ge 4635 Willien& Larez Nam. on their Marriage. April 11 1009. From them friend J. Coleman Hot 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: q2d. Pica 8vo. TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID, POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES; AND THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS. DOMIMINA NVSTIO ILLV MEA OXFORD: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, For the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. SOLD AT THE SOCIETY'S DEPOSITORY, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS, LONDON. Cum Privilegio. Gb 4635 ув Univ.- Bibl. Giessen THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK. 1. THE Preface. 2. Concerning the Service of the Church. 3. Concerning Ceremonies, why some be abolished, and some retained. 4. The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read. 5. The Order how the rest of the holy Scripture is appointed to be read. 6. A Table of Proper Lessons and Psalms. 7. The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. 8. Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts through the whole Year. 9. The Order for Morning Prayer. 10. The Order for Evening Prayer. 11. The Creed of Saint Athanasius. 12. The Litany. 13. Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several Occasions. 14. The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, to be used at the Ministration of the holy Communion, throughout the Year. 15. The Order of the Ministration of the holy Communion. 16. The Order of Baptism both Publick and Private. 17. The Order of Baptism for those of Riper Years. 18. The Catechism. 19. The Order of Confirmation. 20. The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony. 21. The Order for the Visitation of the Sick, and the Communion of the Sick. 22. The Order for the Burial of the Dead. 23. The Thanksgiving of Women after Child- birth. 24. A Commination, or denouncing of God's anger and judgements against Sinners. 25. The Psalter. 26. Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. 27. The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. 28. A Form of Prayer for the Twentieth Day of June. 29. Articles of Religion. THE PREFACE. piling of her Publick 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 publick. 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 would also return of course( the same having never been legally abolished) unless some timely means were used to prevent it; those men wh 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 Catholick Church of Christ) or else of no consequence at all, but utterly frivolous and * A THE PREFACE. vain. But such alterations as were tendered to us( by what persons, under what pretences, or to what purpose soever 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 judgments( 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 publick 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 Calendars and Rubricks: 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 NHERE 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 Calendar 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 * A 2 OF CEREMONIES. 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 diversly 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. THO 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. 0 F 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 St. 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 publick 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 OF CEREMONIES. 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 St. 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 St. 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 judgments. 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 newfangleness, which( as much as may be with 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 diversly in divers countries. 1 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- andthirty 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, And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the day of the Month in the Calendar following, and there ye shall find the Chapters 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 Calendar, and the Immoveable, where there is a blank left in the Column of Lessons, the Proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in the Table of Proper Lessons. 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 ORDER HOW THE REST OF HOLY SCRIPTURE IS APPOINTED TO BE READ. 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 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 Old Testament is appointed for the may, at the discretion of the Minister, be any first at Chapter from the four or any Lesson Prayer, so as the most part thereof will be appointed in the Table of Lessons from the read every year once, as in the Calendar is four Gospels. 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. Upon occasions, to be approved by the Ordinary, other Lessons may, with his consent, be substituted for those which are appointed in the Calendar. And note, that whensoever Proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed, then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course appointed in the Psalter and Calendar( 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, Whit- Sunday, 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. 1 PROPER LESSONS TO BE READ AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER, ON THE SUNDAYS, AND OTHER HOLY- DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. Sundays of Advent. The First Second. Third. Fourth. T LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS. Sundays after Christmas. The First Second.. Sundays after the Epiphany. The First Second. Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Septuagesima. 1st Lesson. 2d Lesson. Sexagesima. Quinquagesima.... Sundays in LENT. The First. Fifth. Sixth.... Second. Third. Fourth Easter- Day. 1st Lesson. 2d Lesson. Sundays after Easter. The First1st Lesson. 2d Lesson. Second...... Third Fourth. Fifth.. Sunday after AscensionDay 1st Lesson. 2d Lesson. Matthew Whit- Sunday. MATTINS. Isaiah Trinity- Sunday. Job Proverbs- i. V. XXV. XXX. to v. 27 Exodus Genesis i.& ii. to v. 4 Rev. xxi. to v. 9 Genesis -iii. -ix. to v. 20 XXXV. xlii. -li. lv. -lxii. xxvii. -i. ix. xix. v. 12 to v. 30 xxvii. to v. 41 ix. -xxvi. Exodus- xii. to v. 29 Rev.-i. v. 10 to v. 19 Numbers xvi. to v. 36 1 Corinth. xv. to v. 29 Numbers xx. to v. 14 xxxvii. xlii. -iii. Exodus xxii. Deuteron. iv. to v. 23 vi. XXX. 1st Lesson. xvi. to v. 18 2d Lesson. Romans viii. to v. 18 Isaiah 1st Lesson. Isaiah- vi. to v. 11 2d Lesson. Revelation i. to v. 9 Job Proverbs LukeEVENSONG. -ii. or Isaiahlii. v. 13& liii. xi. to v. 11 xxvi. xxxii. xxxviii. xliii. Genesis- ii. v. 4 Rev. xxi. v. 9 to xxii. ( v. 6 Genesis -vi. xii. Isaiah Galatians xi. xxii. to v. 20. -xxviii. -xxxix. xliii. -xix. v. 28 Exodus- xii. v. 29 John xx. v. 11 to v. 19 Numbers- xvi. v. 36 John xx. v. 24 to v. 30 Num. xx. v. 14 to xxi. ( v. 10 xxiii. Deut. iv. v. 23 to v. 41 ix. 99 99 lvii. lxv. -xxviii. Job -xxxiv. 99 99 Genesis-xviii. Ephesians iv. to v. 17 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 · X. 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 xxiii. xxxii. xl. - xlv. V. Exodusvi, to v. 14 99 99 99 99 99 - 99 - 99 99 xxviii. v. 5 to v. 19 xxxiii. v. 2 to v. 23 ProverbsJob Genesis -iv. v. 2 xxiv. Exodus Revelationxl. xliv. liv. lxi. Deuteronomy Joshualxvi. xxix. -viii. XV. xxxviii. xi. Luke xx. v. 9 to v. 21 - viii. -xiii. Numbers xvii, to v. 12 xxi. v. 10 Xxxiv. V. X. - xiv. xi. Ezekiel xxxvi. v. 25 v. v. 16, Acts xviii. v. 24 to 99 ( xix. v. 21 Genesis i.& ii. to v 4 Matthew iii. Sundays after Trinity. The First. Second. Third. Fourth. Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth. Ninth. Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth. Fifteenth Sixteenth Seventeenth. Eighteenth Nineteenth. Twentieth LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS. St. Andrew.- 1st Lesson 2d Lesson xviii. 2 Chronicles xxxvi. Jeremiah V. -XXXVI. - xiv. Ezekiel -xxxiv. Twenty- first. Daniel Twenty- second. Twenty- third Hosea Twenty- fourth. Twenty- fifth. Twenty- sixth Twenty- seventh St. Stephen.- 1st Lesson 2d Lesson St. John Evangelist. Josh. iii. v.7 to iv. v. 15 Judges iv. 1 Samuel ii. to v. 27 xii. -XV. to v. 24 -i. -xxi. -xxix. v. 9 to v. 29 -x. to v. 25 xii. xviii. xxii. to v. 41 V. ix. MATTINS. 2 Samuel 1 Chronicles 1 KingsEpiphany.- 1st Lesson. 2d Lesson 2 Kings St. Thomas.- 1st Lesson 2d Lesson. Nativity of Christ. 1st Lesson. 2d Lesson. Monday before Easter. AmosMicah iv.& v. to v. 8 Habakkuk-ii. Ecclesiastes xi.& xii. 1st Lesson 2d Lesson Innocents' Day.- 1st Lesson... Circumcision.- 1st Lesson 2d Lesson Conversion of St. Paul. 1st Lesson 2d Lesson 1st Lesson 2d Lesson ... ... Isaiah John Job JohnIsaiah LukeGenesis Acts iii. vi. -xiv. Isaiah Luke. Purification of the Virgin Mary- 1st Lesson. St. Matthias.- 1st Lesson. Annunciation of our Lady. 1st Lesson Genesis Ash- Wednesday.- 1st Lesson. Isaiah 2d Lesson. Mark Exodus John Jeremiah GenesisRomans Isaiah GalatiansExodus1 Samuel John Josh. v. v. 13 to vi. v.21 or JoshuaJudges1 Samuel2 Kings 2 Samuel xii. to v. 24 1 Chronicles- xxii. 2 Chronicles 1 Kings-xi. to v. 15 xiii. -xix. MATTINS. - Lamentationsii. to v. 16 vi. to v. 24 x. to v. 32 -xix. Nehem. i.& ii. to v. 9 Jeremiah xxii. Ezekiel ii. xviii. xxxvii. iv. vii. v. 9 ii. v. 21 - xii. iii. v. 9 vii. - iii.& iv. 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. liv. i. v. 35 to v. 43 -xlii. to v. 7 -xx. v. 19 to v. 24 ix. to v. 8 ii. to v. 15 iv. to v. 11 vi. xxxiii. v. 9 xiii. v. 23 to v. 36 xxxi. to v. 18 xvii. v. 9 ii. v. 17 EVENSON G. If there be a third Service on Sundays, the Second Lesson for that Service may be any Chapter from the four Gospels, or any Lesson appointed in the Calendar from the four Gospels, at the discretion of the Minister, except on those Sundays for which alternative Second Lessons are specially appointed in the above Table. T LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY- DAYS. 1x. iii. v. 15 to v. 23 -xxiv. -vi. v. 11 -V. Judges111. 1 Samuel iv. to v. 19 -i. xiii. Ruthxvi. 1 Samuel 2 Samuelxvii. -xviii. 1 Chr. xxviii, to v. 21 1 Kings-iii. xi. v. 26 xlix. to v. 13 -i. v. 11 xiii. to v. 17 - ii. v. 27 to v. 36 iii. to v. 16 Iviii. to v. 13 ii. v. 13 to v. 23 i. to v. 15 -xiv. to v. 15 99 29 99 29 99 99 99 99 99 99 Daniel Joel Amos Micah Habakkuk Haggai--ii. to v. 10 vi. iii. Joel V. AmosMicah Zephaniah Malachi99 99 99 99 99 99 "" 99 99 99 99 Isaiah John 99 Isaiah John -xvii. xxi. 2 Kings iv. v. 8 to v. 38 vii. -xiii. Isaiah Titus-xxiii. to v. 31 viii. XXXV. Nehemiah Jeremiah Ezekiel- xiii. to v. 17 xxiv. v. 15 Daniel EVENSONG. Isaiah Revelation Baruch HaggaiIsaiahJonah Hebrews 2 Chronicles xxiv. v.15 to v.23 Acts-viii. to v. 9 Jeremiah Acts Ixv. to v. 17 -xii. v. 20 to v. 42 Deuteronomy. ColossiansIsaiah Johnvii. v. 10 to v. 17 iii. v. 4 to v. 9 XXXV. xiv. to v. 8 -iv. v. 21 to v. 31 -X. v. 12 -ii. v. 8 to v. 18 xlix. v. 13 to v. 24 ii. to v. 12 LamentationsJohn i, to v. 11 xxvi. to v. 21 ii. to v. 10 xxii. v. 15 lii. v. 7 to v. 13 iii. xii. v. 3 to v. 18 -ii. v. 13 xiv. v. 15 Tuesday before Easter. LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY- DAYS. Wednesday before Easter. 1st Lesson 2d Lesson Thursday before Easter. ... 1st Lesson 2d Lesson... 1st Lesson 2d Lesson Tuesday in Easter- Week. 1st Lesson 2d Lesson Good Friday.- 1st Lesson 2d Lesson Easter- Even.- 1st Lesson... 2d Lesson... Monday in Easter- Week. 1st Lesson 2d Lesson St. Mark.- 1st Lesson St. Philip& St. James. 1st Lesson 2d Lesson ... Christmas- Day. Ash- Wednesday Good Friday ... Ascension- Day.- 1st Lesson St. Peter.- 1st Lesson 2d Lesson Easter- Day.. Ascension- Day Whit- Sunday ... Monday in Whitsun- Week. 1st Lesson 2d Lesson Tuesday in Whitsun- Week. 1st Lesson 2d Lesson St. Barnabas.- 1st. Lesson 2d Lesson. St. Luke.- 1st Lesson.. St. Simon& St. Jude. 1st Lesson All Saints.- 1st Lesson 2d Lesson ... 2d Lesson.. St. John Baptist.- 1st Lesson. 2d Lesson. ... .. St. James.- 1st Lesson 2d Lesson St. Bartholomew.- 1st Lesson. St. Matthew.- 1st Lesson St. Michael.- 1st Lesson 2d Lesson ... Lamentations John Lamentations John Hosea John Genesis John Zechariah LukeExodus Luke 2 Kings JohnIsaiah MATTINS. Isaiah John Daniel Luke Genesis 1 Corinthians iii. to v. 34 xv. to v. 14 iv. to v. 21 -xvi. to v. 16 xiii. to v. 15 - xvii. Psalm xxii. to v. 20 -xviii. -ix. xxiii. v. 50 xv. to v. 22 xxiv. to v. 13 xiii. v. 14 to v. 22 xxi. to v. 15 -lxii. v. 6 lxi. i. v. 43 vii. v. 9 to v. 15 xxiv. v. 44 xi. to v. 10 xii. to v. 14 ii. v. 21 Joel 1 Thessalon. v. v. 12 to v. 24 Deuteronomy xxxiii. to v. 12 Acts -iv. v. 31 Malachi iii. to v. 7 Matthew iii. Ezekiel John 2 KingsLukeiii. v. 4 to v. 15 xxi. v. 15 to v. 23 -i. to v. 16 ix. v. 51 to v. 57 Genesis- xxviii. v. 10 to v. 18 1 Kings-xix. v. 15 Genesis xxxii. Acts xii. v. 5 to v. 18 Isaiah lv. Isaiah xxviii. v. 9 to v. 17 Wisdomiii. to v. 10 Hebrews xi. v. 33& xii. to v.7 MATTINS. Lamentations John EVENSONG. DanielJohn Hosea John Isaiah 1 Peter Hosea Romans Canticles MatthewEzekiel John EzekielZechariah2 KingsHebrews iii. v. 34 xv. v. 14 -ix. v. 20 xvi. v. 16 Wisdom Revelationxiv. xiii. to v. 36 -lii. v. 13& liii. ii. v. v. 8 to vi. v. 4 vi. to v. 14 T PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DAYS. 19, 45, 85 Psalm 6, 32, 38 22, 40, 54 2, 57, 111 8, 15, 21 48, 68 ii. v. 10 -xxviii. to v. 10 xxxvii. to v. 15 xxi. v. 15 i. to v. 15 Numbers xi. v. 16 to v. 31 1 Corinthians xii. v. 27& xiii. Micah 1 John Nahum ActsMalachi Matthew Zechariah iii. Acts iv. v. 8 to v. 23 Jeremiah xxvi. v. 8 to v. 16 iv. -ii. to v. 16 iv. NOTE. That if any of these Holy- days fall upon a Sunday, not being the first Sunday in Advent, Easter- Day, Whit- Sunday, or Trinity- Sunday, the Lessons appointed either for the Sunday or for the Holy- Day may be read at the discretion of the Minister. Deuteronomy xviii. v. 15 1 Chronicles--xxix. to v. 20 Daniel X. v. 4 Revelation xiv. v. 14 Ecclesiasticus xxxviii. to v. 15 iv. to v. 8 iv. to v. 14 Jeremiah- iii. v. 12 to v. 19 v. to v. 17 xix. to v. 17 i. -xiv. v. 8 iv. xiv. to v. 13 EVENSONG. 89, 110, 132 -1.2, 130, 143 69, 88 -113, 114, 118 24, 47, 108 104, 145 1A 2 b 6 f Epiphany.. 7 g Genesis8A 17 c 18 d THE CALENDAR, 3 c -ii. v. 4 4 d- iii. v. 20 to iv. v. 16 5 e v. to v. 28 21 g WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. 23 b 24 c JANUARY HATH XXXI. DAYS. MORNING PRAYER. 25 d 26 e FIRST LESSON. 9 b viii. -xi. to v. 10 -xiii. XV. 10 c 11 d 12 e -xvii. to v. 23 13 f Hilary, Bp.& Con. Genesis-xviii. v. 17 Circumcision. Genesis- i. to v. 20 Matthew XX. 14 g 15 A xxi. v.33 to xxii. v. 20 16 b xxiv. to v. 29 -vi. v. 9 Lucian, P.& M. Genesis XXV. v. 19 19 e -xxvi. v. 18 20 f Fabian, Bp.& M. Genesis- xxvii. v. 30 Agnes, Virg.& M. Genesis xxix. to v. 21 22 A Vincent, Mart. - -xxiv. v. 52 Prisca, Virg.& M. GenesisGenesis- xxxi. v. 36 xxxii. v. 22 XXXV. to v. 21 Conv. of St. Paul. Genesis xxxvii. v. 12 SECOND LESSON. 1 i. v. 18 -ii. iii. iv. to v. 23 iv. v. 23 to v.v.13 -v. v. 13 to v. 33 v. v. 33 -vi. to v. 19 vi. v. 19 to vii. v. 7 vii. v. 7 viii. to v. 18 viii. v. 18 ix. to v. 18 ix. v. 18 x. to v. 24 X. v. 24 xi. -xii. to v. 22 -xii. v. 22 xiii. to v. 24 -xiii. v. 24 to v. 53 xiii. v. 53 to xiv. ( v. 13 xiv. v. 13 EVENING PRAYER. - FIRST LESSON. Genesis i. v. 20 to ii. Acts ( v. 4 -iii. to v. 20 iv. v. 16 v. v. 28 to vi. v. 9 - vii. -xix. v. 12 to v. 30 xxi. to v. 22 xxiii. xxiv. v. 29 to v. 52 -XXV. v. 5 to v. 19 -ix. to v. 20 xii. xiv. xvi. iv. v. 32 to v. v. 17 V. v. 17 vi. vii, to v. 35 -xviii. to v. 17- vii. v. 35 to viii. v. 5 -xxvi. to v. 18 xxvii. to v. 30 xxviii. xxxi. to v. 25 xxxii. to v. 22 xxxiii. -xxxvii., to v. 12 SECOND LESSON. xxxix. ii. to v. 22 ii. v. 22 iii. -xli. to v. 17 xli. v. 53 to xlii. v. 25 - xliii. to v. 25 iv. to v. 32 viii. v. 5 to v. 26 viii. v. 26 -ix. to v. 23 ix. v. 23 x. to v. 24 x. v. 24 xi. xii. xiii. to v. 26 XV. v. 30 to ( xvi. v. 16 27 f xl. -xv. to v. 21 xvi. v. 16 xvii. to v. 16 28 g xli. v. 17 to v. 53 29 A xlii. v. 25 xvii. v. 16 XV. v. 21 xvi. to v. 24 30 b xliii. v. 25 to xliv. v.14 xvi. v. 24 to xvii. v. 14 xliv. v. 14 31 c xvii. v. 14 xlv. v. 25 to xlvi. v. 8 xviii. v. 24 to xix. v. 21 -xviii. to v. 24 xlv. to v. 25 xiii. v. 26 - xiv. xv. to v. 30 1 d 2 e 3 f 4 g 5 A 6 b C 678 gle 10 f 11 g 12 A 13 b 14 c 15 d 16 e 17 f 21 c 22 d 23 e 24 f 25 g 26 A 27 b 28 c 29 THE CALENDAR, WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. FEBRUARY HATH XXVIII. DAYS, AND IN EVERY LEAP- YEAR XXIX. DAYS. MORNING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. 18 g 19 A 20 b-xxviii. Fast. Genesis xlvi. v. 26 to ( xlvii. v. 13 Purification V. Mary. Blasius, Bp.& M. Genesis xlviii. Agatha, V.& M. Exodus -ii. iv. to v. 24 -v. v. 15 to vi. v. 14 -vii. v. 14 -viii. v. 20 to ix. v. 13 x. to v. 21 xii. to v.21 Matthew xviii. to v.21 xviii. v. 21 to xix. v. 3 xix. v. 3 to v. 27 L. xix. v. 27 to xx. v. 17 -xii. v. 43 to xiii. v. 17 -xiv. v. 10 Valentine, Bp.& M. Exodus xv. v. 22 to ( xvi. v. 11 xvii. -xix. xxi. to v. 18 -xxiii. v. 14 xxv. to v. 23 v. 29 to v.42 SECOND LESSON. St. Matthias, A.& M. Exodus xxxiv. v. 27 xxxix. v. 30 xl. v. 17 Leviticus xiv. to v. 23 -xx. v. 17 xxi. to v. 23 xxi. v. 23 xxii. to v. 15 xxii. v. 15 to v. 41 xxii. v. 41 toxxiii.v.13 -xxiii. v. 13 -xxiv. to v. 29 -xxiv. v. 29 xxxi. xxxii. v. 15 Fast. xxxiii. v. 12 Mark( to xxxiv. v. 10 xxv. to v. 31 XXV. v. 31 -xxvi. to v. 31 - - xxvi. v. 31 to v. 57 -xxvi. v. 57 xxvii. to v. 27 -xxvii. v. 27 to v. 57 xxvii. v. 57 xxviii. xix. to v. 19 Matthewi. to v. 21 i. v. 21 ii. to v. 23 1 - ii. v. 23 to iii. v. 13 iii. v. 13 iv. to v. 35 vii. Exodus EVENING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. Genesis- xlvii. v. 13 Acts - iii. iv. v. 27 to v. v. 15 -vi. v. 28 to vii. v. 14 viii. to v. 20 ix. v. 13 x. v. 21& xi. -xii. v. 21 to v. 43 -xiii. v.17 to xiv.v.10 -xv. to v. 22 - xlix. i. xvi. v. 11 xviii. xx. to v. 22 xxii. v.21 to xxiii. ( v. 10 xxiv. xxviii. to v. 13 -xxix. v. 35 to xxx. ( v. 11 xxxii. to v. 15 xxxiii. to v. 12 -xxxiv. v. 10 to v. 27 SECOND LESSON. XXXV. v. 29 to ( xxxvi. v. 8 - xl. to v. 17 Lev.ix. v.22 to x. v.12 xvi. to v. 23 -xix. v.30 to xx. v.9 -xix, v. 21 xx. to v. 17 -XX. v. 17 xxi. to v. 17 -xxi. v. 17 to v. 37 xxi. v. 37 to xxii. v. 23 xxii. v. 23 to xxiii. v. 12 -xxiii. v. 12 xxiv. Romans XXV. xxvi. xxvii. to v. 18 xxvii. v. 18 Xxviii. to v. 17 xxviii. v. 17 i. ii. to v. 17 ii. v. 17 iii. iv. -V. vi. vii. viii. to v. 18 viii. v. 18 ix. to v. 19 ix. v. 19 X. xii. 1 d 2 e 8 d 9 e 10 f 11 g 12 A 16 e 17 f 18 g 13 b 14 c Deut. 15 d 19 A 20 b 14 21 c 3 22 d 23 e 11 24 f David, Archb. Leviticus xxv. to v. 18 Mark- iv. v. 35 to Lev. xxv. v. 18 to v. 44 Romans xi, to v. 25 Chad, Bishop. ( v. v. 21 Lev. 3 f Numbersxxvi. to v. 21 vi. x. v. 11 xi. v. 24 xiii. v. 17 V. v. 21 vi, to v. 14 -vi. v. 14 to v. 30 4 g 5. A vi. v. 30 6 b vii. to v. 24 7e Perpetua, M. Numbers- xiv. v. 26 xvi. v. 23 xx. to v. 14 xxi. to v. 10 -xxii. to v. 22 THE CALENDAR, 25 g 1926 A 8,27 b WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. 5,30 e 31 f MARCH HATH XXXI. DAYS. MORNING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. Gregory, M. B. Numbers-xxiii. XXV. i. to v. 19 ii. to v. 26 Edw. K. West- Sax. Deuteron.-V. v. 22 vii. to v. 12 -viii. Benedict, Abbot. Deut. xxvi. Annunc. of V. Mary. Deut. xxviii. to v. 15 -xxviii. v. 47 XXX, 28 c 16 29 d-xxxi. v. 14 to v. 30 -xi. to v. 18 -xv. to v. 16 xviii. v. 9 Fast. SECOND LESSON. - iii. v. 18 xii. v. 35 to xiii. v. 14 iv. v. 25 to v. 41 xiii. v. 14 xxxii. v. 44 xxxiv. vii. v. 24 to viii. v. 10 viii. v. 10 to ix. v. 2 ix. v. 2 to v. 30 ix. v. 30 x. to v. 32 -x. v. 32 xi. to v. 27 xi. v. 27 to xii. v. 13 xii. v. 13 to v. 35 - -xiv. to v. 27 xiv. v. 27 to v. 53 xiv. v. 53 xv. to v. 42 -xv. v. 42& xvi. Luke i. to v. 26 EVENING PRAYER. i. v. 26 to. v. 46 i. v. 46 ii, to v. 21 -ii. v. 21 iii, to v. 23 iv. to v. 16 FIRST LESSON. xxvi. v. 21 Num. ix.v. 15 tox. v.11 xi. to v. 24 xii. xiv. to v. 26 xvi. to v. 23 -XX. v. 14 xxi. v. 10 to v. 32 xxii, v. 22 xxiv. Xxxvii. v. 12 i. v. 19. ii. v. 26 to iii. ( v. 18 -iv. to v. 25 v. to v. 22 Deuteron. iv. v. 16 -v. to v. 17 Joshuaxvi. xvii. 1 Corinth. i. to v. 26 i. v. 26& ii. -iii. iv. to v. 18 -vi -vii. v. 12 -x. v. 8 SECOND LESSON. xi. v. 18 xvii. v. 8 xxiv. v. 5. 1 -xxvii. xi. v. 25 xii. xiii. xiv.& xv. to v. 8 XV. v. 8 iv. v. 18& v. vi. vii. to v. 25 vii. v. 25 ix. x.& xi. v. 1 xi. v. 2 to v. 17 xi. v. 17 -xiv. v. 20 -xxviii. v. 15 to v. 47 xv. to v. 35 XV. v. 35 xxix. v. 9 xvi. xxxi. to v. 14 2 Corinth. i. to v. 23 -xxxi. v. 30 to xxxii. i. v. 23 to ii. v. 14 ( v. 44 xxxiii. -i. -xii. to v. 28 xii. v. 28& xiii. -xiv. to v. 20 -ii. v. 14& iii. iv. Note, 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 13 1 g 2 2 A 3 b 10 4 c 5 d g 15 9 A 410 b 11 c 12 12 d 113 e 18 6 e 7 7 f Judges 915 g Joshua 14 f Ruth 17 17 b 20 e 21 f THE CALENDAR, FIRST LESSON. MORNING PRAYER. 16 A 1 Samuel TABLE OF LESSONS. APRIL HATH XXX, DAYS. ii. Luke iv. Richard, Bp. of Ch. Joshua vi. St. Ambrose, Bp. Joshua-ix. v. 3 -xxi. v. 43 to xxii. ( v. 11 xxiii. ii. -V. vi. v. 24 viii. v. 32 to ix. ( v.25 -xi. to v. 29 xiii. XV. ii. v. 21 618 c iv. 19 d Alphege, Abp. of C. 1 Samuel -vi. viii. -X, xii. 22 g 23 A St. George, Martyr. 1 Samuel WITH THE xiv. to ( v. 24. XV. xvii. ( to v. 31 27 e xvii. v 55 toxviii. v. 17 28 f xx, to v. 18 29 g 30 A SECOND LESSON. -xxi. xxiii. V. v. 17 vi. to v. 20 vi. v. 20 vii. to v. 24 vii. v. 24 viii, to v..26 viii. v. 26 Judges ix, to v. 28 ix. v. 28 to v. 51 -ix. v. 51 to x. v. 17 -xiv. v. 25 to xv. ( v. 11 XV. v. 11 xvi. xvii. to v. 20 24 b xviii. to v. 31 25 e St. Mark, Ev.& M.- xviii. v. 31 to xix. 26 d 1 Samuel( v. 11 xix. v. 11 to v. 28 xvii. v. 20 FIRST LESSON. Joshua -xix. v. 28 xx. to v. 27 xx. v. 27 to xxi. v. 5 xxi. v. 5 EVENING PRAYER. xi. v. 29 x. v. 17 xi. to v. 29 xiv. xi. v. 29 xvi. -xii. to v. 35 ii. xii. v. 35 -iv. xiii, to v. 18 1 Samuel- ii. to v. 21 -xiii. v. 18 -xiv. to v. 25 Ruth iii. 2 Corinthians--V. V. -vi.& vii. v. 1 vii. x. to v. 16 xxii, v. 11 xxiv. -iv. vi, to v. 24 vii. -x. vii. ix. xi. -xiii. xiv. v. 24 to v. 47 SECOND LESSON. iii. Ephesians V. xvii. v. 31 to v. 55 -xix. xx. v. 18 xxii. -xxiv.& xxv. v. 1 1 Galatians xi. to v. 30 xi. v. 30 to xii. v. 14 xii. v. 14& xiii. -i. vii. v. 2 xvi. PhilippiansI viii. -ix. - ii. iii. iv. to v. 21 iv. v. 21 to v. v. 13 V. v. 13 vi. i. ii. iv. to v. 25 - iv. v. 25 to v. v. 22 -v. v. 22 to vi. v. 10 -iii. vi. v. 10 -i. ii. H iii. iv. Colossians i. to v. 21 i. v. 21 to ii. v. 8 ii. v. 8 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 1899 inclusive; after which Year, the Place of these Golden Numbers will be to be changed, as is hereafter expressed. 1b 2 c 3d 4 e 5 f 6 g 7 A 8 b 9 c 10 d 16 c 17 d 18 e 19 f 20 g 21 A 22 b 23 c 24 d 25 e 26 f 27 g 28 A 29 b 30 c 31 d THE CALENDAR, WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. MORNING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. St: Philip& St. James. 1 Samuel1 Samuel2 Samuel( v. 24 xviii. v. 18 11 e 12 f xix. v. 24 -xxiii, to v. 24 13 g 14 A 1 Kingsi. to v. 28 15 b 1 Chron.- xxix. v. 10 1 Kings iv. v. 2) vi, to v. 15 -viii. v. 22 to, v. 54 Dunstan, Archbp. 1 Kings Invent, of the Cross. -xxxi. -iii. v. 17 vi. — St. John Evang. 2 Samuelvii. v. 18 xi. -xxvi. Luke xiii. v. 38 to ( xiv. v. 26 - -xvi. v. 15 to xvii. MAY HATH XXXI. DAYS. X. xi. v. 26 xii. v. 25 to xiii. ( v. 11. xiv. to v. 21 xvi. v. 8 -xviii, to v, 17 -xix. Augustin, Archbp. 1 Kings xxii. to v. 41 Ven. Bede, Presb. 2 KingsSECOND LESSON. xv. v. 16 John T 1 xxii. to v. 31 xxiii. v. 26 to v. 50 -xxiii. v. 50 to xxiv. ( v. 13 xxiv. v. 13 -xxii. v. 31 to v. 54 2 Samuelxxii. v. 54 -xxiii. to v. 26 -i, to v. 29 -i, v. 29 -vi. v. 22 to v. 41 vi. v. 41 -vii. to v. 25 EVENING PRAYER. -vii, v. 25 viii. to v. 31 viii. v. 31 ix. to v. 39 FIRST LESSON. 1 Samuel xxviii. v. 3 ii. X. v. 22 - V. xi. to v. 17 vi. v. 24 -xi. v. 17 to v. 47 viii. to v. 16- xi. v. 47 to xii. v. 20 x. to v. 18 -xii. v. 20 -vii, to v. 18. ix. -xii, to v. 24 -ix. v. 39 to x. v. 22 2 Kings. -i. -iv. 1 Thessaloniansxv. lo v. 16 ii. iii. to v. 22 iii. v. 22 iv. to v. 31 1 Kings i. v. 28 to v. 49 iv. v. 31 iii. v. to v. 24 V. v. 24 vi, to v. 22 - xvii. v. 24 to xviii. SECOND LESSON. Colossians iii. to v. 18 iii. v. 18 to iv. v. 7 xvi. to v. 15 2 Thessalonians- xi, to v. 26 -xii. to v. 25 xiii. v. 11 V. viii. to v. 22 viii. v. 54 to ix. v. 10 2 Timothy -xv. v. 25 to xvi. v. 8 Titus-xvii. xviii. v. 17 -iv. v. 8 vi, to v. 24 vii. ix. x. v. 18 ( v. 18 xix. to v. 24 -iii. xxi. to v. 15 1 Timothy- i. to v. 18 xxiv. i. v. 18& ii. xxi. Philemon. -iv. v. 7 -i. - ii. i. Hebrews - 1. -iv. V. -i. -il. -iii. -iv. V. -vi. i. E: E: ii. -i. ii.& iii. to v. 7 iii. v. 7 to iv. v. 14 -iv. v. 14& v. -vi. vii. 1 e 6 c 8 e 9 f 10 g 2 f 3 g 2 Chronicles- 4 A 5 b 17 g 21 d 22 e 23 f 24 g 25 A 26 b - 15 e 2 Kings16 f 27 c 28 d Nicomede, P.& M. 2 Kings 18 A Ezra 19 b 20 c THE CALENDAR, FIRST LESSON. MORNING PRAYER. WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. Boniface, Bishop. 2 Chronicles-- xix. xx. v. 31 and xxi. xxiii. XXV. xxviii. xxix. v. 3 to v. 21 11 A St. Barnabas, Ap. 12 b 2 Kings- xviii. v. 13 John13 c xix. v. 20 14 d Isaiah xxxviii. v. 9 to ( v. 21 -xxii. xxiii. v. 21 to Acts( xxiv. v. 8 St. Alban, Martyr. 2 Kings-xxv. v. 8 iv. vii. - xvii. v. 24 -xiii. XV. -xiii. John Tr. of King Edw. Ezra Nehemiah-ix. i. iv. Fast. vi. and vii. to v. 5 St. John Baptist. Neh.Esther JUNE HATH XXX. DAYS. -xiii. to v. 15 -i. iv. Fast. vi. 29 e St. Peter, Ap.& M. 30 f Job SECOND LESSON. - -xiii. to v. 21 xiii. v. 21 xiv. XV. xvi. to v. 16 -xvi. v. 16 -xvii. -xviii. to v. 28 -xviii. v. 28 xix. to v. 25 i. Actsxix. v. 25 -xx. to v. 19 -xx. v. 19 xxi. i. iv. to v. 32 iv. v. 32 to v. v. 17 V. v. 17 Acts-- vii, to v. 35 -vii. v. 35 to viii. v. 5 viii. v. 5 to v. 26 -vi. viii. v. 23 FIRST LESSON. EVENING PRAYER. ii. to v. 22 Ezra ii. v. 22 iii. 2 Kings xvii. to v. 24 Hebrews2 Chronicles xii. xiv. xvi. and xvii, to v. 14 -xx. to v. 31 xxii. xxiv. xxvi. and xxvii. 2 Kings xviii. to v. 9 James2 Chron. xxx. and ( xxxi. v. 1 - 2 Kings xix. to v. 20 James XX. 2 Chronicles- xxxiii. Nehemiah-ix. to v. 23 JobSECOND LESSON. 2 Kings xxiii, to v. 21 1 Peter- i. to v. 22 -i. v. 22 to ii. v. 11 xxiv. v. 8 to ( xxv. v. 8 i. and iii. V. viii. v. 15 x. to v. 20 vii, v. 73& viii. ii. 2 PeterV. Nehemiah xiii. v. 15 1 JohnEsther ii. v. 15& iii. V. vii. viii. ix. x. to v. 19 x. v. 19 xi. to v. 17 - xi. v. 17 - xii. -xiii. -i. ii. iii. iv. V. -ii. v. 11 to iii. v. 8 iii. v. 8 to iv. v. 7 -iv. v. 7 V. -i. -ii. iii. -i. ii. to v. 15 ii, v. 15 iii. to v. 16 ii. 1 John- iii. v. 16 to ( iv. v. 7 1 g 2 A 3 b 4 c 5 d e 8 g 9 A 10 b 11 c 12 d 13 e 14 f 15 g 21 f 22 g 23 A 24 b 25 c 26 d 27 e THE CALENDAR, 28 f 29 g 30 A 31 b WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. MORNING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. JobVisit. of Vir. Mary. Job V. vii. iii. ActsTr. of St. Martin. Job -X. JULY HATH XXXI. DAYS. Job 16 A Proverbs-i. to v. 20 17 b -ii. 18 c- iii. v. 27 to iv. v. 20 19 d 20 e xxviii xxx. v. 12 to v. 27 -xxxii. xxxviii. v. 39 ( and xxxix. Swithun, Bishop. SECOND LESSON. xii -xiv. xiii. to v. 26 xvii. xiii. v. 26 -xxi. -xiv. -xv. to v. 3) xxiii. -xxv. and xxvi. xv. v. 30 to xvi. v. 16 xvi. v. 16 xvii, to v. 16 xvii. v. 16 -xviii. to v. 24 V. v. 15 Margaret, V.& M. Proverbs-vii. ix. -ix. v. 23 x to v. 24 X. v. 24 xi. xli. xviii. v 24 to xix. v. 21 xix. v. 21 -xx. to v. 17 -XX. v. 17 xxi. to v. 17 xii ( v. 18 xix. v. 13 xxi. to v. 17 -xxiii. v. 10 -xxv. Romans -xxi. v. 17 to v. 37 xxi. v. 37 to xxii. v. 23 St. Mary Magd. Proverbs- xi. to v. 15 xxii v. 23 to xxiii. v. 12 -xxiii. v. 12 -xii. v. 10 Fast. xiv. v. 9 to v. 28 St. James, Ap.& M. St. Anne. Proverbsxv. v. 18 -xvi, v. 31 to xvii xxiv. XXV. xxvi. -xxvii -xxviii, to v. 17 xxviii. v. 17 i. EVENING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. Job-iv. 1 John vi ix. 2 John. xi 3 John. xiii. Jude. -xvi. -xix. xxii. v. 12 to v. 29 Matthew xxiv. xxvii. -xxix and xxx. v. 1 -xxxi. v. 13 xxxviii. to v. 39 xl. Proverbs -xlii. i. v. 20 -iii. to v. 27 iv. v. 20 to v. v. 15 vi. to v. 20 viii. x. v. 16 xi. v. 15 -xiii. SECOND LESSON. xiv. v. 28 to xv. v. 18 xvi. to v. 20 -xviii. v. 10 xx. to v. 23 xxii. to v. 17 xxiv. v. 21 -xxvi. to v. 21 iv. v. 7 -i. v. 18 iii. iv. to v. 23 iv. v. 23 to v. v. 13 -v. v. 13 to v. 33 V. v. 33 vi. to v. 19 - vi. v. 19 to vii. v. 7 vii. v. 7 viii. to v. 18 viii. v. 18 ix. to v. 18 ix. v. 18 x. to v. 24 x. v. 24 xi. xii to v. 22 -xii. v. 22 xiii. to v. 24 xiii. v. 24 to v. 53 -xiii. v. 53 to xiv. ( v. 13 xiv. v. 13 -xv. to v. 21 -XV. v. 21 xvi. to v. 24 2 d 3 e 4 f 5 g 6 A 1 c Lammas Day. Proverbs 7 b 8 c 10 e 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 24 e 25 f 29 c -ix. xii. 9dJeremiah- ii. to v. 14 St. Lawrence, M. Jeremiah-v. v. 19 vii. to v. 17 ix. to v. 17 30 d 31 e THE CALENDAR, FIRST LESSON. EcclesiastesMORNING PRAYER. 26 g 27 A Ezekiel 28 b WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. Transfiguration. Ecclesiastes Name of JESUS. Ecclesiastes AUGUST HATH XXXI. DAYS. xxvii. to Romans- ii. to v. 17 ( v. 23 xxx. to v. 18 -i. -iii. V. Ezekiel vii. Beheading of Jerem.xxxvi. v. 14 St.Bartholomew, Ap. Jerem. xxxviii. v. 14 1. to v. 21 -i. to v. 15 St. Augustin, Bp. EzekielXXXV. Fast. XV. xi. to v. 25 -xviii. to v. 18 xxi. xxii. v. 13 xxiv. xxvi. -xxix. v. 4 to v. 20 xi. v. 25 xii. -xiii. xiv.& xv. to v.8 XV. v. 8 -xvi. -xxxi. to v. 15 1 Corinth. i. to v. 26 xxxiii. to v. 14 i. v. 26& ii. iii. SECOND LESSON. ii. ( St. John Baptist. iii. v. 15 ix. -xii. v. 17 ii. v. 17 iii. iv. V. vi. ix. to v. 19 ix. v. 19 iv. to v. 18 -iv. v. 18& v. vii. viii. to v. 18 Jeremiahviii. v. 18 -vi. -vii. to v. 25 - vii. v. 25 viii. ix. x.& xi. v. 1 xi. v. 2 to v. 17 EVENING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. Proverbs- xxviii. to Matthew xvi. v. 24 to ( xvii. v. 14 xvii. v. 14 ( v. 15 -xxxi. v. 10 -ii. to v. 12 -iv. -xviii. to v. 21 xviii. v. 21 to xiz. v. 3-vi. xix. v. 3 to v. 27 Eccles.1 -- xi. -i. v. to v. 19 vi. to v. 22 viii. v. 4 xiii. v. 8 to v. 24 xvii. to v. 19 -xix. -xxii. to v. 13 -xxiii. to v. 16 xxv. to v. 15 -xxviii. XXX. xxxi. v. 15 to v. 38 xxxiii. v. 14 xxxvi. to v. 14 viii. xix. v. 27 to xx. v. 17 xxxviii. to v. 14 -iii. to v. 15 SECOND LESSON. - viii. xi. v. 14 xiii. to v. 17 - xxxix. Mark li. v. 54 Ezekieli. v. 15 xxii. to v. 15 xxii. v. 15 to v. 41 xxii.v.41 to xxiii. v. 13 -xxiii. v. 13 xxiv. to v. 29 xxiv. v. 29 xxv. to v. 31 xxv. v. 31 -xxvi. to v. 31 xxvi. v. 31 to v. 57 xxvi. v. 57 xxvii. to v. 27 -xxvii. v. 27 to v. 57 - XX. v. 17 xxi. to v. 23 xxi. v. 23 xxvii. v. 57 -xxviii. -i. to v. 21 i. v. 21 ii. to v. 23 ii. v. 23 to iii. v. 13 iii. v. 13 iv. to v. 35 iv. v. 35 to v. v. 21 1 f 2 g 3 A 4 b с 6 d 7e 8 f 9 g 10 A 11 b 12 c 13 d 14 e 15 f 16 g 17 A 18 b 19 c 20 d 21 e 22 f 23 g 24 A 25 b 26 c THE CALENDAR, WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. FIRST LESSON. SEPTEMBER HATH XXX. DAYS. MORNING PRAYER. Giles, Abbot. Ezekiel--xiii. v. 17 1 Corinth.- xi. v. 17 -xii. to v. 28 xiv. v. 12 xviii. to v. 19 xx. to v. 18 xii. v. 28& xiii. xiv. to v. 20 xx. v. 33 to v. 44 xiv. v. 20 -xv. to v. 35 -xxiv. v. 15 Enurchus, Bishop. Ezek.- xxvii. to v. 26 Nat. of Vir. Mary. Ezek.- xxviii, to v. 20 Joel Holy- Cross Day. Daniel- ii. to v. 24 -iii. xxxii. to v. 17 2 xxxiii. v. 21 xxxiv. v. 17 -xxxvii. to v. 15 -xlvii. to v. 13 Joel Lambert, Bishop. Daniel iv. v. 19 V. v. 17 -vii, to v. 15 ix, to v. 20 St. Matthew, A.& E. Hosea- ii. v. 14 v. v. 8 to vi. v. 7 viii. X. St. Cyprian, Abp. Hosea- xiii. to v. 15 -i. St. Jerom. 27 d 28 e -ii. v. 15 to v. 28 29 f S. Michael& all Angels. 30 g SECOND LESSON. - -xvi. Corinth.- i. to v. 23 -i. v. 23 to ii. v. 14 ii. v. 14& iii. -xv. v. 35 Fast. x. to v. 20- xi. v. 30 to xii. v. 14 xii. v. 14& xiii. i. Galatians -ii. iii. iv. to v. 21 - iv. V. vi.& vii. v. 1 vii. v. 2 viii. ix. X. -xi. to v. 30 iii. v. 9 Ephesians iv. v. 21 to v. v. 13 v. v. 13 vi. i. FIRST LESSON. EVENING PRAYER. Ezekiel- xiv. to v. 12 Markxvi. v. 44 -xviii. v. 19 xx. v. 18 to v. 33 xxii. v. 23 Daniel xxxi. xxxiii. to v. 21 xxxiv. to v. 17 xxxvi. v. 16 to ( v. 33 xxxvii. v. 15 i. Hosea-V. v. 21 vi. to v. 14 vi. v. 14 to v. 30 vi. v. 30 -vii. to v. 24 xxvi.-vii. v. 24 to viii. v. 10 xxvii. v. 26-viii. v. 10 to ix. v. 2 -ix. v. 2 to v. 30 ix. v. 30 x. to v. 32 x. v. 32 ii. v. 24 iv. to v. 19 v. to v. 17 -vi. -vii. v. 15 -ix. v. 20 xii. -iv. to v. 13 vii. v. 8 ix. xi.& xii. to v. 7 SECOND LESSON. - xiv. - ii. to v. 15 Joel -ii. v. 28 to iii. v. 9 Amos- i.& ii. to v. 4 -xi, to v. 27 xi. v. 27 to xii. v. 13 xii. v. 13 to v. 35 xii. v. 35 to xiii. ( v. 14 xiii. v. 14 xiv. to v. 27 xiv. v. 27 to v. 53 xiv. v. 53 -xv. to v. 42 XV. v. 42& xvi. -i. to v. 26 i. v. 26 to v. 57 Lukei. v. 57 ii. to v. 21 ii. v. 21 iii. to v. 23 iv. to v. 16 iv. v. 16 2 b с 4 d 5 e 6 f 7 g 8 A 9 b 1A Remigius, Bishop. 15 A 16 b 17 c 21 g 22 A 23 b THE CALENDAR, 10 c 11 d Nahum12 e 13 f 26 e 27 f FIRST LESSON. MORNING PRAYER. TABLE OF LESSONS. - OCTOBER HATH XXXI. DAYS. Jonah Falth, Virg.& M. JonahMicah Amos ii. v. 4 to iii. v. 9 Ephesiansv. to v. 18 i. to v. 10 iii. St. Denys, Bp.& M. Micahvii. ix. i. 28 g 29 A Wisdom30 b 31 c 24 C 25 d Crispin, Martyr. ZechariahMalachi WITH THE V. vii. ii. -i. Habakkuk Trans. of K. Edw. Habakkuk iii. 14 g Zephaniah i. v. 14 to ( ii. v. 4 -iii. Haggai--ii. to v. 10 1 Thessalonians Etheldreda, Vir. Zechariah- i. to v. 18 18 d. St. Luke, Evangelist. 19 e Zechariah20 f SECOND LESSON. viii. v. 14 -ii iii. iv. to v. 25 -iv. v. 25 to v. v. 22 v. v. 22 to vi. v. 10 xiv. -ii. Fast. Mal. iii. v. 13& iv. St. Simon& St. Jude. Philippiansvi. v. 10 Colossians- i. to v. 21 -iii. V. vii, 2 ThessaloniansV. -i. -ii. -X. -iii. xii. 1 Timothy- i. to v. 18 -i. Micahii. -ii. vi. to v. 22 2 TimothyFast. -vii. v. 15 iii. -iv. Nahum FIRST LESSON. Amosi. v. 21 to ii. v. 8 Habakkuk iii. v. 18& iv. Haggaii. i. v. 18& ii. -iii. EVENING PRAYER. -iv. v. 4 Lukev. v. 18 to vi. v. 9 -viii. Obadiah. Jonah-iv. V. -vi. - i. ii. v. 8 Zephaniah i. to v. 14 iii. to v. 18 ii. v. 4 ii. ii. Zechariah i. v. 18& ii. iii. -iv. ii. Malachi -iv. -ii. iv. Wisdomvi. i. iii. ii. -i. ii. v. 10 iv. vi. viii. to v. 14 ix. v. 9 xi. -xiii. -i. iv. v. 7 -vi. v. 22 to vii. v. 15 SECOND LESSON. viii, to v. 19 - -v. to v. 17 V. v. 17 vi, to v. 20 vi. v. 20 -vii. to v. 24 -vii. v. 24 viii. to v. 26 viii, v. 26 ix, to v. 28 -ix. v. 28 to v. 51 ix. v. 51 to x. v. 17 X. v. 17 -xviii. to v. 31 i. -iii. to v. 13 xviii. v. 31 to xix. v. 11 xi, to v. 29 xi. v. 29 -xii, to v. 35 -xii. v. 35 xiii, to v. 18 xiii. v. 18 xiv. to v. 25 xiv. v. 25 to xv. v. 11 -xv. v. 11 -xvi. xvii, to v. 20 xvii, v. 20 xix. v. 11 to v. 28 xix. v. 28 -xx. to v. 27 xx. v. 27 to xxi. v. 5 xxi. v. 5 4 g 5 A 6 b 1d All Saints' Day. 2e Wisdom 7 c 8d 9 e 10 f 11 g ix. 3 f- xi. v. 15 to xii. v. 3 Ecclus.i. to v. 14 iii. v. 17 to v. 30 14 C 15 d 16 e 17 f Leonard, Confessor. Ecclesiasticus- --V. x. v. 18 xv. v. 9 -xviii. to v. 15 xix. v. 13 St. Martin, Bishop. Ecclus. xxiv. to v. 24 12 A- xxxiii. v. 7 to v. 23 13 b Britius, Bishop. Ecclus. 18 g 19 A 20 b 21 c 22 d 23 e THE CALENDAR, 24 f 25 g 26 27 b 28 c 29 d MORNING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. NOVEMBER HATH XXX. DAYS. - XXXV. xxxix. to v. 13 Machutus, Bishop. Ecclus.- xli. to v. 14 xliv. to v. 16 Hugh, Bishop. Ecclus. - li. v. 10 Baruch iv. v. 36& v. Isaiah i. v. 21 Edmund, King. Isaiah -iii. to v. 16 v. to v. 18 Cecilia, V.& M. Isaiah St. Clement, Bp. Isaiah viii. v.5 to v. 18 ix. v. 8 to x. v. 5 Catharine, V.& M. Isaiah x. v. 20 xi. v. 10 SECOND LESSON. 2 Timothy xix. to v. 16 30 e St. Andrew, Ap.& M. Titus Philemon. Hebrews vi. James iii. iv. i. -ii. iii. -i. -ii.& iii. to v.7 iii. v. 7 to iv. v. 14 -iv. v. 14& v. -vi. vii. ix. x. to v. 19 x. v. 19 xi, to v. 17 xi. v. 17 xii. -xiii. -iv. V. xiii. 1 Peter i. to v. 22 -xvii. -i. v. 22 to ii. v. 11 Fast. EVENING PRAYER. -ii. v. 11 to iii. v. 8 FIRST LESSON. Wisdom- xi. to v. 15 -xvii. Ecclesiasticus- ii. iv. v. 10 xxiv. v. 24 xxxiv. v. 15 - vii. v. 27 xiv. to v. 20 xvi. v. 17 xviii. v. 15 John xxii. v. 6 to v. 24 xxxvii. v. 8 to v. 19 xxxix. v. 13 xlii. v. 15 L. to v. 25 Baruch- iv. to v. 21 Isaiah i. to v. 21 ii. -iv. v. 2 V. v. 18 -ii.-viii. v. 18 to ix. v. 8 -iii. x. v. 5 to v. 20 -vii. to v. 17 xi. to v. 10 xii. xiv. to v. 24 xviii. xix. v. 16 SECOND LESSON. Luke- xxii. to v. 31 xxii. v. 31 to v. 54 xxii. v. 54 xxiii. to v. 26 - xxiii. v. 26 to v. 50 xxiii. v.50 toxxiv.v.13 -xxiv. v. 13 -i. to v. 29 -i. v. 29 ii. - iii. to v. 22 - iii. v. 22 -iv. to v. 31 iv. v. 31 v. to v. 24 V. v. 24 vi. to v. 22 vi. v. 22 to v. 41 vi. v. 41 -vii, to v. 25 -vii. v. 25 viii. to v. 31 viii, v. 31 ix. to v. 39 ix. v. 39 to x. v. 22 x. v. 22 xi, to v. 17 xi. v. 17 to v. 47 1 f 2 g 3 A 4 b 5 c 6 d 9 g 10 A 11 b 12 c 13 d 14 e 15 f 16 g 17 A 18 b 19 c 20 d 23 g 24 A 25 b 26 c 27 d 28 e 29 f 30 g 31 A THE CALENDAR, 7 e 8 f Conception of V. M. Isaiah xxxi. WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. DECEMBER HATH XXXI. DAYS. MORNING PRAYER. FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. Isaiah- xxi. to v. 13 1 Pet. iii. v. 8 to iv. v.7 Isaiah- xxii. to v. 15 John xi.v. 47 toxii. v.20 xxii. v. 15 -iv. v. 7 xxiii. -xii. v. 20 xiii. to v. 21 xiii. v. 21 xxiv. -xxvi. to v. 20 2 PeterIsaiah -xxviii. to v. 14 Nicolas, Bishop. Isaiah- xxix. to v. 9 O Sapientia. xlvii. xlix. to v. 13 1. -li. v. 9 Fast. -lii. v. 13& liii. 21 e St. Thomas, Ap.& M. 22 f Isaiah lv. - lvii. Fast. lix. xxx, to v. 18 1 Johnxxxiii. XXXV. xl. v. 12 -xli. v. 17. Lucy, Virg.& Mar. Isaiah- xlii. v. 18 to ( xliii. v. 8 xliv. to v. 21 xlv. v. 8 Christmas- Day. St. Stephen, Martyr. St. John, Ap.& Ev. Innocents' Day. Isaiah -lxi. Ixiii. Silvester, Bishop. Isaiah 1 2 John. 3 John. V. -i. ii. iii. -i. ii. to v. 15 ii. v. 15 -iii. to v. 16 iii. v. 16 to iv. v.7 iv. v. 7 -i. Jude. Revelation -ii. v. 18 to iii. v. 7 iv. vi. xi. -xiv. xvi. xix. to v. 11 XX. -lxv. v. 8 xxi. v. 15 to xxii, v. 6 EVENING PRAYER. - FIRST LESSON. XXV. xxvi. v. 20& ( xxvii. xxviii. v. 14 xxix. v. 9 xxx. v. 18. xxxii. -xxxiv. xl. to v. 12 -xli. to v. 17 xlii. to v. 18 -xliii. v. 8 xliv. v. 21 to xlv. v. 8 -xlvi. liv. lvi. -lviii. 1x. lxii. Ixiv.& lxv. to v. 8 -lxvi. I B SECOND LESSON. xlviii. - xxi. xlix. v. 13 Revelation ii. to v. 18 -li. to v. 9 iii. v. 7 -lii. to v. 13 V. xiv. XV. xvi. to v. 16 -xvi. v. 16 -xvii. -xviii. to v. 28 -xviii. v. 28 xix. to v. 25 xix. v. 25 -xx. to v. 19 -xx. v. 19 vii. X. xii. XV. xviii. xix. v. 11 xxi. to v. 15 xxii. 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. Nine Sunday is Eight Seven Six All Sundays in the Year, The Days of the Feasts of Septuagesima Sexagesima Quinquagesima Quadragesima Rogation- Sunday Ascension- Day Whit- Sunday Trinity- Sunday The Evens A TABLE OF ALL THE FEASTS THAT ARE TO BE OBSERVED IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. or Vigils before is 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 Nativity of our Lord. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. Easter- Day. Ascension- Day. Pentecost. Five Weeks Forty Days Seven Weeks Eight Weeks Virgin Mary. The Annunciation of the Blessed The Days of the Feasts of Weeks before Easter. The Evens 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. or Vigils before after Easter. The Nativity of St. John Baptist. St. Peter the Apostle. St. James the Apostle. St. Bartholomew the Apostle. St. Matthew the Apostle. St. Michael and all Angels. I. The Forty Days of Lent. II. The Ember- Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after St. Luke the Evangelist. St. Simon and St. Jude, 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. St. John Baptist. St. Peter. St. James. St. Bartholomew. St. Matthew. St. Simon and St. Jude. St. Andrew. St. Matthias. 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. St. Thomas. All Saints. DAYS OF FASTING, OR ABSTINENCE. The First Sunday in Lent. The Feast of Pentecost. September 14, and 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 Twentieth Day of June, being the Day on which her Majesty began her happy Reign. GOLDEN NUMBER A TABLE TO FIND EASTER- DAY, FROM THE PRESENT TIME TILL THE YEAR 1899 INCLUSIVE, ACCORDING TO THE FOREGOING CALE DAR. XIV. III. XI. XIX. VIII. XVI. V. XIII. II. X. XVIII. VII. XV. IV. XII. I. IX. XVII. VL GOLDEN NUMBER. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. A DAYS OF THE MONTH. March 21 22 23 24 25 Apr. 16 Apr. 9 Mar. 26 Apr. 16 Apr. 2 Apr. 23 Apr. 9 Apr. 2 Apr. 16 Apr. 9 Mar. 26 Apr. 16 Apr. 2 Mar. 26 ||| 29 30 31 April 1 THABLAATON- CONNNNNNN — 26 27 28 B 10 11 12 13 14 15 16, 17 18 19 20 21 4. 22 23 24 25 17 2 a 27 17 24 10 ANOTHER TABLE TO FIND EASTER TILL THE YEAR 1899 INCLUSIVE. 17 10 SUNDAY LETTERS. 27 17 3 27 10 SUNDAY LETTERS. XV. Apr. 16 XVI. Apr. 2 XVII. Apr. 23 XVIII Apr. 9 XIX. Apr. 2 Mar.27 3 24 10 C 25 11 3 Mar. 28 18 11 28 18 18 4 H. 28 11 28 11 CARFGARCARASAACARASAACAARS4AOAREGABO 818 Е 18. 11 28 D D628699 19 12 5 THIS HIS Table contains so much of the Calendar aa is necessary for the determining of Easter; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the Year in the First Column of the Table, against which stands the Day of the Paschal Full Moon; then look in the Third Column for the Sunday Letter, next after the Day of the Full Moon, and the Day of the Month standing against that Sunday Letter is Easter- Day. If the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, then( according to the First Rule) the next Sunday after is Easter- Day. 19 To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add One to the Year of our Lord, and then divide by 19; the Remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remaineth, then 19 is the Golden Number. 12 29 19 5 29 19 5 22 12 5 19 12 29 To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the Year 1799 inclusive, add to the Year of our Lord 0 its Fourth Part, omitting Fractions; and also the Number 1: 1 Divide the Sum by 7; and if there is no Remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter: But 4 if any Number remaineth, then the Letter standing against that Number in the small annexed Table, is the Sunday Letter. For the next Century, that is, from the Year 1800 till the Year 1899 inclusive, add to the current Year only its Fourth Part, and then divide by 7, and proceed as in the last Rule. Note, that in all Bissextile or Leap- Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter, from the intercalated Day exclusive to the End of the Year. E 20 6 23 13 20 13 30 20 6 30 13 6 23 13 Mar.30 20 13 30 14 7 -- TTTTTT4F 6 Mar.31 213213 24 14 14 Apr. 1 21 22 - 15 - 123456 25 15 8 31 Apr. 1 21 22 NO ceding Table, find the Sunday Letter for the Year in the uppermost Line, and the Golden Number, or Prime, in the Column of Golden Numbers, and; against the Prime, in the. same Line under the Sunday Letter, you have the 8 25 Day of the Month on which Easter falleth that Year. ACREDCB А G 15 8 25 31 14 7 But Note, that the Name 24 of the Month is set on the Left Hand, or just with 14 15 31 Apr. 1 the Figure, and followeth 21 22 8 not, as in other Tables, by 7 31 Apr. 1 Descent, but Collateral B2 YEAR OF THE GOLDEN THE OUR LORD. NUMBER. EPACT. 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 XIX I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX RCAESARSTRANEERSSE ARAGAURRERAS AUFGOA◄ORRASHOD -= EAAEEEN XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX 18 0 11 22 14 25 6 20 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 SUNDAY LETTER 27 DC B Α ED B ED A TABLE OF THE MOVEABLE FEASTS FOR TWENTY- NINE YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE FOREGOING CALENDAR. SUNDAYS AFTER EPIPHANY. Two Five Four Two Four Three Six Four Three Five Three Two Five Three Two Four Three Five Four Three Five Three Two Four Three Six Five Two Five SEPTUAGESIMA THE FIRST DAY BUNDAY. Jan. 25 Feb. 13 5 Jan. 21 Feb. 10 1 21 6 Jan. 29 Feb. 17 2 Jan. 25 Feb. 14 Jan. 29 21 Feb. 10 2 14 6 Jan. 29 Feb. 11 3 Jan. 26 Feb. 8 Jan. 31 Feb. 19 11 Jan. 27 Feb. 16 OF LENT. Feb. 11 Mar. 2 Feb. 22 HERTZBURHAN RHBBRA Mar. 27 18 Mar. 10 Feb. 23 15 Feb. 19 11 Mar. 2 Feb. 15 7 27 19 Mar. 3 Feb. 23 15 28 20 12 25 17 Mar. 8 Feb. 28 13 Mar. 4 EASTER- DAY. Mar. 28 April 17 T995954 Mar. 25 April 13 25 21 Mar. 29 April 17 2 Mar. 25 April 14 5 18 10 2 15 Mar. 30 April 12 3 23 15 Mar. 31 April 19 ROGATION SUNDAY. May 2 May 6 2224 29 18 10 30 1562611322729 19 1031572012417828 20 5 24 u61832243191020157611331471914168112124928 14 April 29 May 18 ASCENSION DAY. April 29 May 19 June 3 May 19 June May 24 WHIT- SUNDAY. May 16 June 5 May 28 13 June 1 May 24 June 13 May 29 20 June 9 May 25 17 June 5 May 21 13 June 2 May 24 June 6 May 29 21 June 3 26 18 31 22 June 11 3 May 19 June 7 May BUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY. Twenty- six Twenty- three Twenty- five Twenty- seven Twenty- four Twenty- five Twenty- two Twenty- four Twenty- six Twenty- three Twenty- five Twenty- six Twenty- three Twenty- six Twenty- seven Twenty- four Twenty- five Twenty- three Twenty- four Twenty- six Twenty- four Twenty- five Twenty- six Twenty- four Twenty- five Twenty- three Twenty- four Twenty- six Twenty- three ADVENT SUNDAY. Nov. 28 27 Dec. 3 2 Nov. 30 29 28 27 Dec. 2 1 Nov. 30 29 27 Dec. 3 2 1 Nov. 29 28 27 Dec. 3 2 1 Nov. 30 29 27 Dec. 3 2 Nov. 29 EASTER- DAY. EPIPHANY. MOVEABLE FEASTS, ACCORDING TO THE SEVERAL DAYS THAT EASTER CAN POSSIBLY FALL UPON. BUNDAYS AFTER Mar.22 23 One 24 One 25 Two 26 Two 27 Two 28 Two 29 Two 30 Two 31 Two April 1 Three 2 Three 9 Four 10 Four 11 Four 12 Four 13 Four 14 Four 3 Three 30 4 Three 31 5 Three Feb. 1 6 Three 2 7 Three 8 Four 15 Five 16 Five SUNDAY. SEPTUAGESIMA 17 Five 18 Five 19 Five 20 Five 21 Five 22 Six 23 Six 24 Six 25 Six - One Jan. 18 Feb. 4 Apr. 26 Apr. 30 May 10 27 19 27 May 1 11 27 20 2 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 A TABLE 5667 234 17 18 19 20 21 OF LENT. THE FIRST DAY || 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 10 11 28 12 Mar. 1 13 14 15 16 - $ 66799g 10 11 OF THE 2 3 67890456 10 9 May 1 ROGATION SUNDAY. |||| គត គន ១៧១៣ À u0 យ៉ ន់ - - 28 29 30 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ASCENSION- DAY. — 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BERBOHLA3 29 26 27 28 June 1 29 30 WHIT- SUNDAY. 30 31 TRINITY. SUNDAYS AFTER 3. ADVENT SUNDAY. Nov.29 AS123RRRR23 12 27 Dec. 1 13 27 14 27 15 26 Nov.27 16 26 17 26 |||||||||||||||| 30 28 29 30 28 18 26 19 26 Dec. 1 XVIII. 20 26 21 26 22 25 Nov.27 23 25 24 25 25 25 26 25 Dec. 1 27 25 28 25 29 24 Nov.27 30 24 21 31 24 22 June 1 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 2 24 Dec. 1 3 24 4 24 5 23 Nov. 27 6 23 7 23 28 29 8 23 9 23 Dec. 1 10 23 11 23 12 22 Nov.27 13 22 28 Note, that in a Bissextile or Leap- Year, the Number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same, as if Easter- Day had fallen One Day later than it really does. And for the same Reason, One Day must, in every Leap- Year, be added to the Day of the Month given by the Table for Septuagesima Sunday: And the like must be done for the First Day of Lent( commonly called Ash- Wednesday) unless the Table gives some Day in the Month of March for it; for in that Case, the Day given by the Table is the right Day. 30 TO FIND EASTER, FROM THE YEAR 1900, TO 2199 INCLUSIVE. GOLDEN NUMBERS. XIV. III. XI. XIX. VIII. XVI. V. XIII. II. X. VII. XV. IV. XII. I. TABLE IX. A XVII. VI. DAYS OF SUNDAY THE MONTH. LETTERS. 81287888NNECTBOO DEFGARCARFSAAVARASAACAAFGAAVAARGARC Mar. 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 31 April 1 10 11 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 А B B THE Golden Numbers in the foregoing Calendar will point out the Days of the Paschal Full Moons, till the Year of our Lord 1900; at which Time, in order that the Ecclesiastical Full Moons may fall nearly on the same Days with the real Full Moons, the Golden Numbers must be removed to different Days of the Calendar, as is done in the annexed Table, which contains so much of the Calendar then to be used, as is necessary for finding the Paschal Full Moons, and the Feast of Easter, from the Year 1900, to the Year 2199 inclusive. This Table is to be made use of, in all respects, as the First Table before inserted, for finding Easter till the Year 1899. 6 B 1900 2000 3800 4700 4800 2900 3000 5 6600 7500 7600 C D 3900 4000 5700 5800 2100 2200 GENERAL TABLES FOR FINDING THE DOMINICAL OR SUNDAY LETTEK, AND THE PLACES OF THE GOLDEN NUMBERS IN THE CALENDAR. TABLE I 6700 6800 F 8500& c. 4900 5000 3100 3200 5900 6000 3 7700 7800 E 4100 4200 2300 2400 5100 5200 6900 7000 2 1 3300 3400 F 7900 8000 2500 2600 1600 1700 1800 4300 4400 6100 6200 G 7100 7200 3500 3600 5300 5400 0 6300 6400 A 4500 4600 8100 8200 2700 2800 3700 5500 5600 6500 7300 7400 8300 8400 I. B B B B B B B B B II. YEARS OF OUR LORD. 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400 2500 2600 2700 2800 2900 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 3500 3600 3700 3800 3900 4000 4100 4200 4300 4400 4500 4600 4700 4800 4900 5000 5100 TABLE II. III. I. HARTTAREEEETSTOO a CNNELTO 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 16 B B B B B B B B B II. YEARS OF OUR LORD. 5200 5300 5400 5500 5600 5700 5800 5900 6000 6100 6200 6300 6400 6500 6600 6700 6800 6900 7000 7100 7200 7300 7400 7500 7600 7700 7800 7900 8000 8100 8200 8300 8400 8500 & c. III. LITTANEE 15 5677 T∞∞ C 16 17 17 17 18 18 19 19 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 26 27 28 27 28 29 29 29 To find the Dominical or Sunday Let- To find the Month and Days of the Month to which the ter for any given Year of our Lord, add to the Year its Fourth Part, omitting Fractions, and also the Number, which in Table I. standeth at the Top of the Column, wherein the Number of Hundreds contained in that given Year is found: Divide the Sum by 7, and if there is no Remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter; but if any Number remaineth, then the Letter, which standeth under that Number at the Top of the Table, is the Sunday Letter. Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, in any given Year of our Lord, consisting of entire Hundred Years, and in all the intermediate Years betwixt that and the next Hundredth Year following, look in the Second Column of Table II, for the given Year consisting of entire Hundreds, and Note the Number or Cypher which stands against it in the Third Column; then, in Table III. look for the same Number in the Column under any given Golden Number, which when you have found, guide your Eye Sideways to the Left Hand, and in the First Column you will find the Month and Day to which that Golden Number ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, during that Period of One Hundred Years. The Letter B prefixed to certain Hundredth Years in Table II. denotes those Years which are still to be accounted Bissextile or Leap- Years in the New Calendar; whereas all the other Hundredth Years are to be accounted only common Years. PASCHAL FULL MOON. March 21 C March 22 D March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 April 1 April 2 April 3 April 4 April 5 66 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 SUNDAY LETTERS. April 15 April 16 April 17 April 17 April 18 FEB ABCDE FGARC PEFCA BCDEE CARRO April 18 C 61662 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 789 12 23 15 26 16 27 17 28 45 0 11 22 1 12 23 2 18 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 66 6 9 20 20 1 12 23 21 2 13 24 22 3 14 25 4 15 26 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 9 20 TABLE III. 29 10 21 THE GOLDEN NUMBERS. 0 11 22 1 12 23 2 13 24 12345 01 678 0 11 22 23 1 12 5 16 27 8 19 25 6 17 28 9 20 26 7 18 29 10 21 27 8 19 0 11 22 56 2 13 24 78 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 7 18 29 3 14 25 4 15 26 1 12 89 7 18 2 13 23 24 3 14 25 4 15 6 17 7 18 8 19 6 17 28 9 20 5 16 27 7 18 29 10 21 23 3 456 01234 8 6 17 28 8 19 7 18 29 10 21 0 11 22 1 12 23 2 13 24 9 20 10 21 3 14 25 15 26 4 126 29 10 21 0 11 22 1 12 23 7 8 19 9 20 2 18 29 10 21 T 23 23 89 78 6 17 28 9 20 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 6 17 28 9 20 26 7 18 29 10 21 0 11 22 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 6 28 9 20 29 10 21 0 11 22 3 14 25 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 1 12 23 2 13 24 1 12 23 4 15 26 2 13 24 5 16 27 01234 4567 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 1 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 2 12345 6 17 28 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 0 11 22 1 12 23 12345 6 17 7 18 3 14 25 8 19 13 24 4 15 26 10 21 0 11 22 1 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 72 T 2 13 24 G 23 5 16 27 6 17 28 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 9 20 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 7 18 29 8 19 0 34 6 7 8 9 7 18 29 10 67 68 8 19 0 11 9 20 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 0 11 22 234 3 4 5 2 13 5678 6 7 18 29 10 8 19 9 20 28 29 10 21 21 0 11 22 1 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 T THE ORDER FOR MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER DAILY TO BE SAID AND USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE 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. 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. WHE HEN the wicked man| 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. Psal. vi. 1. 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. Psal. li. 3. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psal. li. 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psal. 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 33 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. Psal. 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. MORNING PRAYER. DE beloved bre-| thy ways like lost sheep. We EARLY thren, 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 forgivehave 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 offendness of the same, by his in- ers. Spare thou them, O God, finite 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; 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. A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. LMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from 34 The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling. LMIGHTY 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 MORNING 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. T 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. 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. PRAYER. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. 35 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. VENITE, EXULTEMUS DOMINO. Psalm xcv. UR Father, art in heaven. Hallowed be COME, let us sing unto 0 the Lord let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. T 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. 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. 0 come, let us worship, and fall down and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our MORNING PRAYER. 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 TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. Forty years long was I WP acknowledge thee WE E praise thee, O God: 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 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. pointed in the Calendar, 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. Then shall be read distinctly with an audible voice the First Lesson, taken out of the Old Testament, as is ap36 we 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. MORNING Thou art the King of Glory: 0 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. 37 PRAYER. T Or this Canticle, 0 BENEDICITE, OMNIA OPERA. 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. 0 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. 0 ye Dews, and Frosts, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. MORNING 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. 0 ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. 0 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. 0 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. PRAYER. O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. 0 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. 0 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. 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, BLE and magnify him for ever. O all ye Beasts, and Cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. 38 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 St. John Baptist's Day. BENEDICTUS. St. Luke i. 68. LESSED be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited, and redeemed his people; And hath raised up a migh MORNING PRAYER. ty salvation for us in the| and to the Son and to 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 Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. TOr this Psalm, JUBILATE DEO. Psal. c. : from our enemies and from BE joyful in the Lord, all the hands of all that hate us; ye serve 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. 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 hand of our enemies: might serve him without fear; In holiness and righteousness before him: all the days of our life. And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people for the remission of their sins, : Through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the day- spring from on high hath visited us; 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, 39 0 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. BELIEVE in God the FaI ther 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, Suf MORNING fered 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 Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. T 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. T Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. PRAYER. T 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 Queen. Ans. 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. T 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 UR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. They will be done in O GOD, who art the auearth, 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. thor 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 40 MORNING PRAYER. not fear the power of any ad-| due her plenteously with versaries, through the might heavenly gifts; grant her of Jesus Christ our Lord. in health and wealth long Amen. to live; strengthen her that THE THIRD COLLECT, FOR GRACE. she may vanquish and overLORD, our heavenly Fa- come all her enemies; and ther, Almighty and ever- finally, after this life, she lasting God, who hast safe- may attain everlasting joy ly brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this O and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. day we fall into no sin, nei- A fountain of all goodness, LMIGHTY God, the ther 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. we humbly beseech thee to bless Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the Princess 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. 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 read, as they are there placed. A PRAYER FOR THE QUEEN'S MAJESTY. A PRAYER FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY. A PRAYER FOR THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE. O LORD our heavenly Fa. ther, high and mighty, A lasting God, who alone King of everthe 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 Lady, Queen VICTORIA; and so replenish her with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that she may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way: Enworkest 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. 41 EVENING PRAYER. A PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM. LMIGHTY God, who A hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise, that when two or 2 Cor. xiii. three are gathered together THE grace of our Lord in thy and 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. Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year. THE ORDER FOR love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. 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. I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psal. li. 3. God: for WHEN the wicked man he is gracious and merciful, 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. slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psal. li. 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psal. li. 17. Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn 42 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. Psal. vi. 1. Repent ye; for the King EVENING dom 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. PRAYER. 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; Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Ps. 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, A general Confession to be said of the he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9. whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. EARLY 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 43 A LMIGHTY 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, 0 most merciful C2 EVENING PRAYER. Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. T The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling. LMIGHTY 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. T Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him. UR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. 44 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. T 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. T 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. MAGNIFICAT. St. Luke i. Y soul doth magnify M the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand- maiden. EVENING PRAYER. For behold, from hence-| he gotten himself the vicforth all generations shall tory. 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. Psal. xcviii. 0 SING unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things. With his own right hand, and with his holy arm: hath 45 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 Symeon) in English, as followeth. EVENING PRAYER. NUNC DIMITTIS. St. Luke ii. 29. forth her increase: and God, LORD, now lettest thou even our own God, shall give us his thy servant in peace: according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, God shall bless us: and all the ends of the world shall fear him. 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. I BELIEVE in God the Fa: is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. ther 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 Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. Or else this Psalm; except it be on the Twelfth Day of the Month. DEUS MISEREATUR. Psal. lxvii. GOD NOD 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 sav: ing health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. 0 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 ple praise 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. Then shall the earth bring 46 Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, standing. yea, let all the peo- And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice, EVENING PRAYER. 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. UR art O in heaven, Hallowed be Then the Priest standing up shall say, O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us; none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Priest. O Lord, save the Queen. Ans. 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 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. thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. O GOD, from whom all Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot 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 SECOND COLLECT AT EVENING PRAYER. L THE THIRD COLLECT, FOR AID AGAINST ALL PERILS. IGHTEN 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. Answer. And bless thine inheritance. A PRAYER FOR THE QUEEN'S MAJESTY. Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Answer. Because there is O LORD our heavenly Father, high and mighty, 47 EVENING PRAYER. King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne A lasting God, who alone LMIGHTY and everbehold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen VICTORIA; and so replenish her with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that she may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way: Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant her in health and wealth long to live; strengthen her that may 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 ST. CHRYSOSTOM. God, who sore all her enemies; and A 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 O the A fountain of all goodness, Lord, the desires and petfinally, after this life, she may attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A PRAYER FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY. we humbly beseech thee to bless Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family: Endue them with thy holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace; prosper them with all happi. ness; and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 48 A PRAYER FOR THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE. tions 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 Cor. xiii. THE grace of our Lord 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. T Upon these Feasts; Christmas- Day, the Epiphany, Saint Matthias, Easter- Day, Ascension- Day; Whit- Sunday, 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. THOSOEVER WHOS will be saved: before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholick Faith. Which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholick 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 49 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 Catholick Religion: to say, There be three Gods, or three Lords. The Father is made of none neither created, nor begotten. AT MORNING PRAYER. The Son is of the Father| touching his Godhead: and alone: not made, nor created, inferior to the Father, as but begotten. touching his Manhood. Who although he be God and Man: yet he is not two, but one Christ; 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 50 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 Catholick 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. 1 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. GOD the Father, of heaven have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O GOD the Father, of hea O 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. O 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. O 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 pre51 cious 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, vain- glory, 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 THE LITANY. 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 VICTORIA, our most gracious Queen and Governour; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to rule her heart in thy faith, fear, and love, and that she may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 52 That it may please thee to be her defender and keeper, giving her the victory over all her enemies; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. to That it may please thee 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 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 bless and keep the 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 all thy people; THE LITANY. 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; 53 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 THE LITANY. our lives according to thy holy Word; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God: we beseech O GOD, merciful Father, thee to hear us. that despisest not Son of God we beseech thee sighing of a contrite heart, to hear us. that O Lamb of God 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. O 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. Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities. Let us pray. Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's Prayer. Priest. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. 54 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. UR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be GOD, we have heard O 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. 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. 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 THE LITANY. beginning, is now, and ever that in all our troubles we shall be world without end. I'may put our whole trust and Amen. 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. From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Graciously look upon 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. our Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, O 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. A PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM. 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. Let us pray. WE E humbly beseech thee, 2 Cor. xiii. O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for the glory of thy Name HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the turn from us all those evils 55 love of God, and the fellowthat we most righteously ship of the Holy Ghost, be have deserved; and grant, with us all evermore. Amen. HERE ENDETH THE LITANY. Univ.- Bibl Giessen. PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS, UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, To be used before the two final Prayers of the Litany, or of Morning and Evening Prayer. PRAYERS. ceive 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. For Rain. 0 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 GOD, heavenly Father, we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In the time of Dearth and Famine. 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 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 learth, 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. unce thon vilt ted repent.O GOD, merciful Father send us such who, time of weather, as that we may re- Elisha the prophet, didst 56 PRAYERS. suddenly in Samaria turn great scarcity and dearth into plenty and cheapness; Have mercy upon us, that in thy wrath didst send who 0 we, who are now for our sins punished with like ad- a plague upon thine own versity, may likewise find a people in the wilderness, for 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. 0 ALMIGHTY God, King of all kings, and Governour 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 57 In the time of any common Plague or Sickness. 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. enemies; abate their pride, ALMIGHTY God, our asswage 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. 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 D PRAYERS. 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 MOST gracious God, we Or this. A humbly beseech thee, they may set forth thy glory, as for this Kingdom in geneand set forward the salva- ral, so especially for the High tion of all men; through Je- Court of Parliament, under sus Christ our Lord. Amen. our most religious and gracious Queen at this time assembled: That thou wouldest be LMIGHTY God, the givpleased to direct and prosper er of all good gifts, all their consultations to the who of thy divine provi- advancement of thy glory, dence hast appointed divers the good of thy Church, the Orders in thy Church; Give safety, honour, and welfare thy grace, we humbly be- of our Sovereign, and her seech thee, to all those who Dominions; that all things are to be called to any office may be so ordered and setand administration in the tled by their endeavours, same; and so replenish them with the truth of thy doc- upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and trine, and endue them with happiness, truth and justice, innocency of life, that they religion and piety, may be may faithfully serve before established among us for all thee, to the glory of thy generations. These and all great Name, and the benefit other necessaries, for them, of thy holy Church; through for us, and thy whole Church, Jesus Christ our Lord. 4- we humbly beg in the Name men. and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. 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 that may be said after any of the former. A Prayer for the High Court of Parliament, to be read during their Session. 0 GOD, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive, receive our our humble A Collect or Prayer for all Conditions of men, to be used at such times when the Litany is not appointed to be said. tions; and though we be tied O GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all manand bound with the chain kind, we humbly beseech 58 THANKSGIVINGS. * This to be said desire the thee for all sorts and con-| Finally, we commend to thy ditions of men; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholick 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. fatherly goodness all those, who are any ways afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate;[* especially those for Prayers of the Conwhom our pray- gregation. ers 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. THANKSGIVINGS. TA General Thanksgiving. glory. And, we beseech thee, 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. 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; * This to be said[* particularly to when any that have those who desire been prayed for desire to return praise. 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 For Rain. of the world by our Lord O GOD our heavenly Father, who by thy graJesus Christ; for the means cious providence dost cause of grace, and for the hope of the former and the latter 59 D 2 THANKSGIVINGS. 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 special bounty; beseeching thee to continue thy lovingkindness 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 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 60 For Peace and Deliverance from our Enemies. us thy unworthy servants, O ALMIGHTY God, who and to of thy holy Name; through thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For fair Weather. 0 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 LORD God, who hast great and apparent dangers justly humbled us by wherewith we were comthy late plague of immo- passed: We acknowledge it derate rain and waters, and thy goodness that we were in thy mercy hast relieved not delivered over as a prey and comforted our souls by unto them; beseeching thee this seasonable and bless- still to continue such thy ed 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. 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 Publick 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 THANKSGIVINGS. which have been lately rais-| a living sacrifice unto thee, ed up amongst us; most always praising and maghumbly beseeching thee to nifying thy mercies in the grant to all of us grace, that midst of thy Church; through we may henceforth obedi- Jesus Christ our Lord. Aently walk in thy holy com- men. mandments; and, leading a Or this. humbly quiet and peaceable life in W edhe belyre tcknow E all and 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 asswage 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. 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. 0 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 61 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. The first Sunday in Advent. THE COLLECT. A LMIGHTY God, give us they 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 dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. T This Collect is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas Eve. prehended in this saying, 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 EPISTLE. Rom. xiii. 8. WE no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For shalt not commit THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxi. 1. adultery, Thou shalt not kill, WIEN they are in 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 Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly com62 SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. straightway ye shall find an| them in the way. And the ass tied, and a colt with her: multitudes that went before, loose them, and bring them and that followed, cried, sayunto me. And if any man ing, Hosanna to the son of say ought unto you, ye shall David; Blessed is he that say, The Lord hath need of cometh in the Name of the them; and straightway he Lord; Hosanna in the highwill send them. All this was est. And when he was come done, that it might be ful- into Jerusalem all the city filled which was spoken by was moved, saying, Who is the Prophet, saying, Tell ye this? And the multitude the daughter of Sion, Behold, said, This is Jesus the Prothy King cometh unto thee, phet of Nazareth of Galilee. meek, and sitting upon an And Jesus went into the ass, and a colt the fole of an temple of God, and cast out ass. And the disciples went, all them that sold and bought and did as Jesus command- in the temple; and overed them; and brought the threw the tables of the moass, and the colt, and put ney- changers, and the seats on them their clothes, and of them that sold doves; they set him thereon. And a and said unto them, It is very great multitude spread written, My house shall be their garments in the way; called the house of prayer; others cut down branches but ye have made it a den from the trees, and strawed of thieves. The second Sunday in Advent. THE COLLECT. BLES LESSED Lord, hast Passed all holy Script tures to be written for our were written for our learning; learning; Grant that we that we through patience, may in such wise hear them, and comfort of the Scriptures, read, mark, learn, and in- might have hope. Now the wardly digest them, that God of patience and consoby patience, and comfort of lation grant you to be likethy holy Word, we may em- minded one towards another, brace, and ever hold fast according to Christ Jesus: the blessed hope of ever- that ye may with one mind, lasting life, which thou hast and one mouth, glorify God, given us in our Saviour Je- even the Father of our Lord sus Christ. Amen. Jesus Christ. Wherefore 63 THE EPISTLE. Rom. xv. 4. HATSOEVER things W were written aforetime, WHA THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 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. in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and away. 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 ge neration shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled: heaven THE COLLECT. LORD Jesu Christ, who The third Sunday in Advent. O send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and 64 but my words shall not pass make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobejust, 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 FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Father and the Holy Spirit,| should come, or do we look ever one God, world without for another? Jesus answerend. Amen. ed and said unto them, Go and shew John again those THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. iv. 1. 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 OW 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 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 blèssed 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. The fourth Sunday in Advent. THE COLLECT. 0 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 65 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 CHRISTMAS- DAY. and the Holy Ghost be ho-| And he saith, I am not. Art nour and glory, world with- thou that Prophet? And out end. Amen. 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 wilderof the Lord, as said the proness, Make straight the way phet 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 THE EPISTLE. Phil. iv. 4. R E EJOICE 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. THI HIS 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? was baptizing. THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, OR THE BIRTH- DAY OF CHRIST, COMMONLY CALLED Christmas- Bay. THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy onlybegotten 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 66 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. CHRISTMAS- DAY. THE EPISTLE. Heb. i. 1. MOD, 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 9 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 Majesty on high; being made so much better than word, and the Word was THE GOSPEL. St. John i. 1. the was the 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 firstbegotten 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 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 67 SAINT STEPHEN'S DAY. world, and the world was| Name: which were born, not made by him, and the world of blood, nor of the will of knew him not. He came the flesh, nor of the will of unto his own, and his own man, but of God. And the received him not. But as Word was made flesh, and many as received him, to dwelt among us( and we bethem gave he power to be held his glory, the glory as of come the sons of God, even the only- begotten of the Fato them that believe on his ther) full of grace and truth. Saint Stephen's Day. THE COLLECT. standing on the right hand GRANT, O Lord, that, in RANT, O Lord, that, in of God. Then they cried all our sufferings here out with a loud voice, and upon earth for the testimony stopped their ears, and ran of thy truth, we may sted- upon him with one accord, fastly 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. 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. Matt. xxiii. 34. T Then shall follows the Collect of the BEHOLD, I send unto Nativity, which said continually unto New- year's Eve. you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye shall kill and and some of them FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts vii. 55. S the holy Ghost, looked 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 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 68 SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY. Zacharias, son of Barachias,| thered thy children together, whom ye slew between the even as a hen gathereth her temple and the altar. Verily chickens under her wings, I say unto you, All these and ye would not! Behold, things shall come upon this your house is left unto you generation. O Jerusalem, Je- desolate. For I say unto rusalem, thou that killest the you, Ye shall not see me prophets, and stonest them henceforth, till ye shall say, which are sent unto thee; Blessed is he that cometh in how often would I have ga- the Name of the Lord. Saint John the Evangelist's Day. THE COLLECT. MER ERCIFUL 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. 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, THE EPISTLE. 1 St. John i. 1. THAT 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 and his word is not in us. 69 THE INNOCENTS' DAY.9618 THE GOSPEL. St. John xxi. 19. ESUS 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, The Innocents' Day. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who 0 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. 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. 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, 70 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. SUNDAY AFTER THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. ii. 13. THE HE 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 fulfil- weeping, and great mournled which was spoken of the ing, Rachel weeping for her Lord by the prophet, saying, children, and would not be Out of Egypt have I called comforted, because they are my Son. Then Herod, when not. The Sunday after CHRISTMAS- DAY. 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 enquired 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 THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy onlybegotten 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. Christmas- Day. all; but is under tutors and governours, 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 THE EPISTLE. Gal. iv. 1. NOW OW I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of through Christ. 71 THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. i. 18. HE call his name for he was on this wise: When shall save his people from as his mother Mary was es- their sins.( Now all this was poused to Joseph, before they done, that it might be fulcame together she was found filled which was spoken of with child of the Holy Ghost. the Lord by the prophet, Then Joseph her husband, saying, Behold, a Virgin shall being a just man, and not be with child, and shall bring willing to make her a pub- forth a Son, and they shall lick example, was minded to call his name Emmanuel, put her away privily. But which being interpreted is, while he thought on these God with us.) Then Joseph, things, behold, the angel of being raised from sleep, did the Lord appeared unto him as the angel of the Lord in a dream, saying, Joseph had bidden him, and took thou son of David, fear not unto him his wife; and knew to take unto thee Mary thy her not till she had brought wife; for that which is con- forth her first- born son: and ceived in her is of the Holy| he called his name JESUS. Ghost: And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt The Circumcision of Christ. THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY 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. LESS LESSED is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Cometh this blessedness then upon the 72 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 THE EPIPHANY. of circumcision to them who| Mary and Joseph, and the are not of the circumcision babe lying in a manger. And only, but also walk in the when they had seen it, they steps of that faith of our fa- made known abroad the sayther Abraham, which he had ing which was told them conbeing yet uncircumcised. For cerning this child. And all the promise, that he should they that heard it wondered be the heir of the world, was at those things which were not to Abraham, or to his told them by the shepherds. seed, through the law, but But Mary kept all these through the righteousness of things, and pondered them faith. For if they which are in her heart. And the shepof the law be heirs, faith is herds returned, glorifying made void, and the promise and praising God for all the made of none effect. 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 GOSPEL. St. Luke ii. 15. ND it came to pass, as A 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 The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day after unto the Epiphany. The Epiphany, OR THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE GENTILES. THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iii. 1. THE COLLECT. 0 GOD, who by the lead- FOR this cause, I Paul, ing 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. 73 Christ for you Gentiles; if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which is given me to youward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery( as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may underE THE EPIPHANY. stand 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. Matt. ii. 1. HEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa, in the days of Herod W in Bethlehem of Ju74 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 Judæa: 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 Governour that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired 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 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. joy. And when they were| ed unto him gifts; gold, and come into the house, they frankincense, and myrrh. And saw the young child with being warned of God in a Mary his mother, and fell dream that they should not down and worshipped him: return to Herod, they departand when they had opened ed into their own country their treasures, they present-| another way. The first Sunday after the Epiphany. THE COLLECT. 0 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. BESEECH I 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 mea75 sure 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 TOW 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 ask E2 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. ing them questions. And all that I must be about my that heard him were asto- Father's business? And they nished at his understanding understood not the saying and answers. And when which he spake unto them. they saw him, they were a- And he went down with mazed: and his mother said them, and came to Nazareth, unto him, Son, why hast thou and was subject unto them: thus dealt with us? behold, but his mother kept all these thy father and I have sought sayings in her heart. And thee sorrowing. And he said Jesus increased in wisdom, unto them, How is it that and stature, and in favour ye sought me? wist ye not with God and man. The second Sunday after the Epiphany. THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY and everevil, cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned lasting God, who dost one to another with brothergovern all things in heavenly love, in honour preferring and earth; Mercifully hear one another: not slothful in the supplications of thy peo- business; fervent in spirit; ple, and grant us thy peace serving the Lord; rejoicing all the days of our life; in hope; patient in tribulathrough Jesus Christ our tion; continuing instant in Lord. Amen. prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints; given THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. 6. HA AVING 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 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. giveth, let him do it with AND the third day there was a simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And 76 THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. when they wanted wine, the| the feast. And they bare it. 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 governour of 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 governour 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. give place unto wrath; for it is written, is A lasting God, mercifully 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. 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. E 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 BE 77 THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. viii. 1. he was come W down from the mounWHE tain, 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 FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. his hand, and touched him,| der me: and I say unto this saying, I will; be thou clean. man, Go, and he goeth; and 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 Moto 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 ses commanded, for a testi- unto you, I have not found so mony 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 ungreat 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 THE COLLECT. 0 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. 78 after the Epiphany. LE THE EPISTLE. Rom. xiii. 1. ET 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 FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. thou then not be afraid of men marvelled, saying, What the power? do that which manner of man is this, that is good, and thou shalt have even the winds and the sea praise of the same: for he is obey him! And when he the minister of God to thee was come to the other side for good. But if thou do into the country of the Gerthat which is evil, be afraid; gesenes, there met him two for he beareth not the sword possessed with devils, comin vain: for he is the mi- ing out of the tombs, exceednister of God, a revenger ing fierce, so that no man to execute wrath upon him might pass by that way. that doeth evil. Wherefore And behold, they cried out, ye must needs be subject, saying, What have we to do not only for wrath, but also with thee, Jesus, thou Son of for conscience sake. For for God? art thou come hither this cause pay ye tribute to torment us before the also; for they are God's min- time? And there was a good isters, attending continually way off from them an herd upon this very thing. Ren- of many swine, feeding. So der therefore to all their the devils besought him, saydues; tribute to whom tri- ing, If thou cast us out, sufbute is due, custom to whom fer us to go away into the custom, fear to whom fear, herd of swine. And he said honour to whom honour. 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 unto them, Why are ye fear- whole city came out to meet ful, O ye of little faith? Then Jesus: and when they saw 0 he arose, and rebuked the him, they besought him, that winds and the sea, and there he would depart out of their was a great calm. But the coasts. 79 THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. viii. 23. ND when he was enterA ed 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 The fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. THE COLLECT. 0 LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy Church and houshold continually in thy true 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. Col. iii. 12. on PUT 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. Matt. xiii. 24. HE of heaven 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 housholder 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. Son was manifested that he might destroy the works of 80 the devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we beseech thee, that, having SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. this hope, we may purify| He that committeth sin is ourselves, even as he is pure; of the devil: for the devil that, when he shall appear sinneth from the beginning. again with power and great For this purpose the Son of glory, we may be made like God was manifested, that he unto him in his eternal and might destroy the works of glorious kingdom; where the devil. with thee, O Father, and THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxiv. 23. thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth THEN if any man hall and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall aTHE EPISTLE. 1 St. John iii. 1. BEHOLD, what manner rise false Christs, and false 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. 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 81 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 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 The Sunday called Septuagesima, OR THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. 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 COLLECT. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xx. 1. LORD, we beseech 0 favourably to hear the T is like guto a man that TH kingdom of heaven THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. ix. 24. is an housholder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a peny 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 NOW ye not, that they whatsoever is right I will which run in a race give you. And they went run all, but one receiveth the their way. Again he went prize? So run that ye may out about the sixth and ninth obtain. And every man that hour, and did likewise. And striveth for the mastery is about the eleventh hour he temperate in all things: now went out, and found others they do it to obtain a cor- standing idle, and saith unruptible crown, but we an to them, Why stand ye here incorruptible. I therefore so all the day idle? They say run, not as uncertainly; so unto him, Because no man fight I, not as one that beat- hath hired us. He saith uneth 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 cast- away. 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. 82 to 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 SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. the labourers, and give them| equal unto us, which have their hire, beginning from borne the burden and heat the last unto the first. And of the day. But he answerwhen they came that were ed one of them, and said, hired about the eleventh Friend, I do thee no wrong; hour, they received every didst not thou agree with man a peny. But when the me for a peny? Take that first came, they supposed thine is, and go thy way; that they should have re- I will give unto this last ceived more; and they likewise received every man a peny. 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 chosen. 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 The Sunday called Seragesima, OR THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. THE COLLECT. 0 LORD God, who seest speak foolishly,) I am bold also. Are they Hebrews? so that we put not our am I. Are they Israelites? trust in any thing that we so am I. Are they the seed do; Mercifully grant that of Abraham? so am I. Are by thy power we may be they ministers of Christ?( I defended against all adver- speak as a fool,) I am more: sity; through Jesus Christ in labours more abundant; our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. xi. 19. Y E 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 83 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 shipwreck; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeying often; in perils of waters; in perils of robbers; in perils by mine own countrymen; in perils by the SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. 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. heathen; in perils in the 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 GOSPEL. St. Luke viii. 4. WHE HEN 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 84 The Sunday called Quinquagesima, OR THE NEXT SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. THE COLLECT. 0 all things, hopeth all things, LORD, who hast taught endureth all things. Charity us that all our doings never faileth: but whether without charity are nothing there be prophecies, they worth; Send thy Holy Ghost, shall fail; whether there be and pour into our hearts tongues, they shall cease; that most excellent gift of whether there be knowledge, charity, the very bond of it shall vanish away. For peace and of all virtues, with- we know in part, and we out which whosoever liveth prophesy in part. But when is counted dead before thee: that which is perfect is come, Grant this for thine only Son then that which is in part Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. THOUGH I speak with child, I understood as a child, the tongues of men and I thought as a child; but of angels, and have not cha- when I became a man, I put rity, I am become as sound- away childish things. For ing 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 no charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and I 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. 