fons, an unity in the effence, and an equality in the majefty. Which the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim likewife and Seraphim praife, and ceafe not daily to cry out with one voice, faying: HOLY, &c. as p. xxii.

On the FEASTS of the B. V. MARY.

Iisation, meet and jutuld always, and in all T is truly meet and juft, right and available to

places, give thanks to thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: and that we fhould praise, blefs, and give thee thanks on the**of bleffed Mary ever a Virgin; who also conceived thy only begotten Son by the overshadowing of the Holy Ghoft; and, without lofing the glory of her Virginity, brought forth the eternal light of the world, fefus Christ our Lord. By whom the Angels, &c. as from this mark in the Common Preface, p. xxii. On the FEASTS of APOSTLES and EVANGELISTS. T is truly meet and juft, right and available to

falvation, humbly to befeech thee, O Lord, that thou, O eternal Shepherd, wouldst never abandon thy flock; but continue to protect it by thy Apoftles: to the end it may always be governed by thofe whom thou didst appoint it's Paftors and thy Vicars. And therefore with the Angels and Archangels, with the thrones and dominations, and with all the heavenly hoft, we fing a hymn to thy glory, ever faying: HOLY, &c. as p. xxii.

The CANON.

Ermit us therefore, O moft merciful Father, to

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join our filent prayers with those of thy Minifter, which he is now pouring forth to thee in our name, and humbly pray and befeech thee, through Jefus Christ our Lord, that thou wouldst vouchsafe to accept these gifts, these offerings, this holy and

**Annunciation, Vifitation, Affumption, Nativity, Presentation, Conception, Venerable Festival, or Solemnity, according to the day.

fpotless facrifice, which we offer thee, in the first place, for thy holy Catholick Church; to which we beseech thee to grant peace; as also to preserve, unite, and govern it throughout the whole world; together with thy fervant N. our chief Bifhop, N. the Bishop of this district, and N. our King. As alfo all orthodox believers and profeffors of the Catholick and Apoftolick Faith.

At the MEMENTO, or Commemorative Prayer for the LIVING.

E mindful, O Lord, of thy Minifter, who is

now interceding with thee for us, as also of thy fervants N. N. [Here mention those for whom you pray in particular.] And of all here prefent, whofe faith and devotion is known to thee, for whom we offer, or who offer up to thee this facrifice of praife for themfelves, and all that belong to them; for the redemption of their own fouls, for the falvation and fafety they hope for, and now pay their vows to thee, the eternal, living, and true God.

The COMMUNICANTES.

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we bless thee, O Lord, for the favours thou haft bestowed upon them, and honour the memory of those thou haft been pleased to honour; and in the first place that of glorious Mary ever a Virgin, and Mother of God and our Lord Jefus Chrift.

As alfo of the bleffed Apoftles and Martyrs Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, and Thadee; Linus, Cletus, Clement, Xyftus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Laurence, Chryfogonus, John and Paul, Cofmas and Damian, and of all thy Saints; by whofe merits and prayers, grant that we may on every occafion be defended by the help of thy protection. Thro' the fame Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. VOL. II,

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The

HANC IGITUR.

When the Priest spreads his hands over the bread and wine, fay as follows:

E therefore befeech thee, O Lord, graci

WE oufly to receive this oblation, which thy

Minifter now offereth to thee in our name, in that of this congregation, and of the whole Catholick Church, thy family; difpofe the days of our mortality in peace, deliver us from eternal damnation, and rank us in the number of thy elect. Thro' Christ our Lord.

Which oblation do thou, O God, vouchfafe,. we beseech thee, in all refpects to blefs, approve, ratify, and accept, that by the defcent of the Holy Ghoft, (whofe power is almighty) on these elements of bread and wine, they may be changed into the body and blood of thy beloved Son our Lord Jefus Chrift; as he himself changed the bread into his body the night before he suffered for us on the cross.

