The Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Worcester: To which are Added the Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Chichester and Lichfeld

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W. Mears, 1723 - Cathedrals - 302 pages
 

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Page 193 - God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests...
Page xlv - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with Thy most gracious favour, and further us with Thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in Thee, we may glorify Thy holy name, and finally by Thy mercy obtain everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 201 - ... who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
Page 195 - ... come unto us and bless us ; according to that Thy promise, come unto us and bless us, who put now upon this place the memorial of Thy name, by dedicating it wholly and only to Thy service and worship. Blessed Saviour, who in the gospel with Thy bodily presence didst honour and adorn the feast of the dedication of the temple ; at this dedication of this temple unto Thee, be present also, and accept, good Lord, and prosper the work of our hands. Blessed Spirit, without whom nothing is holy, no...
Page 57 - HERE LYETH THE BODIES OF JOHN MOORE, AND ANNE HIS WIFE, FATHER AND MOTHER TO THOMAS MOORE, WHO HERE LYETH, WITH MARY HIS WIFE, ALSO IOHN MOORE AND MARGERET THEIR SISTER HERE LYETH : HERE BORN, HERE BRED, HERE BVRIED, DECEMBER ANNO 1613.
Page 192 - For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord : to teftify unto Ifrael, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
Page xliii - O Thou Holy One, Who dwellest in the highest heavens, and lookest down upon all Thy servants, and considerest the condition of all men, now we have begun to speak to our LORD GOD, who are but dust and ashes, permit us to continue our prayers for the souls' health and external prosperity of all those that are concerned in this place. Be favourable and merciful to the most reverend father in GOD, Gilbert, lord Archbishop of Canterbury, our most munificent benefactor, under whose government we reap...
Page 196 - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, accept, sanctify, and bless this place to the end whereunto, according to His own ordinance, we have ordained it; to be a sanctuary to the Most high, and a church for the living God. The Lord with His favour ever mercifully behold it, and so send upon it His spiritual benediction and grace, that it may be the house of God to Him, and the gate of heaven to us.
Page 154 - Clergy," &c. fol. 1715. Pref.) who had revolted to the Parliament, and were by them thrust into as many pulpits as they could fill, had it in their instructions to traduce the Episcopal Ministers as papists, or popishly affected, and to represent Duke of Buckingham, with more probability...
Page 113 - Controversy, are examined and confuted. The third Edition, with large Additions ; together with fome original Letters of King CHARLES the firft under his own Hand, never before printed, and faithfully copied from the faid Originals.

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