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 85 THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xviii. 31. HEN Jesus took unto 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. FIRST DAY OF LENT. And they understood none| peace: but he cried so much of these things: and this the more, Thou Son of Dasaying 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 vid, 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. lasting 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. URN ye even to me, saith the Lord, with all 86 TURI your heart, and with fasting, 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 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 FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. breasts; let the bridegroom| you, They have their reward. 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? 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 GOSPEL. St. Matt. vi. 16. WHE THEN 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 The first Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. 0 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 E then, as workers together with him, beseech you also, that ye receive not the grace of God 87 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, SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. by love unfeigned, by the of the mouth of God. Then word of truth, by the power the devil taketh him up into of God, by the armour of the holy city, and setteth righteousness on the right him on a pinnacle of the hand and on the left, by temple, and saith unto him, honour and dishonour, by If thou be the Son of God, evil report and good report; cast thyself down; for it is as deceivers, and yet true; written, He shall give his as unknown, and yet well angels charge concerning known; as dying, and be thee, and in their hands they hold, we live; as chastened, shall bear thee up, lest at and not killed; as sorrow- any time thou dash thy foot ful, yet alway rejoicing; as against a stone. Jesus said poor, yet making many rich; unto him, It is written aas having nothing, and yet gain, Thou shalt not tempt possessing all things. 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 GOSPEL. St. Matt. iv. 1. THEN 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 The second Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. we may be defended from LMIGHTY God, who all adversities which may 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 88 happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. JESS THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xv. 21. ESUS 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 answerwill of God, even your sanc- ed her not a word. And his tification, that ye should ab- disciples came and besought stain from fornication; that him, saying, Send her away; every one of you should for she crieth after us. But know how to possess his he answered and said, I am vessel in sanctification and not sent, but unto the lost honour; not in the lust of sheep of the house of Israel. concupiscence, even as the Then came she and worshipGentiles which know not ped him, saying, Lord, help God; that no man go be- me. But he answered and yond and defraud his bro- said, It is not meet to take ther in any matter; because the children's bread, and to that the Lord is the avenger cast it to dogs. And she said, of all such, as we also have Truth, Lord; yet the dogs forewarned you, and testi- eat of the crumbs which fall fied. For God hath not call- from their master's table. ed us unto uncleanness, but Then Jesus answered and unto holiness. He therefore said unto her, O woman, that despiseth despiseth not great is thy faith: be it unman, but God, who hath also to thee even as thou wilt. given unto us his holy Spi- And her daughter was made rit. whole from that very hour. THE EPISTLE. 1 Thess. iv. 1. E breW thren, 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 The third Sunday in Lent. against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE COLLECT. WE E beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch BEY God, as dear chilTHE EPISTLE. Ephes. v. 1. ye therefore followers of forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence dren; and walk in love, as 89 F THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. Christ also hath loved us,| manifest is light. Wherefore 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 be- devil, and it was dumb. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xi. 14. ESUS out a cometh 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 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 90 he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. armour wherein he trusted,| spirits more wicked than and divideth his spoils. He himself, and they enter in, that is not with me is against and dwell there; and the last me and he that gather- state of that man is worse eth not with me scattereth. than the first. And it came When the unclean spirit is to pass, as he spake these gone out of a man, he walk- things, a certain woman of eth through dry places, seek- the company lift up her ing rest; and finding none, voice, and said unto him, he saith, I will return unto Blessed is the womb that my house whence I came bare thee, and the paps which out. And when he cometh, thou hast sucked. But he he findeth it swept and gar- said, Yea rather, blessed are nished. Then goeth he and they that hear the Word of taketh to him seven other God, and keep it. The fourth Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. RANT, 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 91 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 bondwoman and her son; for the son of the bond- woman shall not be heir with the son of F2 FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barleyloaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among THE GOSPEL. St. John vi. 1. so many? And Jesus said, ESUS went over the sea Make the men sit down. Now of Galilee, which is the there was much grass in the sea of Tiberias. And a great place. So the men sat down, multitude followed him, be- in number about five thoucause they saw his miracles sand. And Jesus took the which he did on them that loaves, and when he had givwere diseased. And Jesus en thanks he distributed to went up into a mountain, the disciples, and the disciples and there he sat with his to them that were set down; disciples. And the Passover, and likewise of the fishes as a feast of the Jews, was much as they would. When nigh. When Jesus then lift they were filled, he said unto up his eyes, and saw a great his disciples, Gather up the company come unto him, he fragments that remain, that saith unto Philip, Whence nothing be lost. Therefore shall we buy bread, that they gathered them together, these may eat?( And this and filled twelve baskets he said to prove him; for with the fragments of the he himself knew what he five barley- loaves, which rewould do.) Philip answer- mained over and above unto ed him, Two hundred peny-| them that had eaten. Then worth of bread is not suffi- those men, when they had the free- woman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond- woman, but of the free. cient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith The fifth Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world. WE E 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. 92 THE EPISTLE. Heb. ix. 11. CHRIST being come and 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 FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. his own blood he entered in| mine own glory; there is once into the holy place, hav- one that seeketh and judging obtained eternal redemp- eth. Verily, verily, I say untion for us. For if the blood to you, If a man keep my of bulls and of goats, and saying, he shall never see the ashes of an heifer sprink- death. Then said the Jews ling the unclean, sanctifieth unto him, Now we know that to the purifying of the flesh; thou hast a devil: Abraham how much more shall the is dead, and the prophets; blood of Christ, who, through and thou sayest, If a man the eternal Spirit, offered keep my saying, he shall himself without spot to God, never taste of death. Art purge your conscience from thou greater than our father dead works to serve the liv- Abraham, which is dead? ing God? And for this cause and the prophets are dead: he is the Mediator of the new whom makest thou thyself? testament, that by means of Jesus answered, If I honour death, for the redemption of myself, my honour is nothe transgressions that were thing; it is my Father that under the first testament, honoureth me, of whom ye they which are called might say, that he is your God: receive the promise of eter- yet ye have not known him; nal inheritance. but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto ESUS said, Which of you you; but I know him, and convinceth me of sin? keep his saying. Your father and if I say the truth, why Abraham rejoiced to see my do ye not believe me? He day, and he saw it, and was that is of God heareth God's glad. Then said the Jews words; ye therefore hear unto him, Thou art not yet them not, because ye are not fifty years old, and hast of God. Then answered the thou seen Abraham? Jesus Jews, and said unto him, Say said unto them, Verily, vewe not well, that thou art rily, I say unto you, before | 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 THE GOSPEL. St. John viii. 46. Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. 93 The Sunday nert before Easter. THE COLLECT. that Jesus Christ is Lord, to ALMIGHTY and ever- the glory of God the Father. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxvii. 1. come, lasting God, 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. WHEN the morning was 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 governour. 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. Where fore 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 THE EPISTLE. Phil. ii. 5. ET 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. Where fore 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 94 SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. that was valued, whom they| they should ask Barabbas, of the children of Israel did and destroy Jesus. The govalue, and gave them for vernour answered and said the potter's field, as the Lord unto them, Whether of the appointed me.) And Jesus twain will ye that I release stood before the governour; unto you? They said, Baand the governour asked rabbas. Pilate saith unto him, saying, Art thou the them, What shall I do then King of the Jews? And Je- with Jesus, which is called sus said unto him, Thou say- Christ? They all say unto est. And when he was accus- him, Let him be crucified. ed of the chief priests and And the governour said, elders, he answered nothing. Why, what evil hath he Then saith Pilate unto him, done? But they cried out Hearest thou not how many the more, saying, Let him things they witness against be crucified. When Pilate thee? And he answered him saw that he could prevail to never a word, insomuch nothing, but that rather a that the governour marvel- tumult was made, he took led greatly. Now at that feast water, and washed his hands the governour was wont to before the multitude, saying, release unto the people a I am innocent of the blood prisoner, whom they would. of this just person: see ye And they had then a nota- to it. Then answered all the ble prisoner, called Barabbas. people, and said, His blood Therefore when they were be on us, and on our chilgathered together, Pilate said dren. Then released he Baunto them, Whom will ye rabbas unto them: and when that I release unto you? Ba- he had scourged Jesus he rabbas, or Jesus which is delivered him to be crucified. called Christ? For he knew Then the soldiers of the gothat for envy they had de- vernour took Jesus into the livered him. When he was common hall, and gathered set down on the judgement- unto him the whole band of seat, his wife sent unto him, soldiers. And they stripped saying, Have thou nothing him, and put on him a scarto do with that just man: let robe. And when they had for I have suffered many platted a crown of thorns things this day in a dream they put it upon his head, because of him. But the and a reed in his right hand: chief priests and elders per- and they bowed the knee suaded the multitude that before him, and mocked him, 95 SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. 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 scull, 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 96 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, MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. and many bodies of saints| centurion, and they that were which slept arose, and came with him, watching Jesus, out of the graves after his saw the earthquake, and those resurrection, and went into things that were done, they the holy city, and appeared feared greatly, saying, Truly unto many. Now when the this was the Son of God. Monday before Easter. drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. I will mention 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, sprinkled upon my garments, and in his pity, he redeemand I will stain all my rai- ed them, and he bare them, ment. For the day of ven- and carried them all the geance is in mine heart, and days of old. But they rebelthe year of my redeemed is led, and vexed his Holy SpiAnd I looked, and rit; therefore he was turned there was none to help; and to be their enemy, and he I wondered that there was fought against them. Then none to uphold: therefore he remembered the days of mine own arm brought sal- old, Moses and his people, vation unto me, and my fury saying, Where is he that it upheld me. And I will brought them up out of the tread down the people in sea with the shepherd of his mine anger, and make them flock? where is he that put come. 97 FOR THE EPISTLE. Isai. lxiii. 1. HO is this that comdyed 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 MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. his Holy Spirit within him? THE GOSPEL. St. Mark xiv. 1. that led them by the right A feast of the Passover, was the 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 hearts 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. 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 98 MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. 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 upperroom 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 99 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 wo to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed: good were it for that man if he had never been born. And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, 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, MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. That this day, even in this| what to answer him. And he 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 100 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 MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. cast about his naked body;| of Man sitting on the right and the young men laid hold hand of power, and comon 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 101 ing 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 Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. to mind the word that Je-| shalt deny me thrice. And sus said unto him, Before when he thought thereon, he the cock crow twice, thou wept. Tuesday before Easter. mine hand, ye shall lie down FOR THE EPISTLE. Isai. 1. 5. THE Lord God hath open- in sorrow. ed ear, and I was THE GOSPEL. St. Mark xv. 1. not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back AND straightway in the 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 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 102 TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 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 Prætorium; 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, 103 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 scull. 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 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. was darkness over the whole| and gave him to drink, sayland until the ninth hour. ing, Let alone; let us see And at the ninth hour Je- whether Elias will come to sus cried with a loud voice, take him down. And Jesus saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sa- cried with a loud voice, and bachthani? which is, being gave up the ghost. And the interpreted, My God, my vail of the temple was rent God, why hast thou forsak- in twain from the top to en 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, Wednesday 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. before Easter. THE EPISTLE. Heb. ix. 16. W law purged with blood; and HERE a testament is, without shedding of blood is there must also of ne- no remission. It was therecessity be the death of the fore necessary that the pattestator: for a testament is terns of things in the heaof force after men are dead; vens should be purified with otherwise it is of no strength these; but the heavenly at all whilst the testator liv- things themselves with beteth. Whereupon, neither the ter sacrifices than these. For first testament was dedicat- Christ is not entered into ed without blood: for when the holy places made with Moses had spoken every pre- hands, which are the figures cept to all the people, ac- of the true, but into heacording to the law, he tookven itself, now to appear the blood of calves and of in the presence of God for goats, with water, and scar- us; nor yet that he should let 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 104 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 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 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 OW 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 105 where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the goodman 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 G WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. Man goeth as it was de-| thren. And he said unto termined; but wo unto that him, Lord, I am ready to go man by whom he is betrayed. with thee both into prison And they began to enquire and to death. And he said, among themselves, which of I tell thee, Peter, the cock them it was that should do shall not crow this day, bethis thing. And there was fore that thou shalt thrice also a strife among them, deny that thou knowest me. which of them should be ac- And he said unto them, counted the greatest. And When I sent you without he said unto them, The kings purse, and scrip, and shoes, of the Gentiles exercise lord- lacked ye any thing? And ship over them, and they they said, Nothing. Then that exercise authority upon said he unto them, But now, them are called benefactors. he that hath a purse, let him But ye shall not be so: but take it, and likewise his he that is greatest among scrip: and he that hath no you, let him be as the young- sword, let him sell his garer; and he that is chief, as ment, and buy one. For I he that doth serve. For whe- say unto you, That this that ther is greater, he that sit- is written must yet be accomteth at meat, or he that serv- plished in me, And he was eth? is not he that sitteth reckoned among the transat 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 con- remove this cup from me: verted, strengthen thy bre- nevertheless, not my will, but 106 gressors: 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, WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. thine be done. And there against me: but this is your appeared an angel unto him hour, and the power of darkfrom heaven, strengthening ness. Then took they him, him. And being in an agony, and led him, and brought he prayed more earnestly; him into the high priest's and his sweat was as it were house: and Peter followed great drops of blood falling afar off. And when they down to the ground. And had kindled a fire in the when he rose up from pray- midst of the hall, and were er, and was come to his dis- set down together, Peter sat ciples, he found them sleep- down among them. But a ing for sorrow, and said unto certain maid beheld him, as 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 107 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 G2 THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. face, and asked him, saying,| lieve: and if I also ask you, Prophesy, who is it that ye will not answer me, nor smote thee? And many other let me go. Hereafter shall things blasphemously spake the Son of Man sit on the they against him. And as right hand of the power of soon as it was day, the eld- God. Then said they all, ers of the people, and the Art thou then the Son of chief priests, and the scribes, God? And he said unto came together, and led him them, Ye say that I am. into their council, saying, And they said, What need Art thou the Christ? tell us. we any further witness? for And he said unto them, If we ourselves have heard of I tell you, ye will not be- his own mouth. Thursday before Easter. IN THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xi. 17. ' N 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 108 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 him THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. self, and so let him eat of| He stirreth up the people, that bread, and drink of that teaching throughout all Jewcup. For he that eateth and ry, beginning from Galilee drinketh unworthily eateth to this place. When Pilate and drinketh damnation to heard of Galilee, he asked himself, not discerning the whether the man were a Lord's body. For this cause Galilean. And as soon as he many are weak and sickly knew that he belonged unto among you, and many sleep. Herod's jurisdiction, he sent For if we would judge our- him to Herod, who himself selves, we should not be was also at Jerusalem at judged. But when we are that time. And when Herod judged, we are chastened of saw Jesus he was exceeding the Lord, that we should glad; for he was desirous to not be condemned with the see him of a long season, world. Wherefore, my bre- because he had heard many thren, when ye come toge- things of him; and he hoped ther to eat, tarry one for an- to have seen some miracle other. And if any man hun- done by him. Then he quesger, let him eat at home; tioned with him in many that ye come not together words; but he answered unto condemnation. And the him nothing. And the chief rest will I set in order when 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 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 Cæsar, 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, 109 THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. no fault in this man touch-| country, and on him they ing those things whereof ye laid the cross, that he might And accuse him: No, nor yet bear it after Jesus. Herod for I sent you to there followed him a great him; and lo, nothing worthy company of people, and of of death is done unto him. women, which also bewailI will therefore chastise him, ed and lamented him. But and release him. For of ne- Jesus, turning unto them, cessity he must release one said, Daughters of Jerusaunto them at the feast. And lem, weep not for me, but they cried out all at once, weep for yourselves, and for saying, Away with this man, your children. For behold, and release unto us Barab- the days are coming, in bas:( who for a certain sedi- the which they shall say, tion made in the city, and Blessed are the barren, and for murder, was cast into pri- the wombs that never bare, son.) Pilate therefore, will- and the paps which never ing to release Jesus, spake gave suck. Then shall they again to them. But they begin to say to the mouncried, saying, Crucify him, tains, Fall on us; and to the crucify him. And he said hills, Cover us. For if they unto them the third time, do these things in a green Why, what evil hath he tree, what shall be done in done? I have found no cause the dry? And there were also of death in him: I will there- two other, malefactors, led fore chastise him, and let with him to be put to death. him go. And they were in- And when they were come stant with loud voices, re- to the place which is called quiring that he might be Calvary, there they crucified crucified: and the voices of him; and the malefactors, them and of the chief priests one on the right hand, and prevailed. And Pilate gave the other on the left. Then sentence that it should be said Jesus, Father, forgive as they required. And he re- them, for they know not leased unto them him that what they do. And they for sedition and murder was parted his raiment, and cast cast into prison, whom they lots. And the people stood had desired; but he deliver- beholding; and the rulers ed Jesus to their will. And also with them derided him, as they led him away, they saying, He saved others; let laid hold upon one Simon a him save himself, if he be Cyrenian, coming out of the Christ, the chosen of God. 110 GOOD FRIDAY. And the soldiers also mock-| thee, To- day shalt thou be ed him, coming to him, and with me in paradise. And it offering him vinegar, and was about the sixth hour: saying, If thou be the King and there was a darkness of the Jews, save thyself. over all the earth until the And a superscription also ninth hour. And the sun was written over him in let- was darkened, and the vail ters of Greek, and Latin, of the temple was rent in and Hebrew, THIS IS THE the midst. And when Jesus KING OF THE JEWS. had cried with a loud voice, And one of the malefactors, he said, Father, into thy which were hanged, railed hands I commend my spion him, saying, If thou be rit: and having said thus, Christ, save thyself, and us. he gave up the ghost. Now But the other answering re- when the centurion saw buked him, saying, Dost not what was done, he glorified thou fear God, seeing thou God, saying, Certainly this art in the same condemna- was a righteous man. And tion? And we indeed justly; all the people that came for we receive the due re- together to that sight, beward of our deeds, but this holding the things that were man hath done nothing a- done, smote their breasts, miss. And he said unto and returned. And all his Jesus, Lord, remember me acquaintance, and the wowhen thou comest into thy men that followed him from kingdom. And Jesus said Galilee, stood afar off, beunto him, Verily I say unto holding these things. Good Friday. COLLECTS. LMIGHTY and everlastLMIGHTY God, we be- A ing God, by whose Spirit A seech 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. 111 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. GOOD FRIDAY. MERCIFUL God, who| cometh into the world, he O hast made all men, and saith, Sacrifice and offering 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 Hereticks, 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. 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 burntofferings, 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 THE EPISTLE. Heb. 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 thereunto 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 112 GOOD FRIDAY. them after those days, saith| Hail, King of the Jews: and 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. 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 aTHE GOSPEL. St. John xix. 1. P therefore took me, it were 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, given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: 113 Univ. Bibl. Giessen GOOD FRIDAY. but the Jews cried out, say- and it was written in Heing, If thou let this man go, brew, and Greek, and Latin. thou art not Cæsar's friend: Then said the chief priests whosoever maketh himself a of the Jews to Pilate, Write king speaketh against Cæsar. not, The King of the Jews; When Pilate therefore heard but that he said, I am the that saying, he brought Je- King of the Jews. Pilate sus forth, and sat down in answered, What I have writthe judgement- seat, in a place ten, I have written. Then that is called the Pavement, the soldiers, when they had but in the Hebrew, Gabba- crucified Jesus, took his gartha. And it was the prepa- ments, and made four parts, ration of the passover, and to every soldier a part; and about the sixth hour: and he also his coat: now the coat saith unto the Jews, Behold was without seam, woven your King! But they cried from the top throughout. out, Away with him, away They said therefore among with him, crucify him. Pi- themselves, Let us not rend late saith unto them, Shall it, but cast lots for it, whose I crucify your King? The it shall be: that the Scripchief priests answered, We ture might be fulfilled, which have no king but Cæsar. saith, They parted my raiThen delivered he him there- ment among them, and for fore unto them to be cruci- my vesture they did cast fied and they took Jesus, lots. These things therefore and led him away. And he, the soldiers did. Now there bearing his cross, went forth stood by the cross of Jesus, into a place called the place his mother, and his mother's of a scull, which is called sister, Mary the wife of Clein the Hebrew, Golgotha: ophas, and Mary Magdalene where they crucified him, When Jesus therefore saw and two other with him, on his mother, and the disciple either side one, and Jesus standing by, whom he loved, in the midst. And Pilate he saith unto his mother, Wowrote a title, and put it on man, behold thy son. Then the cross; and the writing saith he to the disciple, Bewas, JESUS OF NAZA- hold thy mother. And from RETH THE KING OF THE that hour that disciple took JEWS. This title then read her unto his own home. many of the Jews: for the After this, Jesus, knowing place where Jesus was cru- that all things were now accified was nigh to the city: complished, that the Scrip114 EASTER EVEN. ture might be fulfilled, saith,| legs of the first, and of the 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 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 thereout 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 THE COLLECT. RANT, 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. Pet. iii. 17. T is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well- doing, than for evil115 Eben. 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 the filth of the flesh, EASTER- DAY. 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. Matt. xxvii. 57. HEN W the even was while he was After come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, 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, yet alive, 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. Gaster- Day. TAt Morning Prayer, instead of the Psalm, 0 come, let us sing,& c. these Anthems shall be sung or said. HRIST our passover is sacrificed for us: there fore 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. 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 being dieth no the dead: and become raised is risen from from the dead 116 EASTER- DAY. 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; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. THE COLLECT. THE GOSPEL. St. John xx. 1. through thine only- begotten Son Jesus Christ hast THE first day of the week 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. 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 THE EPISTLE. Col. iii. 1. F I ye then be risen with 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. 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 117 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 * MONDAY IN EASTER- WEEK. 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. Monday in Easter- Week. throughout all Judæa, 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 ETER opened his mouth, God, even to us, who did and said, Of a truth I eat and drink with him after perceive that God is no re- he rose from the dead. And specter of persons; but in he commanded us to preach every nation he that fear- unto the people, and to teseth him, and worketh right- tify that it is he who was eousness, 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 FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts x. 34. PETE 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. 118 THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY 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. MONDAY IN EASTER- WEEK. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxiv. 13. BEHO certain women also of our EHOLD, two of his dis- company made us astonishciples went that same ed, which were early at the day to a village called Em- sepulchre; and when they maus, which was from Jeru- found not his body, they salem about threescore fur- came, saying, that they had longs. And they talked to-| also seen a vision of angels, gether of all these things which said that he was alive. which had happened. And And certain of them which it came to pass, that while were with us went to the they communed together, and sepulchre, and found it even reasoned, Jesus himself drew so as the women had said; near, and went with them. but him they saw not. Then But their eyes were holden, he said unto them, O fools, that they should not know and slow of heart to believe him. And he said unto them, all that the prophets have What manner of communi- spoken: ought not Christ to cations are these that ye have suffered these things, have one to another, as ye and to enter into his glory? walk, and are sad? And the And beginning at Moses, and one of them, whose name all the prophets, he expoundwas Cleopas, answering, said ed unto them in all the Scripunto him, Art thou only a tures the things concerning stranger in Jerusalem, and himself. And they drew nigh hast not known the things unto the village whither they which are come to pass there went; and he made as though in these days? And he said he would have gone further: unto them, What things? but they constrained him, And they said unto him, Con- saying, Abide with us, for it cerning Jesus of Nazareth, is towards evening, and the who was a prophet mighty day is far spent. And he in deed and word, before God went in to tarry with them. and all the people: and how And it came to pass, as he the chief priests and our ru- sat at meat with them, he' lers 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 besides all this, to- day is the third day since these things were done. Yea, and 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 119 TUESDAY IN EASTER- WEEK. with us by the way, and| with them, saying, The Lord while he opened to us the is risen indeed, and hath apScriptures? And they rose peared to Simon. And they up the same hour, and re- told what things were done turned to Jerusalem, and in the way, and how he was found the eleven gathered to- known of them in breaking gether, and them that were of bread. Tuesday in Easter- Week. THE COLLECT. 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. EN and brethren, chilM dren 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 120 in him, yet desired they PiAnd when they had fulfilled all that was 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 FIRST SUNDAY generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he whom God raised again saw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached 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. AFTER EASTER. 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 honeycomb. 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 THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxiv. 36. JESUS himself stood in the understand the Scriptures, and said unto 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 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. cation; Grant us so to put of malice hast given thine only and wickedness, that we Son to die for our sins, and may alway serve thee in to rise again for our justifi- pureness of living and truth; 121 H SECOND SUNDAY through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 1 St. John v. 4. W HATSOEVER is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood: and it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God, which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath THE COLLECT. AFTER EASTER. 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 second Sunday after Easter. hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an 122 THE GOSPEL. St. John xx. 19. TH HE 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. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. ensample of godly life; Give us that we ways most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and also daily endeavour THIRD SUNDAY ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Pet. ii. 19. HIS is thank- worthy, if THI ward 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 THE COLLECT. A LMIGHTY 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 AFTER EASTER. were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. The third Sunday after Easter. 123 THE GOSPEL. St. John x. 11. JB ESUS 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. 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; H 2 THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. again, a little while and ye shall see me; because I go to the Father. Then said THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Pet. ii. 11. DEARLY beloved, I be- some of his disciples among seech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles; that, whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may, by your good works which shall 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? this that he saith, A little They said therefore, What is while? we cannot tell what God in the day of visitation, Submit yourselves to every he saith. Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, ordinance of man for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the King, as supreme; or unto governours, as unto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well- doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness; but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. Do ye enquire 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 no man taketh from you. through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 16. ESUS said to his disciye shall not see me; and 124 The fourth Sunday after Easter. THE COLLECT. 0 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. EVE 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, VERY good gift, and because they believe not on every perfect gift is from me; of righteousness, beabove, and cometh down cause I go to my Father, and from the Father of lights, ye see me no more; of judgewith whom is no variable- ment, because the prince of ness, neither shadow of turn- this world is judged. I have ing. Of his own will begat heyet many things to say unus with the Word of truth, to you, but ye cannot bear that we should be a kind of them now. Howbeit, when first- fruits of his creatures. he, the Spirit of truth, is Wherefore, my beloved bre- come, he will guide you thren, let every man be swift into all truth: for he shall to hear, slow to speak, slow not speak of himself; but to wrath; for the wrath of whatsoever he shall hear, man worketh not the righte- that shall he speak: and ousness of God. Wherefore he will shew you things to lay apart all filthiness and come. He shall glorify me: superfluity of naughtiness, for he shall receive of mine, and receive with meekness and shall shew it unto you. the engrafted Word, which All things that the Father is able to save your souls. hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take THE GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 5. JESUS said unto his disci- of mine, and shall shew it ples, Now I go my way to unto you. 125. The fifth Sunday after Easter. THE GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 23. ERILY, verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my Name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be 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 BE ye 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 camest 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, be THE COLLECT. LORD, from whom all 0 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. doers of the Word, 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. 126 THE ASCENSION- DAY. cause the Father is with| In the world ye shall have me. These things I have tribulation; but be of good spoken unto you, that in cheer, I have overcome the me ye might have peace. world. The Ascension- Dap. THE COLLECT. G RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy onlybegotten 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, be ing 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 127 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 Judæa, 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. SUNDAY AFTER THE GOSPEL. St. Mark xvi. 14. ESUS 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 ASCENSION- DAY. 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. Sunday after Ascension- Day. THE COLLECT. 0 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. cover the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath 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 THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Pet. iv. 7. THE end of all things is ever. Amen. at be ye fore sober, and watch unto THE GOSPEL. St. John xv. 26, and part of Chapter xvi. is prayer. And above all things WHEN the Comforter in have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, 128 WHIT- SUNDAY. even the Spirit of truth,| cometh, that whosoever killwhich 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 Whit- Sunday, 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. THE COLLECT. upon each of them: and they GOD, who as at this time were all filled with the Holy the hearts 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 HEN the day of Pen- these which speak Galiletecost was fully come, ans? And how hear we eveFOR THE EPISTLE. Acts ii. 1. eth 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. 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 129 ry man in our own tongue wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judæa, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, WHIT- SUNDAY. and strangers of Rome, Jews,| words, and my Father will and Proselytes, Cretes, and love him, and we will come Arabians, we do hear them unto him, and make our aspeak in our tongues the bode with him. He that lovwonderful works of God. eth 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. THE GOSPEL. St. John xiv. 15. JE ESUS 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 130 Monday in Whitsun- Week. he did, both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; slew, 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 a 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. prayed they him to certain days. Then tarry THE COLLECT. OD, who as at this time 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. THEN Peter opened his mouth, and 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 Judæa, 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 131 TUESDAY IN WHITSUN- WEEK. THE GOSPEL. St. John iii. 16. so loved the world, G that he gave his onlyName of the only- begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is begotten Son, that whoso- come into the world, and ever believeth in him should men loved darkness rather not perish, but have ever- than light, because their lasting life. For God sent deeds were evil. For every not his Son into the world to one that doeth evil hateth condemn the world, but that the light, neither cometh the world through him might to the light, lest his deeds be saved. He that believeth should be reproved. But he on him is not condemned: that doeth truth cometh to but he that believeth not is the light, that his deeds may condemned already; because be made manifest, that they he hath not believed in the are wrought in God. Tuesday in Whitsun- Week. THE COLLECT. OD, who as at this time 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 receive the Holy Ghost:( for as yet he was fallen upon 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. unthings, and evermore to re- VERILY, verily I say ten 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. to you, He that eth 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 WHE FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts viii. 14. THEN 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 132 TRINITY- SUNDAY. stranger will they not fol-| me are thieves and robbers; low; but will flee from him; but the sheep did not hear for they know not the voice them. I am the door; by me of strangers. This parable if any man enter in, he shall spake Jesus unto them: but be saved, and shall go in they understood not what and out, and find pasture. things they were which he The thief cometh not but spake unto them. Then said for to steal, and to kill, and Jesus unto them again; Ve- to destroy: I am come that rily, verily I say unto you, they might have life, and I am the door of the sheep. that they might have it All that ever came before more abundantly. Trinity- Sunday. THE COLLECT. hold, a throne was set in LMIGHTY and ever- heaven, and one sat on the 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. FTER this I looked, and A 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 be133 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. TRINITY- SUNDAY. And the first beast was like| unto thee, Except a man a lion, and the second beast be born again, he cannot see like a calf, and the third the Kingdom of God. Nicobeast had a face as a man, demus saith unto him, How and the fourth beast was like can a man be born when he a flying eagle. And the four is old? can he enter the sebeasts had each of them six cond time into his mother's wings about him; and they womb, and be born? Jesus were full of eyes within: and answered, Verily, verily I say they rest not day and night, unto thee, Except a man be saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord born of water, and of the God Almighty, which was, Spirit, he cannot enter into and is, and is to come. And the Kingdom of God. That when those beasts give glory, which is born of the flesh is and honour, and thanks, to flesh; and that which is born him that sat on the throne, of the Spirit is spirit. Marwho liveth for ever and ever, vel not that I said unto thee, the four and twenty elders Ye must be born again. The fall down before him that sat wind bloweth where it liston the throne, and worship eth, and thou hearest the him that liveth for ever and sound thereof, but canst not ever, and cast their crowns tell whence it cometh, and before the throne, saying, whither it goeth; so is every Thou art worthy, O Lord, to one that is born of the Spireceive glory, and honour, rit. Nicodemus answered and and power; for thou hast said unto him, How can these created all things, and for things be? Jesus answered thy pleasure they are and and said unto him, Art thou were created. 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 THE GOSPEL. St. John iii. 1. THE HERE 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 134 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. of man, who is in heaven.| man be lifted be lifted up: that And as Moses lifted up the whosoever believeth in him serpent in the wilderness, should not perish, but have even so must the Son of eternal life. The first Sunday after Trinity. 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. let us 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 COLLECT. 0 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. 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, 135 SECOND SUNDAY THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xvi. 19. HERE 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 lift 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 THERE AFTER TRINITY. 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, fa ther 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. 0 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 136 fear and love of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. MA THE EPISTLE. 1 St. John iii. 13. ARVEL not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the bre SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. thren. He that loveth not| that he abideth in us, by the his brother abideth in death. Spirit which he hath given us. Whosoever hateth his broTHE GOSPEL. St. Luke xiv. 16. ther is know that no murderer hath A great supper, and bade eternal life abiding in him.