The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea shall be the same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. used in his Majesty's Navy every day. These two following Prayers are to be also begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting Eternal Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the rag ing of the sea; who hast life; through Jesus Christ our compassed the waters with bounds until day and night Lord. Amen. ¶ Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea. come to an end; Be pleased Most Lord God, at O powerful and glo rious to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection whose command the winds the persons of us thy ser- blow, and lift up the waves vants, and the Fleet in which of the sea, and who stillest we serve. Preserve us from the rage thereof; We thy the dangers of the sea, and creatures, but miserable sinfrom the violence of the ene-ners, do in this our great my; that we may be a safe- distress cry unto thee for guard unto our most graci- help: Save, Lord, or else we ous Sovereign Lord, King perish. We confess, when we GEORGE, and his Domi- have been safe, and seen all nions, and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions; that the inhabitants of our Island may in peace and quietness serve thee our God; and that we may return in safety to enjoy the blessings of the land, with the fruits of our labours, and with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies to praise and glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Collect. things quiet about us, we have forgot thee our God, and refused to hearken to the still voice of thy word, and to obey thy commandments: But now we see, how terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder; the great God to be feared above all: And therefore we adore thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging thy power, and imploring thy goodness. Help, Lord, and save us for thy mercy's sake in Jesus Christ thy Son, PREVENT us, O Lord, in our Lord. Amen. all our doings, with thy Or this. glorious and gra most gracious favour, andouts Lord God, who further us with thy continual help; that in all our works dwellest in heaven, but be A a holdest all things below; | mercy, and imploring thy Look down, we beseech thee, and hear us, calling out of the depth of misery, and out of the jaws of this death, which is ready now to swallow us up: Save, Lord, or else we perish. The living, the living, shall praise thee. O send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds, and the roaring sea; help, and that thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Short Prayers for single persons, that cannot meet to join in Prayer with others, by reason of the Fight, or Storm. General Prayers. ORD, be merciful to us that we, being delivered from sinners, and save us for this distress, may live to serve thee, and to glorify thy Name all the days of our life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. ◄ The Prayer to be said before a Fight at Sea against any Enemy. Most powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things; Thou sittest in the throne judging right, and therefore we make our address to thy Divine Majesty in this our necessity, that thou wouldest take the cause into thine own hand, and judge between us and our enemies. Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us; for thou givest not alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few. O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance; but hear us thy poor servants begging thy mercy's sake. Thou art the great God, that hast made and rulest all things: O deliver us for thy Name's sake. Thou art the great God to be feared above all: O save us, that we may praise thee. Special Prayers with respect to the Enemy. Tand powerful: O defend HOU, O Lord, art just our cause against the face of the enemy. O God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all that flee unto thee: O save us from the violence of the enemy. O Lord of hosts, fight for us, that we may glorify thee. O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins, or the violence of the enemy. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. Short Prayers in respect of a Storm. | Judge of all men; We ac HOU, O Lord, that stillest the raging of the sea, hear, hear us, and save us, that we perish not. O blessed Saviour, that didst save thy disciples ready to perish in a storm, hear us, and save us, we beseech thee. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. O Lord, hear us. O Christ, hear us. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon us, save us now and evermore. Amen. UR Father, which art in OUR heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 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 : For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. When there shall be imminent danger, as many as can be spared from necessary ser- reflect upon those particular sins of which his conscience shall accuse him; saying as fol- The Confession. knowledge and bewail our Then shall the Priest, if there be any in the heavenly Father, who ALMIGHTY God, our of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him; Have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all ALMIGHTY God, Fa- goodness, and bring you to ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A a 2 Thanksgiving after a Storm. Jubilate Deo. Psalm lxvi. Be joyful in God, all ye lands sing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his praise to be glori ous. Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. For all the world shall worship thee: sing of thee, and praise thy Name. ride over our heads: we went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings and will pay thee my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the incense of rams: I will offer bullocks and goats. O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God: and O come hither, and behold I will tell you what he hath the works of God: how won-done for my soul. derful he is in his doing toward the children of men. He turned the sea into dry land so that they went through the water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof. He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold the people and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. O praise our God, ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard; Who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip. For thou, O God, hast proved us thou also hast I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue. If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart the Lord will not hear me. But God hath heard me : and considered the voice of my prayer. Praised be God who hath not cast out my prayer: nor turned his mercy from me. 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. Confitemini Domino. Psalm cvii. Give thanks unto the tried us, like as silver is tried. O Lord, for he is gracious: Thou broughtest us into the snare and laidest trouble upon our loins. Thou sufferedst men to and his mercy endureth for ever. Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeem- | the Lord in their trouble: he ed and delivered from the delivered them out of their hand of the enemy; distress. And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west from the north, and from the south. They went astray in the wilderness out of the way and found no city to dwell in; Hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them. So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: and he delivered them from their distress. He led them forth by the right way that they might go to the city where they dwelt. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! For he satisfieth the empty soul soul with goodness. and filleth the hungry Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death being fast bound in misery and iron; Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord: and lightly regarded the counsel of the most Highest; He also brought down their heart through heaviness : they fell down, and there was none to help them. So when they cried unto For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death: and brake their bonds in sunder. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! For he hath broken the gates of brass and smitten the bars of iron in sunder. Foolish men are plagued for their offence: and because of their wickedness. Their soul abhorred all manner of meat; and they were even hard at death's door. So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their distress. He sent his word, and healed them and they were saved from their destruction. : O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness! They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works |