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CSI
LITURGY
Eucharist
Order of worship
1
Order of worship
2
Order of worship
3
Baptism
of Infants
Baptism
of Adults
Confirmation
Covenant
Service
Marriage
Burial
service
Burial
service-cemetery
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¶ The Woman, at the usual time after her delivery, shall come into the Church
decently appareled, and there shall kneel down in some convenient place
(together with her husband, if desired) as has been accustomed, or as the
Ordinary shall direct.
¶ The Minister shall then say (after
a thanksgiving Hymn) to her,
FOR AS MUCH as it has pleased Almighty God, of his goodness, to give you safe
deliverance, and to preserve you in the great danger of Child-birth; you shall
therefore give hearty thanks unto God, and say,
¶ Then the following psalm may be sung or
read, the Woman still kneeling.
Psalm 116.
1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice
and my supplications.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,
therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains
of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I
beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God
is merciful.
6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low,
and he helped me.
7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath
dealt bountifully with thee.
8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine
eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the
living.
10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was
greatly afflicted:
11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.
12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his
benefits toward me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon
the name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the
presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of
his saints.
16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant,
and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of
thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the
presence of all his people.
19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst
of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
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.
Let us pray
Lord,
have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon
us.
Lord,
have mercy upon us.
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 those
who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from
evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen.
Minister. O Lord, save this woman thy servant;
Answer.
Who putteth her trust in thee.
Minister.
Be thou to her a strong tower;
Answer.
From the face of her enemy.
Minister.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Answer.
And let our cry come unto thee.
Minister.
Let us pray.
O ALMIGHTY God, we give thee humble thanks for that thou has-been graciously
pleased to preserve, through the great pain and peril of child-birth, this
woman, thy servant, who desires now to offer her praises and thanksgivings unto
thee. Grant, we beseech thee, most merciful Father, that she, through thy help,
may faithfully live according to thy will in this life, and also may be partaker
of everlasting glory in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶ Then may be
said,
GRANT,
we beseech thee, O heavenly Father, that the child of this thy servant may daily
increase in wisdom and stature, and grow in thy love and service, until he come
to thy eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶ The Woman, who came to give her Thanks,
must offer accustomed offerings, which shall be applied by the Minister and the
Church-wardens to the relief of distressed women in child-bed; and if there be a
Communion, it is convenient that she receive the Holy Communion.
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