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the Scottish Book of Common Prayer, 1929.
Beheading of King Charles I.
January Thirtieth.
Dundee: David Winter & Son.
INTROIT.
The king shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord: exceeding glad shall he be of Thy salvation. Thou hast given him his heart's desire.
For Thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness: and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head. Glory be. The king. Ps. xxi. 1-3.
Blessed Lord, in Whose sight the death of Thy Saints is precious, we magnify Thy Name for Thine abundant grace bestowed upon our martyred sovereign; by which he was enabled so cheerfully to follow the steps of his blessed Master and Saviour in a constant meek suffering of all barbarous indignities, and at last resisting unto blood ; and even then, according to the same pattern, praying for his murderers. Let his memory, O Lord, be ever blessed among us, that we may follow the example of his courage and constancy, his meekness and patience, and great charity. And grant that this our land may be freed from the vengeance of his righteous blood, and thy mercy glorified in the forgiveness of our sins: and all for Jesus Christ His sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.
THE EPISTLE.—1 S. Peter ii. 13.
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the king as supreme; or unto governors as unto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men; as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honour the king. Servants be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience towards God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? But if, when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called; because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye should follow His steps; who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth.
Alleluia, alleluia. V. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, alleluia.
There was a certain householder which planted a vine-, yard, and hedged it round about, and digged a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen. saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come let us kill him: and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the Lord, therefore, of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen ? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
In the sight of the unwise he seemed to die and his departure was taken for misery; but he is in peace—Wisdom iii. 2; (or)
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.—Rev. ii. 10; (or)
Whatsoever ye would that rnen should do unto you, even so do unto them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.—St. Matt. vii. 12.
The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.—Wisdom iii. 1.
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Lord. we offer unto Thee all praise and thanks for the glory of Thy grace that shined forth in Thine Anointed, our Sovereign King Charles, and we beseech Thee to give us all grace by a careful studious imitation of this Thy blessed Saint and Martyr, and all other Thy Saints and Martyrs that
have gone before us, that we may be made worthy to receive benefit by their prayers, which they, in Communion with the Church Catholic, offer up unto Thee for that part of it here Militant, through Thy Son, our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
