Psalms of David

(1567)

Peter Dathenus

(1531–1588)

Dutch Reformer in The Netherlands

SERVICE OF THE WORD

  • Decalogue
  • Exhortation to Confession
  • Declaration of Promises to the Penitent and Warnings to the Impenitent
  • Confession
  • Lord’s Prayer
  • Apostles’ Creed
  • Scripture*
  • Sermon*
  • Extended Confession
  • Intercessions
  • Lord’s Prayer
  • Benediction

SERVICE OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

  • Decalogue*
  • Confession*
  • Lord’s Prayer*
  • Apostles’ Creed*
  • Scripture*
  • Sermon*
  • Extended Confession*
  • Intercessions*
  • Words of Institution
  • Self-Examination
  • Exhortation and Excommunication
  • Words of Comfort
  • Invitation
  • Meaning of the Sacrament
  • Words of Institution and Personal Promises
  • Prayer of Epiclesis
  • Lord’s Prayer
  • Apostles’ Creed
  • Exhortation to Lift Hearts
  • Distribution
  • Singing or Scripture
  • Psalm 103
  • Prayer of Thanksgiving
  • Lord’s Prayer
  • Benediction*

So that we may now be fed with Christ, the true Bread of Heaven, let us not cleave with our hearts to the external bread and wine, but lift up our hearts into heaven, where Christ Jesus is, our Advocate at the right hand of his heavenly Father, where also the Articles of our Christian Faith point us to, not doubting, that through the working of the Holy Spirit we are fed and nourished in our souls with his body and blood, as truly as we receive the holy bread and drink in remembrance of him.

Exhortation before Communion