spoken of thee thou city of God 3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon with them that know me 4 Behold ye the Philistines also and they of Tyre with the Morians lo there was he born 5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in her and the most High shall stablish her 6 The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth up the people that he was born there 7 The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse all my fresh springs shall be in thee Domine Deus Psal 88. O Lord God of my salvation I have cried day and night before thee O let my prayer enter into thy presence incline thine ear unto my calling 2 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draweth nigh unto hell 3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit and I have been even as a man that hath no strength 4 Free among the dead like unto them that are wounded and lie in the grave who are out of remembrance and are cut away from thy hand 5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in a place of darkness and in the deep 6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms 7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me and made me to be abhorred of them 8 I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth 9 My sight faileth for very trouble Lord I have called daily upon thee I have stretched forth my hands unto thee 10 Dost thou shew wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise up again and praise thee 11 Shall thy loving kindness be shewed in the grave or thy faithfulness in destruction 12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark and thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten 13 Unto thee have I cried O Lord and early shall my prayer come before thee 14 Lord why abhorrest thou my soul and hidest thou thy face from me 15 I am in misery and like unto him that is at the point to die even from my youth up thy terrours have I suffered with a troubled mind 16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me and the fear of thee hath undone me 17 They came round about me daily like water and compassed me together on every side 18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight Evening Prayer Misericondias Domini Psal 89. MY song shall be alway of the loving kindness of the Lord with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another 2 For I have said Mercy shall be set up for ever thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen I have sworn unto David my servant 4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever and set up thy throne from one generation to another 5 O Lord the very heavaens shall praise thy wondrous works and thy truth in the congregation of the saints 6 For who is he among the clouds that shall be compared unto the Lord 7 And what is he among the gods that shall be like unto the Lord 8 God is very greatly to be feared in the councel of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him 9 O Lord God of hosts who is like unto thee thy truth most mighty Lord is on every side 10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise 11 Thou hast subdued Egypt and destroyed it thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm 12 The heavens are thine the earth also is thine thou hast laid the foundation of the round world and all that therein is 13 Thou hast made the north and the south Tabor and Hermon shall rejoyce in thy Name 14 Thou hast a mighty arm strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand 15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat mercy and truth shall go before thy face 16 Blessed is the people O Lord that can rejoyce in thee they shall walk in the light of thy countenance 17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name and in thy righteousness shall they make their boast 18 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy loving kindness thou shalt lift up our horns 19 For the Lord is our defence the holy One of Israel is our King 20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints and saidst I have laid help upon one that is mighty I have exalted one chosen out of the people 21 I have found David my servant with my holy oyl have I anointed him 23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence the son of wickedness shall not hurt him 24 I will smite down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him 25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him and in my Name shall his horn be exalted 26 I will set his dominion also in the sea and his right hand in the flouds 27 He shall call me Thou art my Father my God and my strong salvation 28 And I will make him my first-born higher then the kings of the earth 29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore and my covenant shall stand fast with him 30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever and his throne as the days of heaven 31 But if his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments 32 If they break my statutes and keep not my commandments I will visit their offences with the rod and their sin with scourges 33 Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my truth to fail 34 My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips I have sworn once by my holiness that I will not fail David 35 His seed shall endure for ever and his seat is like as the sun before me 36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon and as the faithful witness in heaven 37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed and art displeased at him 38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant and cast his crown to the ground 39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges and broken down his strong holds 40 All they that go by spoil him and he is become a reproch to his neighbours 41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies and made all his adversaries to rejoyce 42 Thou hast taken away me edge of his sword and givest him not victory in the battel 43 Thou hast put out his glory and cast his throne down to the ground 44 The days of his youth hast thou shortned and covered him with dishonour 45 Lord how long wilt thou hide thy self for ever and shall thy wrath burn like fire 46 O remember how short my time is wherefore hast thou made all
made known unto God And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus The Gospel S. John 1.19 THis is the record of John when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him Who art thou And he confessed and denied not but confessed I am not the Christ And they asked him What then Art thou Elias And he saith I am not Art thou that prophet And he answered No. Then said they unto him Who art thou that we may give an answer to them that sent us What sayest thou of thy self He said I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness Make straight the way of the Lord as said the prophet Esaias And they which were sent were of the Pharisees And they asked him and said unto him Why baptizest thou then if thou be not that Christ nor Elias neither that prophet John answered them saying I baptize with water but there standeth one among you whom ye know not He it is who coming after me is preferred before me whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to unloose These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan where John was baptizing ¶ The NATIVITY of our LORD or the Birth-day of CHRIST commonly called Christmas-day The Collect. ALmighty God who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin Grant that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace may daily be renewed by thy holy Spirit through the same our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever one God world without end Amen The Epistle Heb. 1.1 GOd who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power when he had by himself purged our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high Being made so much better then the angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name then they For unto which of the angels said he at any time Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee And again I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me Son And again when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world he saith And let all the angels of God worship him And of the angels he saith Who maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire But unto the Son he saith Thy throne O God is for ever and ever a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy Kingdom Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladness above thy fellows And Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thine hands They shall perish but thou remainest and they all shall wax old as doth a garment and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail The Gospel S. John 1.1 IN the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God The same was in the beginning with God All things were made by him and without him was not any thing made that was made In him was life and the life was the light of men And the light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not There was a man sent from God whose name was John The same came for a witness to bear witness of the light that all men through him might believe He was not that light but was sent to bear witness of that light That was the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world He was in the world and the world was made by him and the world knew him not He came unto his own and his own received him not But as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God even to them that believe on his name Which were born not of bloud nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth S. Stephens day The Collect. GRant O Lord that in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth we may stedfastly look up to heaven and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed and being filled with the Holy Ghost may learn to love and bless our persecuters by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen who prayed for his murderers to thee O blessed Jesus who standest at the right hand of God to succour all those that suffer for thee our only Mediatour and Advocate Amen ¶ Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity which shall be said continually unto New-years Eve For the Epistle Acts 7.55 STephen being full of the Holy Ghost looked up stedfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God and said Behold I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God Then they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and ran upon him with one accord and cast him out of the city and stoned him and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young mans feet whose name was Saul And they stoned Stephen calling upon God and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice Lord lay not this sin to their charge And when he had said this he fell asleep The Gospel S. Matth. 23.34 BEhold I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes and some of them ye shall kill and crucifie and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city that upon you may come all the righteous bloud shed upon the earth from the bloud of righteous Abel unto the bloud of Zacharias son of Barachias whom ye slew between the temple and the altar Verily I say unto you all these things shall come upon this generation O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered the children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not Behold your house is left unto you desolate For I say unto you ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. S. John the Evangelists day The collect MErciful Lord
went forward a little and fell on the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass from him And he said Abba Father all things are possible unto thee take away this cup from me nevertheless not what I will but what thou wilt And he cometh and findeth them sleeping and saith unto Peter Simon sleepest thou couldst not thou watch one hour Watch ye and pray lest ye enter into temptation the spirit truly is ready but the flesh is weak And again he went away and prayed and spake the same words And when he returned he found them asleep again for their eyes were heavy neither wist they what to answer him And he cometh the third time and saith unto them Sleep on now and take your rest it is enough the hour is come Behold the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners Rise up let us go lo he that betrayeth me is at hand And immediately while he spake cometh Judas one of the twelve and with him a great multitude with swords and staves from the chief Priests and the Scribes and the Elders And he that betrayed him had given them a token saying Whomsoever I shall kiss that same is he take him and lead him wa safely And as soon as he was come he goeth straightway to him and saith Master master and kissed him And they laid their hands on him and took him And one of them that stood by drew a sword and smote a servant of the high Priest and cut off his ear And Jesus answered and said unto them Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and with staves to take me I was daily with you in the temple teaching and ye took me not but the Scriptures must be fulfilled And they all forsook him and fled And there followed him a certain young man having a linen cloth cast about his naked boby and the young men laid hold on him And he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked And they led Jesus away to the high Priest and with him were assembled all the chief Priests and the Elders and the Scribes and Peter followed him afar off even into the the palace of the high Priest and he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire And the chief Priests and all the councel sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death and found none For many bare false witness against him but their witness agreed not together And there arose certain and bare false witness against him saying We heard him say I will destroy this temple that is made with hands and within three days I will build another made without hands But neither so did their witness agree together And the high Priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus saying Answerest thou nothing what is it which these witness against thee But he held his peace and answered nothing Again the high Priest asked him and said unto him Art thou the Christ the Son of the Blessed And Jesus said I am and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven Then the high Priest rent his clothes and saith What need we any further witnesses ye have heard the blasphemy what think ye And they all condemned him to be guilty of death And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to buffet him and to say unto him Prophesie and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands And as Peter was beneath in the palace there cometh one of the maids of the high priest and when she saw Peter warming himself she looked upon him and said And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth But he denied saying I know not neither understand I what thou sayest And he went out into the porch and the cock crew And a maid saw him again and began to say to them that stood by This is one of them And he denied it again And a little after they that stood by said again to Peter Surely thou art one of them for thou art a Galilean and thy speech agreeth thereto But he began to curse and to swear saying I know not this man of whom ye speak And the second time the cock crew And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him Before the crow twice thou shalt deny me thrice And when he thought thereon he wept Tuesday before Easter For the Epistle Isaiah 50.5 THe Lord God hath opened mine ear and I was not rebellious neither turned away back I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to them that plucked of the hair I hid not my face from shame and spitting For the Lord God will help me therefore shall I not be confounded therefore have I set my face like a flint and I know that I shall not be ashamed He is near that justifieth me who will contend with me Let us stand together who is mine adversary let him come near to me Behold the Lord God will help me who is he that shall condemn me Lo they all shall wax old as a garment the moth shall eat them up Who is among you that feareth the Lord that obeyeth the voice of his servant that walketh in darkness and hath no light let him trust in the Name of the Lord and stay upon his God Behold all ye that kindle a fire that compass your selves about with sparks walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks that ye have kindled This shall ye have of mine hand ye shall lie down in sorrow The Gospel S. Mark 15.1 ANd straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council and bound Jesus and carried him away and delivered him to Pilate And Pilate asked him Art thou the king of the Jews And he answering said unto him Thou sayest it And the chief priests accused him of many things but he answered nothing And Pilate asked him again saying Answerest thou nothing behold how many things they witness against thee But Jesus yet answered nothing so that Pilate marvelled Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner whomsoever they desired And there was one named Barabbas which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him who had committed murder in the insurrection And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them But Pilate answered them saying Will ye that I release unto you the king of the Jews For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy But the chief priests moved the people that he should rather release Barabbas unto them And Pilate answered and said again unto them What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the king of the Jews And they cried out again Crucifie him Then Pilate said unto them Why what evil hath he done And
receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth And when he had spoken these things while they beheld he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up behold two men stood by them in white apparel which also said Ye men of Galilee why stand ye gazing up into heaven This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven The Gospel S. Mark 16.14 JEsus appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen And he said unto them Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned And these signs shall follow them that believe In my Name shall they cast out devils they shall speak with new tongues they shall take up serpents and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover So then after the Lord had spoken unto them he was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God And they went forth and preached every where the Lord working with them and confirming the Word with signs following Sunday after Ascension-day The collect O God the King of glory who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy Kingdom in heaven We beseech thee leave us not comfortless but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen The Epistle 1 S. Peter 4.7 THe end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer And above all things have servent charity among your selves for charity shall cover the multitude of sins Use hospitality one to another without grudging As every man hath received the gift even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God If any man speak let him speak as the Oracles of God If any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God giveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen The Gospel S. John 15.26 and part of the 16. Chap. WHen the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father even the Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father he shall testifie of me And ye also shall bear witness because ye have been with me from the beginning These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended They shall put you out of the synagogues yea the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service And these things will they do unto you because they have not known the Father nor me but these things have I told you that when the time shall come ye may remember that I told you of them Whitsunday The collect GOd who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoyce in his holy comfort through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Spirit one God world without end Amen For the Epistle Acts 2.1 WHen the day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord in one place And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire and it sat upon each of them And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews devout men out of every Nation under heaven Now when this was noised abroad the multitude came together and were confounded because that every man heard them speak in his own language And they were all amazed and marvelled saying one to another Behold are not all these which speak Galileans And how hear we every man in our own tongue wherein we were born Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the dwellers in Mesopotamia and in Judea and Cappadocia in Pontus and Asia Phrygia and Pamphylia in Egypt and in the parts of Lybia about Cyrene and strangers of Rome Jews and Proselytes Cretes and Arabians we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God The Gospel S. John 14.15 JEsus said unto his disciples If ye love me keep my commandments And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knwoeth him but ye know him for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more but ye see me because I live ye shall live also At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you He that hath my commandments and keepeth them he it is that loveth me and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I will love him and will manifest my self to him Judas saith unto him not Iscariot Lord how is it that thou wilt manifest thy self unto us and not unto the world Jesus answered and said unto him If a man love me he will keep my words and my Father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings and the word which you hear is not mine but the Fathers which sent me These things have I spoken unto you being yet present with you But the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my Name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you not as the world giveth give I unto you Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid Ye have heard how I said unto you I go away and come again unto you If ye loved me ye would rejoyce because I said I go unto the Father for my Father is greater then I. And now
wroth 8 There went a smoke out in his presence and a consuming fire out of his mouth so that coals were kindled at it 9 He bowed the heavens also and came down and it was dark under his feet 10 He rode upon the Cherubins and did flie he came flying upon the wings of the wind 11 He made darkness his secret place his pavilion round about him with dark water and thick clouds to cover him 12 At the brightness of his presence his clouds removed hail-stones and coals of fire 13 The Lord also thundred out of heaven and the Highest gave his thunder hail-stones and coals of fire 14 He sent out arrows and scattered them he cast forth lightnings and destroyed them 15 The springs of waters were seen and the foundations of the round world were discovered at thy chiding O Lord at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure 16 He shall send down from on high to fetch me and shall take me out of many waters 17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy and from them which hate me for they are too mighty for me 18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble but the Lord was my upholder 19 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty he brought me forth even because he had a favour unto me 20 The Lord shall reward me after my righteous dealing according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me 21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not forsaken my God as the wicked doth 22 For I have an eye unto all his laws and will not cast out his commandments from me 23 I was also uncorrupt before him and eschewed mine own wickedness 24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing and according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight 25 With the holy thou shalt be holy and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect 26 With the clean thou shalt be clean and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness 27 For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud 28 Thou also shalt light my candle the Lord my God shall make my darkness to be light 29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men and with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall 30 The way of God is an undefiled way the word of the Lord also is tried in the fire he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him 31 For who is God but the Lord or who hath any strength except our God 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength of war and maketh my way perfect 33 He maketh my feet like harts feet and setteth me up on high 34 He teacheth mine hands to fight and mine arms shall break even a bow of steel 35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation thy right hand also shall hold me up and thy loving correction shall make me great 36 Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go that my foot-steps shall not slide DAY iv 37 I will follow upon mine enemies and overtake them neither will I turn again till I have destroyed them 38 I will smite them that they shall not be able to stand but fall under my feet 39 Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battel thou shalt throw down mine enemies under me 40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me and I shall destroy them that hate me 41 They shall cry but there shall be none to help them yea even unto the Lord shall they cry but he shall not hear them 42 I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind I will cast them out as the clay in the streets 43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen 44 A people whom I have not known shall serve me 45 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me but the strange children shall dissemble with me 46 The strange children shall fail and be afraid out of their prisons 47 The Lord liveth and blessed be my strong helper and praised be the God of my salvation 48 Even the God that seeth that I be avenged and subdueth the people unto me 49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies and setteth me up above mine adversaries thou shalt rid me from the wicked man 50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee O Lord among the Gentiles and sing praises unto thy Name 51 Great prosperity giveth he unto his King and sheweth loving kindness unto David his Anointed and unto his Seed for evermore Morning Prayer Coeli enarrant Psal 19. THe heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handy-work 2 One day telleth another and one night certifieth another 3 There is neither speech nor language but their voices are heard among them 4 Their sound is gone out into all lands and their words into the ends of the world 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the Sun which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber and rejoyceth as a giant to run his course 6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the Heaven and runneth about unto the end of it again and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof 7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law converting the soul the testimony of the Lord is sure and giveth wisdom unto the simple 8 The statutes of the Lord are right and rejoyce the heart the commandment of the Lord is pure and giveth light unto the eyes 9 The fear of the Lord is clean and endureth for ever the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether 10 More to be desired are they then gold yea then much fine gold sweeter also then hony and the hony-comb 11 Moreover by them is thy servant taught and in keeping of them there is great reward 12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth O cleanse thou me from my secret faults 13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me so shall I be undefiled and innocent from the great offence 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight 15 O Lord my strength and my redeemer Exaudiat te Dominus Psal 20. THe Lord hear thee in the day of trouble the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee 2 Send thee help from the Sanctuary and strengthen thee out of Sion 3 Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt-sacrifice 4 Grant thee thy hearts desire and fulfil all thy mind 5 We will rejoyce in thy salvation and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God the Lord perform all thy petitions 6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed and will hear him from his holy Heaven