At the elevation of the Sacred Hoft, make an act of faith, and adore the victim of your falvation expofed to your fight under the veil of bread: Then go on thus:

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AY the fame holy and almighty spirit work the fame change in this creature of wine, which we believe thy Son our Lord did the fame night before he fuffered, taking the cup in his facred hands, bleffing it, and giving it to his difciples to drink, now become that blood, that was fhed for the redemption of mankind.

Here in like manner, as above, adore the blood of your falvation with a lively faith and most profound humility: Then go on:

NOW, O Lord, calling to mind with the great

eft gratitude the bleffed paffion of thy Son Christ our Lord, as alfo his refurrection from the

dead, and his glorious afcenfion into heaven, we offer thy most excellent majesty, of thy own gifts bestowed upon us, a pure, holy and fpotlefs victim; the holy bread of eternal life, and the cup of our falvation.

Look down therefore upon them, O Lord, with a propitious and pleafing countenance, and accept them, as thou waft pleafed to accept the offerings of thy righteous fervant Abel, and the facrifice of our great father Abraham, and that which thy high priest Melchifedech fered to thee, a holy facrifice and fpotlefs victim.

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When the Pricft bows before the altar.

N the pofture of fuppliants, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that thou wouldst command thefe our offerings to be carried by the hands of thy holy Angel to thy altar on high, there to be prefented to thy divine Majefty, that as many of us as affift at this oblation of the body and blood of thy Son, or partake of this victim, may be filled with all heavenly bleffings and grace, thro' the fame Christ our Lord. Amen.

At the MEMENTO, or Commemorative Prayer for

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the DEAD.

E mindful alfo, O Lord, of thy fervants N. N. [Here mention thofe of the faithful departed you in particular pray for: Then go on] Who are gone before us with the fign of faith, and reft in the fleep of peace. To thefe, O Lord, and to all, who fleep in Chrift, grant, we beseech thee, a place of refreshment, of light and peace. Thro' the fame Christ our Lord. Amen.

At the NOBIS QUOQUE PECCATORIBUS; when the Prieft frikes his breast.

O us alfo, tho' finners, as we rely on the great and many inftances of thy mercy alone, vouchfafe to grant fome part and fellowship with thy holy

Apoftles and Martyrs, with John, Stephen, Mathias, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anaftafia, and all thy Saints; into whofe company we beseech thee to admit us, not in confideration of any merit of our own, but out of thy gratuitous mercy and pardon. Thro' Christ our Lord.

By whom, O Lord, thou didst at first create thefe elements of bread and wine, and now hast fanctified the fame, making them the body and blood of thy Son, the living bread, that came down from heaven, and haft given them us for our food; fo by the fame Jefus Chrift, with him, and in him, is all honour and glory rendered to thee, O God the Father Almighty, in the unity of the Holy Ghoft.

Pr. World without end. P. Amen.

Pr. Per omnia fæcula fæculorum. P. Amen. Pr. Let us pray. Inftructed by thy faving precepts, and following thy divine directions, we prefume to fay: Our Father, &c.

And lead us not into temptation. P. But de

liver us from evil.

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Et ne nos inducas in tentationem. P. Sed libera nos à malo.

Eliver us, we befeech thee, O Lord, from all evils paft, prefent, and to come; and by the interceffion of the bleffed and glorious Mary ever a Virgin and Mother of God, and of the blefied Apofiles Peter and Paul, and of Andrew, and of all the Saints, mercifully grant peace in our days; that, thro' the affiftance of thy mercy, we may be always free from fin, and fecured from all difturbance. Through the fame Jefus Christ our Lord thy Son, who with thee liveth and reigneth God in the unity of the Holy Ghoft.

Pr. World without end. P. Amen.

Pr. May the peace of the Lord be always with

Pr. Per omnia fæcula fæculorum. P. Amen.

Pr. Pax Domini fit femper vobifcum. P. Et