¶ Answer.
From the face of her Enemy
¶ Minister.
Lord hear our prayer.
¶ Answer.
And let our Cry come vnto thee.
¶ Minister
Let vs pray.
O Almighty God, we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast vouchsafed to deliver this woman thy servant from the great pain, and peril of child-birth : Grant, we beseech thee, most mercifull Father, that she through thy help, may both faithfully live, and walk according to thy will, in this life present ; and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶ The Woman that cometh to give her thanks, must offer accustomed offerings; And if there be a Communion, it is convenient that she receive the holy Communion.
A Commination
or Denouncing of Gods anger, and Judgements against Sinners, with certain prayers to be vsed on the first day of Lent, and at other times, as the Ordinary shall appoint.
¶ After morning prayer, the Litanie ended, according to the accustomed mater, the Priest shall in the reading Pew or Pulpit, say.
Brethren, in the primitive Church, there was a godly discipline, that at the beginning of Lent, such persons
