that is sincere?

Nearly, if not quite.

4. Is not this Salvation by Works?

Not by the Merit of Works, but by Works as a Condition.

5. The grand Objection to one of the preceding Propositions, is

drawn from Matter of Fact. God does in Fact justify those who by

their own Confession neither feared God nor wrought

Righteousness. Is this an Exception to the general Rule?

It is a Doubt whether God makes any Exception at all. But

how are we sure that the Person in question never did fear God

and work Righteousness? His own Thinking so, is not Proof. For

we know how all that are convinced of Sin, undervalue

themselves in every Respect.

6. Does not Talking without proper Caution of a justified or

sanctified State, tend to mislead Men? Almost naturally leading

them to trust in what was done in one Moment? Whereas we are

every Moment pleasing or displeasing God, according to our

Works: According to the whole of our present inward Tempers and

outward Behaviour.

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