displeasure with their images 60 When God heard this he was wroth and took sore displeasure at Israel 61 So that he forsook the tabernacle in Silo even the tent that he had pitched among men 62 He delivered their power into captivity and their beauty into the enemies hand 63 He gave his people over also unto the sword and was wroth with his inheritance 64 The fire consumed their young men and their maidens were not given to marriage 65 Their priests were slain with the sword and there were no widows to make lamentation DAY xvi 66 So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep and like a giant refreshed with wine 67 He smote his enemies in the hinder parts and put them to a perpetual shame 68 He refused the tabernacle of Joseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim 69 But chose the tribe of Juda even the hill of Sion which he loved 70 And there he built his temple on high and laid the foundation of it like the ground which he hath made continually 71 He chose David also his servant and took him away from the sheep-folds 72 As he was following the ews great with young ones he took him that he might feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance 73 So he fed them with a faithful and true heart and ruled them prudently with all his power Morning Prayer Deus venerunt Psal 79. O God the heathen are come into thine inheritance thy holy temple have they defiled and made Jerusalem an heap of stones 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land 3 Their bloud have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem and there was no man to bury them 4 we are become an open shame to our enemies a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us 5 Lord how long wilt thou be angry shall thy jealousie burn like fire for ever 6 Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not known thee and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name 7 For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his dwelling-place 8 O remember not our old sins but have mercy upon us and that soon for we are come to great misery 9 Help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy Name O deliver us and be merciful unto our sins for thy Names sake 10 Wherefore do the heathen say Where is now their God 11 O let the vengeance of thy servants bloud that is shed he openly shewed upon the heathen in our fight 12 O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die 13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee reward thou them O Lord seven-fold into their bosom 14 So we that are thy people and sheep of thy pasture shall give thee thanks for ever and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation Qui regis Israel Psal 80. HEar O thou shepherd of Israel thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep shew thy self also thou that fittest upon the Cherubims 2 Before Ephraim Benjamin and Manasses stir up thy strength and come and help us 3 Turn us again O God shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole 4 O Lord God of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink 6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours and our enemies laugh us to scorn 7 Turn us again thou God of hosts shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it 9 Thou madest room for it and when it had taken root it filled the land 10 The hills where covered with the shadow of it and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees 11 She stretched out her branches unto the sea and her boughs unto the river 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge that all they that go by pluck off her grapes 13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up and the wild beasts of the field devour it 14 Turn thee again thou God of hosts look down from heaven behold and visit this vine 15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted and the branch that thou madest so strong for thy self 16 It is burnt with fire and cut down and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the son of man whom thou madest so strong for thine own self 18 And so will not we go back from thee O let us live and we shall call upon thy Name 19 Turn us again O Lord God of hosts shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole Exultate Deo Psal 81. SIng we merrily unto God Our strength make a chearful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take the psalm bring hither the tabret the merry harp with the lute 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new-moon even in the time appointed and upon our solemn feast-day 4 For this was made a statute for Israel and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony when he came out of the land of Egypt and had heard a strange language 6 I eased his shoulder from the burden and his hands were delivered from making the pots 7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles and I delivered thee and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee 8 I proved thee also at the waters of strife 9 Hear O my people and I will assure thee O Israel if thou wilt hearken unto me 10 There shall no strange god be in thee neither shalt thou worship any other god 11 I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt open thy mouth wide and I shall fill it 12 But my people would not hear my voice and Israel would not obey me 13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts lusts and let them follow their own imaginations 14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me for if Israel had walked in my ways 15 I should soon have put down their enemies and turned my hand against their adversaries 16 The haters of the Lord should have been found liars but their time should have endured for ever 17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flower and with hony out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee Evening Prayer Deus stetit Psal 82. GOd standeth in the congregation of princes he is a judge among gods 2 How long will ye give wrong judgment and
hast done it 27 Though they curse yet bless thou and let them be confounded that rise up against me but let thy servant rejoyce 28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a cloke 29 As for me I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth and praise him among the multitude 30 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor to save his soul from unrighteous judges Morning Prayer Dixit Dominus Psal 110. THE Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool 2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion be thou ruler even in the midst among thine enemies 3 In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free-will-offerings with an holy worship the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning 4 The Lord sware and will not repent Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech 5 The Lord upon thy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath 6 He shall judge among the heathen he shall fill the places with the dead bodies and smite in sunder the heads over divers countreys 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up his head Confitebor tibi Psal 111. I Will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart secretly among the faithful and in the congregation 2 The works of the Lord are great sought out of all them that have pleasure therein 3 His work is worthy to be praised and had in honour and his righteousness endureth for ever 4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works that they ought to be had in remembrance 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him he shall ever be mindful of his covenant 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works that he may give them the heritage of the heathen 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment all his commandments are true 8 They stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and equity 9 He sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever holy and reverend is his Name 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom a good understanding have all they that do thereafter the praise of it endureth for ever Beatus vir Psal 112. BLessed is the man that feareth the Lord he hath great delight in his commandments 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth the generation of the faithful shall be blessed 3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house and his righteousness endureth for ever 4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness he is merciful loving and righteous 5 A good man is merciful and lendeth and will guide his words with discretion 6 For he shall never be moved and the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance 7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings for his heart standeth fast and believeth in the Lord. 8 His heart is stablished and will not shrink until he see his desire upon his enemies 9 He hath dispersed abroad and given to the poor and his righteousness remaineth for ever his horn shall be exalted with honour 10 The ungodly shall see it and it shall grieve him he shall gnash with his teeth and consume away the desire of the ungodly shall perish Laudate pueri Psal 113. PRaise the Lord ye servants O praise the Name of the Lord. 2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore 3 The Lords Name is praised from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same 4 The Lord is high above all heathen and his glory above the heavens 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth 6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust and lifteth the poor out of the mire 7 That he may set him with the princes even with the princes of his people 8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of children Evening Prayer In exitu Israel Psal 114. WHen Israel came out of Egypt and the house of Jacob from among the strange people 2 Juda was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion 3 The sea saw that and fled Jordan was driven back 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like young sheep 5 What aileth thee O thou sea that thou fleddest and thou Jordan that thou wast driven back 6 Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams and ye little hills like young sheep 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob. 8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing water and the flint-stone into a springing well Non nobis Domine Psal 115. NOt unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give the praise for thy loving mercy and for thy truths sake 2 Wherefore shall the heathen say Where is now their God 3 As for our God he is in heaven he hath done whatsoever pleased him 4 Their idols are silver and gold even the work of mens hands DAY xxiv 5 They have mouths and speak not eyes have they and see not 6 They have ears and hear not noses have they and smell not 7 They have hands and handle not feet have they and walk not neither speak they through their throat 8 They that make them are like unto them and so are all such as put their trust in them 9 But thou house of Israel trust thou in the Lord he is their succour and defence 10 Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender 11 Ye that fear the Lord put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us and he shall bless us even he shall bless the house of Israel he shall bless the house of Aaron 13 He shall bless them that fear the Lord both small and great 14 The Lord shall increase you more and more you and your children 15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord who made heaven and earth 16 All the whole heavens are the Lords the earth hath he given to the children of men 17 The dead praise not thee O Lord neither all they that go down into silence 18 But we will praise the Lord from this time forth for evermore Praise the Lord. Morning Prayer Dilexi quoniam Psal 116. I Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer 2 That he hath inclined is ear unto me therefore will I call upon him as long as I live 3 The snares of death compassed me round about and the pains of hell gat hold upon me 4 I shall find
melody in our heaviness Sing us one of the songs of Sion DAY xxix 4 How shall we sing the Lords song in a strange land 5 If I forget thee O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning 6 If I do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth yea if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth 7 Remember the children of Edom O Lord in the day of Jerusalem how they said Down with it down with it even to the ground 8 O daughter of Babylon wasted with misery yea happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and throweth them against the stones Confitebor tibi Psal 138. I Will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple and praise thy Name because of thy loving kindness and truth for thou hast magnified thy Name and thy word above all things 3 When I called upon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soul with much strength 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee O Lord for they have heard the words of thy mouth 5 Yea they shall sing in the ways of the Lord that great is the glory of the Lord. 6 For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect unto the lowly as for the proud he beholdeth them afar off 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies and thy right hand shall save me 8 The Lord shall make good his loving kindness toward me yea thy mercy O Lord endureth for ever despise not then the works of thine own hands Morning Prayer Domine probasti Psal 139. O Lord thou hast searched me out and known me thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising thou understandest my thoughts long before 2 Thou art about my path and about my bed and spiest out all my ways 3 For lo there is not a word in my tongue but thou O Lord knowest it altogether 4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and before and laid thine hand upon me 5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me I cannot attain unto it 6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit or whither shall I go then from thy presence 7 If I climb up into heaven thou art there if I go down to hell thou art there also 8 If I take the wings of the morning and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea 9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me 10 If I say Peradventure the darkness shall cover me then shall my night be turned today 11 Yea the darkness is no darkness with thee but the night is as clear as the day the darkness and light to thee are both alike 12 For my reins are thine thou hast covered me in my mothers womb 13 I will give thanks unto thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made marvellous are thy works and that my soul knoweth right well 14 My bones are not hid from thee though I be made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth 15 Thine eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect and in thy book were all my members written 16 Which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them 17 How dear are thy counsels unto me O God O how great is the sum of them 18 If I tell them they are mo in number then the sand when I wake up I am present with thee 19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked O God depart from me ye bloud-thirsty men 20 For they speak unrighteously against thee and thine enemies take thy Name in vain 21 Do not I hate them O Lord that hate thee and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee 22 Yea I hate them right sore even as though they were mine enemies 23 Try me O God and seek the ground of my heart prove me and examine my thoughts 24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me and lead me in the way everlasting Eripe me Domine Psal 140. DEliver me O Lord from the evil man and preserve me from the wicked man 2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts and stir up strife all the day long 3 They have sharpned their tongues like a serpent adders poison is under their lips 4 Keep me O Lord from the hands of the ungodly preserve me from the wicked men who are purposed to overthrow my goings 5 The proud have laid a snare for me and spread a net abroad with cords yea and set traps in my way 6 I said unto the Lord Thou art my God hear the voice of my prayers O Lord. 7 O Lord God thou strength of my health thou hast covered my head in the day of battel 8 Let not the ungodly have his desire O Lord let not his mischievous imagination prosper left they be too proud 9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about 10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them let them be cast into the fire and into the pit that they never rise up again 11 A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth evil shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow him 12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poor and maintain the cause of the helpless 13 The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy Name and the just shall continue in thy sight Domine clamavi Psal 141. LOrd I call upon thee haste thee unto me and consider my voice when I cry unto thee 2 Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening-sacrifice 3 Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and keep the door of my lips 4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness lest I eat of such things as please them 5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly and reprove me 6 But let not their precious balms break my head yea I will pray yet against their wickedness 7 Let their judges be overthrown in stony places that they may hear my words for they are sweet 8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit like as when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth 9 But mine eyes look unto thee O Lord God in thee is my trust O cast not out my soul 10 Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me and from the traps of the wicked doers 11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together and let me ever escape them Evening Prayer Voce mea ad Dominum Psal 142. I Cried unto the Lord with my voice yea even unto the Lord did I make my
supplication 2 I poured out my complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble 3 When my spirit was in heaviness thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me 4 I looked also upon my right hand and saw there was no man that would know me 5 I had no place to flee unto and no man cared for my soul 6 I cried unto thee O Lord and said Thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the living 7 Consider my complaint for I am brought very low 8 O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me 9 Bring my soul out of prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name which thing if thou wilt grant me then shall the righteous resort unto my company Domine exaudi Psal 143. HEar my prayer O Lord and consider my desire hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness sake 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant for in thy sight shall no man living be justified 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul he hath smitten my life down to the ground he hath laid me in the darkness as the men that have been long dead 4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate 5 Yet do I remember the time past I muse upon all thy works yea I exercise my self in the works of thy hands 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land 7 Hear me O Lord and that soon for my spirit waxeth faint hide not thy face from me lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit DAY xxx 8 O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust shew thou me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my soul unto thee 9 Deliver me O Lord from mine enemies for I flee unto thee to hide me 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness 11 Quicken me O Lord for thy Names sake and for thy righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble 12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies and destroy all them that vex my soul for I am thy servant Morning Prayer Benedictus Dominus Psal 144. BLessed be the Lord my strength who teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight 2 My hope and my fortress my castle and deliverer my defender in whom I trust who subdueth my people that is under me 3 Lord what is man that thou hast such respect unto him or the son of man that thou so regardest him 4 Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away like a shadow 5 Bowe thy heavens O Lord and come down touch the mountains and they shall smoke 6 Cast forth thy lightning and tear them shoot out thine arrows and consume them 7 Send down thine hand from above deliver me and take me out of the great waters from the hand of strange children 8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness 9 I will sing a new song unto thee O God and sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute 10 Thou hast given victory unto kings and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword 11 Save me and deliver me from the hand of strange children whose mouth talketh of vanity and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity 12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple 13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour that there be no decay no leading into captivity and no complaining in our streets 15 Happy are the people that are in such a case yea blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God Exaltabo te Deus Psal 145. I Will magnifie thee O God my King and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever 2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee and praise thy Name for ever and ever 3 Great is the Lord and marvellous worthy to be praised there is no end of his greatness 4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another and declare thy power 5 As for me I will be talking of thy worship thy glory thy praise and wondrous works 6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts and I will also tell of thy greatness 7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be shewed and men shall sing of thy righteousness 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful long-suffering and of great goodness 9 The Lord is loving unto every man and his mercy is over all his works 10 All thy works praise thee O Lord and thy saints give thanks unto thee 11 They shew the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power 12 That thy power thy glory and mightiness of thy kingdom might be known unto men 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages 14 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall and lifteth up all those that are down 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee O Lord and thou givest them their meat in due season 16 Thou openest thine hand and fillest all things living with plenteousness 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him yea all such as call upon him faithfully 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will help them 20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him but scattereth abroad all the ungodly 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name forever and ever Lauda anima mea Psal 146. PRaise the Lord O my soul while I live will I praise the Lord yea as long as I have any being I will sing praises unto my God 2 O put not your trust in princes nor in any child of man for there is no help in them 3 For when the breath of man goeth forth he shall turn again to his earth and then all his thoughts perish 4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his God 5 Who made heaven and earth the sea and all that therein is who keepeth his promise for ever 6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong who feedeth the hungry 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison the Lord giveth sight to the blind 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the righteous 9 The Lord careth for the strangers
unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil Joel 2.13 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walk in his laws which he set before us Dan. 9.9 10. O Lord correct me but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing Jer. 10.24 Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand S. Matth. 3.2 I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him Father I have sinned against Heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy son S. Luke 15.18 19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant O Lord for in thy sight shall no man living be justified Psal 143.2 If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us But if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 S. John 1.8 9. DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Spare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant O most merciful Father for his sake That we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life To the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the People still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the Absolution and Remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Jesus Christ our Lord ¶ The People shall answer here and at the end of all other Prayers Amen ¶ Then the Minister shall kneel and say the Lords Prayer with an audible voice the People also kneeling and repeating it with him both here and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom And the Power And the Glory For ever and ever Amen ¶ Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answer And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answer O Lord make haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. Answer The Lords Name be praised ¶ Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following Except on Easter-day upon which another Anthem is appointed and on the Nineteenth day of every month it is not be read here but in the ordinary course of the Psalms Venite exultemus Domino Psal 95. O Come let us sing unto the Lord let us heartily rejoyce in the strength of our salvation Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and shew our selves glad in him with Psalms For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is his also The sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land O come let us worship and fall down and kneel before the Lord our Maker For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand To day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts as in the provocation and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness When your Fathers tempted me proved me and saw my works Fourty years long was I grieved with this generation and said It is a people that do err in their hearts for they have not known my ways Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to holy the Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world with out end Amen ¶ Then shall follow the Psalms in order as they are appointed And at the end of every Psalm throughout the year and likewise at the end of Benedicite Benedictus Magnificat and Nunc dimittis shall be repeated Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answ As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall be read distinctly with an audible voice the first Lesson taken out of the Old Testament as is appointed in the Kalendar except there be proper Lesons assigned for
that day He that readeth so standing and turning himself as he may best be heard of all such as are present And after that shall be said or sung in English the Hymn called Te deum Laudamus daily throughout the year ¶ Note that before every Lesson the Minister shall say Here beginneth such a Chapter or Verse of such a Chapter of such a Book And after every Lesson Here endeth the First or the Second Lesson Te Deum Laudamus WE praise thee O God we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee the Father everlasting To thee all Angels cry aloud the heavens and all the Powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee The noble army of Martyrs praise thee The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee The Father of an infinite Majesty Thine honourable true and only Son Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of Glory O Christ Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man thou didst not abhor Virgins womb When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the Glory of the Father We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord save thy people and bless thine heritage Govern them and lift them up for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keep us this day without sin O Lord have mercy upon us have mercy upon us O Lord let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me never be confounded ¶ Or this Canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera Domini O All ye Works of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Angels of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Heavens bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Waters that be above the firmament bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Powers of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Sun and Moon bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Stars of heaven bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Showers and Dew bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Winds of God bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Fire and Heat bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Winter and Summer bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Dews and Frosts bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Frost and Cold bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Ice and Snow bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Nights and Days bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Light and Darkness bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Lightnings and Clouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O let the Earth bless the Lord yea let it praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Mountains and Hills bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Green things upon the Earth bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Wells bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Seas and Flouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Whales and all that move in the waters bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Fowls of the air bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Beasts and Cattel bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Children of Men bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O let Israel bless the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Priests of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Servants of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Holy and Humble men of heart bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O Ananias Azarias and Misael bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever 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 ¶ Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson taken out of the New Testament And after that the Hymn following except when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the day or for the Gospel on St. John Baptist's day Benedictus St. Luke 1.68 BLessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his people And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us in the house of his servant David As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have been since the world began That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate us To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy Covenant To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give us That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life And thou Child shalt be called the prophet of the highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways To give knowledge of salvation unto his people for the remission of their sins Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the Day-spring from on high hath visited us To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace 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 Jubilate Deo Psal 100. O Be joyful in the Lord all ye lands serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the
