■S,-i'N.-'"s-' ■'>?'■ N The original of tliis bool< is in tlie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http ://www. arch i ve . o rg/detai Is/cu31 9240294581 67 BX5943 SvT'lSSr""^ "'""' °°°'iiiiS!!iiSlfi!!!?i1!!l?.!l„£Wy.?.r ^<^ *e aOministr olin 3 1924 029 458 167 THE BOOK ANNEXED TO THE REPORT OF THE JOINT COMiMITTEE ON THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AS MODIFIED BY THE ACTION OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF MDCCCLXXXIII. NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO., GooFBB Union, Fourth Avenue. COPYRIGHT. THE TREASURER OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. 1885. TROWa PRINTINQ AND B00KB1NDINQ COMPANY, NEW YORK. ^mttnl (fimvmtim oi ttof gvtfU^tmi (Bi^imml (^MtcK HOUSE OF DEPUTIES. Philadblphia, October, 1883. Beaolved, That the Treasurer of the General Convention be, and hereby is, authorized and instructed to receive from the Eight Rev. 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Besolved, That the said Treasurer cause to be prepared under his direc- tion, stereotype plates of the said Book (as it shall be prepared by this Convention), which shall correspond in typography and size of page with the "Book Annexed," from which plates all editions of the Book shall be printed without alterations ; the said plates to be the property of this Convention; and all money received by said Treasurer as royalty or otherwise, over and above expenses, shall be paid by said Treasurer, until further order of the General Convention, to the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Pund for the Eelief of the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Clergymen, and of Aged and Infirm and Disabled Clergymen, for the purposes of the said Fund. BeaoVded, That an Editing Committee of three, to consist of one from each order, be appointed to aid the Treasurer of the General Convention in carrying out the provisions of these resolutions. Prom the Journal. Attest ■ CHARLES L. HUTCHINS, Secretary. Concurred in by the House of Bishops. Attest : WILLIAM TATLOCK, Secretary. This Book is published in compliance with the terms of the foregoing resolutions. LLOYD W. WELLS, Treasurer of the General Convention. WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE, ' WILLIAM R. HUNTINGTON, HAMILTON PISH. , Editing Committee. Z^t (^ooft of Cotttttton ^taget* THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS; AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I tv|S£l: BY AUTHORITY OF THE GENeIiAL CONVENTION. MDCCCLXXXIV. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1. rr^HE Eatifioation of the Book of Common Prayer. 2. J- The Preface 3. Conoermps tlie Service of the Church. 4. Tables raKsaons of Holy Scripture, to be read at Morning and Evening Prayer. 5. The Calendar. 6. Tables and Kules for the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts, together vfith the Days of Fasting and Abstinence thi-oughout the Year. 7. Tables for finding the Holy-days. 8. The Order for Daily Morning Prayer. 9. The Order for Daily Evening Prayer. 10. The Beatitudes of the Gospel. 11. The Litany. 12. Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several Occasions. 13. A Penitential Office for Ash Wednesday. 14. The Proper Order for Prayer and Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving-day, or Harvest- home, 15. A Short Office of Pi'ayer for Sundry Occasions. , 16. The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, to be used throughout the Year. 17. The Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion. 18. The Ministration of Public Baptism of Infants, to be used in the Church. 19. The Ministration of Private Baptism of Children, in Houses. 20. The Ministration of Baptism to such as are of Eiper Years, and able to answer for themsdves. 21. A Catechism; that is to say, an Instruction to be learned by every Person before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop. 22. The Order of Confirmation, or Laying on of Hands upon those that are baptized, and come to years of Discretion. 23. The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony. 24. The Order for the Visitation of the Sick. 25. The Communion of the Sick. 26. The Order for the Burial of the Dead. 27. The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth, commonly called. The Churching of Women. 28. Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. 29. A Form of Prayer for the Visitation of Prisoners. 30. Forms of Prayer to be used in Families. 31. Proper Anthems for use in place of the Venite on certain Festivals. 32. The Psalter, or Psalms of David. 33. The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, 34. The Form of Consecration of a Church or Chapel. 35. An Office of Institution of Ministers into Parishes or Churches. 36. The Articles of Eeligion. THE RATIFICATIOBT OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. By the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Convention, this Sixteenth Day of October, in the Tear of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine ; THIS Oouvention having, in their present session, set foirth A Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of ike Sacraments, and other Bites and Ceremonies of the Church, do hereby establish the said Book : And they declare it to be the Liturgy of this Church ; and require that it be reeeiTed as such by all the members of the same : And this Book shall be in use from and after the First Day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety. PREFACE. IT is a most invaluable part of that blessed liberty wherewith Chieist hath made us free, that in his worship, different forms and usages may without offence be allowed, provided the substance of the Faith be kept entire ; and that, in every Church, what cannot be clearly determined to belong to Doctrine must be referred to Discipline ; and therefore, by common consent and authority, may be altered, abridged, enlarged, amended, or otherwise disposed of, as may seem most convenient for the edification of the people, "according to the various.esagencies of times and occasions." The Church of England, to which the Protestant Episcopal Church in these States is indebted, under God, for her first foundation and a long continuance of nursing care and protection, hath, in the Preface of her Book of Coihmon Prayer, laid it down as a rule, that "The particular forms of Divine "Worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies ap- pointed to be used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent and alterable, and so acknowledged, "it is but reasonable that upon weighty and important considera- tions, according to the various exigencies of times and occasions, such changes and alter- ations should be made therein, as to those who are in place of authority should, from time to time, seem either necessary or expedient." The same Church hath not only in her Preface, but likewise in her Articles and Hom- ilies, declared the necessity and expediency of occasional alterations and amendments in her forms of Public Worship ; and we find accordingly, that, seeking to "keep the happy mean between too much stifihess in refusing, and too much easiness in admitting variations in things once advisedly established, she hath, in the reign of several Princes, since the first compiling of her Liturgy in the time of Edward the Sixth, upon just and weighty considerations her thereunto moving, yielded to make such alterations in some particulars, as in their respective times were thought convenient ; yet so as that the main body and essential parts of the same (as well in the chiefest materials, as in the frame and order thereof) have still been continued firm and unshaken." Her general aim in these different reviews and alterations hath been, as she further declares in her said Preface, "to do that which, according to her best understanding, might most tend to the preservation of peace and unity in the Church ; the procuring of reverence, and exciting of piety and devotion in the worship of God ; and, finally, the* cutting off occasion, from them that seek occasion, of cavil or quarrel against her Litur- gy." And although, according to her judgment, there be not " in it any thing contrary to the Word of God, or to sound doctrine, or which a godly man may not with a good conscience use and submit unto, or which is not fairly defensible, if allowed such just and favourable construction as in common equity ought to be allowed to all human writ- ings ;" yet upon the principles already laid down, it cannot but be supposed that further alterations would in time be found expedient. Accordingly, a commission "for a review ■ I PREFACE. was issued in the year 1689 : but this great and good work miscarried at that time ; and the Civil Authority has not since thought proper to revive it by any new commission. But when in the. course of Divine Providence, these American States became inde- pendent with respect to civil government, their ecclesiastical independence was necessa^ rily included ; and the different religious denominations of Christians in these States were left at full and equal liberty to model and organize their respective Churches, and forms of worship, and discipline, in such manner as they might judge most convenient for their future prosperity ; consistently with the constitution and laws of their country. The attention of this Church was in the first place drawn to those alterations in the Liturgy which became necessary in the prayers for our Civil Kulers, in consequence of the Revolution. And the principal care herein was to make them conformable to what ought to be the proper end of all such prayers, namely, that " Rulers may have grace, wisdom, and understanding to execute justice, and to maintain truth;" and that the people ' ' may lead quiet and peaceable lives, in all godliness and honesty. ' ' But while these alterations were in review before the late Convention, they could not but, with gratitude to God, embrace the happy occasion which was offered to them (uninfluenced and unrestrained by any worldly authority whatsoever) to take a further review of the Public Service, and to establish such other alterations and amendments therein as might be deemed expedient. It seems unnecessary to enumerate all the different alterations and amendments. They will appear, and it is to be hoped, the reasons of them also, upon a comparison of this with the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. In which it will also appear that this Church is far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essential point of doctrine, discipline, or worship ; or further than local circum- stances require. And now, this important work being brought to a conclusion, it is hoped the whole will be received and examined by every true member of our Church, and every sincere Christian, with a meek, candid, and charitable frame of mind ; without prejudice or pre- possessions ; seriously considering what Christianity is, and what the truths of the Gospel are ; and earnestly beseeching Almighty God to accompany with his blessing every endeavour for promulgating them to mankind, in the clearest, plainest, most sheeting and majestic manner, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and Saviour. viil CONCERNING THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH. npHE Order for Morning Prayer, the Litany, and t^^^der^or the Administration of -i- the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion, are JBdopandent Services, and may be used either separately or together; Provided that no one of these Services be habitually disused. The Litany may be used either in place of the Prayers that follow the Collect for Grace in the Order for Morning Prayer, or in place of the Prayers that follow the Collect for Aid against Perils in the Order for Evening Prayer. On any day when Morning and Evening Prayer shall have been said, or are to be said in Church, the Minister may, at any other Service, with or without a Sermon or Lecture, use such devotions aa he shall at his discretion select from this Bo(&, subject to the direc- tion of the Ordinary. For days of JFasting and Thanksgiving, appointed by the Civil or by the Ecclesiastical Authority, and for other special occasions for which no Service or Prayer hath been pro- vided in this Book, the Bishop may set forth such Eorm or Forms'as he shall think fit, in which case the same shall be used and none other. THE ORDER HOW THE PSALTER IS APPOINTED TO ' BE READ. rpHE Psalter shall be read through once every month, as it is there appointed, both -*- for Morning and for Evening Prayer. And when a month hath one-and-thirty days, it is ordered that the same Psalms shall be read on the last day of the said month which were read the day before. The Minister shall, on the days for which they are appointed, use the Proper Psalms, as set forth in the Table of Proper Psalms. But note that, on other days, instead of reading from the Psalter as divided for Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, he may read one of the Selections set out by this Church. TABLE OF PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DATS. First Stjudat in Advent. Morning. 8, 50 Evening.- 96, 97 Eastbb-bven. Morning. 4, 16, 17 Evening. 30, 31 Chbibtmas-dat. 19, 45, 85 89, 110, 132 . Easteb-dat. 2, 67, 111 113, 114, 118 ClBOUMOISION. ' 40, 90 65, 103 Ascension-DAT. 8, 15, 21 24, 47, 108 Epiphany. 46, 47, 48 72, 117, 135 WHITSmf-DAT. 48, 68 104, 145 Pdbifioation. 20, 86, 87 84, 113, 134 Teinitt Stotdat. 29, 33 93,97,160 Ash "Wednesdat. 6, 32, 38 102, 130, 143 Tbanspioitbation. 27, 61, 93 84, 99, 133 Annunciation. 89 131, 132, 138 St. Michael's. 91, 103 34,148 Good Fbidat. 22, 40, 54 69, 88 At.t. Batnts' T)at. 1, 15, 146 112, 121, 149 Note, That when Proper Psalms for- mimiers thereof). he annoiiTiceth the Proper Psalms, the Minister shall say, The {naming the Feast or Fast) are such, or such: (giving the TABLE OF SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. First. Fsalms. 1, 15, 91 F/T.BVEKTH. Psalms. 80, 81 Second. ''•'"^Vi^7«8,^ Twelfth. 84, 122, 134 Thibd. 19, 24, 103 Thibteenth. 85, 93, 97 FoOBTH. 23, 84, 65 Foubteenth. 102 Fotth. 26, 43, 141 Fifteenth. 107 Sixth. 32, 130, 121 Sixteenth. 118 Seventh. 37 Seventeenth. 123, 124, 125 Eighth. 61, 42 Eighteenth. 139, 145 Ninths „ 72, 96 Nineteenth. 14T Tenth. 77 Twentieth. 148, 149, 150 Note, That when he atmounceth a Selection of Psalms, the Minister shall sa/i. The Psalms selected are such, or such : or The Psalm selected is such a one : (giving thi numbers, or number, as the case may be). THE ORDEE HOW THE EES.T OF THE HOLY SCKIPTUEE IS APPOINTED TO BE EEAD. ' I 'HE Old Testament is appointed for the First Lessons, and the New Testament for -*- the Second Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer throughout the Tear. And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the day of the month in the Calendar following, and there ye shall find the Chapters that shall be read for the Les- sons both at Morning and at Evening Prayer; except only the Moveable Holy-days, which are not in the Calendar ; and the Immoveable where there is a blank left in the column of Lessons ; the Proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in the Table of Proper Lessons. If in any Church, upon a Sunday or Holy-day, both Morning and Evening Prayer be not said, the Minister may read the Lessons appointed either for Morning or for Evening Prayer. At Evening Prayer on Sunday, the Minister may read the Lesson from the Gospels appointed for that Day of the Month, in place of the Second Lesson for the Sunday. Upon any Day for which no Proper Lessons are provided, the Lessons appointed in the Calendar for any Day in the same week may be read in place of the Lessons for the Day. On Days of Fasting and Thanksgiving, especially appointed, and on occasions of Ecclesiastical Conventions and of Charitable Collections, the Minister may appoint such Lessons as he shall think fit in his discretiAn. HYMNS AND ANTHEMS. HrMN^ may bo sung before and after every Office in this Book, and also before and ^ft^t ISermons •-l>"t '^^ly ■■■"!■ TTy^^« -i^^ip,.- ,„|)rt ;„ di) , rilllll'lll iiii iii >j be duly sVt ^rth or allowed by the authority of the same ; and Anthems only in the words either of Holy Scripture or of the Book of Common Prayer. TABLES OF^JLESSONS OF HOLY SCEIPTUEE, TO BE BEAD AT HORNINO AND ETBNINS FBATEB THBOTJeHOUT THE TEAB. A TABLE OP LESSON^ SOB STOTDATS. In Advent. 3 4 After Christmas. Isaiah 1 to y. 28 5 to T. 25 After Epiphany. Septuagesima. .Sexagesima. QuiTiquagesima. In Lent. Easter'day. After Easter. After Ascension. Whitsun-day. Trinity Sunday. After Trinity. 3- i- B- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- u- 12- 13- 14- 15- 16- 17- 18- 19- 20- 21- 22- 23- 24- 25- riKSI lESSON. -41 to V. 22 44 V. 6 65v. 8 Jeremiah 5 v. 10 Lamentatioufl 1 to V.17 Jeremiak 7 to y. 21 -18 T. 20 Exodus 12 to V. 29* Isaiah 43 to v. Hosea 13 toy. 15 Joel 3 V. 9 Mioah 5 Zecbariah - Joel: Deuteronomy 5 Genesis 1 & 2 to Y. 4 ■2 Y.21 -8y. 20ND LESSON. John — 1 V. 29 to 43 Mark 16 v. 9 Ijnke 2 to t. 16 Acta— 6 & 7 to V. 17 John— 13 T. 21 to 36 Matthew 18 to v. 15 Romans - -2 V. 17 11 -6V.27 18 -23V.50 4 to V. 13 John— Mark- -21 to V. 15 "Itov. 21 John — 6 T. 22 to 59 Luke 24 v. 4J 1 Corinthians 14v.20 Aots 2 V. 12 to 4 T. 23 Matthew - John Luke 21 -9v.d6 2 Corinthians — John 1 V. 43 Luke 5 V. 27 Aots- Luke- -12 to V. 24 -1 toy. 24 n .11 V. 45 nebrawa 11 y. 32 & 12 U V. 7 FIBST LESSON. laoiah- 2 Kings- -65 —7 Isaiah— 7 v. 10 to 17 [to 26 2 Chronicles 24 v. 15 -49 T. 13 Deuteronomy IOt.12 Isaiah— —49 to v. 14 Jeremiah— 1 to v. 11 Haggai 2 to v. 10 laaiah 22 v- 16 1 Samuel— 2 to v. 11 Jonah 3 Numbers 20 to v. 14 Levitlcns 16 v .6 to 25 Genesis 37 v. 3 to 29 14 V. 14 Isaiah 52 T. 13 tt 53 Exodus 13 2 Kings 13 T. 14 to 22 Esekiel — 1 to v. 15 Daniel — 7 v. 9 to 15 [31 Numbera 11 v. 16 to 1 Samuel 19 v. 18 Isaiah 40 to v. 12 Malachi 3 T. 13 & 4 Zechariah 3 Jeremiah 26 to v. 16 Malachi 4t. 2 Denteronomy 18v.I5 [20 1 Chronioles 29 to v. Daniel 10 v. 4 Isniah 38 Jeremiah S v- 12 Wisdom-~5 to v. 17 SECOND LESSON. John— 12 V. 20 to 42 14 to V. 15 TituB 2 V. 11 & 3 to V.9 Acta 7 V. 17 to 55 2 John ■-"' Mark 10 v. 13 to 28 ColoBsiana 2 Luke — 3 V. 15 to 23 - 3 to r. 9 —2 V. 15 John 1 to V. 19 HebrewB 12 to y. 18 [V.12 1 Corinthians—lO to Hebrews — 9 to v. 16 1 Peter 1 to v. 22 Hebrews 7 1 Peter 2 Hebrews 4 Mark 16 [V.14 Acts 12 T. 24 -20to V. 19 — 20 V. 19 -21 to V. 15 21 V. 15 1 ■ 2 tov. 22 — 2 V. 22 ■ 4 to V. S -4 V. 32 ft 6 to V. 17 EYENING PRAYER. EIEST LESSON. 1 Kings ^20 to T. 22 ^21 2 Chronicles 19 20 V. 20 2 Kings 2 2 Chronicles— 2 Kings 10 V. 18 2 Chronicles 24 27 ft 28 tov. 16 2 Kings 17 to v.24 18 tov. 13 2 Chron. 30 ft 31 to v. 2 2 Kings -19 20 V. 12 ^22 — S3v.21ft24tov.8 SECOND LESSON. 2 John ' 3 John ' Jnde — ZTi A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR JULY. 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 30 31 MOBNING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. EBr« 10 to V. 20 Nehemiah : 2 -7 V. 73 1 8 13v. 15 -748toT.3 2 4 St. JameS' - 1 to V. 20 4 12 SECOND LESSON. -7tOT. 3 — ^7v.a -8toT. 2 3v.2 - 9t0T. 2 -9V.2 -10 to V. 10 V, -13 to v.: 13 v.; -i5t. sjtietov. ^16 V. 17 lo V. 17 V. -18t. 24&19tov. 19 V. -rov. -21 r. 27 1 22 to V. -22 y. 22 & 23 to v. 23 V. —12 Y. 43 & 13 to V. 16 Esther — 1 &2 toT. 8 4 EVENING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. • 1 . 4 -6i;7tov.6 -1 -3 -6 7 9 ^11 13 -15 toy. 17 17 Matthew 6 to v. 19 - 6v. 19 & 7 toy. 7 7v. 7 • 8tov. J8 8t. 18 9t0T. 18 9v. 18 10 to V. 21 lOv. 24 - It. 20 10 13 SECONIt LESSON. 12tov.i.a 12 V. 22 13 toy. 24 -13y.24to44 13V.44 -14 -16 toy. 21 — 15y. 21 -18 to y. 21 18y. 21 -19 toy. 27 — 19 v. 27 & 20 toy. 17 20y. 17 -21 to y. 23 21V.23 -22 toy. 15 — -22t. 13 23 A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR AUGUST. 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 17 18 19 20 2) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 99 30 31 MORNING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. Transfiguration. 30 to y. 18 EcoleBiastes ■ 1 3 . -6 -7 Jeremiah— . 4toy.l9 -6 to y. 22 7y.21 St. Bartholomew. -25 to y. 17 SECOND LESSON. -27 to V. 18 — 27 V. 18 Bomaqs— 1 Corinthians— Ecclesiastes- EVENING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. -31y. 10 2 4 -2 toy. 20 — 3y.l2 6 -13 toy. 24 16 -IStoy. 18 21 -23 toy. 29 toy. 20 31 y. 15 to 38 31 30 38 SECOND LESSON. Matthew — 24 to y. 29 -26 toy. 31 -26y.31 -27 to 27 -Ito — 1 -2y. 23&3to 3 -4 y. 36 & 5 to 5 -26 to y. 30 to 67 y.67 y.27 y.27 — 28 y.2l y.21 y. 23 y.l3 y. 13 V.35 y.21 y.21 y.l4 to 30 y.30 T.24 - 9 to y. 30 9 V.30 -10 to y.32 10 y.32 A TABLE OF LESSONS FOE SEPTEMBEE. 3 i S 6 7 8 D II 11 IJ 13 U U 16, 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MORNING rKAYBR. FIllST LKSSON. 50v. 21 52 to V. 16 Lamentations 1 - 3 to V. 37 ■ 1 ■ 3 — 11 V. 14 -13 to V. 17 -18 to T. 19 -20 tov. 27 — 24 V. 15 — 33v;21 — 36v. 21 -.1 St. Matthew. — av. 24 4 tov. 19 jSi. Michael and All Hoaea 4 to V. 13 SECOND LESSON. 1 Corintbians- 2 CoTintbians— -15 to V. 85 — 15 V. 35 -16 Angels.' EVENING PUAYEE. FIEST LESSON. Jeremiah - -50 to V. 21 .51 v. 64 — 52 V. 16 -2 tov. 20 3V.37 2 -!8v. 19 -20v. 27 -37 tov. 16 — 2 tov. 24 -11 V.30 - 2 V. 14 SECOND LESSON. Markllv.27*;12tov.I.H 12 V. 13 to 48 12v. 28 14 v. 26 to 63 14v. 63 16v.42ftl6 -1 tov. 26 -lv.26to87 lv.67 - 2 to v. 21 2 V. 21 - 4 to v. 16 — 4 V. 16 - 6 to V. 17 — 5 V.i7 -7v. 19 to 36 7 V.36 -gv. 22 to 40 8 V. 40 iv. 8*6tov. 7|- A TABLE OF LESSONS FOE OCTOBEE. 10 11 12 13 14 15 IS 17 IS 19 24 26 26 27 SO 31 MORNING PEAYEE. FIRST LESSON. -11 412 tov. 7 2T.28&3tov.9 AmoB 1 St 2 to V. 6 4 7 — 9 Jiinah, '■ 1 - 1 to V. 10 8 6 Zophaniah 2 riaggal 1 Zoohariab — i 1 St. Simon and St. IS Malaohi. 1 S tov. 18 SECOND LESSON. Epbeeiana- Philippians - 1 Thosaalooiana- 3 Thesa iMal^ins- 1 Timothy Jude. - t Timothy EVENING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. -13 tov. 15 ■ 1 -2v. 15 to 28 3V.9 Obadiah Jonab Habakkuk Zephaniab • Hargai - SECOND LESSON. Lnke- -9v. 18 to 43 9V.43 10 to V. 25 10V.Z5 11 to V. 29 11 v.'zg 12 tov. 22 12v. 22to4l I2V.41 -r IS tov. IS — ISv. 18 14 tov. 25 -14v.25A15tov.U - 15 V. 11 -16 to T. 19 16 V. 19 -17 to V. 20 17v.!!0 tov. SI 22v.3ltoS4 22V.64 23 to V. 26 A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR NOVEMBER. 10 11 12 13 li 15 16 17 18 19 SO 2L 22 23 n 25 MORNING PBAYER. PIBST LESSON, All Saints- Wisdom- 2 Timothy - r V. 16 -9 16 to V. 14 Eccle^asticus 1 3tov. 24 5 . 9T.15*10tov. 18 -16 Fbilemoa - Hebrews - -18 to T. 16 -21 to V. 14 -34toT. 19 — 30 T. 21 & 31 tor. 12 — S6 39 V. 13 — 42 V. 17 ft 43 toy. 11 47 to V. 12 . 51 SECOND LESSON. • 8 to V. 18 9 V. 8 — 10 V.2 St- Andrew. EVENING PKAYER. FIRST LESSON. ■ 6 to V. 22 ■ 8 to V. 19 liUke 23v. 26t»60 23v. 60 ft 24 tor. 13 24V.13 Ecclesiasticus - — 6r. IS&rtov.U lOv. 18 -16v. 2S&17tov. 20 I8v. 15 —22 V. 23ft 23 toy. 10 24V.19 34 V.13 — 38 V. 24 ft 39 to V. 12 -41 to V. 14 -44 Baruch— Isaiah - -JO to V. 25 -4v.l9t6 2 6 V. 18 •7 SECOND LESSON. -1 to v.; — lT.2 ' 3 to V. 22 — 3V.22 ■ 4 to V. 31 — 4 v.Sl — 6tov.24 — 8 V.24 - 6 V. 22 to 41 6 V. 41 - 7 to V. 26 7 T. 25 - 8 to T. 21 8V.21 - 8v.I8*9toT.8 10 to V. 20 11 ■ 13 17 -10 to V. 22 10 V.22 llv. 21to47 — 11 V. 47 ft 12 to V. 20 12 V.20 13 to V. 21 .13 V. 21 A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR DECEMBER. 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 H 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 24 25 29 ,30 31 MORNING PRAYER. FIKST LESSON. -19 V. 18 ft 20 — 22 to V. 16 -30 to V. 18 31 -41 to V. 17 -42 to V. 17 -43 V. ' »T.21ft45tov.8 46 »v. 13 -51 SECOND LESSON. 2Johu — — 3Joba Juda Revelation * -2v.l8ft3tov.7 -52 V. 13 ft 53 St- Thomas, Christmas-day. at- Stephen. St. John Bvangelist- Innocents- ■ 61 -65 EVENING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. - 19 to V. IS -21 tolv. 13 22 V. 15 24 -26 3 to V. 14 29 -30 V. 18 32 34 -21 to V. 15 —22 to V. 8 — 41 V. 17 ft 43 to v. 8 -44 to V. 21 45 V. 8 47 -19 to V. 13 50 -53 to V. 13 54 SECOND LESSON. 14 16 -16 to V. 16 16 V. 16 17 -18 to V. 28 18 V.28 -19 to V. 25 19 V.25 -20 to v. 19 20 V. 19 -21 to V. 15 21 V. 15 ,—2 tu V. 18 3v. 7 5 — 7 9 11 13 -15 -17 -19tov. U -21 V. 16 - 22 V. 8 TABLES AND RULES FOR THE MOVEABLE AI^TD IMMOVEABLE FEASTS; TOaBTHEH WITH THE DATS 01' EASTING AND AESTI2TONCB, THROUGH THE WHOLE TEAK. EULES TO KNOW "WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLT-DAYS BEGIN. T^ASTEE-DAT, on which the rest depend, Is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon, 2i which happens upon or next after the Twenty-first Day of March; and if the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday, Easter-day is the Sunday after. But Jiote that the Full Moon, for the purposes of these Rules and Tables, is the Fourteenth Day of a lunar Month, reckoned according to an ancient Kcclesiastical computation, and not the real or Astronomical Full Moon. Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after. Septuagesima ^ TNine ^ Sexageaima 1 Sunday is JfS I Weeks before .ffaster. Qumquagesvma f " |«even I QuadrageBmia J LSix J Rogation Sunday'\ ("Five Weeks . "i Ascension-day I ,. J Forty Days. I «*... r.»«//.^ Wliitmn-day \ '= 1 SeveuWeeks. f -^'*' faster. Trinity Sunday J I Eight Weeks. J A TABLE OF FEASTS, TO BE OBSERVED IN THIS CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE TEAR. All Sundays in The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. The Epiphany. The Conversion of St. Paul. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. St. Matthias the Apostle. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. St. Mark the Evangelist. St. Philip and St. James the Apostles. The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. St. Barnabas the Apostle. The Nativity of St. John the Baptist. St. Peter the Apostle. St. James the Apostle. The Transfiguration of our Lord JESUS CHRIST., the Tear. St. Bartholomew the Apostle. St. Matthew the Apostie. St. Michael and all Angels. St. Luke the Evangelist. St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostlea. All Saints. St. Andrew the Apostle. St. Thomas the Apostle. The Nativity of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. St. Stephen the Martyr. St. John the Evangelist. The Holy Innocents, Monday and Tueadai/ in Easter-week. Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun-week. A TABLE OF FASTS. Aah Wednesday. | Good Friday. OTHER DAYS OF FASTING, ON WHICH THE CmjUCH REQUIRES SUCH A MEASURE OP ABSTINENCE AS IS MORE ESPECIALLY SUITED TO EXTRAORDINARY ACTS AND EXERCISES OF DEVOTION. I. The Ferty Days of Lent. n. The Ember-days at the Four Seasons, being the ( "^l lS;of pl^feSi^™*" Wednesday, ^Hday. and Saturday after \ I^^JX uf™dToVm»«r 13. in. The throe Sogation-days, being the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Bbly Thursday, or the Ascensioni of our Loud. IV. All the Fridays in the Year exoapt Christmas-day. In addition to the above, the first Ttmrsdim in November (or, if any other day be appointed by the Civil Authority, then such day) shall be observed as a day of Thanksgiving to Al- mighty God, for the Fruits of the Karth, and all other Blessings of his merciful Providence. The Numliera prefixed to the several Days, in the foregoing Calendar, between the twenty- first Day of March and the eighteenth Day of April, both inclusive, denote the Days upon which those Full Moons do fall, which happen upon or next after the twenty-first Day of March, in those Years of which "they are respectively the Golden Numbers : And the Sunday Letter next foUowi'ng any such Full Moon points out Easter-day for that Year. All which holds until the Year of our Lord 1899 inclusive ; after which Year, the places of these Golden Numbers will be to be changed, as is hereafter expressed. To find Easter-day, look in the first column of the Calendar, between the 20th day of March and the 19th day of April, for the Golden Number of the Year, against which stands the Day of the Paschal Full Moon. Then look in the third column for the Sunday Letter next after the Day of the Full Moon ; and the Day of the month standing against that Sunday Letter Is Easter-day. If the Full Moon happen upon a Simday, then (according to the first rule,) the next Sunday after is Easter-day. To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add 1 to the Year of our Lord, and then divide by , 19; the remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remain, then 19 is the Golden Number. To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, and the places of the Golden Numbers in the C/alendar, see the General Tables which follow. A TABLE TO FIND THE DOMINICAL OK SUNDAY LETTER. mo flnd the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calen- TEARS IN EXCESS OP HUNDREDS OF TEARS. 0* 1 2 3 4* 4 5 dar, for any given Tear of oiir Lord, , 6 7 8» 8 9 10 11 look for the next preceding Hun- 12* 12 13 14 15 16* 16 dredth Year In the lower part of this Tahle, and for the Eetaainder of the numher of the Year in the upper part; and against the Hundredth 17 18 19 20* 20 21 22 23 24* 24 25 26 27 28* 28 29 30 31 32* 32 33 Year, under the Remainder, you 34 36 36* 36 37 38 39 have the Sunday Letter. 40* 40 41 42 43 44* 44 Note, That in all Bissextile, or Leap-years, the Letter under the 46 46 47 48* 48 49 60 61 62* 62 63 64 65 66* numher marked with an asterisk is ! 56 67 68 59 60* 60 61 the Sunday Letter for the Months of 62 63 64* 64 65 66 67 January and February ; and the Let- 68* 68 69 70 Tl 72* 72 ter under the numher not so marked is the Sunday Letter for the remain- der of the Year. 73 74' 75 76* 76 77 78 79 80* 80 81 82 83 84* 84 85 86 87 88* 88 89 90 91 92* 92 93 94 95 96* 96 97 98 99 MOO 2000 2400 2800 3200 B A G F E D C B 1700 2100 2500 2900 3300 C B A G F E D 1800 2200 2600 1 3000 3400 E D C B A G F 1900 2300 2700 3100 &c. G F B D C B A A TABLE TO FIND EASTEE-DAY, FEOM THE TEAR OF OUB LORD, 1786, TO THE TBAE OT OUE LORD, 2013, BOTH inclusive; being the time op twelve cycles or THE MOON. QOLSSSr YEAB or BASTEE- TBAE OF BASTE K- TEAK or EASTER- TEAR OF EASTEB- MUMBER onB liOBX DAY OUR LORD DAT OUR LORD DAT OUB LORE DAT 1 1786 April 16 1843 April 16 1900 April 15 1957 April 21 2 1787 -- 8 1844* 7 1901 7 1968 6 3 1788* March 23 1845 March 23 1902 March 30 1969 March 29 4 ■ 1789 April 12 1846 April 12 1903 April 12 1960* April, 17 5 1790 4 1847 4 1904* 3 1961 2 B 1791 24 1848* 23 1905 23 1962 22 7 1792* 8 1849 8 1906 16 1963 14 8 1793 March 31 1850 March 31 1907 March 31 1964* March 29 9 1794 April 20 1851 April 20 1908* April 19 1965 April 18 10 1795 5 1862* 11 1909 11 1966 10 11 1796* March 27 1853 March 27 1910 March 27 1167 March 26 12 1797 April 16 1864 April 16 1911 April 16 1958* April 14 13 1798 8 1855 8 1912* 7 1969 6 14 1799 March 24 1866* March 23 1913 March 23 1970 March 29 15 1800 April 13 1867 April 12 1914 April 12 1971 April 11 16 1801 5 1858 4 1916 4 1972* 2 17 1802 18 1859 24 1916* 23 1973 22 18 1803' 10 1860* 8 1917 ^ 8 1974 14 ig 1804* 1 1861 March 31 1918 March 31 1975 March 30 1 1805 14 1862 April 20 1919 April 20 1976* April 18 2 1806 6 , 1883 5 1920* 4 1977 -^ 10 3 1807 March 29 1864* March 27 1921 March 27 1978 March 26 4 1808* April 17 1865 April 16 1922 April 16 1979 April 15 6 1809 2 1866 1 1923 1 1980* 6 6 1810 — - 22 1867 21 1924* 20 1981 19 7 1811 ■ 14 1868* 12 1925 12 1982 11 8 1812* March 29 1869 March 28 1926 4 1983 3 9 1813 April 18 1870 April 17 1927 17 1984* 22 10 1814 -!- 10 1871 9 1928* 8 1986 7 11 1815 March 26 1872* March 31 1929 March 31 1986 March 30 12 • 1818* Aprir 14 1873 April 13 1930 April 20 1987 April 19 13 1817 6 1874 6 1931 5 1988* 3 14 1818 March 22 1875 March 28 1932* March 27 1989 March 26 15 1819 April 11 1876* April 16 1933 April 16 1990 April 15 16 1820* 2 1877 1 1934 1 1991 March 31 17 1821 22 1878 21 1985 21 1992* April 19 18 1822 7 1879 13 1936* 12 1993 11 19 1823 March SO 1880* March 28 1937 tfarch 28 1994 3 1 1824* April 18 1881 April 17 1038 April 17 1995 10 2 1825 3 1882 9 1039 9 1996* 3 1826 March 26 1883 Vlarch 25 1940* March 24 1997 Slarch SO 4 1827 April 15 1884* April 13 1941 April 13 1998 April 12 6 1828* 6 1885 6 1942 5 1999 4 6 1829 19 1886 25 1943 25 2000* 23 7 1830 11 1887 10 1944* 9 2001 15 8 1831 3 1888* 1 1945 1 2002 March 31 9 1832* 22 1889 21 1946 21 2003 April 20 10 1838 7 1890 6 1947 6 2004* 11 11 1831 March 30 1891 March 29 1948* tfarch 28 2005 March 27 12 1835 April 19 1802* April 17 1949 April 17 2006 April 16 18 1836* 8 1893 2 1960 9 2007 8 U 1887 March 26 1894 March 25 1961 vlarch 25 2008* March 23 16 1838 April 16 March 31 1895 April 14 1962* April IS 2009 April 12 10 1839 1896* 6 1953 6 2010 4 17 1840* April 19 1897 — 18 1954 18 2011 24 ]8 1841 11 1893 10 1956 10 2012* 8 19 1842 March 27 1899 2 iBse* 1 1 2013 March 31 *NOTB.- That the Tears mar bod with a a Asterisk are Bissox Hie or Les p-years. A TABLE OF THE MOVEABLE FEASTS, ACCOBDINO TO THE SEVERAL DATS THAT EASTEB CAN POSSIBLY PALL UPON. EISTEB- Marcb 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 April SUNOATB EPIPHANY. Jan. Feb. SKPTUA- GESIVA 8UNDAT. FIRST HAT OF LENT. 18 Feb. 19- 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 March 10 April 30 May 1 2 3 4 6 6 ASOENSION- DAY. WHITSUN- DAY. May June 80HDAYS AFTKR TRINITY. 27 27 27 27 27 26 26 26 26 26 25 i25 25 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 . 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 22 22 November 29 30 December 1 November December ADVENT SUNDAY. December November November December November 3 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 27 28 Note, That In a Bissextile or Leap-year, the niMnber of Bmidays after Epiphany will be the same as if Easter-day had fallen one Day later than it really does. And, for the same reason, one Day must, in every Leap-year, be added to the Day of the Month given by the Ta- ble for Septuagesima Sunday, and for the First Day of Lent : unless the Table gives some Day In the Month of March for it : for in that case, the Day given by the Table is the right Day. - GENERAL TABLES FOK FINDING THE DOMINICAL OE SUNDAY LETTER, AND THE PLACES OF THE GOLDEN NUMBERS IN THE CALENDAB. TABLE 1. 6 6 4 3 2 1 mo find the Dominical or Sunday Letter J. for any given Year of our Lord, add B D B F G A to the Tear its fourth part, omitting f rao tions and also the number, which, in Table 1600 1700 1800 I., standeth at the top of the column ■wherein the number of Hundreds con- tained in that given Year is found; divide 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400 2500 2600 2700 2800 the sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter; but if any number remain, then the Letter which 2900 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 3500 3600 3700 standeth under that number at the top of the Table, is the Sunday Letter. 3800 3900 4000 4100 4200 4300 4400 4500 4600 Note, That in all Bissextile, or Leap- years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter from the First day of 4700 4800 4900 6000 &c. March inclusive, to the end of the year. TABLE II. 'X'O find the Days to which the Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the Calendar -•- in any given Year of our Lord, consisting of entire Hundred Years, and in all the intermediate Years betwixt that and the next Hundredth Year following, look in the first column of this Table for the given Year, consisting of entire Hundreds, and against it, under each Golden Number, j-ou will find the Day of the Month to which that Golden Number ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, during that period of One Hundred Years: and if the number of the Day be greater than 20, it is a Day of Marcli; but if it be less than 20, it is a Day of April. The asterisk, aflBxed to certain Hundredth Years, denotes those Years which are still to be accounted Bissextile or -Leap-years in the new Calendar; whereas all the other Hundredth Years are to be accounted only common Years. TEABS op OTIB LOEB. THB GOIDBN NUMBBK8. 1 2 3 4 6 6 17 18 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 }1 16 16 17 18 IS 2,1 8 26 27 28 29 30 81 1 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 9 14 16 16 17 18 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 14 15 16 17 11 23 24 26 26 27 .28 29 30 31 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 17 18 18 21 22 12 11 12 13 14 15 18 17 17 18 21 22 ^ 24 26 26 27 28 29 30 81 1 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 13 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 14 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 3 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 17 17 15 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 21 22 23 24 26 26- 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 ~5 6 7 16 28 29 30 81 1 2 8 4 6 6 7 8 17 16 17 17 18 21 22 28 24 26 26 27 28 18 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 14 16 16 19 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 1600* 1700, 1800 1900, ZOOO*, 2100 12 13 14 1 2 3 21 22 23 9 10 11 29 80 81 2200, 2400* 2300, 2500 2600, 2700, 2800* 15 16 17 4 6 6 24 25 26 27 28 29 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 21 1 2 3 4 5 e 7 8 9 2900, 3000 3100, 3200*,'3300 S40», 8600* 18 18 21 7 8 9 3500, 8700 8800, 3900, 4000* 4100 22 23 24 10 11 12 30 31 1 4200, 4300, 4400* 4500, 4600 4700, 4800*, 4900 25 26 27 13 14 15 2 3 4 22 23 24 10 11 12 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 21 22 28 24 26 26 27 29 80 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 14 16 17 17 18 21 22 •23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 S 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 21 22 23 24 6000, 6200* 6100, 6300 6400, 6500, 6600* 28 29 30 16 17 18 6 6 7 25 26 27 13 14 15 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 IS 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 IT 18 18 21 22 30 31 1 2 a 4 6 6 7 8 10 18 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 6700, 6800 5900, 6000*, 6100 6200, 6400* 31 1 2 18 21 22 8 9 10 28 29 30 16 17 18 CO (DO OOO lis 3 4 6 23 24 26 11 12 13 31 1 2 18 21 22 7000, 7100, 7200* 7300, 7400 7600, 7600*, 7700 6 7 8 26 27 28 14 15 16 3 4 5 23 24 25 7800, 8000* 7900, 8100 8200, 8300, 8400» 9 10 11 29 80 31 17 18 18 6 7 8 26 27 28 14 16 16 3 4 5 28 24 26 11 12 IS 81 1 2 THE ORDER FOR DAILY MORNING PRAYER. T[ The Minister shall^egin the Mokning Pkayer by reading one or more of the fol- lowing Sentences q/ Scripture ; mui thvn ht thall iuulhai mhiLh ii wiiUtii aftar thiui I fin i m thu t u; i i Olulutmno i nji^Mt CT etayp aww LWgiitjnu ^ ij, i wii^it any day not a Lord's Day, he may omit the Exhortation^ a n d p i ^o t iti.d to bid the People tO ' prayof nt ihi, Vviifusiioi i f saying, Let us humbly confess' our sins unto Almighty God ; or, except on days of fasting and abstinencCj he may begin at the Lord's Prayer. THE Lord is in his holy temple : let all the earth keep silence before him'. Hob. ii. 20. I was glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of theLoED. Psalm cxxii. 1. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm xix. 14, 15. Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. i. 2. When the wicked man turneth away from his wick- edness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul ahve. JEzek. xviii. 27. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, Lord, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2. ' To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgive- nesses, though we have rebelled against him ; neither hecve we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. 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. St. Luke XV. 18, 19. Repent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven is Advent. at hand. St. Matt. Hi. 2. MOENING- PRAYER. Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isai. xl. 3. Behold, I bring you good tidings of great chHatmaa-oay. joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lori. 8t. Luke ii. 10, 11. From the rising of the sun even unto the Epiphany. going down of the same my Name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my Name, jind a pure offering : for my Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. Mai. i. 11. Awake, awake; put on thy strength, Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, Jerusalem. Isai. lii. 1. Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Gma Friday. behold, and see if there be any sorrow hke unto my sorrow. Lam. i. 12. He is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Eaaur-day. St. Marh xvi. 6. St. Luke xxiv. 34. This is the day which the Lord hath made ; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm cxviii. 24. Seeing that we have a great High Priest, Ascemum-day. that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us come boldly' unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of. need. Heh. iv. 14, 16. The hour cometh, and now is, when the }Vhumn-day. true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. St. John iv. 23. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, Trinity Sunday. which was, and is, and is to come. Rev. iv. 8. DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us, in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness ; and that we should not MORNING PRAYER. dissemble nor cloak 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 sias before God ; yet ought we chiefly so to dp, 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 — A General Confession. ^ To be said by 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, Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, God, who confess their faults. Kestore thou those who are penitent ; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, 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. MORNING PRAYER. The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins. If To be made by the Priest alone, standing ; ike 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, hath given power, and commandment, to his Min- isters, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins. He pardoneth and absolveth all those who 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, Tf The People shall answer here, and at the end of every Prayer, Amen. t Or this. P'r^HE Almighty and merciful Father grant you true X repentance. Absolution and Eemission of all your sins, amendment of life, and the grace and consolation of his Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T Then the Minister shall hneel, and say the Lord's Prayer ; the People still kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service, OUE Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth. As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily breaj^^^^ AsL forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those wKe 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. MORNING PEAYEE. ^ Then likewise he shall say, Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. Tf Sere, all standing up, the Minister 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. Minister. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. If Then shatl he sung or said this Psalm following ; except on the days for which Proper Anthems are appointed ; except also, on Ash Wednesday, the six days next before Easter, and when it is used in the course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month. % But Kote, That, save on the Sundays in Lent, the latter portion of the Venite may be omitted. 'Venite, exultemus Domino. Psahn xcv. OCOME, let us sing unto the Loed : let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving : and show ourselves glad in him with psahns. For the Lokd is a great God : and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the comers of the earth : and the strength of the lulls is his also. The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands pre- pared the dry land. 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 ia the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness ; MORNING PRAYEE. When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my works. Forty 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. 1[ Then ihall follow a Portion of the Psalmt, or one of the Selections of Pialms, ai they are appointed. And at the end of every Psalm, and likewise at vie end of the Venite, Benedictus es, Domine, Benediclte, Benediotus, Jubilate, De profundis, may be, and at the end of the whole Portion or Selection from the Psalter, shall be sung or said the Gloria Patri. 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. Tf At the end laf the whole Portion of the Psalms or Selection frmn the Psalter, the Gloria in excelsis may be sung or said, instead of the Gloria Patri. 1[ Then shall be read the First Lesson, according to the Table or Calendar. If After which shall be sung or said the following Hymn. 1[Note, That before every Lesson, the Minister, or he that readeth, 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, God : we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. AH the earth doth worship thee : the Father ever- To thee, all Angels cry aloud : the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee. Cherubim and Seraphim : continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy : Lord Grod of Sabaoth ; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty : of thy Glory. MORNING PRAYER. 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 adorable , true : and only Son ; Mc^^,^,J^ Also thl Holy^ Ghost : the Comforter. Thou art the King of Glory : Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son : of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man : thou didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgia. • — ' When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death : thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all be- lievers. 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 blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints : in glory everlasting. Lord, save thy people : and bless thine heritage. Govern them : and lift them up for ever. Day by day : we magnify thee ; And we worship thy Name : ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, Lord : to keep us this day without sin. Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us. Lord, let thy mercy be upon us : as our trust is in thee. Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded. 8 MORNING PRAYEE. 1[ Or this Canticle. Benedictus es, Domine. BLESSED art thou, Lord God of our fathers : praised and ex- alted above all for ever. Blessed art thou for the Name of thy Majesty praised and exalted above all for ever. Blessed art thou in the temple of thy holiness praised and exalted aboye all for ever. Blessed art thou thathim for ever beholdest the depths, and . dwellest between the Cher- ubim : praised and exalted above all for ever. Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy King- dom : praised and exalted above all for ever. Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven praised and exalted above all for ever. t Or thit. JBenedicite, omnia opera Domini. Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Waters that be above the firmament, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify ye Sim and Moon, bless ye'the Lbrd : praise him, and magnify him for ever. P ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify birn for ever. ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever, ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Fire and Heat, bless ALL ye Works of the ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Winter and Sum- mer, bless ye the Lord MORNING PRAYER. praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever ye Light and Dark- ness, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magpify him for ever, let the Earth bless the Lord : yea, let it prais^ him, and magnify him for ever ye Mountains and HUls, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Green Things the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Wells, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. all ye' Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. all ye Beasts and Cat- tle, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord ! praise him, and magnify him for ever. let Israel bless the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise ' him, and magnify him for ever. ye Servants of the upon the earth, bless ye|Lord, bless ye the Lord 10 MORNING PEAYER. praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. If Then shall he read, in like manner, the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Testa- ment, according to the Table or Calendar^ % And after that, shall he stmg, or said, the jffymn following : hut Note, That, save on . the Sundays m Advent, the latter portion thereof may be omitted. B&nedictus. St. Luke i. 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 hand 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 fore- father 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 ; MORNING PRAYER. 11 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. T[ Or this Psalm. Jubilate Deo. Psalm c. OBE joyful in the Lord, aU 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. IT Or this Psalm. De profundis. Psalm cxxx. OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, Lord : Lord, hear my voice. let thine ears consider well : the voice of my complaint. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O Lord, who may abide it ? For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou be feared. 1 look for the Lord ; my soul doth wait for him : in his word is my trust. My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch. Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy : and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel : from all his sins. 12 MORNING PRAYEE. T[ Then shall i« aaid the Apostles' Creed, by the Minister and the People, standing. And any Churches may instead of the words, He descended into hell, use the words. He jwent into the place of departed spirits, which are considered as words of the same meaning in the Creed, 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, Bom 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 Catholic Church ; The Communion of Saints : The Forgiveness of sins : The Resurrection of the body : And the Life everlastiag. Amen. tOr this. 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. MORNING PRAYER. 13 And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giyer 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 Pro- phets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostohc Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins : And I look for the Eesurrection of the dead : And the Li£e of the world to come. Amen. 1[ And after that, these Prayers foUowm^, all devoutly kneeling ; the Minister firA pronouncing. The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, show thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Minister. God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. ^ Then shall follow the Collect for the day, except when the Communion Semice is read ; and then the Collect for the day shall he omitted here, A Collect for Peace. OGOD, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, ia knowledge of whom standeth our eter- nal life, whose service is perfect freedom ; Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trustiug in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Collect for Grace. OLOED, our heavenly Father, Almighty and ever- lasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; Defend us in the same with tiiy mighty power ; and grant that this day we fall 14 / MOENING PRAYER. into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ In places where it may be convenient, here followeth the Anthem, Tf The following Prayers are to he omitted here, when the Litany is said ; and Note, That, on Cbristmas-day, Easter-day, and Whitsun-day, and on any Weele-day, the Minister may here end the Morning Order with such Prayer or Prayers, taken out of this Booh, as he shall think proper, A Prayer for the President of the United States, and all in Civil Authority. OLORD, our heavenly Father, the high and mighty Ruler of the universe, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth ; Most heartily we beseech thee, with thy favour to behold and bless thy servant' The Peesident of the UisriTED States, and all others in authority; and so replenish them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that they may always incline to thy wiU, and walk in thy way. Endue them plenteously with heavenly gifts ; grant them ia health and prosperity long to live ; and finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and feKcity ; tiu-ough Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Clergy and People. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift; Send down upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, and upon the 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, Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. MORNING PRAYER. 15 A Prayer for all Conditions of Men. OGOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and con- ditions of men ; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for thy holy Church universal ; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and caU them- selves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we com- mend to thy fatherly goodness all those who are any ways afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate ; \^*especially those for whom our prayers are desiredyj that it may please thee to comfort said when any and relieve them, accordiuff to their several Prayers of t?ie . . ,1 J. 1 ,1 • Congregation. necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. A General Thanksgiving. ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men : \* particularly to those _. .'. j^ Jc ±1 • • J *Th%» may who desire now to offer up ttieir praises ana *« said ma™ thanksaivinas for thy late mercies vouchsafed retum thanks 3 3 J 1 i"^ ,1 r I- /<"' mercies unto them.j We bless thee lor our creation, vmchsa/ed to preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemp- tion of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be tmfeignedly thankful, and that 16 MORNING PRATER. we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteous- ness all our days ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common sup- plications 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 expe- dient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 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. Sere endeth the Order of Morning Prayer. EVENING PRAYER. 17 THE ORDER FOR DAILY EYENING PRAYER. Tl The Minister shall begin the Evening Prater hy reading one or more ofthefollow' ing Sentences of Scnptvre, and then he shall say that which is written after them, • But on days other than th^ Lord's Day, he may, at his discretiofi,pass at once from the Sentences to the Lord's Prayer. ' • THE LoKD is in his holy temple : let aU the earth keep silence before him. Hah. ii. 20. LoKD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. Psalm xxvi. 8. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense ; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. Fsalm cxli. 2. worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness ; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. Psalm xcvi. 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a brpken and a contrite heart, God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17. 1 acknowledge my transgressions ; and my sin is ever before me. Hide thy face from my sins; and blot out all mine iniquities. Psalm li. 3, 9. Eend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lokd your God : for he is gracious and mer- ciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentr eth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. LoED, correct me, but with judgment ; not in thine anger^ lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us ; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us owe sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9. L 18 EVENING PRAYER. Watch ye, for ye know not wlien the master of the house Cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at ^^^^^ the cockcrowing, or in the morning : lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. St. Mark xiii. 35, 36. Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he wUl dwell with them, and they shall be his „^^,^^^^„ people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. Hev. xxi. 3. Come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lobd. And he wiU teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. Isai. ii. 5, 3. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Col. iii. 1. Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true ; but mto heaven itseli, now to appear m the presence of God for us. Heh. is.. 24, The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say. Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let " "" him take the water of life freely, Sev. xxii. 17. O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me, and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. PsalM xliii. 3. Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Loed of hosts : the whole earth is full of his glory. Isai. vi. 3. mmtysun^. LET us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.— 1 Or else he shall tay as/olloweth, DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us, in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our manif aid sins and wickedness ; and that we should EVENING PRAYER. 19 not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Al- mighty 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 aU times, humbly to acknowledge our sins before God ; yet ought we 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. Where- fore 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— A General Confession. 1[ To be said by the whole Congregation, after the Minister, all hneeling, 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 n,ot to have done ; And there is no health in us. But thou, Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, God, who confess their faults. Restore thou those who are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, 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. 20 EVENING PRAYER. 1 Or thu. MOST merciful God, who art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, And hast promised forgiveness to all those who confess and forsake their sins; We come before thee in an humble sense of our own unworthiness. Acknowledging our manifold transgres- sions of thy righteous laws. But, gracious Father,; Who desirest not the death of a sinner. Look upon us, we beseech thee, in mercy. And forgive us all our transgressions. Make us deeply sensible of the great evil of them ; And work in us an hearty contrition ; That we may obtain forgiveness at thy hands, Who art ever ready to receive humble and penitent sinners ; For the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, Our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins. ^ To he made hy the Priest alanej standing; the People still Jeneeling. 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, hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare alid pronoimce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins. He pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repent- ance, 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. Tf Or thie. THE Almighty and merciful Father grant you true repentance. Absolution and Remission of all your EVENING PEAYER. 21 sins, amendment of liie, and the grace and consolation of liis Holy Spirit ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ Then the Minister shall Icneelf and say the Lord's Prayer ; the People still Icneeling, and repeating it with him, OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy wiU be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who 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, Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. ^ Sere, all standing uj), the Minister 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. Minister. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised." ^Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as they are appointed, or one of the Selections, as they are set forth by this Church. And at the end of every Psalm, and likewise at the end of the Magnificat, Cantate Domino, Bonum est confiteri, Nunc dimittis, Deus misereatur, Benedic, anima mea, — maybe sung or said the Gloria Patri ; and at the end of the whole Portion or Selection of Psalms for the day, shall be sung or said the Gloria Patri, or else the Gloria in excelsis, asfolloweth. Gloria in excelsis. GLORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. "We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, Lord God, heavenly King^ God the Father Almighty. 22 EVENING- PRAYER. Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the! sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou only, Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. ^ Then shall he read the First Lesson^ according to the Table or Calendar, % After which shall he sung or said the Bymn called Magnificat, asfolloweth. Magnificat. St. Luke i. 46. MY soul doth magnify the Lord : and my spirit hath rejoiced 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 showed 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 remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel : as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever. EVENING PRAYER. 23 ^ Or this Psalm, except when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month, Cantate Domino. Psalm xcviii. OSINGr 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 vic- tory. The Lord declared his salvation : his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel : and aU the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands : sing, rejoice, and give thanks. Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. With trumpets also and shawms : O show yourselves 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 floods clap their hands, and let the hiUs be jojrful together before the Lord : for he cometh to judge the earth. With righteousness shall he judge the world : and the people with equity. t Or this. Bonum est confiteri. Psalm xcii. IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord : and to sing praises unto thy Name, Most Highest ; To tell of thy loving- kindness early in the morn- ing : and of thy truth in the night-season ; Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute : upon a loud instru- ment, and upon the harp. ForthoUjLoRD, hastmade me glad through thy works: and I will rejoice in giving praise' for the operations of thy hands. 24 EVENING PRAYER. Tf Note, That on any day m Lent, instead of the Magnificat, or Cantate Domino, or 'Bonum est confiteri, there may be said, Psalm zUi. Quemadmodum. IT Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed, T[ And after that, shall he sung or said the Hymn called Nunc dimittis, as foUoweth, Nunc dimittis. St. Luke ii. 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. ^ Or else this Psalm.; except it he on the twelfth day of the month, Deus misereatur. Psalm Ixvii. /^OD be merciful unto VX us, and bless us : and show us the light of his countenance, and be mer- ciful \mto us ; That thy way may be known upon earth : thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, God : yea, let all the people praise thee. let the nations rejoice and be glad : for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praise thee, God : yea, let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth bring forth her increase : and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us : and all the ends of the world shall fear him. 1i Or this, Benedic, anima mea. Psalm ciii. PRAISE the Lord, my soul : and all that is within me, praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord, my soul : and forget not aU his benefits ; ^ EVENING PRAYER. 25 Who forgiveth all thy sin : and healeth all thine infirmities ; Who saveth thy life from destruction : and crowneth thee tvith mercy and lov- ing-kindness. praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that ex- cel in strength : ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word. praise the Lord, all ye his hosts : ye servants of his that do his pleasure. speak good of the LoED, all ye works of his, in all places of his domin- ion : praise thou the Lord, my soul. ^Note, That on any day in Lent, instead o/^Nunc dimittig, or Deus misereatur^ or Benedic, anima mea, tKere may he said. Psalm xliii. Jiidioa mo, Douo i -Z m it , kH,,, . l i, Tf Thfin shall he said the Apostles' Creed, hy the Minister and the People, standing. And any Churches may instead of the words. He descended into hell, Jise the words, He went into the place of departed spirits, which are considered as words of the same meaning in the Creed. 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 Catholic Church ; The Communion of Saints : The Forgiveness of sins : The Resurrection of the body : And the Life everlasting. Amen. 26 EVENING PRAYER. ^ And aftef that, these. Frayen following, all devoutly hneeling ; the Minister Jirst pronoitncing. The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, show thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation.^, Minister'. Lord, save thy p e opl e. /Atr^3r=KJL^ ^.y^AinSwer. And hless thine inheritance. Minister. TEndue thy Ministers with righteousness. Answer. I And make thy chosen people joyful. Minister. \0 Lord, save eaa^-Bulacs^ /J^Jhu~ tAnswer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Minister. Give peace in our^tkge, Lord*. Answer. For it is thou alese'^at makest wafs-to cease- in all ^^m^myv^Ar^'i^f^ ^»^^-^ ^ ^"^^^ Minister. Grod, make clean our heaKs within us. Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. T Then shall be said the Collect for the day, and after that the Collects and Prayers ' following, A Collect for Peace. OGOD, from whom all holy desires, all good coun- sels, and all just works do proceed ; Give unto thy servants that peace, which the world cannot give ; that our hearts may be set to obey thy command- ments, and also that by thee, we, being defeiided from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. A Collect for Aid against Perils. LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, Lord ; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thine only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. EVENING PRAYER. 27 T[ In places where it may be convenientj here Jolloweth the Anthem. ^ The Minister may here end the Eveniiia Prayer with such Prayer^ or Prayers^ tajeen out of this Booh, as he shall think Jit, A Prayer for the President of the United States, antZ all in Civil Authority. ALMIGHTY God, whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite, Have mercy upon this whole land ; and so rule the hearts of thy servants The Pbesident OF THE United States, tss Governor of this State, and all others in authority, that they, knowing whose ministers they are, may above aU things seek thine honour and glory; and that we and aU the People, duly considering whose authority they bear, may faith- fully and obediently honour them, m 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. A Prayer for the Clergy and People. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom com- eth every good and perfect gift ; Send down upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, and upon the Congre- gations 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, Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer for all Conditions of Men. OGOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and condi- tions of men ; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for thy holy 28 EVENING. PRAYER. Church universal ; that it may be so guided and gov- erned by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we com- mend to thy fatherly goodness all those who are any ways afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate ; \^ especially those for whom our prayers are desired^ that it may please thee to comfort midwiienany ■ *y 1. AcsiTB the and relieve them, according to their several Praymofthe ■ . ... . . ,, R T ii • Congregation. necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. A General TJianksgiving. ALMIG-HTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men; \* particularly to those *Thumaybe who desire now to offer up their praises and <*««" to re- thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed /oT m^4 unto them.'] We bless thee for our creation, m^^'^ *° preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. THE BEATITUDES OF THE GOSPEL. 29 A Prayer for God's (Guidance and Defence. ASSIST us mercifully, Lord, in these our supplica- tions and prayers, and dispose the way of thy ser- vants toward the attainment of everlasting salvation ; that, among aU the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever he defended by thy most gracious and ready help ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ' Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 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. Bere endeth the Order of Evening Prayer. THE BEATITUDES OF THE GOSPEL. 1[ This Office may be used after the third Collect at Evening Prayer, on any day, instead of the Prayers which are there placed. Or it may be said as a separate Office. Tf The People kneeling, the Minister standing up shall say asfolloweth ; JESUS went up into a mountain ; and his disciples came unto him. And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying : Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the king- dom of heaven. People. Lord, have mercy upon us ; and be it unto thy servants according to thy word. Minister. Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. People. Lord, have mercy upon us ; and be it unto thy servants according to thy word. Minister. Blessed are the meek : for they shaU inherit the earth. 30 THE BEATITUDES OF THE GOSPEL. People. Lord, have mercy upon us ; and be it unto thy servants according to thy word. Minister. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. People. Lord, have mercy upon us ; and be it unto thy servants according to thy word. Minister. Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. People. Lord, have mercy upon us ; and be it unto thy servants according to thy word. Minister. Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall see God. People. Lord, have mercy upon us ; and be it unto thy servants according to thy word. Minister. Blessed are the peace-makers : for they shall be called the children of God. People. Lord, have mercy upon us ; and be it unto thy servants according to thy word. Minister. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. People. Let thy loving mercy come also unto us, O Lord : even thy salvation according unto thy word. Minister. Let us pray. ^ Then the Minister shall Imeel, and lay the Lord's Prayer, with the Collects following ; but the Lord's Prayer may be omitted, if it hath been said immediately b^ore, OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth. As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who 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. THE BEATITUDES OF THE GOSPEL. 31 For Grace to seek Spiritual Blessings. OGOD, who hast made us for thyself ; Incline our hearts unto thy testimonies, and turn away our eyes from beholding vanity ; and that we may be freed from the too great love of earthly things, knit our affections to things heavenly, through Christ our Lord. Amen, For Wisdom. OGOD, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light riseth up in darkness for the godly; Grant us, in all our doubts and uncertainties, the grace to ask what thou wouldest have us to do, that the Spirit of Wisdom may save us from all false choices, and that in thy light we may see light, and in thy straight path may not stumble ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE Lord bless us, and keep us. The Lord make his face to. shine upon us, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, both now and evermore. Amen. THE LITANY. THE LITANY, OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION. ^ To be used on Sundays, Wednetdayi.and Fridays, and on the Rogation-days, after the third Collect at Morning or Evening Prayer, or before the Order for the Administration of the Boly Communion ; or as a separate Service. T[ To be used also on any day in Lent, at the discretion of the Minister. ^Note, That the Litany may be omitted altogether on Christmas-dayj Easter-day, and Whitstm-day. OGOD the Father of heaven ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. God the Father of heaven ; have mercy upon, us miserable sinners. 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. 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. holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons, and one God ; have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. 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 forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, 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, THE LITANY. 33 Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all lincharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us. From all inordinate and sinful affections ; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devU, Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning, and tempest; from fire and flood; from plague, pestilence and famine ; from battle and murder, and from suddeh death, Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism ; from hard- ness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Com- mandment, 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 Bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and' Burial; by thy glorious Eesurrection 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 prosperity; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy Church universal in the right way ; holy 34 THE LITANY. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to behold and ' bless thy servant The President of the United States ; and to endue him with wisdom^ true righteousness, and holiness of life ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve all Christian Rulers and Magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and under- standing of thy Word; and that both by their preach- ing and living they may set it forth, and show it accordingly ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to send forth labourers into thine harvest ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and fear thee, and diligently to live after thy com- mandments ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may ple"ase thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth "the fruits of the Spirit ; THE LITANY. 35 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to hring into the way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand ; and to comfort and help the weak-hearted ; and to raise up those who fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to succour, help, and com- fort, all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all who travel by land or by water, all women iu the perils of child- birth, all sick persons, and young children ; and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless children, and widows, and all who are desolate and oppressed; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, per- secutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due time we may enjoy them ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance ; 36 THE LITANY. to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy Wordj We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ; Grant us thy peace. O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ; JIave mercy upon us. .0 Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us. Saviour of the world, who by thy Cross and pre- cious Blood hast redeemed us ; Save us, and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. ^ The Mvrdster mavj at his discretion, except when the Litany is used as a separate Service, omit all thai foUoweth, to the Prayer, We humbly beseech thee, O Father, &c. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. T[ Then shall the Minister, and the People with him, say the Lord's Prayer. OUR Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy wUl be done on earth. As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses. As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Minister. Lord, deal not with us according to our sins. Answer. Neither reward us according to our ini- quities. THE LITANY. 37 Let us pray. OGOD, merciful Father, -who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as are sorrowful ; Mercifully assist our prayers which we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us ; and graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, may, by thy good providence, be brought to nought; that we thy ser- vants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. OGOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. OLord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour. 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. From our enemies defend us, Christ. Ghradously look upon our afflictions. With pity behold the sorrows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, O Christ ; graciously hear us, Lord Christ. Minister. Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us ; Answer. As we do put our trust in thee. S8 THE LITANY. Let us pray. WE humbly beseech thee, Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities ; and, for the glory of thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved ; and grant, that in all our trou- bles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and pure- ness of living, to thy honour and glory ; through om- only Mediator and Advocate Jesua Christ our Lord. Amen. A General Thanksgiving. ALMIG-HTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine imworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving- kindness to us, and to all men ; [^particularly to those who desire now to offer up their praises and *Thu may ,T 7 . . /. ,7'" 7.-' .-•■ 7 ^ 1 be said when tnanfcsgivmgs for thy late mercies vouchsafed any aeHre to , ,4' -^ TXT- 1 n ii <• .- return thanks unto them.j We bless thee for our creation, for merdet preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; m™.. ' but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemp- tion of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common sup- plications unto thee ; and dost promise that when two PRAYERS. 39 or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests ; Fulfil now, Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expe- dient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 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. PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. ^ To he used before the General ThanJcsgrnnng at Morning and Evening Service ; or else_ before the two final Prayers, if the Office be one in which the General Thanks- giving hath not its usual place. A Prayer for Congress. 1[ To be used during their Session. MOST gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for the people of these United States in general, so especially for their Senate and Representatives in Congress assembled ; That thou wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations, to the ad- vancement of thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety, honour, and welfare of thy people; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeav- ours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generatioas. These and all other necessaries, for them, for us, and 40 PRAYERS. thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ, our most blessed Lord and SaTi?iour. Amen. If Tf during the Session of Congress, the Legislature be also in Session, there may he added after the words, in Congress assembled, the words, and for the Legislature of this State now coHvened. If Congress be not in Session, there may be substituted for the words, these United States, the words, this Slate, and for the words, Senate and Representatives in Congress assembled, the words, Legislature now convened. A Prayer to he used at Meetings of Convention. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who by thy Holy Spirit didst preside in the Councils of the blessed Apostles, and hast promised through thy Son Jesus Christ, to be with thy Church to the end of the world; We beseech thee to be present with the Council of thy Church here assembled in thy Name. Save us from all error, ignorance, pride, and prejudice ; and of thy great mercy vouchsafe, we beseech thee, so to direct, sanctify, and govern us in our work, by the mighty power of the Holy Ghost, that the comfortable Gtospel of Christ may be truly preached, truly received, and truly followed, in all places, to the breaking down the kingdom of sin, Satan, and death ; till at length the whole of thy dispersed sheep, being gathered into one fold, shall become partakers of everlasting life ; through the merits and death of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. % During or before the Session of any General or J)iocesaf^ Convention, the above Prayer may be ■used by all Connregatipm of this Church, or of the JDiocese con- cerned ; the clause, here assembled, being changed to, now assembled, [or about to assemble], and the clause, govern us in our work, to govten them in their work. For a Sick Person. FATHER of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need; Look down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, behold, visit, and relieve thy sick servant, for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon him with the eyes of thy mercy ; PRAYERS. 41 comfort hiTn with a sense of- thy goodness; preserve him, from the temptations of the enemy ; give him, patience under his affliction ; and, in thy good time, restore him, to health, and enable him to lead the resi- due of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory. Or else give him grace so to take thy visitation, that, after tibis painful life ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlasting ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ATnen. For a Sick Child. ALMIGHTY God, and merciful Father, to whom alone belong the issues of life and death; Look down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, with the eyes , of mercy, upon the sick child for whom our prayers are desired, Deliver him, Lord, in thy good appointed time, from his bodily pain, and visit him with thy salvation ; that if it should be thy good pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing good in his genera- tion. Or else receive him into those heavenly habita- tions, where the souls of those who sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this,. Lord, for the love of thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. For a Person, or Persons, under Affliction. MERCIFUL God, and heavenly Father, who hast taught us in thy holy Word that thou dost not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men ; Look with pity, we beseech thee, upon the sorrows of thy servant, for whom our prayers are desired. In thy wisdom thou hast seen fit to visit him with trouble, and to bring distress upon him. Eemember him, Lord, in mercy; sanctify thy fatherly correction to 42 PRAYERS. Mtti; endue his soul with patience under his affliction, and with resignation to thy blessed will ; comfort him with a sense of thy goodness ; lift up thy countenance upon him, and give him peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For a Person, or Persons, going to Sea. ETERNAL God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea; We commend to thy Almighty protection, thy servant^ for whose preservation on the great deep our prayers are desired. Guard him,, we beseech thee, from the dangers of the sea, from sickness, from the violence of enemies, and from every evil to which he may be exposed. Conduct him in safety to the haven where he would be, with a grateful sense of thy mercies ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For a Person, or Persons, on a Journey. OGOD, who art present in all places, and who hast shown us in thy holy Word that, though we dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth,, even there thy right hand shall hold us ; Preserve, we beseech thee, thy servant now journeying, whom we especially com- mend to thy Almighty protection. Guard him by thy good providence from sickness, and from all the dangers of the way ; deliver him from the temptations to which he may be exposed, and conduct him in safety to the place where he would be, with a grateful sense of thy mercies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Persons preparing for Confirmation. OLORD God, giver of heavenly increase, Avha by thy Spirit's might dost confirm the first efforts of feeble souls; Encourage in the hearts of these thy PRAYERS. 43 children every good intent, and carry them from strength to strength. Cleanse their consciences, and stir their wills gladly to serve thee the living God. Leave no room in them for spiritual wickedness, no lurking-place for secret sins : but so establish and sanc- tify them by the power of thy holy Word, that ever- more taking heed unto the thing that is right, and speaking and doing the truth, they may find godliness their gain both in the life which now is, and in that which is to come ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Am&fi. For those who are to he admitted into Holy Orders. T To he used in the Weehs preceding the stated Times of Ordination, ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, .who hast purchased to thyself an universal Church by the precious blood of thy dear Son ; Mercifully look upon the same, and at this time so guide and govern the minds of thy servants the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock, that they may lay hands suddenly on no man, but faithfully and wisely make choice of fit persons, to serve in the sacred Ministry of thy Church. And, to those who shall be ordained to any holy function, give thy grace and heavenly benediction ; that both by their life and doctrine they may show forth thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. t Or this. ALMIGHTY God, the giver of all good gifts, who of thy divine providence hast appointed divers Orders in thy Church; Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to all those who are to be called to any office and administration in the same ; and so replen- ish them with the truth of thy doctrine, and endue 44 PRAYERS. them with innocency of life, that they may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great Name, and the benefit of thy holy Church ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ame,n. For Missions. OGOD, who hast made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of the whole earth, and didst send thy blessed Son to preach peace to them that are far off and to them that are nigh ; Grant that all men everyivhere may seek after thee and find thee. Be graciously pleased to multiply and bless the heralds of the Gospel of thy Son ; and shortly to accomplish the nxunber of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. ATuen. For the Increase of the Ministry. OLORD Jesus Christ, who didst command thy dis- ciples to pray the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest ; we beseech thee graciously tp increase the number of faithful Ministers of thy Word and Sacraments, and to send them forth among all nations of men ; that perishing souls may be saved, and the bounds of thy blessed kingdom be enlarged. We ask it, O merciful Saviour, for the glory of thy Name, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. For all who are dependent on the Public Care. MOST gracious God, whose tender mercies are over all thy works, and whose compassions fail not; We commend to thy fatherly pity and protection the poor, the sick, the children, the prisoners, dependent, on the public care. Suffer us not, in our prosperity, PRAYERS. 45 to trust in riches, forgetful that we are bidden to be labourers together with thee ; but give unto us, and unto this whole people, grace to show kindness and mercy towards those whom thy dear Son hath vouch- i safed to call his brethren. Grant this, Father, through the same thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. , Amen. For Malefactors, after Condemnation. If Or else the Prayer in the Visitation of Prisoners, O Father of mercies, &c. OMOST gracious and merciful God, we earnestly beseech thee to have pity and compassion upon those persons recommended to our prayers, who now lie under the sentence of the law, and are appointed to die. Visit them, Lord, with thy mercy and sal- vation; convince them of the miserable condition they are in, by their sins and wickedness ; and let thy powerful grace produce in them such a godly sorrow, and sincere repentance, as thou wilt be pleased to accept. Give them a strong and lively faith in thy Son, our blessed Saviour, and make it effectual to the salvation of their souls. O Lord, in judgment remem- ber mercy; and whatever sufferings they are to endure in this world, yet deliver them, God, from the bitter pains of eternal death. Pardon their sins, and save their souls, for the sake and merits of thy dear Son, our blessed Saviour and Eedeemer. Amen. For Fruitful Seasons. % To be used on Rogation Sunday, and on the Sogation-days. ALMIGHTY Grsdj Lord of heaven and earth, in whom we live Mid move and have our being, who dost good unto all men/hi^ing thy sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and s^n^ng rain on the just and on the unjust ; Favourably behold us thy people who call upon thy Name, and send us thy blessing from j 46 PRATERS. heaven~in giving us fruitful seasons, and filling our hearts with food and gladness ; that both our heairts and mouths may be pontinually filled with thy praises, giving thanks to thee, in thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. t Or this. ALMIGHTY God, who hast blessed the earth that it should be fruitful and bring forth everything that is necessary for the life of man, and hast commanded us to work with quietness, and eat our own bread; Bless us in all our labours, and grant us such season- able weather that we may gather in the fruits of the earth, and ever rejoice in thy goodness, to the praise of thy holy Name 5 through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. For Sain. OGOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ, hast promised to all those who seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, aU things necessary to their bodily sustenance; Send us, we beseech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy honour ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Fair Weather. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech thee, of thy great goodness, to restrain 1 those immoderate rains, wherewith, for our sins, thou hast afflicted us. And we pray thee to send us such seasonable weather, that the earth may, in due time, yield her increase for our use and benefit. And give us grace, that we may learn by thy chastisements to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee thanks and praise; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. PRAYERS. 47 In Time of Dearth and Famine. OGOD, heavenly Father, whose gift it is that the rain doth fall, and the earth bring forth her in- crease J Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy people ; increase the fruits of the earth by thy hear venly benediction; and grant that the. scarcity and dearth, which we now most justly suffer for our sins, may, through thy goodness, be mercifully turned into plenty; for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be aU honour and glory, now and for ever. Amen. In Time of War and Tumults. ALMIGHTY God, the supreme Governor of all things, whose power no creature is able to resist, to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to be merciful to those who truly repent ; Save and de- liver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies ; that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore from aU perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory ; through the merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In Time of great Sickness and Mortality. ALMIGHTY God, the Lord of life and death, of sickness and health ; Regard our supplications, we humbly beseech thee; and, as thou hast thought fit to visit us for our sins with great sickness and mor- tality, in the midst of thy judgment, Lord, remem- ber mercy. Have pity upon us miserable sinners, and withdraw from us the grievous sickness with which we are afflicted. May this thy fatherly correction have its due influence upon us, by leading us to con- sider how frail and uncertain our life is ; that we may 48 PRAYERS. 1"^ ". '. I~ apply our hearts unto that heavenly wisdom which in the end will bring us to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In the Vacancy of a Cure of Souls. GRANT, Lord, we beseech thee, to this thy flock a Bishop (or Pastor) in whom shall be the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of wisdom and godli- ness ; that by the faithful work and blameless conver- sation of him who ministereth unto us in holy things we may be moved more earnestly to seek thee and thy righteousness, through him who is the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. T[ These Prayers and Collects foUowmg may he said after the Collects qf Morning and Evening Prayer, and at other Jit times, at the discretion of the Minitter. For the Spirit of Prayer. ALMIGHTY God, who hast bidden us seek that we may find, and who pourest out on all who desire it, the spirit of grace and of supplication; Deliver us, when we draw nigh to thee, from coldness of heart, and wanderings of mind, that with steadfast thoughts and kindled affections we may worship thee in spirit and in truth ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Light of God's Truth. OGOD, whose Word lighteneth the eyes of the blind ; Vouchsafe us, we beseech thee, the light of thy truth ; that fashioning our lives with all meek- ness to the obedience of heavenly wisdom, we may by humility in things temporal attain to the glory of the things eternal ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. PRATEKS. 49 For the Renewing of the Holy Ghost. OGOD, with whom is the well of life, and who hast promised to be to thy people an everlasting light ; Increase in us, we beseech thee, the brightness of divine knowledge, impart to our thirsting souls the water of life, and restore to our darkened minds the light from heaven ; and this we ask for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. For Patience under Suffering. ALMIGHTY God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy, but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was icrucified ; Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the Cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Grace to speah the Truth in Love. OGOD, whose blessed Son came not to strive nor cry, and whose words did fall as the drops that water the earth ; Grant that we may contend earnestly for the faith once dehvered to the saints, but not to the breach of charity or to the denial of any Christian hope ; all which we ask • through the same, thy Son our Lord. Amen. An Intercession for those who labour in the Gospel. OLORD, without whom our labour is but lost, and with whom thy little ones go forth as the mighty; We humbly beseech thee to prosper all works in thy Church undertaken according to thy holy will (espe- cially ) and grant to thy labourers a pure intention, patient faith, sufficient success upon earth, and the blessedness of serving thee in heaven ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 50 PRAYERS. An Intercession for those who err from the Faith. OFATHEE of lights, who art ever pitiful to the manifold wanderings of the children of men, and who hast given us thy holy Word to be a lantern to our feet amid the darkness of this world; Have com- paksion upon all who, by denying the Gospel of thy dear Son, have been led far off from peace, and become estranged from prayer; open their hearts to the truthj help them . to cast down every proud thought, and make them to become as little children that they may be wise, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. An Intercession for those who live in sin. HAVE mercy, heavenly Father, on all who are hard- ened through the deceitfulness of sin, vouchsafe them grace to come to themselves, the will and the power to return to thee, and the loving welcome of thy forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for Mercy and Pardon. OGOD, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive ; Receive our humble peti- tions; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us ; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate. Amen. A General Intercession. OGOD, at whose word man goeth forth unto his* work and to his labour until the evening ; Be mer- ciful to all whose duties are difficult or burdensome, and comfort them concerning their toil. Shield from bodily accident and harm the workmen at their work. Protect the efforts of sober and honest industry, and suffer not the hire of the labourers to be kept back by PRAYERS. 51 fraud. Incline the hearts of employers and of those whom they employ to mutual forbearance, fairness, and good-wiU. Give the spirit of governance and of a sound mind to all in places of authority. Bless all those who labour in works of mercy, and schools of good learning. Care for all aged persons, and all little children, the sick and the afflicted, those who travel by land or by sea, all strangers, and emigrants, and outcasts. Eemember all who by reason of weakness are over- tasked, or by reason of poverty are forgotten. Let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee, and according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die. Give ear unto our prayer, O mercifiil and gracious Father, for the love of thy dear Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amm. A Morning Prayer. OGOD, the King eternal, who dividest the day from the darkness, and turnest the shadow of death into the morning ; Drive far off from us aU wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep thy law, and guide our feet into the way of peace, that having done thy will with cheerfulness while it was day, we may, when the night Cometh, rejoice to give thee thanks; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Morning Prayer. ALMIGHTY God, who alone gavest us the breath of life, and alone canst keep alive in us the holy desires thou dost impart ; We humbly beseech thee to sanctify all our thoughts and endeavours,_that we may i neither begin a-n action without a pure intention nor continue it without thy blessing. And grant that hav- ing the eyes of the mind opened to behold things in- 52 PRAYERS, visible and unseen, we may in heart be inspired by thy wisdom, and in work be upheld by thy strength, and in the end be accepted of thee as thy faithful servants; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. An Evening Prayer. OLORD our God, who alone makest us to dwell in safety ; Refresh with quiet sleep, this night, those who are wearied with the labours of the day ; and mer- cifully protect from harm all who put their trust in thee ; that lying down in peace to take our rest, we may fear no evil, but confidently give ourselves into thy holy keeping ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. An Emning Prayer. OGOD, who art the life of mortal men, the light of the faithful, the strength of those who labour, and the repose of the dead; We thank thee for the timely blessings of the day, and humbly supplicate thy merci- ful protection all this night. Bring us, we beseech thee, in safety to the morning hours; through hinn who died for us and rose again, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. ^ An Evening Prayer. OLORD, our heavenly Father, by whose Almighty power we have been preserved this day ; 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. THANKSGIVINGS. 53 ^tanltsgtbings. 1[ To be used after the General Thanksgiving, at Morning and JSvening Service ; or else_ before the two final Prayers, if the Office be one in which the General Thanks- giving hath not its usual place. Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth. Tf To be said when any Woman desireth to return thanks to Almighty God for her safe deliverance. ALMIGHTY God, we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast been graciously pleased to pre- serve, through the great pain and peril of child-birth, thy servant, who desireth now to offer her praises and thanksgivings unto thee. Grant, we beseech thee, most merciful Father, that she, through thy help, may both faithfully live and walk according to thy will in this life present, and also may be partaker of everlast- ing glory in the life to come ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For a Recovery from Sickness. OGOD, who art the giver of life, of health, and of safety; We bless thy Name, that thou hast been pleased to deliver from his bodily sickness this thy servant, who now desireth to return thanks unto thee, in the presence of all thy people. Gracious art thou, Lord, and full of compassion to the children of men. May his heart be duly impressed with a sense of thy merciful goodness, and may he devote the residue of his days to an humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For a Child's Recovery from Sickness. ALMIGHTY God and heavenly Father, We give thee humble thanks for that thou hast been^ graciously pleased to deliver from his bodily sickness the child in 54 THANKSGIVINGS. whose behalf we now dogigo -ia bless and praise thy Name, in the presence of all thy people. Grant, we beseech thee, gracious E^j^er^t^ y^e^^rough thy help, may both faithfully -^It accoming to thy will ifl-l thja- life pr e sen t , and also may be partaker of ever- lasting glory in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For an Escape from Accident. OLORD God, in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind ; We magnify thy goodness in that thou hast been pleased to save from deadly hurt this thy servant, who now desireth to offer thee his sacrifice of thanks and praise. Give him grace, we humbly beseech thee, worthily to spend in thy service the days which thou hasjb so merci- fully prolonged, that henceforth dwelling always under thy protection he may abide in thy love unto his life's end, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Afnen. For a Safe Return from Voyage or Travel. MOST gracious Lord, whose mercy is over all thy works ; We praise thy holy Name that thou hast been pleased to conduct in safety, through the perils of the great deep, \his way,] this thy servant, who now desireth to return his thanks unto thee, in thy holy Church. May he be duly sensible of thy mercifid prov- idence towards him, and ever express Ais thankfulness by a holy trust in thee, and obedience to thy laws; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Rain. OGOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious providence dost cause the former and the lat|er rain to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth THANKSGIVINGS. 55 fruit for the use of man; We give thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee, in our great necessity, to send us at the last a joyful rain upon thine inheritance, and to refresh it when it was dry, to the great comfort of us thy unworthy servants, and to the glory of thy holy Name ; through thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Fair Weather. OLORD God, who hast justly humbled us by thy late visitation of us with immoderate rain and waters, and in thy mercy hast relieved and comforted our souls by this seasonable and blessed change of weather; We praise and glorify thy holy Name for this thy mercy, and wiU always declare thy loving- kindness from generation to generation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Plenty. OMOST merciful Father, who of thy gracious good- ness hast heard the devout prayers of thy Church, and turned our dearth and scarcity into plenty ; We give thee humble thanks for this thy special bounty; beseechrag thee to continue thy loving-kindness unto us, that our land may yield us her fruits of increase, to thy glory and our comfort ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Peace, and Deliverance from our Enemies. ALMIGHTY God, who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies; We yield thee praise and thanksgiving for our deliverance from those great and apparent dangers wherewith we were compassed. We acknow- ledge it thy goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey imto them ; beseeching thee still to continue 56 THANKSGIVINGS. such thy mercies towards us, that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Restoring Public Peace at Home. ETERNAL God, our heavenly Father, who alone makest men to be of one mind in a house, and stillest the outrage of a violent and unruly people; We bless thy holy Name, that it hath pleased thee to appease the seditious tmnults which have been lately raised up amongst us ; most humbly beseeching thee to grant to all of us grace, that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy holy commanchnents ; and, leading a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty, may continually offer unto thee our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for these thy mercies to- wards us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Deliverance from great Sickness and Mortalitif. OLORD God, who hast wounded us for our sins, and consumed us for our transgressions, by thy late heavy and dreadful visitation; and now, in the midst of judgment remembering mercy, hast redeemed our souls from the jaws of death; We offer unto thy fatherly goodness ourselves, otir souls and bodies which thou hast delivered, to be a living sacrifice unto thee, always praising and magnifying thy mercies in the midst of thy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A PENITENTIAL OFFICE. 57 A PENITENTIAL OFFICE FOR ASH WEDNESDAY. % On the First Day of Lent, at Morning Prayer, the Office ensuing shall be read imme- diately after the Prayer We humbly beseech thee, O Father, in the Litany, and in place of what there foUoweth. ' If The same Office may be read at other times, at the discretion of the Minister. ^ The Minister and the People kneeling, then shall be said by them this Psalm following. Miserere mei, Deus. Psalm li. HAVE mercy upon me, God, after thy great good- ness : according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me throughly from my wickedness : and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults : and my sin is ever before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. , Behold, I was shapen in wickedness : and in sin hath my mother conceived me. But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts : and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness : that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins : and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God : and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence : and take not thy holy Spirit from me. 58 A PENITENTIAL OFFICE. give me the comfort of thy help again : and stab- lish me with thy free Spirit. Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked : and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, God, thou that art the God of my health : and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord : and my mouth shall show thy praise. For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee : but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit : a broken and contrite heart, God, shalt thou not despise. be favourable and gracious unto Sion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burntofferings and oblations : then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. 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. ^ Jf the Litany hath been already said in full, the Minister may omit all thatfolloweth,' to the Prayer, Lord, we beseech thee, &c. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. « Lord, have mercy upon us. OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy wUl be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive • those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. A PENITENTIAL OFFICE. 59 Minister. Lord, save thy servants ; Answer. That put their trust in thee. Minister. Send unto them help from above. Answer. And evermore mightily defend them. Minister. Help us, God our Saviour. Answer. And for the glory of thy Name deliver us ; be merciful to us sinners, for thy Name's sake. Minister. Lord, hear our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come imto thee. Minister. Let us pray. OLOED, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our prayers, and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee ; that they, whose consciences by sin are accused, by thy merciful pardon may be absolved ; through Christ our Lord. Amen. OMOST mighty God, and merciful Father, who hast compassion upon all men, and who wouldest not the death "of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his sin, and be saved; Mercifully forgive us our trespasses ; receive and comfort us, who are grieved and wearied with the burden of our sins^j^ Thy property is always to have mercy; to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins. Spare us, there- fore, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed ; enter not into judgment with thy ser- vants, who are vile earth, and miserable sinners; but so turn thine anger from us, who meekly ac- knowledge our vileness, and truly repent us of our faults, and so make haste to help us in this world, that we may ever live with thee in the world to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 60 THE PROPER ORDER FOR THANKSGIVING-DAY. 1[ Then shall the People say this, that followeth, after the Minister. TURN thou us, good Lord, and so shall we be turned. Be favourable, Lord,, Be favoifrable to thy people. Who turn to thee in weeping, fasting,' and praying. For thou art a merciful God, Full of com- passion, Long-suffering, and of great pity. Thou sparest when we deserve punishment. And in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy. Spare thy people, good Lord, spare them. And let not thine heritage be brought to confusion. Hear us, Lord, for thy mercy is great. And after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us ; Through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ r^^ Tf Then the Minister alone shall say, UNTO God's gracious mercy and protection we com- mit you. The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore. Amen. THE PROPER ORDER FOR PRAYER AND THANTCSGIVING ON THANKSGIVING-DAY, OR HARVEST-HOME. T[ To be used yearly on such day as shall be a0iointed by the Civil or Ecclesiastical Authority, t The Minister shall begin by reading certain, or all, of the following Sentences of Scripture. HONOUR the Lord with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase : so shall thy bams be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Prov. iii. 9, 10. THE PROPER ORDER FOR THANKSGIVING-DAY. 61 The LoKD by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by understanding hath he established the heavens : by his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. Prov. iii. 19, 20. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deut. xxxiii. 27. Israel then shall dwell in safety alone : the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of com and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. Deut. xxxiii. 28. Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! Deut. xxxiii, 29. T Then the Minister shall say, give thanks unto the God of heaven. Answer. For his mercy endnireth for ever. Minister. give thanks unto the Lord of Lords. Answer. For his mercy endureth for ever. f Then, all hneellng'down, they shall say together the Thanksgiving. MOST gracious God, by whose knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew; We yield thee unfeigned thanks and praise, as for all thy mercies, so especially for the returns of seed-time and harvest, and for crowning the year with thy good- ness, in the increase of the ground, and the gathering in of the fruits thereof. And, we beseech thee, give us a just sense of this great mercy; such as may ; appear in our lives, by an humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen. Tf Then shall the Minister say as followeth. ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and 62 THE PROPER ORDER FOR THANKSGIVING-DAY. hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; But above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by givmg up ourselves to thy service, and, by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness i all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. If Then the Minister and the People shall together say the Lord's Prayer. OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth. As it is in heaven. ,Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we for- give those who 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. Minister. We will praise thy Name, God, with a song. Answer. And magnify it with thanksgiving. . T[ Sere, all standing up, the ^finister 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. Minister. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Nam a be praised. THE PROPER ORDER FOR THANKSGIVING-DAY. 63 ^ Then shall he sung or said the follomng Anthems, with the Gloria Fatri. PRAISE ye the Lord ; for it is good to sing praises unto our God : for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. The Lord doth build up Jerusalem : he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth those that are broken in heart : and biadeth up their wounds. He covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth : he maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food : and to the young ravens which cry. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem : praise thy God, Sion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates : he hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders : and fiUeth thee with the finest of the wheat. ^ Then shall be sung or said Psalm cxlv., or some other Portion of the Psalms. 1[ Then shall he read Jbr the First Lesson, Deut. viii. % After which shall he sulCg or said the Bymn Te Deum, the Canticle Benedicite, or else this Psalm. Jubilate Deo. Psalm c. OBE 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 ourselves ; we are his peo- ple, and the sheep of his pasture. 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. 64 THE PROPER ORDER FOR THANKSGIVTNG-DAT. ^ Then shall be read for the Second Lesson, 1 Thess. T. 13 to 24. 1[ After which shall be sung or said this Psalm. Laudate Dominum. Psalm cl. PRAISE God in his holiness : praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him in his noble acts : praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him in the sound of the trumpet : praise him upon the lute and harp. Praise him in the cjmibals and dances : praise him upon the strings and pipe. Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals : praise him upon the loud cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath : praise the Lord. IT Then shall the Minister and the People say the Apostles' Creed. I BELIEVE in God the Father Ahnighty, 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 thScA 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 Catholic 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 Jeneeling; the Minister first pronouncing, Great and marvellous are thy works. Lord God Almighty. Answer. Just and true are thy ways, thou King of Saints. THE PROPER ORDER FOR THANKSGIVING-DAY. 65 Minister. Let us pray. Thou art worthy, Lord, to receive glory and honour and power. Answer. For thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Tf Then shall the Minister say these Prayers Jbllowing, For a Blessing on the Families of the Land. ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Fathei;, who settest the solitary in families, and makest thyself house- holds like a flock of sheep ; We commend to thy con- tiuual care the homes in which thy people dwell. Put far from them, we beseech thee, every root of bitter- ness, the desire of vain-glory and the pride of life. rUl them with faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness. Knit together in constant afEec- tion those who, ia holy wedlock, have been made one flesh; turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the chUdren to the fathers ; and so kindle charity among us all, that we be evermore kindly-affectioned with brotherly love ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Ccuntry. ALMIGHTY God, who in the former time leddest our fathers forth into a wealthy place, and didst set their feet in a large room; Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to us their children, that we may always approve ourselves a people mindful of thy favour and glad to do thy will. Bless our land with honourable in- dustry, sound learning, and pure manners. Defend our liberties, preserve our unity. Save us from violence, dis- cord and confusion, from pride and arrogancy, and from every evil way. Fashion into one happy people the m'ultitude brought hither out of many kindreds and 66 THE PROPER ORDER FOR THANKSGIVING-DAT. tongues. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those whom we entrust in thy Name with the authority of govern- ance, to the end that there be peace at home, and that we keep our place among the nations of the earth. In the time of our prosperity, temper our self-confidence with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in thee to fail ; all which we ask for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. For the Unity of God's People. OGOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace ; Grant to all Chris- tian people grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly union and concord : that, as there is but one body, and one spirit, and one hope of our calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may aU, henceforth, be aU of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For all Poor, Homeless, and Neglected Folk. OGOD, Almighty and merciful, who healest those that are broken in heart, and turnest the sadness of the sorrowful to joy ; Let thy fatherly goodness be upon all that thou hast made. Especially we beseech thee to remember in pity such as are this day destitute, homeless, or forgotten of their fellow-men. Bless the congregation of thy poor. Uplift those who are cast down, mightily befriend innocent sufferers, and sanc- tify to them the endurance of their wrongs. Cheer with hope all discouraged and unhappy people, and by THE PROPER ORDER FOR THANKSGIVING-DAY. 67 thy heavenly grace preserve from falling those whose penury tempteth them to sin. Though they be trou- bled on every side, suffer them not to be distressed, though they be perplexed, save them from despair. Grant this, Lord, for the love of him, who for our sakes laecame poor, thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen. The everlasting Father bless us with his blessing everlasting. Amen. The Collect to he used instead of that for the day. OMOST merciful Father, who hast blessed the labours of the husbandman in the returns of the fruits of the earth; We give thee hiunble and hearty thanks for this thy bounty; beseeching thee to continue thy loving-kindness to us ; that our land may still yield her increase, to thy glory and our comfort ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. St. James i. 16. DO not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no vari- ableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like 68 THE PROPER ORDER FOR THANKSGIVING-DAY. unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass ; for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straight- way forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and con- tinueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and unde- filed before God and the Father is this. To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. The Gospel St. Matt. v. 43. YE have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say. unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefuUy use you, and persecute you ; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye loye them which love you, what reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is ha heaven is perfect. A SHORT OFFICE OF PRAYER. 69 A SHORT OFFICE OF PRAYER, FOR SUNDRY OCCASIONS. 1[ This OMce may he used at Noon-day Services, Missionary Meetings, the Visitation of Families and Neighbourhoods, the Catechizing of Children in Chwches or Schools, and on other like occasions, for which no fecial Order of Prayer hath teen appointed. % The Minister shall begin the Office by reading one or more of the following Sen- tences of Scripture ; or he may say, instead thereof, any of the Sentences elsewhere set forth in this Book, OHOW amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord of hosts ! My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lokd ; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God, Psalm Ixxxiv. 1, 2. 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. Psalm xxvii. 4. The Lord, even the most mighty God, hath spoken, and called the world, from the rising up of Missions. the sun unto the going down thereof. Psalm 1. 1. TeU it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King. PsaZm xcvi. 10. Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal. St. John iv. 35, 36. Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou, hast. 1 Sam. xxv. 6. Where two or three are gathered to- ^„^^„,,^,„. gether in my Name, there am I m the midst of them. St. Matt, xviii. 20. 70 A SHORT OFPiep OF PRAYER. Come, ye children, and hearken unto me ; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. catecMahig. Psalm xxxiv. 11. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. Eccles. xii. 1. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In aU thy ways ac- knowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Prov. iii. 5, 6. T] Then the Minister and the People Tcneeling down shall say the Lord's Prayer, the Minister first pronouncing, Let thy merciful kindness, Lord, be upon us. Answer. Like as we do put our trust in thee. Minister. Let us pray. OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy wiU be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who 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. IT Then Uhewise he shall say, Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise- % Sere, all standing up, the Minister 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. Minister, j^r^se ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. A SHORT OFFICE -OF PRAYER. 71 T Then shall be mid or simg a Fsalm, or one of the Selections of Psalms. H Then shall le read a Lesson of Holy Scripture. And, after that, shall he sung a Hymn, an Anthem, or a Canticle. IT Then may le said the Apostles' Creed, as followeth. I BELIEVE in God the Father Ahnighty, 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 descend,ed into hell, The third day he rose ttgain from the dead : He ascended iuto heaven. And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Ahnighty : From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost : The Holy Catholic Church ; The Communion of Saints : The Forgiveness of sins : The Kesurrection of the body: And the Life everlasting. Amen. T Then shall the Minister hid them to prayer, saying, The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, show thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Minister. God, make clean our hearts within us. > Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. H Then shall follow the Collect for the dajj, together mth such other Prayers, else- where set forth in this Boole, as the Minister, j» his discretion, shall think Jit, all devoutly kneeling. TT And after the Prayers, the Minister shall say. The Almighty and merciful God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and preserve us, now and for evermore. Amen. 72 THE FIRST SUNDAY^ IN ADVENT. THE COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND GOSPELS, TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE TEAR. If The Collect, Epistle, and Cfos^el, appointed for the Sunday, shall serve all the Week after, where it is not in this Boole otherwise ordered. 5Cf)e jFirst ^untrag in ^trbent. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the' arrtiour of light, now in the time of this mortal life^in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility]) that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. 1[ This Collect is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent, tmiil Christmas-day, ' The Epistle. Eom. xiii. 8. OWE no man any thing, but to love one another : for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the Law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adtdtery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 73 wlien we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of dark- ness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. The Gospel. St. Matt. xxi. 1. 1 1 /■ HEN they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were VV come to Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her : loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say. The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying. Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Be- hold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them; and brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the -way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saymg, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord! Hosanna in thq highest! And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying. Who is this ? And the multitude said. This is Jesus, the Prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out 74 THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. all them that sold and bought in the temple, and over- threw the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is writ- ten, My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Cib^ .S^contr .guntras in Etrbent. The Collect. BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scripturf. , to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The Epistle. Eom. xv. 4. WHATSOEVEK things were written aforetime, were written for our learning ; that we, through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another, according to Christ Jesus': that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. Now I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of the Circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers : and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy Name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with, his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gen- tiles ; and laud him, all ye people. And again Esaias THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 75 saith, There shall be a Root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, in him shaU the Gen- tiles trust. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. The Gospel. St. Luke xxi. 25. AND there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth dis- tress df iiatiohs, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring: men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power a;hd great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption draweth nigh. And he spake to them a parable. Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees ; when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you. This; generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away ; but my words shall not pass away. 5Ef)e Srtittr ^untias in Etibent. The Collect. OLORD Jesus Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee- Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second commg to 76 THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Cor. iv. 1. j LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries' of God. Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself, yet am I not hereby justified ; but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing be- fore the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts ; and then' shall every man have praise of God. The Gospel. St. Matt. xi. 2. NOW when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them. Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them. And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see ? a reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see ? a man clothed in soft raiment ? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. But THE FOUETH SUNDAY IN ADVENT, 77 what went ye out for to see ? a prophet ? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he of whom it is written. Behold I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. ^t^ jFourti) .Suntrag in ^tibent. The Collect. OLORD, raise up, <(we pray thee,j thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us ; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered (in running the race that is^ /< set before us,) thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us ; through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Phil. iv. 4. REJOICE in the Lord alway ; and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing ; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all under- standing, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. The Gospel. St. John i. 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 EUas? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that Prophet ? And he answered, 78 CHRISTMAS-DAT. No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou ? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou ©f thyself? 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, Baying, I baptize with water : but there standeth one among you, whoin yp know not ; He it is, who, coming after me, is pre- ferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. THE NATIVITY OP OIJE LORD, OR THE BIRTH-DAT OF CHRIST, COMMOZri'Y CAIXED 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 adop- tion and giraee, 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 Godj world without end. Amen. Tlie Epistle. Heb. i. 1. GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the pro- phets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his pon, whpm he hath appointed heir of all things, by CHRISTMAS-DAT, 79 whom also he made the worlds; who (hemg the hifightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power,) when he had by himseM purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by ioheritanee obtaiaed a more excellent name than they. For imto 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 a 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 iaiquity ; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beguming hast laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands : they shall perish, but thou remainest; and they aU 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. St, John i. 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 dark- ness, and the darkness comprehended it not. There 80 CHRISTMAS-DAY. 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 bom, not of blood, 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,) fifll of grace and truth. T[ Or the CoUectj Epistle, and Gospel that follow may be used* The Collect. OGOD, who makest us glad with the yearly rememt brance of the birth of thijie only Son Jesus Christ; Grant that as we joyfully receive him for our Redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him, when he shall come to be our Judge, who liveth and reigneth, with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. c The Epistle. Heb. ii. 14. {7^1^ n) FORASMUCH then as the children are partakers lof flesh and blood, he also himself lilcewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devU; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels ; but he took on him the SAINT STEPHEN'S DAY. 81 seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertain- ing to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them' that are tempted. The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 15. AND it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe Ijang in a man- ger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this chUd. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them -by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for aU the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. The Collect. GRANT, Lord, that, in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may steadfastly look up to heaven, and by faith be- hold the glory that shall be revealed; and, being filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless oiur persecutors by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed for his murderers to thee, blessed Jesus, who standest at the right hand of God SAINT STEPHEN'S BAY. to succour all those who suffer for t]iee, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. If Then shall follow one of the Collects of the Naimijl, which shall be said continually vntil the Feast of the Cwcpmcision. For the Upistle. Acts vii. 55i STEPHEN, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I Bee 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 man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit 1 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 feU asleep. The Gospel: St. Matt, xxiii. 34. BEHOLD, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood 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. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that kiUest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereOi her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you deso- SAINT JOHN THE EVAJSTGELIST'S DAY. 83 late. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me hence- forth, till ye shall say. Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. ^atnt Jo^n tf)e ©bangelist's ©ag. The Collect. EECIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams oOigh£ upon thy Church, that it Jbeing acted "^byThedoctrine of thy blessed Apos3e^iiia Evangelist Saint John"^may fso walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at lengthy attain to*Werlasting 1^ |_ through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ameny '^ir' ■ The Epistle. 1 St. John i. J. THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life ; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was man- ifested unto us;) that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us ; and truly our fellowship is w;ith the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkless at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk ia darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faith- 84 THE INNOCENTS' DAY. fill and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. The Gospel. St. John xxi. 19. JESUS said unto Peter, Follow me. Then Peter, turn- ing about, seeth the disciple whom Jesusi loved fol- lowing ; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do ? Jesus saith unto him. If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? Follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die : yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things : and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. ^^z Innocents* HBag. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths ; Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the innocency of our lives, and con- stancy of our faith even unto death, we may glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lordi Amen THE INNOCENTS' DAY. 85 For the Epistle. Eev. xiv. 1. I LOOKED, and lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thou- sand, having his Father's Name written in their fore- heads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder : and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps : and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders ; and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women ; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeeihed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile ; for they are without fault before the throne of God. The Gospel. St. Matt. ii. 13. THE Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying. Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word ; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod ; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying. Out of Egypt have I called my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he 86 THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS-DAY. had diligently enquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the pro- phet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamen- tation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. % If there be any more days before the Sunday after Christmas-day, the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel for Christmas-day shall seme for them. Cf)e .Suntfag after (»Ii^r(stmas=:tiag. 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 adop- tion 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. Gal. iv. 1. NOW I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors, until the time appointed of the father. ' Even so we, when we were children, Avere in bondage under the elements of the world ; but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the Law, to redeem them that were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father; Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son ; and if a son, then an heir of God, through Christ. THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. 87 The Gospel. St. Matt. i. 18. THE birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as Jiis mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child' of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wilhng to make her a pubhc example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on thesfe things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared imto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife ; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and tliou shalt call his name JESUS ; for he shall save his peo- ple from their sins. (Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which, being interpreted, is, God with us.) Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife ; and knew her not till she had brought forth' her first-born son : and he called his name JESUS. \ 3rf)e orircumcisiott of (JT^rist The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the law for man ; Grant us the true Circumcision of ther Spirit ; that, our hearts, and all our members, bein^ortified from aU worldly and carnal lusts, @)niay in all thmgs obey thy blessed will; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 88 THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. . The Epistle. Rom. iv. 8. BLESSED is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. . Cometh this blessedness then upon, the Circumcision only, or upon the Uncircumcision also? For we say, that faith was reckoned to Abra- ham for righteousness. How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the right- eousness of the faith which he had yet being uncir- cumcised; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circiuncised ; that right- eousness might be imputed unto them also : and the father of circumcision to them who are not of the Circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the Law, but through the righteous- : ness of faith. For if they which are of the Law be , heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect. ■ The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 15. AND it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another. Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concern- ing this child. And all they that heard it wondered, at those things . which were told them by the shep- herdsi But Mary kept all these things, and pondered^ THE EPIPHANY.. 89 them' in her heart. And the shepherds retiirned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. 4.nd when eight days were accomplished for the cir- eumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was con- ceived in the womb. ^ The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve every day after, unto the ICpiphany. on THE MANIFESTATION OP CHRIST TO THE GENTILES. The Collect. OGOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles ; Mercifully grant that we, who know thee now by. faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; throiigh Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Eph. iii. 1. FOR this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles ; if ye have heard of the dispen- sation of the grace of God, which- is given me to you- ward : How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery (as I wrote afore in few words, where- by, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known imto the sons of men, as it is now re- vealed unto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise m Christ, by the Gospel : whereof I was made a min- ister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the efEectual working of his power. Unto 90 THE EPIPHANY. me who am^less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles i the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things bj Jesus Christ : to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in hea- venly places might be known by the Church the mani- fold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord : in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. The Gospel. St. Matt. ii. 1. WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying. Where is he that is born King of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him. In Bethle- hem of Judaea : for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda; for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star ap- peared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said. Go, and search diligently for the young child ; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. When they had heard the king, they departed ; and, lo, the star which THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTEE THE EPIPHANY. 91 they saw in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him : and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts ; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. If The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day after, unto the next The Collect .^u^-^ ^^f^f / OLORD, we beseech thee mej^ully to receive the prayers of thy people whd call u.pon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also (^l^ have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Eom. xii. 1. I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacri- fice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reason- able service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mmd; that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to, every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to thmk ; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many 92 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPH'HANY. members in one body, and all members have not the same office ; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 41. NOW his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried be- hind in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. And when they saw him, they were amazed ; and his mother said unto him. Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us ? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them. How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that I must be about my Fa- ther's business? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. And he went down wil£ them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them ; ,but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPn»HANY. 93 2rf)e ^cconti : ;' ; Thedpttect.' ^ [ ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no pow,er of ourselves to help ourselves; Keep us both oiifc- wardly in our bodies, ^.nd inwardly ia our souls; th^t we may be defended from, all adversities -^hich, may happen to the, body, and from all evil thought^ which may assault and liurt the soul ; through Jesus Chrigt our Lord. Amen- ,' ,r. .The Epistle. 1 Thess. iv. 1. ,, WE beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord, Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commaij,dr ments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of' God, even your sanctification, that ye. should abstain from fornication ; that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification (ind honour ; not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God : that no man go beypnd and defraud his brother in any matter; because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. The Gospel. St. Matt. xv. 21. . JESIJS went thetice, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidftn. And behold, a woman of Cslnaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, say- ing. Have mercy on me, Lord, thou Son of David ^ my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a wofd. And his disciples i came and THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. Ill ■bsesought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Theh came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me ! But he answered and said. It is not meet to take -the children's bread, and to cast it to dogS: And she said. Truth, Lord ; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, woman, great is thy faith : be it unto thee even as thou wilt. ' And her' daughter was made whole from that very hour. ;. . The Collect. WE beseech thee, Almighty God ; look upon the ' hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence against all our enemies : through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ai/nm. .-. The Epistle. /E^h.Y.'l. • BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; i and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacri- fice to. God for a sweet-smelling savour. But fornica- tion, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named amongst you, as becometh saijits ; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, W:hioh are '. not convenient ; but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, w'ho is an idolater, hath any inheri- tance in the' kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these things Cometh the wrath of God iipon the children of; 112 THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakersi with them. For ye were sometimes darkness,, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light j (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteoiiB- ness, and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of ihem. in secret. But all things that are reproved i are made maiiifest by the light ; for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake, ; thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, arid Christ shall give thee light. The Gospel. St. Luke xi. 14. JESUS was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake ; and the people wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beel- zebub, the chief of the devils. And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every king- dom' divided against itself is brought to desolatio4; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out ? therefore shal they be your judges. But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his| pfllace, his goods are in peace; but when a stronger i than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, hej taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted,! and divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is ' THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 113 against me ; and he that gathereth not with me soat^ tereth. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and find- ing none, he saith, I will return imto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse than the first. And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the com- pany lifted up her voice, and said unto him. Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the Word of God, and keep it. 3rf)e jFotirtf) ^untraj) in ilent, Tlie Collect. ^-^^'^^^^'^ /^ RANT, we beseech thee, AJmighty God, that we, VT who for our evil deeds clo worthily (i^eserve to bej punished,, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord /and Saviour) Jesus Christ. Amen. The Epistle, Gal. iv. 21. TELL me, ye that desire to be under the Law, do ye not hear the Law? For it is written, tha/fc Abraham had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. But he who was of the bond- woman was born after the flesh; but he of the free- woman was by promise. Which things are an alle- gory : for these are the two covenants; the one from tiie Mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in 114 THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. bondage with her children.. But Jerusalem which is above is freej which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Kejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not : for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husr band. Now we, brethren, as Isaao was, are the chil- dren of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit^ even so it is now. Nevertheless, what saith the Scripture? Oast out the bond-woman and her son; for the son of the, bond-woman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman. So then, brethren, we are not children ,of the bond-woman, but of the free. The Gospel. St. John vi. 1. JESUS went over the Sea of Gahlee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased! And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples,' And the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great com- pany come iinto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shaU we buy bread, that these may eat ? (And this he said to prove him ; for he himself knew what he would do.) Philip answered him, Two hundred penny-i worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that eve|y one of them may take a little. One of his disciple^, Andrew, Simou Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loa.ves, and two small fishes : but what are they among so many? And Jesus said. Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, i in number about five thbusand. And Jesus took the loaves ; and when he ha(d given thanks, he distributed THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT; 115 to the disciples, an,d the; disciples to them tliat,were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, he said unto his. disci- ples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that noth- ing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and fi.lled twelve baskets with the fragments .of the five , barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus, did, said. This is of a truth that Pi?ophet that should come into the world. The (Soiled. II /■ Jil ladseech thee, Almighty God, rhercifully to look W upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ oiir Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Heb. ix. 11. CHRIST being come an High Priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernaqle, ! not.made with hands ; that is to say, not of this build- ing; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by ! his own blood he entered in once into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the I blood of buUs aad of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the fle^h; how nluch more shall the blood of Christy who, thraugii the eternal Spirit, offered himself with- out spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God ?. And for this cause he is the Mediator of the new testament, tiiat by 116 THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. means of death, for the redemption of the transgres- sions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheri- tance. The Gospel. St. John viii. 46. JESUS said, Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I, say the truth, why do ye not believe me ? He that is of God heareth God's words : ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. Audi seek not mine own glory : there is One that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you. If a man keep my say- ing, he shall never see death. Then said the JcwFs unto him. Now we know that thou hast a devil, Abraham is dead, and the prophets ; and thou sayestf If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead ? and the prophets are dead : whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered. If I honour myself, my honour is nothing : it is my Father that honoureth me ; of whom ye say, that he is your God. Yet ye have not known him ; but I know him : and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like imto you ; but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him. Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou' seen Abraham''? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto yoili before Abraham was, I AM. Then took they up stoties to cast at him ; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the teniple. THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. 117 2Ef)e Simtraj) next before (faster. ' TJie Collect. . ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of tHy tender love tqward^ mainj^ind^ hast sent , thy Son, our §ayiour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow; the- example of, his great humility ; Mercifully grant, that; we may both follow the example of his par tience, and also be made, partakers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ This Collect shall be' said continually, after the CoUeot/br the day, until Good Friday, The Epistle. PhU. ii. 5. LET this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus : who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God ; but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a ser- vant, and was made in the likeness of men : and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is above every name ; that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth ; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The Gospel. St, Matt, xxvii. 1. WHEN.thfe morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to d^th. And when they had boimd him, -they led, him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pila,te the governor. Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he, saw that he was condemned, repented Himself, and i)rought again the thirty pieces of silver 118 THE SUNDAY; NEXT BEFORE EASTER. to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, "^hat is that to us ? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himseK. And the chief priests took the , silver pieces, and said. It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blbod, unto this day. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value ; and ' gave them for the potter's field, as the Loid appointed me. And Jesus stood before the govemor;; and the) governor asked him, saying. Art thou the kiug of the' Jews ? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest And when he was accused of the chief priest^ and elders, he answered nothing. Then said Pilate, unto him, Hearest thbii not how many things they witness against thee ? And he answered him to never a woird^ insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release jilnto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they, had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Therefor^ when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whqm' will ye that I release' unto you ? Barab- bas, or Jesus which is called Christ? For, he knew that for envy they had delivered him. "When he was set down on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man ; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. But the chief priests and elders pei> THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. 119 suaded the multifcude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said iinto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto yOu? They said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified ! And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be cruci- fied ! When Pilate saw that he could prevail nt)thing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person : see ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, a;nd on our children ! Then released he Barab- bas unto them ; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his- head, and a reed in his right hand ; and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe ofE from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to 'crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. \ And when they were come unto a place -ca;lled Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink min- gled with gall : and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And they crucified him, and parted his g^Wuents, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled 120 THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. which was spoken by the prdphet, They partpd; my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there 5 and set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying,; Thou that destroyest the temple, and buiMest it in three days^ save thyself. If thou be the Son of \ God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priestip mocking him, with the scribes and elders, , said, H]e saved others ; himself he cannot save. If he be the King pf Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God ; let him deliver him now, if he will have him : for he said, I am the Son of God. The thieves also, which were cruci- fied with him, cast the same in his teeth. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And abdut the ninth horn* Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, SJli! Eli! lama sdbachthani? that is to say, My God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me ? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man callethfor Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said. Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again wi^ a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. 121 •Vrent into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were witL him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done;, they feared greatly, saying. Truly this was the Son of God. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God ; grant us so to celebrate the mjrsteries of our Lord's Passion, that we, obtaining pardon through his precious Blood, may come with joy to the commemoration of that sacrifice by which thou hast been pleased to redeem us ; through the same thy Son our Savipur Jesus Christ. Amen, For the Epistle. Isai. Ixiii. 1: WHO is this that cometh friom Edom, with dyed garments from Boz;rah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. WKere^ fore art tbou red in tb.ine apparel, and thy garrnents like him that treadeth in the wine-fat? I have trod- den the wine-press alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury ; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain aU my );^inient, For the day of vengeapce is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, $iiid there was. none to help ; and I wondered that there was none to uphold :, therefore mine own arm brought ! ^glyation unto me ; and my fury, it upheld me. Arid I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make ; them drunk, in' my fury, and I will bring down their: 'strength to. the earth. I will mention the loving-kind- nesses of the LoKD, and the praises of the Lokd, accord- 122 MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. ing to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness towards the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnegspSi For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie : so he was their Saviour. In aU their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them : in his love and in his pity he redeemed them ; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit ; therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock ? Where is he that put his Holy Spirit within him ? that led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting Name? that led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble ? As a beast goeth down iato the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest ; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorir ous Name. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory : where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bow- els and of thy mercies towards me ? are they restrained ? Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not : thou; Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer ; thy Name is from everlasting. Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while : our adversaries have MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. 123 trbdden down thy , sanctuary. We are thine : thou never barest' rule over them ; they were not called by thy Name. The Gospel. St. Mark xiv. 1. AiPTER, two days was the feast of the' Passover, ]and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feas<>day, lest there be an uprbar of the people. And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leppr, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box, of ointment of spikenard, very pre- cious; and she brake the box, aiid pOur^d it on his hea^. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said. Why was this vaste of the oinWent inade ? for it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the I poor. And they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone ; why trouble ye Tier ? She hath I wrought a good work on me. For ye.have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; but me ye have not always. She hath done wKat she could ; she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you. Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached throughout the, ^vhole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of, for a memorial of her. And Judas Iscariot, one iof ,the twelve, ■^ent unto the chief priests, to'be- i;r,ay hjgga unto them. And when they heard it, they \irere glad, and promised to give him money. And. he sought how- he might conveniently betray him. And the "first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the Passover, his disciples said unto him. Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the Pass- 124 MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. over ? And he sendeth forth two of his disciples^ and; saith unto them, G-o ye into the city, and there shall, meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water : f oUow; him. And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where js the guest-chamher, where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples? And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared : there make ready for us. And his disciples went forth, and canie into the city, and found as he had said unto them; and they made ready the Passover, And in the evening he coipeth with the twelve. And as they sat, and did eat, Jesus said. Verily I say unto you, one of you which eateth with me shall betray me. And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him, one by one. Is it I? And another said, Is it I? And he an- swered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve that dippeth with me in the dish. The Son of Man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but wo to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed ! good were it for that man if he had never been born. And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, ftnd brake it, and gave to them, and said. Take, eat : this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them; and they all drank of it. And he saicj unto them. This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives. And Jesus saith unto thera, All ye shall be offended because of me this night : for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen, I will MONDAY BEFORE EASTEE. 125 go before you into Gialilee. But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. And Jesus saith unto him. Verily I say unto thee, that this day, even in this toight, before the cock crow twice, th6u shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will hot deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. And he taketh with him Peter arid James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy ; and saith unto them. My soul is exceed- ing Bdtrowful unto death : tarry ye herfe^ and watch. And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from hini. 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? couldest not thou watch bne 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. Andhecometh 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. ' Kise itp, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. And immediately, while he yet Spakej 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 126 MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whom- soever I shall kiss, that same is he ; take him, and lead him away 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 hi;n, and took him. And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the higl^ priest, and cut off his ear. And Jesus answered an4 said unto them. Are ye come out as against a thie|, 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 for- sook him, and fled. And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body ; 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 scribesi And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest ; and he sat with the servants, and vanned himself at the fire. And the chief priests, and all the council, sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. For many bare felpe witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose certaioi and bare false witness against him, saying. We heard him say, I will destroy tbis temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without h^-nds. But neithpr so did their witness agree together. Atid the high; priest stood up in: the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, A-nswerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? But he held his peape, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said i;nto him, Art TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 127 thou the Christ, the; Son of the Blessed ? And Jesns 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 heiard 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 j buffet him, aind to say unto him. Prophesy : and the servants did strike him with the palnis 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 eayest. 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 thoii art a GaliLaean, 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 cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. ^iiesUaj) before ©aster. The Collect. LORD God, whose blessed Son our Saviour gave his back to the smiters, and did not hide his face from shame; Grant us grace to take joyfully the 128 TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. sufferings of the present time, in full assurance of the glory that shall be revealed ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Isai. 1. 5. THE Lord Gop hath opened mine ear, and 1 was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to theni that plrtcked. off the hair: I hid not my face frorn^ shame and spitting. For the Lord God will help me ; there- fore ,, 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 tha,t justifieth me; who will contend with me ? let us ^tand together : who is mine adversary ? let him come jaear to me. Behold, the Lprd God will help me ; who is he that shall condemn me ? , Lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the mpth shall eat them up. Who is among you that fearetli the Loed, that obeyeth the voice of , hi^ ser- vant, th^'t walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the Name of the Lord, and stay uj)on: his God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks : walk in the light of your fire, a,nd in the sparks that ye have kindled; This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. ., .The. Gospel^ St. Mark xv. 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 h^m to ^Pilate. And Pilate asked him. Art thou the King of the Jews ? And he ainswering said unto him, Thou sayest it. AnA the chief priests accused him of many things : but he afr swered nothing. And Pilate asked him again, saying, TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. <129| Answerest thou nothing ? behold how many things} they witness against- thee. But Jesus yet arisweredj nothing; so that Pilate ina.rvelled. Now at that feast; he released unto .them one prisoner, whomsoever 'they • desired. And there was one named Barabbas, which' lay bound with therii that, had made insurrection with ! him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.; And the jtiultitude crying aloud bdgan to desire him to do as he had ; ever done unto them. But Pilate- an- swered 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- releasfe Barabbas unto them. And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall i do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews ? And they cried out again, ■ Crucify him ! Then Pilate said unto them. Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly. Crucify him ! And so Pilate, willing to content, the people^, released Bar rabbas unto them, and delivered Jesiis, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the soldiers led him away into the hall> called fPrsetorium ; and. they call together the. whole band. And they clothed him with purple, and planted a crown of thorns, arid 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 kn^ees 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 crucify him. And they compel one Simon a Cyreriian, who passed by, coming ovit of the country, the father of Alexander and Eufus, to. be^r: his cross. And they bring him 130 TUESDAY BEFORE EASTEK. unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh ; 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 cru- cified him. And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. And the Scrip- ture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was num- bered with the transgressors* ^ And they that passed by railed on himy wagging their heads, and saymg, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself, 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 niath hout. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi! Eloi! lama sdbachthani? which is, being interpreted. My God f my' God ! why hast i thou forsaken me ? And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth < Elias. And one ran and filled 'a sponge 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 tfemple was rent in t-w^ain, from the top to the bottom. And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 131 SO cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of Gbd. The Collect. MERCIFUL Father, give us grace ' thait we never presume to sin through' the example of a fellow creature; :but if we be led at any time to offend thy Divine Majesty, voucTisafe us to repent with Peter, irather than to despair with Judas, so that by a gddly sorrow and a lively faith we may obtain remission of our sins ; through the only merits of thy Son, Christ our Lord. , Amen^ The-.Epistle. Heb. ix. 16. ; WHERE a testament is, there must also of neces- sity be the death of the testator. For a tester ment is of force after men are dead; otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testator liveth. Where- upon tneither the first testament was dedicated without blood. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with watery and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, saying. This is the blood of thig testament which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover, he sprinkled with; blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of thd : ministry . And almost all things are by the Law purged with blood ; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns df things in the heavens should be puri- fied with these ; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not 132 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. entered, into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the triie ; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us : nor yet that he ,should offer himself often, as the high priest en- tereth into, the Holy Place every year with blood of others; for then niust 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 uniJo them that look for him shall he appear the second time without, sin unto salvation. The Gospel. St. Luke xxii. 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 fieared the people. ■ Then entered Satan into Jndas; surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his: way and communed with the chief priests and captainsj 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 land John, saying, Go and prepare us the Passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that w6 pi-epare ? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shfi'll a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water ; fol- low him into the house where he entereth in. And ye ! shall say unto thfe goodmaii of the housej, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guest-chamber, where I WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTEE. 133 shall eat the Passover with my disciples? And he shall show 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 yourselves. For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, unto the kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, sayiag, 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 blood, which is shed for you. But behold, the hand of him that betray eth 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; . and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meat ? But I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued ; with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you 134 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging. the twelve tribes of Israel. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy breiiirea. And he said unto him. Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. Aid he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me- And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said. Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and like:wise his scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say imto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me. And he was reckoned among the transgressors;: for the things concerning me have an end. And thqy^ said. Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them. It is enough. And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the Mo\mt of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. And when he was at the place, he said imto them. Pray that ye enter not into temptation. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, sayuig, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. And when he rose up from prayer, and, was come to his WEDNESDAY BEFORE' EASTER. 135 disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them. Why sleep ye ? rise and prayj lest ye enter into temptation. And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas^ one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betray- est thou the Son of Man with a kiss ? When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? And one of them smOte the servant 6i the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders which were come to hiih, Be ye come out as against a thief, with swords and staves ? When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against' me : but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set do- one God, world without end. Amen. 164 TUESDAY IN EASTEKr-WEEK. For the Epistle. Acts xiii. 26. MEN and brethren, children of the stock of Abra- ham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. Fpr they that dwelt at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath-day, they have fulfillea them in condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchrfe. But God raised him from the dead : and he was seen many days of them which came up with him from GalUee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses imto the people. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again ; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another Psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption : but he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached tmto you the forgiveness of sins : and by him all that be- lieve are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Beware there- fore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in TUESDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. 155 the Prophets J Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. The Gospel. St. Luke xxiv. 36. JESUS himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you ! But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. Ai^d he said unto them. Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself ; handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they yet beUved not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat ? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honey- comb. And he took it, and did eat before them. And he said unto them. These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, con- cerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might imderstand the Scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day;. and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his Name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. 156 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. ®f)5 jFirst ^unliaB after OBaster. The Collect. ALMIGHTY Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justi- fication ; Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always serve thee in pureness of living and truth; through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. John v. 4. WHATSOEVER is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself : he that believeth not God hath made him a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life ; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. The Gospel. St. John xx. 19. THE same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disci- THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 157 pies were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus, and stood in the midst, and saith unto them. Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you : as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Keceive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted urito them ; and whosesoever sins ye reitain, they are retained. , 5rf)e^pCQnti ^untrap after ©aster. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only Son to be urito us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life,; Give us gra,ce that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blesseid steps of his most holy life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. I St. Pet. ii. 19. THIS is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened 158 THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth rightr eously : who his own self bare our sins In his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness : by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray ; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of yout souls. ,_ The Gospel. St. John x. 11. JESUS said, I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the woH coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am kno^n of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so knoy I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep, And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. W^z W^ixti ^uiilJai) after dBaster. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who showest to them that are in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness ; Grant unto all those who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's religion, that they may avoid those things that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same j through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 159 The Epistle. 1 St. Pet. ii. 11. DEARLY beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul ; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles : that, whereas they speak against ybu as evil-doers, they niay by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as imto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : as free, and not using your hberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. The Gospel. St. John xvi. 16. JESUS said to his disciples, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith imto us, A littie while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me : and, Because I go to the Father ? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them. Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice : and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow 160 THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTEE EASTEE. shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world i And ye now therefore have sorrow : but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from yon. ] ^t^ dFourtf) ^tmtra|) after (HBaster. Tlie Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the un- ruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ^ that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts riiay surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be foitnd: through Jesus Christ our Lord. ATTien. The Epistle. St. James i. 17. EVERY good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of tump- ing. Of his own will begat he us with the word' of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be, swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 161 The, Gospel. St. John xvi. 5. JESUS, said unto his disciples, Now I go my way to him that sent me ; and none of' you asketh me, Whither goest thou ? But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Never- theless I tell. you the truth j it is expedient for you that I go away : for if I go not away, the Comforter will not bome unto you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is comej he will reprove the world of sinj and of righteousness, and of judgment : of sin, because they believe not on me ; of righteous- ness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more ; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot, bear them now. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me : for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine : therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you. 2rf)e jFifti) ^uiatrag after (faster. The Collect. ' OLORD, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things tha,t are good, and by thy merdiful guiding day jterf orm the same ; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The Upistle. St. James i. 22. BE ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a 162 THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like nnto a man beholding his natural face in a glass; for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoM) looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, add bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's rehgion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspot- ted from the world. The Gospel. St. John xvi. 23. VERILY, verily, I say unto you. Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my Name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be fuU. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs; but the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my Name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you ; for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world : again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee : by this we believe that thou earnest forth from God. Jesus answered them. Do ye now believe ? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and THE ASCENSION-DAY. 163 shall leave me alone : and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation ; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. 3ri)e Escension=trap. The Collect. r^ EANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like VX as we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heaveift; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts i. 1. THE former treatise have I made, Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments imto the Apostles whom he had chosen : to whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: and, being assembled together with them, com- manded them that they should not; depart from Jeru- salem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly bap- tized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When they there- 164 THE ASCENSION-DAY. fore were come together, they asked of him, sa3mig. Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdotn to Israel ? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Fattier hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you ; and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and iu Samaria, and unto the utter- most part of the earth. And when he had spoken these thiags, while they beheld, he was taken up ; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; whic^i also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gaz- ing 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. St. Mark xvi. 14. JESUS appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbehef 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 THE SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION-DAY. 165 preached evety where, the Lord working with them, a,nd ,CQnfirming the Word with signs follo'wring. f The same QolUct, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day after unto ih^ nMxt ^ Sunday, except upon the Feast of 8t. Philip and 8t, James. tHi^t ^untJag after ^sfension=traB. The Qollect. OGOD the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kiflgdoiti 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. ■ iThe Epistle. 1 St. Pet. iv. 7. THE end of all things is at hand ; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent qharity among yourselves: for charity shall fcover the multitude of sins. Use hos- pitality one to another without grudgirlg. As eyery 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 bei 'glorified, through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 166 WHITSUN-DAY. The Gospel. St. John xv. 26, and part of chap. xvi. WHEN the Comforter is come, •whom I will send unto you from the Fiather, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify 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 J ri 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 thai I told you of them. , The .Collet. OGOD, who (|s at ^this^tu^) didst teach the hearts of thy faitMul people, by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by the same Spi^t to have a right judgment in all things, and evermoi-e to rejoice in his holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth witli thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, .world without end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts ii. 1. WHEN the day of Pentecost was f uly come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rush- ing 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. WHITSUN-DAY. 167 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and be- gan to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusa- lem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the mul- titude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed, and marvelled, sayiag one to another. Behold, are not all these which speak, GalilaBans? 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 ia Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and Prose- lytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. The Gospel. St. John xiv. 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 knoweth 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 Kttle 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 ye ia 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 jnyseU to him. Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot,) Lord, how is it that thou wilt 168 WHITSUN-DAY. manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the worid? Jesus answered and said unto him. If a man love me, he wUl keep, my words : and my Father will love him, and we wUl come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings : and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's 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 Fa/ther 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 giyeth, 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 rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father : for my Father is greater than I. And now I hf^ve told you before it come lo pass, that, when it is, come to pass, ye might believe. Hereaftlr I vill not ialk much with you : for the prince of this World coraeth, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as th,e Father gave me commandment, even so I do. TT Or the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel that follow may be used. The Collect. OGODj Holy Ghost, who, as on? this day, didst descend in the likeness of fiery tongues, bringing to theChmrch the promise of the Father in the gift of power ; Take away all vices from our hearts, and fill ub with all "wisdom and spiritual understanding. Grant this, blessed Spirit, who with the Father and the Son, livest and reignest, ever one Godj world with- out end. Amen. WHITSUN-DAT. 169 The Epistle. 1 Cor. ii. 9. IT is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth aU things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the thiags that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the i Holy Ghost teacheth; comparrag spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural mkn receiveth not the t'hings of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him : neither can he know them, because tiiey are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual jiidgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. The Gospel. St. Luke xii. 8. ALSO I say imto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him sh&,ll the Son of Man also confess before the arigels of God: but he that denieth me before men shalll be denied before the angels of God. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him : but unto him that blas- phemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be fof- tfiven. And when they bring you unto the syna- gogues, and imto magistrates, and "powers, take ye no thought how or Iv^hat thing ye shall answer, or what 170 MONDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. ye shall say : for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. i^ontiap ill Mibitsim^hjeelt. The Collect. OLORD Jesus Christ, who didst send from the Father the Comforter, even the Spirit of Truth; Grant that he may enlighten our minds with the teaching of thy truth, and sanctify our hearts with the power of thy grace, so that evermore abiding in thee we may be found steadfast in faith ajid holy in life, being conformed unto thine image, who art with the Father and the Holy Ghost> ever one God, world withbut end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts x. 34. THEN Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. The Word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all,) that "Word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaaa, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached ; how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged, on a tree. Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly, not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. And he MONDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. 171 commanded us to preach unto the people, and to tes- tify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the pro- phets witness, thai; through his Name whosoever be- lieveth in him shall receive remission of sins. While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on aU them which heard the word. And they of the cir- eumeision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that tjljese should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we ? And he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. TTie Gospel. St. John iii. 16. r^ OD so loved the world, that be gave his only- Ijr begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God ^ent not his Son into the world to condemn the world ; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned ; but he that believeth not is condemned ailready, because he hath not believed in the Name of the only-begotten Son of God. And this is the Condemnation, that light is come intb the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. 172 TUESDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. The Collect. , OGt)D, the light and life of all believers; grant ■that they whom the Holy Ghost hath made thy children by adoption and: grace, loving thee without lukewarmness, and confessing thy faith without dissenr sion, may obtain that jpeace; which our Lord Jesus Christ promiseid to all those who. truly follow; him ; through the same Jesus Christ our Xiord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts viii. 14. WHEN the Apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto thein Peter and John : who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost : (for as yet he was fallen upon none of them ; only they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. ' ^ The Gospels St. John x. 1. VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbetjk up some other way, the same is a thief and a robberl Biit he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd) of the sheep. To him the porter openeth ; and the ^eep hear his voice ; and he ealleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, hegoeth before them, and the sheep follow hhn; for they know hia voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee frpm him; for they knoW not the voice of strangeijs, This parable spake Jesus unto them : but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again. Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am TRINITY SUNDAY. 173 the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door ;' by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved^ and shall go in and out, and find pas- ture. The thief eometh not, but fOr to steal, and to kilj, and to destroy : I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. The Gollect. i,^ ^>mSz^Jc ^ ALMIGHTY and everlasting ; God, who h£|,st given unto us thy servants grace, by the, confession of airue faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and m the power ; of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity ; We beseech thee that ^thou wouldest keep us steadfast ,ia this faith) ^d evermore defend ua)|rom; all adversities^jv^oUvest and reign,est, one God, wOTld Wthout'enE; 3me5i7v^ ^.x^a-t .Qm-u. tj^w For the Epistle. Rev. iv. 1. AFTER this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven : and the first Voice which I hfeard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things. which must be hereafter. And immediately, I was in the Spirit : and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sai on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone : and there was a rainbow round aboiit the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon • the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment ; and they had on their heads crowns 174 TRINITY SUNDAY. of gold. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and voices. And there were seven l^mps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal : and in the midst of the throne, and round about the thronei, were fovir beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like! a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within; and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Al- mighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glOry, and honour, and thanks to' him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth fo* ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throile, say- ing, Thou art worthy, Lord, to receive gloty, and honour, and power ; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. The Gospel. St. John iii. 1. ri^HERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicode- X mus, 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 Gx)d be with him. Jesus ansWered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee. Except a man be bom again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nieodemus saith imto him;, How can a man be born when he is old ? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born ? Jesus answered. Verily, verily, I say unto tiiee, Exempt THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 175 a man be bom of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is bom of the flesh is flesh; and that which is bom of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born agiain. The wind bloweth where it Ksteth, 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. Nicodemus an- swered and said unto him, How can these things be ? Jesus answered and said unto him. Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee. We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen ; and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye beheve, if I tell you of heav- enly things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up : that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 2Cf)e iFitst ^xmtraj) after Crmi'tg* The Collect. OGOD, the strength of all those who put their trust in thee; Mercifully accept ovir prayers : and because, (thKwaghj the weakness of our mortal nature, ^^^ can do no good thing without thee, grant us the nelp of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 176 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. The Epistle. 1 St. John iv. 7. BELOVED, let us love ope another : for love .is of God, and everyone that'loveth is bom of ' God, and khdweth God.' He that loveth not knoweth'not Goid; for God is loyie. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only- begbttien Son into the world, that we might' liVe through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the pro- pitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one a,nother. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwell- eth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Herieby know we that we dwell in hind, and he in us; becausie he hath given us of his Spirit. And we haVe seen arid do testify that the Fathier sent the Son to be the Sav- iour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known arid believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dweUeth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment ; because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love ; but perfect love casteth out fear : because fear hath tormerit. He 'that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar : for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen ? And this commandment have we from him^ That he who loveth God love his brother also. THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 177 The Gmpel. S.t. Luke xvi. 19. THERE was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day. And there was si certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at hi^ gate; fuU of sores, and desiring to be fed With the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the do^s came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died,, and was buried ; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in, torments, and seeth ^t^- ha,m afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger jn water, and cool my tongue ; for, I am tormentied ia this flame. But Abraham said, Son,, remember t-hat thpu in thy hf etitne rpceivedst thy gop.d things, and likewise Lazarus evil things ; but now hie is comforted, and .thoji art tormented. And beside aU this, bet;sveen us and you there is a greait gulf :fixe,d : so tha,t they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thouwould- est send him to my father's house : for I have five brethren; that, h^ may testify unto , them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abra.ham sa,ith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will re- pent. And he said iinto him,. If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither wiU they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. 178 THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Cf)e 5econti ^untrap after Crinitp* The Collect. OLORD, who never f ailest to help and govern those whom thou dost bring up in thy steadfast fear and love ; Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpet- ual fear and love of thy holy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. John iii. 13. MARVEL not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer : and ye know that no mur- derer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby per- ceive we the love of God, because he laid down Ms life for us : and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart con- demn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, becaus*e we keep his command- ments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the Name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 179 he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he^hath given us. The Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 16. A CERTAIN man made a great supper, and bade many ; and sent his servant at supper-time to say to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ' ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said irnto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it; I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them ; I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said. Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. 3rf)e Srtitli ^untiag after STrmftg. The Collect. LOED, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; yj and grant 'that w^ towhom thou hast gi"^ an hearty desire to pray,^aa^ by thy mighty aioTj&e^ defended and-eeBaf orted in all dajigcro and advcroiti o s ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 180 THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. The Epistle. 1 St. Pet. v. 5. ALL of you be subjeci; one to anotherj and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth thp proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves, there- fore under the mighty hand of God, tl^a^ he inay es^lt you in due time ; casting all your care upon Mm^^f or he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversai^ry the devil, as a roaring lion, wetlketh about, seeking whom he ihay devour : whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions arq accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But, the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his etbrnal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stabllsh, strengthen, settle you. To him. be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. The Gospel. St. Luke xv. 1. nnHEN drew near unto him all the publicans and X sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees ' and Scribes miirmured, saying. This man receiveth sinners, and eateth With them. And he spake this parable unto them, saying. What man of you having an hun- dred sheep, if he lofee one of them, doth not leave the .ninety and nine in the 'wilderness, and go af tet that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it> he layeth it on, his shoulders, ceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull but the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thy- self beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. 5rf)e dFiftt .^imtraj) after STrmitg. . The Collect. c'-'.^n*?'*'^*^ C\ RANT, -Q. Lord, we beseech thee, that the course VT of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Ch»r-eh may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. Pet. iii. 8. BE ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous; not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTEE TRINITY. 183 contrariwise blessing ; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile : let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face of the Lord is against them that do evU. And who is he that will harm you, i£ ye be followers of that which is good ? But and if ye suffer for right- eousness' sake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. The Gospel. St. Luke v. 1. IT came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake ; but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him. Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing; never- theless at thy word I wUl let down the net. And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes ; and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, say- ing. Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, Lord. 184 THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of fishes which they had taken; and so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. 5Cf)e ^ixtt) ^tmtiag after Crmitg. The Collect, ri^ / j, OGOD, who hast prepared f(^^os e "vroo love thee such good things as pass^man's imderstanding ; Pour into ourjiearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee a i bo ^ K) all things, may obtaifi thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire ; through JesiK Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. vi. 3. KNOW ye not, that so many of us as were bap- tized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death ? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death ; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we haye been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection : knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: knowing that 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 THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 185 unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through. Jesus Christ our Lord. The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 20. JESUS said unto his disciples, Except your righteous- ness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the king- dom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment : and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him ; lest at any time the adver- sary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. Srte ^ebmtt ^tmtiaB after ^rinitg The Collect. LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things ; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy 186 THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. keep us in the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Eom. vi. 19. I SPEAK after the manner of men, because of the infirn^ity of your flesh : for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity, unto iniquity ; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness, unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed ? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Gospel. St. Mark viii. 1. IN those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat : and if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they wiU faint by the way ; for divers of them came from far. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness ? And he asked them, How many loaves have ye ? And they said. Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground : and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them ; and they did set them before the people. And they had a few small fishes; and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. So they did eat, and were filled : and they took up of THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 187 the broken meat that was left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about four thousand. And he sent them away. ^i)t QJigf)t{) ^unbag after ^thxiti). The Collect. ^t^^ A^...^ GOD, whose .<3 agver-f aili ng providence orderetb --aH- tb ings bot b-m^eaven^ndr^rth ; We humbly be- seech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which are- profitable for us ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Eom. viii. 12. BEETHREN, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die ; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beal-eth witness with our spirit, that we are the chil- dren of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, arid joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with hiiri, that we may be also glorified together. The Gospel: St. Matt. vii. 15. BEWARE of false prophets, which come to^you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good iree bringeth f ortii good fruit ; but a cor- rupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring 188 THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER. TRINITY. forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Where- fore by their fruits ye shall know them. 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. 2Cf)e j^intt ^luilrag after STrmitg. The Collect. GKANT to us. Lord, we beseech thee, the spmt to think and do always such things as a*e righr]^at we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Cor. x. 1. BRETHREN, I would not that ye should be igno- rant, how that all our fathers were imder the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea ; and did all eat the same spiritual meat ; and did all drink the same spiritual drink; (for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.) But with many of them God was not well pleased ; for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were gome of them ; as it is written. The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 189 and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man : but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able-; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. The Gospel. St. Luke xvi. 1. JESUS said unto his disciples. There was a certain rich man, which had a steward ; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee ? give an account of thy stewardship ; f br thou mayest be no longer steward. Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do ? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship : I cannot dig ; to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. So he called every one of his lord's debtors . unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord ? And he said. An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him. Take thy bUl, and sit down quickly, and write Fifty. Then said he to another. And how much owest thou ? And he said. An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him. Take thy bill, and write Fourscore. And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely : for the children of this world are in their gen- eration wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you. Make to yourselves friends of the mammon 190 THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. - 3ri)e ^mtf) ^untrag after ^Trinitg* The Collect. LET thy merciful ears, Lord, be open to the prayers of thy hiimble servants ; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Cor. xii. 1. CONCERNING- spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gen- tiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed ; and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversi- ties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differ- ences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit; withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom ; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit ; to another faith by the same Spirit ; to another -the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles ; to another prophecy ; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 191 The Gospel. St. Luke xix. 41. AND when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and com- pass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within tihee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer : but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. 5rf)e ^lebenti) ^untJag after STrinits. The Collect. >,«>> OGOD, who declarest thy almighty power^chiefly in showingme^y and pity ; Mercifully grant unto i!tfr Riich a TP^"^"^^'^^^^ thy grace, that we, running ^fee /w^j of thy ^»TnTngTiAm.oa:f.g^ may -ob±ain-^fey-grad«us 'promiseSj'^a^ be made partakers of thy heavenly treas- ure ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Episile. 1 Cor. xv. 1. BRETHREN, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand ; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures ; and that 192 THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve : after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James ; then of all the Apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one bom out of due time. For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am : and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain ; but I laboured more abundantly than they all ; yet not I, biit the grace of God which was with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. The Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 9. JESUS spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others : Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven*, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner ! I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRIZSTITY. 193 Wi)t STbelftf) ^untiag after Ermits* The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve ; Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy ; forgiving us those things whereof, xqjr conscience is afraid, ami givmg us mose- g ood thing s w hic h we a re -a ol worthy - to ask, b«t through t he merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are . sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God. Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit : for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away ; how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious ? Eor if the ministration of condemna- tion be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. The Gospel. St. Mark vii. 31. JESUS, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech ; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his 194 THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphathd; that is. Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And / he charged them that they should teU no man : but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; and were beyond measure aston- ished, saying. He hath done all things well ; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speaik. 5rte Ctitteentf) ^unUas after STrinitg. [> The Collect. ALMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only gift it Cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laud^les^vjge j/Jj£2£j'/S£i£?f ®^^ thee, that we may so faiiafeTlyi-s^^^-^ ffi^ B inmi s^Me, that we fail not finally to attain t hy ^eiaven ly-pfomises ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Gal. iii. 16. TO Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the Law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the Law, it is no more of promise ; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then .serveth the Law ? It was added because of transgressions, tiU the seed should come to whom the promise was made ; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a media- tor. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one. Is the Law then against the promises' of THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 195 God ? God forbid : for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the Law. But the Scripture hath con- cluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. The Gospel. St. Luke x. 23.. BLESSED are the eyes which see the things that ye see. For I teU you, That many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye . hear, and have not heard them. And be- hold, a certain Lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life ? He said unto him, What is written in the Law ? how readest thou ? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy -strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him. Thou hast answered right : this do, and thou shalt live. But he, wilHng to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain Priest that way ; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and ; brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow, when he departed, he 196 THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neigh- bour unto him' that fell among the thieves ? And he said. He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. I €i^e jFourteentf) ^untrag after SDrinttg. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity ; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle, Gal. v. 16. SAY then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other ; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the Law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these ; adul- tery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like : of the which I tell you be- fore, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peacej long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 197 that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affec- /tions and lusts. The Gospel. St. Luke xvii. 11. AND it came to pass, as Jesus went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten -men that were lepers, which stood afar off. And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the Priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and feU down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine ? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him. Arise, go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole. Srte iPifteentf) ^untias after STrinitB. The Collect. KEEP, we beseech thee, Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy ; and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help f rom all things hu ftfal^ and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^~-r -^ ^z The Epistle. Gal. vi. 11. YE see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. As many as desire to make 198 THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be cir- cumcised ; only lest they should suffer persecutiori, for the Cross of Christ. For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the Law ; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircum- cision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercyj and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me ; for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. The Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 24. ' NO man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Te cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment ? Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father f eedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin : and» yet I say unto you. That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 199 oven, shall lie not much more clothe you, ye of little faith ? Therefore take no th(Jught, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ; ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the ; kingdom of God, and his righteousness ; and all these I things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no 1 thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take . thought for the things of itself. Suflficient unto the I day is the evil thereof. 3rf)e ^ixtcentf) ^untiag after €tinit|). , The Collect. /Ch<.px^'^^^:^ OLORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Gitmeefi j and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Upistle. Eph. iii. 13. I DESIRE that ye faint riot at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be fiUed with aU the iulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly 200 THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto* him be glory in the Church, by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. The Gospel. St. Luke vii. 11. AND it came to pass the day after, that Jesus went into a city called Nain ; and many of his disci- ples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mQther, and she was a widow; and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had com- passion on her, and said unto her. Weep not. And he came and touched the bier : and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak: and he delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all, , and they glorified God, say- ing. That a great Prophet is risen up among us ; and, That God hath visited his people. And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about; 2Ef)e .Sf^^iitfciitf) ^untia|) after ^rinitg. Tlie Collect. LORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Eph. iv. 1. THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation where- I THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 201 with ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you aU. The Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 1 IT came to pass, as Jesus went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat -bread on the sabbath- day, that they watched him. And behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the Lawyers and Phari- sees, saying. Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day ? And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go ; and answered them, say- ing. Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull bim out on the sabbath-day? And they could not answer him again to these things. And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms ; saying unto them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room ; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee. Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room ; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee. Friend, go up higher : then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 202 THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Eiit (BiQf)teentt ^untiag after 2rrinit|). L^~; U r-- The Collect. ORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to '^withst and the tempt a tion s of the-world, the^esh, . and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds ^o follow thee, the only God ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle! 1 Cor. i. 4. I THANK my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ ; that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in aU utterance, and in all knowledge ; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you; so that ye come behind in no gift ; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 34. WHEN the Pharisees had heard that Jesus had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a Lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying. Mas- ter, which is the great commandment in the Law ? Jesus said unto him. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great command- ment. And the second is like imto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two command- ments hang all the Law and the Prophets. While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 203 (Sayings The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy iootstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? And ' no man was able to answer him a word, neither dm-st any man from that day forth ask him any more ques- tions. Ef)t i^meteentib ^untiag after ^T"^te*^,^i The Collect ^^^^^tT^^ ^^ ' OGOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant that thy Holy -- Spir it may in all things direct and rule our hearts ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Eph. iv. 17. THIS I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all un- cleanness with greediness. But ye have not so learned Christ ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus : that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts ; and be re- newed in the spirit of your mind ; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteous- ness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour : for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath ; neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more ; 204 THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt, communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace imto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bittemessj and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice : and be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 1. JESUS entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lytag on a bed-: and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy. Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. And behold, certain of the Scribes said within themselves. This man blasphemeth. And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts ? For whether is easier to say. Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say. Arise, an(i walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go vinto thine house. And he arose, and departed to his house. But when the mul- titude saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 205 5ri)e ^Tbentietf) ^untias after ^rmitg. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy boun- tiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us:^^t±^iw(e^^being_ready both in body and soul, may me^3ul3y accomplish those things which thou ceHftmaBd^t ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, '^^--''-^'-^t^^^ <^'-^. The Epistle. Eph. v. 15. SEE then that ye walk circmnspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understand- ing what the will of the Lord is. And be not drvmk Avith wine, wherein is excess ; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord ; giving thanks always for all things vmto God and the Father, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ ; submitting yourselves one to an- other in the fear of God. The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 1. TESUS said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a eJ certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bid- den to the wedding; and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying. Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready : come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise : and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But 206 THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. when the king heard thereof, he was wroth; and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his ser- vants. The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the high- ways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in' to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wed- ding-garment: and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment ? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants. Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness ; there shall be weep- ing and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. ^flt 2rtDEntB=first ^untiag after ^Trmitp. The Collect. GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Eph. vi. 10. MY brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 207 the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done aU, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth ; and having on the breastplate of righteousness ; and your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, where- with ye ghaU be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints ; and for me, that utter- ance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. The Gospel. St. John iv. 46. THEEE was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his son ; for he was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him. Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman saith unto him. Sir, come dgwn ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him. Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him. Thy son liveth; and himself believed, and his 208 THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. whole house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. 2Ef)e 2rb3entg=secontr ^untrag after STrmitg. The Collect. LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness ; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and de- voutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Phil. i. 3. I THANK my God upon every remembrance of you, (always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,) for your fellowship in the Gospel from the first day until now; being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ : even as it is meet for me to think this of you aU, because I have you in my heart ; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the Gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment ; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. The Gospel. St. Matt, xviii. 21. PETER said unto Jesus, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times ? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 209 Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which woiild take account of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant there- fore fell down and worshipped him, saying. Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant was ttioved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an hundred pence : and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying. Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him,g saying. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not ; but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst,me : shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee ? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So like- wise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. I 210 THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 3rf)e 2rUjentB=tf)irtr £untia8 after STrinitg. The Collect. OGOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness ; Be ready, we b es eech fe e^, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Phil. iii. 17. BRETHREN, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensam- ple. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the ene- mies of the Cross of Christ ; whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For our conversa- tion is in heaven ; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto jus glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 15. THEN went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? But Jesus per- ceived their wickedness, and said. Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Show me the tribute-money. And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 211 them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them. Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's ; and unto God the things^ that are God's. When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. Ef)z ®b3entB=fotirtt ^xmtrag after STrinitg. The Collect. OLORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their ofEences ; that through thy bountiful good- ness we may titt- be delivered from the bands of ,/£Eose sins, which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. The Epistle. Col. i. 3. WE give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel ; which is come unto you, as it is in aU the world ; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth. As ye also learned of ^Epaphras our dear fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ ; whp also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdqm and spiritual understanding ; that ye might walk worthy of the Lprd unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every 212 THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE ADVENT. good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God ; strengthened with all might, according to £s glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyful- ness ; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 18. WHILE Jesus spake these things unto John's disciples, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead : but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. (And behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good com- fort; thy faith hath made'thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.) And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, he said imto them, Give place; for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that Isfnd. / W^z ^untJag next before ^bbent. The Collect. STIR up, we beseech thee, Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by.thee be plen- THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE ADVENT. 213 teously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ainen. For the Epistle. Jer. xxiii. 5. BEHOLD, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judg- ment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell sdf ely : and this is his Name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lokd, that they shall no more say, The LoED liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, the Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north-country, and from all coun- tries whither I had driven them ; and they shall dwell in their own land. The Gospel. St. John vi. 5. WHEN Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat ? (And this he said to prove him ; for he himself knew what he would do.) Philip answered him. Two himdred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him. There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was mtich grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves ; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them 214 ^SAINT ANDREW'S DAY. that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that re- main, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the frag- ments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said. This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world. 1[ If there be any more Bundays before Advent Sunday, the service of some of those Sundays that were omitted after the Epiphany shall be taken in to supply so many as are here wanting. And if there be fewer, the overplus may be omitted : Provided that this last Collect, Epistle, and Gospelshall always be used upon the Sunday next before Advent, The Collect. ALMIGHTY Go(l, who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and fol- lowed him without delay ; Grant unto us all, that we, being called by thy holy "Word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently to fulfil thy holy commandments ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Eom. x. 9. IF thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness ; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek : for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For who- SAINT ANDREW'S DAT. 215 soever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed ? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher ? and how shall they preach, eixcept they be sent ? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things ! But they have not all obeyed the Gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report ? So then faith cometh by hearingj and hearing by the Word of God. But I say, Have they not heard ? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith. All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 18. JESUS, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea ; for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets ; and he called them. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. 216 SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE. ^aint Cibottias tf)t Apostle. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who, for the greater confirmation of the faith, didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's resurrection ; Orant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy sight may never be reproved. Hear us, Lord, through the same Jesus Christ, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and for evermore. Amen. The Epistle. Eph. ii. 19. NOW therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are buUt upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief comer-stone; in whom all the. building, fitly framed together, grpweth luito an holy temple in the Lord; in whom ye also are buUded to- gether for an habitation of God through the Spirit. The Gospel. St. John xx. 24. THOMAS, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him. We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them. Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said. Peace be unto you! Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL. 217 my side; and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God! Jesus, saith imto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed ; blessed are they that have not seen, .and yet have believed. And many, other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his dis- ciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is tke, Christ, the Son of God; and that beheving ye might have life through his Name. 3rf)e OTonbersioti of ^aitit iPaxil. The Collect. OGOD, who through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world ; Grant, we be- seech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may show forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same, by following the holy doctrine which he taught ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts ix. 1. AND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And as he jour- neyed, he came near Damascus : and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said. Who art thou. Lord ? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest : it is hard for thee to kick 218 THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL. against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man ; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said. Behold, I am here. Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, ;and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus : for behold, he prayeth, and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem : and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy Name. But the Lord said unto him. Go thy way ; for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my Name before the GentUes, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my Name's sake. And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house ; and putting his hands on him said. Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there feU from his eyes as it had been scales ; and he received sight forth- with, and arose, and was baptized. And when he had PURIFICATION OF SAINT MAKY THE VIEG-IN, 219 received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. But all that heard him were amazed, and said. Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this Name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might taring them bound unto the chief priests ? But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. The Gospel. St. Matt. xix. 27. PETER answered and said unto Jesus, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee ; what shall we have therefore ? And Jesus said unto them. Verily I say unto you. That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Name's sake, shall receive an hundred- fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first. THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE, COMMONLY CALLED, Wdt purificatioiT of ^aint i^arg tf)e Vix^iw, The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly be- seech thy Majesty, that as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure 220 PURIFICATION OF SAINT MAEY THE VIRGIN. and clean hearts, by tb6-ganft©-A5'"-Smi Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Mai. iii. 1. BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in ; be- hold, he shall come, saith the Loed of Hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming ? and who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver ; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness^ . Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. And I will come near to you to judgments and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of Hosts. The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 22. AND when the days of her purification according to the Law of Moses were accomplished, theyj brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord^; \ (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the' Lord ;) and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the Law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon ; and the same PURIFICATION OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN. 221 ' man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation i of Israel : and the Holy Ghos|; was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple ; and when the pkrents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the Law, th^n took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 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 ; , a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy ' people Israel. And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of ma,ny in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against ; (yea, a sword shall pierce through thy o-wn soul also;) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed^ And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : she was of a great age, and had lived with an, husband seven years from her virginity; and she was a widow of about ^ fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night ; and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. And when they had performed all things according to the Law of ; the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city ] Nazareth. And the chUd grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom ; and the grace of God was upon him. 222 SAINT MATTHIAS'S DAY. ^amt JKattfjias's I3ag. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to. be of the number of the twelve Apostles ; Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. For the Epistle. Acts i. 15. IN those days Peter stood up in the midst of the dis- ciples, and said, (the number of the names together were about an hundred and twenty,) Men and brethren, this Scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guidie to them that took Jesus. For he was numbered with us, and had ob- tained part of this ministry. Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity ; and falling head- ' long he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem ; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say. The field of blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein ; and, His bishopric let another take. Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, begin- ning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. And they ap- pointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed, and said, j ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 223 Thou, Lord, whicli knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou hast chosen ; that he may take part of this ministry and apostlesHp, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And they gave forth their lots ; and the lot fell upon Matthias ; and he was numhered with the eleven Apostles. The Oospel. St. Matt. xi. 25. AT that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so. Father, for so it seemed good ia thy sight. All things are delivered imto me of my Father : and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father ; neither knoweth any man the Fatlaer, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon yoix, and learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart : and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 2rf)c ^nnxmciation of tf)e lilesseU'FirgmiWarg. The Collect. WE beseech thee, Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts ; that as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel, so by his Crdss and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection : through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 224 ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MART. For the Epistle. Isai. vii. 10. MOREOVER the Loed spake again unto Ahaz, say- ing, Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God ; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. Bnt Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. And he said. Hear ye now, house of David ; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but wiU ye weary my God also ? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign ; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. The Gospel. St. Luke i. 26. • AND in the sixth month the Angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of DaVid ; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the Angel came in unto her, and said. Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord' is with thee; blessed art thou among women! And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this ; should be. And the Angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary ; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest ; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever ; and of his kingdom there ' shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man ? And ' the Angel answered and said unto her. The Holy; .^ SAINT MASK'S DAY. . 225 Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing which shall be bom of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age ; and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; be it unto me according to thy word. And the Angel departed from her. ^aint iPKlarfe's I3a|). ^ The Oollect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evan- gelist Saint Mark ; Give lis grace that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doc- trine, we may be established in the truth of thy holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Eph. iv. 7. UNTO every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith. When he ascended up on high, he led cap- tivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that -he might fill all things.) And he gave some. Apostles; and some. Prophets ; and some. Evangelists ; and some, Pastors and Teachers ; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edify- ing of the body of Christ; till we all, come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son 226 SAINT MARK'S DAY. of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ ; that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and biinning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive ; but speaking the truth in love, may grow'up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ : from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, accord- ing to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body vmto the edifying of itself in love. The Gospel. St. John xv. 1. ^ I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husband- - man. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches : he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit ; for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered ; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye Jjear much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Fath- er hath loved me, so have I loved you : continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love ; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S DAT. 227 have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. ^aint i3i)ilip anti ^aitit James's Bag, The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is ever- lasting life ; Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life ; that, fnTlawing t.hp atpp jg of thy holv Apostles, Sain JL-EhiLip.\ and Saint. Jgmpg^ txti^ may "st | parf+'a.st.1y wflllr in ib .a-^way / tha t load ot h to et e rnal Irf ex through t he same th yi-Sga' Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, a^ '^'J-'^ ^'^^J'r^^ The Epistle. St. James i. 1. >^ ^a^i-t,.,^^: JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations ; knowing this, that the trjdng of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering ; for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thiag of the Lord. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted ; but the rich, in that he is made low ; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth : so also shall the rich man fade away in his 228. SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S DAY. ways. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation ; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. The Gospel. St. John xiv. 1. AND Jesus said unto his disciples, Let not your heart be troubled ; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions ; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you : and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him. Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way ? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life : no man Cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also : and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Phihp saith unto him. Lord, show us the Father, and it suf- ficeth us. Jesus saith unto him. Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father ; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself ; but the Father, that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ; or else believe me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and greater works than these shall he do ; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my Name, that will I do, that the Father SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE.' 229 may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my Name, I will do it. ^mxt iSarnatas tf)e Apostle. The Collect. OLORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of Ae-Holy Ghost ; Learf e us not, we-b^se ech t b eeTdestitlite of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them' alway to thy honour and glory ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts xi. 22. TIDINGS of these things came unto the ears of the Church which was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad ; and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith : and much people was added unto the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul. And when he had foiuid him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the Church, and taught much people : and the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world; which came to pass in the days of Claudius CaBsar. Then the dis- ciples, every man according to his ability, determined to te'end rehef unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea. 230 SAINT JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY. Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. The Gospel. St. John xv. 12. THIS is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go aiid bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name, he may give it you. ^aint Jof)n Baptist's Haj). The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching r-epeataaace ; Make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preach- ing ; and after his example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Isai. xl. 1. COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry nnto her, that her warfare is accomplished ; that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the SAINT JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY. 231 Lord's hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hiU shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the good- liness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, becai^se the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain : Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength ; lift it up, be not afraid : say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God ! Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him : behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd ; he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. The Gospel. St. Luke i. 57. ELISABETH'S full time came that she should be delivered ; and she brought forth a son. And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her ; and they rejoiced with her. And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. And his mother answered and said, Not so ; but he shall be 232 SAINT JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY. called. John. And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. And he asked for a writing-table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. And fear came on all that dwelt round about them ; and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill-country of Judsea. And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying. What manner of chUd shall this be ? And the hand of the Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel : for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up an horn of 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 oiir enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us ; to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant ; the oath which he sware to our father Abra,ham, that he would grant unto 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 by 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, to guide our feet into the way of peace. And the child grew, and waxed strong SAINT PETER'S DAY. 233 in spirit ; and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel. ^aint iPeter^s Bag. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many ex- cellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock 5 Make, we beseech thee, all Bishbps and Pastors diligently to preach thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory ; . through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts xii. 1. ABOUT that time Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And, because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded fur- ther to take Peter also. (Then were the days of un- leavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quarter- nions of soldiers to keep him, intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in prison ; but prayfer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains ; and the keepers before the door kept the prison. And behold, the Angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shihed in the prison ; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying. Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the Angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals : 234 SAINT PETER'S DAY. and so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy gar- ment about thee, and follow me. And he went out, and followed him ; and wist not that it was true which was done by the Angel ; but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate thatleadeth unto the city, which opened to them of his own accord ; and they went out, and passed on through one street, and forth- with the Angel departed from him. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath sent his Angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expec- tation of the people of the Jews. The Gospel. St. Matt. xvi. 13. WHEN Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying. Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am ? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist, some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them. But whom say ye that I am ? And Simon Peter answered and said. Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him. Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona : for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE. 235 ^aint James fi)t Apostle. The Collect. f^ RANT, merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle VX Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him ; so we, for- saking all worldly and carnal affections, may be ever- more ready to follow thy holy commandments ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts xi. 27, and part of chap. xii. IN these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world ; which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cassar. Then the dis- ciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea. Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And, because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. The Gospel. St. Matt. xx. 20. THEN came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou ? She saith unto him. Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus an- swered and said. Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and 236 THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST. to be baptized with tbe baptism that I am baptized with ? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give ; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant : even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a random for many. ^f)e ^Transfigiiration of (Efixist The Collect. OGOD, who on the mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses thiiie only-begotten Son wonderfully transfigured, in raiment white and glistering ; Merci- fully grant that we, being delivered from the disquie- tude of this world, may be permitted to behold the King in his beauty, who with thee, Father, and thee, Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. 2 St. Peter i. 13. I THINK it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to^ etir you up by putting you in remembrance ; knowing that shortly I must put off this my taberna- cle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me. THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST. 237 Moreover I wUl endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remem- brance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. The Gospel. St. Luke ix. 28. AND it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias : who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep : and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here : and let us make three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them : and they feared as they entered into the cloud. And there came a voice out of the cloud, sayiag, This is my beloved Son: hear him. And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. 238 SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE. ^aint Barti^olomehj t^e Apostle. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, ■who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to be- lieve and to preach thy Word ; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word^whichrhe believed, and befe to preach a nd roo o i ye the— saaae: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. /Mr?t* Lxu^ L(^ For the Epistle. Acts v. 12. BY the hands of the Apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people ; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch : and of the rest durst no man join himself to them : but the people magnified them : and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women:) insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits ; and they were healed every one. The Gospel. St. Luke xxii. 24. 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 ; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat; or he that serveth ? is not he lixat sitteth at meat ? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they SAINT MATTHEW THE APOSTLE. 239 which, have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me ; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ^aint i)Kattf)eiu t^e Apostle. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist ; Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires, and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reiglieth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iv. 1. THEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not ; but have re- nounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the Word of God deceit- fully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost : in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord ; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 240 SATNT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. Tlie Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 9. AND as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of i custom : and he saith unto him. Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many Publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his dis- ciples. Why eateth your Master with Publicans and sinners? But when. Jesus heard that, he said, unto them. They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will haye mercy, and not sacrifice ; for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to re- pentance. S^mwi ietictacl antr all Engpls. The Collect. EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and con- stituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant, that as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven, so, by thy appointment, they may sviccour and defend us on earth ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle. Rev. xii. 7. THERE was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon ; and the dragon fought and his angels ; and prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world ; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. 241 Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ : for the ac- cuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony ; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them ! Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea ! for the devil is come down unto you, hav- ing great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. The Gospel. St. Matt, xviii. 1. AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying. Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a Httle child imto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said. Verily I say tmto you, except ye be converted, and become as little cJiildren, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my Name, receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Wo unto the world because of offences ! for it must needs be that offences come ; but wo to that man by whom the offence cometh ! Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee : it is better for thee to enter into hfe halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee : it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather 242 SAINT LUKE THE EVANGEUST. than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones ; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangel- ist, and Physician of the soul; May it please thee, that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine de- livered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed ; through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 2 Tim. iv. 6. WATCH thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an Evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day : and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me : for Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica ; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee : for he is profitable to me for the ministry. And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee ; and the books, but especially SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE, APOSTLES. 243 the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil : the Lord reward him according to his works. Of whom be thou ware also ; for he hath greatly withstood our words. The Gospel. St. Luke x. 1. THE Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few ; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Go jovoc ways ; behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes, and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house ! And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it : if not, it shall turn to you again. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give : for the labourer is worthy of his hire. ^amt ^imon antr ^aint Jutie, Epostles. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone ; Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. St. Jude 1. JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the 244 SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE, APOSTLES. Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: Mercy unto you, and peace, and' love be multiplied. Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earn- estly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this con- demnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but le"ft their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlast- ing chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. The Oospel. St. John xv. 17. THESE things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own : but becaiise ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you. The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you ; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these thhigs ALL SAINTS' DAY. 245 will they do unto you for my Name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin : but now they have no cloak for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin ; but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But 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 testify of me. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. Ell faints' laag. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord ; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeak- able joys, which thou hast prepared for those who un- f eigne(fiy love thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Rev. vii. 2. AND I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God : and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have siealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 246 ALL SAINTS' DAT. And I heard the number of them which were sealed ; and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand, of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed, twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribeof Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and be- fore the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; and cried with a loud voice, saying. Sal- vation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb ! And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders, and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and wor- shipped God, saying. Amen; Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever! Amen. Tlie Gospel St. Matt. v. 1. JESUS seeing the multitudes, went up into a moun- tain : and when he was set, his disciples came unto him : and he opened his mouth, and taught them, say- ing, Blessed are the popr in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek : ALL SAINTS' DAT. 247 for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the mercifrJ : for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall see God. Blessed are the peace- makers : for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteous- ness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and per- secute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad ; for great is your reward in heaven : for so per- secuted they the prophets which were before you. THE ORDER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, OB HOLY COMMUNION. 1i Tf among those who come to be partahers of the Holy Communion, the Minister shall Kno.iv any to be an open, and notorious evil liver, or to have done any wrong to his neighbours by word or deed, so that the Congregation be thereby offended; He shall advertise him, that he presume not to come to the Lord's Table, until he have openly declared himself to have truly repented and amended his former evil life, that the Congregaiion^may thereby be satisfied ; and that he hath recompensed the parties to , whom he hath done wrong ,■ or at least 4eclare himself to be in full purpose so to do, as soon as he conveniently may. ^ The same order shall the Minister use with those, betwixt whom heperceiveth Tnaliee and hatred to reign ; not suffering them to be partakers of the Lord's Table, until he know them to be reconciled. Ana if one of the parties, so at variance, be content to forgive from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him, and to make amends for that wherein he himself hath offended; and the other party will not ie persuaded to a godly unity, but remain still in hisfrowardness 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 herein wecified, shall be obliged to give an account of the same to the Ofmnary, within fourteen days after, at the farthest, 1[ 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. And the Minister, standing at the right side of the Table, or where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said, shall say the Lord's Prayer and the Collect following, the People kneeling ; bnt the Lord's Prayer may be omitted, if Morning Prayer hath been said immediately before, OUR Father, -who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid ; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspira- tion of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name ; through Christ our Lord. Amen. THE COMMUNION. 249 T[ Then shall the Minister, turning to the People, rehearse distinctly the Ten CoMMAKDMENTS ; and the People, still kneeling, shall, after every Commandment, ash God mercy Jor their transgressions for the time past, and grace to keep the law for the time to come. 1i When more than one Celeiration of the Holy Communion is had in a Church on the same day, the saying of the Decalogue may be omitted at the earlier Sermce, provided the whole Office be used once on that day. But, Note, That whenever the Decalogue is omitted, the Summary of the Law shcUl be used, beginning. Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ saith. Minister. f^ OD spake these words, and said ; I am the Loed VX 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 thyself 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 bow down to them, nor worship them : for I the Loed thy God am a jeal- ous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me j and show 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 Loed thy God in vain : for the Loed 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 Sab- bath-day. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Loed 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 cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For ia six days the 250 THE COMMUNION. 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 mm-der. 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 neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's 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. 1[ Then the Minister may say, Hear also what our Lord Jesus Christ saith. THOU shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And THE COMMUNION. 251 the second is like unto it ; Thou shalt love thy neigh- bour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouch- safe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments ; that, through thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul ; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Aintien. H Then shall be said the Collect of the Say. And immediately after the Collect the Minister 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, the People all standing up, he shall read the Gospel, saying. The Holy Gospel is vritten in the — Chapter of , beginning at the — Verse. 1[ Here shall he said or sung. Glory be to thee, Lord. If And after the Gospel, Thanks be to thee, Lord. T Then, unlessone of them hath been used immediately before inthe Morning Prayer, shall be said the Apostles' Creed, or this that followeth. 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 j By whom all things were made v 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 252 THE COMMUNION. 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 sasi thfrSoT) , Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic 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. T[ Then the Minister shall declare unto the People what Holy-days, or Fasting-days, are in the weekfolloieing to be observed: and (if occasion be) shall Notice be given of the Communion, ana of the Banns of Matrimony, and other matters to be If Then shall follow the Sermon, After which, the Minister, when there is a Commun- ion, shall return to the Lord's Table, and begin the Offertory, saying one or more of these Sentences following, as he thinheth most convenient. And, Note, that these Sentences may be used on any other occasion of Public Worship when the alms of the People are to be received. LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. v. 16. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth; where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal : but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven ; where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. St. Matt. vi. 19, 20. Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, even so do to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets. St. Matt. vii. 12. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that death the will of my Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. vii. 21. Zacchaeus stood forth, and said unto the Lord, Be- hold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor ; THE COMMUNION. 253 and if I have 'done any wrong to any man, I restore fourfold. St. Luke xix. 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 fieedeth a fiock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock ? 1 Cor. ix. 7. If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall ■ reap your worldly things ? 1 Cor. ix. 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. ix. 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. ix. 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. vi. 6, 7. While we have time, let us do good unto aU men ; and especially unto them that are of the household of faith. Gal vi. 10. Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath : for we brought nothing into this world, neither may we carry any thing out. 1 Tim. vi. 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. vi. 17, 18, 19. 254 THE COMMUNION. God is not unrighteous, that he •will forget your works, and labour that proceedeth of love ; which love ye have showed for his Name's sake, who have minis- tered unto the saints, and yet do minister. Heh. vi. 10. To do good, and to distribute, forget not ; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Heb. xiii. 16. Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? 1 St. John iii. 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. Tohit iv. 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. TobU iv. 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. xix. 17. Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. Psalm xli. 1. Thine, Lorb, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee : and of thine own have we given thee. 1 Chron. xxix. 11, 12, 14. f WTiilst these SenUncei are in readinn, the Deacons, Churoh-ioardena. or other fit persona appmnted for that^ purpose, thaU receive the Alma for the Poor, and other Devotions of the People, m a decent Basin to be provided by the PariA for that mrpose; and reverently bring it to the Priest, wio ahall humbly preaent and place THE COMMUNION, 255 IT And the Priest shall ihen place upon the Table so much Bread and Wine as he shall think sufficient. After which done, he shall say. Let xis pray for the whole state of Christ's Church militdnt. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who by thy holy Apostle hast taught us to make prayers, and sup- plications, 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, which we offer unto thy Divine Majesty ; beseeching thee to in- spire continually the Universal Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord : And grant that all those who 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, go to direct and dispose the hearts of all Christian Eulers, that they may truly and impartially administer justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion, and virtue. Give grace, O ^leavenly Father, to all Bishops and other Ministers, 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 here present ; that, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear, and receive thy holy Word ; truly serv- ing thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life. And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness, Lord, to comfort and succour all those who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity. And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear ; beseeching thee to give us grace so '^If there . he no alms or oblations, then shall the words [to accept our alms and oblations, and] be left unsaid. 256 THE COMMUNION. to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. Grant this, Pather, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 1 At the time of the Celebration of the CommumoTif the Priest shall say this Exhortation. But^ Note, that the Exhortation may be omitted if it hath been already said on one Lord's Say in that same month, DEARLY beloved in the Lord, ye who mind to come to the Holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, must consider how Saint Paul exhorteth all persons diligently to try and examine themselves, before they presume to eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup. For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament; so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily. Judge therefore jour- selves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord ; repent ye truly for your sins past ; have a lively and steadfast faith in Christ our Saviour; amend your lives, and be in perfect charity with all men ; so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy mysteries. And above all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and man ; who did humble himself, even to the death upon the Cross, for us, miserable sinners, who lay in darkness and the shadow of death ; that he might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life. And to the end that we should always remember the exceeding great love of our Master, and only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood-shedding he hath obtained for us ; he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and for a contiaual remembrance THE COMMUNION. 257 of liis death, to our great and endless comfort. To him therefore, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, let us give (as we are most boxinden) contiaual thanks ; submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleas- ure, and studying to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. Amen. ^Then shall the Priest say to those who come to receive the Boly Communion, YE who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neigh- bours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways ; Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort ; and make your hum- ble confession to Almighty God, devoutly kneeling. Tf Then shall this general Confession be made, by the Priest and all those who are minded to receive the Holy Communion, humbly kneeling, ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things. Judge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wicked- ness. Which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed. By thought, word, and deed. Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent. And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings ; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us ; The bur- den of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, ' Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father ; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past ; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name ; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. If Then shall the Priest (the Bishop if he be present) stand up, and turning to the People, say. 258 THE COMMUNION. ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sias to all those who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him ; Have mercy upon you ; pardon and deliver you from all your sins ; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness ; and bring you to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. If Then shall the Priest say, Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all who truly turn to him. COME unto me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. St. Matt. xi. 28. So God loved the world, that he gave his only-begot- ten Son, to the end that all that believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. St. John iii. 16. Hear also what Saint Paul saith. This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15. Hear also what Saint John saith. If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous j and he is the Propitiation for our sins. 1 St. John ii. 1, 2. 1 After which the Priest shall proceed, saying, Lift up your hearts. Answer. We lift them up unto the Lord. Priest. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. Answer. It is meet and right so to do. U Then shall the Pnett turn to the Lord's Table, and say, IT is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give THE COMMUNION. 259 thanks unto thee, Lord, [*Ho]y Father,] Almighty, Everlasting God. T[ Here shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if there beany specially appointed; or else immediately shall be said or sung by the Priest, Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glorious 'Name ; evermore praising Thee, and saying, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, Lord God of hosts, '-^^f heaven and earth are full of Thy glory : Glory ^"^''• be to Thee, Lord Most High. Amen. PROPEE PREFACES. Upon Ghristm&s-day, and seven days after. BECAUSE thou didst give Jesus Christ, thine only Son, to be born as at this time for us ; who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made very man, of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother ; and that without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with Angels, Trinity-Sunday. 260 THE COMMUNION. Upon Whitsun-day, and six days after. THROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord; according to whose most' true promise, the Holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven, with a sudden great sound, as it had been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, and to lead them to all truth ; giving them both the gift of divers languages, and also boldness with fervent zeal constantly to preach the Gospel unto all nations ; whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error into the clear light and true know- ledge of Thee, and of Thy Son Jesus Christ. There- fore with Angels, &c. Upon the Feast of Trinity only. WHO art one God, one Lord ; not one only Person, but three Persons in one Substance. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the same we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality. Therefore with Angels, &c. If Or else this may be said, the words [Holy Father] being retained in the introductory Address, FOR the precious death and merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, and for the seeding to us of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter ; who are one with thee in thy eternal Godhead. Therefore with Angels, THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. IT At the time of the distribution of the Holy Sacrament, the Minister shall Jirst receive the Communion himself, and after minister unto those who are appointed to com- municate with the sick, and last of all to the sick person. Tf JBut if a man, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for want of warning in due time to the Minister, or for lack of company to receive with him, or by any other just impediment, do not receive the Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood,the Minister shall instruct him, thatifhe do truly repent him of his sins,and steadfastly believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the Cross for him, and shed his Slood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the benefts he hath thereby, and giving him_ hearty thanks therefor^ he doth eat and drink the Body and Blood qfour Saviour Christ profitably to Ipis Soul's health, although he do not receive the Sacrament with liis mouth. IT When the sick person is visited, and receiveth the Holy Communion all at one time, then the Minister, for more eiepedition, shall cut off the form of the Visitation at the Psalm, and go straight to the Communion. 1[ Inthetimes of contagious sickness or disease, when none of the Parish or neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the sick in their houses, for fear of the infection, upon special request of the diseased, the Minister alone may communicate with him. Tf This Office maybe used with aged and bed-ridden persons, or such as are not able to attend the public Ministration in Church, substituting the Collect, Epistle and Gospel for the Day, for those appointed above. THE OEDER POK THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. t Here it is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for any unbaptized adults, any who die excommunicate, or who have laid violent hands on themselves. Tf The Minister, meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Churchyard, and going before it, either into the Church, or towards the Grave, shall say, or sing, I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. St. John xi. 25, 26. I KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand _ at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shaU be- hold, and not another. Job xix. 25, 26, 27. WE brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord. 1 Tim. vi. 7. Job i. 21. ■ ^ ^ .— ^ -_ — . T»-if — , .1 /^ n THE BUEIAL OF THE DEAD. 313 If After they are come into the CKurch, shall he said or sung the following Portions of the S9th and 90th Psalms, LORD, let me know my end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live. Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what is my hope : Truly my hope is even in thee. Deliver me from all mine offences : and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. When thou with rebukes ^ost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment : every man therefore is but vanity. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears consider my calling : hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee : and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. O spare me a little^ ihat I may recover my strength : before I go hence, and be no more seen. fl^yi^ ^^JaXj • LoEDfthou bast been our refuge : from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made : thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. Thou turnest man to destruction : again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday : seeing that is past as a watch in the night. As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep : and fade away suddenly like the grass. In the morning it is green, and groweth up : but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. For we consume away in thy displeasure : and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. ' „. Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee : and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 314 THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. For when thou art angry all our days are gone : we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. The days of our age are threescore years and ten ; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow ; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone. So teach us to number our days : that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 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. If Then shall follow the Lesson, taken out of the fifteenth Chapter of the first Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians. 1 Oor. XV. 20. NOW is Christ 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. But every man in his own order : Christ the first-fruits ; after- ward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hatl^ put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then bap- tized for the dead ? and why stand we in jeopardy every hour ? I protest by your rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. If after the manner of m^n I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. Be not deceived : evil communications corrupt good THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 315 - _ manners. Awake to righteousness, and siii not ; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. But some man will say, How are the dead raised up ? and with what body do they come ? Thou fool ! that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. - And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same ■ flesh ; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial ; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars ; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption ; it is raised in incorruption : it is sown in dishonour ; it is raised in glory : it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul ; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit, that was not first which is spirit- ual, but that which is natural ; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy : the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorrup- tion. Behold, I show you a mystery : we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump : for the trumpet shall sound, and the dea:d shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this cor- ruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality; then shaU be brought to 316 ,raE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the Law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore,- my bjloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always .jabounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1[ Sere may be sang a Hymn or an Anthem ; and, at the discretion of the Minister, the Creed, and such filing Prayers as are elsewhere provided in this Book, may be added. If When they come to the Grave, while the Corpse is m,ade ready to be laid into the earth, shall be sung or said, MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. In the midst of life we are in death : of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased ? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. Thou knowest. Lord, the secrets of our hearts ; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer ; but spare us. Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. Amen. 'iThen, while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by the Minister, or some one appointed by him, the Minister shall say, FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our brother departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; looking for the general Resurrection in the last day, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; at whose second coming in glorious majesty to judge the world, the earth and the sea shall give up their dead ; and the corrup- tible bodies of those who sleep in him shall be changed, and THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD 317 made like unto his own glorious body; according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto' himself. Amen. T Then shall be said, or sung, I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, "^rite, From henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours. Hev. xiv. 13. ^ / « IT Then the Minister shall say the Lord's Prayer. OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And for- give us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. 1[ Then the Minister shall say one or both of the following Prayers, at his discretion. ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden oi the flesh, are in joy and felicity; We give thee hearty thanks for the good examples of all those thy servants, who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labours. And we beseech thee, that we, with all those who are depar- ted in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our per- fect ponsummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; ''through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. MERCIFUL God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the life ; in whom whosoever believeth, shall live though he die; and whosoever liveth, and believeth in him, shall not die eternally; who also hath taught us by his holy Apostle Saint Paul, not to be sorry, as men without hope, for those who sleep in him ; We humbly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness; that^ when we shall depart this life, we may rest in ^Um^ - . . rection in the last day, we may ^, ^j_ — r- - 318 \ AT THE BURIAL OF INFANTS. sight ; and^eceive that blessing, which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all who love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. Grant this,* we besdech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen. 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. Tf InasTnuch as it may sometimes be expedient to say under shelter of the Church the whole or apart of the service appointed to be said at the Grave, the same is hereby . allowed for weighty cause. AT THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD AT SEA. IT For the Sentence of Committal say, FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our brother departed, we therefore commit Ms body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, (when the sea shall give up her dead,) and the life of 'the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who at his coming shall change our vile body, that it may be like his glorious body, according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself. Amen. AT THE BURIAL OF INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN. TT The-Office shall be as usiial, save that the following alternative forms ?nay be used, at the discretion of the Minister. T[ For the Sentences. IN Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weep- ing, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. iSt. Matt. ii. 18. THUS saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears : for thy work shall be re- warded, saith the Loed ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Loed, that thy children shall come again to their own border. Jer. xxxi. 16, 17. AT THE BURIAL OF INFANTS. 319 JESUS called them unto him, and said, Suffer little chil- dren to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. St. Luke xviii. 16. THEY shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more ; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Mev. vii. 16, 17. TAKE heed that ye despise not one of these little ones ; for I say unto you. That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. xviii. 10. A ND they shaU see his face ; and his Name shall be in their foreheads. Hev, xxii. 4. IT For the Psalm, OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lobd : Lord, hear my voice. let thine ears consider well : the voice of my complaint. If thou, LoED, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O Lord, who may abide it ? For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared. 1 look for the Loed; my soul doth wait for him: in his w^rd is my trust. ' My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch. O Israel, trust in the Loed, for with the Loed there is mercy : and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel : from all his sins. LIKE as a father pitieth his own children : even so is the Loed merciful unto them that fear him. For he knoweth whereof we are made : he remembereth that we are but dust. 320 AT THE BURIAL OF INFANTS. The days of man are but as grass : for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone : and the place thereof shall know it no more. THE LoED is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing. He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. He shall convert my soul : and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name's sake. 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. 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. T[ For the Lesson, The Portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle for Innocents' Day. t Or this, Revelation xxi. AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth : for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away ; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain : for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write : for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me. It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh AT THE BURIAL OF INFANTS. 321 shall inherit all things ; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcer- ers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall' have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. And there came xmto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God : and her light was like unto a stone most preciou* even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal ; and had a wall great and high, and bad twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names vrritten thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel : on the east three gates ; on the north three gates ; on the south three gates ; and on the. west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measure.d the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall there- of, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper : and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony ; the fourth, an emerald ; the fifth, sardonyx ; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl ; the ninth, a topaz ; the tenth, a chrysoprasus ; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls ; every several gate was of one pearl : ^nd the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And I saw no temfple therein : for the 322 AT THE BURIAL OF INFANTS. Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it ; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day : for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Tf For the Sentence of Committal, FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God our heav- enly Father, to take away the soul of this child, from the evil to come, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and cer- tain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus, will God bring with him. Amen. H 1[ For the Anthem. E shall feed his flock like a shepherd : he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom. IT For the Prayers. OUR Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth. As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who 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. MOST merciful Father, who hast hastened to take this child's soul unto thyself; Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who walk as yet by faith, that having served thee with constancy on earth, we may be joined here- THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN. 323 after with thy blessed children in glory everlasting ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. OLORD Jesus Christ, who by thy death didst take away the sting of death; Grant unto us thy servants so to follow in faith where thou hast led the way, that we may at length fall asleep peacefully in thee, and awaking up after thy, likeness find ourselves satisfied with it; through thy mercy who livest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. THE God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believ- ing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost. Amen. J Or this. THE God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant; Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. THE THANKSGIVING OF WOMEN AFTER CHILD-BIRTH ; COMMONLY CALLED, THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN. If This Service, or the concluding Prayer alone, as it stands among the Occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings, may oe used at the discretion of the Minister. If The Woman, at the usual time after her delivery, shall come into the Church decently apparelled, and there shall kneel down in some convenient jtlace, as hath been accustomed, or as the Ordinary shall direct: And then the Minister shall say unto her, FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his goodness, to give you safe deliverance, and to preserve you in the great danger of Child-birth ; you shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God, and say, 324 THE CHUECHING OF WOMEN. If Then shall be said, by both of them, the following Hymn, the Woman still Jcneeling. Dilexi, quoniam. I AM well pleased: that the Lokd hath heard the voice of my prayer ; That he hath inclined his ear unto me : therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. I found trouble and heaviness, and I called upon the Name of the LoED : O LoED, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Loed, and righteous : yea, our God is mer- ciful. What reward shall I give unto the Loed : for all the bene- fits that he hath done unto me ? I will receive the cup of salvation : and call upon the Name of the Loed. I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people : in the courts of the Loed's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Loed. 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. T[ Then shall the Minister say the Lord's Prayer, with what followeth ; hut the Lord's Prayer may be omitted, if this be used with the Morning or Evening Prayer. OUR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Minister. O Lord, save this woman thy servant ; Answer. Who putteth her trust in thee. Minister. Be thou to her a strong tower ; Answer. From the face of her enemy. Minister. Lord, hear our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Minister. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast been graciously pleased to preserve, through the great pain and peril of Child-birth, this FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 325 woman thy servant, who desireth now to offer her praises and thanksgivings unto thee. Grant, we beseech thee, most merciful Father, that she, through thy help, may both faith- fully live, and walk according to thy will, in this life pres- ent ; and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T[ The Woman, that cometh to give her Thanks, must offer accustomed offerings, which shall be applied by the Minister and the Church-wardens to thereliefqf distressed women in child~bed; ajid if there be a Communion, it is convenient that she receive the Holy Communion, FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. For Merchant-men. OGOD, who boldest the sea in the hoUow of thy hand, and who orderest our ways and works in wisdom far beyond all we could direct for ourselves, so manifesting thy fatherly care, and the mercy which is thy delight ; Keep us thy servants we beseech thee, wheresoever we may be, and grant that at all times, and in all places of thy dominion, we may always dispose our souls and our bodies in submission to thy holy wiU. More especially we ask for thy protection whUe we voyage upon the sea. Save and defend us in all perils, and may the substance and treasure entrusted to this ship be guarded from harm and loss. Bless, with us, all who travel on the great deep upon lawful occasions. Give us a safe and speedy arrival into port, and final acceptance in the haven of eternal rest, through our blessed Lord and Saviour, t Jesus Christ. Amen. For Ships of War. ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea ; who hast compassed the waters with bounds, until day and night come to an end ; Be pleased to receive into thine Almighty and most gracious protection, the persons of us thy servants, and the Fleet [or Ship] in which we serve. Preserve us from the dangers of the sea, and from the violence of the enemy ; that we may be a safeguard unto the United States of 326 FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. America, and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions ; that the inhabitants of our land may in peace and quietness serve thee our God ; and that we may return in safety to enjoy the blessings of the land, with the fruits of our labour ; and, - with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies to praise and glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayers to be used in all ships in storms at sea. OMOST powerful and glorious Lord God, at whose com- mand the winds blow, and lift up the waves of the sea, and who stillest the rage thereof; We, thy creatures, but miserable sinnerfe, do in this our gi-eat distress cry unto thee for help : Save, Lord, else we perish. We confess, when we have bee'n safe, and seen all things quiet about us, we have forgotten thee our God, and refused to hearken to the still voice of thy word, and to obey thy commandments : But now we see how terrible thou art in aU thy works of wonder ; the great God to be feared above all : And therefore we adore thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging thy power, and imploring thy goodness. Help, Lord, and save us for thy mercy's sake, in Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord. Amtm. I Or this. OMOST glorious and gracious Lord God, who dwellest in heaven, but beholdest all things below ; Look down, we beseech thee, and hear us, calling out of the depth of misery, and out of the jaws of this death, which is now ready to swallow us up : Save, Lord, or else we perish. The living, the living shall praise thee. O send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds and the roaring sea ; that we, being delivered from this distress, may live to serve thee, and to glorify thy Name all the days of our life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Short Prayers in respect of a storm. THOU, O Lord, who stillest the raging of the sea, hear, hear us, and save us, that we perish not. FOEMS OF PRATER TO BE USED AT SEA. 327 O blessed Saviour, who didst save thy disciples ready to perish in a storm, hear us, and save us, we beseech thee. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. O Lord, hear us. O Christ, hear us. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon us, save us now and evermore. Amen. TT When there shall be imminent danger, as many as can be spa/red from necessary service in the ship shall be called together, and make an humble confession of their sin to God: In which, every one ought seriously to reflect upon those particular sins of which his conscience shall accuse him ; saying asfolloweth. The Conftssion. ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things. Judge of all men ; We acknowl- edge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness. Which ■ we, from time to time, most grievously have committed. By thought, word, and deed. Against thy Diviue Majesty, Pro- voking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent. And are heartily sorry for these Our misdoings ; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us ; The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father ; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past ; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. . Tf Then shall the Priest, if there be any in the ship, say, ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those Avho with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him ; Have mercy upon you ; pardon and deliver you from all your sins ; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness ; and bring you to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 1[ Then shall they say together the Lord's Prayer, OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth. As it 328 FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those w^ho trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. The Prayer to he said before a fight at sea against any enemy. OMOST powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things ; Thou sit- test in the throne judging right, and therefore we make our address to thy Divine Majesty in this our necessity, that thou wouidest take the cause into thine own hand, and judge between us and our enemies. Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us ; for thou givest not alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few. O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance ; but hear us thy poor servants begging mercy, and imploring thy help, and that thou wouidest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Short Prayers for single persons, who cannot meet to join in prayer with others, by reason ofthefi,ght, or storm. Creneral Prayers. LORD, be merciful to us sinners, and save us for thy mercy's sake. Thou art the great God, who hast made and rulest all things : O deliver us for thy Name's sake. Thou art the great God to be feared above all : O save us, that we may praise thee. Special Prayers with respect to the enemy. THOU, O Lord, art just and powerful: O defend our cause against the face of the enemy. O God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all who fly unto thee : O save us from the violence of the enemy. O Lord of hosts, fight for us, that we may glorify thee. O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins, or the violence of the enemy. O Lord, arise, help us, atad deliver us for thy Name's sake. FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 329 THANKSGIVING AFTER A STORM. Jubilate 3eo. From Psalm Ixvi. OBE joyful in God, all ye lands: sing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his praise to be glorious. Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works : through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. For all the world shall worship thee : sing of thee, and praise thy Name. O come hither, and behold the works of God : how won- derful he is in his doing toward the children of men. He ruleth with his power for ever ; his eyes behold the people: and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. praise our God, ye people : and make the voice of his praise to be heard; Who holdeth our soul in life : and suffereth not our feet to slip. For thou, O God, hast proved us : thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the snare: and laidest trouble upon our loins. 1 will go into thine house with burnt-offerings : and will pay thee my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God : and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul. 1 called unto him with my mouth : and gave him praises with my tongue. If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart : the Lord will not hear me. But God hath heard me : and considered the voice of my prayer. Praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer : nor turned his mercy from me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is how, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. 330 FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. Oonfitemini Domino. From Psalm cvii. OTHAT men would praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men ! That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanks- giving : and teU out his works with gladness ! They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters. These men see the works of the Loed : and his wonders in the deep. For at his word the stormy wind ariseth : which lifteth up the waves thereof. They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep : their soul melteth away because of the trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man : and are at their wits' end. So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivereth them out of their distress. For he maketh the storm to cease : so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his good- ness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men I ' That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people : and praise him in the seat of the elders ! 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. A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous Tempest, OCOME, let us give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; let the re- deemed of the Lord say so : whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of the sea. FOEMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 331 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion : slow to anger, and of great mercy. He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: neither rewarded us according to our iniquities. But as the heaven is high above the earth: so great hath been his mercy towards us. We found trouble arid heaviness : we were even at death's door. The waters of the sea had well-nigh covered us : the proud waters had well-nigh gone over our soul. The sea roared : and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof. We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep : our soul melted within us, because of trouble. Then cried we unto thee, O Lord : and thou didst deliver us out of our distress. Blessed be thy Name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy servants : but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us. ThoU didst send forth thy commandment : and the windy storm ceased, and was turned into a calm. O let us therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he hath done, and still doeth for the children of men! Praised be the Lord daily : even th^ Lord that helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation : God is the Lord, by whom we have escaped death. Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands ; and we will triumph in thy praise. Blessed be the Lord God : even the Lord God, who only doeth wondrous things ; And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever : and let every one of us say, Amen, Amen. 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. 332 FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. Collects of Thanhagiving. OMOST blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of infinite goodness and mercy ; We, thy poor creatures, whom thou hast made and preserved, holding our souls in life, and now rescuing us out of the jaws of death, humbly present ourselves again before thy Divine Majesty, to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for that thou heardest us when we called in our trouble, and didst not cast out our prayer, which we made before thee in our great distress : even when we gave all for lost, our ship, our goods, our lives, then didst thou mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully command a deliverance ; for which we, now being in safety, do give all praise and glory to thy holy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. t Or this. OMOST mighty and gracious good God, thy mercy is over all thy works, but in special manner hath been extended towards us, whom thou hast so powerfully and wonderfully defended. Thou hast showed us terrible things, and wonders in the deep, that we might see how powerful and gracious a God thou art ; how able and ready to help those who trust in thee. Thou hast showed us how both winds and seas obey thy command ; that we may learn, even from them, hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do thy will. We therefore bless and glorify thy Name, for this thy mercy in saving us, when we were ready to perish. And, we beseech thee, make us as truly sensible now of thy mercy, as we were then of the danger; And give us hearts always ready to express our thankfulness, not only by words, but also by our lives, in being more obedient to thy holy commandments. Continue, we beseech thee, this thy goodness to us ; that we, whom thou hast saved, may serve thee in holiness and righteous- ness all the days of our life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen. THANKSGIVING AFTER VICTORY. A Psalm or Symn of Praise and Thanksgiving. IF the Lord had not been on our side, now may we say : if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us ; FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 333 They had swallowed us up quick: when they were so wrathfuUy displeased at us. Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone OTer our soul: the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul. But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us over as a prey unto them. The Lord hath wrought : a mighty salvation for us. We got not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto us. The Lord hath appeared for us : the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle. The Lord hath appeared for us : the Lord hath overthrown our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us. Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us : but unto thy Name be given the glory. The Lord hath done great things for us : the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice. Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. Blessed be the Name of the Lord : from this time forth for evermore. 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. 1[ After this Hymn may be sung or said the Te Deum. T[ Then this Collect. ALMIGHTY God, the Sovereign Commander of all the world, in whose hand is power and might, which none is able to withstand ; We bless and magnify thy great and glorious Name for this happy Victory, the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee, who art the only giver of Victory. And, we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of thy Gos- pel, the honour of our country, and, as much as in us lieth, 334 THE VISITATION QF PRISONERS. to the good of all mankind. And, we beseech thee, givo us such a sense of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, such as may appear in our lives by a humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord ; to whom, with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so in particular for this Victory and Deliverance, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 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. IT At the Burial of their Dead at Sea, the Burial Office elsewhere appointed in this Book may be used ; but N'ote, That, m such case, the Sentence of Committal sHall be pronounced in the form set forth at the end of the said Office. A FORM OF PRAYER FOR THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. TI When Morning or Evening Prayer shall be read in any Prison, instead of the Psalm, O come, let us sing, ^c, shall be read the 130th Psalm: and the Minister shall insert, after the Collect for the day, the Collect in the following Sennce, God, who sparest, 4'c.j and at such times as the Litany is not read, he shall add the Prayer, God, merciful Father, who despiaest not, ^c. ^ And when notice is given to the Minister, that a Prisoner is confined for some crime, he shall visit him; and when he Cometh into theplace where the Prisoner is, he shall say an followeth, or elsepass directly to the £xhortation, REMEMBER not. Lord, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Answer. Spare us, good Lord. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, hav6 mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 335 OTIR Father, who art in heaven, ^c. O Lord, show thy mercy upon us ; And grant us thy salvation. Turn thy face from our sins ; And blot out all our iniquities. Send us help from thy holy place ; For thine indignation lieth hard upon us. O Lord, hear our prayer ; And let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee. TI Then shall the Minister exhort the Prisoner or Prisoners after this form^ or other like. * DEARLY beloved, know this, that Almighty God, whose never-failing providence governeth all things both in heaven and earth, hath so wisely and mercifully ordered the course of this world, that his judgments are often sent as fatherly corrections to us ; and if with due submission and resignation to his holy will we receive the same, they wUl work together for our good. It is your part and duty, therefore, to humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, to acknowledge the right- eousness of his judgments, and to endeavour that, by his grace, this present visitation may lead you to a sincere and hearty repentance. The way and means thereto is, to examine your life and conversation by the rule of God's commandments; and whereinsoever you shall perceive yourself to have offended, either by will, word, or deed, there to bewail your own sin- fulness, and to confess yourself to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if you shall perceive your offences to be such as are not only against God, but also against your neighbours ; then to reconcile yourself to them, being ready to make restitution and satisfaction, according to the uttermost of your power, for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other; and being likewise ready to forgive others who have offended you, as you would have forgiveness of your offences at God's hand. And to this true repentance and change of mind you must add a lively and steadfast faith, and dependence upon the merits of the death of Christ, with an entire resignation of yourself to the 336 THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. will of God. Except you repent, and believe, we can give you no hope of salvation, But if you do sincerely repent and believe, God hath declared, though your sins be as red as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow ; though your wickednesses have gone over your head, yet shall they not be your destruction. We exhort you therefore in the Name of God, and of his dear Son Jesus Christ our Saviour, and as you tender your own salvation, to take good heed of these things in time, while the day of salvation lasteth; for the night cometh, when no man can work. While you have the light, believe in the light, and walk as children of the light, that you be not cast into outer darkness ; that you may not knock, when the door shall be shut ; and cry for mercy, when it is the time of justice. Now, you are the object of God's mercy, if by repentance and true faith you turn unto him ; but if you neglect these things, you will be the object of his justice and vengeance. Now, you may claim the merits of Christ; but if you die in your sins, his sufPerings will tend to your greater condemnation. O beloved, consider in this your day, how fearful a thing it will be to fall into the hands of the living God, when you can neither fly to his mercy to pro- tect you, nor to the merits of Christ to cover you in that terrible day. ^ Here the Minister shall examine him concerning his faith, and rehearse the Articles of the Creed, Dost thou believe in God, ^c. And the Prisoner shall ansioer, All this I steadfastly believe. ^ Then shall the Minister examine whether he recent him truly of his sins, and be in charity with all the world, and further admonish him particularly cotKCi-ning (he crimes wherewith he is charged; and exhort him, if he have any scruples, that he would declare the same, and prepare himself for the Holy Communion, against the time that it may be proper to administer it to him. 1 Then, all ineeling, the Minister shall fny the ffty-frst Psalm of the Psalter, Miaerere mei, Deus. 1[ Here the Minister, as he shall see convenient, may read certain or all these Prayers following, the Prayer for all Conditions of Men, or ai»y other Prayer which he shall judge proper, OGOD, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive ; Receive our humble petitions ; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 337 pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us; for the honoiix of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate. Amen. OGOD, who sparest when we deserve punishment, and in thy wrath rememberest mercy; We humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness to comfort and succour all those who are under reproach and misery in the house of bondage ; correct them not in thine anger, neither chasten them in thy sore displeasure. Give them a right understanding of them- selves, and of thy threats and promises ; that they may neither cast away their confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee. Relieve the distressed, protect the inno- cent, and awaken the guilty : and forasmuch as thou alone bringest light out of darkness, and good out of evil, grant that the pains and punishments which these thy servants en- dure, through their bodily confinement, may tend to setting free their souls from the chains of sin ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. OLORD, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our prayers, and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee; that they, whose consciences by sin are accused, by thy merciful pardon may be absolved ; through Christ our Lord. Amen. OGOD, whose mercy is everlasting, and power infinite ; Look down with pity and compassion upon the suffer- ings of ent him truly of his sins, exhorting him to a particular confession of the sin for which he is condemned ; and upon con- fession, he shall instruct him what satisfaction ought to be made to those whom he hath offended thereby ; and if he knoweth any combinations in wickedness, or any evil practices designed against others, let him be admonished to the utmost of his power to discover and prevent them. 340 THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 1[ After his confession, the Priest shall declare to him the pardoning mercy of God, in the form which is used in the Communion Service. T After which shall be said the Collect following. OHOLY Jesus, who, of thine infinite goodness, didst ac- cept the conversion of a sinner on the cross ; Open thine eye of mercy upon this thy servant, who desireth pardon and forgiveness, though in his latest hour he turneth unto thee. Renew in Iiim yvhatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the devil, or by his own carnal will and frail- ness. Consider his contrition , accept his repentance ; and forasmuch as he putteth Ms full trust only in thy mercy, im- pute not unto him his former sins, but strengthen him, with thy blessed Spirit : and when thou art pleased to take him henpe, take him unto thy favour. This we beg through thy merits, .O Lord, our Saviour and our Redeemer. Amen. T Then shall the Minister say, FATHER of mercies, and God of all comfort ; We fly imto thee for succour in behalf of this thy servant, who is now under the sentence of condemnation. The day of his calamity is at hand, and he is accounted as one of those who go down into the pit. Blessed Lord, remember thy mercies; look upon his infirmities; hear the voice of his complaint; give him, we beseech thee, patience in this his time of adver- sity, and support under the terrors which encompass him ; set before his eyes the things he hath done in the body, which have justly provoked thee to anger ; and forasmuch as his continuance appeareth to be short amongst us, quicken him so much the more by thy grace and Holy Spirit; that he, being converted and reconciled unto thee, before thy judg- ments have cut him off from the earth, may at the hour of his death depart in peace, and be received into thine ever^ lasting kingdom ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 1[ Adding this. SAVIOUR of the world, who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us; Save us, and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. THE VISITATION OF PRISONEES. ^ 341 , _ — ^ _:^^^ If Then the Minister standing, shall say, V IN the midst of life we are in death : of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased ? ; Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. Thou knowest. Lord, the secrets of our hearts ; shut not thy inerciful ears to ova prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy,' O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. ^ Then the Minister shall say, THE Almighty God, who is a most strong tower to all those who put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, Be now and evermore thy defence ; and make thee know and feel, that there is none other Name under heaven given to man, in whom, and through whom, thou mayest receive salvation, but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. ^And after that ijtall say, UNTO God's gracious mercy and prptection we commit thee. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace, both now and evermore. Amen. ^ At the time of Execution, the Minister shall use such devotions as he shall think proper. Notice. It is judged best that the Criminal shmild not make any public profession or declaration The Collect for the Communion Service. OGOD, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in show- ing mercy and pity ; We ijeseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant, who for his transgressions is appointed to die. Grant that he may take thy judgments 342 FAMILY PRAYER. patiently, and repent him truly of his sins ; that he recover- ing thy favour, the fearful reward of his actions may end with this life ; and whensoever his soul shall depart from the body it may be without spot presented unto thee ; through Jesus Christ oiu* Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Heb. xii. 11. NO chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous :, nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peace- able fruit of righteousness, unto them which are exercised thereby. The G-ospel. St. John v. 24. YERILY, verily I say unto you. He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condenCination ; but is passed from death unto life. FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED IN FAMILIES. MORNING PRAYER. Tf The Master or Mistress havina called together as many of the Family as can con- veniently be 2)reSent, let one of ihemj 07' any other whom they shall think jiroper, lay asjolloweth, all leneeling, OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses. As we forgiye those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdoni, And the power, and the glory. For ever and ever. Amen. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, in ^^^^ „ „ f whom we live and move and have our cod's nm-cy onTpreC being; We, thy needy creatures, render ervaci *•■."■* ?« "^jy ,, • ^ ■^ ° J J. X ^ j fervently join in the and be graciously pleased to take us, and prayers and praises of all things belongi^ng to us, under thy J^y^f^^^vftl w'st fatherly care and protection. These hearts, in order to prac- things, and whatsoever else thou shalt *"® '*■ ^ see necessary and convenient to us, we humbly beg, through the merits and mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen. 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. J This to he added wjien the Holy Communion is to he celehrated. And grant* that those of us who, are this day, to receive the blessed Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, may come to those holy mysteries with faith, charity, and true repentance ; and being filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, may to their great and endless comfort, obtain remission of their sins, and all other benefits of his Passion. EVENING PRAYER. 1[ The Famih/heitig together, a little hefore hed time, let the Master or Mistress, or any other whom they shall thinkproper, say asfollometh, allTeneelirtg. OUR Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed by thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And for- give us our trespasses. As we forgive those who 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. MOST merciful God, who art of purer confession of eyes than to behold iniquity, and vith ai>rayerfot hast promised forgiveness to all those who '"'*"" ""'' ^'"'^'"' confess and forsake their sins ; We come before thee in an humble sense of our own unworthiness, acknowledging our sins, or con- FAMILY PRAYER. 345 manifold transgressions of thy righteous , ^^^^ ,,, j,,„ „4„ laws.* But, O gracious Father, who de- readeth make a short sirest not the death of a sinner, look upon l7X'^u,cZZ.Te us, we beseech thee, in mercy, and forgive ««» and faiUngi of us all our transgressions. Make us deeply *'"" ^"^' sensible of the great evil of them ; and work in us an hearty contrition; that we may obtain forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever ready to receive humble and penitent sinners ; for the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. AND lest, through our own frailty, or Prayer for grace to the temptations which encompass us, reform and grow bet- we be drawn again into sin, Vouchsafe us, '""■ we beseech thee, the direction and assistance of thy Holy Spirit. Reform whatever is amiss in the temper and disposi- tion of our souls; that no unclean thoughts, unlawful designs, or inordinate desires, may rest there. Purge our hearts from envy, hatred, and malice : that we may never suffer the sun to go down upon our wrath ; but may always go to our rest in peace, charity, and good-will, with a con- science void of offence towards thee, and towards men : That so we may be preserved pure and blameless, unto the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. ACCEPT, O Lord, our intercessions for ^^ ^^^. ^ all mankind. Let the light of thy Gospel shine upon all nations ; and may as many as have re- ceived it, live as becometh it. Be gracious unto thy Church ; and grant that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may serve thee faithfully. Bless all in author- ity over us , and so rule their hearts and strengthen their hands, that they may punish wickedness and vice, and main- tain thy true religion and virtue. Send down thy blessings, temporal and spiritual, upon all our relations, 'friends, and neighbours. Reward all who have done us good, and pardon all those who have done or wish us evil, and give them re- pentance and better minds. Be merciful to all who are in any trouble," and do thoU, the God of pity, administer to them according to their several necessities ; for his sake who went about doing good, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 346 FAMILY PRAYER. TO our prayers, O Lord, we join our „, „, , .«. » . ■'^ 1 •',1 1 c n .1 '' • The Tkanksgivmg. unieigned thanks tor all thy mercies; for our being, our reason, and all other endowments and faculties of soul and body ; for our health, friends, food, and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniences of life. Above all, we adore thy mercy in sending thy only Son into the world, to redeem us from sin and eternal death, and in giving us the knowledge and sense of our duty towards thee. We bless thee for thy patience with us, notwithstanding our many and great provocations ; for all the directions, assist- ances, and comforts of thy Holy Spirit; for thy continual care and watchful providence over us through the whole course of our lives ; and particularly for the mercies and benefits of the past day : beseeching thee to continue these thy blessings to us ; and to give us grace to show our thank- fulness in a sincere obedience to his laws, through whose merits and intercession we received them all, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. I N particular, we beseech thee to con- Prayer for God's tinue thy gracious protection to us this protection through the night. Defend us from all dangers and '^'s'^tfoiiowing. mischiefs, and from the fear of them ; that we may enjoy such refreshing sleep as may fit us for the duties of the , fol- lowing day. Make us ever mindful of the time when we shall lie down in the dust , and grant us grace always to live in such a state, that we may never be afraid to die ; so that, living or dying, we may be thine, through the merits and satisfaction of thy Son Jesus Christ, in whose Name we offer up these our imperfect prayers. Amen. 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. t Or this. THE Lord bless us and keep us : the Lord make his face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us : the Lord lift up his countenance upon us , and give us peace both now and evermore. Amen, If On Sundai^s and on other days, when it may he convenient, it will be proper to begin with a Chapter; or part of a Chapter, from the Boly Scriptures. PEOPER ANTHEMS. 347 PROPER ANTHEMS FOR CERTAIN FESTIVALS. % At Morning Prayer, on the Days for which they are appointed, instead of the Psalm, () come, let us sing, etc., these Anthems shall be sung or said. (!If)tistmas=tiaB, St. Luke ii. 10, 11, 14. Isai. lii. 7. Bev. xix. 6, 7. GLORY to God in the highest : and on earth peace, good will toward men. HOW beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings : that publisheth peace. That bringeth good tidings of good ; that publisheth salvation : that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth. BEHOLD, I bring you good tidings of great joy : which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David : a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. LET us be glad and rejoice, and give thanks : for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. (Bagiter=trag. T[ The same Anthems may also be used for seven days after. Bom. vi. 9, 10, 11. 1 Cor. v. 7, 8 ; xv. 20, 21, 22. 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. CHRIST being raised from the dead, dieth no more : death hath no more dominion over him. 348 PROPER ANTHEMS, _^ — For in that he died, he died unto sin once : but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead in- deed unto sin : but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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. ^srension=trap. Psalm xlvii. 1, 2, 5, 6. Psalm xxiv. 7, 8, 9, 10. OCLAP your hands together, all ye people : O sing unto God with the voice of melody. For the Lord is high, and to be feared : he is the great King upon all the earth. GOD is gone up with a merry noise : and the Lord with the sound of the trump. sing praises, sing praises unto our God : O sing praises, sing praises unto our King. LIFT up your heads, ye gates ; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : and the King of glory shall come in. "Who is the King of glory : It is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory : Even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. PROPER ANTHEMS. 349 313if)itsun=tiaB. Psalm xcv. 1, 2, 6. Rev. xxii. 17. OCOME, let us sing unto the Loed: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. For the Spirit and- the bride say, Come : And let him that is athirst come. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving : and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the Spirit and the bride say, Come : And let him that is athirst come. come, let us worship and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. And let him that is athirst come : and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Criniti) ^iintiaj). Rev. iv. 8, 11 ; v. 12, 13. OLY, HOLY, HOLY, Lord God Almighty : which was, and is, and is to come. THOU art worthy, Lord: to receive glory, and honour, and power. For thou hast created all things : and for thy pleas- ure they are and were created. WORTHY is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and wisdom, and strength : and honour, and glory, and blessing. Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne : and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Amen. H 850 TABLES OF PSALMS. TABLE OF PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DAYS. First Sundat in Abtekt. UomiDg. 8, SO Kvening. 96, 97 Basteb-eveh. Morning. 4, 16, 17 Evening. 30, 81 Chbisthas-dat. 19, 45, 85 89, no, 132 Basteb-dat. 2, S7, 111 113, 114, 118 CmcuMOisioN. 40, 90 65, 103 Ascension-DAT. 8, 16, 21 24, 47, 108 Bpiphant. 46, 47, 43 72, J17, 136 Whitsun-dat. 48, 68 104, 145 PnBipicATiosr. 20, 86, 87 84,113,134 Tbinitt Sumdat. 29,33 93, 97, 160 Ash Wednesday. «, 32, 38 102, 130, 143 Tbansfioceation. 27, 61, 93 84, 99, 133 ANNUNpiATION. 89 131, 132, 138 8t. Michael's. 91, 103 34,148 Good Fridat. 22, 40, 64 69, 88 At.t, Raintb' P»t. 1, 15, 146 112, 121, 149 Note, That when Proper Psalms for— numberi thereof). he announcelh the Proper Paalms, the Minister thall say, The : (naming the Feast or Fast) are such, or such: (giving the TABLE OF SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. FlEST. Fsalmg. 1, 15, 91 Eleventh. PsalmB. 80, 81 Second. 4- i//:fv^^4 ■'*'»•. Twelfth. 84, 122, 131 Third. 19, 24, 103 Tbirteenth. 85, 93, 97 Fourth. 23, 34. 66 FonRTBENTH. 102 Fifth. 26, 43, 141 Fifteenth. 107 BlXTH. 32, 130, 121, BlXTEEITTH. 118 Seventh. 37 Seventeenth. 123, 124, 125 Eighth. 51, 42 Eighteenth. 139, 145 Ninth. 72, 96 Nineteenth. 147 Tenth. 77 Twentieth. 148, 149, ISO Note, That when he amiounceth a Selection of Psalms the Minister shall say, The Psalms selected are such, or such : or The Psalm selected is such a one : (giving the numbers, or number, as the case may be). Day 1. PSALMS I. H. 851 THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID. THE FIRST DAT. lEornmg iPtager. ' Psalm 1. Beatus vir, qui nori ahiit. BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners : and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord : and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water- side : that will bring forth his fruit in due season. 4 His leaf also shall not wither : and look, whatso- ever he doeth, it shall prosper. 5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them : but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. 6 Therefore the ungodly, shall not be able to stand in the judgment: neither the sinners in the congrega- tion of the righteous. 7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : and the way of the ungodly shall perish. Psalm 2. Quarefremuerunt gentes ? WHY do the heathen so furiously rage together : and why do the people imagine a vain thing ? 2 The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together : against the Lobd, and against his Anointed. 352 PSALM III. Day 1. 3 Let us break their bonds asunder : and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn : the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath : and vex them in hife sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my King : upon my holy hill of Sion. 7 I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath said unto me : Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 8 Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance : and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron : apd break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, ye kings : be learned, ye that are judges of the earth. 11 Serve the Lord in fear : and rejoice unto him with reverence. 12 Kiss the Son, less he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way : if his wrath be kindled, (yea, but a little,) blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Psalm 3. Domine, quid multiplicati f LORD, how are they increased that trouble me : many are they that rise against me. 2 Many one there be that say of my soul : There is no help for him in his God. 3 But thou, Lord, art my defender : thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head. 4 I did call upon the Lord with my voice : and he heard me out of his holy hill. Day 1. PSALM IV. 353 5 I laid me down and slept, and rose up again : for the Lord sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people : that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Up, Lord, and help me, my God: For thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone ; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Loed : and thy blessing is upon thy people. Psalm 4. Cum invocarem. HEAR me,, when I call, God of my righteousness : thou hast set me at liberty, when I was in trouble ; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer. 2 ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour : and, have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after falsehood ? 3 Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to himself the man that is godly : when I call upon the Lord he will hear me. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not : commime with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still. 5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousness : and put your trust in the Lord. 6 There be many that say : Who will show us any good? 7 Lord, lift thou up : the light of thy countenance upon us. 8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart : since the tihie that their corn, and wine, and oil increased. 9 I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest: for it is thou. Lord, only, that makest me dwell in safety. 354 PSALM V. Day 1. Psalm 5. Verba mea auribus. PONDER my words, Loeb : consider my medita- tion. 2 hearken thou unto the voice of my ,calling, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I make my prayer. 3 My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord : early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and win look up. 4 For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness : neither shall any evU dwell with thee. 5 Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that work vanity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: the Lord will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear wUl I worship toward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies : make thy way plain before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in his mouth : their inward parts are very wickedness. 10 Their throat is an open sepulchre : they flatter with their tongue. 11 Destroy thou them, God; let them perish through their own imaginations : cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness ; for they have rebelled against thee. 12 And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice : th^ shall ever be giving of thanks, becauSe thou defendest them ; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee ; 13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto the Day 1. PSALMS VI. VII. 355 righteous : and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him, as with a shield. ©bening pragcr. Psahn 6. Domine, ne in furore. OLORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither chasten me in thy displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, Lord, for I am weak : Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul also is sore troubled: but. Lord, how long wilt thou punish me ? 4 Turn thee, Lord, and deliver my soul : save me for thy mercy's sake. 5 For in death no man remembereth thee : and who wiU give thee thanks in the pit ? 6 I am weary of my groaning ; every night wash I my bed : and water my couch with my tears. 7 My beauty is gone for very trouble : and worn away because of all mine enemies. 8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity : for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The Lord hath heard my petition : the Lord will receive my prayer. 10 All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed : they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly. Psalm 7. Domine, Deus meus. OLORD, my God, in thee have I put my trust : save me from all them that persecute me, and de- liver me ; 2 Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces : while there is none to help. 356 PSALM Vn. Dat 1. 3 Lord my God, if I have done any such thing : or if there be any wickedness in my hands ; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friend- ly with me : yea, I have delivered him that-without any cause is mine enemy ; 5 Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me : yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. 6 Stand up, Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thy- self, because of the indignation of mine enemies : arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast com- manded. 7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee : for their sakes therefore lift up thyseK again. 8 The Lord shall judge the people ; give sentence with me, Lord : according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me. 9 let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end : but guide thou the just. 10 For the righteous God : trieth the very hearts and reins. - 11 My help cometh of God: who preserve th them that are true of heart. 12 God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient : and God is provoked every day. 13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword: he hath hent his bow, and made it ready. 14 He hath prepared for him the instruments of death : he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 15 Behold, he travaileth with mischief: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. 16 He hath graven and digged up a pit : and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other. Day 1. PSALM VIII. 357 17 For his travail shall come upon his own head : and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate. 18 I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to his righteousness : and I will praise the Name of the Lord most High. Psalm 8. Domine, Dominus noster. OLORD our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world : thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens ! 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies : that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers : the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained. 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him : and the son of man, that thou visitest him ? 5 Thou madest him lower than the angels : to crown him with glory and worship. 6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands : and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet ; 7 All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; 8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. 9 Lord our Governor : how excellent is thy Name in all the world I 358 PSALM IX. Dat 2. THE SECOND DAY. iKtornmg iPrager. Psalm 9. Confitehor tihi. I WILL give thanks unto thee, Lord, with my whole heart : I will speak of all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee : yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, thou Most Highest. 3 While mine enemies are driven back: they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause : thou art set in the throne that judgest right. 6 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly : thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6 thou enemy, destructions are come to a per- petual end : even as the cities which thou hast destroy- ed ; their memorial is perished with them. 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever : he hath also prepared his seat for judgment. 8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness : and minister true judgment unto the people. 9 The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed: even a refuge in due time of trouble. 10 And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee : for thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee. 110 praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion : show the people of his doings. 12 For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them : and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor. 13 Have mercy upon me, Lord ; consider the DAT 2. PSALM X. 359 trouble which I suSer of them that hate me : thou that liftest me up from the gates of death ; 14 That I may show all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion : I wUl rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made : in the same net which they hid privily is their foot taken. 16 The LoKD is known to execute judgment: the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell : and all the people that forget God. 18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten : the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever. 1 19 Up, Lord, nd let not man have the upper hand : let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them in fear, Lord : that the heathen may knoA^ themselves to be but men. Psalm 10. Ut quid, Domine? WHY standest thou so far off, Lord : and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble ? 2 The ungodly, for his own Itist, doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined. 3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire: and speaketh good of the covetous, whom God abhorreth. 4 The ungodly is so proud, that he careth not for God : neither is God in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are alway grievous : thy judgments are far above out of his sight, and therefore defieth he all his enemies. 6 For he hath said in his heart. Tush ! I shall never be cast down : there shall no harm happen unto me. 360 PSALM X. Day 2. 7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit^ and fraud : under his tongue is ungodliness and vanity. 8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets : and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor. 9 For he lieth waiting secretly ; even as a lion lurk- eth he in his den : that he may ravish the poor. 10 He doth ravish the poor : when he getteth him into his net. 11 He falleth down, and humble th himself: that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains. 12 He hath said in his heart. Tush ! God hath for- gotten : he hideth away his face, and he will never see it. 13 Arise, Lord God, and lift up thine hand : for- get not the poor. 14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God: while he doth say in his heart, Tush ! thou God carest not for it ? 15 Surely thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong. 16 That thou may est take the matter into thy hand : the poor committeth himself unto thee ; for thou art the helper of the friendless. 17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and mah- cious : take away his ungodliness, and thou shalt find none. 18 The Lord is King for ever and ever : and the heathen are perished out of the land. 19 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poor : thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto ; 20 To help the fatherless land poor unto their right : Day 2. PSALMS XI. XII. 361 that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them. Psalm 11. In Domino, confido. IN the LoED put I my trust : how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hiU ? 2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver : that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart. 3 For the foundations will be cast down : and what hath the righteous done ? 4 The LoED is in his holy temple : the Loed's seat is in heaven. 5 His eyes consider the poor : and his eyelids try the children of men. 6 The LoED aUoweth the righteous : but the un- godly, and him that dehghteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor. 7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storm and tempest : this shall be their por- tion to drink.. 8 For the righteous Loeb loveth righteousness : his countenance will behold the thing that is just. ©bening i^rager. Psalm 12. jSalvum mefac. HELP me, Loed, for there is not one godly man left : for the faithful are minished from among the children of men. 2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour : they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart. 3 The Loed shall root out all deceitful lips : and the tongue that speaketh proud things ; 362 PSALMS XIII. XIV. Dat 2. 4 Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail: we are they that ought to speak, who is lord over us ? 5 Now, for the. comfortless troubles' sake of the needy : and because of the deep sighing of the poor, 6 I will up, saith the Loed : and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. 7 The words of the Loed are pure words : even as the silver which from the earth is tried, and purified seven timeis in the fire. 8 Thou shalt keep them, Loed : thou shalt pre- serve him from this generation for ever. 9 The ungodly walk on every side : when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke. Psalm 13. Usque quo, Domine? HOW long wilt thou forget me, Loed, 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, Loed 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 rejoice at it. 5 But my trust is in thy mercy : and my heart is joyful in thy salvation. 6 I will sing of the Loed, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me : yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest. Psalm 14. Dixit insipiens. THE fool hath said in his heart : There is no God. 2 They are corrupt, and become abominable in DAT 3. PSALM XV. 363 their doings : there is none that doeth good, no not one. 3 The LoED 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 sepiilchre; with their tongues have they deceived: the poison of asps is under their lips. 6 Their mouth is fuU of cursing and bitterness : their feet are swift to shed blood. 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 ? 9 There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was : foi* God is in the generation of the* righteous. 10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor : because he 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 rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. THE THIED DAT, il^lornmg prager. Psalm 15. Domine, quis hahitahit? LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle : or who shall rest upon thy holy hill ? 2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life: and 364 PSALM XVI. Dat 3. 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 disap- pointeth him not : though it were to his own hindrance. 6 He that hath not given his money upon usury : nor taken reward against the innocent. 7 Whoso doeth these things: shall never fall. Psalm 16. Conserva me, Domine. PKESEEVE me, God : for in thee have I put my trust. 2 my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord : Thou art my God ; my goods are nothing unto thee. 3 AH 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 fiave great trouble. 5 Their drink-offermgs of blood will I not offer: neither make mention of their names within my lips. 6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheri- tance, and of my cup : thou shalt maintain my lot. 7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair 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 rejoiced : my flesh also shall rest in hope. Day 3. PSALM XVH. 365 11 For why ? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell : neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 12 Thou shalt show me the path of life ; in thy presence is the fulness of joy : and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore. Psahn 17. Exaudi, Domine. HEAR the right, Lokd, 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 men's works that are done against the words of thy lips : I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer. .5 hold thou up my goings in thy paths : that my footsteps slip not. 6 I have called upon thee, God, for thou shalt hear me : incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my w6rds. 7 Show 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 ; 366 PSALM XVm. Dat 3. 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey : and as it were a lion's 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, Lord, from the men, I say, and from the evU world : which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fiUest 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. Psalm 18. Diligam te, Domine. I WILL love thee, 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 buck- ler, 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 f oun- Day 3. PSALM XVIH. 367 dations also of the hills shook, and were removed, because he was 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 Cherubims, and did fly: 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 : hailstones and coals of fire. 13 The Lord also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder: hailstones and coals of fire. 14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them : he cast forth lightnings, and destroyed them. 15 The springs of waters were seen, and the founda- tions of the round world were discovered at thy chid- ing, Lord : at thy 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 deHver 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 368 , PSALM XVIII. Day 3. dealing : according to tlie 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 eyesight. 25 With the holy thou shalt be holy : and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. 26 With the cleain thou shalt be clean : and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness. 27 For thou shalt save the people that are in ad- versity : and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud. 28 Thou also shalt light my candle : the Lord my Grod 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: Day 3. ' PSALM XVin. 369 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 footsteps shall not slide. 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 bat- tle : 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 Lokd 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 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. 370 PSALM XIX. ' Dat 4. 50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, Lord, among the Gentiles : and sing praises unto thy Name. 61 Great prosperity giveth he unto his King : and showeth loving-kindness unto David, his Anointed, and unto his seed for evermore. THE FOURTH DAY. Psalm 19. Codi enarrant. ''pHE heavens declare the glory of God: and the JL firmament showeth 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 sim: which Cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his cham- ber, and rejoiceth 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, convert- ing the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice 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 rightr eous altogether. Day 4. PSALM XX. 371 10 More to be desired are they than gold: yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey, and the honey-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 : cleanse thou me from my secret faults. IB Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me : so shall I be un- defiled, 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 LoKD : my strength and my redeemer. Psabn 20. Exaudiat te Dominus. THE LoKD 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 Eemember all thy offerings: and accept thy burnt-sacrifice ; 4 Grant thee thy heart's desire : and fulfil all thy mind. 5 We wUl rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God : the Lokd perform all thy petitions. 6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, and wUl hear him from his holy heaven : even with the wholesome strength of his right hand. 7 Some put their tru,st in chariots, and some in horses : but we will remember the Name of the Lokd our God. 8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen and stand upright. 372 PSALM XXI. Day 4. 9 Save, Lokd; and hear us, King of heaven: when we call upon thee. Psalm 21. Domine, in virtute tua. THE King shall rejoice in thy strength, Lord : exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation. 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire : and hast not denied him the request of his lips. 3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness : and shall 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 dis- pleasure, 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 per- form. 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. Day 4. * PSALM XXn. 373 (Bbening l^raBer. Psalm 22. Deus, Deus mens. 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 : 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 outcast of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their hps, and shake their heads, saying, 8 He trusted in God, that he would deliver him : let him deliver him, if he wiU have him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb : thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts. 10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born : thou art my God even from my mother's womb. 11 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 roaring lion. 14 I am poured out Hke water, and all my bones are out of joint : my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax. 374 PSALM XXn. ' Day 4. 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 counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me. 17 They pierced my hands and my feet ; I may teU 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, Loed : thou art my succour, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword: my darling from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion's mouth : thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns. 22 I will declare thy Name imto my brethren : in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 23 praise the Lokb, ye that fear him: magnify 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 I 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 them- selves, and be turned unto the Lord : and all the kin- dreds of the nations shall worship before him. 28 For the kingdom is the Lord's : and he is the Governor among the people. L Day 5. PSALMS XXIH. XXIV. 375 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 quickened 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. Psahn 23. Dominus regit me. THE LoKD 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 Name's 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 oil, and my cup shall be filll. 6 But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life : and I wiU. dwell in the house of the Lobd for ever. THE FIFTH DAT. Psalm 24. Domini est terra. THE earth is the Lord's, and aU that therein is : the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas : and pre- paredit upon the floods. 376 PSALM XXV. Day 5. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lokd : or who shall rise up in his holy placfe ? 4 Even he that hath clean hands, and a piire heart : and that hath not lift up his mind luito 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, Jacob. 7 Lift up your heads, 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 battle. 9 Lift up your heads, 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. Psalm 25. Ad te, Domine, levavi. UNTO thee, Lord, will I 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 Show me thy ways, 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, Lord, thy tender mercies : Day 5. PSALM XXV. 377 and thy loving-kindnesses, which, have been ever of old. 6 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 Loed : 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 Loed are mercy and truth : unto such as keep his covenant, and his testimonies. 10 For thy Name's sake, O Loed : be merciful unto my sin ; for it is great. , 11 What man is he thatfeareth the Loed : 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 Loed is among them that fear him : and he will show them his covenant. 14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Loed : 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 : 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 keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be ! confounded, for I have put my trust in thee. I 20 Let perfectness and righteous deaHng w^it upon me : for my hopie hath been in thee. 21 Deliver Israel, God : out of all his troubles. 378 ^ ^ PSALMS XXVI. XXVII. Day 5. Psalm 26. Judica vne, Domine. BE thou my Judge, Lokd, for I have walked innocently : my trust hath been also in the Lokd, therefore shall I not fall. 2 Examine me, Loed, 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 Loed : and so will I go to thine altar ; 7 That I may show the voice of thanksgiving : and tell of all thy wbndrous works. 8 Loed, I have loved the habitation of thy house : and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 shut not up my soul with the sinners: nor my life with the blood-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 Lokd in the congregations. (Bbening ^taget. Psalm 27. Dominus illuminatio. THE Lokd 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, Day 5. PSALM XXVII..' ^ 379 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 LoED 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 i^nto my voice, 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 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, God of my salvation. 12 When my father and my mother forsake me : the Lord taketh me up. 13 Teach me thy way, Lord : and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies. 14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adver- saries : for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong. 15 1 should utterly have fainted : but that I believe 380 PSALM XXVIII. Day 5. verily to see the goodness of the Lokd in the land of the living. 16 tarry thou the Loed's leisure : be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart ; and put thou thy trust in the Lord. Psalm 28. Ad ie, Domine. UNTO thee wiU I cry, 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 nnto 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 imgodly 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 Kecompense 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 whole- some defence of his Anointed. 10 O save thy people, and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance : feed them, and set them up for ever. Day 6. PSALMS XXIX. XXX. 381 Psalm 29. Afferte Domino. BRING Tinto the Lokd, ye mighty, bring young rams unto the Lokb : ascribe unto the Lord wor- ship and strength. 2 Give the Eoed the honour due unto his Name : worship the Lord with holy worship. 3 It is the Lord that commandeth the waters : it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder. 4 It is the Lord that ruleth the sea ; the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation : the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice. 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar trees : yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf : Libanus also, and Sirion, like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire ; the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness: yea, the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Cades. 8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes : in his temple doth every nian speak of his honour. 9 The Lord sitteth above the water-flood : and the Lord remaineth a King for ever. 10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people: thfe Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. THE SIXTH DAY. Psahn 30, Exaltdbo te, Domine. I WILL masgnify thee, Lord ; for thou hast set me up : and not made my foes to triumph over me. 2 Lord, my God, I cried unto thee: and thou hast healed me. 382 PSALM XXXI. Day 6; 3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell : thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit. 4 Sing praises unto the Lord, ye saints of his : and give thanks unto him, for a remembrance of his holiness. 5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is Ufe : heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shaU never be removed : thou, Lord, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so strong. 7 Thou didst turn thy face from me : and I was troubled. 8 Then cried I unto thee, Lord : and gat me to my Lord right humbly. 9 What profit is there in my blood : when I go down to the pit ? 10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee : or shall it declare thy truth ? 11 Hear, Lord, and have mercy upon me : Lord, be^thou my helper. 12 Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy : thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness : 13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without 'ceasing: my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. Psalm 31. In te, Domine, speravi. IN thee, Lord, have I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion ; deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me : make haste to deliver me. 3 And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence : that thou mayest save me. Bat 6. PSiSJLM XXXI, 383 4 For thou art my strong rock, and my castle : be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake. 5 Draw me out of the net that they have laid priv- ily for me : for thou art my strength. 6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit : for thou hast redeemed me, Loed, thou God of truth. 7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities : and my trust hath been in the Loed. 8 I will be glad, and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soul in adversities. 9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy : but hast set my feet in a large room. 10 Have mercy upon me, Loed, for I am in trouble: and mine eye isconsumedfor very heaviness;- yea, my soul and ,niy body. 11 For my life is waxen old with heaviness : and my years with mourning. 12 My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity : and my bones are consumed. 13 I became a reproof among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours : and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me ; and they that did see me without, conveyed themselves from me. 14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind : I am become lilte a broken vessel. 15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multi- tude : and fear is on every side ; while they conspire together against me, and take their counsel to take away my life. 16 But my hope hath been in thee, Loed : I have said, Thou art my God. 17 My time is in thy hand ; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies : andfrom them that persecute me. 384 PSALM XXkn. Day 6. 18 Show thy servant the light of thy countenance : and save me for thy mercy's sake. 19 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee : let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to silence in the grave. 20 Let the lying lips be put to silence : which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefuUy speak against the righteous. 21 how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee: and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men ? 22 Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own pres- ence from the provoking of all men : thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues. 23 Thanks be to the Lord ; for he hath showed me marvellous great kindness in a strong city. 24 And when I made haste, I said : I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes. 25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer : when I cried unto thee. 26 love the Lord, all ye his saints : for the Lord preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer. 27 Be strong, and he shall establish your heart : aU ye that put your trust in the Lord. ©belting iPrager. Psalm 32. Beati, quorum. BLESSED is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven : and whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin : and in whose spirit there is no guile. Day 6. PSALM XXXIII. 385 3 For whilst I held my tongue : my bones consumed away through my daily complaining. 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night : and my moisture is like the drought in summer. 5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee : and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. \ 6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord : and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin. 7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou may est be found : but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him. 8 Thou art a place to hide me in ; thou shalt pre- serve me from trouble : thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shali go : and I will guide thee with mine eye. 10 Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding : whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee. 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly : but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side. 12 Be glad, ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord: and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. Psalm 33. Exultate, justi. EEJOICE in the Lord, ye righteous : for it be- cometh well the just to be thankful. 2 Praise the Lord with harp : sing praises imto him with the lute, and instrument of ten strings. 8 Sing unto the Lord a new song: sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage. 386 PSALM XXXIII. Day 6. 4 For the word of the Lord . is true : and all his works are faithful. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment : the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made : and all the hosts of them uy the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon an heap : and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : stand in awe o£ him, all ye that dwell in the world. 9 For he spake, and it was done : he commanded and it stood fast. 10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought : and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect, and casteth out the pounsels of princes. 11 The counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever : and the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. 12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Jehovah : and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him, to be his inheritance. 13 The Lord looked down from heaven, and beheld all the children of men : from the habitation of his dwelling, he considereth all them that dwell on the earth. 