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 with judgement; not in thine turneth away from his anger, lest thou bring me to wickedness that he hath com- nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm mitted, and doeth that which vi. 1. 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 re­

belled 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,

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.

DE EARLY beloved bre­

thren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wick­

dness; and that we should

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