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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/29622.txt b/29622.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..652747f --- /dev/null +++ b/29622.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27900 @@ +Project Gutenberg's The Book of Common Prayer, by Church of England + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Book of Common Prayer + and The Scottish Liturgy + +Author: Church of England + +Release Date: August 6, 2009 [EBook #29622] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER *** + + + + +Produced by Elaine Laizure. This file was produced from +images generously made available by The Internet +Archive/American Libraries. + + + + + + + + + + +THE BOOK OF + +COMMON PRAYER + +AND + +ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS AND OTHER RITES + +AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO + +THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND + +TOGETHER WITH + +THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID + +POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES + +AND THE FORM OR MANNER OF MAKING ORDAINING AND + +CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS + +AND + +THE SCOTTISH LITURGY + +AND THE PERMISSIBLE ADDITIONS TO AND DEVIATIONS + +FROM THE SERVICE BOOKS OF + +THE SCOTTISH CHURCH + +AS CANONICALLY SANCTIONED + + + + +EDINBURGH + +CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 100, PRINCES STREET + + + + +_Approved, on behalf of the College of Bishops of the Episcopal +Church in Scotland_, + +W: BRECHIN: + +_Primus_ _November_, 1912 + + + + +NOTE.--The portions of this book which are marked by a marginal +line are permissible additions to and deviations from the Service +Books of the Scottish Church as canonically sanctioned. The +Scottish Liturgy, and the additions and deviations, are copyright +of the Episcopal Church in Scotland. + + + + + +CONTENTS + + +The Preface vii + +Concerning the Service of the Church ix + +Of Ceremonies, why some be abolished, and some retained xi + +The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read xiii + +The Order how the rest of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be +read xiii + +Tables of Proper Lessons and Psalms xv + +The Kalendar, with the Table of Lessons xxvi + +Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts through the whole Year l + +The Order for Morning Prayer 1 + +The Order for Evening Prayer 18 + +The Creed of St Athanasius 3l + +The Litany 35 + +Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several occasions 44 + +The Collects, Epistles and Gospels to be used at the Ministration +of the Holy Communion, throughout the Year 68 + +The Order of the Ministration of the Holy Communion both Scottish +and English 271, 302 + +The Order of Baptism both Public and Private 332, 341 + +The Order of Baptism for those of Riper Years 348 + +The Catechism 358 + +The Order of Confirmation both English and Scottish 366, 369 + +The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony 373 + +The Order for the Visitation of the Sick, and the Communion of the +Sick 385, 396 + +The Order for the Burial of the Dead 398 + +The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth 416 + +A Commination, or denouncing of God's anger and judgements against +sinners 419 + +The Psalter 428 + +Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea 619 + +The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of +Bishops, Priests, and Deacons 634 + +Forms of Prayer for the Anniversary of the day of Accession of +the reigning Sovereign 677 + +A Table of Kindred and Affinity 688 + +Articles of Religion 689 + + + +THE PREFACE + + +It hath been the wisdom of the Church of England, ever since the +first compiling of her Public Liturgy, to keep the mean between +the two extremes, of too much stiffness in refusing, and of too +much easiness in admitting any variation from it. For, as on the +one side common experience sheweth, that where a change hath been +made of things advisedly established (no evident necessity so +requiring) sundry inconveniences have thereupon ensued; and those +many times more and greater than the evils, that were intended to +be remedied by such change: So on the other side, the particular +Forms of Divine worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies appointed 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 considerations, according to the various +exigency of times and occasions, such changes and alterations +should be made therein, as to those that are in place of Authority +should from time to time seem either necessary or expedient. +Accordingly we find, that in the Reigns of several Princes of +blessed memory since the Reformation, the Church, upon just and +weighty considerations her thereunto moving, hath yielded to make +such alterations in some particulars, as in their respective +times were thought convenient: Yet so, as that the main Body and +Essentials of it (as well in the chiefest materials, as in the +frame and order thereof) have still continued the same unto this +day, and do yet stand firm and unshaken, notwithstanding all the +vain attempts and impetuous assaults made against it, by such men +as are given to change, and have always discovered a greater +regard to their own private fancies and interests, than to that +duty they owe to the public. + +By what undue means, and for what mischievous purposes the use of +the Liturgy (though enjoined by the Laws of the Land, and those +Laws never yet repealed) came, during the late unhappy confusions, +to be discontinued, is too well known to the world, and we are +not willing here to remember. But when, upon His Majesty's happy +Restoration, it seemed probable, that, amongst other things, the +use of the Liturgy also would return of course (the same having +never been legally abolished) unless some timely means were used +to prevent it; those men who under the late usurped powers had +made it a great part of their business to render the people +disaffected thereunto, saw themselves in point of reputation and +interest concerned (unless they would freely acknowledge themselves +to have erred, which such men are very hardly brought to do) with +their utmost endeavours to hinder the restitution thereof. In +order whereunto divers Pamphlets were published against the Book +of Common Prayer, the old Objections mustered up, with the addition +of some new ones, more than formerly had been made, to make the +number swell. In fine, great importunities were used to His Sacred +Majesty, that the said Book might be revised, and such Alterations +therein, and Additions thereunto made, as should be thought +requisite for the ease of tender Consciences: whereunto His +Majesty, out of his pious inclination to give satisfaction (so +far as could be reasonably expected) to all his subjects of what +persuasion soever, did graciously condescend. + +In which review we have endeavoured to observe the like moderation, +as we find to have been used in the like case in former times. +And therefore of the sundry Alterations proposed unto us, we +have rejected all such as were either of dangerous consequence +(as secretly striking at some established Doctrine, or laudable +Practice of the Church of England, or indeed of the whole Catholic +Church of Christ) or else of no consequence at all, but utterly +frivolous and vain. But such Alterations as were tendered to us +(by what persons, under what pretences, or to what purpose soever +so tendered) as seemed to us in any degree requisite or expedient, +we have willingly, and of our own accord assented unto: not +enforced so to do by any strength of Argument, convincing us +of the necessity of making the said Alterations: For we are +fully persuaded in our judgements (and we here profess it to +the world) that the Book, as it stood before established by +Law, doth not contain 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 against any that shall oppose the same; if it shall +be allowed such just and favourable construction as in common +Equity ought to be allowed to all human Writings, especially +such as are set forth by Authority, and even to the very best +translations of the holy Scripture itself. + +Our general aim therefore in this undertaking was, not to gratify +this or that party in any their unreasonable demands; but to do +that, which to our best understandings we conceived 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 Public Worship of God; and the cutting off occasion from +them that seek occasion of cavil or quarrel against the Liturgy +of the Church. And as to the several variations from the former +Book, whether by Alteration, Addition, or otherwise, it shall +suffice to give this general account, That most of the Alterations +were made, either first, for the better direction of them that +are to officiate in any part of Divine Service; which is chiefly +done in the Kalendars and Rubrics: Or secondly, for the more +proper expressing of some words or phrases of ancient usage in +terms more suitable to the language of the present times, and +the clearer explanation of some other words and phrases, that +were either of doubtful signification, or otherwise liable to +misconstruction: Or thirdly, for a more perfect rendering of +such portions of holy Scripture, as are inserted into the Liturgy; +which, in the Epistles and Gospels especially, and in sundry other +places, are now ordered to be read according to the last +Translation: and that it was thought convenient, that some +Prayers and Thanksgivings, fitted to special occasions, should +be added in their due places; particularly for those at Sea, +together with an office for the Baptism of such as are of Riper +Years: which, although not so necessary when the former Book +was compiled, yet by the growth of Anabaptism, through the +licentiousness of the late times crept in amongst us, is now +become necessary, and may be always useful for the baptizing of +Natives in our Plantations, and others converted to the Faith. +If any man, who shall desire a more particular account of the +several alterations in any part of the Liturgy, shall take the +pains to compare the present Book with the former; we doubt not +but the reason of the change may easily appear. + +And having thus endeavoured to discharge our duties in this +weighty affair, as in the sight of God, and to approve our +sincerity therein (so far as lay in us) to the consciences +of all men; although we know it impossible (in such variety +of apprehensions, humours and interests, as are in the world) +to please all; nor can expect that men of factious, peevish, +and perverse spirits should be satisfied with any thing that +can be done in this kind by any other than themselves: Yet we +have good hope, that what is here presented, and hath been by +the Convocations of both Provinces with great diligence examined +and approved, will be also well accepted and approved by all +sober, peaceable, and truly conscientious Sons of the Church of +England. + + + + +CONCERNING THE SERVICE OF + +THE CHURCH + + +There was never any thing by the wit of man so well devised, or +so sure established, which in continuance of time hath not been +corrupted: As, among other things, it may plainly appear by the +Common Prayers in the Church, commonly called _Divine Service_. +The first original and ground whereof if a man would search out +by the ancient Fathers, he shall find, that the same was not +ordained but of a good purpose, and for a great advancement of +godliness. For they so ordered the matter, that all the whole +Bible (or the greatest part thereof) should be read over once +every year; intending thereby, that the Clergy, and especially +such as were Ministers in the congregation, should (by often +reading, and meditation in God's word) be stirred up to godliness +themselves, and be more able to exhort others by wholesome +doctrine, and to confute them that were adversaries to the +truth; and further, that the people (by daily hearing of holy +Scripture read in the Church) might continually profit more and +more in the knowledge of God, and be the more inflamed with the +love of his true Religion. + +But these many years passed, this godly and decent order of the +ancient Fathers hath been so altered, broken, and neglected, by +planting in uncertain Stories, and Legends, with multitude of +Responds, Verses, vain Repetitions, Commemorations, and Synodals; +that commonly when any Book of the Bible was begun, after three +or four Chapters were read out, all the rest were unread. And +in this sort the Book of Isaiah was begun in _Advent_, and the +Book of Genesis in _Septuagesima_; but they were only begun, and +never read through: After like sort were other Books of holy +Scripture used. And moreover, whereas St Paul would have such +language spoken to the people in the Church, as they might +understand, and have profit by hearing the same; The Service in +this Church of England these many years hath been read in Latin +to the people, which they understand not; so that they have heard +with their ears only, and their heart, spirit, and mind, have not +been edified thereby. And furthermore, notwithstanding that the +ancient Fathers have divided the Psalms into seven Portions, +whereof every one was called a _Nocturn:_ Now of late time a +few of them have been daily said, and the rest utterly omitted. +Moreover, the number and hardness of the Rules called the _Pie_, +and the manifold changings of the Service, was the cause, that to +turn the Book only was so hard and intricate a matter, that many +times there was more business to find out what should be read, +than to read it when it was found out. + +These inconveniences therefore considered, here is set forth such +an Order, whereby the same shall be redressed. And for a readiness +in this matter, here is drawn out a Kalendar for that purpose, +which is plain and easy to be understood; wherein (so much as +may be) the reading of holy Scripture is so set forth, that +all things shall be done in order, without breaking one piece +from another. For this cause be cut off Anthems, Responds, +Invitatories, and such like things as did break the continual +course of the reading of the Scripture. + +Yet, because there is no remedy, but that of necessity there must +be some Rules; therefore certain Rules are here set forth; which, +as they are few in number, so they are plain and easy to be +understood. So that here you have an Order for Prayer, and for +the reading of the holy Scripture, much agreeable to the mind +and purpose of the old Fathers, and a great deal more profitable +and commodious, than that which of late was used. It is more +profitable, because here are left out many things, whereof some +are untrue, some uncertain, some vain and superstitious; and +nothing is ordained to be read, but the very pure Word of God, +the holy Scriptures, or that which is agreeable to the same; +and that in such a Language and Order as is most easy and plain +for the understanding both of the Readers and Hearers. It is also +more commodious, both for the shortness thereof, and for the +plainness of the Order, and for that the Rules be few and easy. + +And whereas heretofore there hath been great diversity in saying +and singing in Churches within this Realm; some following Salisbury +Use, some Hereford Use, and some the Use of Bangor, some of York, +some of Lincoln; now from henceforth all the whole Realm shall +have but one Use. + +And forasmuch as nothing can be so plainly set forth, but doubts +may arise in the use and practice of the same; to appease all +such diversity (if any arise) and for the resolution of all +doubts, concerning the manner how to understand, do, and execute, +the things contained in this Book; the parties that so doubt, or +diversely take any thing, shall alway resort to the Bishop of the +Diocese, who by his discretion shall take order for the quieting +and appeasing of the same; so that the same order be not contrary +to any thing contained in this Book. And if the Bishop of the +Diocese be in doubt, then he may send for the resolution thereof +to the Archbishop. + +Though it be appointed, That all things shall be read and sung in +the Church in the English Tongue, to the end that the Congregation +may be thereby edified; yet it is not meant, but that when men +say Morning and Evening Prayer privately, they may say the same +in any language that they themselves do understand. + +And all Priests and Deacons are to say daily the Morning and +Evening Prayer either privately or openly, not being let by +sickness, or some other urgent cause. + +And the Curate that ministereth in every Parish Church or Chapel, +being at home, and not being otherwise reasonably hindered, +shall say the same in the Parish Church or Chapel where he +ministereth, and shall cause a Bell to be tolled thereunto a +convenient time before he begin, that the people may come to +hear God's Word, and to pray with him. + + + + +OF CEREMONIES, + +WHY SOME BE ABOLISHED, AND SOME RETAINED + + +Of such Ceremonies as be used in the Church, and have had their +beginning by the institution of man, some at the first were of +godly intent and purpose devised, and yet at length turned to +vanity and superstition: some entered into the Church by undiscreet +devotion, and such a zeal as was without knowledge; and for +because they were winked at in the beginning, they grew daily to +more and more abuses, which not only for their unprofitableness, +but also because they have much blinded the people, and obscured +the glory of God, are worthy to be cut away, and clean rejected: +other there be, which although they have been devised by man, yet +it is thought good to reserve them still, as well for a decent +order in the Church, (for the which they were first devised) as +because they pertain to edification, whereunto all things done in +the Church (as the Apostle teacheth) ought to be referred. + +And although the keeping or omitting of a Ceremony, in itself +considered, is but a small thing; yet the wilful and contemptuous +transgression and breaking of a common order and discipline is +no small offence before God, _Let all things be done among you_, +saith Saint Paul, _in a seemly and due order:_ The appointment of +the which order pertaineth not to private men; therefore no man +ought to take in hand, nor presume to appoint or alter any public +or common Order in Christ's Church, except he be lawfully called +and authorized thereunto. + +And whereas in this our time, the minds of men are so diverse, +that some think it a great matter of conscience to depart from a +piece of the least of their Ceremonies, they be so addicted to +their old customs; and again on the other side, some be so +new-fangled, that they would innovate all things, and so despise +the old, that nothing can like them, but that is new: it was +thought expedient, not so much to have respect how to please +and satisfy either of these parties, as how to please God, and +profit them both. And yet lest any man should be offended, whom +good reason might satisfy, here be certain causes rendered, why +some of the accustomed Ceremonies be put away, and some retained +and kept still. + +Some are put away, because the great excess and multitude of them +hath so increased in these latter days, that the burden of them +was intolerable; whereof Saint Augustine in his time complained, +that they were grown to such a number, that the estate of Christian +people was in worse case concerning that matter, than were the +Jews. And he counselled that such yoke and burden should be taken +away, as time would serve quietly to do it. But what would Saint +Augustine have said, if he had seen the Ceremonies of late days +used among us; whereunto the multitude used in his time was not +to be compared? This our excessive multitude of Ceremonies was +so great, and many of them so dark, that they did more confound +and darken, than declare and set forth Christ's benefits unto us. +And besides this, Christ's Gospel is not a Ceremonial Law, (as +much of Moses' Law was,) but it is a Religion to serve God, not +in bondage of the figure or shadow, but in the freedom of the +Spirit; being content only with those Ceremonies which do serve +to a decent Order and godly Discipline, and such as be apt to +stir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to +God, by some notable and special signification, whereby he might +be edified. Furthermore, the most weighty cause of the abolishment +of certain Ceremonies was, That they were so far abused, partly +by the superstitious blindness of the rude and unlearned, and +partly by the unsatiable avarice of such as sought more their +own lucre, than the glory of God, that the abuses could not well +be taken away, the thing remaining still. + +But now as concerning those persons, which peradventure will be +offended, for that some of the old Ceremonies are retained still: +If they consider that without some Ceremonies it is not possible +to keep any Order, or quiet Discipline in the Church, they shall +easily perceive just cause to reform their judgements. And if +they think much, that any of the old do remain, and would rather +have all devised anew: then such men granting some Ceremonies +convenient to be had, surely where the old may be well used, +there they cannot reasonably reprove the old only for their age, +without bewraying of their own folly. For in such a case they +ought rather to have reverence unto them for their antiquity, if +they will declare themselves to be more studious of unity and +concord, than of innovations and new-fangleness, which (as much +as may be with the true setting forth of Christ's Religion) is +always to be eschewed. Furthermore, such shall have no just cause +with the Ceremonies reserved to be offended. For as those be taken +away which were most abused, and did burden men's consciences +without any cause; so the other that remain, are retained for a +discipline and order, which (upon just causes) may be altered +and changed, and therefore are not to be esteemed equal with +God's Law. And moreover, they be neither dark nor dumb Ceremonies, +but are so set forth, that every man may understand what they do +mean, and to what use they do serve. So that it is not like that +they in time to come should be abused as other have been. And in +these our doings we condemn no other Nations, nor prescribe any +thing but to our own people only: For we think it convenient that +every Country should use such Ceremonies as they shall think best +to the setting forth of God's honour and glory, and to the reducing +of the people to a most perfect and godly living, without error or +superstition; and that they should put away other things, which +from time to time they perceive to be most abused, as in men's +ordinances it often chanceth diversely in divers countries. + + + + +THE ORDER HOW THE PSALTER IS APPOINTED + +TO BE READ + + +The Psalter shall be read through once every Month, as it is there +appointed, both for Morning and Evening Prayer. But in _February_ +it shall be read only to the twenty-eighth, or twenty-ninth day of +the Month. + +And, whereas _January_, _March_, _May_, _July_, _August_, _October_, +and _December_ have One-and-thirty days apiece; It is ordered, +that the same Psalms shall be read the last day of the said months, +which were read the day before: So that the Psalter may begin +again the first day of the next month ensuing. + +And, whereas the 119th Psalm is divided into twenty-two portions, +and is over-long to be read at one time; It is so ordered, that +at one time shall not be read above four or five of the said +portions. + +And at the end of every Psalm, and of every such part of the +119th Psalm, shall be repeated this Hymn, + +_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._ + +Note, that the Psalter followeth the Division of the Hebrews, +and the Translation of the great English Bible, set forth and +used in the time of King Henry the Eighth, and Edward the Sixth. + + + + +THE ORDER HOW THE REST OF HOLY + +SCRIPTURE IS APPOINTED TO BE READ + + +The Old Testament is appointed for the First Lessons at Morning +and Evening Prayer, so as the most part thereof will be read +every year once, as in the Kalendar is appointed. + +The New Testament is appointed for the Second Lessons at Morning +and Evening Prayer, and shall be read over orderly every year +twice, once in the morning and once in the evening, besides the +Epistles and Gospels, except the Apocalypse, out of which there +are only certain Lessons appointed at the end of the year, and +certain Proper Lessons appointed upon divers feasts. + +And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the +day of the Month in the Kalendar following, and there ye shall +find the chapters and portions of chapters that shall be read +for the Lessons, both at Morning and Evening Prayer, except only +the moveable feasts, which are not in the Kalendar, 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 Evening Prayer is said at two different times in the same +place of worship on any Sunday (except a Sunday for which +alternative Second Lessons are specially appointed in the Table,) +the Second Lesson at the second time may, at the discretion of +the minister, be any chapter from the four Gospels, or any +Lesson appointed in the Table of Lessons from the four Gospels. + +Upon occasions, to be approved by the Ordinary, other Lessons may, +with his consent, be substituted for those which are appointed in +the Kalendar. + +And note, That whensoever Proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed, +then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course appointed in the +Psalter and Kalendar (if they be different) shall be omitted for +that time. + +Note also, That upon occasions to be appointed by the Ordinary, +other Psalms may, with his consent, be substituted for those +appointed in the Psalter. + +If any of the Holy-days for which Proper Lessons are appointed in +the Table fall upon a Sunday which is the first Sunday in Advent, +Easter-day, Whitsunday, or Trinity Sunday, the Lessons appointed +for such Sunday shall be read, but if it fall upon any other +Sunday, the Lessons appointed either for the Sunday or for the +Holy-day may be read at the discretion of the minister. + +Note also, That the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel appointed for +the Sunday shall serve all the week after, where it is not in +this Book otherwise ordered. + + + + + + +PROPER LESSONS + +TO BE READ AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER ON THE SUNDAYS AND + +OTHER HOLY-DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |MATTINS |EVENSONG +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +_Sundays of Advent_ | | + The First |Isaiah 1 |Isaiah 2 or Isaiah 4, v. 2 + Second |--5 |--11, to v. 11 "--24 + Third |--25 |26 "--28, v. 5 to v. 19 + Fourth |--30, to v. 27 |--32 "--33, v. 2 to v. 23 + | | +_Sundays after_ | | + _Christmas_ | | + The First |--35 |--38 "--40 + Second |--42 |--43 "--44 + | | +_Sundays after the_ | | + _Epiphany_ | | + The First |--51 |--52, v. 13 & 53 "--54 + Second |--55 |--57 "--61 + Third |--62 |--65 "--66 + Fourth |Job 27 |Job 28 " Job 29 + Fifth |Prov. 1 |Prov. 3 " Prov. 8 + Sixth |--9 |--11 "--15 + | | +_Septuagesima_ |Gen. 1 & 2, to v. 4 |Gen 2., v. 4 " Job 38 + 2nd Lesson |Rev. 21, to v. 9 |Rev. 21, v. 9 to + | | 22, v. 6 +_Sexagesima_ |Gen. 3 |Gen. 6 " Gen. 8 + | | +_Quinquagesima_ |--9, to v. 20 |--12 "--13 + | | +_Sundays in Lent_ | | + The First |--19, v. 12 to v. 30 |--22, to v. 20 "--23 + Second |--27, to v. 41 |--28 "--32 + Third |--37 |--39 "--40 + Fourth |--42 |--43 "--45 + Fifth |Exod. 3 |Exod. 5 " Exod. 6, to v. 14 + Sixth |--9 |--10 "--11 + | | + 2nd Lesson |Matt. 26 |Luke 19, v. 28 " Luke 20, v. 9 to + | | v. 21 +_Easter-day_ |Exod. 12, to v. 29 |Exod. 12, v. 29 " Exod. 14 + 2nd Lesson |--Rev. 1, v. 10 to |John 29, v. 11 " Rev. 5 + | v. 10 | +_Sundays after_ | | + _Easter_ | | + The First |Numb. 16, to v. 36 |Numb. 16, v. 36 " Numb. 17, to v. 12 + 2nd Lesson |1 Cor. 15, to v. 29 |John 20, v. 24 + | | to v. 30 + Second |Numb. 20, to v. 14 |Numb. 20, v. 14 "--, v. 10 + | | to 21, v. 10 + Third |--22 |--23 "--24 + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |MATTINS |EVENSONG +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +_Sundays after_ | | + _Easter_ | | + Fourth |Deut. 4, to v. |Deut. 4, v. 23 to or Deut. 5 + | 23 | v. 41 + Fifth |--6 |--9 "--10 + | | +_Sunday after_ | | + _Ascension-day_ |--30 |--34 " Joshua 1 + | | +_Whitsunday_ |--16, to v. 18 |Isaiah 11 " Ezek. 36, v. 25 + 2nd Lesson |Rom. 8, to v. 18 |Gal. 5, v. 16 " Acts 18, v. 24 to 19, + | | v. 21 +_Trinity Sunday_ |Isaiah 6, to v. |Gen. 18 " Gen. 1&2, to v. 4 + | 11 | + 2nd Lesson |Rev. 1, to v. 9 |Eph. 4, to v. 17 " Matt. 3 + | | +_Sundays after_ | | + _Trinity_ | | + Second |Judges 4 |Judges 5 " Judges 6, v. 11 + Third |1 Sam. 2, to v. |1 Sam. 3 " 1 Sam. 4, to v. 19 + | 27 | + Fourth |--12 |--13 " Ruth 1 + Fifth |--15, to v. 24 |--16 " 1 Sam. 17 + Sixth |2 Sam. 1 |2 Sam. 12, to v. 24 " 2 Sam. 18 + Seventh |1 Chron. 21 |1 Chron. 22 " 1 Chron. 28, v. 21 + Eighth |--29, v. 9 to |2 Chron. 1 " 1 Kings 3 + | 29 | + Ninth |1 Kings 10, to |1 Kings 11, to v. 15 "--11, v. 26 + | 25 | + Tenth |--12 |--13 "--17 + Eleventh |--18 |--19 "--21 + Twelfth |--22, to v. 41 |2 Kings 2, to v. 16 " 2 Kings 4, v. 8 to + | | v. 38 + Thirteenth |2 Kings 5 |--6, to v. 32 "--7 + Fourteenth |--9 |--10, to v. 32 "--13 + Fifteenth |--18 |--19 "--23, to v. 31 + Sixteenth |2 Chron. 36 |Nehem. 1&2, to v. 9 " Nehem. 8 + Seventeenth |Jerem. 5 |Jerem. 22 " Jerem. 35 + Eighteenth |--36 |Ezek. 2 " Ezek. 13, to v. 17 + Nineteenth |Ezek. 14 |--18 "--24, v. 15 + Twentieth |--24 |--37 " Daniel 1 + Twenty-first |Daniel 3 |Daniel 4 "--5 + Twenty-second |--6 |--7, v. 9 "--12 + Twenty-third |Hosea 14 |Joel 2, v. 21 " Joel 3, v. 9 + Twenty-fourth |Amos 3 |Amos 5 " Amos 9 + Twenty-fifth |Micah 4&5, to |Micah 6 " Micah 7 + | v. 8 | + Twenty-sixth |Habak. 2 |Habak. 3 " Zephaniah 3 + Twenty-seventh |Eccles. 11&12 |Haggai 2, to v. 10 " Malachi 3&4 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Note that the Lessons appointed in the above Table for the +Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity shall always be read on +the Sunday next before Advent. + + +LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |MATTINS |EVENSONG +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +_St Andrew_ | | + 1st Lesson |Isaiah 54 |Isaiah 65 to v. 17 + 2nd Lesson |John 1, v. 35 to v. 43 |John 12, v. 20 to v. 42 + | | +_St Thomas_ | | + 1st Lesson |Job 42, to v. 7 |Isaiah 35 + 2nd Lesson |John 20, v. 19 to v. 24 |John 14, v. 8 + | | +_Nativity of Christ_ | | + 1st Lesson |Isaiah 9, to v. 8 |Isaiah 7, v. 10 to v. 17 + 2nd Lesson |Luke 2, to v. 15 |Titus 3, v. 4 to v. 9 + | | +_St Stephen_ | | + 1st Lesson |Gen. 4, to v. 11 |2 Chron. 24, v. 15 to v. 23 + 2nd Lesson |Acts 6 |Acts 8, to v. 9 + | | +_St John Evangelist_ | | + 1st Lesson |Exod. 33, v. 9 |Isaiah 6 + 2nd Lesson |John 13, v. 23 to v. 36 |Rev. 1 + | | +_Innocents'-day_ | | + 1st Lesson |Jerem. 31, to v. 18 |Baruch 4, v. 21 to v. 31 + | | +_Circumcision_ | | + 1st Lesson |Gen. 17, v. 9 |Deut. 10, v. 12 + 2nd Lesson |Rom. 2, v. 17 |Col. 2, v. 8 to v. 18 + | | +_Epiphany_ | | + 1st Lesson |Isaiah 60 |Isaiah 49, v. 13 to v. 24 + 2nd Lesson |Luke 3, v. 15 to v. 23 |John 2, to v. 12 + | | +_Conversion of St Paul_ | | + 1st Lesson |Isaiah 49, to v. 13 |Jerem. 1, to v. 11 + 2nd Lesson |Gal. 1, v. 11 |Acts 26, to v. 21 + | | +_Purification of the_ | | + _Virgin Mary_ | | + 1st Lesson |Exod. 13, to v. 17 |Haggai 2, to v. 10 + | | +_St Matthias_ | | + 1st Lesson |1 Sam. 2, v. 27 to v. 36 |Isaiah 22, v. 15 + | | +_Annunciation of our_ | | + _Lady_ | | +1st Lesson |Gen. 3, to v. 16 |Isaiah 52, v. 7 to v. 13 + | | +_Ash Wednesday_ | | +1st Lesson |Isaiah 58, to v. 13 |Jonah 3 +2nd Lesson |Mark 2, v. 13 to v. 23 |Heb. 12, v. 3 to v. 18 + + + + +LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS + + +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |MATTINS |EVENSONG +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +_Monday before Easter_ | | + 1st Lesson |Lam. 1, to v. 15 |Lam. 2, v. 13 + 2nd Lesson |John 14, to v. 15 |John 14, v. 15 + | | +_Tuesday before Easter_ | | + 1st Lesson |Lam. 3, to v. 34 |Lam. 3, v. 34 + 2nd Lesson |John 15, to v. 14 |John 15, v. 14 + | | +_Wednesday before Easter_ | | + 1st Lesson |Lam. 4, to v. 21 |Dan. 9, v. 20 + 2nd Lesson |John 16, to v. 16 |John 16, v. 16 + | | +_Thursday before Easter_ | | + 1st Lesson |Hosea 13, to v. 15 |Hosea 14 + 2nd Lesson |John 17 |John 13, to v. 36 + | | +_Good Friday_ | | + 1st Lesson |Gen. 22, to v. 20 |Isaiah 52, v, 13 & 53 + 2nd Lesson |John 18 |1 Peter 2 + | | +_Easter Even_ | | + 1st Lesson |Zech. 9 |Hosea 5, v. 8 to 6, v. 4 + 2nd Lesson |Luke 23, v. 50 |Romans 6, to v. 14 + | | +_Monday in Easter-week_ | | + 1st Lesson |Exod. 15, to v. 22 |Cant. 2, v. 10 + 2nd Lesson |Luke 24, to v. 13 |Matt. 28, to v. 10 + | | +_Tuesday in Easter-week_ | | + 1st Lesson |2 Kings 13, v. 14 to v. 22 |Ezek. 37, to v. 15 + 2nd Lesson |John 21, to v. 15 |John 21, v. 15 + | | +_St Mark_ | | + 1st Lesson |Isaiah 62, v. 6 |Ezek. 1, to v. 15 + | | +_St Philip and St James_ | | + 1st Lesson |Isaiah 61 | + 2nd Lesson |John 1, v. 43 | + | | +_Ascension-day_ | | + 1st Lesson |Dan. 7, v. 9 to v. 15 |2 Kings 2, to v. 16 + 2nd Lesson |Luke 24, v. 44 |Hebrews 4 + | | +_Monday in Whitsun-week_ | | + 1st Lesson |Gen. 11, to v. 10 |Num. 11, v. 16 to v. 31 + 2nd Lesson |1 Cor. 12, to v. 14 |1 Cor. 12, v. 27 & 13 + | | +_Tuesday in Whitsun-week_ | | + 1st Lesson |Joel 2, v. 21 |Micah 4, to v. 8 + 2nd Lesson |1 Thess. 5, v. 12 to v. 24 |1 John 4, to v. 14 + + + + +LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |MATTINS |EVENSONG +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +_St Barnabas_ | | + 1st Lesson |Deut. 33, to v. 12 |Nahum 1 + 2nd Lesson |Acts 4, v. 31 |Acts 14, v. 8 + | | +_St John Baptist_ | | + 1st Lesson |Mal. 3, to v. 7 |Malachi 4 + 2nd Lesson |Matt. 3 |Matt. 14, to v. 13 + | | +_St Peter_ | | + 1st Lesson |Ezek. 3, v. 4 to v. 15 |Zech. 3 + 2nd Lesson |John 21, v. 15 to v. 23 |Acts 4, v. 8 to v. 23 + | | +_St James_ | | + 1st Lesson |2 Kings 1, to v. 16 |Jer. 26, v. 8 to v. 16 + 2nd Lesson |Luke 9, v. 51 to v. 57 | + | | +_St Bartholomew_ | | + 1st Lesson |Gen. 28, v. 10 to v. 18 |Deut. 18, v. 15 + | | +_St Matthew_ | | + 1st Lesson |1 Kings 19, v. 15 |1 Chron. 29, to v. 20 + | | +_St Michael_ | | + 1st Lesson |Gen. 32 |Dan. 10, v. 4 + 2nd Lesson |Luke 24, to v. 13 |Matt. 28, to v. 10 + | | +_St Luke_ | | + 1st Lesson |Isaiah 55 |Ecclus. 38, to v. 15 + | | +_St Simon and St Jude_ | | + 1st Lesson |Isaiah 28, v. 9 to v. 17 |Jer. 3, v. 12 to v. 19 + | | +_All Saints_ | | + 1st Lesson |Wisdom 3, to v. 10 |Wisdom 5, to v. 17 + 2nd Lesson |Heb. 11, v. 33 & 12, to v. 7 |Rev. 19, to v. 17 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +ADDITIONAL PROPER LESSONS + + +_The column headed_ First Evensong _contains Lessons Proper for +Evensong on the days before Sundays and Holy-days_. + +Note.--_The Gospel of the Day may be read as the Second Lesson +at Evensong on all Sundays and Holy-days_. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |FIRST EVENSONG |MATTINS |EVENSONG +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +_Sundays of Advent_ | | | + The First 2nd Lesson | |Luke 17, v. 20 to |Matt. 24, to v. 29 + | |18, v. 9 | + Second " " | |1 Thess. 5, to v. 12 |--24, v. 29 + Third " " | |Mark 1, to v. 16 |--25, to v. 31 + Fourth " " | |James 5, v. 7 or |--25, v. 31 + | | 2 Peter 3, to v. 15 | + | | | +_Sundays after_ | | | + _Christmas_ | | | + The First 2nd Lesson | |Luke 2, to v. 15 |Luke 2, v. 15 to v. 21 + Second " " | |Eph. 1, v. 3 to v. 15|Hebrews 6&7, to v. 4 + | | | +_Sundays after the_ | | | + _Epiphany_ | | | + The First 2nd Lesson | |John 1, to v. 35 |Matt. 3 + | | | +_Sundays in Lent_ | | | + The First 2nd Lesson | |Hebrews 2, v. 14 |2 Cor. 7, to v. 12 + | | and 3 | + Fourth " " | | |John 6, v. 41 + | |Matt. 20, v. 17 to |1 Cor. 1, v. 18 to + Fifth " " | | v. 29 |2, v. 3 + | | | +_Sundays after Easter_ | | | + Second 2nd Lesson | |John 10, to v. 11 |John 10, v. 23 to + | | | v. 31 + | | | +_Sunday after_ | | | + _Ascension-day_ | | | + 2nd Lesson | |Eph. 1, v. 3 |Acts 1, to v. 12 or + | | | Hebrews 9, v. 24 + | | | +_Whitsunday_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Jer. 31, v. 31 to v. 38 | | + 2nd Lesson |Acts 1, v. 12 or | | + | Hebrews 8, v. 3 | | + | | | +_Trinity Sunday_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Numb. 6, v. 22 | | + 2nd Lesson |2 Co. 13, v. 5 | | + + + + +ADDITIONAL PROPER LESSONS + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |FIRST EVENSONG |MATTINS |EVENSONG +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +OTHER DAYS | | | +_St Andrew_ | | | + 2nd Lesson |Mark 1, v. 14 to v. 21 | | + | | | +_St Thomas_ | | | + 2nd Lesson |John 11, to v. 17 | | + | | | +_Christmas-day_ | | | + 2nd Lesson |Matt. 1, v. 18 | | + | | | +_Innocents'-day_ | | | + 2nd Lesson | |Matt. 18, to v. 15 |Mark 10, v. 13 to + | | | v. 17 + | | | +_The Circumcision_ | | | + 2nd Lesson | | | + |Phil. 2, v. 5 to v. 12 | | +_The Epiphany_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Isaiah 61, and 62 to | | + | v. 5 | | + 2nd Lesson |Rom. 11, v. 11 to | | + | v. 25 | | +_Conversion of St Paul_ | | | + 2nd Lesson |Acts 21, v. 37 to | | + | 22, v. 22 | | + | | | +_Purification of the_ | | | + _Virgin Mary_ | | | + 1st Lesson |1 Sam. 1, v. 21 | | + 2nd Lesson |Luke 2, v. 15 to |Gal. 4, to v. 8 |Hebrews 10, to v. + | v. 25 | | 10 + | | | +_St Matthias_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Jer. 23, to v. 9 | | + 2nd Lesson |Acts 1, v. 15 |John 15, to v. 17 |John 6, v. 64 + | | | +_Annunciation of our_ | | | + _Lady_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Gen. 18, to v. 16 | | + 2nd Lesson |John 1, to v. 15 |Hebrews 2, v. 5 |1 John 4, to v. 15 + | | or Rev. 12 | + | | | +_Wednesday in_ | | | + _Easter-week_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |1 Kings 17, v. 17 |2 Kings 4, v. 17 + | | | to v. 38 + 2nd Lesson | |Matt. 28, v. 9 to |Matt. 28, v. 16 + | | v. 16 | + | | | +_Thursday in_ | | | + _Easter-week_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |Jonah 1, v. 17 |Zech. 2, v. 10 + | | and 2 | + 2nd Lesson | |Mark 16, to v. 9 |Mark 16, v. 9 + + + + +ADDITIONAL PROPER LESSONS + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |FIRST EVENSONG |MATTINS |EVENSONG +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +_Friday in_ | | | + _Easter-week_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |Job 19, v. 20 to |Isaiah 25, to v. 10 + | | v. 28 | + 2nd Lesson | |1 Cor. 15, v. 35 | + | | to v. 50 | +_Saturday in_ | | | + _Easter-week_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |Isaiah 25, v. 11 |Isaiah 51, v. 9 too + | | to v. 20 | v. 16 + 2nd Lesson | |Phil. 3, v. 7 |1 Peter 1, v. 13 + | | | +_St Mark_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Isaiah 55 | | + 2nd Lesson |1 Peter 5, v. 8 |Mark 1, to v. 16 |Acts 12, v. 24 to + | | | 13, v. 6 + | | | +_Rogation Monday_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |Deut. 8 |Deut. 28, to v.15 + 2nd Lesson | |Matt. 6, v. 24 |James 1, to v. 18 + | | | +_Rogation Tuesday_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |1 Kings 8, v. 22 |Isaiah 64 + | | to v. 41 | + 2nd Lesson | |Luke 11, to v. 14 | + | | | +_Ascension-day_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Lev. 16, to v. 23 | | + 2nd Lesson |Heb. 9, to v. 16 | | + | | | +_Wednesday in_ | | | + _Whitsun-week_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |Isaiah 61 |Numb. 18, to v. 15 + 2nd Lesson | |Luke 6, v. 12 to |1 Cor. 3, v. 16 to + | | v. 24 | 4, v. 6 + | | | +_Thursday in_ | | | + _Whitsun-week_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |Isaiah 62 |Isaiah 51 + 2nd Lesson | |Acts 2, v. 12 to |Acts 2, v. 37 + | | v. 27 | + | | | +_Friday in _ | | | + _Whitsun-week_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |Malachi 1, v. 6 |Malachi 2, to v. 11 + 2nd Lesson | |Luke 10, v. 13 |2 Cor. 5, v. 20 to + | | | 6, v. 11 + | | | +_Saturday in_ | | | + _Whitsun-week_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |Malachi 3, to v. 13 | + 2nd Lesson | |Luke 12, to v. 13 | + + + + +ADDITIONAL PROPER LESSONS + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |FIRST EVENSONG |MATTINS |EVENSONG +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +_St Barnabas_ | | | + 2nd Lesson |Acts 15. v. 36 | | + | | | +_St John Baptist_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Judges 13, v. 2 | | + | to v. 15 | | + 2nd Lesson |Luke 1, v. 5 to | | + | v. 26 | | + | | | +_St Peter_ | | | + 2nd Lesson |2 Peter 1, to v. 16 | | + | | | +_Transfiguration_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Exodus 24, v. 9 |Exodus 34. v. 29 |Exodus 3, to v. 16 + 2nd Lesson |Mark 9, to v. 11 |2 Cor. 3 |Luke 9, v. 18 to + | | | v. 37 + | | | +_St Matthew_ | | | + 2nd Lesson |Mark 2, v. 13 to | |Matt. 19, v. 23 + | v. 18 | | + | | | +_St Michael_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Dan. 12 or Exod. | | + | 23, v. 20 to v. 26 | | + 2nd Lesson |Rev. 8, v. 2 or 10 | | + | | | +_St Luke_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Ecclus. 39, to v. 12 | | + 2nd Lesson |Philem. v. 20 |Luke 1, to v. 5 |Acts 1, to v. 9 + | | | +_All Saints_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Ecclus. 44, to v. 16 | | + 2nd Lesson |Rev. 5 or 7, v. 13 | | + | | | +_Ember Days in Lent_ | | | + _and September_ | | | + _Wednesday_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |Jer. 23, to v. 16 |Malachi 2, to v. 11 + 2nd Lesson | |John 1, v. 29 |1 Thess. 5 + | | | + _Friday_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |Malachi 3, to v. 13 |Malachi 3, v. 13 + | | | and 4 + 2nd Lesson | |Luke 12, v. 35 to |2 Tim. 1 + | | v. 49 | + | | | + _Saturday_ | | | + 1st Lesson | |1 Kings 13, to v. |2 Kings 2, to v. 16 + | | 27 | + 2nd Lesson | | |2 Cor. 4 or Hebrews + | | | 13, v. 7 to v. 22 + + + + +ADDITIONAL PROPER LESSONS + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |FIRST EVENSONG |MATTINS |EVENSONG +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +_Festivals of Apostles_ | | | + (_when no other Proper_| | | + _Lesson is appointed_) | | | + 1st Lesson |Deut. 18, v. 15 or | | + | Isaiah 6 or 35 | | + | or Ezek. 2 and | | + | 3, to v. 4 | | + 2nd Lesson |Matt. 10, to v. 16 | _Any of the Lessons of the First_ + | or v. 16 to v. 34 | _Evensong may be used when no_ + | or Mark 3, v. 13 | _other Proper Lesson is appointed._ + | to v. 20 or Acts | | + | 1, to v. 15 or | | + | 1 Cor. 4, v. 9 to | | + | v. 17 or Eph. 2, | | + | v. 11 or Rev. 21, | | + | v. 9 | | + | | | +_Dedication Festival_ | | | + 1st Lesson |Gen. 28, v. 10 |2 Chron. 6, v. 12 |2 Chron. 7, v. 12 + | | 2 v. 22 | + 2nd Lesson |1 Cor. 3, v. 9 to |2 Cor. 6, v. 14 to |John 10, v. 22 to + | v. 18 | 7, v. 2 | v. 31 or Luke 19, + | | | to v. 11 +_Thanksgiving for_ | + _Harvest_ | + 1st Lesson |Deut. 25, to v. 12 or 8, v. 7 + 2nd Lesson |John 6, v. 26 to v. 36 or Matt. 13, v. 24 to v. 31 + | +_St Kentigern_ | | + (January 13) | | + | | +_St Patrick_ | | + (March 17) | | + | | +_St Columba_ (June 9) | \ The Lessons for All Saints' Day may be used + | / +_St Ninian_ | | + (September 16) | | + | | +_St Margaret of Scotland_| | + (November 16) | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DAYS + + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |MATTINS |EVENSONG |MATTINS |EVENSONG +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +_Christmas-day_ |Psalm 19 |Psalm 89 ||_Easter-day_ |Psalm 2 |Psalm 113 + | --45 | --110 || | --57 | --114 + | --85 | --132 || | --111 | --118 +_Ash Wednesday_ |Psalm 6 |Psalm 102 ||_Ascension-day_ |Psalm 8 |Psalm 24 + | --32 | --130 || | --15 | --47 + | --38 | --143 || | --21 | --108 +_Good Friday_ |Psalm 22 |Psalm 69 ||_Whitsunday_ |Psalm 48 |Psalm 104 + | --40 | --88 || | --68 | --145 + | --54 | || | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +AN ADDITIONAL TABLE OF PROPER PSALMS + +_Any of the Psalms following may be used on the days named, and + those appointed for Christmas-day, Epiphany, Easter-day, + Ascension-day, Whitsunday, and the Dedication Festival, also on + the evening before; and those appointed for Christmas-day, + Epiphany, Easter-day, and Ascension-day, also during seven days + after; and those appointed for Whitsunday, also during six days + after_. + +Christmas-day. 2, 8, 19,* 45,* 85,* 110,* 132.* +Epiphany. 19, 46, 47, 48, 67, 72, 96, 117, 135. +Ash-Wednesday. 6,* 32,* 38,* 102,* 130,* 143.* +Holy Week. 42, 43, 51, 141, 142, or any of the Psalms for + Ash-Wednesday and Good Friday. 22,* 40,* 54,* 69,* 88.* +Easter Eve (_Mattins_). 2,* 30, 57,* 98, 99, 100, 111,* 113,* + 114,* 116, 117, 118,* 148, 149, 159. +Ascension-day. 8,* 15,* 21,* 24,* 47,* 108,* 110. +Whitsunday. 19, 46, 47, 48,* 68,* 96, 97, 98, 104,* 145.* +Trinity Sunday. 46, 93, 97, 98, 99, 100, 148, 149, 150. +Harvest Thanksgiving. 65, 67, 108, 104, 126, 144, 145, 147. +Dedication Festival. 24, 48, 84, 121, 122, 127, 132. + +* _These Psalms must be said at Mattins and at one Evensong on + the days named, in the manner prescribed, but on the evening + of Christmas-day it shall suffice to use any two of the + Proper Psalms_. + + +ALTERNATIVE SELECTIONS OF PSALMS + + Day of Month Psalms + + 7. Mattins 36, 65, 118. + 11. Evensong 31, 60, 61. + 13. Evensong 4, 70, 91. + 16. Evensong 82, 84, 85, 134. + 22. Evensong 91, 108. + 28. Evensong 4. 136, 138. + 31. Mattins 23, 24, 25, 26. + 31. Evensong 91, 134. + +_These Psalms must not be used on days when Proper Psalms are +appointed_. + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +THE KALENDAR WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS + + +Days marked with an asterisk * are those for which proper Collects, +Epistles, and Gospels are canonically sanctioned in the Scottish +Church. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +JANUARY +HATH XXXI DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1| A |_Circumcision of our Lord_ + 2| b | + | | + 3| c | + 4| d | + 5| e | + 6| f |_Epiphany of our Lord_ + 7| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 8| A |Lucian, Priest and Martyr + 9| b | + 10| c | + 11| d | + 12| e | + 13| f |Hilary, Bishop and Confessor + | |* _Kentigern or Mungo, Bishop of Glasgow_ + 14| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 15| A | + | | + 16| b | + 17| c | + 18| d |Prisca, Roman Virgin and Martyr + 19| e | + 20| f |Fabian, Bishop of Rome and Martyr + 21| g |Agnes, Roman Virgin and Martyr +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 22| A |Vincent, Spanish Deacon and Martyr + 23| b | + 24| c | + | | + 25| d |_Conversion of Saint Paul_ + 26| e | + | | + 27| f | + 28| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 29| A | + 30| b | + | | + 31| c | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +Gen. 1, to v. 20 |Matt. 1, v. 18 ||Gen. 1, v. 20 to 2 |Acts 1 + | || v. 4 | +--2, v. 4 |--2 ||--3, to v. 20 |--2, to v. 22 +--3, v. 20 to 4, v. 16|--3 ||--4, v. 16 |--2, v. 22 +--5, to v. 28 |--4, to v. 23 ||--5, v. 28 to 6, v. 9 |--3 + | || | +--6, v. 9 |--4, v. 23 to 5, v. 13 ||--7 |--4, to v. 32 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--8 |--5, v. 13 to v. 33 ||--9, to v. 20 |--4, v. 32 to 5, v. 17 +--11, to v. 10 |--5, v. 33 ||--12 |--5, v. 17 +--13 |--6, to v. 19 ||--14 |--6 +--15 |--6, v. 19 to 7, v. 7 ||--16 |--7, to v. 35 +--17, to v. 23 |--7, v. 17 ||--18, to v. 17 |--7, v. 35 to 8, v. 5 + | || | +--20 |--8, v. 18 ||--21, to v. 22 |--8, v. 26 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--21, v. 33 to 22, |--9, to v. 18 ||--23 |--9, to v. 23 + v. 20 | || | +--24, to v. 29 |--9, v. 18 ||--24, v. 29 to v. 52 |--9, v. 23 +--24, v. 52 |--10, to v. 24 ||--25, v. 5 to v. 19 |--10, to v. 24 +--25, v. 19 |--10, v. 24 ||--26, to v. 18 |--10, v. 24 +--26, v. 18 |--11 ||--27, to v. 30 |--11 +--27, v. 30 |--12, to v. 22 ||--28 |--12 +--29, to v. 21 |--12, v. 22 ||--31, to v. 25 |--13, to v. 26 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--31, v. 36 |--13, to v. 24 ||--32, to v. 22 |--13, v. 26 +--32, v. 22 |--13, v. 24 to v. 53 ||--33 |--14 +--35, to v. 21 |--13, v. 53 to 14 ||--37, to v. 12 |--15, to v. 30 + | v. 13 || | +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +--37, v. 12 |--14, v. 13 ||--39 |--15, v. 30 to 16 + | || | v. 16 +--40 |--15, to v. 21 ||--41, to v. 17 |--16, v. 16 +--41, v. 17 to v. 53 |--15, v. 21 ||--41, v. 53 to 42 |--17, to v. 16 + | || v. 25 | +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--42, v. 25 |--16, to v. 24 ||--43, to v. 25 |--17, v. 16 +--43, v. 25 to 44, |--16, v. 24 to 17, ||--44, v. 14 |--18, to v. 24 + v. 14 | v. 14 || | +--45, to v. 25 |--17, v. 14 ||--45, v. 25 to 46, |--18, v. 24 to 19, + | || v. 8 | v. 21 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +FEBRUARY +HATH XXVIII DAYS, in every Leap Year 29 days + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1| d | _Fast_ + | | + 2| e |_Purification of Mary the Blessed Virgin_ + 3| f |Blasius, an Armenian Bishop and Martyr + 4| g | + | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 5| A |Agatha, a Sicilian Virgin and Martyr + 6| b | + | | + 7| c | + | | + 8| d | + 9| e | + 10| f | + | | + 11| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 12| A | + | | + 13| b | + 14| c |Valentine, Bishop and Martyr + | | + 15| d | + 16| e | + 17| f | + | | + 18| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 19| A | + 20| b | + | | + 21| c | + 22| d | + 23| e | + | | _Fast_ + 24| f |_Matthias, Apostle and Martyr_ + 25| g | + | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 26| A | + 27| b | + | | + 28| c | + 29| | + | | + | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Gen. 46, v. 26 to |Matt. 18, to v. 21 ||Gen. 47, v. 13 |Acts 19, v. 21 + 47, v. 13 | || | +..................... |--18, v. 21 to 19, v. 3||..................... |--20, to v. 17 +--48 |--19, v. 3 to v. 27 ||--49 |--20, v. 17 +--50 |--19, v. 27 to 20, ||Exod. 1 |--21, to v. 17 + | v. 17 || | +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Exod. 2 |--20, v. 17 ||--3 |--21, v. 17 to v. 37 +--4, to v. 24 |--21, to v. 23 ||--4, v. 27 to 5, v. 15|--21, v. 37 to 22, + | || | v. 23 +--5 v. 15 to 6, v. 14 |--21, v. 23 ||--6, v. 28 to 7, v. 14|--22, v. 23 to 23, + | || | v. 12 +--7, v. 14 |--22, to v. 15 ||--8, v. 20 |--23, v. 12 +--8, v. 20 to 9, v. 13|--22, v. 15 to v. 41 ||--9, v. 13 |--24 +--10, to v. 21 |--22, v. 41 to 23, ||--10, v. 21 & 11 |--25 + | v. 13 || | +--12, to v. 21 |--23, v. 13 ||--12 v. 21 to v. 43 |--26 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--12, v. 43 to 13, |--24, to v. 29 ||--13, v. 17 to 14 |--27, to v. 18 + v. 17 | || v. 10 | +--14, v. 10 |--24, v. 29 ||--15, to v. 22 |--27, v. 18 +--15, v. 22 to 16 |--25, to v. 31 ||--16, v. 11 |--28, to v. 17 + v. 11 | || | +--17 |--25, v. 31 ||--18 |--28, v. 17 +--19 |--26, to v. 31 ||--20, to v. 22 |Rom. 1 +--21, to v. 18 |--26, v. 31 to v. 57 ||--22, v. 21 to 23, |--2, to v. 17 + | || v. 10 | +--23, v. 14 |--26, v. 57 ||--24 |--2, v. 17 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--25, to v. 23 |--27, to v. 27 ||--28, to v. 13 |--3 +--28, v. 29 to v. 42 |--27, v. 27 to v. 57 ||--29, v. 35 to 30, |--4 + | || v. 11 | +--31 |--27, v. 57 ||--32, to v. 15 |--5 +--32, v. 15 |--28 ||--33, to v. 12 |--6 +--3, v. 12 to 34, |Mark 1, to v. 21 ||--24, v. 10 to v. 27 |--7 + v. 10 | || | +..................... |--1, v. 21 ||..................... |--8, to v. 18 +--34, v. 27 |--2, to v. 23 ||--35, v. 29 to 36 |--8, v. 18 + | || v.8 | +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--39, v. 30 |--2, v. 23 to 3, v. 13 ||--40, to v. 17 |--9, to v. 19 +--40, v. 17 |--3, v. 13 ||Levit. 9, v. 22 to |--9, v. 19 + | || 10, v. 12 | +Levit. 14, to v. 23 |--4, to v. 35 ||--19, v. 30 to 20, |--12 + | || v. 9 | +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +Days marked with an asterisk * are those for which proper Collects, +Epistles, and Gospels are canonically sanctioned in the Scottish +Church. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +MARCH +HATH XXXI DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 1| d |David, Archbishop of Minerva + | | | + | 2| e |Cedde, or Chad, Bishop of Lichfield + | 3| f | + | | | + | 4| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 5| A | + | 6| b | + | 7| c |Perpetua, Mauritanian Martyr + | 8| d | + | 9| e | + | 10| f | + | 11| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 12| A |Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, and Confessor + | 13| b | + | 14| c | + | | | + | 15| d | + | 16| e | + | | | + | 17| f |* _Patrick, Bishop_ + | 18| g |Edward, King of the West Saxons +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 19| A | + | 20| b | + | 21| c |Benedict, Abbot + 14| 22| d | + | 23| e | + 3| 24| f | _Fast_ + 11| 25| g |_Annunciation of Mary_ +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 26| A | + 19| 27| b | + 8| 28| c | + | 29| d | + | | | + 16| 30| e | + 5| 31| f | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The numbers here prefixed to the several days, 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 following any such full Moon points +out Easter-day for that year. All which holds until the year of +our Lord 2199 inclusive; after which year, the places of these +Golden Numbers will be changed. + + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Levit. 25, 50 v. 18 |Mark 4, v. 35 to 5, ||Levit. 25, v. 18 to |Rom. 11, to v. 25 + | v. 21 || v. 44 | +--26, to v. 21 |--5, v. 21 ||--25, v. 21 |--11, v. 25 +Num. 6 |--6, to v. 14 ||Num. 9, v. 15 to |--12 + | || 10, v. 11 | +--10, v. 11 |--6, v. 14 to v. 30 ||--11, to v. 24 |--13 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--11, v. 24 |--6, v. 30 ||--12 |--14, & 15, to v. 8 +--13, v. 17 |--7, to v. 24 ||--14, to v. 26 |--15, v. 8 +--14, v. 26 |--7, v. 24 to 8, v. 10 ||-16, to v. 23 |--16 +--16, v. 23 |--8, v. 10 to 9, v. 2 ||--17 |1 Cor. 1, to v. 26 +--20, to v. 14 |--9, v. 2 to v. 30 ||--20, v. 14 |--1, v. 26 & 2 +--21, to v. 10 |--9, v. 30 ||--21, v. 20 to v. 32 |--3 +--22, to v. 22 |--10, to v. 32 ||--22, v. 22 |--4, to v. 18 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--23 |--10, v. 32 ||--24 |--4, v. 18 & 5 +--25 |--11, to v. 27 ||--27, v. 12 |--6 +Deut. 1, to v. 19 |--11, v. 27 to 12, ||Deut. 1, v. 19 |--7, to v. 25 + | v. 13 || | +--2, to v. 26 |--12, v. 13 to v. 35 ||--2, v. 26 to 3, v. 18|--7, v. 25 +--3, v. 18 |--12, v. 35 to 13, ||--4, to v. 25 |--8 + | v. 14 || | +--4, v. 25 to v. 41 |--13, v. 14 ||--5, to v. 22 |--9 +--5, v. 22 |--14, to v. 27 ||--6 |--10, & 11, v. 1 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--7, to v. 12 |--14, v. 27 to v. 53 ||--7, v. 12 |--11, v. 2 to v. 17 +--8 |--14, v. 53 ||--10, v. 8 |--1, v. 17 +--11, to v. 18 |--15, to v. 42 ||--11, v. 18 |--12, to v. 28 +--15, to v. 16 |--15, v. 42 & 16 ||--17, v. 8 |--12, v. 28 & 13 +--18, v. 9 |Luke 1, to v. 26 ||--24, v. 5 |--14, to v. 20 +--26 |--1, v. 26 to v. 46 ||--27 |--14, v. 20 +..................... |--1, v. 46 ||..................... |--15, to v. 35 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--28, to v. 15 |--2, to v. 21 ||--28, v. 15 to v. 47 |--15, v. 35 +--28, v. 47 |--2, v. 21 ||--29, v. 9 |--16 +--30 |--3, to v. 23 ||--31, to v. 14 |2 Cor. 1, to v. 23 +--31, v. 14 to v. 30 |--4, to v. 16 ||--31, v. 30 to 32, |--1, v. 23 to 2, v. 14 + | || v. 44 | +--32, v. 44 |--4, v. 16 ||--33 |--2, v. 14 & 3 +--34 |--5, to v. 17 ||Joshua 1 |--4 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +APRIL +HATH XXX DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 1| g | + 13| 2| A | + 2| 3| b |Richard, Bishop of Chichester + | 4| c |Ambrose, Bishop of Milan + 10| 5| d | + | | | + | 6| e | + 18| 7| f | + 7| 8| g | + | | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 9| A | + 15| 10| b | + | | | + 4| 11| c | + | 12| d | + 12| 13| e | + 1| 14| f | + | 15| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 9| 16| A | + 17| 17| b | + 6| 18| c | + | 19| d |Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury + | | | + | 20| e | + | 21| f | + | 22| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 23| A |Saint George, Martyr + | 24| b | + | 25| c |_Saint Mark, Evangelist and Martyr_ + | | | + | 26| d | + | 27| e | + | 28| f | + | 29| g | + | 30| A | + | | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The numbers here prefixed to the several days, 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 following any such full Moon points +out Easter-day for that year. All which holds until the year of +our Lord 2199 inclusive; after which year, the places of these +Golden Numbers will be changed. + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Joshua 2 |Luke 5, v. 17 ||Joshua 3 |2 Cor. 5 +--4 |--6, to v. 20 ||--5 |--6, & 7, v. 1 +--6 |--6, v. 20 ||--7 |--7, v. 2 +--9, v. 3 |--7, to v. 24 ||--10, to v. 16 |--8 +--21, v. 43 to 22, |--, v. 24 ||--22, v. 11 |--9 + v. 11 | || | +--23 |--8, to v. 26 ||--24 |--10 +Judges 2 |--8, v. 26 ||Judges 4 |--11, to v. 30 +--5 |--9, to v. 28 ||--6, to v. 24 |--11, v. 30 to 12, + | || | v. 14 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--6, v. 24 |--9, v. 28 to v. 51 ||--7 |--12, v. 14 & 13 +--8, v. 32 to 9, v. 25|--9, v. 51 to 10, ||--10 |Gal. 1 + | v. 17 || | +--11, to v. 29 |--10, v. 17 ||--11, v. 29 |--2 +--13 |--11, to v. 29 ||--14 |--3 +--15 |--11, v. 29 ||--16 |--4, to v. 21 +Ruth 1 |--12, to v. 35 ||Ruth 2 |--4, v. 21 to 5, v. 13 +--3 |--12, v. 35 ||--4 |--5, v. 13 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +1 Sam. 1 |--13, to v. 18 ||1 Sam. 2, to v. 21 |--6 +--2, v. 21 |--13, v. 18 ||--3 |Eph. 1 +--4 |--14, to v. 25 ||--5 |--2 +--6 |--14, v. 25 to 15, ||--7 |--3 + | v. 11 || | +--8 |15, v. 11 ||--9 |--4, to v. 25 +--10 |--16 ||--11 |4, v. 25 to 5, v. 22 +--12 |--17, to v. 20 ||--13 |--5, v. 22 to 6, v. 10 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--14, to v. 24 |--17, v. 20 ||--14, v. 24 to v. 47 |--6, v. 10 +--15 |--18, to v. 31 ||--16 |Phil. 1 +..................... |--18, v. 31 to 19, ||..................... |--2 + | v. 11 || | +--17, to v. 31 |--19, v. 11 to v. 28 ||--17, v. 31 to v. 55 |--3 +--17, v. 55 to 18, |--19, v. 28 ||--19 |--4 + v. 17 | || | +--20, to v. 18 |--20, to v. 27 ||--20, v. 18 |Col. 1, to v. 21 +--21 |--20, v. 27 to 21, ||--22 |--1, v. 21 to 2, v. 8 + | v. 5 || | +--23 |--21, v. 5 ||--24, & 25, v. 1 |--2, v. 8 +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... + | || | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +MAY +HATH XXXI DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1| b |_Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles and Martyrs_ + 2| c | + 3| d |Invention of the Cross + 4| e | + 5| f | + 6| g |Saint John, Evangelist, before the Latin Gate +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 7| A | + | | + 8| b | + | | + 9| c | + 10| d | + | | + 11| e | + 12| f | + 13| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 14| A | + | | + 15| b | + 16| c | + 17| d | + 18| e | + 19| f |Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury + 20| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 21| A | + | | + 22| b | + | | + 23| c | + 24| d | + 25| e | + 26| f |Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury + | | + 27| g |Venerable Bede, Presbyter +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 28| A | + 29| b | + 30| c | + | | + 31| d | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +..................... |..................... ||..................... |Colos. 3, to v. 18 +1 Sam. 26 |Luke 22, to v. 31 ||1 Sam. 28, v. 3 |--3, v. 18 to 4, v. 7 +--31 |--22, v. 31 to v. 54 ||2 Sam. 1 |--4, v. 7 +2 Sam. 3, v. 17 |--22, v. 54 ||--4 |1 Thess. 1 +--6 |--23, to v. 26 ||--7, to v. 18 |--2 +--7, v. 18 |--23, v. 26 to v. 50 ||--9 |--3 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--11 |--23, v. 50 to 24, ||--12, to v. 24 |--4 + | v. 13 || | +--13, v. 38 to 14, |--24, v. 13 ||--15, to v. 16 |--5 + v. 26 | || | +--15, v. 16 |John 1, to v. 29 ||--16, to v. 15 |2 Thess. 1 +--16, v. 15 to 17, |--1, v. 29 ||--17, v. 24 to 18, |--2 + v. 24 | || v. 18 | +--18, v. 18 |--2 ||--19, to v. 24 |--3 +--19, v. 24 |--3, to v. 22 ||--21, to v. 15 |1 Tim. 1, to v. 18 +--23, to v. 24 |--3, v. 22 ||--24 |-1, v. 18 & 2 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +1 Kings 1, to v. 28 |--4, to v. 31 ||1 Kings 1, v. 28 to |--3 + | || v. 49 | +1 Chron. 29, v. 10 |--4, v. 31 ||--3 |--4 +1 Chron. 29, v. 20 |--5, to v. 24 ||--5 |--5 +--6, to v. 15 |--5, v. 24 ||--8, to v. 22 |--6 +--8, v. 22 to v. 54 |--6, to v. 22 ||--8, v. 54 to 9, v. 10|2 Tim. 1 +--10 |--, v. 22 to v. 41 ||--11, to v. 26 |--2 +--11, v. 26 |--6, v. 41 ||--12, to v. 26 |--3 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--12, v. 25 to 13, |--7, to v. 25 ||--13, v. 11 |--4 +--14, to v. 21 |--7, v. 25 ||--15, v 25 to 16, |Titus 1 + | || v, 8 | +--16, v. 8 |--8, to v. 31 ||--17 |--2 +--18, to v. 17 |--8, v. 31 ||--18, v. 17 |--3 +--19 |--9, to v. 39 ||--21 |Philemon +--22, to v. 41 |--9, v. 39 to 10, ||2 Kings 1 |Heb. 1 + | v.22 || | +2 Kings 2 |--10, v. 22 ||--4, v. 8 |--2, & 3, to v. 7 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--5 |--11, to v. 17 ||--6, to v. 24 |--3, v. 7 to 4, v. 14 +--6, v. 24 |--11, v. 17 to v. 47 ||--7 |--4, v. 14 7 & 5 +--8, to v. 26 |--11, v. 47 to 12, ||--9 |--6 + | v. 20 || | +--10, to v. 18 |--12, v. 20 ||--10, v. 18 |--7 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +Days marked with an asterisk * are those for which proper Collects, +Epistles, and Gospels are canonically sanctioned in the Scottish +Church. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +JUNE +HATH XXX DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1| e |Nicomede, Roman Presbyter and Martyr + 2| f | + 3| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 4| A | + 5| b |Boniface, Bishop of Mentz, and Martyr + 6| c | + 7| d | + 8| e | + 9| f |* _Columba, Abbot of Iona_ + 10| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 11| A |_Saint Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr_ + 12| b | + 13| c | + 14| d | + | | + 15| e | + 16| f | + | | + 17| g |Saint Alban, Martyr +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 18| A | + 19| b | + 20| c |Translation of Edward, King of the West Saxons + 21| d | + 22| e | + 23| f | _Fast_ + 24| g |_Nativity of Saint John Baptist_ +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 25| A | + 26| b | + 27| c | + 28| d | _Fast_ + 29| e |_Saint Peter, Apostle and Martyr_ + 30| f | + | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +2 Kings 13 |John 13, to v. 21 ||2 Kings 17, to v. 24 |Heb. 8 +--17, v. 24 |--13, v. 21 ||2 Chron. 12 |--9 +2 Chron. 13 |--14 ||--14 |--10, to v. 19 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--15 |--15 ||--16, & 17, to v. 14 |--10, v. 19 +--19 |--16, to v. 16 ||--20, to v. 31 |--11, to v. 17 +--20, v. 31 & 21 |--16, v. 16 ||--22 |--11, v. 17 +--23 |--17 ||--24 |--12 +--25 |--18, to v. 28 ||--26, & 27 |--13 +--28 |--18, v. 28 ||2 Kings 18, to v. 9 |James 1 +--29, v. 3 to v. 21 |--19, to v. 25 ||2 Chron. 30, & 31, |--2 + | || v. 1 | +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +2 Kings 18, v. 13 |--19, v. 25 ||2 Kings 19, to v. 20 |--3 +--19, v. 20 |--20, to v. 19 ||--20 |--4 +Isaiah 38, v. 9 to |--20, v. 19 ||2 Chron. 33 |--5 + v. 21 | || | +2 Kings 22 |--21 ||2 Kings 23, to v. 21 |1 Peter 1, to v. 22 +--23, v. 21 to 24, |--Acts 1 ||--24, v. 8 to 25, v. 8|--l, v. 22 to 2, v. 11 + v. 8 | || | +--25, v. 8 |--2, to v. 22 ||Ezra 1, & 3 |--2, v. 11 to 3, v. 8 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Ezra 4 |--2, v. 22 ||--5 |--3, v. 8 to 4, r. 7 +--7 |--3 ||--8, v. 15 |--4, v. 7 +--9 |--4, to v. 32 ||--10, to v. 20 |--5 +Nehem. 1 |--4, v. 32 to 5, v. 17 ||Nehem. 2 |--2 Peter 1 +--4 |--5, v. 17 ||--5 |--2 +--6, & 7, to v. 5 |--6 ||--7, v. 73 & 8 |--3 +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--13, to v. 15 |--7, to v. 35 ||--13, v. 15 |1 John 1 +Esther 1 |--7, v. 35 to 8, v. 5 ||--Esther 2, v. 15 & 3 |--2, to v. 15 +--4 |--8, v. 5 to v. 26 ||--5 |--2, v. 15 +--6 |--8, v. 26 ||--7 |--3, to v. 16 +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +Job 1 |--9, to v. 23 ||Job 2 |3, v. 16 to 4, v. 7 +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +JULY +HATH XXXI DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1| g | + 2| A | + 3| b |Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary + 4| c | + 5| d |Translation of Saint Martin, Bishop and Confessor + 6| e | + 7| f | + 8| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 9| A | + 10| b | + | | + 11| c | + 12| d | + 13| e | + 14| f | + 15| g |Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, Translation +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 16| A | + 17| b | + 18| c | + 19| d | + 20| e |Margaret, Virgin and Martyr at Antioch + 21| f | + | | + 22| g |Saint Mary Magdalen +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 23| A | + 24| b | _Fast_ + | | + 25| c |_Saint James, Apostle and Martyr_ + 26| d |Saint Anne, Mother to the Blessed Virgin Mary + 27| e | + | | + 28| f | + 29| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 30| A | + 31| b | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Job 3 |Acts 9, v. 23 ||Job 4 |1 John 4, v. 7 +--5 |--10, to v. 24 ||--6 |--5 +--7 |--10, v. 24 ||--9 |2 John +--10 |--11 ||--11 |3 John +--12 |--12 ||--13 |Jude +--14 |--13, to v. 26 ||--16 |Matt. 1, v. 18 +--17 |--13, v. 26 ||--19 |--2 +--21 |--14 ||--22, v. 12 to v. 29 |--3 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--23 |--15, to v. 30 ||--24 |--4, to v. 23 +--25, & 26 |--15, y. 30 to 16, ||--27 |--4, v. 23 to 5, v. 13 + | v. 16 || | +--28 |--16, v. 16 ||--29, & 30, v. 1 |--5, v. 13 to 5, v. 33 +--30, v. 12 to v. 27 |--17, to v. 16 ||--31, v. 13 |--5, v. 33 +--32 |--17, v. 16 ||--38, to v. 39 |--6, to v. 19 +--38, v. 39 & 39 |--18, to v. 24 ||--40 |--6, v. 19 to 7, v. 7 +--41 |--18, v. 24 to 19, ||--42 |--7, v. 7 + | v. 21 || | +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Prov. 1, to v. 20 |--19, v. 21 ||Prov. 1, v. 20 |--8, to v. 18 +--2 |--20, to v. 17 ||--3, to v. 27 |--8, v. 18 +--3, v. 27 to 4, v. 20|--20, v. 17 ||--4, v. 20 to 5, v. 15|--9, to v. 18 +--5, v. 15 |--21, to v. 17 ||--6, to v. 20 |--9, v. 18 +--7 |--21, v. 17 to v. 37 ||--8 |--10, to v. 24 +--9 |--21, v. 37 to 22, ||--10, v. 16 |--10, v. 24 + | v. 23 || | +--11, to v. 15 |--22, v. 23 to 23, ||--11, v. 15 |--11 + | v. 12 || | +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--12, v. 10 |--23, v. 12 ||--13 |--12, to v. 22 +--14, v. 9 to v. 28 |--24 ||--14, v. 28 to 15, |--12, v. 22 + | || v. 18 | +..................... |..................... ||..................... |--13, to v. 24 +--15, v. 18 |--25 ||--16, to v. 20 |--13, v. 24 to v. 53 +--16, v. 31 to 17, |--26 ||--18, v. 10 |--13, v. 53 to 14, + v. 18 | || | v. 13 +--19, v. 13 |--27 ||--20, to v. 23 |--14, v. 13 +--21, to v. 17 |--28, to v. 17 ||--22, to v. 17 |--15, to v. 21 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--23, v. 10 |--28, v. 17 ||--24, v. 21 |--15, v. 21 +--25 |Rom. 1 ||--26, to v. 21 |--16, to v. 24 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +Days marked with an asterisk * are those for which proper Collects, +Epistles, and Gospels are canonically sanctioned in the Scottish +Church. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +AUGUST +HATH XXXI DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1| c |Lammas Day + | | + 2| d | + 3| e | + 4| f | + | | + 5| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 6| A |* _Transfiguration of our Lord_ + | | + 7| b |Name of Jesus + 8| c | + 9| d | + 10| e |Saint Laurence, Archdeacon of Rome, and Martyr + 11| f | + 12| g | + | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 13| A | + 14| b | + 15| c | + 16| d | + 17| e | + 18| f | + 19| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 20| A | + 21| b | + 22| c | + 23| d | _Fast_ + 24| e |_Saint Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr_ + 25| f | + 26| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 27| A | + 28| b |Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Confessor, Doctor + 29| c |Beheading of Saint John Baptist + 30| d | + 31| e | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--Prov. 27, to v. 23 |Rom. 2, to v. 17 ||Prov. 28, to v. 15 |--Matt. 16, v. 24 to + | || | 17, v. 14 +--30, to v. 18 |--2, v. 17 ||--31, v. 10 |--17, v. 14 +Eccles. 1 |--3 ||Eccles. 2, to v. 12 |--18, to v. 21 +--3 |--4 ||--4 |--18, v. 21 to 19, + | || | v. 3 +--5 |--5 ||--6 |--19, v. 3, to v. 27 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--7 |--6 ||--8 |--19, v. 27 to 20, + | || | v. 17 +--9 |--7 ||--11 |--20, v. 17 +--12 |--8, to v. 18 ||Jeremiah 1 |--21, to v. 23 +Jeremiah 2, to v. 14 |--8, v. 18 ||--5, to v. 19 |--21, v. 23 +--5, v. 19 |--9, to v. 19 ||--6, to v. 22 |--22, to v. 15 +--7, to v. 17 |--9, v. 19 ||--8, v. 4 |--22, v. 15 to v. 41 +--9, to v. 17 |--10 ||--13, v. 8 to v. 24 |--22, v. 41 to 23, + | || | v. 13 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--15 |--11, to v. 25 ||--17, to v. 19 |--23, v. 13 +--18, to v. 18 |--11, v. 25 ||--19 |--24, to v. 29 +--21 |--12 ||--22, to v. 13 |--24, v. 29 +--22, v. 13 |--13 ||--23, to v. 16 |--25, to v. 31 +--24 |--14, & 15, to v. 8 ||--25, to v. 15 |--25, v. 31 +--26 |--15, v. 8 ||--28 |--26, to v. 31 +--29, v. 4 to v. 20 |--16 ||--30 |--26, v. 31 to v. 57 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--31, to v. 15 |--1 Cor. 1, to v. 26 ||--31, v. 15 to v. 38 |--26, v. 57 +--33, to v. 14 |--1, v. 26 & 2 ||--33, v. 14 |--27, to v. 27 +--35 |--3 ||--36, to v. 14 |--27, v. 27 to v. 57 +--36, v. 14 |--4, to v. 18 ||--38, to v. 14 |--27, v. 57 +..................... |--4 v. 18 & 5 ||..................... |--28 +--38, v. 14 |--6 ||--39 |Mark 1, to v. 21 +--50, to v. 21 |--7, to v. 25 ||--51, v. 54 |--1, v. 21 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Ezek. 1, to v. 15 |--7, v. 25 ||Ezek. 1, v. 15 |--2, to v. 23 +--2 |--8 ||3, to v. 15 |--2, v. 23 to 3, v. 13 +--3, v. 15 |--9 ||--8 |--3, v. 13 +--9 |--10, & 11, v. 1 ||--11, v. 14 |--4, to v. 35 +--12, v. 17 |--11, v. 2 to v. 17 ||--13, to v. 17 |--4, v. 35 to 5, v. 21 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +Days marked with an asterisk * are those for which proper Collects, +Epistles, and Gospels are canonically sanctioned in the Scottish +Church. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SEPTEMBER +HATH XXX DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1| f |Giles, Abbot and Confessor + 2| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 3| A | + 4| b | + 5| c | + 6| d | + 7| e |Enurchus (Evurtius), Bishop of Orleans + 8| f |Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary + 9| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 10| A | + 11| b | + 12| c | + 13| d | + | | + 14| e |Holy Cross Day + 15| f | _Fast_ + | | + 16| g |* _Ninian, Bishop of Candida Casa_ +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 17| A |Lambert, Bishop and Martyr + 18| b | + 19| c | + 20| d | _Fast_ + | | + 21| e |_Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist, and Martyr_ + 22| f | + 23| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 24| A | + 25| b | + 26| c |Sainte Cyprian, Archbishop of Carthage, and Martyr + 27| d | + 28| e | + 29| f |_Saint Michael and all Angels_ + 30| g |Saint Jerome, Presbyter, Confessor, and Doctor + | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Ezek. 13, v. 17 |1 Cor. 11, v. 17 ||Ezek. 14, to v. 12 |Mark 5, v. 21 +--14, v. 12 |--12, to v. 28 ||--16, v. 44 |--6, to v. 14 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--18, to v. 19 |--12, v. 28 & 13 ||--18, v. 19 |--6, v. 14 to v. 30 +--20, to v. 18 |--14, to v. 20 ||--20, v. 18 to v. 33 |--6, v. 30 +--20, v. 33 to v. 44 |--14, v. 20 ||--22, v. 23 |--7, to v. 24 +--24, v. 15 |--15, to v. 35 ||--26 |--7, v. 24 to 8, v. 10 +--27, to v. 26 |--15, v. 35 ||--27, v. 26 |--8, v. 10 to 9, v. 2 +--28, to v. 20 |--16 ||--31 |--9, v. 2 to v. 30 +--32, to v. 17 |2 Cor. 1, to v. 23 ||--33, to v. 21 |--9, v. 30 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--33, v. 21 |--1, v. 23 to 2, v. 14 ||--34, to v. 17 |--10, to v. 32 +--34, v. 17 |--2, v. 14 & 3 ||--36, v. 16 to v. 33 |--10, v. 32 +--37, to v. 15 |--4 ||--37, v. 15 |--11, to v. 27 +--47, to v. 13 |--5 ||Dan. 1 |--11, v. 27 to 12, + | || | v. 13 +Dan. 2, to v. 24 |--6, & 7, v. 1 ||--2, v. 24 |--12, v. 13 to v. 35 +--3 |--7, v. 2 ||--4, to v. 19 |--12, v. 35 to 13, + | || | v. 14 +--4, v. 19 |--8 ||--5, to v. 17 |--13, v. 14 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--5, v. 17 |--9 ||--6 |--14, to v. 27 +--7, to v. 15 |--10 ||--7, v. 15 |--14, v. 27 to v. 53 +--9, to v. 20 |--11, to v. 30 ||--9, v. 20 |--14, v. 53 +--10, to v. 20 |--11, v. 30 to 12, ||--12 |--15, to v. 42 + | v. 14 || | +..................... |--12, v. 14 & 13 ||..................... |--15 v. 42 & 16 +Hosea 2, v. 14 |Gal. 1 ||Hosea 4, to v. 13 |--Luke 1, to v. 26 +--5, v. 8 to 6, v. 7 |--2 ||--7, v. 8 |--1, v. 26 to v. 57 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--8 |--3 ||--9 |--1, v. 57 +--10 |--4, to v. 21 ||--11, & 12, to v. 7 |--2, to v. 21 +--13, to v. 15 |--4, v. 21 to 5, v. 13 ||--14 |--2, v. 21 +Joel 1 |--5, v. 13 ||Joel 2, to v. 15 |--3, to v. 23 +--2, v. 15 to v. 28 |--6 ||--2, v. 28 to 3, v. 9 |--4, to v. 16 +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +--3, v. 9 |Eph. 1 ||Amos 1, & 2, to v. 4 |--4, v. 16 +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +OCTOBER +HATH XXXI DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1| A |Remigius, Bishop of Rheims + | | + 2| b | + 3| c | + 4| d | + 5| e | + 6| f |Faith, Virgin and Martyr + 7| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 8| A | + 9| b |Saint Denys, Areopagite, Bishop and Martyr + 10| c | + 11| d | + | | + 12| e | + 13| f |Translation of King Edward Confessor + 14| g | + | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 15| A | + 16| b | + 17| c |Etheldreda, Virgin + 18| d |_Saint Luke, Evangelist_ + 19| e | + 20| f | + | | + 21| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 22| A | + 23| b | + 24| c | + 25| d |Crispin, Martyr + 26| e | + | | + 27| f | _Fast_ + 28| g |_Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles and Martyrs_ +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 29| A | + 30| b | + | | + 31| c | _Fast_ +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Amos 2, v. 4 to 3, |Eph. 2 ||Amos 4, v. 4 |Luke 5, to v. 17 + v. 9 | || | +--5, to v. 18 |--3 ||5, v. 18 to 6, v. 9 |--5, v. 17 +--7 |--4, to v. 25 ||--8 |--6, to v. 20 +--9 |--4, v. 25 to 5, v. 22 ||Obadiah |--6, v. 20 +Jonah 1 |--5, v. 22 to 6, v. 10 ||Jonah 2 |--7, to v. 24 +--3 |--6, v. 10 ||--4 |--7, v. 24 +Micah 1, to v. 10 |Phil. 1 ||Micah 2 |--8, to v. 26 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--3 |--2 ||--4 |--8, v. 26 +--5 |--3 ||--6 |--9, to v. 28 +--7 |--4 ||Nahum 1 |--9, v. 28 to v. 51 +Nahum 2 |Col. 1, to v. 21 ||--3 |--9, v. 51 to 10, + | || | v. 17 +Habak. 1 |--1, v. 21 to 2, v. 8 ||Habak. 2 |---10, v. 17 +--3 |--2, v. 8 ||Zeph. 1, to v. 14 |--11, to v. 29 +Zeph. 1, v. 14 to 2, |--3, to v. 18 ||--2, v. 4 |--11, v. 29 + v. 4 | || | +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--3 |--3, v. 18 & 4 ||Haggai 1 |--12, to v. 35 +Haggai 2, to v. 10 |1 Thess. 1 ||2, v. 10 |--12, v. 35 +Zech. 1, to v. 18 |--2 ||Zech. 1, v. 18 & 2 |--13, to v. 18 +..................... |--3 ||..................... |--13 v 18 +--3 |--4 ||--4 |--14, to v. 25 +--5 |--5 ||--6 |--14, v. 25 to 15, + | || | v. 11 +--7 |2 Thess. 1 ||--8, to v. 14 |--15, v. 11 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--8, v. 14 |--2 ||--9, v. 9 |--16 +--10 |--3 ||--11 |--17, to v. 20 +--12 |1 Tim. 1, to v. 18 ||--13 |--17, v. 20 +--14 |--1, v. 18 & 2 ||--Mal. 1 |--18, to v. 31 +Mal. 2 |--3 ||--3, to v. 13 |--18, v. 31 to 19, + | || | v. 11 +--3, v. 13 & 4 |--4 ||Wisdom 1 |--19,0. 11 to v. 28 +..................... |--5 ||..................... |--19, v. 28 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Wisdom 2 |--6 ||--4, v. 7 |--20, to v. 27 +--6, to v. 22 |2 Tim. 1 ||--6, v. 22 to 7, v. 15|--20, v. 27 to 21, + | || | v. 5 +--7, v. 15 |--2 ||--8, to v. 19 |--21, v. 5 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +Days marked with an asterisk * are those for which proper Collects, +Epistles, and Gospels are canonically sanctioned in the Scottish +Church. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +NOVEMBER +HATH XXX DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1| d |_All Saints' Day_ + 2| e | + 3| f | + | | + 4| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 5| A | + 6| b |Leonard, Confessor + 7| c | + | | + 8| d | + 9| e | + 10| f | + 11| g |Saint Martin, Bishop and Confessor +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 12| A | + 13| b |Britius, Bishop + 14| c | + 15| d |Machutus, Bishop + 16| e |* _Margaret, Queen of Scotland_ + 17| f |Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln + 18| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 19| A | + 20| b |Edmund, King and Martyr + 21| c | + 22| d |Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr + 23| e |Saint Clement I., Bishop of Rome, and Martyr + 24| f | + 25| g |Catherine, Virgin and Martyr +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 26| A | + 27| b | + 28| c | + 29| d | _Fast_ + 30| e |_Saint Andrew, Apostle and Martyr_ + | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +Wisdom 9 |2 Tim. 3 ||Wisdom 11, to v. 15 |Luke 22, to v. 31 +--11, v. 15 to 12, |--4 ||--17 |--22, v. 31 to v. 54 + v. 3 | || | +Ecclus. 1, to v. 14 |Titus 1 ||Ecclus. 2 |--22, v. 54 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--3, v. 17 to v. 30 |--2 ||--4, v. 10 |--23, to v. 26 +--5 |--3 ||--7, v. 27 |--23, v. 26 to v. 50 +--10, v. 18 |Philemon ||--14, to v. 20 |--23, v. 50 to 24, + | || | v. 13 +--15, v. 9 |Heb. 1 ||--16, v. 17 |--24, v. 13 +--18, to v. 15 |--2, & 3, to v. 7 ||--18, v. 15 |John 1, to v. 29 +--19, v. 13 |--3, v. 7 to 4, v. 14 ||--22, v. 6 to v. 24 |--1, v. 29 +--24, to v. 24 |--4, v. 14 & 5 ||--24, v. 24 |--2 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--33, v. 7 to v. 23 |--6 ||--34, v. 15 |--3, to v. 22 +--35 |--7 ||--37, v. 8 to v. 19 |--3, v. 22 +--39, to v. 13 |--8 ||--39, v. 13 |--4, to v. 31 +--41, to v. 14 |--9 ||--42, v. 15 |--4, v. 31 +--44, to v. 16 |--10, to v. 19 ||--50, to v. 25 |--5, to v. 24 +--51, v. 10 |--10, v. 19 ||Baruch 4, to v. 21 |--5, v. 24 +Baruch 4, v. 36 & 5 |--11, to v. 17 ||Isaiah 1, to v. 21 |--6, to v. 22 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Isaiah 1, v. 21 |--11, v. 17 ||--2 |--6, v. 22 to v. 41 +--3, to v. 16 |--12 ||--4, v. 2 |--6, v. 41 +--5, to v. 18 |--13 ||--5, v. 18 |--7, to v. 25 +--6 |James 1 ||--7, to v. 17 |--7, v. 25 +--8, v. 5 to v. 18 |--2 ||--8, v. 18 to 9, v. 8 |--8, to v. 31 +--9, v. 8 to 10, v. 5 |--3 ||--10, v. 5 to v. 20 |--8, v. 31 +--10, v. 20 |--4 ||--11, to v. 10 |--9, to v. 39 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--11, v. 10 |-- 5 ||--12 |--9, v. 39 to 10, + | || | v. 22 +--13 |1 Pet. 1, to v. 22 ||--14, to v. 24 |--10, v. 22 +--17 |--1, v. 22 to 2, v. 11 ||--18 |--11, to v. 17 +--19, to v. 16 |--2, v. 11 to 3, v. 8 ||--19, v. 16 |--11, v. 17 to v. 47 +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The Kalendar is the left-hand portion of the +table and the lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer are +the right-hand portion.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +DECEMBER +HATH XXXI DAYS + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1| f | + | | + 2| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 3| A | + 4| b | + 5| c | + 6| d |Nicolas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia + 7| e | + 8| f |Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary + 9| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 10| A | + 11| b | + 12| c | + 13| d |Lucy, Virgin and Martyr + | | + 14| e | + | | + 15| f | + 16| g |O Sapientia +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 17| A | + 18| b | + 19| c | + 20| d | _Fast_ + 21| e |_Saint Thomas, Apostle and Martyr_ + 22| f | + 23| g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + 24| A | _Fast_ + 25| b |_Christmas-day_ + 26| c |_Saint Stephen, the first Martyr_ + 27| d |_Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist_ + 28| e |_Innocents'-day_ + 29| f | + 30| g | + 31| A |Silvester, Bishop of Rome +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +I. LESSON |II. LESSON ||I. LESSON |II. LESSON +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +Isaiah 21, to v. 13 |--1 Pet. 3, v. 8 to 4, ||Isaiah 22, to v. 15 |John 11, v. 47 to + | v. 7 || | 12, v. 20 +--22, v. 15 |--4, v. 7 ||--23 |--12, v. 20 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--24 |--5 ||--25 |--13, to v. 21 +--26, to v. 20 |2 Pet. 1 ||--26, v. 20 & 27 |--13, v. 21 +--28, to v. 14 |--2 ||--28, v. 14 |--14 +--29, to v. 9 |--3 ||--29, v. 9 |--15 +--30, to v. 18 |1 John 1 ||--30, v. 18 |--16, to v. 16 +--31 |--2, to v. 15 ||--32 |--16, v. 16 +--33 |--2, v. 15 ||--34 |--17 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--35 |--3, to v. 16 ||--40, to v. 12 |--18, to v. 28 +--40, v. 12 |--3, v. 16 to 4, v. 7 ||--41, to v. 17 |--18, v. 28 +--41, v. 17 |--4, v. 7 ||--42, to v. 18 |--19, to v. 25 +--42, v. 18 to 43, |--5 ||--43, v. 8 |--19, v. 25 + v. 8 | || | +--44, to v. 21 |2 John ||--44, v. 21 to 45, |--20, to v. 19 + | || v. 8 | +--45, v. 8 |3 John ||--46 |--20, v. 19 +--47 |Jude ||--48 |--21 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--49, to v. 13 |Rev. 1 ||--49, v. 13 |Rev. 2, to v. 18 +--50 |--2, v. 18 to 3, v. 7 ||--51, to v. 9 |3, v. 7 +--51, v. 9 |--4 ||--52, to v. 13 |--5 +--52, v. 13, & 53 |--6 ||--54 |--7 +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +--55 |--8 ||--56 |--10 +--57 |--11 ||--58 |--12 +----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------- +--59 |--14 ||--60 |--15 +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +..................... |..................... ||..................... |..................... +..................... |--16 ||..................... |--18 +--61 |--19, to v. 11 ||--62 |--19, v. 11 +--63 |--20 ||--64, & 65, to v. 8 |--21, to v. 15 +--65, v. 8 |--21, v. 15 to 22, ||--66 |--22, v. 6 + | v. 6 || | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +TABLES AND RULES FOR THE + +MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE FEASTS + +TOGETHER WITH THE + +DAYS OF FASTING AND ABSTINENCE + +THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR + + +RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS + +AND HOLY-DAYS BEGIN + + +Easter-day (on which the rest depend) is always the first Sunday +after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the +Twenty-first day of March; and if the Full Moon happens upon +a Sunday, Easter-day is the Sunday after. + +Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St +Andrew, whether before or after. + + +Septuagesima | | nine | +Sexagesima \ Sunday is / eight \ weeks before Easter. +Quinquagesima / \ seven / +Quadragesima | | six | + + +Rogation Sunday | | five weeks | +Ascension-day \ is / forty days \ after Easter. +Whitsunday / \ seven weeks / +Trinity Sunday | | eight weeks | + + + + +A TABLE OF ALL THE FEASTS + +THAT ARE TO BE OBSERVED IN THE + +CHURCH OF ENGLAND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR + + +All Sundays in the Year. + + | 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 days | The Nativity of St John Baptist. +of the / St Peter the Apostle. +Feasts \ St James the Apostle. +of | St Bartholomew the Apostle. + | St Matthew the Apostle. + | St Michael and all Angels. + | St Luke the Evangelist. + | St Simon and St Jude the Apostles. + | All Saints. + | St Andrew the Apostle. + | St Thomas the Apostle. + | The NATIVITY of our LORD. + | St Stephen the Martyr. + | St John the Evangelist. + | The Holy Innocents + +Monday and Tuesday in Easter-week. + +Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun-week. + + + + +A TABLE OF THE + +VIGILS, FASTS, AND DAYS OF ABSTINENCE + +TO BE OBSERVED IN THE YEAR + + + | The NATIVITY of our LORD. + | The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. + | The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. + | Easter-day. +The | Ascension-day. +Evens | Pentecost. +or / St Matthias. +Vigils \ St John Baptist. +before | St Peter. + | St James. + | St Bartholomew. + | St Matthew. + | St Simon and St Jude. + | St Andrew. + | St Thomas. + | All Saints. + +Note that if any of these Feast-days fall upon a Monday, then the +Vigil or Fast-day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon +the Sunday next before it. + + + + +DAYS OF FASTING, OR ABSTINENCE + + +I. The Forty Days of Lent. + +II. The Ember Days at the four Seasons, being the Wednesday, +Friday, and Saturday after: + + 1. The first Sunday in Lent. + + 2. The Feast of Pentecost. + + 3. September 14. + + 4. December 13. + +III. The three Rogation Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and +Wednesday before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord. + +IV. All the Fridays in the year, except Christmas-day. + + + +A SOLEMN DAY + +FOR WHICH A PARTICULAR SERVICE IS APPOINTED + + +The sixth day of May, being the day on which His Majesty began +his happy reign. + + + +[Transcriber's note: The following two tables face each other in +the original text. The first table is the left hand portion and +the second is the right-hand portion.] + + + +A TABLE OF THE MOVEABLE + +FEASTS FOR FIFTY YEARS + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + | | | | | | + YEAR | GOLDEN | THE | SUNDAY | SUNDAYS | SEPTUAGESIMA | THE FIRST + OF OUR | NUMBER | EPACT | LETTER | AFTER | SUNDAY | DAY OF + LORD | | | | EPIPHANY | | LENT + | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + 1912 | XIII | 11 | GF | Four | Feb. 4 | Feb. 21 + 1913 | XIV | 22 | E | One | Jan. 19 | Feb. 5 + 1914 | XV | 3 | D | Four | Feb. 8 | Feb. 25 + 1915 | XVI | 14 | C | Three | Jan. 31 | Feb. 17 + 1916 | XVII | 25 | BA | Six | Feb. 20 | Mar. 8 + 1917 | XVIII | 6 | G | Four | Feb. 4 | Feb. 21 + 1918 | XIX | 17 | F | Two | Jan. 27 | Feb. 13 + 1919 | I | 29 | E | Five | Feb. 16 | Mar. 5 + 1920 | II | 10 | DC | Three | Feb. 1 | Feb. 18 + | | | | | | + 1921 | III | 21 | B | Two | Jan. 23 | Feb. 9 + 1922 | IV | 2 | A | Five | Feb. 12 | Mar. 1 + 1923 | V | 13 | G | Three | Jan. 28 | Feb. 14 + 1924 | VI | 24 | FE | Five | Feb. 17 | Mar. 5 + 1925 | VII | 5 | D | Four | Feb. 8 | Feb. 25 + 1926 | VIII | 16 | C | Three | Jan. 31 | Feb. 17 + 1927 | IX | 27 | B | Five | Feb. 13 | Mar. 2 + 1928 | X | 8 | AG | Four | Feb. 5 | Feb. 22 + 1929 | XI | 19 | F | Two | Jan. 27 | Feb. 13 + 1930 | XII | 0 | E | Five | Feb. 16 | Mar. 5 + | | | | | | + 1931 | XIII | 11 | D | Three | Feb. 1 | Feb. 18 + 1932 | XIV | 22 | CB | Two | Jan. 24 | Feb. 10 + 1933 | XV | 3 | A | Five | Feb. 12 | Mar. 1 + 1934 | XVI | 14 | F | Three | Jan. 28 | Feb. 14 + 1935 | XVII | 25 | G | Five | Feb. 17 | Mar. 6 + 1936 | XVIII | 6 | ED | Four | Feb. 9 | Feb. 26 + 1937 | XIX | 17 | C | Two | Jan. 24 | Feb. 10 + 1938 | I | 29 | B | Five | Feb. 13 | Mar. 2 + 1939 | II | 10 | A | Four | Feb. 5 | Feb. 22 + 1940 | III | 21 | GF | Two | Jan. 21 | Feb. 7 + | | | | | | + 1941 | IV | 2 | E | Four | Feb. 9 | Feb. 26 + 1942 | V | 13 | D | Three | Feb. 1 | Feb. 18 + 1943 | VI | 24 | C | Six | Feb. 21 | Mar. 10 + 1944 | VII | 5 | BA | Four | Feb. 6 | Feb. 23 + 1945 | VIII | 16 | G | Three | Jan. 28 | Feb. 14 + 1946 | IX | 27 | F | Five | Feb. 17 | Mar. 6 + 1947 | X | 8 | E | Three | Feb. 2 | Feb. 19 + 1948 | XI | 19 | DC | Two | Jan. 25 | Feb. 11 + 1949 | XII | 0 | B | Five | Feb. 13 | Mar. 2 + 1950 | XIII | 11 | A | Four | Feb. 5 | Feb. 22 + | | | | | | + 1951 | XIV | 22 | G | Two | Jan. 21 | Feb. 7 + 1952 | XV | 3 | FE | Four | Feb. 10 | Feb. 27 + 1953 | XVI | 14 | D | Three | Feb. 1 | Feb. 18 + 1954 | XVII | 25 | C | Five | Feb. 14 | Mar. 3 + 1955 | XVIII | 6 | B | Four | Feb. 6 | Feb. 23 + 1956 | XIX | 17 | AG | Three | Jan. 29 | Feb. 15 + 1957 | I | 29 | F | Five | Feb. 17 | Mar. 6 + 1958 | II | 10 | E | Three | Feb. 2 | Feb. 19 + 1959 | III | 21 | D | Two | Jan. 25 | Feb. 11 + 1960 | IV | 2 | CB | Five | Feb. 14 | Mar. 2 + | | | | | | + 1961 | V | 13 | A | Three | Jan. 29 | Feb. 15 + + + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + | | | | | | + YEAR | EASTER | ROGATION | ASCENSION | WHITSUNDAY | SUNDAYS | ADVENT + OF OUR | DAY | SUNDAY | DAY | | AFTER | SUNDAY + LORD | | | | | TRINITY | + | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1912 | Apr. 7 | May 12 | May 16 | May 26 | 25 | Dec. 1 + 1913 | Mar. 23 | Apr. 27 | May 1 | May 11 | 27 | Nov. 30 + 1914 | Apr. 12 | May 17 | May 21 | May 31 | 24 | Nov. 29 + 1915 | Apr. 4 | May 9 | May 13 | May 23 | 25 | Nov. 28 + 1916 | Apr. 23 | May 28 | June 1 | June 11 | 23 | Dec. 3 + 1917 | Apr. 8 | May 13 | May 17 | May 27 | 25 | Dec. 2 + 1918 | Mar. 31 | May 5 | May 9 | May 19 | 26 | Dec. 1 + 1919 | Apr. 20 | May 25 | May 29 | June 8 | 23 | Nov. 30 + 1920 | Apr. 4 | May 9 | May 13 | May 23 | 25 | Nov. 28 + | | | | | | + 1921 | Mar. 27 | May 1 | May 5 | May 15 | 26 | Nov. 27 + 1922 | Apr. 16 | May 21 | May 25 | June 4 | 24 | Dec. 3 + 1923 | Apr. 1 | May 6 | May 10 | May 20 | 26 | Nov. 28 + 1924 | Apr. 20 | May 25 | May 29 | June 8 | 23 | Nov. 30 + 1925 | Apr. 12 | May 17 | May 21 | May 31 | 24 | Nov. 29 + 1926 | Apr. 4 | May 9 | May 13 | May 23 | 25 | Nov. 28 + 1927 | Apr. 17 | May 22 | May 26 | June 5 | 23 | Nov. 27 + 1928 | Apr. 8 | May 13 | May 17 | May 27 | 25 | Dec. 2 + 1929 | Mar. 31 | May 5 | May 9 | May 19 | 26 | Dec. 1 + 1930 | Apr. 20 | May 25 | May 29 | June 8 | 23 | Nov. 30 + | | | | | | + 1931 | Apr. 5 | May 10 | May 14 | May 24 | 25 | Nov. 29 + 1932 | Mar. 27 | May 1 | May 5 | May 15 | 26 | Nov. 27 + 1933 | Apr. 16 | May 21 | May 25 | June 4 | 24 | Dec. 3 + 1934 | Apr. 1 | May 6 | May 10 | May 20 | 26 | Dec. 2 + 1935 | Apr. 21 | May 26 | May 30 | June 9 | 23 | Dec. 1 + 1936 | Apr. 12 | May 17 | May 21 | May 31 | 24 | Nov. 29 + 1937 | Mar. 28 | May 2 | May 6 | May 16 | 26 | Nov. 28 + 1938 | Apr. 17 | May 22 | May 26 | June 5 | 23 | Nov. 27 + 1939 | Apr. 9 | May 14 | May 18 | May 28 | 25 | Dec. 3 + 1940 | Mar. 24 | Apr. 28 | May 2 | May 12 | 27 | Dec. 1 + | | | | | | + 1941 | Apr. 13 | May 18 | May 22 | June 1 | 24 | Nov. 30 + 1942 | Apr. 5 | May 10 | May 14 | May 24 | 25 | Nov. 29 + 1943 | Apr. 25 | May 30 | June 3 | June 13 | 22 | Nov. 28 + 1944 | Apr. 9 | May 14 | May 18 | May 28 | 25 | Dec. 3 + 1945 | Apr. 1 | May 6 | May 10 | May 20 | 26 | Dec. 2 + 1946 | Apr. 21 | May 26 | May 30 | June 9 | 23 | Dec. 1 + 1947 | Apr. 6 | May 11 | May 15 | May 25 | 25 | Nov. 30 + 1948 | Mar. 28 | May 2 | May 6 | May 16 | 26 | Nov. 28 + 1949 | Apr. 17 | May 22 | May 26 | June 5 | 23 | Nov. 27 + 1950 | Apr. 9 | May 14 | May 18 | May 28 | 25 | Dec. 3 + | | | | | | + 1951 | Mar. 25 | Apr. 29 | May 3 | May 13 | 27 | Dec. 2 + 1952 | Apr. 13 | May 18 | May 22 | June 1 | 24 | Nov. 30 + 1953 | Apr. 5 | May 10 | May 14 | May 24 | 25 | Nov. 29 + 1954 | Apr. 18 | May 23 | May 27 | June 6 | 23 | Nov. 28 + 1955 | Apr. 10 | May 15 | May 19 | May 29 | 24 | Nov. 27 + 1956 | Apr. 1 | May 6 | May 10 | May 20 | 26 | Dec. 2 + 1957 | Apr. 21 | May 26 | May 30 | June 9 | 23 | Dec. 1 + 1958 | Apr. 6 | May 11 | May 15 | May 25 | 25 | Nov. 30 + 1959 | Mar. 29 | May 3 | May 7 | May 17 | 26 | Nov. 29 + 1960 | Apr. 17 | May 22 | May 26 | June 5 | 23 | Nov. 27 + | | | | | | + 1961 | Apr. 2 | May 7 | May 11 | May 21 | 26 | Dec. 3 + + + + +THE ORDER FOR + +MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER + +DAILY TO BE SAID AND USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR + + +Morning and Evening Prayer shall be used in the accustomed place +of the Church, Chapel, or Chancel; except it shall be otherwise +determined by the Ordinary of the place. And the Chancels shall +remain as they have done in times past. + +And here is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church, and +of the Ministers thereof at all times of their Ministration, +shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of +England by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of +the Reign of King Edward the Sixth. + + + +REQUESTS FOR THE PRAYERS OF THE CONGREGATION + +| _When the prayers of the congregation are desired on behalf of_ +| _sick persons, sufferers from any public calamity, or others,_ +| _the Minister may give notice of the same before he begins the_ +| _Litany, and may insert the words_ especially those for whom our +| prayers are desired _in the relative suffrage to which the case_ +| _is appropriate. Such notice may also be given at Morning or_ +| _Evening Prayer before any prayers after the Third Collect are_ +| _said, or in the Holy Communion before the Prayer for the_ +| _whole state of Christ's Church is said_. +| +| _And, when prayer is desired on behalf of any sick person, the_ +| _Minister may during Divine Service use the Collect appointed_ +| _for the Communion of the Sick, inserting after the words_ +| visited with thine hand _the words_ for whom our prayers are +| desired, _or he may use any of the prayers in the Order for_ +| _the Visitation of the Sick, as the case may seem to him to_ +| _require_. + + + + +THE ORDER FOR + +MORNING PRAYER + +DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR + + +_At the beginning of Morning Prayer the Minister shall read with +a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures +that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after +the said Sentences_. + +When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he +hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he +shall save his soul alive. _Ezek_. xviii. 27. + +I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. +_Psalm_ li. 3. + +Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. +_Psalm_ li. 9. + +The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite +heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. _Psalm_ li. 17. + +Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord +your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of +great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. _Joel_ ii. 13. + +To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we +have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice of +the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. +_Dan_. ix. 9, 10. + +Lord, correct me, but with judgement; not in thine anger, lest +thou bring me to nothing. _Jer_. x. 24. _Psalm_ vi. 1. + +Repent ye; for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. _St Matth_. iii. 2. + +I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, +I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more +worthy to be called thy son. _St Luke_ xv. 18, 19. + +Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy +sight shall no man living be justified. _Psalm_ cxliii. 2. + +If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the +truth is not in us: but if we confess our sins, he is faithful +and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all +unrighteousness. 1 _St John_ i. 8, 9. + +| _These sentences of Scripture may be used at the beginning of_ +| _Morning Prayer at the Great Festivals_. +| +| _Christmas-day and seven days after_. +| +| Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which +| is Christ the Lord. _St Luke_ ii. 11. +| +| _Easter-day and seven days after_. +| +| The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia. _St Luke_ xxiv. 34. +| +| _Ascension-day and seven days after_. +| +| Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting +| doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. _Psalm_ xxiv. 7. +| +| _Or_, We have a great high priest that is passed into the +| heavens, Jesus the Son of God. Let us therefore come boldly +| unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find +| grace to help in time of need. _Heb_. iv. 14, 16. +| +| _Whitsunday and six days after_. +| +| When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with +| one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from +| heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house +| where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven +| tongues, like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them: and +| they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. _Acts_ ii. 1-4. + +Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places +to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and +that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of +Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, +lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain +forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And +although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins +before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble +and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that +we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy +praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things +which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the +soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here +present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto +the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me: + +| _The exhortation_, Dearly beloved brethren, _except on occasions_ +| _specified by the Bishop, may be omitted, or may be abbreviated_ +| _as follows:_ +| +| Dearly beloved brethren, I pray and beseech you, as many as are +| here present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble +| voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me; +| +| _Or the following may be said instead_, +| +| Let us humbly confess our sins to Almighty God. + +_A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after +the Minister, all kneeling_. + +Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed +from thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the +devices and desires of our own hearts, We have offended against +thy holy laws, We have left undone those things which we ought +to have done, And we have done those things which we ought not +to have done, And there is no health in us: But thou, O Lord, +have mercy upon us miserable offenders; Spare thou them, O God, +which confess their faults, Restore thou them that are penitent, +According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu +our Lord: And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, That +we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the +glory of thy holy Name. Amen. + +_The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the +Priest alone, standing: the people still kneeling_. + +Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth +not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his +wickedness and live; and hath given power and commandment to his +Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, +the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and +absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his +holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true +repentance and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him +which we do at this present, and that the rest of our life +hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may come +to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. + +_The people shall answer here, and at the end of all other prayers_, + +Amen. + +_Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer with an +audible voice: the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him, +both here, and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service_. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us +this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As +we forgive them that trespass against us; And lead us not into +temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, +the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. + +_Then likewise he shall say_, + +O Lord, open thou our lips. + +_Answer_. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. + +_Priest_. O God, make speed to save us. + +_Answer_. O Lord, make haste to help us. + +_Here, all standing up, the Priest shall say_, + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +_Answer_. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: +world without end. Amen. + +_Priest_. Praise ye the Lord. + +_Answer_. The Lord's Name be praised. + +_Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following: Except on +Easter-day, upon which another Anthem is appointed: and on the +nineteenth day of every month it is not to be read here, but in +the ordinary course of the Psalms_. + +| _The Easter Anthems may be used for seven days after Easter_. + +VENITE, EXULTEMUS DOMINO. + +Psalm xcv. + +O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the +strength of our salvation. + +Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: and shew +ourselves glad in him with psalms. + +For the Lord is a great God: and a great King above all gods. + +In his hand are all the corners of the earth: and the strength of +the hills is his also. + +The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands prepared the dry land. + +O come, let us worship, and fall down: and kneel before the Lord +our Maker. + +For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture, +and the sheep of his hand. + +To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the +provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; + +When your fathers tempted me: proved me, and saw my works. + +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. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Then shall follow the Psalms in order as they be appointed. And +at the end of every Psalm throughout the year, and likewise in +the end of_ Benedicite, Benedictus, Magnificat, _and_ Nunc +dimittis, _shall be repeated_, + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +_Answer_. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: +world without end. Amen. + +_Then shall be read distinctly with an audible voice the First +Lesson, taken out of the Old Testament as is appointed in the +Kalendar: Except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day: +He that readeth so standing and turning himself, as he may best +be heard of all such as are present. And after that shall be said +or sung, in English, the Hymn called_ Te Deum Laudamus, _daily +throughout the year_. + +_Note that before every Lesson the Minister shall say_, Here +beginneth such a Chapter, _or_ Verse of such a Chapter, of +such a Book: _And after every Lesson_, Here endeth the First, +_or_ the Second Lesson, + +TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. + +We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. + +All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting. + +To thee all Angels cry aloud: the heavens and all the powers +therein. + +To thee Cherubin and Seraphin: continually do cry, + +Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth. + +Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty: of thy glory. + +The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee. + +The goodly fellowship of the Prophets: praise thee. + +The noble army of Martyrs: praise thee. + +The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge thee; + +The Father: of an infinite Majesty; + +Thine honourable, true: and only Son; + +Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter. + +Thou art the King of glory: O Christ. + +Thou art the everlasting Son: of the Father. + +When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man: thou didst not abhor +the Virgin's womb. + +When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: thou didst open +the kingdom of heaven to all believers. + +Thou sittest at the right hand of God: in the glory of the Father. + +We believe that thou shalt come: to be our Judge. + +We therefore pray thee, help thy servants: whom thou hast redeemed +with thy precious blood. + +Make them to be numbered with thy Saints: in glory everlasting. + +O Lord, save thy people: and bless thine heritage. + +Govern them: and lift them up for ever. + +Day by day: we magnify thee; + +And we worship thy Name: ever world without end. + +Vouchsafe, O Lord: to keep us this day without sin. + +O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us. + +O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us: as our trust is in thee. + +O Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded. + +_Or this Canticle_, + +BENEDICITE, OMNIA OPERA. + +O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and +magnify him for ever. + +O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify +him for ever. + +O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for +ever. + +O ye Waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the Lord: praise +him, and magnify him for ever. + +O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and +magnify him for ever. + +O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him +for ever. + +O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify +him for ever. + +O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify +him for ever. + +O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him +for ever. + +O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him +for ever. + +O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify +him for ever. + +O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify +him for ever. + +O 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. + +O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify +him for ever. + +O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and +magnify him for ever. + +O let the Earth bless the Lord: yea, let it praise him, and magnify +him for ever. + +O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and +magnify him for ever. + +O all ye Green Things upon the Earth, bless ye the Lord: praise +him, and magnify him for ever. + +O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. + +O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify +him for ever. + +O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord: +praise him, and magnify him for ever. + +O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and +magnify him for ever. + +O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and +magnify him for ever. + +O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify +him for ever. + +O let Israel bless the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. + +O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and +magnify him for ever. + +O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and +magnify him for ever. + +O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord: +praise him, and magnify him for ever. + +O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise him, +and magnify him for ever. + +O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and +magnify him for ever. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, taken out +of the New Testament. And after that the Hymn following: Except +when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the day, or +for the Gospel on Saint John Baptist's Day_. + +BENEDICTUS. + +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 hands of +all that hate us; + +To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers: and to remember +his holy covenant; + +To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham: that +he would give us; + +That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies: might +serve him without fear; + +In holiness and righteousness before him: all the days of our life. + +And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: for +thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; + +To give knowledge of salvation unto his people: for the remission +of their sins; + +Through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the day-spring from +on high hath visited us; + +To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of +death: and to guide our feet into the way of peace. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Or this Psalm_, + +JUBILATE DEO. + +Psalm c. + +O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with +gladness, and come before his presence with a song. + +Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, +and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his +pasture. + +O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his +courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and speak good of +his Name. + +For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting: and his truth +endureth from generation to generation. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Then shall be sung or said the Apostles Creed, by the Minister +and the people standing: Except only such days as the Creed of +Saint Athanasius is appointed to be read_. + +I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: + +And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by +the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius +Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; +The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, +And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From +thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. + +I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy 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 kneeling: +the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice_, + +The Lord be with you. + +_Answer_. And with thy spirit. + +_Minister_. Let us pray. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Christ, have mercy upon us_. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Then the Minister, Clerks, and people shall say the Lord's Prayer +with a loud voice_. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Then the Priest standing up shall say_, + +O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. + +_Answer_. And grant us thy salvation. + +_Priest_. O Lord, save the King. + +_Answer_. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. + +_Priest_. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. + +_Answer_. And make thy chosen people joyful. + +_Priest_. O Lord, save thy people. + +_Answer_. And bless thine inheritance. + +_Priest_. Give peace in our time, O Lord. + +_Answer_. Because there is none other that fighteth or us, but +only thou, O God. + +_Priest_. O God, make clean our hearts within us. + +_Answer_. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. + +_Then shall follow three Collects: The first of the day, which +shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion: The second +for Peace: The third for Grace to live well. And the two last +Collects shall never alter, but daily be said at Morning Prayer +throughout all the year, as followeth, all kneeling_. + +_The Second Collect, for Peace_. + +O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in +knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is +perfect freedom: Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults +of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not +fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus +Christ our Lord. Amen. + +_The Third Collect, for Grace_. + +O Lord our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who +hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day: Defend us +in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we +fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that +all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always +that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. +_Amen_. + +_In Quires and Places where they sing here followeth the Anthem_. + +_Then these five Prayers following are to be read here: Except +when the Litany is read; and then only the two last are to be +ready as they are there placed_. + +_A Prayer for the King's Majesty_. + +O Lord our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, +Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy +throne behold all the dwellers upon earth: Most heartily we +beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign +Lord, King _GEORGE_, and so replenish him with the grace of thy +Holy Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy will, and walk in +thy way: Endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant him in +health and wealth long to live; strengthen him that he may +vanquish and overcome all his enemies, and finally after this +life he may attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus +Christ our Lord, _Amen_. + +_A Prayer for the Royal Family_. + +Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness, we humbly beseech +thee to bless our gracious Queen _Mary_, _Alexandra_ the Queen +Mother, _Edward_ Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family: Endue +them with thy Holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace; +prosper them with all happiness; and bring them to thine ever +lasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +| _The following Prayer may be said at Morning Prayer, for the_ +| _King, the Royal Family, the Ministers of the Crown, the_ +| _Parliament_ (_when in session_), _and those in authority,_ +| _instead of the Prayers_ For the King's Majesty, For the Royal +| Family, _and_ For the High Court of Parliament; _but always_ +| _either the following Prayer, or those above noted, shall be_ +| _used, together with the_ Prayer for the Clergy and People, +| _the_ Prayer of St Chrysostom, _and_ the Grace, _unless the_ +| _Litany be said_. +| +| O Lord God of our fathers, who rulest the nations of the earth; +| Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our +| Sovereign Lord, King _GEORGE_, that he may alway incline to thy +| will and walk in thy way; and together with him bless our +| gracious Queen _Mary_, _Alexandra_ the Queen Mother, _Edward_ +| Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family. Endue with wisdom +| the Ministers of the Crown, [the High Court Of Parliament at +| this time assembled *,] and those who are set in authority over +| us, that all things may be so ordered and settled by their +| endeavours, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, +| religion and piety, may be established among us for all +| generations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| [Margin Note] *to be said when the Parliament is in Session. + +_A Prayer for the Clergy and People_. + +Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels: +Send down upon our Bishops and Curates, and all Congregations +committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; +and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual +dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our +Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. _Amen_. + +_A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom_. + +Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one +accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost +promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy +Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the +desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient +for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and +in the world to come life everlasting. _Amen_. + +2 _Corinthians_ xiii. + +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and +the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. _Amen_. + + +_Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year_. + + + + +THE ORDER FOR + +EVENING PRAYER + +DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR + + +_At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with +a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures +that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the +said Sentences_. + +When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath +committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save +his soul alive. _Ezek_. xviii. 27. + +I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. +_Psalm_ li. 3. + +Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. +_Psalm_ li. 9. + +The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite +heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. _Psalm_ li. 17. + +Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your +God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great +kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. _Joel_ ii. 13. + +To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we +have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the +Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. _Dan_. +ix. 9, 10. + +O Lord, correct me, but with judgement; not in thine anger, lest +thou bring me to nothing. _Jer_. x. 24. _Psalm_ vi. 1. + +Repent ye; for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. _St Matth_. iii. 2. + +I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I +have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy +to be called thy son. _St Luke_ xv. 18, 19. + +Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight +shall no man living be justified. _Psalm_ cxliii. 2. + +If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our selves, and the truth +is not in us: but if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just +to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. +1 _St John_ i. 8, 9. + +| _These sentences of Scripture may be used at the beginning of_ +| _Evening Prayer at the Great Festivals_. +| +| _Christmas-day and seven days after_. +| +| Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which +| is Christ the Lord. _St Luke_ ii. 11. +| +| _Easter-day and seven days after_. +| +| The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia. _St Luke_ xxiv. 34. +| +| _Ascension-day and seven days after_. +| +| Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting +| doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. _Psalm_ xxiv. 7. +| +| _Or_, We have a great high priest that is passed into the +| heavens, Jesus the Son of God. Let us therefore come boldly +| unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find +| grace to help in time of need. _Heb_. iv. 14, 16. +| +| _Whitsunday and six days after_. +| +| When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with +| one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from +| heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house +| where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven +| tongues, like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them: and they +| were all filled with the Holy Ghost. _Acts_ ii. 1-4. + +Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places +to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and +that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of +Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, +lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain +forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And +although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins +before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble +and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we +have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, +to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are +requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. +Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, +to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the +throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me: + +| _The exhortation_, Dearly beloved brethren, _except on occasions_ +| _specified by the Bishop, may be omitted, or may be abbreviated_ +| _as follows_: +| +| Dearly beloved brethren, I pray and beseech you, as many as +| are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble +| voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me; +| +| _Or the following may be said instead_, +| +| Let us humbly confess our sins to Almighty God. + +_A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after +the Minister, all kneeling_. + +Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from +thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices +and desires of our own hearts, We have offended against thy holy +laws, We have left undone those things which we ought to have +done, And we have done those things which we ought not to have +done, And there is no health in us: But thou, O Lord, have mercy +upon us miserable offenders; Spare thou them, O God, which +confess their faults, Restore thou them that are penitent, +According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu +our Lord: And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, That +we may here after live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To +the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. + +_The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the +Priest alone, standing: the people still kneeling_. + +Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth +not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his +wickedness and live; and hath given power and commandment to his +Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, +the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and +absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe +his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true +repentance and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him +which we do at this present, and that the rest of our life +hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may +come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer: the +people also kneeling, and repeating it with him_. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven, Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, +and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. + +_Then likewise he shall say_, + +O Lord, open thou our lips. + +_Answer_. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. + +_Priest_. O God, make speed to save us. + +_Answer_. O Lord, make haste to help us. + +_Here, all standing up, the Priest shall say_, + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +_Answer_. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: +world without end. Amen. + +_Priest_. Praise ye the Lord. + +_Answer_. The Lord's Name be praised. + +_Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order as they be +appointed. Then a Lesson of the Old Testament, as is appointed. +And after that_ Magnificat (_or the Song of the Blessed Virgin +Mary_) _in English, as followeth_. + +MAGNIFICAT. + +St Luke i. + +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 shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud +in the imagination of their hearts. + +He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the +humble and meek. + +He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath +sent empty away. + +He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel: as he +promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seed for ever. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Or else this Psalm: Except it be on the nineteenth day of the +month, when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms_. + +CANTATE DOMINO. + +Psalm xcviii. + +O sing unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things. + +With his own right hand, and with his holy arm: hath he gotten +himself the victory. + +The Lord declared his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly +shewed in the sight of the heathen. + +He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel: +and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. + +Shew 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 shew 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 hills be joyful +together before the Lord: for he cometh to judge the earth. + +With righteousness shall he judge the world: and the people with +equity. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed. And +after that_ Nunc dimittis (_or the Song of Simeon_) _in English, +as followeth_. + +NUNC DIMITTIS. + +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. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Or else this Psalm: Except it be on the twelfth day of the month_. + +DEUS MISEREATUR. + +Psalm lxvii. + +God be merciful unto us, and bless us: and shew us the light of +his countenance, and be merciful unto us: + +That thy way may be known upon earth; thy saving health among all +nations. + +Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise +thee. + +O let the nations rejoice and be glad: for thou shalt judge the +folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. + +Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise +thee. + +Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and God, even our +own God, shall give us his blessing. + +God shall bless us: and all the ends of the world shall fear him. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Then shall be said or sung the Apostles Creed, by the Minister +and the people standing_. + +I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: + +And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by +the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius +Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; +The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, +And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From +thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. + +I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy 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 kneeling: +the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice_, + +The Lord be with you. + +_Answer_. And with thy spirit. + +_Minister_. Let us pray. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Christ, have mercy upon us_. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Then the Minister, Clerks, and people shall say the Lord's +Prayer with a loud voice_. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Then the Priest standing up shall say_, + +O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. + +_Answer_. And grant us thy salvation. + +_Priest_. O Lord, save the King. + +_Answer_. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. + +_Priest_. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. + +_Answer_. And make thy chosen people joyful. + +_Priest_. O Lord, save thy people. + +_Answer_. And bless thine inheritance. + +_Priest_. Give peace in our time, O Lord. + +_Answer_. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but +only thou, O God. + + _Priest_. O God, make clean our hearts within us. + +_Answer_. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. + +_Then shall follow three Collects: The first of the day: The +second for Peace: The third for Aid against all Perils, as +hereafter followeth: which two last Collects shall be daily +said at Evening Prayer without alteration_. + +_The Second Collect at Evening Prayer_. + +O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all +just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants that peace which +the world can not give; that both our hearts may be set to obey +thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from +the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; +through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. _Amen_. + +_The Third Collect, for Aid against all Perils_. + +Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great +mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for +the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. _Amen_. + +_In Quires and Places where they sing here followeth the Anthem_. + +_A Prayer for the King's Majesty_. + +O Lord our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord +of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne +behold all the dwellers upon earth: Most heartily we beseech thee +with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord, King +_GEORGE_, and so replenish him with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, +that he may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way: Endue +him plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant him in health and wealth +long to live; strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all +his enemies, and finally after this life he may attain everlasting +joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_A Prayer for the Royal Family_. + +Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee +to bless our gracious Queen _Mary_, _Alexandra_ the Queen Mother, +_Edward_ Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family: Endue them +with thy Holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace; prosper +them with all happiness; and bring them to thine everlasting +kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +| _The following Prayer may be said at Evening Prayer, for the_ +| _King, the Royal Family, the Ministers of the Crown, the_ +| _Parliament_ (_when in session_), _and those in authority_, +| _instead of the Prayers_ For the King's Majesty, For the Royal +| Family, _and_ For the High Court of Parliament; _but always_ +| _either the following Prayer, or those above noted, shall be_ +| _used, together with the_ Prayer for the Clergy and People, +| _the_ Prayer of St Chrysostom, _and_ the Grace, _unless the_ +| _Litany be said_. +| +| O Lord God of our fathers, who rulest the nations of the earth; +| Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our +| Sovereign Lord, King _GEORGE_, that he may alway incline to thy +| will and walk in thy way; and together with him bless our +| gracious Queen _Mary_, _Alexandra_ the Queen Mother, _Edward_ +| Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family. Endue with wisdom +| the Ministers of the Crown, [the High Court of Parliament at +| this time assembled *,] and those who are in set in authority +| over us, that all things may be so ordered and settled by their +| endeavours, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion +| and piety, may be established among us for all generations; +| through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| [Margin Note:] * to be said when the Parliament is in Session. + +_A Prayer for the Clergy and People_. + +Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels: +Send down upon our Bishops and Curates, and all Congregations +committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; +and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual +dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our +Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. _Amen_. + +_A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom_. + +Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord +to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that +when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt +grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions +of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us +in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come +life everlasting. _Amen_. + +2 _Corinthians_ xiii. + +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the +fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. _Amen_. + + +_Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year_. + + + + +AT MORNING PRAYER + + +_Upon these Feasts_; Christmas-day, _the_ Epiphany, _Saint_ +Matthias, Easter-day, Ascension-day, Whitsunday, _Saint_ John +Baptist, _Saint_ James, _Saint_ Bartholomew, _Saint_ Matthew, +_Saint_ Simon _and Saint_ Jude, _Saint_ Andrew, _and upon_ Trinity +Sunday, _shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the +Apostles Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly +called the Creed of Saint Athanasius, by the Minister and people +standing_. + +QUICUNQUE VULT. + +Whosoever will be saved: before all things it is necessary that +he hold the Catholic Faith. + +Which Faith, except every one do keep whole and undefiled: +without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. + +And the Catholic Faith is this: That we worship one God in +Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; + +Neither confounding the Persons: nor dividing the Substance. + +For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son: and +another of the Holy Ghost. + +But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost +is all one: the Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal. + +Such as the Father is, such is the Son: and such is the Holy Ghost. + +The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate: and the Holy Ghost uncreate. + +The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible: and the +Holy Ghost incomprehensible. + +The Father eternal, the Son eternal: and the Holy Ghost eternal. + +And yet they are not three eternals: but one eternal. + +As also there are not three incomprehensibles, nor three uncreated: +but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible. + +So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty: and the +Holy Ghost Almighty. + +And yet they are not three Almighties: but one Almighty. + +So the Father is God, the Son is God: and the Holy Ghost is God. + +And yet they are not three Gods: but one God. + +So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord: and the Holy Ghost +Lord. + +And yet not three Lords: but one Lord. + +For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity: to acknowledge +every Person by himself to be God and Lord; + +So are we forbidden by the Catholic Religion: to say there be three +Gods, or three Lords. + +The Father is made of none: neither created, nor begotten. + +The Son is of the Father alone: not made, nor created, but begotten. + +The Holy Ghost is of the Father, and of the Son: neither made, nor +created, nor begotten, but proceeding. + +So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons: +one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. + +And in this Trinity none is afore, or after other: none is greater, +or less than another; + +But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together: and co-equal. + +So that in all things, as is aforesaid: the Unity in Trinity, and +the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped. + +He therefore that will be saved: must thus think of the Trinity. + +Furthermore it is necessary to everlasting salvation: that he also +believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +For the right Faith is that we believe and confess: that our Lord +Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man; + +God of the Substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds: and +Man of the Substance of his Mother, born in the world; + +Perfect God, and perfect Man: of a reasonable soul and human flesh +subsisting; + +Equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead: and inferior to the +Father, as touching his Manhood. + +Who although he be God and Man: yet he is not two, but one Christ; + +One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh: but by taking of +the Manhood into God; + +One altogether, not by confusion of Substance: but by unity of +Person. + +For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man: so God and Man is +one Christ. + +Who suffered for our salvation: descended into hell, rose again the +third day from the dead. + +He ascended into heaven, he sitteth on the right hand of the +Father, God Almighty: from whence he shall come to judge the quick +and the dead. + +At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies: and +shall give account for their own works. + +And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting: and +they that have done evil into everlasting fire. + +This is the Catholic Faith: which except a man believe faithfully +he cannot be saved. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + + + + +THE LITANY + + +_Here followeth the Litany, or General Supplication, to be sung or +said after Morning Prayer, upon Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, +and at other times when it shall be commanded by the Ordinary_. + +| _The Litany may be said on the days appointed for its use, either +| after Morning Prayer, or before the Holy Communion, or at other +| times; and its use may be dispensed with on Christmas-day, +| Easter-day, and Whitsunday, with the sanction of the Bishop_. +| +| _When the Litany is said before a celebration of Holy Communion +| it shall be permissible to omit from the Litany the_ Lord's +| Prayer _and all that is set down after it except the prayer +| called_ A Prayer of St Chrysostom _and_ The grace of, &c. +| +| _When the Litany is said at any other time it shall be +| permissible to omit from it all that follows the_ Lord's +| Prayer, _and to use one or more of the Occasional Prayers or +| the_ Prayer of St Chrysostom, _with_ The grace of, &c. + +O God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. + +_God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners_. + +O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable +sinners. + +_God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable +sinners_. + +O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have +mercy upon us miserable sinners. + +_God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have +mercy upon us miserable sinners_. + +O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: +have mercy upon us miserable sinners. + +_ O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: +have mercy upon us miserable sinners_. + +Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our +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, + +_Good Lord, deliver us_. + +From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory, and hypocrisy; +from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, + +_Good Lord, deliver us_. + +From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the +deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, + +_Good Lord, deliver us_. + +From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; +from battle and murder, and from sudden death, + +_Good 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, + +_Good 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, + +_Good Lord, deliver us_. + +In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in +the hour of death, and in the day of judgement, + +_Good Lord, deliver us_. + +We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God: and that it +may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in +the right way, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true +worshipping of thee, in righteousness and holiness of life, +thy Servant _GEORGE_, our most gracious King and Governor, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith, fear, +and love, and that he may evermore have affiance in thee, and +ever seek thy honour and glory, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper, giving him +the victory over all his enemies, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to bless and preserve our gracious Queen +_Mary_, _Alexandra_ the Queen Mother, _Edward_ Prince of Wales, +and all the Royal Family, + +_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 +shew it accordingly, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +| That it may please thee to send forth labourers into thy harvest, +| +| _We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. +| +| That it may please thee to bless and prosper thy servants who +| labour for the conversion of the heathen, and of all who know +| not the truth, +| +| _We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, and +all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understanding, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +| That it may please thee to direct and prosper the Consultations +| of the High * Court of Parliament to the honour of thy Name, and +| the welfare of thy people, +| +| _We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. +| +| [Margin Note:] * During the Session of Parliament. + +That it may please thee to bless and keep the [Judges 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 bless and keep the King's forces by +| sea and land, and to shield them in all dangers and adversities, +| +| _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 dread +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 them that +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 that +are in danger, necessity, and tribulation, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or +by water, all women labouring of child, all sick persons, and +young children; and to shew 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 that 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 as 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 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 Word, + +_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_. + +O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world; + +_Grant us thy peace_. + +O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world; + +_Have mercy upon us_. + +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_. + +_Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's +Prayer_. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Priest_. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. + +_Answer_. Neither reward us after our iniquities. + +Let us pray. + +O God, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a +contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful: Mercifully +assist our prayers that 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, be brought to nought, and by the +providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we thy +servants, 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_. + +O God, 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. + +_Graciously look upon our afflictions_. + +Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts. + +_Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people_. + +Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. + +_O Son of David, have mercy upon us_. + +Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. + +_Graciously hear us, Christ; graciously hear us, Lord Christ_. + +_Priest_. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us; + +_Answer_. As we do put our trust in thee. + +Let us pray. + +We humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our +infirmities; and for the glory of thy Name turn from us all +those evils that we most righteously have deserved; and grant +that in all our troubles we may put our whole 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_. + +_A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom_. + +Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one +accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost +promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy +Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the +desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient +for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and +in the world to come life everlasting. _Amen_. + +2 _Corinthians xiii_. + +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the +fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. _Amen_. + +_Here endeth the Litany_. + + + + +PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS + +_Upon several occasions, to be used before the final Prayers of the +Litany, or of Morning and Evening Prayer_. + + + +PRAYERS + +_For Rain_. + +O God, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised +to all them that seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, +all 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_. + +O almighty Lord God, who for the sin of man didst once drown all +the world, except eight persons, and afterward of thy great mercy +didst promise never to destroy it so again: We humbly beseech thee, +that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved a plague +of rain and waters, yet upon our true repentance thou wilt send us +such weather, as that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due +season; and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives, and +for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory; through Jesus +Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_In the time of Dearth and Famine_. + +O God, heavenly Father, whose gift it is that the rain doth fall, +the earth is fruitful, beasts increase, and fishes do multiply: +Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy people; and grant +that the scarcity and dearth, which we do now most justly suffer +for our iniquity, may through thy goodness be mercifully turned +into cheapness and plenty; for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord, +to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, now +and for ever. _Amen_. + +_Or this_. + +O God, merciful Father, who, in the time of Elisha the prophet, +didst suddenly in Samaria turn great scarcity and dearth into +plenty and cheapness: Have mercy upon us, that we, who are now +for our sins punished with like adversity, may likewise find a +seasonable relief: Increase the fruits of the earth by thy +heavenly benediction; and grant that we, receiving thy bountiful +liberality, may use the same to thy glory, the relief of those +that are needy, and our own comfort; through Jesus Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + +_In the time of War and Tumults_. + +O almighty God, King of all kings, and 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 them that truly +repent: Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the +hands of our enemies; abate their pride, assuage their malice, +and confound their devices; that we, being armed with thy defence, +may be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who +art the only giver of all victory; through the merits of thy only +Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_In the time of any common Plague or Sickness_. + +O almighty God, who in thy wrath didst send a plague upon thine +own people in the wilderness, for their obstinate rebellion +against Moses and Aaron; and also, in the time of king David, +didst slay with the plague of pestilence threescore and ten +thousand, and yet remembering thy mercy didst save the rest: +Have pity upon us miserable sinners, who now are visited with +great sickness and mortality; that like as thou didst then accept +of an atonement, and didst command the destroying Angel to cease +from punishing, so it may now please thee to withdraw from us +this plague and grievous sickness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. +_Amen_. + +_In the Ember Weeks, to be said every day, for those that are to +be admitted into Holy Orders_. + +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 which shall be ordained to +any holy function give thy grace and heavenly benediction; that +both by their life and doctrine they may set forth thy glory, and +set forward the salvation of all men; through Jesus Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + +_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 replenish +them with the truth of thy doctrine, and endue 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. _Amen_. + +_A Prayer that may be said after any of the former_. + +O God, 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 pitifulness +of thy great mercy loose us; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our +Mediator and Advocate. _Amen_. + +_A Prayer for the High Court of Parliament, to be read during +their Session_. + +Most gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this Kingdom +in general, so especially for the High Court of Parliament, under +our most religious and gracious King at this time assembled: That +thou wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their +consultations to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy +Church, the safety, honour, and welfare of our Sovereign and his +Dominions; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their +endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace +and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be +established among us for all generations. These and all other +necessaries, for them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly +beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed +Lord and Saviour. _Amen_. + +_A Collect or Prayer for all Conditions of men, to be used at +such times when the Litany is not appointed to be said_. + +O God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly +beseech thee for all sorts and conditions 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 the good +estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and +governed 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 commend 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 and +relieve them, according to their several necessities giving them +patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all +their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake. +_Amen_. + +[Margin note:] * This to be said when any desire the Prayers of +the Congregation. + +| ADDITIONAL PRAYERS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS +| +| _Before any or each of these prayers may be said_, Let us pray +| for------, _or other like words_. +| +| _At the New Year_. +| +| O immortal Lord God, who inhabitest eternity, and hast brought +| us, thine unworthy servants, to the beginning of another year: +| Pardon, we most humbly beseech thee, our transgressions in the +| past, and graciously abide with us all the days of our life; +| guard and direct us in all trials and temptations, that by thy +| blessing we may grow in grace as we grow in years, and at the +| last may finish our course with joy; through Jesus Christ our +| Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _On New Year's Day_. +| +| O Saviour of the world, who as on this day wast called JESUS, +| according to the word of the Angel: Fulfil unto us, we beseech +| thee, the gracious promise of that holy Name, and, of thy great +| mercy, save thy people from their sins; who with the Father and +| the Holy Ghost livest and reignest, one God, world without end. +| _Amen_. +| +| PRAYERS WHICH MAY BE SAID ON ROGATION DAYS. +| [_These prayers may be used also at other times_.] +| +| _For fruitful seasons_. +| +| Almighty God, Lord of heaven and earth, in whom we live and +| move and have our being, who makest the sun to rise on the evil +| and on the good, and sendest rain on the just and on the unjust; +| We beseech thee at this time favourably to behold thy people +| who call upon thee, and to send thine abundant blessing upon +| the earth that it may bring forth its fruits in due season, +| and that we, being filled with thy bounty, may ever more give +| thanks unto thee, the giver of all good; through Jesus Christ +| our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| O almighty God, who hast created the earth for man, and man for +| thy glory: Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and +| be mindful of thy covenant; that both the earth may yield her +| increase, and the good seed of thy word may bring forth +| abundantly, to the glory of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ +| our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For a blessing on Fisheries_. +| +| O Almighty God, who madest the sea, and gavest all that moveth +| therein for the use of man: Bestow thy blessing, we beseech +| thee, on the harvest of the waters that it may be abundant in +| its season; protect from every peril of the deep all fishermen +| and mariners, and grant that they may with thankful hearts +| acknowledge thee, who art Lord of the sea and of the dry land; +| through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For a blessing on Local Industries_. +| +| O almighty Father, who through thy Son Jesus Christ hast +| consecrated labour to the blessing of mankind: Prosper, we pray +| thee, the industries of this place; defend those who are engaged +| therein from all perils, and grant that they may rejoice in the +| fruits of thy bounty, and bless thee for thy loving-kindness, +| through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For the Conversion of the Jews_. +| +| [_A prayer of Bishop Wilson_.] +| +| O God, the God of Abraham, look upon thine everlasting covenant, +| and cause the captivity of Judah and Israel to return. They are +| thy people; O be thou their Saviour, that all who love Jerusalem +| and mourn for her may rejoice with her; for Jesus Christ's sake, +| their Saviour and ours. _Amen_. +| +| _For the Conversion of Mohammedans, and all who know not Christ_. +| +| Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in thy goodness hast caused +| the light of the Gospel to shine in our land; Extend thy mercy, +| we beseech thee, to the nations of the world that still walk in +| darkness. Enlighten the Moslems with the knowledge of thy truth; +| and grant that the Gospel of salvation may be made known in all +| lands, that the heart of the peoples may be turned unto thee, +| through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For the Conversion of the Heathen_. +| +| O God, who hast made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell +| on all the face of the earth, and didst send thy blessed Son to +| preach peace to them that are far off and to them that are nigh: +| Grant that the people who sit in darkness and the shadow of death +| may feel after thee and find thee; and hasten, O Lord, the +| fulfilment of thy promise to pour out thy Spirit upon all flesh, +| through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| O God of all the nations of the earth, remember the multitudes +| of the heathen, who, though created in thine image, are ignorant +| of thy love, and, according to the propitiation of thy Son Jesus +| Christ, grant that by the prayers and labours of thy holy Church +| they may be delivered from all superstition and unbelief, and +| brought to worship thee; through him whom thou hast sent to be +| our Salvation, the Resurrection and the Life of all the faithful, +| the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For Missionaries in Distant Lands_. +| +| O God our Saviour, who willest that all men should be saved and +| come to the knowledge of the truth; Prosper, we pray thee, our +| brethren who labour in distant lands, [especially those for whom +| our prayers are desired]. Protect them in all perils by land and +| sea; support them in loneliness and in the hour of trial; give +| them grace to bear faithful witness unto thee; and endue them with +| burning zeal and love, that they may turn many to righteousness, +| and finally obtain a crown of glory; through Jesus Christ our +| Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For Home Missions_. +| +| O Lord Jesus Christ, thou good Shepherd of the sheep, who didst +| come to seek and to save that which was lost; We beseech thee to +| be present in thy power with the Missions of thy Church in this +| our land. Shew forth thy compassion to the helpless, enlighten +| the ignorant, succour those in peril, and bring home the wanderers +| in safety to thy fold; who livest and reignest with the Father +| and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. +| +|_For the Church_. +| +| O God of unchangeable power and eternal light, look favourably +| on thy whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; and by +| the tranquil operation of thy perpetual providence carry out +| the work of man's salvation, and let the whole world feel and +| see that things which were cast down are being raised up, and +| things which had grown old are being made new, and all things +| are returning to perfection through him from whom they took +| their origin, even Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For the Unity of Christendom_. +| +| O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst say unto thine apostles, Peace I +| leave with you, my peace I give unto you; Regard not our sins, +| but the faith of thy Church, and grant unto all Christian +| people that peace and unity which is agreeable to thy will; +| who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, +| one God, world without end. _Amen_. +| +| _The prayer for Unity in the Accession Service may also be used_. +| +| _For Fair Weather_. +| +| _For use at times when the prayer for Fair Weather in the Book_ +| _of Common Prayer seems less suitable_. +| +| Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who art the author and giver +| of all good things; Look, we beseech thee, in thy loving-kindness +| upon us thine unworthy servants, and grant to us at this time +| such fair weather that we may receive the fruits of the earth +| in their season, to our comfort and the glory of thy holy Name; +| through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate. _Amen_. +| +| _For Synods of the Church, Provincial or Diocesan_. +| +| _To be said on the Sunday and following days immediately_ +| _preceding the meeting of the Synod, and on the morning of each +| day while the Synod is in session_. +| +| O eternal God, the fountain of all wisdom, who didst send thy +| Holy Spirit to lead the disciples into all the truth; Vouchsafe +| that he being present with thy servants, the Bishops [_or_ +| Bishop] and Presbyters about to assemble [_or_ now assembled] +| in the Synod of this province [_or_ diocese], may so rule their +| hearts and guide their counsels that in all things they may seek +| only thy glory and the good of thy holy Church; through Jesus +| Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For the Representative and Consultative Church Councils_. +| +| _To be said on the Sunday preceding the meeting, and daily during_ +| _the session_. +| +| Almighty and everlasting God, from whom cometh wisdom and +| understanding; Be present, we humbly beseech thee, with thy +| servants about to deliberate [_or_ assembled to deliberate] in +| Council upon those things that make for the maintenance, +| well-being, and extension of thy holy Church; and grant that +| they, seeking only thy honour and glory, may be guided in all +| their consultations to perceive the more excellent way, and may +| have grace and strength to follow the same; through Jesus Christ +| our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _During the vacancy of a Bishopric in the Scottish Church_, +| _to be said up to the day of the election_. +| +| Almighty God, the giver of every good gift, bestow at this time, +| we humbly beseech thee, thine especial blessing upon the +| Presbyters and Lay-electors of the diocese of------[_or_ of +| this diocese] about to assemble for the election of a Bishop; +| and grant unto them in their deliberations the spirit of wisdom +| and understanding, that by thee they may be guided to the choice +| of a chief pastor who shall minister before thee to the glory +| of thy holy Name, the good government of the flock committed to +| him, and the welfare of thy whole Church; through Jesus Christ +| our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _During the vacancy of a Pastoral Charge_. +| +| O God, who knowest the needs of thy people in every place; Look +| graciously at this time on this church and congregation; and +| give to them a faithful pastor, who may serve before thee in +| all diligence and lowliness of heart, and, by thy blessing, +| bring many souls to the joys of thine eternal kingdom; through +| Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _This prayer may also be used at meetings of Patrons during a_ +| _vacancy_. +| +| _For those about to be confirmed_. +| +| O God, who through the teaching of thy Son Jesus Christ didst +| prepare the disciples for the coming of the Comforter; Make +| ready, we beseech thee, the hearts and minds of thy servants +| who at this time are seeking the gifts of the Holy Ghost through +| the laying on of hands, that, drawing near with penitent and +| faithful hearts, they may be filled with the power of his divine +| presence, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For Festivals of Church Choirs_. +| +| O God, in whose Temple at Jerusalem were appointed singers and +| those skilled in instruments of music to set forth thy praises; +| Be present, we beseech thee, with us thy servants, and grant +| that in this our service we may worship thee in spirit and in +| truth, and at last be found meet to glorify thy Name in thy +| Temple which is on high; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| O Lord God Almighty, whose glory the Cherubim, and Seraphim, +| and all the host of heaven, with ceaseless voice proclaim; We +| beseech thee to look graciously from thy dwelling-place upon +| us, thy humble servants, and in thy mercy vouchsafe to accept +| our unworthy prayers and praises; for the sake of our only +| Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For Primary Schools_. +| +| O heavenly Father, whose blessed Son hath said, Suffer the +| little children to come unto me; Prosper with thy blessing the +| work of all who labour for the instruction and up-bringing of +| the young in virtue and true godliness; grant that as the minds +| of thy children are enlightened with knowledge, so their hearts +| may be daily drawn to the love of thee and of thy only Son, our +| Saviour. And this we beg for the sake of the same Jesus Christ +| our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For Universities, Colleges, Schools, and other places of_ +| _learning_. +| +| Almighty God, of whose only gift cometh wisdom and understanding; +| We beseech thee with thy gracious favour to behold our +| universities, colleges, and schools, that the confines of +| knowledge may be ever enlarged, and all good learning flourish +| and abound; bless all who teach and all who learn; and grant +| that both teachers and learners in humility of heart may look +| ever upward unto thee, who art the fountain of all wisdom; +| through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with +| thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world +| without end. _Amen_. +| +| _For Theological Colleges_. +| +| O God who, through thy Holy Spirit, dost illuminate the minds +| and sanctify the lives of those whom thou dost call to the +| work of pastors and teachers; Look with thy favour upon all +| colleges for the instruction and discipline of those who are +| to serve in the sacred ministry of thy Church; bless those who +| teach and those who learn, that they may apply themselves with +| such diligence to the knowledge which is able to make men wise +| unto salvation, and submit themselves with such ready obedience +| to the law of thy Son our Saviour, that they may fulfil their +| ministry with joy; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. +| _Amen_. +| +| _For the supply of Candidates for the Ministry of the Church_. +| +| O Lord Jesus Christ, whose servants Simon Peter and Andrew his +| brother did at thy word straightway leave their nets to become +| fishers of men; Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to +| those whom thou dost call to the sacred ministry of thy Church, +| that they may hear thy voice, and with glad hearts obey thy +| call; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy +| Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. +| +| _For the Forces of the King, in his Navy and Army_. +| +| O Lord God of Hosts, stretch forth, we pray thee, thine almighty +| arm to strengthen and protect the sailors and soldiers of our +| King in every peril, both of sea and land; shelter them in the +| day of battle, and in the time of peace keep them safe from all +| evil; endue them ever with loyalty and courage; and grant that +| in all things they may serve as seeing thee who art invisible; +| through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _During a Parliamentary election_. +| +| Most gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this Kingdom in +| general, so especially for those who at this time are called to +| elect representatives to serve in the High Court of Parliament; +| Grant that all things may be so ordered and settled by their +| endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and +| happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be +| established among us for all generations. These and all other +| necessaries, for them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly +| beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed +| Lord and Saviour. _Amen_. +| +| _During Municipal and other elections_. +| +| Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom; Guide and direct, we +| humbly beseech thee, the minds of all those who are called at +| this time to make choice of fit persons to serve in the------. +| Grant that in the exercise of their choice they may promote thy +| glory and the welfare of this city [_or_ town _or_ county _or_ +| parish]. And this we beg for the sake of our Lord and Saviour +| Jesus Christ. _Amen_. +| +| _For Hospitals for the Sick_. +| +| Almighty God, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ went about doing +| good, and healing all manner of sickness and disease among the +| people: Continue, we beseech thee, his gracious work among us +| in the hospitals and infirmaries of our land; console and heal +| the sufferers; grant to the physicians and surgeons wisdom and +| skill, and to the nurses diligence and patience; prosper their +| work, O Lord, and vouchsafe thy blessing to all who give of +| their substance for its maintenance; through the same Jesus +| Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For the recovery of a sick person_. +| +| Almighty and immortal God, giver of life and health; We beseech +| thee to hear our prayers for thy servant _N_., for whom we +| implore thy mercy, that by thy blessing upon _him_ and upon +| those who minister to _him_ of thy healing gifts, _he_ may be +| restored, if it be thy gracious will, to health of body and +| mind, and give thanks to thee in thy holy Church; through +| Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For Workmen and the Employers of Labour_. +| +| O God, who in thy providence hast appointed to every man his +| work; Assuage, we humbly beseech thee, all strife and contention +| between those who are engaged in the labours of industry and +| those who employ their labour; deliver both masters and workmen +| from all greed and covetousness; and grant that they, seeking +| only that which is just and equal, may live and work together in +| brotherly union and concord, to their own well-being, and the +| prosperity of this realm; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For brethren and friends in other lands_. +| +| Almighty Father, who art present in thy power in every place; +| Give ear in thy loving-kindness to the supplications which we +| offer unto thee on behalf of our brethren and friends in distant +| lands; may thy mighty hand shield and protect them from all +| evil; may thy Holy Spirit guide them in the right way and bless +| their going out and their coming in; and grant that, being united +| by our fellowship with thee, we may all at the last be gathered +| in the home which is above; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _For those who travel by sea_. +| +| O Almighty God, whose way is in the sea, and whose paths are in +| the great waters; Be present, we beseech thee, with our brethren +| in the manifold dangers of the deep; protect them from all its +| perils; prosper them in their course; and bring them in safety +| to the haven where they would be, with a grateful sense of thy +| mercies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _Commemoration of the Faithful Departed_. +| +| Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart +| hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after +| they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and +| felicity; We praise and magnify thy holy Name for all thy +| servants who have finished their course in thy faith and fear; +| and we most humbly beseech thee that, at the day of the general +| resurrection, we, and all they who are of the mystical body of +| thy Son, may be set on his right hand, and hear that his most +| joyful voice, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom +| prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Grant this, +| O merciful Father, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our only +| Mediator and Advocate. _Amen_. +| +| O almighty God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, who by a +| voice from heaven didst proclaim, Blessed are the dead who die +| in the Lord: Multiply, we beseech thee, to those who rest in +| Jesus, the manifold blessings of thy love, that the good work +| which thou didst begin in them may be perfected unto the day of +| Jesus Christ. And of thy mercy, O heavenly Father, vouchsafe +| that we, who now serve thee here on earth, may at the last, +| together with them, be found meet to be partakers of the +| inheritance of the saints in light; for the sake of the same +| thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. _Amen_. + + + + +THANKSGIVINGS + +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 who desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings +for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto them._] 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 shew 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_. + +[Margin Note:] * This to be said when any that have been prayed +for desire to return praise. + +_For Rain_. + +O God our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious providence dost +cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth, +that it may bring forth 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_. + +O Lord God, who hast justly humbled us by thy late plague of +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 will always declare thy loving-kindness from generation to +generation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_For Plenty_. + +O most merciful Father, who of thy gracious goodness hast heard +the devout prayers of thy Church, and turned our dearth and +scarcity into cheapness and plenty: We give thee humble thanks +for this thy special bounty; beseeching 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_. + +O 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 acknowledge it thy goodness +that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them; beseeching +thee still to continue 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_. + +O 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 tumults 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 commandments; +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 towards us; through Jesus +Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_For Deliverance from the Plague, or other common Sickness_. + +O Lord 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 judgement remembering mercy, hast redeemed +our souls from the jaws of death: We offer unto thy fatherly +goodness ourselves, our 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_. + +_Or this_. + +We humbly acknowledge before thee, O most merciful Father, that all +the punishments which are threatened in thy law might justly have +fallen upon us, by reason of our manifold transgressions and +hardness of heart: Yet seeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender +mercy, upon our weak and unworthy humiliation, to assuage the +contagious sickness wherewith we lately have been sore afflicted, +and to restore the voice of joy and health into our dwellings: We +offer unto thy Divine Majesty the sacrifice of praise and +thanksgiving, lauding and magnifying thy glorious Name for such +thy preservation and providence over us; through Jesus Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + + + + +| THE BIDDING PRAYER +| +| +| Let us pray for Christ's Holy Catholic Church throughout the +| world, especially for the Churches of Great Britain and Ireland; +| for all Christian Sovereigns, Princes and Governors, particularly +| our Sovereign Lord King _GEORGE_, over all estates of men in +| these his dominions supreme; for our gracious Queen _Mary_, +| for _Alexandra_ the Queen Mother, for _Edward_ Prince of Wales, +| and all the Royal Family; for the ministers of God's holy Word +| and Sacraments, especially for _N_. Bishop of this diocese and +| all he clergy of the same; for the great Council of the nation +| [now in Parliament assembled], for the Nobility, Judges, and +| Magistrates of the realm, * especially for the [Lord] Provost +| and Magistrates of this ancient [and royal] city [or burgh]: +| that all these in their several callings may serve truly and +| faithfully to the glory of God and the edifying and well +| governing of his people, remembering always the strict and +| solemn account which they must give before the judgement seat +| of Christ. And for all other subjects of this realm, let us pray +| that they may live in the true faith and fear of God, in dutiful +| obedience to the King and brotherly charity one to another. And +| that there may never be wanting a supply of fit persons to serve +| God in Church and State, let us pray for a blessing on our +| universities [especially on . . . . . ], and on all colleges +| and schools, especially on the Theological College of our +| Church, that in these and in all places set apart for God's +| honour and service true religion and sound learning may ever +| flourish and abound. [+ And let us give thanks to Almighty God +| for all his servants, both living and departed, who have given +| of their substance or service towards the founding, building, +| maintenance, and adornment of this church ++ and especially are +| we bound to remember . . . . . ] +| +| Finally, let us praise God for those who are departed out of +| this life in the faith of Christ, and let us pray unto him that +| we may be made partakers with them in the glorious resurrection +| unto life everlasting. All which things let us humbly ask in +| the words which Christ himself hath taught us, saying: +| +| Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +| come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us +| this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we +| forgive them that trespass against us; And lead us not into +| temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, +| the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. +| +| [Margin Notes:] * to be used in cities and burghs. +| +| + to be used at Dedication Festivals or Commemorations of +| benefactors. +| +| ++ _or_ institution _or_ college. + + + + +THE COLLECTS EPISTLES AND GOSPELS + +TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR + + +_Note that the Collect appointed for every Sunday, or for any +Holy-day that hath a Vigil or Eve, shall be said at the Evening +Service next before_. + +| _Before the Collect of the day may be said_ Let us pray. + + + +THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of +darkness, and put upon us the armour 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 the dead, we +may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth +with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. _Amen_. + +_This Collect is to be repeated every day with the other Collects +in Advent, until Christmas Eve_. + +THE EPISTLE. Rom. 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 +adultery, 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 when we believed. +The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast +off the works of darkness, 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 Matth. xxi. 1. + +When they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were 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, +Behold, 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, saying, Hosanna to the +Son of David; Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord; +Hosanna in the 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 all them that sold and bought in +the temple; and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and +the seats of them that sold doves; and said unto them, It is +written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have +made it a den of thieves. + +THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT + +THE COLLECT. + +Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures 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. Rom. xv. 4. + +Whatsoever things were written afore time 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 Gentiles, and +laud him, all ye people. And again, Esaias saith, There shall be +a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, +in him shall the Gentiles 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 distress of nations, 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 and 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. + +THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord Jesu 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 coming to 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. + +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 judgement: +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 before 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 Matth. 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 shew 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 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. + +| ADVENT EMBER DAYS +| +| _The second Ember Collect in the Book of Common Prayer may be_ +| _used with the Collect of the day_. + +THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, raise up (we pray thee) 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. Philip, 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 understanding, 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 Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou +that Prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who +art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What +sayest thou of 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, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth +one among you, whom ye know not: he it is who coming after me is +preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to +unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where +John was baptizing. + +THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, OR THE BIRTH-DAY OF CHRIST, + +COMMONLY CALLED + +CHRISTMAS DAY + +_December_ 25. + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our +nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: +Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption +and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the +same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and +the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Hebr. i. 1. + +God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past +unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken +unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, +by whom also he made the worlds; who being the brightness of his +glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all +things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our +sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; being +made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance +obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the +angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I +begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall +be to me 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 iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee +with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in +the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the +heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish, but thou +remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a +vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but +thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. + +THE GOSPEL. 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 darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. +There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came +for a witness, to bear witness of the light, that all men through +him might believe. He was not that light, but was sent to bear +witness of that light. That was the true light, which lighteth +every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and +the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came +unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as +received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, +even to them that believe on his Name: which were born, not of +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-begottenof the Father) +full of grace and truth. + +| _If there be two or more celebrations of the Holy Communion in_ +| _any church on Christmas-day, the following Epistle and Gospel_ +| _may be used at one of them_. +| +| THE EPISTLE. Titus ii. 11. +| +| The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all +| men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, +| we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present +| world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing +| of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself +| for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify +| unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. +| +| THE GOSPEL. St Luke ii. 1. +| +| It came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree +| from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And +| this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) +| And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And +| Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, +| into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, +| (because he was of the house and lineage of David,) to be taxed +| with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it +| was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished +| that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn +| son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a +| manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there +| were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping +| watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord +| came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: +| and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear +| not: for, 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. And this +| shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in +| swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was +| with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, +| and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, +| good will toward men. +| +| _Or_ St Matth. i. 18. +| +| The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his 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 willing to make her a public example, +| was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these +| things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto 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 thou shalt call +| his name JESUS; for he shall save his people 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. +| +| _An Additional Collect for Christmastide_. +| +| O God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the +| birth of thy 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_. +| +| _The Collect, Epistle, and Gospel for Christmas-day may be used_ +| _for six days after, unless another Collect, Epistle, and_ +| _Gospel are provided_. + +SAINT STEPHEN'S DAY + +_December_ 26. + +THE COLLECT. + +Grant, O Lord, that in all our sufferings here upon earth, for the +testimony of thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and +by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed; and, being +filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless our +persecutors, by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, +who prayed for his murderers to thee, O blessed Jesus, who +standest at the right hand of God to succour all those that +suffer for thee, our only Mediator and Advocate. _Amen_. + +_Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be +said continually unto New-year's Eve_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts vii. 55. + +Stephen, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into +heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right +hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the +Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. Then they cried +out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him +with one accord, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him: +and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, +whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, +and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, +and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their +charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. 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 shall +ye 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. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest +the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee; how +often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen +gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, +your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye +shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he +that cometh in the Name of the Lord. + +SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY + +_December_ 27. + +THE COLLECT. + +Merciful Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light +upon thy Church, that it being enlightened by the doctrine of +thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John may so walk in the +light of thy truth, that it may at length attain to the light of +everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 St John i. 1. + +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 shew unto you that +eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested 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 +with 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 darkness at all. If we say that +we have fellowship with him, and walk in 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 faithful 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, turning about, seeth +the disciple whom Jesus loved following; 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. + +THE INNOCENTS' DAY + +_December_ 28. + +THE COLLECT. + +O 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 constancy +of our faith, even unto death, we may glorify thy holy Name; +through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Rev. xiv. 1. + +I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an +hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's Name written +in their foreheads. 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 redeemed 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. `1 + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. 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 had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that +which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there +a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel +weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because +they are not. + +THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take +our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure +Virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children +by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; +through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth +with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without +end. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 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, were 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 GOSPEL. St Matth. i. 18. + +The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his 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 willing to make her a public example, +was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these +things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto 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 thou shalt call +his name JESUS; for he shall save his people 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. + +THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST + +_January_ 1. + +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 the +Spirit; that, our hearts, and all our members, being mortified +from all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy +blessed will; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. +_Amen_. + +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 +Abraham 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 righteousness of the faith which he had yet being +uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all them that +believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might +be imputed unto them also: And the father of circumcision to them +who are not of the circumcision only, but 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 righteousness 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 concerning this child. 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 all the things that they +had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. And when eight days +were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was +called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was +conceived in the womb. + +_The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day +after unto the Epiphany_. + +| THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS +| +| _This Collect, Epistle, and Gospel may also be used on any day_ +| _after the Circumcision unto the Epiphany_. +| +| THE COLLECT. +| +| O God, who hast given us grace at this time to celebrate the +| birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ: We laud and magnify thy +| glorious Name for the countless blessings which he hath brought +| unto us; and we beseech thee to grant that we may ever set forth +| thy praise in joyful obedience to thy will; through the same +| Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| THE EPISTLE. Titus iii. 4. +| +| After that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man +| appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, +| but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of +| regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on +| us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being +| justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to +| the hope of eternal life. +| +| _Or_ 1 St John iv. 9. +| +| In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that +| God sent his only begotten 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 propitiation for +| our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love +| one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one +| another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. +| Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he +| hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify +| that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour 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 and believed +| the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth +| in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. +| +| THE GOSPEL. St Matth. 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. Then charged +| he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus +| the Christ. + +THE EPIPHANY, + +OR THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE GENTILES + +_January_ 6. + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten +Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant, that we, which know thee +now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy +glorious Godhead; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iii 1. + +For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you +Gentiles; if ye have heard of the dispensation 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, whereby, when +ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) +which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it +is now revealed 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 in Christ, by the Gospel: whereof I +was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God +given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who +am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I +should preach among the Gentiles 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 by Jesus Christ: to the intent, that now unto +the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by +the Church the manifold 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 Matth. 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 Bethlehem 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, inquired of +them diligently what time the star appeared. 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 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. + +| _The Collect, Epistle, and Gospel for the Epiphany may be used_ +| _for seven days after, unless another Collect, Epistle, and_ +| _Gospel are provided_. + +THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy +people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive +and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace +and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. 1. + +I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye +present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto +God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to +this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, +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 think, but to think soberly, according as God hath +dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many +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 +behind 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 Father's business? And +they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. And he +went down with 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 EPIPHANY + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven +and earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and +grant us thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ +our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. 6. + +Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to +us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion +of faith; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that +teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he +that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with +diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be +without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that +which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly +love, in honour preferring one another: not slothful in business; +fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in +tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the +necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Bless them which +persecute you; bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do +rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one +towards another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of +low estate. + +THE GOSPEL. St John ii. 1. + +And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the +mother of Jesus was there. And both Jesus was called, and his +disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother +of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, +Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. +His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, +do it. And there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the +manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three +firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with +water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto +them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And +they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water +that was made wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the servants +which drew the water knew,) the governor of the feast called the +bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth +set forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that +which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This +beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested +forth his glory, and his disciples believed on him. + +THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, +and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth thy right hand +to help and defend us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. 16. + +Be not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no man evil for +evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be +possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. +Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto +wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith +the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he +thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals +of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil +with good. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. viii. 1. + +When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed +him. And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, +Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth +his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And +immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus saith unto him, +See thou tell no man, but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, +and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto +them. And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto +him a centurion beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant +lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus +saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered +and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under +my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. +For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I +say unto this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he +cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus +heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I +say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel. +And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, +and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the +kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast +out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of +teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way, and as thou +hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed +in the self-same hour. + +THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great +dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot +always stand upright: Grant to us such strength and protection, +as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all +temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Rom. xiii. 1. + +Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no +power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever +therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God: and +they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers +are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then +not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt +have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for +good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth +not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger +to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs +be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For +for this cause pay ye tribute also; for they are God's ministers, +attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to +all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom +custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour. + +FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. viii. 23. + +And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. +And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that +the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his +disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us, we +perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little +faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there +was a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man +is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! And when he was +come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there +met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, +exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. And +behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, +Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before +the time? And there was a good way off from them an herd of many +swine, feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast +us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said +unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the +herd of swine: and behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently +down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. And +they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and +told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the +devils. And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and +when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of +their coasts. + +THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy Church and household continually +in thy true religion; that they who do lean only upon the hope of +thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power; +through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Coloss. iii. 12. + +Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of +mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; +forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man +have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also +do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the +bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, +to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. +Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching +and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual +songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever +ye do, in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, +giving thanks to God and the Father by him. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xiii. 24. + +The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in +his field. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among +the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and +brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants +of the householder came, and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow +good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said +unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, +Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; +lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with +them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of +harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the +tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat +into my barn. + +THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, whose blessed Son was manifested that he might destroy the +works of the devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of +eternal life: Grant us, we beseech thee, that, having this hope, +we may purify ourselves, even as he is pure; that, when he shall +appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like unto +him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where with thee, O Father, +and thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one God, +world without end. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 St John iii. 1. + +Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that +we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth +us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of +God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, +when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as +he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, +even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also +the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that +he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. +Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not +seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive +you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is +righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil +sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was +manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xxiv. 23. + +When if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or +there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and +false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch +that (if it were possible) they shall deceive the very elect. +Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore, if they shall say unto +you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: Behold, he is in +the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh +out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also +the coming of the Son of Man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, +there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the +tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon +shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, +and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall +appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven: and then shall all +the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man +coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And +he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they +shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end +of heaven to the other. + +THE SUNDAY CALLED SEPTUAGESIMA, + +OR THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy +people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may +be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy +Name; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth +with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. +_Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. ix. 24. + +Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one +receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain. And every man +that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things: now +they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. +I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one +that beateth the air: but I keep under my body, and bring it into +subjection, lest that by any means, when I have preached to +others, I myself should be a castaway. + +SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xx. 1. + +The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, +which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his +vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny +a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the +third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place, and +said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is +right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out +about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the +eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and +saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto +him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also +into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. +So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his +steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning +from the last unto the first. And when they came that were hired +about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But when +the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; +and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had +received it, they murmured against the good-man of the house, +saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made +them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the +day. But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no +wrong; didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine +is, and go thy way; I will give unto this last even as unto thee. +Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine +eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the +first last: for many be called, but few chosen. + +THE SUNDAY CALLED SEXAGESIMA, + +OR THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that +we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended +against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. xi. 19. + +Ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. For ye +suffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a +man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the +face. I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak: +howbeit, whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold +also. Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are +they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ? +(I speak as a fool,) I am more: in labours more abundant; in +stripes above measure; in prisons more frequent; in deaths oft. +Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one; thrice +was I beaten with rods; once was I stoned; thrice I suffered ship +wreck; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeyings +often; in perils of waters; in perils of robbers; in perils by +mine own countrymen; in perils by the heathen; in perils in the +city; in perils in the wilderness; in perils in the sea; in perils +among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness; in watchings +often; in hunger and thirst; in fastings often; in cold and +nakedness; besides those things that are without, that which +cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, +and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? If I must +needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine +infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which +is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. + +THE GOSPEL. St Luke viii. 4. + +When much people were gathered together, and were come to him out +of every city, he spake by a parable: A sower went out to sow his +seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and it was +trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell +upon a rock, and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, +because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the +thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good +ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred-fold. And when +he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, +let him hear. And his disciples asked him, saying, What might +this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the +mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that +seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. +Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by +the way-side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh +away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe, and +be saved. They on the rock are they which, when they hear, receive +the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while +believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which +fell among thorns are they which, when they have heard, go forth, +and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, +and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are +they which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, +keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. + +THE SUNDAY CALLED QUINQUAGESIMA, + +OR THE NEXT SUNDAY BEFORE LENT + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are +nothing worth: Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that +most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all +virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before +thee: Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. + +Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have +not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. +And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all +mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so +that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. +And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I +give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me +nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth +not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not +behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily +provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but +rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, +hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: +but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there +be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it +shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. +But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part +shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I +understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became +a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass +darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall +I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, +charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity. + +THE GOSPEL. St Luke xviii. 31. + +Then Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, +we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the +prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished. For he +shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and +spitefully entreated, and spitted on: and they shall scourge him, +and put him to death; and the third day he shall rise again. And +they understood none of these things: and his saying was hid from +them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. And it came +to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind +man sat by the way-side begging: and hearing the multitude pass +by, he asked what it meant. And they told him, that Jesus of +Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of +David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him, +that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, +Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and commanded +him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked +him, saying, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And he +said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, +Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he +received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the +people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. + +THE FIRST DAY OF LENT, + +COMMONLY CALLED ASH WEDNESDAY + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast +made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent: +Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily +lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain +of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; +through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect +appointed for the day_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Joel ii. 12. + +Turn ye even to me, saith the Lord, with all your heart, and with +fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, +and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is +gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and +repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return, and +repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat-offering and +a drink-offering unto the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, +sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the people, +sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the +children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go +forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet; let the +priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and +the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give +not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over +them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their +God? + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. vi. 16. + +When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for +they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. +Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou +fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, that thou appear +not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret; and +thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 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: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. + +| _The Collect, Epistle, and Gospel for Ash-Wednesday may be used_ +| _on every day thereafter in the same week_. + +THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights: +Give us grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being +subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in +righteousness and true holiness, to thy honour and glory, who +livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, +world without end, _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. vi. 1. + +We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also, that ye +receive not the grace of God in vain; (for he saith, I have heard +thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I +succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is +the day of salvation;) giving no offence in any thing, that the +ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as +the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in +necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in +tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by +knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by +love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God; by +the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left; +by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as +deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as +dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as +sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; +as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. iv. 1. + +Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be +tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty +nights, he was afterward an-hungred. And when the tempter came to +him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones +be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall +not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out +of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy +city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto +him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is +written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in +their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash +thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written +again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil +taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him +all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith +unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall +down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, +Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, +and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and +behold, angels came and ministered unto him. + +| THE LENT EMBER DAYS +| +| _The second Ember Collect in the Book of Common Prayer may be_ +| _used with the Collect of the day_. +| +| THE GOSPEL. St Matth. 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 harvest, that he will send forth labourers into +| his harvest. + +THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help +ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in +our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may +happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault +and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +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 commandments +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 and honour; not in the lust of concupiscence, even +as the Gentiles which know not God; that no man go beyond 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 Matth. xv. 21. + +Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and +Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, +and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son +of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he +answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought +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. Then 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, O woman, +great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her +daughter was made whole from that very hour. + +THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT + +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. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Ephes. v. 1. + +Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in +love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for +us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling +savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, +let it not be once named amongst you, as becometh saints; neither +filthiness, nor foolish-talking, nor jesting, which are not +convenient; but rather giving of thanks: for this ye know, that +no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an +idolater, hath any inheritance 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 upon the children of disobedience. +Be not ye therefore partakers with them: for ye were sometimes +darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of +light; (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and +righteousness, 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 them in secret. But all things that are +reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make +manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, +and arise from the dead, and 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 +Beelzebub, 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 kingdom divided against itself is brought +to desolation; 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 shall 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 palace, his goods +are in peace; but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, +and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he +trusted, and divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is +against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. When +the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry +places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return +unto 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 company lift 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. + +THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT + +THE COLLECT. + +Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil +deeds do worthily deserve to be 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, that 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 allegory: for these are the +two covenants; the one from the 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 bondage with +her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free; which is the +mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice, 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 +husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children 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? Cast 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 Galilee, 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 lift 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 hundred penny-worth 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 much 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 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 remain, that nothing be lost. +Therefore they gathered them together, and filled 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 Prophet that should come into the world. + +THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT + +THE COLLECT. + +We beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people; +that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved +evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. +_Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Hebr. ix. 11. + +Christ being come an High Priest of good things to come, by a +greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands; that is +to say, not of this building; 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 blood +of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the +unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh; how much more +shall the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered +himself without 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, that by means of death, for the redemption of +the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which +are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. + +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. And I seek +not mine own glory; there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, +verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never +see death. Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast +a devil: Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, 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 +unto 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 +you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast +at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. + +THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards +mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour 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 patience, and also be +made partakers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ +our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Philip, 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 servant, 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 Matth. xxvii. 1. + +When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of +the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. And +when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to +Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas who had betrayed him, when +he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again +the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, +saying, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. +And they said, What 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 himself. 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 blood, 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 Lord appointed me.) And Jesus +stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, Art +thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. +And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he +answered nothing. Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not +how many things they witness against thee? And he answered him to +never a word, insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. Now at +that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a +prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prisoner, +called Barabbas. Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate +said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or +Jesus which is called Christ? For he knew that for envy they had +delivered him. When he was set down on the judgement-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 persuaded the multitude that they +should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and +said unto 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 crucified. +When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, 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, and on our children. Then released he Barabbas 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 off 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 called Golgotha, that +is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink +mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not +drink. And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting +lots: that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet, +They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they +cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there; 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 buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou +be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the +chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He +saved others, himself he cannot save: if he be the King of 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 crucified +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 about the +ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, _Eli, Eli, lama +sabachthani?_ 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 calleth for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, +and took a spunge, 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 with 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 saints which slept arose, and came out +of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, +and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion and they that were +with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake and those things +that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the +Son of God. + +MONDAY BEFORE EASTER + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Isaiah lxiii. 1. + +Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? +this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness +of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. +Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like +him that treadeth in the wine-fat? I have trodden 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 all my +raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year +of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; +and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own +arm brought salvation unto me, and my fury it upheld me. And 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-kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the +Lord, according 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-kindnesses. For he said, Surely they are my people, +children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all 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 into the valley, the Spirit of +the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to +make thyself a glorious 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 bowels, 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, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer, thy name is +from everlasting. O 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 trodden 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. + +After 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 +feast-day, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in +Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there +came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard, very +precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And +there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, +Why was this waste of the ointment made? for it might have been sold +for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor: +and they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why +trouble ye her? she hath 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 what 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 whole +world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a +memorial of her. And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto +the chief priests to betray him unto them. And when they heard it +they were 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 +passover? And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto +them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing +a pitcher of water; follow him: and wheresoever he shall go in, say +ye to the good-man of the house, The Master saith, Where is the +guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? +And he will shew you a large upper-room furnished and prepared: +there make ready for us. And his disciples went forth, and came +into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made +ready the passover. And in the evening he cometh 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 answered 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 woe 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, and +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 said 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 them, 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 go before you +into Galilee. 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 night, before the cock crow +twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more vehemently, +If I should die with thee, I will not 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 and James and +John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy, and saith +unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death; tarry ye +here, 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 him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto +thee; take away this cup from me; nevertheless, not what I will, +but what thou wilt. And he cometh and findeth them sleeping, and +saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch +one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation: the +spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. And again he went +away, and prayed, and spake the same words. And when he returned +he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither +wist they what to answer him. And he cometh the third time, and +saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, +the hour is come; behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands +of sinners. Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at +hand. And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of +the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, +from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. And he that +betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall +kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him 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 him, +and took him. And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and +smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. And Jesus +answered, and said unto them, Are ye come out as against a thief, +with swords and with staves, to take me? I was daily with you in +the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the Scriptures must +be fulfilled. And they all forsook him, and fled. And there followed +him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked +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 scribes. And Peter followed him afar off, +even into the palace of the high priest; and he sat with the +servants, and warmed himself at the fire. And the chief priests and +all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to +death; and found none. For many bare false witness against him, +but their witness agreed not together. And there arose certain, +and bare false witness against him, saying, We heard him say, I +will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three +days I will build another made without hands. But neither so did +their witness agree together. And the high priest stood up in the +midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it +which these witness against thee? But he held his peace, and +answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto +him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, +I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of +power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest +rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? +ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned +him to be guilty of death. And some began to spit on him, and to +cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: +and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. And +as Peter was beneath in the palace there cometh one of the maids +of the high priest; and when she saw Peter warming himself she +looked upon him, and said. And thou also wast with Jesus of +Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I +what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock +crew. And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that +stood by, This is one of them. And he denied it again. And a little +after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one +of them; for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth there +to. 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. + +TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Isaiah l. 5. + +Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither +turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to +them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and +spitting. For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be +confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know +that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who +will contend with me? Let us stand together; who is mine adversary? +let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is +he that shall condemn me? Lo, they all shall wax old as a garment: +the moth shall eat them up. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, +that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and +hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon +his God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves +about with sparks; walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks +that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand, ye shall +lie down in sorrow. + +THE GOSPEL. 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 him to Pilate. And Pilate +asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said +unto him, Thou sayest it. And the chief priests accused him of +many things: but he answered nothing. And Pilate asked him again, +saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness +against thee. But Jesus yet answered nothing: so that Pilate +marvelled. Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, +whomsoever they desired. And there was one named Barabbas, which +lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had +committed murder in the insurrection. And the multitude, crying +aloud, began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. But +Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the +King of the Jews? For he knew that the chief priests had delivered +him for envy. But the chief priests moved the people, that he should +rather release Barabbas unto them. And Pilate answered, and said +again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye +call the King of the Jews? And they cried out again, 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 Barabbas unto them, and delivered +Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the soldiers +led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together +the whole band. And they clothed him with purple, and platted a +crown of thorns, and put it about his head: and began to salute +him, Hail, King of the Jews. And they smote him on the head with a +reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. +And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, +and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. And +they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the +country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. And +they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, +The place of a 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 crucified 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 scripture was fulfilled, +which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. And they +that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, +thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, +save 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 ninth +hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, +_Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?_ which is, being interpreted, My +God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And some of them that stood +by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. And one ran +and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave +him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come +to take him down. And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the +ghost. And the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to +the bottom. And when the centurion, which stood over against him, +saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this +man was the Son of God. + +WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER + +THE EPISTLE. Hebr. ix. 16. + +Where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of +the testator: for a testament is of force after men are dead; other +wise it is of no strength at all whilst the testator liveth. +Whereupon, neither 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 water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book +and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the testament, +which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover, he sprinkled with +blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the 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 of things in the heavens should be purified with +these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices +than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made +with hands, which are the figures of the true, 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 entereth into +the holy place every year with blood of others: for then must he +often have suffered since the foundation of the world; but now once +in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the +sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, +but after this the judgement: so Christ was once offered to bear +the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear +the second time without sin unto salvation. + +THE GOSPEL. 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 feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas +surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went +his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he +might betray him unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to +give him money. And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray +him unto them in the absence of the multitude. Then came the day of +unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent +Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may +eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And +he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there +shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into +the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the good-man of +the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guest-chamber, +where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he shall shew +you a large upper-room furnished; there make ready. And they went, +and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the +passover. And when the hour was come he sat down, and the twelve +Apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have +desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: for I say +unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled +in the Kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and +said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For I say unto +you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom +of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake +it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body, which is given for +you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after +supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is +shed for you. But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with +me on the table. And truly the Son of Man goeth as it was determined; +but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed. And they began to +inquire 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 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 brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, +I am ready to go with thee both into prison and to death. And 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 likewise his scrip: +and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For +I say unto 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 they 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 mount of Olives, and his disciples also +followed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto them, +Pray, that ye enter not into temptation. And he was withdrawn +from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down and prayed, +saying, 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 disciples, he found them sleeping +for sorrow, and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, 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, betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss? When +they who 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 of 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 who were come to him, 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 down together, Peter sat down among +them. But a certain maid beheld him, as he sat by the fire, and +earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. +And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. And after a +little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. +And Peter said, Man, I am not. And about the space of one hour +after, another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this +fellow also was with him; for he is a Galilean. And Peter said, +Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet +spake, the cock crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter; +and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto +him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter +went out, and wept bitterly. And the men that held Jesus mocked +him, and smote him. And when they had blindfolded him, they +struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is +it that smote thee? And many other things blasphemously spake +they against him. And as soon as it was day, the elders of the +people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and +led him into their council, saying, Art thou the Christ? tell us. +And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: and if +I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter +shall the Son of Man sit on the right hand of the power of God. +Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto +them, Ye say that I am. And they said, What need we any further +witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. + +THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER + +THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xi. 17. + +In this that I declare unto you, I praise you not; that ye come +together not for the better, but for the worse. For first of all, +when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions +among you, and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies +among you, that they who are approved may be made manifest among +you. When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not +to eat the Lord's supper: for in eating every one taketh before +other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken. +What, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the +church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to +you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. For I have +received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That +the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread; +and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; +this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of +me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, +saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as +oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat +this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he +come. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup +of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of +the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that +bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh +unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning +the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, +and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be +judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that +we should not be condemned with the world. Wherefore, my brethren, +when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man +hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto +condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. + +THE GOSPEL. St Luke xxiii. 1. + +The whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they +began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the +nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying, That he +himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou +the King of the Jews? And he answered him, and said, Thou sayest +it. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I +find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce, saying, +He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning +from Galilee to this place. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked +whether the man were a Galilaean. And as soon as he knew that he +belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who +himself was also at Jerusalem at that time. And when Herod saw +Jesus he was exceeding glad; for he was desirous to see him of a +long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped +to have seen some miracle done by him. Then he questioned with him +in many words; but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests +and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. And Herod with his +men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a +gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. And the same day +Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before they were +at enmity between themselves. And Pilate, when he had called +together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, said unto +them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth +the people: and behold, I, having examined him before you, have +found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse +him: No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and lo, nothing +worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him, +and release him. For of necessity he must release one unto them +at the feast. And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with +this man, and release unto us Barabbas: (who for a certain sedition +made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) Pilate +therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. But +they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. And he said unto +them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found +no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let +him go. And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he +might be crucified: and the voices of them and of the chief priests +prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they +required. And he released unto them him that for sedition and +murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered +Jesus to their will. And as they led him away, they laid hold upon +one Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they +laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. And there +followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also +bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus, turning unto them, said, +Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, +and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the +which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that +never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they +begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover +us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be +done in the dry? And there were also two other, malefactors, led +with him to be put to death. And when they were come to the place +which is called Calvary, there they crucified him; and the +malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. +Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they +do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. And the people +stood beholding; and the rulers also with them derided him, saying, +He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen +of God. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and +offering him vinegar, and saying, If thou be the King of the +Jews, save thyself. And a superscription also was written over +him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING +OF THE JEWS. And one of the malefactors, which were hanged, railed +on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the +other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, +seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; +for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this man hath done +nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou +comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto +thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. And it was about +the sixth hour: and there was a darkness over all the earth until +the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the vail of the +temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud +voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and +having said thus, he gave up the ghost. Now when the centurion +saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was +a righteous man. And all the people that came together to that +sight, beholding the things that were done, smote their breasts +and returned. And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed +him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. + +GOOD FRIDAY + +THE COLLECTS. + +Almighty God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, +for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and +given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon +the cross, who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy +Ghost, ever one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of +the Church is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications +and prayers, which we offer before thee for all estates of men in +thy holy Church, that every member of the same, in his vocation +and ministry, may truly and godly serve thee; through our Lord +and Saviour Jesus Christ. _Amen_. + +O merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou +hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he +should be converted and live: Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, +Infidels, and Heretics, and take from them all ignorance, hardness +of heart, and contempt of thy word; and so fetch them home, blessed +Lord, to thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of +the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one shepherd, +Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the +Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Hebr. x. 1. + +The law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very +image of the things, can never with those sacrifices, which they +offered year by year continually, make the comers there unto +perfect: for then would they not have ceased to be offered? because +that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience +of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made +of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls +and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore, when he cometh into +the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but +a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for +sin thou hast had no pleasure: then said I, Lo, I come (in the +volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. +Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings +and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure +therein, (which are offered by the law;) then said he, Lo, I come +to do thy will, O God: he taketh away the first, that he may +establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified, through +the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every +priest standeth daily ministering, and offering oftentimes the +same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this man, +after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on +the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies +be made his foot-stool. For by one offering he hath perfected for +ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a +witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the +covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the +Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds +will I write them; and their sins and iniquities will I remember +no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering +for sin. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the +holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he +hath consecrated for us, through the vail, that is to say, his +flesh; and having an High Priest over the house of God; let us draw +near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our +hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed +with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith +without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) and let us +consider one another to provoke unto love, and to good works; not +forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of +some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see +the day approaching. + +THE GOSPEL. St John xix. 1. + +Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers +platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put +on him a purple robe, and said, Hail, King of the Jews: and they +smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and +saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may +know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing +the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto +them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers +saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate +saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault +in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he +ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate +therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; and went +again into the judgement-hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art +thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, +Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to +crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou +couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given +thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath +the greater sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: +but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art +not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh +against Caesar. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought +Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgement-seat, in a place that is +called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the +preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith +unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with him, +away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify +your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. +Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified: and they +took Jesus, and led him away. And he, bearing his cross, went forth +into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the +Hebrew, Golgotha: where they crucified him, and two other with him, +on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate wrote a +title, and put it on the cross; and the writing was, JESUS OF +NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus +was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, +and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to +Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am the +King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written, I have +written. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took +his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and +also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top +throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend +it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the Scripture +might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, +and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the +soldiers did. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, +and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary +Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple +standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, +behold thy son. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother. +And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. +After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, +that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there +was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with +vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When +Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: +and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. The Jews therefore, +because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain +upon the cross on the sabbath-day, (for that sabbath-day was an +high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and +that they might be taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake +the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with +him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, +they brake not his legs. But one of the soldiers with a spear +pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. +And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he +knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things +were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him +shall not be broken. And again another Scripture saith, They shall +look on him whom they pierced. + +EASTER EVEN + +THE COLLECT. + +Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy +blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying +our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that, +through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful +resurrection; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose +again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 St Peter iii. 17. + +It is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for +well-doing, than for evil-doing. For Christ also hath once +suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us +to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the +Spirit: by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in +prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering +of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing; +wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water. The like +figure whereunto, even baptism, doth also now save us, (not the +putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good +conscience towards God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: who +is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God, angels and +authorities and powers being made subject unto him. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xxvii. 57. + +When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named +Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. He went to Pilate, +and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be +delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a +clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had +hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of +the sepulchre, and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene, and +the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. Now the next +day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests +and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember +that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days +I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made +sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and +steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: +so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto +them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as you can. So +they went and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and +setting a watch. + +EASTER DAY + +_At Morning Prayer, instead of the Psalm_: O come, let us, &c. +_these Anthems shall be sung or said_. + +Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep +the feast; Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice +and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and +truth. 1 _Cor_. v. 7. + +Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more: death hath no more +dominion over him. + +For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, +he liveth unto God. + +Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin: but +alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Rom_. vi. 9. + +Christ is risen from the dead: and become the first-fruits of them +that slept. + +For since by man came death: by man came also the resurrection of +the dead. + +For as in Adam all die: even so in Christ shall all be made alive. +1 _Cor_. xv. 20. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +_Answer_. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: +world without end. _Amen_. + +| _The Easter Anthems may be used for seven days after Easter_. + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ +hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting +life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace +preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by +thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through +Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the +Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Coloss. iii. 1. + +If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, +where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection +on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and +your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, +shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify +therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, +uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and +covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things' sake the wrath +of God cometh on the children of disobedience: in the which ye also +walked some time, when ye lived in them. + +THE GOSPEL. St John xx. 1. + +The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it +was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away +from the sepulchre. Then she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter, +and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, +They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know +not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that +other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both +together; and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came +first to the sepulchre; and he, stooping down and looking in, +saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh +Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth +the linen clothes lie; and the napkin that was about his head, not +lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by +itself. Then went in also that other disciple which came first to +the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not +the Scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. Then the +disciples went away again unto their own home. + +| _If there be two or more celebrations of the Holy Communion_ +| _in any church on Easter-day, the following Epistle and Gospel_ +| _may be used at one of them_. +| +| THE EPISTLE. Hebr. xiii. 20. +| +| Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord +| Jesus, 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 GOSPEL. St Mark xvi. 1. +| +| When the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother +| of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come +| and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the +| week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And +| they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from +| the door of the sepulchre? And when they looked, they saw that the +| stone was rolled away: for it was very great. And entering into +| the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, +| clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. And +| he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, +| which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place +| where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter +| that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as +| he said unto you. And they went out quickly, and fled from the +| sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they +| any thing to any man; for they were afraid. +| +| _An Additional Collect for Eastertide_. +| +| O God, who for our redemption didst give thine only begotten +| Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross, and by his +| glorious resurrection hast delivered us from the power of the +| enemy; Grant us so to die daily unto sin, that we may evermore +| live with him who died and rose again for us; through the same +| Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +MONDAY IN EASTER WEEK + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who through thy only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast +overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: +We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace preventing us +thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual +help we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ +our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, +ever one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts x. 34. + +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 Judaea, 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 shewed +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 commanded us to preach unto the people, and +to testify that it is he who was ordained of God to be the Judge +of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witness, that +through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission +of sins. + +THE GOSPEL. St Luke xxiv. 13. + +Behold, two of his disciples went that same clay to a village +called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. +And they talked together of all these things which had happened. +And it came to pass, that while they communed together, and +reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their +eyes were holden, that they should not know him. And he said unto +them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to +another, as ye walk, and are sad? And the one of them, whose name +was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in +Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass +there in these days? And he said unto them, What things? And they +said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet +mighty in deed and word, before God and all the people: and how +the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to +death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he +which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to-day is +the third day since these things were done. Yea, and certain women +also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the +sepulchre; and when they found not his body, they came, saying that +they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was +alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, +and found it even so as the women had said; but him they saw not. +Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all +that the prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered +these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses, +and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures +the things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village +whither they went; and he made as though he would have gone +further: but they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it +is towards evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to +tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, +he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And +their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of +their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn +within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened +to us the Scriptures? And they rose up the same hour, and returned +to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, arid them +that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath +appeared to Simon. And they told what things were done in the way, +and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. + +TUESDAY IN EASTER WEEK + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who through thy only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast +overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: +We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace preventing +us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual +help we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ +our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, +ever one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xiii. 26. + +Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever +among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. +For they that dwell 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 fulfilled 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 w r as written of him, they took him down from the tree, and +laid him in a sepulchre. But God raised him from the dead: and he +was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to +Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto 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 there +fore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you +the forgiveness of sins: and by him all that believe are justified +from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of +Moses. Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken +of in the prophets; 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. And 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 shewed them his hands and his feet. And while +they yet believed 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 concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they +might understand 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. + +THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, +and to rise again for our justification: Grant us so to put away +the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may alway 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 over cometh 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 hath not life. + +THE GOSPEL. St John xx. 19. + +The same day at evening, being the first day I of the week, when +the doors were shut, where the disciples 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 shewed 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, Receive +ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted +unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. + +THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a +sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life: Give us +grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable +benefit, and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed +steps of his most holy life; through the same Jesus Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 St Peter 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 not; but committed himself to him that +judgeth righteously: 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 your 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 wolf 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 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. + +THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who shewest to them that be in error the light of +thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of +righteousness: Grant unto all them that are admitted into the +fellowship of Christ's religion, that they may eschew those things +that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things +as are agreeable to the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. +_Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 St Peter 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 you as evildoers, they may, 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 unto them that +are sent by him, for the punishment of evildoers, and for the +praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with +well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as +free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness; but +as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear +God. Honour the king. + +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 unto us, A little 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 inquire among your selves 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 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. And ye now therefore +have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall +rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. + +THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER + +THE COLLECT. + +O almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly 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 may surely there be fixed, where true joys +are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +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 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 +engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. + +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. +Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that +I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto +you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, +he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of +judgement: of sin, because they believe not on me; of righteousness, +because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgement, +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 shew you things to come. He shall +glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto +you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, +that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. + +THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, from whom all good things do come: Grant to us thy humble +servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things +that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; +through our Lord Jesus Christ. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. St James i. 22. + +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 unto 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 whoso 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, and bridleth not +his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion 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 unspotted from the world. + +THE GOSPEL. St John xvi. 23. + +Verily, verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye V 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 full. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: the +time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but +I shall shew 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 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. + +THE ASCENSION DAY + +THE COLLECT. + +Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe +thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into +the heavens; 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, O 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 +unto the Apostles whom he had chosen: to whom also he shewed +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, +commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but +wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard +of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be +baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When they +therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, +wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And +he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the +seasons, which the Father 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 in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when +he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up, +and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they +looked stedfastly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men +stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of +Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, +which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, in like +manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. + +THE GOSPEL. St Mark xvi. 14. + +Jesus appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided +them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they +believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he +said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel +to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be +saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs +shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out +devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up +serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt +them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. +So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up +into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went +forth and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and +confirming the word with signs following. + +| _The Collect, Epistle, and Gospel for the Ascension-day may be_ +| _used for seven days after, unless another Collect, Epistle, and_ +| _Gospel are provided_. + +THE SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAY + +THE COLLECT. + +O God the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus +Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech +thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to +comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour +Christ is gone before, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the +Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 St Peter iv. 7. + +The end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore I sober, and +watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent charity among +yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use +hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath +received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as +good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let +him speak as the oracles of God: if any man minister, let him do it +as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be +glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for +ever and ever. Amen. + +THE GOSPEL. St John xv. 26, and part of Chapter xvi. + +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. These things have I spoken +unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out +of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth +you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will +they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. +But these things have I told you, that, when the time shall come, +ye may remember that I told you of them. + +WHITSUNDAY + +THE COLLECT. + +God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful +people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant +us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and +evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of +Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the +unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts ii. 1. + +When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one +accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, +as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they +were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as +of fire, and it sat upon each of them: and they were all filled +with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the +Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem +Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this +was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, +because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And +they were all amazed, and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, +are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man +in our own tongue wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and +Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in 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 proselytes, 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 little +while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I +live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in +my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, +and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me +shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest +myself to him. Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot,) Lord, how is +it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? +Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep +my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, +and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my +sayings: and the word which 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 Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and +bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto +you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the +world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, +neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go +away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, +because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater +than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when +it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk +much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath +nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; +and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. + +MONDAY IN WHITSUN WEEK + +THE COLLECT. + +God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful +people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant +us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, +and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits +of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, +in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. +_Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts x. 34. + +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 Judaea, 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 shewed 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 commanded us to preach unto the people, and +to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge +of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witness, that +through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission +of sins. While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on +all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision 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 these 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. + +THE GOSPEL. St John iii. 16. + +God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that +whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting +life. For God sent 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 already; +because he hath not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son +of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into 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. + +TUESDAY IN WHITSUN WEEK + +THE COLLECT. + +God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful +people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; +Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all +things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the +merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with +thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without +end. _Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts viii. 14. + +When the Apostles, which were at Jerusalem, heard that Samaria +had received the word of God, they sent unto them 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 GOSPEL. 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 will 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. 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 pasture. The thief cometh not but for to steal, +and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, +and that they might have it more abundantly. + +| THE WHITSUNTIDE EMBER DAYS +| +| _The second Ember Collect in the Book of Common Prayer may be_ +| _used with the Collect of the day_. + +TRINITY SUNDAY + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants +grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory +of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to +worship the Unity: We beseech thee, that thou wouldest keep us +stedfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adversities, +who livest and reignest, one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Rev. iv. 1. + +After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven: +and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet +talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew +thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in +the Spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat +on the throne: and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and +a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about 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 of gold: and out of the throne proceeded lightnings and +thunderings and voices. And there were seven lamps 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 throne, were four 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 Almighty, 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 for ever and ever, and cast their crowns +before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive +glory 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. + +There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of +the Jews: the same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, +Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man +can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. +Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, +Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. +Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? +can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? +Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be +born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom +of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which +is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, +Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and +thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it +cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of +the Spirit. Nicodemus answered 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 believe, if I tell you of heavenly +things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came +down from heaven, even the Son of man, who 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. + +THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, +mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness +of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant +us the help of thy grace, that in keeping of thy commandments we +may please thee both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 St John iv. 7. + +Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God, and every +one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth +not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the +love of God towards us, because that God sent his only-begotten +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 propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we +ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. +If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is +perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in +us; because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen, and +do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour 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 and believed the +love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love +dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, +that we may have boldness in the day of judgement; 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 torment: 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 GOSPEL. St 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 a certain +beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of sores, +and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich +man's table: moreover the dogs 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 lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham +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 in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented +in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy +life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil +things; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And +besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: +so that they who 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 thou wouldest send him to my +father's house: for I have five brethren; that he may testify +unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham +saith 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 repent. And he said unto him, If they +hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, +though one rose from the dead. + +THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost +bring up in thy stedfast fear and love: Keep us, we beseech thee, +under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have +a perpetual 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 murderer hath eternal +life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because +he laid clown his 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 condemn us, God is greater +than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart +condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. And whatsoever +we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, +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 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 unto 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 shewed 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 high-ways 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. + +THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that +we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may by +thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and +adversities; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 St Peter v. 5. + +All of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: +for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble +yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may +exalt you in due time; casting all your care upon him, for he +careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the +devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may +devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same +afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the +world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his +eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, +make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory +and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. + +THE GOSPEL. St Luke xv. 1. + +Then drew near unto him all the publicans and I sinners for to +hear him. And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying, This +man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And he spake this +parable unto them, saying, What man of you having an hundred +sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine +in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find +it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, +rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his +friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for +I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise +joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than +over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. +Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one +piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek +diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she +calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice +with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, +I say unto you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God +over one sinner that repenteth. + +THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom +nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon +us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so +pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things +eternal: Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake +our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Rom. viii 18. + +I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to +be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the +earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation +of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, +not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in +hope: because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the +bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of +God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth +in pain together until now. And not only they, but our selves +also, which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves +groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the +redemption of our body. + +THE GOSPEL. St Luke vi. 36. + +Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge +not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be +condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: give, and it shall +be given unto you; good measure, pressed clown, and shaken together, +and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the +same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you +again. And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the +blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is +not above his master; but every one that is perfect shall be as +his master. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy +brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own +eye? Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me +pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself 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. + +THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may +be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may +joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ +our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 St Peter 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 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 evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers +of that which is good? But and if ye suffer for righteousness +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; nevertheless, at thy word +I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed +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, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. +For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught +of the 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. + +THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, who hast prepared for them that love thee such good things +as pass man's under standing: Pour into our hearts such love +toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain +thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus +Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Rom. vi. 3. + +Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized 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 have 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 unto +God. Likewise reckon ye also your selves to be dead indeed unto +sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. v. 20. + +Jesus said unto his disciples, Except your righteousness shall +exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall +in no case enter into the kingdom 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 judgement. But I say unto you, +that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be +in danger of the judgement: 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 adversary +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. + +THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +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 keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Rom. vi. 19. + +I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity 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 will 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 broken meat that was +left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about four +thousand. And he sent them away. + +THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both +in heaven and earth: We humbly beseech thee to put away from us +all hurtful things, and to give us those things which be profitable +for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Rom. viii. 12. + +Brethren, 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 beareth witness +with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, +then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: if so be +that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. 