| many; and sent his servant Hereby perceive we the love at supper- time to say to of God, because he laid down them that were bidden, Come, his life for us: and we ought for all things are now ready. to lay down our lives for the And they all with one conbrethren. But whoso hath sent began to make excuse. this world's good, and seeth The first said unto him, I have his brother have need, and bought a piece of ground, and shutteth up his bowels of I must needs go and see it; compassion from him; how I pray thee have me excusdwelleth the love of God in ed. And another said, I have him? My little children, let bought five yoke of oxen, and us not love in word, neither I go to prove them; I pray in tongue; but in deed, and in thee have me excused. And truth. And hereby we know another said, I have married that we are of the truth, and a wife, and therefore I canshall assure our hearts be- not come. So that servant fore him. For if our heart came, and shewed his lord condemn us, God is greater these things. Then the masthan our heart, and know- ter of the house being angry eth all things. Beloved, if said to his servant, Go out our heart condemn us not, quickly into the streets and then have we confidence to- lanes of the city, and bring wards God. And whatsoever in hither the poor, and the we ask, we receive of him, maimed, and the halt, and because we keep his com- the blind. And the servant mandments, and do those said, Lord, it is done as thou things that are pleasing in hast commanded, and yet his sight. And this is his com- there is room. And the lord mandment, That we should said unto the servant, Go believe on the Name of his out into the high- ways and Son Jesus Christ, and love hedges, and compel them to one another, as he gave us come in, that my house may commandment. And he that be filled. For I say unto. keepeth his commandments you, That none of those dwelleth in him, and he in men which were bidden shall him: and hereby we know taste of my supper. 137 I The third Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. 0 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. Pet. v. 5. LL of you be subject ners 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 clothed with humility: for found it, he layeth it on God resisteth the proud, and his shoulders, rejoicing. And giveth grace to the humble. when he cometh home, he Humble yourselves therefore calleth together his friends under the mighty hand of and neighbours, saying unto God, that he may exalt you them, Rejoice with me, for I in due time; casting all your have found my sheep which care upon him, for he careth was lost. I say unto you, for you. Be sober, be vigi- That likewise joy shall be in lant; 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. 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 GOSPEL. St. Luke xv. 1. HEN drew near unto him all the Publicans and sin138 The fourth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O GOD, the protector of all that 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 that the ings 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 ourselves also, which have the first- fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within our selves, waiting for the adop139 tion, to wit, the redemption of our body. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke vi. 36. E ye therefore merciful, Bas your Father also is BE 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 down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure 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. 12 The fifth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. NRANT, O Lord, we beGR seech 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 GOSPEL, St. Luke v. 1. IT T came to pass, that as the people pressed upon him to hear the Word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesareth, and saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And he entered THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Pet. iii. 8. BE ye all of one mind, into one of the ships, which one was Simon's, him of another, love as brethren, that he would thrust out a be pitiful, be courteous; not little from the land: and he rendering evil for evil, or sat down, and taught the railing for railing; but con- people out of the ship. Now trariwise blessing; knowing when he had left speaking, that ye are thereunto call- he said unto Simon, Launch ed, that ye should inherit a out into the deep, and let blessing. For he that will down your nets for a draught. love life, and see good days, And Simon answering said let him refrain his tongue unto him, Master, we have from evil, and his lips that toiled all the night, and have they speak no guile: let him taken nothing; nevertheless, eschew evil, and do good; at thy word I will let down let him seek peace, and en- the net. And when they had sue it. For the eyes of the this done, they inclosed a Lord are over the righteous, great multitude of fishes, and and his ears are open unto their net brake. And they their prayers: but the face beckoned unto their partners of the Lord is against them which were in the other ship, that do evil. And who is he that they should come and that will harm you, if ye be help them. And they came, followers of that which is and filled both the ships, good? But and if ye suffer so that they began to sink. for righteousness' sake, happy When Simon Peter saw it, are ye: and be not afraid of he fell down at Jesus' knees, their terror, neither be trou- saying, Depart from me, for bled; but sanctify the Lord I am a sinful man, O Lord. God in your hearts. For he was astonished, and 140 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. all that were with him, at| And Jesus said unto Simon, the draught of the fishes Fear not, from henceforth which they had taken; and thou shalt catch men. And so was also James, and John, when they had brought their the sons of Zebedee, which ships to land, they forsook were partners with Simon. all, and followed him. The sixth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O GOD, who hast preparere GOD, who hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass man's understanding; 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. NOW ye not, that so many of us as were KNO 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 yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. v. 20. baptized into Jesus Christ JESUS said unto his diswere 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 ciples, your teousness 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 141 SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell- fire. There fore 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 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 142 THE COLLECT. ORD of all power and aumight, who art the thor 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 Je- IN those days the multisus Christ our Lord. Amen. 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 now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life lasting 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. EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. said, Seven. And he com- fishes; and he blessed, and manded the people to sit commanded to set them also down on the ground. And before them. So they did eat, he took the seven loaves, and and were filled: and they gave thanks, and brake, and took up of the broken meat gave to his disciples to set that was left seven baskets. before them; and they did And they that had eaten set them before the people. were about four thousand. And they had a few small And he sent them away. The eighth Sunday after Trinity. 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. Matt. vii. 15. thee to put away from us all BEWARE of false prohurtful to give us those things which be profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. phets, come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits: do men gaTHE EPISTLE. Rom. viii. 12. BRETHREN, we are debt- ther grapes of thorns, or figs ors, not to the flesh, to of Even so every live after the flesh. For if good tree bringeth forth good ye live after the flesh, ye fruit; but a corrupt tree shall die; but if ye through bringeth forth evil fruit. A the Spirit do mortify the good tree cannot bring forth deeds of the body, ye shall evil fruit; neither can a corlive. For as many as are led rupt tree bring forth good by the Spirit of God, they fruit. Every tree that bringare the sons of God. For ye eth not forth good fruit is have not received the spirit hewn down, and cast into of bondage again to fear; the fire. Wherefore by their but ye have received the fruits ye shall know them. spirit of adoption, whereby Not every one that saith we cry, Abba, Father. The unto me, Lord, Lord, shall Spirit itself beareth witness enter into the Kingdom of with our spirit, that we are heaven; but he that doeth the children of God: and if the will of my Father which children, then heirs; heirs is in heaven. 143 THE COLLECT. 0 GOD, whose never- failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth; We humbly beseech The ninth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. YRANT to us, Lord, we 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. ty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of 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 not 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. ESUS said unto his disthat 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 twen- ardship: I cannot dig, to beg ciples, 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 stew144 TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. I am ashamed. I am resolv-| thou? And he said, An huned what to do, that, when I dred measures of wheat. And am put out of the steward- he said unto him, Take thy ship, they may receive me bill, and write fourscore. And into their houses. So he call- the lord commended the uned every one of his lord's just steward, because he had debtors unto him, and said done wisely: for the children unto the first, How much of this world are in their geowest thou unto my lord? neration wiser than the chilAnd he said, An hundred dren of light. And I say unmeasures of oil. And he said to you, Make to yourselves unto him, Take thy bill, and friends of the mammon of sit down quickly, and write unrighteousness; that when fifty. Then said he to ano- ye fail, they may receive you ther, And how much owest into everlasting habitations. The tenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. ET 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. CONCE NONCERNING 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 145 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. ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xix. 41. ND when he was come A 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 The eleventh Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. 0 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. 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 writ ten, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xv. 1. BRET RETHREN, 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, 146 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 TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 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. JEST [ ESUS 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 THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY and everlast→ The twelfth Sunday after Trinity. ways 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. 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 EPISTLE. 2 Cor. iii. 4. Stu UCH trust have we through Christ to Godward: not that we are suf147 ficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; 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 THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. doth the ministration of righ- and looking up to heaven, he teousness exceed in glory. 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 GOSPEL. St. Mark vii. 31. ESUS, 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; The thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY 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. 10 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, 148 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 transgres sions, 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 THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 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 are the 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. 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. B 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 149 The fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. A¹ LMIGHTY 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 comTHE GOSPEL. St. Luke xvii. 11. mand; through Jesus Christ AND it came to pass, as our Amen. ness, 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 EPISTLE. Gal. v. 16. SAY then, Walk in the I 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, longsuffering, gentleness, good130 lem, 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 your selves 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. K EEP, 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. Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. No THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. vi. 24. O 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, Oye of little faith? Therefore take THE EPISTLE. Gal. vi. 11. Y E 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 151 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. no thought, saying, What| the kingdom of God, and his shall we eat? or what shall righteousness, and all these we drink? or, wherewithal things shall be added unshall we be clothed?( for af- to you. Take therefore no ter all these things do the thought for the morrow; Gentiles seek:) for your hea- for the morrow shall take venly Father knoweth that thought for the things of it ye have need of all these self: sufficient unto the day things. But seek ye first is the evil thereof. The sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. 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. A men. I THE COLLECT. 0 LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety with out thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iii. 13. DESIRE that faint not at my tribulations for you, THE GOSPEL. St. Luke vii. 11. which is your glory. For this AND it came to pass the 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, day after, that Jesus went into a city called Naim; 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.) 152 SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 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 Judæa, and throughout all, and they glorified God, all the region round about. 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 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. I THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 1. 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 longsuffering, 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 sabbathday, that they watched him. 153 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 K EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. art bidden, go and sit down the presence of them that 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 exalted. sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be The eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. 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 se cond is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two com mandments 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 Davi in spirit call him Lord, say ing, 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 was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. W no man THE COLLECT. Lo ORD, 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. Matt. xxit. 34. ' HEN 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 154 The nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. one of another. Be ye angry O let not the sun out thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him rule our hearts; through Je-| labour, working with his sus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 17. hands the thing which is good, that he may have to THIS HIS I say therefore, and give to him that needeth. testify in the Lord, that Let no corrupt communiye henceforth walk not as cation proceed out of your other Gentiles walk, in the mouth, but that which is vanity of their mind; hav- good to the use of edifying, ing the understanding dark- that it may minister grace ened, being alienated from unto the hearers. And grieve the life of God through the not the Holy Spirit of God, ignorance that is in them, whereby ye are sealed unto because of the blindness of the day of redemption. Let their heart: who, being past all bitterness, and wrath, feeling, have given them- and anger, and clamour, and selves over unto lascivious- evil- speaking, be put away ness, 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 from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender- hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. ix. 1. 155 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 blasphemK2 TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. eth. And Jesus, knowing| sins,( then saith he to the their thoughts, said, Where- sick of the palsy,) Arise, take fore think ye evil in your up thy bed, and go unto hearts? For whether is easier thine house. And he arose, to say, Thy sins be forgiven and departed to his house. thee? or to say, Arise, and But when the multitude saw walk? But that ye may know it, they marvelled, and glorithat the Son of man hath fied God, who had given such power on earth to forgive power unto men. The twentieth Sunday after Trinity. our Lord Jesus Christ; submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. THE COLLECT. 0 ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxii. 1. we beseech thee, from all of heaven is like unto a The Kingdom us; things that may hurt 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. 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 mer chandise: 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 THE EPISTLE. Ephes. v. 15. SEE EE 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 156 ONE AND TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. there a man which had not on a wedding- garment. And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding- garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. his servants, The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the high- ways, and gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw Sunday after Trinity. 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 MY THE EPISTLE. Ephes. vi. 10. Y 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 de- always with all prayer and vil. For we wrestle not a- supplication in the Spirit, gainst 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 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; 157 The one and twentieth THE COLLECT. G RANT, 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 GOSPEL. St. John iv. 46. THE HERE was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa 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 beTWO AND TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. that therein I may speak| lieved the word that Jesus boldly, as I ought to speak. had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And, as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend: and they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth; and himself believed, and his whole house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee. The two and twentieth THE COLLECT. I Sunday after Trinity. thing, that he who hath beORD, we beseech thee to gun a good work in you will keep thy houshold the perform it until the day of Church in continual godli- Jesus Christ; even as it is ness; that through thy pro- meet for me to think this tection it may be free from of you all, because I have all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 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 sinTHE EPISTLE. Phil. i. 3. I THANK my God upon every remembrance of you,( always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,) for your fellowship in the Gospel from the first day until now; being confident of this very 158 SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xviii. 21. PETER said unto Jesus, 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 beLord, how oft shall my sought him, saying, Have pabrother sin against me, and I tience with me, and I will forgive him? till seven times? pay thee all. And he would Jesus saith unto him, I say not; but went and cast him not unto thee, until seven into prison, till he should pay times; but until seventy the debt. So when his fellowtimes seven. Therefore is the servants saw what was done, Kingdom of heaven likened they were very sorry, and unto a certain king, which came and told unto their would take account of his lord all that was done. Then servants. And when he had his lord, after that he had begun to reckon, one was called him, said unto him, brought unto him, which 0 thou wicked servant, I owed him ten thousand ta- forgave thee all that debt, lents. But forasmuch as he because thou desiredst me: had not to pay, his lord com- shouldest not thou also have manded him to be sold, and had compassion on thy felhis wife and children, and all low- servant, even as I had that he had, and payment to pity on thee? And his lord be made. The servant there was wroth, and delivered him fore fell down and worship- to the tormentors, till he ped him, saying, Lord, have should pay all that was due patience with me, and I will unto him. So likewise shall pay thee all. Then the lord my heavenly Father do also of that servant was moved unto you, if ye from your with compassion, and loosed hearts forgive not every one him, and forgave him the his brother their trespasses. The three and twentieth THE COLLECT. O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness; Be 159 THREE AND TWENTIETH cere, 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. Sunday after Trinity. ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask FOUR AND TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 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 Cæsar, 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 peny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Cæesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar'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 EPISTLE. Phil. iii. 17. RETHREN, 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. BRET THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxii. 15. THE THEN went the Pharisees and took counsel how The four and twentieth THE COLLECT. 0 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 160 Sunday after Trinity. Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Col. i. 3. WE give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ FOUR AND TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints; for these things unto John's THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. ix. 18. HILE Jesus spake 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. 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. 161 The five and twentieth Sunday after Trinity. him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread may THE COLLECT. TIR up, we beseech thee; 0 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, Simon Peter's brother, saith saith the 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 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 un to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. There fore 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 own land. THE GOSPEL. St. John vi. 5. HEN Jesus then lift up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto 162 this he said to prove him; for he himself knew what he would do.) Philip answer ed him, Two hundred peny worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew. WE SAINT ANDREW'S DAY. a truth that Prophet that should come into the world. TIf there be any more Sundays before Advent- Sunday, the Service of some of those Sundays that were omitted Saint Andrew's Day. THE COLLECT. A LMIGHTY 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. 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 EPISTLE. Rom. x. 9. I F 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 163 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, SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. iv. 18. All day long I have stretch-| fishers of men. And they ed forth my hands unto a straightway left their nets, disobedient and gainsaying and followed him. And gopeople. ing 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. JES ESUS, 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 Saint Thomas the Apostle. THE COLLECT. NOW THE EPISTLE. Ephes. ii. 19. OW therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow- citizens with the saints, and of the houshold 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, fitTHE GOSPEL. St. John xx. 24. 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 HOMAS, one of the 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 THOMAS, one and for evermore. Amen. twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Je sus came. The other disci ples 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 164 unto an holy temple in the Lord; in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God, through the Spirit. THE CONVERSION 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 The Conversion THE COLLECT. 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. ND Saul, yet breathslaughter 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 sudden165 OF SAINT PAUL. 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. of Saint Paul. ly there shined round about a from 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 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 no1 drink. THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL. And there was a certain dis-| And immediately there fell ciple at Damascus, named from his eyes as it had been Ananias, and to him said scales; and he received sight the Lord in a vision, Ana- forthwith, and arose, and nias. And he said, Behold, I was baptized. And when he am here, Lord. And the Lord had received meat, he was said unto him, Arise, and go strengthened. Then was Saul into the street which is call- certain days with the disci ed Straight, and enquire in ples which were at Damas the house of Judas for one cus. And straightway he called Saul, of Tarsus: for preached Christ in the synbehold, he prayeth, and hath agogues, that he is the Son seen in a vision a man nam- of God. But all that heard ed Ananias, coming in, and him were amazed, and said, putting his hand on him, Is not this he that destroy that he might receive his ed them which called on sight. Then Ananias answer- this Name in Jerusalem, and ed, Lord, I have heard by came hither for that intent, many of this man, how much that he might bring them evil he hath done to thy bound unto the chief priests! saints at Jerusalem; and But Saul increased the more here he hath authority from in strength, and confounded the chief priests to bind all the Jews which dwelt at Dathat call on thy Name. But mascus, proving that this is the Lord said unto him, Go very Christ. 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 camest,) hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the holy Ghost. 166 THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xix. 27. ETER answered and said unto Jesus, Behold, we have forsaken all, and fol lowed 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 Is rael. And every one that hath forsaken houses, or bre PURIFICATION OF SAINT MARY. thren, or sisters, or father, or| dred- fold, and shall inherit mother, or wife, or children, everlasting life. But many or lands, for my Name's that are first shall be last, sake, shall receive an hun- and the last shall be first. THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE, COMMONLY CALLED, The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin. THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY and everA 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. unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall 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 falseswearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and FOR THE EPISTLE. Mal. iii. 1. BEHOLD, I will send my 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. 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 167 A ND 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 SAINT MATTHIAS'S DAY. pigeons. And behold, there| the fall and rising again of was a man in Jerusalem, many in Israel; and for a whose name was Symeon; 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 Symeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for 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 Ann 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 wi dow 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. THE COLLECT. that thy Church, being alinto the place of the Apostles, may be ordered traitor Judas didst choose and guided by faithful and thy faithful servant Mat- true pastors; through Je thias to be of the number of sus Christ our Lord. Athe twelve Apostles; Grant men. 168 SAINT MATTHIAS'S DAY. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts i. 15. pointed two, Joseph called ' N those days Peter stood Barsabas, who was surnamup in the midst of the dis- ed Justus, and Matthias. And ciples, and said,( the number they prayed, and said, Thou, of the names together were Lord, which knowest the about an hundred and twen- hearts of all men, shew whety,) Men and brethren, this ther of these two thou hast Scripture must needs have chosen; that he may take been fulfilled, which the Ho- part of this ministry and aly Ghost by the mouth of postleship, from which Judas David spake before concern- by transgression fell, that he ing 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 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. Matt. xi. 25. reward of iniquity; and fall- AT that time Jests an ing 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 bishoprick 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 apswered 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. 169 L The Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary. THE COLLECT. E beseech thee, O Lord, WE pour thy grace into whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the Virgin's name was Mary. our hearts; that, as we have| And the angel came in unknown 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. Isai. vii. 10. MOR COREOVER, 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, 0 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 Imma- angel answered and said unnuel. Butter and honey shall to her, The Holy Ghost shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 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 THE GOSPEL. St. Luke i. 26. ND in the sixth month Anthea to 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 sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a Virgin espoused to a man 170 behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age; and SAINT MARK'S DAY. this is the sixth month with| said, Behold the handmaid her who was called barren: of the Lord; be it unto me for with God nothing shall according to thy word. And be impossible. And Mary the angel departed from her Saint Mark's Day. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who 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. Christ; till we all come in. the unity of the faith, and the knowledge 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 sup plieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love. THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 7. UNTO NTO 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 THE GOSPEL. St. John xv. 1. het fill all things.) And I AM the true vine, and gave some Apostles, 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 my Father is the bandman. 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 171 L2 SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S DAY. are clean through the word| in me, and my words abide which I have spoken unto in you, ye shall ask what ye you. Abide in me, and I in will, and it shall be done you. As the branch cannot unto you. Herein is my Fabear fruit of itself, except it ther glorified, that ye bear abide in the vine; no more much fruit; so shall ye be can ye, except ye abide in my disciples. As the Father me. I am the vine, ye are hath loved me, so have[ the branches. He that abid- loved you: continue ye in eth in me, and I in him, the my love. If ye keep my comsame bringeth forth much mandments, ye shall abide fruit; for without me ye can in my love; even as I have do nothing. If a man abide kept my Father's commandnot in me, he is cast forth ments, and abide in his love. as a branch, and is withered; These things have I spoken and men gather them, and unto you, that my joy might cast them into the fire, and remain in you, and that your they are burned. If ye abide| joy might be full. Saint Philip and Saint James's Day. THE COLLECT. 0 ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting life; Grant us per-| fectly 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. JAMES, THE EPISTLE. St. James i. 1. AMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into 172 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 doubleminded man is unstable in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S DAY. that he is exalted; but the| and the life: no man cometh rich in that he is made low; unto the Father but by me. because as the flower of the If ye had known me, ye grass he shall pass away. should have known my FaFor the sun is no sooner ther also: and from hencerisen with a burning heat, forth ye know him, and have but it withereth the grass, seen him. Philip saith unto and the flower thereof fall- him, Lord, shew us the Faeth, and the grace of the ther, and it sufficeth us. Jefashion of it perisheth: so sus saith unto him, Have I also shall the rich man fade been so long time with you, away in his ways. Blessed is and yet hast thou not known the man that endureth temp- me, Philip? He that hath tation; for when he is tried, seen me hath seen the Fahe shall receive the crown ther; and how sayest thou of life, which the Lord hath then, Shew us the Father? promised to them that love Believest thou not that I am him. 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. THE GOSPEL. St. John xiv. 1. A ND 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, 173 Saint Barnabas the Apostle. THE COLLECT. O Antioch. And there stood up LORD God Almighty, one of them named Agabus, who didst endue thy and signified by the Spirit, holy Apostle Barnabas with that there should be great singular gifts of the Holy dearth throughout all the Ghost; Leave us not, we be- world; which came to pass seech thee, destitute of thy in the days of Claudius Ca manifold gifts, nor yet of sar. Then the disciples, every grace to use them alway man according to his ability, to thy honour and glory; determined to send relief unthrough Jesus Christ our to the brethren which dwelt Lord. Amen. in Judæa. Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xi. 22. TIDI NIDINGS 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 174 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. THE COLLECT. for the mouth of the Lord LMIGHTY God, by hath spoken it. The voice Awhose providence thy 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. 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: 0 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. LISABETH'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 FOR THE EPISTLE. Isai. xl. 1. COMF NOMFORT 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 highway 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: 175 SAINT JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY. 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 Judæa. And all they that had heard then 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 176 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 dayspring 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. THE COLLECT. 0 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. A BOUT 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 177 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 th 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. SAINT JAMES THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xvi. 13. HEN Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea 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 Saint James THE COLLECT. RANT, O merciful God, G as stle 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 Chap. xii. IN ' N those days came prophets from Jerusalem un to Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be 178 THE APOSTLE. 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. the Apostle. great dearth throughout all the world; which came to Cæsar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa. 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. THEN THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xx. 20. WHEN came to him the mother of Zebedee's chil SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE. dren with her sons, worship-| to give; but it shall be given ping him, and desiring a cer- to them for whom it is pretain thing of him. And he pared of my Father. And said unto her, What wilt when the ten heard it, they thou? She saith unto him, were moved with indignation Grant that these my two against the two brethren. sons may sit, the one on thy But Jesus called them unto right hand, and the other him, and said, Ye know that on the left, in thy kingdom. the princes of the Gentiles But Jesus answered and said, exercise dominion over them, Ye know not what ye ask. and they that are great exAre ye able to drink of the ercise authority upon them. cup that I shall drink of, But it shall not be so among and to be baptized with the you: but whosoever will be baptism that I am baptized great among you, let him be with? They say unto him, your minister; and whosoWe are able. And he saith ever will be chief among unto them, Ye shall drink you, let him be your serindeed of my cup, and be vant: even as the Son of baptized with the baptism man came not to be ministhat I am baptized with: tered unto, but to minister, but to sit on my right hand, and to give his life a ransom and on my left, is not mine for many. Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. THE COLLECT. 0 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. 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 FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts v. 12. BY the hands of the Apoof Peter passing by might were many some and wonders wrought among There came also a multi179 SAINT MATTHEW THE APOSTLE. tude out of the cities round you, let him be as the youngabout unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits; and they were healed every one. er; 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 serv eth. 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. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxii. 24. ND 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 Saint Matthew the Apostle. honesty, 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 THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. iv. 1. THEREFORE seeing we as ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord; have as and ourselves we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of disyour servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of THE COLLECT. 0 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. 180 SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. ix. 9. ND as Jesus passed forth A from thence, he saw a darkness, hath shined in our| came, and sat down with hearts, to give the light of him and his disciples. And the knowledge of the glory when the Pharisees saw it, of God, in the face of Jesus they said unto his disciples, Christ. 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. 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 Saint Michael THE COLLECT. 0 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. HERE 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, 181 and all Angels. 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. Wo to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea: for the devil is come down unto you, hav SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST. ing great wrath, because he| that he were drowned in the knoweth that he hath but a depth of the sea. Wo unto the short time. world because of offences: for it must needs be that offences come: but wo to THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xviii. 1. T the same time came A the 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 milstone were hanged about his neck, and fence 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. THE COLLECT. THE EPISTLE. 2 Tim. iv. 5. all ALMIGHTY God, who WATCH thou intic Phycalledst Luke the sician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul; May it please thee, that, by the wholsome 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. 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 182 SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke x. 1. of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: THE Lord appointed other 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 with 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. stood our words. Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles. THE COLLECT. 0 ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner- stone; Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made 183 an holy temple acceptable unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. J THE EPISTLE. St. Jude 1. UDE, 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. SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE. unto you, and peace, and love be multiplied. Beloved, when I gave THE to THE GOSPEL. St. John xv. 17. H HESE things I command you, that ye love one write unto you of the com- another. If the world hate mon salvation, it was need- you, ye know that it hated ful for me to write unto me before it hated you. If you, and exhort you, that ye ye were of the world, the should earnestly contend for world would love his own: the faith which was once de- but because ye are not of livered unto the saints. For the world, but I have chosen there are certain men crept you out of the world, therein unawares, who were before the world hateth you. fore 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. 184 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 your's 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 ALL SAINTS' DAY. of truth, which proceedeth| shall bear witness, because from the Father, he shall ye have been with me from testify of me. And ye also the beginning. All Saints' Day. THE COLLECT. 0 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. A ND 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. 185 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 Nephthali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Symeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Isachar 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 M ALL SAINTS' DAY. a loud voice, saying, Salva-| for they shall be comforted. tion 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. Matt. v. 1. tudes, 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 their's is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: 186 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 peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the ye, 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. THE ORDER OF 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. TAnd 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 hath 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 hath 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 Rubrick, 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. UR Father which art THE COLLECT. thy Name. Thy kingdom ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all 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. 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. 187 M 2 THE Then shall the Priest, turning to the people, rehearse distinctly all the TEN COMMANDMENTS; and the people still kneeling shall, after every their transgression thereof for the time past, and grace to keep the same for the time to come, as followeth. Minister. COMMUNION. GOD YOD 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. X Minister. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbathday. 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. 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. 188 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. THE COMMUNION. People. Lord, have mercy| Word and ordinance; through upon us, and incline our Jesus Christ our Lord, who hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 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. Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the Queen, the Priest standing as before, and saying, Let us pray. kingdom is everlasting, and power infinite; Have mercy upon the whole Church; and so rule the heart of thy chosen Servant VICTORIA, our Queen and Governour, that she( knowing whose minister she is) may above all things seek thy honour and glory: and that we, and all her subjects( duly considering whose authority she hath) may faithfully serve, honour, and humbly obey her, in thee, and for thee, according to thy blessed 189 Or, LMIGHTY and A 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 VICTORIA thy Servant, our Queen and Governour, that, in all her thoughts, words, and works, she may ever seek thy honour and glory, and study to preserve thy people committed to her charge, in godliness: Grant this, O merciful Father, for thy dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T 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 Verse.. beginning at the 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 Chapter of written in the beginning at the Verse. And the Gospel ended, shall be sung or said the Creed following, the people still standing, as before. THE COMMUNION. I BELIEVE in one God the| sins, And I look for the ReFather Almighty, Maker surrection of the dead, And of heaven and earth, And of the life of the world to come. all things visible and invi- Amen. sible: T Then the Curate shall declare unto the people what Holy- days, or Fastingdays, 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 Queen, 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. 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. L before men, that they so shine may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. v. 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 Catholick and Apostolick Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of 190 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. Matt. vi. Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them: for this is the Law and the Prophets. St. Matt. vii. Not every one that saith THE COMMUNION. 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. Matt. vii. Zacchæus 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 grudgingly, or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. ix. 191 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 houshold 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. Heb. vi. To do good, and to distribute, forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Heb. xiii. Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, THE COMMUNION. how dwelleth the love of A ing God, who by thy LMIGHTY and everliv. God in him? 1 St. John iii. 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 Be merciful after thy pow- alms and oblaer. If thou hast much, give tions, and] to replenteously: if thou hast lit- ceive these our tle, do thy diligence gladly prayers, which we offer unto to give of that little: for so thy Divine Majesty; beseechgatherest thou thyself a good| ing thee to inspire continureward in the day of neces- ally the universal Church sity. Tobit iv. 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 Governours; and specially thy Servant VICTORIA our Queen; that under her we 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. 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. Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. Psal. xli. Whilst these Sentences are in reading, may be godly and quietly 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 governed: And grant unto her whole Council, and to all that are put in authority under her, that they may a decent bason to be provided by the Parish for that purpose; and reverently bring it to the Priest, who shall truly and indifferently minhumbly 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 which done, the Priest shall say, If there be no alms or oblations, then shall ing our alms and oblaaccepttions] be left out un said. Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in earth. 