Lord he is God it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation 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 ¶ Then shall be sung or said the Apostles Creed by the Minister and the People standing Except only such days as the Creed of St. Athanasius is appointed to be read I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and People shall say the Lords Prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but only thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take not thy holy Spirit from us ¶ Then shall follow three Collects The first of the day which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for Peace The third for Grace to live well And the two last Collects shall never alter but daily be said at Morning Prayer throughout all the year as followeth all kneeling ¶ The second Collect for Peace O God who art the author of peace and lover of concord in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life whose service is perfect freedom Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ The third Collect for Grace O Lord our heavenly Father Almighty and everlasting God who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day Defend us in the same with thy mighty power and grant that this day we fall into no sin neither run into any kind of danger but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance to do always that is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ In Quires and Places where they sing here followeth the Anthem ¶ Then these five Prayers following are to be read here except when the Litany is read and then only the two last are to be read as they are there placed ¶ A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord our heavenly Father high and mighty King of kings Lord of lords the only Ruler of princes who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may alway incline to thy will and walk in the way Endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts grant him in health and wealth long to live strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attain everlasting joy and felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Royal Family ALmighty God the fountain of all goodness We humbly beseech thee to bless CATHERINE the Queen Dowager her Royal Highness the Princess ANNE of Denmark and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy Holy Spirit Enrich them with thy Heavenly Grace Prosper them with all Happiness and bring them to thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People ALmighty and everlasting God who alone workest great marvels Send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthful Spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please thee pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ALmighty 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 Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most expedient for them granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth and in the world to come life everlasting Amen 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year The Order for Evening Prayer Daily throughout the YEAR ¶ At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences WHen the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed and doeth that which is lawful and right he shall save his soul alive Ezek. 18.27 I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is â—…e me Psal 51.3 Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities Psal 51.9 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Psal 51.17 Rent your heart and not your garments and turn unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful flow to anger and of great
kindness and repenteth him of the evil Joel 2.13 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walk in his laws which he set before us Dan. 9.9 10. O Lord correct me but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing Jer. 10.24 Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand S. Matth. 3.2 I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him Father I have sinned against Heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy son S. Luke 15.18 19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant O Lord for in thy sight shall no man living be justified Psal 143.2 If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us But if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 S. John 1.8 9. DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Spare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant O most merciful Father for his sake That we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life To the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the People still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the Absolution and Remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Minister shall kneel and say the Lords Prayer the People also kneeling and repeating it with him OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom And the Power And the Glory For ever and ever Amen ¶ Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answer And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answer O Lord make haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answ As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. Answ The Lords Name be praised ¶ Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order as they are appointed Then a Lesson of the Old Testament as is appointed And after that Magnificat or the Song of the blessed Virgin Mary in English as followeth Magnificat S. Luke 1.46 MY soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand-maiden For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations He hath shewed strength with his arm he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meek He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel as he promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seed for ever 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 else this Psalm except it be on the Nineteenth day of the Month when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms Cantate Domino Psal 98. O Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things With his own right hand and with his holy arm hath he gotten himself the victory The Lord declared his salvation his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God Shew your selves joyful unto the Lord all ye lands sing rejoyce and give thanks Praise the Lord upon the harp sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving With trumpets also and shawms O shew your selves joyful before the Lord the King Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein Let the flouds clap their hands and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord for he cometh to judge the earth With righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity 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 ¶ Then a Lesson of the New Testament as it is appointed And after that Nunc dimittis or the Song of Simeon in English as followeth Nunc dimittis S. Luke 2.29 LOrd now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word For mine eyes have seen thy salvation Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people 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 else this Psalm Except it be on the Twelfth day of the Month. Deus misereatur Psal 67. 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 Lee the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God even our own God shall give us his blessing God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear him 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 ¶ Then shall be said or sung the Apostles Creed by the Minister and the People standing I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these Prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and People shall say the Lords Prayer with a loud voice OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord. Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but only thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take not thy holy Spirit from us ¶ Then shall follow three Collects The first of the Day The second for Peace The third for Aid against all perils as hereafter followeth Which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without alteration ¶ The second Collect at Evening Prayer O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen ¶ The third Collect for Aid against all Perils LIghten our darkness we beseech thee O Lord and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night for the love of thy only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ In Quires and Places where they Sing here followeth the Anthem ¶ A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord our heavenly Father high and mighty King of kings Lord of lords the only Ruler of princes who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may alway incline to thy will and walk in thy way Endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts grant him in health and wealth long to live strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attain everlasting joy and felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Royal Family ALmighty God the fountain of all goodness We humbly beseech thee to bless Catherine the Queen Dowager her Royal Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy Holy Spirit Enrich them with thy heavenly grace Prosper them with all happiness and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People ALmighty and everlasting God who alone workest great marvels Send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthful Spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please thee pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour Jesus Christ Amen ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ALmighty 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 Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most expedient for them granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth and in the world to come life everlasting Amen 2 Cor. 13.14 THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year ¶ Upon these Feasts Christmas day the Epiphany St. Matthias Easter day Ascension day Whitsun day S. John Baptist S. Janes S. Bartholomew S. Matthew S. Simon and S. Jude S. Andrew and upon Trinity Sunday shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer
instead of the Apostles Creed his Confession of our Christian Faith commonly called the Creed of Saint Athanasius by the Minister and People standing Quicunque vult WHosoever will be saved before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholick Faith Which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled without doubt he shall perish everlastingly And the Catholick Faith is this That ve worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity Neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance For there is one person of the Father another of the Son and another of the Holy Ghost But the Godhead of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost is all one the Glory equal the Majesty co-eternal Such as the Father is such is the Son and such is the Holy Ghost The Father uncreate the Son uncreate and the Holy Ghost uncreate The Father incomprehensible the Son incomprehensible and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible The Father eternal the Son eternal and the Holy Ghost eternal And yet they are not three eternals but one eternal As also there are not three incomprehensibles nor three uncreated but one uncreated and one incomprehensible So likewise the Father is Almighty the Son Almighty and the Holy Ghost Almighty And yet they are not three Almighties but one Almighty So the Father is God the Son is God and the Holy Ghost is God And yet they are not three Gods but one God So likewise the Father is Lord the Son Lord and the Holy Ghost Lord And yet not three Lords but one Lord. For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every person by himself to be God and Lord So are we forbidden by the Catholick Religion to say There be three Gods or three Lords The Father is made of none neither created nor begotten The Son is of the Father alone not made nor created but begotten The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son neither made nor created nor begotten but proceeding So there is one Father not three Fathers one Son not three Sons one Holy Ghost not three Holy Ghosts And in this Trinity none is afore or after other none is greater or less then another But the whole three persons are co-eternal together and co-equal So that in all things as is aforesaid the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity Furthermore it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ For the right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God is God and Man God of the substance of the Father begotten before the Worlds and Man of the substance of his Mother born in the World Perfect God and perfect Man of a reasonable soul and humane flesh subsisting Equal to the Father as touching his Godhead and inferiour to the Father as touching his Manhood Who although he be God and Man yet he is not two but one Christ One not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh but by taking of the Manhood into God One altogether not by confusion of substance but by unity of person For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man so God and Man is one Christ Who suffered for our salvation descended into hell rose again the third day from the dead He ascended into heaven he sitteth on the right hand of the Father God Almighty from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies and shall give account for their own works And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting and they that have done evil into everlasting fire This is the Catholick Faith which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved 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 ¶ Here followeth the Litany or General Supplication to be sung or said after Morning Prayer upon Sundays Wednesdays and Fridays and at other times when it shall be commanded by the Ordinary O God the Father of heaven have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Father of heaven have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Son Redeemer of the world have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Son Redeemer of the world have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon us miserable sinners O God the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon us miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinity three persons and one God have mercy upon us miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinity three persons and one God have mercy upon us miserable sinners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our fore-fathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare us good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with us for ever Spare us good Lord. From all evil and mischief from sin from the crafts and assaults of the devil from thy wrath and from everlasting damnation Good Lord deliver us From all blindness of heart from pride vain-glory and hypocrisie from envy hatred and malice and all uncharitableness Good Lord deliver us From fornication and all other deadly sin and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the devil Good Lord deliver us From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battel and murder and from sudden death Good Lord deliver us From all sedition privy conspiracy and rebellion from all false doctrine heresie and schism from hardness of heart and contempt of thy Word and Commandment Good Lord deliver us By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision by thy Baptism Fasting and Temptation Good Lord deliver us By thine Agony and bloudy Sweat by thy Cross and Passion by thy precious Death and Burial by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension and by the coming of the Holy Ghost Good Lord deliver us In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the hour of death and in the day of judgment Good Lord deliver us We sinners do beseech thee to hear us O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousness and holiness of life thy Servant WILLIAM our most gracious King and Governour We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith fear and love and that he may evermore have affiance in thee and ever
they cried out the more exceedingly Crucifie him And so Pilate willing to content the people released Barabbas unto them and delivered Jesus when he had scourged him to be crucified And the souldiers led him away into the hall called Pretorium and they call together the whole band And they clothed him with purple and platted a crown of thorns and put it about his head and began to salute him Hail king of the Jews And they smote him on the head with a reed and did spit upon him and bowing their knees worshipped him And when they had mocked him they took off the purple from him and put his own clothes on him and led him out to crucifie him And they compel one Simon a Cyrenean who passed by coming out of the countrey the father of Alexander and Rufus to bear his cross And they bring him unto the place Golgotha which is being interpreted the place of a scull And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrhe but he received it not And when they had crucified him they parted his garments casting lots upon them what every man should take And it was the third hour and they crucified him And the superscription of his accusation was written over THE KING OF THE JEWS And with him they crucifie two thieves the one on his right hand and the other on his left And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith And he was numbred with the transgressours And they that passed by railed on him wagging their heads and saying Ah thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days save thy self and come down from the cross Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes He saved others himself he cannot save Let Christ the king of Israel descend now from the cross that we may see and believe And they that were crucified with him reviled him And when the sixth hour was come there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice saying Eloi Eloi lama sabachtbani which is being interpreted My God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some of them that stood by when they heard it said Behold he calleth Elias And one ran and filled spunge full of vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink saying Let alone let us see whether Elias will come to take him down And Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the ghost And the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom And when the centurion which stood over against him saw that he so cried out and gave up the ghost he said Truly this man was the Son of God Wednesday before Easter The Epistle Heb. 9.16 WHere a testament is there must also of necessity be the death of the testatour for a testament is of force after men are dead otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testatour liveth Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without bloud for when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law he took the bloud of calves and of goats with water and scarlet wooll and hyssop and sprinkled both the book and all the people saying This is the bloud of the testament which God hath enjoyned unto you Moreover he sprinkled likewise with bloud both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry And almost all things are by the law purged with bloud and without shedding of bloud is no remission It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices then these For Christ is not entred into the holy places made with hands which are the figures of the true but into heaven it self now to appear in the presence of God for us nor yet that he should offer himself often as the high priest entreth into the holy place every year with bloud of others for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself And as it is appointed unto men once to die but after this the Judgment so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation The Gospel S. Luke 22.1 NOw the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh which is called the passover And the chief Priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him for they feared the people Then entred Satan into Judas sirnamed Iscariot being of the number of the twelve And he went his way and communed with the chief Priests and captains how he might betray him unto them And they were glad and covenanted to give him money And he promised and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude Then came the day of unleavened bread when the passover must be killed And he sent Peter and John saying Go and prepare us the passover that we may eat And they said unto him Where wilt thou that we prepare And he said unto them Behold when ye are entred into the city there shall a man meet you bearing a pitcher of water follow him into the house where he entreth in And ye shall say unto the good-man of the house The master saith unto thee Where is the guest-chamber where I shall eat the passover with my disciples And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished there make ready And they went and found as he had said unto them and they made ready the passover And when the hour was come he sat down and the twelve Apostles with him And he said unto them With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer For I say unto you I will not any more eat thereof until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God And he took the cup and gave thanks and said Take this and divide it among your selves For I say unto you I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God shall come And he took bread and gave thanks and brake it and gave unto them saying This is my body which is given for you this do in remembrance of me Likewise also the cup after supper saying This cup is the new Testament in my bloud which is shed for you But behold the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And truly the Son of man goeth as it was determined but wo unto that man by whom he is betrayed And they began to enquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing And there was also a strife among them which of them should be accounted the greatest And he said unto them The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them
it was the preparation that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day for that sabbath-day was an high day besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away Then came the souldiers and brake the legs of the first and of the other which was crucified with him But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was dead already they brake not his legs But one of the souldiers with a spear pierced his side and forthwith came there out bloud and water And he that saw it bare record and his record is true and he knoweth that he saith true that ye might believe For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled A bone of him shall not be broken And again another Scripture saith They shall look on him whom they peirced Easter Even The collect GRant O Lord that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him and that through the grave and gate of death we may pass to our joyful resurrection for his merits who died and was buried and rose again for us thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 S. Pet. 3.17 IT is better if the will of God be so that ye suffer for well-doing then for evil-doing For Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the Spirit By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison which sometime were disobedient when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was a preparing wherein few that is eight souls were saved by water The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us not the putting away the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ Who is gone into heaven and is on the right hand of God angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him The Gospel S. Matth. 27.57 WHen the even was come there came a rich man of Arimathea named Joseph who also himself was Jesus disciple He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered And when Joseph had taken the body he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn out in the rock and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulchre Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation the chief Priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate saying Sir we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive After three days I will rise again Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say unto the people He is risen from the dead so the last errour shall be worse then the first Pilate said unto them Ye have a watch go your way make it as sure as you can So they went and made the sepulchre sure sealing the stone and setting a watch Easter-day ¶ At Morning Prayer instead of the Psalm O come let us c. these Anthems shall be sung or said CHrist our passover is sacrificed for us therefore let us keep the feast Not with the old leaven neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth 1 Cor. 5.7 CHrist being raised from the dead dieth no more death hath no more dominion over him For in that he died he died unto sin once but in that he liveth he liveth unto God Likewise reckon ye also your selves to be dead indeed unto sin but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. 6.9 CHrist is risen from the dead and become the first-fruits of them that slept For since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive 1 Cor. 15.20 Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen The Collect. ALmighty God who through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life We humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into out minds good desires so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect through Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God world without end Amen The Epistle Col. 3.1 IF ye then be risen with Christ seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God Set your affection on things above not on things on the earth For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in glory Mortifie therefore your members which are upon the earth fornication uncleanness inordinate affection evil concupiscense and covetousness which is idolatry For which things sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience In the which ye also walked sometime when ye lived in them The Gospel S. John 20.1 THe first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalen early when it was yet dark unto the sepulchre and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre Then she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved and saith unto them They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre and we know not where they have laid him Peter therefore went forth and that other disciple and came to the sepulchre So they ran both together and the other disciple did out-run Peter and came first to the sepulchre and he stouping down and looking in saw the linen clothes lying yet went he not in Then cometh Simon Peter following him and went into the sepulchre and feeth the linen clothes lie and the napkin that was about his head not lying with the linen clothes but wrapped together in a place by it self Then went in also that other disciple which came first to the sepulchre and he saw and believed For as yet they knew not the Scripture that he must rise again from the dead Then the disciples went away again unto their own home Munday in Easter Week The collect ALmighty God who through thy only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life We humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires so by thy continual help we
