| ADMINISTRATION
OF THE
HOLY
COMMUNION.
The
Collect.
ALMIGHTY
God, unto whom all hearts are 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.
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Then shall the Minister, turning to the People, rehearse distinctly the
Ten Commandments, and
the People, still kneeling, shall, after every Commandment, ask
God mercy for their transgressions for the time past, and grace to keep
the law for the time to come as followeth.
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| The
small portion of the Communion service given here is more commonly
known as "Ante-Communion" and was often used when there
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| Minister.
GOD
spake these words and said; I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have none
other gods but me.
People. Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts
to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven
image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the
earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down
to them nor worship them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and
visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me; and show mercy unto thousands in them
that love me and keep my commandments.
People. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts
to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord
thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh
his Name in vain.
People. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our to
keep this law
Minister. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh
day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner
of work; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy
maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For
in six days the Lord made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that in
them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh
day, and hallowed it.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our
hearts to keep this law.
Minister. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy
days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our
hearts to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt do no murder.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our
hearts to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our
hearts to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt not steal.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our
hearts to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbour.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our
hearts to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s
house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his servant,
nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these
thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee.
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