14 He f ashioneth all the hearts of them : and under- standeth all their works. 15 There is no king that can be saved by the multi- tude of an host : neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength. 16 A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man : neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength. DAT 6. PSALM XXXIV. , 387 17 Behold, the eye of the Lobd is upon them that fear him : and upon them that put their trust in his mercy ; 18 To deliver their soul from death: and to feed them in the time of dearth. 19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lord : for he is our help and our shield. 20 For our heart shall rejoice in him : because we have hoped in his holy Name. 21 Let thy merciful kindness, Lord, be upon us : like as we do put our trust in thee. Psalm 34. Benedicam Dominum. I WILL alway give thanks unto the Lokd : his praise shall ever be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 praise the Lord with me : and let us magnify his Name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me : yea, he delivered me out of all my fear. 5 They had an eye unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him : yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him : and delivereth them. 8 taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is : blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 fear the Lord, ye that are his saints : for they that fear him lack nothing. 10 The lions do lack, and suffer hunger : but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good. 388 PSALM XXXV. Dat 7. « 11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto me : I wiU teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is he that lusteth to live : and would fain see good days ? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil: and thy lips, that they speak no guile. 14 Eschew evil, and do good : seek peace, and ensue it. 15 The eyes of the Lokd are over the righteous : and his ears are open unto their prayers. 16 The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil: to root out the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them : and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a con- trite heart: and will save such as be of an humble spirit. 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous : but the Lord delivereth him out of all. 20 He keepeth all his bones : so that not one of them is broken. 21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. . 22 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants: and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute. THE SEVENTH DAY. i^orning ^rager. Psahn 35. Judica, Domine. PLEAD thou my cause, Lord> with them that strive with me : and fight thou against them that fight against me. 2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler : and stand up to help me. Day 7. PSALM XXXV. - 389 3 Bring forth the spear, and stop . the way against them that persecute me : say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded, and put to shame, that seek after vaj soul : let them be turned back, and brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for me. 5 Let them be as the dust before the wind : and the angel of the Lord scattering them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery : and let the angel of the Lord persecute them. 7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause : yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul. 8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him una- wares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch him- self : that he may fall into his own mischief. 9 And, my soul, be J05rful in the I|Pbd : it shall rejoice in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him: yea, the poor, and him that is in misery, from him that spoUeth him ? 11 False witnesses did rise up : they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good : to the great discpmfort of my soul. 13 Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fastiug: and my prayer shall turn into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together : yea, the very abjects came 390 PSALM XXXV. Day 7. 1^ together against me unawares, making mouths at me, and ceased not. 16 With the flatterers were busy mockers : who gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look upon this : deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my darling from the lions. 18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congrega- tion : I will praise thee among much people. 19 let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly: neither let them wink with their eyes, that hate me without a cause. 20 And why ? their communing is not for peace : but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land. 21 They gaped upon me with their mouths, and said : Fie on thee ! fie on thee ! we saw it with our eyes. 22 This thou hast seen, Lokd : hold not thy tongue then ; go not far from me, Lord. 23 Awake, and stand up to judge my quarrel: ' avenge thou my cause, my God and my Lord. 24 Judge me, Lord my God, according to thy righteousness : and let them not triumph over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts. There ! there ! so would we have it : neither let them say. We have devoured him. 26 Let them be put to confusion and shame" to- gether, that rejoice at my trouble : let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast them- selves against me. 27 Let them be glad and rejoice, that favour my righteous dealing: yea, let them say alway, Blessed be the Lord, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. Day 7. PSALM XXXVI. 391 28 And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of thy righteousness : and of thy praise, all the day long. Psalm 36. Dixit injustus. MY heart showeth me the wickedness of the un- godly : that there is no fear of God before his eyes. ■ 2 For he flattereth himself in his own sight : until his abominable sin be found out. 3 The words ^of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit : he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good. 4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way : neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil. 5 Thy mercy, Loeb, reacheth unto the heavens : and thy faithfulness unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness standeth like the strong moun- tains : thy judgments are like the great deep. 7 Thou, Lord, shalt save both man and beast ; how excellent is thy mercy, God : and the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house: and thou shalt give them drink of thy pleasures, as out of the river. 9 For with thee is the well of life : 4nd in thy light shall we see light. 10 O continue forth thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee : and thy righteousness unto them that are true of heart. 11 let not the foot of pride come against me : and let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down. 12 There are they fallen, all that work wickedness : they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand. 392 PSALM XXXVII. Dat 7. ©bening iPrager. • Psalm 37. Noli cemulari. FRET not thyself because of the ungodly: neither be thou envious against the evil doers. . , 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass : and be withered even as the green herb. 3 Put thou thy trust in the Loed, and be doing godd : dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thou in the Loed : and he shall give thee thy heart's desire. * 5 Commit thy way unto the Loed, and put thy trust in him : and he shall bring it to pass. 6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light : and thy just dealing as the noon-day. 7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently > upon him : but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels. 8 Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure : fret ', not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil. 9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out : and they that patiently abide the Loed, those shall inherit the land. 10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone : thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away. 11 But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth: and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace. 12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just: and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn: for he hath seen that his day is coming. 14 The ungodly have drawn oiit the sword, and have bent their bow : to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right conversation. DAT 7. PSALM XXXVn. 393 15 Their sword shall go through their own heart: and tlieir how shall be broken. 16 A small thing that the righteous hath : is better than great riches of the ungodly. 17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken: and the Lord upholdeth the righteous. * 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the godly : and their inheritance shall endure for ever. 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time : and in the days of dearth they shall have enough. 20 As for the ungodly, they shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall consume as the fat of lambs : yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away. 21 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again : but the righteous is merciful and liberal. 22 Such as are blessed of God, shall possess the land : and they that are cursed of him, shall be rooted out. 23 The Lord ordereth a good man's going: and maketh his way acceptable to himself. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast away : for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old : and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread. 26 The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth : and his seed is blessed. 27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good : and dwell for evermore. 28 For the Lord loveth the thing that is right : he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever. 29 The unrighteous shall be punished : as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. 394 PSALM XXXVm. Day 8. 30 The righteous shall inherit the land.: and dwell therein for ever. 31 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wis- dom : and his tongue will be talking of judgment. 32 The law of his God is in his heart : and his goings shall not slide. 33 The ungodly seeth the righteous : and seeketh occasion to slay him. 34 The Lord will not leave him in his hand : nor condemn him when he is judged. 35 Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land: when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it. 36 I myself have seen the ungodly in great power : and flourishing like a green bay-tree. 3^r I went by, and lo, he was gone : I sought him, but his place could no where be found. 38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last. 39 As for the transgressors, they shall perish to- gether : and the end of the ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at the last. 40 But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the Lord : who is also their strength in the time of trouble.' 41 And the Lord shall stand by them, and §ave them : he shall deliver them from the ungodly, and shall save them, because they put their trust in him. THE EIGHTH DAY. IKlorning ptagcr. Psalm 38. Domine, ne in furore. HIT me not to rebuke, Lord, in thine anger: neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure ; Day 8. PSALM XXXVni. 395 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me : and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure : neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin. 4 For my wickednesses are gone over my head : and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt: through my foolishness. 6 I am brought into so great trouble and misery: that I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a sore disease : and there is no whole part in my body. 8 I am feeble and sore smitten : I have roared for the very disquietness of my heart. 9 Lord, thou knowest all my desire : and my groan- ing is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me : and the sight of mine eyes is gone from me. 11 My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon my trouble : and my kinsmen stood afar off. 12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for me: and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit ajl the day long. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not: and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth. 14 I became even as a man that heareth not: and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, Lord, have I put my trust: thou shalt answer for me, O Lord my God. 16 I have required that they, even mine enemies, should not triumph over me: for when my foot slipt, they rejoiced greatly against me. 396 PSALM XXXIX. Dat 8. 17 And I truly am set in the plague: and my heav- iness is ever in my sight. 18 For I will confess my wickedness : and be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies live and are mighty: and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number. 20 They also that reward evil for good are against liie : because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, Lokd my God : be not thou far from me. 22 Haste thee to help me : Lord God of my sal- vation. Psalm 39. Dixi, Custodiam. I SAID, I will take heed to my ways: that I offend not in my tongue. 2 I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle : while the ungodly is in my sight. 3 I held my tongue, and spake nothing: I kept silence, yea, even from good words; but it was pain' and grief to me. 4 My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the fire kindled: and at the last I spake with my tongue ; 5 LoED, let me know my end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live. 6 Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. 7 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquiet- eth himself in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. 8 And now, Lord, what is my hope : Truly my hdpe is even in thee. Day 8. PSALM XL. 397 9 Deliver me from all mine offences : and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. 10 1 became dumb, and opened not my mouth : for it was thy doing. 11 Take thy plague away from me : I am even con- sumed by the means of thy heavy hand. 12 When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment : every man there- fore is but vanity. 13 Hear my prayer, Lord, and with thine ears consider my calling : hold not thy peace at my tears. 14 For I am a stranger with thee: and a sojoiirner, as all my fathers were. 15 spare me a little, that I may recover my strength : before I go hence, and be no more seen. Psalm 40. Expectans expectavi. I'\ WAITED patiently for the Lord : and he inchned . unto me, and heard my calling. 2 He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay : and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth : even a thanksgiving unto our God. 4 Many shall see it, and fear: and shall put their trust in the Lord. 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord : and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies. 6 Lord my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which are to us-ward : and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. 398 PSALM XL. Day 8. 7 If I should declare them, and speak of them: they should be more than I am able to express. 8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not: but mine ears hast thou opened. 9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not required : then said I, Lo, I come ; 10 In the volume of the book it is written of me, thatl should fulfil thy will, my God: I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart. 11 I have declared thy righteousness in the great congregation : lo, I will not refrain my lips, Lord, and that thou knowest. 12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart: my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. 13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth: from the great congregation. 14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, Lord : let thy loving-kindness and thy truth alway preserve me. 15 For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in num- ber than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me. 16 Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me : make haste, Lord, to help me. 17 Let them be ashamed, and confounded togethel-, that seek after my soul to destroy it: let them be driven backward, and put to rebuke, that wish me evil. 18 Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame: that say unto me, Fie upon thee ! fie upon thee ! 19 Let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation, say alway, The Lord be praised! Bat 8. PSALM XLI. 399 20 As for me, I am poor and needy : but the Lord careth for me. 21 Thou irt my helper and redeemer: make no long tarrying, O my God. (Kbenmg ^rager. Psalm 41, Beatus qui intelligit. BLESSED is he that considereth the poor and needy : the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. 2 The Lord preserve him, and keep him alive, that he may be blessed upon earth : and deliver not thou him into the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord comfort him when he lieth sick .upon his bed : make thou all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said. Lord, be merciful unto me : heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me : When shall he die, and his name perish ? 6 And if he come to see ine, he speaketh vanity : and his heart conceiveth falsehood- within himself; and when he cometh forth, he telleth it. i 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, 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. 400 PSALM XLII. Day 8. 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 with- out end. Amen. Psalm 42. Quemadmodum. 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 myself : 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, 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 in 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 : DAT 9. PSALMS XLIII. XLIV. 401 "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, my soul: and why art thou so disquieted within me ? 15 O put thy trust in God : for I wUl yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance/ and my God. Psalm 43. Judica me, Deus. GIVE sentence with me, God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people : 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 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, God, my God. 5 Why art thou so heavy, my soul : and why art thou so disquieted within me ? 6 put thy trust in God : for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God. THE NINTH DAT. Psalm 44. Deus, auribus. WE have heard with our ears, God, our fathers have told us : what thou hast done in their time of old; 402 PSALM XLIV. Day 9. 2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, and planted them in: how thoi;i 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, God: send help unto Jacob. 6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies: and in thy Naijie 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 bur boast of God all day long: and will praise thy Name for ever. 10 But now thou art far off, and puttest us to con- fusion : and goest not forth with our armies. 11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our ene- mies : 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 mej DAT 9. PSALM XLV. 403 17 Eor 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 ourselves 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 are we 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 Wherpfore hidest thou thy face : and forgettest our misery jand 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 mercy's sake. Psalm 45. Eructavit cor m&rnn. MY heart is inditing of a good matter : I spea\ of the things which I have made unto the King . 2 My tongue is the pen : of a ready writer. 3 Thou art fairer than the children of men : -fnll of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed th ee for ever. 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou Most Mighty : according to thy worship and r enown. 5 Good luck have thou with thine honour : i ide on, 404 PSALM XLV. Dat 9. because of the word of truth, of meekness, and right- eousness ; 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 King's enemies. 7 Thy seat, 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 oil of gladness above thy fellows. 9 All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia: out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 10 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women : upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, wrought about with divers colours. 11 Hearken, daughter, and consider; incline thine ear: forget also thine own people, and thy father's house. 12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty: for he is thy Lord God, and worship thou him. 13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift : like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee. 14 The King's daughter is all glorious within : her clothing is of wrought gold. 15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework: the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee. 16 With joy and gladness shall they be brought: and shall enter into the King's palace. 17 Instead of thy fathers, thou shalt have children: whom thou mayest make princes in all lands. L Day 9. PSALM XLVI. 405 18 I will remember thy Name from one generation to another: therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end. Psalm 46. Deus noster refugium. /^ OD is our hope and strength : a very present help vJT in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved : and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea. 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell: and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same. 4 The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God: the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most Highest. 5 God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed : God shall help her, land that right early. 6 The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved : but God hath showed his voice, and the earth shall melt away. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge. 8 come hither, and behold the works of the Lord : what destruction he hath brought upon the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world: he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the chariots ia the fire. 10 Be still then, and know that I am God : I wiU be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The Lord of hosts is with us : the God of Jacob is our refugie. 406 PSALMS XLVII. XLVIII. Day 9. Psalm 47. Omnes gentes, plaudite. OCLAP your hands together, all ye people: sing unto God with the voice of melody. 2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared: he is the great King upon all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us: and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose out an heritage for us : even the worship of Jacob, whom he loved. 5 God is gone up with a merry noise : and the LoBD with the sound of the trump. 6 sing praises, sing praises unto our God: sing praises, sing praise^ unto our King. 7 For God is the King of aU the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon his holy seat. 9 The princes of the people are joined unto the people of the God of Abraham : for God, which is very high exalted, doth defend the earth, as it Avere with a shield. ' ' Psalm 48. Magnus Dominus. GREAT is the Lord, and highly to be praised: in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill. 2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the \vhole earth : upon the north side heth the city of the great King ; God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge. 3 For lo, the kings of the earth: are gathered, and gone by together. 4 They marvelled to see such things: they were astonished, and suddenly cast down. t)j^'9. PSALM XLIX. 407 5 Eeat came there upon them, and sorrow : as upon a woman in her travail. : 6 Thou ishalt break the shipstof the sea : throughUthe east-wind. ; ■ 7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the ^city of the LoKD of hosts, in the city of our God : God iupholdeth the same for ever. . < : 8 We wait for thy loving-kindness, 0' God: in the ■midst of thy temple. ' '■ . . . 9 God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world's end : thy right hand is full of right- eousness. ; . 10 Let the Mount Sibn rejoice, and the daugihter of - Judah b& glad : becausei of thy judgments. 11 Walk about Sion,:ahd go round about her : and tell the^ftowers thereof. ' i. 12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses.: thqt ;ye may tell them that come after. ' ' 13 For -tills God is. our God for ever and ever : he ^shaU be our guide unto death. -" ' i ' Psalm- 49;, ' A^idite hcec, omnes. OIIEAR ye [this, all ' ye people : ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world; 2 High and low, rich aiid poor : one with another. 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom: and my heart shall muse of uxiderstahSing. 4 I will incline mine ear to the parable : and show 'my dark speech iipoh the harp. . . J 5 jWher^fore should I fear in the days of wickeid- "ness : and when" the wickedness of my heels compass- etb,me round about ? r 6 There be some that put their trust in their gxJOds: and boast themstelves in the Wultitude of their Mchefe. 408 ^ PSALM XLIX. Dat 9. 7 But no man may deliver his brother : nor make agreement unto God for him ; 8 For it cost more to redeem their souls : so that he must let that alone for ever; 9 Yea, though he live long: and see not the grave. 10 For he seeth that wise men also die and perish together : as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for other. 11 And yet they think that their houses shall con- tinue for ever : and that their dwelHng-places shall endure from one generation to another ; and call the lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless, man will not abide in. honom-: seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the way of them. 13 This is their foolishness: and their posterity praise their saying. 14 They lie in the hell like sheep ; death gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall have dominion over them in the morning : their beauty shall consmne in the sepulchre out of their dwelling. 15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of hell: for he shall receive me. • 16 Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich : or if the glory of his house be increased; 17 For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth : neither shall his pomp follow him. 18 For while he lived, he coimted himself an happy man : and so long as thou doest well unto thyself, men will speak good of thee. 19 He shall follow the generation of his fathers: and shall never see light. 20 Man being in honour hath no understanding:; but is compared unto the beasts that perish. DAT 10. PSALM L. 409 THE TENTH DAY. Psalm 50. Deus deorum. THE LoED, even tlie most mighty God, hath, spoken: and called the world, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared : in perfect beauty. 5 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence* there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him. 4 He shall call the heaven from above :_and. the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my saints together unto me : those that have made a covenant %ith me with sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness : for God is Judge himself, 7 Hear, my people, and I will speak: I myself will testify against thee, Israel ; for 1 am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt-offerings : because they were not alway before me. 9 I will take no biillock out of thine house : nor he- goat out of thy folds. 10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine : and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight. 12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein. 13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls' flesh: and drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving : and pay thy vows unto the Most Highest. 410. PSAtM ' LI: DiAr iO.] 15 And call uponi'ine in the tiine of trouble: so wiU I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me. 16 But unto the ungodly saidn God :;" Why dost thou preach my .laws,, and tak'est my covenant - in thy mouth; ',/ ' ' ' • ' ■■ r' ' 1' " ■• \', ■■ ' '17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed :• and hast cast my words behind thee ? ' , * i. , '■'.te Wtien thou sawest a thief, thou consfenteidst uiito him'^j eind hast been partaker with the adulterers. ' 19 Th'ou hast let thy niouth speak wickedness: and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit. 20 Thoii' sattest^nd sp^est againsi thy brother:' yea, and hast slandered "thine own mother's son. 21 These • thiiigs hast thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one as thyself : but I wiU reprove thee, and set before thee the things th^t thou hast done. 22. Consider this, ye tlj,at forget God: lest I pluck yotf'kWay, and there be none to dehver yoii. .[ 23 Whoso. offereth me. thanks and praise, he' honour- eth me : aiid to him that ordereth his conve'rsatiqn right, will I show the salvation of God. ^ Psalm 51. Miserere mei, Dms. HAVE me^cy upon me, Gpd^ after thy great good- ness : according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. 2 Wash me throughly fmm my -^vickedness : aaadi cleanseme from jmy sin. 3 For I acknowl,edge my ffitilts: and my sin is(,^ver before me;> ■ '|,r f ;'. , . ' 4 Against thee only have I sininfed,'and dohe- this evil in thysighjt:. that thou mightest be justified in thy , saying," and clear when thou art judged. Day 10. PSALM LI. 411 5 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness: and in sin hath my mother conceived me. 6 But lo, thoii requirest truth in the inward parts : and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness : that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Turn thy face from my sins : and put out all my misdeeds. 10 Make me a clean heart, God : and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence : and take not thy holy Spirit from me. 12 give me the comfort of thy help again: and stablish me with thy free Spirit. 13 Thien shall .1 teach thy ways unto the wicked: and sinners shall, be converted unto thee. 14, Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, God, thou that art the God of my health : and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. 15 Thou shalt open my lips, Lord: and my mouth shall show thy praise. 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee : but thou delightest not in buml^offerings. 17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite heart, God, .shalt thou not despise. 18 be favourable and gracious imto Sibn : build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings, and oblations: then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. 412 PSALMS LII. LIH. Day 10. Psalm 52. Quid gloriaris? WHY boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant: that thou canst do mischief; 2 "Whereas the goodness of God: endureth yet daily ? 3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness : and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp razor. 4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness more than goodness : and to talk of lies more than righteousness. 5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt : thou false tongue. 6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever: he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. 7 The righteous also shall see this, and fear : and shall laugh him to scorn ; 8 Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength : but trusted vmto the multitude of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. 9 As for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God : my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever. 10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou hast done : and I will hope in thy Name, for thy saints like it well. Psalm 53. Dixit insipiens. THE foolish body hath said in his heart : There is no God. 2 Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their wickedness : there is none that doeth good. Day 10. PSALM LTV. 413 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men : to see if there were any that would under- stand, and seek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable : there is also none that doeth good, no not one. 5 Are not they without understanding that work wickedness: eating up my people as if they would eat bread ? they have not called upon God. 6 They were afraid where no fear was: for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee ; thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath despised them. 7 Oh, that the salvation were given unto Israel out of Sion : Oh, that the Lord would deliver his people out of captivity ! 8 Then should Jacob rejoice : and Israel should be right glad. Psalm 54. Deus, in Nomine. SAVE me, God, for thy Name's sake: and avenge me in thy strength. 2 Hear my prayer, God : and hearken unto the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up against me : and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. 4 Behold, God is my helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies : destroy thou them in thy truth. 6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name, Lokd : because it is so comfortable, 7 For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble : . and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. 414 PSALM LV. Day 10, Psalm 55. Exaudi, Deus. HEAR my prayer, God : and hide not thyself from my petition. 2 Take heed unto me, and hear me : how I mourn in my prayer, and am vexed. 3 The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast: for they are minded to do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set against me. 4 My heart is disquieted within me : and the fear of death is fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me : and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said. Oh that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I get me away far off : and remain in the wilderness. 8 I would make haste to escape : because of the stormy wind and tempest. 9 Destroy their tongues, Lord, and divide them : for I have spied unrighteousness and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about within the walls thereof : mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 11 Wickedness is therein : deceit and guile go not out of their streets. 12 For it is not an open enemy that hath done me this dishonour : for then I could have borne it. 13 Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me: for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him. 14 But it was even thou, my companion: my guide, and mine own familiar friend. 15 We took sweet counsel together: and walked in, the house of God as friends. 16 Let death come hastily upon them, and let them Das- 11. PSALM LVI. 415 go (JqWiH quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. 17 . As for me, I will- call upon God : and the Lord shall save me. , , / 18r^ In the evening, and morning, and at noon-day will I -ipmy, and that instantly : and he shall hear my voice. 19 It i^ he, that hath deliveTed' my soul in peace from the battle that was against me : for there were many with- me. ■ , • ■ 20 Yea, even God, that endure th for ever, shall hear me, and bring them down : for they will not turn, nor fear God. ; 21 He laid his hands upon such as be at peace with hini : r and he hrak.e his covenants 22r The words of his naouth were softer than butter, having war in his heart : his words were smoother thap oil, and yet be they very swords. 23/ P cast thy burden upon the. Lord, and he shall nourish thee : and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever; : ; 24 And as for them : thou, God,,shalt bring them into jthe pit of-cl?struGtion. 25 The blood-thirsty and deceitful men shall not live, out ha,lf their days: nevertheless, my trust shall be in theej Lord. ; . ., • B THE ELEVENTH DAY. Psalm §6. Miser er^mei, Deus. ■ , , ^/ E merciful unto me, God, for man goeth" about to devour me: he is daily fighting, and troubling me. 2 Miaaje-enemids are'daflyin harid'to swaIlo# me up: 416 PSALM LVn. • Day 11. for they be many that fight against me, thou Most Highest. 3 Nevertheless, though I am sometime afraid: yet put I my trust in thee. 4 I will praise God, because of his word : I have put my trust in God, and wiU not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 They daily mistake my words : all that they imagine is to do me evil. 6 They hold all together, and keep themseslves close: and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape for their wickedness : thou, God, in thy displeasure shalt cast them down. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings ; put my tears into thy bottle : are not these things noted in thy book ? 9 Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight : this I know ; for God is on my side. 10 In God's word will I rejoice : in the Lord's word will I comfort me. 11 Yea, in God have I put my trust : I wiU not be afraid what man can do unto me. 12 Unto thee, God, will I pay my vows : unto thee will I give thanks. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling : that I may walk before God in the light of the living. Psalm 57. Miserere mei, Deus. BE merciful unto me, God, be merciful unto me ; for my soul trusteth in thee : and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be overpast. 2 I will call unto the most high God : even unto the Day 11. PSALM LVIII. 417 God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand. 3 He shall send from heaven : and save me from the reproof of him that would eat me up. 4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth: my soul is among lions. 5 And I lie even among the children of men, that are set on fire : whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 6 Set up thysel#, God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth. 7 They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul : they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves. 8 My heart is fixed, God, my heart is fixed: I wiU sing and give praise. 9 Awake up, my glory ; awake, lute and harp : I myself will awake right early. 10 I will give thanks unto thee, Lord, among the people : and I wiU sing unto thee among the nations. 11 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens : and thy truth unto the clouds. 12 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth. Psahn 58. Si vere utique. ARE your minds set upon righteousness, ye con- gregation: and do ye judge the thing that is right, ye sons of men? 2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart upon the earth : and your hands deal with wickedness. 3 The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb : as soon as they are born, they go astray, and speak lies. 4 They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent : even like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears ; 418- PSALM LIX. Day 11. 5 Which refttseth to hear the voice of the charmer : charm he never so -wisely,' 6 Break their teeth, O God,-in their mouths ; smite the jaw-bones of the lions, -Loed: let them fall away like water that runneth apace; and when they 'shoot their arrows let them be rooted out. - 7 Let them CQUsume away like a snail, and be like the untimely fruit of a woman : and let them not gee the sun. . < . - • 8 Or ever your pots be made hot with thorns : so let indignation vex him, even as a thing that is raw. • 9 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the ungodly. . 10 So that a man shall sayj Verily there is a reward for the righteous: . doubtleSs\ .there is a God that judgeth the earth. . . 'i Psalm 59. Sripe rae de inimici's. DELIVER me from mine enemies, Krod : defend me from them that rise up against me. 2 deliver me from the wicked doers : and save 'me from the blood-thirsty, men. 3 For lo, they lie waiting for my soul : the mighty men are gathered against me, without- any offence or fault of me, Lord. - • - 4 They run and prepare themselves Without my fault: arise thou therefore to help me, and behold. 5 Stand up, LoRB God of hosts,- thou God of Israel, to visit all the heathen : and Ibe not merciful tmto them that offend of malicious wickedness. 6 They go to and fro in the evening : they grin like a dog, and run about through the city.- ^ - • • Day 11. PSALM LX. 419 7 Behold, they speak with their mouth, and swords are in their lips : for who doth hear? 8 But thou, LoKD, shalt have them in derision : and thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorn. 9 My strength will I ascribe unto thee : for thou art the God of my refuge. 10 God showeth me his goodness plenteously : and God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad among the people, and put them down, Lord our defence. 12 For the sin of their mouth, and for the words of their lips, they shall be taken in their pride : and why? their preaching is of cursing and lies. 13 Consimie them in thy wrath, consume them, that they may perish : and know that it is God that ruleth in Jacob, and unto the ends of the world. 14 And in the evening they wUl return : grin like a dog, and wUl go about the city. 15 They wUl run here and there for meat : and grudge if they be not satisfied. 16 As for me, I will sing of thy power, and wiU praise thy mercy betimes in the morning : for thou hg,st been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 17 Unto thee, my strength, wUl I sing : for thou, God, art my refuge, and my merciful God. Psalm 60. Deus, repulisti nos. OGOD, thou hast cast us out, and scattered us abroad : thou hast also been displeased ; turn thee unto us again. 2 Thou hast moved the land, and divided it : heal the sores thereof, for it shaketh. 420 PSALM LXI. Day 11. 3 Thou hast showed thy people heavy things : thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine. 4 Thou hast given a token for such as fear thee : that they may triumph because of the truth. 5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered : help me with thy right hand, and hear me. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will rejoice, and divide Sichem : and mete out the valley of Succoth. 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine: Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver; 8 Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will I cast out my.shoe : Philistia, be thou glad of me. 9 Who will lead me into the strong city : who will bring me into Edom ? 10 Hast not thou cast us out, God: wUt not thou, God, go out with our ^ hosts ? 11 be thou our help in trouble : for vain is the help of man. 12 Through God will we do great acts : for it is he that shall tread down our enemies. Psalm 61. Exaudi, Deus. HEAR my crying, God : give ear unto my prayer. 2 From the ends of the earth wUl I call upon thee : when my heart is in heaviness. 3 set me up upon the rock that is higher than I : for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me against the enemy. 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever : and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings. 5 For thou, Lord, hast heard my desires : and hast given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name. 6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life : that his years may endure throughout all generations. Day 12. PSALM LXII. 421 7 He shall dwell before God for ever: prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may pre- serve him. 8 So will I always sing praise unto thy Name : that I may daily perform my vows. THE TWELFTH DAY. Psalm 62. Nonne Deof MY soul truly waiteth still upon God : for of him Cometh my salvation. 2 He verily is my strength and my salvation : he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall. 3 How long will ye imagine, mischief against eyery man : Ye shall be slain all the sort of you ; yea as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge. , 4 Their device is only how to put him out whom God wiU exalt : their delight is in lies ; they give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. 5 Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still upon God : for my hope is in him. 6 He truly" is my strength and my salvation : he is my defence so that I shall not fall. 7 'In God is my health and my glory : the rock of my might, and in God is my trust. 8 put your trust in him alway, ye people : pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. 9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity : the children of men are deceitful upon the weights; they are altogether lighter than vanity itself. 10 0- trust not in wrong and robbery ; give not yourselves unto vanity: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 422 PSALMS LXIII. LXIV. Day 12. 11 God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same : that power belongeth unto God ; 12 And that thou, Lord, art merciful : for thou rewardest every man according to his work. Psalm 63. Deus, Deus mens. OGOD, thou art my God: early will I seek thee. 2 My soul thirsteth for thee ; my flesh also longeth after thee : in a barren and dry land where no water is. 3 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness : that I might behold thy power and glory. 4 For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself : my lips shall praise thee. 5 As long as I live will I magnify thee in this man- ner : and lift up my hands in thy Name. 6 My soul shall he satisfied, even as if it were with marrow and fatness : when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips. 7 Have I not remembiered thee in my bed: and thought upon thee when I was waking? 8 Because thou hast been my helper: therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 9 My soul hangeth upon thee : thy right hand hath upholden me. 10 These also that seek tho hurt of my soul: they shall go under the earth. 11 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword : that they may be a portion for foxes. 12 But the King shall rejoice in God ; all they also that swear by him shall be commended : for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Psalm 64. Exaudi, Deus. HEAR my voice, God, in my prayer : preserve my life from fear of the enemy. DAT 12. PSALM LXV. 423 2 Hide me from the gathering together of the fro- ward : and from the insurrection of wicked doers ; 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword : and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words ; 4 That they may privily shoot at him that is per- fect : suddenly do they hit him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in mischief : and com- mune among themselves, how they may lay snares ; and say, that no man shall see them. 6 They imagine wickedness, and practise it: that they keep secret among themselves, every man in the deep of his heart. 7 But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow : that they shall be wounded. 8 Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall : in- somuch that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to scorn. 9 And all men that see it shall say. This hath God done : for they shall perceive that it is his work. 10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his trust in him : and all they that are true of heart shall be glad. ©bening ^rager. Psalm 65. Te decet hymnus. THOU, God, art praised in Sion : and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. 2 Thou ijhat hearest the prayer : unto thee shall all flesh come. 3 My misdeeds prevail against me : be thou mer- ciful unto our sins. 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee : he shall dwell in thy court, and 424 PSALM LXVI. Day 12. shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 5 Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, God of our salvation : thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. 6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains : and is girded about with power. 7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea: and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens : thou that makest the outrgoings of the morning and evening to praise thee. 9 Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it: thou makest it very plenteous. 10 The river of God is full of water : thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth, 11 Thou waterest her furrows ; thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof : thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. 12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness : and thy clouds drop fatness. 13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilder- ness : and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. 14 The folds shall be full of sheep : the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. Psalm 66. Jubilate Deo. OBE joyful in God, all ye lands : sing praises unto the honour of his Name ; make his praise to be glorious. 2 Say unto God, how wonderful art thou in thy works : through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. DAT 12. PSALM LXVI. 425 3 For all the world shall worship thee : sing of thee, and praise thy Name. 4 come hither, and behold the works of God : how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men. 5 He turned the sea into dry land : so that they went through the water on foot ; there did we rejoice thereof. 6 He ruleth with his power for ever ; his eyes behold the people : and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. 7 praise our God, ye people : and make the voice of his praise to be heard ; 8 Who holdeth our soul in life : and sufEereth not our feet to slip. 9 For thou, God, hast proved us : thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. 10 Thou broughtest us into the snare : and laidest trouble upon our loins. 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads : we went through fire and water, and \ thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. 12 I will go into thine house with burnt-ofEerings : and will pay thp'e my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. 13 I will offer unto thee fat l3urni>sacrifices, with the incense of rams : I will offer bullocks and goats. 14 come hither, and hearken, all ye' that fear God : and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul. 15 1 called unto him with my mouth : and gave him praises with my tongue. 16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart : the Lord will not hear me. 426 PSALMS LXVII. LXVIII. Dat 13. 17 But God hath heard me: and considered the voice of jnj prayer. 18 Praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer : nor turned his mercy from me. Psalm 67. Deus misereatur. GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us : and show us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us ; 2 That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. 3 Let the people praise thee, God : yea, let all the people praise thee. 4 let the nations rejoice and be glad : for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. 5 Let the people praise thee, God : yea, let all the people praise thee. 6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase : and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. 7 God shall bless us': and all the ends of the world shall fear him. THE THIRTEENTH DAY. iWorning ^rager. Psalm 68. Uxurgat Deus. 1ET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered : let J them also that hate him flee before him. 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away : and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad, and rejoice before God : let them also be merry and joyful. 4 sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name : Day 13. PSALM LXVIII. 427 magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse.; praise him in his Name JAH, and rejoice before him. 5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and def endeth the cause of the widows : even God in his holy habitation. 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity : but letteth the runagates continue in scarceness. 7 God, when thou wentest forth before the people : when thou wentest through the wilderness, 8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God : even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God of Israel. 9 Thou, God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance : and refreshedst it when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein : for thou, God, hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the word : great was the company of the preachers. 12 Kings with their armies did flee ; and were dis- comfited : and they of the household divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove : that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake : then were they as white as snow in Salmon. 15 As the hill of, Basan, so is God's hill: even an high hill, as the hill of Basan. 16 Why hop ye so ye high hills ? this is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell : yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels : and the Lord is among them as in the holy place of Sinai. 428 PSALM LXVIII. Day 13. 18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men : yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. • 19 Praised be the Lord daily: even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation : God is the Lord, by whom we escape death. 21 God shall wound the head of his enemies : and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness. 22 The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again^ as I did from Basan : mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea. 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies: and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same, 24 It is well seen, God, how thou goest : how thou, my God, and King, goest in the sanctuary. 25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after : in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 26 Give thanks, Israel, unto God the Lord in the congregations : from the ground of the heart. 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah their counsel: the princes of Zabulon, and the princes of Nephthali. 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee: stablish the thing, God, that thou hast wrought in us, 29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem: so shall kings bring presents unto thee. 30 When the company of the spear-men, and multi- tude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the beasts of the people, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver : and when he hath scattered the people that delight in war ; 1 J^ Day is. PSALM LXIX. 429 3-1 .Then shall the princes come out of Egypt : the Morians' land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 32 Sing unto God, ^ ye kingdoms of the earth : ' sing praises unto the Lord ; 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all, from the beginning : lo, he doth send out his voice ; yea, and that a mighty voice. 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel: his worship and strength is in the clouds. 35 God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places : even the God of Israel, he will give strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. (IJbening prager. Psalm 69. Salvum mefac. SAVE me, God : for the waters are come in, even unto my soul. 2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is : I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me. . 3 I am weary of crying ; my throat is dry : my sight failfeth me for waiting SQ long upon my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head : they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. 5 I paid, theiia the things that I never took : God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that trust in thee, Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause : let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, Lord God of Israel. 7 And why ? for thy sake have I suffered reproof : shame hath covered my face. 430 PSALM LXIX. Dat 13. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren : . even an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me : and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen upon me. 10 I wept and chastened myself with fasting : and that was turned to my reproof. 11 I put on sackcloth also : and they jested upon me. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me : and the drunkards make songs upon me. 13 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee : in an acceptable time. 14 Hear me, God, in the multitude of thy mercy : even in the truth of thy salvation. 15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink not : let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up : and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 17 Hear me, Lord, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable : turn thee unto nfe according to the multitude of thy mercies. 18 And hide not thy face from thy servant ; for I am in trouble : haste thee, and hear me. 19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it : O deliver me, because of mine enemies. 20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and my dishonour : mine adversaries are all in thy sight. 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart ; I am full of heaviness : I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. 22 They gave me gall to eat: and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink. Day 13. PSALM LXIX. 431 23 Let their table be made a snare to take them- selves withal: and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling. 24 Let tiheir eyes be blinded,, that they see not : and ever bow thou down their backs. 25 Pour out thine indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them. 26 Let their habitation be void : and no man to dwell in their teiits. ■ 27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten: and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast. wounded. ,28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another : an.d not come into thy righteousness. 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living: and not be written among the righteous. 30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness : thy help, God, shall lift me up. 311 will praise the Name of God with. a song : and magnify it with thanksgiving. 32 This also shall please the Lord : better than a bullock that hath, horns and hoofs. 33 The humble shall consider this, and be glad : seek ye after God, and your soul shall live. 34 For the Lord heareth the poor: and despiseth not his prisoners. 35 Let heaven and earth praise him : the sea, and all that moveth therein. 36 For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Judah : that men may dwell there, and have it in possession. _ _ ^ 37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it : and they that love his Name shall dwell therein. 432 PSALMS LXX. LXXI. Day 14. Psalm 70. Dews, in adjutorium. HASTE thee, God, to deliver me : make haste to help me, Loed. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul : let them be turned backward and put o confusion that wish me evil. 3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame : that cry over me, There ! there ! 4 But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee : and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway. The Lord be praised. 6 As for me, I am poor and in misery : haste thee unto me, God. 6 Thou art my helper, and my redeemer : Lord, make no long tarrying. THE FOURTEENTH DAY. lEorning pragcr. Psalm 71. In te, Domine, speravi. IN thee, 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. 2 Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may alway resort : thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle. 3 Deliver me, my God, out of the hand of the un- godly : out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 4 For thou, Lord God, art the thing that I long for : thou art my hope, even from my youth. 5 Through thee have I been holden up ever since I Day 14. PSALM LXXI. 433 was born : thou art he that took me out of my mother's womh ; my praise shall be always of thee. 6 I am. become as it were a monster unto many : but my sute trust is in thee. 7 let my mouth be fiUed with thy praise : that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long. 8 Cast me not away in the time of age : forsake me not when my strength faileth me. 9 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. 10 Go not far from me, God : my God, haste thee to help me. 11 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. 12 As for me, I will patiently abide alway : and will praise thee more and more. > 13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation : for I know no end thereof. 14 I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God : and will make mention of thy righteousness only. 15 Thou, God, hast taught me from my youth up until now: therefore wiU I teU of thy wondrous works. 16 Forsake me hot, God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed : until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to aU them that are yet for to come. 17 Thy righteousness, God, is very high: and great things are they that thou hast done : God, who is like unto thee ! 18 what great troubles and adversities hast thou 434= PSALM LXXII. Dat 14. showed me ! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me : yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again, 19 Thou hast brought me to great honour: and comforted me on every side. 20 Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, God, playing upon an instrument of music: unto thee will I sing upon the harp, thou Holy One of Israel. 21 My lips will be fain when I sing unto thee : and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered. 22 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil. Psalm 72. Deus, judicium. GIVE the King thy judgments, God: and thy righteousness unto the King's son. 2 Then shall he judge thy people according imto right : and defend the poor. 3 The mountains also shall bring peace : and the little hills righteousness unto the people. 4 He shall keep the simple folk by their right: defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrong doer. 5 They shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon endureth : from one generation to another. 6 He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool : even as the drops that water the earth. 7 In his time shall the righteous flourish : yea, and abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth. 8 His dominion shall be also from tlie one sea to the other : and from the flood unto the world's end. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him : his enemies shall lick the dust. Day 14. PSALM LXXIII. 433 10 The kings of Tharsis and of the isles shall give presents : the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts. 11 All kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall do him service. 12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth : the needy also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He shall be favourable to the simple and needy : and shall preserve the souls of the poor. 14 He shall deliver their souls from falsehood and wrong : and dear shall their blood be in his sight. 15 He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia : prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills : his fruit shall shake like Libanus, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth. 17 His Name shall endure for ever ; his Name shall remain under the sun among the posterities : which shall be blessed through him; and all the heathen shall praise him. 18 Blessed be the Loed God, even the God of Israel : which only doeth wondrous things ; 19 And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. Amen, Amen. OBbening i^rager. Psalm 73. Quam bonus Israel f TRULY God is loving unto Israel : even unto such as are of a clean heart. 2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone: my treadings had well-nigh slipt. _ — _— — — - I 436 PSALM LXXIII. Day 14. 3 And why ? I was grieved at the wicked : I do also see the ungodly in such prosperity. 4 For they are in no peril of death : but are lusty and strong. 5 They come in no misfortune like other folk : neither are they plagued like other men. 6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with pride : and overwhelmed with cruelty. 7 Their eyes swell with fatness : and they do even what they lust. 8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blas- phemy : their talking is against the Most High. 9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven : and- their tongue goeth through the Tvorld. 10 Therefore fall the people unto them : and there- out suck they no small advantage. 11 Tush, say they, how should God perceive it: is there knowledge in the Most High ? 12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, and these have riches in possession : and I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed mine hands in innocency. 13 All the day long have I been punished: and chastened every morning. 14 Yea, and I had almost said even as they : but lo, then I should have condemned the generation of thy children. 15 Then thought I to understand this : but it was too hard for me, 16 Until I went into the sanctuary of God : then understood I the end of these men ; 17 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places : and castest them down, and destroyest 1 ! them. Day 14. PSALM LXXflV. 437 » 18 Oh, how suddenly do they consume : perish, and eome to a fearful end ! 19 Yea, even like 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. Psalm 74. Ut quid, Deus? OGOD, 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 roar in the midst of thy congre- gations : and set up their banners for tokens. 438 P^ALM LXXIV. Dat U. 6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees : was known to bring it 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 havoc 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 understand- eth any more. 11 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 upo^i earth, he doeth it himself. 14 Thou didst divide the sea through thy power: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the wa- ters. 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^rocks : thou dried^st 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, Loed, how the enemy hath DAT 15. PSALM LXXV. 439 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, God, maintain thine own cause : re- member hoV the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily. 24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies : the presumption of them that hate thee increaseth ever more and more. THE FIFTEENTH DAY. i^orning draper. Psalm 75. Confitebimur tibi. UNTO thee, God, do we give thanks : yea, unto thee do we give thanks. 2 Thy Name also is so nigh : and that do thy won- drous 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. 440 PSALM LXXVI. Day 15. 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. •« I Psalm 76. Notus in Judoea. N Jewry 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 battle. 4 Thou art of more honour and might : than 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, 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, DAT 15.. PSALM LXXVII. 441 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. Psalm 77. Voce mea ad Dominum. 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 boldest 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 coramune with mine own heart, and search out my spirit. 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 ^and of the Most Highest. 11 I will remember the works of the Lord : and call to mind thy wonders of old time. 12 I will think also of all thy works : and my talking shall be of thy doings. 442 PSALM LXXVm. Day 15. 13 Thy way, God, is holy : who is so great a God as our God ? 14 Thou art the God that doest wonders : and hast declared thy power among the people. 15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy people : even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. 16 The waters saw thee, God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid : the depths also were troubled. 17 The clouds poured out water, the air thundered : and thine arrows went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was heard round about: the lightnings shone upon the ground ; the earth was moved, and shook withal. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters : and thy footsteps are not known. 20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep : by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Psalm 78. Attendite, popuie. HEAE my law, my people : incline your ears unto the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable : I wiU declare hard sentences of old ; 3 Which we have heard and known : and such as our fathers have told us ; 4 That we should hot hide them from the children of the generatioiis to come : but to show the honour of the LoKB, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done. 5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law : which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children ; Day 15. PSALM LXXVIII. . 443 6 That their posterity might know it : and the chil- dren which were yet unborn ; 7 To the intent that when they came up : they might show their children the same ; 8 That they might put their trust in God: and not to forget the works of God, but to keep his command- ments ; 9 And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn generation : a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit cleaveth not steadfastly unto God ; 10 Like as the children of Ephraim : who being har- nessed, and carrying bows, turned themselves back in the day of battle. 11 They kept not the covenant of God : and would not walk in his law ; 12 But forgat what he had done : and the wonderful works that he had showed for them. 13 Marvellous things did he in the sight of our fore- fathers, in the land of Egypt: even in the field of Zoan. 14 He divided the sea, and let them go through : he made the waters to stand on an heap. 15 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud :. and all the night through with a light of fire. 16 He clave the hard rocks in the wilderness : and gave them drink thereof, as it had been out of the great depth. 17 He brought waters out of the stony rock : so that it gushed out like the rivers. 18 Yet for all this they sinned more against him : and provoked the Most Highest in the wilderness. 19 They tempted God in their hearts : and required meat for their lust. 444 • PSALM LXXVIII. Dat 15. 20 They spake against God also, saying : Shall God prepare a table in the wilderness ? 21 He smote the stony rock indeed, that the water gushed out, and the streams flowed withal : but can he give bread also, or provide flesh for his people ? 22 When the Lobd heard this, he was wroth : so the fire was kindled in Jacob, and there came up heavy displeasure against Israel ; 23 Because they believed not in God : and put not their trust in his help. 24 So he commanded the clouds above : and opened the doors of heaven. 25 He rained down manna also upon them for to eat: and gave them food from heaven. 26 So man did eat angels' food: for he sent them meat enough. 27 He caused the east-wind to blow under heaven : and through his power he brought in the southwest- wind. 28 He rained flesh upon them as thick as dust: and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea. 29 He let it fall among their tents: even round about their habitation. 30 So they did eat, and were well filled ; for he gave them their own desire : they were not disappointed of their lust. 31 But while the meat was yet in their mouths, the heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the wealthiest of them : yea, and smote down the chosen men that were in Israel. 32 But for all this they sinned yet more : and believed not his wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity : and their years in trouble. DAT 15. PSALM LXXVln. 445 34. When lie slew them, they sought him: and turned them early, and inquired after God. 35 And they remembered that God was their strength : and that the high God was their redeemer. 36 Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their mouth : and dissembled with him in their tongue. 37 For their heart was not whole with him : neither continued they steadfast in his covenant. 38 But he was so merciful, that he forgave their misdeeds : and destroyed them not. 39 Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away: and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise. 40 For he considered that they were but flesh: and that they were even a wind that passieth away, and cometh not again. 41 Many a time did they provoke him in the wilderness : and grieved him in the desert. 42 They turned back, and tempted God : and moved the Holy One in Israel. 43 They thought not of his hand : and of the day when he delivered them from the hand of the enemy ; 44 How he had wrought his piracies in Egypt : and his wonders in the field of Zoan. 45 He turned their waters into blood : so that they might not drink of the rivers. 46 He sent lice among them, and devoured them up : and frogs to destroy them. 47 He gave their fruit unto the caterpillar : and their labour unto the grasshopper. 48 He destroyed their vines with hailstones : and their mulberry-trees with the frost. 49 He smote their cattle also with hailstones : and their flocks with hot thunderbolts. 50 He cast upon them the furiousness of his wrath, 446 PSALM LXXVin. Day 15. anger, displeasure, and trouble : and sent evil angels among them. 51 He made a way to his indignation, and spared not their soul from death : but gave their life over to the pestilence. 52 And smote all the first-born in Egypt : the most principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. 63 But as for his own people, he led them forth like sheep : and carried them in the wilderness like a flock. 54 He brought them out safely, that they should not fear : and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea. 55 And ~ brought them within the borders of his sanctuary : even to his mountain, which he purchased with his right hand. 56 He cast out the heathen also before them : caused their land to be divided among them for an heritage, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 57 So they tempted and displeased the most high God : and kept not his testimonies ; 58 But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers : starting aside like a broken bow. 59 For they grieved him with their hill-altars : and provoked him to 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 enemy's hand. 63 He gave his people over also unto the sword : I and was wroth with his inheritance. 64 The fire consumed their young men : and their maidens were not given to marriage. I DAT 16. PSALM LXXIX. 447 65 Their priests were slain with the sword: and there were no widows to make lamentation. 