the Holy Ghost to give him the Kingdom of heaven and everlasting life Ye have heard also that our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised in his Gospel to grant all these things that ye have prayed for which promise he for his part will most surely keep and perform Wherefore after this promise made by Christ this Infant must also faithfully for his part promise by you that are his Sureties until he come of age to take it upon himself that he will renounce the devil and all his works and constantly believe Gods holy word and obediently keep his commandments I demand therefore DOst thou in the name of this child renounce the devil and all his works the vain pomp and glory of the world with all covetous desires of the same and the carnal desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them Answ I renounce them all Minister DOst thou believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary that he suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise again the third day that he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence shall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sins the resurrection of the flesh and everlasting life after death Answ All this I stedfastly believe Minister WIlt thou be baptized in this Faith Answ That is my desire Minister WIlt thou then obediently keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of thy life Answ I will ¶ Then shall the Priest say O Merciful God grant that the old Adam in this Child may be so buried that the new man may be raised up in him Amen Grant that all carnal affections may die in him and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in him Amen Grant that he may have power and strength to have victory and to triumph against the devil the world and the flesh Amen Grant that whosoever is here dedicated to thee by our Office and Ministry may also be endued with heavenly virtues and everlastingly rewarded through thy mercy O blessed Lord God who dost live and govern all things world without end Amen ALmighty everliving God whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins did shed out of his most precious side both water and bloud and gave commandment to his disciples that they should go teach all Nations and baptize them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Regard we beseech thee the supplications of thy Congregation sanctifie this Water to the mystical wasting away of sin and grant that this Child now to be baptized therein may receive the fulness of thy grace and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elect children through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall take the Child into his hands and shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers Name this Child And then naming it after them if they shall certifie him that the Child may well endure it he shall dip it in the Water discreetly and warily saying N. I baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ But if they certifie that the Child is weak it shall suffice to pour Water upon it saying the foresaid words N. I baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall say WE receive this Child into the congregation of Christs flock * Here the Priest shall make a cross upon the childs forehead and do sign him with the sign of the cross in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight under his banner against sin the world and the devil and to continue Christs faithful souldier and servant unto his lives end Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearly beloved brethren that this Child is regenerate and grafted into the body of Christs Church let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits and with one accord make our prayers unto him that this Child may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning ¶ Then shall be said all kneeling OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say WE yield thee hearty thanks most merciful Father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy holy Spirit to receive him for thine own Child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy Church And humbly we beseech thee to grant that he being dead unto sin and living unto righteousness and being buried with Christ in his death may crucifie the old man and utterly abolish the whole body of sin and that as he is made partaker of the death of thy Son he may also be partaker of his resurrection so that finally with the residue of thy holy Church he may be an inheritour of thine everlasting Kingdom through Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then all standing up the Priest shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers this Exhortation following Forasmuch as this Child hath promised by you his Sureties to renounce the devil and all his works to believe in God and to serve him ye must remember that it is your parts and duties to see that this Infant be taught so soon as he shall be able to learn what a solemn vow promise and profession he hath here made by you And that he may know these things the better ye shall call upon him to hear Sermons and chiefly ye shall provide that he may learn the Creed the Lords Prayer and the ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his souls health and that this Child may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a Christian life remembring always that Baptism doth represent unto us our profession which is to follow the example of our Saviour Christ and to be made like unto him that as he died and rose again for us so should we who are baptized die from sin and rise again unto righteousness continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living ¶ Then shall he add and say YE are to
Priest demand the Name of the Child which being by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced the Minister shall say DOst thou in the name of this child renounce the devil and all his works the vain pomp and glory of this world with all covetous desires of the same and the carnal desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them Answer I renounce them all Minister DOst thou believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary that he suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise again the third day that he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence shall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sins the resurrection of the flesh and everlasting life after death Answer All this I stedfastly believe Minister WIlt thou then obediently keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of they life Answer I will ¶ Then the Priest shall say WE receive this child into the congregation of Christs flock and do * The Priest shall make a cross upon the childs forehead sign him with the sign of the cross in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight under his banner against sin the world and the devil and to continue Christs faithful souldier and servant unto his lives end Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearly beloved brethren that this Child is by Baptism regenerate and grafted into the body of Christs Church let us give thanks to Almighty God for these benefits and with one accord make our prayers unto him that he may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning ¶ Then shall the Priest say WE yield thee most hearty thanks most merciful Father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy holy Spirit to receive him for thine own Child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy Church And humbly we beseech thee to grant that he being dead unto sin and living unto righteousness and being buried with Christ in his Death may crucifie the old man and utterly abolish the whole body of sin and that as he is made partaker of the Death of thy Son he may also be partaker of his Resurrection so that finally with the residue of thy holy Church he may be an Inheritour of thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then all standing up the Minister shall make this Exhortation to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOrasmuch as this child hath promised by you his Sureties to renounce the devil and all his works to believe in God and to serve him ye must remember that it is your parts and duties to see that this Infant be taught so soon as he shall be able to learn what a solemn vow promise and profession he hath made by you And that he may know these things the better ye shall call upon him to hear Sermons and chiefly ye shall provide that he may learn the Creed the Lords Prayer and the Ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his souls health and that this child may be virtuously brought up to lead a Godly and a Christian life remembring alway that Baptism doth represent unto us our profession which is to follow the example of our Saviour Christ and be made like unto him that as he died and rose again for us so should we who are Baptized die from sin and rise again unto righteousness continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living ¶ But if they which bring the Infant to the Church do make such uncertain answers to the Priests questions as that it cannot appear that the child was Baptized with Water In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost which are essential parts of Baptism then let the Priest Baptize it in the Form before appointed for Publick Baptism of Infants saving that at the dipping of the child in the Font he shall use this Form of words IF thou art not already Baptized N. I Baptize thee In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen The MINISTRATION of BAPTISM to such as are of riper years and able to answer for themselves ¶ WHen any such Persons as are of riper years are to be Baptiezd timely notice shall be given to the Bishop or whom he shall appoint for that purpose a Week before at the least by the Parents or some other discreet Persons that so due care may be taken for their Examination whether they be sufficiently instructed in the Principles of the Christian Religion and that they may be exhorted to prepare themselves with Prayers and Fasting for the receiving of this holy Sacrament ¶ And if they shall be found fit then the Godfathers and Godmothers the People being assembled upon the Sunday or Holy-day appointed shall be ready to present them at the Font immediately after the second Lesson either at Morning or Evening Prayer as the Curate in his discretion wall think fit ¶ And standing there the Priest shall ask whether any of the Persons here presented be Baptized or no If they shall answer No then shall the Priest say thus DEarly beloved forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in sin and that which is born of the flesh is flesh and they that are in the flesh cannot please God but live in sin committing many actual transgressions and that our Saviour Christ saith None can enter into the kingdom of God except he be regenerate and born anew of water and of the holy Ghost I beseech you to call upon God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ that of his bounteous goodness he will grant to these persons that which by nature they cannot have that they may be baptized with water and the holy Ghost and received into Christs holy Church and be made lively members of the same ¶ Then shall the Priest say Let us pray ¶ And here all the Congregation shall kneel ALmighty and everlasting God who of thy great mercy didst save Noah and his family in the Ark from perishing by water and also didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people through the Red sea figuring thereby thy holy Baptism and by the Baptism of thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan didst sanctifie the element of water to the mystical washing away of sin We beseech thee for
thine infinite mercies that thou wilt mercifully look upon these thy servants wash them and sanctifie them with the Holy Ghost that they being delivered from thy wrath may be received into the Ark of Christs Church and being stedfast in faith joyful through hope and rooted in charity may so pass the waves of this troublesom world that finally they may come to the land of everlasting life there to reign with thee world with end through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty and immortal God the aid of all that need the helper of all that flee to thee for succour the life of them that believe and the resurrection of the dead We call upon thee for these persons that they coming to thy holy Baptism may receive remission of their sins by spiritual regeneration Receive them O Lord as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son saying Ask and ye shall receive seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you So give now unto us that ask let us that seek find open the gate unto us that knock that these persons may enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly washing and may come to the eternal Kingdom which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the People stand up and the Priest shall say Hear the words of the Gospel written by Saint John in the third Chapter beginning at the first Verse THere was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus a ruler of the Jews The same came to Jesus by night and said unto him Rabbi we know that thou art a teacher come from God for no man can do these miracles that thou doest except God be with him Jesus answered and said unto him Verily verily I say unto thee Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God Nicodemus saith unto him How can a man be born when he is old Can he enter the second time into his mothers womb and be born Jesus answered Verily verily I say unto thee Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit Marvel not that I said unto thee Ye must be born again The wind bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sound thereof but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth so is every one that is born of the Spirit ¶ After which he shall say this Exhortation following BEloved ye hear in this Gospel the express words of our Saviour Christ that except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God Whereby ye may perceive the great necessity of this Sacrament where it may be had Likewise immediately before his Ascension into Heaven as we read in the last Chapter of Saint Marks Gospel he gave command to his disciples saying Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned Which also sheweth unto us the great benefit we reap thereby For which cause Saint Peter the Apostle when upon his first preaching of the Gospel many were pricked at the heart and said to him and the rest of the Apostles Men and brethren what shall we do replied and said unto them Repent and be baptized every one of you for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost For the promise is to you and your children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call And with many other words exhorted he them saying Save your selves from this untoward generation For as the same Apostle testifieth in another place even Baptism doth also now save us not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Doubt ye not therefore but earnestly believe that he will favourable receive these present persons truly repenting and coming unto him by faith that he will grant them remission of their sins and bestow upon them the Holy Ghost that he will give them the blessing of eternal life and make them partakers of his everlasting Kingdom Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heavenly Father towards these persons declared by his Son Jesus Christ let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks to him and say ALmighty and everlasting God heavenly Father we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increase this knowledge and confirm this faith in us evermore Give thy holy Spirit to these persons that they may be born again and be made heirs of everlasting salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit now and for ever Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall speak to the Persons to be Baptized on this wise WEl-beloved who are come hither desiring to receive holy Baptism ye have heard how the Congregation hath prayed that our Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to receive you and bless you to release you of your sins to give you the Kingdom of heaven and everlasting life Ye have heard also that our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised in his holy Word to grant all those things that we have prayed for which promise he for his part will most surely keep and perform Wherefore after this promise made by Christ ye must also faithfully for your part promise in the presence of these your Witnesses and this whole Congregation that ye will renounce the devil and all his works and constantly believe Gods holy Word and obediently keep his commandments ¶ Then shall the Priest demand of each of the Persons to be Baptized severally these Questions following Question DOst thou renounce the devil and all his works the vain pomp and glory of the world with all covetous desires of the same and the carnal desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them Answer I renounce them all Question DOst thou Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary that he suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise again the third day that he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence shall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sins the resurrection of the flesh and everlasting life after death Answer All this I stedfastly believe Question WIlt thou be baptized
Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into heaven And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the Holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The Resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen Question What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief Answer First I learn to believe in God the Father who hath made me and all the world Secondly in God the Son who hath redeemed me and all mankind Thirdly in God the holy Ghost who sanctifieth me and all the elect people of God Question You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keep Gods Commandments Tell me how many there be Answer Ten. Question Which be they Answer THe same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage I. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me II. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bowe down to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my Commandments III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it V. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt do no murder VII Thou shalt not commit adultery VIII Thou shalt not steal IX Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his Question What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments Answer I learn two things my duty towards God and my duty towards my Neighbour Question What is thy duty towards God Answer My duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul and with all my strength to worship him to give him thanks to put my whole trust in him to call upon him to honour his holy Name and his Word and to serve him truly all the days of my life Question What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour Answer My duty towards my Neighbour is to love him as my self and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me To love honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the King and all that are put in authority under him To submit my self to all my governours teachers spiritual pastours and masters To order my self lowly and reverently to all my betters To hurt no body by word or deed To be true and just in all my dealing To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart To keep my hands from picking and stealing and my tongue from evil speaking lying and slandering To keep my body in temperance soberness and chastity Not to covet nor desire other mens good but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living and to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me Catechist My good child know this that thou art not able to do these things of thy self nor to walk in the Commandments of God and to serve him without his special grace which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent Prayer Let me hear therefore if thou canst say the Lords Prayer Answer OUr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Question What desirest thou of God in this Prayer Answer I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father who is the giver of all goodness to send his grace unto me and to all people that we may worship him serve him and obey him as we ought to do And I pray unto God that he will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies and that he will be merciful unto us and forgive us our sins and that it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that he will keep us from all sin and wickedness and from our ghostly enemy and from everlasting death And this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodness through our Lord Jesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Question HOw many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answer Two only as generally necessary to salvation that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answer I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof Question How many parts are there in a Sacrament Answer Two the outward visible sign and the inward spiritual grace Question What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism Answer Water wherein the person is baptized In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Question What is the inward and spiritual grace Answer A death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness for being by nature born in sin and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Question What is required of persons to be baptized Answer Repentance whereby they forsake sin and faith whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in
ever Amen ¶ And there shall none be admitted to the holy Communion until such time as he be Confirmed or be ready and desirous to be confirmed The Form of Solemnization of MATRIMONY ¶ FIrst the Banns of all that are to be married together must be published in the Church three several Sundays or Holy-days in the time of Divine Service immediately before the Sentences for the Offertory the Curate saying after the accustomed manner I publish the Banns of Marriage between M. of and N. of If any of you know cause or just impediment why these two persons should not be joyned together in holy Matrimony ye are to declare it This is the First second or third time of Asking ¶ And if the Persons that are to be Married dwell in divers Parishes the Banns must be Asked in both Parishes and the Curate of the one Parish shall not Solemnize Matrimony betwixt them without a Certificate of the Banns being thrice Asked from the Curate of the other Parish ¶ At the day and time appointed for Solemnization of Matrimony the Persons to be Married shall come into the body of the Church with their Friends and Neighbours And there standing together the Man on the right Hand and the Woman on the left the Priest shall say DEarly beloved we are gathered together here in the sight of God and in the face of this Congregation to joyn together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony which is an honourable Estate instituted of God in the time of mans innocency signifying unto us the mystical union that is betwixt Christ and his Church which holy Estate Christ adorned and beautified with his presence and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee and is commended of Saint Paul to be honourable among all men and therefore is not by any to be enterprised nor taken in hand unadvisedly lightly or wantonly to satisfie mens carnal lusts and appetites like brute beasts that have no understanding but reverently discreetly advisedly soberly and in the fear of God duly considering the causes for which Matrimony was ordained First it was ordained for the procreation of Children to be brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord and to the praise of his holy Name Secondly it was ordained for a remedy against sin and to avoid fornication that such persons as have not the gift of continency might marry and keep themselves undefiled members of Christs body Thirdly it was ordained for the mutual society help and comfort that the one ought to have of the other both in prosperity and adversity Into which holy Estate these two persons present come now to be joyned Therefore if any man can shew any just cause why they may not lawfully be joyned together let him now speak or else hereafter for ever hold his peace ¶ And also speaking to the Persons that shall be Married he shall say I Require and charge you both as ye will answer at the dreadful day of judgment when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed that if either of you know any impediment why ye may not be lawfully joyned together in Matrimony ye do now confess it For be ye well assured that so many as are coupled together otherwise then Gods Word doth allow are not joyned together by God neither is their Matrimony lawful ¶ At which day of Marriage if any man do alledge and declare any Impediment why they may not be coupled together in Matrimony by Gods Law or the Laws of this Realm and will be bound and sufficient Sureties with him to the Parties or else put in a Caution to the full value of such Charges as the Persons to be Married do thereby sustain to prove his Allegation Then the Solemnization must be deferred until such time as the truth be tried ¶ If no Impediment be alledged then shall the Curate say unto the Man N. WIlt thou have this Woman to thy wedded Wife to live together after Gods ordinance in the holy Estate of Matrimony Wilt thou love her comfort her honour and keep her in sickness and in health and forsaking all other keep thee only unto her so long as ye both shall live ¶ Then Man shall answer I will ¶ Then shall the Priest say unto the Woman N. WIlt thou have this Man to thy wedded Husband to live together after Gods ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony Wilt thou obey him serve him love honour and keep him in sickness and in health and forsaking all other keep thee only unto him so long as ye both shall live ¶ The Woman shall answer I will ¶ Then shall the Minister say Who giveth this Woman to be married to this Man ¶ Then shall they give their Troth to each other in this manner ¶ The Minister receiving the Woman at her Fathers or Friends Hands shall cause the Man with his right Hand to take the Woman by her right Hand and to say after him as followeth I N. take thee N. to my wedded Wife to have and to hold from this day forward for better for worse for richer for poorer in sickness and in health to love and to cherish till death us do part according to Gods holy ordinance and thereto I plight thee my Troth ¶ Then shall they loose their Hands and the Woman with her right Hand taking the Man by his right Hand shall likewise say after the Minister I N. take thee N. to my wedded Husband to have and to hold from this day forward for better for worse for richer for poorer in sickness and health to love cherish and to obey till death us do part according to Gods holy ordinance and thereto I give thee my Troth ¶ Then shall they again loose their Hands the Man shall give unto the Woman a Ring laying the same upon the Book with the accustomed Duty to the Priest and Clerk And the Priest taking the Ring shall deliver it unto the Man to put it upon fourth Finger of the Womans left Hand And the Man holding the Ring there and taught by the Priest shall say WIth this Ring I thee wed with my body I thee worship and with all my worldly goods I thee endow In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ Then the Man leaving the Ring upon the fourth Finger of the Womans left Hand they shall both kneel down and the Minister shall say Let us pray O Eternal God creator and preserver of all mankind giver of all spiritual grace the author of everlasting life Send thy blessing upon these thy servants this Man and this Woman whom we bless in thy Name that as Isaac and Rebecca lived faithfully together so these Persons may surely perform and keep the vow and covenant betwixt them made whereof this Ring given and received is a token and pledge and may ever remain in perfect love and peace together and live according to thy laws though Jesus Christ our Lord.
