MORNING PRAYER.
Forty years long was I grieved with this genera
Te Deum Laudamus.
tion, and said: It is a peo- WE praise thee, O God:
ple that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways.
we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
To thee all Angels cry aloud the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
Then shall follow the Psalms in order they are appointed. And at the end of every Psalm throughout the Year, and likewise at the end of Benedicite, Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, shall be repeated,
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
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, Gs is appointed in the Calendar, except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day: He that readeth 80 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.
T 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,
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 King
dom of Heaven to all believers.