192 ister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion, and virtue. Give grace, 0 heavenly Father, to all Bishops and Curates, that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively THE COMMUNION. Word, and rightly and duly| comfortable Sacrament of the administer thy holy Sacra- Body and Blood of Christ; to ments: And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace; and especially to this congregation here present; that, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear, and receive thy holy Word; truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days 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 of their life. And we most| to Almighty God our heavenhumbly beseech thee of thy ly Father, for that he hath goodness, O Lord, to comfort given his Son our Saviour Jeand succour all them, who sus Christ, not only to die for in this transitory life are in us, but also to be our spiritrouble, sorrow, need, sick- tual food and sustenance in ness, or any other adversity. that holy Sacrament. Which And we also bless thy holy being so divine and comfortName for all thy servants de- able a thing to them who parted this life in thy faith receive it worthily, and so and fear; beseeching thee to dangerous to them that will give us grace so to follow presume to receive it unwortheir good examples, that thily; my duty is to exhort with them we may be par- you in the mean season to takers of thy heavenly king- consider the dignity of that dom: Grant this, O Father, holy mystery, and the great for Jesus Christ's sake, our peril of the unworthy receivonly Mediator and Advocate. ing 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 marriageAmen. DEARLY beloved, on se garment required by God in 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. through God's assistance, to administer to all such as shall be religiously and devoutly disposed the most 193 ceived as worthy partakers of that holy Table. The way and means thereto is; First, to examine your THE COMMUNION. lives and conversations by you to destruction both of the rule of God's command- body and soul. ments; and whereinsoever And because it is requisite, 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 other- Tor, in case he shall see the people negwise the receiving of the holy Communion doth nothing ligent to come to the holy Communion, instead of the former, he shall use this Exhortation. 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. else but increase your dam- thren, onnation. 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 194 EARLY beloved breI 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 pre- THE COMMUNION. pared a rich feast, decked his| were not so excused, but table with all kind of pro- counted unworthy of the heavision, so that there lacketh venly feast. I, for my part, nothing but the guests to sit shall be ready; and, accorddown; and yet they who are ing to mine Office, I bid you called( without any cause) in the Name of God, I call most unthankfully refuse to you in Christ's behalf, I excome. Which of you in such hort you, as ye love your a case would not be moved? own salvation, that ye will Who would not think a great be partakers of this holy injury and wrong done unto Communion. And as the Son him? Wherefore, most dearly of God did vouchsafe to yield beloved in Christ, take ye up his soul by death upon good heed, lest ye, withdraw- the Cross for your salvation; ing yourselves from this so it is your duty to receive holy Supper, provoke God's the Communion in rememindignation against you. It brance of the sacrifice of his is an easy matter for a man death, as he himself hath to say, I will not communi- commanded: which if ye cate, because I am otherwise shall neglect to do, consider hindered with worldly busi- with yourselves how great ness. But such excuses are injury ye do unto God, and not so easily accepted and how sore punishment hangallowed before God. If any eth over your heads for the man say, I am a grievous sin- same; when ye wilfully abner, and therefore am afraid stain from the Lord's Table, to come: wherefore then do and separate from your breye not repent and amend? thren, who come to feed on When God calleth you, are ye the banquet of that most not ashamed to say ye will heavenly food. These things not come? When ye should if ye earnestly consider, ye return to God, will ye ex- will by God's grace return to cuse yourselves, and say ye a better mind: for the obare not ready? Consider ear- taining whereof we shall not nestly with yourselves how cease to make our humble little such feigned excuses petitions unto Almighty God will avail before God. They our heavenly Father. 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, 195 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. THE COMMUNION. EARLY 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 196 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. T Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receive the holy Communion, THE COMMUNION. YE E that do truly and| And grant that we may ever earnestly repent you of hereafter Serve and please your sins, and are in love thee In newness of life, To and charity with your neigh- the honour and glory of thy bours, and intend to lead a Name; Through Jesus Christ new life, following the com- our Lord. Amen. mandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways; Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort; and Avenly Father, who of his LMIGHTY God, our heamake your humble confesgreat 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 A you sion 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, LMIGHTY God, Father 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, Then shall the Priest( or the Bishop, being present,) stand up, and turning himself to the people, pronounce this Absolution. everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T Then shall the Priest say, Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him. Provoking most justly thy COME unto me all that travail are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. St. Matt. xi. 28. wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; So God loved the world, The remembrance of them is that he gave his only- begotgrievous unto us; The bur- ten Son, to the end that all den of them is intolerable. that believe in him should 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; 197 not perish, but have everlasting life. St. John iii. 16. Hear also what Saint Paul saith. This is a true saying, and THE COMMUNION. worthy of all men to be re-| holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, ceived, That Christ Jesus heaven and earth are full of came into the world to save thy glory: Glory be to thee, sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15. O Lord most High. Amen. 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. T Then shall the Priest turn to the Lord's Table, and say, T 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. * These words[ Holy Father] must be omitted on Trinity- Sunday. PROPER PREFACES. Here shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if there be any specially appointed or else immediately shall follow, Upon Christmas- day, and seven days after. B for the UT chiefly are we bound BE ECAUSE thou didst only Son to be born as at give Jesus Christ thine 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. glorious Resurrection Son gori desus 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. THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore prais- Christ our Lord; who after ing thee, and saying, Holy, his most glorious ResurrecUpon Ascension- day, and seven days after. HROUGH thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus TH 198 THE COMMUNION. tion 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 Whit- sunday, and six days after. we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, withou any difference or inequality Therefore with Angels,& c. Upon the Feast of Trinity only. After each of which Prefaces shall immediately be sung or said, HROUGH Jesus Christ THR 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 to lead E do to them to all truth; giving Wome to this thy Table, | 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. Person, but three Persons in one Substance. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the same 199 THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praisholy, holy, Lord God of hosts, ing thee, and saying, Holy, heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen. 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 But thou art the same Lord, the crumbs under thy Table. 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 bodies may be made clean his blood, that our sinful Lord; not one only by his body, and our souls HO art one God, one 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. washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen. THE COMMUNION. 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. * Here the Priest is to take the Paten into his hands: remembrance of me. Likewise after supper he* took the Cup; take the Cup into and, when he had * Here he is to his hand: given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for this A¹ LMIGHTY 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, 0 merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee; THE Body of our Lord 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, * And here to every vessel( be it in which there is is my Blood of lay his hand upon the New Testa- Chalice or Flagon) ment, which is any Wine to be shed for you and consecrated. for many for the remission of sins: Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me. Amen. the Communion in both kinds himself, Then shall the Minister first receive 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, took Bread; and, when he had given And here to thanks, the brake break the Bread: given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlastin remembrance that Christ ing life. Take and eat this died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving. him in thy heart by faith ¶ And the Minister that delivereth the Cup to any one shall say, HE Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve thy it, and gave it to body and soul unto everlasthis disciples, say- ing life. Drink this in remembrance that Christ's Blood was shed for thee, and be thankful. to all the Bread. lay his hand upon ing, Take, eat, this is my Body which is given for you: Do this in 200 THE COMMUNION. 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 And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and the Bread; and at[ Likewise after Sup- lively sacrifice unto thee; per,& c.] for the blessing of the Cup. TWhen all have communicated, the Mihumbly beseeching thee, that nister shall return to the Lord's Table, all we, who are partakers of and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated Elements, covering the same with a fair linen cloth. 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 sacriO our UR Father, which art in fice, yet we beseech thee to T Then shall the Priest say the Lord's Prayer, the people repeating after him every Petition. 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. LMIGHTY and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou A O us, TAfter shall be said as followeth. LORD and heavenly 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. 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. 201 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 mystica body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and N W W n f THE COMMUNION. are also heirs through hope| thou only art the Lord; thou of thy everlasting kingdom, only, O Christ, with the Holy by the merits of the most Ghost, art most high in the precious death and passion glory of God the Father. Aof thy dear Son. And we men. T most humbly beseech thee, Then the Priest( or Bishop if he be O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy present) shall let them depart with this Blessing. THE peace of God, which all such good works as thou hast| ing, keep your hearts and 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. 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. GL Then shall be said or sung, LORY 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 Fa- ASSIST us mercifully, 0 Lord, in these our supdispose the way of thy serplications and prayers, and vants 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. T 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. 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 Fa O ALMIGHTY Lord, and ther, have mercy upon us. everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, For thou only art holy; 202 THE COMMUNION. both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in works of 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. GR RANT, 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 ALMIGHTY God, who in us hast 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. living, to the honour and praise of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. the A fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignothee to have compassion uprance in asking; We beseech on our infirmities; and those thiness we dare not, and for things, which for our unworour blindness we cannot ask, worthiness of thy Son Jesus vouchsafe to give us, for the 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 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. 203 И 1 1 € 1 t THE COMMUNION. And to take away all occasion of dissention, 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. 1 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. T The Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be provided by the Curate and the Church- wardens at the charges of the Parish. TAnd 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. 66 66 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. HEREAS it is ordained in this Office for the Administration of Communicants same W Supe, " 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 hereby " 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 Sacra" mental 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." 204 THE MINISTRATION OF PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS, TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH. 1 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. 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, ATH this Hans Ch Child been already| 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 saith, None can enter into the king- wrath, may be received into the ark dom 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. 1 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 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. LMIGHTY and immortal God, the aid of all that need, the T Then shall the Priest say, 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, ALMIGHTY and everlasting that he, coming to thy holy Baptism, Let us pray. may 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 of 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 205 PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 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. 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 THEY 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. 1 After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon the words of the Gospel. ELOVED, ye hear in this Gospel hear in this 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 206 that he favourably alloweth this charitable work of our's in bringing this Infant to his holy Baptism; let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him, and say, 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 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. T Then shall the Priest speak unto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise. EARLY beloved, ye have DE 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 have ye 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, OST 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? DOST Answer. I renounce them all. PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS. Minister. OST thou believe in God the D Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth? And in Jesus Christ his only- be- out end. Amen. gotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost; born of that 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 Catholick 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 VILT thou be baptized in this faith? Answer. That is my desire. heavenly virtues, and everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, who dost live, and govern all things, world withAnswer. I will. LMIGHTY, everliving God, whose most 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 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. 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 207 Then the Priest shall take the Child into his hands, and shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers, Name this Child. Minister. TILT thou then obediently keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the N. I baptize thee In the Name of and of the Son, days of thy life? 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, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. T Then shall the Priest say, MERCIFUL God, grant that 0 the old Adam in this Child may N. I baptize thee In the Name of be so buried, that the new man be raised up in him. Amen. of the and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then the Priest shall say, Grant that all carnal affections may die in him, and that all things bronging to the Spirit may live and WE receive this Child into the congregation of But if they certify that the Child is weak, it shall suffice to pour Water upon it, saying the foresaid words, * Here the Priest upon the Child's forehead. * and do sign him shall make a Cross 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 PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS. devil; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. Amen. nerate, 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. T Then shall the Priest say, Stre, how this Child is regeEEING now, dearly beloved bre- ORASMUCH 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 1 Then shall be said, all kneeling; UR Father, which art in heaven, be 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. T Then, all standing up, the Priest shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers this Exhortation following. T Then shall the Priest say, WE VE 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 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 brought up to lead a godly and a that this Child may be virtuously 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, he E are is made partaker of the death of thy Y be brought to the Bishop to be 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. 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. 208 THE MINISTRATION OF PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN IN HOUSES. 1 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. 1 And also they shall warn them, that without like great cause and necessity they procure 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: 1 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 Publick 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; NI baptize thee In the Name of and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then, all kneeling down, the Minister shall give thanks unto God, and say, WE E 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, 209 I CERTIFY that according you, 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. 1 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 exumine them further, saying, BY Bred? Y whom was this Child baptizWho 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? 1 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, PRIVATE BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 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. 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. dom. 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> THE THEY brought young children to he them; and his disciples rebuked A God, heavenly Father, we give After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon the words of the Gospel. 0 UR 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 ur 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. 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. BELOV ELOVED, ye hear in this Gospel the words of our Saviour Christ, that he commanded the children to unto how he blamed those that would have kept them D Child, renounce the devil and thou, in the name of this and 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 reall his works, the vain pomp 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. ceived this present Infant; that he DOST thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth? hath embraced him with the arms of his mercy; and( as he hath promised And in Jesus Christ his only- bein his holy Word) will give unto him gotten Son our Lord? And that he the blessing of eternal life, and make was conceived by the Holy Ghost; him partaker of his everlasting king- born of the Virgin Mary; that he 210 Then shall the Priest demand the Name of the Child; which being by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced, the Minister shall say, PRIVATE BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 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 Catholick 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 ILT thou then obediently keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of thy life? Answer. I will. T Then the Priest shall say, * Here the Priest upon the Child's forehead. WE E receive this Child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him shall make a Cross 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. 1 Then shall the Priest say, SEE EEING 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. T Then shall the Priest say, WE yield thee most hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to 211 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. 1 Then, all standing up, the Minister shall make this Exhortation to the Godfathers and Godmothers. FOR NORASMUCH 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 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. PUBLICK BAPTISM OF SUCH 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 TF thou art not already baptized, and of the Holy Ghost,( which are essential parts of Baptism,) then let the Priest baptize it in the form before appointed for Publick Baptism of Infants; saving that at the dipping of the Child in the Font, he shall use this form of words. THE MINISTRATION OF BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS, AND ABLE TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES. of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 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 be fore 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. 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, 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. and everlasting DEARLY beloved, forasmehom A God, who of thy great mercy 1 Then shall the Priest say, Let us pray. ( 1 And here all the Congregation shall kneel.) 212 didst save Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by water; and also didst safely lead the children of Israel dren 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 AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS. world without end; through Jesus born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel Christ our Lord. Amen. 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. LMIGHTY and immortal God, A¹ 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 Receive them, O Lord, 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. 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 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 answ swered, 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 213 1 After which he shall say this Exhortation following. B the express words of our Saviour Christ, that except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he canWhereby ye may perceive the great not enter into the kingdom of God. 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 PUBLICK BAPTISM OF SUCH commandments. earnestly believe, that he will favour- holy Word, and obediently keep his ably receive these present persons, truly repenting, and coming unto him by faith; that he will grant them remission of their sins, and bethat he will give them the blessing this works, the vain pomp stow upon them the holy Ghost; Question. of eternal life, and make them partakers of his everlasting kingdom. OST all 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, ous desires of the same, and the carand glory of the world, with all covetnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them? Answer. I renounce them all. Question. OST thou believe in God the D of LMIGHTY 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: 1 Then shall the Priest demand of each of the persons to be baptized, severally, these Questions following: 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 214 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 Catholick 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. thou be baptized in this TELL- BELOVED, who are WELL 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 we Answer. That is my desire. for; which promise he, for his part, W God's halt en hed commandQuestion. TILT thou then obediently keep holy will and ments, and walk in the same all the days of thy life? Answer. I will endeavour so to do, God being my helper. WILT TILT 0 faith? T Then shall the Priest say, MERCIFUL God, grant that the old Adam in these persons AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS. 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, 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. T 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. WE T Then shall the Priest say, E receive this person into the congregation of Christ's flock; * Here the Priest* and do sign him shall make a Cross with the sign of the Cross, in token that upon the person's forehead. 215 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. T Then shall the Priest say, EEING now, dearly beloved brepersons 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, 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. TE humble thanks, Wo 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. T Then, all standing up, the Priest shall use this Exhortation following; speaking to the Godfathers and Godmothers first. NORASMUCH as these persons have promised in your presence to renounce the devil and all his FORA A CATECHISM 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. ( 1 And then, speaking to the new baptized persons, he shall proceed, and say,) ND 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. A CATECHISM, Question. WHAT is Name? your Answer. N. or M. Question. Who gave you this Name? 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. THAT IS TO SAY, 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? 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 suf fice to use the Office for Publick 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. AN INSTRUCTION TO BE LEARNED OF EVERY PERSON, BEFORE HE BE BROUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE BISHOP. 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 216 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. A CATECHISM. Answer. BELIEVE in God I Almighty, Maker of the Father 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 Catholick 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 HE 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 217 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 0 A CATECHISM. 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 Queen, and all that are put in authority under her: To submit myself to all my governours, teachers, spiritual pastors and masters: To order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters To hurt no body 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, OW and my tongue from evil- speaking, How many Sacraments hath 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 in his Church? Answer. Two only, as generally necessary to salvation, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. this word Sacrament? Question. What meanest thou by Answer. I mean an outward and to call me. 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. 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.- 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. 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 Answer. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Father, and of the Son, and of the Question. What is the inward and spiritual grace? be 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. 218 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. A CATECHISM. 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 Apprentices,( 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. 219 02 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. 10 the end that Confirmation dity- out es. may ing 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 Catechisın 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. 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? 1 And every one shall audibly answer, I do. The Bishop. OUR help is in the Name of the T Then shall the Bishop say, T Then all of them in order kneeling before the Bishop, he shall lay his hand upon the head of every one severally, saying, O Lord, this thy Child Do yo here, in the presencton, D[ or this thy Sereant] with the of God, of he heavenly grace, that may continue thine for ever; and daily increase in thy holy Spirit more and more, until he come unto thy everlasting kingdom. Amen. Answer. Who hath made heaven and earth. Bishop. Blessed be the Name of the Lord; Answer. Henceforth, world with220 Bishop. Lord, hear our prayers. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. The Bishop. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY and everliving regenerate these thy servants by given unto them forgiveness of all Water and the holy Ghost, and hast their sins; Strengthen them, we beseech thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of derstanding; the spirit of counsel grace; the spirit of wisdom and unand 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. T Then shall the Bishop say, The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. TAnd( 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 SOLEMNIZATION forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. And this Collect. LMIGHTY and everliving A 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 ofIf any of you know cause, or just impediment, why these two persons should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare This is the first[ second, or third] it. time of asking. OF MATRIMONY. and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. -. 0 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 Chris Amen. 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. Then the Bishop shall bless them, saying thus, THE FORM OF SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 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, 221 THE Blessing of God Almighty, the 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, Holy Ghost, be upon you, and remain with you for ever. Amen. I PUBLISH the Banns of Marri-| Dhered together here in the sight we are gaage between M. of- and N. 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 all men: among and therefore is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly, to satisfy men's carnal lusts and appetites, like brute beasts that have no understandTAnd there shall none be admitted to the holy Communion, until such time as he be confirmed, or be ready and desirous to be confirmed. SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. ing; but reverently, discreetly, ad-| together after God's ordinance in the visedly, soberly, and in the fear of holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou God; duly considering the causes for love her, comfort her, honour, and which Matrimony was ordained. keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live? 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 T Then shall the Priest say unto the Woman, arry, and keep themselves unde- 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? filed body. Thirdly, It was ordained for the inutual 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. 1 And also, speaking unto the persons that shall be married, he shall say, REQUIRE and charge you both, I 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. 1 At which day of Marriage, if any man do alledge 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. 222 1 The Man shall answer, I will. 1 The Woman shall answer, I will. T 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. M. take thee N. to my wedded I 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 M. to my wedded from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickIf no impediment be alledged, then shall ness and in health, to love, cherish, the Curate say unto the Man, and to obey, till death us do part, M. W I my ILT thou have this Woman according to God's holy ordinance; SOLEMNIZATION 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 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 Minister or Clerks, going to the Lord's Table, shall say or sing this Psalm following. Man Theourth finger of the Woman's left B the Lord: and walk in his ways. Beati omnes. Psal. cxxviii. that fear hand, they shall both kneel down; and the Minister shall say, 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 thine house; Thy children like the olive- branches: round about thy table. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth the Lord. 0 Let us pray. 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. OF MATRIMONY. GOD And the Minister shall add this Blessing. NOD 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 life everlasting. Amen. in the world to come ye may have T Then shall the Priest join their right hands together, and say, Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder. 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 the Holy Ghost; : As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. TOr this Psalm. Deus misereatur. Psal. Ixvii. NOD merciful unto Golessbus mere shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. 1 Then shall the Minister speak unto the people. FORA FORASMUCH as M. 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 O let the nations rejoice and be be Man and Wife together, In the glad for thou shalt judge the folk Name of the Father, and of the Son, righteously, and govern the nations and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. upon earth. Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. 223 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. 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. SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. us. us. 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 MERCIFUL Lord, and heavenly Father, 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 and virtuously brought up, to thy may see their children christianly praise and honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Christ, have mercy upon Minister. Lord, have mercy upon UR 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. 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. Minister. 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 224 This Prayer next following shall be omitted, where the Woman is past childbearing. O GOD, who by thy mighty power who also( after other things set in hast made all things of nothing; 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 SOLEMNIZATION 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, Hear also what Saint Peter, the ALMIGHTY God, who at the Apostle of Christ, who was himself a married man, unto them that are married; Ye husbands, dwell with your wives according to knowledge; giving honour unto the wife, 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. as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hinOF MATRIMONY. writing to the Colossians, speaketh thus to all men that are married; Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Hitherto ye have heard the duty of the husband toward the wife. Now likewise, ye wives, hear and duties husin holy Scripture. A intend to take the pried, or that bands, even as it is plainly set forth Matrimony upon you, hear what the holy Scripture doth say as touching the duty of husbands towards their wives, and wives towards their husbands. 1 After which, if there be no Sermon declaring the duties of Man and Wife, the Minister shall read as followeth. 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 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 members of his body, of his flesh, Word, they also may without the 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, 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, 225 THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. which is in the sight of God of great| husbands; even as Sarah obeyed Aprice. For after this manner in the braham, calling him lord; whose old time the holy women also, who daughters ye are as long as ye do trusted in God, adorned themselves, well, and are not afraid with any being in subjection unto their own amazement. 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, 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 prayAnd let our cry come Answer. unto thee. Minister. 0 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 OUR Father, which art in heaven, peace and safety; through Jesus 1 Then the Minister shall say, Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. be our Lord. PEACE be to this house, and to all that dwell in 1 When he cometh into the sick man's presence he shall say, kneeling down, EMEMBER 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. kingdom will be done in garth, 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; 226 ers. Hiful God and Saviour; exEAR us, most tend thy accustomed goodness to this thy servant who is grieved with sickthy fatherly correction to him; that ness. Sanctify, we beseech thee, this 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. THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. 1 Then shall the Minister exhort the sick person after this form, or other like. 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 plea227 sure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. These words, good brother, are writand instruction; that we should pafor tiently, 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 the you Articles of our Faith, that you may know whether you do believe as a Christian man should, or no. THere the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the Faith, saying thus, the ther 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 THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. 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 Catholick Church; the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the Resurrection of the flesh; and everlasting life after death? T The sick person shall answer, All this I stedfastly believe. T 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 hath 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 hath 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. 1 These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his Prayer, as he shall see cause. T The Minister should not omit earnestly to move such sick persons as are of ability to be liberal to the poor. 1 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. 228 T 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, asswage 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. T Then shall the Minister say this Psalm. In te, Domine, speravi. Psal. lxxi. IN N 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, wherepromised to help me; for thou art unto I may alway resort thou hast 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 THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. 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: forsake me not when my age 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. And after that shall say, Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul: let UNTO God's gracious mercy and them be and protection we 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. 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 A Prayer for a sick child. and merThou, O God, hast taught me from ciful Father, to whom alone bemy 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 with: out end. Amen. TAdding this. SAVIOUR of the world, who hast redeemed us, Save us, and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. T Then shall the Minister say, most strong tower to all them THE Almighty Lord, who is a 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. 229 0 long the issues of life and death; Look down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, with the eyes of mercy bed of sickness: Visit him, O Lord, upon this child now lying upon the 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 here on earth, he may live to thee, be thy pleasure to prolong his days and be an instrument of thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing good in his generation; or else bitations, where the souls of them receive him into those heavenly hathat sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy mercies' sake, Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. A Prayer for a sick person, when the appeareth small hope of recovery. FATHER of mercies, and God 0 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, be- A Prayer for persons troubled in fore he go hence, and be no more mind or in conscience. seen. We know, O Lord, that there is no word impossible with thee; and mercies, and the God of all comBLESSED Lord, the Father of that, if thou wilt, thou canst even yet raise him up, and grant him forts; We beseech thee, look down a longer continuance amongst us: in pity and compassion upon this Yet, forasmuch as in all appearance thy afflicted servant. Thou writest the time of his dissolution draweth bitter things against him, and maknear, so fit and prepare him, we be- est him to possess his former iniquiseech thee, against the hour of death, ties; thy wrath lieth hard upon him, that after his departure hence in and his soul is full of trouble: But, peace, and in thy favour, his soul O merciful God, who hast written may be received into thine everlast- thy holy Word for our learning, ing kingdom, through the merits and that we, through patience and commediation of Jesus Christ, thine only fort of thy holy Scriptures, might Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. 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 commendatory Prayer for a sick person at the point of departure. filements 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. ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of just men made perfect, after they are deliver ed from their earthly prisons; We humbly commend the soul of this thy servant, our lear 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 de230 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 publickly administered in the Church; that so doing, they may, in case of sudden visitation, have the less cause to be disquieted for lack of 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 same. THE COLLECT. THE EPISTLE. Heb. xii. 5. ALMIGHTY, everliving God, MY Y son, despise not thou the dost 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. 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 GOSPEL. St. John v. 24. VERY heareth my word, and TERILY, verily I say He that 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.] 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 therefore, 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,& c.] 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. 231 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 unbap. tized, or excommunicate, or have laid violent hands upon themselves. T 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 in 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. 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. T 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 TE 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. Divi, custodiam. Psal. 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. 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 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 232 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. My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the fire kindled: and at the last I spake with fuge: from one generation to Domine, refugium. Psal. xc. ORD, thou hast been our reanother. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. : AT THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 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 they are even as a sleep: and fade away suddenly like the grass. In the morning it is green, and groweth up but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. For we consume away in thy displeasure and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. : 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 ser: vants. 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, 0 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 : 233 : now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. 1 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, P AT THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 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 MAN that is born of a woman power: It sown a natural 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? 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, Yet, O Lord God most holy, 0 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, 0 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. in a moment, in the twinkling of F Almighty God of his great mer. ORASMUCH as it hath pleased soul 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 cy to take unto himself the our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to 234 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. TWhen 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: 1 Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by, the Priest shall say, AT THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 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. 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. 1 Then shall be said or sung, I HEARD a voice from heaven, say- MERCIFUL God, the Father 0 ing unto me, Write, From forth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours. T Then the Priest shall say, Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. 0 UR 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. 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 saying, Come, ye blessed Priest. LMIGHTY whom A do live the spirits of them that children& Y Father, receive the of my 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. depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after 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 beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish 235 HE grace of our Lord Jesus the love of the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. P2 THE THANKSGIVING OF WOMEN AFTER CHILD- BIRTH, COMMONLY CALLED, THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN. 1 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, FOR NORASMUCH 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, ( 1 Then shall the Priest say the cxvith Psalm.) Dileri 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? 236 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, Psal. cxxvii. Nisi Dominus. XCEPT the Lord build the house their labour is but lost that build it. EXCI : 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. A COMMINATION. Then the Priest shall say, Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. UR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. 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. Let us pray. Give 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. 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. 1 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. 1 After Morning Prayer, the Litany ended according to the accustomed manner, the Priest shall, in the Reading- Pew or Pulpit, say, BR RETHREN, in the Primitive| general sentences of God's cursing Church there was a godly dis- against impenitent sinners, gathercipline, that, at the beginning of ed out of the seven and twentieth Lent, such persons as stood convict- Chapter of Deuteronomy, and other ed of notorious sin were put to open places of Scripture; and that ye penance, and punished in this world, should answer to every Sentence, that their souls might be saved in the Amen: To the intent that, being day of the Lord; and that others, ad- admonished of the great indignation monished by their example, might be of God against sinners, ye may the the more afraid to offend. 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. 