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 tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree +bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil +fruit; neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every +tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast +into the fire. Wherefore 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. + +THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do +always such things as be rightful; that 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 ignorant, how that all +our fathers were under 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 +some 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, 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; for 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 bill, 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 com mended the unjust steward, because he had done +wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation +wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, Make to +yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when +ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. + +THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +Let thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy +humble 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 Gentiles, 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 diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. +And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. +And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God, +who 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 self-same +Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. + +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 compass thee round, and keep +thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, +and thy children within thee; 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. + +THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, who declarest thy almighty power most chiefly in shewing +mercy and pity: Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy +grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain +thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly +treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 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 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 born 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, but 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 TRINITY + +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 our conscience is afraid, and giving us +those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the +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 stedfastly 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? For +if the ministration of condemnation 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 tongue; and looking up to heaven, he +sighed, and saith unto him, _Ephphatha_, 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 +tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great +deal they published it; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, +He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and +the dumb to speak. + +THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy +faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service: Grant, we +beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, +that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises; 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, +till the seed should come, to whom the promise was made; and it +was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator +is not a mediator of one; but God is one. Is the law then against +the promises of 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 concluded 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 tell +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 behold, 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, willing 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 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 neighbour unto him that fell +among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then +said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. + +THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +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. + +I 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 by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of +the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, 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 +before, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do +such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit +of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, +goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no +law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with +the affections 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, shew 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 fell 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. + +THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +Keep, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy; +and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep +us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all +things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + +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 a fair shew in the flesh, they +constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer +persecution 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 uncircumcision, +but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, +peace be on them, and mercy, 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 Matth. 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. Ye 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 feedeth 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 oven; shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of +little faith? Therefore take no thought, 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 +things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the +morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: +sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. + +THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend +thy Church; 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 EPISTLE. Ephes. iii. 13. + +I desire that ye faint not 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 filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that +is able to do exceeding abundantly 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 disciples 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 mother, and +she was a widow; and much people of the city was with her. And +when the Lord saw her, he had compassion 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, saying, 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. + +THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE 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. Ephes. iv. 1. + +I therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech you, that ye walk +worthy of the vocation wherewith 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 +all. + +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 Pharisees, +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, saying, Which of you shall have an ass, or an ox, +fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him 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. + +THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +Lord, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the +temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure +hearts and minds to 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 all 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 Matth. xxii. 34. + +When the Pharisees had heard that Jesus had put the Sadducees to +silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, who was +a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, +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 +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. 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, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, +Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy foot-stool? +If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? And no man was able +to answer him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask +him any more questions. + +THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; +Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct +and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Ephes. 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 uncleanness 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 +renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, +which after God is created in righteousness 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; 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 unto the +hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are +sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, 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 Matth. 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, +lying 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, and 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 unto thine house. And he arose, and departed to his house. +But when the multitude saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, +who had given such power unto men. + +THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O almighty and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep +us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, +being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those +things that thou wouldest have done; through Jesus Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Ephes. v. 15. + +See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, +redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not +unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not +drunk with 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 unto God and the Father, in the name of our +Lord Jesus Christ; submitting yourselves one to another in the +fear of God. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xxii. 1. + +Jesus said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, who +made a marriage for his son; and sent forth his servants to call +them that were bidden 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 when the king heard thereof, +he was wroth; and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those +murderers, and burnt up their city. Then saith he to his servants, +The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were not worthy. Go +ye therefore into the high-ways, 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 +wedding-garment. And he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest 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 +weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are +chosen. + +THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +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. Ephes. 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 whole armour of God, +that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done +all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with +truth; and having on the breast-plate of righteousness; and your +feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace; above all, +taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall 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 utterance 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. + +There 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 down 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 inquired 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 whole house. This is again the second miracle +that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. + +THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +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 devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to +the glory of thy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Philip, 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 who 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 all, 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 judgement: 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 Matth. 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, until seven times; but until seventy times +seven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain +king, which would 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 therefore fell down +and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I +will pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant was moved 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, 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, O 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 likewise shall +my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts +forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. + +THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness: +Be ready, we beseech thee, 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. Philip, iii. 17. + +Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk +so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have +told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the +enemies 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 conversation 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 his +glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even +to subdue all things unto himself. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. 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 perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, +ye hypocrites? shew me the tribute-money. And they brought unto +him a penny. And he saith unto 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. + +THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences; +that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from +the bands of those 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. Coloss. 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 all 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; who 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 wisdom +and spiritual understanding: that ye might walk worthy of the Lord +unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing +in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according +to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with +joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet +to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. 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 comfort, 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 unto 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 land. + +THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + +THE COLLECT. + +Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful +people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good +works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ +our Lord. _Amen_. + +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 judgement and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall +be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name +whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore +behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, +The Lord 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 countries whither I had driven them; and they shall +dwell in their own land. + +THE GOSPEL. St John vi. 5. + +When Jesus then lift 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 hundred penny-worth 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 much 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 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 +remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them +together, and filled 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 Prophet that should come into +the world. + +_If there be any more Sundays 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 Gospel shall always be used upon the Sunday +next before Advent_. + +| THE SEPTEMBER EMBER DAYS +| +| _The second Ember Collect in the Book of Common Prayer may be_ +| _used with the Collect of the day_. +| +| FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xx. 28. +| +| 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 disciples 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 all 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 shewed you all things, how that so labouring 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. +| +| THE GOSPEL. 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 will 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. +| 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 pasture. +| The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to +| destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they +| might have it more abundantly. 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 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 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. +| +| _Or_ 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, Simon, 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. +| Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou +| girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when +| thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and +| another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest +| not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify +| God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. +| Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved +| following; 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. + +SAINT ANDREW'S DAY + +_November_ 30. + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle +Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus +Christ, and followed 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. Rom. 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 whosoever 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, except 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 hearing, 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 Matth. 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. + +SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE _December_ 21. + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty and ever-living God, who for the more confirmation of +the faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in +thy Son's resurrection: Grant 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, O 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. Ephes. 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 built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, +Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; in whom all +the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple +in the Lord; in whom ye also are builded together 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 my side; and be not faithless, but believing. +And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord, and my God. +Jesus saith unto 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 disciples, which are not written in this book. But these +are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the +Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. + +THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL _January_ 25. + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, who, through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Saint +Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout +the world: Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful +conversion in remembrance, may shew 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 journeyed, 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 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 inquire 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 Gentiles, and +kings, and the children of Israel: for I will shew 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 earnest,) hath sent me, that thou mightest +receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And +immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and +he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. And when +he had 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 bring 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 Matth. 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 THE PURIFICATION OF + +SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN _February_ 2. + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech 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 and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. +_Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Mal. 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; +behold, he shall come, saith the Lord 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 +offerings 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 judgement, 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, they 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 man was just and devout, waiting for +the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost 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 parents brought in the +child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, then 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 many in Israel; and for +a sign which shall be spoken against; (yea, a sword shall pierce +through thy own 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 child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled +with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him. + +SAINT MATTHIAS'S DAY _February_ 24. + +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. _Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts i. 15. + +In those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, 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 guide to them that took Jesus: +for he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this +ministry. Now this man purchased a field with the reward of +iniquity; and falling headlong 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, +beginning 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 appointed two, Joseph called +Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed, +and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew +whether of these two thou hast chosen; that he may take part of +this ministry and apostleship, 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 numbered with +the eleven Apostles. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xi. 25. + +At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O 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 in thy sight. All things +are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, +but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, 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 you, 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. + +THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY _March_ 25. + +THE COLLECT. + +We beseech thee, O 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 cross and passion we may be brought +unto the glory of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ +our Lord. _Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Isaiah vii. 10. + +Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign +of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height +above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the +Lord. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small +thing for you to weary men, but will 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 Ghost shall come upon thee, and the +power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that +holy thing which shall be born 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. + +SAINT MARK'S DAY _April_ 25. + +THE COLLECT. + +O almighty God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the +heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark: Give us grace, +that, being not like children carried away with every blast of +vain doctrine, we may be established in the truth of thy holy +Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Ephes. 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 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 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: 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 cunning 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, according to the effectual +working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, +unto the edifying of itself in love. + +THE GOSPEL. St John xv. 1. + +I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 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 +bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father 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 +have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that +your joy might be full. + +SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S DAY _May_ 1. + +THE COLLECT. + +O almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us +perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, +and the life; that, following the steps of thy holy Apostles, +Saint Philip and Saint James, we may stedfastly walk in the way +that leadeth to eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus +Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. St James i. 1. + +James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve +tribes that are scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count +it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, +that the trying 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 +thing 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 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. Philip saith unto him, +Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth 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, Shew 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 may be glorified in the +Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. + +SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE _June_ 11. + +THE COLLECT. + +O Lord God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas +with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost: Leave us not, we beseech +thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use +them always 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 found 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 Caesar. Then the disciples, 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. + +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 and 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. + +SAINT JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY _June_ 24. + +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 of repentance: Make us so to follow +his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to +his preaching, 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. Isaiah xl. 1. + +Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye +comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare +is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath +received of the 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 high-way for our God. Every +valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill 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 goodliness thereof is as the +flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, +because 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. O Zion, that bringest good tidings, +get thee up into the high mountain: O 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 shewed 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 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 Judaea. And all they +that had heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What +manner of child 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 our 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 Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we, +being delivered out of the hands 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 in spirit; and was in the deserts till the day of his +shewing unto Israel. + +SAINT PETER'S DAY _June_ 29. + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy +Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him +earnestly to feed thy flock: Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops +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 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. (Then were the days of unleavened +bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, +and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him, +intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Peter +therefore was kept in prison; but prayer 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 shined 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: and so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast +thy garment 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 that leadeth unto the +city, which opened to them of his own accord; and they went out, +and passed on through one street, and forthwith 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 expectation of the +people of the Jews. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. 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 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 _July_ 25. + +THE COLLECT. + +Grant, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle 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, +forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready +to follow thy holy commandments; through Jesus Christ our Lord. +_Amen_. + +FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xi. 27, and part of Chapter xii. + +In those 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 Caesar. Then the disciples, +every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto +the brethren which dwelt at 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 Matth. 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 answered and said, Ye know not +what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink +of, and to be baptized with the 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 ransom for many. + +| THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD +| +| _August_ 6. +| +| THE COLLECT. +| +| O almighty and everlasting God, whose blessed Son revealed +| himself to his chosen Apostles when he was transfigured on the +| holy mount, and amidst the excellent glory spake with Moses and +| Elias of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem: +| Grant to us thy servants that beholding the brightness of thy +| countenance we may be strengthened to bear the cross; through +| the same Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| THE EPISTLE. 2 St Peter i. 16. +| +| 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 Matth. xvii. 1. +| +| After six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, +| and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was +| transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, +| and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there +| appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Then +| answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us +| to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; +| one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. While he yet +| spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a +| voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in +| whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples +| heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And +| Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. +| And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save +| Jesus only. And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus +| charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son +| of man be risen again from the dead. + +SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE _August_ 24. + +THE COLLECT. + +O almighty and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle +Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word: Grant, +we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he +believed, and both to preach and receive the same; through Jesus +Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +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 +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 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. + +SAINT MATTHEW THE APOSTLE _September_ 21. + +THE COLLECT. + +O 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 reigneth 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 renounced the hidden things of +dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word +of God deceitfully, 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. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. ix. 9. + +And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named Matthew, +sitting at the receipt of 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 disciples, 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 have mercy, +and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but +sinners to repentance. + +SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS _September_ 29. + +THE COLLECT. + +O everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted 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 succour 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, Now is come salvation, and strength, +and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the +accuser 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. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea: +for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because +he knoweth that he hath but a short time. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. 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 little child +unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say +unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, +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. Woe unto the world because of +offences: for it must needs be that offences come: but woe 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 life 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 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. + +SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST _October_ 18. + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in +the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul: May +it please thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine +delivered 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. 5. + +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 cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, +when thou comest, bring with thee; and the books, but especially +the parchments. Alexander the copper-smith 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 your 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. + +SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE, APOSTLES _October_ 28. + +THE COLLECT. + +O almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of +the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head +cornerstone: 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 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 earnestly 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 condemnation; 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 left their own +habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness +unto the judgement 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 GOSPEL. 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 because 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 the 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 things 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 cloke 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. + +ALL SAINTS DAY _November_ 1. + +THE COLLECT. + +O 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 unspeakable joys, +which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly 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 sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 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 Nepthalim 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 tribe of 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 before the Lamb, clothed with white +robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, +saying, Salvation 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 worshipped 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. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. v. 1. + +Jesus, seeing the multitudes, went up into a mountain; and when +he was set, his disciples came unto him. And he opened his mouth, +and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for +theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: +for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall +inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst +after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the +merciful: 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 righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom +of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute +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 persecuted they the prophets which were before you. + +| SAINT KENTIGERN, (_January_ 13.) +| +| SAINT PATRICK,(_March_ 17.) +| +| SAINT COLUMBA, (_June_ 9.) AND +| +| SAINT NINIAN (_September_ 16.) +| +| THE COLLECT. +| +| O God, who by the preaching of thy blessed servant Saint _N_. +| didst cause the light of the Gospel to shine in this our land +| [_or_ in these islands]; Grant, we beseech thee, that having his +| life and labours in remembrance, we may shew forth our thankfulness +| unto thee for the same by following the example of his zeal and +| patience; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| THE EPISTLE. 1 Thess. ii. 2. +| +| We were bold in, our God to speak unto you the gospel of God +| with much contention. For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor +| of uncleanness, nor in guile; but as we were allowed of God to +| be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as +| pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. For neither +| at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke +| of covetousness; God is witness: nor of men sought we glory, +| neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been +| burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among +| you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: so being +| affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted +| unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, +| because ye were dear unto us. For ye remember, brethren, our +| labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we +| would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you +| the gospel of God. Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily +| and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that +| believe: as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged +| every one of you, as a father doth his children, that ye would +| walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and +| glory. +| +| THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xxviii. 16. +| +| Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain +| where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they +| worshipped him: but some doubted. And 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, and 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 world. Amen. +| +| SAINT MARGARET OF SCOTLAND _November_ 16. +| +| THE COLLECT. +| +| O God, who didst call thy servant Queen Margaret to an earthly +| throne that she might advance thy heavenly kingdom, and didst +| endue her with zeal for thy Church and charity towards thy +| people; Mercifully grant that we who commemorate her example +| may be fruitful in good works, and attain to the glorious +| fellowship of thy Saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord. +| _Amen_. +| +| FOR THE EPISTLE. Proverbs xxxi. 10. +| +| Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above +| rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, +| so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good +| and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and +| flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the +| merchants ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth +| also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, +| and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and +| buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planeth a vineyard. +| She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. +| She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth +| not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her +| hands hold the distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to the +| poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She is +| not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household +| are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of +| tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is +| known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the +| land. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth +| girdles unto the merchant. Strength and honour are her clothing; +| and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth +| with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She +| looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the +| bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; +| her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done +| virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, +| and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she +| shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let +| her own works praise her in the gates. +| +| THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xiii. 44. +| +| The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; +| the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof +| goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. +| Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, +| seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of +| great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. +| +| AT THE DEDICATION FESTIVAL +| +| THE COLLECT. +| +| Almighty God, whom year by year we praise for the dedication +| of this church, and who hast preserved us in safety to worship +| therein; Hear, we beseech thee, the prayers of thy people, and +| grant that whosoever in this place shall make his supplication +| before thee, may by the granting of his petitions be filled +| with joy to the glory of thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ +| our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| THE EPISTLE. 1 St Peter ii. 1. +| +| Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, +| and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire +| the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so +| be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To whom coming, as +| unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, +| and precious, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual +| house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, +| acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained +| in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief cornerstone, +| elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be +| confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: +| but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders +| disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, and a +| stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which +| stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they +| were appointed. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal +| priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should +| shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of +| darkness into his marvellous light: which in time past were +| not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not +| obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. +| +| THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xxi. 12. +| +| Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that +| sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the +| money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and +| said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the +| house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the +| blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed +| them. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful +| things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and +| saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, +| and said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith +| unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes +| and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? +| +| AT THE THANKSGIVING FOR HARVEST +| +| THE COLLECTS. +| +| _One or more of these Collects may be said_. +| +| O almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us the +| fruits of the earth in their season, and hast crowned the year +| with thy goodness: Give us grateful hearts, that we may unfeignedly +| thank thee for all thy loving-kindness, and worthily magnify thy +| holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful +| people, that they who have freely received of thy bounty, may, +| of thy bounty, freely give; through Jesus Christ our Lord. +| _Amen_. +| +| O Lord Jesus Christ, who hast taught us that man doth not live +| by bread alone: Feed us, we humbly beseech thee, with the true +| Bread that cometh down from heaven, even thyself, O blessed +| Saviour, who livest and reignest, with the Father and the Holy +| Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. +| +| FOR THE EPISTLE. Deut. xvi. 13. +| +| Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after +| that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: and thou +| shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, +| and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the +| stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within +| thy gates. Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the +| Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because +| the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in +| all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. +| +| THE GOSPEL. St Matth. vi. 28. +| +| 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 oven, shall he not much more clothe +| you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, 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 things shall be added unto +| you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow +| shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto +| the day is the evil thereof. +| +| SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY +| +| THE COLLECT. +| +| O heavenly Father who didst join together in marriage our first +| parents, Adam and Eve: Sanctify and bless these thy servants; +| and grant that those whom thou by matrimony dost make one, may +| stedfastly keep the covenant betwixt them made, and ever remain +| in perfect love and peace together; through Jesus Christ our +| Lord. _Amen_. +| +| THE EPISTLE. Ephes. v. 25. +| +| Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, +| and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it +| with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it +| to himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or +| any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. +| So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that +| loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his +| own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord +| the Church: for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and +| of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and +| mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall +| be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning +| Christ and the Church. Nevertheless let every one of you in +| particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see +| that she reverence her husband. +| +| THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xix. 4. +| +| Jesus answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he +| | which made them at the beginning made them male and female, +| and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, +| and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one +| flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What +| therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. +| +| BURIAL OF THE DEAD +| +| THE COLLECT. +| +| O 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 them that sleep in him: We meekly 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 him, as our hope is this our brother doth; and that, +| at the general resurrection in the last day, we may be found +| acceptable in thy sight, and receive that blessing, which thy +| well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that 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 beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus +| Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer. _Amen_. +| +| THE EPISTLE. 1 Thess. iv. 13. +| +| I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them +| which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have +| no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even +| so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For +| this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are +| alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent +| them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from +| heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with +| the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then +| we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with +| them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall +| we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with +| these words. +| +| THE GOSPEL. St John vi. 37. +| +| All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that +| cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from +| heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent +| me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of +| all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should +| raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him +| that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth +| on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at +| the last day. +| +| _Or_ St John xi. 21. +| +| Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my +| brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever +| thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto +| her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I +| know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last +| day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: +| he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he +| live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never +| die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I +| believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should +| come into the world. + + + + +THE SCOTTISH LITURGY + +FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST + +AND ADMINISTRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION + +COMMONLY CALLED THE SCOTTISH COMMUNION OFFICE + + +_The Holy Table, having at the Communion time a fair white linen +cloth upon it, with other decent furniture meet for the high +Mysteries there to be celebrated, shall stand at the uppermost +part of the Chancel or Church. And the Presbyter, standing at the +Holy Table, shall say the Lord's Prayer, with the collect following +for due preparation, the people kneeling_. + +Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But +deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_The Collect_. + +Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and +from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts +by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love +thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. +_Amen_. + +_Then shall the Presbyter, turning to the people, rehearse +distinctly all the Ten Commandments: the people all the while +kneeling, and asking God mercy for the transgression of every +duty therein, according to the letter or to the spiritual import +of each Commandment, and grace to keep the same for the time to +come_. + +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. + +_Presbyter_. 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 shew mercy unto +thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Presbyter_. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in +vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his +Name in vain. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Presbyter_. 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. + +_Presbyter_. 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. + +_Presbyter_. Thou shalt do no murder. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Presbyter_. Thou shalt not commit adultery. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Presbyter_. Thou shalt not steal. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Presbyter_. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy +neighbour. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Presbyter_. 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 anything that is his. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these thy laws +in our hearts, we beseech thee. + +| _Or he may rehearse, instead of the Ten Commandments, the Summary +| of the Law as followeth_: +| +| Our Lord Jesus Christ said: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is +| one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, +| and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy +| strength: This is the first commandment. And the second is like, +| namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: there is +| none other commandment greater than these. +| +| On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. +| +| _People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write these thy laws in +| our hearts, we beseech thee. + +_Or else instead of the Ten Commandments or the Summary of the +Law, may be sung or said on week-days, not being Great Festivals, +as followeth_: + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Christ, have mercy upon us_. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Then the Presbyter shall say_, + +The Lord be with you. + +_Answer_. And with thy spirit. + +_Presbyter_. Let us pray. + +_Then the Presbyter, turning to the Holy Table, shall say the +Collect, or Collects; and then the Presbyter, or some other +Presbyter or Deacon, shall read the Epistle, saying_, The Epistle +[_or_, The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle] is +written in the------chapter of------beginning at the------verse. +_And, the Epistle ended, he shall say_, Here endeth the Epistle. +_Then shall the Presbyter, or some other Presbyter or Deacon, read +the Gospel, saying_, The Holy Gospel is written in the------chapter +of the Gospel according to------, beginning at the------verse; _and +the people, all standing up, shall devoutly sing or say_, + +Glory be to thee, O Lord. + +_And, the Gospel ended, the people shall in like manner sing or +say_, + +Thanks be to thee, O Lord, for this thy glorious Gospel. + +_Then shall be sung or said this Creed following, the people still +reverently standing_. + +I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and +earth, And of all things visible and invisible: + +And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, Begotten +of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very +God of Very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with +the Father; By whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for +our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy +Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also +for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, And the +third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, And ascended +into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he +shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: +Whose kingdom shall have no end. + +And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of life, Who +proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the +Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. +And I believe one 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. + +_Then the Presbyter shall declare unto the people what Holy-days +or Fasting-days are in the week to be observed. And also (if +occasion be) notice shall be given of the Holy Communion; banns +of Matrimony may be published; and, subject to the authority of +the Bishop, other notices may be read_. + +_If there be a Sermon it followeth here_. + +_When the Presbyter giveth learning of the Holy Communion he may, +at his discretion, use the first or the second of the Exhortations +appended to this Liturgy_. + +_The third Exhortation appended to this Liturgy may be used at the +discretion of the Presbyter before the Offertory, the people +standing_. + +_Then the Presbyter, or Deacon, shall say_, + +Let us present our offerings to the Lord with reverence and godly +fear. + +_Then the Presbyter shall begin the Offertory, saying one or more +of these sentences following, as he thinketh most convenient_. + +In process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the +fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also +brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. +And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto +Cain and to his offering he had not respect. _Gen_. iv. 3, 4, 5. + +Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: +of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take +my offering. _Exod_. xxv. 2. + +Ye shall not appear before the Lord empty. Every man shall give as +he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he +hath given thee. _Deut_. xvi. 16, 17. + +I will offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness; I +will sing and speak praises unto the Lord. _Ps_. xxvii. 7. + +Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most Highest. +_Ps_. 1. 14. + +Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his Name: bring an offering, +and come into his courts. _Ps_. xcvi. 8. + +I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call +upon the Name of the Lord; I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the +sight of all his people. _Ps_. cxvi. 15, 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 Matth_. vi. 19, 20. + +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. _St Matth_. vii. 21. + +Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast +money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And +there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which +make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith +unto them, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast +more in than all they which have cast into the treasury. For all +they did cast in of their abundance: but she of her want did cast +in all that she had, even all her living. _St Mark_ xii. 41, 42, +43, 44. + +Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more +blessed to give than to receive. _Acts_ xx. 35. + +Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a +vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a +flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 1 _Cor_. ix. 7. + +If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if +we shall reap your carnal things? 1 _Cor_. ix. 11. + +Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of +the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are +partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they +which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 1 _Cor_. ix. +13, 14. + +He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly: and he which +soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according +as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or +of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 _Cor_. ix. 6, 7. + +Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that +teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: +for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. _Gal_. vi. +6, 7. + +As we have opportunity, let us do good unto all men; especially +unto them who are of the household of faith. _Gal_. vi. 10. + +Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high +minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who +giveth us richly all things to enjoy: That they do good, that they +be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; +laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the +time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 1 _Tim_. vi. +17, 18, 19. + +God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, +which ye have shewed toward his Name, in that ye have ministered +to the saints, and do minister. _Heb_. vi. 10. + +To do good and to communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices +God is well pleased. _Heb_. xiii. 16. + +_While the Presbyter distinctly pronounceth one or more of these +sentences for the Offertory, the Deacon, or_ (_if no such be +present_) _some other fit person, shall receive the devotions of +the people there present, in a bason provided for that purpose. +And when all have offered, he shall reverently bring the said bason, +with the offerings therein, and deliver it to the Presbyter; who +shall humbly present it before the Lord, and set it upon the Holy +Table_. + +_And the Presbyter shall then, offer up, and place the bread and +wine prepared for the Sacrament upon the Lord's Table; and shall +say_, + +Blessed be thou, O Lord God, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is +the greatness, 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, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all: both +riches and honour come of thee, and of thine own do we give unto +thee. _Amen_. + +_Then shall the Presbyter say_, + +The Lord be with you. + +_Answer_. And with thy spirit. + +_Presbyter_. Lift up your hearts. + +_Answer_. We lift them up unto the Lord. + +_Presbyter_. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. + +_Answer_. It is meet and right so to do. + +_Presbyter_. + +It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at +all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, * +[holy Father,] Almighty, everlasting God. + +[Margin Note:] * _These words_ [holy Father] _must be omitted on +Trinity Sunday_ + +_Here shall follow the proper preface, according to the time, if +there be appointed; or else immediately shall follow_, + +Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of +heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name, evermore praising +thee and saying, + +_Presbyter and People_. + +Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Of hosts, heaven and earth are full of +thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high. Amen. + + + +PROPER PREFACES. + +_Upon_ CHRISTMAS-DAY, _and seven days after_. + +Because thou didst give Jesus Christ, thine only Son, to be +born * [as on this day] for us, who, by the operation of the +Holy Ghost, was made very man, of the substance of the blessed +Virgin Mary his mother, and that without spot of sin, to make us +clean from all sin. Therefore with Angels, &c. + +[Margin Note:] *_During the seven days after Christmas say_, as at +this time. + +_Upon_ EASTER-DAY, _and seven days after_. + +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 destroyed death, and by his rising to life +again, hath restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Angels, +&c. + +_Upon_ ASCENSION-DAY, _and seven days after_. + +Through thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who, +after his most glorious Resurrection, manifestly appeared to all +his Apostles, and in their sight ascended up into heaven, to prepare +a place for us; that where he is, thither might we also ascend, +and reign with him in glory. Therefore with Angels, &c. + +_Upon_ PENTECOST _or_ WHITSUNDAY, _and six days after_. + +Through Jesus Christ our Lord; according to whose most true +promise, the Holy Ghost came down * [as on this day] 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 +tongues, 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 knowledge of thee, +and of thy Son Jesus Christ. Therefore with Angels, &c. + +[Margin Note:] * _During the six days after Whitsunday say_, as +at this time. + +_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. + +| _The following may be used at the discretion of the Minister_. +| +| ADDITIONAL PROPER PREFACES. +| +| _Upon_ THE EPIPHANY, _and seven days after_. +| +| Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who, in substance of our mortal +| flesh, manifested forth his glory, that he might bring us out of +| darkness into his own marvellous light. Therefore with Angels, &c. +| +| _Upon_ THE PURIFICATION. +| +| Because thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, born of a woman, +| born under the Law, was, as on this day, presented in the Temple, +| and revealed to thy servants as a light to lighten the Gentiles +| and the glory of thy people Israel. Therefore with Angels, &c. +| +| _Upon_ THE ANNUNCIATION. +| +| Because thou didst give Jesus Christ, thine only Son, to be born +| for us, who by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made very man, +| of the substance of the blessed Virgin Mary his mother, and that +| without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with +| Angels, &c. +| +| _Upon_ FEASTS OF APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS, _except when the_ +| _proper preface for any of the Great Festivals is appointed to_ +| _be said_. +| +| Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who did vouchsafe to choose thy +| servant, Saint _N_. [_or_ thy servants Saint _N_. and Saint _N_.], +| to be of the company of the Apostles [_or_ to be an Evangelist], +| by whose ministry thine elect might be gathered in from every +| nation, and thy Church instructed in the way that leadeth unto +| everlasting life. Therefore with Angels, &c. +| +| _Upon_ ALL SAINTS DAY. +| +| Who in the multitude of thy Saints hast compassed us about with +| so great a cloud of witnesses, to the end that we, rejoicing in +| their fellowship, may run with patience the race that is set +| before us, and together with them receive the crown of glory +| that fadeth not away. Therefore with Angels, &c. +| +| _At the_ CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS, _and_ ORDINATION OF PRIESTS AND +| DEACONS. +| +| Through Jesus Christ our Lord, the great Shepherd of the sheep, +| who, for the feeding and guidance of his flock, did appoint divers +| orders of ministers in his Church. Therefore with Angels, &c. +| +| _At the_ DEDICATION OF A CHURCH, _and_ ANNIVERSARY OF THE +| DEDICATION. +| +| Who in temples made with hands buildest up for thyself a +| spiritual temple made without hands. Therefore with Angels, &c. + +_After which prefaces shall follow immediately this doxology_; + +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, heaven and earth are full of +thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high. Amen. + +[Margin Note:] _Presbyter and People_. + +_Then the Presbyter, standing at such a part of the Holy Table +as he may with the most ease and decency use both his hands, +shall say the prayer of consecration, as followeth_: + +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 redemption; who, by his own +oblation of himself once offered, made a full, perfect, and +sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins +of the whole world, and did institute, and in his holy Gospel +command us to continue a perpetual memorial of that his precious +death and sacrifice until his coming again. For, in the night that +he was betrayed, (a) he took bread; and when he had given thanks, +(b) he brake it, and gave it to his disciples, Saying, Take, eat, +(c) this is my body, is given for you: Do this in remembrance of +me. Likewise after supper (d) he took the cup; and when he had +given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this, +for (e) this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for +you and for many for the remission of sins: Do this as oft as ye +shall drink it in remembrance of me. + +[Margin Notes:] a. _Here the Presbyter is to take the paten in his +hands_: + +b. _And here to break the bread_: + +c. _And here to lay his hands upon all the bread_. + +d. _Here he is to take the cup into his hand_: + +e. _And here to lay his hand upon every vessel (be it chalice or +flagon) in which there is any wine to be consecrated_. + +Wherefore, O Lord, and heavenly Father, according to the institution +of thy * dearly beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, we thy +humble servants do celebrate and make here before thy divine +Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, +the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance +his blessed passion, and precious death, his mighty resurrection, +and glorious ascension; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for +the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the same, and looking +for his coming again with power and great glory. + +[Margin Note:] * The Oblation. + +And, humbly praying that it may be unto us according to his word, +* we thine unworthy servants beseech thee, most merciful Father, +to hear us, and to send thy Holy Spirit upon us and upon these +thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine, that, being blessed +and hallowed by his life-giving power, they may become the body +and blood of thy most dearly beloved Son, to the end that all who +shall receive the same may be sanctified both in body and soul, +and preserved unto everlasting life. + +[Margin Note:] * The Invocation. + +And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness, mercifully to +accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, most humbly +beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son +Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole +Church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of +his passion. + +And here we humbly offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, +our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living +sacrifice unto thee, beseeching thee that all we who shall be +partakers of this holy Communion, may worthily receive the most +precious body and blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, and be fulfilled +with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and made one body with him, +that he may dwell in us and we in him. + +And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer +unto thee any sacrifice; yet we beseech thee to accept this our +bounden duty and service, 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_. + +_Then shall the Presbyter or Deacon say_, + +Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church. + +_The Presbyter_. + +Almighty and everliving God, who by thy holy Apostle hast taught +us to make prayers and supplications, and to give thanks for all +men; We humbly beseech thee most mercifully to receive these our +prayers, which we offer unto thy divine Majesty; beseeching thee +to inspire continually the universal Church with the spirit of +truth, unity, and concord; and grant that all they that do confess +thy holy Name, may agree in the truth of thy holy word, and live +in unity and godly love. We beseech thee also to save and defend +all Christian Kings, Princes, and Governors, and especially thy +servant _GEORGE_ our King, that under him we may be godly and +quietly governed: and grant unto his whole council, and to all +who are put in authority under him, that they may truly and +impartially minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and +vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion and virtue. Give +grace, O heavenly Father, to all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, +that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and +living word, and rightly and duly administer thy holy sacraments: +and to all thy people give thy heavenly grace, 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 we commend especially to thy merciful goodness the +congregation which is here assembled in thy Name, to celebrate +the commemoration of the most precious death and sacrifice of thy +Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. And we most humbly beseech 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, who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest +from their labours. And we yield unto thee most high praise and +hearty thanks, for the wonderful grace and virtue declared in all +thy saints, who have been the choice vessels of thy grace, and the +lights of the world in their several generations: most humbly +beseeching thee to give us grace to follow the example of their +steadfastness in thy faith, and obedience to thy holy commandments, +that at the day of the general resurrection, we, and all they who +are of the mystical body of thy Son, may be set on his right hand, +and hear that his most joyful voice, Come, ye blessed of my Father, +inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the +world. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only +Mediator and Advocate. _Amen_. + +_Then shall the Presbyter say_, + +As our Saviour Christ hath commanded and taught us, we are bold +to say, + +Our Father, which art in heaven, * Hallowed be thy Name, Thy +kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. +Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, +As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into +temptation; But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, +The power, and the glory, Forever and ever. Amen. + +[Margin Note:] * _Presbyter and People_. + +_Then the Presbyter or Deacon shall say this invitation to them +that come to receive the Holy Communion_, + +Ye that 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 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 humble confession to Almighty God, +meekly kneeling upon your knees. + +_Then shall this general confession be made by the people, along +with the Presbyter; he first kneeling down_. + +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, 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 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. + +_Then shall the Presbyter, or the Bishop, if he be present, +stand up, and, turning himself to the people, pronounce the +Absolution as followeth_: + +Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who, of his great mercy, hath +promised forgiveness of sins to all them 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_. + +_Then shall the Presbyter also say_, + +Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all +that truly turn to him. + +Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will +give you rest. _St Matth_. xi. 28. + +God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that +whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting +life. _St John_ iii. 16. + +Hear also what Saint Paul saith. + +This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, 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: and he is the propitiation for our sins. 1 _St John_ +ii. 1, 2. + +_Then shall the Presbyter, turning him to the Altar, kneel down, +and say, in the name of all them that shall communicate, this +collect of humble access to the Holy Communion, as followeth_: + +We do not presume to come to this thy holy Table, O merciful Lord, +trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy 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 most sacred +body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and +that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. _Amen_. + +_Then shall he that celebrateth first receive the Communion in +both kinds himself, and next deliver the same to the Bishops, +Presbyters, and Deacons_ (_if there be any present_), _and after +to the people in due order, into their hands, all humbly kneeling. +And when he receiveth himself or delivereth the Sacrament of the +body of Christ to any other, he shall say_, + +The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, +preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. + +_Here the person receiving shall say_, Amen. + +_And the Presbyter that receiveth the Cup himself, as likewise +the Presbyter or Deacon that delivereth it to any other, shall +say_, + +The blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, +preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. + +_Here the person receiving shall say_, Amen. + +_If the consecrated bread or wine be all spent before all have +communicated, the Presbyter is to consecrate more in both kinds, +according to the form before prescribed, beginning at the words_, +All glory be to thee, &c., _and ending with the words_, preserved +unto everlasting life. _And the people shall say_, Amen. + +_When all have communicated, he that celebrateth shall go to the +Lord's Table, and cover with a fair linen cloth that which remaineth +of the consecrated elements_. + +_Then the Presbyter or Deacon, turning to the people, shall say_, + +Having now received the precious body and blood of Christ, let us +give thanks to our Lord God, who hath graciously vouchsafed to +admit us to the participation of his holy mysteries; and let us +beg of him grace to perform our vows, and to persevere in our good +resolutions; and that being made holy, we may obtain everlasting +life, through the merits of the all-sufficient sacrifice of our +Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. + +_This exhortation may be omitted except on Sundays and the Great +Festivals_. + +_Then the Presbyter shall say this collect of thanksgiving as +followeth_: + +Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for that +thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy +mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious body and +blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us +thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us, and that we are +very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which +is the blessed company of all faithful people, and are also heirs +through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of his most +precious death and passion. We now most humbly beseech thee, O +heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy Holy Spirit, that we +may continue in that holy communion and fellowship, and do all +such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in, through +Jesus Christ our Lord: to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be +all honour and glory, world without end. _Amen_. + +_Then shall be said or sung_ Gloria in excelsis _as followeth_: + +Glory be to God in the highest, and in 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, O Lord +God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty; and to thee, O God, +the only begotten Son Jesu Christ; and to thee, O God, the Holy +Ghost. + +O Lord, the only begotten Son Jesu Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of +God, Son of the Father, who 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, O +Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God +the Father. Amen. + +_Then the Presbyter, or Bishop, if he be present, shall let them +depart, with this Blessing_. + +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 is customary to mix a little pure water with the wine in the +eucharistic Cup_. + +_According to long existing custom in the Scottish Church, the +Presbyter may reserve so much of the Consecrated Gifts as may be +required for the communion of the sick, and others who could not +be present at the celebration in church. All that remaineth of the +Holy Sacrament, and is not required, the Presbyter and such other +of the communicants as he shall then call unto him, shall, after +the Blessing, reverently eat and drink_. + + + + +APPENDIX + +_The following may be used at the discretion of the Minister_. + +_Collects which may be said after the Collect of the day, or before +the Blessing_. + +O 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_. + +O almighty Father, well-spring of life to all things that have +being, from amid the unwearied praises of Cherubim and Seraphim +who stand about thy throne of light which no man can approach +unto, give ear, we humbly beseech thee, to the supplications of +thy people who put their sure trust in thy mercy; through Jesus +Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +O Lord Jesus Christ, before whose judgement-seat we must all +appear and give account of the things done in the body: Grant, +we beseech thee, that when the books are opened in that day, the +faces of thy servants may not be ashamed; through thy merits, O +Blessed Saviour, who livest and reignest with the Father and the +Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and +prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment +of everlasting salvation; that among all the changes and chances +of this mortal life, they may ever be defended by thy most gracious +and ready help; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious +favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our +works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy +Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through +Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities +before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; We beseech thee to have +compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our +unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, +vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ +our Lord. _Amen_. + +_The two following collects may be said before the Blessing_. + +O Lord, our God, thou Saviour of the world, through whom we have +celebrated these sacred mysteries: Receive our humble thanksgiving, +and of thy great mercy vouchsafe to sanctify us evermore in body +and soul, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy +Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +Almighty God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of them +that ask in thy Son's Name; We beseech thee mercifully to incline +thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications +unto thee; and grant that those things, which we have faithfully +asked according to thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the +relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of thy glory; +through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_For the King, on national anniversaries and on other occasions_. + +Almighty God, whose kingdom is everlasting, and power infinite; +Have mercy upon the whole Church; and so rule the heart of thy +chosen servant _GEORGE_, our King and Governor, that he (knowing +whose minister he is) may above all things seek thy honour and +glory: and that we, and all his subjects (duly considering whose +authority he hath) may faithfully serve, honour, and humbly obey +him, in thee, and for thee, according to thy blessed Word and +ordinance; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the +Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. +_Amen_. + +_Or_, + +Almighty and everlasting God, we are taught by thy holy Word, +that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and governance, and that +thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to thy godly +wisdom: We humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart +of _GEORGE_, thy servant, our King and Governor, that in all his +thoughts, words, and works, he may ever seek thy honour and glory, +and study to preserve thy people committed to his charge, in +wealth, peace, and godliness: Grant this, O merciful Father, for +thy dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + + + + +PRAYERS FOR CERTAIN FESTIVALS AND SEASONS, + + +_which may be said immediately before the Blessing_. + +_Advent_. + +Grant, O almighty God, that as thy blessed Son Jesus Christ at +his first advent came to seek and to save that which was lost, +so at his second and glorious appearing he may find in us the +fruits of the redemption which he wrought, who liveth and reigneth, +with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +_Christmas-day, and seven days after_. + +O God, who hast given us grace at this time to celebrate the +birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ: We laud and magnify thy +glorious Name for the countless blessings which he hath brought +unto us; and we beseech thee to grant that we may ever set forth +thy praise in joyful obedience to thy will; through the same Jesus +Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Epiphany, and seven days after_. + +Almighty God, who at the baptism of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ +in the river Jordan didst manifest his glorious Godhead: Grant, +we beseech thee, that the brightness of his presence may shine in +our hearts, and his glory be set forth in our lives; through the +same Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Easter-day, and seven days after_. + +O Lord God Almighty, whose blessed Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ, +did on the third day rise triumphant over death: Raise us, we +beseech thee, from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness, +that we may seek those things which are above, where he sitteth on +thy right hand in glory; and this we beg for the sake of the same, +thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Ascension-day, and seven days after_. + +Almighty God, whose blessed Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ, +ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things: +Mercifully give us faith to perceive that according to his promise +he abideth with his Church on earth, even unto the end of the +world; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Whitsunday, and six days after_. + +O almighty God, who on the day of Pentecost didst send the Holy +Ghost the Comforter to abide in thy Church unto the end: Bestow +upon us and upon all thy faithful people his manifold gifts of +grace, that with minds enlightened by his truth, and hearts +purified by his presence, we may day by day be strengthened with +power in the inward man; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with +thee and the same Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, world +without end. _Amen_. + +_Trinity Sunday_. + +O Lord God Almighty, Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the mysteries +of whose being are unsearchable: Accept, we beseech thee, our +praises for the revelation which thou hast made of thyself, Father, +Son, and Holy Ghost, three Persons, and one God; and mercifully +grant, that ever holding fast this faith, we may magnify thy +glorious Name; who livest and reignest, one God, world without +end. _Amen_. + + +EXHORTATIONS BEFORE HOLY COMMUNION. + +Dearly beloved, on------day next I purpose, through God's +assistance, to administer to all such as shall be religiously +and devoutly disposed the most comfortable Sacrament of the Body +and Blood of Christ; to be by them received in remembrance of his +meritorious cross and passion; whereby alone we obtain remission +of our sins, and are made partakers of the kingdom of heaven. +Wherefore it is our duty to render most humble and hearty thanks +to Almighty God our heavenly Father, for that he hath given his +Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, not only to die for us, but also to +be our spiritual food and sustenance in that holy Sacrament. Which +being so divine and comfortable a thing to them who receive it +worthily, and so dangerous to them that will presume to receive it +unworthily; my duty is to exhort you in the mean season to consider +the dignity of that holy mystery, and the great peril of the +unworthy receiving thereof; and so to search and examine your own +consciences, (and that not lightly, and after the manner of +dissemblers with God; but so) that ye may come holy and clean +to such a heavenly Feast, in the marriage-garment required by +God in holy Scripture, and be received as worthy partakers of +that holy Table. + +The way and means thereto is; First, to examine your lives and +conversations by the rule of God's commandments; and whereinsoever +ye shall perceive yourselves to have offended, either by will, +word, or deed, there to bewail your own sinfulness, and to +confess yourselves to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of +life. And if ye shall perceive your offences to be such as are not +only against God, but also against your neighbours; then ye shall +reconcile yourselves unto them; being ready to make restitution +and satisfaction, according to the uttermost of your powers, for +all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other; and being likewise +ready to forgive others that have offended you, as ye would have +forgiveness of your offences at God's hand; for otherwise the +receiving of the holy Communion doth nothing else but increase your +guilt. Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God, an hinderer +or slanderer of his Word, an adulterer, or be in malice, or envy, +or in any other grievous crime, repent you of your sins, or else +come not to that holy Table; lest, after the taking of that holy +Sacrament, the devil enter into you, as he entered into Judas, and +fill you full of all iniquities, and bring you to destruction both +of body and soul. + +And because it is requisite, that no man should come to the holy +Communion, but with a full trust in God's mercy, and with a quiet +conscience; therefore if there be any of you, who by this means +cannot quiet his own conscience herein, but requireth further +comfort or counsel, let him come to me, or to some other discreet +and learned Minister of God's Word, and open his grief; that by +the ministry of God's holy Word he may receive the benefit of +absolution, together with ghostly counsel and advice, to the +quieting of his conscience, and avoiding of all scruple and +doubtfulness. + +_The following may be said, instead of the former, in case the +Presbyter shall see the people negligent to come to the Holy +Communion_. + +Dearly beloved brethren, on------I intend, by God's grace, to +celebrate the Lord's Supper: unto which, in God's behalf, I bid +you all that are here present; and beseech you, for the Lord Jesus +Christ's sake, that ye will not refuse to come thereto, being so +lovingly called and bidden by God himself. Ye know how grievous +and unkind a thing it is, when a man hath prepared a rich feast, +decked his table with all kind of provision, so that there lacketh +nothing but the guests to sit down; and yet they who are called +(without any cause) most unthankfully refuse to come. Which of +you in such a case would not be moved? Who would not think a great +injury and wrong done unto him? Wherefore, most dearly beloved in +Christ, take ye good heed, lest ye, withdrawing yourselves from +this holy supper, provoke God's indignation against you. It is an +easy matter for a man to say, I will not communicate, because I am +otherwise hindered with worldly business. But such excuses are not +so easily accepted and allowed before God. If any man say, I am a +grievous sinner, and therefore am afraid to come: wherefore then +do ye not repent and amend? When God calleth you, are ye not +ashamed to say ye will not come? When ye should return to God, +will ye excuse yourselves, and say ye are not ready? Consider +earnestly with yourselves how little such feigned excuses will +avail before God. They that refused the feast in the Gospel, +because they had bought a farm, or would try their yokes of oxen, +or because they were married, were not so excused, but counted +unworthy of the heavenly feast. I, for my part, shall be ready; +and according to mine Office, I bid you in the Name of God, I +call you in Christ's behalf, I exhort you, as ye love your own +salvation, that ye will be partakers of this holy Communion. And +as the Son of God did vouchsafe to yield up his soul by death upon +the Cross for your salvation; so it is your duty to receive the +Communion in remembrance of the sacrifice of his death, as he +himself hath commanded: which if ye shall neglect to do, consider +with yourselves how great injury ye do unto God, and how sore +punishment hangeth over your heads for the same; when ye wilfully +abstain from the Lord's Table, and separate from your brethren, +who come to feed on the banquet of that most heavenly food. These +things if ye earnestly consider, ye will by God's grace return to +a better mind: for the obtaining whereof we shall not cease to +make our humble petitions unto Almighty God our heavenly Father. + +EXHORTATION AT THE HOLY COMMUNION. + +Dearly beloved in the Lord, ye that mind to come to the holy +Communion of the body and blood of our Saviour Christ, must +consider what St Paul writeth to the Corinthians; how he 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 living faith +we receive that holy Sacrament, (for then we spiritually eat the +flesh of Christ, and drink his blood; then we dwell in Christ, +and Christ in us; we are one with Christ, and Christ with us); +so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily; for +then we are guilty of the body and blood of Christ our Saviour; +we eat and drink judgement to ourselves, not discerning the Lord's +body; we kindle God's wrath against us; we provoke him to plague +us with divers diseases, and sundry kinds of death. Judge therefore +yourselves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord; repent +you truly for your sins past; have a living and stedfast 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 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 to us, he hath +instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, +and for a continual remembrance 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, +submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleasure, and +studying to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the +days of our life. _Amen_. + + + + +THE ORDER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF + +THE LORD'S SUPPER, OR HOLY COMMUNION + + +_So many as intend to be partakers of the holy Communion shall +signify their names to the Curate, at least some time the day +before. And if any of those be an open and notorious evil liver, +or have done any wrong to his neighbours by word or deed, so that +the Congregation be thereby offended; the Curate, having knowledge +thereof, shall call him and advertise him, that in any wise he +presume not to come to the Lord's Table, until he have openly +declared himself to have truly repented and amended his former +naughty life, that the Congregation may thereby be satisfied, +which before were offended; and that he have recompensed the +parties, to whom he hath done wrong; or at least declare himself +to be in full purpose so to do, as soon as he conveniently may_. + +_The same order shall the Curate use with those betwixt whom he +perceiveth malice and hatred to reign; not suffering them to be +partakers of the Lord's Table, until he know them to be reconciled. +And 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 he himself hath offended; +and the other party will not be persuaded to a godly unity, but +remain still in his frowardness and malice: the Minister in that +case ought to admit the penitent person to the holy Communion, and +not him that is obstinate. Provided that every Minister so repelling +any, as is specified in this, or the next precedent Paragraph of +this Rubric, shall be obliged to give an account of the same to +the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the farthest. And the +Ordinary shall proceed against the offending person according to +the Canon_. + +_The Table at the Communion time having a fair white linen cloth +upon it, shall stand in the body of the Church, or in the Chancel, +where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said. And the +Priest standing at the north side of the Table shall say the Lord's +Prayer with the Collect following, the people kneeling_. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_The Collect_. + +Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, +and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our +hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly +love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + +_Then shall the Priest, turning to the people, rehearse distinctly +all the TEN COMMANDMENTS: and the people still kneeling shall after +every Commandment ask God mercy for their transgression thereof for +the time past, and grace to keep the same for the time to come, as +followeth_. + +_Minister_. + +God spake these words, and said; I am the Lord thy God: Thou +shalt have none other gods but me. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not make to 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 shew mercy +unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in +vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his +Name in vain. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Minister_. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Six +days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the +seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt +do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy +man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy 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. + +_Minister_. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may +be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt do no murder. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not commit adultery. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not steal. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. + +_People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to +keep this law. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not covet thy 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. + +| _There may be substituted for_ The Ten Commandments (_which, +| however_, _shall always be said at least once a month_) The +| Summary of the Law, _as enunciated by our Lord:_ +| +| Our Lord Jesus Christ said: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God +| is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy +| heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all +| thy strength: This is the first commandment. And the second is +| like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: +| there is none other commandment greater than these. +| +| On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. +| +| _People_. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write these thy laws +| in our hearts, we beseech thee. + +_Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the King, the +Priest standing as before, and saying_, + +Let us pray. + +Almighty God, whose kingdom is everlasting, and power infinite: +Have mercy upon the whole Church; and so rule the heart of thy +chosen servant _GEORGE_, our King and Governor, that he (knowing +whose minister he is) may above all things seek thy honour and +glory: and that we and all his subjects (duly considering whose +authority he hath) may faithfully serve, honour, and humbly +obey him, in thee, and for thee, according to thy blessed Word +and ordinance; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and +the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without +end. _Amen_. + +_Or_, + +Almighty and everlasting God, we are taught by thy holy Word, +that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and governance, and that +thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to thy godly +wisdom: We humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart +of _GEORGE_ thy servant, our King and Governor, that in all his +thoughts, words, and works, he may ever seek thy honour and +glory, and study to preserve thy people committed to his charge, +in wealth, peace and godliness: Grant this, O merciful Father, +for thy dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +| _The Collects for the King may be omitted_. + +_Then shall be said the Collect of the day. And immediately after +the Collect the Priest shall read the Epistle, saying_, The +Epistle [_or_, The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle] +is written in the------Chapter of------beginning at the------Verse. +_And the Epistle ended, he shall say_, Here endeth the Epistle. _Then +shall he read the Gospel_ (_the people all standing up_) _saying_, +The holy Gospel is written in the------Chapter of------beginning at +the------Verse. + +| _When the Minister announces the Gospel for the day, the people_ +| _standing up may devoutly say or sing_ +| +| Glory be to thee, O Lord; +| +| _and after the Gospel the people may in like manner say or sing_ +| +| Thanks be to thee, O Lord, for this thy glorious Gospel. + +_And the Gospel ended, shall be sung or said the Creed following, +the people still standing as before_. + +I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and +earth, And of all things visible and invisible: + +And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, +Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of +Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one +substance with the Father, By whom all things were made: Who for +us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was +incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, +And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered +and was buried, And the third day he rose again according to the +Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand +of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the +quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end. + +And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and giver of life, Who +proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and +the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the +Prophets. And I believe one 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. + +_Then the Curate shall declare unto the people what Holy-days, or +Fasting-days, are in the week following to be observed. And then +also_ (_if occasion be_) _shall notice be given of the Communion; +and Briefs, Citations, and Excommunications read. And nothing shall +be proclaimed or published in the Church during the time of Divine +Service, but by the Minister: nor by him any thing but what is +prescribed in the Rules of this Book, or enjoined by the King, or +by the Ordinary of the place_. + +_Then shall follow the Sermon, or one of the Homilies already set +forth, or hereafter to be set forth, by authority_. + +_Then shall the Priest return to the Lord's Table, and begin the +Offertory, saying one or more of these Sentences following, as he +thinketh most convenient in his discretion_. + +Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good +works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. _St Matth_. v. + +Lay not up for yourselves treasure upon the earth; where the rust +and moth doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: +but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven; where neither rust +nor moth doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and +steal. _St Matth_. vi. + +Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto +them; for this is the Law and the Prophets. _St Matth_. vii. + +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. _St Matth_. vii. + +Zacchaeus stood forth, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the +half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have done any wrong +to any man, I restore four-fold. _St Luke_ xix. + +Who goeth a warfare at any time of his own cost? who planteth a +vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a +flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 1 _Cor_. ix. + +If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter +if we shall reap your worldly things? 1 _Cor_. ix. + +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. + +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 grudging, or of necessity; for +God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 _Cor_. ix. + +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. + +While we have time, let us do good unto all men; and specially unto +them that are of the household of faith. _Gal_. vi. + +Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath: +for we brought nothing into the world, neither may we carry any +thing out. 1 _Tim_. vi. + +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. + +God is not unrighteous, that he will forget your works, and labour +that proceedeth of love; which love ye have shewed for his name's +sake, who have ministered unto the saints, and yet do minister. +_Hebr_. vi. + +To do good and to distribute forget not; for with such sacrifices +God is pleased. _Hebr_. xiii. + +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. + +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. +_Tobit_ iv. + +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 thyself a good reward in the day of necessity. +_Tobit_ iv. + +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. + +Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and needy: the Lord +shall deliver him in the time of trouble. _Psal_. xli. + +| Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more +| blessed to give than to receive. _Acts_ xx. + +_Whilst these Sentences are in reading, the Deacons, Church-wardens, +or other fit person appointed for that purpose, shall receive the +Alms for the Poor, and other devotions of the people, in a decent +bason to be provided by the Parish for that purpose; and reverently +bring it to the Priest, who shall humbly present and place it upon +the holy Table_. + +_And when there is a Communion, the Priest shall then place upon +the Table so much Bread and Wine as he shall think sufficient_. + +_After offering the Elements_. + +| Thine, O Lord, 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, O Lord, and thou +| art exalted as head above all. All things come of thee and of +| thine own have we given thee. 1 _Chron_. xxix. 11, 14. + +_After which done, the Priest shall say_, + +Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church militant here +in earth. + +Almighty and everliving God, who by thy holy Apostle hast taught +us to make prayers and supplications, and to give thanks, for all +men: We humbly beseech thee most * mercifully [_to accept our alms +and oblations, and_] to receive these our prayers, which we offer +unto thy Divine Majesty; beseeching thee to inspire continually +the universal Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord: +And grant, that all they that do confess thy holy Name may agree in +the truth of thy holy Word, and live in unity, and godly love. We +beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian Kings, Princes, +and Governors; and specially thy servant _GEORGE_ our King; that +under him we may be godly and quietly governed: And grant unto his +whole Council, and to all that are put in authority under him, that +they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment +of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion, +and virtue. Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all Bishops and +Curates, that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth +thy true and lively Word, and rightly and duly administer thy +holy Sacraments: And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace; +and specially 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 we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness, O +Lord, to comfort and succour all them, 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 +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 Advocate. _Amen_. + +[Margin Note:] * _If there be no alms or oblations, then shall +the words_ [of accepting our alms and oblations] _be left out +unsaid_. + +_When the Minister giveth warning for the Celebration of the +holy Communion, (which he shall always do upon the Sunday or +some Holy-day, immediately preceding,) after the Sermon or Homily +ended, he shall read this Exhortation following_. + +Dearly beloved, on------day next I purpose, through God's +assistance, to administer to all such as shall be religiously +and devoutly disposed the most comfortable Sacrament of the Body +and Blood of Christ; to be by them received in remembrance of his +meritorious Cross and Passion, whereby alone we obtain remission +of our sins, and are made partakers of the kingdom of heaven. +Wherefore it is our duty to render most humble and hearty thanks +to Almighty God our heavenly Father, for that he hath given his +Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, not only to die for us, but also to +be our spiritual food and sustenance in that holy Sacrament. Which +being so divine and comfortable a thing to them who receive it +worthily, and so dangerous to them that will presume to receive +it unworthily; my duty is to exhort you in the mean season to +consider the dignity of that holy mystery, and the great peril of +the unworthy receiving thereof; and so to search and examine your +own consciences, and that not lightly, and after the manner of +dissemblers with God: but so that ye may come holy and clean to +such a heavenly Feast, in the marriage-garment required by God in +holy Scripture, and be received as worthy partakers of that holy +Table. + +The way and means thereto is; First, to examine your lives and +conversations by the rule of God's commandments; and whereinsoever +ye shall perceive yourselves to have offended, either by will, +word, or deed, there to bewail your own sinfulness, and to confess +yourselves to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of +life. And if ye shall perceive your offences to be such as are not +only against God, but also against your neighbours; then ye shall +reconcile yourselves unto them; being ready to make restitution +and satisfaction, according to the uttermost of your powers, for +all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other; and being +likewise ready to forgive others that have offended you, as you +would have forgiveness of your offences at God's hand; for otherwise +the receiving of the holy Communion doth nothing else but increase +your damnation*. Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God, +an hinderer or slanderer of his Word, an adulterer, or be in +malice, or envy, or in any other grievous crime, repent you of +your sins, or else come not to that holy Table; lest, after the +taking of that holy Sacrament, the devil enter into you, as he +entered into Judas, and fill you full of all iniquities, and bring +you to destruction both of body and soul. + +And because it is requisite, that no man should come to the holy +Communion, but with a full trust in God's mercy, and with a quiet +conscience; therefore if there be any of you, who by this means +cannot quiet his own conscience herein, but requireth further +comfort or counsel, let him come to me, or to some other discreet +and learned Minister of God's Word, and open his grief; that by +the ministry of God's holy Word he may receive the benefit of +absolution, together with ghostly counsel and advice, to the +quieting of his conscience, and avoiding of all scruple and +doubtfulness. + +| * _The word_ guilt _may be substituted for the word_ damnation. + +_Or, in case he shall see the people negligent to come to the holy +Communion, instead of the former, he shall use this Exhortation_. + +Dearly beloved brethren, on------I intend, by God's grace, to +celebrate the Lord's Supper: unto which, in God's behalf, I bid +you all that are here present; and beseech you, for the Lord +Jesus Christ's sake, that ye will not refuse to come thereto, +being so lovingly called and bidden by God himself. Ye know how +grievous and unkind a thing it is, when a man hath prepared a +rich feast, decked his table with all kind of provision, so that +there lacketh nothing but the guests to sit down; and yet they +who are called (without any cause) most unthankfully refuse to +come. Which of you, in such a case would not be moved? Who would +not think a great injury and wrong done unto him? Wherefore, most +dearly beloved in Christ, take ye good heed, lest ye, withdrawing +yourselves from this holy Supper, provoke God's indignation against +you. It is an easy matter for a man to say, I will not communicate, +because I am otherwise hindered with worldly business. But such +excuses are not so easily accepted and allowed before God. If any +man say, I am a grievous sinner, and therefore am afraid to come: +wherefore then do ye not repent and amend? When God calleth you, +are ye not ashamed to say ye will not come? When ye should return +to God, will ye excuse yourselves, and say ye are not ready? +Consider earnestly with yourselves how little such feigned excuses +will avail before God. They that refused the feast in the Gospel, + because they had bought a farm, or would try their yokes of +oxen, or because they were married, were not so excused, but +counted unworthy of the heavenly feast. I, for my part, shall +be ready; and, according to mine Office, I bid you in the Name of +God, I call you in Christ's behalf, I exhort you, as ye love your +own salvation, that ye will be partakers of this holy Communion. +And as the Son of God did vouchsafe to yield up his soul by death +upon the Cross for your salvation; so it is your duty to receive +the Communion, in remembrance of the sacrifice of his death, as +he himself hath commanded: which if ye shall neglect to do, consider +with yourselves how great injury ye do unto God, and how sore +punishment hangeth over your heads for the same; when ye wilfully +abstain from the Lord's Table, and separate from your brethren, +who come to feed on the banquet of that most heavenly food. These +things if ye earnestly consider, ye will by God's grace return to +a better mind: for the obtaining whereof we shall not cease to +make our humble petitions unto Almighty God our heavenly Father. + +_At the time of the Celebration of the Communion, the Communicants +being conveniently placed for the receiving of the holy Sacrament, +the Priest shall say this Exhortation_. + +Dearly beloved in the Lord, ye that 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; +(for then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ, and drink his +blood; then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; we are one with +Christ, and Christ with us;) so is the danger great, if we receive +the same unworthily. For then we are guilty of the Body and Blood +of Christ our Saviour; we eat and drink our own damnation *, not +considering the Lord's Body; we kindle God's wrath against us; we +provoke him to plague us with divers diseases, and sundry kinds +of death. Judge therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye be not +judged of the Lord; repent you truly for your sins past; have a +lively and stedfast 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 alway 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 to us; he hath instituted and +ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and for a continual +remembrance 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; submitting ourselves wholly to +his holy will and pleasure, and studying to serve him in true +holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. _Amen_. + +| _The Exhortation when warning is given of holy Communion, and_ +| _the Exhortation at the time of the Celebration_, Dearly beloved +| in the Lord, _may be omitted, unless on occasions when their use_ +| _is directed by his Bishop_. +| +| _In the former the word_ guilt_ may be substituted for the word_ +| damnation; * _in the latter the word_ judgement _may be_ +| _substituted for_ damnation. + +_Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receive the +holy Communion_, + +Ye that 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 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 humble confession +to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees. + +_Then shall this general Confession be made, in the name of all +those that are minded to receive the holy Communion, by one of +the Ministers; both he and all the people kneeling humbly upon +their knees and saying_, + +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, 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 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. + +_Then shall the Priest_ (_or the Bishop, being present_,) _stand +up, and turning himself to the people, pronounce this Absolution_. + +Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath +promised forgiveness of sins to all them that 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_. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all +that truly turn to him. + +Come unto me all that travail and are heavy laden, and I will +refresh you. _St Matth_. xi. 28. + +So God loved the world, that 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 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; and he is the propitiation for our sins. 1 _St John_ +ii. 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. + +_Then shall the Priest 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 thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy +Father, Almighty, Everlasting God. + +[Margin Note:] _These words_ [Holy Father] _must be omitted on_ +Trinity Sunday. + +_Here shall follow the proper Preface, according to the time, if +there be any specially appointed: or else immediately shall +follow_, + +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, heaven and +earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. +Amen. + +Proper Prefaces. + +_Upon_ Christmas 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, &c. + +_Upon_ Easter Day, _and seven days after_. + +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 destroyed death, and by his rising to life +again hath restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Angels, +&c. + +_Upon_ Ascension Day, _and seven days after_. + +Through thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who +after his most glorious Resurrection manifestly 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_ Whitsunday, _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 +knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ. Therefore 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 in equality. Therefore with Angels, &c. + +| _The following_ ADDITIONAL PROPER PREFACES _may be said_: +| _Upon_ The Epiphany, _and seven days after_. +| +| Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who, in substance of our mortal +| flesh, manifested forth his glory, that he might bring us out of +| darkness into his own marvellous light. Therefore, &c. +| +| _Upon_ The Purification. +| +| Because thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, born of a +| woman, born under the Law, was, as on this day, presented in the +| Temple, and revealed to thy servants as a light to lighten the +| Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel. Therefore, &c. +| +| _Upon_ The Annunciation. +| +| Because thou didst give Jesus Christ, thine only Son, to be born +| for us, who by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made very +| man, of the substance of the blessed Virgin Mary his mother, and +| that without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. +| Therefore, &c. +| +| _Upon_ Feasts of Apostles and Evangelists, _except when the +| proper preface for any of the Great Festivals is appointed to +| be said_. +| +| Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who did vouchsafe to choose thy +| servant Saint _N_. [_or_ thy servants Saint _N_. and Saint _N_.] +| to be of the company of the Apostles [_or_ to be an Evangelist] +| by whose ministry thine elect might be gathered in from every +| nation, and thy Church instructed in the way that leadeth unto +| everlasting life. Therefore, &c. +| +| _Upon_ All Saints' Day. +| +| Who in the multitude of thy Saints hast compassed us about with +| so great a cloud of witnesses, to the end that we, rejoicing in +| their fellowship, may run with patience the race that is set +| before us, and together with them receive the crown of glory +| that fadeth not away. Therefore, &c. +| +| _At the_ Consecration of Bishops, _and_ Ordination of Priests +| and Deacons. +| +| Through Jesus Christ our Lord, the great Shepherd of the sheep, +| who, for the feeding and guidance of his flock, did appoint +| divers orders of ministers in his Church. Therefore, &c. +| +| _At the_ Dedication of a Church, _and_ Anniversary of the +| Dedication. +| +| Who in temples made with hands buildest up for thyself a +| spiritual temple made without hands. Therefore, &c. + +_After each of which Prefaces shall immediately be sung or said_, + +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, heaven and +earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. +Amen. + +_Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the Lord's Table, say +in the name of all them that 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 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 +ever more dwell in him, and he in us. _Amen_. + +_When the Priest, 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 take the Cup into his +hands, he shall say the Prayer of Consecration, as followeth_. + +Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didst +give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the Cross +for our redemption; who made there (by his one oblation of himself +once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, +and satisfaction, 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, until his coming +again: Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee; +and grant that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, +according 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: who, in the same night that he was +betrayed, [a] took Bread; and, when he had given thanks, [b] he +brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat; [c] +this is my Body which is given for you: Do this in remembrance +of me. Likewise after supper [d] he took the Cup; and, when he +had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all Of +this; for [e] this is my Blood of the New Testament, which is +shed for you and for many for the remission of sins: Do this, as +oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me. _Amen_. + +[Margin Notes:] [a] _Here the Priest is to take the Paten into +his hands:_ + +[b] _And here to break the Bread:_ + +[c] _And here to lay his hand upon all the Bread_. + +[d] _Here he is to take the Cup into his hand:_ + +[e] _And here to lay his hand upon every vessel_ (_be it Chalice +or Flagon_) _in which there is any Wine to be consecrated_. + +_Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds +himself, and then proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops, +Priests, and Deacons, in like manner, (if any be present,) and +after that to the people also in order, into their hands, all +meekly kneeling. And, when he delivereth the Bread to any one, +he shall say_, + +The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, +preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life: Take and eat +this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him +in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving. + +_And the Minister that delivereth the Cup to any one shall say_, + +The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, +preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life: Drink this in +remembrance that Christ's Blood was shed for thee, and be thankful. + +| _When it is thought desirable to shorten the words of_ +| _administration on Christmas-day Easter-day, and Whitsunday, or_ +| _on special occasions approved by the Bishop, or in the case_ +| _of the pressure caused by large and unexpected numbers, the_ +| _Priest, having first said the whole words of administration_ +| (_in the singular number_) _once for all the communicants, may_ +| _use the first half of each form in communicating individuals_. + +_If the consecrated Bread or Wine be all spent before all have +communicated, the Priest is to consecrate more according to the +Form before prescribed: Beginning at_ [Our Saviour Christ in the +same night, &c.] _for the blessing of the Bread: and at_ [Likewise +after Supper, &c.] _for the blessing of the Cup_. + +_When all have communicated, the Minister shall return to the +Lord's Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of +the consecrated Elements, covering the same with a fair linen +cloth_. + +_Then shall the Priest say the Lord's Prayer, the people +repeating after him every petition_. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us +this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we +forgive them that trespass against us; And lead us not into +temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, +the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. + +_After shall be said as followeth_. + +O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy humble servants entirely +desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our +sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching +thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus +Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole +Church may obtain remission of our sins, 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 +lively sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that all we, +who are partakers of this holy Communion, may be fulfilled with +thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, +through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice, yet +we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service; 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_. + +_Or this_. + +Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for +that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these +holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body +and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us +thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us; and that we are +very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which +is the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs +through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most +precious death and passion of thy dear Son. Aid we most humbly +beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, +that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good +works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in; through Jesus +Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all +honour and glory, world without end. _Amen_. + +| _Both the post-communion prayers_ O Lord and heavenly Father, +| _and_ Almighty and everliving God, _maybe said in succession_ +| _at the same service_. + +_Then shall be said or sung_, + +Glory be to God on high, and in 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, O Lord God, +heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only-begotten +Son, Jesu 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, O +Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God +the Father. Amen. + +_Then the Priest_ (_or Bishop if he be present_) _shall let them +depart with this Blessing_. + +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_. + +_Collects to be said after the Offertory, when there is no +Communion, every such day one or more; and the same may be +said also, as often as occasion shall serve, after the Collects +either of Morning or Evening Prayer, Communion, or Litany, by +the discretion of the Minister_. + +Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and +prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment +of everlasting salvation; that, among all the changes and chances +of this mortal life, they may ever be defended by thy most gracious +and ready help; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +O 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_. + +Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words, which we +have heard this day with our outward ears, may through thy grace +be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth +in us the fruit of good living, to the honour and praise of thy +Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious +favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our +works, begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy +holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; +through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our +necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking: We +beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those +things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our +blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us for the worthiness +of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +Almighty God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of them +that ask in thy Son's Name: We beseech thee mercifully to incline +thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications +unto thee; and grant that those things, which we have faithfully +asked according to thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the +relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of thy glory; +through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + + +| PRAYERS FOR CERTAIN FESTIVALS AND SEASONS +| +| _Which may be said immediately before the Blessing at holy_ +| _Communion, or before the conclusion of other services_. +| +| _Advent_. +| +| Grant, O almighty God, that as thy blessed Son Jesus Christ at +| his first advent came to seek and to save that which was lost, so +| at his second and glorious appearing he may find in us the fruits +| of the redemption which he wrought, who liveth and reigneth, with +| thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. +| +| _Christmas-day, and seven days after_. +| +| O God, who hast given us grace at this time to celebrate the +| birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ: We laud and magnify thy +| glorious Name for the countless blessings which he hath brought +| unto us; and we beseech thee to grant that we may ever set forth +| thy praise in joyful obedience to thy will; through the same +| Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _Epiphany, and seven days after_. +| +| Almighty God, who at the baptism of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ +| in the river Jordan didst manifest his glorious Godhead: Grant, +| we beseech thee, that the brightness of his presence may shine +| in our hearts, and his glory be set forth in our lives; through +| the same Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +|_Easter-day, and seven days after_. +| +| O Lord God Almighty, whose blessed Son, our Saviour, Jesus +| Christ, did on the third day rise triumphant over death: Raise +| us, we beseech thee, from the death of sin unto the life of +| righteousness, that we may seek those things which are above, +| where he sitteth on thy right hand in glory. And this we beg for +| the sake of the same, thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _Ascension-day, and seven days after_. +| +| Almighty God, whose blessed Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ +| ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things: +| Mercifully give us faith to perceive that according to his +| promise he abideth with his Church on earth, even unto the end of +| the world; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| _Whitsunday, and six days after_. +| +| O almighty God, who on the day of Pentecost didst send the Holy +| Ghost the Comforter to abide in thy Church unto the end: Bestow +| upon us and all thy faithful people his manifold gifts of grace, +| that with minds enlightened by his truth, and hearts purified by +| his presence, we may day by day be strengthened with power in +| the inward man; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and +| the same Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, world without end. +| _Amen_. +| +| _Trinity Sunday_. +| +| O Lord God Almighty, Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the mysteries +| of whose being are unsearchable: Accept, we beseech thee, our +| praises for the revelation which thou hast made of thyself, +| Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, three Persons, and one God; and +| mercifully grant, that ever holding fast this faith we may +| magnify thy glorious Name; who livest and reignest, one God, +| world without end. _Amen_. +| +| _Two other prayers_. +| +| O almighty Father, wellspring of life to all things that have +| being, from amid the unwearied praises of Cherubim and Seraphim +| who stand about thy throne of light which no man can approach +| unto, give ear, we humbly beseech thee, to the supplications of +| thy people who put their sure trust in thy mercy, through Jesus +| Christ our Lord. _Amen_. (_From the_ Book of Deer.) +| +| O Lord Jesus Christ, before whose judgement-seat we must all +| appear and give account of the things done in the body: Grant, +| we beseech thee, that when the books are opened in that day, the +| faces of thy servants may not be ashamed, through thy merits, O +| blessed Saviour, who livest and reignest with the Father and the +| Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. [_From the_ +| Altus _of_ St Columba.] + +_Upon the Sundays and other Holy-days_ (_if there be no Communion_) +_shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion, until the +end of the general Prayer_ [For the whole state of Christ's Church +militant here in earth] _together with one or more of these +Collects last before rehearsed, concluding with the Blessing_. + +_And there shall be no Celebration of the Lord's Supper, except +there be a convenient number to communicate with the Priest, +according to his discretion_. + +_And if there be not above twenty persons in the Parish of +discretion to receive the Communion: yet there shall be no +Communion, except four_ (_or three at the least_) _communicate +with the Priest_. + +_And in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and Colleges, where +there are many Priests and Deacons, they shall all receive the +Communion with the Priest every Sunday at the least, except they +have a reasonable cause to the contrary_. + +_And to take away all occasion of dissension, and superstition, +which any person hath or might have concerning the Bread and Wine, +it shall suffice that the Bread be such as is usual to be eaten; +but the best and purest Wheat Bread that conveniently may be +gotten_. + +_And if any of the Bread and Wine remain unconsecrated, the Curate +shall have it to his own use: but if any remain of that which was +consecrated, it shall not be carried out of the Church, but the +Priest, and such other of the Communicants as he shall then call +unto him, shall, immediately after the Blessing, reverently eat +and drink the same_. + +_The Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be provided by the +Curate, and the Church-wardens at the charges of the Parish_. + +_And note, that every Parishioner shall communicate at the least +three times in the year, of which Easter to be one. And yearly at +Easter every Parishioner shall reckon with the Parson, Vicar, or +Curate, or his or their Deputy or Deputies; and pay to them or him +all Ecclesiastical Duties, accustomably due, then and at that time +to be paid_. + +_After the Divine Service ended, the money given at the Offertory +shall be disposed of to such pious and charitable uses, as the +Minister and Church-wardens shall think fit. Wherein if they +disagree, it shall be disposed of as the Ordinary shall appoint_. + +_Whereas it is ordained in this office for the Administration of +the Lord's Supper, that the Communicants should receive the same +kneeling; (which order is well meant, for a signification of our +humble and grateful acknowledgement of the benefits of Christ +therein given to all worthy Receivers, and for the avoiding of +such profanation and disorder in the holy Communion, as might +otherwise ensue;) yet, lest the same kneeling should by any +persons, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice +and obstinacy, be misconstrued and depraved: It is here declared, +that thereby no Adoration is intended, or ought to be done, either +unto the Sacramental Bread or Wine there bodily received, or unto +any Corporal Presence of Christ's natural Flesh and Blood. For the +Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very natural +substances, and therefore may not be adored;_ (_for that were +Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians;_) _and the +natural Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven, and +not here; it being against the truth of Christ's natural Body to +be at one time in more places than one_. + + + + +THE MINISTRATION OF + +PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS, + +TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH + + +_The people are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that +Baptism should not be administered but upon Sundays, and other +Holy-days, when the most number of people come together; as well +for that the Congregation there present may testify the receiving +of them that be newly baptized into the number of Christ's Church; +as also because in the Baptism of Infants every man present may +be put in remembrance of his own profession made to God in his +Baptism. For which cause also it is expedient that Baptism be +ministered in the vulgar tongue. Nevertheless_, (_if necessity so +require_,) _children may be baptized upon any other day_. + +_The public office for the ministration of Baptism of infants may +be used as a separate service, and such service may be concluded +with the Blessing_. + +_And note, that there shall be for every male child to be baptized +two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every female, one +Godfather and two Godmothers_. + +_When there are children to be baptized, the parents shall give +knowledge thereof over night, or in the morning before the beginning +of Morning Prayer, to the Curate. And then the Godfathers and +Godmothers and the people with the children must be ready at the +Font, either immediately after the last Lesson at Morning Prayer, +or else immediately after the last Lesson at Evening Prayer, as +the Curate by his discretion shall appoint. And the Priest coming +to the Font_, (_which is then to be filled with pure Water,_) _and +standing there, shall say_, Hath this Child been already baptized, +or no? _If they answer_, No: _then shall the Priest proceed as +followeth_. + +Dearly beloved, forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in sin, +and that our Saviour Christ saith, none can enter into the kingdom +of God, except he be regenerate and born anew of Water and of the +Holy Ghost: I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our +Lord Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous mercy he will grant to +_this Child_ that thing which by nature _he_ cannot have; that _he_ +may be baptized with Water and the Holy Ghost, and received into +Christ's holy Church, and be made _a lively member_ of the same. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +Let us pray. + +Almighty and everlasting God, who of thy great mercy didst save +Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by water; and also +didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people through the +Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism; and by the Baptism of +thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ, in the river Jordan, didst +sanctify water to the mystical washing away of sin: We beseech +thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt mercifully look +upon _this Child_, wash _him_ and sanctify _him_ with the Holy +Ghost; that _he_, being delivered from thy wrath, may be received +into the ark of Christ's Church; and being stedfast in faith, +joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass the waves +of this troublesome world, that finally _he_ may come to the land +of everlasting life, there to reign with thee world without end, +through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +Almighty and immortal God, the aid of all that need, the helper of +all that flee to thee for succour, the life of them that believe, +and the resurrection of the dead: We call upon thee for _this +Infant_, that _he_, coming to thy holy Baptism, may receive +remission of _his_ sins by spiritual regeneration. Receive _him_, +O Lord, as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son, saying, Ask, +and ye shall have; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be +opened unto you: So give now unto us that ask; let us that seek +find; open the gate unto us that knock; that _this Infant_ may +enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly washing, and may +come to the eternal kingdom which thou hast promised by Christ +our Lord. _Amen_. + +| _In the ministration of Baptism of infants it may suffice to say +one or other of the two opening prayers_, Almighty and everlasting +God, _or_ Almighty and immortal God. + +_Then shall the people stand up, and the Priest shall say_, + +Hear the words of the Gospel, written by Saint Mark in the tenth +chapter at the thirteenth verse. + +They brought young children to Christ, that he should touch them; +and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus +saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer little +children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the +kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive +the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. +And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and +blessed them. + +_After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall make this brief +exhortation upon the words of the Gospel_. + +Beloved, ye hear in this Gospel the words of our Saviour Christ, +that he commanded the children to be brought unto him; how he +blamed those that would have kept them from him; how he exhorteth +all men to follow their innocency. Ye perceive how by his outward +gesture and deed he declared his good will toward them; for he +embraced them in his arms, he laid his hands upon them, and blessed +them. Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly believe, that he will +likewise favourably receive _this_ present _Infant_; that he will +embrace _him_ with the arms of his mercy; that he will give unto +_him_ the blessing of eternal life, and make _him_ partaker of his +everlasting kingdom. Wherefore we being thus persuaded of the good +will of our heavenly Father towards _this Infant_, declared by his +Son Jesus Christ; and nothing doubting but that he favourably +alloweth this charitable work of ours in bringing _this Infant_ to +his holy Baptism; let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto +him, and say, + +Almighty and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give thee humble +thanks that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of +thy grace and faith in thee: Increase this knowledge, and confirm +this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to _this Infant_, +that _he_ may be born again, and be made _an heir_ of everlasting +salvation, through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth +with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. _Amen_. + +_Then shall the Priest speak unto the Godfathers and Godmothers +on this wise_. + +Dearly beloved, ye have brought _this Child_ here to be baptized; +ye have prayed that our Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to receive +_him_, to release _him_ of _his_ sins, to sanctify _him_ with the +Holy Ghost, to give _him_ the kingdom of heaven and everlasting +life. Ye have heard also that our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised +in his Gospel, to grant all these things that ye have prayed for: +which promise he, for his part, will most surely keep and perform. +Wherefore, after this promise made by Christ, _this Infant_ must +also faithfully, for _his_ part, promise by you that are _his_ +sureties, (until _he_ come of age to take it upon _himself_,) that +_he_ will renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly +believe God's holy Word, and obediently keep his commandments. + +I demand therefore, + +Dost thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and all +his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous +desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that +thou wilt not follow nor be led by them? + +_Answer_. I renounce them all. + +_Minister_. + +Dost thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and +earth? + +And in Jesus Christ his only-begotten Son our Lord? And that he +was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; that he +suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; +that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day; +that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God +the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come again at the end +of the world, to judge the quick and the dead? + +And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; +the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the Resurrection of +the flesh; and everlasting life after death? _Answer_. All this I +stedfastly believe. + +_Minister_. + +Wilt thou be baptized in this faith? + +_Answer_. That is my desire. + +_Minister_. + +Wilt thou then obediently keep God's holy will and commandments, +and walk in the same all the days of thy life? + +_Answer_. I will. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +O merciful God, grant that the old Adam in _this Child_ may be so +buried, that the new man may be raised up in _him_. _Amen_. + +Grant that all carnal affections may die in _him_, and that all +things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in _him_. _Amen_. + +Grant that _he_ may have power and strength, to have victory, and +to triumph against the devil, the world, and the flesh. _Amen_. + +Grant that whosoever is here dedicated to thee by our office and +ministry may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly +rewarded, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, who dost live, +and govern all things, world without end. _Amen_. + +Almighty everliving God, whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus +Christ, for the forgiveness of our sins, did shed out of his most +precious side both water and blood; and gave commandment to his +disciples, that they should go teach all nations, and baptize them +in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: +Regard, we beseech thee, the supplications of thy Congregation; +sanctify this Water to the mystical washing away of sin; and grant +that _this Child_, now to be baptized therein, may receive the +fulness of thy grace, and ever remain in the number of thy faithful +and elect children; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Then the Priest shall take the Child into his hands, and shall +say to the Godfathers and Godmothers_, Name this Child. _And then +naming it after them_ (_if they shall certify him that the Child +may well endure it_) _he shall dip it in the Water discreetly and +warily, saying_, + +_N_. I baptize thee in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and +of the Holy Ghost. Amen. + +_But if they certify that the Child is weak, it shall suffice to +pour Water upon it, saying the foresaid words_, + +_N_. I Baptize thee in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and +of the Holy Ghost. Amen. + +_Then the Priest shall say_, + +We receive this Child into the Congregation Of Christ's flock, * +and do sign him with the sign of the Cross, in token that hereafter +_he_ shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, +and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the world, and +the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant +unto his life's end. Amen. + +[Margin Note:] * _Here the Priest shall make a Cross upon the +Child's forehead_. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that _this Child_ is regenerate +and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us give thanks +unto Almighty God for these benefits, and with one accord make our +prayers unto him, that _this Child_ may lead the rest of _his_ life +according to this beginning. + +_Then shall be said, all kneeling_, + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, But +deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath +pleased thee to regenerate _this Infant_ with thy Holy Spirit, to +receive _him_ for thine own _Child_ by adoption, and to incorporate +_him_ into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee to grant +that _he_ being dead unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and +being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify the old man, and +utterly abolish the whole body of sin; and that, as _he is_ made +_partaker_ of the death of thy Son, _he_ may also be _partaker_ of +his resurrection; so that finally, with the residue of thy holy +Church, _he_ may be _an inheritor_ of thine everlasting kingdom; +through Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Then, all standing up, the Priest shall say to the Godfathers and +Godmothers this exhortation following_. + +Forasmuch as _this Child hath_ promised by you _his_ sureties to +renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to +serve him: Ye must remember, that it is your parts and duties to +see that _this Infant_ be taught, so soon as _he_ shall be able to +learn, what a solemn vow, promise and profession _he hath_ here +made by you. And that _he_ may know these things the better, ye +shall call upon _him_ to hear sermons; and chiefly ye shall provide +that _he_ may learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer and the Ten +Commandments in the vulgar tongue, and all other things which a +Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health; and that +_this Child_ may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a +Christian life; remembering always, that Baptism doth represent +unto us our profession; which is, to follow the example of our +Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him; that as he died and +rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin and +rise again unto righteousness, continually mortifying all our evil +and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and +godliness of living. + +_Then shall he add and say_, + +Ye are to take care that _this Child_ be brought to the Bishop to +be confirmed by him, so soon as he can say the Creed, the Lord's +Prayer and the Ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue, and be +further instructed in the Church Catechism set forth for that +purpose. + +_It is certain by God's Word, that children which are baptized, +dying before they commit actual sin, are undoubtedly saved_. + +_To take away all scruple concerning the use of the sign of the +Cross in Baptism; the true explication thereof, and the just +reasons for the retaining of it, may be seen in the xxxth Canon, +first published in the year MDCIV_. + + + + +THE MINISTRATION OF + +PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN + +IN HOUSES + + +_The Curates of every Parish shall often admonish the people, that +they defer not the Baptism of their children longer than the first +or second Sunday next after their birth, or other Holy-day falling +between, unless upon a great and reasonable cause, to be approved +by the Curate_. + +_And also they shall warn them, that without like great cause and +necessity they profuse not their children to be baptized at home +in their houses. But when need shall compel them so to do, then +Baptism shall be administered on this fashion_. + +_First let the Minister of the Parish_ (_or, in his absence, any +other lawful Minister that can be procured_) _with them that are +present call upon God, and say the Lord's Prayer, and so many of +the Collects appointed to be said before in the form of Public +Baptism, as the time and present exigence will suffer. And then, +the child being named by some one that is present, the Minister +shall pour Water upon it, saying these words_; + +_N_. I baptize thee in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and +of the Holy Ghost. Amen. + +_Then, all kneeling down, the Minister shall give thanks unto God, +and say_, + +We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath +pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to +receive _him_ for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate +_him_ into thy holy Church. And we humbly beseech thee to grant, +that as _he_ is now made partaker of the death of thy Son, so _he_ +may be also of his resurrection; and that finally, with the residue +of thy Saints, _he_ may inherit thine everlasting kingdom; through +the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_And let them not doubt, but that the Child so baptized is lawfully +and sufficiently baptized, and ought not to be baptized again. Yet +nevertheless, if the Child which is after this sort baptized do +afterward live, it is expedient that it be brought into the Church, +to the intent that, if the Minister of the same Parish did himself +baptize that Child, the Congregation may be certified of the true +form of Baptism, by him privately before used. In which case he +shall say thus_, + +I certify you, that according to the due and prescribed Order of +the Church, at such a time, and at such a place, before divers +witnesses, I baptized this Child. + +_But if the Child were baptized by any other lawful Minister, then +the Minister of the Parish, where the Child was born or christened, +shall examine and try whether the Child be lawfully baptized, or +no. In which case, if those that bring any Child to the Church do +answer that the same Child is already baptized, then shall the +Minister examine them further, saying_, + +By whom was this Child baptized? Who was present when this Child +was baptized? + +Because some things essential to this Sacrament may happen to be +omitted through fear or haste, in such times of extremity; +therefore I demand further of you, + +With what matter was this Child baptized? With what words was this +Child baptized? + +_And if the Minister shall find by the answers of such as bring +the Child, that all things were done as they ought to be; then +shall not he christen the Child again, but shall receive him as one +of the flock of true Christian people, saying thus_, + +I certify you, that in this case all is well done, and according +unto due order, concerning the baptizing of this Child; who being +born in original sin, and in the wrath of God, is now, by the +laver of Regeneration in Baptism, received into the number of the +children of God and heirs of everlasting life: for our Lord Jesus +Christ doth not deny his grace and mercy unto such infants, but +most lovingly doth call them unto him, as the holy Gospel doth +witness to our comfort on this wise. + +St Mark x. 13. + +They brought young children to Christ, that he should touch them; +and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus +saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the +little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such +is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not +receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter +therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, +and blessed them. + +_After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall make this brief +exhortation upon the words of the Gospel_. + +Beloved, ye hear in this Gospel the words of our Saviour Christ, +that he commanded the children to be brought unto him; how he +blamed those that would have kept them from him; how he exhorted +all men to follow their innocency. Ye perceive how by his outward +gesture and deed he declared his good will toward them; for he +embraced them in his arms, he laid his hands upon them, and blessed +them. Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly believe, that he hath +likewise favourably received this present Infant; that he hath +embraced him with the arms of his mercy; and (as he hath promised +in his holy Word) will give unto him the blessing of eternal life, +and make him partaker of his everlasting kingdom. Wherefore, we +being thus persuaded of the good will of our heavenly Father, +declared by his Son Jesus Christ, towards this Infant, let us +faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him, and say the Prayer +which the Lord himself taught us: + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +Almighty and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give thee humble +thanks that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy +grace and faith in thee: Increase this knowledge, and confirm this +faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to this Infant, that +_he_, being born again, and being made an heir of everlasting +salvation, through our Lord Jesus Christ, may continue thy servant, +and attain thy promise; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ thy +Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now +and for ever. _Amen_. + +_Then shall the Priest demand the Name of the Child; which by the +Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced, the Minister shall say_, + +Dost thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and all +his works, the vain pomp and glory of this world, with all covetous +desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that +thou wilt not follow nor be led by them? + +_Answer_. I renounce them all. + +_Minister_. + +Dost thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and +earth? + +And in Jesus Christ his only-begotten Son our Lord? And that he was +conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; that he +suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; +that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third +day; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand +of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come again at the +end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead? + +And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; +the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the Resurrection +of the flesh; and everlasting life after death? + +_Answer_. All this I stedfastly believe. + +_Minister_. + +Wilt thou then obediently keep God's holy will and commandments, +and walk in the same all the days of thy life? + +_Answer_. I will. + +_Then the Priest shall say_, + +We receive this Child into the Congregation of Christ's flock, +and do * sign _him_ with the Sign Of Cross, in token that hereafter +_he_ shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, +and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the world, and +the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant +unto _his_ life's end. Amen. + +[Margin Note:] * _The Priest shall make a Cross upon the Child's +forehead_. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this Child is by Baptism +regenerate and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us +give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits, and with one +accord make our prayers unto him, that _he_ may lead the rest of +_his_ life according to this beginning. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +We yield thee most hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it +hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, +to receive _him_ for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate +_him_ into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee to grant +that _he_ being dead unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and +being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify the old man, +and utterly abolish the whole body of sin; and that, as _he_ is +made partaker of the death of thy Son, he may also be partaker of +his resurrection; so that finally, with the residue of thy holy +Church, he may be an inheritor of thine everlasting kingdom; through +Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Then, all standing up, the Minister shall make this exhortation +to the Godfathers and Godmothers_. + +Forasmuch as this Child hath promised by you _his_ sureties to +renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to +serve him: Ye must remember, that it is your parts and duties to +see that this Infant be taught, so soon as _he_ shall be able to +learn, what a solemn vow, promise and profession _he_ hath made by +you. And that _he_ may know these things the better, ye shall call +upon _him_ to hear sermons; and chiefly ye shall provide that _he_ +may learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments +in the vulgar tongue, and all other things which a Christian ought +to know and believe to his soul's health; and that this Child may +be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a Christian life; +remembering alway, that Baptism doth represent unto us our +profession; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, +and be made like unto him; that as he died and rose again for us, +so should we, who are baptized, die from sin and rise again unto +righteousness, continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt +affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of +living. + +_But if they which bring the Infant to the Church do make such +uncertain answers to the Priest's questions, as that it cannot +appear that the Child was baptized with water, In the Name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,_ (_which are +essential parts of Baptism,_) _then let the Priest baptize it in +the form before appointed for Public Baptism of Infants: Saving +that at the dipping of the Child in the Font, he shall use this +form of words_. + +If thou art not already baptized, _N_. I baptize thee in the Name +of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. + + + + +THE MINISTRATION OF + +BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ARE + +OF RIPER YEARS, + +AND ABLE TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES + + +_When any such persons, as are of riper years, are to be baptized, +timely notice shall be given to the Bishop, or whom he shall +appoint for that purpose, a week before at the least, by the +Parents, or some other discreet persons; that so due care may +be taken for their examination, whether they be sufficiently +instructed in the principles of the Christian Religion; and that +they may be exhorted to prepare themselves with Prayers and Fasting +for the receiving of this holy Sacrament_. + +_And if they shall be found fit, then the Godfathers and +Godmothers_ (_the people being assembled upon the Sunday or +Holy-day appointed_) _shall be ready to present them at the Font +immediately after the second Lesson, either at Morning or Evening +Prayer, as the Curate in his discretion shall think fit_. + +| _The public office for the ministration of Baptism of such as +be of riper_ _years may be used as a separate service, and such +service may be_ _concluded with the Blessing_. + +_And standing there, the Priest shall ask, whether any of the +persons here presented be baptized, or no: If they shall answer_, +No; _then shall the Priest say thus_, + +Dearly beloved, forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in +sin, (and that which is born of the flesh is flesh,) and they that +are in the flesh cannot please God, but live in sin, committing +many actual transgressions; and that our Saviour Christ saith, none +can enter into the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate and born +anew of water and of the Holy Ghost; I beseech you to call upon God +the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous +goodness he will grant to these persons that which by nature they +cannot have; that they may be baptized with water and the Holy +Ghost, and received into Christ's holy Church, and be made lively +members of the same. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +Let us pray. + +(_And here all the Congregation shall kneel_.) + +Almighty and everlasting God, who of thy great mercy didst save +Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by water; and also +didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people through the +Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism; and by the Baptism of +thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ, in the river Jordan, didst +sanctify the element of water to the mystical washing away of +sin: We beseech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt +mercifully look upon _these_ thy _servants_; wash _them_ and +sanctify _them_ with the Holy Ghost; that _they_, being delivered +from thy wrath, may be received into the ark of Christ's Church; +and being stedfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in +charity, may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, that +finally _they_ may come to the land of everlasting life, there to +reign with thee world without end, through Jesus Christ our Lord +_Amen_. + +Almighty and immortal God, the aid of all that need, the helper of +all that flee to thee for succour, the life of them that believe, +and the resurrection of the dead: We call upon thee for _these +persons_, that _they_, coming to thy holy Baptism, may receive +remission of _their_ sins by spiritual regeneration. Receive _them_, +O Lord: and as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son, saying, +Ask, and ye shall receive; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it +shall be opened unto you: So give now unto us that ask; let us that +seek find; open the gate unto us that knock; that _these persons_ +may enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly washing, and +may come to the eternal kingdom which thou hast promised by Christ +our Lord. _Amen_. + +| _In the ministration of Baptism of such as be of riper years it +may suffice to say one or other of the two opening prayers_, +Almighty and everlasting God, _or_ Almighty and immortal God. + +_Then shall the people stand up, and the Priest shall say_, + +Hear the words of the Gospel, written by Saint John in the third +chapter, beginning at the first verse. + +There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the +Jews. The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, +we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do +these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus +answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except +a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus +saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter +the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, +Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and +of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which +is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit +is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. +The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound +thereof; but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: +so is every one that is born of the Spirit. + +_After which he shall say this exhortation following_. + +Beloved, ye hear in this Gospel the express words of our Saviour +Christ, that except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he +cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Whereby ye may perceive the +great necessity of this Sacrament, where it may be had. Likewise, +immediately before his ascension into heaven, (as we read in the +last chapter of Saint Mark's Gospel,) he gave command to his +disciples, saying, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel +to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be +saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Which also +sheweth unto us the great benefit we reap thereby. For which cause +Saint Peter the Apostle, when upon his first preaching of the +Gospel many were pricked at the heart, and said to him and the +rest of the Apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? replied +and said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you for +the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy +Ghost. For the promise is to you and your children, and to all +that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. +And with many other words exhorted he them, saying, Save yourselves +from this untoward generation. For (as the same Apostle testifieth +in another place) even Baptism doth also now save us, (not the +putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good +conscience towards God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. +Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly believe, that he will +favourably receive _these_ present _persons_, truly repenting, +and coming unto him by faith; that he will grant _them_ remission +of _their_ sins, and bestow upon _them_ the Holy Ghost; that he +will give _them_ the blessing of eternal life, and make _them +partakers_ of his everlasting kingdom. Wherefore we being thus +persuaded of the good will of our heavenly Father towards _these +persons_, declared by his Son Jesus Christ; let us faithfully and +devoutly give thanks to him, and say, + +Almighty and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give thee humble +thanks, for that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge +of thy grace and faith in thee: Increase this knowledge, and +confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to these +persons, that they may be born again, and be made heirs of +everlasting salvation, through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth +and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. +_Amen_. + +_Then the Priest shall speak to the persons to be baptized on this +wise_. + +Well-beloved, who are come hither desiring to receive holy Baptism, +_ye_ have heard how the Congregation hath prayed that our Lord +Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to receive you and bless you, to +release you of your sins, to give you the kingdom of heaven and +everlasting life. _Ye_ have heard also that our Lord Jesus Christ +hath promised in his holy Word, to grant all those things that we +have prayed for; which promise he, for his part, will most surely +keep and perform. Wherefore, after this promise made by Christ, +_ye_ must also faithfully, for your part, promise in the presence +of these your witnesses, and this whole Congregation, that _ye_ +will renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe +God's holy Word, and obediently keep his commandments. + +_Then shall the Priest demand of each of the persons to be baptized, +severally, these Questions following_. + +_Question_. + +Dost thou renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and +glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the +carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow nor be +led by them? + +_Answer_. I renounce them all. + +_Question_. + +Dost thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and +earth? + +And in Jesus Christ his only-begotten Son our Lord? And that he was +conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; that he +suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; +that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day; +that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God +the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come again at the end of +the world, to judge the quick and the dead? + +And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; +the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the Resurrection of +the flesh; and everlasting life after death? + +_Answer_. All this I stedfastly believe. + +_Question_. + +Wilt thou be baptized in this faith? + +_Answer_. That is my desire. + +_Question_. + +Wilt thou then obediently keep God's holy will and commandments, +and walk in the same all the days of thy life? + +_Answer_. I will endeavour so to do, God being my helper. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +O merciful God, grant that the old Adam in _these persons_ may be +so buried, that the new man may be raised up in _them_. _Amen_. + +Grant that all carnal affections may die in _them_, and that all +things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in _them_. _Amen_. + +Grant that _they_ may have power and strength, to have victory, and +to triumph against the devil, the world, and the flesh. _Amen_. + +Grant that _they_, being here dedicated to thee by our office +and ministry, may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and +everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, +who dost live, and govern all things, world without end. _Amen_. + +Almighty everliving God, whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus +Christ, for the forgiveness of our sins, did shed out of his +most precious side both water and blood; and gave commandment +to his disciples, that they should go teach all nations, and +baptize them in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost: +Regard, we beseech thee, the supplications of this Congregation; +sanctify this Water to the mystical washing away of sin; and grant +that the persons now to be baptized therein may receive the fulness +of thy grace, and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and +elect children; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Then shall the Priest take each person to be baptized by the +right hand, and placing him conveniently by the Font, according +to his discretion, shall ask the Godfathers and Godmothers the +Name; and then shall dip him in the water, or pour water upon him, +saying_, + +_N_. I baptize thee, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and +of the Holy Ghost. Amen. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +We receive this person into the Congregation of Christ's flock; +and * do sign _him_ with the sign of the Cross, in token that +hereafter _he_ shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ +crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the +world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier +and servant unto _his_ life's end. Amen. + +* _Here the Priest shall make a Cross upon the person's forehead_. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that _these persons_ are +regenerate and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us +give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits, and with one +accord make our prayers unto him, that _they_ may lead the rest +of _their_ life according to this beginning. + +_Then shall be said the Lord's Prayer, all kneeling_. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +We yield thee humble thanks, O heavenly Father, that thou hast +vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in +thee; Increase this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us +evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to _these persons_, that, being now +born again, and made heirs of everlasting salvation, through our +Lord Jesus Christ, _they_ may continue thy servants, and attain thy +promises; through the same Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who liveth +and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, +everlastingly. _Amen_. + +_Then, all standing up, the Priest shall use this exhortation +following; speaking to the Godfathers and Godmothers first_. + +Forasmuch as _these persons_ have promised in your presence to +renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to +serve him: Ye must remember that it is your part and duty to put +_them_ in mind, what a solemn vow, promise, and profession _they_ +have now made before this Congregation, and especially before you +their chosen witnesses. And ye are also to call upon _them_ to use +all diligence to be rightly instructed in God's holy Word; that so +_they_ may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus +Christ, and live godly, righteously, and soberly in this present +world. + +(_And then, speaking to the new baptized persons, he shall proceed, +and say_,) + +And as for you, who have now by Baptism put on Christ, it is your +part and duty also, being made the _children_ of God and of the +light by faith in Jesus Christ, to walk answerably to your Christian +calling, and as becometh the children of light; remembering always, +that Baptism representeth unto us our profession; which is, to +follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto +him; that as he died and rose again for us, so should we, who are +baptized, die from sin and rise again unto righteousness, continually +mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding +in all virtue and godliness of living. + +_It is expedient that every person, thus baptized, should be +confirmed by the Bishop so soon after his Baptism as conveniently +may be; that so he may be admitted to the holy Communion_. + +_If any persons not baptized in their infancy shall be brought to +be baptized before they come to years of discretion to answer for +themselves; it may suffice to use the Office for Public Baptism of +Infants, or_ (_in case of extreme danger_) _the Office for Private +Baptism; only changing the word_ [Infant] _for_ [Child _or_ Person] +_as occasion requireth_. + + + + +A CATECHISM, + +THAT IS TO SAY, + +AN INSTRUCTION TO BE LEARNED OF EVERY PERSON BEFORE + +HE BE BROUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE BISHOP + + +_Question_. + +What is your Name? + +_Answer_. _N_. or _NN_. + +_Question_. Who gave you this Name? + +_Answer_. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism; wherein I +was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of +the kingdom of heaven. + +_Question_. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you? + +_Answer_. They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, +that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and +vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. +Secondly, that I should believe all the articles of the Christian +faith. And thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and +commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life. + +_Question_. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe, and +to do, as they have promised for thee? + +_Answer_. Yes verily: and by God's help so I will. And I heartily +thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of +salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God +to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my +life's end. + +_Catechist_. + +Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief. + +_Answer_. + +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 at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence +he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. + +I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The +Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection +of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. + +_Question_. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy +Belief? + +_Answer_. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath +made me, and all the world. + +Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. + +Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the +elect people of God. + +_Question_. + +You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you, +that you should keep God's Commandments. Tell me how many there be? + +_Answer_. Ten. + +_Question_. Which be they? + +_Answer_. + +The same which God spake in the twentieth chapter of Exodus, +saying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land +of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. + +I. Thou shalt have none other gods but me. + +II. Thou shalt not make to 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 shew mercy +unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments. + +III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: for +the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his Name in vain. + +IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days shalt +thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day +is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner +of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and +thy maid-servant, thy 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. + +V. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long in +the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. + +VI. Thou shalt do no murder. + +VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. + +VIII. Thou shalt not steal. + +IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. + +X. Thou shalt not covet thy 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. + +_Question_. + +What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments? + +_Answer_. I learn two things: my duty towards God, and my duty +towards my Neighbour. + +_Question_. What is thy duty towards God? + +_Answer_. My duty towards God is to believe in him, to fear him, +and to love him, with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my +soul, and with all my strength; to worship him, to give him thanks, +to put my whole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy +Name and his Word, and to serve him truly all the days of my life. + +_Question_. What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour? + +_Answer_. My duty towards my Neighbour is to love him as myself, +and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me: To love, +honour, and succour my father and mother: To honour and obey the +King, and all that are put in authority under him: To submit myself +to all my governors, teachers, spiritual pastors and masters: To +order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters: To hurt nobody +by word nor deed: To be true and just in all my dealing: To bear +no malice nor hatred in my heart: To keep my hands from picking and +stealing, and my tongue from evil-speaking, lying, and slandering: +To keep my body in temperance, soberness, and chastity: Not to +covet nor desire other men's goods; but to learn and labour truly +to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that state of life, +unto which it shall please God to call me. + +_Catechist_. + +My good child, know this, that thou art not able to do these +things of thyself, nor to walk in the commandments of God, and +to serve him, without his special grace; which thou must learn at +all times to call for by diligent prayer. Let me hear therefore if +thou canst say the Lord's Prayer. + +_Answer_. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Question_. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer? + +_Answer_. I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father, who is the +giver of all goodness, to send his grace unto me, and to all +people, that we may worship him, serve him, and obey him, as we +ought to do. And I pray unto God, that he will send us all things +that be needful both for our souls and bodies; and that he will be +merciful unto us, and forgive us our sins; and that it will please +him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily; and +that he will keep us from all sin and wickedness, and from our +ghostly enemy, and from everlasting death. And this I trust he will +do of his mercy and goodness, through our Lord Jesus Christ. And +therefore I say, Amen, So be it. + +_Question_. + +How many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church? + +_Answer_. Two only, as generally necessary to salvation; that is +to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. + +_Question_. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament? + +_Answer_. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and +spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a +means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us +thereof. + +_Question_. How many parts are there in a Sacrament? + +_Answer_. Two: the outward visible sign, and the inward spiritual +grace. + +_Question_. What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism? + +_Answer_. Water: wherein the person is baptized, In the Name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. + +_Question_. What is the inward and spiritual grace? + +_Answer_. A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness: for +being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are +hereby made the children of grace. + +_Question_. What is required of persons to be baptized? + +_Answer_. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin: and faith, whereby +they stedfastly believe the promises of God, made to them in that +Sacrament. + +_Question_. Why then are infants baptized, when by reason of their +tender age they cannot perform them? + +_Answer_. Because they promise them both by their sureties: which +promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform. + +_Question_. Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained? + +_Answer_. For the continual remembrance of the sacrifice of the +death of Christ, and of the benefits which we receive thereby. + +_Question_. What is the outward part or sign of the Lord's Supper? + +_Answer_. Bread and Wine, which the Lord hath commanded to be +received. + +_Question_. What is the inward part, or thing signified? + +_Answer_. The Body and Blood of Christ, which are verily and +indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper. + +_Question_. What are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby? + +_Answer_. The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by the Body +and Blood of Christ, as our bodies are by the Bread and Wine. + +_Question_. What is required of them who come to the Lord's Supper? + +_Answer_. To examine themselves, whether they repent them truly of +their former sins, stedfastly purposing to lead a new life; have a +lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful +remembrance of his death; and be in charity with all men. + +_The Curate of every Parish shall diligently upon Sundays and +Holy-days, after the second Lesson at Evening Prayer, openly in +the Church instruct and examine so many Children of his Parish sent +unto him, as he shall think convenient, in some part of this +Catechism_. + +_And all Fathers, Mothers, Masters, and Dames, shall cause their +Children, Servants, and Prentices,_ (_which have not learned their +Catechism,_) _to come to the Church at the time appointed, and +obediently to hear and be ordered by the Curate, until such time +as they have learned all that is here appointed for them to learn_. + +_So soon as Children are come to a competent age, and can say, in +their mother tongue, the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten +Commandments; and also can answer to the other questions of this +short Catechism; they shall be brought to the Bishop: And every one +shall have a Godfather, or a Godmother, as a witness of their +Confirmation_. + +_And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for Children to be +brought unto him for their Confirmation, the Curate of every Parish +shall either bring or send in writing, with his hand subscribed +thereunto, the names of all such persons within his Parish, as he +shall think fit to be presented to the Bishop to be confirmed. And, +if the Bishop approve of them, he shall confirm, them in manner +following_. + + + + +THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION, + +OR LAYING ON OF HANDS UPON THOSE THAT ARE BAPTIZED + +AND COME TO YEARS OF DISCRETION + + +_Upon the day appointed, all that are to be then confirmed, being +placed, and standing in order before the Bishop; he_ (_or some +other Minister appointed by him_) _shall read this Preface +following_. + +To the end that Confirmation maybe ministered to the more edifying +of such as shall receive it, the Church hath thought good to order, +That none hereafter shall be confirmed, but such as can say the +Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments; and can also +answer to such other questions, as in the short Catechism are +contained: which order is very convenient to be observed; to the +end that children being now come to the years of discretion, and +having learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for +them in Baptism, they may themselves, with their own mouth and +consent, openly before the Church, ratify and confirm the same; +and also promise, that by the grace of God they will evermore +endeavour themselves faithfully to observe such things, as they +by their own confession have assented unto. + +_Then shall the Bishop say_, + +Do ye here, in the presence of God, and of this Congregation, renew +the solemn promise and vow that was made in your name at your +Baptism; ratifying and confirming the same in your own persons, +and acknowledging yourselves bound to believe and to do all those +things, which your Godfathers and Godmothers then undertook for you? + +_And every one shall audibly answer_, + +I do. + +_The Bishop_. + +Our help is in the Name of the Lord; + +_Answer_. Who hath made heaven and earth. + +_Bishop_. Blessed be the Name of the Lord; + +_Answer_. Henceforth world without end. + +_Bishop_. Lord, hear our prayers. + +_Answer_. And let our cry come unto thee. + +_Bishop_. + +Let us pray. + +Almighty and ever-living God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate +these thy servants by Water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given +unto them forgiveness of all their sins: Strengthen them, we +beseech thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily +increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace; the spirit of wisdom +and understanding; the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength; the +spirit of knowledge and true godliness; and fill them, O Lord, with +the spirit of thy holy fear, now and for ever. _Amen_. + +_Then all of them in order kneeling before the Bishop, he shall +lay his hand upon the head of every one severally, saying_, + +Defend, O Lord, this thy Child [or _this thy Servant_] with thy +heavenly grace, that _he_ may continue thine for ever; and daily +increase in thy Holy Spirit, more and more, until _he_ come unto +thy everlasting kingdom. Amen. + +_Then shall the Bishop say_, + +The Lord be with you. + +_Answer_. And with thy spirit. + +_And_ (_all kneeling down_) _the Bishop shall add_, + +Let us pray. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, But +deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_And this Collect_. + +Almighty and everliving God, who makest us both to will and to +do those things that be good and acceptable unto thy divine +Majesty; We make our humble supplications unto thee for these thy +servants, upon whom (after the example of thy holy Apostles) we have +now laid our hands, to certify them (by this sign) of thy favour and +gracious goodness towards them. Let thy fatherly hand, we beseech +thee, ever be over them; let thy Holy Spirit ever be with them; and +so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy Word, that in +the end they may obtain everlasting life; through our Lord Jesus +Christ, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever +one God, world without end. _Amen._ + +O 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_. + +_Then the Bishop shall bless them, saying thus_, + +The Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy +Ghost, be upon you, and remain with you, for ever. _Amen_. + +_And there shall none be admitted to the holy Communion, until such +time as he be confirmed, or be ready and desirous to be confirmed_. + + + + +| AN ALTERNATIVE ORDER FOR THE +| +|MINISTRATION OF CONFIRMATION +| +|AS CANONICALLY SANCTIONED IN THE SCOTTISH CHURCH +| +| +| _The circumstances of this Church requiring on many occasions +| such modifications of the Order of Confirmation as may render +| it appropriate to candidates who had not godfathers and +| godmothers at their baptism, the Bishop may substitute for the +| Preface in the Order of Confirmation in the Book of Common +| Prayer a suitable address, and may substitute for the question +| Do ye here, etc., the three following questions_: +| +| Dost thou renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp +| and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, +| and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow +| nor be led by them? +| +| _Answer_. I do. +| +| Dost thou believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven +| and earth? And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord? And that he +| was conceived by the Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary; that he +| suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; +| that he descended into hell, and the third day did rise again from +| the dead; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right +| hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come to +| judge the quick and the dead? +| +| And dost thou 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? +| +| _Answer_. I do. +| +| Dost thou promise that thou wilt endeavour to keep God's holy +| will and commandments, and to walk in the same all the days of thy +| life? +| +| _Answer_. I do. +| +| _The Bishop_. +| +| Our help is in the Name of the Lord; +| +| _Answer_. Who hath made heaven and earth. +| +| _Bishop_. Blessed be the Name of the Lord; +| +| _Answer_. Henceforth world without end. +| +| _Bishop_. Lord, hear our prayers. +| +| _Answer_. And let our cry come unto thee. +| +| _Bishop_. +| +| Let us pray. +| +| Almighty and everliving God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate +| these thy servants by Water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given +| unto them forgiveness of all their sins: Strengthen them, we +| beseech thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and +| daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace; the spirit +| of wisdom and understanding; the spirit of counsel and ghostly +| strength; the spirit of knowledge and true godliness; and fill +| them, O Lord, with the spirit of thy holy fear, now and for ever. +| _Amen_. +| +| _Then all of them in order kneeling before the Bishop, he shall +| lay his hand upon the head of every one severally_. +| +| _The Bishop, when administering Confirmation, may at his +| discretion, with concurrence of the Clergyman, use the +| following form in addition to that prescribed in the Book +| of Common Prayer_: +| +| _N_. I sign thee with the sign of the cross [_here the Bishop +| shall sign the person with the sign of the cross on the +| forehead_] and I lay my hands [_or_ hand] upon thee, in the +| Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. +| +| Defend, O Lord, this thy Child [_or_ this thy Servant] with thy +| heavenly grace, that _he_ may continue thine for ever; and daily +| increase in thy Holy Spirit, more and more, until _he_ come +| unto thy everlasting kingdom. Amen. +| +| _Then shall the Bishop say_, +| +| The Lord be with you. +| +| _Answer_. And with thy spirit. +| +| _And_ (_all kneeling down_) _the Bishop shall add_, +| +| Let us pray. +| +| Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy +| kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. +| Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, +| As we forgive them that trespass against us; And lead us not into +| temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen. +| +| _And this Collect_. +| +| Almighty and everliving God, who makest us both to will and +| to do those things that be good and acceptable unto thy divine +| Majesty: We make our humble supplications unto thee for these thy +| servants, upon whom (after the example of thy holy Apostles) we +| have now laid our hands, to certify them (by this sign) of thy +| favour and gracious goodness towards them. Let thy fatherly hand, +| we beseech thee, ever be over them; let thy Holy Spirit ever be +| with them; and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of +| thy Word, that in the end they may obtain everlasting life; +| through our Lord Jesus Christ, who with thee and the Holy Ghost +| liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. _Amen_. +| +| O 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_. +| +| _Then the Bishop shall bless them, saying thus_, +| +| The Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy +| Ghost, be upon you, and remain with you, for ever. _Amen_. + + + + +THE FORM OF SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY + + +_First, the Banns of all that are to be married together must be +published in the Church three several Sundays, during the time of +Morning Service, or of Evening Service_, (_if there be no Morning +Service,_) _immediately after the second Lesson; the Curate saying +after the accustomed manner_, I publish the Banns of Marriage +between _N_. of and _N_. of------. If any of you know cause, or +just impediment, why these two persons should not be joined together +in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it. This is the first [second, +_or_ third] time of asking. + +_And if the persons that are to be married dwell in divers +Parishes, the Banns must be asked in both Parishes; and the +Curate of the one Parish shall not solemnize Matrimony betwixt +them, without a Certificate of the Banns being thrice asked, from +the Curate of the other Parish_. + +_At the day and time appointed for solemnization of Matrimony, the +persons to be married shall come into the body of the Church with +their friends and neighbours: and there standing together, the man +on the right hand, and the woman on the left, the Priest shall say_, + +Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, +and in the face of this congregation, to join together this man and +this woman in holy Matrimony; which is an honourable estate, +instituted of God in the time of man's innocency, signifying unto +us the mystical union that is betwixt Christ and his Church; which +holy estate Christ adorned and beautified with his presence, and +first miracle that he wrought, in Cana of Galilee; and is commended +of Saint Paul to be honourable among all men: and therefore is not +by any to be enterprized, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, +or wantonly, to satisfy men's carnal lusts and appetites, like +brute beasts that have no understanding; but reverently, discreetly, +advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God; duly considering the +causes for which Matrimony was ordained. + +First, It was ordained for the procreation of children, to be +brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord, and to the praise +of his holy Name. + +Secondly, It was ordained for a remedy against sin, and to avoid +fornication; that such persons as have not the gift of continency +might marry, and keep themselves undefiled members of Christ's body. + +Thirdly, It was ordained for the mutual society, help, and comfort, +that the one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and +adversity. Into which holy estate these two persons present come +now to be joined. Therefore if any man can shew any just cause, +why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, +or else hereafter for ever hold his peace. + +| _The Clergyman may at his discretion shorten the prefatory_ +| _address by reading it thus_: +| +| Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of +| God, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this +| man and this woman in holy Matrimony: which is an honourable +| estate, instituted of God in the time of man's innocency, +| signifying unto us the mystical union that is betwixt Christ +| and his Church; which holy estate Christ adorned and beautified +| with his presence, and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of +| Galilee; and is commended in Holy Writ to be honourable among all +| men; and therefore is not by any to be taken in hand, unadvisedly, +| lightly or wantonly; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, +| soberly, and in the fear of God; duly considering the chief causes +| for which Matrimony was ordained. +| +| It was ordained for the increase of mankind according to the will +| of God, and that children might be brought up in the fear and +| nurture of the Lord and to the praise of his holy Name. +| +| It was also ordained for the mutual society, help, and comfort +| that the one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and +| adversity. +| +| Into which holy estate these two persons present come now to be +| joined. Therefore if any man can shew any just cause why they +| may not lawfully be joined together, let him now declare it. + +_And also, speaking unto the persons that shall be married, he +shall say_, + +I require and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day +of judgement, when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, +that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be +lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye do now confess it. For +be ye well assured, that so many as are coupled together otherwise +than God's Word doth allow are not joined together by God; neither +is their Matrimony lawful. + +_At which day of Marriage, if any man do allege and declare any +impediment, why they may not be coupled together in Matrimony, by +God's law, or the laws of this Realm; and will be bound, and +sufficient sureties with him, to the parties; or else put in a +caution_ (_to the full value of such charges as the persons to be +married do thereby sustain_) _to prove his allegation: then the +solemnization must be deferred, until such time as the truth be +tried_. + +_If no impediment be alleged, then shall the Curate say unto the +man_, + +_N_. Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together +after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou +love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her, in sickness and in +health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long +as ye both shall live? + +_The man shall answer_, + +I will. + +_Then shall the Priest say unto the woman_, + +_N_. Wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband, to live +together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? +Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honour, and keep him, +in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee +only unto him, so long as ye both shall live? + +_The woman shall answer_, + +I will. + +_Then shall the Minister say_, + +Who giveth this woman to be married to this man? + +_Then shall they give their troth to each other in this manner_. + +_The Minister, receiving the woman at her father's or friend's +hands, shall cause the man with his right hand to take the woman +by her right hand, and to say after him as followeth_. + +I _N_. take thee _N_. to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from +this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in +sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do +part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee +my troth. + +_Then shall they loose their hands; and the woman, with her right +hand taking the man by his right hand, shall likewise say after +the Minister_, + +I _N_. take thee _N_. to my wedded husband, to have and to hold +from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, +in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till +death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto +I give thee my troth. + +_Then shall they again loose their hands; and the man shall give +unto the woman a ring, laying the same upon the book with the +accustomed duty to the Priest and Clerk. And the Priest, taking +the ring, shall deliver it unto the man, to put it upon the fourth +finger of the woman's left hand. And the man holding the ring +there, and taught by the Priest, shall say_, + +With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with +all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the Name of the Father, and +of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. + +_Then the man leaving the ring upon the fourth finger of the +woman's left hand, they shall both kneel down, and the Minister +shall say_, + +Let us pray. + +O eternal God, Creator and Preserver of all mankind, Giver of all +spiritual grace, the Author of everlasting life: Send thy blessing +upon these thy servants, this man and this woman, whom we bless in +thy Name; that, as Isaac and Rebecca lived faithfully together, so +these persons may surely perform and keep the vow and covenant +betwixt them made, (whereof this ring given and received is a token +and pledge,) and may ever remain in perfect love and peace together, +and live according to thy laws; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + +_Then shall the Priest join their right hands together, and say_, + +Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder. + +_Then shall the Minister speak unto the people_. + +Foreasmuch as _N_. and _N_. have consented together in holy +wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, +and thereto have given and pledged their troth either to other, +and have declared the same by giving and receiving of a ring, and +by joining of hands; I pronounce that they be man and wife +together, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the +Holy Ghost. _Amen_. + +_And the Minister shall add this Blessing_. + +God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve, +and keep you; the Lord mercifully with his favour look upon you, +and so fill you with all spiritual benediction and grace, that ye +may so live together in this life, that in the world to come ye may +have life everlasting. Amen. + +_Then the Minister or Clerks, going to the Lord's Table, shall say +or sing this Psalm following_. + +_Beati omnes_. Psalm cxxviii. + +Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: and walk in his ways. + +For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: O well is thee, and +happy shalt thou be. + +Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thy house; + +Thy children like the olive branches: round about thy table. + +Lo, thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth the Lord. + +The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee: that thou shalt see +Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long; + +Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children: and peace upon +Israel. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Or this Psalm_. + +_Deus miser eatur_. Psalm lxvii. + +God be merciful unto us, and bless us: and shew us the light of his +countenance, and be merciful unto us: + +That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all +nations. + +Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise +thee. + +O let the nations rejoice and be glad: for thou shalt judge the +folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. + +Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise +thee. + +Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and God, even our +own God, shall give us his blessing. + +God shall bless us: and all the ends of the world shall fear him. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_The Psalm ended, and the man and the woman kneeling before the +Lord's Table, the Priest standing at the Table, and turning his +face towards them, shall say_, + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Answer_. Christ, have mercy upon us. + +_Minister_. Lord, have mercy upon us. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Minister_. O Lord, save thy servant, and thy handmaid; + +_Answer_. Who put their trust in thee. + +_Minister_. O Lord, send them help from thy holy place; + +_Answer_. And evermore defend them. + +_Minister_. Be unto them a tower of strength; + +_Answer_. From the face of their enemy. + +_Minister_. O Lord, hear our prayer; + +_Answer_. And let our cry come unto thee. + +_Minister_. + +O God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, bless these thy +servants, and sow the seed of eternal life in their hearts; that +whatsoever in thy holy Word they shall profitably learn, they may +in deed fulfil the same. Look, O Lord, mercifully upon them from +heaven, and bless them. And as thou didst send thy blessing upon +Abraham and Sarah, to their great comfort, so vouchsafe to send +thy blessing upon these thy servants; that they obeying thy will, +and alway being in safety under thy protection, may abide in thy +love unto their lives end; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_This Prayer next following shall be omitted, where the woman is +past child-bearing_. + +O merciful Lord, and heavenly Father, by whose gracious gift +mankind is increased: We beseech thee, assist with thy blessing +these two persons, that they may both be fruitful in procreation +of children, and also live together so long in godly love and +honesty, that they may see their children christianly and virtuously +brought up, to thy praise and honour; through Jesus Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + +| _Or this prayer following may be used_. +| +| O almighty God, Creator of mankind, who only art the well-spring +| of life: Bestow upon these thy servants, if it be thy will, the +| gift and heritage of children; and grant that they may see their +| children brought up in thy faith and fear to the honour and glory +| of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +O God, who by thy mighty power hast made all things of nothing; who +also (after other things set in order) didst appoint, that out of man +(created after thine own image and similitude) woman should take her +beginning; and, knitting them together, didst teach that it should +never be lawful to put asunder those whom thou by Matrimony hadst +made one: O God, who hast consecrated the state of Matrimony to such +an excellent mystery, that in it is signified and represented the +spiritual marriage and unity betwixt Christ and his Church: Look +mercifully upon these thy servants, that both this man may love his +wife, according to thy Word, (as Christ did love his spouse the +Church, who gave himself for it, loving and cherishing it even as +his own flesh,) and also that this woman may be loving and amiable, +faithful and obedient to her husband; and in all quietness, sobriety, +and peace, be a follower of holy and godly matrons. O Lord, bless +them both, and grant them to inherit thy everlasting kingdom; +through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Then shall the Priest say_, + +Almighty God, who at the beginning did create our first parents, +Adam and Eve, and did sanctify and join them together in marriage; +Pour upon you the riches of his grace, sanctify and bless you, that +ye may please him both in body and soul, and live together in holy +love unto your lives end. _Amen_. + +_After which, if there be no Sermon declaring the duties of man and +wife, the Minister shall read as followeth_. + +All ye that are married, or that intend to take the holy estate +of Matrimony upon you, hear what the holy Scripture doth say as +touching the duty of husbands towards their wives, and wives +towards their husbands. + +Saint Paul, in his Epistle to the Ephesians, the fifth Chapter, +doth give this commandment to all married men; Husbands, love your +wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave himself for +it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water, +by the word; that he might present it to himself a glorious Church, +not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should +be holy, and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as +their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself: for no +man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, +even as the Lord the Church: for we are members of his body, of his +flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father +and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife; and they two shall be +one flesh. This is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ +and the Church. Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so +love his wife, even as himself. + +Likewise the same Saint Paul, writing to the Colossians, speaketh +thus to all men that are married; Husbands, love your wives, and be +not bitter against them. + +Hear also what Saint Peter, the Apostle of Christ, who was himself +a married man, saith unto them that are married; Ye husbands, dwell +with your wives according to knowledge; giving honour unto the +wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the +grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. + +Hitherto ye have heard the duty of the husband toward the wife. +Now likewise, ye wives, hear and learn your duties toward your +husbands, even as it is plainly set forth in holy Scripture. + +Saint Paul, in the aforenamed Epistle to the Ephesians, teacheth +you thus; Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto +the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ +is the head of the Church: and he is the Saviour of the body. +Therefore as the Church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be +to their own husbands in every thing. And again he saith, Let the +wife see that she reverence her husband. + +And in his Epistle to the Colossians, Saint Paul giveth you this +short lesson; Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as +it is fit in the Lord. + +Saint Peter also doth instruct you very well, thus saying; Ye wives, +be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the +word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of +the wives; while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with +fear. Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of +plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of +apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which +is not corruptible; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, +which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner +in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned +themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands; even as +Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose daughters ye are as +long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. + +| _The concluding address may be omitted, and unless the holy +Communion_ _immediately follow, the congregation may be dismissed +with_ _a Benediction_. + +_It is convenient that the new-married persons should receive the +holy Communion at the time of their Marriage, or at the first +opportunity after their Marriage_. + + + + +THE ORDER FOR + +THE VISITATION OF THE SICK + + +_When any person is sick, notice shall be given thereof to the +Minister of the Parish; who, coming into the sick person's house, +shall say_, + +Peace be to this house, and to all that dwell in it. + +_When he cometh into the sick man's presence he shall say, kneeling +down_, + +Remember not, Lord, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our +forefathers: 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. + +_Then the Minister shall say_, + +Let us pray. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Christ, have mercy upon us_. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Minister_. O Lord, save thy servant; + +_Answer_. Which putteth _his_ trust in thee. + +_Minister_. Send _him_ help from thy holy place; + +_Answer_. And evermore mightily defend _him_. + +_Minister_. Let the enemy have no advantage of _him_; + +_Answer_. Nor the wicked approach to hurt _him_. + +_Minister_. Be unto _him_, O Lord, a strong tower; + +_Answer_. From the face of _his_ enemy. + +_Minister_. O Lord, hear our prayers. + +_Answer_. And let our cry come unto thee. + +_Minister_. + +O Lord, look down from heaven, behold, visit, and relieve this thy +servant. Look upon _him_ with the eyes of thy mercy, give _him_ +comfort and sure confidence in thee, defend _him_ from the danger +of the enemy, and keep _him_ in perpetual peace and safety; through +Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +Hear us, Almighty and most merciful God and Saviour; extend thy +accustomed goodness to this thy servant who is grieved with +sickness. Sanctify, we beseech thee, this thy fatherly correction +to _him_; that the sense of _his_ weakness may add strength to +_his_ faith, and seriousness to _his_ repentance: that, if it shall +be thy good pleasure to restore _him_ to _his_ former health, _he_ +may lead the residue of _his_ life in thy fear, and to thy glory: +or else give _him_ grace so to take thy visitation, that, after this +painful life ended, _he_ may dwell with thee in life everlasting; +through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Then shall the Minister exhort the sick person after this form, +or other like_. + +Dearly beloved, know this, that Almighty God is the Lord of life +and death, and of all things to them pertaining, as youth, strength, +health, age, weakness, and sickness. Wherefore, whatsoever your +sickness is, know you certainly, that it is God's visitation. And +for what cause soever this sickness is sent unto you; whether it be +to try your patience, for the example of others, and that your +faith may be found in the day of the Lord laudable, glorious, and +honourable, to the increase of glory and endless felicity; or else +it be sent unto you to correct and amend in you whatsoever doth +offend the eyes of your heavenly Father; know you certainly, that +if you truly repent you of your sins, and bear your sickness +patiently, trusting in God's mercy for his dear Son Jesus Christ's +sake, and render unto him humble thanks for his fatherly visitation, +submitting yourself wholly unto his will, it shall turn to your +profit, and help you forward in the right way that leadeth unto +everlasting life. + +_If the person visited be very sick, then the Curate may end his +exhortation in this place, or else proceed_. + +Take therefore in good part the chastisement of the Lord: For +(as Saint Paul saith in the twelfth chapter to the Hebrews) whom +the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he +receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with +sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if +ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are +ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our +flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we +not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and +live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own +pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his +holiness. These words, good _brother_, are written in holy Scripture +for our comfort and instruction; that we should patiently, and with +thanksgiving, bear our heavenly Father's correction, whensoever by +any manner of adversity it shall please his gracious goodness to +visit us. And there should be no greater comfort to Christian +persons, than to be made like unto Christ, by suffering patiently +adversities, troubles, and sicknesses. For he himself went not up +to joy, but first he suffered pain; he entered not into his glory +before he was crucified. So truly our way to eternal joy is to +suffer here with Christ; and our door to enter into eternal life +is gladly to die with Christ; that we may rise again from death, +and dwell with him in everlasting life. Now therefore, taking your +sickness, which is thus profitable for you, patiently, I exhort +you, in the name of God, to remember the profession which you made +unto God in your Baptism. And forasmuch as after this life there +is an account to be given unto the righteous Judge, by whom all +must be judged without respect of persons, I require you to examine +yourself and your estate, both toward God and man; so that, accusing +and condemning yourself for your own faults, you may find mercy at +our heavenly Father's hand for Christ's sake, and not be accused +and condemned in that fearful judgement. Therefore I shall rehearse +to you the Articles of our Faith, that you may know whether you do +believe as a Christian man should, or no. + +_Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the Faith, saying +thus_, + +Dost thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and +earth? + +And in Jesus Christ his only-begotten Son our Lord? And that he was +conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; that he +suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; +that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day; +that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God +the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come again at the end of +the world, to judge the quick and the dead? + +And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; +the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the Resurrection of +the flesh; and everlasting life after death? + +_The sick person shall answer_, + +All this I stedfastly believe. + +_Then shall the Minister examine whether he repent him truly of +his sins, and be in charity with all the world; exhorting him to +forgive, from the bottom of his heart, all persons that have +offended him; and if he have offended any other, to ask them +forgiveness; and where he hath done injury or wrong to any man, +that he make amends to the uttermost of his power. And if he have +not before disposed of his goods, let him then be admonished to +make his Will, and to declare his debts, what he oweth, and what +is owing unto him; for the better discharging of his conscience, +and the quietness of his Executors. But men should often be put in +remembrance to take order for the settling of their temporal +estates whilst they are in health_. + +_These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister +begin his Prayer, as he shall see cause_. + +_The Minister should not omit earnestly to move such sick persons +as are of ability to be liberal to the poor_. + +_Here shall the sick person be moved to make a special confession +of his sins, if he feel his conscience troubled with any weighty +matter. After which confession, the Priest shall absolve him_ (_if +he humbly and heartily desire it_) _after this sort_. + +Our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his Church to +absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his +great mercy forgive thee thine offences: And by his authority +committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, In the Name +of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. + +_And then the Priest shall say the Collect following_. + +Let us pray. + +O most merciful God, who, according to the multitude of thy +mercies, dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent, that +thou rememberest them no more: Open thine eye of mercy upon this +thy servant, who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiveness. +Renew in _him_ (most loving Father) whatsoever hath been decayed by +the fraud and malice of the devil, or by _his_ own carnal will and +frailness; preserve and continue this sick member in the unity of +the Church; consider _his_ contrition, accept _his_ tears, assuage +_his_ pain, as shall seem to thee most expedient for _him_. And +forasmuch as _he_ putteth _his_ full trust only in thy mercy, +impute not unto _him his_ former sins, but strengthen _him_ with +thy blessed Spirit; and, when thou art pleased to take _him_ hence, +take _him_ unto thy favour, through the merits of thy most dearly +beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Then shall the Minister say this Psalm_. + +_In te, Domine, speravi_. Psalm lxxi. + +In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; let me never be put to +confusion: but rid me, and deliver me in thy righteousness; +incline thine ear unto me, and save me. + +Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast +promised to help me; for thou art my house of defence, and my +castle. + +Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly: out of the +hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. + +For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long for: thou art my +hope, even from my youth. + +Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: thou art +he that took me out of my mother's womb; my praise shall alway be +of thee. + +I am become as it were a monster unto many: but my sure trust is +in thee. + +O let my mouth be filled with thy praise: that I may sing of thy +glory and honour all the day long. + +Cast me not away in the time of age: forsake me not when my +strength faileth me. + +For mine enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait for my +soul take their counsel together, saying: God hath forsaken him, +persecute him, and take him; for there is none to deliver him. + +Go not far from me, O God: my God, haste thee to help me. + +Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul: let +them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil. + +As for me, I will patiently abide alway: and will praise thee more +and more. + +My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation: +for I know no end thereof. + +I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God: and will make +mention of thy righteousness only. + +Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now: therefore +will I tell of thy wondrous works. + +Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed: +until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy +power to all them that are yet for to come. + +Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great things are they +that thou hast done: O God, who is like unto thee? + +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. + +_Adding this_. + +O 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. + +_Then shall the Minister say_, + +The Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all them that 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 +health and salvation, but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. +Amen. + +_And after that shall say_, + +Unto God's gracious mercy and protection 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_. + +_A Prayer for a sick Child_. + +O 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 this child now lying upon the +bed of sickness. Visit _him_, O Lord, with thy salvation; deliver +_him_ in thy good appointed time from _his_ bodily pain, and save +_his_ soul for thy mercies sake: that, if it shall be thy 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_ generation; or else receive _him_ into those heavenly +habitations, where the souls of them that sleep in the Lord Jesus +enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy +mercies' sake, in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who +liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, +world without end. _Amen_. + +_A Prayer for a sick person, when there appeareth small hope of +recovery_. + +O Father of mercies, and God of all comfort, our only help in time +of need: We fly unto thee for succour in behalf of this thy +servant, here lying under thy hand in great weakness of body. Look +graciously upon _him_, O Lord; and the more the outward man +decayeth, strengthen _him_, we beseech thee, so much the more +continually with thy grace and Holy Spirit in the inner man. Give +_him_ unfeigned repentance for all the errors of _his_ life past, +and stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus; that _his_ sins may be done +away by thy mercy, and _his_ pardon sealed in heaven, before _he_ +go hence, and be no more seen. We know, O Lord, that there is no +word impossible with thee; and that, if thou wilt, thou canst even +yet raise _him_ up, and grant _him_ a longer continuance amongst us: +Yet, forasmuch as in all appearance the time of _his_ dissolution +draweth near, so fit and prepare _him_, we beseech thee, against +the hour of death, that after _his_ departure hence in peace, and +in thy favour, _his_ soul may be received into thine everlasting +kingdom, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thine +only Son, our Lord and Saviour. _Amen_. + +_A commendatory Prayer for a sick person at the point of departure_. + +O almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of just men made +perfect, after they are delivered from their earthly prisons: We +humbly commend the soul of this thy servant, our dear _brother_, +into thy hands, as into the hands of a faithful Creator, and most +merciful Saviour; most humbly beseeching thee that it may be +precious in thy sight. Wash it, we pray thee, in the blood of that +immaculate Lamb, that was slain to take away the sins of the world; +that whatsoever defilements it may have contracted in the midst +of this miserable and naughty world, through the lusts of the flesh +or the wiles of Satan, being purged and done away, it may be +presented pure and without spot before thee. And teach us who +survive, in this and other like daily spectacles of mortality, to +see how frail and uncertain our own condition is; and so to number +our days, that we may seriously apply our hearts to that holy and +heavenly wisdom, whilst we live here, which may in the end bring +us to life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, thine +only Son our Lord. _Amen_. + +_A Prayer for persons troubled in mind or in conscience_. + +O blessed Lord, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comforts: +We beseech thee, look down in pity and compassion upon this thy +afflicted servant. Thou writest bitter things against _him_, and +makest _him_ to possess _his_ former iniquities; thy wrath lieth +hard upon _him_, and _his_ soul is full of trouble: But, O merciful +God, who hast written thy holy Word for our learning, that we, +through patience and comfort of thy holy Scriptures, might have +hope; give _him_ a right understanding of _himself_, and of thy +threats and promises; that _he_ may neither cast away _his_ +confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee. Give _him_ +strength against all _his_ temptations, and heal all _his_ +distempers. Break not the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking +flax. Shut not up thy tender mercies in displeasure; but make +_him_ to hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou +hast broken may rejoice. Deliver _him_ from fear of the enemy, +and lift up the light of thy countenance upon _him_, and give +_him_ peace, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ +our Lord. _Amen_. + +| _A Prayer for the recovery of a sick person_. +| +| Almighty and immortal God, giver of life and health; We beseech +thee to hear our prayers for thy servant _N_., for whom we implore +thy mercy, that by thy blessing upon _him_ and upon those who +minister to _him_ of thy healing gifts, _he_ may be restored, +if it be thy gracious will, to health of body and mind, and give +thanks to thee in thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. +_Amen_. + + + + +THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK + + +_Forasmuch as all mortal men be subject to many sudden perils, +diseases, and sicknesses, and ever uncertain what time they shall +depart out of this life; therefore, to the intent they may be +always in a readiness to die, whensoever it shall please Almighty +God to call them, the Curates shall diligently from time to time_ +(_but especially in the time of pestilence, or other infectious +sickness_) _exhort their Parishioners to the often receiving of +the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, +when it shall be publicly administered in the Church; that so +doing, they may, in case of sudden visitation, have the less cause +to be disquieted for lack of the same. But if the sick person be +not able to come to the Church, and yet is desirous to receive the +Communion in his house; then he must give timely notice to the +Curate, signifying also how many there are to communicate with +him,_ (_which shall be three, or two at the least,_) _and having a +convenient place in the sick man's house, with all things necessary +so prepared, that the Curate may reverently minister, he shall +there celebrate the holy Communion, beginning with the Collect, +Epistle and Gospel here following_. + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty everliving God, Maker of mankind, who dost correct those +whom thou dost love, and chastise every one whom thou dost receive: +We beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant visited with +thine hand; and to grant that _he_ may take _his_ sickness patiently, +and recover _his_ bodily health, (if it be thy gracious will,) and +whensoever _his_ soul shall depart from the body, it may be without +spot presented unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. Hebr. xii. 5. + +My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when +thou art rebuked of him. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, +and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. + +THE GOSPEL. St John v. 24. + +Verily, 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 condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. + +_After which the Priest shall proceed according to the form before +prescribed for the holy Communion, beginning at these words_ [Ye +that do truly, &c.], p. 316. + +_At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament, the Priest +shall first receive the Communion himself, and after minister unto +them that are appointed to communicate with the sick; and last of +all to the sick person_. + +_But if a man, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for +want of warning in due time to the Curate, 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 Curate shall instruct +him that if he do truly repent him of his sins, and stedfastly +believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the Cross for +him, and shed his Blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering +the benefits he hath thereby, and giving him hearty thanks therefor; +he doth eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ +profitably to his soul's health, although he do not receive the +Sacrament with his mouth_. + +_When the sick person is visited and receiveth the holy Communion +all at one time, then the Priest, for more expedition, shall cut +off the form of the Visitation at the Psalm_ [In thee, O Lord, have +I put my trust] _and go straight to the Communion_. + +_In the time of the plague, sweat, or such other like contagious +times of sickness or diseases, 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 may only communicate with him_. + + + + +THE ORDER FOR + +THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD + + +_Here is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for +any that die unbaptized, or excommunicate, or have laid violent +hands upon themselves_. + +_The Priest and Clerks meeting the corpse at the entrance of +the Church-yard, 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 shall behold, 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. + +_After they are come into the Church, shall be read one or both of +these Psalms following_. + +_Dixi, Custodiam_. Psalm xxxix. + +I said, I will take heed to my ways: that I offend not in my tongue. + +I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle: while the ungodly +is in my sight. + +I held my tongue, and spake nothing: I kept silence, yea, even +from good words; but it was pain and grief to me. + +My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the fire +kindled: and at the last I spake with my tongue; + +Lord, let me know mine 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. + +I became dumb, and opened not my mouth: for it was thy doing. + +Take thy plague away from me: I am even consumed by means of thy +heavy hand. + +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 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, that I may recover my strength: before I go +hence, and be no more seen. + +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. + +_Domine, refugium_. Psalm xc. + +Lord, thou hast 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 asleep: 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. + +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. + +But who regardeth the power of thy wrath: for even thereafter as +a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. + +O teach us to number our days: that we may apply our hearts unto +wisdom. + +Turn thee again, O Lord, at the last: and be gracious unto thy +servants. + +O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon: so shall we rejoice +and be glad all the days of our life. + +Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us: +and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity. + +Shew thy servants thy work: and their children thy glory. + +And the glorious majesty of the Lord our God be upon us: prosper +thou the work of our hands upon us, O prosper thou our handy-work. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Then shall follow the Lesson taken out of the fifteenth chapter +of the former Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians_. + +1 Cor. 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; afterward 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 hath 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 baptized 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 men 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 manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin 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 spiritual, 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 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 incorruption. Behold, I shew 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 dead 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 corruptible +shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on +immortality; then shall be brought to 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 +beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in +the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not +in vain in the Lord. + +| _With the sanction of the Bishop the passage in the preceding_ +| _lesson marked with square brackets may be omitted_, +| +| _Or one of the following lessons may be substituted_: +| +| St John v. 24. +| +| Verily, 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 condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. +| Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, +| when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they +| that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so +| hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given +| him authority to execute judgement also, because he is the Son +| of man. +| +| St John vi. 37. +| +| All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that +| cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from +| heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent +| me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of +| all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should +| raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him +| that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth +| on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at +| the last day. +| +| St John xi. 21. +| +| Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my +| brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou +| wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy +| brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he +| shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said +| unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth +| in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever +| liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? +| She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the +| Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. +| +| 2 Cor. iv. 16. +| +| For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, +| yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, +| which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding +| and eternal weight of glory, while we look not at the things +| which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the +| things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are +| not seen are eternal. For we know that if our earthly house of +| this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an +| house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this +| we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house +| which is from heaven: if so be that being clothed we shall not +| be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, +| being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed +| upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that +| hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath +| given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always +| confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we +| are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) +| we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the +| body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, +| that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For +| we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ; that +| every one may receive the things done in his body, according to +| that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. +| +| 1 Thess. iv. 13: +| +| I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them +| which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have +| no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even +| so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For +| this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are +| alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent +| them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from +| heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with +| the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then +| we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with +| them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we +| ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these +| words. +| +| Rev. vii. 9. +| +| 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 before the Lamb, clothed +| with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a +| loud voice, saying, Salvation 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 worshipped 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. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are +| these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? +| And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These +| are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed +| their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. +| Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day +| and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall +| dwell among them. 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. +| +| Rev. xxi. 3. +| +| 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. +| +| _After the lesson the officiating minister may, in the Church,_ +| _say_ Let us pray, _and one or more of these prayers following:_ +| The Collects for_ Advent Sunday, Palm Sunday, Easter Eve, +| Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, _the fifth Collect at the_ +| _end of the Communion Service of the Book of Common Prayer_, +| "Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, etc."; _the prayer_ +| _at the end of the Litany_, "We humbly beseech thee, O Father, +| etc."; _the prayers entitled _Commemoration of the Faithful +| Departed _in the additional Occasional Prayers; and this prayer_ +| _following_: +| +| _A Prayer for those in sorrow_. +| +| O heavenly Father, whose Blessed Son Jesus Christ did weep at +| the grave of Lazarus his friend: Look, we beseech thee, with +| compassion upon those who are now in sorrow and affliction; +| comfort them, O Lord, with thy gracious consolations; make them +| to know that all things work together for good to them that +| love thee; and grant them evermore sure trust and confidence in +| thy fatherly care; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| [_This prayer may be said also in any time of calamity_.] +| +| _The minister may conclude with_ the Lord's Prayer _and_ The +| grace of, etc. _Or one or more of the foregoing prayers may be_ +| _said at the grave, or with the expressed sanction of the Bishop_ +| any other prayers from the Book of Common Prayer may be said_ +| _whether in the Church or at the grave_. +| +| _If the weather be inclement or the relations of the deceased_ +| _desire it, any or all parts of the service may be said in the_ +| _Church_ (_or in the_ _house_) _except the Committal to the_ +| _ground_. + +_When they come to the grave, while the corpse is made ready to +be laid into the earth, the Priest shall say, or the Priest and +Clerks shall sing:_ + +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. + +_Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the body by some standing +by, the Priest shall say_, + +Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to +take unto himself the soul of our dear _brother_ here departed: +we therefore commit _his_ body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes +to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection +to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change +our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according +to the mighty working, whereby he is able to subdue all things to +himself. + +| _An alternative form of Committal to the ground_. +| +| Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God in his wise providence +| to take unto himself the soul of our _brother_ here 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, who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation +| that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to +| the mighty working whereby he is able to subject all things to +| himself. +| +| _At the burial of the dead at sea, the words_ to the deep _shall +| be substituted for the words_ to the ground, _and the words_ +| earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust _shall be omitted_. + +Then shall be said or sung, + +I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write: From henceforth +blessed are the dead which die in the Lord: Even so, saith the +Spirit, for they rest from their labours. + +_Then the Priest shall say_, + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Christ, have mercy upon us_. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Priest_. + +Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart +hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after +they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and +felicity: We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased +thee to deliver this our _brother_ out of the miseries of this +sinful world; beseeching thee that it may please thee, of thy +gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine +elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that +are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our +perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy +eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. +_Amen_. + +THE COLLECT. + +O 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 them that +sleep in him: We meekly 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 him, as our hope is this +our _brother_ doth; and that, at the general resurrection in the +last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight, and receive +that blessing, which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to +all that 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 beseech 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_. + + + + +| AT THE BURIAL OF BAPTIZED CHILDREN +| +| OF TENDER YEARS +| +| _It is permitted_: +| +| _To add to the opening sentences, this_: +| +| Jesus said, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and +| forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. _St Mark_ +| x. 14. +| +| _To substitute for the appointed psalms_: +| +| _Dominus regit me_. Ps. xxiii. +| +| The Lord 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. +| +| Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble +| me: thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be +| full. But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the +| days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for +| ever. +| +| 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. +| +| _To substitute for the appointed Lesson_: +| +| St Matth. 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 little +| child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, +| Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as +| little children, 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. Woe unto the +| world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences +| come; but woe 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 life 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 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. +| +| _To use the prayers that follow_: +| +| O heavenly Father, whose face the angels of the little ones do +| always behold in heaven: Grant us stedfastly to believe that +| this little child hath been taken into the safe keeping of thine +| eternal love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| O Lord Jesu Christ, who didst take little children into thine +| arms and bless them: Open thou our eyes, we beseech thee, that +| we may perceive that thou hast now taken this child into the +| arms of thy love, and hast bestowed upon _him_ the blessings of +| thy gracious favour; who livest and reignest with the Father and +| the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_. +| +| We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath +| pleased thee to regenerate this child with thy Holy Spirit, to +| receive _him_ for thine own by adoption, and to incorporate _him_ +| into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee to grant that, +| as _he_ is made partaker of the death of thy Son, _he_ may also +| be partaker of his resurrection; so that finally, with the +| residue of thy holy Church, _he_ may be an inheritor of thine +| everlasting kingdom; through Christ our Lord. _Amen_. +| +| BENEDICTION OF A GRAVE IN UNCONSECRATED GROUND +| +| _When the Priest and people shall have come to the place,_ +| _the Priest shall say_, +| +| Let us pray. +| +| O Lord Jesu Christ, who wast laid in the new tomb of Joseph, +| and didst thereby sanctify the grave to be a bed of hope to thy +| people: Vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to bless, hallow, and +| consecrate this grave, that it may be a resting-place, peaceful +| and secure, for the body of thy servant which we are about to +| commit to thy gracious keeping, who art the Resurrection and +| the Life, and who livest and reignest with the Father and the +| Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. _Amen_. + + + + +THE THANKSGIVING OF WOMEN AFTER CHILD-BIRTH, + +COMMONLY CALLED THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN + + +_The woman, at the usual time after her delivery, shall come +into the Church decently apparelled, and there shall kneel down +in some convenient place, as hath been accustomed, or as the +Ordinary shall direct: And then the Priest shall say unto her_, + +Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness to +give you safe deliverance, and hath preserved you in the great +danger of child-birth: You shall therefore give hearty thanks +unto God, and say, + +_Then shall the Priest say the cxvi. Psalm_. + +_Dilexi quoniam_. + +I am well pleased: that the Lord 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. + +The snares of death compassed me round about: and the pains of +hell gat hold upon me. + +I found trouble and heaviness, and I called upon the name of the +Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. + +Gracious is the Lord, and righteous: yea, our God is merciful. + +The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he helped me. + +Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul: for the Lord hath +rewarded thee. + +And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death: mine eyes from +tears, and my feet from falling. + +I will walk before the Lord: in the land of the living. + +I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled: +I said in my haste, All men are liars. + +What reward shall I give unto the Lord: for all the benefits that +he hath done unto me? + +I will receive the cup of salvation: and call upon the name of the +Lord. + +I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people: in the +courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. +Praise the Lord. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Or Psalm cxxvii_. + +_Nisi Dominus_. + +Except the Lord build the house: their labour is but lost that +build it. + +Except the Lord keep the city: the watchman waketh but in vain. + +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. + +Lo, children and the fruit of the womb: are an heritage and gift +that cometh of the Lord. + +Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant: even so are the young +children. + +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. + +Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; + +As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Then the Priest shall say_, + +Let us pray. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Christ, have mercy upon us_. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, +and the glory, For ever and ever. 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. + +O almighty God, we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast +vouchsafed to deliver this woman thy servant from the great pain +and peril of child-birth: 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 everlasting glory in the life to come; through Jesus +Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_The woman, that cometh to give her thanks, must offer accustomed +offerings; and, if there be a Communion, it is convenient that she +receive the holy Communion_. + + + + +A COMMINATION, + +OR DENOUNCING OF GOD'S ANGER AND + +JUDGEMENTS AGAINST SINNERS, + +WITH CERTAIN PRAYERS, + +TO BE USED ON THE FIRST DAY OF LENT, AND AT OTHER + +TIMES AS THE ORDINARY SHALL APPOINT + + +_After Morning Prayer, the Litany ended, according to the accustomed +manner, the Priest shall in the reading Pew or Pulpit say_, + +Brethren, in the primitive Church there was a godly discipline, +that, at the beginning of Lent, such persons as stood convicted +of notorious sin were put to open penance, and punished in this +world, that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord; and +that others, admonished by their example, might be the more afraid +to offend. + +Instead whereof, until the said discipline may be restored again, +(which is much to be wished,) it is thought good that at this time +(in the presence of you all) should be read the general sentences +of God's cursing against impenitent sinners, gathered out of the +seven and twentieth chapter of Deuteronomy, and other places of +Scripture; and that ye should answer to every sentence, Amen: To +the intent that, being admonished of the great indignation of God +against sinners, ye may the rather be moved to earnest and true +repentance; and may walk more warily in these dangerous days; +fleeing from such vices, for which ye affirm with your own mouths +the curse of God to be due. Cursed is the man that maketh any +carved or molten image, to worship it. + +_And the people shall answer and say_, + +Amen. + +_Minister_. Cursed is he that curseth his father or mother. + +_Answer_. Amen. + +_Minister_. Cursed is he that removeth his neighbour's land-mark. + +_Answer_. Amen. + +_Minister_. Cursed is he that maketh the blind to go out of his way. + +_Answer_. Amen. + +_Minister_. Cursed is he that perverteth the judgement of the +stranger, the fatherless, and widow. + +_Answer_. Amen. + +_Minister_. Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. + +_Answer_. Amen. + +_Minister_. Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbour's wife. + +_Answer_. Amen. + +_Minister_. Cursed is he that taketh reward to slay the innocent. + +_Answer_. Amen. + +_Minister_. Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, and +taketh man for his defence, and in his heart goeth from the Lord. + +_Answer_. Amen. + +_Minister_. Cursed are the unmerciful, fornicators, and adulterers, +covetous persons, idolaters, slanderers, drunkards, and +extortioners. + +_Answer_. Amen. + +_Minister_. + +Now seeing that all they are accursed (as the prophet David +beareth witness) who do err and go astray from the commandments +of God; let us (remembering the dreadful judgement hanging over +our heads, and always ready to fall upon us) return unto our Lord +God with all contrition and meekness of heart; bewailing and +lamenting our sinful life, acknowledging and confessing our +offences, and seeking to bring forth worthy fruits of penance. +For now is the axe put unto the root of the trees, so that every +tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast +into the fire. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the +living God: He shall pour down rain upon the sinners, snares, fire +and brimstone, storm and tempest; this shall be their portion to +drink. For lo, the Lord is come out of his place to visit the +wickedness of such as dwell upon the earth. But who may abide the +day of his coming? Who shall be able to endure when he appeareth? +His fan is in his hand, and he will purge his floor, and gather his +wheat into the barn; but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable +fire. The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night: and when +men shall say, Peace, and all things are safe, then shall sudden +destruction come upon them, as sorrow cometh upon a woman travailing +with child, and they shall not escape. Then shall appear the wrath +of God in the day of vengeance, which obstinate sinners, through +the stubbornness of their heart, have heaped unto themselves; which +despised the goodness, patience, and long-sufferance of God, when +he calleth them continually to repentance. Then shall they call +upon me (saith the Lord) but I will not hear; they shall seek me +early, but they shall not find me; and that, because they hated +knowledge, and received not the fear of the Lord, but abhorred my +counsel, and despised my correction. Then shall it be too late to +knock, when the door shall be shut; and too late to cry for mercy, +when it is the time of justice. O terrible voice of most just +judgement, which shall be pronounced upon them, when it shall be +said unto them, Go, ye cursed, into the fire everlasting, which +is prepared for the devil and his angels. Therefore, brethren, +take we heed betime, while the day of salvation lasteth; for the +night cometh, when none can work: But let us, while we have the +light, believe in the light, and walk as children of the light; +that we be not cast into utter darkness, where is weeping and +gnashing of teeth. Let us not abuse the goodness of God, who +calleth us mercifully to amendment, and of his endless pity +promiseth us forgiveness of that which is past, if with a perfect +and true heart we return unto him. For though our sins be as red +as scarlet, they shall be made white as snow; and though they be +like purple, yet they shall be made white as wool. Turn ye (saith +the Lord) from all your wickedness, and your sin shall not be your +destruction: Cast away from you all your ungodliness that ye have +done: Make you new hearts, and a new spirit: Wherefore will ye +die, O ye house of Israel? seeing that I have no pleasure in the +death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God. Turn ye then, and ye +shall live. Although we have sinned, yet have we an Advocate with +the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation +for our sins. For he was wounded for our offences, and smitten for +our wickedness. Let us therefore return unto him, who is the +merciful receiver of all true penitent sinners; assuring ourselves +that he is ready to receive us, and most willing to pardon us, if +we come unto him with faithful repentance; if we submit ourselves +unto him, and from henceforth walk in his ways; if we will take +his easy yoke and light burden upon us, to follow him in lowliness, +patience, and charity, and be ordered by the governance of his +Holy Spirit; seeking always his glory, and serving him duly in our +vocation with thanksgiving. This if we do, Christ will deliver us +from the curse of the law, and from the extreme malediction which +shall light upon them that shall be set on the left hand; and he +will set us on his right hand, and give us the gracious benediction +of his Father, commanding us to take possession of his glorious +kingdom: Unto which he vouchsafe to bring us all, for his infinite +mercy. Amen. + +_Then shall they all kneel upon their knees, and the Priest and +Clerks kneeling_ (_in the place where they are accustomed to say +the Litany_) _shall say this Psalm_. + +_Miserere mei, Deus_. Psalm li. + +Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness: 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 away 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. + +O give me the comfort of thy help again: and stablish 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, O 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 shew thy praise. + +For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee: but thou +delightest not in burnt-offering. + +The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite +heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. + +O be favourable and gracious unto Sion: build thou the walls of +Jerusalem. + +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. + +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. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Christ, have mercy upon us_. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Minister_. O 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, O God our Saviour. + +_Answer_. And for the glory of thy Name deliver us; be merciful +unto us sinners, for thy Name's sake. + +_Minister_. O Lord, hear our prayer. + +_Answer_. And let our cry come unto thee. + +_Minister_. + +Let us pray. + +O Lord, 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_. + +O most mighty God, and merciful Father, who hast compassion upon +all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made; who wouldest not +the death of a sinner, but that he should rather 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. Thy property is always to have mercy; to thee only it +appertaineth to forgive sins. Spare us therefore, good Lord, spare +thy people, whom thou hast redeemed; enter not into judgement with +thy servants, who are vile earth, and miserable sinners; but so +turn thine anger from us, who meekly acknowledge 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_. + +_Then shall the people say this that followeth, after the Minister_. + +Turn thou us, O good Lord, and so shall we be turned. Be favourable, +O Lord, Be favourable to thy people, Who turn to thee in weeping, +fasting, and praying. For thou art a merciful God, Full of +compassion, 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, O 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_. + +_Then the Minister alone shall say_, + +The Lord bless us, and keep us; the Lord lift up the light of his +countenance upon us, and give us peace, now and for evermore. +_Amen_. + + + + +THE PSALMS OF DAVID + + +DAY 1 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 1. _Beatus vir, qui non abiit, &c_. + +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, whatsoever 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 judgement: +neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. + +7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of +the ungodly shall perish. + +PSALM 2. _Quare fremuerunt 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 Lord, and against his Anointed. + +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 +his 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: and break them in +pieces like a potter's vessel. + +10 Be wise now therefore, O 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, lest 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?_ + +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, O 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. + +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, O 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 Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy +people. + +PSALM 4. _Cum invocarem_. + +Hear me when I call, O 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 O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour: and +have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing? + +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: commune 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 shew 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 time 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. + +PSALM 5. _Verba mea auribus_. + +Ponder my words, O Lord: consider my meditation. + +2 O 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 will look up. + +4 For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness: neither +shall any evil 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 leasing: 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 will I worship toward thy +holy temple. + +8 Lead me, O 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, O 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: they +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 righteous: and +with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield. + +DAY 1 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 6. _Domine, ne in furore_. + +O Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither chasten me in +thy displeasure. + +2 Have mercy upon me, O 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, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy +mercy's sake. + +5 For in death no man remembereth thee: and who will 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_. + +O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all +them that persecute me, and deliver me; + +2 Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces: +while there is none to help. + +3 O 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 friendly 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, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of +the indignation of mine enemies: arise up for me in the judgement +that thou hast commanded. + +7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee: for +their sakes therefore lift up thyself again. + +8 The Lord shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O Lord: +according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that +is in me. + +9 O 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 preserveth 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 bent +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. + +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_. + +O Lord 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 O Lord our Governor: how excellent is thy Name in all the world! + +DAY 2 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 9. _Confitebor tibi_. + +I will give thanks unto thee, O 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, O 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. + +5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly: thou +hast put out their name forever and ever. + +6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: even as +the cities which thou hast destroyed, their memorial is perished +with them. + +7 But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath also prepared his +seat for judgement. + +8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness: and minister true +judgement 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. + +11 O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion: shew 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, O Lord; consider the trouble which I suffer +of them that hate me: thou that liftest me up from the gates of +death. + +14 That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter +of Sion: I will 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 Lord is known to execute judgement: 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. + +19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand: let the heathen +be judged in thy sight. + +20 Put them in fear, O Lord: that the heathen may know themselves +to be but men. + +PSALM 10. _Ut quid, Domine?_ + +Why standest thou so far off, O Lord: and hidest thy face in the +needful time of trouble? + +2 The ungodly for his own lust 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 judgements 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. + +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 lurketh 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 humbleth 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 forgotten: he hideth +away his face, and he will never see it. + +13 Arise, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand: forget 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 mayest 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 malicious: 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 and poor unto their right: that the man +of the earth be no more exalted against them. + +PSALM 11. _In Domino confido_. + +In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she +should flee as a bird unto the hill? + +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 Lord is in his holy temple: the Lord's seat is in heaven. + +5 His eyes consider the poor: and his eye-lids try. the children +of men. + +6 The Lord alloweth the righteous: but the ungodly, and him that +delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor. + +7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storm +and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink. + +8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness: his countenance +will behold the thing that is just. + +DAY 2 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 12. _Salvum me fac_. + +Help me, Lord, 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 Lord shall root out all deceitful lips: and the tongue that +speaketh proud things; + +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 trouble's sake of the needy: and because +of the deep sighing of the poor, + +6 I will up, saith the Lord: and will help every one from him that +swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. + +7 The words of the Lord are pure words: even as the silver, which +from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire. + +8 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord: thou shalt preserve 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. _Usquequo, Domine?_ + +How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for ever: how long wilt thou +hide thy face from me? + +2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my +heart: how long shall mine enemies triumph over me? + +3 Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, that I +sleep not in death. + +4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: for if I be +cast down, they that trouble me will 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 Lord, 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 their doings: there +is none that doeth good, no not one. + +3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men: to +see if there were any that would understand, and seek after God. + +4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become +abominable: there is none that doeth good, no not one. + +5 Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they +deceived: the poison of asps is under their lips. + +6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: their feet are +swift to shed 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: +for God is in the generation of the righteous. + +10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor: +because 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. + +DAY 3 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 15. _Domine, quis habitabit?_ + +Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle: or who shall rest upon +thy holy hill? + +2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life: and doeth the thing +which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. + +3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to +his neighbour: and hath not slandered his neighbour. + +4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes: +and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. + +5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not: +though it were to his own hindrance. + +6 He that hath not given his money upon usury: nor taken reward +against the innocent. Whoso doeth these things: shall never fall. + +PSALM 16. _Conserva me, Domine_. + +Preserve me, O God: for in thee have I put my trust. + +2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord: Thou art my God, my +goods are nothing unto thee. + +3 All my delight is upon the saints, that are in the earth: and +upon such as excel in virtue. + +4 But they that run after another god: shall have great trouble. + +5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer: neither make +mention of their names within my lips. + +6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my +cup: thou shalt maintain my lot. + +7 The lot is fallen unto me in a 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. + +11 For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell: neither shalt +thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. + +12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life; in thy presence is the +fulness of joy: and at thy right hand there is pleasure for +evermore. + +PSALM 17. _Exaudi, Domine_. + +Hear the right, O Lord, consider my complaint: and hearken unto +my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. + +2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence: and let thine eyes +look upon the thing that is equal. + +3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night-season; +thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me: for I am +utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend. + +4 Because of men's works, that are done against the words of thy +lips: I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer. + +5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps slip not. + +6 I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me: incline +thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words. + +7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, thou that art the Saviour +of them which put their trust in thee: from such as resist thy +right hand. + +8 Keep me as the apple of an eye: hide me under the shadow of thy +wings, + +9 From the ungodly that trouble me: mine enemies compass me round +about to take away my soul. + +10 They are inclosed in their own fat: and their mouth speaketh +proud things. + +11 They lie waiting in our way on every side: turning their eyes +down to the ground; + +12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey: and as it were a +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, O Lord, from the men, I say, and +from the evil world: which have their portion in this life, whose +bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure. + +15 They have children at their desire: and leave the rest of +their substance for their babes. + +16 But as for me, I will behold thy presence in righteousness: and +when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it. + +DAY 3 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 18. _Diligam te, Domine_. + +I will love thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my stony rock, +and my defence: my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will +trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. + +2 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be praised: so +shall I be safe from mine enemies. + +3 The sorrows of death compassed me: and the overflowings of +ungodliness made me afraid. + +4 The pains of hell came about me: the snares of death overtook me. + +5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord: and complain unto my God. + +6 So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple: and my +complaint shall come before him, it shall enter even into his ears. + +7 The earth trembled and quaked: the very foundations also of the +hills shook, and were removed, because he was wroth. + +8 There went a smoke out in his presence: and a consuming fire out +of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it. + +9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and it was dark under +his feet. + +10 He rode upon the cherubins, and did 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: hail-stones, +and coals of fire. + +13 The Lord also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his +thunder: hail-stones, 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 foundations of the +round world were discovered, at thy chiding, O Lord: at the +blasting of the breath of thy displeasure. + +16 He shall send down from on high to fetch me: and shall take me +out of many waters. + +17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them +which hate me: for they are too mighty for me. + +18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was +my upholder. + +19 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty: he brought +me forth, even because he had a favour unto me. + +20 The Lord shall reward me after my righteous dealing: according +to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me. + +21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord: and have not forsaken +my God, as the wicked doth. + +22 For I have an eye unto all his laws: and will not cast out his +commandments from me. + +23 I was also uncorrupt before him: and eschewed mine own wickedness. + +24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing: +and according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight. + +25 With the holy thou shalt be holy: and with a perfect man thou +shalt be perfect. + +26 With the clean thou shalt be clean: and with the froward thou +shalt learn frowardness. + +27 For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity: and shalt +bring down the high looks of the proud. + +28 Thou also shalt light my candle: the Lord my God shall make my +darkness to be light. + +29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men: and with the help +of my God I shall leap over the wall. + +30 The way of God is an undefiled way: the word of the Lord also is +tried in the fire; he is the defender of all them that put their +trust in him. + +31 For who is God, but the Lord: or who hath any strength, except +our God? + +32 It is God, that girdeth me with strength of war: and maketh my +way perfect. + +33 He maketh my feet like harts feet: and setteth me up on high. + +34 He teacheth mine hands to fight: and mine arms shall break even +a bow of steel. + +35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation: thy right hand +also shall hold me up, and thy loving correction shall make me +great. + +36 Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go: that my +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 battle: thou shalt +throw down mine enemies under me. + +40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me: +and I shall destroy them that hate me. + +41 They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them: yea, even +unto the Lord shall they cry, but he shall not hear them. + +42 I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind: I will +cast them out as the clay in the streets. + +43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people: and +thou shalt make me the head of the heathen. + +44 A people whom I have not known: shall serve me. + +45 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: but the strange +children shall dissemble with me. + +46 The strange children shall fail: and be afraid out of their +prisons. + +47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my strong helper: and praised +be the God of my salvation; + +48 Even the God that seeth that I be avenged: and subdueth the +people unto me. + +49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth +me up above mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked +man. + +50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the +Gentiles: and sing praises unto thy Name. + +51 Great prosperity giveth he unto his King: and sheweth +loving-kindness unto David his Anointed, and unto his seed for +evermore. + +DAY 4 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 19. _Caeli enarrant_. + +The heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth +his handywork. + +2 One day telleth another: and one night certifieth another. + +3 There is neither speech nor language: but their voices are +heard among them. + +4 Their sound is gone out into all lands: and their words into +the ends of the world. + +5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun: which cometh +forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and 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, converting the soul: +the testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the +simple. + +8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and 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 +judgements of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. + +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: O cleanse thou me from my +secret faults. + +13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the +dominion over me: so shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the +great offence. + +14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart: be +alway acceptable in thy sight, + +15 O Lord: my strength, and my redeemer. + +PSALM 20. _Exaudiat te Dominus_. + +The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble: the Name of the God of +Jacob defend thee; + +2 Send thee help from the sanctuary: and strengthen thee out of +Sion; + +3 Remember all thy offerings: and accept thy burnt-sacrifice; + +4 Grant thee thy heart's desire: and fulfil all thy mind. + +5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of +the Lord our God: the Lord perform all thy petitions. + +6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, and will hear +him from his holy heaven: even with the wholesome strength of his +right hand. + +7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we +will remember the Name of the Lord our God. + +8 They are brought down, and fallen: but we are risen, and stand +upright. + +9 Save, Lord, and hear us, O King of heaven; when we call upon thee. + +PSALM 21. _Domine, in virtute tua_. + +The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O 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 +shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head. + +4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life: even for +ever and ever. + +5 His honour is great in thy salvation: glory and great worship +shalt thou lay upon him. + +6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity: and make him glad +with the joy of thy countenance. + +7 And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord: and in +the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry. + +8 All thine enemies shall feel thine hand: thy right hand shall +find out them that hate thee. + +9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath: +the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall +consume them. + +10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth: and their seed +from among the children of men. + +11 For they intended mischief against thee: and imagined such a +device as they are not able to perform. + +12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight: and the strings of thy +bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them. + +13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing, +and praise thy power. + +DAY 4 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 22. _Deus, Deus meus_. + +O my God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou forsaken me: and +art so far from my health, and from the words of my complaint? + +2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not: and in +the night-season also I take no rest. + +3 And thou continuest holy: O thou worship of Israel. + +4 Our fathers hoped in thee: they trusted in thee, and thou didst +deliver them. + +5 They called upon thee, and were holpen: they put their trust in +thee, and were not confounded. + +6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man: a very scorn of men, and +the outcast of the people. + +7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their +lips, and shake their heads, saying, + +8 He trusted in God, that he would deliver him: let him deliver +him, if he will have him. + +9 But thou art he that took me out of my 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 O go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand: and there is +none to help me. + +12 Many oxen are come about me: fat bulls of Basan close me in on +every side. + +13 They gape upon me with their mouths: as it were a ramping and +a roaring lion. + +14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: +my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax. + +15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth +to my gums: and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death. + +16 For many dogs are come about me: and the council of the wicked +layeth siege against me. + +17`They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all my bones: +they stand staring and looking upon me. + +18 They part my garments among them: and cast lots upon my vesture. + +19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: thou art my succour, +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 unto my brethren: in the midst of the +congregation will I praise thee. + +23 O praise the Lord, 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 themselves, and be +turned unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall +worship before him. + +28 For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the Governor among +the people. + +29 All such as be fat upon earth: have eaten and worshipped. + +30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him: +and no man hath 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. + +PSALM 23. _Dominus regit me_. + +The Lord is my shepherd: therefore can I lack nothing. + +2 He shall feed me in a green pasture: and lead me forth beside +the waters of comfort. + +3 He shall convert my soul: and bring me forth in the paths of +righteousness, for his 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 full. + +6 But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days +of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. + +DAY 5 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 24. _Domini est terra_. + +The earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is: the compass of +the world, and they that dwell therein. + +2 For he hath founded it upon the seas: and prepared it upon the +floods. + +3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord: or who shall rise +up in his holy place? + +4 Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart: and that hath not +lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour. + +5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord: and righteousness +from the God of his salvation. + +6 This is the generation of them that seek him: even of them that +seek thy face, O Jacob. + +7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting +doors: and the King of glory shall come in. + +8 Who is the King of glory: it is the Lord strong and mighty, even +the Lord mighty in battle. + +9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting +doors: and the King of glory shall come in. + +10 Who is the King of glory: even the Lord of hosts, he is the +King of glory. + +PSALM 25. _Ad te, Domine, levavi_. + +Unto thee, O 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 Shew me thy ways, O Lord: and teach me thy paths. + +4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me: for thou art the God +of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day long. + +5 Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercies: and thy +loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old. + +6 O remember not the sins and offences of my youth: but according +to thy mercy think thou upon me, O Lord, for thy goodness. + +7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord: therefore will he teach +sinners in the way. + +8 Them that are meek shall he guide in judgement: and such as are +gentle, them shall he learn his way. + +9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth: unto such as keep +his covenant and his testimonies. + +10 For thy Name's sake, O Lord: be merciful unto my sin, for it is +great. + +11 What man is he that feareth the Lord: him shall he teach in the +way that he shall choose. + +12 His soul shall dwell at ease: and his seed shall inherit the +land. + +13 The secret of the Lord is among them that fear him: and he will +shew them his covenant. + +14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord: for he shall pluck my +feet out of the net. + +15 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me: for I am desolate +and in misery. + +16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of +my troubles. + +17 Look upon my adversity and misery: and forgive me all my sin. + +18 Consider mine enemies, how many they are: and they bear a +tyrannous hate against me. + +19 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be confounded, for +I have put my trust in thee. + +20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me: for my hope +hath been in thee. + +21 Deliver Israel, O God: out of all his troubles. + +PSALM 26. _Judica me, Domine_. + +Be thou my Judge, O Lord, for I have walked innocently: my trust +hath been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall. + +2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me: try out my reins and my heart. + +3 For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes: and I will +walk in thy truth. + +4 I have not dwelt with vain persons: neither will I have fellowship +with the deceitful. + +5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked: and will not sit +among the ungodly. + +6 I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord: and so will I go to +thine altar; 7 That I may shew the voice of thanksgiving: and tell +of all thy wondrous works. + +8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house: and the place +where thine honour dwelleth. + +9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners: nor my life with the +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 Lord in the +congregations. + +PSALM 27. _Dominus illuminatio_. + +The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom I then shall I fear: +the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid? + +2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to +eat up my flesh: they stumbled and fell. + +3 Though an host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my +heart be afraid: and though there rose up war against me, yet will +I put my trust in him. + +4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require: even +that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, +to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple. + +5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle: +yea, in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set +me up upon a rock of stone. + +6 And now shall he lift up mine head: above mine enemies round +about me. + +7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great +gladness: I will sing, and speak praises unto the Lord. + +8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee: have mercy +upon me, and hear me. + +9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye my face: Thy face, Lord, +will I seek. + +10 O hide not thou thy face from me: nor cast thy servant away in +displeasure. + +11 Thou hast been my succour: leave me not, neither forsake me, O +God of my salvation, + +12 When my father and my mother forsake me: the Lord taketh me up. + +13 Teach me thy way, O Lord: and lead me in the right way, because +of mine enemies. + +14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries: for there +are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong. + +15 I should utterly have fainted: but that I believe verily to see +the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. + +16 O tarry thou the Lord's leisure: be strong, and he shall +comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord. + +PSALM 28. _Ad te, Domine_. + +Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my strength: think no scorn of me; +lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them +that go down into the pit. + +2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee: when +I hold up my hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy temple. + +3 O pluck me not away, neither destroy me, with the ungodly and +wicked doers: which speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine +mischief in their hearts. + +4 Reward them according to their deeds: and according to the +wickedness of their own inventions. + +5 Recompense them after the work of their hands: pay them that they +have deserved. + +6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord, nor the +operation of his hands: therefore shall he break them down, and not +build them up. + +7 Praised be the Lord: for he hath heard the voice of my humble +petitions. + +8 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart hath trusted in +him, and I am helped: therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in +my song will I praise him. + +9 The Lord is my strength: and he is the wholesome defence of his +Anointed. + +10 O save thy people, and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance: +feed them, and set them up for ever. + +PSALM 29. _Afferte Domino_. + +Bring unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring young rams unto the Lord: +ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength. + +2 Give the Lord 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 man 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: the Lord shall +give his people the blessing of peace. + +DAY 6 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 30. _Exaltobo te, Domine_. + +I will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up: and not made +my foes to triumph over me. + +2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee: and thou hast healed me. + +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, O 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 life: heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh +in the morning. + +6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall 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, O 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, O 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: O my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. + +PSALM 31. _In te, Domine, speravi_. + +In thee, O 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. + +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 privily for me: for +thou art my strength. + +6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: for thou hast redeemed me, +O Lord, thou God of truth. + +7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities: and my +trust hath been in the Lord. + +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, O Lord, for I am in trouble: and mine eye +is consumed for very heaviness; yea, my soul and my 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 +like a broken vessel. + +15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude: 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, O Lord: I have said, Thou art +my God. + +17 My time is in thy hand, deliver me from the hand of mine enemies: +and from them that persecute me. + +18 Shew 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 despitefully, speak against the righteous. + +21 O 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 presence 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 shewed 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 O 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: all ye that put +your trust in the Lord. + +DAY 6 EVENING PRAYER + +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. + +3 For while 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 mayest 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 preserve 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 shalt +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, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord: and be joyful, +all ye that are true of heart. + +PSALM 33. _Exultate, justi_. + +Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for it becometh well the just +to be thankful. + +2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing praises unto him with the lute, +and instrument of ten strings. + +3 Sing unto the Lord a new song: sing praises lustily unto him +with a good courage. + +4 For the word of the Lord is true: and all his works are faithful. + +5 He loveth righteousness, and judgement: 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 by 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 of 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 counsels 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 fashioneth all the hearts of them: and understandeth all +their works. + +15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude 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. + +17 Behold, the eye of the Lord 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, O Lord, be upon us: like as we do +put our trust in thee. + +PSALM 34. _Benedicam Dominum_. + +I will alway give thanks unto the Lord: 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 O 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 O taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man +that trusteth in him. + +9 O 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. + +11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto me: I will 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 Lord 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 contrite 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. + +DAY 7 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 35. _Judica, Domine_. + +Plead thou my cause, O 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. + +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 my 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 unawares, and his net, +that he hath laid privily, catch himself: that he may fall into +his own mischief. + +9 And, my soul, be joyful in the Lord: 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 spoileth 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 discomfort of my +soul. + +13 Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and +humbled my soul with fasting: 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 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: O 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 congregation: I will +praise thee among much people. + +19 O 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, O Lord: hold not thy tongue then, go not +far from me, O Lord. + +23 Awake, and stand up to judge my quarrel: avenge thou my cause, +my God, and my Lord. + +24 Judge me, O 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 together, that rejoice +at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that +boast themselves 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. + +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 sheweth me the wickedness of the ungodly: 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, O Lord, reacheth unto the heavens: and thy faithfulness +unto the clouds. + +6 Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains: thy +judgements are like the great deep. + +7 Thou, Lord, shalt save both man and beast; How excellent is thy +mercy, O 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: and 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 O 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. + +DAY 7 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 37. _Noli aemulari_. + +Fret not thyself because of the ungodly 2 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 Lord, and be doing good: dwell in the +land, and verily thou shalt be fed. + +4 Delight thou in the Lord: and he shall give thee thy heart's +desire. + +5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, 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 Lord, 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 out the sword, and have bent their bow: +to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right +conversation. + +15 Their sword shall go through their own heart: and their bow +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. + +30 The righteous shall inherit the land: and dwell therein for ever. + +31 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom: and his +tongue will be talking of judgement. + +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. + +37 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 together: 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 save them: he shall +deliver them from the ungodly, and shall save them, because they +put their trust in him. + +DAY 8 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 38. _Domine, ne in furore_. + +Put me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine anger: neither chasten me +in thy heavy displeasure. + +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 groaning is not hid +from thee. + +10 My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me: and the light 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 all 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, O Lord, have I put my trust: thou shalt answer for +me, O Lord my God. + +161 have required that they, even mine enemies, should not triumph +over me: for when my foot slipped, they rejoiced greatly against me. + +17 And I, truly, am set in the plague: and my heaviness 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 me: because I +follow the thing that good is. + +21 Forsake me not, O Lord my God: be not thou far from me. + +22 Haste thee to help me: O Lord God of my salvation. + +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 Lord, let me know mine 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 disquieteth himself in +vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. + +8 And now, Lord, what is my hope: truly my hope is even in thee. + +9 Deliver me from all mine offences: and make me not a rebuke unto +the foolish. + +10 I became dumb, and opened not my mouth: for it was thy doing. + +11 Take thy plague away from me: I am even consumed 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 therefore is but vanity. + +13 Hear my prayer, O 