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 Judah : 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 ewes 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. ■ THE SIXTEENTH DAY. Psalm 79. Deus, venerunt. OGOD, 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 blood 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 448 PSALM LXXX. Day 16. very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us. 5 LoED, how long wilt thou be angry : shall thy jealousy 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 remember not our- old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon : for we are come to great misery. 9 Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name : O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's sake. 10 Wherefore do the heathen say : Where is now their God ? 11 let the vengeance of thy servants' blood that is shed : be openly showed upon the heathen, in our sight. 12 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 neigh- bours have blasphemed thee : reward thou them, Lord, s6ven-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 showing forth thy praise from generation to generation. Psalm 80. Qui regis Israel. HEAE, thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep : show thyself also, thou that sittest upon the Cherubimf . Day 16. PSALM LXXX. 449 2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses : stir up thy strength, and come and help us. 3 Turn us again, God: show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 4 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 neigh- bours : and our enemies laugh us to scorn. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts : show 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 were 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 thyself. 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. 450 PSALM LXXXI. Day 16. 18 And so will not we go back from thee : let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name. 1 9 Turn us again, Lord God of hosts : show the light of thy countenance, and we shaU. be whole. Psalm 81. Exultate Deo. SING we merrily unto God our strength : make a cheerful 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 1 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, my people ; and I will assure thee, 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 imto their own hearts' lusts : and let them follow their own imaginations. DAT 16. PSALMS LXXXII. LXXXIH. 451 14 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 heen found liars : but their time should have endured for ever. 17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour : and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee. (Bbenmg ^xa^tt. Psalm 82. Deus stetit. GOD standeth in the congregation of princes : he is a Judge among gods. 2 How long will ye give wrong judgment: and accept the persons of the ungodly ? 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: see that such as are in need and necessity have right. 4 Deliver >the outcast and poor : save them from the hand of the ungodly. 5 They will not be learned, nor understand, but walk on still in darkness : all the foundations of the earth are t)ut of course. 6 I have said. Ye are gods : and ye are all the chil- dren of the Most Highest. 7 But ye shall die like men : and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, God, and judge thou the earth : for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inheritance. , H Psalm 83. Deus, quis similis? OLD not thy tongue, God, keep not stUl silence : refrain not thyself, God. 452 PSALM LXXXIII, Day 16. 2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring : and they that hate thee have lift up their head. 3 They have imagined craftily against thy people : and taken counsel against thy secret ones. 4 They have said, Come, let us root them out, that they be no more a people : and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have cast their heads together with one consent : and are confederate against thee ; 6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ishmael- ites : the Moabites, and Hagarenes ; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek : the Philistines, ; with them that dwell at Tyre. • 8 Assur also is joined with them : and have holpen the children of Lot. 9 But do thou to them as unto the Midianites : unto Sisera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kison ; 10 Who perished at Endor : and became as the dung of the earth. 11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb : yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana ; 12 Who say, Let us take to ourselves : the houses of God in possession. , 13 my God, make them like unto a wheel : and as the stubble before the wind ; 14 Like as the fire that burneth up the wood : and as the flame that consumeth the mountains. 15 Persecute them even so with thy tempest : and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Make their faces ashamed, Lord : that they may seek thy Name. 17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more : let them be put to shame, and perish. Day 16f PSALM LXXXIV. 453 18 And they shall know that thou, whose Name is Jehovah : art only the Most Highest over all the earth. Psalm 84. Quam dilecta ! OHOW amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts ! 2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young : even thy altars, Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be alway praising thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose heart are thy ways. 6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well : and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from strength to strength : and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : hearken, God of Jacob. 9 Behold, God our defender : and look upon the face of thine Anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts : is better than a thousand. 11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God : than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. 13 Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. 454 PSALM LXXXV. Day 16. Psalm 85. Benedixisti, Domine. LORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people : and covered all their sins. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure : and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation. 4 Turn us then, God our Saviour : and let thine anger cease from us. 5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever : and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation; to another ? 6 Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us : that thy people may rejoice in thee ? 7 Show us thy mercy, Lokd : and grant us thy salvation. 8 I will hearken what the Lord God wUl say con- cerning me : for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints, that they turn not again. 9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him : that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth are met together : righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth : and right- eousness hath looked down from heaven. 12 Yea, the Lokd shall show loving-kindness: and our land shall give her increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before him : and he shall direct his going in the way. Day 17. PSALM LXXXVI. 455 THE SEVENTEENTH DAY. Psalm 86. Inclina, Domine. BOW down thine ear, Lord, and hear me : for I am poor, and in misery. 2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy : my God, save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, Lord: for I will call daily upon thee. 4 Comfort the soul of thy servant : for imto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious : and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 6 Give ear. Lord, unto my prayer : and ponder the xoice of my humble desires. 7' In the tintie oi my trouble I will call upon thee : for thou hearest me. 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord : there is not one that can do as thou doest, 9 All nations "whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, Lord : and shall glorify thy Name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things : thou art God alone. 11 Teach me thy way, Lord, and I will walk in thy truth : knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name. 12 I will thank thee, Lord my God, with all my heart : and will praise thy Name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me : and thou ha^ delivered my soul from the nethermost hell. 14 God, the proud are risen against me : and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes. 456 PSALMS LXXXVII. LXXXVIII. Day 17. 15 Bftt thou, Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy : long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and truth. 16 turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me : give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid. 17 Show some token upon me for good, that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed : because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me. Psalm 87. Fundamenta ejus. HER foundations are upon the holy hills: the Loed loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwell- ings of Jacob. 2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee : thou city of God. 3 I will think upon Eahab 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 Loed 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. Psalm 88. Domine Deus. OLORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee : let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear unto my calling ; 2 For my soul is full of trouble : and my life draw- eth 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. "S*'!l Day 17. PSALM LXXXVIII. 457 4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded, and lie in the grave : who are out of remem- brance, 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 stornis. 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 show wonders among the dead :' or shall the dead rise up again and praise thee ? 11 Shall thy loving-kindness be showed 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 forgptten ? 13 Unto thee have I cried, Lorb : and early shall my prayer cpme before thee. 14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul : and hidest thou thy face from me ? 15 1 am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die : even from my youth up thy terrors 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. 458 PSALM LXXXIX. Dat 17. dJbenmg ^rager. Psalm 89. Misericordias Domini. MY song shall be alway of the loving-kinaness of the Lord : with my mouth will I ever be showing 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. 6 Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy won- drous 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 council of the saints: and to be.had in reverence of all them that are round about him. 9 '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 thyj 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 rejoice in thy Name. Day 17. PSALM LXXXIX. 459 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 befor^ thy face. 16 Blessed is the people, Lord, that can rejoice in thee : they shall walk in the light of thy counte- nance. 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 oil have I anointed him. 22 My hand shall hold him fast : and my atm. shall strengthen 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 floods. 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 than the kings of the earth. 29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore : and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 460 PSALM LXXXIX. Day 17. 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 strongholds. 40 All they that go by spoil him : and he is become a reproach to his neighbours. 41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies : and made all his adversaries to rejoice. 42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword : and givest him not victory in the battle. 43 Thou hast put out his glory : and cast his throne down to the ground. 44 The days of his youth hast thou shortened : and covered him with dishonour. 45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself ? forever: and shall thy wrath burn like lire ? DAT 18. PSALM XC, 461 46 remember how short my time is : wherefore hast thou made all men for nought ? 47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death : and shall he deKver his soul from the hand of hell? 48 Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses : which thou swarest unto David in thy truth ? 49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have : and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people; 50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine Anointed : Praised be the Loed for evermore. Amen, and Amen. THE EIGHTEENTH DAY. i^orning draper. Psalm 90. Domine, refugium. LORD, thou hast been our refuge : from one genera- tion to another. 2 Before tiie mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth 'ei'uie world were made: thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction : again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yes- terday : seeing that is past as a watch in the night. 5 As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep: and fade away suddenly like the grass. 6 In the morning it is green, and groweth up : but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. 7 For we consume away in thy displeasure : and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 462 PSALM XCI. Day 18. 8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee : and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For when thou art angry all our days are gone : we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. , 10 The days of our age are threescore years and ten ; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone. 11 But who regardeth the power of thy wrath : for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. 12 So teach us to number our days : that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Turn thee again, Loed, at the last: and be gracious unto thy servants. 14 satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon : so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us : and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity. 16 Show thy servants thy work : and their children thy glory. 17 And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us: prosper thou the work of our hands upon us ; prosper thou our handy-work. Psalm 91. Qui habitat. WHOSO dwelleth under the defence of the Most High : shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my stronghold : my God, in him will I trust. 3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter: and from the noisome pestilence. DAT 18. PSALM XCn. 463 4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers : his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night : nor for the arrow that fiieth by day ; 6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness : nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. 7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thou- sand at thy right hand : but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold : and, see the reward of the ungodly. 9 For thou, Lord, art my hope : thou hast set thine house of defence very high. 10 There shall no evil happen unto thee : neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee : to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee in their hands : that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore wUl I deliver him : I will set him up, because he hath known my Name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear him : yea, I am with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour. 16 With long life will I satisfy him : and show him my salvation. Psalm 92. Bonum est confiteri. IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord : and to sing praises unto thy Name, Most Highest; 464 PSALM XCII. Day 18. 2 To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morn- ing: and of thy truth in the nigh-|>season ; 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute : upon a loud instrument, and upon the iiarp. 4 For thou. Lord, hast made me glad through thy works: and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands. 5 Lord, how glorious are thy works : thy thoughts are very deep. 6 An unwise man doth not well consider this : and a fool doth not understand it. 7 "When the ungodly are green as the grass, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish : then shall ttey be destroyed for ever; but, thou. Lord, art the Most Highest for evermore. 8 For lo, thine enemies, Lord, lo, thine enemies shall perish : and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed. 9 But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn : for I am anointed with fresh oil. 10 Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies: and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me. 11 The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree: and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus. 12 Such as are planted ia the house of the Lord: shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. 13 They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age : and shall be fat and well-liking ; 14 That they may show how true the Lord my strength is : and that there is no unrighteousness in him. Day 18. PSALMS XCIII. XCIV. 465 I Psalm 93. Dominus regnavit. THE LoED is King, and hath put on glorious ap- parel: the LoKD hath put on his appa,rel, and girded himself with strength. 2 He hath made the round world so sure : that it cannot be moved. 3 Ever since the world began hath thy seat been prepared : thou art from everlasting. 4 The floods are risen, Loed, the floods have lift up their voice : the floods lift up their waves. 5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage hor- ribly : but yet the Loed, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. 6 Thy testimonies, Loed, are yery sure : holiness becometh thine house /for ever. Psalm 94. S^us ultionum. OLORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth : thou God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself. 2 Arise, thou Judge of the world : and reward the proud after their'deserving. 3 Loed, how long shall the ungodly: how long shall the u,ngodly triumph ? ^ 4 How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdain- fully : Eftid make such proud boasting ? 5 They smite down thy people, Loed : and trouble thine heritage. 6 They murder the widow and the stranger : and put the fatherless to death. 7 And yet they say, Tush, the Loed shall not see : neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Take heed, ye unwise among the people: ye fools, when will ye understand ? 466 PSALM XCIV. Day 18. 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear : or he that made the eye, shall he not see ? 10 Or he that nurtureth the heathen : it is he that teacheth man knowledge ; shall not he pimish ? 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man: that they are but vain. 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, LoED : and teachest him in thy law ; 13 That thou mayest give hun patience in time of adversity : until the pit be digged up for the imgodly. 14 For the Loed will not fail his people : neither will he forsake his inheritance. 15 Until righteousness turn again unto judgment: all such as are true in heart shall follow it. 16 Who will rise up with me against the wicked : or who will take my part against the evil doers ? 17 If the Loed had not helped me : it had not failed, but my soul had been put to silence. 18 But when I said, My foot hath slipped : thy mercy, Loed, held me up. 19 In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart: thy comforts have refreshed my soul. 20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with the stool of wickedness : which imagineth mischief as a law ? 21 They gather them together against the soul ot the righteous: and condemn the innocent bloofl. 22 But the Loed is my refuge : and my God is the strength of my confidence. 23 He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice : yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them. ^^^ 19- PSALMS XCV. XCVI. 467 THE NINETEENTH DAY. i^ornmg Eraser. Psalm 95. Venite, exuUemus. COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us heartUy rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanks- giving: and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God : and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are all the corners of the earth : and the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands prepared the dry land. . 6 come, let us worship and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker.. 7 For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 8 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 ; 9 When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my works. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this genera- i'tion, and said : It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways ; 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath : that they should not enter into my rest. Psalm 96. Cantate Domino. OSING imto the Lord a new song : sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth. 2 Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name : be telling of his salvation from day to day. 468 PSALM XCVII. Day 19. 3 Declare his honour unto the heathen : and his wonders unto all people. 4 For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised : he is more to be feared than all gods. 5 As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but idols : but it is the Lord that made the heavens. 6 Glory and worship are before him : power and honour are in his sanctuary. 7 Ascribe unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people : ascribe unto the Lord worship and power. 8 Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name : bring presents, and come into his courts. 9 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 10 Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King : and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved ; and how that he shall judge the people righteously. 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and left the earth be glad : let the sea make a noise, and all mat therein is. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it : then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord.; 13 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth. Psalm 97. Dominus regnavit. THE Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof : yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof* 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him : right- eousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat. 3 There shall go a fire before him : and burn up his enemies on every side. 4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world: the earth saw it, and was afraid. , Day 19. PSALM XCVIII. 469 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LoEB : at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens have declared his righteousness : and all the people have seen his glory. 7 Confounded be all they that worship carved im- ages, and that delight in vain gods : worship him, all ye gods. 8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced : and the daughters of Judah were giad, because of thy judgments, O Lokd. 9 For thou, Loed, art higher than all th9,t are in the earth : thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 ye that love the Loed, see that ye hate the thing which is evil : the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints ; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. 11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous: and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted. 12 Rejoice in the Loed, ye righteous: and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. ' Psalm 98. Cantate Domino, OSING unto the Loed a new song : for he hath done marvellous things. 2 With his own right hand, and with his holy ariji : hath he gotten himself the victory. ^ 3 The Loed declared his salvation : his righteous- ness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. 4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel : and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. 5 Sho-W- yourselves joyful unto the Loed, all ye lands : sing, rejoice, and give thanks. 470 PSALM XCIX. Day 19. 6 Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving, 7 With trumpets also and shawms : show your- selves joyful before the Lord the King. 8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is: the round world, and they that dwell therein. 9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hUls be joyful together before the Lord: for he is come to judge the earth. • 10 With righteousness shall he judge the world: and the people with equity. Psalm 99. Dominus regnavit. THE Lord is King, be the people never so impatient : he sitteth between the Cherubim^, be the earth never so unquiet. 2 The Lord is great in Sion : and high above all people. 3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name : which is great, wonderful, and holy. 4 The King's power loveth judgment; thou hast prepared equity : thou- hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 magnify the Lord our God: and fall down be- fore his footstool ; for he is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, 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, Lord our God : thou forgavest them, God, and punishedst their own inventions. 9 magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill : for the Lord our God is holy. Day 19. PSALMS C. CI. 471 , Psalm 100. Jubilate Deo. BE jojrful in the Lord, all ye lands : serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. , 2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 3 go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise : be thankful 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 generar tion. Psalm 101. Misericordiam et judicium. MY song shall be of mercy and judgment : unto thee, Lord, will I sing. 2 let me have understanding : in the way of god- liness ! 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 slander eth his neighbour : him will ' I destroy. 7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach : 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 servant. 472 PSALM CII. Day 20. 10 There shall 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. THE TWENTIETH DAY, J^orning ^rager. Psalm 102. Domine, exaudi. HEAR my. prayer, Lord : and let my crying come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble : incline thine ear unto me when I call ; hear me, and that right soon. 3 For my days are consumed away like smoke : and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand. 4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass : so that 1 forget to eat my bread. 5 For the voice of my groaning : 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 spar- row : that sitteth alonei upon the house-top. 8 Mine enemies revile me al^ 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. DAT 20. PSALM CII. 473 12 But thou, LoED, 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, Lokd : and all the kings of the earth thy Majesty ; 16 When the Lokd 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 : arid 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 j 22 When the people are gathered together : arid the kingdoms also, to serve the Lord. , 23 He brought down my strength in my journey : and shortened my days. 24 But I said, 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 foun- dation 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 ; 474 PSALM Cin. Dat 20. 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. Psalm 103. Benedic, anima mea. PRAISE the LoBD, my soul : and all that is within me, praise his holy Name. 2 Praise the Lord, my soul : and forget not all his benefits ; 3 Who f orgiveth all thy sin : and healeth aU thine infirmities ; 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction : and crown- eth 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 showed 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 wUl 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. Day 20. PSALM CIV. 475 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made : he remembereth that we are but dust. 15 The days of man are but as grass: for he flour- isheth 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 children's 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 praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength : je that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word. 21 O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts : ye servants of his that do his pleasure. 22 speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in alj places of his dominion : praise thou the Lord, my soul. (Bbening ^rager. Psalm 104. Benedic, anima mea. PRAISE the Lord, my soul : Lord my God, thou art become exceeding glorious; thou art clothed with majesty and honour. 2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a garment : and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain. 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walk- eth upon the wings of the wind. 476 PSALM CIV. Day 20. 4 He maketh his angels spirits : and his ministers a flaming fire. 5 He laid the foundations of the earth: that it never should move at any time. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a garment : the waters stand in the hUls. 7 At thy rebuke they flee: at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid. 8 They go up as high as the hills, and down to the valleys beneath : even unto the place which thou hast appointed for them. 9 Thou hast set them their bounds, which they shall not pass : neither turn again to cover the earth. 10 He sendeth the springs into the rivers : which run among the hills. 11 All beasts of the field drink thereof: and the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation : and sing among the branches. ' 13 He watereth the hills from above : the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. 14 He bringeth forth grass for the cattle : and green herb for the service of men ; 15 That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man : and oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to strengthen man's heart. 16 The trees of the Lord also are full of sap : even the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted ; 17 Wherein the birds make their nests : and the fir-trees are a dwelling for the stork. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats : and so are the stony rocks for the conies. Day 20. PSALM CIV. 477 19 He appointed the moon for certain seasons : and the sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou ttiakest darkness that it may be night : wherein all the beasts of the forest do move. 21 The lions, roaring after their prey: do seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, and they get them away to- gether : and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour : until the evening. 24 Lord, how manifold are thy works ; in wis- dom hast thou made them all ; the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is the great and wide sea also : wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan : whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein. 27 These wait all upon thee : that thou may est give them meat in due season. 28 When thou givest it them, they gather it : and when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. 29 When thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : when thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust. 30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth, they shall be made : and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 31 The glorious Majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever : the toitD shall rejoice in his works. 32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him : if he do but touch the hills, they shall smoke. 33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will praise my God while I have my being. 478 PSALM CV. Day 21, 34 And so shall my words please him : my joy shall be in the Loed. 35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end: Praise thou the Lord, my soul. Praise the Lord. THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY. i^orning draper. Psahn 105. Confitemini Domino. OGIVE thanks unto the LOrd, and call upon his Name : tell the people what things he hath done. 2 let your songs be of him, and praise him : and let your talking be of all his wondrous works. 3 Rejoice in his holy Name : let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 4 Seek the Lord and his strength : seek his face evermore. . 5 Remember the marvellous works that he hath done : his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth ; 6 ye seed of Abraham his servant : ye children of Jacob his chosen. 7 He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the world. 8 He hath been alway mindful of his covenant and promise : that he made to a thousand generations ; 9 Even the covenant that he made with Abraham : and the oath that he sware unto Isaac ; ' 10 And appointed the same unto Jacob for a law : and to Israel for an everlasting testament ; 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan: the lot of your inheritance ; 12 When there were yet but a few of them : and they strangers in the land ; DAT 21. PSALM CV. 479 13 What time as they went from one nation to another : from one kingdom to another .people ; 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong : but reproved even kings for their sakes ; 15 Touch not mine Anointed : and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover, he called for a'dearth upon the land : and destroyed all the provision of bread. 17 But he had sent a man before them : even Joseph, who was sold to be a bond-servant ; 18 Whose feet they hurt in the stocks : the iron entered into his soul ; 19 Until the time came that his cause was known : the word of the Loeb tried him. 20 The king sent, and delivered him : the prince of the people let him go free. 21 He made him lord also of his house : and ruler of all his substance ; 22 That he might inform his princes after his will : and teach his senators wisdom. 23 Israel also came into Egypt : and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. 24 And he increased his people exceedingly : and made them stronger than their enemies ; 25 Whose heart turned so, that' they hated his people : and dealt untriily with his servants. 26 Then sent he Moses his servant : and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 And these showed his tokens among them : and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and it was dark: and they were not obedient unto his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood: and slew their fish. 480 PSALM CV. Day 21. 30 Their land brought forth frogs : yea, even in their kings' chambers. 31 He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies : and lice in all their quarters. 32 He gave them hailstones for rain : and flames of fire in their land. 33 He smote their Vines also and fig-trees: and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts. 34 He spake the word, and the grasshoppers came, and caterpillars innumerable : and did eat up all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. 35 He smote all the fitst-born in their land : even the chief of all their strength. 36 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 37 Egypt was glad at their departing: for they were afraid of them. 38 He spread out a cloud to be a covering : and fire to give light in the night-season. 39 At their desire he brought quails : and he filled them with the bread of heaven. 40 He opened the rock of stone, and the waters flowed out : so that rivers ran in the dry places. 41 For why ? he remembered his holy promise : and Abraham his servant. 42 And he brought forth his people with joy: and his chosen with gladness ; 43 And gave them the lands of the heathen : and they took the labours of the people in possession ; 44 That they might keep his statutes : and observe his laws. Day 21. PSALM CVI. 481 ©betting ^rager. Psalm 106. Confitemini Domino. OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his niercy endureth for ever. 2 Who can express the noble acts of the Lord: or show forth all his praise ? 3 Blessed are they that alway keep judgment: and do righteousness. 4 Remember me, Lord, according to the favour that thou bearest unto thy people : visit me with thy salvation ; 5 That I may see the felicity of thy chosen : and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance. " . 6 We have sinned with our fathers : we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly. 7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodness in remembrance : but were disobedient at the sea, even at the Red Sea. 8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name's sake : that he might ma|(e his power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up : so he led them through the deep, as through a wilderness. 10 And he saved them from the adversary's hand : and delivered them from the hand of the enemy. 11 As for those that troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them : there was not one of them left.^ 12 Then believed they his words : and sang praise unto him. 13 But within a while they forgat his works : and would not abide his counsel. 482 PSALM CVI. Day 21. 14 But lust came upon them in the wilderness : and they tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their desire : and sent lean- ness withal into their soul. 16 They angered Moses also in the tents : and Aaron the saint of the Lord. 17 So the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan : and covered the congregation of Abiram. 18 And the fire was kindled in their company : the flame burnt up the ungodly. 19 They made a calf in Horeb : and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they turned their glory : into the similitude of a caK that eateth hay. 21 And they forgat God tiieir Saviour : who had done so great things in Egypt ; 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham : and fear- ful things by the Red Sea. 23 So he said he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap : to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them. 24 Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land : and gave no credence unto his word ; 25 But murmured in their tents : and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. 26 Then lift he up his hand against them : to over- throw them in the wilderness ; 27 To cast out their seed among the nations : and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves unto Baal-peor : and ate the offerings of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own inventions : and the plague was great among them. Day 21. PSALM CVI. . 483 30 Then stood up Phinees, and prayed : and so the plague ceased. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteous- ness : among all posterities for evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife : so that he punished Moses for their sakes ; 33 Because they provoked his spirit : so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 34 Neither destroyed they the heathen : as the Loed commanded them ; 35 But were mingled among the heathen : and learned, their works. 36 Insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which turned to their own decay : yea, they offered their sons and their daughters unto devils ; 37 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters : whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood. 38 Thus were they stained with their own works : and went a whoring with their own inventions. 39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people : insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 40 And he gave them over into the hand of the hea- then : and they that hated them were lords over them. 41 Their enemies oppressed them : and had them in subjection. 42 Many a time did he deliver them : but they re- belled against him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness. 43 Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity: he heard their complaint. 44 He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them. 484 PSALM CVII. Day 22. according unto the multitude of his mercies : yea, he made all those that led them away captive to pity them. 46 Deliver us, Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen : that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make our boast of thy praise. 46 Blessed be the Loed God of Israel, from ever- lasting, and world without end : and let all the people say, Amen. THE TWENTY-SECOND DAT Jllornmg ilrager. Psalm lO?. Confitemini Domino. OGIVE thanks unto the Loed ; for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let them give thanks whom the Loed hath re- deemed : and delivered from the hand of the enemy ; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west : from the north, and from the south. 4 They went astray in the wilderness out of the way : and found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty : their soul fainted in them. 6 So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : and he delivered them from their distress. 7 He led them forth by the right way : that they might go to the city where they dwelt. 8 that men would therefore praise the Loed for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men ! 9 For he satisfieth the empty soul : and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : being fast bound in misery and iron ; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of the Day 22. PSALM CVII. 485 Lord : and lightly regarded the counsel of the Most Highest ; 12 He also brought down their heart through heav- iness : they fell down, and there was none to help them. 13 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivered them out of their distress. 14 For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death: and brake their bonds in sunder. 15 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 death's 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 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 tne waves thereof. 486 PSALM CVII. Dat 22. 26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep : their soul melteth away because oc£ the trouble. 2 7 They reel to and fro, and fstagger 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. i 30 Then are they glad, because they are at rest: and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. 31 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 congrega- tion of the people : and praise him in the seat of the elders!),,. 33 Who turneth the floods into a wilderness: and drieth up the water-springs. 34 A fruitful land maketh he barren : for the wick- edness 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 vine- yards : to yield them fruits of increase. ! _ 38 He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceed- jingly : 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 evA-entreatedi Day 22. PSALM CVIII. 487 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 households like a flock of sheep. 42 The righteous will consider this, and rejoice: and the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped. 43 Whoso is wise, will ponder these things: and they shall understand the lovingrkindness of the Lokd. Psalm 108. Paratum, cor m&um. OGOD, 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 myseK will awake right early. 3 1 will give thanks unto thee, Lord, among the people : I wUl sing praises unto thee among the na- tions. 4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens : and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Set up thyself, 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 rejoice therefore, and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 GUead is mine, and Manasses is mine : Ephraim also is the strength of my head ; 9 Judah is my law-giver; Moab is my wash-pot: over Edom will I cast out my shoe ; upon PhHistia will I triumph. 488 PSALM CIX. Day 22. 10 Who will lead me into the strong city : and who will bring me into Edom ? 11 Hast not thou forsaken us, God : and wilt not thou, O God, go 1 forth with our hosts ? 12 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. Psalm 109. Deus, laudem. HOLD not thy tongue, 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 myself unto prayer. 4 Thus have they rewarded me evU for good : and hatred for my goodwill. 5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him : and let Satan stand at his right hand. 6 When sen,tence 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. Day 22. PSALM CIX. 489 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 Loed : and let not the sin of his mother be done away. 14 Let them alway be before the Loed : that he may root out the memorial of them from of£ 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 oil into his bones. 18 Let it be unto him as the cloak that he hath upon him : and as the girdle that he is always girded withal. 19 Let it thus happen from the Loed unto mine enemies : and to those that speak evil against my soul. 20 But deal thou with me, Loed God, according unto thy Name : for sweet is thy mercy. 21 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 grasshopper. • 23 My knees are weak through fasting : my flesh is dried up for want of fatness. 24 I became also a reproach unto them : they that looked upon me shaked their heads. 25 Help me, Lord my God : save me accord- ing to thy mercy. 490 PSALM ex. Day 28. 26 And they shall know how that this is thy hand: and that thou, Loeb, hast done it. 27 Though they curse, yet bless thou : and let them be confounded that rise up against me; but let thy servant rejoice. 28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame : and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloak. 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. THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY. Psalm 110. Dixit Dominus. 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 thiae 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 countries. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way : therefore shall he lift up his head. Day 23. PSALMS CXI. CXII. 491 Psalm 111. Confitebor tibi. I WILL give thanks uiito the Lord with my whole heart : secretly among the faithful, and in the con- gregation. 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 re- meftibrance. 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he shall ever be mindful of his covenant. 6 He hath showed 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 ia 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 wis- dom : a good understanding have all they that do thereafter ; the praise of it endureth for ever. Psalm 112. Beatus vir. BLESSED is the man that feareth the Lord : he hath great delight in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the gener- ation of the faithful shall be blessed. 3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house : and his righteousness endureth for ever. 492 PSALM CXIli. Dat 23. 4 Unto the- godly there ariseth up light in the dark- ness : he is merciful, loving, and righteous. 5 A good inan 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 Lokd. 8 His heart is established, 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 eyer ; his horn shall be exalted with honour. 10 The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve hijn: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away ; the desire of the ungodly shall perish. Esalm 113. Lauddte, pueri. PRAISE the Lord, ye servants : praise the Name of the LoED. 2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord : from this timie forth for evermore. 3 The Lord's 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. Day 23. PSALMS CXIV. CXV. 493 Psalm 114. In exitu Israel. WHEN Israel came out of Egypt : and the house of , Jacob from among the strange people. 2 Judah 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, thou sea, that thou fleddest : and thou Jordan, that thou -vvast 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 flintstone into a springing well. Psalm 115. JSFon nobis, Domine. "VrOT unto us, Lord, not unto us, but unto thy ll Name give the praise : for thy loving mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore shall the heathen say : Where is now their God ? , , . . 3 As for our God, hO; is in heaven : he hath done whatsoever pleased him. 4 Their idols are silver and gold : even the work ot men's hands. , ^ i, 6 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. , x xi. +>.«,, 7 They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, and walk not : neither speak they through their throat. 494 PSALM: GXVI. Day 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 Lokd : 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 Loed, put your trust in the LoED : he is their helper and defender. 12 The Loed hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us : even he shall bless the house of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aairon. 13 He shall bless them that fear the Loed : both small and great. 14 The Loed shall increase you more and more : you and your children. 15 Ye are the blessed of the Loed : who made heaven and 6arth. 16 All the whole heavens are the Lord's : the earth hath he given to the children of men. 17 The dead praise not thee, Loed : neither all they that go down into silence. 18 But we will praise the Lord: from this time forth for evermore. Praise the Loed. THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY. morning ^rager. Psalm 116. Dilexi, quoniam. I AM well pleased : that the Loed hath hejlrd the voice of my prayer ; 2 That he hath inclined his 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. Day 24. PSALM GXVII. 495 4 I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the Loed : 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, my soul : for the Lord hath rewarded thee. 8 And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death : miiie eyes from tears, and ray 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 C 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, Lord, how that I am thy servant : 1 am thy servant, and the son of thy 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 Lord's house ; even in the midst of _ thee, Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. Psalm 117. Landate Dominum. PRAISE the Lord, all ye heathen : praise him, all ye nations. 496 , PSALM CXVm. Day 24. 2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and more towards us : and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise the Lord. Psalm 118. Confitemini Domino. OGIVE 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 1 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 : than to put any confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the Lord : than to put any confidence in princes. i 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 will I 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. Day 24. PSALM CXVIII. 497 15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous : the right hand of the Loed bringeth mighty things to pass. 16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-emi- nence : 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 thanlss 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 Lord's doing : and it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord hath made : we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Help me now, Lord: 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 showed 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 give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for ever. 498 PSALM CXIX. Day 24. ©benmg ilrager. Psalm 119. Bead immaculati. BLESSED are those that are undefiled in the way : and walk in the kw of the Lord. 2 Blessed are thej 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 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 righteous- ness. 8 I will keep thy ceremonies : O forsake me not utterly. In quo corrigit? WHEREWITHAL shall a young man cleanse his way : even by ruling himself after thy word. ""2 With my whole heart have I sought thee: 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, Lord : 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 tes- timonies : as in all manner of riches. 7 I will talk of thy commandments: and have respect unto thy ways. Day 24. PSALM CXIX. 499 8 My delight shall be in thy statutes : and I will not ; forget thy word. Hetribue servo tuo. ODO well unto thy servant : that I may live, and keep thy word. , 2 Open thou mine eyes : that I may see the won- drous things of thy law. 3 I am a stranger upon earth : hide not thy com- mandments from me ! 4 My soul ijreaketh 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 turn from me shame and rebuke : for I have kept thy testimonies. 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 counsellors. Adhcesit pammento. MY soul cleaveth to the dust : quicken thou me, According to thy word. 2 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me : teach me thy statutes !. 3 Make me to understand the way of thy cpmmand- ments : and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 4 My soul melteth away for very heaviness: com- fort thou me according unto thy word. 5 T^-kefrom 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. 500 PSALM CXIX. Day 25. 7 I have stuck unto thy testimonies : Lord, con- found me not ! 8 I will run the way of thy commandments : when thou hast set my heart at Hberty. THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY. JHorning Stager. L^gem pone. TEACH me, Loed, 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 command- ments : for therein is my desire. 4 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies: and not to covetousness. 5 b turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity : and quicken thou me in thy way. 6 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 goodi 8 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments : quicken me in thy righteousness. Ut veniat super me. LET thy loving mercy come also unto me, O Lobd : even thy salvation, according unto thy word. 2 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers : for my trust is in thy word. 3 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. Day 25. PSALM CXIX. 501 ,,,5 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy com- mandments. . 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 command- ments, which I have loved : and my study shall be in thy statutes. Memor esto verhi tui. 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 quickened me. 3 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision : yet have I not shrinked from thy law. 4 For I remembered thine everlasting judgments, 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, 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, Lord : I have promised to keep thy law. 2 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart: be merciful unto me, according to thy word. , 3 I called mine own ways to remembrance: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 502 PSALM CXIX. Day 25. 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, Lord, is full of thy mercy : teach me thy statutes ! Bonitatem fecisti. OLORD, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant: according unto thy word. 2 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: 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 : than thousands of gold and silver. ©bening ^rager. Manus tucefecerunt me. THY hands have made me and fashioned me : give me understanding, that I may learn thy com- mandments. Day 25. PSALM CXIX. 503 2 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me : because I have put my trust in thy word. 3 I know, LoED, that thy judgments are right : and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me tq be troubled. 4 let thy merciful kindness be my comfort : accord- ing to thy word unto thy servant. 5 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 wick- edly about to destroy me : but I will be occupied in thy commandments. 7 Let such as fear thee, and have known thy testi- monies : be turned unto me. 8 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, 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 falsely ; be thou my help. 7 They had almost made an end of me upon earth : but I forsook not thy commandments. 8 quicken me after thy loving-kindness: and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth, 604 PSALM CXIX. Day 25. In ceternum, Domine. ' OLORD, 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 ordi- nance : 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 quickened me. 6 I am thine ; 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 than mine enemies : for they are ever with me. 3 I have more understanding than my teachers : for thy testimonies are my study. 4 I am wiser than the aged : because I keep thy commandments. 5 I have refrained. n;iy feet from every evil way : that I may keep thy word. 6 I have not shrunk from thy judgments : for thou teachest me. . 7 how sweet are thy words unto my throat : yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth ! 8 Through thy commandments I get understanding : therefore I hate all evil ways. Day 26. PSALM CXIX. 505 THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY. Lucerna pedibus meis. THY word is a lantern unto my feet: and a light •onto my paths. 2 I have sworn, and am steadfastly purposed : to keep thy righteous judgments. 3 I am troubled above measure : quicken me, Lord, according to thy word. ■ 4 Let the free-will offerings of my mouth please thee, 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 com- mandments of my God. 4 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 trodden down all them that depart from thy statutes : for they imagine but deceit. 506 PSALM CXIX. Day 26. 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. IDEAL with the thing that is lawful and right : give me not over unto mine oppressors ! 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 deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy : aiid teach me thy statutes. 5 I am thy servant ; 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 and precious stones. 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 1 opened my mouth, and drew in my breath: for my delight was in thy commandments. 4 look thou upon me, and be merciful tmto me : as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name. 5 Order my steps iii thy word: and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me. DAT 26. PSALM CXrX. 507 6 deliver me from the wrongful dealings of nien : and so shall I keep thy commandments. 7 Show the light of thy comitenance 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, 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 ser- vant 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 everlast- ing : grant me understanding, and I shall live. 1 OBbenmg ^rager. Glamam in toto corde meo. CALL with my whole heart: hear me, Loed; I will keep thy statutes. 2 Yea, even unto thee do I call : help me, and 1 shall keep thy testimonies. . 3 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee: tor m thy word is my trust. I 508 . PSALM CXIX. Day 26. 4 ' Mine eyes prevent the night watches : that I might be occupied in thy words. 5 Hear my voice, Lokd, 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, Loeb : for aU thy com- mandments are true. 8 As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since : that thou hast grounded them for ever. Vide humilitatem. 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, 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, Lord, how I love thy commandments : quicken me, according to thy loving-kindness. 8 Thy word is true from everlasting : all the judg- ments 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. Day 26. PSALM CXIX. 509 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. 6 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, Lord : give me understanding according to thy word. 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, Lord : and in thy law is my delight. 7 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 : seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy command- ments. 510 PSALMS CXX. CXXI. Day 27. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAT. ifHotnmg prager. Psalm 120. Ad Dominum. WHEN I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord : and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, 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 Woe is me, tha,t 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 battle. Psalm 121. Leoavi oculos. 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 keepeth Israel : shall neither slum- ber 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 : nei- ther the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. Day 27. PSALMS CXXII. CXXIII. 511 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in : from this time forth for evermore. Psalm 122. Lcetatus sum. 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 : Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself. 4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord : to testify 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 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. Psalm 123. Ad te levavi oculos meos. UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes : Thou that dwell- ,est 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. 8 Have mercy upon us, 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. 512 PSALMS CXXIV. CXXV. Day 27. Psalm 124. JVisi quia Dominus. IF the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say : i£ 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 wrathfuUy displeased at us. 3 Yea, the waters had drowned us : and the stream had gone over our soid. 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. Psalm 125. Qui confidunt. 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 vmgodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous : lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness. 4 Do well, Lord : unto those that are good and true of heart. 5 As for such as turn back unto their own wicked- ness: the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil doers ; but peace shall be upon Israel. DAT 27. PSALMS CXXVI. CXXVII. 513 Psalm 126. In convertendo. WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion : then were we hke unto them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter : aiid our tongue with joy. 3 Then said they among the heathen : The Lord hath done great things for them. 4 Yea, the Lokb hath done great things for us already : whereof we rejoice. Turn our captivity, 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. Psalm 127. NisiDominus. 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. 614 PSALMS CXXVIII. CXXIX. Day 27. Psalm 128. Bead omnes. BLESSED are all they that fear the Lord : and walk in his ways. 2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands : 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 hke 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 aU thy hfe long. 7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children: and peace upon Israel. Psalm 129. Scepe expugnaverunt. 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 aiore it be plucked up ; 7 Whereof the mower fiUeth 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. Day 27. PSALMS CXXX. CXXXI. 615 Psalm 130. De profundis. OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, Lord : Lord, hear my voice. 2 let thine ears consider well : the voice of my complaint. 3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : 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. 6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before the morn- ing watch, I say, before the morning watch. 7 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. Psalm 131. Domine, non est. LORD, I am not high-minded: I have no proud looks. 2 I do not exercise myself in gr,eat matters : which are too high for me. 8 But I refrain my soiil, and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother : yea, my soul is even as a weaned child. 4 Israel, trust in the Lord: from this time forth for evermore. 516 PSALM CXXXn. Dat 28. THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY. Psalm 132. Memento, Domine. LORD, remember David : and all his trouble ; 2 How he sware unto the Lord : and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob ; 3 I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house : nor climb up into my bed ; 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eye-lids to slumber ; neither the temples of my head to take any rest ; 5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the LoED : an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata : and found it in the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacle : and fall low on our knees before his footstool. 8 Arise, Lord, into thy resting-place : thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness: and let thy saints sing with joyfulness. 10 For thy servant David's sake: tm-n not away the presence of thine Anointed. 11 The LOED hath made a faithful oath unto David: and he shall not shrink from it ; 12 Of the fruit of thy body : shall I set upon thy seat. 13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimonies that I shall learn them : their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. 14 For the Loed hath chosen Sion to be an habitar tion for himself : he hath longed for her. Day 28. PSALMS CXXXni. CXXXIV. CXXXV. 517 15 This shall be my rest for ever : here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. I 16 I will bless her victuals with increase : aad will ' satisfy her poor with bread. 17 1 will deck her priests with health : and her saints shall rejoice and sing;. 18 There shall I make the horn of Bavid to flourish: I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with ■ shame : but upon himself shall his crown flourish. Psahn 133. ^cce, quam honum! BEHOLD, how good and joyful a thing it is : brethren, to dwell together in unity ! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard : even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon : which fell upon the hUl of Sion. 4 For there the Loed promised his blessing: and life for evermore. Psalm 134. Ecce nunc. BEHOLD now, praise the Lokd : all ye servants of the Lokd ; 2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lokd : even in the courts of the house of our God. 3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary : and praise the Lokd. 4 The Lord, that made heaven and earth : give thee blessing out of Sion. Psalm 135. Laudate Nomen. OPKAISE the Lokd, laud ye the Name of the Lord : praise it, ye servants of the Lord ; 518 PSALM CXXXV. Day 28. 2 Ye that stand in tlie house of the Lokd : in the courts of the house of our God. 3 praise the Lord, for the Lokd is gracious : sing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely. 4 For why ? the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto him- self : and Israel for his own possession. 5 For I know that the Lord is great : and that our Lord is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth : and in the sea, and ia all deep places. 7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world : and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain, bringing the winds out of his treasures. 8 He smote the firslrborn of Egypt : both of man and beast. 9 He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O thou land of Egypt : upon Pharaoh, and all his servants. 10 He smote divers nations : and slew mighty kings ; 11 Sehon, king of the Amorites, and Og, the king of Basan : and all the kingdoms of Canaan ; 12 And gave their land to be an heritage : even an heritage unto Israel his people. 13 Thy Name, Lord, endureth for ever : so doth thy memorial, Lord, from one generation to another. 14 For the Lord will avenge his people : and be gracious unto his servants. lo As for the images of the heathen, they are but' silver and gold : the work^ of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, and speak not : eyes have they, but they see not. 17 They have ears, and yet they hear not: neither is there any breath in their mouths. Day 28. PSALM CXXXVI. 519 18 They that make them are like unto them : and so are all they that put their trust in them. 19 Praise the Lord, ye house of Israel: praise the LoED, ye house of Aaron. 20 Praise the Lord, ye house of Levi : ye that fear the Lord, praise the Lord. 21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion : who dwelleth at Jerusalem. ©bening Stager. Psalm 136. Gonfitemini. OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is -gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever. 2 give thanks unto the God of all gods : for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 thank the Lord of all lords : for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Who only doeth great wonders : for his mercy endureth for ever. 5 Who by his excellent wisdom made the heavens : for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 Who laid out the earth above the waters : for his mercy endureth for ever. 7 Who hath made great lights : for his mercy endureth for ever. 8 The sun to rule the day : for his mercy endureth for ever. ,9 The moon and the stars to govern the night : for his mercy endureth for ever. 10 Who smote Egypt, with their first-born : for his mercy endureth for ever ; 11 And brought out Israel from among them : for his mercy endureth for ever ; 520 PSALM CXXXVI. Day 28. 12 With a mighty hand and etretched-out arm : for his mercy endureth for ever. 13 Who divided the Red Sea in two parts : for his mercy endureth for ever ; 14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it : for his mercy endureth for ever. 15 But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew them in the Red Sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 16 Who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. l*r Who smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever. 18 Yea, and slew mighty kings: for his mercy endureth for ever ; 19 Sehon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever; 20 And Og, the king of Basan: for his mercy endureth for ever ; 21 And gave aw^y their land for an heritage : for his mercy endureth for ever ; 22 Even for an heritage unto Israel, his servant : for his mercy endureth for ever. 23 Who remembered us when we were in trouble : for his mercy endureth for ever. 24 And hath delivered us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. 25 Who giveth food to all flesh : for his mercy endureth for ever. . 26 give thanks unto the God of heaven : for his mercy endureth for ever. 27 give thanks unto the Lord of lords : for his mercy endureth for ever. DAT 28. PSALMS CXXXVII. CXXXVIII. 521 Psalm 137. Super fiumina. BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept : when we remembered thee, Sion. 2 As f oru or harps, we hanged them up : upon the trees that are therein. 3 For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the Loed's song : in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, 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 Jerusa- lem in my mirth. 7 Remember the children of Edom, Lord, in the day of Jerusalem : how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. 8 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. I Psalm 138. Confitebor tibi. WILL give thanks unto thee, 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. , , n . j 3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest me : and enduedst my soul with much strength. 522 PSALM CXXXIX. Day 29. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise theer, 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, Lord, endureth for ever ; despise not then the works of thine own hands. THE TWENTY-NINTH DAT. iKotning ^rager. Psalm 139. Domine, prohasti. OLORD, 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, 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. Day 29. PSALM CXXXIX. 523 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, Peradventute the darkness shall cover me : then shall my night be turned to day. 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 mother's 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 im- perfect : 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, God : how great is the sum of them ! 18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand : when I wake up, I am present with thee. 19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked, God: Depart from me, ye blood-thirsty men. 20 For they speak unrighteously against thee : and thine enemies take thy Name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, Lord, that hate thee: and am ribt 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, God, and seek the ground of my heart : prove me, and examine my thoughts. 524 PSALM CXL. Day 29. 24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me : and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 140. Eripe me, Domine. DELIVER me, 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 sharpened their tongues like a serpent : adder's poison is under their lips. 4 Keep me, Loed, 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, Lord. 7 Lord God, thou strength of my health: thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, Lord : let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest 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. Day 29. PSALMS CXLI. CXLII. 525 ^bening Eraser. Psalm 141. Domine, clamavi. 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, Lokd, before my mouth : and keep the door of my lips. 4 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, Loed God : in thee is my trust ; cast not out my soul. 10 Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me : and from the traps of the wicked doevi. 11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets to- gether : and let me ever escape them. Psalm 142. Voce mea ad Dominum. CRIED unto the Lord with my voice : yea, even unto the Loed did I make my supplication. 2 I poured out my complaints before him: and showed him of my trouble. I 526 PSALM CXLIII; Dat 29. 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, 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 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. Psalm 143. Domine, exaudi. HEAR my prayer, Lokd, and consider my de- sire : hearken unto me for thy truth and right- eousness' 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 myself 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, 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 30. PSALM CXLIV. 527 8 let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; for in thee is xny trust: show 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, Loed, for thy Name's sake : and for thy righteousness' sake bring nay soul out of trouble. 12 Aid of thy goodness slay mine enemies : and de- stroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant. THE THIETIETH DAT. Psalm 144. Benedictus Dominus. 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 peo- ple 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 Bow thy heavens, 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 ; 528 PSALM CXLV. Day 30. 