EVENING

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,

Magnificat. St. Luke i.

OUR Father, which art MY soul doth magnify

be

in heaven, Hallowed 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.

PRAYER.

Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order as they are ap­pointed. Then a Lesson of the Old Testament, as is appointed. And after that, Magnificat( or the Song of the blessed Virgin Mary) in English, as followeth.

Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised.

the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his hand­maiden.

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 begin­