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 237 A COMMINATION. : 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 Then Minister. OW all NOW Now seeing that prophet David shall it be too late to knock when cursed( as YURSED 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. 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 ax put unto the root of 238 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 A COMMINATION. we have the light, believe in the| manding us to take possession of his light, and walk as children of the glorious kingdom: Unto which he light; that we be not cast into ut- vouchsafe to bring us all, for his inter darkness, where is weeping and finite mercy. Amen. 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, be 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, com239 T 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. Psal. li. HAVE mercy upon me, 2 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 mothel 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. A COMMINATION. For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee: but thou delightest not in burnt- offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite heart, 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. UR 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; us from evil. 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 to us sinners, for thy Name's sake. Minister. O Lord, hear our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. 0 Minister. Let us pray. LORD, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our prayers, and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee; that they, whose con240 sciences by sin are accused, by thy merciful pardon may be absolved; through Christ our Lord. Amen. 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. 1 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. T Then the Minister alone shall say, HE 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 THE PSALMS OF DAVID. THE FIRST DAY. Morning Praper. PSALM I. Beatus vir, qui non abiit &.c. BLES LESSED 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 waterside 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. 241 PSALM II. Quare fremuerunt gentes? HY do the heathen so furiously rage together: and why do the people imagine a vain thing? WHY 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. DAY 1. THE PSALMS. DAY 1. 9 Thou shalt bruise them| cheek- bone; thou hast browith a rod of iron and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. ken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord and thy blessing is upon thy people. 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings be learned, ye that are judges of the earth. PSALM IV. Cum invocarem. when I call, Ho God of my righteous11 Serve the Lord in fear: and rejoice unto him with ness: thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer. 20 ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour: and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing? 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 III. Domine, quid multiplicati? ORD, 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 242 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. DAY 1. THE PSALM V. Verba mea auribus. PSALMS. 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 bloodthirsty 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. Evening 0 PSALM VI. Domine, ne in furore. LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither chasten me in thy displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: 0 Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul also is sore 243 DAY 1. Lord, in 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. 8 Lead me, O 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. Praper. 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 groan DAY 1. THE PSALMS. DAY 1. ing; every night wash I my| and lay mine honour in the 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 VII. Domine, Deus meus. LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver O me; 2 Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces: while there is none to help. 30 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, 244 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. 90 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 con DAY 2. ceived 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. THE PSALMS. 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 VIII. Domine, Dominus noster. LORD our Governour, 0 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. Morning I PSALM IX. Confitebor tibi. 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. DAY 2. 3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained. 3 While mine enemies are driven back: they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 245 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 Governour: how excellent is thy Name in all the world! Prayer. 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 for ever and ever. 60 thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end even as the cities which thou hast destroyed; DAY 2. their memorial is with them. THE PSALMS. DAY 2. perished| execute judgement: the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. 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. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell: and all the people that forget God. 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 246 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. 10 And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee for thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee. 110 praise the Lord which W far off, 0 Lord and PSALM X. Ut quid, Domine? HY standest thou so : dwelleth in Sion: shew the people of his doings. hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble? 12 For, when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor. 20 Put them in fear, 0 Lord: that the heathen may know themselves to be but men. 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. DAY 2. THE PSALMS. DAY 2. 6 For he hath said in his| the matter into thine 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. 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 faileth 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 247 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 XI. In Domino confido. N the Lord put I my trust: 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. DAY 2. 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 THE PSALMS. Evening PSALM XII. Salvum me fac. ELP me, Lord, for there His not one godly man Н' left: for the faithful are minished from among the children of men. DAY 2. brimstone, storm and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink. 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 troubles' 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 248 8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness: his countenance will behold the thing that is just. Praper. 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. 2 They talk of vanity every PSALM XIII. Usque quo, Domine? OW one with his neighbour: they How long wilt thou for lips, do but flatter with and dissemble in their double heart. get Lord, how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? ever 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. DAY 3. PSALM XIV. Dixit insipiens. HE 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. THE PSALMS. DAY 3. 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. 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. 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 Is rael shall be glad. Morning Prayer. PSALM XV. Domine, quis habitabit? own eyes and maketh much LORD, who shall dwell in of them that fear the Lord. 5 He that sweareth unto 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. 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. 3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour and hath not slandered his neigh7 Whoso doeth these things: shall never fall. PSALM XVI. Conserva me, Domine, RESERVE God bour. 4 He that setteth not by P for in thee have I put himself, but is lowly in his my trust. 249 Q DAY 3. THE PSALMS. DAY 3. 20 my soul, thou hast| joy and at thy right hand said unto the Lord Thou there is pleasure for evermore. art my God, my goods are nothing unto thee. PSALM XVII. Exaudi, Domine. 3 All my delight is upon HEAR the right, O Lord, consider 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 250 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 nightseason; 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, DAY 3. THE PSALMS. DAY 3. 9 From the ungodly that| ungodly, which is a sword trouble me mine enemies of thine; 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 Evening I PSALM XVIII. Diligam te, Domine. 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 251 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. Praper. 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 cheQ2 DAY 3. THE rubims, and did fly: he came flying upon the wings of the wind. PSALMS. DAY 3, 20 The Lord shall reward me after my righteous dealing: according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me. 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. 252 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 DAY 3. the Lord also is tried in the fire; he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. THE PSALMS. 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 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. DAY 3. shall be none to help them: yea, even unto the Lord shall they cry, but he shall not hear them. 39 Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou shalt throw down mine enemies under me. 46 The strange children me up, and thy loving correc- shall fail: and be afraid out tion shall make me great. of their prisons. 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 253 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. 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. THE PSALMS. Morning Prayer. PSALM XIX. Cæli enarrant. HE heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy- work. THE 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 converting an undefiled 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 254 DAY 4. 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 honeycomb. 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 XX. 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 burntsacrifice: 4 Grant thee thy heart's desire: and fulfil all thy mind. 5 We will rejoice in thy DAY 4. THE PSALMS. DAY 4. salvation, and triumph in| thy salvation: glory and the Name of the Lord our great worship shalt thou lay God the Lord perform all upon him. thy petitions. 6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance. 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, 0 King of heaven: when we call upon thee. PSALM XXI. 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 255 7 And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry. 8 All thine enemies shall feel thy hand thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath the Lord shall destroy them in his 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. THE PSALMS. Evening PSALM XXII. Deus, Deus meus. MY Y 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 0 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: 256 DAY 4. Praper. 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. DAY 4 21 Save me from the lion's mouth thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns. THE PSALMS. 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; PSALM XXIII. Dominus regit me. 24 For he hath not despised, nor abhorred, the low THE Lord is my shepestate of the poor: herd therefore can I not hid his face from him, lack nothing. but when he called unto him he heard him. he hath THE 2 He shall feed me in a green pasture: and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. 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. DAY 4. 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. 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 Governour among the people. 29 All such as be fat upon earth have eaten, and worshipped. 30 All they that go down 257 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. THE PSALMS. Morning Praper. PSALM XXIV. Domini est terra. HE earth is the Lord's, UT lift up my soul; my PSALM XXV. Ad te, Domine, levavi. NTO thee, O will THE and all that therein is: the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein. God, I have put my trust in thee: O let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me. 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? 2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed: but such as transgress without a cause shall be put to confusion. 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. 3 Shew me thy ways, 0 Lord and teach me thy paths. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 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. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him even of them that seek thy face, O Jacob. 5 Call to remembrance, 0 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 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. DAY 5. 10 Who is the King of glory: even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. 258 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. DAY 5. 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. THE PSALMS. 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 0 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. 259 DAY 5. BE PSALM XXVI. Judica me, Domine. E 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, 0 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 0 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. ● DAY 5. THE PSALMS. Evening Praper. PSALM XXVII. Dominus illuminatio. THE HE Lord is my light, and my salvation; whom then shall I fear: the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies, and my foes, 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. 260 DAY 5. 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 0 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, 0 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 0 tarry thou the Lord's leisure: be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord. 7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness: I will sing, UN Lord my strength: PSALM XXVIII. Ad te, Domine. thee I cry, and speak praises unto the Lord. think no scorn of me; lest, DAY 5. THE PSALMS. DAY 5. if thou make as though thou| give thy blessing unto thine hearest not, I become like them that go down into the inheritance: feed them, and set them up for ever. pit. Hear the voice of my Bye mighty, bring young PSALM XXIX. Afferte Domino, RING unto the Lord, O humble petitions, when I cry unto thee: when I hold up my hands towards the mercy- seat of thy holy temple. rams unto the Lord: ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength. 30 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 accordng 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 0 save thy people, and 261 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. DAY 6. 9 The Lord sitteth above the water- flood and the Lord remaineth a King for ever. THE PSALMS. PSALM XXX. Exaltabo 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. Morning Praper. 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. 262 DAY 6. 10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people: the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. 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 XXXI. 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 DAY 6. hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth. THE PSALMS. 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. DAY 6. 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. 15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude: and fear is on every side, while they conspire together 263 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 0 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 thein 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, DAY 6. THE 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. PSALMS. 26 0 love the Lord, all ye his saints for the Lord pre: Evening PSALM XXXII. Beati, quorum. 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 DAY 6. serveth 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. 264 Praper. 8 Thou art a place to hide 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 XXXIII. Exultate, justi. that is godly make his pray- REJOICE in the Lord, er unto thee, a time when thou mayest be found: but in the great water- floods they shall not come nigh him. ye it becometh well the just to be thankful. 2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing praises unto him DAY 6. THE PSALMS. DAY 6. with the lute, and instru-| hovah: and blessed are the ment of ten strings. folk, that he hath chosen to him to be his inheritance. 3 Sing unto the Lord a new song sing praises lustily unto him with a good 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. 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. 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. 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. WILL thanks 12 Blessed are the people, I unto the Lord: his praise whose God is the Lord Je shall ever be in my mouth. 265 R 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 XXXIV. Benedicam Domino. DAY 6. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 0 praise the Lord with me and let us magnify his Name together. THE PSALMS. 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. DAY 6. 13 Keep thy tongue from evil: and thy lips, that they speak no guile. 90 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? 266 14 Eschew evil, and do good seek peace, and ensue it. 80 taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is: bless- spirit. ed is the man that trusteth in him. 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 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. THE PSALMS. Morning Prayer. PSALM XXXV. Judica, Domine. in the Lord it shall rejoice : PLEAD thou my cause, in his salvation. 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 destrucDAY 7. tion 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 267 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 R 2 DAY 7. THE PSALMS. DAY 7. me, and my darling from| with rebuke and dishonour, the lions. 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. 18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people. 19 0 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 M the wickedness of the PSALM XXXVI. Dixit injustus. sheweth me words against them that are quiet in the land. ungodly that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 21 They gaped upon me with their mouths, and said: Fie on thee, fie on thee, we saw it with our eyes. 2 For he flattereth himself in his own sight until his abominable sin be found out. 22 This thou hast seen, O Lord hold not thy tongue then, go not far from me, O Lord. 3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous, and full of deceit he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good. 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 268 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 DAY 7. THE PSALMS. DAY 7. excellent is thy merey, O men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 10 O continue forth thy God and the children of loving- kindness unto them that know thee and thy righteousness unto them that are true of heart. 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. Evening PSALM XXXVII. Noli æmulari. FRET RET not thyself because of the ungodly neither be thou envious against the evil doers. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and be withered even as the green herb. 3 Put thou thy trust in the 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 269 11 0 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. Praper. 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. THE PSALMS. DAY 7. 13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn: for he hath seen that his day is coming. 23 The Lord ordereth a good man's going and maketh his way acceptable to himself. 14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have 24 Though he fall, he shall bent their bow to cast not be cast away for the down the poor and needy, Lord upholdeth him with his and to slay such as are of hand. a right conversation. 15 Their sword shall go through their own heart: and their bow shall be broken. 25 I have been young, and now am old and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread. 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. DAY 7. and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out. 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: 270 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. DAY 8. 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. THE PSALMS. 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 271 Morning Domine, ne in PSALM XXXVIII. furore. PUT JT 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. DAY 8. 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. Praper. 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 sight of mine eyes is gone from me. 11 My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon DAY 8. THE : my trouble and my kinsmen stood afar off. 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. DAY 8. 22 Haste thee to help me: O Lord God of my salvation. 12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for me and they that went aPSALM XXXIX. Dixi, custodiam. bout to do me evil talked I SAID, I will take heed to of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. my ways that I offend not in my tongue. 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. 2 I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle: while the ungodly is in my sight. 14 I became even as a man that heareth not: and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 3 I held my tongue, and spake nothing I kept silence, yea, even from good words; but it was pain and grief to me. 15 For in thee, O Lord, have I put my trust thou shalt answer for me, O Lord my God. 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; 16 I have required that they, even mine enemies, should not triumph over me when my foot slipped, they rejoiced greatly against me. 5 Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days that I may be certified how long I have to live. for 17 And I, truly, am set in the plague and my heaviness is ever in my sight. 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. 18 For I will confess my wickedness and be sorry for my sin. 272 PSALMS. 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 DAY 8. THE PSALMS. DAY 8. : opened not my mouth for| Lord and turned not unto 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 XL. 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. 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, O 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 hath set his hope in the mercy from me, O Lord: let 5 Blessed is the man that 273 DAY 8. THE PSALMS. DAY 8 thy loving- kindness and thy| driven backward, and put to truth alway preserve me. rebuke, that wish me evil. 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 Evening PSALM XLI. Beatus qui intelligit. LESSED is he that considereth the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. BLESS 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 falshood 274 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. Praper. 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. DAY 8. THE PSALMS. DAY 8. little hill of Hermon. 12 And when I am in my| the land of Jordan, and the health, thou upholdest me: and shalt set me before thy face for ever. 9 One deep calleth another, because of the noise of the water- pipes all thy waves and storms are gone over 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: world without end. Amen. PSALM XLII. Quemadmodum. Let the water- brooks: so IKE 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? thy trust in God: for I will you give him thanks for the help of his countenance. 8 My God, my soul is vexed within me: therefore will I remember thee concerning 275 me. 10 The Lord hath granted his loving- kindness in the day- time and in the nightseason did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life. 11 I will say unto the God of my strength, Why hast thou forgotten me: why go I thus heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me? 12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword: 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 0 put thy trust in God: for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and God. my PSALM XLIII. Judica me, Deus. IVE me, 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 DAY 9. THE PSALMS. DAY 9. my strength, why hast thou| ness and upon the harp put me from thee: and why will I give thanks unto thee, go I so heavily, while the O God, my God. enemy oppresseth me? 3 0 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 glad-| God. Morning Praper. PSALM XLIV. Deus, auribus. 7 For I will not trust in WE have heard with our my bow: it is not my sword our shall help me; thers have told us: what thou hast done in their time of old; 8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies: and puttest them to confusion that hate us. 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; 5 Why art thou so heavy, O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me? 6 0 put thy trust in God: for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my 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. 276 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 DAY 9. THE PSALMS. DAY 9. had in derision of them that| low, even unto the dust: are round about us. our belly cleaveth unto the ground. 26 Arise, and help us: and deliver us for thy mercy's sake. 15 Thou makest us to be among the heaand that the people shake their heads at us. a by- word then 16 My confusion is daily before me and the shame M good matter: I speak PSALM XLV. Eructavit cor meum. heart is inditing of a of my face hath covered me; 17 For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer: for the enemy and avenger. of the things which I have made unto the King. 2 My tongue is the pen: of a ready writer. 18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee: nor behave ourselves frowardly in thy 3 Thou art fairer than the children of men full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever. covenant. 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most Mighty according to thy worship and renown. 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 277 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 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 DAY 9. THE PSALMS. DAY 9. with the oil of gladness a-| thou shalt have children: bove 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 the 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 278 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 XLVI. Deus noster refugium. OD is our hope and strength a very present help in trouble. Go 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 0 come hither, and behold the works of the Lord what destruction he hath brought upon the earth. .. DAY 9. THE PSALMS. DAY 9. 9 He maketh wars to cease| that I am God I will be in all the world he break- exalted among the heathen, eth the bow, and knappeth and I will be exalted in the the spear in sunder, and earth. burneth the chariots in the fire. 11 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge. 10 Be still then, and know Evening PSALM XLVII. Omnes gentes, plaudite. CLAP 0 your hands together, all ye people: 0 sing unto God with the voice GREAT is the Lord, and of melody. 2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared he is the great King upon all the earth. highly to be: 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. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises ships of the sea through with understanding. 6 Thou shalt break the : the east- wind. 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. 60 sing praises, sing praises unto our God: 0 sing praises, sing praises unto our King. Prayer. God, which is very high exalted, doth defend the earth, as it were with a shield. PSALM XLVIII. Magnus Dominus. 7 Like as we have heard. 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon 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 lovinghis holy seat. 9 The princes of the people are joined unto the people of the God of Abraham: for 279 DAY 9.. THE 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 XLIX. Audite hæc, omnes. PSALMS. 0 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? DAY 9. 7 But no man may deliver his brother: nor make agreement unto God for him; 8 For it cost more to redeem their souls: so that he must let that alone for ever; 19 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. 6 There be some that put their trust in their goods and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches, 280 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 DAY 10. THE PSALMS. DAY 10. or if the glory of his house| doest well unto thyself, men be increased; will speak good of thee. 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 Morning Praper. PSALM L. Deus deorum. because of thy sacrifices, or THE Lord, even the most for thy burnt- offerings: bemighty cause were not before me. ken hath spoand called the world, from the rising up of the sun, unto the going down thereof. 9 I will take no bullock out of thine house: nor hegoat 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. 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 heaven shall declare his righteousness for God is Judge himself. 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. 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 281 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 -S DAY 10. THE PSALMS. DAY 10. me from my sin. preach my laws, and takest| my wickedness: and cleanse my covenant in thy mouth; 17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed and hast cast my words behind thee? 3 For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me. : 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. HAVI PSALM LI. Miserere mei, Deus. AVE 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 282 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 DAY 10. THE PSALMS. DAY 10. sinners shall be converted| wickedness and with lies unto thee. thou cuttest like a sharp razor. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. 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. 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. Dong colle PSALM LII. Quid gloriaris? HY boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant: that thou canst do mischief; WHY 2 Whereas the goodness of God: endureth yet daily? 3 Thy tongue imagineth PSALM LIII. Dixit insipiens. THE HE foolish body hath said in his heart: There is no God. 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. Evening Praper. 2 Corrupt are they, and 283 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. become abominable in their wickedness: there is none that doeth good. 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of S2 THE PSALMS. DAY 10. men to see if there were any, that would understand, and seek after God. DAY 10. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth. 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. PSALM LV. Exaudi, Deus. 6 They were afraid where HEAR my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my petition. 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. 2 Take heed unto me, and hear me: how I mourn in my prayer, and am vexed. 7 Oh, that the salvation were given unto Israel out of Sion: Oh, that the Lord would deliver his people out of captivity! 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. 8 Then should Jacob rejoice and Israel should be right glad. me in thy strength. 2 Hear my prayer, O God: and hearken unto the words of my mouth. 6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name, O Lord: because it is so comfortable. 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 helpthe Lord is with them that uphold my soul. er 284 4 My heart is disquieted within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me. PSALM LIV. Deus, in nomine. 5 Fearfulness and tremNAVE me, O God, for thy bling are come upon me: 7 For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. 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. DAY 11. : 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. THE PSALMS. 11 Wickedness is therein: deceit and guile go not out of their streets. 12 For it is not an open enemy, that hath done me this dishonour for then I could have borne it. 13 Neither was it mine adversary, that did magnify himself against me for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him. 14 But it was even thou, my companion my guide, and mine own familiar friend. 15 We took sweet counsel together and walked in the house of God as friends. 16 Let death come hastily upon them, and let them go down quick into hell for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. DAY 11. 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. 17 As for me, I will call upon God and the Lord shall save 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. 18 In the evening, and morning, and at noon- day Morning Prayer. PSALM LVI. Miserere mei, Deus. BEGod, for man goeth aВЕ E merciful unto me, 0 daily fighting, and troubling me. 2 Mine enemies are daily bout to devour me: he is in hand to swallow me up: 285 DAY 11. THE PSALMS. DAY 11, for they be many that fight| my soul from death, and my against me, 0 thou most Highest. feet from falling that I may walk before God in the light of the living. 3 Nevertheless, though I am sometime afraid yet put I my trust in thee. 4 I will praise God, be- B God, be merciful unto PSALM LVII. Miserere mei, Deus. E merciful unto me, 0 cause of his word; I have put my trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me. me, for my soul trusteth in thee: and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be over- past.did tart 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, 0 God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, and give praise. 9 Awake up, my glory; 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 flittings; 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 286 DAY 11. THE PSALMS. DAY 11. awake, lute and harp: I my-| even like the deaf adder that self will awake right early. 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. 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 LVIII. Si vere utique. 7 Let them consume away like a snail, and be like the untimely fruit of a woman: RE your minds set upon A see sun. gregation 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: PSALM LIX. Eripe me de inimicis. ELIVER me from mine enemies, O God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 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. Evening Praper. : 20 deliver me from the wicked doers and save me from the blood- thirsty men. 3 For lo, they lie waiting 287 10 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: doubtless there is a God that judgeth the earth. 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 DAY 11. THE PSALMS. DAY 11. of hosts, thou God. of Israel,| will return grin like a dog, to visit all the heathen and will go about the city. 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 288 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. 0 PSALM LX. Deus, repulisti nos. 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 Ma DAY 12. THE PSALMS. DAY 12. ness. nasses is mine: Ephraim| when my heart is in heavialso is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver; 8 Moab is my wash- pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe Philistia, be thou glad of me. 30 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. 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 LXI. Exaudi, Deus. EAR my crying, 0 God give ear unto my prayer. 2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee: 2 He verily is my strength and my salvation: he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall. 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. Morning Prayer. PSALM LXII. Nonne Deo? MY still upon God: for of | tottering wall shall ye be, Y soul truly waiteth and like a broken hedge. him cometh my salvation. 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. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against every man: ye shall be slain all the sort of you; yea, as a 289 7 He shall dwell before God for ever: 0 prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him. 8 So will I alway sing praise unto thy Name: that I may daily perform my VOWS. 5 Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still upon God: for my hope is in him. 6 He truly is my strength DAY 12. 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. THE PSALMS. 8 0 put your trust in him alway, ye people: pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. 9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity: the children of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altogether lighter than vanity itself. 10 0 trust not in wrong and robbery, give not your selves 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; 12 And that thou, Lord, art merciful for thou rewardest every man according to his work. PSALM LXIII. 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 290 DAY 12. 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 LXIV. Exaudi, Deus. H₁ EAR my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the gathering together of the fro THE PSALMS. DAY 12. ward and from the insurrection of wicked doers; 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words; 4 That they may privily shoot at him that is 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 Evening PSALM LXV. Te decet hymnus. HOU, 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. DAY 12. 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. 5 Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salva291 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. Praper. tion: 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. DAY 12. 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. THE PSALMS. 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. DAY 12. 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. PSALM LXVI. Jubilate Deo. BE joyful in God, all ye O Bands: sing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his praise to be glorious. 292 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. 2 Say unto God, 0 how wonderful art thou in thy 12 I will go into thine house with burnt- offerings and will pay thee my vows, which works through the great- I promised with my lips, ness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. 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. 70 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. 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. 15 I called unto him with DAY 13. THE PSALMS. DAY 13. my mouth and gave him| saving health among all napraises with my tongue. tions. 16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart the Lord will not hear me. 3 Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. 4 0 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. PSALM LXVII. Deus misereatur. OD 6 Then shall the earth GOD God be merciful unto us, bring forth her increase and 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. us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us; 2 That thy way may be known upon earth thy Morning PSALM LXVIII. Exurgat Deus. ET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. LE 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 presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God: let them also be merry and joyful. the 40 sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name: magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse; praise him 293 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. Prayer. 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. 70 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 DAY 13. THE PSALMS. DAY 13. Sinai also was moved at the| high, thou hast led captivity presence of God, who is the God of Israel. 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. 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 houshold 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 294 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 DAY 13. THE PSALMS. DAY 13. their ruler, and the princes| come out of Egypt: the Moof Judah their counsel: the princes of Zabulon, and the princes of Nephthali. rians' 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; 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee: stablish the thing, O God, that thou hast wrought in us, 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning lo, he doth send out his voice, yea, and that a mighty voice. 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 Evening SAVE PSALM LXIX. Salvum me fac. AVE 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. 295 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel: his worship, and strength is in the clouds. 35 0 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. Praper. 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. DAY 13. THE PSALMS. DAY 13. mies. 9 For the zeal of thine| me, because of mine enehouse hath even eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen up20 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. on 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: 0 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 0 haste thee, and hear me. 19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it: O deliver 296 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 not come into thy righteousness. DAY 14. 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living and not be written among the righteous. THE PSALMS. 30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness: thy H deliver me: make haste PSALM LXX. Deus in adjutorium. ASTE thee, O God, to 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. DAY 14. 37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his Name shall dwell therein. 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. to help me, O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward 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. Morning Praper. PSALM LXXI. In te, Domine, speravi.| house of defence, and my IN thee, O Lord, have I put castle. my me never 3 Deliver me, O my God, put to confusion: but rid me, out of the hand of the unand deliver me, in thy right- godly: out of the hand of the eousness; incline thine earunrighteous and cruel man. 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 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 297 T DAY 14. THE 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. 70 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 PSALMS. 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; per-| secute 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. 298 DAY 14. 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, 0 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 musick: unto thee will I sing upon the harp, 0 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. DAY 14. THE PSALM LXXII. Deus, judicium. LIVE the King thy judgements, O God and thy righteousness unto the King's GM PSALMS. DAY 14. 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. 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. 14 He shall deliver their souls from falshood 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; 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| Amen, Amen. 299 19 And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. T2 DAY 14. THE PSALMS. Evening Prayer. PSALM LXXIII. Quam bonus Israel! TRI RULY 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 mis fortune 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 300 DAY 14. there knowledge in the most High? godly, these prosper in the world, and these have riches in possession and I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed mine hands in innocency. 13 All the day long have I been punished and chastened every morning. 14 Yea, and I had almost said even as they but lo, then I should have condemned the generation of thy children. 15 Then thought I to understand this but it was too hard for me, 16 Until I went into the sanctuary of God then understood I the end of these men; 17 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places: and castest them down, and destroyest them. 18 Oh, 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 DAY 14. 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. THE PSALMS. PSALM LXXIV. Ut quid, Deus? GOD, wherefore art O thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture? 20 think upon thy congregation whom thou hast purchased, and redeemed of old. 3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance mount Sion, wherein and thou hast dwelt. 301 DAY 14. 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 DAY 15. THE PSALMS. DAY 15. upon earth he doeth it him-| people hath blasphemed thy self. Name. 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 more. 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 0 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 Morning Praper. UNTO PSALM LXXV. Confitebimur tibi. NTO 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 302 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, DAY 15. THE PSALMS. DAY 15. and he poureth out of the| ment 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. 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. 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 LXXVII. Voce mea ad Dominum. rael. 2 At Salem is his taberna-. I WILL cry unto God with cle: and his dwelling in Sion. 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow: the shield, the sword, and the battle. my voice even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken unto me. 4 Thou art of more honour and might than the hills of the robbers. 12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. PSALM LXXVI. Notus in Judaa. N Jewry is God known his Name is great in Is5 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 judge303 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 holdest 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 spirits. 7 Will the Lord absent DAY 15. 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 THE PSALMS. 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, 0 God, is holy who is so great a God as our God? 14 Thou art the God that DAY 15. 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. EAR 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; 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. Evening Praper. PSALM LXXVIII. Attendite, popule.| the Lord, his mighty and HE 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; 3 Which we have heard and known and such as our fathers have told us; 6 That their posterity might know it and the children which were yet unborn; 4 That we should not hide them from the children of 7 To the intent that when the generations to come they came up: they might but to shew the honour of shew their children the same; 304 DAY 15. THE 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 PSALMS. heart aright, and whose spirit cleaveth not stedfastly unto God; 20 They spake against God also, saying: Shall God prepare a table in the wilderness? 10 Like as the children of 21 He smote the stony Ephraim who being har- rock indeed, that the water nessed, and carrying bows, gushed out, and the streams turned themselves back in flowed withal: but can he the day of battle. 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 eastwind to blow under heaven: and through his power he brought in the south- westwind. 28 He rained flesh upon them as thick as dust and 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. DAY 15. 18 Yet for all this they sinned more against him: and provoked the most Highest in the wilderness. 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. 305 19 They tempted God in their hearts and required meat for their lust. DAY 15. THE PSALMS. DAY 15. feathered fowls like as the deeds and destroyed them sand of the sea. not. 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. 35 And they remembered that God was their strength: and that the high God was their redeemer. 32 But for all this they sinned yet more and believed works. not his wondrous 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity: and their years in trouble. 34 When he slew them, they sought him and turn- Zoan. ed them early, and enquired after God. 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 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. his covenant. 