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 sojourner, as all my +fathers were. + +15 O 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 inclined 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 O 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. + +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, that I should +fulfil thy will, O 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, O 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 number than the +hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me. + +16 O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me: make haste, O +Lord, to help me. + +17 Let them be ashamed and confounded together, 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. + +20 As for me, I am poor and needy: but the Lord careth for me. + +21 Thou art my helper and redeemer: make no long tarrying, O my God. + +DAY 8 EVENING PRAYER + +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 me, he speaketh vanity: and his heart +conceiveth falsehood within himself, and when he cometh forth he +telleth it. + +7 All mine enemies whisper together against me: even against me +do they imagine this evil. + +8 Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed against him: and now that +he lieth, let him rise up no more. + +9 Yea, even mine own familiar friend, whom I trusted: who did +also eat of my bread, hath laid great wait for me. + +10 But be thou merciful unto me, O Lord: raise thou me up again, +and I shall reward them. + +11 By this I know thou favourest me: that mine enemy doth not +triumph against me. + +12 And when I am in my health, thou upholdest me: and shalt set +me before thy face for ever. + +13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: world without end. Amen. + +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, O my soul: and why art thou +so disquieted within me? + +7 Put thy trust in God: for I will yet give him thanks for the +help of his countenance. + +8 My God, my soul is vexed within me: therefore will I remember +thee concerning the land of Jordan, and the little hill of Hermon. + +9 One deep calleth another, because of the noise of thy water-pipes: +all thy waves and storms are gone over me. + +1 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. + +Ill will say unto the God of my strength, Why hast thou forgotten +me: why go I thus heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me? + +12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword: while mine enemies +that trouble me cast me in the teeth; + +13 Namely, while they say daily unto me: Where is now thy God? + +14 Why art thou so vexed, O my soul: and why art thou so disquieted +within me? + +15 O put thy trust in God: for I will yet thank him, which is the +help of my countenance, and my God. + +PSALM 43. _Judica me, Deus_. + +Give sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the +ungodly people: O deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man. + +2 For thou art the God of my strength, why hast thou put me from +thee: and why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me? + +3 O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me: and +bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. + +4 And that I may go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of +my joy and gladness: and upon the harp will I give thanks unto +thee, O God, my God. + +5 Why art thou so heavy, O my soul: and why art thou so disquieted +within me? + +6 O put thy trust in God: for I will yet give him thanks, which +is the help of my countenance, and my God + +DAY 9 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 44. _Deus, auribus_. + +We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us: what +thou hast done in their time of old; + +2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, and planted +them in: how thou hast destroyed the nations and cast them out. + +3 For they gat not the land in possession through their own sword: +neither was it their own arm that helped them; + +4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy +countenance: because thou hadst a favour unto them. + +5 Thou art my King, O God: send help unto Jacob. + +6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies: and in thy Name +will we tread them under, that rise up against us. + +7 For I will not trust in my bow: it is not my sword that shall +help me; + +8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies: and puttest +them to confusion that hate us. + +9 We make our boast of God all day long: and will praise thy Name +for ever. + +10 But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion: and +goest not forth with our armies. + +11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enemies: so that they +which hate us spoil our goods. + +12 Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep: and hast scattered us +among the heathen. + +13 Thou sellest thy people for nought: and takest no money for them. + +14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours: to be laughed +to scorn, and had in derision of them that are round about us. + +15 Thou makest us to be a by-word among the heathen: and that the +people shake their heads at us. + +16 My confusion is daily before me: and the shame of my face hath +covered me; + +17 For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer: for the enemy +and avenger. + +18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee: +nor behave 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 Wherefore hidest thou thy face: and forgettest our misery and +trouble? + +25 For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust: our belly +cleaveth unto the ground. + +26 Arise, and help us: and deliver us for thy mercy's sake. + +PSALM 45. _Eructavit cor meum_. + +My heart is inditing of a good matter: I speak of the things which +I have made unto the + +2 My tongue is the pen: of a ready writer. + +3 Thou art fairer than the children of men: full of grace are thy +lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever. + +4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most Mighty: +according to thy worship and renown. + +5 Good luck have thou with thine honour: ride on, because of the +word of truth, of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand +shall teach thee terrible things. + +6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto +thee: even in the midst among the King's enemies. + +7 Thy seat, O God, endureth for ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom +is a right sceptre. + +8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: wherefore God, +even thy God, hath anointed thee with the 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, O 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 needle-work: +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. + +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_. + +God is our hope and strength: a very present help 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, and that right early. + +6 The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved: but God +hath shewed his voice, and the earth shall melt away. + +7 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge. + +8 O 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 in the +fire. + +10 Be still then, and know that I am God: I will 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 refuge. + +DAY 9 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 47. _Omnes gentes, plaudite_. + +O clap your hands together, all ye people: O 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 Lord with the sound +of the trump. + +6 O sing praises, sing praises unto our God: O sing praises, sing +praises unto our King. + +7 For God is the King of all 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 were 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 whole earth: +upon the north-side lieth 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. + +5 Fear came there upon them, and sorrow: as upon a woman in her +travail. + +6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea: through the east-wind. + +7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord +of hosts, in the city of our God: God upholdeth the same for ever. + +8 We wait for thy loving-kindness, O God: in the midst of thy temple. + +9 O God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world's +end: thy right hand is full of righteousness. + +10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Judah be glad: +because of thy judgements. + +11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her: and tell the towers +thereof. + +12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses: that ye may tell +them that come after. + +13 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he shall be our guide +unto death. + +PSALM 49. _Audite haec, omnes_. + +O hear ye this, all ye people: ponder it with your ears, all ye +that dwell in the world; + +2 High and low, rich and poor: one with another. + +3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom: and my heart shall muse of +understanding. + +4 I will incline mine ear to the parable: and shew my dark speech +upon the harp. + +5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of wickedness: and when the +wickedness of my heels compasseth me round about? + +6 There be some that put their trust in their goods: and boast +themselves in the multitude of their riches. + +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 continue for ever: +and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one generation to +another; and call the lands after their own names. + +12 Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour: 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 domination over them in the morning: their +beauty shall consume 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 counted 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. + +DAY 10 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 50. _Deus deorum_. + +The Lord, even the 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. + +3 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 with me with sacrifice. + +6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is Judge +himself. + +7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak: I myself will testify +against thee, O Israel; for I 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 bullock 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. + +15 And call upon me in the time of trouble: so will I hear thee, +and thou shalt praise me. + +16 But unto the ungodly said God: Why dost thou preach my laws, +and takest my covenant in thy mouth; + +17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed: and hast cast my words +behind thee? + +18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto him: and hast +been partaker with the adulterers. + +19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness: and with thy tongue +thou hast set forth deceit. + +20 Thou satest, and spakest against thy brother: yea, and hast +slandered thine own mother's son. + +21 These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou +thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one as thyself: but +I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast +done. + +22 O consider this, ye that forget God: lest I pluck you away, and +there be none to deliver you. + +23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me: and to him +that ordereth his conversation right will I shew the salvation of +God. + +PSALM 51. _Miserere mei, Deus_. + +Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness: according to +the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. + +2 Wash me throughly from my wickedness: and cleanse me from my sin. + +3 For I acknowledge my faults: and my sin is ever before me. + +4 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. + +5 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness: and in sin hath my mother +conceived me. + +6 But lo, thou 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, O 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 O give me the comfort of thy help again: and stablish me with +thy free Spirit. + +13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked: and sinners shall +be converted unto thee. + +14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God +of my health: and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. + +15 Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord: and my mouth shall shew thy +praise. + +16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee: but +thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. + +17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite +heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. + +18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion: 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. + +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 rasor. + +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: O 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 unto 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. + +DAY 10 EVENING PRAYER + +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. + +3 God 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 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 O that the salvation were given unto Israel out of Sion: O 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, O God, for thy Name's sake: and avenge me in thy strength. + +2 Hear my prayer, O 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, +O Lord: 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. + +PSALM 55. _Exaudi, Deus_. + +Hear my prayer, O 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 Tearfulness and trembling are come upon me: and an horrible dread +hath overwhelmed me. + +6 And I said, O 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, O 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 her 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 go down 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. + +18 In the evening, and morning, and at noon-day will I pray, and +that instantly: and he shall hear my voice. + +19 It is he that hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle +that was against me: for there were many with me. + +20 Yea, even God, that endureth 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 him: and he +brake his covenant. + +22 The words of his mouth were softer than butter, having war in +his heart: his words were smoother than oil, and yet be they very +swords. + +23 O 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, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of +destruction. + +25 The blood-thirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half +their days: nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O Lord. + +DAY 11 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 56. _Miserere met, Deus_. + +Be merciful unto me, O God, for man goeth about to devour me: he is +daily fighting, and troubling me. + +2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me up: 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 will 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 themselves close: and mark my +steps, when they lay wait for my soul. + +7 Shall they escape for their wickedness: thou, O God, in thy +displeasure shalt cast them down. + +8 Thou tellest my Sittings; 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 will not be afraid what man +can do unto me. + +12 Unto thee, O 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, O 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 over-past. + +2 I will call unto the most high God: even unto the 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 thyself, O 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, O God, my heart is fixed: I will 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, O Lord, among the people: and I +will 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. + +PSALM 58. _Si vere utique_. + +Are your minds set upon righteousness, O ye congregation: and do +ye judge the thing that is right, O 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; + +5 Which refuseth 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, O Lord: let them fall away like water that runneth +apace; and when they shoot their arrows let them be rooted out. + +7 Let them consume away like a snail, and be like the untimely +fruit of a woman: and let them not see 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 say, Verily there is a reward for the +righteous: doubtless there is a God that judgeth the earth. + +DAY 11 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 59._ Eripe me de inimicis_. + +Deliver me from mine enemies, O God: defend me from them that rise +up against me. + +2 O 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, O Lord. + +4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: arise thou +therefore to help me, and behold. + +5 Stand up, O Lord God of hosts, thou God of Israel, to visit all +the heathen: and be not merciful unto 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. + +7 Behold, they speak with their mouth, and swords are in their +lips: for who doth hear? + +8 But thou, O Lord, 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 sheweth 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, O 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 Consume 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 will return: grin like a dog, and will +go about the city. + +15 They will run here and there for meat: and grudge if they be +not satisfied. + +16 As for me, I will sing of thy power, and will praise thy mercy +betimes in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge +in the day of my trouble. + +17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for thou, O God, art my +refuge, and my merciful God. + +PSALM 60. _Deus, repulisti nos_. + +O God, thou hast cast us out, and scattered us abroad: thou hast +also been displeased; O turn thee unto us again. + +2 Thou hast moved the land, and divided it: heal the sores thereof, +for it shaketh. + +3 Thou hast shewed 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, O God: wilt not thou, O God, go out +with our hosts? + +11 O 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, O God: give ear unto my prayer. + +2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee: when my heart +is in heaviness. + +3 O 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, O 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. + +7 He shall dwell before God for ever: O prepare thy loving mercy +and faithfulness, that they may preserve him. + +8 So will I always sing praise unto thy Name: that I may daily +perform my vows. + +DAY 12 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 62. _Nonne Deo?_ + +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 every 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 will 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 O 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 O trust not in wrong and robbery, give not yourselves unto +vanity: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. + +11 God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same: that power +belongeth unto God; + +1 2 And that thou, Lord, art merciful: for thou rewardest every +man according to his work. + +PSALM 63. _Deus, Deus meus_. + +O God, 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 on this manner: and lift up +my hands in thy Name. + +6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and +fatness: when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips. + +7 Have I not remembered 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 the 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, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of +the enemy. + +2 Hide me from the gathering together of the froward: 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 perfect: suddenly do +they hit him, and fear not. + +5 They encourage themselves in mischief: and commune 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: insomuch 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. + +DAY 12 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 65. _Te decet hymnus_. + +Thou, O God, art praised in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be +performed in Jerusalem. + +2 Thou that hearest the prayer: unto thee shall all flesh come. + +3 My misdeeds prevail against me: O be thou merciful unto our sins. + +4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee: +he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the +pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. + +5 Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O 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 outgoings 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 wilderness: 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_. + +O be joyful in God, all ye lands: sing praises unto the honour of +his Name, make his praise to be glorious. + +2 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. + +3 For all the world shall worship thee: sing of thee, and praise +thy Name. + +4 O 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 O praise our God, ye people: and make the voice of his praise +to be heard; + +8 Who holdeth our soul in life: and suffereth not our feet to +slip. + +9 For thou, O 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-offerings: and will pay +thee 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 burnt-sacrifices, with the incense +of rams: I will offer bullocks and goats. + +14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God: and I will +tell you what he hath done for my soul. + +151 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. + +17 But God hath heard me: and considered the voice of my 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 shew 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, O God: yea, let all the people praise +thee. + +4 O 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, O God: 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. + +DAY 13 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 68. _Exsurgat Deus_. + +Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: let 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 O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name: 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 defendeth 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 O 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, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance: and +refreshedst it when it was weary. + +10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein: for thou, O 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 discomfited: and +they of the household divided the spoil. + +13 Though ye have lien 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. + +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, O 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, O 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, +O 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 multitude 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; + +31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt: the Morians land shall +soon stretch out her hands unto God. + +32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth: O 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 O 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. + +DAY 13 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 69. _Salvum me fac_. + +Save me, O 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 faileth me for +waiting so 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 them 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, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed +for my cause: let not those that seek thee be confounded through +me, O Lord God of Israel. + +7 And why? for thy sake have I suffered reproof: shame hath covered +my face. + +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, O 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: O 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, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable: turn +thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies. + +18 And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: +O 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. + +23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal: and +let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them +an occasion of falling. + +24 Let their 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 tents. + +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: and riot 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, O God, +shall lift me up. + +31 I 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. + +PSALM 70. _Deus, in adjutorium_. + +Haste thee, O God, to deliver me: make haste to help me, O Lord. + +2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let +them be turned back ward and put to 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. + +5 As for me, I am poor and in misery: haste thee unto me, O God. + +6 Thou art my helper and my redeemer: O Lord, make no long tarrying. + +DAY 14 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 71. _In te, Domine, speravi_. + +In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust, let me never be put to +confusion: but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness, incline +thine ear unto me, and save me. + +2 Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast +promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence and my castle. + +3 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly: out of the +hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. + +4 For thou, O 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 was born: thou +art he that took me out of my mother's womb; my praise shall be +always of thee. + +6 I am become as it were a monster unto many: but my sure trust is +in thee. + +7 O let my mouth be filled 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, O 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, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now: therefore +will I tell of thy wondrous works. + +16 Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed: +until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy +power to all them that are yet for to come. + +17 Thy righteousness, O God, is very high: and great things are +they that thou hast done; O God, who is like unto thee? + +18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed 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, O God, +playing upon an instrument of music: unto thee will I sing upon +the harp, O 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 judgements, O God: and thy righteousness unto +the King's son. + +2 Then shall he judge thy people according unto 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 the 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. + +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 Lord 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. + +DAY 14 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 73. _Quam bonus Israel!_ + +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. + +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 blasphemy: their talking +is against the most High. + +9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven: and their +tongue goeth through the world. + +10 Therefore fall the people unto them: and thereout 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 my 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 gene ration 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 them. + +18 O how suddenly do they consume: perish, and come 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?_ + +O God, wherefore art thou absent from us so long: why is thy wrath +so hot against the sheep of thy pasture? + +2 O think upon thy congregation: whom thou hast purchased and +redeemed of old. + +3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance: and Mount Sion, wherein +thou hast dwelt. + +4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy: +which hath done evil in thy sanctuary. + +5 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations: and +set up their banners for tokens. + +6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees: was known to +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 havock of them +altogether: thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the +land. + +10 We see not our tokens, there is not one prophet more: no, not +one is there among us, that understandeth any more. + +11 O God, how long shall the adversary do this dishonour: how long +shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name, for ever? + +12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand: why pluckest thou not thy right +hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy? + +13 For God is my King of old: the help that is done upon earth he +doeth it himself. + +14 Thou didst divide the sea through thy power: thou brakest the +heads of the dragons in the waters. + +15 Thou smotest the heads of leviathan in pieces: and gavest him +to be meat for the people in the wilderness. + +16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks: +thou driedst up mighty waters. + +17 The day is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared +the light and the sun. + +18 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer +and winter. + +19 Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy hath rebuked: and how the +foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name. + +20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of +the enemies: and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever, + +21 Look upon the covenant: for all the earth is full of darkness +and cruel habitations. + +22 O let not the simple go away ashamed: but let the poor and needy +give praise unto thy Name. + +23 Arise, O God, maintain thine own cause: remember how the foolish +man blasphemeth thee daily. + +24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the presumption of them +that hate thee increaseth ever more and more. + +DAY 15 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 75. _Confitebimur tibi_. + +Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks: yea, unto thee do we give +thanks. + +2 Thy Name also is so nigh: and that do thy wondrous works declare. + +3 When I receive the congregation: I shall judge according unto +right. + +4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof: I bear up the +pillars of it. + +5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly: and to the ungodly, Set +not up your horn. + +6 Set not up your horn on high: and speak not with a stiff neck. + +7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west: +nor yet from the south. + +8 And why? God is the Judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up +another. + +9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red: +it is full mixed, 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. + +PSALM 76. _Notus in Judaea_. + +In 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, O God of Jacob: both the chariot and horse are +fallen. + +7 Thou, even thou art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight +when thou art angry? + +8 Thou didst cause thy judgement to be heard from heaven: the earth +trembled, and was still; + +9 When God arose to judgement: and to help all the meek upon earth. + +10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise: and the fierceness +of them shalt thou refrain. + +11 Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are +round about him: bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. + +12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes: and is wonderful among +the kings of the earth. + +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 commune 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 hand 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. + +13 Thy way, O God, is holy: who is so great a God as our God? + +14 Thou art the God that doeth 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, O 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. + +DAY 15 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 78. _Attendite, popule_. + +Hear my law, O my people: incline your ears unto the words of my +mouth. + +2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare hard sentences +of old; + +3 Which we have heard and known: and such as our fathers have told +us; + +4 That we should not hide them from the children of the generations +to come: but to shew the honour of the Lord, 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; + +6 That their posterity might know it: and the children which were +yet unborn; + +7 To the intent that when they came up: they might shew 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 commandments; + +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 stedfastly unto God; + +10 Like as the children of Ephraim: who being harnessed, 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 +shewed for them. + +13 Marvellous things did he in the sight of our forefathers, 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. + +20 They spake against God also, saying: Shall God prepare a table +in the wilderness? + +21 He smote the stony rock indeed, that the waters gushed out, and +the streams flowed withal: but can he give bread also, or provide +flesh for his people? + +22 When the Lord 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 south-west-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. + +34 When he 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 +stedfast 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 passeth 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 miracles 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 hail-stones: and their mulberry-trees +with the frost. + +49 He smote their cattle also with hail-stones: and their flocks +with hot thunderbolts. + +50 He cast upon them the furiousness of his wrath, 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. + +53 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: and was wroth with +his inheritance. + +64 The fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not +given to marriage. + +65 Their priests were slain with the sword: and there were no +widows to make lamentation. + +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. + +DAY 16 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 79. _Deus, venerunt_. + +O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance: thy holy +temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an heap of stones. + +2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto +the fowls of the air: and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts +of the land. + +3 Their 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 very scorn and +derision unto them that are round about us. + +5 Lord, 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 O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that +soon: for we are come to great misery. + +9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name: O +deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's sake. + +10 Wherefore do the heathen say: Where is now their God? + +11 O let the vengeance of thy servants blood that is shed: be +openly shewed upon the heathen in our sight. + +12 O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee: +according to the greatness of thy power, preserve thou those that +are appointed to die. + +13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed +thee: reward thou them, O Lord, seven-fold into their bosom. + +14 So we, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall +give thee thanks for ever: and will alway be shewing forth thy +praise from generation to generation. + +PSALM 80. _Qui regis Israel_. + +Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a +sheep: shew thyself also, thou that sittest upon the cherubims. + +2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses: stir up thy strength, +and come and help us. + +3 Turn us again, O God: shew the light of thy countenance, and we +shall be whole. + +4 O Lord God of hosts: how long wilt thou be angry with thy people +that prayeth? + +5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears: and givest them +plenteousness of tears to drink. + +6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours: and our +enemies laugh us to scorn. + +7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts: shew the light of thy +countenance, and we shall be whole. + +8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the +heathen, and planted it. + +9 Thou madest room for it: and when it had taken root it filled +the land. + +10 The hills 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. + +18 And so will not we go back from thee: O let us live, and we +shall call upon thy Name. + +19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts: shew the light of thy +countenance, and we shall be whole. + +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 I eased his shoulder from the burden: and his hands were +delivered from making the pots. + +7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee: and +heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee. + +8 I proved thee also: at the waters of strife. + +9 Hear, O my people, and I will assure thee, O Israel: if thou +wilt hearken unto me, + +10 There shall no strange god be in thee: neither shalt thou +worship any other god. + +11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of +Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it. + +12 But my people would not hear my voice: and Israel would not +obey me. + +13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts* lusts: and let them +follow their own imaginations. + +14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me: for if Israel +had walked in my ways, + +15 I should soon have put down their enemies: and turned my hand +against their adversaries. + +16 The haters of the Lord should have been found liars: but their +time should have endured for ever. + +17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour: and +with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee. + +DAY 16 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 82. _Deus stetit_. + +God standeth in the congregation of princes: he is a Judge among +gods. + +2 How long will ye give wrong judgement: 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 out of course. + +6 I have said, Ye are gods: and ye are all the children of the +most Highest. + +7 But ye shall die like men: and fall like one of the princes. + +8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth: for thou shalt take +all heathen to thine inheritance. + +PSALM 83. _Deus, quis similis?_ + +Hold not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence: refrain not +thyself, O God. + +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's and taken +counsel against thy secret ones. + +4 They have said, Come, and 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 Ismaelites: 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 Madianites: 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 O 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, O 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. + +18 And they shall know that thou, whose Name is Jehovah: art only +the most Highest over all the earth. + +PSALM 84. _Quam dilecta!_ + +O how 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, O Lord of +hosts, my Bang 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 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob. + +9 Behold, O 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 O Lord God of hosts: blessed is the man that putteth his +trust in thee. + +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, O 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 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord: and grant us thy salvation. + +8 I will hearken what the Lord God will say concerning 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 righteousness hath +looked down from heaven. + +12 Yea, the Lord shall shew 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 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 86. _Inclina, Domine_. + +Bow down thine ear, O 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, O Lord: for I will call daily upon thee. + +4 Comfort the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O 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 voice of my humble +desires. + +7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou +hearest me. + +8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord: there is +not one that can do as thou doest. + +9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, +O Lord: and shall glorify thy Name. + +10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God +alone. + +11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth: O knit +my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name. + +12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and will +praise thy Name for evermore. + +13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my +soul from the nethermost hell. + +14 O 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. + +15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy: +long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and truth. + +16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me: give thy +strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid. + +17 Shew 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 Lord loveth the +gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. + +2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee: thou city of God. + +3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon: with them that know me. + +4 Behold ye the Philistines also: and they of Tyre, with the +Morians; lo, there was he born. + +5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in her: and +the most High shall stablish her. + +6 The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth up the people: +that he was born there. + +7 The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse: All my fresh +springs shall be in thee. + +PSALM 88. _Domine Deus_. + +O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before +thee: O let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear +unto my calling. + +2 For my soul is full of trouble: and my life draweth nigh unto +hell. + +3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit: and I +have been even as a man that hath no strength. + +4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded, and lie +in the grave: who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from +thy hand. + +5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit: in a place of darkness, +and in the deep. + +6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me: and thou hast vexed me +with all thy storms. + +7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me: and made me +to be abhorred of them. + +8 I am so fast in prison: that I cannot get forth. + +9 My sight faileth for very trouble: Lord, I have called daily +upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee. + +10 Dost thou shew wonders among the dead: or shall the dead rise +up again, and praise thee? + +11 Shall thy loving-kindness be shewed in the grave: or thy +faithfulness in destruction? + +12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark: and thy +righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten? + +13 Unto thee have I cried, O Lord: and early shall my prayer come +before thee. + +14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul: and hidest thou thy face +from me? + +15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die: +even from my youth up thy 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. + +DAY 17 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 89. _Misericordias Domini_. + +My song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the Lord: with +my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to +another. + +2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever: thy truth +shalt thou stablish in the heavens. + +3 I have made a covenant with my chosen: I have sworn unto David +my servant; + +4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever: and set up thy throne from +one generation to another. + +5 O Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works: and +thy truth in the congregation of the saints. + +6 For who is he among the clouds: that shall be compared unto +the Lord? + +7 And what is he among the gods: that shall be like unto the Lord? + +8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the saints: +and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him. + +9 O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee: thy truth, most +mighty Lord, is on every side. + +10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: thou stillest the waves +thereof when they arise. + +11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, and destroyed it: thou hast scattered +thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm. + +12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast +laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is. + +13 Thou hast made the north and the south: Tabor and Hermon shall +rejoice in thy Name. + +14 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy +right hand. + +15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat: mercy +and truth shall go before thy face. + +16 Blessed is the people, O Lord, that can rejoice in thee: they +shall walk in the light of thy countenance. + +17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name: and in thy righteousness +shall they make their boast. + +18 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy +loving-kindness thou shalt lift up our horns. + +19 For the Lord is our defence: the Holy One of Israel is our King. + +20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst: I +have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen +out of the people. + +21 I have found David my servant: with my holy oil have I anointed +him. + +22 My hand shall hold him fast: and my arm 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. + +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 judgements; + +32 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments: I +will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges. + +33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from +him: nor suffer my truth to fail. + +34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone +out of my lips: I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not +fail David. + +35 His seed shall endure for ever: and his seat is like as the +sun before me. + +36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon: and as the +faithful witness in heaven. + +37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed: and art +displeased at him. + +38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant: and cast his +crown to the ground. + +39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges: and broken down his strong +holds. + +40 All they that go by spoil him: and he is become a 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, for ever: and shall +thy wrath burn like fire? + +46 O remember how short my time is: where fore hast thou made +all men for nought? + +47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death: and shall +he deliver 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 Lord for evermore. +Amen, and Amen. + +DAY 18 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 90. _Domine, refugium_. + +Lord, thou hast been our refuge: from one generation to another. + +2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and +the 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 yesterday: 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. + +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, O Lord, at the last: and be gracious unto thy +servants. + +14 O 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 Shew 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, O 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 strong hold: +my God, in him will I trust. + +3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter: and +from the noisome pestilence. + +4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe +under his feathers: his faith fulness and truth shall be thy shield +and buckler. + +5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night: nor for the +arrow that flieth by day; + +6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness: nor for the sickness +that destroyeth in the noonday. + +7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand 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 will 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 shew 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, O most Highest; + +2 To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning: and of +thy truth in the night-season; + +3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute: upon a +loud instrument, and upon the harp. + +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 O 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 they be destroyed for ever; +but thou, Lord, art the most Highest for evermore. + +8 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine enemies shall perish: +and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed. + +9 But my 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 in 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 shew how true the Lord my strength is: and that +there is no unrighteousness in him. + +DAY 18 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 93. _Dominus regnavit_. + +The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel: the Lord hath +put on his apparel, 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, O Lord, the floods have lift up their +voice: the floods lift up their waves. + +5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly: but yet +the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. + +6 Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very sure: holiness becometh thine +house for ever. + +PSALM 94. _Dem ultionum_. + +O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God, to whom vengeance +belongeth, shew thyself. + +2 Arise, thou Judge of the world: and reward the proud after their +deserving. + +3 Lord, how long shall the ungodly: how long shall the ungodly +triumph? + +4 How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully: and make +such proud boasting? + +5 They smite down thy people, O Lord: 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 Lord shall not see: neither shall +the God of Jacob regard it. + +8 Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, when will ye +understand? + +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 punish? + +11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man: that they are but vain. + +12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord: and teachest +him in thy law; + +13 That thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity: until +the pit be digged up for the ungodly. + +14 For the Lord will not fail his people: neither will he forsake +his inheritance; + +15 Until righteousness turn again unto judgement: 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 Lord had not helped me: it had not failed but my soul +had been put to silence. + +18 But when I said, My foot hath slipt: thy mercy, O Lord, 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 of the righteous: +and condemn the innocent blood. + +22 But the Lord 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. + +DAY 19 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 95. _Venite, exultemus_. + +O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the +strength of our salvation. + +2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: and shew +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 O 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 generation, 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_. + +O sing unto 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. + +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, O 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 O 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 let the earth be glad: let the sea +make a noise, and all that 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: righteousness and +judgement 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. + +5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord: 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 images, and that +delight in vain gods: worship him, all ye gods. + +8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced: and the daughters of Judah were +glad, because of thy judgements, O Lord. + +9 For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth: thou +art exalted far above all gods. + +10 O ye that love the Lord, 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 Lord, ye righteous: and give thanks for a +remembrance of his holiness. + +DAY 19 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 98. _Cantate Domino_. + +O sing unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous +things. + +2 With his own right hand, and with his holy arm: hath he gotten +himself the victory. + +3 The Lord declared his salvation: his righteousness hath he +openly shewed 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 Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands: sing, +rejoice, and give thanks. + +6 Praise the Lord upon the harp: sing to the harp with a psalm +of thanksgiving. + +7 With trumpets also and shawms: O shew yourselves 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 hills 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 unpatient: he sitteth +between the cherubims, 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 judgement; thou hast prepared equity: +thou hast executed judgement and righteousness in Jacob. + +5 O magnify the Lord our God: and fall down before 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, O Lord our God: thou forgavest them, O God, +and punishedst their own inventions. + +9 O magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill: +for the Lord our God is holy. + +PSALM 100. _Jubilate Deo_. + +O be joyful 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 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. + +4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is ever lasting: and his +truth endureth from generation to generation. + +PSALM 101. _Misericordiam et judicium_. + +My song shall be of mercy and judgement: unto thee, O Lord, will +I sing. + +2 O let me have understanding: in the way of godliness. + +3 When wilt thou come unto me: I will walk in my house with a +perfect heart. + +4 I will take no wicked thing in hand; I hate the sins of +unfaithfulness: there shall no such cleave unto me. + +5 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked +person. + + +6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour: him will I destroy. + +7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high 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. + +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. + +DAY 20 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 102. _Domine, exaudi_. + +Hear my prayer, O Lord: and let my crying come unto thee. + +2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline +thine ear unto me when I call; O 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 fire-brand. + +4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass: so that I +forget to eat my bread. + +5 For the voice of my 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 sparrow: that sitteth +alone upon the house-top. + +8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long: and they that are mad +upon me are sworn together against me. + +9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread: and mingled my drink +with weeping; + +10 And that because of thine indignation and wrath: for thou hast +taken me up, and cast me down. + +11 My days are gone like a shadow: and I am withered like grass. + +12 But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever: and thy remembrance +throughout all generations. + +13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time +that thou have mercy upon her, yea, the time is come. + +14 And why? thy servants think upon her stones: and it pitieth +them to see her in the dust. + +15 The heathen shall fear thy Name, O Lord: and all the kings of +the earth thy majesty; + +16 When the Lord shall build up Sion: and when his glory shall +appear; + +17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute: and +despiseth not their desire. + + +18 This shall be written for those that come after: and the people +which shall be born shall praise the Lord. + +19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary: out of the heaven +did the Lord behold the earth; + +20 That he might hear the mournings of such as are in captivity: +and deliver the children appointed unto death; + +21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion: and his +worship at Jerusalem; + +22 When the people are gathered together: and the kingdoms also, +to serve the Lord. + +23 He brought down my strength in my journey: and shortened my days. + +24 But I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of mine +age: as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations. + +25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the +earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. + +26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: they all shall wax +old as doth a garment; + +27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be +changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. + +28 The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed +shall stand fast in thy sight + +PSALM 103. _Benedic, anima mea_. + +Praise the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me praise his +holy Name. + +2 Praise the Lord, O my soul: and forget not all his benefits; + +3 Who forgiveth all thy sin: and healeth all thine infirmities; + +4 Who saveth thy life from destruction: and crowneth thee with +mercy and loving-kindness; + +5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things: making thee young +and lusty as an eagle. + +6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgement: for all them +that are oppressed with wrong. + +7 He shewed his ways unto Moses: his works unto the children of +Israel. + +8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: long-suffering, and +of great goodness. + +9 He will not alway be chiding: neither keepeth he his anger for +ever. + +10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins: nor rewarded us +according to our wickednesses. + +11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth: +so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him. + +12 Look how wide also the east is from the west: so far hath he +set our sins from us. + +13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children: even so is +the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. + +14 For he knoweth whereof we are made: he remembereth that we +are but dust + +15 The days of man are but as grass: for he flourisheth as a +flower of the field. + +16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone: and the +place thereof shall know it no more. + +17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and +ever upon them that fear him: and his righteousness upon 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 O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength: +ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his +words. + +21 O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts: ye servants of his that do +his pleasure. + +22 O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places +of his dominion: praise thou the Lord, O my soul. + +DAY 20 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 104. _Benedic, anima mea_. + +Praise the Lord, O my soul: O 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 walketh upon the wings of the wind. + +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 hills. + +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. + +19 He appointed the moon for certain seasons: and the sun knoweth +his going down. + +20 Thou makest darkness that it maybe 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 together: and lay them +down in their dens. + +23 Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour: until the +evening. + +24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works: in wisdom 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 mayest 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 +Lord 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. + +34 And so shall my words please him: my joy shall be in the Lord. + +35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and +the ungodly shall come to an end: praise thou the Lord, O my soul, +praise the Lord. + +DAY 21 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 105. _Confitemini Domino_. + +O give thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his Name: tell the +people what things he hath done. + +2 O 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 judgements of his mouth, + +6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant: ye children of Jacob his chosen. + +7 He is the Lord our God: his judgements 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; + +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 +Lord 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 +untruly with his servants. + +26 Then sent he Moses his servant: and Aaron whom he had chosen. + +27 And these shewed 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. + +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 hail-stones 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 first-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 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 106. _Confitemini Domino_. + +O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy +endureth for ever. + +2 Who can express the noble acts of the Lord: or shew forth all +his praise? + +3 Blessed are they that alway keep judgement: and do righteousness. + +4 Remember me, O Lord, according to the favour that thou bearest +unto thy people: O 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 +make 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 adversaries' 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. + +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 leanness 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 calf +that eateth hay. + +21 And they forgat God their Saviour: who had done so great things +in Egypt; + +22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham: and fearful 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 overthrow 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. + +30 Then stood up Phinees and prayed: and so the plague ceased. + +31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness: among all +posterities for evermore. + +32 They angered mm 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 Lord 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 hands of the heathen: 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 rebelled against him +with then* 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 according unto the +multitude of his mercies: yea, he made all those that led them +away captive to pity them. + +45 Deliver us, O 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 Lord God of Israel from everlasting and world +without end: And let all the people say, Amen. + +DAY 22 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 107. _Confitemini Domino_. + +O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy +endureth for ever. + +2 Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed: 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 O that men would therefore praise the Lord 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 Lord: and lightly +regarded the counsel of the most Highest; + +12 He also brought down their heart through heaviness: 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 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: +and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men. + +16 For he hath broken the gates of brass: and smitten the bars of +iron in sunder. + +17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence: and because of their +wickedness. + +18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they were even hard +at 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 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: +and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! + +22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving: +and tell out his works with gladness! + +23 They that go down to the sea in ships: and occupy their +business in great waters; + +24 These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders in the deep. + +25 For at his word the stormy wind ariseth: which lifteth up the +waves thereof. + +26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep: +their soul melteth away because of the trouble. + +27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man: and are +at their wit's end. + +28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivereth +them out of their distress. + +29 For he maketh the storm to cease: so that the waves thereof are +still. + +30 Then are they glad, because they are at rest: and so he bringeth +them unto the haven where they would be. + +31 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: +and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! + +32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the +people: and praise him in the seat of the elders! + +33 Who turneth the floods into a wilderness: and drieth up the +water-springs. + +34 A fruitful land maketh he barren: for the wickedness of them +that dwell therein. + +35 Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water: and water-springs +of a dry ground + +36 And there he setteth the hungry: that they may build them a city +to dwell in; + +37 That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards: to yield +them fruits of increase. + +38 He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly: and suffereth +not their cattle to decrease. + +39 And again, when they are minished and brought low: through +oppression, through any plague or trouble; + +40 Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants: and +let them wander out of the way in the wilderness; + +41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery: and maketh him 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 loving-kindness of the Lord. + +DAY 22 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 108. _Paratum cor meum_. + +O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready: I will sing and give +praise with the best member that I have. + +2 Awake, thou lute, and harp: I myself will awake right early. + +3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people: I will +sing praises unto thee among the nations. + +4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens: and thy truth reacheth +unto the clouds. + +5 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above +all the earth. + +6 That thy beloved may be delivered: let thy right hand save them, +and hear thou me. + +7 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice therefore, and +divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. + +8 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine: Ephraim also is the strength +of my head. + +9 Judah is my law-giver, Moab is my wash-pot: over Edom will I cast +out my shoe, upon Philistia will I triumph. + +10 Who will lead me into the strong city: and who will bring me +into Edom? + +11 Hast not thou forsaken us, O God: and wilt not thou, O God, go +forth with our hosts? + +12 O help us against the enemy: for vain is the help of man. + +13 Through God we shall do great acts: and it is he that shall +tread down our enemies. + +PSALM 109. _Deus, laudem_. + +Hold not thy tongue, O God of my praise: for the mouth of the +ungodly, yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me. + +2 And they have spoken against me with false tongues: they compassed +me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a +cause. + +3 For the love that I had unto them, lo, they take now my contrary +part: but I give myself unto prayer. + +4 Thus have they rewarded me evil for good: and hatred for my good +will. + +5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him: and let Satan stand +at his right hand. + +6 When sentence is given upon him, let him be condemned: and let +his prayer be turned into sin. + +7 Let his days be few: and let another take his office. + +8 Let his children be fatherless: and his wife a widow. + +9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread: let them seek +it also out of desolate places. + +10 Let the extortioner consume all that he hath: and let the +stranger spoil his labour. + +11 Let there be no man to pity him: nor to have compassion upon +his fatherless children. + +12 Let his posterity be destroyed: and in the next generation let +his name be clean put out. + +13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the +sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be done away. + +14 Let them alway be before the Lord: that he may root out the +memorial of them from off the earth. + +15 And that, because his mind was not to do good: but persecuted +the poor helpless man, that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart. + +16 His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen unto him: he +loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him, + +17 He clothed himself with cursing, like as with a raiment: and it +shall come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. + +18 Let it be unto him as the cloke that he hath upon him: and as +the girdle that he is alway girded withal. + +19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine enemies: and to those +that speak evil against my soul. + +20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God, according unto thy Name: +for sweet is thy mercy. + +21 O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor: and my heart is +wounded within me. + +22 I go hence like the shadow that departeth: and am driven away +as the 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, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy. + +26 And they shall know, how that this is thy hand: and that thou, +Lord, 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 cloke. + +29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth: +and praise him among the multitude. + +30 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor: to save his +soul from unrighteous judges. + +DAY 23 MORNING PRAYER + +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 thine enemies. + +3 In the day of thy power shall thy 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. + +PSALM 111. _Confitebor tibi_. + +I will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart: secretly +among the faithful, and in the congregation. + +2 The works of the Lord are great: sought out of all them that have +pleasure therein. + +3 His work is worthy to be praised and had in honour: and his +righteousness endureth for ever. + +4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works: +that they ought to be had in remembrance. + +5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he shall ever be +mindful of his covenant. + +6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works: that he may +give them the heritage of the heathen. + +7 The works of his hands are verity and judgement: all his +commandments are true. + +8 They stand fast for ever and ever: and are done in truth and +equity. + +9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant +for ever; holy and reverend is his Name. + +10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good +understanding have all they that do thereafter; the praise of it +endureth for ever. + +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 generation of the +faithful shall be blessed. + +3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house: and his +righteousness endureth for ever. + +4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness: he is +merciful, loving, and righteous. + +5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth: and will guide his words +with discretion. + +6 For he shall never be moved: and the righteous shall be had in +everlasting remembrance. + +7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings: for his heart standeth +fast, and believeth in the Lord. + +8 His heart is 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 ever; his horn shall be exalted with +honour. + +10 The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him: he shall +gnash with his teeth, and consume away; the desire of the ungodly +shall perish. + +PSALM 113. _Laudate, pueri_. + +Praise the Lord, ye servants: O praise the Name of the Lord. + +2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord: from this time forth for evermore. + +3 The 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 EVENING PRAYER + +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, O thou sea, that thou fleddest: and thou +Jordan, that thou wast driven back? + +6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams: and ye little hills, +like young sheep? + +7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence +of the God of Jacob; + +8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing water: and the flint-stone +into a springing well. + +PSALM 115. _Non nobis, Domine_. + +Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy 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, he is in heaven: he hath done whatsoever pleased +him. + +4 Their idols are silver and gold: even the work of men's hands. + +5 They have mouths, and speak not: eyes have they, and see not. + +6 They have ears, and hear not: noses have they, and smell not. + +7 They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, and walk not: +neither speak they through their throat. + +8 They that make them are like unto them: and so are all such as +put their trust in them. + +9 But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their +succour and defence. + +10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord: he is their helper +and defender. + +11 Ye that fear the Lord, put your trust in the Lord: he is their +helper and defender. + +12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us: even he +shall bless the house of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aaron. + +13 He shall bless them that fear the Lord: both small and great. + +14 The Lord shall increase you more and more: you and your children. + +15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord: who made heaven and earth. + +16 All the whole heavens are the Lord's: the earth hath he given +to the children of men. + +17 The dead praise not thee, O Lord: neither all they that go down +into silence. + +18 But we will praise the Lord: from this time forth for evermore. +Praise the Lord. + +DAY 24 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 116. _Dilexi, quoniam_. + +I am well pleased: that the Lord hath heard 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. + +4 I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name +of the Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. + +5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous: yea, our God is merciful. + +6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he helped me. + +7 Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul: for the Lord hath +rewarded thee. + +8 And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death: mine eyes from +tears, and my feet from falling. + +9 I will walk before the Lord: in the land of the living. + +10 I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled: +I said in my haste, All men are liars. + +11 What reward shall I give unto the Lord: for all the benefits +that he hath done unto me? + +12 I will receive the cup of salvation: and call upon the Name of +the Lord. + +13 I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people: right +dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. + +14 Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant: I am thy servant, +and the son of thine handmaid; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. + +15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving: and will call +upon the Name of the Lord. + +16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people: +in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O +Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. + +PSALM 117. _Laudate Dominum_. + +O praise the Lord, all ye heathen: praise him, all ye nations. + +2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and more toward us: and +the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise the Lord. + +PSALM 118. _Confitemini Domino_. + +O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: because his mercy +endureth for ever. + +2 Let Israel now confess that he is gracious: and that his mercy +endureth for ever. + +3 Let the house of Aaron now confess: that his mercy endureth for +ever. + +4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confess: that his mercy +endureth for ever. + +5 I called upon the Lord in trouble: and the Lord heard me at large. + +6 The Lord is on my side: I will not fear what man doeth unto me. + +7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall +I see my desire upon mine enemies. + +8 It is better to trust in the Lord: than to put any confidence in +man. + +9 It is better to trust in the Lord: than to put any confidence +in princes. + +10 All nations compassed me round about: but in the Name of the +Lord will I destroy them. + +11 They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I say, on every +side: but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them. + +12 They came about me like bees, and are extinct even as the fire +among the thorns: for in the Name of the Lord I will destroy them. + +13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord +was my help. + +14 The Lord is my strength, and my song i and is become my salvation. + +15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous: +the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass, + +16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence: the right hand +of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. + +17 I shall not die, but live: and declare the works of the Lord. + +18 The Lord hath chastened and corrected me: but he hath not given +me over unto death. + +19 Open me the gates of righteousness: that I may go into them, and +give thanks unto the Lord. + +20 This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter into it. + +21 I will thank thee, for thou hast heard me: and art become my +salvation. + +22 The same stone which the builders refused: is become the +head-stone in the corner. + +23 This is the 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, O Lord: O Lord, send us now prosperity. + +26 Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord: we have wished +you good luck, ye that are of the house of the Lord. + +27 God is the Lord who hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with +cords, yea, even unto the horns of the altar. + +28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee: thou art my God, and I +will praise thee. + +29 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy +endureth for ever. + +DAY 24 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 119. _Beati immaculati_. + +Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way: and walk in the +law of the Lord. + +2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies: and seek him with +their whole heart. + +3 For they who do no wickedness: walk in his ways. + +4 Thou hast charged: that we shall diligently keep thy commandments. + +5 O that my ways were made so direct: that I might keep thy statutes! + +6 So shall I not be confounded: while I have respect unto all thy +commandments. + +7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart: when I shall have +learned the judgements of thy righteousness. + +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. + +10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not go wrong +out of thy commandments. + +11 Thy words have I hid within my heart: that I should not sin +against thee. + +12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: O teach me thy statutes. + +13 With my lips have I been telling: of all the judgements of thy +mouth. + +14 I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies: as +in all manner of riches. + +15 I will talk of thy commandments: and have respect unto thy ways. + +16 My delight shall be in thy statutes: and I will not forget thy +word. + +_Retribue servo tuo_. + +O do well unto thy servant: that I may live, and keep thy word. + +18 Open thou mine eyes: that I may see the wondrous things of thy +law. + +19 I am a stranger upon earth: O hide not thy commandments from me. + +20 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire: that it hath +alway unto thy judgements. + +21 Thou hast rebuked the proud: and cursed are they that do err +from thy commandments. + +22 O turn from me shame and rebuke: for I have kept thy testimonies. + +23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant is +occupied in thy statutes. + +24 For thy testimonies are my delight: and my counsellors. + +_Adhaesit pavimento_. + +My soul cleaveth to the dust: O quicken thou me, according to thy +word. + +26 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me: O teach me +thy statutes. + +27 Make me to understand the way of thy commandments: and so shall +I talk of thy wondrous works. + +28 My soul melteth away for very heaviness: comfort thou me +according unto thy word. + +29 Take from me the way of lying: and cause thou me to make much of +thy law. + +30 I have chosen the way of truth: and thy judgements have I laid +before me. + +31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, confound me not. + +32 I will run the way of thy commandments: when thou hast set my +heart at liberty. + +DAY 25 MORNING PRAYER + +_Legem pone_. + +Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes: and I shall keep it unto +the end. + +34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law: yea, I shall +keep it with my whole heart. + +35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments: for therein is my +desire. + +36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies: and not to covetousness. + +37 O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity: and quicken thou +me in thy way. + +38 O stablish thy word in thy servant: that I may fear thee. + +39 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of: for thy judgements are +good. + +40 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments: O quicken me in thy +righteousness. + +_Et veniat super me_. + +Let thy loving mercy come also unto me, O Lord: even thy salvation, +according unto thy word. + +42 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers: for my trust is in +thy word. + +43 O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth: for my +hope is in thy judgements. + +44 So shall I alway keep thy law: yea, for ever and ever. + +45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy commandments. + +46 I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before kings: and will +not be ashamed. + +47 And my delight shall be in thy commandments: which I have loved. + +48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have +loved: and my study shall be in thy statutes. + +_Memor esto verbi tui_. + +O think upon thy servant, as concerning thy word: wherein thou hast +caused me to put my trust. + +50 The same is my comfort in my trouble: for thy word hath quickened +me. + +51 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision: yet have I not +shrinked from thy law. + +52 For I remembered thine everlasting judgements, O Lord: and +received comfort. + +53 I am horribly afraid: for the ungodly that forsake thy law. + +54 Thy statutes have been my songs: in the house of my pilgrimage. + +55 I have thought upon thy Name, O Lord, in the night-season: and +have kept thy law. + +56 This I had: because I kept thy commandments. + +_Portio mea, Domine_. + +Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have promised to keep thy law. + +58 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart: +O be merciful unto me, according to thy word. + +59 I called mine own ways to remembrance: and turned my feet unto +thy testimonies. + +60 I made haste, and prolonged not the time: to keep thy +commandments. + +61 The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me: but I have not +forgotten thy law. + +62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee: because of thy +righteous judgements. + +63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee: and keep thy +commandments. + +64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: O teach me thy statutes. + +_Bonitatem fetisti_. + +O Lord, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant: according unto +thy word. + +66 O learn me true understanding and knowledge: for I have believed +thy commandments. + +67 Before I was troubled, I went wrong: but now have I kept thy word. + +68 Thou art good and gracious: O teach me thy statutes. + +69 The proud have imagined a lie against me: but I will keep thy +commandments with my whole heart. + +70 Their heart is as fat as brawn: but my delight hath been in thy +law. + +71 It is good for me that I have been in trouble: that I may learn +thy statutes. + +72 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me: than thousands of gold +and silver. + +DAY 25 EVENING PRAYER + +_Manus tuae fecerunt me_. + +Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: O give me understanding, +that I may learn thy commandments. + +74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me: because I have +put my trust in thy word. + +75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgements are right: and that thou of +very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled. + +76 O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort: according to thy word +unto thy servant. + +77 O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy +law is my delight. + +78 Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to +destroy me: but I will be occupied in thy commandments. + +79 Let such as fear thee, and have known thy testimonies: be turned +unto me. + +80 O let my heart be sound in thy statutes: that I be not ashamed. + +_Defecit anima mea_. + +My soul hath longed for thy salvation: and I have a good hope +because of thy word. + +82 Mine eyes long sore for thy word: saying, O when wilt thou +comfort me? + +83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet do I not forget +thy statutes. + +84 How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou be avenged +of them that persecute me? + +85 The proud have digged pits for me: which are not after thy law. + +86 All thy commandments are true: they persecute me falsely; O be +thou my help. + +87 They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I forsook not +thy commandments. + +88 O quicken me after thy loving-kindness: and so shall I keep the +testimonies of thy mouth. + +_In aeternum, Domine_. + +O Lord, thy word: endureth for ever in heaven. + +90 Thy truth also remaineth from one generation to another: thou +hast laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth. + +91 They continue this day according to thine ordinance: for all +things serve thee. + +92 If my delight had not been in thy law: I should have perished in +my trouble. + +93 I will never forget thy commandments: for with them thou hast +quickened me. + +94 I am thine, O save me: for I have sought thy commandments. + +95 The ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me: but I will consider +thy testimonies. + +96 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. + +98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine +enemies: for they are ever with me. + +99 I have more understanding than my teachers: for thy testimonies +are my study. + +100 I am wiser than the aged: because I keep thy commandments. + +101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep +thy word. + +102 I have not shrunk from thy judgements: for thou teachest me. + +103 O how sweet are thy words unto my throat: yea, sweeter than +honey unto my mouth. + +104 Through thy commandments I get understanding: therefore I hate +all evil ways. + +DAY 26 MORNING PRAYER + +_Lucerna pedibus meis_. + +Thy word is a lantern unto my feet: and a light unto my paths. + +106 I have sworn, and am stedfastly purposed: to keep thy righteous +judgements. + +107 I am troubled above measure: quicken me, O Lord, according to +thy word. + +108 Let the free-will offerings of my mouth please thee, O Lord: +and teach me thy judgements. + +109 My soul is alway in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. + +110 The ungodly have laid a snare for me: but yet I swerved not +from thy commandments. + +111 Thy testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage for ever: and +why? they are the very joy of my heart. + +112 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. + +114 Thou art my defence and shield: and my trust is in thy word. + +115 Away from me, ye wicked: I will keep the commandments of my God. + +116 O stablish me according to thy word, that I may live: and let +me not be disappointed of my hope. + +117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: yea, my delight shall be +ever in thy statutes. + +118 Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy statutes: +for they imagine but deceit. + +119 Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like dross: +therefore I love thy testimonies. + +120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee: and I am afraid of thy +judgements. + +_Feci judicium_. + +I deal with the thing that is lawful and right: O give me not over +unto mine oppressors. + +122 Make thou thy servant to delight in that which is good: that +the proud do me no wrong. + +123 Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health: and for +the word of thy righteousness. + +124 O deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy: and +teach me thy statutes. + +125 I am thy servant, O grant me understanding: that I may know thy +testimonies. + +126 It is time for thee, Lord, to lay to thine hand: for they have +destroyed thy law. + +127 For I love thy commandments: above gold and precious stone. + +128 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. + +130 When thy word goeth forth: it giveth light and understanding +unto the simple. + +131 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath: for my delight was in +thy commandments. + +132 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me: as thou usest to +do unto those that love thy Name. + +133 Order my steps in thy word: and so shall no wickedness have +dominion over me. + +134 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men: and so shall I +keep thy commandments. + +135 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy servant: and teach +me thy statutes. + +136 Mine eyes gush out with water: because men keep not thy law. + +_Justus es, Domine_. + +Righteous art thou, O Lord: and true is thy judgement. + +138 The testimonies that thou hast commanded: are exceeding +righteous and true. + +139 My zeal hath even consumed me: because mine enemies have +forgotten thy words. + +140 Thy word is tried to the uttermost: and thy servant loveth it. + +141 I am small, and of no reputation: yet do I not forget thy +commandments. + +142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness: and thy law +is the truth. + +143 Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me: yet is my delight +in thy commandments. + +144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: O grant me +understanding, and I shall live. + +DAY 26 EVENING PRAYER + +_Clamavi in toto corde meo_. + +I call with my whole heart: hear me, O Lord, I will keep thy +statutes. + +146 Yea, even unto thee do I call: help me, and I shall keep thy +testimonies. + +147 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee: for in thy word is my +trust. + +148 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches: that I might be occupied +in thy words. + +149 Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy loving-kindness: +quicken me, according as thou art wont. + +150 They draw nigh that of malice persecute me: and are far from +thy law. + +151 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord: for all thy commandments are true. + +152 As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since: that +thou hast grounded them for ever. + +_Vide humilitatem_. + +O consider mine adversity, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy +law. + +154 Avenge thou my cause, and deliver me: quicken me, according to +thy word. + +155 Health is far from the ungodly: for they regard not thy statutes. + +156 Great is thy mercy, O Lord: quicken me, as thou art wont. + +157 Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me: yet do I not +swerve from thy testimonies. + +158 It grieveth me when I see the transgressors: because they keep +not thy law. + +159 Consider, O Lord, how I love thy commandments: O quicken me, +according to thy loving-kindness. + +160 Thy word is true from everlasting: all the judgements 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. + +162 I am as glad of thy word: as one that findeth great spoils. + +163 As for lies, I hate and abhor them: but thy law do I love. + +164 Seven times a day do I praise thee: because of thy righteous +judgements. + +165 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law: and they +are not offended at it. + +166 Lord, I have looked for thy saving health: and done after thy +commandments. + +167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and loved them exceedingly. + +168 I have kept thy commandments and testimonies: for all my ways +are before thee. + +_Appropinquet deprecatio_. + +Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord: give me understanding, +according to thy word. + +170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me, according to +thy word. + +171 My lips shall speak of thy praise: when thou hast taught me thy +statutes. + +172 Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy word: for all thy commandments +are righteous. + +173 Let thine hand help me: for I have chosen thy commandments. + +174 I have longed for thy saving health, O Lord: and in thy law is +my delight. + +175 O let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and thy judgements +shall help me. + +176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: O seek thy +servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. + +DAY 27 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 120. _Ad Dominum_. + +When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord: and he heard me. + +2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips: and from a deceitful +tongue. + +3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue: +even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals. + +4 Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech: and to +have my habitation among the tents of Kedar. + +5 My soul hath long dwelt among them: that are enemies unto peace. + +6 I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof: they make +them ready to battle. + +PSALM 121. _Levavi 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 slumber nor sleep. + +5 The Lord himself is thy keeper: the Lord is thy defence upon thy +right hand; + +6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day: neither the moon by +night + +7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: yea, it is even he +that shall keep thy soul. + +8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in: from +this time forth for evermore. + +PSALM 122. _Laetatus 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: O 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 judgement: even the seat of the house of +David. + +6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love +thee. + +7 Peace be within thy walls: and plenteousness within thy palaces. + +8 For my brethren and companions sakes: I will wish thee prosperity. + +9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God: I will seek to do +thee good. + +PSALM 123. _Ad te levavi oculos meos_. + +Unto thee lift I up mine eyes: O thou that dwellest in the heavens. + +2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their +masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress: +even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy +upon us. + +3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are utterly +despised. + +4 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy: and +with the despitefulness of the proud. + +PSALM 124. _Nisi quia Dominus_. + +If the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say: +if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us; + +2 They had swallowed us up quick: when they were so wrathfully +displeased at us. + +3 Yea, the waters had drowned us: and the stream had gone over our +soul. + +4 The deep waters of the proud: had gone even over our soul. + +5 But praised be the Lord: who hath not given us over for a prey +unto their teeth. + +6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler: +the snare is broken, and we are delivered. + +7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord: who hath made heaven +and earth. + +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 ungodly cometh not into the lot of the +righteous: lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness. + +4 Do well, O Lord: unto those that are good and true of heart. + +5 As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness: the Lord +shall lead them forth with the evil-doers; but peace shall be upon +Israel. + +DAY 27 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 126. _In convertendo_. + +When the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion: then were we like +unto them that dream. + +2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter: and our tongue with joy. + +3 Then said they among the heathen: The Lord hath done great things +for them. + +4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us already: whereof we +rejoice. + +5 Turn our captivity, O Lord: as the rivers in the south. + +6 They that sow in tears: shall reap in joy. + +7 He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good +seed: shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves +with him. + +PSALM 127. _Nisi Dominus_. + +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, arid 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. + +PSALM 128. _Beati omnes_. + +Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: and walk in his ways. + +2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands: O well is thee, +and happy shalt thou be. + +3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thine +house. + +4 Thy children like the olive-branches: round about thy table. + +5 Lo, thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth the Lord. + +6 The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee: that thou shalt +see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. + +7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children: and peace upon +Israel. + +PSALM 129. _Saepe 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 afore it be plucked up; + +7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand: neither he that bindeth +up the sheaves his bosom. + +8 So that they who go by say not so much as, The Lord prosper you: +we wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord. + +PSALM 130. _De profundis_. + +Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice. + +2 O let thine ears consider well: the voice of my complaint. + +3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss: O +Lord, who may abide it? + +4 For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared. + +5 I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him: in his word is +my trust. + +6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord: before the morning watch, I say, +before the morning watch. + +7 O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy: +and with him is plenteous redemption. + +8 And he shall redeem Israel: from all his sins. + +PSALM 131. _Domine, non est_. + +O Lord, I am not high-minded: I have no proud looks. + +2 I do not exercise myself in great matters: which are too high for +me. + +3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child that is +weaned from his mother: yea, my soul is even as a weaned child. + +4 O Israel, trust in the Lord: from this time forth for evermore. + +DAY 28 MORNING PRAYER + +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 Lord: 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, O 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: turn not away the presence of thine +Anointed. + +11 The Lord 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 Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself: +he hath longed for her. + +15 This shall be my rest for ever: here will I dwell, for I have a +delight therein. + +16 I will bless her victuals with increase: and will satisfy her +poor with bread. + +17 I will deck her priests with health: and her saints shall rejoice +and sing. + +18 There shall I make the horn of David 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. + +PSALM 133. _Ecce, quam bonum!