they verily for a few days chastned us after their own pleasure but he for our profit that we might be partakers of his holiness These words good brother are written in holy Scripture for our comfort and instruction that we should patiently and with thanksgiving bear our heavenly Fathers correction whensoever by any manner of adversity it shall please his gracious goodness to visit us And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons then to be made like unto Christ by suffering patiently adversities troubles and sicknesses For he himself went not up to joy but first he suffered pain he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truly our way to eternal joy is to suffer here with Christ and our door to enter into eternal life is gladly to die with Christ that we may rise again from death and dwell with him in everlasting life Now therefore taking your sickness which is thus profitable for you patiently I exhort you in the Name of God to remember the profession which you made unto God in your Baptism And for as much as after this life there is an account to be given unto the righteous Judge by whom all must be judged without respect of persons I require you to examine your self and your estate both toward God and man so that accusing and condemning your self for your own fault you may find mercy at our heavenly Fathers hand for Christs sake and not be accused and condemned in that fearful judgment Therefore I shall rehearse to you the Articles of our Faith that you may know whether you do believe as a Christian man should or no. ¶ Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the Faith saying thus DOst thou believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary that he suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise again the third day that he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence shall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sins the resurrection of the flesh and everlasting life after death ¶ The sick Person shall answer All this I stedfastly believe ¶ Then shall the Minister examine whether he repent him truly of his sins and be in charity with all the world exhorting him to forgive from the bottom of his heart all Persons that have offended him and if he hath offended any other to ask them forgiveness and where he hath done injury or wrong to any man that he make amends to the uttermost of his power And if he hath not before disposed of his Goods let him then be admonished to make his Will and to declare his Debts what he oweth and what is owing unto him for the better discharging of his conscience and the quietness of his Executors But men should often be put in remembrance to take order for the settling of their temporal Estates whilst they are in health ¶ These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his Prayer as he shall see cause ¶ The Minister should not omit earnestly to move such sick Persons as are of ability to be liberal to the Poor ¶ Here shall the sick Person be moved to make a special confession of his sins if he feel his conscience troubled with any weighty matter After which confession the Priest shall absolve him if he humbly and heartily desire it after this sort OUr Lord Jesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences And by his Authority committed to me I absolve thee from all thy sins In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen ¶ And then the Priest shall say the Collect following Let us pray O Most merciful God who according to the multitude of thy mercies dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent that thou remembrest them no more Open thine eye of mercy upon this thy servant who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiveness Renew in him most loving Father whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the devil or by his own carnal will and frailness preserve and continue this sick member in the unity of the Church consider his contrition accept his tears asswage his pain as shall seem to thee most expedient for him And forasmuch as he putteth his full trust only in thy mercy impute not unto him his former sins but strengthen him with thy blessed Spirit and when thou art pleased to take him hence take him unto thy favour through the merits of thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister say this Psalm In te Domine speravi Psal 71. IN thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness incline thine ear unto me and save me Be thou my strong hold whereunto I may alway resort thou hast promised to help me for thou art my house of defence and my castle Deliver me O my God out of the hand of the ungodly out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope even from my youth Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born thou art he that took me out of my mothers womb my praise shall alway be of thee I am become as it were a monster unto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength faileth me For mine enemies speak against me and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliver him Go not far from me O God my God hast thee to help me Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation for I know no end thereof I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousness only Thou O God hast taught me from my youth up until now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works Forsake me not O God in mine old age when
notorious sin were put to open penance and punished in this world that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord and that others admonished by their example might be the more afraid to offend Instead whereof until the said Discipline may be restored again which is much to be wished it is thought good that at this time in the presence of you all should be read the general Sentences of Gods cursing against impenitent sinners gathered out of the seven and twentieth Chapter of Deuteronomy and other places of Scripture and that ye should answer to every Sentence Amen To the intent that being admonished of the great indignation of God against sinners ye may the rather be moved to earnest and true repentance and may walk more warily in these dangerous days fleeing from such vices for which ye affirm with your own mouths the curse of God to be due CUrsed is the man that maketh any carved or molten image to worship it Deut. 27.15 ¶ And the People shall answer and say Amen Minister Cursed is he that curseth his father and mother ver 16. Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that removeth his neighbours land-mark ver 17. Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that maketh the blind to go out of his way ver 18. Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger the fatherless and widow ver 19. Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretly ver 24. Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbours wife Lev. 20.10 Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that taketh reward to slay the innocent Deut. 27.25 Answer Amen Minister Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man and taketh man for his defence and in his heart goeth from the Lord. Jer. 17.5 Answer Amen Minister Cursed are the unmerciful fornicators and adulterers covetous persons idolaters slanderers drunkards and extortioners S. Matth. 25.41 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Answer Amen Minister NOw seeing that all they are accursed as the prophet David beareth witness who do err and go astray from the commandments of God Psal cxix 21. let us remembring the dreadful judgment hanging over our heads and always ready to fall upon us return unto our Lord God with all contrition and meekness of heart bewailing and lamenting our sinful life acknowledging and confessing our offences and seeking to bring forth worthy fruits of penance S. Matth. iij. 10. For now is the ax put unto the root of the trees so that every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire Hebr. x. 31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Psal xj 6. He shall pour down rain upon the sinners snares fire and brimstone storm and tempest this shall be their portion to drink For lo Isa xxvj 21. the Lord is come out of his place to visit the wickedness of such as dwell upon the earth But who may abide the day of his coming Mal. iij. 2. Who shall be able to endure when he appeareth His fan is in his hand S. Matth. iij. 12. and he will purge his floor and gather his wheat into the barn but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire 1 Thes v. 2 3. The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night and when men shall say Peace and all things are safe then shall sudden destruction come upon them as sorrow cometh upon a woman travailing with child and they shall not escape Rom. ij 4 5. Then shall appear the wrath of God in the day of vengeance which obstinate sinners through the stubbornness of their heart have heaped unto themselves which despised the goodness patience and long-sufferance of God when he called them continually to repentance Prov. j. 28 29 30. Then shall they call upon me saith the Lord but I will not hear they shall seek me early but they shall not find me and that because they hated knowledge and received not the fear of the Lord but abhorred my counsel and despised my correction Then shall it be too late to knock when the door shall be shut S. Matth. xxv 10 11 12. and too late to cry for mercy when it is the time of justice O terrible voice of most just judgment which shall be pronounced upon them when it shall be said unto them S. Matth. xxv 41. Go ye cursed into the fire everlasting which is prepared for the devil and his angels 2 Cor. vj. 2. Therefore brethren take we heed betime S. John ix 4. while the day of salvation lasteth for the night cometh when none can work S. John xij 35 36. But let us while we have the light believe in the light and walk as children of the light that we be not cast into utter darkness S. Matth. xxv 30. where is weeping and gnashing of teeth Let us not abuse the goodness of God who calleth us mercifully to amendment and of his endless pity promiseth us forgiveness of that which is past if with a perfect and true heart we return unto him Isaiah j. 18. For though our sins be as red as scarlet they shall be made white as snow and though they be like purple yet they shall be made white as wooll Ezek. xviij 30 31 32. Turn ye saith the Lord from all your wickedness and your sin shall not be your destruction Cast away from you all your ungodliness that ye have done make you new hearts and a new spirit Wherefore will ye die O ye house of Israel seeing that I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the Lord God Turn ye then and ye shall live 1 S. John ij 1. Although we have sinned yet have we an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins Isaiah liij 5. For he was wounded for our offences and smitten for our wickedness Let us therefore return unto him who is the merciful receiver of all true penitent sinners assuring our selves that he is ready to receive us and most willing to pardon us if we come unto him with faithful repentance if we will submit our selves unto him and from henceforth walk in his ways S. Matth. xj 29 30. if we will take his easie yoke and light burden upon us to follow him in lowliness patience and charity and be ordered by the governance of his holy Spirit seeking always his glory and serving him duly in our vocation with thanksgiving This if we do Christ will deliver us from the curse of the law and from the extreme malediction which shall light upon them that shall be set on the left hand and he will set us on his right hand S. Matth. xxv 33 34. and give us the gracious benediction of his Father commanding us to take possession of his glorious kingdom unto which
9 The ungodly walk on every side when they are exalted the children of men are put to rebuke Usque quo Domine Psal 13. HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord for ever how long wilt thou hide thy face from me 2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul and be so vexed in my heart how long shall mine enemies triumph over me 3 Consider and hear me O Lord my God lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death 4 Lest mine enemy say I have prevailed against him for if I be cast down they that trouble me will rejoyce at it 5 But my trust is in thy mercy and my heart is joyful in thy salvation 6 I will sing of the Lord because he hath dealt so lovingly with me yea I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest Dixit insipiens Psal 14. THe fool hath said in his heart There is no God 2 They are corrupt and become abominable in their doings there is none that doeth good no not one 3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God 4 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one 5 Their throat is an open sepulchre with their tongues have they deceived the poison of asps is under their lips 6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness their feet are swift to shed bloud 7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways and the way of peace have they not known there is no fear of God before their eyes 8 Have they no knowledge that they are all such workers of mischief eating up my people as it were bread and call not upon the Lord DAY iii. 9 There were they brought in great fear even where no fear was for God is in the generation of the righteous 10 As for you ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor because putteth his trust in the Lord. 11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people then shall Jacob rejoyce and Israel shall be glad Morning Prayer Domine quis babitabit Psal 15. LOrd who shall dwell in thy tabernacle or who shall rest upon thy holy hill 2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life and doeth the thing which is right and speaketh the truth from his heart 3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue nor done evil to his neighbour and hath not slandered his neighbour 4 He that setteth not by himself but is lowly in his own eyes and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. 5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour and disappointeth him not though it were to his own hindrance 6 He that hath hot given his money upon usury nor taken reward against the innocent 7 Whoso doeth these things shall never fall Conserva me Domine Psal 16. PReserve me O God for in thee have I put my trust 2 O my soul thou hast said unto the Lord Thou art my God my goods are nothing unto thee 3 All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth and upon such as excel in virtue 4 But they that run after another god shall have great trouble 5 Their drink-offerings of bloud will I not offer neither make mention of their names within my lips 6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou shalt maintain my lot 7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fain ground yea I have a goodly heritage 8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning my reins also chasten me in the night-season 9 I have set God always before me for he is on my right hand therefore I shall not fall 10 Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory rejoyced my flesh also shall rest in hope 11 For why thou shalt not leave my soul in hell neither shalt thou suffer thy holy One to see corruption 12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life in thy presence is the fulness of joy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore Exaudi Domine Psal 17. HEar the right O Lord consider my complaint and hearken unto my prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal 3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night-season thou hast tried me and shalt find no wickedness in me for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend 4 Because of mens works that are done against the words of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer 5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not 6 I have called upon thee O God for thou shalt hear me incline thine ear to me and hearken unto my words 7 Shew thy marvellous loving kindness thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee from such as resist thy right hand 8 Keep me as the apple of an eye hide me under the shadow of thy wings 9 From the ungodly that trouble me mine enemies compass me round about to take away my soul 10 They are inclosed in their own fat and their mouth speaketh proud things 11 They lie waiting in our way on every side turning their eyes down to the ground 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey and as it were a lions whelp lurking in secret places 13 Up Lord disappoint him and cast him down deliver my soul from the ungodly which is a sword of thine 14 From the men of thy hand O Lord from the men I say and from the evil world which have their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure 15 They have children at their desire and leave the rest of their substance for their babes 16 But as for me I will behold thy presence in righteousness and when I awake up after thy likeness I shall be satisfied with it Evening Prayer Diligam te Domine Psal 18. I Will love thee O Lord my strength the Lord is my stony rock and my defence my Saviour my God and my might in whom I will trust my buckler the horn also of my salvation and my refuge 2 I will call upon the Lord which is worthy to be praised so shall I be safe from mine enemies 3 The sorrows of death compassed me and the over-flowings of ungodliness made me afraid 4 The pains of hell came about me the snares of death overtook me 5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord and complain unto my God 6 So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple and my complaint shall come before him it shall enter even into his ears 7 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations also of the hills shook and were removed because he was
even with the wholsom strength of his right hand 7 Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God 8 They are brought down and fallen but we are risen and stand upright 9 Save Lord and hear us O King of Heaven when we call upon thee Domine in virtute tua Psal 21. THe King shall rejoyce in thy strength O Lord exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation 2 Thou hast given him his hearts desire and hast not denied him the request of his lips 3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head 4 He asked life of thee and thou gavest him a long life even for ever and ever 5 His honour is great in thy salvation glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him 6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance 7 And why because the King putteth his trust in the Lord and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry 8 All thine enemies shall feel thy hand thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee 9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure and the fire shall consume them 10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth and their seed from among the children of men 11 For they intended mischief against thee and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform 12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them 13 Be thou exalted Lord in thine own strength so will we sing and praise thy power Evening Prayer Deus Deus meus Psal 22. MY God my God look upon me why hast thou forsaken me and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint 2 O my God I cry in the day-time but thou hearest not and in the night-season also I take no rest 3 And thou continuest holy O thou worship of Israel 4 Our fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou didst deliver them 5 They called upon thee and were holpen they put their trust in thee and were not confounded 6 But as for me I am a worm and no man a very scorn of men and the out-cast of the people 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn they shoot out their lips and shake their heads saying 8 He trusted in God that he would deliver him let him deliver him if he will have him 9 But thou art he that took me out of my mothers womb thou wast my hope when I hanged yet upon my mothers breasts 10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born thou art my God even from my mothers womb 11 O go not from me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to help me 12 Many oxen are come about me fat bulls of Basan close me in on every side 13 They gape upon me with their mouths as it were a ramping and a roring lion 14 I am poured out like water and all my bones are out of joynt my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd and my tongue cleaveth to my gums and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death 16 For many dogs are come about me and the council of the wicked layeth siege against me 17 They pierced my hands and my feet I may tell all my bones they stand staring and looking upon me 18 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture 19 But be not thou far from me O Lord thou art my succour hast thee to help me 20 Deliver my soul from the sword my darling from the power of the dog 21 Save me from the lions mouth thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns 22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee 23 O praise the Lord ye that fear him magnifie him all ye of the seed of Jacob and fear him all ye seed of Israel 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor he hath not hid his face from him but when he called unto him he heard him 25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation my vows will perform in the sight of them that fear him 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied they that seek after the Lord shall praise him your heart shall live for ever 27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves and be turned unto the Lord and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him 28 For the kingdom is the Lords and he is the Governour among the people 29 All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped 30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him and no man hath quickned his own soul 31 My seed shall serve him they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation 32 They shall come and the heavens shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born whom the Lord hath made Dominus regit me Psal 23. THe Lord is my shepherd therefore can I lack nothing 2 He shall feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort 3 He shall convert my soul and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his Names sake 4 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff comfort me 5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me thou hast anointed my head with oyl and my cup shall be full 6. But thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever Morning Prayer Domini est terra Psal 24. THe earth is the Lords and all that therein is the compass of the world and they that dwell therein DAY v. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas and prepared it upon the flouds 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall rise up in his holy place 4 Even he that hath clean hands and a pure heart and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity nor sworn to deceive his neighbour 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation 6 This is the generation of them that seek him even of them that seek thy face O Jacob. 7 Lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 8 Who is the King of glory it is the Lord strong
