ever remain in perfect love and peace together,
and live according to thy laws; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
_Then shall the Priest join their right hands together, and say_,
Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder.
_Then shall the Minister speak unto the people_.
Foreasmuch as _N_. and _N_. have consented together in holy
wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company,
and thereto have given and pledged their troth either to other,
and have declared the same by giving and receiving of a ring, and
by joining of hands; I pronounce that they be man and wife
together, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. _Amen_.
_And the Minister shall add this Blessing_.
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve,
and keep you; the Lord mercifully with his favour look upon you,
and so fill you with all spiritual benediction and grace, that ye
may so live together in this life, that in the world to come ye may
have life everlasting. Amen.
_Then the Minister or Clerks, going to the Lord's Table, shall say
or sing this Psalm following_.
_Beati omnes_. Psalm cxxviii.
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: and walk in his ways.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: O well is thee, and
happy shalt thou be.
Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thy house;
Thy children like the olive branches: round about thy table.
Lo, thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth the Lord.
The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee: that thou shalt see
Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long;
Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children: and peace upon
Israel.
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.
_Or this Psalm_.
_Deus miser eatur_. Psalm lxvii.
God be merciful unto us, and bless us: and shew us the light of his
countenance, and be merciful unto us:
That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all
nations.
Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise
thee.
O let the nations rejoice and be glad: for thou shalt judge the
folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.
Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise
thee.
Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and God, even our
own God, shall give us h
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