Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts. Pfal. 96.8. A gift hath grace in the fight of every man living, and for the dead detain it not. Ecclus. 7.33According to thy ability do good to thy felf, and give the Lord his due offering. Ecclus. 14. 11.

Thou shalt not appear empty before the Lord : For all these things are to be done because of the commandment. Ecclus. 35.4, 5.

The offering of the righteous maketh the altar fat, and the sweet savour thereof is before the most High. The facrifice of a just man is acceptable, and the memorial thereof shall never be forgotten. Ecclus. 35. 6, 7.

Give the Lord his honour with a good eye, and diminish not the first fruits of thine hands. Give unto the most High, according as he hath enriched thee; and as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye. Ecclus. 35. 8, 10.

If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matth. 5. 23, 24.

Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and ruft doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for your selves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. Matth. 6. 19, 20.

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich, cast in much: and there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. Mark. 12. 41, 42.

Who Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Or, who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? I Cor. 9. 7.

If we have fown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? 1 Cor. 9. 11.

Do ye not know, that they who minister about holy things, live of the things of the temple? And they who wait at the Altar, are partakers with the Altar? Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they who preach the Gospel, should live of the Gospel. 1 Cor. 9. 13, 14.

He who foweth sparingly, shall reap sparingly; and he who soweth bountifully, shall reap bountifully. Every man as he purposeth in his heart, fo let him give; not grudgingly, or of neceffity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. 9. 6, 7.

Let him that is taught in the word, communicate unto him that teacheth, in all good things. Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Gal. 6. 6, 7.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy: That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to diftribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 1 Tim. 6. 17, 18, 19.

God is not unrighteous, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministred to the Saints, and do minister. Heb. 6. 10.

To do good and to communicate forget not, for with fuch facrifices God is well pleased. Heb. 13. 16.

Whilst these sentences are reading, the Deacon, or (if there be no Deacon) any other fit perfon appointed for that purpose, shall receive the free-will offerings of the People kneeling, in a decent bafin provided for that purpose. And that no one may neglect to come to the Holy Eucharift by reason of having but little to give, the person who collects the offerings, shall cover the basin with a fair white linen cloth, fo that neither be himself nor any other may fee or know what any particular person offers. And when all have offered, he shall reverently bring the faid bafin with the oblations therein, and deliver it to the Priest, who shall humbly present and place it upon the Altar, and standing before it shall say the following thanksgiving, the People kneeling upon their knees.

Lord Almighty, who by thine only begotten

Son Jesus Christ our Lord haft made and dost provide for all creatures; we give thanks to thee for all the good things with which thou suppliest us, out of which we here offer unto thee in acknowledgment of thy bountiful goodness towards us, not as we ought, but as we are able: For who can fufficiently express the praise that is due to thee, for all the beneficence and loving kindness which thou hast shewed unto us? O God of Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, and of all Saints, who broughtest all things to perfection by thy Word, and didst command the earth to produce all forts of fruits for our comfort and nourishment, for our use, our health, and delight: Thou art exalted far above all

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the praises that we can render to thee for these and all other thy benefits, which thou continually conferrest upon us by Christ; through whom to Thee in the Holy Ghost, be glory, honour, and adoration, for ever and ever. Amen.

Then the Deacon shall bring water to the Priest, who shall wash his hands therein; after which the Deacon shall go to the Prothesis, and having mixed the Wine and Water openly in the view of the People, be shall bring the Bread and mixed Wine to the Prieft, who shall humbly present and reverently place them upon the Altar.

If there be no Deacon, the Priest shall go to the Prothesis, and after having washed his bands, he shall mix the Wine and Water openly in the view of the People; after which he shall humbly present and reverently place the Bread and mixed Wine upon the Altar.

Then the Priest, having first prayed secretly for a Short Space, shall turn to the People, and signing bimfelf with the fign of the cross upon his forehead, Shall fay,

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be. with you all.

People. And with thy spirit.

Pr. Lift up your hearts.

People. We lift them up unto the Lord.
Pr. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.
People. It is meet and right so to do.

Then shall the Priest turn kim to the Altar, and fay,

IT is very meet and right above all things, to give praise unto Thee, the true God, the Being of Beings, the great I AM, who existest before all creatures, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named; who alone art unbegotten, without original, without superior, the most high lord, almighty king, and felf-fufficient: Thou art the author and giver of all good things; thou art above all cause and generation; thou art always and immutably the fame. From thee, as from a necessary original, all things came into being: For thou art eternal knowledge, fight before all objects, hearing before all founds, wisdom without instruction; the first in nature, the fountain of being, infinite, incomprehenfible.

Thou createdst all things out of nothing by thine only begotten Son, begotten before all ages by thine immediate will, power, and goodness: He is God the Word, the living Wisdom, the first-born of the whole creation, the angel of thy great counsel, thy high priest, but the lord and king of all fenfible and intellectual creatures; Who was before all things, and by whom all things were made.

Thou, O eternal God, didst create all things by him, and by him dispensest thy fatherly care and providence over them; for by whom thou broughtest all things into being, by him also thou preservest them, and bestowest thy blessings upon them: 0 God and Father of thine only begotten Son; thou didst by him first make the cherubim and seraphim, the ages and all the heavenly hofts, the principalities and powers, thrones and dominions, angels and archangels