and mighty even the Lord mighty in battel 9 Lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 10 Who is the King of glory even the Lord of hosts he is the King of glory Ad te Domine levavi Psal 25. UNto thee O Lord will lift up my soul my God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let mine enemies triumph over me 2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed but such as transgress without a cause shall be put to confusion 3 Shew me thy ways O Lord and teach me thy paths 4 Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation in thee hath been my hope all the day long 5 Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses which have been ever of old 6 O remember not the sins and offences of my youth but according to thy mercy think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodness 7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord therefore will he teach sinners in the way 8 Them that are meek shall he guide in judgment and such as are gentle them shall he learn his way 9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies 10 For thy Names sake O Lord be merciful unto my sin for it is great 11 What man is he that feareth the Lord him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose 12 His soul shall dwell at ease and his seed shall inherit the land 13 The secret of the Lord is among them that fear him and he will shew them his covenant 14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord for he shall pluck my feet out of the net 15 Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me for I am desolate and in misery 16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles 17 Look upon my adversity and misery and forgive me all my sin 18 Consider mine enemies how many they are and they bear a tyrannous hate against me 19 O keep my soul and deliver me let me not be confounded for I have put my trust in thee 20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me for my hope hath been in thee 21 Deliver Israel O God out of all his troubles Judica me Domine Psal 26. BE thou my Judge O Lord for I have walked innocently my trust hath been also in the Lord therefore shall I not fall 2 Examine me O Lord and prove me try out my reins and my heart 3 For thy loving kindness is ever before mine eyes and I will walk in thy truth 4 I have not dwelt with vain persons neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful 5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked and will not sit among the ungodly 6 I will wash my hands in innocency O Lord and so will I go to thine altar 7 That I may shew the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works 8 Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth 9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners nor my life with the bloud-thirsty 10 In whose hands is wickedness and their right hand is full of gifts 11 But as for me I will walk innocently O deliver me and be merciful unto me 12 My foot standeth right I will praise the Lord in the congregations Evening Prayer Dominus illuminatio Psal 27. THe Lord is my light and my salvation whom then shall I fear the Lord is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afraid 2 When the wicked even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell 3 Though an host of men were laid against me yet shall not my heart be afraid and though there rose up war against me yet will I put my trust in him 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord which I will require even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the fair beauty of the Lord and to visit his temple 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me and set me up upon a rock of stone 6 And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me 7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness I will sing and speak praises unto the Lord. 8 Hearken unto my voice O Lord when I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me 9 My heart hath talked of thee Seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek 10 O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure 11 Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation 12 When my father and my mother forsake me the Lord taketh me up 13 Teach me thy way O Lord and lead me in the right way because of mine enemies 14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries for there are false witnesses risen up against me and such as speak wrong 15 I should utterly have fainted but that I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living 16 O tarry thou the Lords leisure be strong and he shall comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lord. Ad te Domine Psal 28. UNto thee will I cry O Lord my strength think no scorn of me lest if thou make as though thou hearest not I become like them that go down into the pit 2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions when I cry unto thee when I hold up my hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy temple 3 O pluck me not away neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers which speak friendly to their neighbours but imagine mischief in their hearts 4 Reward them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their own inventions 5 Recompense them after the work of their hands pay them that they have deserved 6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord nor the operation of his hands therefore shall he break them down and not build them up 7 Praised be the Lord for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions 8 The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise him 9 The Lord is my strength and he is the wholsom defence of his Anointed 10 O save thy people and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance feed them and set them up for ever Afferte Domino Psal 29. BRing unto the Lord O ye mighty bring
his heart conceiveth falshood within himself and when he cometh forth he telleth it 7 All mine enemies whisper together against me even against me do they imagine this evil 8 Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed against him and now that he lieth let him rise up no more 9 Yea even mine own familiar friend whom I trusted who did also eat of my bread hath laid great wait for me 10 But be thou merciful unto me O Lord raise thou me up again and I shall reward them 11 By this I know thou favourest me that mine enemy doth not triumph against me 12 And when I am in my health thou upholdest me and shalt set me before thy face for ever 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel world without end Amen Quemadmodum Psal 42. LIke as the hart desireth the water-brooks so longeth my soul after thee o God 2 My soul is athirst for God yea even for the living God When shall I come to appear before the Presence of God 3 My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God 4 Now when I think thereupon I pour out my heart by my self for I went with the multitude and brought them forth into the house of God 5 In the voice of praise and thanksgiving among such as keep holy-day 6 Why art thou so full of heaviness O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me 7 Put thy trust in God for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance 8 My God my soul is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee concerning the land of Jordan and the little hill of Hermon 9 One deep calleth another because of the noise of the water-pipes all thy waves and storms are gone over me 10 The Lord hath granted his loving kindness on the day-time and in the night-season did I sing of him and made my prayer unto the God of my life 11 I will say unto the God of my strength Why hast thou forgotten me why go I thus heavily while the enemy oppresseth me 12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth 13 Namely while they say daily unto me Where is now thy God 14 Why art thou so vexed O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me 15 O put thy trust in God for I will yet thank him which is the help of my countenance and my God Judica me Deus Psal 43. GIve sentence with me O God and defend my cause against the ungodly people O deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man 2 For thou art the God of my strength why hast thou put me from thee and why go I so heavily while the enemy oppresseth me 3 O send out thy light and thy truth that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy hill and to thy dwelling 4 And that I may go unto the altar of God even unto the God of my joy and gladness and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee O God my God 5 Why art thou so heavy O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me 6 O put thy trust in God for I will yet give him thanks which is the help of my countenance and my God Morning Prayer Deus auribus Psal 44. WE have heard with our ears O God our fathers have told us what thou hast done in their time of old DAY ix 2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand and planted them in how thou hast destroyed the nations and cast them out 3 For they gat not the land in possession through their own sword neither was it their own arm that helped them 4 But thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance because thou hadst a favour unto them 5 Thou art my King O God send help unto Jacob. 6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies and in thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us 7 For I will not trust in my bow it is not my sword that shall help me 8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies and puttest them to confusion that hate us 9 We make our boast of God all day long and will praise thy Name for ever 10 But now thou art far off and puttest us to confusion and goest not forth with our armies 11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enemies so that they which hate us spoil our goods 12 Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep and hast scattered us among the heathen 13 Thou sellest thy people for nought and takest no money for them 14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours to be laughed to scorn and had in derision of them that are round about us 15 Thou makest us to be a by-word among the heathen and that the people shake their heads at us 16 My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face hath covered me 17 For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer for the enemy and avenger 18 And though all this be come upon us yet do we not forget thee nor behave our selves frowardly in thy covenant 19 Our heart is not turned back neither our steps gone out of thy way 20 No not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death 21 If we have forgotten the Name of our God and holden up our hands to any strange god shall not God search it out for he knoweth the very secrets of the heart 22 For thy sake also we are killed all the day long and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain 23 Up Lord why sleepest thou awake and be not absent from us for ever 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble 25 For our soul is brought low even unto the dust our belly cleaveth unto the ground 26 Arise and help us and deliver us for thy mercies sake Eructavit cor meum Psal 45. MY heart is inditing of a good matter I speak of the things which I have made unto the King 2 My tongue is the pen of a ready writer 3 Thou art fairer then the children of men full of grace are thy lips because God hath blessed thee for ever 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh O thou most mighty according to thy worship and renown 5 Good luck have thou with thine honour ride on because of the word of truth of meekness and righteousness and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things 6 Thy arrows are very sharp and the people shall be subdued unto thee even in the midst among the kings enemies 7 Thy seat O God endureth for ever the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre 8 Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity wherefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladness above
as a dream when one awaketh so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city 20 Thus my heart was grieved and it went even through my reins 21 So foolish was I and ignorant even as it were a beast before thee 22 Nevertheless I am alway by thee for thou hast holden me by my right hand 23 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and after that receive me with glory 24 Whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee 25 My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever 26 For lo they that forsake thee shall perish thou hast destroyed all them that commit fornication against thee 27 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God to put my trust in the Lord God and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Sion Ut quid Deus Psal 74. O God wherefore art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture 2 O think upon thy congregation whom thou hast purchased and redeemed of old 3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance and mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt 4 Lift up thy feet that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy which hath done evil in thy sanctuary 5 Thine adversaries rore in the midst of thy congregations and set up their banners for tokens 6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees was known to brinng to an excellent work 7 But now they break down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers 8 They have set fire upon thy holy places and have defiled the dwelling-place of thy Name even unto the ground 9 Yea they said in their hearts Let us make havock of them altogether thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land 10 We see not our tokens there is not one prophet more no not one is there among us that understandeth any more DAY xv 11 O God how long shall the adversary do this dishonour how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever 12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand why pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy 13 For God is my King of old the help that is done upon earth he doeth it himself 14 Thou didst divide the sea through thy power thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters 15 Thou smotest the heads of Leviathan in pieces and gavest him to be meat for the people in the wilderness 16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks thou driedst up mighty waters 17 The day is thine and the night is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sun 18 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast made summer and winter 19 Remember this O Lord how the enemy hath rebuked and how the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name 20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the enemies and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever 21 Look upon the covenant for all the earth is full of darkness and cruel habitations 22 O let not the simple go away ashamed but let the poor and needy give praise unto thy Name 23 Arise O God maintain thine own cause remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily 24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies the presumption of them that hate thee encreaseth ever more and more Morning Prayer Confitebimur tibi Psal 75. UNto thee O God do we give thanks yea unto thee do we give thanks 2 Thy Name also is so nigh and that do thy wondrous works declare 3 When I receive the congregation I shall judge according unto right 4 The earth is weak and all the inhabiters thereof I bear up the pillars of it 5 I said unto the fools Deal not so madly and to the ungodly Set not up your horn 6 Set not up your horn on high and speak not with a stiff neck 7 For promotion cometh neither from the east nor from the west nor yet from the south 8 And why God is the judge he putteth down one and setteth up another 9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixt and he poureth out of the same 10 As for the dregs thereof all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them and suck them out 11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob and praise him for ever 12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted Notus in Judaea Psal 76. IN Jury is God known his Name is great in Israel 2 At Salem is his tabernacle and his dwelling in Sion 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow the shield the sword and the battel 4 Thou art of more honour and might then the hills of the robbers 5 The proud are robbed they have slept their sleep and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing 6 At thy rebuke O God of Jacob both the chariot and horse are fallen 7 Thou even thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry 8 Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from heaven the earth trembled and was still 9 When God arose to judgment and to help all the meek upon earth 10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain 11 Promise unto the Lord your God and keep it all ye that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared 12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes and is wonderful among the kings of the earth Voce mea ad Dominum Psal 77. I Will cry unto God with my voice even unto God will I cry with my voice and he shall hearken unto me 2 In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord my sore ran and ceased not in the night-season my soul refused comfort 3 When I am in heaviness I will think upon God when my heart is vexed I will complain 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak 5 I have considered the days of old and the years that are past 6 I call to remembrance my song and in the night I commune with mine own heart and search out my spirits 7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever and will he be no more intreated 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever and is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious and will he shut up his loving kindness in displeasure 10 And I said It is mine own infirmity but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most Highest 11 I will remember the works of the Lord and call to mind thy wonders of
judgment thou hast prepared equity thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 O magnifie the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool for he is holy 6 Moses and Aaron among his priest and Samuel among such as call upon his Name these called upon the Lord and he heard them 7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar for they kept his testimonies and the law that he gave them 8 Thou heardest them O Lord our God thou forgavest them O God and punishedst their own inventions 9 O magnifie the Lord our God and worship him upon his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy Jubilate Deo Psal 100. O Be joyful in the Lord all ye lands serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song DAY xx 2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture 3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankfull unto him and speak good of his Name 4 For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation Misericordiam judicium Psal 101. MY song shall be of mercy and judgment unto thee O Lord will I sing 2 O let me have understanding in the way of godliness 3 When wilt thou come unto me I will walk in my house with a perfect heart 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand I hate the sins of unfaithfulness there shall no such cleave unto me 5 A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person 6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I destroy 7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomack I will not suffer him 8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the land that they may dwell with me 9 Whoso leadeth a godly life he shall be my servent 10 There shal1 no deceitful person dwell in my house he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight 11 I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. Morning Prayer Domine exaudi Psal 102. HEar my prayer O Lord and let my crying come unto thee 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble incline thine ears unto me when I call O hear me and that right soon 3 For any days are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt up as it were a fire-brand 4 My heart is smitten down and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread 5 For the voice of my groning my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh 6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness and like an owl that is in the desert 7 I have watched and am even as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone upon the house-top 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me 9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread and mingled my drink with weeping 10 And that because of thine indignation and wrath for thou hast taken me up and cast me down 11 My days are gone like a shadow and I am withered like grass 12 But thou O Lord shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance throughout all generations 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Sion for it is time that thou have mercy upon her yea the time is come 14 And why thy servants think upon her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust 15 The heathen shall fear thy Name O Lord and all the kings of the earth thy Majesty 16 When the Lord shall build up Sion and when his glory shall appear 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute and despiseth not their desire 18 This shall be written for those that come after and the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth 20 That he might hear the mournings of such as are in captivity and deliver the children appointed unto death 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion and his worship at Jerusalem 22 When the people are gathered together and the kingdoms also to serve the Lord. 23 He brought down my strength in my journey and shortned my days 24 But I said O my God take me not away in the midst of mine age as for thy years they endure throughout all generations 25 Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands 26 They shall perish but thou shalt endure they all shall wax old as doth a garment 27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail 28 The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight Benedic anima mea Psal 103. PRaise the Lord O my soul and all that is within me praise his holy Name 2 Praise the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin and healeth all thine infirmities 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things making thee young and lusty as an eagle 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all them that are oppressed with wrong 7 He shewed his ways unto Moses his works unto the children of Israel 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy long-suffering and of great goodness 9 He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for ever 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses 11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west so far hath he set our sins from us 13 Yea like as a father pitieth his own children even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made he remembreth that we are but dust 15 The days of man are but as grass for he flourisheth as a flower of the field 16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more 17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him and his righteousness upon childrens children 18 Even upon such as keep his covenant and think upon his commandments to do them 19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven and his kingdom ruleth over all 20 O praise the Lord ye angels of his ye that