_ + +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 hill of Sion. + +4 For there the Lord promised his blessing: and life for evermore. + +PSALM 134 _Ecce nunc_. + +Behold now, praise the Lord: all ye servants of the Lord; + +2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord: even in the +courts of the house of our God. + +3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary: and praise the Lord. + +4 The Lord that made heaven and earth: give thee blessing out of +Sion. + +PSALM 135. _Laudate Nomen_. + +O praise the Lord, laud ye the Name of the Lord: praise it, O ye +servants of the Lord; + +2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord: in the courts of the house +of our God. + +3 O praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious: O sing praises unto +his Name, for it is lovely. + +4 For why? the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself: 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 in 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 first-born 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, O Lord, endureth for ever: so doth thy memorial, O +Lord, from one generation to another. + +14 For the Lord will avenge his people: and be gracious unto his +servants. + +15 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. + +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 Lord, 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. + +DAY 28 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 136. _Confitemini_. + +O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy +endureth for ever. + +2 O give thanks unto the God of all gods: for his mercy endureth +for ever. + +3 O 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; + +12 With a mighty hand, and stretched 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. + +17 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 away 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 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for +ever. + +27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for +ever. + +PSALM 137. _Super flumina_. + +By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept: when we remembered +thee, O Sion. + +2 As for our 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 Lord's song: in a strange land? + +5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem: let my right hand forget her +cunning. + +6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of +my mouth: yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth. + +7 Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem: +how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. + +8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery: yea, happy shall he +be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us. + +9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children: and throweth them +against the stones. + +PSALM 138. _Confitebor tibi_. + +I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: even +before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. + +2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy Name, +because of thy loving-kindness and truth: for thou hast magnified +thy Name and thy word above all things. + +3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest me: and enduedst my soul +with much strength. + +4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord: for they +have heard the words of thy mouth. + +5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: that great is the +glory of the Lord. + +6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: +as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off. + +7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me: +thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the furiousness of mine +enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. + +8 The Lord shall make good his loving-kindness toward me: yea, thy +mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; despise not then the works of +thine own hands. + +DAY 29 MORNING PRAYER + +PSALM 139. _Domine, probasti_. + +Lord, thou hast searched me out and known me: thou knowest my +down-sitting and mine up-rising, thou understandest my thoughts +long before. + +2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed: and spiest out all my + ways. + +3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue: but thou, O Lord, +knowest it altogether. + +4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and before: and laid thine hand upon +me. + +5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excel lent for me: I cannot +attain unto it. + +6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit: or whither shall I go +then from thy presence? + +7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: if I go down to hell, +thou art there also. + +8 If I take the wings of the morning: and remain in the uttermost +parts of the sea; + +9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall +hold me. + +10 If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover me: then shall +my night be turned 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 unperfect: and in thy +book were all my members written; + +16 Which day by day were fashioned: when as yet there was none of +them. + +17 How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God: O how great is the +sum of them! + +18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand: when I +wake up I am present with thee. + +19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O 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, O Lord, that hate thee: and am not I grieved +with those that rise up against thee? + +22 Yea, I hate them right sore: even as though they were mine +enemies. + +23 Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart: prove me, and +examine my thoughts. + +24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me: and lead me +in the way everlasting. + +PSALM 140. _Eripe me, Domine_. + +Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: and preserve me from the +wicked man. + +2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts: and stir up strife all the +day long. + +3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poison +is under their lips. + +4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the ungodly; preserve me from +the Wicked men, who are purposed to overthrow my goings. + +5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad +with cords: yea, and set traps in my way. + +6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my +prayers, O Lord. + +7 O Lord God, thou strength of my health: thou hast covered my +head in the day of battle. + +8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, O 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. + +PSALM 141. _Domine, clamavi_. + +O Lord, I call upon thee, haste thee unto me: and consider my +voice when I cry unto thee. + +2 Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense: and let +the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. + +3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and keep the door of my lips. + +4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing: let me not be +occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I +eat of such things as please them. + +5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly: and reprove me. + +6 But let not their precious balms break my head: yea, I will pray +yet against their wickedness. + +7 Let their judges be overthrown in stony places: that they may +hear my words, for they are sweet. + +8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit: like as when one +breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth. + +9 But mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord God: in thee is my trust, +O cast not out my soul. + +10 Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me: and from +the traps of the wicked doers. + +11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together: and let +me ever escape them. + +DAY 29 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 142. _Voce mea ad Dominum_. + +I cried unto the Lord with my voice: yea, even unto the Lord did +I make my supplication. + +2 I poured out my complaints before him: and shewed him of my +trouble. + +3 When my spirit was in heaviness thou knewest my path: in the +way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. + +4 I looked also upon my right hand: and saw there was no man that +would know me. + +5 I had no place to flee unto: and no man cared for my soul. + +6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said: Thou art my hope, and my +portion in the land of the living. + +7 Consider my complaint: for I am brought very low. + +8 O deliver me from my persecutors: for they are too strong for me. + +9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto thy +Name: which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous +resort unto my company. + +PSALM 143. _Domine, exaudi_. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and consider +my desire: hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness sake. + +2 And enter not into judgement 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, O Lord, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint: hide +not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into +the pit. + +8 O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning, for +in thee is my trust: shew thou me the way that I should walk in, +for I lift up my soul unto thee. + +9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: for I flee unto thee to +hide me. + +10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God: +let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness. + +11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Name's sake: and for thy righteousness +sake bring my soul out of trouble. + +12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies: and destroy all them +that vex my soul; for I am thy servant. + +DAY 30 MORNING PRAYER + +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 people that is under me. + +3 Lord, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him: or the +son of man, that thou so regardest him? + +4 Man is like a thing of nought: his time passeth away like a shadow. + +5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and +they shall smoke. + +6 Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them: shoot out thine arrows, +and consume them. + +7 Send down thine hand from above: deliver me, and take me out of the +great waters, from the hand of strange children; + +8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity: and their right hand is a right +hand of wickedness. + +9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: and sing praises unto +thee upon a ten-stringed lute. + +10 Thou hast given victory unto kings: and hast delivered David +thy servant from the peril of the sword. + +11 Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children: whose +mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of +iniquity. + +12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants: and that our +daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple. + +13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of +store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands +in our streets. + +14 That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there be no decay: +no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets. + +15 Happy are the people that are in such a case: yea, blessed +are the people who have the Lord for their God. + +PSALM 145. _Exaltabo te, Deus_. + +I will magnify thee, O God, my King: and I will praise thy Name +for ever and ever. + +2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee: and praise thy Name for +ever and ever. + +3 Great is the Lord, and marvellous worthy to be praised: there is +no end of his greatness. + +4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another: and declare +thy power. + +5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worship: thy glory, thy +praise, and wondrous works; + +6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts: +and I will also tell of thy greatness. + +7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be shewed: and +men shall sing of thy righteousness. + +8 The Lord is gracious and merciful: long-suffering and of great +goodness. + +9 The Lord is loving unto every man: and his mercy is over all his +works. + +10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord: and thy saints give thanks +unto thee. + +11 They shew the glory of thy kingdom: and talk of thy power; + +12 That thy power, thy glory, and mightiness of thy kingdom: +might be known unto men. + +13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom: and thy dominion endureth +throughout all ages. + +14 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall: and lifteth up all those +that are down. + +15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord: and thou givest them +their meat in due season. + +16 Thou openest thine hand: and fillest all things living with +plenteousness. + +17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways: and holy in all his works. + +18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: yea, all +such as call upon him faithfully. + +19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will +hear their cry, and will help them. + +20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but scattereth +abroad all the ungodly. + +21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all +flesh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever. + +PSALM 146. _Lauda, anima mea_. + +Praise the Lord, O my soul; while I live will I praise the Lord: +yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God. + +2 O put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man: for +there is no help in them. + +3 For when the breath of man goeth forth he shall turn again to +his earth: and then all his thoughts perish. + +4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help: and whose +hope is in the Lord his God; + +5 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: who +keepeth his promise for ever; + +6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong: who feedeth the +hungry. + +7 The Lord looseth men out of prison: the Lord giveth sight to the +blind. + +8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen: the Lord careth for the +righteous. + +9 The Lord careth for the strangers, he defendeth the fatherless +and widow: as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down. + +10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, shall be King for evermore: and +throughout all generations. + +DAY 30 EVENING PRAYER + +PSALM 147. _Laudate Dominum_. + +O praise the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our +God: yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful. + +2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: and gather together the +out-casts of Israel. + +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 great 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 O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving: sing praises upon the +harp unto our God; + +8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth 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 feedeth 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, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O 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 filleth thee with the +flour of wheat. + +15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: and his word +runneth very swiftly. + +16 He giveth 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. + +19 He sheweth 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_. + +O praise the Lord 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, all 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 commanded, 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 Lord upon earth: ye dragons, and all deeps; + +8 Fire and hail, snow and vapours: wind and storm, fulfilling his +word; + +9 Mountains and all hills: 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 Lord: 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. + +PSALM 149. _Cantate Domino_. + +O sing unto the Lord a new song: let the congregation 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_. + +O 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 dances: 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. + + + + +FORMS OF PRAYER + +TO BE + +USED AT SEA + +_The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea shall be +the same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer_. + +_These two following Prayers are to be also used in his Majesty's +Navy every day_. + +O 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 thy Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of us +thy servants, and the Fleet 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 our most gracious Sovereign Lord, King +_GEORGE_, and his Dominions, and a security for such as pass on +the seas upon their lawful occasions; that the inhabitants of our +Island 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 labours; and with a thankful remembrance of thy +mercies to praise and glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ +our Lord. _Amen_. + +_The Collect_. + +Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious +favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our +works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy +Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through +Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea_. + +O most powerful and glorious Lord God, at whose command the winds +blow, and lift up the waves of the sea, and who stillest the rage +thereof: We thy creatures, but miserable sinners, do in this our +great distress cry unto thee for help: Save, Lord, or else we +perish. We confess, when we have been safe, and seen all things +quiet about us, we have forgot 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 all 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. _Amen_. + +_Or this:_ + +O most 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 ready now 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_. + +_The Prayer to be said before a Fight at Sea against any Enemy_. + +O most powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of hosts, that +rulest and commandest all things: Thou sittest in the throne +judging right, and therefore we make our address to thy Divine +Majesty in this our necessity, that thou wouldest 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 wouldest 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_. + +_General Prayers_. + +_Short Prayers for single persons that cannot meet to join in +Prayer with others, by reason of the Fight, or Storm_. + +Lord, be merciful to us sinners, and save us for thy mercy's sake. + +Thou art the great God, that 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 that flee 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, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. + +_Short Prayers in respect of a Storm_. + +Thou, O Lord, that stillest the raging of the sea: hear, hear us, +and save us, that we perish not. + +O blessed Saviour, that 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. + +Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, +But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and +the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. + +_When there shall be imminent danger, as many as can be spared +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 as followeth_. + +_The Confession_. + +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, 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 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. + +_Then shall the Priest, if there be any in the Ship, pronounce +this Absolution_. + +Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath +promised forgiveness of sins to all them that 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_. + +_Thanksgiving after a Storm_. + +_Jubilate Deo_. Psalm lxvi. + +O be 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 wonderful he is in +his doing toward the children of men. + +He turned the sea into dry land: so that they went through the +water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof. + +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. + +O 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. + +Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads: we went through fire +and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. + +I 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. + +I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the incense of +rams: I will offer bullocks and goats. + +O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God: and I will tell +you what he hath done for my soul. + +I 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 now, and ever shall be: world +without end. Amen. + +_Confitemini Domino_. Psalm cvii. + +O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy +endureth for ever. + +Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed: and delivered +from the hand of the enemy; + +And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the +west: from the north and from the south. + +They went astray in the wilderness out of the way: and found no +city to dwell in; + +Hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them. + +So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: and he delivered +them from their distress. + +He led them forth by the right way: that they might go to the city +where they dwelt. + +O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: and +declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! + +For he satisfieth the empty soul: and filleth the hungry soul with +goodness. + +Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: being fast +bound in misery and iron; + +Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord: and lightly +regarded the counsel of the most Highest; + +He also brought down their heart through heaviness: they fell +down, and there was none to help them up. + +So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered +them out of their distress. + +For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of +death: and brake their bonds in sunder. + +O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: and +declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! + +For he hath broken the gates of brass: and smitten the bars of +iron in sunder. + +Foolish men are plagued for their offence: and because of their +wickedness. + +Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they were even hard +at death's door. + +So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered +them out of their distress. + +He sent his word, and healed them: and they were saved from their +destruction. + +O that men would therefore 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 thanksgiving: +and tell 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 Lord: 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 goodness: and +declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! + +That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people: +and praise him in the seat of the elders! + +Who turneth the floods into a wilderness: and drieth up the +water-springs. + +A fruitful land maketh he barren: for the wickedness of them that +dwell therein. + +Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water: and water-springs +of a dry ground. + +And there he setteth the hungry: that they may build them a city +to dwell in; + +That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards: to yield them +fruits of increase. + +He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly: and suffereth +not their cattle to decrease. + +And again, when they are minished and brought low: through +oppression, through any plague or trouble; + +Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants: and +let them wander out of the way in the wilderness; + +Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery: and maketh him households +like a flock of sheep. + +The righteous will consider this, and rejoice: and the mouth of +all wickedness shall be stopped. + +Whoso is wise will ponder these things: and they shall understand +the loving-kindness of the Lord. + +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. + +_Collects of Thanksgiving_. + +O most 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_. + +_Or this:_ + +O most mighty and gracious good God, thy mercy is over all thy +works, but in special manner hath been extended toward us, whom +thou hast so powerfully and wonderfully defended. Thou hast shewed +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 +them that trust in thee. Thou hast shewed 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 righteousness all +the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. +_Amen_. + +_A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous Tempest_. + +O come, 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 redeemed of +the Lord say so: whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of +the sea. + +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 and 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 the 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. + +2 _Corinthians xiii_. + +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_. + +_After Victory or Deliverance from an Enemy_. + +_A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after Victory_. + +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; + +They had swallowed us up quick: when they were so wrathfully +displeased at us. + +Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over 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 gat 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. + +_After this Hymn may be sung the TE DEUM_. + +_Then this Collect_. + +O 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 Gospel, the +honour of our Sovereign, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good +of all mankind. And, we beseech thee, give us such a sense of this +great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, 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 Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so in particular for +this victory and deliverance, be all glory and honour, world without +end. _Amen_. + +2 _Corinthians xiii_. + +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_. + + + + +AT THE BURIAL OF THEIR DEAD AT SEA + +_The Office in the Common-Prayer-Book may be used: only instead of +these words_ [We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to +earth, &c.] _say_, + +We therefore commit his 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 to himself. + + + + +THE FORM AND MANNER + +OF + +MAKING ORDAINING AND CONSECRATING + +OF + +BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS + +ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF + +THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND + + +THE PREFACE. + +It is evident unto all men diligently reading holy Scripture 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 evermore had in such reverend estimation, +that no man might presume to execute 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 the Church +of England; No man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful +Bishop, Priest, or Deacon in the Church of England, 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 formerly Episcopal Consecration or Ordination. + +And none shall be admitted a Deacon, except he be twenty-three years +of age, unless he have a Faculty. And every man which is to be +admitted a Priest shall be full four-and-twenty years old. And +every man which is to be ordained or consecrated Bishop shall be +fully thirty years of age. + +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 learned +in the Latin tongue, and sufficiently instructed in holy Scripture, +may at the times appointed in the Canon, or else, on urgent +occasion, upon some other Sunday or Holy-day, in the face of the +Church, admit him a Deacon, in such manner and form as hereafter +followeth. + + + + +FROM THE CANONS OF THE + +SCOTTISH CHURCH + + +CANON II. + +OF THE ORDERING OF BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS. + +1. The Ordering of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons shall be according +to the "Form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of +Bishops, Priests, and Deacons" set forth together with the Book of +Common Prayer of the Church of England, with the following +alterations: + +The reading of the King's mandate, the oath of the King's supremacy, +and the oath of obedience to the Archbishop shall be omitted. In +the interrogations the words "this Church" shall be substituted for +"this Realm" or "this Church of England" or "this Church and +Realm." At the ordination of Priests and Deacons, a Priest appointed +by the Bishop shall do what is directed in the Form to be done by +the Archdeacon. At the consecration of Bishops the Primus when +present shall do what is directed in the Form to be done by the +Archbishop, but in the absence of the Primus the senior Bishop +present shall act in his place unless it be otherwise unanimously +agreed by the Bishops present. + +2. All ordinations of Priests and Deacons shall be held at the Ember +Seasons, unless, for reasons which may seem to him sufficient, +the Bishop shall appoint another time. + +NOTE. + +The portions of the following three forms which are modified in +Scotland are marked with square brackets. + + + + +THE + +FORM AND MANNER + +OF + +MAKING OF DEACONS + + +_When the day appointed by the Bishop is come; after Morning Prayer +is ended, 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_. + +_First_, [_a Presbyter appointed by the Bishop_] _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_, + +Reverend 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 conversation, to exercise their +ministry duly, to the honour of God, and the edifying of his Church. + +[_The Presbyter_] _shall answer_, + +I have enquired of them, and also examined them; and think them so +to be. + +_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 shew what the crime or +impediment is. + +_And if any great crime or impediment be objected, the Bishop shall +surcease from ordering that 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, sing or say the Litany, with the Prayers, +as followeth_. + +_The Litany and Suffrages_. + +O God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. + +_God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners_. + +O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable +sinners. + +_God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable +sinners_. + +O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have +mercy upon us miserable sinners. + +_God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have +mercy upon us miserable sinners_. + +O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: +have mercy upon us miserable sinners. + +_O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: +have mercy upon us miserable sinners_. + +Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our 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, + +_Good Lord, deliver us_. + +From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory, and hypocrisy; +from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, + +_Good Lord, deliver us_. + +From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the +deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, + +_Good Lord, deliver us_. + +From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; +from battle and murder, and from sudden death, + +_Good 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, + +_Good 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, + +_Good Lord, deliver us_. + +In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in the +hour of death, and in the day of judgement, + +_Good Lord, deliver us_. + +We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God: and that it may +please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the +right way, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true +worshipping of thee, in righteousness and holiness of life, thy +Servant _GEORGE_, our most gracious King and Governor, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith, fear, and +love, and that he may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek +thy honour and glory, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper, giving him +the victory over all his enemies, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to bless and preserve our gracious Queen +_Mary_, _Alexandra_ the Queen Mother, _Edward_ Prince of Wales, and +all the Royal Family, + +_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 +shew 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 send forth labourers into thy harvest, +| +| _We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to bless and prosper thy servants who labour +for the conversion of the heathen, and of all who know not the truth, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, and all +the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understanding, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +| That it may please thee to direct and prosper the Consultations +| of the High Court of Parliament * to honour of thy Name, and the +| welfare of thy people, +| +| _We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. +| +| [Margin Note:] * During the Session of Parliament. + +That it may please thee to bless and keep the [Judges 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 bless and keep the King's forces by +| sea and land, and to shield them in all dangers and adversities, +| +| _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 dread 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 them that 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 that +are in danger, necessity, and tribulation, + +_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_. + +That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by +water, all women labouring of child, all sick persons, and young +children; and to shew 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 that 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 as 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 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 +Word, + +_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_. + +O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world; + +_Grant us thy peace_. + +O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world; + +_Have mercy upon us_. + +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_. + +_Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's +Prayer_. + +Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom +come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, But +deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Priest_. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. + +_Answer_. Neither reward us after our iniquities. + +Let us pray. + +O God, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite +heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful: Mercifully assist +our prayers that 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, be brought to nought, and by the providence of +thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we thy servants, being +hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy +holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. + +_O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake_. + +O God, 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. + +_O 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. + +_Graciously look upon our afflictions_. + +Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts. + +_Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people_. + +Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. + +_O Son of David, have mercy upon us_. + +Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. + +_Graciously hear us, Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ_. + +_Priest_. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us; + +_Answer_. As we do put our trust in thee. + +Let us pray. + +We humbly beseech thee, O Father, merci fully to look upon our +infirmities; and for the glory of thy Name turn from us all those +evils that we most righteously have deserved; and grant that in +all our troubles we may put our whole 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_. + +_Then shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion, with +the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as followeth_. + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who by thy divine providence hast appointed divers +Orders of Ministers in thy Church, and didst inspire thine Apostles +to choose into the Order of Deacons the first Martyr Saint Stephen, +with others: Mercifully behold these thy servants now called to +the like office and administration; replenish them so with the +truth of thy 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 +Church; 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 themselves a good degree, +and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. + +_Or else this, out of the sixth 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, brethren, 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. + +_And before the Gospel, the Bishop, sitting in his Chair, shall +examine every one of them that are to be ordered, in the presence +of the people after this manner following_. + +Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take +upon you this office and ministration, to 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 the due order of this [Church], to the +Ministry of the Church? + +_Answer_. I think so. + +_The Bishop_. + +Do 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 assembled 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 thereof, and to read holy Scriptures and +Homilies 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 admitted thereto by the Bishop. And furthermore, it is his +office, 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 willingly? + +_Answer_. I will so do, by the help of God. + +_The Bishop_. + +Will you apply all your diligence 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 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 Ordinary, and other chief Ministers +of the Church, and them to whom the charge and government over you +is committed, following with a glad mind and will their godly +admonitions? + +_Answer_. I will endeavour myself, the Lord being my helper. + +_Then the Bishop laying his hands severally upon the head of every +one of them, humbly kneeling before him, shall say_, + +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. + +_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. + +_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. + +_Then shall the Bishop proceed in the Communion: and all that are +ordered shall tarry, and receive the holy Communion the same day +with the Bishop_. + +_The Communion ended, after the last Collect, and immediately before +the Benediction, shall be said these Collects following_. + +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: 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_. + +Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour, +and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works, +begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, +and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through Jesus +Christ our Lord. _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_. + +_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 otherwise seem good unto +the Bishop_) _to the intent he may be perfect, and well expert in +the things appertaining to the Ecclesiastical Administration. In +executing whereof if he be found faithful and diligent, he may be +admitted by his Diocesan to the Order of Priesthood, at the times +appointed in the Canon; or else, on urgent occasion, upon some +other Sunday or Holy-day, in the face of the Church, in such manner +and form as hereafter followeth_. + + + + +THE + +FORM AND MANNER + +OF + +ORDERING OF PRIESTS + + +_When the day appointed by the Bishop is come; after Morning Prayer +is ended, there shall be a Sermon or Exhortation, declaring the duty +and office of such as come to be admitted Priests; how necessary +that Order is in the Church of Christ; and also how the people +ought to esteem them in their office_. + +_First_, [_a Presbyter appointed by the Bishop_] _shall present +unto the Bishop_ (_sitting in his Chair, near to the holy Table_) +_all them that shall receive the Order of Priesthood that day;_ +(_each of them being decently habited;_) _and say_, + +Reverend Father in God, I present unto you these persons present, +to be admitted to the Order of Priesthood. + +_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. + +[_The Presbyter_] _shall answer_, + +I have enquired of them, and also examined them; and think them so +to be. + +_Then the Bishop shall say unto the people_: + +Good people, these are they whom we purpose, God willing, to +receive this day unto the holy office of Priesthood: For after +due examination we find not to the contrary, but that they be +lawfully called to their function and ministry, and that they be +persons meet for the same. But yet if there be any of you, who +knoweth any impediment 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 shew what the crime or +impediment is. + +_And if any great crime or impediment be objected, the Bishop shall +surcease from ordering that 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, sing or 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_. + +_Then shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion, with the +Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as followeth_. + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, giver of all good things, who by thy Holy Spirit +hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church: Mercifully +behold these thy servants now called to the office of Priesthood; +and replenish them so with the truth of thy 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 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. Ephes. 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 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 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 followeth_. + +_St Matth_. 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 harvest, that he will send forth labourers into +his harvest. + +_Or else this that followeth, out of the tenth chapter of 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 will 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. 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 pasture. The thief cometh not but for to +steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might +have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 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 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 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. + +_Then the Bishop, sitting in his Chair, shall say unto them as +hereafter followeth_. + +You have heard, brethren, as well in your private examination, +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 dispersed +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 you must serve, is +his spouse and his body. And if it shall happen the same Church, +or any member thereof, to take any hurt or hindrance by reason +of your negligence, ye know the greatness of the fault, and also +the horrible punishment that will ensue. Wherefore consider with +yourselves the end of your ministry towards the children of God, +towards the spouse and body of Christ; and see that you never +cease your labour, your care and diligence, until you have done +all 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 that ye may shew yourselves 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 yourselves; for that will and ability is given +of God alone. Therefore ye ought, and have need, to pray earnestly +for his Holy Spirit. And seeing that you cannot by any other means +compass the doing of so weighty a work, pertaining to the salvation +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 yourselves, and of them that +specially pertain unto you, according to the rule of the same +Scriptures: and for this self-same cause, how ye ought to forsake +and set aside (as much as you may) all worldly cares and studies. + +We have good hope that you have well weighed and pondered these +things with yourselves long before this time; and that you 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, you will apply yourselves wholly to this +one thing, and draw all your cares and studies this way; and that +you 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 of 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, and to fashion them after the rule and doctrine +of Christ, that ye may be wholesome and godly examples and patterns +for the people to follow. + +And now, that this present Congregation of Christ here assembled +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 be truly called, according to +the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the order of [this Church], +to the Order and Ministry of Priesthood? + +_Answer_. I think it. + +_The Bishop_. + +Are you persuaded that the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently +all doctrine required of necessity 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 required of necessity 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 discipline of Christ, as +the Lord hath commanded, and as [this Church] hath received the +same, according to the commandments of God; so that you may teach +the people committed to your cure and charge with all diligence +to keep and observe 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 all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's +Word; and to use both public and private monitions and exhortations, +as well to the 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 of the holy +Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowledge of the +same, laying aside the study of the world and the flesh? + +_Answer_. I will endeavour myself 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 +specially among them that are or shall be committed to your charge? + +_Answer_. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. + +_The Bishop_. + +Will you reverently obey your Ordinary, and other chief Ministers, +unto whom is committed the charge and government over you; +following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions, and +submitting yourselves to their godly judgements? + +_Answer_. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. + +_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 accomplish his work which he hath begun in you; through +Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_After this, the Congregation shall be desired, secretly in their +prayers, to make their humble supplications to God for all these +things: for the which prayers there shall be silence kept for a +space_. + +_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, as followeth_. + +Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, + +_And lighten with celestial fire_. + +Thou the anointing Spirit art, + +_Who dost thy seven-fold 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_. + +_Or this_: + +Come, Holy Ghost, eternal God, proceeding 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 heav'nly gift of God most high, 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 writ'st 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 heav'nly 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_. + +Put back our enemy far from us, and help us to obtain + +_Peace in our hearts with God 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_. + +Of strife and of dissension dissolve, O Lord, the bands, + +_And knit 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 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 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 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_. + +_That done, the Bishop shall pray in this wise, and say_, + +Let us pray. + +Almighty God and heavenly Father, who of thine infinite 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 Apostles, 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 goodness, +and for that thou hast vouchsafed to call these thy servants here +present to the same office and ministry, appointed for the salvation +of mankind, we render unto thee most hearty thanks, we praise and +worship thee; and we 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 shew ourselves thankful unto +thee for these and all other thy 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_. + +_When this prayer is done, the Bishop with the Priests present +shall lay their hands severally upon the head of every one that +receiveth the Order of Priesthood; the receivers humbly kneeling +upon their knees, 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 forgive, 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. + +_Then the Bishop shall deliver to every one of them kneeling 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 thou shalt be +lawfully appointed thereunto. + +_When this is done, the Nicene Creed shall be sung or said; and +the Bishop shall after that go on in the Service of the Communion, +which all they that receive Orders shall take together, and remain +in the same place where hands were laid upon them, until such time +as they have received the Communion_. + +_The Communion being done, after the last Collect, and immediately +before the Benediction, shall be said these Collects_. + +Most merciful Father, we beseech thee to send upon these thy +servants thy heavenly blessing, that they may be clothed with +righteousness, and that thy Word spoken by their mouths may have +such success, that it may never be spoken in vain. Grant also that +we may have grace to hear and receive what they shall deliver out +of thy most holy Word, or agreeable to the same, as the means of +our salvation; that in all our words and deeds we may seek thy +glory, and the increase of thy kingdom; through Jesus Christ our +Lord. _Amen_. + +Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious +favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our +works, begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy +holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; +through Jesus Christ our Lord. _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_. + +_And if on the same day the Order of Deacons be given to some, and +the Order of Priesthood to others; the Deacons shall be first +presented, and then the Priests: and it shall suffice that the +Litany be once said for both. The Collects shall both be used; +first that for Deacons, then that for Priests. The Epistle shall +be Ephes. iv_. 7-13, _as before in this Office. Immediately after +which, they that are to be made Deacons shall be examined and +ordained, as is above prescribed. Then one of them having read the +Gospel_ (_which shall be either out of St Matth. ix_. 36-38, _as +before in this Office; or else St Luke xii_. 35-38, _as before in +the Form for the Ordering of Deacons,_) _they that are to be made +Priests shall likewise be examined and ordained, as is in this +Office before appointed_. + + + + +THE FORM + +OF + +ORDAINING OR CONSECRATING + +OF AN + +[ARCHBISHOP OR] BISHOP; + + +WHICH IS ALWAYS TO BE PERFORMED UPON SOME SUNDAY OR HOLY-DAY + + +_When all things are duly prepared in the Church, and set in order; +after Morning Prayer is ended, the_ [_Primus_] (_or some other +Bishop appointed_) _shall begin the Communion Service: in which +this shall be_ + +THE COLLECT. + +Almighty God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy holy +Apostles many excellent gifts, and didst charge them to feed thy +flock: Give grace, we beseech 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 glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_And 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. + +_Or this_ + +FOR THE EPISTLE. 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 all +humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which +befel me by the lying in wait of the Jews: and how I kept back +nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed 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 befal +me there; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth 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 declare 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 disciples 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 all 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 shewed +you all things, how that so labouring 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. + +_Then 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, Simon, 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. + +_Or else 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 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 shewed 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, Receive +ye the Holy Ghost. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted +unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. + +_Or this_. + +St Matth. 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, and 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 world. + +_After the Gospel, and the Nicene Creed, and the Sermon are ended, +the elected Bishop_ (_vested with his Rochet_) _shall be presented +by two Bishops unto the_ [_Primus_] (_or to some other Bishop +appointed by lawful commission_,) _the_ [_Primus_] _sitting in +his Chair, near the holy Table, and the Bishops that present him +saying_, + +Most reverend Father in God, we present unto you this godly and +well-learned man to be ordained and consecrated Bishop. + +[_Then shall the Archbishop demand the King's Mandate for the +Consecration, and cause it to be read. And then shall be ministered +unto them the Oath of due obedience to the Archbishop, as +followeth_. + +_The Oath of due obedience to the Archbishop_. + +In the Name of God, Amen. _N_. chosen Bishop of the Church and +See of _N_. do profess and promise all due reverence and obedience +to the Archbishop and to the Metropolitical Church of _N_. and +to their Successors: So help me God, through Jesus Christ. + +_This Oath shall not be made at the Consecration of an Archbishop_.] + +_Then the_ [_Primus_] _shall move the Congregation present to +pray, saying thus to them_: + +Brethren, it is written in the Gospel of St Luke, that our Saviour +Christ continued the whole night in prayer, before he did choose +and send forth his twelve Apostles. It is written also in the +Acts of the Apostles, that the disciples who were at Antioch did +fast and pray, before they laid hands on Paul and Barnabas, and +sent them forth. Let us therefore, following the example of our +Saviour Christ and his Apostles, first fall to prayer, before we +admit and send forth this person presented unto us, to the work +whereunto we trust the Holy Ghost hath called him. + +_And then shall be said the Litany, as before in the Form of +Ordering Deacons, save only that after this place_, That it may +please thee to illuminate all Bishops, &c. _the proper Suffrage +there following shall be omitted, and this inserted instead of it_; + +That it may please thee to bless this our Brother elected, and to +send thy grace upon him, that he may duly execute the office where +unto 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. + +_Then shall be 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 replenish him so with the truth of thy doctrine, and +adorn him with innocency 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_. + +_Then the_ [_Primus_], _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 I admit you to this administration, I will +examine you in certain articles, to the end that the Congregation +present may have a trial, and bear witness, how you be minded to +behave yourself in the Church of God. + +Are you persuaded that you be truly called to this ministration, +according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the order of +this [Church]? + +_Answer_. I am so persuaded. + +_The_ [_Primus_], + +Are you persuaded that the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently +all doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation through +faith in Jesus Christ? And are you determined out of the same +holy Scriptures to instruct the people committed to your charge, +and to teach or maintain nothing as required of necessity 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. + +_The_ [_Primus_]. + +Will you then faithfully exercise yourself in the same holy +Scriptures, and call upon God by prayer, for the true understanding +of the same; so as you may be able by them to teach and exhort +with wholesome doctrine, and to withstand and convince the +gainsayers? + +_Answer_. I will so do, by the help of God + +_The_ [_Primus_]. + +Be you ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive +away 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. + +_The_ [_Primus_]. + +Will you deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and live soberly, +righteously and godly in this present world; that you may shew +yourself in all things an example 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_ [_Primus_]. + +Will you maintain and set forward, as much as shall lie in you, +quietness, peace, and love among all men; and such as be unquiet, +disobedient and criminous within your Diocese, correct and punish, +according to such authority as you have by God's Word, and as to +you shall be committed by the Ordinance of this [Church]? + +_Answer_. I will so do, by the help of God + +_The_ [_Primus_]. + +Will you be faithful in ordaining, sending, or laying hands upon +others? + +_Answer_. I will so be, by the help of God. + +_The_ [_Primus_]. + +Will you shew 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 shew myself, by God's help. + +_Then the_ [_Primus_], _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 accomplishing in you the good work which h +e 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 kneeling down_, Veni, Creator Spiritus, _shall be sung +or said over him, the_ [_Primus_] _beginning, and the Bishops, +with others that are present, answering by verses, as followeth_. + +Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, + +_And lighten with celestial fire_. + +Thou the anointing Spirit art, + +_Who dost thy seven-fold 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_. + +_Or this_: + +Come, Holy Ghost, eternal God, &c. + +_as before in the Form of Ordering Priests_. + +_That ended, the_ [_Primus_] _shall say_, + +Lord, hear our prayer. + +_Answer_. And let our cry come unto thee. + +Let us pray. + +Almighty God and most merciful Father, who of thine infinite +goodness hast given thine only and dearly beloved 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 +Church: Grant, we beseech thee, to this thy servant such grace, +that he may evermore be ready to spread abroad thy Gospel, the +glad tidings of reconciliation with thee; and use the authority +given him, not to destruction, but to salvation; not to hurt, but +to help: so that as 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_. + +_Then the_ [_Primus and_] _Bishops present shall lay their hands +upon the head of the elected Bishop kneeling before them upon his +knees, the_ [_Primus_] _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 remember 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. + +_Then the_ [_Primus_] _shall deliver him the Bible, saying_, + +Give heed unto reading, exhortation, and doctrine. Think upon the +things contained in this Book. Be diligent in them, that the +increase coming thereby may be manifest unto all men. Take heed +unto thyself, and to doctrine, and be diligent in doing them: for +by so doing thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee. +Be to the flock of Christ a shepherd, not a 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 minister discipline, that you forget not +mercy: that when the chief Shepherd shall appear you may receive +the never-fading crown of glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. +_Amen_. + +_Then the_ [_Primus_] _shall proceed in the Communion Service; with +whom the new consecrated Bishop_ (_with others_) _shall also +communicate_. + +_And for the last Collect, immediately before the Benediction, +shall be said these Prayers_. + +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 patience 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_. + +Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with I thy most gracious +favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our +works, begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy +Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through +Jesus Christ our Lord. _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_. + + + + +ACCESSION SERVICE + + +| The form of prayer with thanksgiving, now authorised in the +| Church of England for use upon the anniversary of the day of +| the Accession of the reigning Sovereign, is authorised in the +| EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SCOTLAND. + + +FORMS OF PRAYER + +WITH THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD; + + +For use in all Churches and Chapels within this Realm, every year, +upon the anniversary of the day of the Accession of the reigning +Sovereign, or upon such other day as shall be appointed by +authority. + + +I. + +_At Mattins and Evensong the following Psalms, Lessons, Suffrages, +and Collects may be used_: + +_Proper Psalms_, xx., ci., cxxi. + +_Proper Lessons_. + +_The First_, Joshua i. to ver. 10, or Proverbs viii. to ver. 17. + +_The Second_, Rom. xiii. to ver. 11, or Rev. xxi. 22 xxii. 4. + +_The Suffrages next after the Creed_. + +_Priest_. O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. + +_Answer_. And grant us thy salvation. + +_Priest_. O Lord, save the King; + +_Answer_. Who putteth his trust in thee. + +_Priest_. Send him help from thy holy place. + +_Answer_. And evermore mightily defend him. + +_Priest_. Be unto him, O Lord, a strong tower; + +_Answer_. From the face of his enemies. + +_Priest_. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. + +_Answer_. And make thy chosen people joyful. + +_Priest_. O Lord, save thy people. + +_Answer_. And bless thine inheritance. + +_Priest_. Give peace in our time, O Lord. + +_Answer_. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but +only thou, O God. + +_Priest_. O Lord, hear our prayer. + +_Answer_. And let our cry come unto thee. + +_After the first Collect, at Morning or Evening Prayer, the +following Collect_: + +O God, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest over +them in love; Vouchsafe so to bless thy Servant our King, that +under him this nation may be wisely governed, and thy Church may +serve thee in all godly quietness; and grant that he being devoted +to thee with his whole heart, and persevering in good works unto +the end, may, by thy guidance, come to thine everlasting kingdom; +through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth +with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. +_Amen_. + +_If the Litany be sung or said, these Prayers immediately after +the Prayer_, We humbly beseech thee: _and if the Litany be not +said, then these Prayers instead of the Prayers for the King and +for the Royal Family at Mattins or Evensong_. + +O Lord our God, who upholdest and governest all things by the word +of thy power; Receive our humble prayers for our Sovereign Lord +_GEORGE_, _as on this day_, set over us by thy grace and providence +to be our King; and, together with him, bless, we beseech thee, our +gracious Queen _Mary_, _Alexandra_ the Queen Mother, _Edward_ Prince +of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that they, ever trusting in thy +goodness, protected by thy power, and crowned with thy gracious and +endless favour, may long continue before thee in peace and safety, +joy and honour, and after death may obtain everlasting life and +glory; by the merits and mediation of Christ Jesus our Saviour, +who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one +God, world without end. _Amen_. + +Almighty God, who rulest over all the kingdoms of the world, and +dost order them according to thy good pleasure; We yield thee +unfeigned thanks, for that thou wast pleased, _as on this day_, +to set thy Servant our Sovereign Lord, King _GEORGE_, upon the +throne of this Realm. Let thy wisdom be his guide, and let thine arm +strengthen him; let truth and justice, holiness and righteousness, +peace and charity abound in his days. Direct all his counsels and +endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of his subjects; give us +grace to obey him cheerfully for conscience sake, and let him +always possess the hearts of his people; let his reign be long +and prosperous, and crown him with everlasting life in the world +to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_A Prayer for Unity_. + +O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the +Prince of Peace; Give us 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 henceforth be all 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_. + +II. + +THE COMMUNION. + +_In the Order of the Administration of holy Communion, in place of +the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel of the day, shall be said the +following_: + +THE COLLECT. + +O God, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest +over them in love; Vouchsafe so to bless thy Servant our King, +that under him this nation may be wisely governed, and thy Church +may serve thee in all godly quietness; and grant that he being +devoted to thee with his whole heart, and persevering in good +works unto the end, may, by thy guidance, come to thine everlasting +kingdom; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and +reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without +end. _Amen_. + +THE EPISTLE. 1 St Peter 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 you as evildoers, they may, 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 unto them that +are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise +of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well +doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, +and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as +the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear +God. Honour the King. + +THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xxii. 16. + +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 +perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye +hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto +him a penny. And he saith unto 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. + +_If this day should fall on a Sunday or other holy day, the +Collect, Epistle, and Gospel of the day shall be used, and the +Collect_, O God, who providest, _shall be said after the Collect +of the day_. + +III. + +_The following Service may also be used on the same day at any +convenient time_. + +TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. + +We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. + +All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting. + +To thee all Angels cry aloud: the Heavens, and all the Powers +therein. + +To thee Cherubin, and Seraphin: continually do cry, + +Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth; + +Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty: of thy Glory. + +The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee. + +The goodly fellowship of the Prophets: praise thee. + +The noble army of Martyrs: praise thee. + +The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge thee; + +The Father: of an infinite Majesty; + +Thine honourable, true: and only Son; + +Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter. + +Thou art the King of Glory: O Christ. + +Thou art the everlasting Son: of the Father. + +When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man: thou didst not abhor +the Virgin's womb. + +When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: thou didst open +the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. + +Thou sittest at the right hand of God: in the Glory of the Father. + +We believe that thou shalt come: to be our Judge. + +We therefore pray thee, help thy servants: whom thou hast redeemed +with thy precious blood. + +Make them to be numbered with thy Saints: in glory everlasting. + +O Lord, save thy people: and bless thine heritage. + +Govern them: and lift them up for ever. + +Day by day: we magnify thee; + +And we worship thy Name: ever world without end. + +Vouchsafe, O Lord: to keep us this day without sin. + +O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us. + +O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us: as our trust is in thee. + +O Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded. + +_Then the Priest shall say_, + +The Lord be with you. + +_Answer_. And with thy spirit. + +Let us pray. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +_Christ, have mercy upon us_. + +Lord, have mercy upon us. + +Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom +come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this +day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive +them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; +But deliver us from evil. Amen. + +_Then the Priest standing up shall say_, + +O Lord, save the King; + +_Answer_. Who putteth his trust in thee. + +_Priest_. Send him help from thy holy place. + +_Answer_. And evermore mightily defend him. + +_Priest_. Let his enemies have no advantage of him. + +_Answer_. Nor the wicked approach to hurt him. + +_Priest_. O Lord, hear our prayer. + +_Answer_. And let our cry come unto thee. + +Let us pray. + +O God, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest over +them in love; Vouchsafe so to bless thy Servant our King, that +under him this nation may be wisely governed, and thy Church may +serve thee in all godly quietness; and grant that he being devoted +to thee with his whole heart, and persevering in good works unto +the end, may, by thy guidance, come to thine everlasting kingdom; +through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with +thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +O Lord our God, who upholdest and governest all things by the word +of thy power; Receive our humble prayers for our Sovereign Lord +_GEORGE_, _as on this day_ set over us by thy grace and providence +to be our King; and, together with him, bless, we beseech thee, +our gracious Queen _Mary_, _Alexandra_ the Queen Mother, _Edward_ +Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that they, ever trusting +in thy goodness, protected by thy power, and crowned with thy +gracious and endless favour, may long continue before thee in +peace and safety, joy and honour, and after death may obtain +everlasting life and glory; by the merits and mediation of Christ +Jesus our Saviour, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and +reigneth ever one God, world without end. _Amen_. + +Almighty God, who rulest over all the kingdoms of the world, and +dost order them according to thy good pleasure; We yield thee +unfeigned thanks, for that thou wast pleased, _as on this day_, +to set thy Servant our Sovereign Lord, King _GEORGE_, upon the +throne of this Realm. Let thy wisdom be his guide, and let thine arm +strengthen him; let truth and justice, holiness and righteousness, +peace and charity abound in his days. Direct all his counsels and +endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of his subjects; give us +grace to obey him cheerfully for conscience sake, and let him +always possess the hearts of his people; let his reign be long and +prosperous, and crown him with everlasting life in the world to +come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +_A Prayer for Unity_. + +O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the +Prince of Peace; Give us 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 henceforth be all 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_. + +Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our +necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; We beseech +thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, +which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we +cannot ask, vouch safe to give us for the worthiness of thy Son +Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + +The blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy +Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. _Amen_. + + + + + + +FROM THE CANONS + +OF + +THE SCOTTISH CHURCH + + +APPENDIX No. XVIII. + +_A Table of Kindred and Affinity, wherein whosoever are related +are forbidden by our ecclesiastical Laws to marry together_. + +_A Man may not marry his_ _A Woman may not marry with + her_ + +1 Grandmother, 1 Grandfather, +2 Grandfather's wife, 2 Grandmother's husband, +3 Wife's grandmother. 3 Husband's grandfather. +4 Father's sister, 4 Father's brother, +5 Mother's sister, 5 Mother's brother, +6 Father's brother's wife. 6 Father's sister's husband. +7 Mother's brother's wife, 7 Mother's sister's husband, +8 Wife's father's sister, 8 Husband's father's brother, +9 Wife's mother's sister. 9 Husband's mother's brother. +10 Mother, 10 Father, +11 Step-mother, 11 Step-father, +12 Wife's mother. 12 Husband's father. +13 Daughter, 13 Son, +14 Wife's daughter, 14 Husband's son, +15 Son's wife. 15 Daughter's husband. +16 Sister, 16 Brother, +17 Wife's sister, 17 Husband's brother, +18 Brother's wife. 18 Sister's husband. +19 Son's daughter, 19 Son's son, +20 Daughter's daughter, 20 Daughter's son, +21 Son's son's wife. 21 Son's daughter's husband. +22 Daughter's son's wife, 22 Daughter's daughter's husband, +23 Wife's son's daughter, 23 Husband's son's son, +24 Wife's daughter's daughter. 24 Husband's daughter's son. +25 Brother's daughter, 25 Brother's son, +26 Sister's daughter, 26 Sister's son, +27 Brother's son's wife. 27 Brother's daughter's husband. +28 Sister's son's wife, 28 Sister's daughter's husband, +29 Wife's brother's daughter, 29 Husband's brother's son, +30 Wife's sister's daughter. 30 Husband's sister's son. + + + + +ARTICLES OF RELIGION + +AGREED UPON IN THE CONVOCATION + +HOLDEN AT LONDON IN THE YEAR 1562 + +AND REFERRED TO IN CANON XII. (1911) OF + +THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SCOTLAND + + +1. _Of Faith in the Holy Trinity_. +2. _Of Christ the Son of God_. +3. _Of his going down into Hell_. +4. _Of his Resurrection_. +5. _Of the Holy Ghost_. +6. _Of the Sufficiency of the Scriptures_. +7. _Of the Old Testament_. +8. _Of the Three Creeds_. +9. _Of Original or Birth-sin_. +10. _Of Free-Will_. +11. _Of Justification_. +12. _Of Good Works_. +13. _Of Works before Justification_. +14. _Of Works of Supererogation_. +15. _Of Christ alone without Sin_. +16. _Of Sin after Baptism_. +17. _Of Predestination and Election_. +18. _Of obtaining Salvation by Christ_. +19. _Of the Church_. +20. _Of the Authority of the Church_. +21. _Of the Authority of General Councils_. +22. _Of Purgatory_. +23. _Of Ministering in the Congregation_. +24. _Of speaking in the Congregation_. +25. _Of the Sacraments_. +26. _Of the Unworthiness of Ministers_. +27. _Of Baptism_. +28. _Of the Lord's Supper_. +29. _Of the Wicked which eat not the Body of Christ_. +30. _Of both kinds_. +31. _Of Christ's one Oblation_. +32. _Of the Marriage of Priests_. +33. _Of Excommunicate Persons_. +34. _Of the Traditions of the Church_. +35. _Of the Homilies_. +36. _Of Consecrating of Ministers_. +37. _Of Civil Magistrates_. +38. _Of Christian men's Goods_. +39. _Of a Christian man's Oath_. + +I. _Of Faith in the Holy Trinity_. + +There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, +parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the +Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And +in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, +power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. + +II. _Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man_. + +The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting +of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with +the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, +of her substance: so that two whole and perfect Natures, that is +to say, the Godhead and manhood, were joined together in one +Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, +and very man; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead and buried, +to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only +for original guilt, but also for all actual sins of men. + +III. _Of the going down of Christ into Hell_. + +As Christ died for us, and was buried: so also is it to be +believed, that he went down into Hell. + +IV. _Of the Resurrection of Christ_. + +Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, +with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection +of man's nature; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there +sitteth, until he return to judge all men at the last day. + +V. _Of the Holy Ghost_. + +The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one +substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son, very +and eternal God. + +VI. _Of the Sufficiency of the holy Scriptures for salvation_. + +Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that +whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not +to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article +of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. +In the name of the holy Scripture we do understand those Canonical +Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never +any doubt in the Church. + +_Of the Names and Number of the Canonical Books_. + +Genesis, The First Book of Chronicles, +Exodus, The Second Book of Chronicles, +Leviticus, The First Book of Esdras, +Numbers, The Second Book of Esdras, +Deuteronomy, The Book of Esther, +Joshua, The Book of Job, +Judges, The Psalms, +Ruth, The Proverbs, +The First Book of Samuel, Ecclesiastes or Preacher, +The Second Book of Samuel, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon, +The First Book of Kings, Four Prophets the greater, +The Second Book of Kings, Twelve Prophets the less. + +And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for +example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth it not +apply them to establish any doctrine; such are these following; + +The Third Book of Esdras, Baruch the Prophet, +The Fourth Book of Esdras, The Song of the Three Children, +The Book of Tobias, The Story of Susanna, +The Book of Judith, Of Bel and the Dragon, +The rest of the Book of Esther, The Prayer of Manasses, +The Book of Wisdom, The First Book of Maccabees, +Jesus the Son of Sirach, The Second Book of Maccabees. + +All the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, +we do receive, and account them Canonical. + +VII. _Of the Old Testament_. + +The Old Testament is not contrary to the New: for both in the Old +and New Testament everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, +who is the only Mediator between God and man, being both God and +man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, which feign that the old +Fathers did look only for transitory promises. Although the Law +given from God by Moses, as touching Ceremonies and Rites, do not +bind Christian men, nor the civil precepts thereof ought of +necessity to be received in any Commonwealth; yet notwithstanding, +no Christian man whatsoever is free from the obedience of the +Commandments which are called Moral. + +VIII. _Of the Three Creeds_. + +The Three Creeds, Nicene Creed, Athanasius's Creed, and that +which is commonly called the Apostles Creed, ought thoroughly +to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain +warrants of holy Scripture. + +IX. _Of Original or Birth-sin_. + +Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the +Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the +Nature of every man, that naturally is ingendered of the offspring +of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, +and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh +lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every +person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and +damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea in +them that are regenerated; whereby the lust of the flesh, called +in the Greek, _phronema sarkos_, which some do expound the wisdom, +some sensuality, some the affection, some the desire, of the +flesh, is not subject to the Law of God. And although there is +no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the +Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself +the nature of sin. + +X. _Of Free-Will_. + +The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot +turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good +works, to faith, and calling upon God: Wherefore we have no power +to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace +of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and +working with us, when we have that good will. + +XI. _Of the Justification of Man_. + +We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our +Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own +works or deservings: Wherefore, that we are justified by faith only +is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more +largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification. + +XII. _Of Good Works_. + +Albeit that good works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow +after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the +severity of God's Judgement; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to +God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively +faith; insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently +known as a tree discerned by the fruit. + +XIII. _Of Works before Justification_. + +Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his +Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of +faith in Jesu Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive +grace, or (as the School-authors say) deserve grace of congruity: +yea rather, for that they are not done as God hath willed and +commanded them to be done, we doubt not but they have the nature +of sin. + +XIV. _Of Works of Supererogation_. + +Voluntary works besides, over and above, God's Commandments, +which they call Works of Supererogation, cannot be taught without +arrogancy and impiety: for by them men do declare, that they do not +only render unto God as much as they are bound to do, but that they +do more for his sake, than of bounden duty is required: whereas +Christ saith plainly, When ye have done all that are commanded to +you, say, We be unprofitable servants. + +XV. _Of Christ alone without Sin_. + +Christ in the truth of our nature was made like unto us in all +things, sin only except, from which he was clearly void, both in +his flesh, and in his spirit. He came to be the Lamb without spot, +who, by sacrifice of himself once made, should take away the sins +of the world, and sin, as Saint John saith, was not in him. But all +we the rest, although baptized, and born again in Christ, yet offend +in many things; and if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, +and the truth is not in us. + +XVI. _Of Sin after Baptism_. + +Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin +against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant +of repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after +Baptism. After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from +grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may arise +again, and amend our lives. And therefore they are to be condemned, +which say, they can no more sin as long as they live here, or deny +the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent. + +XVII. _Of Predestination and Election_. + +Predestination to life is the everlasting purpose of God, +whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath +constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from +curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of +mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as +vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so +excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose by +his Spirit working in due season: they through grace obey the +calling: they be justified freely: they be made sons of God by +adoption: they be made like the image of his only-begotten Son +Jesus Christ: they walk religiously in good works, and at length, +by God's mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity. + +As the godly consideration of predestination, and our election in +Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly +persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit +of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, and their earthly +members, and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things, as +well because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of +eternal salvation to be enjoyed through Christ, as because it doth +fervently kindle their love towards God: So, for curious and carnal +persons, lacking the Spirit of Christ, to have continually before +their eyes the sentence of God's predestination, is a most +dangerous downfal, whereby the devil doth thrust them either into +desperation, or into wretchlessness of most unclean living, no +less perilous than desperation. + +Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise, as they +be generally set forth to us in holy Scripture: and, in our +doings, that will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly +declared unto us in the Word of God. + +XVIII. _Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ_. + +They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every +man shall be saved by the law or sect which he professeth, so that +he be diligent to frame his life according to that law, and the +light of nature. For holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the +Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved. + +XIX. _Of the Church_. + +The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in +the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be +duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things +that of necessity are requisite to the same. + +As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred; +so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and +manner of ceremonies, but also in matters of faith. + +XX. _Of the Authority of the Church_. + +The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority +in controversies of faith: And yet it is not lawful for the Church +to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither +may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to +another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper +of holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree any thing against the +same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be +believed for necessity of salvation. + +XXI. _Of the Authority of General Councils_. + +General Councils may not be gathered together without the +commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered +together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be +not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and +sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore +things ordained by them as necessary to salvation have neither +strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be +taken out of holy Scripture. + +XXII. _Of Purgatory_. + +The Romish doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping +and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also invocation +of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no +warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. + +XXIII. _Of Ministering in the Congregation_. + +It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public +preaching, or ministering the Sacraments in the Congregation, +before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And +those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen +and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto +them in the Congregation, to call and send Ministers into the Lord's +vineyard. + +XXIV. _Of speaking in the Congregation in such a tongue as the +people understandeth_. + +It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom +of the Primitive Church, to have public Prayer in the Church, or to +minister the Sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the people. + +XXV. _Of the Sacraments_. + +Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of +Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure +witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's goodwill +towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth +not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm our faith in him. + +There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, +that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. + +Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, +Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction, are not to be +counted for Sacraments of the Gospel, being such as have grown +partly of the corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are states +of life allowed in the Scriptures; but yet have not like nature of +Sacraments with Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, for that they have +not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God. + +The Sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed upon, or to +be carried about, but that we should duly use them. And in such +only as worthily receive the same they have a wholesome effect or +operation: but they that receive them unworthily purchase to +themselves damnation, as Saint Paul saith. + +XXVI. _Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not +the effect of the Sacrament_. + +Although in the visible Church the evil be ever mingled with +the good, and sometimes the evil have chief authority in the +ministration of the Word and Sacraments, yet forasmuch as they do +not the same in their own name, but in Christ's, and do minister +by his commission and authority, we may use their Ministry, both +in hearing the Word of God, and in receiving of the Sacraments. +Neither is the effect of Christ's ordinance taken away by their +wickedness, nor the grace of God's gifts diminished from such as +by faith and rightly do receive the Sacraments ministered unto +them; which be effectual, because of Christ's institution and +promise, although they be ministered by evil men. + +Nevertheless, it appertaineth to the discipline of the Church, +that inquiry be made of evil Ministers, and that they be accused +by those that have knowledge of their offences; and finally being +found guilty, by just judgement, be deposed. + +XXVII. _Of Baptism_. + +Baptism is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, +whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not +christened, but it is also a sign of Regeneration or new birth, +whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly +are grafted into the Church; the promises of forgiveness of sin, +and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are +visibly signed and sealed; faith is confirmed, and grace increased +by virtue of prayer unto God. The Baptism of young children is in +any wise to be retained in the Church, as most agreeable with the +institution of Christ. + +XXVIII. _Of the Lord's Supper_. + +The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that +Christians ought to have among themselves one to another; but +rather is a Sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death: +insomuch that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith, +receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the +Body of Christ; and likewise the Cup of Blessing is a partaking +of the Blood of Christ. + +Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of bread and +wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy Writ; but +is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the +nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions. + +The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only +after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the +Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is faith. + +The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Christ's ordinance +reserved, carried about, lifted up, or worshipped. + +XXIX. _Of the Wicked which eat not the Body of Christ in the use +of the Lord's Supper_. + +The wicked, and such as be void of a lively faith, although they do +carnally and visibly press with their teeth (as Saint Augustine +saith) the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, yet in no wise +are they partakers of Christ: but rather to their condemnation do +eat and drink the sign or Sacrament of so great a thing. + +XXX. _Of both kinds_. + +The Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay-people: for +both the parts of the Lord's Sacrament, by Christ's ordinance and +commandment, ought to be ministered to all Christian men alike. + +XXXI. _Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross_. + +The Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, +propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, +both original and actual; and there is none other satisfaction for +sin, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in the +which it was commonly said, that the Priests did offer Christ for +the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were +blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits. + +XXXII. _Of the Marriage of Priests_. + +Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, +either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from +marriage. Therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other +Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall +judge the same to serve better to godliness. + +XXXIII. _Of excommunicate Persons, how they are to be avoided_. + +That person which by open denunciation of the Church is rightly +cut off from the unity of the Church, and excommunicated, ought +to be taken of the whole multitude of the faithful, as an Heathen +and Publican, until he be openly reconciled by penance, and +received into the Church by a judge that hath authority thereunto. + +XXXIV. _Of the Traditions of the Church_. + +It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places +one, and utterly like; for at all times they have been divers, and +may be changed according to the diversities of countries, times, +and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against God's Word. +Whosoever through his private judgement, willingly and purposely, +doth openly break the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Church, +which be not repugnant to the Word of God, and be ordained and +approved by common authority, ought to be rebuked openly, (that +others may fear to do the like,) as he that offendeth against the +common order of the Church, and hurteth the authority of the +Magistrate, and woundeth the consciences of the weak brethren. + +Every particular or national Church hath authority to ordain, +change, and abolish, Ceremonies or Rites of the Church ordained +only by man's authority, so that all things be done to edifying. + +XXXV. _Of the Homilies_. + +The second Book of Homilies, the several titles whereof we have +joined under this Article, doth contain a godly and wholesome +doctrine, and necessary for these times, as doth the former Book of +Homilies, which were set forth in the time of Edward the Sixth; +and therefore we judge them to be read in Churches by the +Ministers, diligently and distinctly, that they may be understanded +of the people. + +_Of the Names of the Homilies_. + +1 Of the right Use of the Church. 10 Of the reverend estimation of +2 Against peril of Idolatry. God's Word. +3 Of repairing and keeping clean 11 Of Alms-doing. + of Churches. 12 Of the Nativity of Christ. +4 Of good works: first of 13 Of the Passion of Christ. + Fasting. 14 Of the Resurrection of Christ. +5 Against gluttony and 15 Of the worthy receiving of the + drunkenness. Sacrament of the Body and +6 Against excess of apparel. Blood of Christ. +7 Of Prayer. 16 Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost. +8 Of the place and time of 17 For the Rogation-days. + Prayer. 18 Of the State of Matrimony. +9 That Common Prayers and 19 Of Repentance. + Sacraments ought to be 20 Against idleness, + ministered in a known tongue. 21 Against rebellion. + +XXXVI. _Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers_. + +The Book of Consecration of Archbishops and Bishops, and Ordering +of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Edward the +Sixth, and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament, +doth contain all things necessary to such Consecration and Ordering: +neither hath it any thing, that of itself is superstitious and +ungodly. And therefore whosoever are consecrated or ordered +according to the Rites of that Book, since the second year of +the forenamed King Edward unto this time, or hereafter shall be +consecrated or ordered according to the same Rites, we decree all +such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered. + +XXXVII. _Of the Civil Magistrates_. + +The King's Majesty hath the chief power in this Realm of England, +and other his Dominions, unto whom the chief government of all +Estates of this Realm, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Civil, in +all causes doth appertain, and is not, nor ought to be, subject to +any foreign jurisdiction. + +Where we attribute to the King's Majesty the chief government, +by which titles we understand the minds of some slanderous folks to +be offended; we give not to our Princes the ministering either of +God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions +also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly +testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been +given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God +himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees +committed to their charge by God, whether they be Ecclesiastical +or Temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and +evildoers. + +The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England. + +The Laws of the Realm may punish Christian men with death, for +heinous and grievous offences. + +It is lawful for Christian men, at the commandment of the Magistrate, +to wear weapons, and serve in the wars. + +XXXVIII. _Of Christian men's Goods, which are not common_. + +The riches and goods of Christians are not common, as touching +the right, title, and possession of the same, as certain Anabaptists +do falsely boast. Notwithstanding, every man ought, of such things +as he possesseth, liberally to give alms to the poor, according to +his ability. + +XXXIX. _Of a Christian man's Oath_. + +As we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian +men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and James his Apostle, so we judge +that Christian Religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may +swear when the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and +charity, so it be done according to the Prophet's teaching, in +justice, judgement, and truth. + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's The Book of Common Prayer, by Church of England + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER *** + +***** This file should be named 29622.txt or 29622.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/9/6/2/29622/ + +Produced by Elaine Laizure. 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