38 But he was so merciful, that he forgave their mis306 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 : 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 DAY 15. THE PSALMS. fathers 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 inheritDAY 15. also with hail- stones and their flocks with hot thunder- bolts. 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 firstborn 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 fore307 ance. 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 DAY 16. 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 Morning THE PSALMS. PSALM LXXIX. 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. : DAY 16, the ewes great with young ones he took him that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. bout 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. 308 73 So he fed them with a faithful and true heart and ruled them prudently with all his power. Prayer. 80 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? 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 un- fore thee to them that are round a 11 0 let the vengeance of thy servants' blood that is shed: be openly shewed upon the heathen in our sight. 12 0 let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come beaccording 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 DAY 16. from generation to generation. PSALM LXXX. Qui regis Israel. THE PSALMS. 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. 40 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. with the shadow covered 10 hills were of it: and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar- trees. 309 DAY 16. 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 LXXXI. Exultate Deo. NING unto God our strength: make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob. DAY 16. THE PSALMS. DAY 16. 2 Take the psalm, bring| god be in thee: neither shalt hither the tabret: the merry thou worship any other god. harp with the lute. 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. 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 Evening PSALM LXXXII. Deus stetit. OD standeth in the congregation of princes: he is a Judge among gods. GOD 2 How long will ye give wrong judgement and accept the persons of the ungodly? 3 Defend the poor and fa310 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 0 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. Prayer. therless see that such as are in need and necessity have right. 4 Deliver the out- cast 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 DAY 16. DAY 16. foundations of the earth are out of course. 8 Assur also is joined with them and have holpen the children of Lot. 6 I have said, Ye are gods: and ye are all the children of the most Highest. 9 But do thou to them as unto the Madianites: unto Sisera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kison; 7 But ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes. 10 Who perished at En8 Arise, O God, and judge| dor and became as the thou the earth for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inheritance. 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. THE PSALMS. PSALM LXXXIII. Deus, quis similis? OLD not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence refrain not thyself, O God. HOLD 2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring and they that hate thee have lift up their head. 3 They have imagined craftily against thy people: and taken counsel against thy secret ones. 4 They have said, Come, 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 Hagarens; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek: the Philistines, with them that dwell at Tyre. 311 13 0 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. 0 PSALM LXXXIV. Quam dilecta! HOW amiable are thy dwellings thou Lord of hosts! DAY 16. THE PSALMS. DAY 16. a godly life. 2 My soul hath a desire| withhold from them that live and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 13 O Lord God of hosts: blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the PSALM LXXXV. Benedixisti, Domine. swallow a nest where she LORD, thou art become may her young even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. gracious land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. 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. 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 a8 0 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. 8 I will hearken what the Lord God will say concern11 I had rather be a door- ing me: for he shall speak keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. peace unto his people, and to his saints, that they turn not again. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence: the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he 312 gain, and quicken us that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, 0 Lord and grant us thy salvation. 9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth are DAY 17. met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth and righteousness hath looked down from heaven. THE PSALMS. Morning Praper. BOW PSALM LXXXVI. Inclina, Domine. OW 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, 0 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. DAY 17. : 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. 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 313 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 0 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 U DAY 17. ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me. PSALM LXXXVII. Fundamenta ejus. ER foundations are upTHE PSALMS. 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. DAY 17. them that go down into the pit: and I have been even as a man that hath no strength. and night before thee: 0 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 314 4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are 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. A 7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me: and made me to be abhorred of them. PSALM LXXXVIII. Domine Deus. Ovation, I have cried day ness be shewed in the grave: or thy faithfulness in destruction? 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? 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, DAY 17. 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 à troubled mind. THE PSALMS. Evening PSALM LXXXIX. 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. DAY 17. 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. 6 For who is he among the clouds that shall be compared unto the Lord? 7 And what is he among 315 Praper. 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. 90 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 U2 THE PSALMS. DAY 17. 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 : 316 and in my Name horn be exalted. DAY 17. shall his 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 DAY 18. 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. THE PSALMS. 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 Morning Lo PSALM XC. Domine, refugium. ORD, thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another. DAY 18. covered him with dishonour. 45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself, for ever and shall thy wrath burn like fire? 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. 46 O remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men for nought? 47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death: and shall he 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. Praper. est, 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. 3 Thou turnest man to de6 In the morning it is struction again thou say- green, and groweth up: but 317 DAY 18. THE 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. PSALMS. 8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. PSALM XCI. Qui habitat. 9 For when thou art angry WHOSO dwelleth under all days are gone: we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. 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 faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night: nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness: nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon- day. 7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Yea with thine eyes 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 displeaDAY 18. 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 handywork. sure. 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 0 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. 318 DAY 18. 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. THE PSALMS. 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. and to sing praises unto thy Name, 0 most Highest; 2 To tell of thy lovingkindness early in the morning: and of thy truth in the night- season; 319 DAY 18. 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. PSALM XCII. Bonum est confiteri. 10 Mine eye also shall see IT is a good thing to give 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. 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 mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn: for I am anointed. with fresh oil. DAY 18. 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 THE PSALMS. Evening PSALM XCIII. Dominus regnavit. THE Lord is King, and ungodly triumph? on 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. DAY 18. 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. PSALM XCIV. Deus ultionum. 0 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 320 Praper. ungodly how long shall the : 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 DAY 19. 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; THE PSALMS. 15 Until righteousness turn again unto judgement all such as are true in heart shall follow it. 21 They gather them together against the soul of the righteous: and condemn 16 Who will rise up with me against the wicked: or the innocent blood. who will take my part a- X 22 But the Lord is my gainst the evil- doers? 17 If the Lord had not helped me it had not failed but my soul had been put to silence. 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. 18 But when I said, My foot hath slipt: thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. Morning 0 PSALM XCV. Venite, exultemus. 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. DAY 19. 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? 5 The sea is his, and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land. 321 Praper. 6 0 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 DAY 19. THE PSALMS. DAY 19. hearts, for they have not| hath made the round world known my ways; 11 Unto whom I'sware in my wrath: that they should not enter into my rest. so fast that it cannot be moved; and how that he shall judge the people righteously. PSALM XCVI. Cantate Domino. 11 Let the heavens rejoice, SING unto the Lord a and let the earth be glad: O 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 PSALM XCVII. Dominus regnavit. HE Lord is King, an all godsall the gods of Tearth may be glad there 5 As for 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 0 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 322 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. of: 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 DAY 19. THE PSALMS. DAY 19. that worship carved images,| thing which is evil: the and that delight in vain gods: worship him, all ye gods. Lord preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. 8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgements, O Lord. 11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous and joyful gladness for such as are true- hearted. 9 For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 0 ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the Evening PSALM XCVIII. Cantate Domino. SING unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things. 0 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. : 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. 12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. Prayer. and all that therein is: the round world, and they that dwell therein. PSALM XCIX. Dominus regnavit. 4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel: and all the THE Lord is King, be the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. people never so impatient: 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. 7 With trumpets also, and shawms: 0 shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King. 8 Let the sea make a noise, 323 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. 4 The King's power loveth judgement; thou hast prepared equity: thou hast executed judgement and righteousness in Jacob. DAY 19. PSALM CI. Misericordiam et judicium. his footstool, for he is holy. MY song shall be of 6 mercy and Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among such as call upon his Name: these called upon the Lord, and he heard them. THE PSALMS. DAY 19. 5 0 magnify the Lord our God and fall down before 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. 90 magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy. PSALM C. Jubilate Deo. 0 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. 30 go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. 4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation. 324 unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. 20 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. THE PSALMS. Morning Prayer. PSALM CII. Domine, exaudi. 11 My days are gone like HEAR my prayer, O a shadow: and I am withermy cryed like grass. ing 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. DAY 20. 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. 325 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; DAY 20. 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion and his worship at Jerusalem; THE PSALMS. 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 CIII. Benedic, anima mea. RAISE the Lord, O my soul and all that is within me praise his holy PRAISE Name. 2 Praise the Lord, O my soul and forget not all his benefits; 326 DAY 20. 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin: and healeth all thine infirmities; 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and lovingkindness; 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: longsuffering, 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. DAY 20. THE PSALMS. DAY 20. do them. 14 For he knoweth where-| upon his commandments to of 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 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. 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 327 21 O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts: ye servants of his that do his pleasure. 22 0 speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion: praise thou the Lord, O my soul. Evening Praper. PSALM CIV. Benedic, anima mea. the deep like as with a garPRAISE the Lord, O my ment: the waters stand in soul O my the hills. 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. 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 DAY 20. 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. THE PSALMS. 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 firtrees 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 may be night wherein all the beasts of the forest do move. 21 The lions roaring after their prey do seek their meat from God. DAY 20. : ther 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. 22 The sun ariseth, and they get them away toge328 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 THE PSALMS. DAY 21. 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. Morning 0 PSALM CV. Confitemini Domino. GIVE thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his Name: tell the people what things he hath done. 20 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, 60 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; DAY 21. 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. 10 And appointed the same 329 Praper. 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 bondservant; 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 deX DAY 21. livered 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. THE PSALMS. 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. DAY 21. also and fig- trees: and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts. 30 Their land brought forth frogs: yea, even in their kings' chambers. 31 He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies and lice in all their quarters. 32 He gave them hailstones for rain and flames of fire in their land. : 33 He smote their vines 330 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 firstborn 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. THE PSALMS. Evening Prayer. PSALM CVI. Confitemini Domino. the adversary's hand and GIVE thanks unto the delivered them from the DAY 21. O 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 0 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. 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 331 DAY 21. 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. 8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name's sake that he might make his pow- molten image. er to be known. 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 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 X2 DAY 21. THE PSALMS. DAY 21. land of Ham and fearful| his spirit so that he spake things by the Red sea. unadvisedly with his lips. 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. 34 Neither destroyed they the heathen as the Lord commanded them; : 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife so that he punished Moses for their sakes; 33 Because they provoked 332 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. 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: 41 Their enemies oppressamong all posterities for e- ed them and had them in : vermore. subjection. 40 And he gave them over into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them were lords over them. 42 Many a time did he deliver them: but they rebelled against him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness. DAY 22. 43 Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity: he heard their complaint. THE PSALMS. 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| Amen. GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever. Morning Praper. PSALM CVII. Confitemini Domino.| goodness and declare the 0 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. 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. DAY 22. : God, and gather us from among the heathen that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make our boast of thy praise. 7 He led them forth by the right way that they might go to the city where they dwelt. 80 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his 333 46 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and world without end: and let all the people say, 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 DAY 22. THE PSALMS. DAY 22. the wonders that he doeth| melteth away because of 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! 32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the seat of the elders! 22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness! 33 Who turneth the floods into a wilderness: and drieth up the water- springs. 34 A fruitful land makthe sea in ships and oc- eth he barren: for the wiccupy their business in great waters; 23 They that go down to kedness of them that dwell therein. 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 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! 334 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 DAY 22. their land, and plant vineyards to yield them fruits of increase. THE PSALMS. 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 wanmeum. Evening Praper. holiness: I will rejoice therefore, and divide Sichem, and O GOD, my heart is ready, mete out the valley of Succoth. my is I will sing and give praise with the best member that I have. 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. PSALM CVIII. Paratum cor 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. DAY 22. der out of the way in the wilderness; 6 That thy beloved may be delivered let thy right hand save them, and hear thou me. 7 God hath spoken in his 335 41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery and maketh him housholds 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 lovingkindness of the Lord. 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 0 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. DAY 22. DAY 22. PSALM CIX. Deus laudum. compassion upon his fatherOLD not thy tongue, O less children. HGod of my praise: for the mouth of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me. : 12 Let his posterity be destroyed and in the next generation let his name be clean put out. 2 And they have spoken against me with false tongues they compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against 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. me without a cause. 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. THE PSALMS. 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 336 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 DAY 23. THE PSALMS. DAY 23. thy Name for sweet is thy| 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. 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, Morning PSALM CX. Dixit Dominus. : THE 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 the people offer thee free- will offerings with an holy worship the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning. 4 The Lord sware, and will not repent: Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech. 337 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. Praper. 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 CXI. Confitebor tibi. WILL give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart: secretly among the faithful, and in the congregation. 2 The works of the Lord DAY 23. are great sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. THE PSALMS. 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. DAY 23. 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. 338 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 CXII. Beatus vir. BLESSED is the man that hath great delight in his PR feareth the he commandments. PSALM CXIII. Laudate, pueri. RAISE the Lord, ye servants: 0 praise the Name of the Lord. DAY 23. THE PSALMS. DAY 23. 2 Blessed be the Name of humbleth himself to behold 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 Evening PSALM CXIV. In exitu Israel. W HEN 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. 339 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. Praper. NOT PSALM CXV. Non nobis, Domine. OT 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 : DAY 24. THE PSALMS. DAY 24. are all such as put their| that fear the Lord both trust in them. small and great. 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 Morning PSALM CXVI. Dilexi, quoniam. AM well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer; I 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 340 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. Praper. 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 THE PSALMS. DAY 24. 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 CXVII. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE the Lord, all ye heathen: praise him, all ye nations. 0 2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and more towards us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise the Lord. PSALM CXVIII. Confitemini Domino. GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious because his mercy endureth for ever. 0 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. 341 DAY 24. 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: and is become my salvation. 15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous: the right DAY 24. 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 THE PSALMS. 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. Evening PSALM CXIX. Beati immaculati. LESSED are those that are undefiled in the way and walk in the law of the Lord. BLESS 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. 342 DAY 24. 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 0 give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever. Praper. 5 0 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. DAY 24. THE PSALMS. DAY 24. In quo corriget? 21 Thou hast rebuked the HEREWITHAL shall proud: and cursed are they a young man cleanse his way even by ruling himself after thy word. that do err from thy commandments. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments. 22 0 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. 11 Thy words have I hid within my heart that I should not sin against thee. 12 Blessed art thou, O Lord 0 teach me thy statutes. have I 24 For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors. Adhæsit pavimento. Y soul been telling of all the judge Mst leave to the MY dust quicken thou me, according to thy word. 26 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me: 0 teach me thy statutes. ments 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. 0 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: 0 hide not thy commandments from me. 20 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire: that it hath alway unto thy judgements. 343 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. THE PSALMS. Morning Praper. Legem pone. EACH me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes: and I shall keep it unto the end. TEA 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 0 turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity and quicken thou me in thy way. 38 0 stablish thy word in 39 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy judgements are good. 40 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments: 0 quicken me in thy righteousness. thy servant: that I may fear O THINK upon thy ser thee. vant, 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. Et veniat super me. ET thy loving mercy come also unto me, O Lord even thy salvation, according unto thy word. LEJ DAY 25. 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 344 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 servi tui. 54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 55 I have thought upon thy Name, O Lord, in the DAY 25. DAY 25. night- season and have kept thy law. 64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: 0 teach me thy statutes. 56 This I had because I kept thy commandments. Bonitatem fecisti. Portio mea, Domine. THE Lord I have promised to keep thy law. HOU art my portion, oO LORD, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant: according unto thy : word. 58 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart: O be merciful unto me, according to thy word. THE PSALMS. 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. Manus tuae fecerunt me. HY hands have made THY and fashioned me: O give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 66 O learn me true understanding and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me: 345 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. Evening Praper. 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. 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 0 let thy merciful kindY DAY 25. THE PSALMS. DAY 25. ness be my comfort: accord-| but I forsook not thy coming to thy word unto thy servant. mandments. 88 O quicken me after thy loving- kindness: and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth. 77 0 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. M 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 falsly; O be thou my help. 87 They had almost made an end of me upon earth 346 In æternum, Domine. word: endurOeth 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. 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! ORD, 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. DAY 26. 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. Morning THE PSALMS. 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. Lucerna pedibus meis. Iniquos odio habui. HATE them that imaTHY word is a lantern unto my feet and a light I gine evil things but th : : 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. 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. DAY 26. 102 I have not shrunk from thy judgements for thou teachest me. 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. 347 103 0 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. Praper. 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. Y 2 THE PSALMS. DAY 26. Feci judicium. my delight was in thy comDEAL with the thing mandments. I that is lawful and right: O give me not over unto mine oppressors. 132 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me: as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name. 122 Make thou thy servant to delight in that which is good that the proud do me no wrong. 133 Order my steps in thy word: and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me. DAY 26. 123 Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy righteousness. 124 0 deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy and teach me thy statutes. law. 127 For I love thy commandments: above gold and precious stone. 128 Therefore hold hold I straight all thy commandments and all false ways I utterly abhor. : 134 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men: and so shall I keep thy commandments. 125 I am thy servant, O grant me understanding: that I may know thy testimonies. Justus es, Domine. 126 It is time for thee, Lord, to lay to thine hand: IGHTEOUS thou, they destroyed thy R Gorus art is th 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 348 135 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. 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. DAY 26. 143 Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me: yet is my delight in thy commandments. THE PSALMS. Evening Praper. 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 lovingkindness 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. DAY 26. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: 0 grant me understanding, and I shall live. 152 As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since: that thou hast grounded them for ever. 0 Vide humilitatem. 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 349 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 DAY 27. that they have who love thy law and they are not offended at it. THE PSALMS. 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: ets Appropinquet deprecatio. L' ET 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. Morning PSALM CXX. Ad Dominum. HEN I was in trouble I called upon the Lord: and he heard me. WHE 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. DAY 27. 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 righte4 Wo 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 350 ous. 173 Let thine hand help for I have chosen thy commandments. me 174 I have longed for thy saving health, O Lord: and in thy law is my delight. 175 0 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: 0 seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. 3 What reward shall be I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the from given or done unto thee, thou false tongue: even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals. Prayer. : 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 CXXI. Levavi oculos. 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 keepetli DAY 27. THE 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 UNTO thee lift I up mine not burn by day: neither the moon by night. eyes: that dwellest in the heavens. 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. : PSALMS. DAY 27. 9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God: I will seek to do thee good. PSALM CXXIII. Ad te levavi oculos PSALM CXXII. Lætatus sum. WAS glad when they said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord. I 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates: 0 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. 60 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. 351 meos. 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 CXXIV. Nisi quia Dominus. IF F 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: DAY 27. THE PSALMS. DAY 27. who hath not given us over| Jerusalem: even so standfor a prey unto their teeth. eth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore. 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 CXXV. Qui confidunt. HEY that put their trust T the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion: which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever. 2 The hills stand about 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. Evening Praper. PSALM CXXVI. In convertendo.| joy, and bring his sheaves with him. WHE HEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion then were we like unto them that dream. PSALM CXXVII. Nisi Dominus. XCEPT build E the house: their labour is but lost that build it. 5 Turn our captivity, O Lord as the rivers in the south. 3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous the righteous put their hand unto wickedness. lest 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 352 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. 2 Except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain. 3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 4 Lo, children and the fruit of the womb: are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. 5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant: even so are the young children. 6 Happy is the man that DAY 27. THE hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. PSALM CXXVIII. Beati omnes. LESSED are all they that fear the Lord and walk in his ways. Bh 6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the 2 For thou shalt eat the house- tops which witherlabours of thine hands: Oeth afore it be plucked up; 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. verunt. MAD ANY 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. PSALMS. DAY 27. 4 But the righteous Lord: hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back and made long furrows. 5 Let them be confounded and turned backward: as many as have evil will at Sion. PSALM CXXX. De profundis. 6 The Lord from out of Si- OUT of the deep have I on shall so bless thee: that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. unto O Lord: Lord, hear my my voice. 20 let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. 7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children and peace upon Israel. 3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss: 0 Lord, who may abide it? PSALM CXXIX. Sæpe expugna4 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 0 Israel, trust in the 353 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 of the Lord. you good luck in the Name DAY 28. THE PSALMS. Lord, for with the Lord there| in great matters is mercy and with him is too high for me. plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel: from all his sins. 3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother yea, my soul is PSALM CXXXI. Domine, non est. LORD, I am not high- even as a weaned child. no 0 Israel, trust in the Lord from this time forth : proud looks. 2 I do not exercise myself for evermore. Morning Praper. PSALM CXXXII. Memento, Domine.| ed with righteousness and : LORD, remember David: let thy saints sing with joyand 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 with in the tabernacle of mine house nor climb up into my bed; 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids 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. DAY 28. which are 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 cloth354 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 DAY 28. DAY 28. PSALM CXXXV. Laudate Nomen. with health and her saints shall rejoice and sing. 18 There shall I make the O PRAISE the Lord, laud ye horn of David to flourish: I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 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: 0 sing praises unto his Name, for THE PSALMS. 19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame but upon himself shall his crown flourish. PSALM CXXXIII. Ecce, quam bonum! BEHOLD, how good and it is lovely. joyful a: 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 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, EHOLD now, praise the bringing the winds out of PSALM CXXXIV. Ecce nunc. 4. For there the Lord promised his blessing and life for evermore. 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. 355 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 A DAY 28. morites, and Og the king of Basan and all the kingdoms of Canaan; THE PSALMS. 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| Jerusalem. Evening PSALM CXXXVI. Confitemini. 0 GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever. 20 give thanks unto the God of all gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 0 thank the Lord of all lords for his mercy endureth for ever. DAY 28. 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 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. 356 Prayer. 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; DAY 28. 14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for THE PSALMS. 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; DAY 28. 27 0 give thanks unto the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM CXXXVII. Super flumina. Y 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? 19 Sehon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever; 20 And Og the king of Basan: for his mercy en- salem dureth 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 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. 357 5 If I forget thee, O Jerulet 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. 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 endur- served us. eth for ever. 80 daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and throweth them against the stones. DAY 29. THE PSALM CXXXVIII. Confitebor tibi. PSALMS. 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. DAY 29. : 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord that great is the glory of the Lord. but 3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether. 4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and before and laid thine hand upon me. 358 6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off. Morning O PSALM CXXXIX. Domine, probasti. LORD, thou hast searched me out, and known me: thou knowest my downsitting, 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. 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. Prayer. 5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me: I cannot attain unto it. 6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit: or whither shall I go then from thy presence? 7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there if I go down to hell, thou art there also. 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. DAY 29. 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. THE PSALMS. 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 imperfect 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: 0 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. 359 DAY 29. 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 CXL. Eripe me, Domine. ELIVER me, O Lord, DEL from the evil man and preserve me from the wicked man. 2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts and stir up strife all the day long. : 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adder's poison is under their lips. 4 Keep me, 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. 70 Lord God, thou strength DAY 29. THE PSALMS. DAY 29. : of my health thou hast| up of my hands be an evencovered my head in the day of battle. head in the day ing sacrifice. 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 CXLI. Domine, clamavi. ORD, I call upon thee, I 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 360 3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth and keep the door of my lips. 4 0 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. THE PSALMS. Evening Praper. PSALM CXLII. Voce mea ad Dominum. I with 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 0 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 CXLIII. Domine, exaudi. EAR my prayer, O Lord, and consider my desire hearken unto me for 361 DAY 29. 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. 80 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. : Z THE PSALMS. DAY 30. 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 6 Cast forth thy.lightning, and tear them shoot out thine arrows, and consume them. DAY 30. thy Name's sake and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. Morning Praper. PSALM CXLIV. Benedictus Dominus.| is a right hand of wickedLESSED be the Lord my strength who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight; BLESS 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. 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 362 12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies: and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant. ness. 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. DAY 30. 15 Happy are the people that are in such a case: yea, blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God. THE PSALMS. PSALM CXLV. Exaltabo te, Deus. I WILL magnify thee, O and I God, my King 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. : 363 DAY 30. 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. Z2 DAY 30. THE PSALMS. DAY 30. PRAT PSALM CXLVI. Lauda, anima mea.| earth, the sea, and all that RAISE the Lord, O my therein is: who keepeth his soul; while I live will promise for ever; I praise the Lord yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God. 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. 20 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 Evening PSALM CXLVII. Laudate Dominum. 0 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. 364 Prayer. 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: DAY 30. THE 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 PSALMS. mercy. 12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, 0 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 CXLVIII. Laudate Dominum. O PRAISE the Lord of heaven praise him in the height. 365 DAY 30. 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. DAY 30. PSALM CXLIX. Cantate Domino. SING unto the Lord a new song: let the congregation of saints praise him. 0 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King. THE PSALMS. PSALM CL. Laudate Dominum. in the dance: let them sine O PRAISE God in his hopraises unto him with tabret and harp. liness praise him in the firmament of his power. 4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meek- hearted. 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. 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; DAY 30. 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. 7 To be avenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people; : 366 FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. T The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea shall be the same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. T These two following Prayers are to be also used in her Majesty's Navy every day. 367 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 Lord God, at whose comMOST O mand 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 Lady, Queen VICTORIA, and her 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. PREVEN REVENT 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. I Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea. FORMS OF PRAYER of wonder; the great God to be| thy poor servants begging mercy, feared above all: And therefore and imploring thy help, and that 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. 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. Or this. 0 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 Sa- THOU, O Lord, art just and viour, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. powerful: 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. T The Prayer to be said before a Fight at Sea against any Enemy. 0 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 battle to the but canst save by many or by few. O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance; but hear us T Short Prayers for single persons, that cannot meet to join in Prayer with others, by reason of the Fight, or Storm. 368 General Prayers. Lo ORD, 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. Short Prayers in respect of a Storm. THOU, O Lord, that stillest ΤΗ the sea, hear, hear us, and save us, that we perish not. O blessed Saviour, that didst TO BE USED AT SEA. save thy disciples ready to perish| intolerable. Have mercy upon us, in a storm, hear us, and save us, we beseech thee. 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. 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. T Then shall the Priest, if there be any in the Ship, pronounce this Absolution. UR Oven, Hallowed to art in hea- ALMIGHTY God, our hea 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. venly 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. 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. Aur Lord Jesus Christ, MakLMIGHTY God, Father of er 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 369 Thanksgiving after a Storm. Jubilate Deo. Psal. 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 FORMS OF PRAYER the water on foot; there did we Confitemini Domino. Psal. cvii. thanks unto the Lord, He ruleth with his power for for he is gracious: and his ever; his eyes behold the people: and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. 0 mercy endureth for ever. Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed and : delivered from the hand of the 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 brought est 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 burntsacrifices, 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. 370 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. 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. : TO BE USED AT SEA. 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 wit's 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. 371 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 watersprings 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 housholds 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; : FORMS OF PRAYER As it was in the beginning, is| perish. And, we beseech thee, now, and ever shall be world make us as truly sensible now of without end. Amen. 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. Collects of Thanksgiving. 0 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: 0 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 won ders 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 372 An Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous Tempest. 0 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 wellnigh 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 TO BE USED AT SEA. 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. Thou didst send forth thy commandment and the windy storm ceased, and was turned into a calm. Blessed be thy Name, who didst the serF the had not been on not despise fide prayer of thy, and I our side, now may we say: if hast saved us. the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us; 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; After Victory or Deliverance from an Enemy. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. 373 A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after Victory. 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. us The Lord hath appeared for 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 2 Cor. xiii. THE grace of our Lord Jesus of the Lord: who hath made heathe love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. 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 Blessed be the Name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore. FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 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. TAfter this Hymn may be sung the Te Deum. and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so in particular for this Victory and Deliverance, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. T Then this Collect. 0 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 The Office in the Common Prayer- book whereof we do ascribe to thee, who art the only giver of Victory. And, we beseech thee, give us may be used; only instead of these words [ We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth,& c.] say, grace to improve this great mercy W body to the deep, to be E therefore commit his of to thy glory, the advancement 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 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. 374 At the Burial of their Dead at Sea. 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 the 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 publick 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. 