15 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass and smitten the bars of iron in sunder 17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence and because of their wickedness 18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat and they were even hard at deaths door 19 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distress 20 He sent his word and healed them and they were saved from their destruction 21 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men 22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness 23 They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters 24 These men see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep 25 For at his word the stormy wind ariseth which lifteth up the waves thereof 26 They are carried up to the heaven and down again to the deep their soul melteth away because of the trouble 27 They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits end 28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble he delivereth them out of their distress 29 For he maketh the storm to cease so that the waves thereof are still 30 Then are they glad because they are at rest and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be 31 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men 32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the seat of the elders 33 Who turneth the flouds into a wilderness and drieth up the water-springs 34 A fruitful land maketh he barren for the wickedness of them that dwell therein 35 Again he maketh the wilderness a standing water and water-springs of a dry ground 36 And there he setteth the hungry that they may build them a city to dwell in 37 That they may sow their land and plant vineyards to yield them fruits of increase 38 He blesseth them so that they multiply exceedingly and suffereth not their cattle to decrease 39 And again when they are minished and brought low through oppression through any plague or trouble 40 Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness 41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery and maketh him housholds like a flock of sheep 42 The righteous will consider this and rejoyce and the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped 43 Whoso is wise will ponder these things and they shall understand the loving kindness of the Lord. Evening Prayer Paratum cor meum Psal 108. O God my heart is ready my heart is ready I will sing and give praise with the best member that I have 2 Awake thou lute and harp I my self will awake right early 3 I will give thanks unto thee O Lord among the people I will sing praises unto thee among the nations 4 For thy mercy is greater then the heavens and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds 5 Set up thy self O God above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth 6 That thy beloved may be delivered let thy right hand save them and hear thou me 7 God hath spoken in his holiness I will rejoyce therefore and divide Sichem and mete out the valley of Succoth 8 Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of my head 9 Juda is my law-giver Moab is my wash-pot over Edom will I cast out my shoe upon Philistia will I triumph 10 Who will lead me into the strong city and who will bring me into Edom 11 Hast not thou forsaken us O God and wilt not thou O God go forth with our hosts 12 O help us against the enemy for vain is the help of man 13 Through God we shall do great acts and it is he that shall tread down our enemies Deus laudum Psal 109. HOld not thy tongue O God of my praise for the mouth of the ungodly yea the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me 2 And they have spoken against me with false tongues they compassed me about also with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause 3 For the love that I had unto them lo they take now my contrary part but I give my self unto prayer 4 Thus have they rewarded me evil for good and hatred for my good will 5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him and let Satan stand at his right hand 6 When sentence is given upon him let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sin 7 Let his days be few and let another take his office 8 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow 9 Let his children be vagabonds and beg their bread let them seek it also out of desolate places 10 Let the extortioner consume all that he hath and let the stranger spoil his labour 11 Let there be no man to pity him nor to have compassion upon his fatherless children 12 Let his posterity be destroyed and in the next generation let his name be clean put out 13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of the Lord and let not the sin of his mother be done away 14 Let them alway be before the Lord that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth 15 And that because his mind was not to do good but persecuted the poor helpless man that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart 16 His delight was in cursing and it shall happen unto him he loved not blessing therefore shall it be far from him 17 He clothed himself with cursing like as with a raiment and it shall come into his bowels like water and like oyl into his bones 18 Let it be unto him as the cloke that he hath upon him and as the girdle that he is alway girded withal 19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine enemies and to those that speak evil against my soul DAY xxiii 20 But deal thou with me O Lord God according unto thy Name for sweet is thy mercy 21 O deliver me for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me 22 I go hence like the shadow that departeth and am driven away as the grashopper 23 My knees are weak through fasting my flesh is dried up for want of fatness 24 I became also a reproch unto them they that looked upon me shaked their heads 25 Help me O Lord my God O save me according to thy mercy 26 And they shall know how that this is thy hand and that thou Lord
trouble and heaviness and I will call upon the Name of the Lord O Lord I beseech thee deliver my soul 5 Gracious is the Lord and righteous yea our God is merciful 6 The Lord preserveth the simple I was in misery and he helped me 7 Turn again then unto thy rest O my soul for the Lord hath rewarded thee 8 And why thou hast delivered my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling 9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living 10 I believed and therefore will I speak but I was sore troubled I said in my haste All men are liars 11 What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that he hath done unto me 12 I will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord. 13 I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints 14 Behold O Lord how that I am thy servant I am thy servant and the son of thine handmaid thou hast broken my bonds in sunder 15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call upon the Name of the Lord. 16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the sight of all his people in the courts of the Lords house even in the midst of thee O Jerusalem Praise the Lord. Laudate Dominum Psal 117. O Praise the Lord all ye heathen praise him all ye nations 2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and more towards us and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever Praise the Lord. Confitemini Domino Psal 118. O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious because his mercy endureth for ever 2 Let Israel now confess that he is gracious and that his mercy endureth for ever 3 Let the house of Aaron now confess that his mercy endureth for ever 4 Yea let them now that fear the Lord confess that his mercy endureth for ever 5 I called upon the Lord in trouble and the Lord heard me at large 6 The Lord is on my side I will not fear what man doeth unto me 7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me therefore shall I see my desire upon mine enemies 8 It is better to trust in the Lord then to put any confidence in man 9 It is better to trust in the Lord then to put any confidence in princes 10 All nations compassed me round about but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them 11 They kept me in on every side they kept me in I say on every side but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them 12 They came about me like bees and are extinct even as the fire among the thorns for in the Name of the Lord I will destroy them 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but the Lord was my help 14 The Lord is my strength and my song and is become my salvation 15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass 16 The right hand of the Lord hath the preeminence the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass 17 I shall not die but live and declare the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord hath chastened and corrected me but he hath not given me over unto death 19 Open me the gates of righteousness that I may go into them and give thanks unto the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord the righteous shall enter into it 21 I will thank thee for thou hast heard me and art become my salvation 22 The same stone which the builders refused is become the head-stone in the corner 23 This is the Lords doing and it is marvellous in our eyes 24 This is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoyce and be glad in it 25 Help me now O Lord O Lord send us now prosperity 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord we have wished you good luck ye that are of the house of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord who hath shewed us light bind the sacrifice with cords yea even unto the horns of the altar 28 Thou art my God and I will thank thee thou art my God and I will praise thee 29 O give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever Evening Prayer Beati immaculati Psal 119. BLessed are those that are undefiled in the way and walk in the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies and seek him with their whole heart 3 For they who do no wickedness walk in his ways 4 Thou hast charged that we shall diligently keep thy commandments 5 O that my ways were made so direct that I might keep thy statutes 6 So shall I not be confounded while I have respect unto all thy commandments 7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart when I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness 8 I will keep thy ceremonies O forsake me not utterly In que corriget WHerewithal shall a young man cleanse his way even by ruling himself after thy word 2 With my whole heart have I sought thee O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments 3 Thy words have I hid within my heart that I should not sin against thee 4 Blessed art thou O Lord O teach me thy statutes 5 With my lips have I been telling of all the judgments of thy mouth 6 I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies as in all manner of riches 7 I will talk of thy commandments and have respect unto thy ways 8 My delight shall be in thy statutes and I will not forget thy word Retribue servo tuo O Do well unto thy servant that I may live and keep the word 2 Open thou mine eyes that I may see the wondrous things of thy law 3 I am a stranger upon earth O hide not thy commandments from me 4 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire that it hath alway unto thy judgments 5 Thou hast rebuked the proud and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments 6 O turn from me shame and rebuke for I have kept thy testimonies DAY xxv 7 Princes also did sit and speak against me but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes 8 For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellers Adhaesit pavimento MY soul cleaveth to the dust O quicken thou me according to thy word 2 I have knowledged my ways and thou heardest me O teach me thy statutes 3 Make me to understand the way of thy commandments and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works 4 My soul melteth away for very heaviness comfort thou me according unto thy word 5 Take from me the way of lying and cause thou me to make much of thy
law 6 I have chosen the way of truth and thy judgments have I laid before me 7 I have stuck unto thy testimonies O Lord confound me not 8 I will run the way of thy commandments when thou hast set my heart at liberty Morning Prayer Legem pone TEach me O Lord the way of thy statutes and I shall keep it unto the end 2 Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law yea I shall keep it with my whole heart 3 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments for therein is my desire 4 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness 5 O turn away mine eyes lest they behold vanity and quicken thou me in thy way 6 O stablish thy word in thy servant that I may fear thee 7 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy judgments are good 8 Behold my delight is in thy commandments O quicken me in thy righteousness Et veni at super me LEt thy loving mercy come also unto me O Lord even thy salvation according unto thy word 2 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers for my trust is in thy word 3 O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy judgments 4 So shall I alway keep thy law yea for ever and ever 5 And I will walk at liberty for I seek thy commandments 6 I will speak of thy testimonies also even before kings and will not be ashamed 7 And my delight shall be in thy commandments which I have loved 8 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments which I have loved and my study shall be in thy statutes Memor esto servi tui O Think upon thy servant as concerning thy word wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust 2 The same is my comfort in my trouble for thy word hath quickned me 3 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision yet have I not shrinked from thy law 4 For I remembred thine everlasting judgments O Lord and received comfort 5 I am horribly afraid for the ungodly that forsake thy law 6 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage 7 I have thought upon thy Name O Lord in the night-season and have kept thy law 8 This I had because I kept thy commandments Portio mea Domine THou art my portion O Lord I have promised to keep thy law 2 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart O be merciful unto me according to thy word 3 I called mine own ways to remembrance and turned my feet unto thy testimonies 4. I made haste and prolonged not the time to keep thy commandments 5 The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me but I have not forgotten thy law 6 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments 7 I am a companion of all them that fear thee and keep thy commandments 8 The earth O Lord is full of thy mercy O teach me thy statutes Banitatem fecisti O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according unto thy word 2 O learn me true understanding and knowledge for I have believed thy commandments 3 Before I was troubled I went wrong but now have I kept thy word 4 Thou art good and gracious O teach me thy statutes 5 The proud have imagined a lie against me but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart 6 Their heart is as fat as brawn but my delight hath been in thy law 7 It is good for me that I have been in trouble that I may learn thy statutes 8 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me then thousands of gold and silver Evening Prayer Manus tuae fecerunt me THY hands have made me and fashioned me O give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments 2 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have put my trust in thy word 3 I know O Lord that thy judgments are right and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled 4 O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort according to thy word unto thy servant 5 O let thy loving mercies come unto me that I may live for thy law is my delight 6 Let the proud be confounded for they go wickedly about to destroy me but I will be occupied in thy commandments 7 Let such as fear thee and have known thy testimonies be turned unto me 8 O let my heart be sound in thy statutes that I be not ashamed Defecit anima mea MY soul hath longed for thy salvation and I have a good hope because of thy word 2 Mine eyes long sore for thy word saying O when wilt thou comfort me 3 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke yet do I not forget thy statutes 4 How many are the days of thy servant when wilt thou be avenged of them that persecute me 5 The proud have digged pits for me which are not after thy law 6 All thy commandments are true they persecute me falsly O be thou my help 7 They had almost made an end of me upon earth but I forsook not thy commandments 8 O quicken me after thy loving kindness and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth In aeternum Domine O Lord thy word endureth for ever in heaven 2 Thy truth also remaineth from one generation to another thou hast laid the foundation of the earth and it abideth 3 They continue this day according to thine ordinance for all things serve thee 4 If my delight had not been in thy law I should have perished in my trouble 5 I will never forget thy commandments for with them thou hast quickned me 6 I am thine O save me for I have sought thy commandments 7 The ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me but I will consider thy testimonies 8 I see that all things come to an end but thy commandment is exceeding broad Quomodo dilexi LOrd what love have I unto thy law all the day long is my study in it 2 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser then mine enemies for they are ever with me 3 I have more understanding then my teachers for thy testimonies are my study 4 I am wiser then the aged because I keep thy commandments 5 I have refrained my feet from every evil way that I may keep thy word 6 I have not shrunk from thy judgments for thou teachest me 7 O how sweet are thy words unto my throat yea sweeter then hony unto my mouth 8 Through thy commandments I get understanding therefore I hate all evil ways Morning Prayer Lucerna pedibus meis THy word is a lantern unto my feet and a light unto my paths DAY xxvi 2 I have sworn and am stedfastly purposed to keep thy righteous judgments 3 I am troubled above measure quicken me O Lord according to thy word 4 Let the
keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep 5 The Lord himself is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand 6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day neither the moon by night 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil yea it is even he that shall keep thy soul 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth for ever more Laetatus sum Psal 122. I Was glad when they said unto me We will go into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates O Jerusalem 3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity in it self 4 For thither the tribes go up even the tribes of the Lord to testifie unto Israel to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord. 5 For there is the seat of judgment even the seat of the house of David 6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee 7 Peace be within thy walls and plenteousness within thy palaces 8 For my brethren and companions sakes I will wish thee prosperity 9 Yea because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek to do thee good At te levavi oculos meos Psal 123. UNto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the heavens 2 Behold even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God until he have mercy upon us 3 Have mercy upon us O Lord have mercy upon us for we are utterly despised 4 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy and with the despitefulness of the proud Nisi quia Dominus Psal 124. IF the Lord himself had not been on our side now may Israel say if the Lord himself had not been on our side when men rose up against us 2 They had swallowed us up quick when they were so wrathfully displeased at us 3 Yea the waters had drowned us and the stream had gone over our soul 4 The deep waters of the proud had gone even over our soul 5 But praised be the Lord who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth 6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler the snare is broken and we are delivered 7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord who hath made heaven and earth Qui confidunt Psal 125. THey that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion which may not be removed but standeth fast for ever 2 The hills stand about Jerusalem even so standeth the Lord round about his people from this time forth for evermore 3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness 4 Do well O Lord unto those that are good and true of heart 5 As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil doers but peace shall be upon Israel Evening Prayer In convertendo Psal 126. WHen the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion then were we like unto them that dream 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with joy 3 Then said they among the heathen The Lord hath done great things for them 4 Yea the Lord hath done great things for us already whereof we rejoyce 5 Turn our captivity O Lord as the rivers in the south 6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy 7 He that now goeth on his way weeping and beareth forth good seed shall doubtless come again with joy and bring his sheaves with him Nisi Dominus Psal 127. EXcept the Lord build the house their labour is but lost that build it 2 Except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain 3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early and so late take rest and eat the bread of carefulness for so he giveth his beloved sleep 4 Lo children and the fruit of the womb are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. 5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant even so are the young children 6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate Beati omnes Psal 128. BLessed are all they that fear the Lord and walk in his ways 2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands O well is thee and happy shalt thou be 3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thine house 4 Thy children like the olive-branches round about thy table 5 Lo thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. 6 The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long 7 Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace upon Israel Saepe expugnaverunt Psal 129. MAny a time have they fought against me from my youth up may Israel now say 2 Yea many a time have they vexed me from my youth up but they have not prevailed against me 3 The plowers plowed upon my back and made long furrows 4 But the righteous Lord hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces 5 Let them be confounded and turned backward as many as have evil will at Sion 6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house-tops which withereth afore it be plucked up 7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom 8 So that they who go by say not so much as The Lord prosper you we wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord. De profundis Psal 130. OUt of the deep have I called unto thee O Lord Lord hear my voice 2 O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint 3 If thou Lord wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss O Lord who may abide it 4 For there is mercy with thee therefore shalt thou be feared 5 I look for the Lord my soul doth wait for him in his word is my trust DAY xxviii 6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the morning watch I say before the morning watch 7 O Israel trust in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous redemption 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins Domine non est Psal 131. LOrd I am not high-minded I have no proud looks 2 I do not exercise my self in great matters which are too high for me 3 But I refrain my soul and keep it low like as a child that is weaned from his mother yea my soul is even as a weaned child 4 O Israel trust in the Lord from this time forth for evermore Morning Prayer Memento Domine Psal 132. LOrd