1 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, 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 yoimg plants: and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple ; 13 That our garners may be fuU 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 Loed for their God. Psalm 145. Exaltabo te, Deus. I WILL magnify thee, 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 Loed, and marvellous worthy to be praised : there is no end of his greatness. 4 One generation shall praise thy works unto an- other : and declare thy power. 5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worship : thy glory, thy praise, and wondrous works ; Day 30. PSALM CXLV. 529 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 abmidant kindness shall be showed : and men shall sing of thy righteousness. 8. The Lord is gracious and merciful: long-suffering, and of great goodness. 9 The LoED is loving unto every man: and his mercy is over all his works. 10 All thy works praise thee, Lokd : and thy saints give thanks unto thee. 11 They show 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 aU ages. 14 The LoED upholdeth all such as fall : and lifteth up all those that are down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, Lord: and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand: and fillest all things living with plenteousness. 17 The LoED is righteous in all his ways : and holy in all his works. 18 The LoED is nigh unto all them that call upon him : yea, aU 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 LoED preserveth all them that love him: but scattereth abroad all the imgodly. ■ 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Loed : and let all flesh give thanks unto, his holy Name for ever and ever. 530 PSALMS CXLVI. CXLVII. Dat 30. Psalm 146. Lauda, anima mea. PRAISE the Lord, my soul ; while I live, will I praise the Loed : yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God. 2 put not your trust in princes, nor in any chUd 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; he defendeth the fatherless and widow: as for the way of the un- godly, he turneth it upside down. 10 The Lord thy God, Sion, shall be King for evermore : and throughout all generations. \ dBbening ^ra^er. Psalm 147. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God : yea, a joyiul and pleasant thing it is to be thankful. 2 The Lord doth- build up Jerusalem: and gather together the outcasts of Israel. Day 30. PSALM CXLVII. 531 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart : and giveth medicine to heal their sickness. 4 He telleth the number of the stars : and calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and grqat is his power : yea, and his wisdom is infinite. . 6 The Lord setteth up the meek : and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 7 sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving : sing praises upon the harp unto our God ; 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and pre- pareth rain for the earth : and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of men; 9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle : and f eedeth the young ravens that call upon him. 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse: neither delighteth he in any man's legs. 11 But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him : and put their trust in his mercy. 12 Praise the Lord, Jerusalem : praise thy God, Sion. 13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates : and hath blessed thy children within thee. 14 He maketh peace in thy borders : and fiUeth thee with the 'flour of wheat. 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth : and his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giyeth snow like wool : and scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who is able to abide his frost ? 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow. 532 PSALM CXLVni. Day 30. 19 He showeth his word unto Jacob : his statutes and ordinances unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation : neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws. Psalm 148. ' Laudate Dominum. PRAISE the Loed of heaven : praise him in the height. 2 Praise him, all ye angels of his : praise him, all his host. 3 Praise him, sun and moon : praise him, aU ye stars and light. 4 Praise him, all ye heavens : and ye waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord : for he spake the word, and they were made ; he commandedj and they were created. 6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever : he hath given them a law which shall not be broken. 7 Praise the Loed upon earth : ye dragons and aU deeps ; 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapours : wind and storm, fulfilling his word ; 9 Mountains and aU hiUs: fruitful trees and all cedars ; 10 Beasts and all cattle : worms and feathered fowls ; 11 Kings of the earth and all people : princes and all judges of the world ; 12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Loed : for his Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth. 13 He shall exalt the horn of his people ; all his saints shall praise him : even the children of Israel, even the people that serveth him. Day 30. PSALMS CXLIX. CL. 533 Psalm 149. Cantate Domino. OSING unto the Lorb a new song : let the congre- gation of saints praise him. 2 Let Israel rejoice in. him that made him : and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King. 3 Let them praise his Name in the dance : let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp. 4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people : and helpeth the meek-hearted. 5 Let the saints be joyful with glory: let them rejoice in their beds. 6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth : and a two-edged sword in their hands ; 7 To be avenged of the heathen : and to rebuke the people ; 8 To bind their kings in chains : and their nobles with links of iron. 9 That they may be avenged of them; as it is written: Such honour have all his saints. Psalm 150. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE God in his holiness : praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him in his noble acts : praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: praise him upon the lute and harp. 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dailces : praise him upon the strings and pipe. 5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals: praise him upon the loud cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath : praise the Lord. THE END OF THE PSALTER. THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING BISHOPS, PRIESTS,' AND DEACONS; ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OP THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE BISHOPS, THE CLERGY, AND LAITY OF SAID CHURCH, IN GENERAL CONVENTION, IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, A. D. 1792. THE PREFACE. "TT is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scrip- -^ ture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles^ time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church, — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which Offices were ever- more had in such reverend Estimation, that no man might presume to excute any of them, except he were first called, tried, examined, and known to have such qualities as are requisite for the same; and also by public Prayer, with Imposition of Hands, were approved and admitted thereunto by lawful Authority. And therefore, to the intent that these Orders may be continued,- and reverently used and esteemed in this Church, no man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Beacon, in this Church, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had Fpiscopal Consecration or Ordination. And none shall be admitted a Beacon, Priest, or Bishop, except he be of the age which the Canon in that case provided may require. And the Bishop, knowing either by himself, or by sufficient testimony, any Person to be a man of virtuous conversation, and without crime; and after examination and trial, finding him sufficiently instructed in the Holy Scripture, and otherwise learned as the Canons require, may, at the times appointed, or else, on urgent occasion, upon some other day, in the face of the Church, admit him a Beacon, in such manner and form as followeth. THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 535 THE FORM AlTD TVTAm rRB. OF MAKING DEACONS. T When the day appointed by the Bishop is come^ aftof Morning Prayo v i a cndod j there shall be a Sermon, or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and Office of such as come to be admitted Deacons ; how necessary that Order is in the Church of Christ, and also, how the People ought to esteem them in their Office. Tf A Priest shall present unto the Bishop, sitting in his chair near to the Holy Table, such as desire to be ordained Deacons, each of them being decently habited, saying these words, EEVEREND Father in God, I present unto you these persons present, to be admitted Deacons. The Bishop. TAKE heed that the persons whom ye present unto us, be apt and meet, for their learning and godly conversa- tion, to exercise their Ministry duly, to the honour of God, and the edifying of his Church. If The Priest shall answer: I HAVE inquired concerning them, and also examined them, and think them so to be. If Then the Bishop shall say unto the People : BRETHREN, if there be any of you who knoweth any Impediment, or notable Crime, in any of these persons presented to be ordered Deacons, for the which he ought not to be admitted to that Office, let him come forth in the Name of God, and show what the Crime or Impediment is. If And if any great Crime or Impediment be objected, the Bishop shall cease from Or- dering thatperson, until such time as the party accused shall be fownd clear of that Crime. Ti Then the Bikhop (commending such as shall be found meet to be Ordered, to the Prayers of the Congregation) shall, with the Clergy and People present, say the Litany. If Then shall be said the Service for the Communion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as followeth. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Divine Providence hast ap- pointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church, and didst inspire thine Apostles to choose into the Order of Dea- cons the first Martyr Saint Stephen, with others ; Mercifully behold these thy servants now called to the like Office and Administration: so replenish them with the truth of thy 536 THE ORDERING OF DEACONS, Doctrine, and adorn them with innocency of life, that, both by word and good example, they may faithfully serve thee in this Office, to the glory of thy Name, and the edification of thy Chur6h ; through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and for ever. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Tim. iii. 8. LIKEWISE must the Deacons be grave, not double- tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them use the Office of a Deacon, being found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For they that have used the Office of a Deacon well purchase to them- selves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. ^ Or else this, out of the Sixth Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. Acts vi. 2. THEN the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said. It is not reason that we should leave the Word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, bre- thren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the Word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch; whom they set before the Apostles ; and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. And the Word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly, and a great company of the Priests were obedient to the faith. T Then shall the Bishop examine every one of those who are to be Ordered, in the presence of the people, after this manner following. O you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this Office and Ministration, to D D THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 537 serve God for the promoting of his glory, and the edifying of his people ? Answer. I trust so. The Bishop. DO you think that you are truly called, according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and according to the Can- ons of this Church, to the Ministry of the same ? Answer. I think so. The Bishop. O you unfeignedly believe all the Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament ? Answer. I do believe them. The Bishop. WILL you diligently read the same unto the people assem- *bled in the Church where you shall be appointed to serve ? Answer. I will. The Bishop. IT appertaineth to the Office of a Deacon, in the Church where he shall be appointed to serve, to assist the Priest in Divine Service, and specially when he ministereth the Holy Communion, and to help him in the distribution there- of; and to read Holy Script;ures and Homihes in the Church; and to instruct the youth in the Catechism; in the absence of the Priest to baptize infants ; and to preach, if he be ad- mitted thereto by the Bishop. And furthermore, it is his Of- fice, where provision is so made, to search for the sick, poor, and impotent people of the Parish, to intimate their estates, names, and places where they dwell, unto the Curate, that by his exhortation they may be relieved with the alms of the Parishioners, or others. Will you do this gladly and wil- lingly ? Answer. I will so do, by the help of God. The Bishop. WILL you apply all your dihgenee to frame and fashion your own lives, and the lives of your families, according to the Doctrine of Christ; and to make both yourselves and 538 THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples of the flock of Christ? Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. , The Bishop, WILL you reverently obey your Bishop, and other chief Ministers, who, according to the Canons of the Church, may have the charge and government over you ; following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions ? Answer. I will endeavour so to do, the Lord being my helper. Tf Then the Bishop, laying his hands severally upon the Bead of every one of them, humbly kneeling before him, shall »ay, TAKE thou Authority to execute the Office of a Deacon in the Church of God committed unto thee ; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. T[ Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one of them the New Testament, saying, TAKE thou Authority to read the Gospel in the Church of God, and to preach the same, if thou be thereto licensed by the Bishop himself. Tf Then one of them, appointed by the Bishop, shall read the Gospel. St. Luke xii. 35. LET your loins be girded about, and your lights burning ; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord, when he will return from the wedding ; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching. Verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. Tf Then shall the Bishop proceed in the Communion; and all who are Ordered shall tarry, and receive the Holy Communion the same day, with the Bishop, If The Communion ended, after the last Collect, and immediately before the Benedic- tion, shall be said this Collect follmoing. ALMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who of thy great goodness hast vouchsafed to accept and take these thy servants unto the Office of Deacons in thy Church; THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. 539 Make them, we beseech thee, O Lord, to be modest, humble, and constant in their Ministration, to have a ready will to observe all spiritual Discipline ; that they having always the testimony of a good conscience, and continuing ever stable and strong in thy Son Christ, may so well behave themselves in this inferior Office, that they may be found worthy to be called unto the higher Ministries in thy Church; through the same thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and honour, world without end. Amen. THE peace of God which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord ; And the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. IT And here it must be declared unto the Deacon, that he must continue in that Office of a Deacon the space of a whole year, (except for reasonable causes it shall other- wise seem good unto the Bishop,) to the intent %e may be perfect and well enmert in the things appertaining to the Ecclesiastical Admimstratwn. In executing whereof, if he be found faithful and diligent, he may be admitted by his Diocesan to the Or- der of Priesthood, at the times appointed in the Canon; or else, on urgent occasion, upon some other day, in the face of the Church, in such manner and form as here- after foUoweth. THE FOEM AND MANNER OF ' ORDERING PRIESTS, H Wlien the day appointed by the Bishop is come, .t / u . ' Jf >i ' . n ng i^-^" " V ^« fe^, there shall be a Sei-mon, or Exhortation, declarina the Duty and Office of such as come to be admitted FHests; how necessary that Order ism <*«/^'-'=^ ^*?3/,'l and also, how the People ought to esteem them m their Office. 0-^ i*^ J ^' IT APriest shallpresent unto the Bishop, sitting in hischairnear to the Holy TabU,aU ^' thoslwhoare to receive the Order of Priesthood that day, each of them being de- cently habited, and shall say, REVEREND Father in God, I present unto you these persons present, to be admitted to the Order of Priests hood. ^. , The Bishop. TAKE heed that the persons, whom ye present unto us^ be apt and meet, for their learning and godly conversation to exercise their Ministry duly, to the honour of God, and the edifying of his Church. 540 THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. I Tf The Priest shall answer : HAVE inquired concerning them, and also examined them, and think them so to be. Tf Then the Bishop shall say unto the People ; GOOD People, these are they whom we purpose, God wil- ling, to receive this day unto the holy Office of Priest- hood: for after due examination, we find not to the con- trary, but that they are lawfully called to their Function and Ministry, and that they are persons meet for the same. But yet, if there be any of you who knoweth any impedi- ment, or notable Crime, in any of them, for the which he ought not to be received into this holy Ministry, let him come forth in the Name of God, and show what the Crime or Impediment is. ^ And if any great Crime or Impediment be objected, the Bishop shall cease from Ordering mat person, until such time as the party accused shall be found clear of that Crime. ^ Then the Bishop (commending such as shall be found meet to be Ordered, to the Prayers of the Congregation) shall, with the Clergy and People present, say the Litany, with the Prayers, as is before appointed in the Form of Ordering Deacons ; save only, that in the proper Suffrage there added, the word Deacons shall be omitted, and the word Priests inserted instead of it. T[ Then shallbe said the Service for the Communion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gos- pel, asfoUoweth. The Oolleet. ALMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who by thy Holy Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in the Church ; Mercifully behold these thy servants now called to the Office of Priesthood; and so replenish them with the truth of thy Doctrine, and adorn them with inno- cency of life, that, both by word and good example, they may faithfully serve thee in this Office, to the glory of thy Name, and the edification of thy Church; through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Eph. iv. 7. UNTO every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. 541 that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also -that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, Apostles ; and some, Prophets ; and some, Evangel- ists ; and some, Pastors and Teachers ; for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the Ministry, for the edifying of the Body of Christ : till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. % After this shall be read for the Gospel part of the ninth Chapter of Saint Matthew, as folloteeth. St. Matt. ix. 36. WHEN Jesus saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the har- vest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. 1[ Or else this that followeth, out of the tenth Chapter o/" Saint John. St. John X. 1. VERILY, verily, I say unto you. He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the Shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice ; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him : for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but wUl flee from him ; for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto them, but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. AH that ever came before me are thieves and robbers ; but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door ; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they 542 THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. might haye life, and that they might have it more abund- antly. I am the good Shepherd : the good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the Shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth : and the wolf catch- eth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, be- cause he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good Shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father : and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one Shepherd. 1[ Then the Bishop shall say unto them, as followeth, TE have heard. Brethren, as well in your private examina- tion, as in the exhortation which was now made to you, and in the holy Lessons taken out of the Gospel, and the writings of the Apostles, of what dignity, and of how great importance this Office is, whereunto ye are called. And now again we exhort you, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you have in remembrance, into how high a Dignity, and to how weighty an Office and Charge ye are called : that is to say, to be Messengers, Watchmen, and Stewards of the Lord ; to teach and to premonish, to feed and provide for the Lord's family; to seek for Christ's sheep that are dis- persed abroad, and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ for ever. Have always therefore printed in your remembrance, how great a treasure is committed to your charge. For they are the sheep of Christ, which he bought with his death, and for whom he shed his blood. The Church and Congregation whom ye must serve, is his Spouse, and his Body. And if it shall happen that the same Church, or any Member thereof, do take any hurt or hindrance by reason of your negligence, ye know the greatness of the fault, and also the horrible pun- ishment that will ensue. Wherefore consider with yourselves the end of the Ministry towards the children of God, towards THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. 543 the Spouse and Body of Christ ; and see that ye never cease your labour, your care and diligence, until ye have done aU that lieth in you, according to your bounden duty, to bring all such as are or shall be committed to your charge, unto that agreement in the faith and knowledge of God, and to that ripeness -and perfectness of age in Christ, that there be no place left among you, either for error in religion, or for viciousness in life. Forasmuch then as your Office is both of so great excellency, and of so great difficulty, ye see with how great care and study ye ought to apply yourselves, as well to show your- selves dutiful and thankful unto that Lord, who hath placed you in so high a Dignity ; as also to beware that neither you yourselves offend, nor be occasion that others offend. Howbeit ye cannot have a mind and will thereto of your- selves ; for that will and ability is given of God alone : there- fore ye ought, and have need, to pray earnestly for his Holy Spirit. And seeing that ye cannot by any other means com- pass the doing of so weighty a work, pertaining to the salva- tion of man, but with doctrine and exhortation taken out of the Holy Scriptures, and with a life agreeable to the same ; consider how studious ye ought to be in reading and learning the Scriptures, and in framing the manners both of your- selves, and of them that speciaUy pertain unto you, according to the rule of the same Scriptures; and for this self-same caiise, how ye ought to forsake and set aside, as much as ye may, all worldly cares and studies. We have good hope that ye have well weighed these things with yourselves,. long before this time; and that ye have clearly determined, by God's grace to give yourselves wholly to this Office, whereunto it hath pleased God to call you : so that, as much as lieth in you, ye will apply yourselves wholly to this one thing, and draw all your cares and studies this way ; and that ye will continually pray to God the Father, by the Mediation of our only Saviour Jesus Christ, for the heavenly assistance of the Holy Ghost ; that, by daily reading and weighing the Scriptures, ye may wax riper and stronger in your Ministry ; and that ye may so endeavour yourselves, from time to time, to sanctify the lives of you and yours. 544 THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. and to fashion them after the Rule and Doctrine of Christ, that ye may be wholesome and godly examples and patterns folr the, people to follow. And now that thi^ present Congregation of Christ may also understand your minds and wills in these things, and that this your promise may the more move you to do' your duties ; ye shall answer plainly to these things, which we, in the Name of God, and of his Church, shall demand of you touching the same. DO you think in your heart, that you are truly called, ac- cording to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and accord- ing to the Canons of this Church, to the Order and Ministry of Priesthood? Answer. I think it. The Bishop. ARE you persuaded that the Holy Scriptures contain all Doctrine required as necessary for eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ ? And are you determined, out of the said Scriptures to instruct the people committed to your charge, and to teach nothing, as necessary to eternal salvation, but that which you shall be persuaded may be concluded and proved by the Scripture ? Answer. I am so persuaded, and have so determined, by God's grace. The Bishop. WILL you then give your faithful diligence always so to minister the Doctrine and Sacraments, and the Discip- line of Christ, as the Lord hath commanded, and as this Church hath received the same, according to the Command- ments of God ; so that you may teach the people committed to your Cure and Charge with all diligence to keep and ob- serve the same ? Answer. I will so do, by the help of the Lord. The Bishop. WILL you be ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away from the Church all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's Word ; and to use both public and private monitions and exhortations, as well to the THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. 545 sick as to the whole, within your Cures, as need shall require, and occasion shall be given ? Answer. I will, the Lord being my helper. The Bishop. WILL you be diligent in Prayers, and in reading the Holy Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowl- edge of the same, laying aside the study of the world and the flesh? Answer. I will endeavour so to do, the Lord being my helper. The Bishop. WILL you be diligent to frame and fashion your own selves, and your families, according to the Doctrine of Christ ; and to make both yourselves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples and patterns to the flock of Christ? Answer. I will apply myself thereto, the Lord being my helper. The Bishop. WILL you maintain and set forwards, as much as lieth in you, quietness, peace and love, among all Christian people, and especially among them that are or shall be com- mitted to your charge ? Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. The Bishop. WILL you reverently obey your Bishop, and other chief Ministers, who, according to the Canons of the Church, may have the charge and government over you; following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions, and sub- mitting yourselves to their godly judgments ? Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. T[ Then shall the Bishop, standing up, say, ALMIGHTY God, who hath given you this will to do all these things ; Grant also unto you strength and power to perform the same; that he may accomphsh his work 646 THE OEDERING OF PRIESTS. which he hath begun in you ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 1 After this, the Congregation shall be desired, secretly in their Prayers, to maJce their humble supplications to God for all these things : for the which Prayers there shall be silence kept for a space. 1[ After which, shall be sung or said by the Bishop, the persons to be ordained Priests, all kneeling, Veni, Creator Spiritus ; the Bishop beginning, and the Priests, and others that are present, answering by verses, asfolloweth. GOME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,' And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art. Who dost Thy sevenfold gifts impart. Thy blessed Unction from above, Is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight. Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of thy grace. Keep far our foes, give peace at home ; Where Thou art guide, no ill can come. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And Thee, of both, to be but One. That, through the ages all along, This may be our endless song ; Praise to Thy eternal merit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. f Or this. COME, Holy Ghost, eternal God, Proceeding from above. Both from the Father and the Son, The Grod of peace and love ; Visit our minds, into our hearts Thy heavenly grace inspire ; That truth and godliness we may Pursue with full desire. THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. 547 Thou art the very Comforter In grief and all distress ; The heavenly gift of God most Sigh ; No tongue can it express. The fountain and the living spring Of joy celestial ; The fire so bright, the love so sweet. The Unction spiritual. Thou in Thy gifts art manifold, By them Christ's Church doth stand ; , In faithful hearts Thou wrifst Thy law. The finger of Q-od's hand. According to Thy promise, Lord, Thou givest speech with grace ; That, through Thy help, Crod's praises may Resound in every place. O Holy Ghost, into our minds Send down Thy heavenly light ; Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal. To serve Grod day and night. Oar weakness strengthen and confirm, (For, Lord, Thou know'st us frail ;) That neither devil, world, nor flesh. Against us may prevail. Put back our enemy far from us, And help us to obtain Peace in our hearts with Grod and Man, (The best, the truest gain; ) And grant that Thou being, O Lord, Our leader and our guide, We may escape the snares of sin. And never from Thee slide. Such measures of Thy powerful grace Grant, Lord, to us, we pray; That Thou may'st be our, Comforter At the last dreadful day. 548 THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. Of strife and of dissension Dissolve, O Lord, the bands. And hnit the knots of peaee and love Throughout all Christian lands. < Grant us the grace that we may know The Father of all might. That we of His beloved Son May gain the blissful sight ; And that we may with perfect faith Ever acknowledge Thee, The Spirit of Father and of Son, One Grod in Persons Three. To God the Father laud and praise, And to His blessed Son, And to the Holy Spirit of grace. Co-equal Three in One. And pray we, that our only Lord Would please His Spirit to send On all that shall profess His Name, • From hence to the world's end. Amen. T[ That done, the Bishop shall pray in this wise, and say, Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, and heavenly Father, who, of thine in- finite love and goodness towards us, hast given to us thy only and most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be our Redeemer, and the Author of everlasting life ; who, after he had made perfect our redemption by his death, and was ascended into heaven, sent abroad into the world his Apos- tles, Prophets, Evangelists, Doctors, and Pastors; by whose labour and ministry he gathered together a great flock in all the parts of the world, to set forth the eternal praise of thy holy Name : For these so great benefits of thy eternal good- ness, and for that thou hast vouchsafed to call these thy servants here present to the same Office and Ministry, ap- pointed for the salvation of mankind, we render unto thee most hearty thanks, we praise and worship thee; and we THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. 549 humbly beseech thee, by the same thy blessed Son, to grant unto all, which either here or elsewhere call upon thy holy Name, that we may continue to show ourselves thankful unto thee for these and all thy other benefits ; and that we may daily increase' and go forwards in the knowledge and faith of thee and thy Son, by the Holy Spirit. So that as well by these thy Ministers, as by them over whom they shall be appointed thy Ministers, thy holy Name may be for ever glorified, and thy blessed kingdom enlarged; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen. 1[ When this Prayer is done, the Bishop with the Priests present, shall lay their hands severally upon tlie Head of every one that receiveth the Order of Priesthood ; the Receivers humbly hneeling, and the Bishop saying, RECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost for- give, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained. And be thou a faithful Dispenser of the Word of God, and of his holy Sacraments ; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. T Or this. TAKE thou Authority to execute the Office of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed to thee by the Imposition of our hands. And be thou a faithful Dispenser of the Word of God, and of his holy Sacraments; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. If Then the Bishop shall deliver to every one of them hneeling, the Bible into his hand, saying, TAKE thou Authority to preach the Word of God, and to Minister the holy Sacraments in the Congregation, where thouahalt be lawfulte,appQmted tiiereimto. If When this is done, the Bishop shall go on m the ServicT'of the Communion, which all they who receivfVrders shall tale together, and remain in the same place where Hands were laid upon them, until such time as they have received the Communion. Tf The Communion being done, after the last Collect, and immediately before the benediction, shall be said this Collects MOST merciful Father, we beseech thee to send upon these thy servants thy heavenly blessing; that they 550 THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. may be clothed with righteoilsness, and that thy Word spoken by then: mouths may have such success, that it may never be spoken in vain. Grant also, that we may have grace to hear and receive whkt they shall deliver ' out of thy most holy Word, or agreeable to the same, as the means of oUr salva- tion; that in all our woi^ds and deeds we may seek thy glory, and the increase of thy kingdom ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ' THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep ■y'oar hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord : And the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. Tf And if, on the- same day, .the Order of Meagons hf, given to some, and the Order (Jf Priesthood to others ; the Deacons shall bejirst presented, and then the Priests ; am it shdll suffice that the Litany be once skid for both. The Collects shall botll m used ; first, that for Deacons, fJicTt, that for Pnests. The Epistle shall be Epheeian^ iy. 7 to 13, as before in this Office. . Immediately after which, they that are to be made Dettcons', shall be examined^-arid Ordained, as is above prescribed. Then one of them havinij read the 'Gdspelj, {which shall be either out o/" Saint Matthew ix. 36, as before in tins Office ; or else Saint Luke xii. 35 to 38, as before in the Form for the Ordering of Deacons,) they that are to be made Priests shall likewise be exam- ined, and Ordained, as is in this Office before appointed. THE FOEja: OF OEDATNING OR CONSECRATING A BISHOP. If when all -things are duly prepared in the Church, and set in order, tftir Jforiitiiiy I'ra^ r io e nded , the Presiding Bishop, or some other Bishop appointed by the Bish- , ops present, shall begin the Communion Service, in which this sliall be The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy holy Apostles many excellent gifte, and didst charge them to feed thy flock; give grace, we befebech thee, to all Bishops, the Pastors of thy Church, that they may diligently preach thy Word, and duly administer the godly Discipline thereof; and grant to the people, that they may obediently follow the same ; that all may receive the crown of everlasting gloi?y ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ••■ THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 551 IT -^nd another Bishop shall read the Epistle. 1 Tim. iii. 1. THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the Office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God ? ) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil. t Or this. For the Fpistle. Acts xx. 17. FROM Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus, and called the Elders of the Church. And when they were come to him, he said unto them. Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, serving the Lord with aU humility of mind, and with many tears and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews : and how I kept back nothing that was profit- able unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall-me there ; save that the Holy Ghost witness- eth in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things- move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to de- 352 THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. clare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed, therefore, unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you Overseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away dis- ciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one, night and day, with tears. And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among aU them which are sanctified. I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel ; yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have showed you all things, how that so labour- ing ye ought to support the weak; and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said. It is more blessed to give than to receive. T[ Th&n another Bishop shall read the Gospel. St. John xxi. 15. JESUS saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him. Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him. Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Si- mon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? He saith unto him. Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him. Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me ? And he said unto him. Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him. Feed my sheep. If Or this. St. John XX. 19. THE same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were as- sembled, for fear of the Jews, came Jesus, and stood in the midst, and saith unto them. Peace be unto you. And when THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 553 he had Sb said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then saith Jesus to them again. Peace be unto you : as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. T Or this. St. Matt, xxviii. 18. JESUS came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, arid of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you : and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the ^ Aftrr f'h(\ Cn~pd and ijtf ^prm^v are ended, the Elected Bishop, vested with his Rb'chet, shall be presented by two Bishops of this Church unto the Presiding Bishop, or to the Bishop appointed, sitting in his chair, near the Holy Table ; the Bishops ' who present him saying, "pEVEREND Father in God, we present unto you this JLV) godly and well-learned man, to be Ordained and Con- secrated Bishop; If Then shall the Presiding Bishop demand Testimonials of the person presented for C&nsecration, and shall cause them to be fead. If He shall then require of him the following Promise of Conformity to the Doctrine, discipline, and Worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church. IN the Name of God, Amen. I, K, chosen Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in K, do promise conformity and obedience to the Doctrine, Discipline, and "Worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. So help me God, through Jesus Christ. f Then the Presiding Bishop shall move the Congregation present to pray, saying thus to them: "DRETHREN, it is written in the 'Gospel of Saint Luke, IJ That our Saviour Christ continued the whole night in prayer, before he chose and sent forth his twelve Apostles. It is written also, that the holy Apostles prayed before they ordained Matthias to be of the number of- the Twelve. Let us, therefore, following the example of our Saviour Christ, 654 THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. and his Apostles, offer up our prayers to Almi^ty God, before we admit and send forth this person presented unto us, to the work whereunto we trust the Holy Ghost hath called hira. If And then shall ie said the Litany ; save only., that after this place, That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, ^c, the proper Suffrage shall be, THAT it may please thee to bless this our Brother elected, and to send thy grace upon him, that he may duly exe- cute the Office whereunto he is called, to the edifying of thy Church, and to the honour, praise, and glory of thy Name ; Answer. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. T[ Tlien shall he said this Prayer following. ALMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who by thy Holy Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church ; Mercifully behold this thy servant now called to the Work and Ministry of a Bishop ; and so replenish him with the truth of thy Doctrine, and adorn him with inno- ceney of life^ that both by word and deed, he may faithfully serve thee in this Office, to the glory of thy Name, and the edifying and well-governing of thy Church; through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. T[ Then the Presiding Bishop, sitting in his chair, shall say to him that is to be Consecrated, BROTHER, forasmuch as the Holy Scripture and the Ancient Canons command, that we should not be hasty in laying on hands, and admitting any person to Government in the Church of Christ, which he hath purchased with no less price than the effusion of his own blood; before we admit you to this Administration, we will examine you in certain Articles, to the end that the Congregation present may have a trial, and bear witness, how you are minded to behave yourself in the 'Church of God. ARE you persuaded that you are truly called to this Minis- tration, according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the order of this Church. Answer. I am so persuaded. THE CONSECEATION OP BISHOPS. 555 The Presiding Bishop. ARE you persuaded that the Holy Scriptures contain all doctrine required as necessary for eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ? And are you determined out of the same Holy Scriptures to instruct the people com- mitted to your charge; and to teach or maintain nothing, as necessary to eternal salvation, but that which you shall be persuaded may be concluded and proved by the same ? Answer. I am so persuaded, and determined, by God's grace. ^ i . , The Presiding Bishop. WILL you then faithfully exercise yourself in the Holy Scriptures, and call upon God by prayer for the true understanding of the same ; so that you may be able by them to teach and exhort with wholesome Doctrine, and to with- stand and convince the gainsayers ? Answer. I will so do, by the help of God.: The Presiding Bishop. ARE you ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive aWay from the Cturch all erroneous and strange doctrine contrary to God's Word; and both privately and openly to call upon and encourage others to the same ? Answer. I am ready, the Lord being my helper. w The Presiding Bishop. TILL you deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and , , live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world ; that you may show yourself in all things an exam- ple of good works unto others, that the adversary may be ashamed, having nothing to say against you? Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. The Presiding -Bishop. WILL you maintain and ^et forward, as much as shall lie in you, quietness, love, and peace among. all men; and dilieently exercise such discipline as by the authority of God s Word, and by the order of this Church, is committed to you ! Answer. I wiU so do, by the help of God. 556 THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. The Presiding Bishop, WILL you be faithful in Ordaining, sending, or laying hands upon others ? Answer. I will so be, by the help of God. The Presiding Bishop. WILL you show yourself gentle, and be merciful for Christ's sake to poor and needy people, and to all strangers destitute of help ? Answer. I will so show myself, by God's help. ^ Then the Presiding Bishop, standing up, shall say, ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who hath given you a good will to do all these things. Grant also unto you strength and' power to perform the same ; that, he ac- complishing in you the good work which he hath begun, you may be found perfect and irreprehensible at the latter day ; through Jesus Christ "our Lord. Amen. ^ Then shall the Bishop elect put on the rest of the Episcopal habit ; and, ineeling down, Veni, Creator Spiritus shall be sung or said over him ; the Presiding Bishop beginning, and ihe-Bimops, with others that are present, answering by verses, asfoU COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost Thy sevenfold gifts impart. Thy blessed Unction from above. Is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight. Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of Thy grace. Keep far our foes, give peace at home ; Where Thou art guide, no ill can come. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And Thee, of both, to be but One. That, through the ages all along. This may be our endless song ; Praise to Thy eternal merit. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 557 t Or this. ^^^^I'hy. COME, Holy Ghost, eternal God, ^^s ProceediDg from above, ^^^ Both from the Father and the Son, ^^ • The God of peace and love; ^^""^-^ Visit our minds, into our hearts Thy heavenly grace inspire ; That truth and godliness we may Pursue with full desire. Thou art the very Comforter In grief and all distress ; The heavenly gift of Crod most Sigh; No tongue can it express. The fountain and the living spring Of joy celestial ; The fire so bright, the love so sweet. The Unction spiritual. Thou in Thy gifts art manifold, By them Christ's Church doth stand : In faithful hearts Thou wrifst Thy law. The finger of God's hand. According to Thy promise, Lord, Thou givest speech with grace ; That, through Thy help, God's praises may Resound in every place. O Holy Ghost, into our minds Send down Thy heavenly light ; Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal. To serve God day and night. Our weakness strengthen and confirm, (For, Lord, Thou know'st us frail ; ) That neither devil, world, nor flesh. Against us may prevail. 558 THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. Put back our enemy far from us, And help us to obtain PAaoe in our hearts with Q-od and Man, {The best, the triiest gain ;) And grant that Thou being, O Lord, Our leader and our guide, We may escape the snares of sin. And never from Thee slide. Such measures of thy powerful grace Grant, Lord, to us, we pray ; That Thou rnay'st l>e our Comforter, At the last dreadful day. Of strife and of dissension Dissolve, O Lord, the bands. And kriit the knots of peace and love. Throughout all Christian lands. Grant us the grace that we may know The Father of all might. That we of Mis beloved Son May gain the blissful sight; And that we may witk perfect faith Ever acknowledge Thee, The Spirit of Father, and of Son, One God in Persons Three. To God the Father laud and praise, And to His blessed Son, And to the Holy Spirit of grace. Co-equal Three in One. And pr^y we that our only Lord. Would please His Spirit to send On all that shdll, profess His Name, From, herice to the world's end. Amen. T[ That ende^, the JPreaiding Bishop shall isay, Lord, hear our/prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 559 Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, and most merciful Father, who, of thine infinite goodness, hast given thihe only and dearly be- loved Son Jesus Christ, to be our Redeemer, and the Author .of everlasting life ; who, after that he had made perfect our Redemption by his death, and , was ascended into heaven, poured down his gifts abundantly upon men, making some Apostles, some Prophets, some Evangelists, some Pastors and Doctors ; to the edifying and making perfect his Chiu'ch ; Grant, we beseech thee, to this thy servant, such grace, that he inay evermore be ready to spread abroad; thy Gospel, the glad tidings of reconciliation with thee ; and use the au- thority given him,,, not to destruction, but to salvation; not to hurt, but to help : so that, a-s a wise and faithful servant, giving to thy family their portion in due season, he may at .last be received into everlasting joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who, with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, one God, world without end- Amen. IT Then, the Fj'isiding Bishop and Bishops present shall lay their Hands upon the Mead of the Elected Bishop, hneeling before them, the Presiding Bishop saying, RECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands ; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And re- member that thou stir up the grace of God, which is given thee by this Imposition of our hands : for God hath not given us the spirit of fear;' but of power, and love, and soberness. TJ Then the Presiding Bishop shall deliver him the Bible, saying, C\ IVE heed unto reading, exhortation, and doctrine. Think . VT upon the things contained in this Book. Be diligent in them, that the increase coming thereby may be mainifest unto all men ; for by so doing thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee. Be to the, flock of Christ a shepherd, not a I wolf ; feed them, devour them not. Hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring again the outcasts, seek the lost. Be so merciful, that you be not too remiss ; so minis- ter discipline, that you forget not mercy : that when the Chief 1 Shepherd shall appear, you may receive the never-fading crown of glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. 560 THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. Tf Then the Presiding Bishop shall proceed in the Communion Service; with whom the new Consecrated Bishop, with others, shall also communicate. If And for the last Collect, immediately hefore the Benediction, shall be said this Prayer, MOST merciful Father, we beseech thee to send down upon this thy servant thy heavenly blessing ; and so endue him. with thy Holy Spirit, that he, preaching thy Word, may not only be earnest to reprove, beseech, and rebuke, with all pa- tience and doctrine ; but also may be to such as believe a wholesome example in word, in conversation, in love, in faith, in chastity, and in purity ; that, faithfully fulfilling his course, at the latter day he may receive the crown of righteousness, laid up by the Lord, the righteous Judge, who liveth and reigneth one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord : And the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. OGOD the Father of heaven ; have mercy upon \is miser- able sinners. Grod the Father of heaven ; have, mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God, the Son, Redeemer of the world ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. Q-od the Son, Redeemer of the world ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 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. THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. 561 holy, hlesssed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one Crod; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. Remember'not, Lord, our offences, nor tlie offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, 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 ; Crood Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all unchari- tableness, Crood Lord, deliver us. ' From all inordinate and sinful affections ; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, Grood Lord, deliver us. From lightning and tempest ; ftom plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Crood Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all false doctrine, heresy, 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, Grood Lord, deliver us. By thine Agony and Bloody 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, Grood Lord, deliver us. In aU time of our tribulation ; in all time of our prosperity ; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Grood Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and 562 THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. 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 bless and preserve all Christian Rulers and Magistrates ; giving them grace to execute jus- tice, and to maintain truth ; ' We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word ; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and show it accordingly ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleaSe thee to bless these thy servants, now to be admitted to the Order of Deacons, [or Priests,'] and to pour thy grace upon them ; that they may duly execute their Office, to the edifying of thy Church, and the glory of thy holy Name ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and fear thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments ; - We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace -to hear- meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand ; and to comfort and help the weak-hearted ; and to raise up those who fall ; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort, all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation ; THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. 563 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all who travel by land or by water, all women in the perils of child-birth, all sick persons, and young children ; and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless children, and widows, and all who are desolate and oppressed ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. , That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due time we may enjoy them ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. , That it may please thee to give us true repentance ; to for- \give us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances ; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives ac- cording to thy holy Word ; We. beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. Son of Gfod, we beseech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ; Q-rant us thy peace. O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ; Have mercy upon us. If The Bishop may, at his discretion, omit all that follows, to the Prayer, We humbly beseech thee, Father, c^c. O Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. 564 THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. If Then shall the Bishop, and the People with him, say the Lord's Prayer, OUR Father, who art Id^ heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Bishop. O Lord, deal not with us according to our sins. Answer. Neither reward us according to our iniquities. Let us pray. OGOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing of ^ contrite heart, nor the desire of such as are sorrowful ; Mercifully assist our prayers which we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us ; and graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft and siibtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, may by thy good providence, be brought to nought; that we thy ser- vants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thy Name^s sake. OGOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thine honour. 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. From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Q-raciously look upon our afflictions. With pity behold the sorrows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. ■ Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. Son of I)avid, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Q-raciously hear us, Christ ; graciously hear us, Lord Christ. THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. 565 Bishop. O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us ; Answer. As we do put our trust in thee. ■ ■ . Let us pray. . ; WE humbly beseech thee, Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities ; and, for the glory of thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved ; and grantj that in all our troubles we may put our' whblfe trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and'pureness of living, to thy honour and glory ; through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. Bere endeth the Litany. THE ORDER EOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, OK HOLY COMMUNION. OUR Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day pur daily bread. And for- give us our trespasses, A^ we forgive those who 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. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts are open, all de- sires 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 magnify' thy holy Name ; through Christ our Lord. Amen. Tf Then shall the Bishop, turning to the People, rehearse distinctly the Ten Command- ments; and the People, still kneeling, shall, after every Commandment, ash God mercy for their transgressions for the time past, and grace to keep the law for the time to come, asfoUoweth. Bishop. 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. Bishop. Thou shalt not make to thyself 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 bow 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 show 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. Bishop. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy THE COMMUNION. 567 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. Bishop. 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 cattle, 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. Bishop. ■ Honour thy father and thy mother ; that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. People. iLord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Thou shalt do no murder. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Thou shalt not commit adultery. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Thou, shalt not steal. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 'People. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Bishop. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's 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 aU these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. H Then the Bishop may say, Hear also what our Lord Jesus Christ saith. 668 THE COMMUNION. THOU shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with aU thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is , like unto it ; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments ; that, through thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul ; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. ■ T Thtn shall be read the Collect, Epistle, and (Gospel as they are appointed. T[ Then shall be read the Apostles*, or Nicene Creed ; unless one of them hath been read immediately before, in the Morning Service. T Then shall the Bishop begin the Offertory, saying one or more of these Sentences following, as he thitiJceth most convenient. LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven^ St. Matt. v. 16. Lay ' not up for yourselves treasures upon earth ; where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven; where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. St. Matt. vi. 19, 20. Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, even so do to them : for this is the Law and the Prophets. St. Matt. vii. 12. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the wiU of my Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. vii. 21. Zacchseus 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 fourfold. St. Luke xix. 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 Gor. ix. 7. THE COMMUNION. 569 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your worldly things ? 1 Cor. ix. 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. ix. 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. ix. 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. aal. vi. 6, 7. While we have time, let us do good unto all men ; and especially unto them that are of the household of faith. ^al. vi. 10. Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath : for we brought nothing into this world, neither may we carry any thing out. 1 Tim. vi. 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 1;hey may attain eternal life. 1 Tim.V\. 17, 18, 19. God is not unrighteous, that he will forget your works, and labour that proceedeth of love; which love ye have showed for his Name's sake, who have ministered unto the saints, and yet do minister. Seb. vi. 10. To do good, and to distribute, .forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Sel. xiii. 16. Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? 1 St. John iii. 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. Tohit iv. 7. Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, give 570 THE COMMUNION. plenteously ; if thou liast little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little : for so gatherest thou thyself a good reward In the day of necessity. Tohit iv. 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. xix. 17. Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and needy-: the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. Ptalm xli. 1. 1[ Whilst these Sentences are in reading, the Deacons, Church-wardens, or other Jit persons appointed for that purpose, shall receive the Alms for the Poor^ and other Devotions^qf the People, in a decent Basin to be pro^fidea by the Paruhjor that purpose; and reverently bring it to the Bishop, who shall humbly present and place it upon the Holy Table. ^ And the Bishop shall, then place upon the Table so much Bread and Wine as he shall think su^cient; after which, he shall say. Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church militant. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who by thy holy Apostle hast taught us to make prayers, and supplica- tions, and to give thanks for all men ; We humbly beseech thee most mercifully \_*to accept our alms and oblations, andj to receive these our prayers, which we offer unto thy Divine Majesty ; beseeching thee to inspire continually the Univer- sal Church with, the spirit of truth, unity, and concord: And grant that all those who 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, so to direct and dispose j the hearts of all Christian Rulers, that they may truly and impartially administer justice, to the punishment of wicked- ness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion, and virtue. Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all Bishops and other Ministers, 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 here present ; that, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear, and receive thy holy Word ; truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life. And • If there be no alms or oblations, then shall the words [to accept our alms and oblations, and] be left unsaid. THE COMMUNION. 571 we most humbly beseecli thee,, of thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort and succour all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity. And we also bless thy holy Name for . all thy servants de- parted this life in thy faith and fear ; beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples, that with them' we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. Grant this, O, Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Ad- vocate. Amen. T The Bishop shall then say this Exhortation. DEARLY beloved in the Lord, ye who mind to come to the Holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, must consider how St. Paul exhorteth all per- sons diligently to try and examine themselves, before they presume to eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup. For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament ; so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily. Judge therefore yourselves^ brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord ; repent ye truly for your sins past ; have a lively ' and stead- fast faith in Christ our Saviour ; amend your lives, and be in perfect charity with all men; so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy mysteries. And above all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and man ; who did humble himseK, even to the death upon the Cross, for us miserable sinners, who lay in darkness and the shadow of death ; that he might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life. And to the end that we should always remember the exceeding great love of our Master and only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the in- numerable benefits which by his precious blood-shedding he hath obtained for us ; he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and for a continual remem- brance of his death, to our great and endless comfort. To him therefore, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, let us give (as we are most bounden,) continual thanks ; submit- ting ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleasure, and study- ' 572 THE COMMUNION. ing to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. Amen. T Then shall the Bishop say to those who come to receive the Holy Communion, YE who do truly and earnestly repent you of. your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following th6 commandments of Gbd,, and walking frOm henceforth in his holy ways ; Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your com- fort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, devoutly kneeling. 1[ Then shall this general Confession be made, hy the Bishop and all those who are minded to receive the Holy Communion, humbly kneeling, ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men ; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness. Which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, By thought, word, and deed. Against thy Divine Majesty, Provolang most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for these our misdo- ings ; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us ; The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father ; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's salke, Forgive us all that is past ; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life. To the honour and glory of thy Name ; Through Je- sus Christ our Lord. Amen. If Then shall the Bishop stand up, and taming to the People, say, ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him ; Have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness ; and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Tf Then shall the Bishop say. Hear what ccn^fortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all who truly turn to him. (^ OME unto me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden, J and 1 will refresh you. St. Matt. xi. 28. THE COMMUNION. 573 So God loved the world, tliat he gave his only-begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. St. John iii. 16. Hear also what Saint Paul saith. This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be re- ceived. That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sin- ners. 1 Tim. i. 15. Hear also what Saint John saith. If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the Propitiation for our sins. 1 St. JoJiri ii. 1, 2. Tf After which the Bishop shall proceed, saying, Lift up your hearts. Answer. We lift them up unto the Lord. Bishop. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. Answer. It is meet and right so to do. • 1[ Then shall the Bishop turn to the Lord's Table, and say, IT is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in aU places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, [*Holy Father,] Almighty, Everlasting God. If Sere shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if there be any spec- ially appointed ; Or else immediately shall be said or sung by the Bishop and People, THEREFORE, with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glori- ous Name ; evermpre praising Thee, and sajdng, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of Thy glory; Glory be to Thee, O Lord Most High. Amen. PKOPER PREFACES. Upon Christmas-day, and seven days after. BECAUSE thou didst give Jesus Christ, thinie only Son, to be born as at this time for us ; who, hf the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made very man, of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother ; and that without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with Angels, ^e. Upon E^ster-day, and seven days after. * These words [Holy Father] must be omitted on Trinity-Sunday. 574 THE COMMUNION. BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord: for he is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin of the world ; who by his death hath de- stroyed death, and, by his rising to life again, hath restored to us feverlasting life. Therefore with Angels, ^c. Upon Ascension-day, and seven days after. THRO [JGH thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord ; who, after his most gloriou^ Resurrection, mani- festly appeared to all his Apostles, and in their sight ascended up into heaven, to prepare a place for us ; that where he is, thither we might also ascend, and reign with him in glory. Therefore with Angels, ^c. Upon Whitsun-day, and six days after. THROUGH Jesus Chrisjb our Lord; according to whose most true promise, the Holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven, with a sudden great sound, as it had been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, and to lead them to all truth ; giving theni both the gift of divers languages, and also bold- ness with fervent zeal constantly to preach the Gospel unto jail nations ; whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error into the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ. Therefore with Angels, ^o. Upon the Feast of Trinity only, may be said, WHO art one God, one Lord; not one only Person, but three Persons in one Substance. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the same we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without anj"- difference or inequality. Therefore with Angels, ^e. Tf Or else this may be sai^, the words Holy Father being retained in the introductory Address, FOR the precious death and merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, and for the sending to us of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter ; who are one with thee in thy Eternal God- head; Therefore with Angels, ^c. 1[ Then shall, the Bishop, kneeling down at the Lord's Table, say, in the name of all those who shall receive the Communion, this Prayer following. WE do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy THE COMMUNION. 575 manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen. 1[ When the Bishop, standing before the Table, hath so ordered the Bread and Wine, that he may with the more readiness and decency break the Bread before the People, . and tajie the Cnp into his hands, he shall say the Prayer of Consecration, as fol- loweth. ALL glory be to Thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for that Thou, of Thy tender mercy, didst give Thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the Cross for our re- demption ; w:ho made there, (by His one oblation of Himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and isatisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in His holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that His precious death and sacrifice, until His coming again : (a) sere the Bishop is For in the night in which he was betra.yed, t»l'/*' "'"'"' '"'" *'" (a) He took Bread ; and when He had given ^^^ And here to break thanks, (6) He brake it, and gave it to His <*« ^read. disciples, saying. Take, eat, (c) this is My (c) And here to lar/ /as „ , i^ ' •' . °' . '» ' \ / j.r- • hand upon all the Bread. Body, which is given for you ; do this in ^^^^^ ^ ^ ^^^ remembrance of Me. Likewise, after sup- the hup m> ushala!' " per, (d) He took the Cup ; and when He ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ .^ ^ had eiven thanks. He gave it to them, lay us hand upon every , o _^ , , TT n ?i ■ p / \ 4.-u;„ ^n vessel, hi which there is saying. Drink ye all or tnis, tor (e) tnis is ^ny wine to be conse- My Blood of the New Testament, which is <=™'««'- shed for you, and for many, for the remis- sion of sins ; do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remem- brance of Me. WHEREFORE, O Lord and heavenly Father, ^^^ ^j,^^.^ according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, we, thy humble ser- vants, do celebrate and make here before thy Divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the 576 THE COMMUNION. memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make ; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, bis mighty resurrection and glorious ascension ; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable benefits pro- cured unto us by the same. And we most ^^ invocation humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us ; and, of thy almighty goodness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, with thy Word and Holy Spifit, these thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine ; that we, receiving them accord- ing to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood. And we earnestly de- sire thy fatherly goodness, mercifully to accept this our sacri- fice of praise and thanksgiving ; most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chrisf, ] and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy whole Church,' may obtain remission of our siiis, and all other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice unto thee ; humbly beseeching thee, that we, and all others who shall be partakers of this Holy Commun- ion, may worthily receive the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and made one body with him, that he may dwell ; in them, and they in him. And although we are unworthyi through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice ; yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and ser- vice ; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord ; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen. T[ ffere shall be sung a Sjmn, or part of a Hymn, from the Selection for the Feasts and Fasts,