375 THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING OF DEACON S. 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 the Archdeacon, or his Deputy, shall present unto the Bishop( sitting in his chair near to the holy Table) such as desire to be ordained Deacon( each of them being decently habited,) saying these words, EVEREND Father in God, I present unto you these persons present, to be admitted Deacons. The Bishop. TAKE heed that that us, be ye unto 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. T The Archdeacon shall answer, I HAVE enquired of them, and also examined them, and think them so to be. 376 T Then the Bishop shall say unto the people: BR RETHREN, if there be any of Iyou 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. TAnd 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. 1 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. GOD the Father, of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable 0 sinners. O 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. : O 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. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 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, vain- glory, 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. 377 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 VICTORIA, our most gracious Queen and Governour; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to rule her heart in thy faith, fear, and love, and that she 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 her defender, and keeper, giving her the victory over all her enemies; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the Princess 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. A a THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 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 bless and keep the 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 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 378 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. O 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. THE ORDERING 1 Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's Prayer. UR O 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. Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. Priest. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us; Let us pray. in thee. Answer. As we do put our trust Let us pray. O merciful that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such WE humbly beseech thee, O Faas be sorrowful; Mercifully assist ther, mercifully to look upon our prayers that we make before our infirmities; and for the glory of thee in all our troubles and adver- thy Name turn from us all those deserved; and grant, that in all our evils that we most righteously have troubles we may put our wholé trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and sities, 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. pureness of living, to thy honour and glory; through our only MediaLord. Amen. tor and Advocate, Jesus Christ our O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. 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; : THE COLLECT. with ears, and our fathers have our ALMIGHTY God, who by thy clared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. 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 Öffice and Administratruth of thy Doctrine, and adorn tion; replenish them so with the 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, A a 2 Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. OF DEACONS. From our enemies defend us, 0 Christ. tions. Graciously look upon our afflicPitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts. people. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. O Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. 379 T Then shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as followeth. THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. and the edification of thy Church; God increased, and the number of through the merits of our Saviour the disciples multiplied in JerusaJesus Christ, who liveth and reign- lem greatly, and a great company eth with thee and the Holy Ghost, of the Priests were obedient to the now and for ever. Amen, faith. THE EPISTLE. 1 Tim. iii. 8. IKEWISE must the Deacons not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mystery Do you trust that you are inwardly in a pure 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. The Bishop. For they that have used the Office Do you think that you are truly 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 HEN 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 out 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, TAnd 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. 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 380 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. our Lord Jesus Christ, and the due order of this Realm, to the Ministry of the Church? Answer. I think so. The Bishop. D O you unfeignedly believe all the Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament? Answer, I do believe them. The Bishop. WILL you diligently read the same unto the people assembled in the Church where you shall be appointed to serve? Answer. I will, The Bishop. Tappertaineth to the Office of a 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 THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 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. ILL gence 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 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. 1 Then the Bishop laying his Hands severally upon the Head of every one of them, humbly kneeling before him, shall say, MAKE thou Authority to execute dili- 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 the third watch, and find them so, in the second watch, or come in blessed are those servants. Church of God committed unto thee; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 381 Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one of them the New Testament, saying, TAKE thou Authority to read God, and to preach the same, if thou the Gospel in the Church of be thereto licensed by the Bishop himself. T Then one of them, appointed by the Bishop, shall read the Gospel. St. Luke xii. 35. ET your loins be girded about, 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, T 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. A¹ LMIGHTY 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 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 THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 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 th all understanding, keep your THE which passwithout end. Amen. Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. hearts and minds in the knowledge PREVENT us, O Lord, in all and love of God, and of his Son Jeour 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 sus 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. TAnd 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. 382 THE FORM AND MANNER OF ORDERING OF PRIESTS. TWhen 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, the Archdeacon, or, in his absence, one appointed in his stead, 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, R EVEREND Father in God, I present unto these you persons present, to be admitted to the Order of Priesthood. The Bishop. NAKE heed that the persons, present 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. 1 The Archdeacon shall answer, I also ver enquir them, and think HAVE enquired of them, and them so to be. 1 Then the Bishop shall say unto the people; 383 GOOD YOOD 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 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. the same. 1 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. T 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 the 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. UNTO every one of THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 7. ΝΤΟ 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 THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. 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. THEN Jesus saw the multiW tudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad as sheep having having no 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. 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 Shepherd giveth his life for the am the good Shepherd: the good 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. St. John x. 1. VER ERILY, 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 and a he that have heard, Brethren, as antereth in by the door is the shop. Y well in your private examinaShepherd 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 384 T Then the Bishop, sitting in his chair, shall say unto them as hereafter followeth. tion, as in the exhortation which was now made to you, and in the holy Lessons taken out of the Gospel, and the writings of the Apostles, of what dignity, and of how great importance this Office is, whereunto ye are called. And now again we exhort you, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you have in remembrance, into how high a Dignity, THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. 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. 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. 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 there- We have good hope that you have of, to take any hurt or hindrance by well weighed and pondered these reason of your negligence, ye know things with yourselves long before the greatness of the fault, and also this time; and that you have clearthe horrible punishment that will en- ly determined, by God's grace, to sue. Wherefore consider with your- give yourselves wholly to this Office, selves the end of your Ministry to- whereunto it hath pleased God to wards the children of God, towards call you: so that, as much as lieth the Spouse and Body of Christ; and in you, you will apply yourselves see that you never cease your labour, wholly to this one thing, and draw your care and diligence, until you all your cares and studies this way; have done all that lieth in you, acand that you will continually pray cording to your bounden duty, to to God the Father, by the Mediation bring all such as are or shall be of our only Saviour Jesus Christ, committed to your charge, unto that for the heavenly assistance of the agreement in the faith and know- Holy Ghost; that, by daily reading ledge 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. and weighing of the Scriptures, ye may wax riper and stronger in your Ministry; and that ye may so endeavour vourselves, 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. 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; 385 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 THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. Church, shall demand of you touching the same. 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. ARE you persuaded that the holy WILL you be diligent to frame 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? 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. Answer. I am so persuaded, and have so determined by God's grace. 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 of England, to the Order and Ministry of Priesthood? Answer. I think it. The Bishop. The Bishop. WILL you maintain and set forwards, as much as lieth in you, quietness, peace, and love, among all Christian people, and especially among them that are or shall be comThe Bishop. WILL you then give your faith- mitted to your charge? ful diligence so mi- Answer. I will so do, the Lord nister the Doctrine and Sacraments, being my helper. and the Discipline of Christ, as the Lord hath as this The Bishop. Church and Realm 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 doctrines to God's word; and to use both publick ada 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. 386 W 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. T Then shall the Bishop, standing up, say, ALMIGHTY God, who hath 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. THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. 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. : T 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, NOME, 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 NOME, 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 hear'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: 387 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 thro' 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 dissention 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. THE ORDERING That done, the Bishop shall pray in this wise, and say, Let us pray. A¹ LMIGHTY 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 that 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, OF PRIESTS. ECEIVE the holy Ghost for of a Priest 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. 1 The Communion being done, after the last Collect, and immediately before the Benediction, shall be said these Collects. OST merciful we becontinue to shew ourselves thankful Msech thee to send upon these 388 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. T Then the Bishop shall deliver to every one of them kneeling, the Bible into his hand, saying, TAKE thou Authority to preach the holy Sacraments in the Congregation, where thou shalt be lawfully appointed thereunto. 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 have vain. Grant also, that we may 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. REVENT us, O Lord, in all PREVE our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. in thee, we may glorify thy holy| hearts and minds in the knowledge Name, and finally by thy mercy ob- and love of God, and of his Son Jetain everlasting life; through Jesus sus Christ our Lord: And the blessChrist our Lord. Amen. ing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your 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 AN ARCHBISHOP OR BISHOP; WHICH IS ALWAYS TO BE PERFORMED UPON SOME SUNDAY OR HOLY- DAY. OF TWhen all things are duly prepared in the 1 Tim. iii. 1. Church, and set in after Mornman ing Prayer is ended, the Archbishop( or THIS is a true saying, If a other shall begin the Communion Service; in which this shall be 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. THE COLLECT. A LMIGHTY 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. 1 And another Bishop shall read the Epistle. 389 THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. And now, brethren, I Or this. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xx. 17. DRON phesus, 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 publickly, 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 J me save 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 390 to to 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. T Then another Bishop shall read the Gospel. St. John xxi. 15. ESUS 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. HE 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 saith Jesus to them again, Peace be THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 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, BR Receive ye the holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. Or this. St. Matth. xxviii. 18. JE ESUS 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. M we present unto you this godly and well- learned man to be Ordained and Consecrated Bishop. TAfter 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 Archbishop of that province( or to some other Bishop appointed by lareful commission) THAT it may please thee to bless this our sitting in the holy Table, and the Bishops that present him saying, The Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop. T Then the Archbishop shall move the Congregation present to pray, saying thus to them: and to send thy grace upon him, that he may duly execute the Office whereunto he is called, to the edifying of thy Church, and to the honour, praise and glory of thy Name; Answer. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. T Then shall the Archbishop demand the Queen's Mandate for the Consecration, and cause it to be read. And then shall be ministered unto them the Oath of due T Then shall be said this Prayer following. Obedience to the Archbishop, as follow- ALMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, 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 IN the Name of God. Amen. IN. 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. RETHREN, it is written in the Gospel of Saint 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. 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. Let This Oath shall not be made at the Consecration of an Archbishop. 391 1 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; THE with thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. T Then the Archbishop, sitting in his chair, shall say to him that is to be Consecrated, BRO ROTHER, 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. tion, according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the order of this Realm? Answer. I am so persuaded. The Archbishop. RE that the 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. ARE you persuaded that you be nothing to say against you? cise in the same The Archbishop. WILL you then faithfully exerScriptures, 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. 392 The Archbishop. 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 Archbishop. WILL you deny all ungodliness berly, righteously, and godly, in this and worldly lusts, and live sopresent world; that you may shew yourself in all things an example of good works unto others, that the adversary may be ashamed, having Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. The Archbishop. and set forward, as much as shall lie in you, quietness, love, and peace WILL you maintain all 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 Realm? Answer. I will so do, by the help of God. The Archbishop. WILL you be faithful in Ordaining, sending, or laying hands upon others? of God. Answer. I will so be, by the help The Archbishop. and be Wn you shful for Christ's WILL shew yourself gentle, sake to poor and needy people, and to all strangers destitute of help? Answer. I will so shew myself, by God's help. 1 Then the Archbishop standing up shall say, THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. A 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 he hath begun, you may be found perfect and irreprehensible at the latter day; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then shall the Bishop elect put on the rest of the Episcopal habit; and kneeling down, Veni, Creator Spiritus, shall be sung or said over him, the Archbishop beginning, and the Bishops, with others that are present, answering by verses, as followeth. COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inAnd 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 for Ordering Priests. T That ended, the Archbishop shall say, Lord, hear our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. 393 Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, and most merciful 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. T Then the Archbishop and Bishops present shall lay their hands upon the head of the elected Bishop kneeling before them upon his knees, the Archbishop saying, RECI ECEIVE 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. T Then the Archbishop shall deliver him the Bible, saying, G NIVE heed unto reading, exhortation, and doctrine. Think upon the things contained in this Book. Be diligent in them, that the inBb THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. crease 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 out- casts, seek the lost. Be so merciful, that you be not too remiss; so minister discipline, that you forget not merey: PRE that the appear you may receive the neverfading crown of glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then the Archbishop shall proceed in the Communion- Service; with whom the new Consecrated Bishop( with others) shall also communicate. 1 And for the last Collect, immediately before the Benediction, shall be said these Prayers. we 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 394 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. REVENT 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. HE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your 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. A FORM OF PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD; To be used in all Churches and Chapels within this Realm, every Year, upon the Twentieth Day of June; being THE DAY ON WHICH HER MAJESTY BEGAN HER HAPPY REIGN. The Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy- days in all things; except where it is in this Office otherwise appointed. TIf this Day shall happen to be Sunday, this whole Office shall be used, as it followeth, entirely. T Morning Prayer shall begin with these Sentences. I EXHORT that first of all, Supplications, Prayers, Intercessions, and giving of Thanks, be made for all men; for Kings, and for all that are in Authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty: For this is good and acceptable unto God our Saviour. 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2, 3. 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. Instead of Venite exultemus the Hymn following shall be said or sung; one Verse by the Priest, and another by the Clerk and people. LORD our Governour: how exceli Psal. viii. 1. Lord, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him: or the son of man, that thou so regardest him? Psal. cxliv. 3. The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works that they ought to be had in remembrance. Psal. cxi. 4. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! Psal. cvii. 21. Behold, O God our defender: and look upon the face of thine Anointed. Psal. lxxxiv. 9. O hold thou up her goings in thy paths: that her footsteps slip not. Psal. xvii. 5. Grant the Queen a long life and make her glad with the joy of thy countenance. Psal. lxi. 6. and xxi. 6. : 395 Let her dwell before thee for ever: 0 that they may preserve her. Psal. lxi. 7. prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, In her time let the righteous flourish and let peace be in all our borders. Psal. lxxii. 7. and cxlvii. 14. As for her enemies, clothe them with shame but upon herself let her crown flourish. Psal. cxxxii. 19. Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel: which only doeth wondrous things. Psal. lxxii. 18. And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. Amen, Amen. Ver. 19. 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. Proper Psalms. xx, xxi, ci. Proper Lessons. The First, Joshua i. to the end of the ninth Verse. Te Deum. The Second, Romans xiii. Jubilate Deo. T The Suffrages next after the Creed shall stand thus. Priest. O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Priest. O Lord, save the Queen; Answer. Who putteth her trust in thee. Priest. Send her help from thy holy place. fend her. Answer. And evermore mightily dePriest. Let her enemies have no advantage against her. Answer. Let not the wicked approach .to hurt her. Bb2 A FORM OF PRAYER FOR Priest. Endue thy Ministers with| by thy grace and providence to be 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. our Queen; and so together with her bless Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that they all, ever trusting in thy goodness, protected by thy power, and crowned with thy gracious and endless favour, may continue before thee in health, peace, joy, and honour, and may live long and happy lives upon earth, and after death obtain everlasting life and glory in the kingdom of heaven, by the Merits and Mediation of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without end. Amen. Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Priest. Be unto us, O Lord, a strong tower; Answer. From the face of our enemies. Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer; Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer shall be used this following Collect of Thanksgiving for Her Majesty's Accession to the Throne. God, Aall the kingdoms of the World, and disposest of them according to thy good pleasure; We yield thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou wast pleased, as on this day, to place thy Servant our Sovereign Lady, Queen VICTORIA upon the Throne of this Realm. Let thy wisdom be her guide, and let thine arm strengthen her; let justice, truth, and holiness, let peace and love, and all those virtues that adorn the Christian Profession, flourish in her days; direct all her counsels and endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of her people; and give us grace to obey her cheerfully and willingly for conscience sake; that neither our sinful passions, nor our private interests, may disappoint her cares for the publick good; let her always possess the hearts of her people, that they may never be wanting in honour to her Person, and dutiful submission to her Authority; let her Reign be long and prosperous, and crown her with immortality in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In the end of the Litany( which shall always be used upon this Day) after the ther,& c.] shall the following Prayer, for the Queen and Royal Family, be used. 0 LORD our God, who upholdest and governest all things in heaven and earth; receive our humble prayers, with our hearty thanksgivings, for our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, as on this day, set over us 396 T Then shall follow this Collect, for God's protection of the Queen against all her enemies. OST gracious God, who hast set Mothy servant VICTORIA our Queen upon the Throne of her Ancestors, we most humbly beseech thee to protect her on the same from all the dangers to which she may be exposed; Hide her from the gathering together of the froward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers; Do thou weaken the hands, blast the designs, and defeat the enterprizes of all her enemies, that no secret conspiracies, Reign; but that, being safely kept nor open violences, may disquiet her under the shadow of thy wing, and supported by thy power, she may triumph over all opposition; that so the world may acknowledge thee to be her defender and mighty deliverer in all difficulties and adversities; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T Then the Prayer for the High Court of Parliament( if sitting.) TIn the Communion Service, immediately before the reading of the Epistle, instead of the Collect for the Queen, and that of the Day, shall be used this Prayer for the Queen, as supreme Governour of this Church. hast Christian Princes to the defence of thy Faith, and hast made it their duty to promote the spiritual welfare, together with the temporal interest of their people; We acknowledge with humble and thankful hearts thy great goodness to us, in setting thy Servant our most gracious Queen over this THE TWENTIETH OF JUNE. Church and Nation; Give her, we beseech thee, all those heavenly graces that are requisite for so high a trust; Let the work of thee her God prosper in her hands; Let her eyes behold the success of her designs for the service of thy true Religion established amongst us; And make her a blessed instrument of protecting and advancing thy Truth, wherever it is persecuted and oppressed; Let Hypocrisy and Profaneness, Superstition and Idolatry, fly before her face; Let not Heresies and false Doctrines disturb the peace of the Church, nor Schisms and causeless Divisions weaken it; But grant us to be of one heart and one mind in serving thee our God, and obeying her according to thy will: And that these blessings may be continued to after- ages, let there never be one wanting in her house to succeed her in the government of this United Kingdom, that our posterity may see her children's children, and peace upon Israel. So we that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for ever, and will always be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Pet. ii. 11. D EARLY 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 evil- doers, 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 governours, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil- doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well- doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your 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. ND they sent out unto him their A ing, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in 397 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 Cæsar, 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 peny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Cæsar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar'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. TAfter the Nicene Creed shall follow the Sermon. TIn the Offertory shall this Sentence be read: ET so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. St. Matth. v. 16. TAfter the Prayer[ For the whole State of Christ's Church& c.] these Collects following shall be used. A Prayer for Unity. 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 whatsoeve 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. that the course of this world may Lord, we thee, be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. YRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words, which we have heard this day with our outward GR FORM OF PRAYER FOR THE TWENTIETH OF JUNE. 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. thiness 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. LMIGHTY God, the fountain of A all wird, who, the fountain of cessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our unwor66 66 66 June, be forthwith printed and published, and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and " Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland, to be used yearly on the said Days, in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels; in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls within " Our Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, and of Our Colleges of Eton and Winchester, " and in all Parish- Churches and Chapels within those parts of Our United Kingdom called England and Ireland. 66 46 65 66 VICTORIA R. WHE WHEREAS, by Our Royal Warrant of the Twenty- first Day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven, in the First Year of Our Reign, We commanded that certain Forms of Prayer and Service made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, and the Twenty- ninth of May should be forthwith printed and published and annexed to the Book of " Common Prayer and Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland, to be used yearly on the said Days in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels, in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls within Our Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, and of Our Colleges " of Eton and Winchester, and in all Parish Churches and Chapels within those Parts of Our " United Kingdom called England and Ireland: 66 66 66 56 " VICTORIA R. UR Will and Pleasure is, That these Four Forms of Prayer and Service, made for the Fifth " And whereas, in the last Session of Parliament, Addresses were presented to Us by both Houses of Parliament, praying Us to take into Our Consideration Our Proclamation in relation to the said Forms of Prayer and Service made for the Fifth Day of November, the Thirtieth Day of January, and the Twenty- ninth Day of May, with a view to their Discontinuance: 56 66 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. 66 66 " Given at Our Court at Kensington, the Twenty- first Day of June, 1837, " in the First Year of Our Reign. " By Her Majesty's Command, " J. RUSSELL." 66 ' Now, therefore, Our Will and Pleasure is, that so much of Our said Royal Warrant of the " Twenty- first Day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven, in the First Year of Our Reign, as is herein before recited, be revoked, and that the Use of the said Forms of Prayer and " And whereas We have taken into Our Consideration the Subject of the said Addresses; and, after due Deliberation, We have resolved that the Use of the said Forms of Prayer and Service shall be discontinued: Service made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, and the Twenty- ninth of May " be henceforth discontinued in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels, in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls within Our Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, and of Our 66 Colleges of Eton and Winchester, and in all Parish Churches and Chapels within the Parts of " Our United Kingdom called England and Ireland, and that the said Forms of Prayer and Service " be not henceforth printed and published with or annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland. 66 398 " Given at Our Court at Saint James's, the Seventeenth Day of January, 1859, " in the Twenty- second Year of Our Reign. " By Her Majesty's Command, " S. H. WALPOLE." ARTICLES AGREED UPON BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF BOTH PROVINCES, AND THE WHOLE CLERGY, In the Convocation holden at London in the Year 1562, for the avoiding of Diversities of Opinions, and for the establishing of Consent touching true Religion: Reprinted by His Majesty's Commandment, with his Royal Declaration prefixed thereunto. HIS MAJESTY'S DECLARATION. Ordinance, to Our just Title, Defender of the Faith, and Supreme Governour of the Church, within these Our Dominions, We hold it most agreeable to this Our Kingly Office, and Our own religious Zeal, to conserve and maintain the Church committed to Our Charge, in the Unity of true Religion, and in the Bond of Peace; and not to suffer unnecessary Disputations, Altercations, or Questions to be raised, which may nourish Faction both in the Church and Commonwealth. We have therefore, upon mature Deliberation, and with the Advice of so many of Our Bishops as might conveniently be called together, thought fit to make this Declaration following: That the Articles of the Church of England ( which have been allowed and authorized heretofore, and which Our Clergy generally have subscribed unto) do contain the true Doctrine of the Church of England agreeable to God's Word: which We do therefore ratify and confirm, requiring all Our loving Subjects to continue in the uniform Profession thereof, and prohibiting the least difference from the said Articles; which to that End We command to be new printed, and this Our Declaration to be published therewith. That We are Supreme Governour of the Church of England: And that if any difference arise about the external Policy, concerning the Injunctions, Canons, and other Constitutions whatsoever thereto belonging, the Clergy in their Convocation is to order and settle them, having first obtained leave under Our Broad Seal so to do: and We approving their said Ordinances and Constitutions; providing that none be made contrary to the Laws and Customs of the Land. That out of Our Princely Care that the Churchmen may do the Work which is proper unto them, the Bishops and Clergy, from time to time in Convocation, upon their humble Desire, shall have Licence under Our Broad Seal to deliberate of, and to do all such Things, as, being made plain by them, and assented unto by Us, shall concern the settled Continuance of the Doctrine and Discipline of the 399 now from of which We will not endure any varying or departing in the least Degree. That for the present, though some differences have been ill raised, yet We take comfort in this, that all Clergymen within Our Realm have always most willingly subscribed to the Articles established; which is an argument to Us, that they all agree in the true, usual, literal meaning of the said Articles; and that even in those curious points, in which the present differences lie, men of all sorts take the Articles of the Church of England to be for them; which is an argument again, that none of them intend any desertion of the Articles established. That therefore in these both curious and unhappy differences, which have for so many hundred years, in different times and places, exercised the Church of Christ, We will, that all further curious search be laid aside, and these disputes shut up in God's promises, as they be generally set forth to us in the holy Scriptures, and the general meaning of the Articles of the Church of England according to them. And that no man hereafter shall either print, or preach, to draw the Article aside any way, but shall submit to it in the plain and full meaning thereof: and shall not put his own sense or comment to be the meaning of the Article, but shall take it in the literal and grammatical sense. That if any publick Reader in either of Our Universities, or any Head or Master of a College, or any other person respectively in either of them, shall affix any new sense to any Article, or shall publickly read, determine, or hold any publick Disputation, or suffer any such to be held either way, in either the Universities or Colleges respectively; or if any Divine in the Universities shall preach or print any thing either way, other than is already established in Convocation with Our Royal Assent; he, or they the Offenders, shall be liable to Our displeasure, and the Church's censure in Our Commission Ecclesiastical, as well as any other: And We will see there shall be due Execution upon them. ARTICLES OF RELIGION. I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. THERE is but one living and true T 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 eterVI. Of the Sufficiency of the holy Scriptures for salvation. Holy nity; the Father, the Son, and the 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. II. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man. HE Son, which is the Word of Tthe 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. S Christ died for us, and was lieved, that he went down into Hell. CHRIS IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ. HRIST 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. 400 V. Of the Holy Ghost. from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God. OF THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF THE CANONICAL BOOKS. GENESIS, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, The First Book of Samuel, The Second Book of Samuel, The First Book of Kings, The Second Book of Kings, The First Book of Chronicles, The Second Book of Chronicles, The First Book of Esdras, The Second Book of Esdras, The Book of Esther, The Book of Job, The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes or Preacher, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon, Four Prophets the greater, Twelve Prophets the less. ARTICLES OF RELIGION. 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, The Fourth Book of Esdras, The Book of Tobias, The Book of Judith, The rest of the Book of Esther, The Book of Wisdom, Jesus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the Prophet, The Song of the Three Children, The Story of Susanna, Of Bel and the Dragon, The Prayer of Manasses, The First Book of Maccabees, The Second Book of Maccabees. All the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive, and account them Canonical. THE 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 common- wealth; 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. 401 ORIG from IX. Of Original or Birth- sin. RIGINAL 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 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 Greek, pórnua σαρκὸς, which some do expound the affection, some the desire, of the wisdom, some sensuality, some 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 E 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." ARTICLES OF RELIGION. XII. Of Good Works. 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. WORK TORKS 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 Jesus 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, mandments, 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 are unprofitable servants. XV. Of Christ alone without Sin. CHR HRIST 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. 402 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 us, deliver 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 onlybegotten 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, ARTICLES OF RELIGION. XX. Of the Authority of the Church. 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 HE Church hath power to decree greatly establish and confirm their Rites or Ceremonies, and authofaith of eternal Salvation to be en- rity in Controversies of Faith: And joyed through Christ, as because it yet it is not lawful for the Church doth fervently kindle their love to- to ordain any thing that is contrary wards God: So, for curious and car- to God's Word written, neither may nal persons, lacking the Spirit of it so expound one place of ScripChrist, to have continually before ture, that it be repugnant to another. their eyes the sentence of God's Wherefore, although the Church be Predestination, is a most dangerous a witness and a keeper of holy Writ, downfal, whereby the Devil doth yet, as it ought not to decree any thrust them either into desperation, thing against the same, so besides or into wretchlessness of most un- the same ought it not to enforce any clean living, no less perilous than thing to be believed for necessity of desperation. Salvation. Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise, as they be nerally set forth to us in holy Scripture; and, in our doings, that Will GENERAL Councils may not be of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared unto us in the Word of God. 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. 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. XXI. Of the Authority of General Councils. XXII. Of Purgatory. THE Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping and Adoration, as well of ImTHE XIX. Of the Church. HE visible Church of Christ is ages as of Reliques, and also invocaTa 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 XXIII. Of Ministering in the Connecessity are requisite to the same. tion of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. gregation. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred; so T also the Church of Rome hath erred. is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of pubnot only in their living and manner lick preaching, or ministering the of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Sacraments in the Congregation, beFaith. fore he be lawfully called, and sent 403 ARTICLES OF RELIGION. 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 publick 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. T is a thing plainly repugnant to tom of the Primitive Church, to have publick Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the people. SACE XXV. Of the Sacraments. ACRAMENTS 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 good will 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 Sacramients 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 404 unworthily purchase to themselves damnation, as Saint Paul saith. XXVI. Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacrament. 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 the 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 enquiry 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. BAPT APTISM 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 the 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. ARTICLES OF RELIGION. XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper. THE of the Lord is not a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another; but rather it 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 it 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 Chris the use of the Lord's Supper. THE 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 thing. XXX. Of both kinds. THE 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. 405 XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross. Tis 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 Priest 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, Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful also 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 Pon of the Church is person 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. I T is not necessary that Traditions one, or 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 ARTICLES OF RELIGION. 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 Homilies. THE HE 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. 4 Of good Works: first of Fasting. 5 Against Gluttony and DrunkenXXXVII. Of the Civil Magistrates. OF THE NAMES OF THE HOMILIES. 1 OF the right Use of the Church. THE Queen's Majesty hath the 2 Against peril of Idolatry. 3 Of the repairing and keeping clean of Churches. chief power in this Realm of England, and other her 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. ness. 6 Against Excess of Apparel. 7 Of Prayer. 8 Of the Place and Time of Prayer. 9 That Common Prayers and Sacraments ought to be ministered in a known tongue. 10 Of the reverend estimation of God's Word. 15 Of the worthy receiving of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ. 16 Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost. 17 For the Rogation- days. 18 Of the state of Matrimony. 19 Of Repentance. 20 Against Idleness. 21 Against Rebellion. XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers. 11 Of Alms- doing. 12 Of the Nativity of Christ. 13 Of the Passion of Christ. 14 Of the Resurrection of Christ. 406 HE 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. Where we attribute to the Queen'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 ARTICLES OF RELIGION. and Goods of Chrisgiven always to all godly Princestians are not common, as touchTHE 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 evil- doers. ing 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. The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England. The Laws of the Realm may confess that vain and rash AS Swearing is forbidden Christian punish Christian men with death, for heinous and grievous offences. men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and Christian Religion doth not prohibit, James his Apostle, so we judge, that 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. 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 Of Goods, which are not common. THE RATIFICATION. THIS Book of Articles before rehearsed, is again approved, and allowed to be holden and executed within the Realm, by the assent and consent of our Sovereign Lady ELIZABETH, by the grace of God, of England, France, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith,& c. Which Articles were deliberately read, and confirmed again by the subscription of the hands of the Archbishop and Bishops of the Upper- house, and by the subscription of the whole Clergy of the Nether- house in their Convocation, in the Year of our Lord 1571. A TABLE OF THE ARTICLES. F Faith in the Holy Trinity. 2. Of Christ the Son of God. 3. Of his going down into Hell. 4. Of his Resurrection. OF 5. Of the Holy Ghost. 6. Of the Sufficiency of the Scripture. 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. 407 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 Homilies. 36. Of Consecrating of Ministers. 37. Of Civil Magistrates. 38. Of Christian men's Goods. 39. Of a Christian man's Oath. TABLE OF KINDRED AND AFFINITY, WHEREIN WHOSOEVER ARE RELATED ARE FORBIDDEN IN SCRIPTURE AND OUR LAWS TO MARRY TOGETHER. A Man may not RANDMOTHER, Grandfather's Wife, GRA 1 2 3 Wife's Grandmother. 4 Father's Sister, 5 Mother's Sister, 6 Father's Brother's Wife. marry his 7 Mother's Brother's Wife, 8 Wife's Father's Sister, 9 Wife's Mother's Sister. 10 Mother, 11 Step- Mother, 12 Wife's Mother. 13 Daughter, 14 Wife's Daughter, 15 Son's Wife. 16 Sister, 17 Wife's Sister, 18 Brother's Wife. 19 Son's Daughter, 20 Daughter's Daughter, 21 Son's Son's Wife. 22 Daughter's Son's Wife, 23 Wife's Son's Daughter, 24 Wife's Daughter's Daughter. 25 Brother's Daughter, 26 Sister's Daughter, 27 Brother's Son's Wife. A 28 Sister's Son's Wife, 29 Wife's Brother's Daughter, 30 Wife's Sister's Daughter. A Woman may not marry with her RANDFATHER, Grandmother's Husband, GRA 1 2 3 Husband's Grandfather. 4 Father's Brother, 5 Mother's Brother, 6 Father's Sister's Husband. 7 Mother's Sister's Husband, 8 Husband's Father's Brother, 9 Husband's Mother's Brother. 10 Father, 11 Step- Father, 12 Husband's Father. 13 Son, 14 Husband's Son, 15 Daughter's Husband. 16 Brother, 17 Husband's Brother, 18 Sister's Husband. 19 Son's Son, 20 Daughter's Son, 21 Son's Daughter's Husband. THE END. 22 Daughter's Daughter's Husband, 23 Husband's Son's Son, 24 Husband's Daughter's Son. 25 Brother's Son, 26 Sister's Son, 27 Brother's Daughter's Husband. 28 Sister's Daughter's Husband, 29 Husband's Brother's Son, 30 Husband's Sister's Son. bu Inches Centimetres Blue 2 3 4 Cyan 2 5 6 17 3 Farbkarte# 13 Green 8 Yellow 19 10 Red 11 12 5 13 Magenta 14 6 15 White 16 17 7 3/ Color 18 19 B.I.G. Black 8