Ps 147.5 The Lord setteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground verse 6. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the son of man whom thou madest so strong for thine own self Psal 80.17 And so will not me go back from thee O let us live and we shall call upon thy name ver 18. 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 ¶ Proper Psalms Lxiv Cxxiv Cxxv. ¶ Proper Lessons The First 2 Sam. XXII Te Denm The second Acts XXIII Jubilate ¶ In the Suffrages after the Creed these shall be inserted and used for the King Priest O Lord save the King People Who putteth his trust in thee Priest Send him help from thy holy place People And evermore mightily defend him Priest Let his enemies have no advantage against him People Let not the wicked approach to hurt him ¶ Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer shall these two be used ALmighty God who hast in all ages shewed thy Power and Mercy in the miraculous and gracious deliverances of thy Church and in the protection of righteous and religious Kings and States professing thy holy and eternal truth from the wicked Conspiracies and malicious Practices of all the enemies thereof We yield thee our unfeigned thanks and praise for the wonderful and mighty deliverance of our late gracious Sovereign King James the First the Queen the Prince and all the Royal Branches with the Nobility Clergy and Commons of this Realm then assembled in Parliament by Popish Treachery appointed as sheep to the slaughter in a most barbarous and savage manner beyond the examples of former ages From this unnatural Conspiracy not our merit but thy mercy not our foresight but thy providence delivered us And therefore not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name be ascribed all honour and glory in all Churches of the saints from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ACcept also most gracious God of our unfeigned thanks for filling our hearts again with joy and gladness after the time that thou hast afflicted us and putting a new song into our mouths by bringing his Majesty who now reigns over us upon this Day for the deliverance of our Church and Nation from Popish Tyranny and Arbitrary power We adore the wisdom and justice of thy providence which so timely interposed in our extream danger and disappointed all the designs of our enemies We beseech thee give us such a lively and lasting sense of what thou didst then and hast since that time done for us that we may not grow secure and careless in our obedience by presuming upon thy great and undeserved goddness but that it may lead us to repentance and move us to be the more diligent and zealous in all the duties of our Religion which thou hast in a marvellous manner preserved to us Let truth and justice brotherly kindness and charity devotion and piety concord and unity with all other virtues so flourish among us that they may be the Stability of our Times and make this Church a Praise in the Earth All which we humbly beg for the sake of our blessed Lord and Saviour Amen ¶ In the end of the Litany which shall alway this Day he used after the Collect We humbly beseech thee O Father c shall this be said which followeth ALmighty God and heavenly Father who of thy gracious providence and tender mercy towards us didst prevent the malice and imaginations of our enemies by discovering and confounding their horrible and wicked enterprise plotted and intended this Day to be executed against the King and the whole State of this Realm for the Subversion of the Government and Religion established among us and didst likewise upon this Day wonderfully conduct thy servant our present King and bring him safely into this Kingdom to preserve us from the late Attempts of our Enemies to bereave us of our Religion and Laws We most humbly praise and magnifie thy most glorious Name for thy unspeakable goodness towards us expressed in both these Acts of thy mercy We confess it has been of thy mercy alone that we are not consumed for our sins have cried to Heaven against us and our iniquities justly called for vengeance upon us But thou hast not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us after our iniquities nor given us over as we deserved to be a prey to our Enemies but hast in mercy delivered us from their malice and preserved us from death and destruction Let the consideration of this thy repeated goodness O Lord work in us true repentance that iniquity may not be our ruine And increase in us more and more a lively faith and love fruitful in all holy obedience that thou mayest still continue thy favour with the light of thy Gospel to us and our posterity for evermore and that for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ our only Mediatour and Advocate Amen ¶ Instead of the Prayer In time of War and Tumults shall be used this Prayer following O Lord who didst this day discover the snares of death that were laid for us and didst wonderfully deliver us from the same Be thou still our mighty Protectour and scatter our Enemies that delight in blond Infatuate and defeat their Counsels abate their Pride asswage their Malice and confound their Devices Strengthen the hands of our gracious Sovereign King WILLIAM and all that are put in Authority under him with Judgment and Justice to cut off all such workers of iniquity as turn Religion into Rebellion and Faith into Faction that they may never prevail against us or triumph in the ruine of thy Church among us But that our gracious Sovereign and his Realms being preserved in thy true Religion and by thy merciful goodness protected in the same we may all duly serve thee and give thee thanks in thy holy Congregation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ In the Communion-Service instead of the Collect for the day shall this which followeth be used ETernal God and our most mighty Protectour we thy unworthy servants do humbly present our selves before thy Majesty acknowledging thy Power Wisdom and Goodness in Preserving the King and the Three Estates of this Realm assembled in Parliament from the Destruction this Day intended against them Make us we beseech thee truly thankful for this and for all other thy great Mercies towards us particularly for making this Day again memorable by a fresh Instance of thy Loving-kindness towards us We bless thee for giving his Majesty that now is a safe Arrival here and for making all Opposition fall before him till he became our King and Governour Continue we beseech thee to Protect and Defend him and all the Royal Family from all Treasons and Conspiracies Preserve them in thy Faith Fear and Love Prosper his Reign
from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him and to make amends for that he himself hath offended and the other Party will not be perswaded to a godly unity but remain still in his frowardness and malice the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent Person to the Holy Communion and not him that is obstinate Provided that every Minister so repelling any as is specified in this or the next precedent Paragraph of this Rubrick shall be obliged to give an account of the same to the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the farthest And the Ordinary shall proceed against the offending Person according to the Canon ¶ The Table at the Communion-time having a fair white Linen Cloth upon it shall stand in the body of the Church or in the Chancel where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said And the Priest standing at the North-side of the Table shall say the Lords Prayer with the Collect following the People kneeling OUR Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Collect. ALmighty God unto whom all hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit that we may perfectly love thee and worthily magnifie thy holy Name through Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest turning to the People rehearse distinctly all the TEN COMMANDMENTS and the People still kneeling shall after every Commandment ask God mercy for their transgression thereof for the time past and grace to keep the same for the time to come as followeth Minister GOd spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have none other gods but me People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bowe down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt do no murder People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not commit adultery People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not steal People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his People Lord have mercy upon us and write all these thy laws in our hearts we beseech thee ¶ Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the King the Priest standing as before and saying Let us pray ALmighty God whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite Have mercy upon the whole Church and so rule the heart of thy chosen servant 〈…〉 that he knowing whose Minister he is may above all things seek thy honour and glory and that we and all his subjects duly considering whose authority he hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed Word and Ordinance through Jesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen ¶ Or. ALmighty and everliving God we are taught by thy holy Word that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and governance and that thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisdom We humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart of WILLIAM thy servant our King and Governour that in all his thoughts words and works he may ever seek thy honour and glory and study to preserve thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and godliness Grant this O merciful Father for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall be said the Collect of the Day And immediately after the Collect the Priest shall read the Epistle saying The Epistle or The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse And the Epistle ended he shall say Here endeth the Epistle Then shall he read the Gospel the People all standing up saying The holy Gospel is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse And the Gospel ended shall be sung or said the Creed following the People still standing as before I Believe in one God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And of all things visible and invisible And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God Begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God Light of Light Very God of very God Begotten not made Being of one substance with the Father By whom all things were made Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven And was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary And was made man And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate He suffered and was buried And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures And ascended into heaven And sitteth on the
right hand of the Father And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead Whose kingdom shall have no end And I believe in the Holy Ghost The Lord and giver of life Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified Who spake by the prophets And I believe one Catholick and Apostolick Church I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins And I look for the Resurrection of the dead And the life of the world to come Amen ¶ Then the Curate shall declare unto the People what Holy-days or Fasting-days are in the Week following to be observed And then also if occasion be shall notice be given of the Communion and the Banns of Matrimony published and Briefs Citations and Excommunications read And nothing shall be proclaimed or published in the Church during the time of Divine Service but by the Minister Nor by him any thing but what is prescribed in the Rules of this Book or enjoyned by the King or by the Ordinary of the Place ¶ Then shall follow the Sermon or one of the Homilies already set forth or hereafter to be set forth by Authority ¶ Then shall the Priest return to the Lords Table and begin the Offertory saying one or more of these Sentences following as he thin keth most convenient in his discretion LEt your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heaven S. Matth. 5.16 Lay not up for your selves treasure upon earth where the rust and moth doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for your selves treasures in heaven where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through and steal S. Matth. 6.19 20. Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you even so do unto them for this is the law and the prophets S. Matth. 7.12 Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven S. Matth. 7.21 Zaccheus stood forth and said unto the Lord Behold Lord the half of my goods I give to the poor and if I have done any wrong to any man I restore four-fold S. Luke 19.8 Who goeth a warfare at any time of his own cost Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof Or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock 1 Cor. 9.7 If we have sown unto you spiritual things is it a great matter if we shall reap your worldly things 1 Cor. 9.11 Do ye not know that they who minister about holy things live of the sacrifice and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar Even so hath the Lord also ordained that they who preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel 1 Cor. 9.13 14. He that soweth little shall reap little and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously Let every man do according as he is disposed in his heart not grudgingly or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful giver 2 Cor. 9.6 7. Let him that is taught in the word minister unto him that teacheth in all good things Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he reap Gal. 6.6 7. While we have time let us do good unto all men and specially unto them that are of the houshold of faith Gal. 6.10 Godliness is great riches if a man be content with that he hath for we brought nothing into the world neither may we carry any thing out 1 Tim. 6.6 7. Charge them who are rich in this world that they be ready to give and glad to distribute laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may attain eternal life 1 Tim. 6.17 18 19. God is not unrighteous that he will forget your works and labour that proceedeth of love which love ye have shewed for his Names sake who have ministred unto the saints and yet do minister Heb 6.10 To do good and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is pleased Heb. 13.16 Whoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother have need and shutteth up his compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him 1 S. John 3.17 Give alms of thy goods and never turn thy face from any poor man and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee Tob 4.7 Be merciful after thy power If thou hast much give plenteously If thou hast little do thy diligence gladly to give of that little for so gatherest thou thy self a good reward in the day of necessity Tob. 4.8.9 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord and look what he layeth out it shall be paid him again Prov. 19.17 Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and needy the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble Psal 4.1.1 ¶ Whilst these sentences are in reading the Deacons Church-wardens or other fit Person appointed for that purpose shall receive the Alms for the Poor and other Devotions of the People in a decent Basin to be provided by the Parish for that purpose and reverently bring it to the Priest who shall humbly present and place it upon the holy Table ¶ And when there is a Communion the Priest shall then place upon the Table so much Bread and Wine as he shall think sufficient After which done the Priest shall say Let us pray for the whole state of Christs Church militant here in earth ALmighty and everliving God who by the holy Apostle hast taught us to make prayers and supplications and to give thanks for all men We humbly beseech thee most mercifully to accept our alms and oblations and to receive these our prayers If there be no alms or oblations then shall the words of accepting our alms and oblations be left out unsaid which We offer unto thy divine Majesty beseeching thee to inspire continually the universal Church with the spirit of truth unity and concord and grant that all they that do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word and live in unity and godly love We beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian Kings Princes and Governours and especially thy servant 〈…〉 that under him we may be godly and quietly governed and grant unto his whole Council and to all that are put in Authority under him that they may truly and indifferently minister justice to the punishment of wickedness and vice and to the maintenance of thy true Religion and virtue Give grace O heavenly Father to all Bishops and Curates that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively Word and rightly and duly administer thy holy Sacraments And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace and especially to this Congregation
free-will-offerings of my mouth please thee O Lord and teach me thy judgments 5 My soul is alway in my hand yet do I not forget thy law 6 The ungodly have laid a snare for me but yet I swerved not from thy commandments 7 Thy testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage for ever and why they are the very joy of my heart 8 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway even unto the end Iniquos odio habui I Hate them that imagine evil things but thy law do I love 2 Thou art my defence and shield and my trust is in thy word 3 Away from me ye wicked I will keep the commandments of my God 4 O stablish me according to thy word that I may live and let me not be disappointed of my hope 5 Hold thou me up and I shall be safe yea my delight shall be ever in thy statutes 6 Thou hast troden down all them that depart from thy statutes for they imagine but deceit 7 Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like dross therefore I love thy testimonies 8 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afraid of thy judgments Feci judicium I Deal with the thing that is lawful and right O give me not over unto mine oppressours 2 Make thou thy servant to delight in that which is good that the proud do me no wrong 3 Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy righteousness 4 O deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy and teach me thy statutes 5 I am thy servant O grant me understanding that I may know thy testimonies 6 It is time for thee Lord to lay to thine hand for they have destroyed thy law 7 For I love thy commandments above gold precious stone 8 Therefore hold I straight all thy commandments and all false ways I utterly abhor Mirabilia THy testimonies are wonderful therefore doth my soul keep them 2 When thy word goeth forth it giveth light and understanding unto the simple 3 I opened my mouth and drew in my breath for my delight was in thy commandments 4 O look thou upon me and be merciful unto me as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name 5 Order my steps in thy word and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me 6 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men and so shall I keep thy commandments 7 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy servant and teach me thy statutes 8 Mine eyes gush out with water because men keep not thy law Justus es Domine RIghteous art thou O Lord and true is thy judgment 2 The testimonies that thou hast commanded are exceeding righteous and true 3 My zeal hath even consumed me because mine enemies have forgotten thy words 4. Thy word is tried to the uttermost and thy servant loveth it 5 I am small and of no reputation yet do I not forget thy commandments 6 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and thy law is the truth 7 Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me yet is my delight in thy commandments 8 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting O grant me understanding and I shall live Evening Prayer Clamavi in toto cor de meo I Call with my whole heart hear me O Lord I will keep thy statutes 2 Yea even unto thee do I call help me and I shall keep thy testimonies 3 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee for in thy word is my trust 4 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches that I might be occupied in thy words 5 Hear my voice O Lord according unto thy loving kindness quicken me according as thou art wont 6 They draw nigh that of malice persecute me and are far from thy law 7 Be thou nigh at hand O Lord for all thy commandments are true 8 As concerning thy testimonies I have known long since that thou hast grounded them for ever Vide humilitatem O Consider mine adversity and deliver me for I do not forget thy law 2 Avenge thou my cause and deliver me quicken me according to thy word 3 Health is far from the ungodly for they regard not thy statutes 4 Great is thy mercy O Lord quicken me as thou art wont 5 Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies 6 It grieveth me when I see the transgressors because they keep not thy law 7 Consider O Lord how I love thy commandments O quicken me according to thy loving kindness 8 Thy word is true from everlasting all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for evermore Principes persecuti sunt PRinces have persecuted me without a cause but my heart standeth in awe of thy word 2 I am as glad of thy word as one that findeth great spoils 3 As for lies I hate and abhor them but thy law do I love 4 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments 5 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law and they are not offended at it 6 Lord I have looked for thy saving health and done after thy commandments 7 My soul hath kept thy testimonies and loved them exceedingly 8 I have kept thy commandments and testimonies for all my ways are before thee Appropinquet deprecatio LEt my complaint come before thee O Lord give me understanding according to thy word DAY xxvii 2 Let my supplication come before thee deliver me according to thy word 3 My lips shall speak of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes 4 Yea my tongue shall sing of thy word for all thy commandments are righteous 5 Let thine hand help me for I have chosen thy commandments 6 I have longed for thy saving health O Lord and in thy law is my delight 7 O let my soul live and it shall praise thee and thy judgments shall help me 8 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost O seek thy servant for I do not forget thy commandments Morning Prayer Ad Dominum Psal 120. WHen I was in trouble I called upon the Lord and he heard me 2 Deliver my soul O Lord from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue 3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee thou false tongue even mighty and sharp arrows with hot burning coals 4 Wo is me that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar 5 My soul hath long dwelt among them that are enemies unto peace 6 I labour for peace but when I speak unto them thereof they make them ready to battel Levavi oculos Psal 121. I Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help 2 My help cometh even from the Lord who hath made heaven and earth 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved and he that keepeth thee will not sleep 4 Behold he that